Chapter 457 – Passing by and Past
If it was someone entering the Jinling for the first time, they would definitely go to two places. The first was outside the palace. Due to the tight security, even looking from a distance would cause one’s heart to surge. The Imperial Palace and the Holy See were connected. The Imperial Palace was located on Jinling Mountain, and the Holy See was located on Jinling Mountain. From afar, they could see the magnificent palaces. Amongst the buildings of the Holy See, the most dazzling one was the monument called the Heroic Monument. The stone tablet was oveundred meters long and was carved with the names of all the generals that had sacrificed their lives for Da Xi ever since the founding of the Da Xi Empire.
The other place was Mount Dalie. Mount Dalie was located on the eastern side of the Jinling, about thirty kilometers away from the Imperial Palace. Not only was the scenery of the mountain magnificent, it was also filled with giant sculptures of the previous Sacred Emperors. On the western side of the mountain, there waow of giant sculptures that were over a hundred meters tall. Anyone who had been here before would feel the solemness and majesty of the stone sculptures.
The place that An Zheng had visited the most before was Da Lie Mountain. He liked to sit on top of a smooth boulder and look at the carvings of the Saint Kings from afar with a jug of wine in his hand. Every time he came, he would feel grateful. If it weren’t for the efforts of the previous Sacred Kings, the people of Da Xi city would not be able to livrosperous and peaceful life.
Each and every one of the people had to thank the powerful Da Xi as well.
Just like An Zheng, the Holy Emperor Chen Wunuo also liked to go to Mt. However, every time he went, no one else knew about it. And strangely, every time An Zheng went, he would do so. He put on the clothes of an ordinary person and didn’t bring a single guard. He left the palace by himself and walked all the way to the mountain. He had once told An Zheng that every time he walked towards Mount Dalie, it was as though he was walking on a pilgrimage.
No one could object to this. In the eyes of the people of Da Xi city, all the previous Sacred Emperors were saints.
The setting sun had already set in the west, dragging the shadows of everyone behind it for a very long time. Chen Wunuo, who was dressed in gray cotton clothes, seemed like an ordinary tourist from a foreign land as he slowly walked through the crowd. He liked to see the solemn and respectful expressions on the faces of the commoners. It was the recognition and respect they had for the Chen family. He also liked to follow the crowd as they held the flowers in their hands. They lined up and placed them at the foot of a sculpture. Every time he felt something different.
Those commoners would never know that one day, the seemingly refined and refined man who followed or walked in front of them would be the Daxi Shenghuang who existed as a god in their hearts.
Chen Wunuo was a very refined and handsome man, he looked to be around forty years old, which was the period when men were at their best. However, no one knew whether he himself had already lived for hundreds or even thousands of years. A powerful cultivation base had given him a lifespan that far exceeded that of an ordinary person. It had also given him an incomparable amount of confidence. He did not need to bring any guards, because there was no one in the world who could hurt him.
It was because of this self-confidence that he had never cared about whether the people below him had any thoughts of conspiring against him, and how they prepared themselves for such a situation. Because no matter who prepared it, it was only if they could kill him. In fact, no one could do it.
He was like the only loophole in the world, a favorite of the world’s designers.
From afar, he saw the large rock that An Zheng often sat on. He walked over, climbed up the large rock like An Zheng did, and sat down. Then, he took ouot of worthless old wine from his storage. He took a sip and thanked the statues.
“You’re back, although not all of them are complete.”
Chen Wunuo muttered to himself: “I know that I have let you down, but people are always selfish. If there’s a choice between you and my own son, then it can only be him. I know that you respect me because you think that I am the most qualified monarch in this world. You always say that you can see hope for the future in me. Fair and strict. But in truth, I am still their father. ”
Chen Wunuo looked at the sculpture in the distance and said: “Maybe my parents and ancestors will scold me. If they can beat me up, they might even want to beat me up. After making that decision, I also regretted it, but my position did not allow me to regret it. But there’s one thing you should believe me about. The heavy weapons are trying to touch the bottom line I forbid them to touch. If he really touches it, I’ll send him to hell to meet you. ”
“The person in Eastern Mountain Prefecture’s Glorybound City who annihilated the entire sect was you. I know it was you, but it was only an incomplete soul. But even so, it was still so domineering that it left people speechless. That sect was raised by a heavy weapon, and was indeed involved in framing you back then. I originally wanted to destroy them, but I just wanted to keep these useless things to see just how daring these heavy weapons are. “Since you’ve been annihilated, let’s just assume that you’re venting your anger.”
“But you are only a remnant soul. Sooner or later, you will disappear. You’re out of breath, but you still have to disappear. ”
Chen Wunuo raised his head and looked at the distant sun that was about to set.
“In this world, only you know my heart. If you were still here, you would definitely understand why I didn’t notice those underhanded movements. ”
He stood up and spilled the rest of his wine on the stone. “I am already the best monarch in the world, so I want to try to be a good father. But now, it seems that being a good father is not very meaningful. It would be far better to continue to be a good monarch. ”
He casually threw away the wine pot and walked away step by step.
At the same time, An Zheng, who had finished his report for the first courtyard, left the first courtyard and walked towards Da Lie Mountain Range step by step. He didn’t know why, but he thought that he would want to go back to the Ming Fa Si the most. The road to the mountain was extremely wide, at least sixty meters wide. Such a wide road could only be seen in the Great Xi world. In such an era, building such a wide and flat road wauge undertaking that small countries often could not afford.
On the north side of the main road, Chen Wunuo silently walked amongst the crowd.
On the southern side of the main road, An Zheng looked at the clearly visible Da Lie Mountain in the distance and sighed with emotion.
Even if Chen Wunuo saw An Zheng, he would not know that the youth was actually his most satisfied subordinate. And An Zheng, had missed a chance to directly meet Chen Wunuo.
The two of them crossed each other on such a wide path. If the road was not so wide, perhaps An Zheng would have noticed Chen Wunuo.
Life was like this, it would never be as good as it was supposed to be.
An Zheng walked to the Great Lie Mountain and together with the last group of people, he walked past the statues with flowers in his hands. He casually placed them at the foot of one of the sculptures. He stood on the spot and raised his head to look at the towering stone statue, silently saying, “I’m back.”
Then he habitually walked over to that large rock, and then he remembered that he should first go tassing tavern to buy a pot of his former favorite wine. Thinking about that, An Zheng realized that he had changed, and was no longer the cold head seat in Ming Fa Si. He had already forgotten to buy wine, he was no longer Fang Zheng.
Standing in front of the boulder, An Zheng smelled the aroma of wine. That smell was very familiar, An Zheng saw that there were still no traces of dryness on the stone.
His expression suddenly changed. He then quickly turned around and charged in the direction he had come from like a madman. He sprinted through the crowd, searching for the figure that he was once familiar with.
No, he had chased her all the way outside the Imperial Palace, but still had not seen her being stopped by the Imperial Guards.
An Zheng felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had paid more attention, he might have seen Chen Wunuo.
He turned around and left. The few Imperial Guard soldiers who had stopped him gave him a look of contempt. An Zheng could faintly hear the soldiers conversing amongst themselves in a low voice, as they spoke about how they looked down on those bumpkins that were from outside the city that couldn’t even walk when they saw the palace. An Zheng did not want to care about anything else, he only regretted it.
An Zheng turned around again and walked towards his favorite tavern to drink. It took him an hour to walk all the way there, and by the time he arrived at the place, it was already completely dark. The restaurant was noestaurant. Although there would be some snacks and wine in the restaurant, it was not like the restaurant, which would not close at night. The owner of this restaurant was a cripple. He didn’t know how he got so lucky to marry such a beautiful Lady Boss.
An Zheng entered, looked at the remaining dishes, and calculated that there were still about an hour left before closing up, thus he ordered two dishes and a jug of old wine.
Out of habit, he walked to the table where he used to sit, but was stopped by the charming Lady Boss.
“I’m really sorry little brother, this is the first time you’ve come to our place, right? This table does not allow guests to stay, count as... It’s been sealed by us. ”
“Seal it off?”
An Zheng was startled for a moment, then looked at the Lady Boss, “Auntie Gu, why?”
Auntie Gu was stunned. “You know me? Have you been here before? ”
An Zheng stared blankly for a moment, then smiled apologetically: “No, it’s just that before I entered the door, I heard others discussing your name.”
Auntie Gu made an ‘oh’ before pointing to the other seat by the window. “It’s almost closing time. There’s plenty of room in the house, let’s go sit over there. This seat... No one can sit down in the future. ”
An Zheng asked, “Why?”
Auntie Gu shook her head, “Why should I tell you? Even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand … An old friend of ours used to sit there drinking, but he’s dead. Therefore, we don’t intend to use that place to make money from the liquor. When you look at him every day, when you’re in a trance, you always feel like he’s just sitting there drinking. ”
An Zheng’s heart ached, and then, he consoled, “A dead person cannot live again, a living person can’t possibly disrupt their own life just because of a dead person.”
Auntie Gu: “You’re right, but this has nothing to do with you.”
She put down the food and drinks, turned around, and walked back behind the counter. The owner, Su Mu, who had a knife scar on his face and one of his legs was crippled, walked out from inside. He glanced at An Zheng, then lowered his voice and said, “From now on, don’t talk to strangers anymore.
With a smack, Auntie Gu put down the account book in her hands. “I told you, I just want everyone in Jinling to know that no one at that table was fit to sit at the table where the first lord once sat. How is it?”
Su Mu quickly smiled apologetically, “It’s fine, it’s fine. As long as you’re happy, it’s fine. I did it for your own good.” If the people of the Sacred Hall were to find out, there will inevitably be trouble. ”
An Zheng sat there and shook his head, feeling extremely moved in his heart.
He silently said thank you, but he knew that this’ thank you ‘didn’t mean anything at all.
At this moment, the curtain was opened by a few people. A few people walked in unsteadily from the outside, and it was obvious that they were not good people. The first to enter was a fatty who had a ferocious look on his face. He used the curtain to invite someone in. The one who came in waall and thin man. His hair was loose, covering half of his face. The last to enter was a small man who looked shy.
When An Zheng saw these three people, he knew that he wouldn’t be enjoying his wine.
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