"At every autumn harvest, the Ouzan, the Eastern and Western Turks, and the surrounding countries will invade the Central Plains, never once stopping. The Ouzan army is only a delaying tactic! Once the time is ripe, they will rise again and wreak havoc on the Central Plains! Everyone, don't be so gullible! "
Wang Chong sternly said.
"Buzz!"
Everyone fell so quiet at Wang Chong's words that one could hear a pin drop. There was no other sound but the rushing of air.
"You murderous Demon King! Everyone, don't listen to him!"
"Wang Chong, you were made King of Foreign Lands, and you've already killed one million people. Isn't that enough?! Do you want to make the Central Plains a land of corpses and rivers of blood, turning it into a land of asuras? You generals are truly unscrupulous, resorting to every conceivable means! "
"And to think that I trusted you so much, treating your 'Might Makes Right' like a supreme treasure, reading it over and over again, even going so far as to fall out with the Master. It turns out that everything was just your selfishness playing tricks on you. You privately raised troops and disobeyed the sovereign's decree, plotting rebellion! I truly trusted you wrongly! "
"Wang Chong, you ambitious man!"
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A few moments later, the crowd exploded with a tsunami of voices, countless attacks and curses directed at Wang Chong. Their faces were seething with rage, none of them listening to Wang Chong's words. As he listened to those curses, Wang Chong felt his heart clench and convulse.
Now that he had returned from the Western Regions, Wang Chong's blood had calmed down. But upon hearing the barrage of curses and attacks, Wang Chong felt his blood churning once more.
"Everyone, listen to me …"
Wang Chong still wanted to say something, but the furious crowd couldn't hear his voice at all.
Bang!
A stone came out of nowhere and smashed into Wang Chong's forehead. But Wang Chong stood there motionlessly.
"My lord!"
Seeing this, Fang Sanyuan, Su Shixuan, and Xu Keyi paled. They hastily rushed forward to protect Wang Chong.
"Sir, let's go! Now is not the time to argue! "
"Their misunderstanding of Milord is too deep. One day, they will understand!"
Everyone said anxiously.
Bam, bam, bam. Seeing that the crowd had come out to protect them, in an instant, countless stones swarmed over, and the surrounding protestors attacked even more fiercely.
"Stop! I have something to ask you! "
At this moment, an old voice suddenly came from the crowd. In the next moment, the crowd parted like a wave. Right at the front of the crowd, an old man who looked at least eighty years old, wearing coarse linen clothes and holding a walking stick, slowly walked up from the back with his back bowed.
The old man stared at Wang Chong with anger hidden between his brows.
Upon seeing the old man, the crowd instantly quietened down. Countless gazes turned to the gray-haired old man and Wang Chong standing in front of the gate. Some of the figures retreated one after another to give the two of them enough space.
Seventy was a rare occurrence, but eighty was a very old age!
In the Tang Dynasty, those who could live past eighty were people of virtue and prestige, respected by all. Even the most stubborn and unruly person would not dare to attack an eighty-year-old old man in front of so many people.
"Wang Chong, you come from a clan of ministers and generals, a prince of the Tang Dynasty. This old man is just an old man from the countryside. I cannot compare to you. If you have the ability, then beat this old man to death! "
The old man leaned on his walking stick and sneered at Wang Chong.
These words were so sudden that even Wang Chong was left dumbfounded.
"This old man is eighty-three years old this year. Unlike others, this old man is from Jinchu, not from the capital. It's often said that a man strives for a breath of pride and a Buddha for a stick of incense, but this old man is different. This old man has lived for more than eighty years, and I've never gotten angry at anyone. Whenever I encounter a problem, this old man advises himself to endure and yield. But this time, this old man traveled a great distance to the capital just to see you. Do you know why? "
The old man's face was ashen as he thrust his walking stick at Wang Chong said.
"Elder, stop!"
"What are you doing!"
Su Shixuan, Xu Keyi, and the others were both shocked and infuriated, but none of them dared to step forward. Let alone step forward, they didn't even dare to touch the old man. Eighty-year-old elders were the most respected people in the world. Anyone who dared to touch them would immediately be condemned by the masses, and there would be no place in the empire for them.
For fear of harming the innocent, none of them dared to touch the old man. They could only step forward and use their bodies to protect Wang Chong from the old man's beating.
"Su Shixuan, Xu Keyi, get out of the way!"
At this moment, a voice came from behind him. Wang Chong stared in a daze at the gray-haired old man who clearly knew no martial arts. He had imagined all sorts of situations, imagined all sorts of opponents, but he had never imagined that he would be facing an ordinary and angry elder of the Great Tang, and that this was the group of people he had done everything in his power to protect. At this moment, Wang Chong felt like his blood was in chaos, but there seemed to be something stuck there that he couldn't vent.
"Have him come!"
No matter what happened, Wang Chong didn't care. Only Wang Chong wanted to hear what this old man had to say, to know what he was thinking and why he was so angry at him.
Su Shixuan and Xu Keyi went stiff at Wang Chong's words. Although they were unwilling, they didn't dare to disobey Wang Chong's orders. Their faces alternated between green and white as they retreated to the side.
"Hmph, brat, this old man has lived for many years and has seen many things. In this day and age, as long as you live long enough, you can see all sorts of strange and wondrous things, but this is the first time this old man has seen someone like you. This old man is different from others. The people here today either want to beat you because you're weak or because you want to rebel, but this old man is not one of them! "
The old man sneered. As he spoke, he took out a book from his bosom and threw it in front of Wang Chong. Su Shixuan and the others paled at the words on the book's cover, and Wang Chong paled like he had been struck by lightning. There were only a few words written on the cover: Wang Chong's' Might Makes Right '.
In a flash, Wang Chong seemed to understand something, but he said nothing, only stared at the elder with a pale face.
"Might Makes Right? This old man has lived for many years, but he has never seen someone so grandiose as to print such words on a book cover and proclaim them to the world. Didn't you say in your book that tigers eat wolves, wolves eat dogs, and dogs eat rabbits? Didn't you preach something about the strong eating the weak and the survival of the fittest? Do you know what the Central Plains would become if this doctrine of yours were to be spread throughout the world?
"Come, come, come! This old man knows that you come from a clan of ministers and generals, that your martial arts are very high and formidable, so come and beat this old man to death! This old man has lived for several decades and doesn't have much ability. Since you think you're right, that you think might makes right, then come and beat this old man to death! "
As the elder spoke, he stomped his cane, waved his sleeve, and took a step toward Wang Chong, his emotions surging.
"Wang Chong wouldn't dare!"
Wang Chong grimaced and almost subconsciously retreated. But then …
Pa!
A heavy slap struck Wang Chong's face. Let alone Su Shixuan and the others, even the crowd surrounding the Wang Clan Residence was dumbfounded. No one had expected the old man to give Wang Chong a vicious slap in front of everyone.
"Milord!"
The crowd was stunned, only now coming to their senses and standing between Wang Chong and the old man.
"All of you brats, get out of my way!"
The old man's gaze had been locked onto Wang Chong this entire time. When he saw Su Shixuan and the others standing in his way, he began to beat them in the face, cursing as he did so.
"Foul brat (Wang Chong), this old man is beating you today. You are so young and arrogant, lacking any true ability, yet you dare to write books like Master Zhu and spread them throughout the world. If your crooked doctrines were allowed to be spread throughout the world, wouldn't this magnificent China become a land of beasts? You don't cultivate etiquette, you don't speak of benevolence, your fist is the truth, you don't have affection, you don't get close to your parents — is this what Wang Gengzhi and your mother taught you!? If your father won't teach you a lesson, this old man will teach you a lesson in their place! I'll beat you to death, foul brat! "
As the old man cursed, he raised his cane, circled around Su Shixuan and Xu Keyi, and continued to beat Wang Chong. His face was ashen. Although he didn't have much strength, each blow was filled with all his strength, as if he was teaching a heinous criminal a lesson.
"Buzz!"
Wang Chong's eyes were wide open in a daze as he stared at the enraged old man. His ears were ringing and his body was unsteady, as if someone was clutching his heart. In that instant, he seemed to have been possessed.
Wang Chong could sense that this old man had no one supporting him. Every word he spoke came from the bottom of his heart, his true thoughts.
Wang Chong's mind was blank, and he could hear nothing. He could only see the old man's mouth open and close, his entire body seeming to lose its soul.
"Su Shixuan, take His Highness inside. We can't stay here any longer. I'll stop that old man!"
As he watched the crowd grow more and more excited, Xu Keyi turned to Su Shixuan, growing more and more anxious.
"Everyone, look! The Demon King of Slaughter's subordinates are about to kill someone! "
The crowd began to shout when they saw Xu Keyi and the others step forward. The originally quiet crowd seemed to have been stimulated and became excited once again. All of them rushed forward excitedly.
"Beat them to death!"
"So what if it's the King of Foreign Lands? Do they really dare to kill someone?! "
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