In this world, Chen Changsheng had previously only had one idol, his senior brother Yu Ren. Later on, after experiencing that storm in Xunyang City, there was also Wang Po. The golden light gently flickered on the surface of the lake. He looked at the koi in the water, especially the fat koi that was gradually sinking into the mud. He thought to himself, I don't want to live like this. If I can pass this test of life and death and survive, then I want to live like Wang Po.
He really admired Wang Po, and even worshiped him a little. Wang Po was ranked at the top of the Proclamation of Liberation, and was publicly acknowledged as the strongest expert of the middle generation. There were many people who worshipped him, and worshipping him was very common. Logically speaking, after hearing Chen Chang Sheng's words, Tang Thirty Six should feel that it was natural, but his expression proved that he didn't think so, because he knew what kind of person Chen Chang Sheng was. Chen Chang Sheng said that he wanted to live like Wang Po, not because he wanted to be as strong as Wang Po like other worshippers, but in other aspects.
Tang Thirty Six didn't think that was good. He looked at Chen Chang Sheng and said, "Don't be Wang Po."
Chen Chang Sheng withdrew his gaze from the lake and looked at him in confusion, "Why?"
Tang Thirty-Six explained, "Because becoming Wang Po is too bitter and too difficult, and it's also very easy to become tragic and stirring. No matter how we live, it is better to stay away from the word tragic. "
Chen Chang Sheng said, "I don't really understand what you mean."
Tang Thirty-Six suddenly asked, "Do you know why he is called Wang Po of Tianliang?"
Snow-Treading Xun Mei, Painted Armor Xiao Zhang, Immovable Mountain Liang Wang Sun, Famous Name Guan Bai, the top rankers of the Proclamation of Liberation all had their own names that spread throughout the continent. They all had their own reasons for doing so. Some of them had their own techniques, some of them had their own idiosyncrasies. Chen Chang Sheng had always thought that the reason why Wang Po was called Wang Po of Tian Liang was obviously because he was born in Tian Liang County. Now that he heard Tang Thirty Six's words, he finally realized that there was another reason.
Tang Thirty Six said, "In the past, Tian Liang County had four great families, Zhu, Liang, Chen, and Wang. Among them, the Liang family and the Chen family became the royal family and ruled the entire human world. The Zhu family, on the other hand, produced countless powerful warriors, such as the current Drunk under the Moon, Zhu Luo. The reason why the Wang family could stand side by side with the other three families was because the Wang family was very rich. Many years ago, they could even be compared to my family."
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "Then how did the Wang family decline?"
Tang Thirty Six said, "The problem is that the Wang Family always supported the Liang Family, but in the end, Lady Chen replaced the Liang Family and became the emperor."
Chen Chang Sheng was silent for a while and said, "So simple?"
"A family of a thousand generations is like a thousand-legged insect. Especially the Shang family, they have always been good at diversifying their investments. Naturally, they won't lose everything with one wrong bet. It's just that after the Chen clan's uprising, the Wang clan will naturally be affected, and most of the clan's assets will be used for military expenses. The Liang clan will drop quickly, and the Zhu clan will follow closely, so it will be much better for them. " Tang Thirty Six said, "In this process, the Zhu Family did many things, so from then on, the Zhu Family and the Wang Family became enemies."
Chen Changsheng recalled the battle in Xunyang City and the Holy Maiden's words, and finally understood why the Holy Maiden had said that Zhu Luo had selfish motives.
Since they were enemies of a thousand years, Zhu Luo was naturally unwilling to see the Wang Clan, which was already in dire straits, rise again because of Wang Po's sudden appearance.
"Just as I said before, the Wang Clan and a few important figures of the Imperial clan had always been on good terms, and Taizu still remembered their old friendship, so he did not let the Wang Clan suffer too much. It's just that the Wang Clan never imagined that this would be the cause of their ultimate destruction."
"What do you mean?"
"When Emperor Taizu was preparing to sort out the Wang Clan, Chen Xuanba came to the palace with his sword and acted as a guarantor for the Wang Clan, and the Crown Prince married the Wang Clan's daughter."
"Crown Prince?"
"I'm obviously talking about the real Crown Prince."
Chen Changsheng thought of those bloody storms from several hundred years ago, thought of that cruel story in the Hundred Herb Garden, and couldn't help but feel a slight chill. He thought to himself that the Wang Clan supported the Crown Prince, so the Emperor Taizong who succeeded the throne naturally could not tolerate them.
"And then?"
"You should also know what happened next. In the coup of the Hundred Herb Garden, Emperor Taizong killed his older brother, and even earlier, Zhou Dufu killed his younger brother. The world was finally at peace."
When he said the word 'peace', the corner of Tang Thirty Six's lips perked up, filled with indescribable ridicule.
Chen Changsheng fell silent, then whispered, "You're saying … Chen Xuanba's defeat in the Garden of Zhou and death was a scheme of Emperor Taizong?"
"What else?" Tang Thirty Six looked at him and said, "Emperor Taizong and Zhou Dufu were brothers with different surnames, and Chen Xuanba was his younger brother. Why did the two of them fight?"
Chen Changsheng said, "Everyone says that Chen Xuanba saw that the affairs of the country were settled, so he wanted to pursue the highest realm of martial arts, so he took the initiative to challenge Zhou Dufu."
Tang Thirty Six said, "At that time, the army of Tianliang County had just entered the capital, and the situation in the capital was chaotic. Even the yao hunters knew what Emperor Taizu's sons wanted to do. The family affairs were not settled, so how could the affairs of the country be settled? Chen Xuanba was the strongest martial force in the Crown Prince's faction, and he actually left at that time? Do you think that the once peerless Martial God, the strongest expert of the Great Zhou Imperial Family in a thousand years, was an idiot? "
Chen Changsheng said, "Or … he just didn't want to see his own flesh and blood fight, so he just left and did not see it?"
Tang Thirty Six sneered, but did not say anything.
Chen Changsheng knew that his reason was not convincing at all. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and also a little sad.
He lowered his head and looked at the sword on his waist. He felt that the sword became hot.
It wasn't burning, but his skin could feel the heat, or in other words, it was like the feeling of his eyes becoming hot.
It was a feeling of sadness.
This sword had a sword spirit, the sword spirit of the Dragon Cry Sword.
The Dragon Cry Sword was Chen Xuanba's sword.
From a certain perspective, he and the former young Martial God were connected through this sword.
The so-called sadness and sadness came from this sword.
"What about the Wang family?" He asked, "Chen Xuanba died, Emperor Taizu abdicated, and after Emperor Taizong ascended to the throne, how did he deal with the Wang family?"
"If the emperor wanted to take care of the disobedient officials, why would he need to deal with them?"
Tang Thirty Six's expression was a little indifferent. He said, "In the third month after Emperor Taizong ascended to the throne, when the autumn wind blew, he looked at the scenery and casually said one sentence."
"What sentence?"
"The weather is getting cold, let the Wang family go bankrupt."
The lakeside was quiet. The night was getting darker and a little cold.
Chen Changsheng didn't say anything for a long time.
So the name Wang Po of Tianliang came from this.
Emperor Taizong was a great ruler. Whether it was his methods or his abilities, he was an expert rarely seen in a thousand generations. But he didn't need to use any methods. He only needed to casually say one sentence and there would naturally be countless people who would use countless methods to accomplish this task.
Chen Changsheng understood what Tang Thirty Six had said before. Power really was the most terrifying thing in this world.
When the autumn wind blew, Emperor Taizong said one sentence. When the autumn wind blew, the Wang family was ruined.
Countless heads fell, countless manors and fields were seized, and countless servants lost their homes.
The Wang family of Tianliang County welcomed the most terrifying period of time. They were miserable to the extreme, and then as the years passed, they were gradually forgotten by the entire continent.
It was also at this time that a youngster appeared in the Wang family.
That youngster was called Wang Ping. His cultivation talent was extremely outstanding. He was even judged by Elder Tian Ji to be the most outstanding genius of the human world after Su Li.
Perhaps it was to commemorate, or perhaps it was just to remember.
After that youngster obtained the Proclamation of Azure Sky, he changed his name to Wang Po.
Wang Po of Tianliang County.
Wang Po of Tianliang.
"From the day he changed his name, the entire continent knew what he wanted to do."
Tang Thirty Six continued, "He wanted to demand justice from the Great Zhou Imperial Court."
The night wind brushed against Chen Changsheng's face. He felt refreshed, but his face was slightly hot.
For one person to demand justice from the entire world, how grand was that?
"Could it be … the important figures of the capital didn't respond at all?"
"At the time, Wang Po had already displayed the potential to enter the Divine Domain. Because of the oath made by the Saints, not even Zhu Luo could casually move against him. Most importantly … at the time, the Divine Empress was already in power. Those people in the Imperial clan were suppressed to the point where they couldn't breathe, so they didn't have the time or energy to deal with him. Of course, Wang Po also faced many dangers, so he went to Wenshui."
"I heard Senior Su Li mention this matter. He said that Wang Po worked as an accountant for your clan for many years."
"I've never met Wang Po, but I've heard many stories about him from Father and the others."
Tang Thirty Six continued, "Wang Po has never understood why, despite the Wang clan's wealth, when faced with the calamity of its destruction, the Tang clan was able to survive all this time. Later on, when he worked as an accountant for many years, he finally understood that the reason the Tang clan was able to survive all this time was firstly because it did not take sides and did not enter the battlefield. Secondly, if one wanted to invest, the Tang clan was more willing to invest in those young people who did not stand out."
"Like Senior Su Li?" Chen Changsheng asked.
Tang Thirty Six glanced at him and said, "And you … didn't you say that my grandfather gave that umbrella to you?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "It was stolen by Senior Su Li."
Tang Thirty Six hated that Chen Changsheng didn't want to fight and no longer spoke of this matter. He continued, "After the bloody incident of the Orthodox Academy, the power of the Imperial clan was miserably suppressed by the Divine Empress and His Holiness the Pope. Zhu Luo also became incomparably obedient, so Wang Po left our clan."
Chen Changsheng said, "I know that he went to the south."
Tang Thirty Six said, "Correct. He only used ten-some years to buy half of Scholartree Manor. He's already an expert of a region."
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a very long time.
After hearing Wang Po's story, he finally understood that Tang Thirty Six was right.
To become a person like Wang Po, to live like him, was truly very difficult.
"My grandfather said that Wang Po lived too bitterly."
Tang Thirty Six looked at him and very seriously said, "I don't want you to live as bitterly as he did in the future."
Chen Changsheng asked, "Then just how should we live?"
Tang Thirty Six said, "We're young, so we should live like young people. Just like me, after I entered the capital and found out about Tianhai Ya 'er's evil deeds, I wanted to cripple him. This morning, at the gate of the courtyard, I saw his idiotic appearance sitting in his wheelchair and wanted to kick him over, so I gasped! So what if I'm hot-blooded! So what? If you don't like it, then fight! "
From the other side of the lake came the muffled sounds of crashing.
The two looked over, only to see that in the gloomy darkness, Xuanyuan Po was constantly smashing trees.
Tang Thirty Six laughed and said, "Look, if you have energy, you have to use it. If you have strength, you have to use it. Young people should be frivolous. What's the point of thinking so much?"
Chen Changsheng also laughed.
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(An important correction. In the previous chapter, I talked about the stick of the Tradition Academy. It should have been a shit stick, but I beat it into a shit stick. This is very important and must be corrected. Regarding the scene of Xuanyuan Po smashing trees, it came from my nephew who lived with me when I was young. At the time, he was seventeen and full of energy. In the Riverside Park, he smashed trees whenever he saw them. Of course, he didn't destroy the trees. After that, he also did a lot of stupid things, such as secretly driving a train and getting hit on the butt by an air gun in a fit of pique. At the time, I thought he was stupid, but now that I think about it, youth is really full of energy. Last October, when I went back to my hometown and met him, we were both middle-aged people. We talked for an entire night and both of us missed each other. If we could start our lives over, we would probably still live like that.)
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