Recap
If the Demon King really wants to learn, it’s not difficult, but he is not interested in things, so he just doesn’t learn.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Okay, but there is another problem.
It said cautiously: Can you kneel down when you see the emperor?
Rong Yu narrowed his eyes.
Rong Yu: I suddenly became interested in revolution.
Evil feudalism wants everyone to be equal.
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Landlord Hu worked hard in the fields. At first, he would order the servants to help and the maids to serve tea and water. After a few days, the servants probably saw that their master was in a worrying situation. They were afraid that they could not even pay their wages, so they gradually became unwilling to obey orders.
When Rong Yu gathered the people and returned their indentures to them, they had no worries at all. Everyone was free again and no longer under the command of the Hu family. They held their indentures and stared at Rong Yu blankly. I don’t know who knelt down first and shouted “Master Qingtian,” and then they knelt down in a rush, all grateful.
This was not the first time. Landlord Hu’s treasure chest contained a large number of land deeds and indentures. Rong Yu had previously distributed the land deeds to the tenants, and the farmland rented by each family became their own land. The faces of the villagers were filled with the same disbelief, and then they showed the same grateful reaction.
They felt that Mr. Wen was the best man in the world. They had failed to help Mr. Wen when he was in trouble, but Mr. Wen did not hold a grudge and even gave them land.
For a while, words of gratitude were heard everywhere, mixed with apologies for not saving him at the beginning. Rong Yu listened without any emotion and did not answer a word. If Wen Yichu could speak, he would probably say in panic, “You guys get up quickly; we are all villagers; you have difficulties too; I don’t blame you,” and so on. Rong Yu could not recite such lines, and he accepted the worship with peace of mind, which was clearly a double standard.
He was born as a king above heaven and earth, with all things bowed to him and all living beings submitted to him.
Some people were sharp-eyed and found Rong Yu’s shadow on the ground, and they realized that Mr. Wen did not seem to be the ghost that everyone thought…
But it didn’t matter. Whether it was a human or a ghost, at this moment, Mr. Wen was the god who saved them.
Rong Yu disliked their noise. He didn’t mean to save these people, but the fields were useless to him, and he didn’t know how to plant them. He didn’t ask anyone to serve him. Those mortals were clumsy, and it was enough for Yan Zhao to take care of them. The indenture was just a piece of waste paper.
But this could make the Hu family more miserable. For them, after losing the rich life of fine clothes, food, and servants and experiencing the hard work of their own hands, the food they grew was not theirs, which was more painful than death.
If the current class cannot be shaken, he cannot change the world pattern, but he can still cover the sky with one hand in Yuexi Town.
With the Hu family taking the lead, Rong Yu followed suit and solved the three families of Jin, Sun, and Wu. He acted simply and roughly, but the same routine was extremely effective. No matter how the three families wanted to resist, if they could not sleep day and night, a ghost or a head would appear in the flower pots under the bed and in front of the window at any time, and they would be pressed down by ghosts in their dreams. No one could stand it for long.
Within ten days, the Jin family threw away their weapons, handed over their house deeds, land deeds, and body deeds with both hands, crying and shouting, and was driven to the farm by Rong Yu. That night, the Jin family lived in a leaky hut. They had never lived in such a shabby house before, but it was the most peaceful night they slept in these days.
They did not see ghosts.
Five days later, the Sun family also gave up resistance and sent their belongings over, just as if they were spending money to buy their lives.
Rong Yu got those properties and divided them equally in a blink of an eye. He divided the land among the common people and gave the servants freedom, leaving nothing for himself. With Wen Yichu’s personality, it is expected that he would not embezzle a single needle or thread.
He is a fool. Rong Yu thought secretly.
But the people need such fools.
The Wu family was the last to admit defeat. Landlord Wu valued money as his life and originally planned to fight to the death, but when he was frightened by a ghost and fell down the stairs and broke a leg, he finally couldn’t hold on.
It was a sunny day with a spring breeze. Landlord Wu felt that there were resentful spirits everywhere because of the ghosts that had been haunting him for days, and even the wind blowing in his face was a gloomy wind. He walked very slowly with a cane.
He had already inquired about the fate of the other three families. Wen Yichu did not kill them all, but let them farm all day, live in a broken house, and eat husks. Landlord Wu used to think that such a life was hell, but compared with the haunting every day, it seemed like heaven.
It happened that Rong Yu was walking outside that day. The sun was shining on the fields. The farmers working in the fields were sweating profusely. When they saw him, they stopped to say hello. In the eyes of others, he was walking alone, but in fact, there was a ghost named Yan Zhao beside him.
The road in the field was narrow, and Rong Yu and Landlord Wu ran into each other head-on.
Landlord Wu was startled and lowered his head, not daring to look. He thought that Wen Yichu was too powerful a ghost to appear in broad daylight.
He lowered his head and saw the shadow on the ground clearly.
How can a ghost have a shadow?
Landlord Wu immediately looked up: “You are a human?!”
Rong Yu looked at him casually and said, “Huh? Did I say I was a ghost?”
Landlord Wu was speechless.
Wen Yichu did not say that he was a ghost. But how could anyone crawl out of a sealed coffin? How could he summon so many little ghosts to make trouble? How could he seal off the entire town?
They were actually fooled around by one person!
Rong Yu’s eyes fell on the box in Landlord Wu’s hand: “It’s hard for you to deliver it to me even though you have a lame leg. You don’t have to walk the rest of the way. Just bring the things here.”
Landlord Wu held the box tightly, with no intention of letting go.
He was the one who resisted the longest among the four, which shows how much he valued his belongings. He was originally planning to give up. People can’t fight ghosts. If he continues to be stubborn, he may die. But now he knows… Wen Yichu is a human.
What is there for him to be afraid of as a weak scholar?
“So you are playing tricks!” Landlord Wu angrily ordered the servants behind him, “Catch him for me!”
The servants behind him did not move.
Landlord Wu turned around and said, “What are you doing? Are you disobeying orders?”
The servants bowed their heads silently.
Landlord Wu looked at the farmers in the fields on both sides. This piece of land belonged to his family, and these farmers were his tenants. He shouted, “Catch him!”
The farmers held their hoes, and no one paid any attention.
Landlord Wu was even more angry: “Didn’t you hear? He is a human being! Why are you afraid of him? If you don’t listen to me, I will take back your land. And you, you traitors, you still have your indentures in my hands… What are you doing?”
A servant suddenly stood up and took away the box full of family belongings from Landlord Wu’s hand. Landlord Wu was leaning on a cane and was easily caught. His arms were empty, and when he reacted, the servant had already handed the box to Rong Yu with both hands: “Mr. Wen, here you go!”
Landlord Wu was shocked and stared at Rong Yu with red eyes. “Did you bribe my people?”
“I didn’t bribe them.” Rong Yu took the box very naturally.
Landlord Wu didn’t believe it: “Then why do they listen to you?”
Rong Yu said, “Oh, then you should ask them why they don’t want to listen to you.”
“Mr. Wen doesn’t need to bribe us.” The servant smiled bitterly. “The master often beats and scolds us, doesn’t treat us as human beings, and threatens tenants with land confiscation at any time, ignoring their lives. My sister starved to death like this. I have heard that Mr. Wen will give the land to the villagers and let us go free. Why does he need to buy people’s hearts with money? He is the people’s will!”
Abandon your conscience and you will lose people’s hearts.
Such a simple truth, but people who are blinded by greed will not understand.
That night, the four major landlords who had been doing evil in Yuexi Town for decades were all destroyed.
The ghosts who participated in the haunted mission gathered together again; their bodies had become much dimmer, and their souls were much purer.
Seeing the miserable end of the four major families, their resentment disappeared, and they all changed from the horrible appearance of evil spirits back to ordinary ghosts. They were ordinary people when they were alive.
Yan Zhao removed the invisible barrier that blocked Yuexi Town and said calmly, “The resentment has disappeared, so just reincarnate on your own.”
The ghosts nodded, bowed deeply to Yan Zhao and Rong Yu, and went to where they should go.
The resentment of not being able to take revenge has trapped the dead souls for many years, and now the souls on Yuexi Mountain are finally freed.
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Two months later, good news came.
“Report!” The herald officer rode a tall horse, holding up the imperial edict, and shouted, “Is Mr. Wen here? He won first place in the imperial examination.”
The farmers working in the fields threw down their hoes and gathered together to whisper, “What? Mr. Wen won first place in the imperial examination.”
“Oh my God, our Yuexi Town has produced a first place in the imperial examination!”
“Is Mr. Wen going to the capital to be a high official?”
The people rushed to tell each other, and everyone’s face was filled with joy, as if it were not Wen Yichu who won first place in the imperial examination but themselves.
Wen Yichu is now a nobleman in the entire Yuexi Town. He won first place in the imperial examination, and they are happy for him from the bottom of their hearts.
Some people hurried to Wen Dao Academy to tell Rong Yu the good news: “Mr. Wen, the court people are here; you won first place in the imperial examination!”
The person involved, Rong Yu, had no expression on his face and even thought they came too early and disturbed his sleep.
This was something that had been clear in the plot for a long time, and there was really no surprise. Besides, it was Wen Yichu who won first place in the imperial examination, not him.
Rong Yu: Are you happy that you won first place in the imperial examination?
Wen Yichu shook the candle light reservedly.
Rong Yu: There is no need to pretend not to be excited; your fire core is trembling.
Wen Yichu:…
Since he was exposed, the flame simply began to dance with joy.
He didn’t care about the fame and fortune that followed, but this was the first step for him to realize his ideal.
In his previous life, Wen Yichu was killed before he could wait for the results of the imperial examination, and he didn’t know what his final ranking would be. He died before his ambitions were realized.
Now, he finally heard the good news.
Rong Yu sighed: “You are happy, but I am not.”
He murmured, “I really want to rebel… No, I really want to revolt.”
Wen Yichu:! ! !
What volt! He doesn’t want to be a traitor!
The king does not meet the king, and Rong Yu does not want to meet the emperor of this world at all.
The landlord class is the product of feudal society. If you want to fight the landlord, you have to fight the one sitting on the dragon throne. But the development of history takes time. The Sheng Dynasty is not the last feudal dynasty in this world. Rong Yu cannot interfere with the historical process without authorization; otherwise, it will collapse this world in a minute.
The current official is a wise monarch, and with Wen Yichu, a wise minister, the strong combination has created a peaceful and prosperous era, which has become a glorious period on the historical stage of this world. Rong Yu cannot kill the emperor in advance, nor can he avoid the court.
But he will never be servile and humble.
Difficult.
“You don’t seem very happy.” Yan Zhao said, “Isn’t it good to be the top scholar?”
Rong Yu was not interested: “You know I’m not interested in this.”
He is interested in eating, drinking, and having fun.
Yan Zhao thought about it; yes, Rong Rong is not Wen Yichu.
“It’s okay.” Yan Zhao comforted, “If there are things you don’t understand in court, I can help you. If I don’t understand either, I will learn to help you.”
Blood Jade Bracelet: Lord God’s words are not very similar to what the Great Demon King said before, but they are exactly the same.
“Who is worried about this? I am annoyed by their etiquette rules of kneeling back and forth.” Rong Yu glanced at him sideways, his tone arrogant.
“To accept my gift, even the emperor of the world will have his life shortened.”
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