"Yes."
The system said: "One year from now, in the winter, Beijiu City will face a major attack from foreign tribes. At that time, you will lack food and weapons."
On the other side is an army united by three foreign tribes, whose number of soldiers is nearly ten times that of yours.
You submitted three memorials to the court requesting assistance, but they were ignored and left unanswered.
[In the end, you sent Xiao Lin out of the city, letting this prince report on your behalf. In reality, you bought him time to live. When he returned in despair after failing to mobilize troops, he found that Beijiu City had been occupied, and your head had been cut off by the foreign tribes and hung on the city wall...]
Yu Tang subconsciously touched his neck and gasped.
"Then he went completely insane."
The system said: "Your death and the fall of Beijiu City were both because Emperor Xiao Sheng had long planned to hand over Beijiu City to others."
Furthermore, the officials were all cowards who advocated peace but not war. That's why the ending was so tragic.
[Later, Xiao Lin used the token you gave him to mobilize the scattered troops of Beijiu City and launched a rebellion without regard for the consequences.]
[The palace was ravaged by bloodshed; the emperor's own father was beheaded on the throne, and more than a hundred civil and military officials were massacred.]
Furthermore, they adhered to the principle of eliminating all traces of the enemy, and if they were to kill someone, they would wipe out the entire family.
That's why he earned the title of a tyrant. Even if he governed the country better later on and recaptured the Nine Northern Cities, in the eyes of the people he was still the terrifying tyrant who plunged the capital into a sea of blood.
System Summary: [Therefore, your death was the final straw that broke his spirit, and the root cause of his worsening condition.]
After hearing what the system said, Yu Tang also remembered the part in this novel where the protagonist drove the villain to the brink of despair. When he arrived at the palace, he found that the villain, who was over forty years old, had blood on his lips and was holding a memorial tablet. He had already drunk poison and died under the throne before he arrived.
Yu Tang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "That's...too tragic."
He looked down at Xiao Lin, who was already eating his fourth candied hawthorn.
He seemed somewhat bothered by the expression on the face of the child holding candied hawthorns by the roadside, and deliberately covered half of his face with the wide sleeves of his robe.
But in reality, she would lick her lips from time to time, just like a cat.
It's really hard to imagine that someone like that would do something so crazy in the future...
Yu Tang asked the system: But Tongtong, you said he has another personality? Under what circumstances would that personality appear?
The system replied helplessly: [I don't know either.]
However, I think the remaining favorability will definitely be related to this personality.
"Where should I throw the wooden stick?" Hearing Xiao Lin call him, Yu Tang snapped out of his daze and took the wooden stick from the boy's hand: "I'll throw it..."
Although autumn in the north is cold, the sun is shining brightly and the sky is high and the clouds are light. After taking a stroll, Xiao Lin's mood improved considerably.
Yu Tang pushed him to a secluded riverbank, picked up a small stone from the ground, tossed it up and down a couple of times, and asked Xiao Lin, "Your Highness, have you ever skipped stones before?"
"Sketch on water?" Xiao Lin shook his head. "What's that?"
"Then watch carefully." Yu Tang tilted his body slightly, got into position, and with a flick of his wrist, threw the pebble out.
The pebbles seemed to have been set with a mechanism, making a series of popping sounds...
It splashed through the water seven times before finally sinking to the bottom of the river.
Xiao Lin's eyes widened involuntarily.
How did you do that?
Yu Tang couldn't help but laugh at his expression.
He picked up a pebble and handed it to Xiao Lin, taught him a few poses, and then let Xiao Lin try it himself.
As a result, Xiao Lin tried five or six times, but could only make two splashes at most. He frowned and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Yu Tang pulled up the roots of weeds by the river, put them in his mouth, and leaned against the tree trunk to watch him.
The boy was dressed in a wide-sleeved southern-style robe, with neatly combed hair, fair skin, and delicate features, making him exceptionally eye-catching.
Looking at Yu Tang himself, he was dressed in a simple black outfit, his medium-length hair hastily tied up with a hair tie. Years of wind and sun had left his skin looking far inferior to that of the young prince who had grown up in the south.
He sighed inwardly at the differences between the North and the South.
Yu Tang picked the grass root to his lips, walked behind Xiao Lin who was still arguing with the stone, leaned down, supported himself on the wheelchair with one hand, and held the boy's hand holding the stone with the other.
Xiao Lin's body stiffened.
To onlookers, Yu Tang's posture appeared as if she were embracing him.
"Hold it like this." Yu Tang was focused on teaching him how to skip stones, his voice ringing in the boy's ear: "Use your wrist like this..."
Before he finished speaking, he grabbed Xiao Lin's hand and threw the pebble away.
Snap snap snap...
Five beautiful splashes of water.
Yu Tang stood up and smiled at Xiao Lin: "See, Your Highness, you've got it now."
Chapter 6
He died for the villain for the fourth time (06)
Xiao Lin was slightly taken aback.
The rough texture of the man's palm still seemed to linger on my hands.
That's proof of someone who has been wielding weapons for many years.
He placed his left hand over the back of his right hand and rubbed them together.
Just as Xiao Lin was about to say something, the sound of horses' hooves and shouts suddenly came from afar.
"General Yu! There is foreign interference at the south gate of the three northern cities!"
The messenger knelt on one knee, his face anxious: "Please, General, go and take charge of the battle as soon as possible!"
Yu Tang was stunned for a moment before realizing that there were hardly any peaceful days in the north.
There's a battle almost every ten days or so, and now there's another situation.
"Alright, I understand." Yu Tang mounted the messenger's horse and said to him, "Take the Sixth Prince back to the General's Mansion first, and make sure his safety is guaranteed."
He looked at Xiao Lin and said, "Your Highness, I will probably be gone for several days. Please forgive me if I have been negligent in my duties."
After saying this, Yu Tang turned his horse around, intending to ride away.
"General Yu!"
Hearing Xiao Lin call him, Yu Tang turned his head and met the boy's slightly worried gaze.
"be safe."
Yu Tang was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
"They're gone..."
The horse carried the man further and further away. Xiao Lin's worried expression faded, leaving him with a thoughtful look.
Back at the simple general's mansion, Xiao Lin asked the servants for a chessboard and chess pieces. After dinner, he sat down at the table and started playing chess by himself.
He continued working until late at night before stopping.
His gaze fell on each chess piece that made up the chessboard for the final victory, his expression utterly indifferent.
Suddenly, he thought of something and laughed again.
The handsome young man propped his head up with his hand, picked up the wine jug on the table with his other hand, and drank the strong liquor unique to the North in one gulp.
He muttered to himself, "Yu Tang, Yu Tang, you are truly a brilliant chess piece."
It wasn't for nothing that he let that good-for-nothing possess his body and put on such a show for the other party for so long.
Using the table for support, Xiao Lin got up and walked to the bedside to undress and take off his hair.
Unlike his clean-cut image during the day when his clothes are exposed.
His body was covered with crisscrossing scars.
On his left collarbone, there was a palm-sized burn mark with several horizontal dagger cuts. Underneath the layers of scars, one could vaguely see the words: "You worthless dog."
Lying on the bed, Xiao Lin's smile was icy.
That day in Wuze Valley, it wasn't just the people sent by Emperor Xiao Sheng who wanted to kill him.
The first to attack him were the group of people who followed him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state now with a leg injury and disability.
It seems there's a traitor among his men.
We need to find out as soon as possible.
As for Yu Tang, he had actually calculated that the other party would come to rescue him.
The Yu family members are all upright and honest, and wholeheartedly dedicated to protecting the people; they don't have many ulterior motives.
Moreover, General Yu had some connection with the former Prime Minister Zuo. Now that General Yu has died on the battlefield, the Prime Minister Zuo has also died unjustly.
Even though things have changed, Yu Tang will certainly not let him be killed by Emperor Xiao Sheng.
In retrospect, he made the right move.
Moreover, Yu Tang genuinely cared about him and truly regarded him as someone he would assist in the future.
A so-called future wise ruler.
But Xiao Lin knew he wasn't.
That good-for-nothing is the real idiot.
But he can change control of his body whenever he wants; that good-for-nothing can't take it from him.
In his eyes, there was only revenge.
What about the common people? What about the government? What about peace and prosperity? What about flourishing and prosperity?
None of this has anything to do with him.
He just wants those bastards to pay for their crimes in blood, to suffer a fate worse than death!