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After reading the newspaper, Tong Zhenye burst into hearty laughter.
The article in the newspaper was giving him what he considered to be the proudest mont in his life.
He never imagined that anyone would rember, let alone publish it.
He really cherished this mory.
He recalled that it was during the year 360 of Dayao’s calendar and that the rainy season was coming soon.
A year earlier, Dayao’s first emperor had taken the brave veterans who fought 36 years ago as well as many top experts from the imperial court and journeyed deep into the Sixty Thousand Mountains. From that point on, all contact was lost.
The new emperor had just been enthroned, and Great Xia was eyeing the northern region of Dayao like a tiger waiting to pounce.
The weapons that Dayao had acquired after conquering the Hao Nation were all taken away by the previous emperor. The important officials and experienced soldiers were all gone. What was left were young officials that were promoted ad hoc. Other factors were also grim, and the situation was precarious.
Tens of thousands of able young people ca out of the Sixty Thousand Mountains to join the army and the imperial court.
Tong Zhenye was one of them. Relying on the power of his Kist Heaven level cultivation, he often fought with others, making so enemies along the way, but also so friends. Qin Chuan was one of them.
Their friendship was ford as a result of these two fighting with each other.
By the ti they arrived in Lan City together, the quota for conscription had already been filled. They were destitute, lived in abandoned houses, and didn’t have enough to eat. They thought of the idea of eating without paying at the risk of being beaten up.
In the end, most of them didn’t want to do such a shaful thing, so they went hunting and collected fruits before going to the Yun Nation to raid and make a fortune. These people later beca officials in the Protectorate of the Northeast. One of them was its Assistant Protector General, Zhi Sheng.
Only Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan went to eat without intending to pay, but the expected beating didn’t happen.
“Looks like you are here to join the army, right? The quota is already full. If you have nowhere to go, you can co in the evening to eat, but I can’t provide you with a full al.” The person talking to them was a young lady who was about 17 or 18 years old. She had a slightly unrefined appearance, but was energetic and cheerful.
“Why…?” Tong Zhenye asked in surprise. This shop looked like it wasn’t making money and was only getting by.
“You ca here to join the army in order to protect our Dayao! Although you didn’t succeed, you have the right intention, so getting a few als from is no big deal. I don’t think the two of you will be eating here for life.” The lady laughed cheerfully.
At that mont, the two young n were moved by her cheerful personality.
“I want to marry her,” Qin Chuan said after coming out of the shop.
Tong Zhenye didn’t say anything because he didn’t know what to say.
The two of them spent so ti mucking around in Lan City, got to know that lady better, and found out that her na was Tie Muxin.
Recognizing their abilities, the two were asked to join the Ministry of Works.
After gaining so status, the two went to her shop more frequently.
Both of them were interested in Tie Muxin, but Qin Chuan was more expressive and obvious, so Tie Muxin was gradually moved by him.
Tong Zhenye tried to express his feelings too, but was one step slower than Qin Chuan in the end.
As ti went by, Qin Chuan and Tie Muxin started making eyes at each other.
Because of this matter, Tong Zhenye was very vexed for a period of ti by this common problem for young n.
One day, Tong Zhenye told Qin Chuan that there was a young master in the city who was stronger than him. Subsequently, Qin Chuan went to challenge him and was badly defeated.
After that, Tong Zhenye gave Qin Chuan a martial arts manual that he happened to obtain and said to him, “You aren’t strong enough—how can you marry and protect the one you love?”
Although Qin Chuan was already outstanding among his peers, he agreed with this statent since he had just been badly defeated. He took the secret manual and plunged into the world of martial arts.
From then on, the number of tis he visited Tie Muxin gradually decreased because he was unable to extricate himself from his obsession with martial arts.
On the other hand, Tong Zhenye took great pains to find secret manuals to give to Qin Chuan. Every ti Qin Chuan mastered one manual, Tong Zhenye would find another one for him. Over a period of three and a half years, he had given Qin Chuan seven different manuals.
If everything had ended here, they would still be good friends as Qin Chuan was extrely grateful to Tong Zhenye for all the things he had done for him.
It wasn’t until three and a half years later that Qin Chuan was reborn and ca out of his martial arts craze… Tie Muxin was already betrothed to Tong Zhenye by then…
Qin Chuan’s mood at that ti was abysmal.
However, because he was too naive, Qin Chuan still didn’t suspect Tong Zhenye.
Furthermore, although his relationship with Tie Muxin was about to blossom into romance at that ti, his plunge into martial arts fanaticism for more than three years had resulted in everything changing.
Not long after that, Qin Chuan was drinking alone in a restaurant. Tong Zhenye and that young guy who had defeated Qin Chuan all those years ago happened to be drinking at the next room.
That guy was Hong Wu…
Even at this juncture, Qin Chuan still didn’t suspect anything… Seeing Tong Zhenye enjoy himself, Qin Chuan wasn’t in the mood to join Tong Zhenye for a drink.
This continued until Tong Zhenye and Hong Wu spilled the beans while drinking.
Qin Chuan finally realized that he had been betrayed! These two guys were in cahoots with each other! Those secret manuals given by Tong Zhenye were ant to keep him absorbed in the world of martial arts!
From that point on, Qin Chuan and Tong Zhenye changed from being good friends to enemies.
When Tie Muxin died a few years later due to postpartum blood loss, they beca archenemies.
Qin Chuan remained unmarried for his entire life, Tong Zhenye didn’t remarry either, and both of them frequented the brothel. They seed to fight every ti they t—sotis they didn’t even rember why they were fighting.
…
Tong Zhenye relived these past events and smiled at the vicissitudes of life.
Although he betrayed Qin Chuan at that ti, he didn’t regret it at all!
The proudest thing that he had done in his life was to trick Qin Chuan in order to marry Tie Muxin.
Every ti he thought about this matter, he would happily drink a jar of wine.
“Old Tong Zhenye, co and fight 300 rounds with !” A roar rang out from outside the Ministry of Works.
“Minister Qin has co knocking on the door!”
“He must have read the newspaper,” people inside the ministry whispered.
“Old Tong was purported to be so treacherous at that ti!”
“It’s obvious that Minister Qin was too stupid. He indulged in martial arts and lost his wife!”
“If Sir Qin hears this, he will not let you off!”
“Haha! You dare to stir up trouble in my ministry?! I must capture and send you to see the empress today!” Tong Zhenye laughed nonstop after hearing the challenge from Qin Chuan and ca out with a hamr that weighed 150 kilograms.
…
“I only learned about the matter between Qin Chuan and Tong Zhenye today. What happened back then is rather unexpected.” The empress sighed as she put the newspaper aside.
She had no idea why she felt kind of strange after reading the article. It seed like she sympathized with Qin Chuan.
“You can’t bla Sir Tong since love is like a battlefield and defeating the enemy is the first priority. Sir Tong only used a small trick to get Sir Qin to beco addicted to martial arts. In the final analysis, martial arts was still the most important to Sir Qin.”
Ren Baqian laughed as he put a fruit into the mouth of the empress and casually brushed her lips with his fingers, making her feel like she experienced an electric shock.
“Your Majesty, Minister Tong and Minister Qin are fighting outside the Ministry of Works.” Xin Zhe ca in to report.
“This trouble was caused by your newspaper!” The empress glared at Ren Baqian.
“Forget it. Based on what happened between them in the past, I will let them be and ignore them.” It was rare to see the empress being so soft-hearted.
“The Ministry of Works has been half-demolished, and they are in the Ministry of Culture now… The Ministry of Revenue is next to the Ministry of Culture…” Xin Zhe reported, causing the empress to imdiately turn cold.
She had originally intended to forgive them this ti, but she couldn’t do so now!
Ren Baqian saw the change in her expression, sighed in his heart, and thought,Are you two behaving like huskies? Don’t take off the roof!
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