Chapter 380 Trance
In the following years, Chu Liang passed the provincial examination and the joint examination as the first, and was later selected by the emperor as the number one scholar in the palace examination. He won three prizes in a row, and his reputation spread all over the country.
At that time, he entered the Hanlin Academy and became its editor. Soon after, he was elected to the cabinet. He then assisted the prince in lecturing and served as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy.
Such an identity destined him to have a bright future.
As long as nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely have a place in the court in the future.
However, just three years later, the borderland was in crisis and the war was raging.
The iron hooves of the Prairie Royal Court broke through the northern border and entered the heart of the dynasty. They burned, killed and looted all the way until they finally reached the capital and captured it in just half a month.
The current emperor, several princes and princesses, as well as thousands of harem concubines and maids, all became prisoners of the rank and were escorted to the grassland.
Although Chu Liang survived, his hometown was also massacred, and his parents were tragically killed by enemy soldiers.
"In the last life, I used imperial power to lure me... In this life, could it be that my parents' love broke my mood and led me to sinking?" Chu Liang pondered. He had some guesses about this life, but he was never sure.
After the enemy troops retreated, he returned to his hometown, buried his parents, and paid filial piety to them next to the tomb.
After this, the dynasty fell into chaos.
Many leaders of the rebel army came to ask him to serve as a military advisor, and some from local prominent families came to ask him to serve as an aide, but he ignored them.
Not long after, the current prince returned to the capital and ascended the throne surrounded by officials. He vowed to wash away the shame, regain the lost territory, invade the grassland, and welcome back the previous generation of emperors!
Later, the prince sent people many times to invite Chu Liang to come out.
Chu Liang did not agree at first.
Finally, a good friend who worked with him in the Hanlin Academy came all the way from the capital and said sincerely: "Brother Chu, don't you want to avenge your father and your father? What would they think if they knew about it under the spring?"
Hearing this, Chu Liang sighed: "That's it, just this time."
Although this life is false, the love between parents is very real after all.
Chu Liang didn't plan to invest too much.
"As long as I avenge my parents, I will leave the court and no longer walk in the world."
When he returned to the capital, he was favored by the emperor, and soon he was promoted to Minister of War.
Just a few years later, he reached the first rank and became the imperial preceptor and minister of the Ministry of War. He began to clean up the opposition in the court and made it monolithic.
Time flies by, and fifteen years have passed before you know it.
In the spring of this year, Chu Liang led his army to the north, regained the lost territory one after another, beat the grassland royal court to pieces, and finally avenged his parents by killing the enemies who massacred his hometown back then.
The old emperor of the previous generation was also welcomed back by him.
After that, Chu Liang bid farewell to the court and returned to his hometown to live in a cottage regardless of the emperor's request to stay.
He had planned to spend his life peacefully like this.
Unexpectedly, just a few months later, news came from the capital that there was civil strife in the palace. The old emperor and the current emperor were fighting for the emperor's authority, causing unrest in the court.
The civil strife in the imperial court soon spread to other parts of the dynasty, causing signs of unrest throughout the world.
As a last resort, officials from various ministries came to invite Chu Liang.
"Please ask the Grand Master to come out and stabilize the country and the country!"
"Grand Master, the country is not stable, and there may be another catastrophe! Why are the people suffering, and why are the common people suffering?"
"Please ask the Grand Master to come out..."
These people chanted outside all day long, many of them burst into tears and their voices became hoarse.
As a last resort, Chu Liang came out of the mountain again.
"This is the second time, it won't happen again!"
He returned to the capital and stood in the court again.
This time, he didn't have the patience to straighten out the imperial court, so he entered the imperial city with a knife that night and chopped off the old emperor's head with one blow!
Many officials who surrounded the old emperor also died that night, and the entire capital was shrouded in blood.
The next day, the current emperor returned to the throne amidst bloodshed.
Chu Liang resigned from office again and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion.
In the years that followed, the emperor sent people to ask him to come out of the mountain many times, but he never agreed again.
Flowers bloom and fade, grass and trees wither.
More than twenty years have passed by in a hurry.
This winter was bitterly cold and snowy.
Chu Liang was already very old, lying on the bed, feeling groggy. The cold wind howled outside the window, and he vaguely seemed to hear the sounds of killing on the battlefield.
Iron Horse Glacier fell into a dream, and a lifetime of experiences emerged in the half-dream and half-awake state of mind.
In a daze, he seemed to have returned to his childhood, with his mother's teaching voice ringing in his ears.
This life is over.
He sank into darkness, and after an unknown amount of time, a glimmer of light appeared before his eyes again.
"The third life..."
Chu Liang was still in a daze, and the memories of his previous life were still flashing through his mind.
There is martial arts in this world.
He was born in a small mountain village, and his parents died young.
Later, he was spotted by a martial arts master passing by the village and was accepted as his disciple. He entered the sect [Baiyun Sect] in the mountains to practice. Since he was the youngest, he became the junior disciple of this generation.
Life in the mountains was easy, and his master and many senior brothers and sisters took good care of him.
"Disciple, I have gained a lot from this trip down the mountain to slay demons." The master smiled and said, "This is a cake given to me by the prefect of Jinbao County. How do you like it?"
"It's delicious!" Chu Liang praised loudly while eating the cake.
"Junior brother, this is the sweet-skinned roast duck that senior brother bought from Tai'an City. I left two duck legs for you." A young man next to him took out the oil paper from his arms and opened it with a smile. A strong fragrance came out.
"Thank you, senior brother." Chu Liang thanked him repeatedly.
"Junior brother, this is the pear blossom cake that my sister bought in the town at the foot of the mountain..."
"..."
Such carefree days lasted for several years.
However, on this day, the court suddenly issued a decree.
The world banned martial arts!
Martial arts sects in various places were called evil and heretical, and only the "World Martial Arts Building" created by the court was the right way!
The leader of the Baiyun Sect went down the mountain to negotiate with the court officials, but the result was not ideal. After returning to the sect, his face was full of worries. He summoned the elders and disciples of the entire sect and said that he would dismiss everyone.
From then on, the Baiyun Sect would no longer exist.
Everyone found it difficult to understand and was unwilling to leave, and asked the leader to negotiate with the court officials again.
However, that night, tens of thousands of court soldiers attacked the Baiyun Sect.
"Kill!"
The fire was blazing and the sound of killing was deafening.
Chu Liang was awakened from his sleep. Looking around, the sect was already bloody!
"Disciple, hurry up!" The master was covered in blood. He grabbed him and threw him far away. Then he held a sword and killed those court warriors to delay time for him.
An older brother caught Chu Liang and took him and many fellow disciples to escape.
Not long after, they were blocked.
"You go first, I'll stop them!" The brother shouted, handed Chu Liang to the other fellow disciples, and then turned around and killed them with a sword.
On the way to escape, more and more brothers and sisters fell.
The brother who brought him duck legs died in the chaos, and the sister who bought him pear blossom cakes was shot through the heart, and they all fell in a pool of blood.
Baiyun Sect and everything in the sect gradually blurred in front of Chu Liang's eyes, leaving only the flames and blood.
A sense of hostility rose in Chu Liang's chest. He knew that all this was fake, but everything in the past was very real, which made him truly experience the carefree feeling in the sect.
"Master, brothers, sisters... I will avenge you."