Chapter 42

After spending what seemed like six months in the mountain, apparently, more than six hundred years had passed when he came down. Even the experienced You Shu was terribly frightened. He felt a little sleepy earlier, but right now he was wide awake. He took the whole set of historical records off the shelf, looked carefully at each page, and finally determined that this was not an illusion.

"I can't go back anymore?" Thinking of those people six hundred years ago, You Shu felt a bit upset. Although the master hated him, the several life-saving graces were not fake, and the reason why he could live safely to this day was entirely because of master’s, the master's…...

Thinking about this, You Shu’s face reddened slightly. He picked out the part in the historical records about Emperor Zongsheng and read it carefully.

The court scribe wrote, Emperor Zongsheng was undoubtedly the greatest Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty. His iron cavalry traveled all over the nine provinces and wiped out seven kingdoms, allowing the east and west side of the continent to unite smoothly and without any obstacles. During his reign, he never closed the city gates, nor did he have a night curfew. The common people were always honest and did not lock their doors at night, and life was wealthy and stable. During his lifetime, he had personally led his troops into battle 17 times and was said to be invincible in battle. He was also called the "Emperor of War”. When the enemy generals heard his banners fluttering in the wind, they would flee in overwhelming fear.

He worked hard to govern and strengthen the nation, and initiated great causes for the Great Ming Dynasty. However, he never married and never left a son or a daughter. According to historians’ guesses, the reason why he did this was because he injured his roots during a battle with a barbarian in the West frontier. Fortunately, he didn't place too much importance on blood relations, and he had no obsession for imperial power. He actually adopted 18 children from the imperial clan as heirs and cultivated them carefully.

However, when he died, he did not leave an edict on who his heir was and did not leave any last words. The princes who had grown up fell into internal fighting, split a powerful dynasty into nine small countries, and continued launching civil wars for years on end, the fighting never ceasing. Since then, the Great Ming Dynasty disappeared, and it was replaced by the era of the nine countries contending for hegemony. The nine kingdoms all claimed to be the direct descendent, annexed each other, and became the current five countries.

And the current Xia Qi Dynasty is one of the more powerful of the five countries. The country's lord regards himself as the descendants of the Ji family and boasts about restoring his ancestor's imperial hegemony.

On the last page of the annals of history, the author left a sentence filled with emotion: How sad and magnificent the Emperor Zongsheng was, achieving great things in exchange for a lifetime of solidarity!