Chapter 508: A New Beginning (New Book Release, Asking for Support)
Ahem......
opened his eyes suddenly, and then Zhu Mingzhong began to cough violently.
Between his snorts, there was still the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke from the explosion. His ears were ringing, and he was dizzy and couldn't hear anything else.
Slowly, the vision gradually changed from blurry to clear, but the field of vision was full of flickering points of light.
"What happened just now......
Struggling to stand up, Zhu Mingzhong rubbed his head, his head hurt, as if he had been beaten with a hammer, trying to make himself feel more comfortable, and at the same time breathing in the air, the air was still choking with the smell of gunsmoke.
Explode!
There seems to have been a violent explosion just now.
Slowly, Zhu Mingzhong's mind came up with the previous encounter. He clearly remembered how the flames of the explosion had engulfed him, and even the guards around him didn't have time to rush him to the ground, and then he was blown away by the shockwave.
After a while, the tinnitus disappeared, the snowflakes in my vision were much less, and the severe headache began to look around. As far as the eye could see, there was a mess, and black smoke filled the streets. Following the black smoke, Zhu Mingzhong saw the car that had been blown up dozens of meters away, burning with billowing smoke.
Car......
Looking at the car at a loss, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes widened, he had regained his hearing, and heard the cries around him, as well as the shrill siren.
Looking further down the street, the towering buildings made his eyes look confused, this is that, am I not in Constantinople?
Standing there dazed and at a loss, Zhu Mingzhong tried to calm himself down, and kept forcing himself to recall what had happened before.
Explosion, and then what?
When the guard next to him lunged at him, it seemed as if he had been consumed by the flames, and then ......
With his eyes closed, the moment after the explosion, that somewhat strange scene resurfaced again. Almost instantly, Zhu Mingzhong felt as if he had entered some kind of static state, time seemed to freeze, and the flames stopped beside him.
The world seemed to freeze, and he could even see the swooping guards floating in mid-air, and the frightened faces of the people around them.
Maybe time stood still for a second, maybe longer.
God knows how long it was, and then countless lights and shadows flew around him at the speed of light, and the strange light finally turned white. In the next moment, everything was back to normal.
Then there was a loud "boom", and a strong shock wave lifted him straight to the ground......
I finally got up and ...... What the hell is this place?
The choking smoke choked Zhu Mingzhong and coughed violently, coughing until his face was red and his ears were red, and he didn't stop. In his ears, there were screams everywhere, and those people spoke in different ways.
"Help......"
It's Chinese.
“……”
Who knows what language it is, and there are all kinds of people running in the streets, Europeans and Akito?
But what are they wearing?
They are not wearing Hanfu, but a kind of suit that looks like a non-similarity, which looks a bit like an improvement of the military uniform of the Ming army.
I'll go!
It can't be a repeat of that dream!
Zhu Mingzhong, who was already in his eighties, couldn't help touching his forehead, and then he noticed that his sleeves had changed, and before he could figure out what was going on, he was attracted by another change, and the wrinkles and age spots on his hands disappeared.
"This—This is ......"
Even though he was used to seeing the wind and waves, Zhu Mingzhong was still frightened. He stumbled to the side of the road and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window, where a young man was reflected.
The person in the mirror is wearing a tattered pan-collar shirt, even if he doesn't need to look at it, Zhu Mingzhong can recognize it, this is the clothes he wore before, but he has become younger, and look, it seems that he is back to 18 years old!
Opening his eyes wide, Zhu Mingzhong touched his face, and he saw that the figure on the glass was also doing the same thing.
"Damn, what's going on...... Yikes! ”
When his fingers touched the wound on his forehead, Zhu Mingzhong grinned even more in pain, now it's okay, he doesn't even need to pump his mouth, he can conclude that ...... Not dreaming.
Through the glass window, Zhu Mingzhong even saw the black and white TV playing in the store.
I'll go, what the hell is going on?
Could it be that Lao Tzu has crossed over again!
Just when Zhu Mingzhong still hadn't come back to his senses, he only heard someone behind him say to him.
"Are you alright, sir......"
Then Zhu Mingzhong saw a girl in a nurse's robe, who was looking at him nervously, and when he saw the blood on his forehead, he immediately said nervously.
"Sir, sit here and don't move, I'll bandage your wounds."
In this way, Zhu Mingzhong was pressed by the little nurse in front of him to sit on the curb and be at her mercy, but his eyes were staring at the street, looking at the people running and screaming on the street, and looking at the ambulances and police cars that rushed over.
Those cars look a bit like cars from old movies, and the people on the street are dressed very differently from the old movies in Zhu Mingzhong's memory, the clothes worn by men are similar to hunting jackets, but they are different, as for the dresses worn by the women, they are a bit like the dresses in old movies, but there are some elements of Hanfu.
All of this made Zhu Mingzhong feel extremely dazed, he didn't know what kind of place this was, and he didn't know what year it was.
But he could be sure that he was afraid ...... Crossed again, but this is that?
"Sir, you are really lucky, only a small wound on your forehead, your clothes are burned like this, and there is no burn on your body......"
Listening to the female nurse speaking fluent official language, Zhu Mingzhong tried to ask.
"What is this place?"
"Munich."
"What year is it?"
"Fifty years of Yongping, sir, how are you?"
The little nurse asked with concern, and Zhu Mingzhong shook his head.
"It's okay, it's okay......"
"Then you sit here first, I'll go see the other wounded, if you need anything, you can call the patrol over there......
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Smiling at the little nurse, Zhu Mingzhong sat on the curb of the road, breathing slowly while looking at the surrounding environment.
Munich!
Fifty years of Yongping......
What's going on?
Although it is not clear what is going on, one thing is for sure that this will definitely not be a Ming dynasty, and if it is a Ming dynasty, the signboards of the roadside shops cannot be in a foreign language.
Do they speak German?
It seems that there is still an official word.
What's going on?
When Zhu Mingzhong sat there, trying to figure out what was going on, another inspector walked up to his side, and after confirming that he only looked badly injured, in fact, his clothes were burned into strips of cloth, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's going on, sir?"
"Damn, it must be those anarchists, for so many years, they have been assassinating nobles everywhere, this time they attacked you, they must have tried to provoke a war between the Celestial Empire and the Empire, damn it, if the old emperor was still around, he would definitely hang all those anarchists......"
The old emperor?
Celestial...... This must be talking about the Ming Dynasty. Imperial...... What's that? And the old emperor?
Perhaps it was Zhu Mingzhong's question that stimulated the patrol, so he began to spit endlessly.
"Do you know, since the death of the old emperor, there are anarchists everywhere in the empire, they assassinate the nobles, assassinate the envoys of various countries, they want to provoke wars, they always feel that as long as they can provoke wars, after the war is over, the rule of the nobles will end, my God, what kind of world is the world without nobles, they are simply a bunch of crazy people!"
"There are no nobles...... It's still a normal world......"
Zhu Mingzhong whispered. Then the patrolman's other words made him forget about everything else.
"That's right, twenty years ago, in 1830, it was the old emperor who died, and after the second emperor ascended the throne, everything was out of order......"
What did the Munich patrol say later? Zhu Ming and Yang Zheng couldn't listen to it at all. Twenty years ago...... What is this guy talking about?
Of course, countless thoughts were tumbling in Zhu Mingzhong's mind, although the patrolman there was chattering and complaining, complaining about the emperor's kindness, complaining about the cruelty of the anarchists, and even complaining about why they came here to travel these Celestial Empire people.
In the complaining sound of the patrol, Zhu Mingzhong coughed again, and the violent cough made him feel a little suffocated, but the person was there to hold on.
The chatter of the Munich patrol made people feel a little bored, but the amount of information contained in it made Zhu Mingzhong almost collapse.
Now he could fully confirm that he had crossed over again.
Even if he was used to seeing the wind and waves, the reality of crossing again still made Zhu Mingzhong feel a little dizzy, and he didn't know if it was because it was difficult to accept it for a while, or the sequelae of the crossing, or the impact of the explosion.
"Damn, come on, come on, come on, doctor, doctor, there's a fainting here, it must be an internal bleeding ......"
After seeing Zhu Mingzhong fall, the patrol shouted loudly to the doctor.
"Doctor, come here, but don't die again! Otherwise, the Celestial Empire will definitely protest......" The patrol's tone became a little uneasy. The sirens of police cars and the sound of ambulances echoed through the streets, and the scene was still chaotic......
It was as if I had returned to the past, to my family who had been separated for a long time, to see my father, my mother, and when I saw my birthday, they smiled and brought out the birthday cake......
Perhaps, it was because too much time had passed, and although he saw his parents clearly, Zhu Mingzhong still felt that it was just a dream!
"Mom, Dad, I miss you ......"
Then Zhu Mingzhong woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he could feel the tears in the corners of his eyes, and he breathed in the pungent smell of disinfectant, which was familiar for a long time.
This is the hospital!
I sat up and looked at the room, which was a separate room, clean except for the smell.
"It tastes ...... It's so nostalgic. ”
A few seconds later, after getting used to the long-lost taste, Zhu Mingzhong slowly calmed down, he had accepted the reality. After so many years of ups and downs, for an eighty-something old man, there is nothing that he cannot accept.
"Hey, it looks like we're going to have to do it all over again."
Suddenly, Zhu Mingzhong realized a very serious problem, he was penniless!
All along, he didn't have the habit of bringing money, and the guards paid for everything, and he had been so much an emperor that he had long forgotten what money looked like.
What a fuck!
After realizing that he was penniless. Although he was excited to become young in his heart, the reality of being penniless still gave him a headache.
After a while, Zhu Mingzhong, who had a headache, began to think, what to do next?
First of all, we must figure out whether this strange time and space has anything to do with ourselves. Of course, there is another problem, that is, the problem of one's own identity, if you don't solve this problem, it is a problem to survive in a hurry.
Imperial...... Which empire is here again?
Do you have a chance to survive in this empire?
Just when Zhu Mingzhong was struggling with how his new life should begin, the door of the ward was pushed open, and the nurse with a thick medical record on her chest walked in.
Hey, it's her!
Although he only glanced at her on the side of the road before, Zhu Mingzhong still had some impressions of this little nurse who looked fifteen or sixteen years old, because she ...... It's beautiful. In particular, the white complexion is as dazzling as jade.
The little nurse kept looking at the medical records in her hand and saw that Zhu Mingzhong had woken up. Immediately, a smile bloomed on her face, and a sweet voice spat out of her mouth.
"Hey, you're awake? The doctor has checked it before, and your internal organs are not injured, let me see ......"
As she spoke, she reached out and stroked Zhu Mingzhong's forehead, and then put her hand down after a while.
"I don't have a fever either."
She took a pencil out of her pocket and counted something in her medical records.
"When you came to the hospital yesterday, you were in a coma, but you must have been overly frightened, by the way, the police officer found your handbag at the scene of the attack, which contained your wallet and documents......"
"My papers!"
Zhu Mingzhong hurriedly interrupted the nurse's words.
"Is that my ID?"
"It should be, the officer has already checked, I don't know the specific situation, you know, I'm just a nurse."
The beautiful little nurse shrugged her shoulders and said.
"But if you can get out of bed, you can go to the hospital police office to get your things, speaking of which, you are so lucky, the car was blown up like that, you were only slightly injured, but the tourists who came with you were not so lucky, now the casualties have been counted, in addition to the twenty-three survivors, there were twelve people killed at the scene, ten of them were tourists from your tour group, and two more people are missing......"