Prologue (a must-see, contains the most important information)
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1. Because of some reasons that everyone understands, this story takes place in a world parallel to the earth, the history in the story is different from the real earth, the dividing point is in 1644, the Qing soldiers did not enter the customs, and the huge territory left by the Ming Dynasty is an empire called the Later Tang Dynasty, the founding monarch claims to be a descendant of the Tang Dynasty Li family, after more than 300 years, the Later Tang Dynasty has not been eliminated, and the Tang Dynasty, which inherited the openness of the Tang Empire, learned the constitutional monarchy of the Western world. After completing the process of transforming from a feudal society to a capitalist society, everyone should understand that in the history of this parallel world, the land of China was ruled by a constitutional monarchy capitalist state called the 'Later Tang Empire'.
2. Because of the constitutional monarchy, the development of the country is relatively perfect, although there are still two world wars, but the Later Tang Empire has not been "invaded" by Fusang, of course, the two countries are still at war.
3. This book will replace some of the more sensitive content, such as Japan renamed Fuso, or some religions, will also be renamed, to avoid unnecessary trouble, readers spend money to read the book picture is happy, then in order to avoid this book because of a variety of irresistible reasons to be harmonious, these changes, but also hope that readers can understand, big deal, you can change the name back in your heart, the most rear, Thank you all for taking the time to read this Rory's wordy foreword.
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In 1937, there was a strange atmosphere on the planet called the Star of Gaia, of course, this atmosphere is not visible to everyone, in fact, even if this atmosphere is getting thicker and thicker, so thick that some people will feel a feeling of suffocation by inhaling strange gases every time they take a breath, but for most people, they should still eat, drink, eat three meals a day, and live a very nourishing life.
After all, the Later Tang Empire took the lead in entering the constitutional monarchy system, allowing the whole country to have enough time to develop, but in the north of a country called the Later Tang Empire on this planet, in a city called 'Youzhou', there is a family, and it doesn't seem to be so happy.
Since the Later Tang Empire experienced a constitutional monarchy, without the constraints of the so-called emperor, all the people in the whole country have been educated, and after opening up the wisdom of the people, the country has burst out with unprecedented strength, and the national strength has even faintly caught up with the first constitutional monarchy in the world, the British Empire, after all, this country has the best nation in the world, to be precise, it has the best culture in the world, and the wisdom of the predecessors. But it is not something that can be said clearly, and the embodiment of the country's strength can be seen from the people's livelihood facilities.
Late at night, it was already past eleven o'clock, and it was almost early in the morning, and the hour hand of the giant Atlantic clock, which resembled Big Ben of the British Empire, in the center of this ancient city, had slowly moved towards the word 'son'.
Obviously, although the Later Tang Empire carried out a constitutional monarchy and entered the road of modern capitalism, in fact, they still retained many customs, such as timekeeping, although they introduced Western clocks from the Western world, they did not abandon their own traditional timekeeping methods, but integrated them together.
Bright and yellow street lamps shine on the oily black asphalt pavement, because it is late autumn, there are no those disgusting little insects under the lamp, the wide road is infinitely extended at both ends, according to the laws of the Later Tang Empire, although the street lights on the main road should be bright all night, but the technology, the restrictions of the times, so that the penetration of this street lamp is not as strong as imagined, with the distance is farther, after all, it will still fall into darkness.
"Da~Da~"
Suddenly, the silent street from far and near came a regular sound of hitting the ground, from the frequency of the sound, it seems that there is someone stepping on the ground footsteps, gradually, as the sound approaches, the distance extends to the dark street, a figure flashed, each flash, crossed a distance of several meters, this is definitely not what ordinary humans can do, when he emerged from the darkness, he saw clearly, this is a middle-aged man in his thirties, burly and strong, with spiritual hair, The roots were upright, making the whole person look extremely energetic, but he didn't stay in this light for long, and it flashed again, and his whole person continued to rush forward without stopping, and finally, after being swallowed up by the darkness in the streets of Youzhou City, the person finally stopped in front of a classical house with a single courtyard.
"Whew~~"
With a long breath, a long white line was pulled out in the middle of the cold winter night, and even the ground was damp because of his breath, this person's lung capacity was huge, it can be imagined, for a long time, this person who seemed to run from a far, far away is definitely not an ordinary person After calming his qi, he raised his head and looked at this house similar to the Yanjing Courtyard, and there was a plaque hanging above the gate, on which there were two large bronzing characters obliquely from left to right, 'Yi House', think about it, the owner of this house, surnamed Yi.
"Knock~Knock~"
Grabbing the knocker on the side of the vermilion wooden gate, the strong man who looked like he had to be more than one meter nine knocked on the door twice, and the crisp impact sound penetrated the entire courtyard, when a trace of light came out of the crack in the door, the big man picked the corners of his mouth slightly, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, obviously, the people in the house had not left, and after a while, with another sound of footsteps, the vermilion door was opened, and a man in a cyan robe appeared in front of the strong man, unlike him, The owner of the house has very long hair, maybe he doesn't have time to take care of it at night, and the whole person looks a little disheveled, but this does not affect this man's temperament, which is extremely elegant.
After staring at the strong man in front of him for a long time, the man, who was also in his thirties, finally sighed, turned around and walked towards the courtyard, "Come in, close the door." "The sound is magnetic, gorgeous, but not a little aggressive.
After getting permission, the strong man grinned, jumped slightly, crossed the threshold nearly half a meter high, and closed the gate again, only then did he catch up with the middle-aged man who walked in front, "Big brother, you are really good here, I just came in, and I had a feeling that the whole person was wrapped in aura." ”
The strong man looked left and right, the layout of the house and his memory overlapped a lot, although familiar, but he still couldn't understand these things, he knew that he couldn't even walk around here, otherwise, in addition to demolishing this house, he would definitely not be able to get out, although the result was that he would also be demolished by this middle-aged man, to be exact, by this middle-aged man's wife.
"How did you find here?" After leading the strong man into the main entrance living room, the middle-aged man sat down on a wooden bench and turned to look at the strong man.
"Bang," the strong man was not polite, sat next to the middle-aged man, grabbed the overnight herbal tea and drank it, "Of course, I used the strength of the clan, and I checked for a long time before I found here, although the eldest brother you live in a shallow way, but a person with a temperament like you can't hide," At the end, the strong man also slapped a small sycophant, "By the way, what about my sister-in-law?" She's been fine lately. ”
"Hah!"
Suddenly, in this somewhat silent living room, a woman's cry sounded, accompanied by this cry, a woman with a white sheet and two holes on it jumped out, and before that, Yelu Ao didn't find a little movement, naturally, in the face of the sudden fright, he almost jumped up, and even the chair under his ass made a creaking sound, fortunately, at the last moment, he seemed to think of something, and knew that this was a bad taste of his sister-in-law, sat on the ground without losing face.
"Don't worry, if you die, I won't die," Seeing that Yelu Ao was taken aback, the woman nodded contentedly, and floated behind Yi Chen like a ghost, her bulging belly showed that she was a pregnant woman, and it seemed that she had it in five or six months.
"Yelu Ao has seen his sister-in-law," although the strong man's face was a little blushing, he still stood up, and the previous casualness had disappeared, although the Later Tang Empire had entered the capitalist society, its etiquette had not lost much, even if it was not as cumbersome as in the past.
"Ha," the woman covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, lifted the white ghost sheets on her body, and only then could she see her face clearly, her golden curly hair was definitely not the face of a Middle-earth, this woman turned out to be a foreigner, if it weren't for her face, no one would believe that a foreigner could say such a correct word in the Yanjing language that circulated in this area of Yanjing, after all, among the many dialects of the Later Tang Empire, the most elaborate and clear word is Yanjing, "What are you doing?" ”
"Congratulations on my sister-in-law's pregnancy, go back to my sister-in-law," Yelu Ao said after thinking for a moment after sitting down at the blonde woman's motion, "This world is going to be chaotic. After that, Yelu Ao raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man, "Presumably Brother Yi Chen should also be aware of it." ”
"What do you mean?" The blonde woman glanced at the man named Yi Chen with some suspicion.
"The World War," Yi Chen shrugged his shoulders for a long time, "The second time, although there is no sign yet, but judging from the preparations of various countries, it seems that it is not far away. ”
"That's it," Yelu Ao leaned back, and he didn't know where he pulled out a cigar, but after seeing the pregnant blonde woman, he put it back again, "There was a big brother in the First World War, which made those guys suffer a big loss, so this time after the council saw the signs, I hope that the big brother can come out of the mountain again, our geographical location in the Tang Dynasty, there is Aros in the north, there is poison in the south, and there is Fusang who eats us and wants to eat inside and out, assuming that there is World War II, it will inevitably be involved, That's why I came here in person, and the big car was too slow, I ran all the way from Chang'an. ”
Although it was late autumn, the living room of Yi Chen's house was still very warm, thanks to the floor heating technology introduced from the West, after Yelu Ao finished speaking, the living room was quiet, except for the faint sound of breathing, there was only the sound of Yi Chen's fingers gently tapping on the sandalwood tabletop, for a long time, Yi Chen shook his head slightly, "You tell the speaker that for some reason, I can't go, and," Seeing that Yelu Ao wanted to speak, Yi Chen unceremoniously interrupted him again," You can also see the changes in this world after the First World War, I believe that the further we go, the lower the leading role of our kind of people in the war, my formation can not control the planes, tanks, and the endless machine gun bullets, even you, in front of them, you can only escape, so, you tell the speaker, instead of knowing my brains on me, it is better to spend more money on armaments."
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"Chen, don't you really miss the old love at all?" After the dejected Yelu Ao left, the blonde beauty from an exotic land gently held his back and said.
"Ready, Matilda, the baby will be born in a few months, and I think next time, maybe the speaker himself will come, and we might as well move out."
"It's okay," Matilda knows Yi Chen's temper very well, he is like most men in the Later Tang Dynasty, elegant, but a little tortuous, the words of the head of the family, absolutely not allowed others to question, even if it is her, for so many years, even if she has been like Yi Chen all the time to convey ideas from foreign countries, but there is no way to change his temper, in the end, she can only sigh, and then quietly hugged Yi Chen, I don't know what to think, under the light, A strange beast carved from jade on Matilda's neck shone strangely from time to time, like a pearl
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"Is that really the case?" When Yelu Ao told the speaker the whole thing, that is, the actual person in charge after the constitutional monarchy of the Tang Empire, after talking about it, the old man who looked to be seventy or eighty years old sighed helplessly, "Mr. Yi's temper is still so stubborn, but," said the old man smiled slightly, "What he said is also very reasonable, after the First World War, our military strength in the Later Tang Dynasty has been greatly improved, and his words can be regarded as waking us up, so be it, from today on, Try to divert the Dragons from the frontal battlefield and reposition the Dragons! ”
"Yes, Speaker."
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A lush valley of Shanyin, not far in front of a small river, at the intersection of the two mountain ranges, there are three tombstones standing side by side, the leftmost tombstone is the latest, it looks like a new erection, carved with a few lines of words, Yi Chen's tomb, born in 1897, died in 1945, and the tombstones next to it are carved respectively, Yi Haotian's tomb, born in 1937, died in 1938 and Yi Yuxi's tomb, born in 1940, died in 1941, from the name and year, month and day, think about it, The last two tombstones are the owners of the first tombstone, Yi Chen's son and daughter, but for some reason, both children died after just over a year of birth
In front of the tombstone, a blonde exotic woman put a bouquet of flowers on the ground, naturally, this can only be Yi Chen's wife Matilda, two red eyes indicate that she is in a very bad mood, and her bulging belly tells outsiders that she is pregnant again, "Chen, don't worry, I will raise our child to adulthood, and what you said, I will also remember, from now on, my Yi descendant, do not practice the art of feng shui, do not enter the rivers and lakes, Je-t'aime." (Note: French, I love you)
In the distance, a gust of wind blew, making the flowers in front of the tomb shake a few times, as if the man named Yi Chen had answered, although at this time, the woman named Matilda had already left this sad place