Chapter 1448 - 350: Boiling Over!

Chapter 1448: Chapter 350: Boiling Over!

If Yan is gone, then what use is there for all the people under heaven?

This,

perhaps is the true obsession, even the principle, in Tian Wujing’s heart.

Everything he gave, everything he worked hard for, was for this principle.

Lord Zheng could not empathize,

he could inherit Tian Wujing’s methods of military strategy,

naturally imitate some of Tian Wujing’s habits, and subtly become like that person.

But,

Lord Zheng could not inherit Tian Wujing’s mantle regarding this principle.

Fortunately,

Tian Wujing never asked Zheng Fan to inherit this.

Prince Jingnan had said,

this path,

is hard, is exhausting,

He had already embarked on it, and there was no opportunity to turn back, nor did he have the right to do so.

Therefore,

he did not wish for Zheng Fan to follow him down this path.

He hoped Zheng Fan could live without such burdens, live a life more carefree, live a life of freedom and leisure.

In this world,

there is never hate without reason, nor is there love without reason;

Some believe that Prince Jingnan valued Lord Pingye because it was rumored that Prince Jingnan’s heir was raised by Lord Pingye, hence the extra attention, which was essentially just money for hiring a nursemaid.

However, why did Prince Jingnan not entrust the child to anyone else but to Lord Pingye?

Ultimately,

it was because Tian Wujing saw in Zheng Fan another path, another path he could have chosen.

Lord Zheng could bow his head, bowing his head was for better development, better living in the future, so that in the future, he would not need to bow his head again.

But within his heart, there has always been a line.

That is if absolutely necessary, if someone insists on crossing my bottom line, if someone really makes me unhappy, I might as well flip the table and find a deserted place to open the Dragon Gate Inn.

This is not the pedantic avoidance of the world,

but a true sense of freedom.

Originally,

he, Tian Wujing,

could also live with such freedom.

With the Jingnan army in hand,

Tian Family’s direct descendant of this generation,

himself a Third Rank peak Martial Cultivator,

Yan Emperor’s brother-in-law.

He could advance, attempt to ascend to that position, to feel the warmth of the dragon throne;

He could retreat and, like the former Sword Saint, wander the streets, playing among the people;

If he was disinclined to move,

just standing there,

no one would dare to do anything to him.

He clearly could live willfully, yet he chose a completely opposite path.

He valued Zheng Fan because, whether in military affairs or local governance, Zheng Fan’s ability and vision were top-notch talent molds.

Fools or ordinary talents couldn’t catch Tian Wujing’s eye.

But at Tian Wujing’s level, there were hardly any mediocrities standing beside him.

Having talent is the first step, the threshold; the attitude towards life that Zheng Fan embodied was the most valued reason by Tian Wujing.

Zheng Fan looked at Tian Wujing as if looking at an elder brother, an older brother; the younger brother admires the older brother and naturally imitates some of the brother’s habits and behaviors, which is very normal.

Thinking of Nian Yao, being the Grand General of Chu State, still openly revering Tian Wujing, over the past years and through these few great battles, the young generation within the military of various states, who isn’t a fan of Tian Wujing?

Even that tribal young prince is said to imitate Tian Wujing’s military strategies when using his Royal Court cavalry.

And Tian Wujing,

looking at Zheng Fan,

was seeing the image he could have originally been.

He bestowed some things, something he was destined never to have in this lifetime, onto Zheng Fan.

You live for me,

as if the same.

...

The Fifth Prince’s request was refused by Lord Zheng.

Because Lord Zheng did not want to take this risk;

Every solitary deep advance was a great risk as military adventures; winning, naturally, was glorious beyond compare, with unmatched credit, but losing meant there was no retreat whatsoever.

The Chu people’s system, the operation of the Chu people’s court, was not comparable to the wild people of the past, even over at the Qian State, despite many craven cowards in a major campaign, some self-sacrificing heroes could still emerge;

Moreover, the last time when the princess was kidnapped, he managed to escape — firstly due to luck, secondly because Chu State had not really mobilized, after mobilization, there were many nobles who would only laugh at how the Qu Clan had embarrassed themselves greatly this time.

But this time, it was a national war!

Once he loses, then prepare to face the mountain-searching sea-sweeping pursuit.

By that time,

Lord Zheng would probably not even have the courage to scar his face like the Wild King once did.

Sometimes,

Lord Zheng was merciful, with a touch of Madonna-like essence.

But Lord Zheng was not a purely "Madonna-like" person; he had always been clear that he was just a secularized "Madonna," with occasional acts of kindness to make his mood a little better, as a form of adjustment in life.

Lord Zheng was very clear that this kind of "Madonna" was, in essence, a refined egoist.

If he saw a young girl barely clothed and miserably bullied in front of him,

he would feel distressed, helped to kick over the bully oppressing her;

But if he heard that downstream rivers inundated houses, drowning fields, many were washed away, many were homeless;

Hmm,

he could indeed imagine that scene,

but,

it doesn’t really affect him.

The Fifth Prince was refused. He did not say farewell but stood on the city wall, accompanying Lord Zheng as they watched the scenery for almost half an hour.

During that half-hour,

the two of them,

did not speak a word.

Finally, it was the Fifth Prince who first broke the silence.