Chapter Fifty-One: Two Years of Change

  "That Nie Han is really something!"

  Yang Yu Xi, who was walking quickly, was suddenly stopped in his tracks by this sentence. He turned around to see a storyteller speaking with great enthusiasm.

  He silently muttered "Nie Han Gege" in his heart and unconsciously drew closer to that group of people.

  "What's so fierce about Nie Han?" Yang Yu Xi raised her face and asked.

  "Eh, little brother, don't you know?" Mr. Shu seemed puzzled, looking at Yang Yuxi.

  "Yeah, uncle can you tell me about it in detail?"

  The people around also lit up their eyes and stared at the storyteller.

  The storyteller suddenly felt important, adjusted his collar, cleared his throat, and elegantly opened the fan in his hand. He said: "As for Nie Han, he is indeed a genius! Two years ago, there was no such person in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he suddenly burst into the sky of the Great Zhou Dynasty like thunder, making a name for himself in the imperial examination two years ago, and winning the title of Wu Shuangyuan. He became as close as brothers with Ru Qiu Sheng, the Wen Shuangyuan. But this is not all, Nie Han's amazing thing is that he has been crowned Wu Shuangyuan for two consecutive years, which no one has ever done before, even Ru Qiu Sheng dare not say that he can win the title of Wen Shuangyuan! Nie Han has already replaced Ru Qiu Sheng as the number one young man in the Great Zhou Dynasty today!"

  "Wow, Nie Han is so amazing!!" Yang Yu Xi's heart was racing with excitement. This was the first time in two years that he had heard any information about someone related to him, and it was so intense. How could he not be excited?

  "Is there more? Is there more?" Yang Yu Xi hastily asked back.

  The storyteller smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and continued: "If it were just his strength, his prestige wouldn't be so high. What's even more valuable about him is that he has made up his mind to join the army. Now he is already a lieutenant general, with his talent, it won't take long for him to become a general, and it's not impossible for him to become the new marshal of our great Zhou dynasty!"

  "Nie Hanchao has joined the army..." Yang Yuxi muttered to himself, then he continued to ask, "Do you know which troop he is in now?"

  "This... I don't know for now." The storyteller looked embarrassed and thought to himself, "Why is this kid so concerned about Nie Han's affairs?"

  Yang Yu Xi nodded, and suddenly felt a pang of longing for Nie Han and Ru Qiu Sheng. Two years was neither long nor short, yet it had passed in the blink of an eye. Who knew when they would meet again?

  Yang Yu Xi suddenly thought of something and raised his head to ask: "Uncle, apart from this matter, has anything else big happened in the past two years?"

  "Something big?" The storyteller hesitated for a moment, then asked Yang Yuxi back, "Do you mean war?"

  "War!?" Yang Yu Xi was shocked and hastily asked, "Has the battle begun?!"

  This time it wasn't just the bookworms, but even others were looking at Yang Yuxi with a strange gaze. How could such a big thing be unknown?

  Yang Yu Xi's face turned slightly awkward, and he scratched his head, saying: "Uh, I was alone in the mountains and wilderness for two years, training, until now when I came out, so I don't know what happened during these two years."

  "So that's how it is, young brother! You're quite an accomplished cultivator yourself, venturing out on your own at such a young age. It's truly not easy!" The storyteller exclaimed in realization, his eyes filled with admiration as he gazed at Yang Yuxi. The surrounding crowd also nodded in agreement and praise.

  "Hehe......" Yang Yu Xi scratched his head, smiling awkwardly.

  Then Yang Yu Xi asked: "So please tell me, uncle, what exactly happened?"

  The storyteller closed his folding fan, and a hint of solemnity appeared on his face. "This matter must be told from over a year ago," he said. "The location where the war took place was quite remote, seemingly in a city called Haiyang City."

  "Haiyang City!" Yang Yu Xi exclaimed with a quick wit.

  "Hey, little brother, what's wrong with you? Do you know that Haiyang City?" The storyteller was somewhat taken aback.

  Yang Yu Xi hastily grabbed the storyteller's sleeve and asked: "Is there someone named Hai Tian?"

  "How did you know?" This time it was the bookworm's turn to be surprised, and he hastily asked Yang Yu Xi, "Could this child have some connection with Hai Tian?"

  Yang Yu Xi snapped back to reality, realizing he had gotten too excited. He hastily waved his hand and said: "Nothing, nothing, I just heard some things along the way... apparently that Hai Tian is a rebel..."

  The storyteller pondered for a moment and said: "That's right, Hai Tian that bastard actually dared to rebel against our Great Zhou, provoking this war."

  "But as far as I know, Haitian is not the highest leader of the rebel army."

  The storyteller nodded and said, "Haitian is indeed not the highest leader. I heard that the rebels didn't want to start a war so soon, but someone disrupted Haitian's plan, forcing them to take action ahead of schedule."

  Yang Yu Xi did not respond, but in her heart she was considering the matter. It seemed that the reason for this war to happen ahead of time was because they had caused a big disturbance in Hai Yang City.

  At this time, he suddenly remembered that Yang Lin seemed to have said that the imperial court had sent someone to investigate Haiyang City. It seems that it was during that time when Hai Tian couldn't cover up and thus started a war.

  However, Yang Yu Xi always felt that something was off. According to his feelings at the time, this was a deeply hidden conspiracy, so how could it have led to war so quickly?

  Absolutely shouldn't!

  Yang Yu Xi furrowed her brow, but couldn't figure out what was wrong.

  "Little brother, what's wrong?" asked the storyteller, probing Yang Yuxi's expression.

  "What?!" Yang Yu Xi came back to her senses and hastily said, "Nothing, nothing, it's just that I find war too cruel."

  "Who says it's not? Fortunately, the situation is now under control, and all that's left is a matter of time."

  "Oh? The situation is under control?!" Yang Yu Xi exclaimed in surprise.

  "Yes, General, you personally led the troops to quell the rebellion. How could you possibly lose control of the situation?!" The storyteller looked very pleased with himself.

  "General... " Yang Yu Xi scratched his head, feeling that he had heard these three words somewhere before, but couldn't quite recall where.

  "Then, has this war affected a small town called Yexing City?" Yang Yu Xi asked with some trepidation in her heart.

  "Yue City? Never heard of it." The storyteller furrowed his brow, then looked around at the people nearby, seeing that they were also perplexed. He shook his head in response to Yang Yuxi.

  "Really, thank you Uncle!" Yang Yu Xi's stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. It seemed that it hadn't affected Xiyang City, and Father and Grandfather Yang Lin should be fine.

  By the way, how are Xiaoyan and Erhuangzi doing? It's been a long time since we last met...

  Maybe I should find some time to go back and visit them.

  No way, I've told Dad before, I won't be back until I've made something of myself.

  Yang Yu Xi's inner activity proceeded very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed from sadness into encouragement.

  He turned back and bowed his head to the storyteller, saying: "Thank you, uncle. I have something else to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."

  "Alright, little brother, take care." The storyteller also nodded to Yang Yu Xi, watching as Yang Yu Xi's figure disappeared into the distance. He had a feeling that this child would not be ordinary in the future.

  "Nie Hang's prestige has spread throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he and Qiu Sheng are both very powerful people. As their younger brother, how can I be too weak?!" Yang Yu Xi thought as he ran, the wind whizzing past his ears pulling his heart to the ninth heaven.

  "Let's go find Taro and Shin first."

  Yang Yu Xi climbed up onto the rooftop and flipped over one street after another, but she didn't see the figures of Xia Jing Qing and Qin Tian Cheng on any of the streets.

  "What's going on? With Di Qing's personality, it's impossible for her not to be strolling around the night market at this late hour?!" Yang Yu Xi muttered to herself, clearly displeased.

  "You won't sneak off somewhere else to play again, will you......"

  Yang Yu Xi thought that the two guys last time were sneaking into Hai Yang City and even dug a tunnel to meet themselves, so this time they might sneak out again.

  Yang Yu Xi felt a sense of urgency, and as soon as this idea emerged, he felt it becoming more and more possible.

  "Never mind, let's just ask someone."

  Yang Yu Xi jumped down from the rooftop and landed in front of a pedestrian, saying to the pale-faced pedestrian: "Hey, big brother, don't be afraid, I didn't mean any harm."

  The pedestrian finally saw clearly that it was a boy of about ten years old in front of him. He calmed down and asked, "Little brother, what's wrong?"

  "Uh, I'd like to ask you about two people."

  "Two people, from Luoyang?"

  "It should be." Yang Yu Xi wasn't very sure either, only knowing that the two had said they were from Luoyang at first, and judging by their tone, they should be people from Luoyang.

  That person also frowned and then smiled: "What are they called?"

  Xia Jingqing and Qin Tiancheng.

  "Are you looking for them?!" The man was clearly startled and quickly sized up Yang Yu Xi.

  Yang Yu Xi found it somewhat strange: "What's wrong?"

  "What's your relationship with those two?!"

  "Friend." Yang Yu Xi thought for a moment, then said, "A very good friend."

  His face changed color and he subconsciously took a few steps back, saying: "I advise you not to look for them anymore, they have left the Xia family and Qin family for half a year."

  Yang Yu Xi's face changed drastically, and he hastily took a step forward, asking: "What's going on?!"

  "You're their good friend, didn't you know?"

  "We haven't seen each other for two years." Yang Yu Xi nodded, her expression somewhat melancholy.

  "You... could it be that you are Yang Yu Xi?" The person's face showed a look of surprise, seemingly shocked.

  Yang Yu Xi was taken aback and immediately realized that the person in front of him must know the two, so he hastily asked: "I am Yang Yu Xi, may I ask who you are, uncle?"

  That man suddenly looked down and said: "My name is Xia Tian, I am Xia Jingqing's second uncle."

  "It was Second Uncle!" Yang Yu Xi sighed at the coincidence of fate, and also didn't have the mood to exchange pleasantries, directly saying, "Second Uncle, what's going on, why were they both driven out of the house?"

  "Alas, this is a long story." Xia Tian let out a soft sigh and sat down at the side of the road.

  Yang Yu Xi saw this and also hastily ran over to sit down beside him, preparing to listen to Xia Tian explain the whole situation clearly.

  "Second uncle, speak slowly."

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