Realm of Power

"This is it!"

After walking up a few steps, he led Lu Feilin to the corridor on the right. He stopped in front of a black wooden door in the corridor and whispered with a strange expression, "Qianyun's temper is a bit weird, and his appearance is different from ordinary people."

"What do you mean by different?" A trace of astonishment flashed across the fat man's face.

"Qian Yun's piano skills often make those who listen to them dream about it, but his appearance is really..." Feilin sighed with regret in her eyes, and hesitated to speak, "In the past, there were young nobles who came to see her, and were attracted by Qian Yun. Yun refused and stood outside the door for three days. Seeing his sincerity, Qianyun agreed. However, after only two minutes of entering, the man quickly left in disappointment. From then on, Qianyun saw no one else.

"Actually, the whole street knows that Qianyun, who comes from Central Asia, has an ugly appearance. Although he has excellent piano skills, he is often laughed at by women outside who are self-conscious about their appearance. Although Qianyun doesn't take it seriously, as a As a woman, I still hope that you can be considerate and not show too much surprise! In any case, appearance is always important to a woman!"

"I see, don't worry, I just have some questions to ask!"

The fat man nodded, with a serious expression. He didn't care about the appearance of the Qianyun piano master. He just wanted to learn about the situation of the Zhongbia Empire and said, "I heard you say before that this Qianyun once followed An aristocratic master from the capital of Gaul later became a beggar. If he was really a good-looking person, he would have been reduced to a miserable situation in these troubled times. Being ugly is actually a blessing! "

"Thank you for your understanding, sir!"

Seeing the fat man nodding, Feilin breathed a sigh of relief. She felt like she was walking on a tightrope now. Life and death were just an expression of the man in front of her. She opened the door very carefully, and a pale white light came from inside. The light comes in.

The room that appeared in front of the fat man was not big, but it was very chic. It had a bed, a table, and a woman wearing a white veil, sitting on the window sill, with a long white skirt trailing to the floor. Reflecting her stature, which is slightly smaller than that of a normal person, the woman's blurred eyes are filled with emotion as she looks at the raindrops falling like white lines outside the window in trance. There is a giant piano about 2 meters long on the table.

This piano made the fat man pause for a moment, and a trace of disappointment flashed through his eyes.

Different from the guqin in the memory of the previous life, the one in front of me is larger and has a different shape. There are only five strings on it instead of the seven strings in the memory of the previous life. When I heard the sound of the door opening, I leaned against the window sill and watched the rain. Qianyun made no move to look back.

It seemed that the whole person's spirit was absorbed in the drizzle outside the window. For a moment, the fat man felt like he was looking at flowers in a fog. This Qianyun piano master was wearing a long white dress in the style of Obaro, with a white belt tied around the waist that was unusual for ordinary people, and a black high bun on her head, without any powder or decoration. However, its natural beauty has a somewhat strange and otherworldly quality.

"Qianyun. My sister has brought a guest to see you!" Feilin said softly, as if she knew Qianyun would not look back, and asked the fat man to sit down on the other side of the table.

"guest?"

With a hint of surprise, the woman in the white dress turned back from the window. Under the light of the candlestick on the table, the fat man could clearly see the face of this Central-Bian woman. The fat man frowned slightly. Sure enough, she was really ugly!

Now Fatty finally knows why Feilin said that.

The Qianyun piano master in front of him has a very good figure, but the lower half of his face is blocked by white sand. However, you can still see two criss-crossed and abrupt scars on the left side of his face, and the bridge of his nose is unusually high. Originally, The fair face that is still barely visible is completely ruined by the abnormally raised nose. The upper half of the face is not blocked by the white sand, and a pair of black eyes are bright and wild, like gems shining in the deep black ocean. Shoot at him,

‘What a pity! "

The fat man sighed secretly. It is undeniable that this woman named Qianyun, if it were not for the scar and abnormal nose bridge, and if her slender figure could wear a gorgeous skirt, she would definitely be considered a stunning beauty. The fat man felt vaguely She didn't look like what he saw in front of him, or she was in some kind of disguise. The fat man's eyes paused on the bridge of Qianyun's nose again with interest, but it was hard to see the details under the white sand.

"Sister, Qianyun has already stated that he will not see outsiders in the future, why do he still bring people here!" The Baisha woman opposite was a little surprised by the fat man's calmness. In the past, many people saw her face and immediately hid their faces in fear and ran away. , There has never been a person with such a calm expression as Fatty,

"I know my sister doesn't see outsiders, but this one is really..." Feilin looked embarrassed and wanted to explain.

"It has nothing to do with Miss Feilin, it's just me. I want to know about the situation in the Central Asian Empire!" The fat man waved his hand to Feilin, who wanted to continue explaining, and glanced at Qianyun's long black hair. The fat man's mind was moved. , took the initiative to take off the hood on his head, revealing his own black hair like Qianyun, his black pupils shining with a soul-stirring luster, and said softly, "Miss, you should be able to understand my reasons now!"

"You're from China!"

Qianyun was originally sitting on his knees. When he saw the fat man's black hair, his whole body stood up. He looked at the fat man in surprise, his eyes were shining, but his tone still revealed a hint of coldness that would repel people thousands of miles away. He was dark and beautiful. hair. With a pair of deep, long and charming eyes, his movements were as cold as ice. At this moment, she realized through the light that the young man in front of her had black hair and black pupils, all of which were Central Asians. physical characteristics,

But she didn't notice that Feilin, who was sitting next to the fat man, trembled slightly and her face looked ugly. She wanted to remind herself of something, but she didn't dare to say anything.

"Even if it is, I don't know the specifics anyway! Because I have never been to Zhongbia, that's why I want to know the situation in Zhongbia!" The fat man pretended to have a lonely expression and shook his head indifferently. His hand was under the table, but he held Feilin's slightly trembling hand.

Feilin's face turned even paler, almost as white as paper, but she didn't dare to struggle at all. The fat man's grip was undoubtedly a warning to her,

Feilin suddenly felt like crying without tears, because she suddenly realized. All her thoughts seemed to have been seen through by the man in front of her. Only now did she realize how ridiculous it was that she wanted to hide the emperor who had single-handedly forged a huge empire, and Qianyun would hunt him down. The emperor of the Eagle Empire, the invincible Emperor God, is said to be a Central Asian, which is enough to make Feilin die countless times!

"There are indeed many descendants of Central Bia living in Gaul who have never been to Central Bia in their entire lives!" Qianyun obviously did not notice anything unusual about Feilin. She was still in the shock just now, and her seductive eyes seemed to bring back some memories. Her eyes turned from bright to dark, and she thought that her descendants might be like this. She couldn't return to her homeland, and felt like living in a foreign country and being discriminated against. He gritted his teeth with a sad expression.

"Okay, for the sake of all the Central Asians." Qianyun moved the giant piano away from the table with his hands. Revealing a hidden compartment in the middle of the table, Qianyun opened the compartment and took out a set of books filled with dots of drawings.

This is a very rough map. There were little drawings on it, and there were incomprehensible words on it. The fat man looked at this rough map, and his eyes lit up. Paper! It’s paper! Although the production is a bit rough, and you can still see the fine roots of plants and trees on it, it is definitely a genuine piece of paper.

"Miss Qianyun. I would like to ask, what is this picture made of? And the color of the writing on it is..." The fat man suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"This is a piece of papyrus paper. I collected some plants myself and pressed them using our special procedures in China!" Qianyun narrowed his eyes slightly and flattened the drawing with his fingers, showing a rare trace of peace. "As for this The lines above are ink I made from ground graphite. In China and Bia, we all use this as a writing material! "

"It turns out that Miss Qianyun can do this. I wonder if you are interested in teaching me! Although I have never been to China and Bia, it is always good to learn something about China and Bia." The fat man looked interested. His expression, in fact, he was extremely excited inside.

This time I found a treasure. Among the four great inventions of China in the previous life, the invention of paper ranked first because paper is an important carrier to promote the inheritance of civilization and solves the most difficult problem in the process of promoting and inheriting civilization. material problems solved,

The four great inventions, paper, compass, gunpowder, and movable type printing, are all things that have made a leap forward in the entire human civilization. I have mastered gunpowder and compass, and now I have them all. Now Ikadiva and Ou Barrow's writing materials are all made of ancient traditional leather. The quantity of leather is limited, and it is expensive and cannot be promoted on a large scale. A book is just a thick stack of high-quality leather, and the price is even higher. in gold coins

Even nobles would not have any extra financial resources to spend on books, so that a book would have to be passed down for several generations, and knowledge could not be updated and popularized, let alone ordinary civilians. Paper production technology is simple and low-cost. Low cost has become the main carrier for the spread of educational civilization. If coupled with movable type printing, it will directly promote the civilization of the Falcon Empire and push it back for more than a hundred years.

In the past, Fatty also wanted to study the production of paper, but due to unknown processes and materials, he failed several times. Instead, he knew a little about movable type printing, which mainly used rosin heating, graphite printing and dyeing, and engraving pictures and text on metal or metal. On the clay block, it is put into a specific metal frame and can be exchanged at will. This technology is not a problem for the Falcon Empire with its developed forging industry.

"Of course, as long as you don't mind!"

Qianyun didn't know what the fat man in front of her was thinking. Her eyes were full of surprise, and she was still filled with admiration for meeting a Central-Bian man thousands of miles away. As for these little tricks, they were just nothing in her eyes. It's an extremely common thing. Who would have known that the stupid guy in front of him was really thinking about human civilization and the like, so he sold the priceless treasure he had without hesitation.

"This is the Hundred Miles Long Court in Kyoto of the Zhongbia Empire!"

Qianyun's tone became much softer. It seemed that Fatty had been regarded as a sibling by her. Her fingers were very slender, probably because she had been playing the piano all year round. With a breathtaking beauty, her fingers followed one end of the map, and then Point to another corner of the map,

Qianyun whispered again, "This is Gaul. To get to Central Asia, you need to travel through the entire Gaul region. I once asked in Kyoto, Gaul. This will take at least 2 months, and it's still... Take a carriage ride!"

His white fingers slid from one end of the map to the other, and a trace of sadness flashed across Qianyun's face. He continued, "If it were in the past, I would advise you to go back. As a Central Bian, returning to the motherland is a destiny. But now, I will not give you such advice. When I come out, China and Bia will The region is being invaded by the Dongting people from the north. The defense line in the northern region has been breached. The brutal Dongting cavalry is raging in the north. More than three million Central Asians have been massacred by the Dongting people. .

"Dongting and Zhongbia are at war?"

A trace of astonishment flashed across the fat man's face. Last time, the Dongting people's cavalry wandered around the border and then let themselves be fooled into leaving. Instead, the son of the chief of the Dongting small tribe who came to seek refuge brought some with him. Regarding the news about the East Courtyard, several princes seem to be in serious internal strife, and Fatty is still waiting for the civil strife in the East Courtyard.

"The war between Zhongbia and the grassland people has been going on for thousands of years! War has always been like this. When Zhongbia becomes stronger, it will attack the grasslands, and when the grassland people become stronger, they will fight against Zhongbia."

Qianyun said with a sad smile, and glanced at the silly fat man who looked like a curious baby. "I was expelled from the Zhongbia Empire because of what the King Khan of the Dongting Empire said."

"King Khan of Dongting! What did he say? It actually caused you to be expelled?" The fat man's eyes have narrowed into a thin line. There is no King Khan in the Dongting Empire now. If there is, it is the former King Khan. That one is almost The unparalleled hero who unified the vast grassland! Such a character. Do you need to deliberately deal with a weaker and powerless woman?

"The Khan King is boring to say the least. During a negotiation with the Zhongbia Empire, he actually proposed to let the three major violinists from the Zhongbia Empire enter the East Courtyard!" Qianyun's eyes were blurry. He fell into a state of confusion and said in a concentrated voice, "The result was naturally rejected by the Zhongbia Empire. One of the three great violinists was the princess of the empire, and the other was the daughter of the prime minister of the empire. The people of Dongting obviously knew this. Yes, making such a request is just to humiliate the Central Asian Empire.

Seeing that the people in Zhongbia were excited, the people of Dongting changed their request, saying that in accordance with the royal order of Dongting Khan, it would be fine if Qianyun could enter Dongting alone, and the other two were just foils, so it was fine not to go. King Dongting Khan is also willing to give out ten more cities in the north as gifts! As a result, Qianyun was expelled from the empire immediately after the special envoy from Dongting left. . . . . . "Qian Yun's face flashed with sadness, his voice stopped, and he didn't want to say any more.

"It's really disgusting. You don't dare to offend and humiliate your enemies, but you care about the women of your own country. It doesn't matter if such a country doesn't remember it!" Feilin next to her said angrily, and Qianyun smiled bitterly.

She had told Feilin about this matter, and she had the same view at the time, but Qianyun himself knew very well that this was not the case at all. At that time, this matter caused a huge disturbance in the Zhongbia Empire.

"The princess and the prime minister must have teamed up to do it!" The fat man looked serious and took a deep breath. Qianyun's body trembled slightly, raised his head, and looked at the fat man with flashing eyes, full of horror.

"No...it can't be. Is it really...?" Feilin's face turned pale and she cried out.

"A woman's jealousy is more terrifying than a sword!" The fat man sneered at the corner of his mouth, glanced at the cross scar under Qianyun's veil, and clearly thought of something, and said slowly, "King Dongting Khan proposed that as long as you Qianyun, Instead of the imperial princess, let alone the daughter of the prime minister, and even willing to offer ten cities in exchange for it, if you are not tall enough to captivate an entire city, then there is only one possibility."

"You must be the person he hates the most!" The fat man smiled, "It's just a little trick to kill people with a borrowed knife. Isn't it possible that no one in the Central Asian Empire can see it?"

"Yes, it's just a little trick, but what if you can see it? The princess, the prime minister, none of them can be resisted by Qianyun! Just the charge of exile is already the result of the efforts of many people!"

"What about King Dongting Khan? Why did he do this?"

"As for King Dongting Khan, I once disguised myself as an ordinary piano player and assassinated him once." Qianyun's pretty face was slightly cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It's a pity, it must have been a mistake, but that time because it was very secretive, Dongting Khan The king found out after the fact and quickly sent troops to chase me along the way. I had already returned to the country by that time, so he came up with such a sinister method. It's a pity that none of my companions who tried to protect me survived!"

"Can you still kill people? How can you hold a sword like this?" Feilin looked at Qianyun's weaker body with a look of disbelief. Instead, the fat man showed a hint of surprise and slapped his mouth and cheeks. Said with satisfaction

"It must be the sound of the piano! Kill people with the sound of the piano!"

"How did you guess that!"

Qianyun's body trembled, and she stared at the fat man. The fat man guessed the reason for the expulsion, which had already impressed her. Now, she felt even more unfathomable.

"There was too much unwillingness and murderous spirit in your piano just now. It is not something that an ordinary violinist can play, unless you have experienced it personally!" The fat man looked calm, and of course he would not say that he had experienced something similar. The assassination was only because he was lucky and Sceris helped him block the arrow. Otherwise, he might have been like the Dongting Khan, who died inexplicably during the expedition.

After hesitating for a moment, the fat man seemed to have made some kind of decision, and said in a solemn voice, "You did not miss in the assassination. Just a few months ago, King Khan of the Dongting Empire died unexpectedly while he was out fighting! Of course, then It was announced to the outside world, but it is true that he died during the expedition! Now the three princes in the East Court are fighting! "

"King Dongting Khan is dead!" Qianyun stayed there completely.

It has been more than half a year since she was expelled from Central Asia. She has been wandering in the Gallic Empire, getting further and further away from Central Asia. Because of her appearance, she has closed herself off and cannot get any news from Central Asia.

The fat man was vaguely touched in his heart. By the candlelight, he found that Qianyun's expression was gloomy, and his extremely ugly nose did not aggravate the tremor when he exhaled. Thinking of Qianyun's assassination of King Dongting Khan in disguise, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. "This nose is too fake!" (To be continued...)