Chapter Seventeen: You Owe Me an Apology

  "It's almost New Year's!" Li Yuanba sat alone in his own mansion, looking up at the cold sky.

  Li Yuan's ambition was finally exposed, and he was busy preparing for the uprising every day. The great Sui dynasty is now in a precarious situation, with uprisings breaking out all over the country, and several rebel armies have already gained the power to confront the Sui army!

  Li Yuanba spent the Spring Festival alone in his mansion, not wanting to see anyone. It's not that he was pretending to be gloomy, but Li Yuanba really wanted to take a good rest. The death of his beloved wife had an impact on him, but it wasn't too heavy. This was Li Yuanba's first wife in his second life, and she also occupied an important position in his heart. However, Li Yuanba was used to being lonely! In his previous life, he stayed at home for seven or eight years, and after coming to this world, he often lived alone in the mansion. From meeting Han Lin until her departure, it had only been two years, and since his mother's death, Emperor Gaozu of Tang's concubines had given birth to several younger brothers and sisters, but they had never interacted with Li Yuanba...

  In 617, this was the peak year of the rebellion and also the year when the rebel forces expanded rapidly.

  In the first month, Chen Lang, the Right Guard General, led a campaign against Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei led his troops to resist the government army. Chen Lang fortified his camp and refused to come out for battle. Du Fuwei sent him women's clothes and called him "Chen Mother". Chen Lang became enraged and led his troops out to fight. Du Fuwei launched a fierce attack, greatly defeating the government army, and Chen Lang barely escaped with his life. Du Fuwei took advantage of his victory to capture Gaoyou and occupy Luoyang, proclaiming himself General Manager and appointing Fu Gong as his Long Historian. He dispatched various generals to take control of the counties under Jiangdu Prefecture. Wherever the army went, cities were captured, and small bandits in the Jianghuai region flocked to join Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei often selected 5,000 brave soldiers, calling them "Upper Recruits", and treated them with great favor and generosity. Whenever there was a battle, he ordered the "Upper Recruits" to attack first. After the battle, he inspected the officers and men, executing anyone who had wounds on their back, considering it evidence of retreat. All captured military supplies and wealth were used to reward his troops. If any soldiers died in battle, Du Fuwei would bury them with their concubines. As a result, Du Fuwei's army fought bravely, and none could stand against them.

  Dou Jiande established his capital in Leshou, declared himself Prince of Changle, set up a full bureaucracy, and changed the era name to Dingchou.

  The bandit Xu Yuanlang of Lu County captured Dongping, and he divided his troops to occupy the land from Langya in the west to the north of Dongping. All these territories belonged to Xu Yuanlang, who had more than 20,000 elite soldiers.

  Lu Mingyue swept through Henan and arrived in Huai Bei, with a claimed force of 400,000, calling himself the Supreme King. Emperor Yang ordered Jiangdu Governor Wang Shichong to lead troops to suppress Lu Mingyue. Wang Shichong clashed with Lu Mingyue in Nanyang, defeating him heavily, beheading Lu Mingyue and dispersing his remaining forces.

  Shuo Fang Eagle Yang Lang killed the governor of Shuofang, Tang Shizong, and occupied Shuofang Prefecture, proclaiming himself Grand Chancellor, and forming an alliance with the Turks to the north.

  Ma Yi's governor Wang Ren Gong, often received bribes and was unable to relieve the suffering. On the day of Ji Chou, Ren Gong sat in court, Wu Zhou came to pay respects, his party Zhang Wan Sui and others followed him into the hall, ascended the steps, beheaded Ren Gong, held up his head as a warning, no one in the county dared to move. Then they opened the granary to relieve the starving people, sent urgent orders to the cities within the borders, all of which surrendered, and gathered an army of over 10,000 men. Wu Zhou proclaimed himself governor and sent envoys to surrender to the Turks.

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  Due to Li Yuanba's persistence, Li Yuan managed to squeeze out some time from his busy schedule to invite Li Yuanba to come out and gather with the brothers. Li Yuanba glared: "I'm busy! Go manage your emperor business, this place needs quiet!" Li Yuan was also a bit afraid of these three sons, in case they started another mess, just thinking about it was frightening!

  Li Yuanba came to this world and spent less time with Li Yuan than with several of his own brothers. Seeing the relationship between his siblings and this cheap father like that of a superior and subordinate, Li Yuanba still feels chilled to the bone! Moreover, the psychology of treating one's wife as a tool in this era is even more disgusting to Li Yuanba, who has matured a lot. This is a gap of several thousand years, like the distance between heaven and earth!

  In March, Li Yuanba finally felt that he was going to get moldy! Let's go out and take a stroll. "Where to?" Li Yuanba was a bit bewildered. Go to big brother's place? After inquiring, he found out that Li Jiancheng had gone to Hedong early, taking Li Yuanyi's family and sixth brother Li Zhicun with him. Then let's go to second brother's place for a stroll. Arriving at Li Shimin's mansion, those Jianghu people who hadn't appeared in his eyes for a long time were gathered in groups, entering and exiting the gate of Li Shimin's mansion. "Hey, it really is just like on TV!" Li Yuanba suddenly became interested. The attire of these Jianghu people was completely different from ordinary people's clothing, with all sorts of strange and bizarre outfits.

  As he walked to the mansion's main gate, he stretched out his large hammer and blocked an old man who looked like a beggar: "Old man, is my second brother inside?" The old man had disheveled silver hair and a dirty face that hadn't been washed in months, making it almost impossible to tell if he was angry. Who are you? How dare you! I am the honored guest of the Qin King... Luckily, a servant guarding the gate was quick-witted and immediately came forward with a bow: "Third Master, welcome. This is your esteemed guest. Do you want to see the master? Follow me." Li Yuanba lost interest in meeting this so-called Jianghu figure after seeing the servant arrive. He nodded, slung his hammers over his shoulder, and left!

  The old man is also a well-known master in the Jianghu, and he is the Taishang Elder of the Beggars' Sect. He has been famous for over 40 years and is known as the "Top Beggar". Since his rise to fame, he has maintained his peak strength from birth. Due to unknown reasons, this old man is now over 80 years old, but still maintains the same level of strength as when he first became famous... What's his name? He doesn't even know where his parents are!

  People from the rivers and lakes are good at being brave and loving to fight, although they have defected to the Qin Wang Fu, but that temper is not easy to change! As a noble guest, he was insulted by some third young master, how could he bear it. Openly, no one dares to do anything, but secretly... ... First, let's ask around, and then turn back to chat with the gatekeeper. Others have been mixed up in the rivers and lakes until now without dying, although they are a bit reckless, they are not stupid!

  This world is a high martial arts world, so the Jianghu and government are naturally divided! However, every time there is a great chaos in the imperial court, there is always a shadow of Jianghu. This is all about survival space issues. On the other hand, isn't there also a shadow of the imperial court on Jianghu? Yes, but very few! One of them is Wang Lin, the sect master of Confucian Tianhang Sect, who serves as the Left Chancellor of the Imperial Court! And his son Wang Tong is also a contemporary great Confucian appointed by the imperial court... It's a very complicated relationship!

  The old man listened to a blow, and sucked in a breath of cool air! The news on the rivers and lakes is more spiritual and accurate than the imperial court. Li Yuanba is also a taboo existence on the rivers and lakes! Single-handedly killing 600,000 troops, even if 100 masters were killed, they couldn't finish off so many people, not to mention that there are over 600,000 people who aren't dead objects, with mixed strengths and unevenness, and a high probability of counter-killing these 100 masters...

  But is this really true? Anyway, I don't dare try it out, safety first!

  Arriving at the backyard, he saw three big characters written above: "Huang Di". Li Yuanba read it curiously and said: "What word? Even Wang Ba's name is also a word?"

  Upon hearing the Third Master's muttering, the servant didn't dare to laugh and hastily replied: "Third Master, that is the name given by our master to welcome men of great ambition - Tian Ce Fu!" The servant was also proud of his master's grand ambitions!

  "Oh, Tian Ce Fu! You can go down, I'll go myself!" Li Yuanba didn't mind at all that he couldn't read, and said as he walked straight in.

  Li Yuanba walked in for a while and felt bored: "What am I going in for?" He stood there thinking for a moment, then turned around and walked back! He really didn't know what he came here for...

  As she walked out of the backyard gate, a beautiful woman who had just come out saw his back and was shocked: "Wow... what a big weapon! Who is this person? I've never seen him before..." "Amitabha, Wang Shizhu, what's wrong?" A 14 or 15-year-old monk followed behind.

  The beautiful girl was probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, attracting everyone's attention like a fairy! The three-foot long sword behind her was hidden in an ancient and elegant scabbard, adding a touch of elegance.

  "It's nothing, I just saw someone." After saying that, she floated away...

  "Amitabha!" With a shout of slogan, Little Monk also sprang into the air and ran!

  A passerby happened to pass by, looked around and saw no one, spat and cursed: "Damn it, this group is so unruly, none of them walk through the main door!"

  Li Yuanba walked out of his second brother's mansion and stood on the street, dazed for a while, then unconsciously headed towards the valley where his beloved wife was buried.

  "Ling, I broke my promise! Said not to come...". Putting down his twin hammers, Li Yuanba sat down. Since he's already here, might as well just accept it, besides, breaking promises had become a usual thing for him in the past...

  Lonely Li Yuanba sat down staring at his wife's grave, after a while, Li Yuanba felt that something was missing. "What's missing?" Li Yuanba got up and walked around the grave for several laps, but couldn't figure out what was missing! It seemed he had forgotten to set up a tombstone...

  "Is it you?! Is your wife buried in here?" A bright and pleasant voice like a canary's came from behind Li Yuanba.

  "Huh? Beauty! Do you know me?" Li Yuanba turned his head and found a woman in a Taoist robe standing behind him. The woman had her hair tied up in a Daoist knot, with two strands of hair playfully escaping from the bun and lightly floating on her forehead; her face was as white as jade, with a straight and slender nose and a pair of eyes like water, as if a spirit had descended into the mortal world... Unfortunately, Li Yuanba didn't have much mood for this now, thinking that the woman just looked good.

  An elf-like woman came to the side of a large hammer standing upright on the ground, curiously touched it with her hand: "Unfamiliar! However, I saw you here last time, but you didn't see me. But your weapon is so heavy, I couldn't even lift it..."

  Li Yuanba stared at the woman who was jumping around in front of him, bewildered. He walked up to the double-headed hammer and put it on his shoulder, muttering: "Who are you? Are we familiar? You think you can lift my hammer with your tiny strength?"

  "How rude you are! I'm a lady, show some respect! You owe me an apology!"

  Li Yuanba rolled his eyes and turned around to leave, but the otaku mentality took over again. He walked forward only to discover that this woman was incredibly beautiful...