The Cruel Tyrant

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At the border of the Qing Kingdom, a young man with a tall stature, handsome features and an extraordinary bearing led several guards to stop in a village.

Dong Dongdong hurriedly stopped Sun Hongyu and said, "Your Highness, let this subordinate go and check it out first."

Sun Hongyu raised his hand and shook his head. He said: "Since he has passed the message and asked me to come over in person, he will not tamper things in secret."

There were a few small flowers blooming on the green leaves in the field by the roadside. He saw an old farmer weeding in the field.

On the other side of the rice field, the rice was in the stage of grouting and just when a lot of water was needed. An artificial gully extended over from afar, and a young woman just happened to carry a small dragon bone water lift from one field to another to irrigate it.

Sun Hongyu retracted his gaze and smiled at the old farmer who was weeding in the fields: "Elder, hello, can we ask for a drink at your house? I'm really thirsty after traveling for most of the day."

The old man stood up straight from the field, and smiled heartily, showing a mouth of yellowed teeth: "Of course, of course you can."

A few moments later, Sun Hongyu was led to a small but well-furnished house. When they walked to the main room, there happened to be a few simple dishes that had just been put on the table.

An old woman walked out of the house, and seeing the old man and Sun Hongyu she hurriedly smiled: "There are guests, old man, why didn't you tell me to prepare more dishes."

Sun Hongyu sat on the side under the warm invitation of the old man. He looked around and pretended to be curious and asked: "Elder, why don't I see any young men in the village?"

"They enlisted in the army." The old man said angrily: "The kingdoms of Chen, Jin and several others are jealous that our Qing Kingdom is wealthy and want to take our land! Fortunately, His Highness wisely sent out a large army to drive away these wolfish and ambitious thieves!"

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Dong Dongdong and Sun Hongyu looked at each other and asked carefully, "But I heard that your Crown Prince actually had a nickname called 'scourge of ghosts'?"

"Hmph!" The old man said with an unhappy expression: "These are all those people with evil intentions slandering our Crown Prince. Our Crown Prince was only suffering from a heart disease before. Fortunately, the heavens blessed the Crown Prince and got rid of the pain and torment the Crown Prince had been suffering from, otherwise we would not have such a good life now."

When he left, Sun Hongyu held a blue thread-bound book in his hand. The cover had four large words "Traveling Around the Countries". The protagonist in it was an old man, telling stories and experiences of traveling around the countries for most of his life. All the wicked ended up miserably, and all the good people got happy endings.

The old man was benevolent, courteous, and kind. Everywhere he went, he would help those who were suffering, and hoped that the monarch could treat the people kindly. Unfortunately, no monarch listened to him until he came to the Qing Kingdom.

The Qing Kingdom's Crown Prince had "love at first sight" for his "theory" and promoted it on a large scale.

At the beginning, Sun Hongyu did not understand what the book's purpose was, until he saw that the old man's wife, the old man's neighbors, and the old man's younger generations all praised their Crown Prince. And until he learned that this book was the book with the most copies issued in the Qing Kingdom and the book with the lowest price. Only then did he understand.