The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 103 He Wants to Cover the Moon in the Sky

If he wasn't controlled by others, Xiao Baojing would have wanted to do business with both countries!

She lay listlessly in the basket, watching Lanru sitting on a small stool at the corner of the street, doing his illicit business.

After the guests left, Lan Ru glared at her with his hands in his pockets: "I asked you to draw the Qi into your body, but you haven't succeeded since last night. Do I need to hit the top of your hand with a ruler before you can learn it?"

Xiao Baojing was angry.

This man looked very young, only about sixteen or seventeen years old. In her world, he would still be in high school, but he was very harsh with his words, and acted like a father when he lectured people!
She retorted in a crisp voice: "Is it so easy to draw Qi into the body?! You said that you can cultivate into a human within a day, but not everyone has such a terrifying talent for cultivation! Ji Zhengyan once said that doing good deeds can accumulate merits and cultivate into a human. I have now cultivated a heart, the sense of cold and heat, and the sense of taste. When I do a few more good deeds, I can become a human!"

Lan Ku smiled and said, "How can there be so many good things for you to do in this world?"

"A little bit adds up to a lot."

Xiao Baojing muttered to himself and secretly glanced at the messy street.

If she could restore the two dynasties to their original state, it would be a great thing, right?
But she doesn't have the ability to create the world...

She clenched her fingers and glanced at the greedy man with fear.

This person was very bad. He stared at her all day long and even asked the little skeleton to stare at her when she was sleeping.

She had no chance of escape at all!
Xiao Baojing was forced to follow Lan Ru and wander between the two dynasties.

More and more people were traveling back and forth, perhaps because Xiao Qian implemented benevolent policies of reducing taxes, everyone seemed to prefer Southern Tang, and some people even decided to live in Southern Tang.

However, due to the fact that only half of the mountains, rivers and arable land resources remained in Southern Tang, many people still had to stay in Gu Song.

Xiao Baojing saw that Gu Zhenliang sent out many officers and soldiers.

They patrolled everywhere every night and did not allow the people to go to Southern Tang without permission. Those who violated the regulations would have their property confiscated and their relatives and friends would be punished as well.

Xiao Baojing is an educated man.

She knew that for ancient countries, land and people were very valuable assets.

Gu Zhenliang doesn't want the population to decrease.

But his policies were too harsh and only made people want to escape.

After finding that the policy was ineffective, Gu Zhenliang even sent people to post notices everywhere, offering a reward for a powerful demon hunter, in order to cover up the moon at night and seal the key connecting the two worlds.

He believed that only by doing so could he completely eliminate the people's intention to escape.

Gu Song's demon-slayers were eager to try, but none of them had the confidence to cover the moon in the sky.

Finally, Lan Ku took down the notice.

Gu Zhenliang was overjoyed. He personally summoned Lan Ji to the Jinluan Palace and asked politely, "How can Lan, a sorcerer so young, have the ability to block the moon? I have made a deal with another sorcerer. He looks similar to you, but he is a year or two older. Could it be that you two are brothers?"

Lan Ku put his hands in his pockets and ignored his advances. His fox eyes were full of greed: "As a condition, I want Gu Song's literary fortune." Gu Zhenliang raised his eyebrows: "What is 'literary fortune'?"

Xiao Baojing lay in the basket and pricked up his ears curiously.

Lan Ru replied: "It is the cultural heritage and accumulation of a dynasty."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhenliang was immediately in a dilemma.

Yue Niang advised, "Why do you insist on covering the moon? This is really against the laws of nature! If a country loses its literary fortune, won't everyone be illiterate? How can this be possible?!"

"Yes!" Xiao Baojing nodded repeatedly, "I've read in a book that the prosperity of a dynasty is not only reflected in the economy and military, but also in culture. If the culture is lost, then the dynasty will lose its history, art, traditions, customs, and its soul! 'If you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history; if you want to destroy a race, you must first destroy its culture'. This is a universally recognized truth!"

Gu Zhenliang frowned, obviously hesitating.

Lan Ji sneered, his voice was full of temptation: "Isn't it good to have no culture? If the people learn knowledge and culture, it will only make them awaken their own thoughts, become dissatisfied with the existing order, and even attempt to challenge the rulers. Keeping them in a state of ignorance and stupidity will make it easier to manage, right? Cut off the ladder to heaven, have a group of fools, have a group of admirers who will never rebel and never have other thoughts, let them always believe that the king's power is granted by God, isn't it more convenient for you to rule the Song Dynasty?"

Gu Zhenliang secretly clenched his hands in his sleeves.

What the young man said makes sense.

He himself has little education. If the people under him have read more books and are smarter than him, wouldn't there be a risk that they will lead the people to usurp the throne in the future?
But he had finally gotten back his ancestral property, and it was only a pitiful half!
If the throne is taken away by someone else again, what's the point of him living!
Thinking of this, Gu Zhenliang coughed lightly and said, "I am a wise ruler who is determined to make the people live a prosperous life. If these people just run to Southern Tang, how can I display my ambitions and show my kindness in front of them? Greedy Warlock, as long as you can cover the moon and stop them from escaping to Southern Tang, you can take this fortune if you want it!"

"Husband!"

"Ah!" Gu Zhenliang pressed Yue Niang's arm and lowered his voice, "These demon hunters are talking nonsense. One wants the dragon vein, and the other wants literary luck. But even I don't know where these two things are. Can they find them? It's just a bait to deceive them!"

Yue Niang's face was filled with anxiety: "This is about the fate of the country, how can we joke about it? My husband——"

"Yue Niang, you wanted to live in a big house, so I gave you a magnificent palace. You wanted silver bracelets, so I gave you dozens of heavy gold bracelets. Look at what you are wearing and on your hands, which one is not given to you by me?! I treat you as before, but you want to disobey me?! Do you regard me as the king of a country?!"

Gu Zhenliang seemed to be fed up with Yue Niang, and even his voice became a little irritable: "Someone, take the queen away!"

Yue Niang stared at him with tears in her eyes: "I never thought about living in a big house, and you said you would give me the silver bracelet -"

"You should call yourself my concubine in front of me!" Gu Zhenliang slammed the table vigorously, the veins on his forehead throbbing, and his voice was almost a roar, "Do you understand the rules?!"

Yue Niang looked at him in a daze.

She shed two lines of tears in sorrow and was dragged out by the palace maids.

Gu Zhenliang took a deep breath and stroked the six tassels hanging in front of his forehead.

He smiled and raised his head: "I am sorry for your short-sightedness, Greedy Warlock."

Lan Xi smiled: "So, the deal is done?"

“It’s natural!”

　Good night
　　(End of this chapter)