Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

“For those who have just crossed over, let alone asking them to speak Mandarin, they even have difficulty understanding Mandarin.

But this situation has changed. It is said that more than 30 years ago, there was a time traveler with an extremely smart brain who not only deciphered Mandarin in a short period of time, but also later became an official.

Before he was discovered to be a time traveler, his influence was astonishingly great. He unknowingly led the words and deeds of the southerners away from their original track. The most exaggerated thing was that for a period of time, most of the people were using modern vocabulary without realizing it.

Therefore, after this time traveler, the Southern Country’s control over time travelers became even stricter.

Once discovered, they will be killed without mercy."

As soon as Li Huoyue finished speaking, Xu Jiaoer refuted:

"impossible!"

Xu Jiaoer finally caught the loophole in Li Huoyue's words!

She breathed a sigh of relief and was no longer so nervous. She smiled triumphantly, "If that were the case, His Majesty would not have chosen me as the top scholar. Instead, he would have directly beheaded me as you said! Hahahaha! Admit it, you are just jealous that I am the top scholar, and you are trying to scare me with words, hoping that I will leave Brother Qing on my own, right?!"

"Xu Jiao'er!"

Li Huoyue stood up angrily. If she heard this woman's stupid words again, she would leave immediately.

“I wonder about that, too, why you got the top spot, and that’s why you’re still alive.

Only by finding the reason can you survive and let others survive as well. That's why I am telling you so much. Otherwise, do you think everyone is as idle as you?

Even the runner-up and third-place winners of the same period as you are now on resignation, but you are still wandering around the streets. Why is that?

You don't know or you really haven't thought about it?

If I want you to leave Sang Fuqing, the easier way is to report you directly, rather than having a detailed discussion with you alone here!"

Xu Jiaoer really hadn't thought about it. She had known for a long time that her classmate had already taken up the position, but she thought that because she was the top scorer, she was given a better position than others, so she would consider it last.

Seeing that she still didn't speak, Li Huoyue didn't bother to care about her anymore and could only think of a way to save his father himself.

There is only one special inspector. Even if my father is held accountable today for the Nanxia River incident, he will not be killed immediately. As long as we give him some time, there must be a way.

“It’s the making of guns.”

Xu Jiaoer couldn't convince herself. She and Li Huoyue had been chatting for such a long time, and it was almost always her who was talking about Sang Fuqing, while Li Huoyue talked only about the time traveler.

It's not like she didn't have doubts.

For example, when I took part in the provincial examination, I felt that I had written a lot of nonsense in a confused manner, but I still passed.

She thought she was gifted, until she came to the palace examination, she realized that the essays written by the candidates of the same period as her were countless times better than hers. Whether it was the pleasing writing or the careful choice of words, any few of their essays would be examples that could be recited in their entirety in later generations.

For example, in his last palace examination, everyone’s essay would be copied and sent to others for viewing and appreciation.

Only hers were secretly sealed by the emperor.

Of course she knew why.

Because she learned from one of the candidates who came from the border that the South Country lost a battle and that candidate was forced to flee here. But he didn't understand why the higher-ups wanted to suppress the matter and create a peaceful atmosphere in Kyoto, as if no one knew about it.

At first, the candidate thought that the emperor did not know about it and that the people below were hiding it.

After he decided to take the palace examination, he risked his life to tell the emperor the news when he met him.

But when he saw the questions of the palace examination, he understood it in an instant.

Your Majesty is not unaware of this.

There is nothing we can do.

The South Country is very prosperous. Due to the opening of night markets, the overall economy is much higher than that of neighboring countries. However, the military force is too weak. Everyone lives a comfortable life with no worries about food and clothing. Who wants to go to war?

In that palace examination, the candidate almost finished answering the questions while crying like a madman.

After he finished the exam, he disappeared and no one could find him anymore.

Anyway, he came to Kyoto alone, and no one went to look for him. They all thought he had failed the exam and went back to their hometown in despair.

What no one knew was that he no longer had a home.

Xu Jiaoer stole the limelight thanks to that palace examination.

She believed Sang Baohe's words and hid the power and convenience of the gun as well as some simple production steps in her article. Sure enough, she lived up to everyone's expectations and won first place!

In order to show that she was actually quite talented, she even racked her brains to come up with many famous poems and nouns under the pretext of presenting poems.

Now everyone knows that Xu Jiaoer is the first female number one scholar in the Southern Kingdom!

But until today, the miracle of Nanxia River made her suddenly realize a fact - she was not the only time traveler.

It would be fine if she was not special, but now her life is in danger.

It is not like in the novel, where the heroine shows off her literary talent in front of everyone and wins the favor of the emperor and foreign princes. Instead, she receives a "beheading" warning.

She didn't want to believe what Li Huoyue said, but there were too many strange things that forced her to believe it.

"You can make guns?" Li Huoyue looked at Xu Jiao'er in surprise. "It's unlikely. Sang Baohe knows it."

Xu Jiaoer didn't expect that Li Huoyue would guess it so quickly. How did she guess it was Sang Baohe based on just this one sentence?

But she didn't want to ask this anymore. She was more concerned about another question now. "What did you mean by letting me live and letting others live as well? There are other travelers, right?"

"Isn't Sangbao and the same person?"

"Besides him? Are there any others? Are they also women?" Xu Jiao'er did not take Sang Baohe's time travel seriously. She seemed to be more concerned about whether there were other women who had also come to the South.

Li Huoyue knew the answer and didn't want to argue with Xu Jiaoer any more. "Yes, but you should take care of yourself first before worrying about other people's affairs."

After saying that, Li Huoyue walked away.

Her father should be on his way to the palace by now. It would be too late to go back to Li Mansion to stop him, so she simply waited on the only small road leading to the palace from the inner city.

As soon as her father came over, she would have to let him know about this.

The current emperor is in great need of the blessing of modern "power".

He even began to violate his ancestral teachings and openly appointed a time traveler as the top scholar.

The Southern Kingdom has always adhered to the concept of "those who are not of our race must have different hearts". Among their crown princes, there is a prophecy that "time travelers will destroy the country". Therefore, they have been hunting down time travelers for generations. No one wants the foundation of the Southern Kingdom that has been hard-earned for thousands of years to be destroyed by their own poor "custody".

However, this time, His Majesty temporarily spared a genuine time traveler because the time traveler could bring the method of making thermal weapons.

This is unheard of.

In the past, a time traveler even built the M16, but was still executed.

It seems that the current emperor is really eager for "firepower".