Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

"Sister Qing, the hot water is ready, can I come in?"

"Come in, you're alone."

"okay!"

Chen Lang walked into the house carrying a basin of water, with a clean coat draped over his shoulders.

"Sister Qing, this is the work uniform for the winery. Please wear it." Chen Lang put the basin on the table and walked up to Li Qing with the clothes.

Li Qing said, "Please sit down. I have something to tell you."

After Chen Lang sat down, he said, "Sister Qing, what do you want to say?"

Li Qing said, "Actually, I should say, do you have anything you want to ask me?"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Before I met you, I actually had a lot of questions, but now that we're sitting face to face, I don't know what to ask."

Li Qing asked, "I heard you're good at telling stories?"

"Then let me tell you a story."

Chen Lang said: "Okay."

Li Qing stared at Chen Lang with a slightly complicated look in her eyes. After a moment, she let out a long sigh and began to tell the "story".

"Ten years ago, I founded the Red Lotus Cult."

The first sentence shocked Chen Lang.

"The Red Lotus Cult was founded by you, Sister Qing?"

Li Qing said calmly, "Listen first, then ask."

Chen Lang shut up and nodded.

"The original intention of establishing the Red Lotus Cult was only one, and that was to avenge General Li Shirong."

"Twenty-three years ago, General Li was escorted back to the capital by the emperor's personal guards and imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison."

"General Li was tortured in the prison, while outside, Zhu Sui'an, following the orders of the dog emperor, dismantled the Zhongwu Army."

"Why is the Zhongwu Army willing to be dismantled? Because Zhu Sui'an promised the Zhongwu Army that he would rescue General Li."

"But Zhu Sui'an deceived the Zhongwu Army! He never saved General Li!"

"Eleven years ago, two Zhongwu soldiers infiltrated the Dali Temple prison, but they didn't see General Li. Later, they risked their lives to sneak into the Imperial Palace to gather information, and eventually learned that General Li had been secretly executed by the dog emperor the same year he was imprisoned."

"After they left the palace, they had a disagreement about whether to announce General Li's death."

"One person thought that all the living Zhongwu soldiers should know that General Li was dead, and then unite and rebel against the dog emperor."

"Another person believes that most of the Zhongwu soldiers alive today have elderly parents and young children to support. It is wrong to destroy the families of all the living Zhongwu soldiers for a general who has been dead for many years."

"The two sides had a big argument, neither could convince the other, and eventually parted ways."

"The Zhongwu Army soldier who concealed the news found Zhu Sui'an and eventually became his right-hand man. His name is Pei Ming."

"The one who wanted to announce the news spent a year finding hundreds of loyal soldiers willing to avenge General Li, and thus founded the Red Lotus Sect. That person was me."

Hearing this, Chen Lang no longer knew what words to use to describe his current mood. In the end, he could only utter three words: "Oh my God..."

Li Qing's mood was also a little agitated. She picked up the liquor that was originally used for disinfection and took a big gulp before continuing.

"After the Red Lotus Cult was established, it continued to search for former Zhongwu soldiers while also recruiting ordinary believers. In less than half a year, the number of Red Lotus Cult members exceeded 10,000, of which approximately 3,000 were Zhongwu soldiers."

"We felt the time was right, so we launched an uprising."

"That was the summer seven years ago, Hedong Road, Mozhou..."

Chen Lang thought about it and said suddenly, "I have some impression, but it seemed to be settled very quickly that time."

"Because we were betrayed." Li Qing's expression turned bitter. "Mozhou...was deliberately given to us by the dog emperor."

"As soon as our people entered the city, the gates were immediately sealed, and the Mozhou defenders appeared on the city walls like ghosts."

"The city wall is nearly ten meters high. Without a ladder, it's impossible to climb up. If you get too close, you'll be shot by crossbows."

"At the same time, there is not a single grain of food in the city."

"After seven days, they began... to eat people."

Chen Lang was so frightened that his breathing almost stopped.

Li Qing said, "Don't be afraid, I didn't eat it."

Chen Lang suddenly felt an indescribable strange taste in his mouth. He swallowed hard and asked, "Then how did you escape in the end?"

"Zhu Sui'an's Dingbian Army was responsible for suppressing the rebellion. After cannibalism began inside the city, the city gates were opened and the Dingbian Army rushed in, killing everyone they saw."

"I and over thirty other Zhongwu Army comrades who refused to eat human flesh locked ourselves in a high-rise building, waiting to die. Pei Ming and his men rushed in, and when they saw us, they secretly released us."

"We hid in the mountains for two years. Unwilling to accept defeat, they moved to another location and began recruiting followers again."

"But this time they've learned their lesson. The followers are the followers, and the core is the core. The followers are just there to pay the money. Those who are truly willing to risk their lives need to go through layers of screening."

"During this period, hundreds of Zhongwu soldiers joined us, including Guo Huai, who was killed by Song Ke."

"After my last failure, I basically stopped caring about the Red Lotus's internal affairs. I only thought about... until I avenged Lao Guo and killed Song Ke last time, I realized what they were planning."

"They want to use external forces to subvert the entire Dayan."

"It's too late to object now, because the Red Lotus Cult is completely under their control."

"And after the confrontation just now, I boldly speculate that there must be a real mastermind behind them. This person wants to use the Red Lotus Cult to overthrow the world."

"The arrival of Yelü Yuan, the favorite grandson of Empress Xiao of Liao, in Linshui was seen by them as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If they killed Yelü Yuan, Liao would surely send troops south.

At the same time, Xixia would most likely break the previous alliance and turn around to seize Xiazhou. After all, the Xixia Li family is best at going back on their word."

"As for the Japanese pirates at sea, they will definitely come to get a piece of the pie. By then, the world will be in chaos."

"I can only cooperate with the Dingbian Army, even if that would make me a sinner of the Red Lotus Cult and a traitor to the Zhongwu Army."

Chen Lang said: "Sister, you are right, this group of people are crazy."

Li Qing said, "Right and wrong, gratitude and resentment, how can they be summed up with just one word, crazy?"

"younger brother."

"Ok?"

"If I let you lead the Red Lotus Sect in the future, would you be willing?"

Chen Lang was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out: "Sister, you can't be serious."

Li Qing smiled faintly and said, "Don't be nervous, sister is just joking with you."

"But brother, if it was a joke, would you be willing to take over the Red Lotus Sect?"

Chen Lang scratched his head and said, "Sister, I'm just a scholar who knows how to do business... What kind of religion or rebellion is this... I don't understand it, let alone how to do it."

Li Qing looked at Chen Lang and sighed silently in his heart.

"Brother, I'm tired, you go out."

Chen Lang said: "Sister."

Li Qing said, "Go ahead, leave me alone for a while."

Chen Lang stood up and said, "Sister, take a good rest. I'll come to see you tomorrow."