Chapter 24 China Dream 2 –Noble-birth’s Swords Randomly-Pointing to the Common People for Setting a Trap for their Political Rival

Author: Jin Xifeng Translator: Fanglin Louis

Introduction of the novel "The Great Khan" from the author:

A modern Chinese soul-travels to the Tang Dynasty 1300 years ago and merges into the body of Xue Chongxun, the eldest son of Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty of China. He tragically discovers that he and his families will be killed by the then Crown Prince Li Longji in a coup within the forthcoming two year later according to the original historical development. Therefore, Li Longji becomes his destined mortal enemy since he soul-travelled back to the world. So, as the protagonist of this novel, how can he sort out to avoid that disaster? In order to survive, is he qualified to be the opponent of Li Longji, the original great man in Chinese history? How should he reinterpret the prosperous Tang poetry in this time and space he traveled to? ……

Message from the transaltor:

All contents posted here is my Enlgish transaltion of the Chinese novel ,which was oringinally posted in the website as https://www.xiguasuwu.com/bookread/3704055759/405863.html

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After Xue Chongxun drew out his sword and put it on the table, somewhere still closer to Xiao Heng. Xue Chongxun looked at Xiao Heng's face with a smile. Seeing that his eyes intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the sword on the table, Xue Chongxun said mockingly: "What? Do you have the guts to suddenly grab this sword and stab me to death...? The sword is close to you. If you suddenly grab it and stab me, I may not have time to react! So it seems that you have an obvious advantage and a great chance of success. Do you want to try it? "

"I... I don't mean to do that. Let's talk it over. Let's talk it over." His face took on a ghastly expression.

At this time, seeing Xiao Heng's wife Dou opening her mouth to scream, Sanniang walked to the cradle, drew out her dagger and pointed it at the basket, saying: "If you dare to scream, I will immediately chop off one of his arms."

Dou quickly covered her mouth with both hands, tears streaming down her face. After a moment, she cried: "Don't hurt my child, he is so young and doesn't understand anything. Please, you can ?take whatever you want, but don't hurt my child..."

Xue Chongxun on the other side of the table looked at Xiao Heng with encouragement: "Try it, a man should have the courage to risk everything. As long as you have this courage, I will really respect you; as long as you have this blood and courage to stab me to death, I will not let my people trouble you... Sanniang, don't make things difficult for their family after I die, leave immediately and make a living on your own."

Xiao Heng's face was pale at this time, and he didn't even dare to look at the knife.

"Do you like to listen to the songs sung by the singing girls in the imperial music office?" Xue Chongxun asked again.

Xiao Heng shook his head and looked at Xue Chongxun in confusion. He didn't know why this man asked him such irrelevant questions at this time. Xue Chongxun said seriously: "If you haven't heard it, then you really missed a good thing."

Xiao Heng said: "I was born in a poor family and didn't have the opportunity to listen to the palace music of the imperial music office."

"Girls in brothels can sing, too, like Meng Xiaoyu."

When hearing the name Meng Xiaoyu mentioned by Xue Chongxun, Xiao Heng began to tremble all over. Xue Chongxun closed his eyes, as if he was lost in his own imagination, and he actually imitated the singing girl in the brothel and sang,

?“Even if I pay a price of losing the blue feathers on my helmet (refer to one’s official position),

??Even if the heaven is collapsed and the sea is overturned,

??How can I forget you my love,

as well as the beautiful Peach Blossom Island

where we met for the first time?!

How can I forget my lovesickness of you

while I was serving in the green willow camp?!

For someone like me being separated away from you my beloved,

What I could had is just my lonely shadow

and the numerous bitter dreams of meeting you again

?merely for inaccessible letters from you my beloved.

I want to end my love to you my beloved girl,

but it is so difficult to end it...”

"That thing was a misunderstanding, it was really a misunderstanding." After Xiao Heng finished his such speaking, he realized that he seemed to be parroting what Xue Chongxun had said, "If you have something to say, say it nicely. As the saying goes, it is better to get rid of an enmity than keep it alive... I am one of friend of Minister Liu, and in the future I must remember your kindness of sparing my life and speak well of you in front of Minister Liu..."

Xue Chongxun sighed: "Actually, I am the Duke of Wei, my last name is Xue, have you heard of it? Your finger was broken by someone, and you still don't know who broke it? What do you do all day long? You just want to cheat the money of those poor lonely women?"?"

Xiao Heng didn't care whether Xue Chongxun was telling the truth or not, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly, saying: "I am a lowly person who has eyes but can't recognize famous people with high status or great abilities. I really didn't recognize you, the Duke of Wei, before. Please forgive me for once..."

Xue Chongxun pretended to be sad and said, "Do you know how hurt Meng Xiaoyu is? You, the person she once trusted unconditionally, not only deceived her, but also poisoned her? Alas, this world is so fickle, and her love and longing for you are in vain. She is like the red flowers that fall all over the ground for love, but she unfortunately falls into your ruthless river of spring water... It's such a tragic fate for her to meet you!"

"I know I was wrong, I was really wrong! I will do everything I can to return the money to Xiaoyu. I swear to heaven, I will definitely return it to her!" Xiao Heng said pitifully, "You are of noble birth, don't you know that we ordinary scholars How hard it is to stand out from the crowd... In order to stand out from the crowd, be respected by the world, and become a Jinshi who can become an official, I have paid so much price and tried every possible way... You don't know, I even lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, hoping to gain a little fame, be appreciated and summoned by the superiors. It is not easy for us, sir, please give me a chance to repent and reform myself. "

Xue Chongxun said: "I will tell you a joke, do you want to hear it?"

"..." Xiao Heng was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said, "I want to hear it, I want to hear it, every word of yours is a wise saying. "

"Well, it is said that a long time ago, there was a man who burned incense and worshiped the Buddha every day. Once he fell into the water, and he struggled while shouting for the Buddha to save him. At this time, a boat came and asked him if he would come up. He replied that the Buddha would save him and declined. Then the boat left. After a while, another boat came and asked him if he would come up. He still said that the Buddha would definitely save him... He ended up drowning. When he saw the Buddha, he asked angrily: I burn incense for you every day, why didn't you save me when I fell into the water? The Buddha said: Didn't I send two boats to save you in succession? It's over."

Xiao Heng looked at Xue Chongxun speechlessly. After a while, he hurriedly laughed, and his laughter was very bitter.

Xue Chongxun said, "Do you understand my joke? You asked me to give you a chance, and I have already given it to you. The sword is on the table. If you don't take it, you will have no chance, really."

Xiao Heng shook his head: "Even if I am a coward, I dare not point a sword at you!"

"Alas!" Xue Chongxun shook his head and sighed, "You said that you worked so hard to succeed and become a superior person, but I don't believe it. If you are really that kind of person, you must have the courage to pick up the sword at this moment, because your wife is facing humiliation from others at this moment, which is a great shame for a man! As you said, you once lived in seclusion in order to gain fame, which is a shortcut, but people can't rely on shortcuts after all, do you understand?"

Xiao Heng blushed, turned his head and stared at the horizontal sword on the table, his knees slowly left the ground, and he wanted to stand up. At this time, Xue Chongxun's pupils contracted, revealing an excited look; even Sanniang standing next to the basket became a little nervous.

Xue Chongxun said: "It is meaningless to kill a person who doesn't value life, as well as to humiliate a shameless person."

Just then, Xiao Heng suddenly exhaled and knelt on the ground again...

"You don't have another chance any more." Xue Chongxun picked up the horizontal sword on the table and said, "I'm asking you now, did you really give Liu Youqiu the money you cheated and got from Meng Xiaoyu?"

Xiao Heng was silent, he frowned and thought about something.

Xue Chongxun said, "Last time I said if you lie to me again, I will take action against your family. I mean what I said, right? If you still don't believe me this time, you can try it."

Xiao Heng nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes... I wrote several poems and sent them to Minister Liu's mansion, hoping to get his appreciation and recommendation, but there was no response, so I had to make an unwise decision to give him that large sum of money."

"You sent the poem to the wrong person. If your poem is really good and true to your character, you should send it to Minister Song Jing or Minister Yao Chong... Unfortunately, they are now former ministers and have been demoted to other remote places outside Chang'an to serve as minor officials."

Xiao Heng hurriedly pushed the responsibility to Liu Youqiu: "As you said, I have studied hard for more than ten years. Now I have no choice but to give money to Minister Liu. If there are wise ministers in power, I will not do this. I did this because of Liu Youqiu's greed for money!"

"Then why don't you send your poems to Minister Lu Xiangxian to read? Although he is a minister promoted by my mother, Princess Taiping, but he have been a virtuous man for many years, and definitely not someone who will bend the law for personal gain. You can also send your poem to Prime Minister Xiao Zhizhong, who is usually selfless and dedicated to his work, and he also have same surname as you... You really don't understand the situation clearly, but you blindly try to get close to high officials. Do you think it's so easy to get into the court?"

"Yes, yes, I am stupid, and your words are filled with wisdom. If you can use me, I will serve you wholeheartedly!"

Xue Chongxun shook his head and said, "What's the point of taking someone with such low character like you? But now I can use you once, but you have to sacrifice your wife's life and suffer a little bit, and be locked up and disappear for a while."

Xue Chongxun stood up and walked to the trembling Dou, who looked at him in fear: "What...what are you going to do?"

He smiled lewdly and raised the knife in his hand close to her face. She was even more scared, helpless and pitiful. Xue Chongxun said again: "Don't move, otherwise your child..."

"Don't! Please don't hurt him!" She became brave and spoke more fluently. Xue Chongxun said: "Maternal love is indeed worthy of respect. If the child is a girl, I will definitely spare him for your sake... But he is a boy. How can I be so stupid as to deliberately make myself unhappy and leave a seed of revenge?"

Dou knelt on the ground and cried: "You can kill me, but I beg you to spare my child! You can give this child to someone else, don't tell him who his parents are, it is fine to just let him being alive”

"Stand up." Xue Chongxun said coldly, "If you don't obey my orders, I will kill him now." Dou had to stand up, while Xiao Heng, who was kneeling beside the table, lowered his head and said nothing.

Xue Chongxun gently brought the blade close to Dou's face. Her throat moved, and she looked at the sharp knife nervously. Her body instinctively dodged backwards, but there was a large table behind her, so she couldn't retreat. Because she wanted to avoid it, her upper body also leaned back, so she had to use both hands to support her body on the table to keep her balance.

No one in the room spoke at this time, leaving only the sound of Dou's panting due to nervousness. Xue Chongxun slowly moved the blade down, and the tip of the sword left a faint scratch on her neck.

With a "wow" sound, Xue Chongxun suddenly grabbed her collar and pulled it down. A large piece of her clothes was torn off, and two soft, round breasts like pots filled with water popped out, hanging heavily on her chest. She screamed and hurriedly covered her chest with her hands. Because she used too much force, milky white liquid was squeezed out and dripped down along her fingers.

Her belt was also torn off just now, but because her buttocks were against the large table behind her, her skirt did not fall down directly, but a tuft of black grass-like pubic hair under her belly accidentally exposed a little.

"No..." Dou begged desperately, because suffering such a great humiliation in front of her husband meant that she would either be forced to commit suicide or divorced by her husband in the future. At this time, she was extremely desperate... As a husband, Xiao Heng did not resist because he had no courage, but the consequences of his actions had to be borne by his woman.

She wanted to resist, but she couldn't. The only hope was the child. She only hoped that this demon would let her child go after he abused her.

Xue Chongxun stared at her naked body and skin, his eyes full of excitement and indulgence, and he ordered ruthlessly: "Take your hands away."

The woman hesitated for a moment, and had to slowly remove her hand from her chest. She closed her eyes, and there were crystal tears on her eyelashes that sparkled with sunlight.

At this moment, Xiao Heng, who was kneeling beside him, finally had the courage to speak. He said, "My wife is a fallen woman that you don't like, so please let her go!"

Xue Chongxun turned around and said coldly, "I can't let her go, but I can spare your life, because I don't need to kill you for the time being. But if you keep talking nonsense, your life will be in danger." Xiao Heng then closed his mouth.

Xue Chongxun gently stroked Dou's chest with the back of the knife. Because the blade was cold, she was very scared, and her skin was quickly stimulated by goose bumps. Xue Chongxun smiled, threw the horizontal sword to Sanniang with a "clang", and reached out to hold one of her breasts that was like a full water bag. Dou's whole body trembled. She couldn't believe that her breasts were now held in the hands of a strange man.

Seeing that Dou's brows were furrowed, Xue Chongxun stretched out his aother hand and pressed a special acupuncture point on her chest, which immediately blocked the blood flow in her nipples. The blood flow in those microvessels was blocked, causing her chest to temporarily fall into a state of anemia. At this time, her skin sensitivity immediately doubled. Xue Chongxun then gently pinched the big red bean-shaped nipple with his fingers, causing Dou's face to flush immediately, and her breasts to swell suddenly, as if they had instantly stretched and straightened up.

After a moment, a trickle of milky white liquid spurted out from the top of the swollen spherical breast, slightly wetting Xue Chongxun's collar.

(To be continued)