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The Zheng family patriarch had taken the Water-Splitting Blade and followed the founding emperor into service...
As Song You ate his bowl of Cat’s Ears, his mind wandered.
The founding emperor of Great Yan was an extraordinarily capable and charismatic ruler. His magnetic personality was unparalleled, and it’s hard for ordinary people to imagine that, in the early days of his uprising, many of his followers pledged their lives and fortunes to him after merely sharing a meal or spending one night in deep conversation with him. From that moment on, they committed themselves to his cause, unwavering even in the face of death.
After achieving his empire, the founding emperor also demonstrated a rare magnanimity. Unlike many rulers in history, he allowed his founding ministers and generals to live out their lives in peace. Many of them enjoyed peaceful retirements—something rare among those who helped build an empire.
Based on what Song You knew of the founding emperor from his own sect’s Grandmaster Fuyang, he was more inclined to believe that the Zheng family patriarch had perished in battle, which was why he never returned home.
In those turbulent times, the world was in chaos, and demons ran rampant. Monsters, ghosts, and even fallen gods descended to wreak havoc. For the Zheng family patriarch, wielding the Water-Splitting Blade in service of the emperor, dying in battle would have been all too common.
Rationally speaking, it was unlikely that the founding emperor would have killed the patriarch for the knife....
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