Immediately after, the first picture of a white-robed man wearing a ceremonial crown was inserted, with the caption-
“Master strategist, iron-hoofed across Jiangjing, Emperor Wu of Jiang!”
The next picture was of a kind-looking old man, with the caption-
“The teacher of the world, the greatest minister in history, Liang Zewen who laid the foundation for the great Yongsheng era with his kiln tax policy!”
…
“The great general Bai Li, the iron cavalry of Gushan guarding the nine states!”
“Abandoning the pen for the military, Bai Chongyu leading a thousand riders out of Jiujiang in white robes!”
“Alone in a political marriage, leaving behind the magnificent painting ‘View of Jiangjing’, Princess Huai’an!”
“…”
The video wasn’t long, only thirty seconds.
Bailian quietly watched it to the end before opening the comments section.
In just one night, there were already 500,000 comments.
[Is this entire Bai family using cheat codes?]
[How awesome was the Dayong Dynasty? Let me tell you, you know Jiangjing University? In their plaza of famous bronze statues, the first two rows are all them.]
[These people, two of their surnames have been passed down to the present. How awesome they are, you can figure it out yourself [finger heart]]
[Why is it that only the Bai family has no descendants? With such great genes, Elder Brother Bai died at 28, how come he didn’t marry?]
[Chen Ye must have been in great pain. General Bai lifted him out of the beggar crowd. He watched Bai Xiangjun grow up together with Bai Chongyu. But in the end he could only watch helplessly as the Bai family members died one by one in front of him. He must have regretted not rebelling against Emperor Wu of Jiang earlier. Maybe then he could have preserved the last descendant of the Bai family.]
[Liang Zewen was also in great pain. He knelt in front of the imperial city for three days and three nights but couldn’t beg Emperor Wen of Jiang to send troops to save his disciple. Historical records say that before he died, he was always looking in the direction of Xiangcheng, never closing his eyes.]
[I finally know why the Chen family people revere the Liangti style so much!]
[So why, when General Chen Ye took the tiger tally to defect to Emperor Wu of Jiang in the end, did Miss Bai not retreat with him?]
For this question alone, the replies below were surprisingly consistent-
[Because she was a Bai]
[Because she was a Bai]
[Because she was a Bai]
[Because she was a Bai. She could die standing but would never abandon her soldiers and horses. Can you imagine? In the final battle of Xiangcheng, Chen Ye led the elite troops to defect to Emperor Wu of Jiang, while she led 800 elite soldiers to repel 10,000 enemy troops. Those 800… none survived!] (597,155 likes)
And the top comment was a location tag from Jiangjing University-
[Don’t tell me there are still people who don’t know Bai Xiangjun is the universally acknowledged senior sister of all of us at Jiangjing University [yawn]] (999,752 likes)
Bailian quietly looked at these comments.
There was no judgment of right or wrong. Emperor Wen of Jiang died, which she had expected. She had Chen Ye take the tiger tally to Jiang Ye with the intention of taking Emperor Wen of Jiang’s life.
The sun gradually rose, its glare slightly hurting the eyes.
Bailian slightly narrowed her eyes, seeming to feel the heat. She unzipped her school uniform jacket, her long lashes gently lowered. “Old… Teacher Liang knelt for three days and three nights?”
Her voice seemed very soft.
It took Lu Xiaohuan a moment to realize Bailian was asking her.
“Yeah, he knelt outside the palace gates with over a dozen civil officials, begging Emperor Wen of Jiang to send troops, but Emperor Wen of Jiang didn’t see him… Later he helped Emperor Wu of Jiang subvert the dynasty, it’s all in the history books,” Lu Xiaohuan was a bit surprised. “Lian-jie, aren’t you a liberal arts student?”
“…Oh,” Bailian came back to her senses. She seemed to smile. “Too much, I forgot.”
**
Physics class.
The physics teacher was still lecturing at the front. Seeing the drowsy Zhang Shize, he angrily threw a piece of chalk at him again, “Zhang Shize, are you planning to get a zero in tomorrow’s joint exam for me?”
Zhang Shize was hit awake.
After class, the physics teacher had Bailian and Ning Xiao go to the office to get practice problems.
When Bailian went to the office, a group of teachers were chatting about tomorrow’s joint exam.
The physics teacher started complaining about Zhang Shize, “For this hundred-school joint exam, he’ll definitely be dead last in physics, no question.”
“It should be the last joint exam,” Lu Lingxi sat back in her seat.
Long before this, Bailian had heard Tang Ming talk about the joint exams.
For the midterm and final joint exams each time, over a hundred high schools in Northern City would participate together. This was not only to test each person’s level, but more importantly, the questions for Northern City were made with the participation of the college entrance exam question makers.
Although difficult each time, the test questions were very important for both students and teachers.
Xiangcheng didn’t have faculty as good as Northern City, so they placed great importance on each joint exam.
“Why?” the physics teacher immediately stood up, frowning.
Lu Lingxi sighed, “Too many county-level cities have scores all over the place each exam, with too big a gap from Northern City First High. Why would they be willing to take exams with us?”
To put it bluntly,
Northern City First High wasn’t going to play with schools below the prefecture level anymore.
“This time both our student Ning Xiao and Chen Zhu have a good chance of making the top 50,” the physics teacher sat back down and said slowly. “They want to kill everyone with one stick?”
“It’s no use,” Lu Lingxi was calmer than the physics teacher. “Unless someone from another school beats them this time, otherwise there’s no chance.”
This wasn’t a joke, right?
“That Song Ming is competing with those monsters from Jiangjing,” the physics teacher said helplessly. He had seen Song Ming’s name in physics competitions before. “Who else in Northern City can beat him?”
As the two were talking, they saw Bailian and Ning Xiao.
The physics teacher stopped the topic.
He handed the practice problems to the two students with a big smile, his voice especially gentle, “These are questions from your Class 8 head teacher for you two. Take them back and study them well. Work hard on the exam tomorrow.”
Bailian slowly took the practice problems with both hands.
Her blue and white school uniform wasn’t zipped all the way to the top, revealing the white lapels inside. Her eyes were lowered. “Thank you, Teacher.”
Ning Xiao also thanked the teacher.
Seeing her and Ning Xiao, the physics teacher felt a bit better.
“Hurry back to class,” he said gently.
After the two left, the physics teacher watched their backs and suddenly remembered, “Teacher Yang said that Bailian is very strong in physics. I wonder if she has a chance this time…”
He wasn’t involved in the training classes and didn’t know their strength.
Bailian and Ning Xiao always got perfect scores in physics exams, but those were the test papers for Xiangcheng First High, not really comparable to Northern City.
“Get real,” a teacher beside him walked over and unscrewed the lid on the physics teacher’s cup, putting it in his hand. “That Song Ming is someone Northern City only encounters once in twenty years. Don’t put too much pressure on the students by overthinking it.”
The physics teacher was at a loss for words.
“I’m just wondering,” he took a sip of water, helpless. “I’m not saying I hope Bailian and Ning Xiao will be like Song Ming. But… it would be great if Bailian could study the other two subjects well too.”
They could all see that aside from physics,
Bailian was quite lazy with everything else.
“Sigh,” the physics teacher was melancholic again. “I wonder if I’ll live to see the day Xiangcheng First High becomes a top 100 high school. Then we wouldn’t have to live according to Northern City’s moods.”
After he said this, the other teachers in the office also fell silent.
**
Class 15.
Bailian took the practice problems and returned to her seat.
For the first time, she didn’t immediately start working on physics problems.
Instead, she took out the biology notes she had copied and thought for a bit, then took out her phone and sent a message to Young Master Jiang-
[Does Jiangjing have biology, chemistry and such?]
Young Master Jiang replied very quickly: [Yes]
Student Bai: [Suddenly feel everything is quite good]
Teacher Jiang: [Congratulations]
Bailian also borrowed the biology question bank from Yang Lin.
“Lian-jie,” Zhang Shize was very surprised. He leaned over and looked at the thick question bank Yang Lin took out. “What’s up with you?”
Bailian took the question bank.
She casually glanced at the biology questions, her eyes lifting slightly, hooking her lips at Zhang Shize, “Preparing to live seriously, study seriously.”
Zhang Shize: “…No way, your current attitude towards studying isn’t serious enough? Then what am I?”
“You’re a joke,” Wen Qishi seized the opportunity to mock whenever possible.
Beside Zhang Shize, Ning Xiao also looked at Bailian quietly.
So you’re saying you weren’t serious before?
Bailian didn’t reply to them. She closed her eyes slightly.
Actually, since coming here, she had only considered herself a spectator, sometimes even suspecting this was a dream before her death.
She didn’t look at history.
She didn’t dare face history.
Living casually and perfunctorily, treating living in Xiangcheng as a mission, a mission engraved in her bones.
But from today, she wanted to face this life properly. She could also live for herself.
No one had abandoned her, not her soldiers, not Xiangcheng.
She thought,
The teacher knew why she had to die at the city gates. She wanted to be the last straw that crushed Emperor Wen of Jiang.
The Bai family army would not become rebels, but when the last of the Bai family died for this fatuous emperor, the three armies would bathe the imperial city in blood.
Liang Zewen knew.
But he forgave her unfilial impiety.
She thought,
She should settle things with the past.
Bailian slowly opened her eyes and flipped open the biology practice book.
From this moment on, the senior sister of Jiangjing University, the most outstanding disciple of Liang Zewen the teacher of the world, the unstoppable and all-conquering young miss of the Bai family of the Dayong Dynasty—
She had killed her way back.
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