Chapter Seven: Wu Xi Arrives to Offer Assistance

  When Luosiqi was called to Qingyuanzi's room by his younger brother, Tang Xiaoxia was already there. On the way, Luosiqi saw more than a dozen soldiers in military uniforms lined up outside Qingyuanzi's house, and he didn't know what was going on either.

  The stranger in Qingyuan's room was none other than Wu Xi, who had come seeking help. Wu Xi was wearing a general's uniform and still tightly grasping an ordinary long sword used by generals. He looked extremely anxious, and when he saw Luosi Qi enter, he began to explain his purpose under Qingyuan's indication.

  Originally, Fei Wuji's slander against Crown Prince Jian in front of the King of Chu was getting worse day by day. In order to dispel the king's doubts and punish Fei Wuji, Wu Zixu's father, Wu She, disregarding the crown prince's and his son's dissuasions, brought only a few guards with him to the capital.

  After Zichu left, the Crown Prince and Wu She's two sons were always uneasy until today when news finally came from the capital of Chu that King Chu still believed in Fei Wuji's slanderous words and decided to eliminate the disaster. Not only did he imprison Wu She, but also ordered Chengfu Sima Jiyang to bind the Crown Prince Jian and Wu She's two sons and take them to the national capital. Jiyang couldn't bear to execute the Crown Prince, so he informed him in advance and let him escape, while Wu She's two sons were surrounded in Wu She's mansion because they didn't know about it beforehand.

  Fei Tianji advised King Chu to send someone to convey a message to the two sons of Wu She, saying that if they went to the capital of Chu and showed no intention of rebellion, he would release their father and son; otherwise, he would behead their father. Wu Shang was kind and filial, so he wanted to surrender with his hands tied up.

  Wu Zixu said to him, "Fei Wuji is so resentful that he wishes all three men in our family were dead, so that he can do evil without worrying about the consequences. Even if we die, it's just dying with Father. It's better to escape and plan for the future to avenge Father!"

  Wu Shang agreed with his brother's words, but let his brother leave on his own. He said to Wu Zixu: "I cannot bear the thought of my father dying alone, I will leave it to you to avenge him, I will go to the capital!"

  Wu Xie said to everyone: "At that time, the situation was urgent, and my brother asked me to come here to ask for your help. He wielded his sword and held his bow, killing his way out of the encirclement. Since those who came to capture him were also former subordinates of our Wu family, they just pretended to put up a fight and let him go after a few blocks."

  Luoshi Qi knew something about what Wu Xi said. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, Wu Shang was executed together with Wu Xuan as soon as he arrived in the capital. Meanwhile, Wu Zixu found the crown prince and arrived at Zheng State together, where the spark that would eventually overthrow Chu State was born.

  She soon knew the purpose of Wu Xi's visit, which was to hope that Qingyuanzi could send his disciples on the way to Chu Du to catch up with the team that escorted Wu Shang and rescue him. Even sneak into Chudu, relying on their strong abilities, rescue Wu Xian, and assassinate Fei Wuyi!

  Qingyuanzi nodded after listening to Wuxie, and said: "I agree to send disciples to rescue people. You go out first and wait for a moment. I will instruct these two disciples on a few things!"

  Wu Xi bowed deeply and said: "Thank you for your willingness to lend a hand, the situation is urgent, I hope your disciples can go with me as soon as possible."

  Qingyuanzi replied, "Don't worry, it will be soon!"

  Wu Xi turned around and walked out, leaving only Qing Yuansu, Luosi Jia Tang Xiao Xia and three people in the house.

  Tang Xiaxia saw Wu Xi leave and asked Qing Yuansu: "Qingyuan, are you really going to let us go rescue Wu Shang and the others?"

  Qing Yuanzi nodded solemnly, "Not bad! I think Fei Tianji is a ruthless man, he won't let them off easily! If you don't go to rescue them, Wu Xuan and Wu Shang will definitely die!"

  Tang Xiaoxia laughed as if he had heard something very funny and said to Qing Yuansu: "Don't tease, Pure Truth. Since you know many things about the modern era, naturally you also know everything about this era. In the historical records, Wu Shang and Wu Xie are destined to die. Not to mention Wu Shang and Wu Xie's deaths, even Crown Prince Jian is going to die in Zheng Guo, which led to Wu Zixu escaping to Wu State to borrow troops to attack Chu, digging graves and splitting tombs. All these are destined. Why would you want us two to go? Moreover, our abilities are just average now, if we went, we might even get ourselves killed!"

  Luosi was also in agreement with Tang Xiaoxia's point of view in her heart, but unexpectedly Qing Yuanzi said something that made her somewhat stunned.

  He said: "That's just what was recorded in the Historical Records, and the author of the Historical Records lived many years later than your current era. If you had rescued Wu Shang and Wu Zixu, Sima Qian would have written a different content when writing the Historical Records!"

  "You, you're saying to change history?" Loshiki was very surprised, but Tang Xiaoxia didn't say a word, which was quite out of character for him. By rights, he should have said many opposing words.

  "What's wrong with changing history?" Qing Yuansu smiled and said: "Master has been thinking hard recently, why the color of the seven-color Linglong stone in your hand is no longer lightening. Just now, Wu Xi came to report that Wu's father and son encountered danger, which suddenly gave me inspiration. Since I appeared in this era and obtained the ancient secret scroll, you were also summoned here by me. So, the seven-color Linglong stone must have a close relationship with things in this era. What is the close relationship? It must be closely related to Wu Zixu!"

  Qing Yuanzi saw Luo Siqi still didn't understand, so he carefully explained: "During this period, the most important thing is the recorded event of Wu Zixu's revenge in history books. In other words, to figure out the secrets of the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone, it may be necessary to get involved with Wu Zixu. Whether it's the evil god trying to kill me or you wanting to return to modern times through the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone, Wu Zixu is like a thread that runs through all nodes. That is to say, only events related to him can give us inspiration on what to do next."

  Qing Yuanzi's words seemed to make sense, but Luosiqi still felt that this was a bit too risky. What if the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone and Wu Zixu were unrelated? With her and Tang Xiaoxia's current martial arts skills, they might not even understand what was going on before they both ended up dead.

  She cast her inquiring gaze at Tang Xiaoxia, but found that Tang Xiaoxia was sitting on the chair in a daze. He only came back to his senses when he felt Luosiqi looking at him and said: "I think this old man makes sense!"

  Since Tang Xiaxia also agreed, and for now there's indeed no other way to deal with the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone, Luosi Qi nodded in agreement as well.

  "This is your first time out, although you have learned some skills from me, but this time going to Fukuoka is unpredictable, everything will be difficult, what do you want to say?"

  Luosiqi couldn't think of what to ask for a moment, but Tang Xiaoxia spoke up. He said to Qing Yuansi, "Qingyuan, I have a request!"

  Lucy looked at him in puzzlement, unsure what he would ask for at this time.

  Qingyuanzi nodded and smiled: "You just say it, what can be done, I will definitely try my best to do it for you!"

  Tang Xiaoxia's request was something that Luosiqi had never expected.

  Because he actually said: "Honesty, this trip is long and we don't know how long it will take, you have to bring us more money!"