Chapter 1356: Chapter 28: Breaking the Time Loop

When Lin Yuan walked into the valley, the many soldiers guarding outside immediately stirred.

They all witnessed Lü Ju’s behavior just now.

His Majesty?

Lü Ju addressed that young man as His Majesty?

In the entire Greater Yan Dynasty, the only one eligible to be called His Majesty is the Great Yan Ancestor.

In the eighty years since the Greater Yan was founded, the Ancestor has always been in power, and there has not been a second emperor in the Greater Yan Dynasty.

“General, was that the Ancestor just now?”

“The Ancestor looks so young, how does he look even younger than me?”

“The Ancestor overthrew the former regime and established the Greater Yan eighty years ago, and now eighty years have passed, yet he still looks so young?”

…

The soldiers were all exhilarated, being able to see the Ancestor personally was enough for them to boast for a lifetime.

“Keep it down, His Majesty is still inside.”

Lü Ju frowned as he glanced at the many soldiers, and the area immediately quieted down.

“His Majesty…”

At this moment, Lü Ju’s heart was also exceptionally shocked, as he realized that the His Majesty he saw was unusually young, not different from fifty years ago?

Fifty years ago, he was only nineteen, and as fifty years passed, he was now sixty-nine, already showing signs of old age.

And His Majesty? Having overthrown the former regime eighty years ago, he should have been at least over twenty years old, now at least over a hundred years old, even for an Entering Dao Master, approaching the limit of lifespan.

…

Inside the valley.

Several hundred men, women, old and young trembled with fear.

At this moment, they realized that all the soldiers had withdrawn.

Then a young man walked in.

This young man had completely restrained his presence, making the men, women, old and young feel he wasn’t even as strong as a random elite soldier from earlier.

Yet now all the elite soldiers had withdrawn, and it was this young man who came in, evidently indicating that the latter held a high rank, able to command all the soldiers.

“Who are you?”

At this moment, an old man with graying hair stepped forward from among the men, women, old, and young, looking at Lin Yuan, inquiring cautiously.

“You don’t need to know who I am.”

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, “Who knows ’Liang Qin’?”

’Liang Qin’ was the eunuch who had served the last emperor of Da Feng.

It was said that ’Liang Qin’ had served from when the last Da Feng emperor was still a crown prince until twenty years before Da Feng’s fall, when he was expelled from the palace, his life and death unknown.

“I know him.”

The graying-haired old man was silent for a while, then opened his mouth: “I was an adopted son of Liang Qin, intending to return to our hometown together, but later heard that Da Feng had fallen, so I hid here.”

“Did Liang Qin tell you anything? About the last Da Feng emperor?”

Lin Yuan asked.

In fact, at this moment, Lin Yuan was already observing the other party’s past timeline, thereby locking onto the parts related to ’Liang Qin’.

Perhaps from this eunuch who served the last Da Feng emperor for decades, he could detect some traces of the other party.

“He said a few things.”

The graying-haired old man said, “I can tell you everything, but as for the Da Feng dynasty, it has nothing to do with these people, you may kill me if you’d like.”

“Speak.”

Lin Yuan looked at him.

“During his return to his hometown, my foster father told me that during the decades he served, the personality of the Da Feng emperor underwent two subtle changes.”

“Two subtle changes?”

Lin Yuan’s expression became contemplative.

“The first was two years after his accession, initially highly interested in state affairs, the Da Feng emperor suddenly became immersed in Daoist cultivation, spending most of his time in the Dao Pavilion.”

The graying-haired old man said.

The Dao Pavilion was where Da Feng stored a multitude of Entering Dao secret techniques.

“Afterward, when my foster father cleaned the Dao Pavilion, he found that besides studying the normal cultivation methods, the emperor was very interested in some secret techniques, such as those for restraining one’s presence and reducing the fluctuations of vitality and mind.”

“He spent a lot of time watching these types of secret techniques.”

The graying-haired old man said.

“Continue.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

“The second change happened about ten or twenty years later; after serving the emperor for decades, my foster father vaguely felt that the emperor seems to have been replaced, even though the behavior and personality were identical, there was just that sense.”

The graying-haired old man said.

When ’Liang Qin’ told him about this matter, he had specially exhorted him never to let it spread, otherwise there would be the disaster of beheading.

But now that the Da Feng Dynasty had fallen for eighty years, saying it was no longer a problem.

Lin Yuan’s expression fell into brief thought.

According to the graying-haired old man, based on the second subtle change in the Da Feng emperor, he could speculate the cause.

It was exactly at the time when a substitute had taken the place.

No matter how much a substitute resembled the original.

Ultimately, they are not the same person.

Ministers or even close relatives might not be able to perceive.

But as the eunuch attending to the emperor, ’Liang Gonggong’ certainly wouldn’t be utterly ignorant.

“Understood.”

Lin Yuan nodded.

He had already obtained the key information he wanted to know.

As for whether the graying-haired old man was lying or hiding anything? Lin Yuan had already observed the other’s past timeline several times, ensuring there was nothing overlooked.

“Sir, indeed I had connections with the former regime, but none of the other people did, they were all born after the Greater Yan was established, they are people of the Greater Yan.”

The graying-haired old man immediately pleaded.

“Don’t worry.”

“You can all live.”

Lin Yuan glanced at the trembling crowd and spoke.

He was not a person who revels in killing, and if it didn’t concern his own interests, he wouldn’t kill innocently.

From the beginning to now, Lin Yuan was only targeting the Da Feng emperor.

As for the numerous remnants of Da Feng sent to the court over the last eighty years? Once confirmed that these people also knew nothing about the Da Feng emperor, Lin Yuan did not kill them all but instead housed them in a small town.

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