409: "unofficial history"

In the afternoon, Lin Yue returned to the Earls Mansion and immediately found Guo Jia, who was in his room.

"Fengxiao!"

Guo Jia hastily put down the book in his hand, a little flustered in his eyes: "What does My Lord want Fengxiao for?"

"Nothing, how have things been lately?" Lin Yue said with a smile, sitting beside him.

"Everything is fine."

"What about the Heaven's Net?" Lin Yue found Guo Jia a bit strange, but didn't dwell on it.

Ever since Lin Yue brought Guo Jia to Xianyang City, Guo Jia had taken over the Heaven's Net in Xianyang City, but according to Guo Jia, the Heaven's Net in Xianyang City could be described as a complete mess, only able to obtain some folk rumors and market gossip, while as for secrets, it knew practically nothing.

Lin Yue was actually aware of all this, but Shen Qin's capabilities were limited; Lin Yue had been forced into it, and hadn't provided much funding. Shen Qin had no money, no people, and his own ability wasn't enough to control the Heaven's Net, so Lin Yue hadn't said anything.

But in the past few days, Guo Jia had already begun to dismantle and rebuild the Heaven's Net in Xianyang City, so Lin Yue was full of anticipation.

"Progress is smooth, but it will be difficult to see results anytime soon." Guo Jia shook his head.

Such an intelligence agency is far from showing results overnight; not everyone is suited to be a spy, and spies need time for both infiltration and gaining trust.

Guo Jia also didn't have too much money in his hands, so progress wasn't very fast.

"It's alright, take your time. My main purpose for coming this time is to ask you about something concerning the Otherworlders. Please help me investigate." Lin Yue said. Asking others about this would inevitably arouse suspicion, so he could only entrust it to Guo Jia, who was absolutely loyal to him.

"Please speak, My Lord." Guo Jia sat up straight upon hearing this.

"I've heard that most Otherworlders understand the history of Great Qin and beyond, just like Zhao Gao and Sima Yi whom I encountered. The Otherworlders all call him a great treacherous minister, but why do the court officials have no reaction?" Lin Yue asked the doubt in his heart.

During his year of service in the Great Wall Legion, more precisely, the half-year campaign to attack the Ordos Loop to the north, he had been fighting on the grasslands. But this half-year also happened to be the phase when players were massively integrating into Great Qin, which left Lin Yue completely in the dark about the changes players brought to Great Qin; he knew nothing.

It could also be said that he was now out of touch with the increasingly changing society of Great Qin.

Originally, he had hoped to get news through the regional chat channel, but after the game update, speaking required a loudspeaker, so the number of messages in the regional chat channel plummeted, and there was no longer the casual chatting of before. The few remaining messages were mostly guild recruitment and such, which had nothing to do with him.

Guo Jia smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, thought for a moment, and then pushed the book in his hand towards Lin Yue: "My Lord, please take a look."

Lin Yue opened it and saw it was a book titled "Records of Famous Ministers and Generals Through the Ages."

"The Otherworlders have compiled them into a book?" Lin Yue was a bit surprised, which made him even more perplexed. Since it had already been published, how could the court officials not know about those great treacherous ministers of all time?

Then, with great curiosity, he opened the book.

The first famous minister discussed was Sima Yi.

The book recorded that Sima Yi, wanting to know himself and his enemy, ventured deep behind enemy lines, disguised himself as a woman and infiltrated Zhuge Liang's side, seizing opportunities to spy for information, understand the enemy, and finally retreated calmly back to Wei. However, Zhuge Liang had actually known the truth all along. Later, he sent Sima Yi women's clothing, hoping he would stay by his side, but Sima Yi didn't agree, only wearing the women's clothing to perform a farewell dance for him. Zhuge Liang was moved by the scene and, in his sorrow, fell ill and died at Wuzhangyuan. (Just kidding, don't take it seriously, folks!)

Subsequently, after Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi, remembering their past affection, went to pay his respects. Unexpectedly, he accidentally discovered Zhuge Liang's leftover military books and began to read them. However, he died of poisoning from saliva while flipping through the book.

Lin Yue's face kept twitching as he read this. What was this?

This was unofficial history, wasn't it?

Lin Yue continued to flip through, and accidentally saw Lu Bu's name. He focused his eyes, and his pupils suddenly widened!

The book recorded that Lu Bu was a woman, originally named Lu Fengxian, a 'three-family apricot slave' who suffered humiliation from three adoptive fathers, which is why she murdered her fathers for revenge!

It was precisely because of this that during the three heroes' battle against Lu Bu, Guan Yu said: "Big Brother, Third Brother, follow me and attack from front and back; we must make him unable to look after both ends!"

Lin Yue's face alternated between red and white. This was a damn erotic novel!

Even unofficial history wasn't this wild, was it?

Lin Yue suddenly felt that after reading this book, he would never be able to face Lu Bu again... And there was this Sun Shangxiang. The book recorded that Sun Shangxiang was unwilling to marry the old Liu Bei, but after hearing Liu Bei say that his second brother was invincible, she thought about it and married him, only to later discover that the second brother he spoke of was Guan Yu... And what about the Great Ming War God Zhu Qizhen almost being elected Great Khan by the Mongol tribes?

What about Genghis Khan dying from the mouth of a Western Xia princess, succumbing to an incurable illness?

What about the Mawei Mutiny, Yang Yuhuan faking her death, traveling east to become the favored concubine of the Emperor of Little Sakura (Japan)?

What about Zhuge Liang borrowing the east wind with his lifespan, and the name he wrote was Zhou Yu?

And what about Zhou Yu feigning death upon seeing this, leaving a hole to breathe, and Zhuge Liang, seeing this, plugged the hole, patted the coffin lid, and suffocated Zhou Yu to death?

And what about Zhuge Liang writing Wei Yan's name, and Wei Yan noticing it afterwards and kicking over the Seven Star Lamp?

What in the world was all this?

Even if it was unofficial history, it wouldn't be this wild, would it?

Marquis Wu Zhuge was a model minister, how could people fabricate such stories about him?

Lin Yue was about to throw it away when Guo Jia suddenly reminded him: "My Lord, it also mentions General Zi Long..."

Lin Yue suddenly became interested again and found the page that recorded Zhao Yun, then slowly read it.

The book recorded that Zhao Yun, Zi Long, a native of Changshan, wielded a Dragon-Gall Silver Spear with thirty-six sets of moves, and entered and exited Changban Slope seven times, slaughtering the forces at Changban Slope until they were completely routed!

Lin Yue nodded. This part was well-written, not made up, and relatively objective, because he knew Zi Long's strength best.

Then he enthusiastically turned to the next page and continued reading, but Lin Yue's hand suddenly trembled, only to see the book write:

"But that Changban Slope was no ordinary person either; not only was he as beautiful as a flower, but he was also the top courtesan of Yihongyuan..." "This isn't unofficial history! This is bullshit!" Lin Yue closed his eyes, his face full of sorrow, then threw the book forward and said to Guo Jia: "Burn it! Burn it all! Take it all and burn it!"

"Understood!" Guo Jia bowed in response, confirming his guess.

"So this is the reason why the court officials don't believe it?" Lin Yue thought for a moment and asked.

Guo Jia shook his head, pointing to the bookshelf beside them: "There are those too."

Lin Yue walked over and casually pulled out a book, and his heart clenched at the title.

"Me and Empress Dowager Cixi"!

Then he pulled out another book, "Li Shimin's Mental Journey"?

Lin Yue opened the flyleaf and read:

"I often lie awake at night because I killed my eldest brother, but then I think that the universally hated fourth brother is also dead, and my heart doesn't feel so bad anymore..."

Lin Yue closed his eyes slightly and sighed. This Zhihu-style writing had even appeared; these Otherworlders were truly talented!

There was also a book, "Zhao Guangyi and Empress Xiao Zhou's Little-Known Fetishes."

Lin Yue pointed at these books and looked at Guo Jia meaningfully: "Fengxiao, did you buy all of these?"

Guo Jia looked a bit bashful and flustered upon hearing this: "I found them quite interesting, so I used them to pass the time."

"No wonder." Lin Yue thought to himself. Nowadays, people read these for fun, similar to parody 'fanfiction.' Who would take these 'unofficial histories' as real?

It's like telling an old Qin People now that Great Qin will fall in seven years! They would treat you as an idiot and turn you over to the Government.

If you told Liu Bang, the current head of the Si River Police Station, that you would become emperor in twelve years, Liu Bang would only think you were trying to harm him.

If you claimed to know the future, most people would consider you mentally ill, and besides, the market is flooded with these 'unofficial histories.' Even if someone were to bring out the Twenty-Four Histories now, no one would believe them, right?

Moreover, Great Qin has now embarked on a different trajectory; no one can say what the future holds!

So the common people treat these books as fictional tales, and no one takes them seriously!

Lin Yue took a deep breath, looking at Guo Jia with profound meaning: "Burn them, Fengxiao. Don't read these useless things anymore."

Guo Jia nodded.

Then Lin Yue silently tucked "Me and Empress Dowager Cixi" into his embrace and leaned closer to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, I have one more thing to tell you."

"Please speak, My Lord!" Guo Jia said with a serious expression.

"There's someone who has a grudge against me, but..."