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Chapter 12: Received a cash reward of 200,000 yuan! About to review the 7th place!

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Zhu Zhanji was also excited: "Grandfather can live twenty more years!"

Zhu Di was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Not just me. You too. Whoever makes the list gets the lifespan added."

His gaze swept over his three sons and finally landed on Zhu Zhanji.

"Zhanji, you too."

Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up.

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong plane.

Qianlong was stunned.

Then, his eyes lit up too.

Twenty years of lifespan.

If he made the list, he could live twenty more years!

"Heshen!"

Qianlong grabbed Heshen's arm,

"Did you hear that? Twenty years of lifespan!"

Heshen hurriedly said: "I heard it! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"With Your Majesty's achievements, you will definitely make the list!"

Qianlong was excited and his face was flushed,

"If I make the list, I can live twenty more years! No, maybe I can live even longer!"

He completely forgot that he was still disliking Li Gang just now.

What anti-Jin or not, what ancestors or not, being able to add lifespan is the real thing!

Heshen said cautiously: "Your Majesty, then what you said about this list before..."

Qianlong glared at him: "What are you talking about? This list is ranked by an immortal, it must be fair! I was muddled before!"

Heshen nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty is wise!"

Qianlong looked up at the sky screen, his eyes becoming more and more expectant that he could make the list.

……

Late Northern Song Dynasty, at Li Gang's mansion.

Li Gang was sitting in the study reading.

He was over forty, with graying temples, and his health was getting worse.

Over the years, he had been demoted here and there, exhausted, and often felt he wouldn't live long.

He saw everything that happened on the sky screen.

When he saw his name appear on the list, he was stunned.

When he saw his life being told one by one, his eyes turned red.

When he saw the words "Li Gang ranks eighth on the Huaxia Hero List, well-deserved," he burst into tears.

"I, Li Gang... what virtue and

Then, the sky screen shone with brilliant golden light.

【Video Producer Mr. Gu rewards the eighth place on the Huaxia Hero List, Li Gang—】

【Twenty years of lifespan!】

A beam of golden light descended from the sky, directly entering Li Gang's body.

Li Gang's whole body shook.

A warm current surged from the top of his head and flowed through his entire body.

He felt his body changing—the exhaustion vanished, his strength returned, and even the white hair at his temples was turning black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This... this..."

Li Gang stood up and moved his limbs.

Unprecedented lightness.

Unprecedented vigor.

He raised his head, looked at the sky screen, fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed three times heavily:

"Li Gang, kowtows in gratitude to Immortal Gu!"

"The immortal has granted me twenty years of life; Li Gang will surely serve the country with loyalty until death!"

His voice was trembling, and tears streamed down his cheeks.

Twenty years.

He still had twenty years.

He could continue to submit memorials, continue to resist the Jin, and continue to serve the Great Song with loyalty!

Outside the door, the servants also knelt on the ground, kowtowing toward the sky screen.

"Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master!"

Li Gang stood up, looked at the sky screen, his eyes burning with a light he had never possessed before.

People from all dynasties and generations watched this scene, their eyes turning red with envy.

The Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng gripped his Tai'e Sword and muttered: "Twenty years... if I could get twenty years..."

The Han Dynasty.

Liu Che took a deep breath and turned to look at Wei Qing and Huo Qubing: "Tell me, is there any possibility that I could make the list?"

Wei Qing said softly: "Your Majesty's achievements span a thousand autumns; naturally, it is possible."

Huo Qubing nodded: "Your Majesty will definitely make the list!"

The Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin said slowly: "This lifespan reward is more precious than any gold, silver, or treasure."

Fang Xuanling nodded: "Your Majesty is right. Gold, silver, and treasures cannot be brought into life or taken into death. Lifespan is the true priceless treasure."

The Ming Dynasty, Hongwu plane.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily: "Good! Good! This Immortal Gu is a stand-up guy!"

He turned to look at his civil and military officials: "You all listen, whoever can make the list, I will personally celebrate their success!"

Xu Da, Lan Yu, and the others bowed in unison: "We obey the decree!"

The Qing Dynasty, Qianlong plane.

Qianlong looked longingly at the sky screen, muttering to himself:

"Make the list... make the list... I must make the list..."

Heshen echoed softly from the side:

"Your Majesty will definitely make the list, definitely..."

On the sky screen, the golden light slowly faded.

A line of large characters appeared:

【The counting of the eighth place on the Huaxia Hero List is complete. Tomorrow, the seventh place will be broadcast. Please look forward to it.】

People from all dynasties and generations breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

There were seven spots left, and all were hoping they could make the list.

Modern times, Blue Star.

Jiangcheng, in a twenty-square-meter rented room.

Gu Shanhe leaned back in his chair, looking happily at the system panel.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, this video has generated huge emotional resonance across all dynasties and generations. The host has gained 300,000 points of emotional value!】

【Current emotional value balance: 590,000 points!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving an extra reward: 200,000 yuan in cash! It has been deposited into your bank account!】

His phone vibrated; a bank text message had arrived.

Gu Shanhe opened it and grinned from ear to ear.

Adding the 146,000 he had left before, he now had a total of 346,000 yuan.

"System, how much emotional value do I have now?"

【Replying to the host, current emotional value balance: 590,000 points.】

With these 590,000 emotional points, he had the opportunity to change history and ensure those heroes would no longer have regrets.

The next day, 3:00 PM.

Gu Shanhe stretched and rubbed his sore eyes.

Four hours, four whole hours, and he had finally finished editing the fourth video.

This time, the material was more than the previous three times; Yu Qian's life was too long—

From passing the imperial examination at twenty-three to dying unjustly at sixty, thirty-seven years of ups and downs in officialdom, leaving behind only the line, "I fear not being crushed to powder, so long as I leave my purity in the world."

Gu Shanhe exported the video and previewed it once.

The footage started from Yu Qian's youth, to his middle-aged governorship of Henan and Thus: Shaanxi, then the thrilling Beijing Defense War, and finally froze on that tear at the execution ground.

Even he felt his eyes sting a little while watching it.

"Publish."

【Published successfully.】

Gu Shanhe leaned back in his chair, watching the system play the footage of the ancient dynasties.

The Qin Dynasty, Xianyang Palace.

Ying Zheng was reviewing memorials when he heard the commotion outside; he put down the bamboo slip in his hand and stood up to walk outside.

Li Si hurriedly followed: "Your Majesty, the sky screen has lit up again."

Ying Zheng grunted, his pace not slowing.

The civil and military officials were already waiting outside the hall, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Wang Jian, and the others craning their necks to look at the sky.

On the sky screen, the golden light slowly gathered, and the image gradually became clear.

【Today's count of the seventh place on the Huaxia Hero List: Yu Qian】

A poem appeared on the screen:

"Ode to Lime"

Ming Dynasty · Yu Qian

A thousand hammerings and ten thousand strikes to emerge from the deep mountains,

Burning in fierce fire is treated as nothing.

I fear not being crushed to powder,

So long as I leave my purity in the world.

Meng Tian read it once and scratched his head: "This poem... what does it mean?"

Meng Yi thought for a moment: "It seems to be talking about lime? A thousand hammerings and ten thousand strikes, burning in fierce fire, crushed to powder..."

Wang Jian nodded: "Using lime as a metaphor for a person. Not afraid of being hammered and struck, not afraid of being burned in fierce fire, as long as one's purity remains in the world."

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