The Rebirth Of The General Who Always Sees Himself As A Replacement

Zhiming was alright, the Emperor tested him on the ‘Four Books’ and the ‘Five Classics’.

Mu Zhiming answered one by one, secretly thinking: ‘No wonder Fu Ji’an’s face became ashen2 when he heard that we had to pay our respects to the Emperor.’

‘Who wouldn’t be scared of a daily test on academic knowledge?!’

After hearing Mu Zhiming’s answers, the Emperor praised him.
As he took the hand of the Noble Consort, the Emperor said: “Just as the Noble Consort has said, you’re intelligent, wise, and very knowledgeable.”

“”

The Noble Consort curved her eyes in a light smile.
Her beauty radiates like a chrysanthemum lightened by the sun in autumn; while her graceful figure was as lush as a pine gently moving in the spring breeze3.

When a beauty like her smiled, the Emperor’s heart felt very happy.

Then, the Emperor said to Mu Zhiming: “All of the animals that have been hunted in the mountain for the past few days are all here.
Choose one as a reward.”

After Mu Zhiming thanked the Emperor for his kindness, he glanced over the rare and exotic animals placed under the sacrificial platform.

In his previous life, Mu Zhiming deliberately chose the rabbit hunted by Fu Yi.
But now….

‘Fuck that rabbit! I want to choose the biggest one! One that will give me three meals worth of meat!’

“Hmm?” Mu Zhiming suddenly noticed something.

He saw an eye-catching wild boar, with sharp tusks lying there.

Mu Zhiming felt that he had seen it before.
Looking very much like the wild boar that collided with the Royal horse that caused him to fall into the deep pond on the mountain stream.

‘Wild boar, are we predestined?!’

“Your Majesty, may I ask for this wild boar?” Mu Zhiming knelt down and requested.

The Emperor laughed and said: “You have good eyes, many people have taken a fancy to this wild boar at first sight.
Even I have craved it.
You may rise.
Although it’s painful to part with it, a gentleman cannot go back on his promises.
I’ll give it to you! But you still have to personally thank the boar’s hunter.” After saying that, the Emperor turned around and asked: “Who hunted this wild boar? Was it one of my sons?”

After the Emperor asked, everyone stood silent.
However, a smart old eunuch, who had served the Emperor for a long time, immediately said to the Emperor: “Replying to His Majesty the Emperor, this wild boar should be the one hunted by the son of General Gu.”

The Emperor asked: “Gu Miao’s son?”

The old eunuch replied: “Indeed.”

The Emperor nodded and then announced: “Summon the father and son!”

 Fu Yi was also reborn???! He’s damn sus! The way he looked at Mu Zhiming with such a murderous gaze….

But also~~ here is our dear Gu Heyan being better at Fu Yi in the hunting.
While Fu Yi hunted a rabbit, Gu Heyan hunted a wild boar….
the real question here is….
did Gu Heyan hunt the very same wild boar that made Mu Zhiming fall, or was it a random one that just fit his personal vendetta? Anyways, imagining Gu Heyan following a very specific wild boar all over the mountain sounds so funny to me lmao!!!

And what are the odds??? Mu Zhiming picked the animal hunted by Gu Heyan! Like the title of this ch, it seems they’re connected by karma 

Footnotes

六道轮回 liù dào lún huí; Also known as the ‘Six Realms Of Samsara’.
All sentient beings in the world have Karma, being good or bad, and this Karma has six destinations, which are called the Six Realms (or paths).
The Six Realms are divided by Buddha, according to the amount of blessings that the Karmic body received.
These are: the Realm of the Gods, the Realm of the Asura/Shura (demi-gods or demons who are characterized by their lust for power), the Human Realm, the Animal Realm, the Realm of Pretas (or hungry spirits in a possessive state, greed, and envy), and the Realm of Narakas (equivalent to Hell, it’s the realm of suffering, anger, and pure evil).
Reincarnation is continuously carried out in the Six Realms between the Heavenly Path (the gods, asura, and human’s realms) and the Hellish Path (the animal, pretas, and narakas’ realms), depending purely on the good and evil deeds in one’s life. 面如土色 miàn rú tǔ sè; Chinese idiom, it means that the face turned a grayish-white tone, depicting extreme fright. From《洛神赋》by (曹植 cáo zhí) Cao Zhi [192-232] from Wei of the Three Kingdoms Period [221-265].
This famous verse uses a metaphor to express the beautiful appearance of a person so that the reader can associate their beauty with that of a chrysanthemum in the autumn sun, and the splendor of a pine tree that moves slightly with the spring breeze.
Nowadays, it’s used to describe the beauty and grace of characters in historical novels.