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Chapter 720 Yuan Huaimin: I will not accept any legacy except money! [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Faced with the almost straightforward topic of "inheriting the mantle".

Wu Daozi heard an answer from Yuan Huaimin that he had never expected.

"If it's gold, silver, jewelry or something, you can give it to me, sir, and I'll help you keep it. As for the rest, forget it."

Yuan Huaimin waved his hands vigorously and rejected half of it righteously.

Wu Daozi clapped his hands and laughed.

"Hahaha, little Huaimin, you are still the same as before."

"Mr. Wu, please leave quickly. Your whereabouts may have been spread. The government officials may be on the way. Brother Lianghan is very powerful, and so is Lieutenant General Yan. Any disturbance in the city will not escape the eyes of them and the female officials of the Supervisory Council."

Wu Daozi asked curiously:
"Who is this Brother Lianghan? Is he the young governor of Jiangzhou named Ouyang?"

"Yes."

"Did he help the court issue a ban on Vietnamese women before, and also catch all the spies in Yunmeng Jianze in Jiangzhou?"

"Yes, Brother Lianghan is very powerful and decisive."

"Oh."

The skinny old man's reaction was indifferent. Yuan Huaimin saw that he had no intention of moving his buttocks. He sat on the stone bench, drank his tea slowly and said:

"This young man is probably in trouble. Don't worry, I won't be able to stop you in the next two days."

Yuan Huaimin immediately asked:

"What do you mean? Do you know something, sir?"

His expression was somewhat awkward.

Wu Daozi smiled but said nothing.

Yuan Huaimin swallowed his saliva and asked nervously, "Sir, do you know anything about the celebration ceremony?"

Wu Daozi took a closer look at his expression and suddenly asked, "Does little Huaimin know something?"

Yuan Huaimin shook his head and continued to ask after a while:
"Sir, do you know that Yunmeng Jianze guy?"

Wu Daozi did not answer, but said with a sigh:

"However, if you use the words of your government, I am also a traitor."

Yuan Huaimin looked towards the door again and again with some worry, and asked:

"Then, sir, are you from the Tiannan Jianghu, or the Southwest Kuangfu Army?"

Wu Daozi chuckled:
"Is there a difference? Those who oppose Wei Zhao are all traitors. How can they be called loyal ministers who want to restore the throne of Emperor Qian? Well, they all want to seize the throne of the Pseudo-Zhou Dynasty. But she never thought about whether she had stolen the throne that Emperor Taizong had conquered, and whether she was bullying Emperor Taizong's descendants? A thief who steals pearls is a thief, and a marquis who steals a country is a marquis. But the one who started it, will he have no descendants?"

The old man shook his head and asked:
"Xiao Huaimin, are you waiting for the friend next door?"

Yuan Huaimin stood up halfway and asked nervously, "Sir, what did you do to him?"

Wu Daozi said calmly: "Nothing serious, but he should be busy and won't come to see you."

"What do you mean, sir? How is Brother Yu?"

Wu Daozi waved his hand and said:
"He originally belonged to Jianze. It seems that his daughter has also entered Jianze and became the personal disciple of the Second Lady. Of course, her life is safe."

Yuan Huaimin didn't quite understand what he was saying, so he guessed and asked:

"Mr. Wu didn't come here alone, did he?"

Wu Daozi smiled, as if he had said something, but also as if he had said nothing:

"I'm here alone to see you. You just need to know this. No one will come to disturb us. Little Huaimin, you don't have to be suspicious all the time. Sit down and have a drink with me. We haven't talked for a long time."

Yuan Huaimin stared at the old man who was drinking tea leisurely, then slowly sat back on the stool. He suddenly asked:

"Mr. Wu, why do I always feel that you look exactly the same as you did back then, as if you haven't aged at all?"

Wu Daozi said amiably: "Want to know? Actually, you can do the same. Just come to Taohuayuan to find me and inherit my legacy."

He was puzzled: "What does this mean? Aren't you here now, Mr. Wu?"

Wu Daozi smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Huaimin lowered his head and thought, still fidgeting. He said with a somewhat sad face:
"I don't want to go to the Peach Blossom Spring. It sounds like a secluded place. Mr. Wu said it was a good place, and the court hadn't found it for so many years. Why did you suddenly come to Xunyang City?"

Wu Daozi poured him a cup of tea and said, "Can't I just look at you?"

"What's so good about me? I'm just an idler." Yuan Huaimin shook his head, his face gradually becoming serious: "Sir, are you here... for the celebration ceremony?"

Wu Daozi did not answer.

Yuan Huaimin reached out to put away the tea bowl and said, "If you don't tell me, I will be anxious and unable to sleep or eat. Don't blame me for not remembering our friendship. I can only send you away."

Wu Daozi glanced at him, took out a scroll from his waist, the two shafts of which were made of bronze, and handed it to Yuan Huaimin.

The old man smiled and said:

"No more joking, little Huaimin, if you can inherit my legacy, this thing will be yours from now on. It is the treasure of your Jingzhao Yuan family."

"Mr. Wu, this scroll originally belonged to my family. I gave it to you. You don't need it now."

"No, these are not the same thing. You gave it to me and I gave it to you. They are two different things."

"What do you mean?"

"If the scroll pole that was once hidden in the secret vault of your Jingzhao Yuan clan was a dead thing, then now, the painting made of the scroll pole in my hand is a living thing, like the finishing touch to a painting, it has come alive. It is incomparable."

Facing Yuan Huaimin's doubtful look, Wu Daozi did not lose patience. He was surprisingly patient with this student and said:

"It was originally written by Tao Yuanming, a famous scholar in the Southern Dynasty three hundred years ago. It was his handwriting. Later, the Southern Dynasty was defeated and the scroll was left in the north. It fell into the hands of your ancestor, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later, it was asked for by a scholar from the Cui family in Qinghe, who added another stroke to it. This scholar surnamed Cui was extraordinary, but unfortunately he died tragically at the hands of another ancestor of your Yuan family, the emperor. After his death, this item is still a great legacy left to your Yuan Wei.

"The Northern Wei's glory and disgrace were all due to this thing. If it can now return to the hands of someone with the blood of the Northern Wei royal family Tuoba, this cause and effect that has never been recorded in history will continue. Little Huaimin, you really have some sense of destiny..."

At this point, the thin old man counted on his fingers for a while, and Yuan Huaimin heard him muttering to himself:
"Look at today, Daqian inherited Sui Dynasty, and the Pseudo-Zhou stole the Qian Dynasty intact. Sui Dynasty came from the melting pot of the Northern Dynasties that lasted for three hundred years. The Southern Dynasty lost the battle, and the culmination of the Northern Dynasties was the Dasui Dynasty, which stood out. That young mad emperor rode his cavalry to the south of the Yangtze River...

"The Northern Wei was the first dynasty of the Northern Dynasties. It was an important starting point. The subsequent Sui, Qian, and Pseudo-Zhou dynasties were all closely related to it. It can be said that without the Northern Wei, there might be no such dynasties. The final outcome of the struggle between the Northern and Southern Dynasties is still unknown!

“For example, your Jingzhao Yuan clan also managed to survive until the present Wei Zhou; the aristocratic families that have grown so big that the pseudo-Zhou empress secretly has a headache also originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty… The first Han aristocratic family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Qinghe Cui clan, is now the leader of the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

“So the Sui, Qian, and Pseudo-Zhou dynasties were all successors of the Northern Wei. Their dragon veins were all in the Kunlun Mountains. In a sense, their dragon energy all originated from the Northern Wei. What’s even more coincidental is that the capital of the Northern Wei was Luoyang, which is now the so-called Divine Capital of the Wei Zhou Dynasty!

"Xiao Huaimin, do you now know how special your bloodline is? The Pseudo-Zhou you serve in is the one that inherited the legacy of your ancestors, so you are qualified to take the Mandate of Heaven. Although this qualification is not rare for some people, it is just an admission ticket. Without it, even the most heroic figures will come to an end...

"By the way, do you know what the most wonderful thing about this old man is?" Yuan Huaimin was sweating and trembling with fear as he listened. Before he could organize his words to answer, the skinny old man chuckled and answered himself:
"Daqian belongs to the virtue of earth, and earth produces gold, so Wei Zhou belongs to the virtue of gold, and the Northern Wei Dynasty established by your ancestors belongs to the virtue of water, haha.

"At the instigation of the two Wei brothers, Wei Zhao chose a place called "Longmen" in ancient feng shui books in Xunyang City, a place of great significance to the world, where the mountains and rivers are in harmony and winds gather. She built this golden Buddha in an attempt to stabilize the so-called Great Zhou's national destiny. Little did she know that among the five elements, gold gives birth to water. Isn't this gathering luck for your Yuan family and making wedding clothes for you? Hahaha, what a reincarnation."

Wu Daozi smiled cheerfully:
"Xiao Huaimin, what do you think would happen if the descendants of your Jingzhao Yuan family got the dragon energy again? The girl in your family who changed her surname to Yi is still short-sighted. She only knew to take Yuanshi and the secret of Yuan Wei with her father to join the pseudo-Zhou empress to please her. She took a detour, but she didn't know that there is a brand new way to make Jingzhao Yuan family have a bright future..."

Wu Daozi sighed deeply, turned around and said softly:
"In fact, we have to take into account the Xunyang Palace. Li Xian was the crown prince appointed by Emperor Gaozong, but later became the deposed emperor and lost the throne. But after all, he was once the true dragon emperor, and he has this true dragon embryo. Now that he has been reinstated as the Prince of Xunyang, he will naturally gather dragon energy and attract talented people who can support the dragon. Li Xian is rising in the southeast. In a sense, he is gathering the remaining dragon energy of the Southern Dynasty. Xunyang City is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, and can be half a dragon's rise...

"Using that unknown Qi-gazing technique, the role played by the Xunyang Palace in recuperating is actually the same as what Li Zhengyan and others are doing in the southwest now. They are all starting anew. That's why the Kuangfu Army needs the Xunyang Palace. They can merge into one. The two are complementary. After merging, they can swallow up the pseudo-Zhou dragon energy that stole Qiantong in one bite. It's a pity that the Xunyang King seems to have other ideas. After all, a forced melon is not sweet. It is very likely that the Xunyang Palace has a master to guide it. This person has influenced the current situation in the southwest with just a few words. Tsk tsk, I really want to meet this Taoist friend...

"But, little Huaimin, if you are willing to inherit my legacy and master this new painting, I will go and get you the assistance of the Kuangfu Army. The two of you will join forces, and I will find you some dragon energy. As an orphan of the Northern Wei royal family, you may be able to bypass the Xunyang Palace and fight for the destiny...

"The key to victory actually lies in this Jiangzhou. Xunyang Palace counts as one, and the Kuangfu Army counts as another. You can only count as half of them, a backup. But if you three choose two of them and combine them, you can attack the dragon vein of the pseudo-Zhou. Ha, maybe she is feeling uneasy. She, Wei Zhao, has spent so much effort to build a giant Buddha in Xunyang City, and this time she has sent so many people...

"So, when I say that there is an aura of the Son of Heaven in the southeast, I am not deceiving the world. It is true that the Wei Dynasty will soon end, and the false Zhou Dynasty will perish."

Yuan Huaimin seemed to be stunned, staring blankly at Wu Daozi who was counting for him calmly with his fingers.

The latter asked kindly and considerately, "Xiao Huaimin, with this inheritance, not to mention gold, silver and jewelry, you can even make banknotes all over the world in the future. Why don't we consider it a little?"

Yuan Huaimin was stunned for a moment, then, almost without thinking, he shook his head like a rattle:

"Me? There's no way I can do that. Don't be ridiculous."

Wu Daozi narrowed his eyes and said:

"Well, let's not talk about this for now, and don't think too much about it. The day after tomorrow, the celebration ceremony will be over. After you take a look, you can give me your reply."

Yuan Huaimin asked with trembling hands: "What are you going to do, sir?"

Wu Daozi pointed to the distance and said: "The newly built Buddha statue in Xunyang Grottoes is a good thing. I just brought it to you. With the Buddha statue and the new scroll in hand, who else can be the Lord of Heaven?"

The old man asked with a smile, and Yuan Huaimin was stunned.

……

The sun sets in the west.

Hukou County, at the foot of Fenghuangling Mountain.

In front of a roadside tavern, Wang Caozhi, after having a simple snack, boarded the carriage with his entourage.

After getting in the car, he casually ordered:
"Go back to the county office."

After saying that, Wang Caozhi lowered his head and sniffed the fabric at his shoulder.

The scent of sandalwood lingers in my nose.

He let out a long breath.

In the past few days, Wang Caozhi has been supervising the man named Qian Chen at Guanyin Temple.

After Yan Liulang went back to report, nothing unusual happened at the Guanyin Zen Temple. The thin-faced man also lived obediently in the Guanyin Zen Temple and communicated with the monks in the temple every day. It seemed that they were talking about the matter of Princess Anhui, and there was nothing unusual.

"Keep watching over at Guanyin Temple. Sooner or later, someone will have to keep an eye on them. Do you understand?"

"Yes, shopkeeper."

After jumping off the carriage in front of a large house next to the Hukou County Government Office, Wang Caozhi turned around and instructed his subordinates.

When he returned to the house, he immediately saw a young man in Taoist robes sitting in the living room waiting. He quickly stepped forward to greet him:
"Why is Taoist Lu back? Isn't he watching over the White Tiger Guard camp anymore?"

Lu Ya said bluntly:
"Duan Yiwu has left with half of the soldiers. They should be going back to Xunyang Grottoes. Before I came here, I received an order from Master Ouyang to follow them back to Xunyang City and supervise them."

"Duan Yiwu and the others have returned?"

Wang Caozhi muttered to himself, then suddenly slapped his forehead and realized what was happening.

"By the way, the day after tomorrow will be the celebration ceremony for the Xunyang Grottoes, and they have to rush back to set up defenses."

"Ah."

Wang Caozhi said with some envy: "If Taoist Lu returns early, he can still catch up with Madam Zhen's birthday party."

"I shouldn't join in the fun." Lu Ya nodded, his expressionless face showing no emotion.

"Okay." Wang Caozhi nodded: "When will the Taoist priest leave?"

"Duan Quanwu and the White Tiger Guards have gone to the ferry. It may take until midnight for the boats to arrive. I will go pack my things and take a short rest. I will leave at midnight."

"Okay, then I won't see you off."

"polite."

Wang Caozhi smiled and didn't bother to be polite with Lu Ya. He said goodbye to him and went back to his room to rest. He would go to bed early tonight...

late at night.

Wang Caozhi was a little uncomfortable sleeping without a woman. He used to bring a mature mistress with him when traveling. This trip to Hukou County was special, and his brother-in-law took it very seriously, and he couldn't let a woman affect the pace of his "progress".

So he dreamed of the breakfast shop owner tonight.

Halfway through his sleep, just when he was about to get the most rest, Wang Caozhi was woken up by the night guard.

I don't know what time it is outside. The night watchman lights a lantern and knocks on the door:

"Boom boom boom——"

"Who is it?" he mumbled in confusion, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

A timid voice came from outside: "Boss, someone is here to report."

Wang Caozhi did not lift the quilt, but reached his hand under the pillow and said calmly, "Who? Brother who came back from where?"

The night watchman whispered, "Over there at Guanyin Temple."

He immediately came to his senses: "Come in!"

The servant brought a dusty messenger directly into the room and came to the bedside. The messenger said something in Wang Caozhi's ear.

Wang Caozhi's expression changed slightly, but his specific expression could not be seen clearly in the dim environment.

He suddenly opened his blanket and told his subordinates:
"Go and ask for Master Lu right away. If he's not in the house, go to the ferry to chase him. It would be best if he accompanies us on this trip. Immediately, right now!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)