Chapter 440 – One’s Initiative

Zhong Li cocked his head, tilted his head, thought for a few seconds, and said, “The earth veins are just like a person’s meridians, and the movements of the mountains, rivers, and streams are all affected by the earth veins.”

After a pause, continued: “The earth pulse is a general term, divided into twelve kinds, alluding to the twelve positive meridians of the human body, it is very important in feng shui, there is the earth pulse of the land is feng shui treasure, building homes and selecting cemeteries pay particular attention to the earth pulse ……… …”

Xu Qi’an’s scalp tingled as he listened, and after streamlining a bit, he replied in the Earth Book chat group: [The earth veins are equivalent to the human meridians, corresponding to the twelve main meridians.]

The end.

Heaven and earth will be waiting for half a day, did not see the follow-up, a moment of silence, which is equivalent to nothing to say well.

However, Xu Qi’an remembered a small thing, when he bought the new mansion and brought Chu Caiwei to look at the feng shui, there was a female ghost in the well of the Xu Mansion, and ghosts can not independently survive long in the yang world.

At that time, Chu Caiwei went down to the well to check it out and found that there was a Yin vein at the bottom of the well.

The Yin Vein is thought to be a type of Earth Vein.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi’an asked again, “Senior Sister Zhong, are there any earth veins in the Imperial City?”

Zhong Li said in a thin voice, “Of course there is an earth vein in the Imperial City, its name is Dragon Vein.”

Not waiting for Xu Qi’an to follow up, she thoughtfully explained:

“A dragon vein is an extension of qi, six hundred years ago, the Great Feng built its capital here, and the earth veins of the capital were nourished by the purple qi, energized by the qi of a country, and energized by the wishes of the people, and as the days went by, they metamorphosed into a dragon vein.”

The dragon vein is a type of earth vein, but the dragon vein is an extension of the qi ……….. Xu Qi’an mused, “Do dragon veins serve any purpose?”

Zhong Li mused:

“Just as the feng shui of an ancestor’s grave will affect the descendants if it is destroyed, the Dragon Vein and the Sword of Zhen Guo have a similar effect, suppressing a country’s fortune. In the year of the Great Weekend, Qian Zhong, a great scholar of Yunlu Academy, entered the capital of Great Zhou with the people’s grievances, and at the cost of his death, he crashed away the last of Great Zhou’s national fortune. What he crashed into was the dragon vein.

“There’s a proverb among us warlocks that whoever wins the Dragon Vein wins the world.”

Not very knowledgeable, but it feels awesome ………. Xu Qi’an transmitted a message: [There is a dragon vein within the Imperial City.]

Then he asked Zhong Li, “Can you manipulate the dragon vein?”

Zhong Li was confused for half a day and weakly said, “The dragon vein suppresses a country’s qi, even if it’s the supervising teacher, he doesn’t dare to touch it easily.”

Xu Qi’an whirled around and relayed the characteristics of the dragon vein to the people of the Tiandi Association.

Chu Yuanzhen analyzed: [If even the Supervisor does not dare to easily touch the dragon vein, then it is even more unlikely that King Huai’s secret agents would borrow the dragon vein to hide in the earth. Is my idea wrong?

Speculation was at a standstill, and even Xu Qi’an had no clue for the moment.

Just then, Number One suddenly said, [I’ll look into Hengyuan’s matter and leave it in my charge, none of you need to worry about it].

Huh, the number one is so proactive, this is not in line with his or her character ………. Xu Qi’an was taken aback.

Among the holders of the earth book fragments, No. 1 is the lowest-profile and most mysterious. No. 7 and No. 8 are unable to bubble for a reason, but No. 1 is the only one who seldom rises to the surface, and occasionally participates in the discussion, but only to the point.

Never base with ground book shard holders below the line.

Not only him, but also the members of the Tiandi Association were surprised that being so proactive was not in line with No. 1’s usual style.

[1: In the Tien-Di Association, no one but me has free access to the Imperial City, and I can even find a way to enter the palace. Whether it’s Hengyuan or the tunnels, I’m better and safer than you guys.

[Of course, if I need help, I will ask for it, and I hope you all will not refuse.]

This was a reasonable and sensible reason that easily convinced the crowd and caused Xu Qi’an and the others to breathe a heartfelt sigh of relief.

Indeed, the current imperial city and palace were forbidden places for them, and even if Xu Qi’an could sneak into the imperial city quietly, he could only accompany Huaiqing and Lin’an, lacking the conditions to act alone.

It’s just the right time to take this opportunity to test out Number One’s ability, as well as his identity ……….. Chu Yuanzhan thought to himself.

The fact that Number One can freely enter and exit the Imperial City, and even find a chance to enter the palace, means that he has a high status, one of the princes? A royal family or a nobleman? Li Miaozhen secretly speculated.

Whew, someone finally took over the matter of Master Hengyuan, then I am relieved, sleep sleep sleep ………. Lina thought happily.

………..

In the next two days, the imperial court and the demon barbarian mission negotiated several times without results, and the two sides did not reach an agreement for the time being.

Xu Qi’an was far away from the temple and did not care about this matter, and he had gone to the small courtyard of the undead for the past two days to hide in the quiet. The reason for this was that after the Wen Hui incident, readers from all walks of life kept sending posts to the Xu Mansion.

Some wanted to visit him, some wanted to ask him out for a drink, and some wanted to give to marry a daughter or sister of the family to him, with the birth date attached.

When the Buddha’s door fight, Xu Qi’an certainly spread far and wide, but the readers still have a layer of prejudice against him, and not completely regarded as “their own people”.

After the Chuzhou massacre, Zhao Shou openly announced in the court that Xu Qi’an was his disciple, and Xu Qi’an officially became “his own” in the eyes of the scholars, only that time Emperor Yuan Jing was angry, no one dared to get close to Xu Qi’an.

After the Wen Hui fiasco, Xu Qi’an became the meat and potatoes.

These were minor issues, and what really made it impossible for him to stay at home were the several great scholars of the Cloud Deer Academy.

The day before yesterday, the wind was so noisy that Xu Qi’an’s eyelids fluttered.

Dean Zhao Shou came, wearing a pulp-white Confucian shirt, his hair disheveled, a cynical dress.

Xu Qi’an respectfully guided the nominal teacher into the hall, served him good tea, and after some small talk, Zhao Shou asked, “Ning Banquet is actually good at the art of war, can there be any other handwritten copies of that book of war?”

Zhao Shou came to see the book, and by the way, he wanted to include the military book in the collection of the academy.

Hand copy no, recently but can not help but want to hand punch ……….. Xu Qi An, who had not been close to women for four months, regrettably rebuffed Zhao Shou.

It was at this time that the great scholars Zhang Shen, Li Mubai, and Chen Tai paid a joint visit.

Seeing Dean Zhao Shou, the three great scholars looked disdainful.

Zhang Shen: “Poetry thief!”

Chentai: “Thieving thieves!”

Li Mu Bai: “Shameless old thief!”

The three of them said in unison, “Bah!”

Then Abbot Zhao Shou was furious, and his words were followed by a wave of his sleeve: “Retreat a hundred miles.”

The three great scholars waved their sleeves, “No retreat!”

“Retreat a hundred miles.”

“No refunds.”

“Retreat a hundred miles.”

“No refunds.”

In the midst of this unique spell competition, Xu Qi’an slipped out of the Xu Mansion to go, turning back before leaving and seeing the potted plant that his aunt had placed in the hall shatter on the floor.

Seeing Xu Suoyin join the fray, she stood aside, “tuituitui……”

Li Miaozhen fought tooth and nail to get this stupid girl out, or she would have been sent a hundred miles away.

The Princess had a particularly nourishing little life, not physically nourishing, but spiritually nourishing.

Free and easy, with no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Xu Qi’an also often accompanied her out to store, eat snacks, watch opera and so on.

The nine-colored lotus root was growing extremely well, having already begun to sprout and had grown another section. Xu Qi’an expected it to become bigger than Daoist Golden Lotus’ root.

At dusk that day, Xu Qi’an rode her beloved filly back to the Xu Mansion after disguising herself at the hookah.

During dinner, the aunt said, “I’ll have Ling Yue invite Miss Wang to come to the residence the day after tomorrow as a guest, and the men in the house will remember to avoid it. Also, the proper etiquette must be there.

“Says you Says you, Suzume Xu, you’re the one with the least manners.”

Xu Lingyin, who did not eat in an elegant manner at all, raised her head and said suspiciously, “Then when Master and Sister Miaozhen came to the mansion as guests, I did the same thing, so how come Mother didn’t say that I had no manners?”

“Can that be the same, that’s your second brother’s unmarried daughter-in-law.” The aunt said.

“What’s a daughter-in-law?” Xu Lingyin asked.

Uncle Two then said, “Your mother is father’s daughter-in-law, understand.”

Xu Lingyin was shocked, “She’s going to be my mother?”

We all bowed our heads to eat and gave up the idea of explaining the term “daughter-in-law” to Xiaodoudin. In fact, it is really complicated to explain. Although daughter-in-law is a noun, when a man marries a daughter-in-law, he aspires to turn it into a verb.

The meaning in it is too deep for a six year old to understand.

“Anyway, as long as you are good and don’t make any trouble, Mother will take you to Fu Manchu House to eat monkey brains later.” Auntie said.

Monkey brain is the signature dish of Fu Manchu.

“I want to eat Monkey Naiko.” Xu Lingyin’s attention was definitely diverted.

“Brains.”

“Naija.”

“……..”

Auntie grimaced and didn’t say a word.

“Ahem!” Erlang Xu coughed, breaking the stagnant atmosphere, looking at Xu Qi’an, “Big brother, I’ve recently memorized part of it again, come to my study after dinner.”

Xu Qi’an was delighted in his heart and slowly nodded, “Good.”

I hope there will be some clues in the first emperor’s living record, otherwise, I really don’t know how to check it out, maybe I can only give up ………

After dinner, the brothers went into the study, lit candles, and sat at the desk, with Erlang Xu reciting and Qi’an Xu listening.

The late emperor was a mediocre emperor, no merits and no faults to the ascension. Character is also quite mild, some indulgence in female sex, some negligence, it is because of this, let two consecutive chief ministers in the hands of power.

Now that I think about it, Emperor Yuan Jing’s power and skill at checks and balances was mostly learned from the lessons of his predecessor.

The dull listening continued, time passing by, when suddenly, a conversation lifted the spirits of the drowsy Xu Qi’an.

The late Emperor: The Taoist Master is a deity with profound cultivation, can he know the art of transforming the Three Ching’s into one Qi?

Head of the Human Sect Dao: When it comes to the art of transforming the Three Purities with one qi, among the three sects, the Earth Sect is the most important.

The late Emperor: I have heard that the Earth Sect cultivates merits and virtues, and walks the red dust. I wonder if I can introduce myself to you.

The Head of the Human Sect Doctrine: may be!

“The late emperor has a strong curiosity about the one qi transforming the three qing’s ah ……… Well, the dao head of the earth sect during the late emperor’s time should be the same dao head of the earth sect that entered the devil …… ….”

As Xu Qi’an thought about it, his body suddenly trembled and his expression appeared frozen.

In the Chuzhou massacre case, the detachment of the head of the Earth Sect Dao was involved. Emperor Yuan Jing and the head of the Earth Sect Dao are in collusion, and I used to wonder how Yuan Jing hooked up with the head of the Earth Sect Dao.

It turns out that the head of the Earth Sect Dao has come to the capital before ………. He must have had contact with the late Emperor, and Emperor Yuan Jing during his imperial period ……….

Sure enough, it was right to look up the record of the rising of the first emperor’s period; there was nothing wrong with these details, even just insignificant trifles. But it was precisely because of these insignificant traces that a line of cause and effect was hooked up.

Xu Qi’an perked up and listened carefully, to his disappointment, there was no information about the meeting between the late emperor and the head of the Earth Sect’s dao in the Book of Rising and Dwelling.

Either he had been erased or was not in the palace, so the Qiqi Lang did not follow the Emperor.

As the candle gradually burned out, Xu Erlang exhaled, “I haven’t had time to look at the back yet.”

Xu Qi’an immediately left the study and went back to his room.

…………

Early morning.

Wang Simu sat in front of the dressing table, and with the help of her maid, she combed the most popular hair bun, drew her eyebrows, touched the lipstick, and her face was spread with a light layer of pearl-ground makeup powder, and then smeared with a little bit of blush.

There’s a little bit of heavy makeup going on, delicate, not sultry.

She wore a lotus-colored palazzo dress that was dignified and elegant, while the expensive fabric and intricate style added a touch of nobility.

This outfit was put together with a lot of thought.

It was well known that the Xu family’s main mother was a woman with an unfathomable mind and extremely skillful means, making her her number one enemy in the future.

Therefore, if she relied on her status as the first daughter of the chief minister to make a big fuss and show off her strength, she would instead be easily caught by the other side to make a breakthrough, retreating in order to advance and accusing her Wang Simu of lacking family education.

Therefore, it is important to keep a low profile and be introspective, and to follow the middle path.

“Really looking forward to it ……..”

She was the first daughter of the Wang family, and when she was young, she had seen her mother fighting with her favored concubine, as well as those commoner daughters who didn’t know how high and mighty they were attempting to compete with her and snatch away her position as the first daughter.

But by the time she was a teenager, all these pandemonium characters were a smoky memory.

Miss Wang’s position in the royal family was like a lone wolf, sitting on top of a mountain, just short of playing the zither in loneliness.

There is no enemy in the family, she and the outside girls “play”, to beat subdued the daughter of the Lord, suppressed the clan county, the capital of the high-ranking women, can make Miss Wang ashamed of themselves, from the bottom of the heart scorn of the characters, only a royal eldest daughter Huaiqing.

But later, she realized that a small Xu House hides a woman who should not be underestimated, and this woman may be her future mother-in-law.

The day before yesterday, after receiving the invitation handed over by the Xu family’s eldest lady, Wang Simu knew that the Xu family’s main mother intended to formally meet herself.

This is good and bad.

The good thing was that the main mother of the Xu family finally recognized herself as a satisfactory daughter-in-law.

The bad thing was that this invitation was feared to be murderous and alarming at every step. If she didn’t cope well and fell behind, it was likely that she would be suppressed in the future.

But that’s what makes it so interesting.

Ms. Wang is a combative woman, she is full of cleverness that she has no way to use, and if her future mother-in-law is a character with a mediocre hand, it would be a bit too boring.

Miss Xu, who is soft on the surface but has a deep heart.

The talented and tongue-tied Erlang Xu.

As well as, Xu Dalang, who has made the entire dynasty of lords and princes jealous, and has made His Majesty hate him.

To be able to teach such a descendant, the Xu family’s main mother was truly a rival that made one tremble at the thought of it.

“But that’s precisely why it’s worth getting excited about.”

Wang Simu entered the carriage majestically with her maids and escorts, just like a female general who marched out with thousands of troops and horses.

…………

Xu Qi’an sat in the hall, eating elbows in sauce, while Lina and Xu Lingyin came over to dabble.

The aunt was calling the servants of the house to sprinkle the courtyard and sweep down the cobwebs ………

“All of you get cleaner, she is the daughter of the Chief Minister’s daughter, her status is noble, so she can’t lose her etiquette or make others look down on her. Xu Ningyan, Xu Lingyin!!!”

The aunt turned her head and was furious when she realized that her nephew was stealing food bought from her tavern with her daughter:

“You two want to be angry with me? Good you Xu Ning Banquet, yourself all day long hanging around, so far there is not a girl in love, is not jealous of Erlang first you step?”

Auntie, you’ve got it all wrong, some day you’ll take you to my fish pond for boating, it’s full of ferocious sharks and crocodiles ……….

The aunt shooed her nephew and daughter out of the hall and continued to lead a busy day.

In order to be able to make a good impression on the Wang family’s daughter, and to be able to create a peaceful relationship, the aunt took great pains.