Chapter 508: Three hundred eighty, South Tao Qian, North Cui Hao [Mid-month seeking monthly tickets!]

Three hundred eighty, South Tao Qian, North Cui Hao 【Mid-month seeking monthly tickets!】

Regarding Snow Candle's words, Wei Shaoqi smiled without speaking.

The three walked out of the underground stone chamber.

The underground entrance was at a rockery, guarded by several Yue women in Wu clothing.

However, at this moment, the Yue women in Wu clothing coming and going were packing things, preparing to withdraw.

The entire villa was in a silent but busy state, the crowd of women as light and soundless as cats.

The muffled Du Shuqing, holding the "Peach Blossom Spring," followed closely behind Wei Shaoqi.

Snow Candle walked at the very front, Wei Shaoqi slightly slower than this arrogant Great Female Monarch by half a body.

The three walked out of the underground hiding place.

The nominal hostess of Snow Wood Shanzhuang, a young lady who was still charming and lived in seclusion, led two personal maidservants, silently hanging not far behind them, following silently. For being ignored, her expression had no dissatisfaction at all.

Snow Candle didn't look back and continued to ask coldly:

"Back to light? Isn't this 'Peach Blossom Spring' scroll painted by Tao Qian?"

Wei Shaoqi shook his head:

"Half is, half isn't."

Snow Candle was impatient:

"What do you mean? Don't pretend to be mysterious in front of this seat, don't play riddles, speak clearly."

Wei Shaoqi turned his head, took the painting scroll from Du Shuqing's hand, and carefully stroked the shaft.

He held the painting with both hands and walked forward with his waist straight:

"The painting in the scroll is from the hand of Mr. Wu, while the two Blood Bronze shafts of the scroll were still made by Tao Qian himself back then.

"The original manuscript scroll was a draft, named 'Peach Blossom Spring,' but it disappeared long ago..."

Snow Candle mocked:

"What made, I don't know where it was stolen from my sect."

Wei Shaoqi smiled, noncommittal.

Snow Candle said unhappily:

"For thousands of years, many things of my sect have flowed down the mountain, and many secret cultivation knowledge have leaked from the depths of the Female Monarch Hall.

"But I didn't expect that I could catch one in the act today. Although this thief has already turned into a handful of yellow earth, Tao Qian, as the legendary sword-wielding master of 【Cold Scholar】, actually did such a thing."

She turned her head, staring at Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing, and asked:

"In that case, did he find the Peach Blossom Spring before he died? In the Lady Yunmeng Marsh?"

Wei Shaoqi nodded lightly:

"Mm, otherwise where would that 'Peach Blossom Spring' from his later years after resigning from office come from."

Snow Candle laughed lightly:

"Mr. Wei, you and Li Zhengyan are going to rebel, why do you repeatedly look for the Peach Blossom Spring with this painting? It seems there are some important things inside."

Wei Shaoqi seemed not to hear, and said to himself:

"According to what this humble person knows, the initial 'Peach Blossom Spring' was in the hands of the Liu Song imperial family of the Southern Dynasty. During the Yuanjia period, after a shameful defeat in a great battle, it was plundered and taken north by the elite iron cavalry of Northern Wei, tossing and turning until it reached the hands of Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei.

"Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, this Xianbei emperor surnamed Tuoba, was indeed smart and decisive, quite martial. However, this item left by Tao Qian was actually specially built for the Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty. Not to mention Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, including most of the Northerners and Hu people at that time, they didn't know how to use it and didn't know its mystery.

"Even, this 'Peach Blossom Spring' was already no different from waste paper as long as it crossed the Yangtze River and left the Southern Kingdom, losing its function."

Speaking of this, his expression was emotional:

"But fate is wonderful right here.

"At that time, in the Northern Wei court, beside Emperor Taiwu, there happened to be a scholar surnamed Cui, a Han family boy from the North. He noticed this item.

"This person was named Cui Hao, from the Qinghe Cui clan, a great clan in the North. He was a prodigy in his youth, with great wisdom, served three dynasties of Northern Wei, and was the most important strategist for Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, deeply trusted by him.

"History books say that he was as beautiful as a beautiful woman, but he was talented and knowledgeable, studying heaven and man, and all the schools of thought, none of which he didn't involve. Truly a strange person..."

Wei Shaoqi talked with great interest, while Snow Candle had a cold face.

She listened for a while and felt a headache. She disliked reading history the most on weekdays and was most annoyed by those little white-faced scholars who showed off their talent and were full of "zhi, hu, zhe, ye."

If only the Second Xiao Shimei were here, she could pick up any topic and chat in a way that was easy to understand... Snow Candle suddenly thought.

However, at this moment, if she didn't say anything, wouldn't it make the dignified Great Female Monarch of Lady Yunmeng look like a stupid person?

Snow Candle interrupted coldly, grabbing a word and asking:

"Qinghe Cui clan? Is it one of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans, the powerful aristocratic family that ranks at the top and is vaguely the leader?"

Wei Shaoqi was slightly stunned and nodded:

"That's right. Cui Hao is the ancestor of the Qinghe Cui clan, the leader of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans, and also one of the few ancestor tablets that the Qinghe Cui clan is most proud of in their ancestral hall. In the eyes of the common people, the reason why Cui women are the most noble among the Five Surnames is for a reason."

"Mm." Snow Candle's expression was faint: "Continue."

Wei Shaoqi nodded halfway, took out a white handkerchief, coughed violently, covered his mouth for a while, and then opened his mouth:

"Cui Hao noticed that 'Peach Blossom Spring.' The orthodox historical materials, including the records of the Northern Wei emperors, reached this point and never mentioned the matter of this 'Peach Blossom Spring' again.

"Later, the official history records that Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, under the strong suggestion of Cui Hao, who revered Confucianism and hated Buddhism, carried out a large-scale action of abolishing Buddhism and destroying temples in the North. In the end, only three hundred twenty Buddhist temples remained in the Northern territory that could operate legally, and these Buddhist temples had to be painted with Buddhist paintings that flattered and promoted the divine miracles of the Buddha caused by the Tuoba imperial family of Northern Wei..."

Snow Candle turned her eyes and saw Wei Shaoqi pause here.

"What exactly do you mean? Speak clearly." She frowned and urged.

Wei Shaoqi slowly stroked the "Peach Blossom Spring" scroll:

"Thus, from then on, there was no more 'Peach Blossom Spring' by Tao Qian. No, there was still half, and the two Blood Bronze shafts remained."

"Gone? Could it have been destroyed by Cui Hao? Burned by a fire, leaving only the shafts?"

Wei Shaoqi shook his head slowly, his eyes recalling:

"Mr. Wu said that a 'Peach Blossom Spring' has a total of three hundred twenty characters."

"This seat doesn't care how many characters it has..." Snow Candle said subconsciously, and halfway through, her words paused slowly: "Three hundred twenty?"

She asked: "Is it related to those remaining three hundred twenty Buddhist temples?"

Wei Shaoqi's expression was emotional:

"What a Cui Hao. The 'Peach Blossom Spring' scroll, which Tao Qian painstakingly and painstakingly crafted for the Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty, was dismantled into three hundred twenty characters and put into three hundred twenty Buddhist temples.

"What was originally limited to the Southern Dynasty became the cornerstone for the Northern Wei to suppress the national dragon energy in the incense of hundreds of Buddhist temples in the North.

"Counting the eleven years of lingering on after the bloody suppression of the Six Towns Rebellion by the Tuoba clan with the edge of the Tripod Sword at the end of Northern Wei.

"Cui Hao's move extended the life of Northern Wei by at least eighty years.

"No wonder the Qinghe Cui clan was extremely favored in the Northern Wei dynasty, firmly occupying the position of the top noble family among the Five Surnames and Seven Clans, and their ancestral shade has continued to this day.

"The current pseudo-Zhou court, the Astronomical Bureau, and the Four Great Imperial Guards are all playing the leftovers of Cui Hao."

Snow Candle walked silently.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Wei Shaoqi coughed violently, covered his mouth with a handkerchief for a while, but a smile hung on the corner of his mouth:

"One Tao Qian, one Cui Hao, are the representatives of the scholars of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty respectively. It's just a pity that the two were in the same era, but because of the North-South war and estrangement, they never met. And the remote confrontation against 'Peach Blossom Spring,' this humble person still feels it's not quite enough, but it can be considered pioneering...

"Great Female Monarch, your Lady Yunmeng Sword Sect has always been far from the Jianghu, god-like and independent. It is the number one sword sect in the world, specially setting up the Hidden Monarch position that matches the sword-wielding master's Dao pulse. It should be the most primitive and authentic sword-wielding master and sword-protecting master school.

"How do you view this new sword-wielding master school created by these two Northern and Southern scholars?"

Snow Candle at the front couldn't see her specific expression, only hearing her tone was a bit indifferent:

"This seat has only three words."

"Which three words?"

"No apprentices."

Wei Shaoqi:...

Du Shuqing:...

Wei Shaoqi was stunned, his gaze falling on Snow Candle's hand gripping the snow-white sword hilt at her waist.

This slender hand gripped the sword hilt tightly for a while, then suddenly relaxed. Between gripping and relaxing, the back of her hand turned pale from blood loss.

Wei Shaoqi laughed dumbly.

This Great Female Monarch is too arrogant, but she wouldn't be the Chief Great Female Monarch of the Lady Yunmeng Sword Sect if she weren't arrogant. She couldn't deter and suppress some of the Tiannan Jianghu.

Moreover, she is at the Purple Qi Top-grade cultivation at such a young age, and after the Peach Valley Sword Inquiry the year before last, she is the sword-dao leader recognized by the world. She has the qualifications to be arrogant!

Du Shuqing, who had been a muffled gourd, suddenly asked:

"Mr. Wei, since the original manuscript of 'Peach Blossom Spring' has been dismantled and lost, then what is going on with the 'Peach Blossom Spring' authentic manuscript collected by the Jingzhao Yuan clan? Besides the two lost bronze shafts, who wrote the remaining manuscript that was replenished with shafts?"

Wei Shaoqi heard this, his eyes meaningful, and looked at Du Shuqing, who was observing carefully:

"What do you think? How many hands did it pass through?"

Du Shuqing nodded: "Understood."

Snow Candle's expression was not interested, and her Wu clothing sleeves flicked:

"Don't go praising the dead. You are both scholars, and you cherish each other, but the Second Xiao Shimei has a good saying: we should value the present and belittle the past. This is the way of progress. I give it to Mr. Wei."

The golden-haired Hu woman's tone changed:

"By the way, that Mr. Wu in your mouth sounds quite powerful. He should still be alive, right?"

Wei Shaoqi nodded: "In this humble person's view, Mr. Wu is not inferior to Tao and Cui of the Northern and Southern Dynasties."

Saying this, he lowered his head and gently stroked the Blood Bronze scroll that had been restored to "Peach Blossom Spring."

"Oh? Is that so." Snow Candle's mouth held a trace of mocking laughter: "Then why doesn't he come over himself? Why did he hand this 'Peach Blossom Spring' to you, a sick person?"

Wei Shaoqi asked curiously: "Who said Mr. Wu didn't come?"

Snow Candle raised her chin and said loudly: "Where is the person?"

Before she could react, Wei Shaoqi casually opened the "Peach Blossom Spring" scroll, pointed his index finger at a "yellow-haired, drooping-haired, and happy" little old man on the paper, and asked suspiciously:

"Isn't Mr. Wu right here?"

Snow Candle turned her head to look.

In the position where Wei Shaoqi was standing just now, there was a happy, squinting little old man standing with his hands behind his back and hunched over.

"Is the Great Female Monarch looking for this old Daoist?" The little old man asked with a smile.

Snow Candle was suddenly shocked, snow-white sword energy overflowed the corridor, the little old man and the painting didn't move, and Du Shuqing retreated several steps.

Immediately reacting, the sword energy converged, and the golden-haired Hu woman cursed in stiff elegant language:

"Wei Shaoqi, do you not want your life? So this consumption disease of yours is self-inflicted!"

Evening, sunset.

Snow Wood Shanzhuang.

The Lady Yunmeng Yue women, as well as distinguished guests like Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing, had all transferred and left.

But the villa was as quiet and peaceful as usual, with evening drums and morning bells.

A golden-haired Hu woman with hair reaching her waist returned, walking into the villa with a cold aura under the respectful welcome of the young widowed Snow Wood Lady and a crowd of maidservants.

A short while later, Snow Candle's figure appeared in front of the lush grass beside a water pool on the mountainside.

Her gaze swept across the grass in front of her.

There was a little girl with double buns, holding a small floral bundle, dozing off on the ground.

Her neck had been bitten by many red bumps. The mosquitoes in the wild during spring and summer were still very poisonous, it's just a pity she met a more ruthless master.

Li Shu occasionally raised her hand to scratch the itch, her little head drooping down one by one, like full rice ears in the fields in autumn.

I don't know if it was because of something that happened during the day that made her feel bad, or if she was amused by this little junior niece who was playing hide-and-seek with her.

Snow Candle's expression was very unkind. She raised her foot to kick... to lightly touch Li Shu.

"This seat told you to follow the Junior Sisters to withdraw, why are you hiding here alone?" She asked coldly, lowering her voice.

"Mm... woo woo woo, Master, Master, you're back... You don't know, the Eldest Senior Uncle pretended to move, taking everyone in the villa to act, wanting to trick me into leaving, but insisted on not bringing Dabai. Hehe, little Shu won't fall for it. Why not bring Dabai? The Eldest Senior Uncle is really lying to a three-year-old child, just wanting to eat secretly behind our backs and the Junior Uncle..."

Li Shu's little face was confused, her toothless mouth speaking with a whistle, giggling as she went to hug Snow Candle's leg.

Snow Candle:?

She took a deep breath, shook her leg a few times, but didn't shake off this little cowhide candy.

"You... you..."

Snow Candle's expression was impatient.

"Master... Master... I knew you wouldn't abandon little Shu..."

Hearing this, her expression gradually calmed down. She lowered her head and looked at the little girl with double buns hugging her thigh.

The Great Female Monarch slowly squatted down, pried open her thin arms, picked her up, and turned to leave.

Li Shu habitually rubbed against Snow Candle's arms for a while, muttering strangely in her sleep:

"Strange, why did Master become big and soft..."

Snow Candle tried hard to hold back the urge to hit someone.

"Mm... Master, don't forget Dabai..."

Li Shu rubbed her eyes with one hand and pointed to the water pool with the other.

Snow Candle didn't even look back.

The insect lady swooped down from the sky and snatched away a white sturgeon circling in the water.

Li Shu was satisfied, but after resting her little head lazily on Snow Candle's shoulder for a while, she twisted her buttocks and acted coquettishly:

"Master, when do you think the Junior Uncle will be back? Dabai can't wait anymore. Look, it's been spinning in circles all afternoon..."

Snow Candle's mouth twitched.

"Strange, why is Master wearing the Eldest Senior Uncle's clothes, mm mm..."

Snow Candle's expression was cold, and she raised her hand to cover the toothless, punchable little mouth.

"Mm mm wait! I... where is my Master?"

"Heh."

Li Shu:...

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(ps: Didn't sleep! It's mid-month, begging for a wave of newly refreshed monthly tickets~ or2

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Additionally, taking advantage of the recent recharge bonus event on Qidian, the previous alliance leader rebate event will continue.

Now, if you become the first alliance leader for the gentleman, and it's an Android account, you get an immediate rebate of 500, plus the recharge bonus event, which is equivalent to becoming an alliance leader for 400. Brothers who want to raise their VIP level can consider it. If interested, join the group to learn more.)