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Chapter 217: Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue

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The moon sets and rises.

The night faded away quietly.

The moon sets in the west and the stars gradually fade away.

A new day slowly begins in the morning light.

Wu Wen gently pushed open the door and walked out of the house.

Yesterday, he received an imperial edict to return to Chang'an. Today, he will go to court to meet the current emperor Li Shimin.

At this time, Yang Ergou, who was also preparing to go on duty, saw Wu Wen and a puzzled look instantly appeared on his face. He asked, "Sir, when did you come back yesterday?"

Wu Wen did not respond to this question, but just smiled and called him: "Let's go together!"

The two of them left the mansion.

Walking all the way towards the palace.

After entering the palace, Wu Wen slowly walked into the Taiji Palace according to the established court procedure.

"Marquis Dingxiang!"

As soon as he entered the hall, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, who were on good terms with Wu Wen, bowed and greeted him warmly.

"Duke of Lu!" "Duke of E!" Wu Wen raised his hand to return the greeting, his demeanor showing his calmness.

"Wu Wen!"

At this time, Wei Zheng, who was among the civil officials, also nodded to Wu Wen.

"Uncle Wei!" Wu Wen responded.

Afterwards, Wu Wen exchanged greetings with a group of ministers, and then came to his proper position, quietly waiting for the arrival of Emperor Li Shimin.

Accompanied by a loud shout from the palace servants.

Li Shimin appeared in front of everyone with steady steps.

Wu Wen followed the other ministers in paying respects.

Li Shimin sat casually on the dragon throne. After looking around, today's court meeting officially began.

Wu Wen closed his eyes slightly and listened quietly to the agenda of the court meeting.

At the beginning of the court meeting, the first thing discussed was matters related to Hou Junji's return from the Western Expedition.

There has always been a strict set of procedures for handling major events that occurred in the court. After a brief discussion, everyone was able to finalize the matter.

Next, some officials submitted memorials to Emperor Li Shimin.

Whenever Li Shimin did not give a response, he would bring these matters to the court meeting and discuss them with his ministers.

At this moment, Wu Wen was like a small transparent person in the court, just standing there quietly.

Time passed quietly, and for a long time, no one mentioned him.

Wu Wen couldn't help but feel a little confused. These people seemed to have deliberately forgotten him. Even Li Shimin didn't mention him at all.

He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, what on earth was going on?

However, since no one said anything, Wu Wen was too lazy to speak and just stayed there quietly.

It just so happened that he was not interested in some of the things discussed at the court meeting.

It would be better to take this opportunity to calm down and study the new secret technique that I just learned last night: Ghost Fire.

Just when Wu Wen was immersed in his own thoughts.

A heated debate suddenly broke out at the originally harmonious and orderly court meeting.

Wu Wen couldn't help but come back to his senses and listen.

"In today's world, the surname is Li!"

Li Shimin suddenly stood up from the dragon throne, glared at his ministers and issued a stern rebuke.

The reason why Li Shimin was so angry was that in the current Tang Dynasty, the Li royal family that he had worked so hard to establish was actually not as good as some impoverished prominent families in terms of surname rank, and was only ranked fourth.

What made him even more angry was that even the imperial officials present were trying their best to marry into the families of those big families.

"The clan chronicles of all dynasties are all about the great and powerful families."

Li Shimin's eyes were sharp and his words were sonorous and powerful.

"The clan history of our Tang Dynasty will include all the surnames."

The intention of his two sentences was obvious, he obviously wanted to revise the surname hierarchy.

"Let Duke Shen handle this matter!" Li Shimin gave the order decisively.

Upon hearing the emperor's order, Gao Shilian immediately stepped forward to receive the order.

Afterwards, Li Shimin turned away.

Today's court meeting is now declared over.

"Rebuilding the clan history, Li Shimin is going to deal with those famous families!"

Wu Wen secretly sighed in his heart, and then left Taiji Palace with other ministers.

however.

Just as he walked out of the Taiji Palace, an eunuch beside Li Shimin quickly caught up with him and said, "Marquis Dingxiang, please wait."

"What's the matter?" Wu Wen stopped and turned to ask.

"Marquis Dingxiang, His Majesty will hold a banquet in Chongren Hall at noon, and invites you to attend!" The waiter said respectfully. "Banquet? I know, I will go back and pack up and then go."

Wu Wen responded, then turned and left again.

Just as he was leaving, Wu Wen noticed that other eunuchs were passing on the news of the banquet to other ministers, and all of these people were Li Shimin's most trusted ministers.

After leaving the palace.

Wu Wen did not return to Yang Mansion, but went straight to the residence of his master Li Chunfeng.

Enter the mansion.

Wu Wen came to the study room with ease.

In the study, Li Chunfeng was concentrating on drawing a star map. The pen in his hand moved across the cloth, outlining one star after another.

"Is the meeting over?"

Li Chunfeng asked softly without even raising his head.

"Yes, Master!" Wu Wen responded.

"You came to me right after the morning. What's the matter?"

Li Chunfeng continued to draw the star map while talking with Wu Wen.

"Master, when I left last night, I met Master Guo..."

Wu Wen slowly told Li Chunfeng what happened last night.

After listening to his story, Li Chunfeng suddenly raised his head and looked straight at him, with a trace of shock that was difficult to conceal in his eyes.

Although he tried hard to keep his expression calm, the pen that suddenly fell from his hand still exposed his inner turmoil at the moment.

After a while, Li Chunfeng slowly stood up straight. His face regained its usual calmness, but his eyes were still fixed on Wu Wen.

"fine!"

Li Chunfeng's voice was low and steady.

"People like Grandmaster Guo have a life tablet in the ancestral temple. As long as the life tablet is not broken, the most they will lose is some of their host body."

Although Li Chunfeng said it lightly, Wu Wen could tell from the worry that flashed across his eyes that this matter was not as simple as he said.

Then, Li Chunfeng stretched out his hand to Wu Wen and said, "Give me the magic treasure!"

Wu Wen did not hesitate at all. As soon as he flipped his hand, the magical ghost fire bead appeared in his palm, emitting a cold light.

Li Chunfeng took the Ghost Fire Pearl and put it away carefully: "Everything else is fine, but this magic treasure must not be left in your hands."

"I will send it back to the ancestral temple and ask your master to intervene. I don't think the Zhengyi Sect will easily cause trouble for you."

What Li Chunfeng was talking about was the Zhengyi Sect, not Master Guo. From this, Wu Wen realized that the real trouble that led to the killing of several of Master Guo's incarnations did not come from Master Guo himself, but from the Zhengyi Sect behind him.

"It's good to have a master!"

Wu Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"If you get into trouble, the master will help you settle it. You won't kill the younger and then provoke the older, which is like an endless revenge ring."

The only pity is that this loot has to be handed over. It is a spiritual treasure! Wu Wen couldn't help feeling a little reluctant.

Just as Wu Wen was still sighing inwardly, he suddenly remembered something and asked his master Li Chunfeng:
"Master, Grandmaster Guo wanted to ask you to do something, but you didn't agree, so he came to me.

I want to know, what is this about? "

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng hesitated for a moment, a complex look flashed across his eyes, and then he slowly said to Wu Wen:
"Have you heard of Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue?"

"Yeah!" Hearing the name, Wu Wen nodded.

Zhao Tuo is a very legendary figure in history.

He was originally a general during the Qin Dynasty. Under the order of Qin Shi Huang, he led an army of 500,000 to the southern border of Baiyue, expanded the territory, and incorporated that wild land into the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

Later, when Qin Shihuang died, the Qin Empire fell apart.

However, Zhao Tuo, who was in southern Xinjiang, did not lead his troops back to the Central Plains to support it. Instead, he chose to occupy the land and become king, or even ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

However, after the Han Dynasty was established, Zhao Tuo assessed the situation and surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and was named the King of Nanyue.

However, these brilliant achievements are not the most legendary thing about Zhao Tuo.

What is truly amazing is that Zhao Tuo lived an extremely long life, exceeding 100 years old.

Starting from Qin Shi Huang, he lived through a total of nine emperors and died during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. His life experience can be described as eventful.

Master Li Chunfeng continued, "In fact, Zhao Tuo is also a successful practitioner. He could have become an earthly immortal long ago."

"It's just that he couldn't bear to give up the wealth and glory of this life, so even if he could become an immortal, he wanted to keep everything he had as the King of Nanyue."

“So, he actually wanted to create a wonderland that belonged exclusively to him.”

"As for how it will end, no one knows."

After listening to his master's story, Wu Wen understood in his heart that what Master Guo wanted to do must be related to the fairyland created by Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue.

As expected, Li Chunfeng continued, “This Grandmaster Guo got the news from somewhere, saying that although the King of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, did not create a real fairyland, he did create a fake fairyland.”

"So he wanted to invite me to explore this pseudo-fairyland with him."

"Where is this pseudo fairyland?" Wu Wen asked curiously.

"It's Zhao Tuo's tomb!" Li Chunfeng replied.

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(End of this chapter)