The author of the book "The Book of the Dead"

Chapter 109 Bloodline Descendant, Eighteen Years Old
In Wutong Garden, Xuanwu lies by the lake basking in the sun.

For a turtle that is over a hundred years old, this age is still considered young.

"Li Hu, stop playing and come practice."

"Okay!" Li Hu didn't dare to act naughty in front of Liang Yue, and obediently ran to practice martial arts.

Liang Yue was lying in a chair basking in the sun, with a pot of hot tea brewing on his left.

It's no different than it was back then.

The start of this life was better than the first life. When he was seventeen years old in the first life, he was still studying in an academy and making money by copying books for the children of the powerful.

At the beginning of this life, one has no worries about food and clothing.

"not bad……"

Feeling the cool breeze, my thoughts can't help but go back to the glorious days of the past.

It seems like everything happened yesterday.

"The carved railings and jade steps should still be there, but the red face has changed..."

The memory is still vivid, the past cannot be retrieved, it is just like a mirage.

The sound of the piano playing Butterfly Loves Flowers, the complaints of his daughter while practicing sword skills, and Xie Xuan's teachings to his daughter seemed to ring in his ears.

On a warm summer day, Liang Yue relaxed his tense nerves and fell into a deep sleep.

The leaves of the phoenix tree fall, and the loquats in the yard bloom.

The situation and scene are just like those days, when under the paulownia tree, there is a new generation of people.

……

Wuyi Lane, Liang family.

The family is prominent and the prosperity is hereditary.

The best master of the Liang family in Jiankang is named Liang Mingzhi, who is the grandfather of Liang Yanzhi and a master-level master.

In his later years, Liang Mingzhi resigned from all his positions and stayed at the Liang Ancestral Hall.

In the Liang family ancestral hall, the burning incense was endless. An old man with black hair sat cross-legged, breathing and regulating his breathing.

The Liang family's descendants specialized in practicing the Vajra Indestructible Skill, and even in their old age, they still had strong bodies.

At this moment, Liang Yan jumped in like a gust of wind.

"Grandpa, look at this."

Liang Yan handed the bottle of elixir and the Vajra Indestructible Skill to Liang Mingzhi.

"Elixir?"

Liang Mingzhi was flipping through the Vajra Indestructible Skill carelessly in the dim light of an oil lamp. The more he read, the more frightened he became.

"Who did this?"

"A young master named Ling Bao, who admitted that he is a descendant of the Liang family."

"Liang's children..."

Whose descendants?

Liang Mingzhi was puzzled. Where did this young master come from?

Could it be the descendant trained by Third Uncle Liang Xin?

Liang Xin is the grandson of Liang Yue, the oldest person in the Liang family, and the only person in the Liang family who has seen Liang Yue.

"Can you introduce this person to me?" Liang Mingzhi said.

"That senior doesn't like noise, and currently lives in Qingshan Garden. I'll visit him another day when I'm free."

After seeing Li Hongwen's unique skills, Liang Yan admired Liang Yue so much that he had forgotten his age.

"Masters don't like noise, so I won't disturb them. Yan'er, grandpa is going to retreat for a while, and I'll leave the house to you." Liang Mingzhi couldn't wait to verify his idea.

If it is true, Liang will not be afraid of any conspiracy or tricks.

"Yes."

From then on, Liang Yan took charge of all family affairs.

In the court, Liu Rong's murderous intent became even worse, as if he was crazy. He would not be happy unless he killed someone every day. His attendants carried various weapons, each with its own name. Once someone made him angry or he disliked them, he would kill them.

He wandered around the city every day, and when he met a woman he would humiliate her in the street without caring about others.

Or they randomly shoot pedestrians from high-rise buildings.

In order to achieve quick success in martial arts, he took a large amount of elixirs provided by alchemists. Although these elixirs were effective, they were not like Liang Yue's elixir that used true qi to remove impurities. As a result, he developed disordered qi and blood and became irritable and angry.

In addition, this person is young and has an unstable mind, and his behavior is brutal and weird.

Many ministers in the court were humiliated by him, and people were in panic for a time.

Liu Rong initially gained power and began to eliminate royal family ministers, which led to rebellions among royal family members.

……

On this day, Liang Garden in front of the ancestral hall.

The rockery and flowing water are arranged in an orderly manner, and there is a lotus lake in the courtyard.

The water is clear and round, and the wind and lotus are lifted one by one.

By the lake, Liang Yan and his followers practiced martial arts.

His follower was a few years older than him and was also very skilled in martial arts.

Both of them practiced the Vajra Indestructible Skill, and they countered each other's moves. The sound of clanging iron could be heard in the courtyard.

"Qingzhi, you have made another breakthrough. In a few years, you will probably be at the Grandmaster level."

The attendant smiled and said, "It's still a long way to go."

The incense in the ancestral hall is always burning, and the portrait of middle-aged Liang Yue in official uniform remains motionless with a smile on his face, as if silently blessing his descendants.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door.

Before the servant had time to inform, a group of people rushed in.

A young man in shorts and a short shirt walked straight towards them, followed by armed generals and personal eunuchs.

"Greetings to the Emperor!"

Everyone bowed and saluted.

The young emperor did not look people in the eye, but instead looked around, searching for something interesting.

Suddenly he saw a portrait inside the gate of the ancestral hall and pointed at it and said, "Is this person the brother of the great ancestor, the martial arts master Liang Yue?"

When Liang Yan heard the emperor calling Emperor Gaozu by his name, his brows twitched. Only when his followers pulled at the corner of his clothes did he endure it.

"It is Gaozu."

Liu Qing squinted his eyes and looked at him, then said with a smile, "Is this the 'commoner prime minister of Jiangzuo's hegemony'? He is not famous, how can he compare to Lin Jian? Come on, take down the portrait and have a look."

"Your Majesty, you must not insult the statue of our ancestors." Old Man Liang said hurriedly.

In an instant, the attendants behind the emperor drew their swords to meet the attack, and the eunuchs behind the emperor narrowed their eyes, emitting an invisible aura.

Everyone in the Liang family remained motionless, and Liang Yan also narrowed his eyes.

No one dared to step forward.

Liang couldn't do anything to the emperor, but it would be too easy for him to kill himself.

With a smile on his face, Liu Rong untied his longbow, put an arrow on it, and pulled the string, aiming at the portrait of Liang Yue in the center of the ancestral hall, eight feet away.

The atmosphere gradually became tense.

Seeing that the Liang family's master had not come out, the eunuch Luo Mo suspected an ambush, so he pulled the emperor's clothes. Liu Rong raised his bow and arrow, shot the arrow into the void, turned his head and smiled at Liang Yan:
"Don't panic, my dear. I was just joking. Let's go."

The emperor led his men away calmly.

In his opinion, he had greatly undermined the prestige of the Liang family.

Outside the door, Liu Rong said to Rama: "Rama, why don't you just force them to hand over their things?"

"I am not sure." Rama said frankly.

……

After the emperor left, Liang Yan spoke after a while, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, and he laughed angrily, "You insulted my ancestors, it seems that this emperor doesn't want to be emperor anymore. Qingzhi, spread this matter."

"Yes!"

The next day, the news spread throughout Jiankang.

Everyone sympathized with the Liang family, and those whose family backgrounds were worse than the Liang family were even more uneasy. Even the Liang family was humiliated, let alone them.

Many people took refuge with the Liang family.

The next day, Liang Yan returned to the government and took over the post of general of the right army from his elders. He arranged his followers and other Liang family members to serve as the city gate lieutenants, military commanders, and generals of miscellaneous titles.

The news reached Liuzhuang.

Li Hongwen said, "How dare you insult Master? Master, please allow me to enter the palace and assassinate the emperor."

"I'll go too." Li Hu stood up and said.

The news of Liang's humiliation actually spread from Jiankang to Kuaiji, which shows how sensational it was and how rampant the emperor was, as he even humiliated a founding hero.

Liang Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pointed at the grandfather and grandson and said helplessly, "You two reckless men. It's just a portrait. Is it necessary to be so excited? You don't understand the deep meaning. Let future generations have fun with it."

Liang Yan, the descendant, passed his own investigation.

If he really was a person pursuing fame and fortune, he would have shot a portrait of a dead person just to please the emperor and would not have made it public at all.

Spreading the news of the emperor humiliating the founding heroes on such a large scale and "slandering" the emperor's reputation means that he will take the next step.

After hearing Liang Yue's explanation, the grandfather and grandson seemed to understand but not quite.

"Go, help me collect 500 kilograms of pig iron." Liang Yue sent everyone away.

"Yes!" Li Hongwen stepped back.

Li Hu took his leave and ran aside to play with his little toys.

Liang Yue half leaned back in the recliner, closing his eyes in deep thought.

It seems that the Liang family has also produced a person who is proficient in politics.

If there is a chance in the future, you can reveal your identity to him.

The fact that Liang Yue could cast spells at will in front of Bao Zhao and Li Hongwen showed that they had passed their own test after decades of perseverance.

As for the descendants of the Liang family, there are so many of them that it is inevitable that there will be good and bad among them, so we should be cautious about some things.

Inside the Penglaidan room.

In addition to the Dan Qi herbs, there are also various miscellaneous minerals.

The sky was filled with black smoke all day long.

In the Tianshi Cauldron, red true fire is calcining pig iron.

Five pounds of pig iron was suspended in the void, constantly producing impurities and its volume gradually shrinking.

Liang Yue is refining "black iron", a metal that does not exist in nature and can only be refined artificially. It is extremely heavy, and a three-foot sword often weighs more than 100 kilograms.

This item is suitable as a material for low-level magical tools.

Only when one reaches the second level of Corpse Reincarnation and masters the skills of controlling objects, can one get in touch with the art of refining equipment.

After that, life was very dull.

Bao Zhao and Li Hongwen ran around collecting materials for refining equipment.

mid-year.

When the Northern Wei invaded the south, Emperor Liu Rong refused to send out all the veteran generals and appointed Liang Yan to lead the troops.

"Hongwen, Bao Zhao, you two should lead your troops to join the army. If you find any good ones, you can bring them back to train them. Then you won't have to travel around in the future."

Liang Yue gave them a bunch of pills and asked them to go with the army.

Afterwards, only Liang Yue and Li Hu were left in Liuzhuang.

A month later.

News came from the front line that Liang Yan had won a great victory over the Hu Lu and beheaded three thousand of them, becoming famous overnight.

In the following six months, he fought wars everywhere and put down rebellions among royal family members.

The royal family's wish to weaken the Liang family was dashed, and instead Liang Yan gained further control of the military.

Put down the rebellion of the royal family in Jiangzhou.

Liang Yan and his party headed north from the south and rushed back to Kuaiji.

Spring of the second year of Yuanhui (508).

This year, Liang Yue just turned eighteen years old.

The Jiankang Palace was brightly lit.

Liu Rong paced back and forth, looking uneasy.

Liang Yan’s prestige was too high due to his consecutive victories.

"No, we can't let him return to the court. We must kill him halfway."

He had offended Liang Yan. If he allowed him to return to the court, wouldn't it be possible to change the emperor whenever he wanted?
"Xuan Langya King Liu Ziheng, Xunyang King Liu Zifang."

Two hours later, two old men came in led by a eunuch.

"You two are finally here! Please help save the Liu family's foundation!" Liu Rong's face suddenly changed, and he stepped forward and cried.

"Who is plotting a rebellion?" Liu Zifang said.

"Liang Yan!"

Another more stable middle-aged man said: "I didn't receive the message."

"Liang Yan did not commit treason, but he has the ability to commit treason. Please help to kill him."

The two looked at each other and thought that the Liang family was indeed too popular recently. Liang Yan was still very young and might pose a threat to the royal family in the future.

"It is not advisable to ambush and kill them, we must murder them with a plan."

……

The soldiers set up camp in the wilderness.

Chinese military camp.

Liang Yan closed his eyes and thought.

After a year of fighting, he had made some progress in internal skills and would soon break through to the Grandmaster level.

"Go back to the court and replace the emperor." Liang Yan thought.

The emperor is too cruel, causing public outrage; replacing the emperor is in line with the will of the people.

The next day, the army passed through Kuaiji.

At this time, the personal soldiers received the pigeon and came to Liang Yan, saying: "There is news from Kuaiji that Liang Xin, the Heavenly Master of Jingming Dao, is seriously ill and has not much time left. He has something important to tell us! You must come!"

The personal soldier presented the letter, and on the lower right corner of the envelope was the seal of the Heavenly Master of the Pure Bright Dao.

(End of this chapter)