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

Chapter 93: Ten Years on Earth, Taizu Returns Home

The old house of the Yuan family was covered in blood.

Liang Yue came back to his senses and glanced at Fuli.

This was the last person of the Yuan family. He was just the right person to change the race of the Tuoba clan, promote sinicization, and cause civil strife within the Xianbei.

It can also be considered as revenge for the Yuan family.

Thinking of this, he secretly winked at Zong Ai.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

Zong Aixin understood what he meant and ran over pretending not to know Liang Yue.

"I'm fine." Tuoba Tao regained his calm expression, but his heart was surging.

It turned out that he was not from the noble Tuoba clan, but a descendant of the Han people...

"Let's go, Yuan Tao."

"My name is Tuoba Tao."

"Okay, Yuan Tao."

Tuoba Tao gritted his teeth and followed reluctantly.

Liang Yue went outside the manor to meet Zhu Yingtai.

The four of them went to Pingcheng, the Tuoba clan's lair.

On the way, Liang Yue learned about the true strength of the Tuoba clan. There were more than ten top-grade masters of different species in the Tuoba clan. When wearing armor, they were enough to defeat a hundred people.

Therefore, if you want to obtain the Heavenly Master Seal, you must be fully prepared.

In the following days, the few of them walked and stopped, and Liang Yue occasionally taught the two children martial arts.

The knowledge and martial arts that Liang Yue revealed were shocking.

Are these the Han people from the Southern Dynasties?
Gradually, Tuoba Tao no longer rejected the name Yuan Tao, but instead developed a strong interest in Sinology.

Compared with the profound and extensive Sinology, the Xianbei's knowledge seemed poor and pitiful. They were just savages with only military power.

"I will definitely learn Han knowledge in the future and make Lingbao look at me with new eyes." Tuoba Tao secretly made up his mind.

The once powerful Qin State was destroyed, the Yan State perished, the Hu people came and went, and the Southern Dynasties stood for a hundred years. The only way to achieve long-term stability is to study Chinese studies.

Soon, the group arrived at Pingcheng, the capital of Wei State, which was under the jurisdiction of the ancient Jin State.

The Hu people and the Han people live together, which is a bit chaotic, but there are signs of prosperity.

"Yuan Tao, your identity must be kept secret and never let anyone know." Liang Yue instructed.

Tuoba Tao felt warm inside, thinking that his teacher was a kind person despite his sharp tongue. He always said that he was a barbarian, but at the critical moment, he still cared about his safety. He nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Master."

After that, Liang Yue settled in Luliang Mountain near Pingcheng.

The two of them immersed themselves in it for two years, traveling and playing in the water every day, having a great time, as if they had forgotten the mundane world.

Zong Ai became the personal eunuch of Crown Prince Tuoba Tao, while Zong Ai's sister Zong Lian married a Xianbei noble.

The two of them often passed on information and reported the whereabouts of the Emperor of Wei.

The whereabouts of the Emperor of Wei were secret, so Liang Yue did not dare to use the earth escape method to go to the palace to steal treasures.

On the hillside of Luliang Mountain, a stream gurgles.

There was a map in front of Liang Yue, and he stood still, thinking about the route that the Emperor of Wei would take.

Zhu Yingtai pouted her cheek, looked at the map, and said, "Tuoba Si is a highly skilled martial artist, and also has the Heavenly Master Seal. He has about a hundred years of internal strength. We can only take him by wits, not by force."

"Haha, Tuoba Si is very strong, but isn't this also the moment when I am at my strongest?"

After that, Liang Yue pointed to a line and said, "Yanshan, Tuoba Si often leads his ministers to Yanshan to hunt. We can take this opportunity to kill Tuoba Si and seize the treasure."

The method of bird escape can use animals to summon them. At that time, you can create an auspicious sign to lure Tuoba Si alone, and then kill him.

The Heavenly Master Seal is the most precious treasure in the eyes of the Hu Lu people, and the emperor usually carries it with him, so by killing Tuoba Si, you can get the treasure.

Heijō Imperial Palace.

The young and promising leader Tuoba Si put on hunting clothes, a helmet, a bow and crossbow, a sword, rode a big horse from the Western Regions, and looked very heroic.

"My men, follow me!" Tuoba Si pointed forward with a domineering look.

"Yes!"

Boom boom boom...

The iron hooves roared like thunder, and the sound could be heard for miles.

Riding and archery are the foundation of the Xianbei people. Even when Tuoba Si was the emperor, he would go hunting with his generals to ensure that his people did not degenerate.

Whoosh!
Tuoba Si drew his bow and shot an arrow, hitting the wild boar right between its eyebrows, which triggered a round of cheers.

"color!"

At this moment, Tuoba Si caught a glimpse of a white deer out of the corner of his eye.

"White deer?"

A white deer is rare in a thousand years. Is this a sign of the rise of the Xianbei?
The white deer was very cunning. It showed up once and then disappeared without a trace.

Tuoba Si rode his horse to catch up, and the guards behind him chased closely.

Walking all the way to the deep mountains, he saw the back of the white deer.

It was difficult for a good horse to enter the mountains, so Tuoba Si simply abandoned his horse and asked the guards to look after it. He used his lightness skills to chase after the horse alone, leaving everyone else far behind.

Tuoba Si was a martial arts expert. He leaped several feet in a few steps and quickly caught up with Bai Lu.

The white deer stopped running and drank water by the water.

But the more I look at it, the stranger it seems. Why is the butt of this white deer... a normal color?

Whoosh!
At this moment, a person jumped out of the ground beside him.

Before Tuoba Si could react, a figure jumped out, a sword flashed, and a handful of silk-like objects tied him up.

"Ahhh!!"

Tuoba Si only felt a pain in his thigh and his body fell uncontrollably. When he looked carefully, he found that both of his legs were cut off.

The man who jumped out had a strange yellow talisman on his forehead. He looked young and of Han Chinese appearance.

"Who are you?" Tuoba Si was filled with fear. With his legs broken, how could he lead the heroes?

Liang Yue did not answer, but stepped forward and cut off Tuoba Si's two hands, then he felt at ease to take out the Heavenly Master Seal.

The Heavenly Master Seal is not big, about the size of an ordinary egg, and is made into a white square seal with eight characters engraved on it: "Received the mandate from heaven, long life and eternal prosperity."

This is the Heshi Bi, also the imperial seal and the Tianshi Seal.

"This is the real imperial seal." Liang Yue thought.

Through divine sense, I sensed that this object contained an internal force as hot as fire.

Before his death, the Hu Lu monarch passed on his internal energy into the Seal for future generations to practice. There is a total of more than two hundred years of internal energy inside the Tianshi Seal.

"Gather the six treasures and build the Six Yang Formation. After death, the formation will run with the true energy stored in the Heavenly Master Seal, and you can rest assured."

Yin-Yang Stone Cave Heaven, Six Yang Formation, Corpse Transmutation after Death, everything is ready...

After coming to his senses, Liang Yue finally had time to pay attention to Tuoba Si.

This person had lost too much blood, was unconscious, and was not far from death.

Liang Yue looked at this guy and said with a smile: "It is your luck to be killed by me, the strongest man in the world."

Wow!
With five fingers clasping Tuoba Si's head, an invisible suction force continuously sucked out his internal energy and transferred it into the He Shi Bi on his right hand.

One hundred years of internal force is converted into thirty years of internal force storage.

Flames burst out from the fingertips and burned his body to ashes.

After that, Liang Yue disappeared without a trace.

The emperor died and the palace was in chaos.

The situation was not initially stabilized until Tuoba Tao ascended the throne. For a long time, the northern kingdom had no ability to move south, and the Xiongnu and Qiang people who were conquered by the Xianbei showed signs of rebellion.

At the foot of the mountain, Liang Yue, who had gathered all six treasures, was in high spirits.

Zhu Yingtai was also happy about her husband's career as an immortal.

"Lingbao, where to go next?"

"Anywhere is fine, Biyou, where do you want to go?" Liang Yue asked.

Zhu Yingtai looked into the distance, her young and beautiful face unchanged, her eyes full of the vicissitudes of life, and said: "Where to go... the sunset in the desert, the cattle and sheep in Yinshan, the sea in the east, the horizon in the south, let's go around and have a look..."

The long river of history never looks back.

Hundreds or thousands of years later, I have long passed away, and my lover has traveled all over the mountains. When I feel lonely, I can look at the mountains and rivers and see my traces everywhere.

As long as the sky grows old, love will never fade; as long as the mountains and rivers remain, love will last forever.

Liang Yue smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay."

After that, the two of them traveled all over the country, just enjoying the sights and sounds of the mountains and rivers without asking about immortality.

The aging of true Qi intensified again, and all the laws began to backfire on the body.

There are small houses on the banks of the Yellow River.

The mortal couple leads a dull life, with vegetables, fruits and melons planted in the backyard, a vicious black dog kept in the house, and strange birds resting on the treetops.

The husband was dressed like a farmer, lying on a bench in the yard, lazily basking in the sun.

The big black dog beside him wagged its tail.

With the experience from the first time, Xiaotian found it easier to break through. He is currently in the second level of Qingshou realm, possessing the abilities of enlargement and spiritual smell.

Zhu Yingtai was cooking in the backyard. The aroma of rice lingered in the air. Time had not changed her appearance.

Liang Yue stood up and walked to the water tank.

The face maintained by the Phoenix Pill gradually aged and became someone in her thirties.

It seems that Phoenix Gallbladder Pill is not a panacea and is still affected by the decline of all dharmas.

The couple chatted at the dinner table.

At this time, Liang Yue put down his chopsticks and said, "Yingtai, let's go back."

Zhu Yingtai smiled and said, "Okay."

After traveling together for thirteen years, the two had no other thoughts and lived simply for themselves.

Now that I am old, I don’t know how many years I can live. I want to go back and see how my parents and children are doing.

"It's time to go back."

Ten years in the human world.

Thirteen years have passed since the Yangtze River bid farewell to Liu Yu.

He began his journey in the first year of Yongchu (413) and continued until the thirteenth year of Yongchu (426).

Liang Yue is sixty years old this year and his wife is fifty-seven years old.

At this time, most people are basically buried in the earth up to their necks.

"I wonder if my old friend is still here." Zhu Yingtai said with a hint of reminiscence in her eyes.

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law are in good health, so there should be no problem. It's hard to say about the fat man Wang Ningzhi. He might have died right after we left. If Xie Xuan is not dead, he must be over 80 years old."

"You are so mean... How can you curse others like this?"

Zhu Yingtai's smile gradually faded. She thought of her son who was alone at home: "Jingming should get married and have children."

"He must have gotten married. Jingming is 31 years old this year. If he doesn't get married, I will break his legs." Liang Yue scolded with a smile.

Before Liang Yue set off on his journey, he specifically told his eldest brother to pay attention to Jingming's marriage, and to force the marriage if all else failed.

This kid is honest and won't resist.

The couple imagined what they would see and experience when they returned, and immediately could not contain themselves and prepared to set off for home.

"I haven't been back for thirteen years. I'm afraid they think I'm dead. I've probably built a cenotaph for me. I'll give them a scare when I go back." Liang Yue laughed heartily.

The two monsters next to them made strange noises, as if they couldn't wait to see their frightened looks.

"Fly back?" Zhu Yingtai asked.

"Go slowly, don't rush."

The two men packed up their things, went out into the wild, and rode away on their horses.

The things buried deep in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum are temporarily hidden underground.

The Yin-Yang Stone can’t escape.

Remember the aura of the Yin-Yang Stone. If you lose it, you can just use the locating talisman to track it down.

Nine years ago, Yao Xing of Qin died suddenly, and Chang'an fell into civil strife that lasted for several months. Liu Song took the opportunity to march north to destroy Qin.

Today, Chang'an is the territory of Liu Song and the front line against the Hu Lu. The war is chaotic and both sides will not allocate a large number of troops and waste resources to excavate the so-called Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

The next time you come back, it will be the time for your corpse to be transformed.

……

Outside Kuaiji County, five hundred cavalrymen were ready to set out, guarding a luxurious carriage in the center.

This was the imperial sedan chair of the founding emperor.

Liu Yu ascended the throne for thirteen years. He suppressed annexation, suppressed the powerful, and promoted the humble.

In addition to the expansion of territory, Jiangzuo was transformed from a front line into a hinterland, ushering in great development and becoming an economic and demographic center. People at that time said: The people have something to rely on, the officials do not take advantage of anything, and every family has enough food.

Gradually, people forgot about the previous dynasty.

Although there are occasional storms, they are not serious.

All this originated from the heroic emperor Liu Yu who was in the imperial court.

Inside the imperial carriage, Liu Yu, then 67 years old, looked old, but he still lived up to his heroic appearance in his youth.

His eyes are blurry and he looks very old.

No one knew that this heroic lord's life had come to an end.

Looking at the endless farmlands and farmers harvesting rice, his heart was filled with joy.

When the villagers saw the imperial carriage, they hurriedly dropped their farm tools and came over to watch, and the children asked for candy.

The chief of the imperial guards, Tan Daoji, ordered his men to distribute candies, food, and copper coins.

"Who is this distinguished person?" Some people didn't know and just followed the crowd to join in the fun.

"This is General Liu from back then!"

"So it's His Majesty the Emperor. I used to be his soldier."

"Nonsense! You've been farming your whole life, how can you be a soldier?"

"When I was fighting the Taiping Dao, you were still a baby, but later you were injured and retired..."

"I can testify that what Old Man Liu said is true. My father was a knight of the East Gate. He served the emperor, Duke Liang, Duke Lin, and even guarded the door for Duke Liang..."

"You're talking nonsense. Your old man is so awesome, why are you still farming? Why don't you go to Beijing to be an official?" The man looked incredulous.

"Ahem, my father later became a member of the Taiping Dao..."

Listening to someone talking about the past, Liu Yu was filled with emotion.

Liu Yu arrived in Shangyu and held a three-day banquet with his fellow villagers.

He went outside the city of Kuaiji and had a three-day banquet with his old subordinates and fellow villagers, and got drunk.

Later generations called this event Taizu's return to his hometown, also known as Song Wu's return to his hometown.

"The wind rises and the clouds fly, my power spreads across the country and I return to my hometown..."

Liu Yu personally composed music to add to the fun and sang poems of his ancestors.

He finally understood how Gaozu felt back then...

Next to him was Liang Jingming, who was in his early thirties and looked like his father. Liu Yu loved him very much and would reward him during festivals.

Liu Yu felt a little tired, so he sat down to rest after singing.

"Jingming, is there still no news about your father?"

"There is no news from father." Liang Jingming smiled bitterly.

"Oh... I wonder where he is traveling around." Liu Yu sighed.

I'm afraid I won't be able to see my third brother again in this life.

The next day, the temperature suddenly changed and it rained and snowed.

Liu Yu kept coughing and was in poor condition. He did not recover after several days of recuperation.

The imperial carriage arrived at Qingshan Garden.

Qingshan Garden has been closed for more than ten years and is only used by the Liang family.

The servants held an umbrella and Liu Yu was carried into the house by everyone.

At this moment, he looked emaciated, his lips were bloodless, and he seemed to be on his deathbed.

Crown Prince Liu Yifeng was serving beside him, and not far away were Tan Daoji, Liu Jue, Liang Heyun, Liang Jingming...

The waterside pavilions were desolate and deserted. Liu Yu seemed to see the high-spirited people gathering together to plant willows forty years ago.

I remember that I was escorting Xie Xuan back home. We all gathered in the waterside pavilion, and the willow trees were full of vitality.

Now, by the riverside and the pond, the willow leaves are falling one by one, which is sad and mournful.

Recalling the hardships along the way, Liu Yu burst into tears.

"In the past I planted willows, which swayed in the south of the Han River. Now they are withering, and the river is sad. If trees are like this, how can people bear it..."

(End of this chapter)