After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Yuan Junfeng did not break up with the Yuan family, even though they occasionally exchanged letters over the years.

The Yuan family was a well-known martial arts family, and the Murong family had initially approached the Yuan family. However, at that time, the Yuan family did not have a son of the right age to marry, so they thought of this branch on Zhixuan Mountain.

The eldest son of the Yuan family was a mild-mannered man. When the letter was handed to him, he did not object. Instead, Yuan Junfeng was unusually cautious and asked Zhuang Lichuan to check the background of the Murong family.

The news soon came back, saying that he was a famous wealthy businessman in Jiangnan - that was all.

At that time, Zhixuanshan was already somewhat famous, and marrying a wealthy businessman was not considered marrying up. Yuan Junfeng thought about it for a while before agreeing to the marriage. The two places were far apart, so all matters were quickly arranged. Who knew that the wealthy businessman had so many strange rules, not to mention the lack of etiquette, the most outrageous thing was that the elders of both sides had never met each other until the eve of the wedding. When asked, they just said that this was the rule over there, and it would be unlucky if they met.

I've only heard of newlyweds not meeting each other before their wedding. This is the first time I've heard of the elders not meeting each other. All matters, big or small, were entrusted to an old housekeeper to handle and convey messages.

The word "auspicious" became the most perfunctory but most effective excuse at that time.

The elders were not allowed to meet on the eve of the wedding for the sake of "auspiciousness", and the wedding procession only traveled by water and did not go ashore, also for the sake of "auspiciousness". A wedding that should have been a happy occasion, with one "auspicious" after another, became more and more perfunctory and strange, like a business deal, or even like a cheap item that needs to be sold off...

Whether they were unwilling or unable to meet was unknown, but it was definitely not for the so-called "auspicious" reason. Moreover, since the Murong family came to propose marriage, how could they not even know whether the other party had a son of the right age? It was obvious that the Murong family's original intention was to come for the Zhixuanshan lineage... Yuan Ge's face was no longer distracted, his eyelashes gently covered the darkness in his eyes, and after a while he asked, "Third Uncle, I know you have your own information channels. If you really want to check, it is impossible that you still know nothing all these years. Tell me the bottom line, what does the Murong family... do?"

The room was spotless, with bright windows and clean desks. The wind blew in from the window, turning the pages of a book spread out on the table. The yellowed pages rustled past, and you could vaguely see neatly written comments on each page.

Yuan Ge was very familiar with that book, it was Zhan Yanfeng's teaching plan - although she had not attended his classes many times, she often saw him carrying this book, and she didn't expect him to still be reading it after so many years. At that time, she couldn't stand his gentle and elegant appearance but cold and distant in his heart, so she opposed him everywhere, secretly carrying a porcelain bottle of ink to splash the teaching plan that he regarded as a treasure, but she never succeeded - now thinking about it, it was probably because the child's thoughts were on his face and couldn't be hidden at all.

Her eyes were clearly fixed there, and Zhan Yanfeng also looked back. Perhaps he remembered something, and smiled almost gently, but the smile disappeared in an instant, and his expression with the corners of his mouth slightly pursed suddenly became a little colder. He then retracted his gaze and continued the previous topic, "The Murong family is naturally not an ordinary wealthy family. I heard that the previous Murong family master... According to seniority, you should call him Taizu. He was born in the grassroots and was very adrift in his childhood. It was also by chance that he found a master and learned the craft of tomb robbing, and that's how the original Murong family came into being."

The answer was beyond his expectation. Yuan Ge was stunned. "Robber?" Then... where did that broken bowl with a hole come from? !

"Yes, tomb robbing."

Faint light shone through the open window, shining on Zhan Yanfeng, who had drooped eyebrows and looked a little tired and vicissitudes of life. He stroked the empty teacup in his hand and whispered about other people's stories, "That old man was born to do this job. He brought things from the soil, plus some mysterious or moving stories, even ordinary old things can be worth a hundred times more... What's more, he really got some good things and made a fortune with them."

"Old things are more or less worth some money. The Murong family has tasted the sweetness, so how can they be willing to give up such a business that is almost free of capital and profitable?" His smile was sarcastic, and his words were gentle, which was both frighteningly cold and indifferent, but also showed a bit of compassion that had nothing to do with him. He said, "Until now, the Murong family is a wealthy businessman who lives in seclusion and has dabbled in all walks of life, including medicinal materials, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, cloth, etc. In fact, it is still just a tomb-robbing craftsman who is not exposed to the public. It was not a big deal in the first place. As a businessman, who can be really clean? But... But now, the old Murong family, I don't know if he is not good enough in his skills or what..."

Zhan Yanfeng looked at Yuan Ge who was listening attentively, paused, and then uttered five words in an almost cold tone, "It's contaminated with dirty things."

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyelids, and a smile that looked a bit devilish and gloating appeared at the end of his eyes. He said, "Many years ago, he was said to be dying, but I don't know why he is still alive after dragging on for so many years. Well, at least he should see with his own eyes those old brats and young brats passing away one by one in front of him... Letting him live like this, half dead, is not bad, it's not too easy for him."

dirty stuff?

The things in the fields are valuable, but Yuan Ge also knows that it is not a "profit without investment". If you are not careful, the whole army will be wiped out. Murong can make a fortune with these things, which must have some real skills... What's more, the Murong family has not cured the old man for so many years, and this "dirty thing" may be very difficult to deal with.

Yuan Ge was still thinking, and after a while he asked again, "How long has this old master been infected with this disease? Is it before or after my mother got married? Do you know?"

Zhan Yanfeng shook his head and said he didn’t know. His eyes swept across the girl’s expression which seemed to understand something but not show any sympathy. He reacted after a slight pause, “Do you think that you came to the Yuan family because of Zhixuan Mountain? But…” But Zhixuan Mountain was only slightly famous at that time. Feng Qingtan had not come yet, and Yuan Ge had not been born yet. The secret room that countless people coveted was just a handful of inconspicuous yellow earth in the mountains at that time.

What does the Murong family want?

Could it be that the Murong family has the ability to predict the future?

Of course, he didn't have the ability to predict the future, but at that time, Zhixuan Mountain must have possessed something that the entire Murong family coveted... What was it? Was it a secret book to treat strange diseases? Or was it something in this mountain...