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Volume 1: The End of Qingping Chapter 25: The Strange History of the Royal Family

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    The bustling crowd on the street was as noisy as flies, and it blocked many people's eyes.  Like a frightened turtle, Li Mu cautiously poked his head out of the alley, peering at the checkpoint not far ahead, ready to retract his head and hide as soon as there was a problem.  People are just so weird, and they always have a sense of luck. Even if they are found out in a door-to-door search, it is better than being caught in the street now.  Jin Qingyu, who had been hovering in the air, has disappeared. I don¡¯t know if he found something, but he flew back to his master to report the news.  Recalling the extremely nervous expressions of Mo Hanshan and others when they saw Jin Qingyu yesterday, they can know that this dazzlingly beautiful falcon is not comparable to ordinary flying birds.  But without the eyes above his head that were always watching, Li Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief and touched the mutton-fat jade in his arms with lingering fear, with a look of difficulty making a choice on his face.  Originally, he had a sense of luck, hoping that these black-armored sergeants came to Lianshan Town for other reasons, but now he saw that Junhou surnamed Feng asked his subordinates to crush the cabbage one by one and inspect it.  For the golden sapphire he was holding, Li Mu believed that the Tiger Wing Guards had mobilized all their troops to come to Lianshan Town, most likely just for the sake of Sadness Bi. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Since such a cart of cabbage cannot hide any persons, and it is not a rare treasure, but it is trampled to pieces one by one for inspection, it is natural that he is worried that someone may stuff the treasure into the cabbage, in an attempt to get away with it.  And with the size of a Chinese cabbage, the largest treasure that can be put in it is probably the size of a palm.  But when the third uncle and several old people came forward, Li Mu's heart suddenly rose, and he couldn't help complaining that the old man was meddling in his own business. The cabbage cart driver and you are not relatives, so why risk being detained?  What if the danger of hindering military affairs pops up?  His great-nephew refused to return to the teahouse because he was worried about hurting his old man. It was good now that he would come to the door himself. Although Li Mu couldn't figure it out, as a junior, he couldn't just watch his third uncle being hurt, so he kept  He stared at the scene closely, fearing that if he accidentally blinked, the gloomy-looking military lord would draw his sword and chop the third uncle.  As for the military lord surnamed Feng, if he really draws his sword to kill someone, what can Li Mu do?  Sorry, Young Master Li hasn't thought about it yet, but he believes that he will rush out, even if he admits that he is the person the black-armored sergeants are looking for, even if he offers the jade in his arms, and then reveals that he is  The secrets learned were also spared no expense.  At the moment when he made up his mind, he remembered what Ye Qi said to Mo Hanshan on the Lianyun Mountain Road: If a person has no pursuit in his life, if he has no persistence, if there is no one worth protecting with his life  , then there is no difference between living and dying.  Originally, he really couldn¡¯t understand Ye Qi¡¯s behavior. He knew that as long as he took a step back, the world would be brighter, but he insisted on jumping into the trap regardless of life and death. He seemed not only extremely paranoid, but also extremely stupid.  In the end, not only did he fail to save Sadness Bi, but he almost lost his own life. Why bother?  Looking back now, maybe Ye Qi was telling it to himself, Mo Hanshan, and even more so to a junior like himself.  Looking at Feng Junhou, who had a gloomy face and held the hilt of a knife in his hand, staring fiercely at his third uncle, Li Mu suddenly understood the contradiction and helplessness in Ye Qi's heart at that time.  If he watched his third uncle being killed, Li Mu felt that even if he was alive, it would be no different from being dead.  After thinking about this, Li Mu suddenly felt enlightened. His fearful mood suddenly calmed down, and he was actually in the mood to start thinking about the conversation between the old mayor, his third uncle, and Junhou Feng, imagining.  How would you deal with these problems if you were in the shoes of both parties?  When he heard his third uncle¡¯s soft words, Li Mu knew that things were going to be bad. He knew the old man¡¯s character too well.  Although Junhou Feng had his reasons, this kind of behavior that only destroyed without compensation clearly angered several old people with a strong sense of justice. If they didn't say a few unpleasant words, the old man would probably be suffocated to death when he returned.  Then the old man really satirized Feng Junhou, "Do you want to offer Ruyi White Jade Soup to the general?" Li Mu was one of the people present who could understand the meaning.  This story comes from an unofficial history called "The Strange History of the Royal Family". Its authenticity has yet to be verified. In addition, it is specifically recorded in history when some royal families or nobles made a fool of themselves. For example, the emperor fell into a manure pit and drowned, and other examples.  When the emperor saw that the people had no food to eat, he asked them why they didn't eat meat and other ridiculous things (Note 1). Therefore, it has always been circulated only among the upper class society, and everyone read it as a recreational book after tea and dinner.  It is not widely spread, and naturally not many people know about it.  If it weren¡¯t for Mrs. Han¡¯s extensive collection of books, Li Mu wouldn¡¯t have much to ask for when reading.??, no matter good or bad, I read them all first and then talked about them. Thanks to my superhuman memory, I have remembered most of them.  The book "The Strange History of the Royal Family" is so old that the specific author is unknown. One theory is that it was written by the ancient stranger Dong Yangwu, and the other is that it was written by the prodigal "Yaoqin Gongzi" hundreds of years ago.  There are many people who hold these two views. However, since many of the things recorded in it only happened within a thousand years, the view that it was "Yaoqin Gongzi" gradually gained the upper hand and was replaced by most of the book's authors.  Accepted by enthusiasts.  We all know that if a dynasty is too old, no matter how wise and powerful the founding emperor is, there will always be some inexplicable or stupid descendants who ascend to the throne for some special reasons.  The combination of their weird behavior and the special characteristics of the emperor's throne will always lead to some incredible phenomena.  "Xian Ruyi White Jade Soup" tells the story of the thirteenth generation emperor of Da Chu. He was raised in a deep palace since childhood and was good at women's hands. He was handsome but extremely stupid. However, he thought he was wise and mighty and always liked to make some random announcements.  If it were not for the special composition of the Chu imperial court, the government would have caused chaos in the world.  Not only that, His Majesty the Emperor believed what the alchemists said, was obsessed with the theory of immortality, and wanted to practice immortality to achieve immortality, so that the people would always be under his "wise, divine and martial" rule.  Therefore, he invited prescription doctors and immortal masters from all over the world to collect all kinds of strange plants, trees, gold and stones from all over the world, and opened an alchemy furnace in the palace to refine the elixir, hoping to develop the golden elixir one day, and then rise to the sky.  What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.  Therefore, it was a common practice among the dignitaries in the imperial court to practice immortality and alchemy, and they searched everywhere for so-called panaceas.  Fortunately, the laws and regulations in the "Laws of Chu" were very strict, and the powerful people did not dare to blatantly plunder and plunder. They all scattered a lot of gold and silver to buy it, which actually allowed some common people to make some money. ??????????????????? But there are also many powerful people who have gone bankrupt because of refining elixirs, and eventually died after taking the so-called elixirs, leaving a room full of orphans and widowed mothers struggling to survive.  At the same time, people went into inaccessible places in the mountains in search of some strange vegetation, fell off cliffs, or were injured by wild beasts, leaving many orphans and widows behind.  After many years of searching, a court official finally found an ancient recipe from an ancient book, and its name was "Ruyi White Jade Soup".  According to records in ancient books, there was an emperor in the previous dynasty who was able to ascend to heaven and live as long as heaven and earth because he had been taking this elixir all year round!  Therefore, as if the emperor had obtained a treasure, he not only rewarded the alchemist who presented the ancient prescription, but also immediately ordered the imperial chef to immediately start making "Ruyi White Jade Soup".  As for why the elixirs were not refined by the alchemists, but were made by the imperial chefs, it was said that the elixirs refined by the methods were too bad in taste. His Majesty the Emperor believed that since it was soup, it should be the same as the broth he usually drinks.  .  Naturally, the imperial chefs had never made any "Ruyi White Jade Soup". After asking the alchemist for advice, they only got the words "the secret of heaven must not be leaked", and nothing more.  Therefore, the white jade soup cooked by everyone's imagination could only have no effect of prolonging life, but almost broke the emperor's teeth.  In anger, all the imperial chefs naturally fell to the ground, and His Majesty the Emperor, after repeated persuasion by the alchemists, finally understood that the white jade in it was not ordinary white jade, but a spiritual creature that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but it just looked like white jade.  Therefore, the emperor once again issued an imperial decree to the world. As long as he can offer "Ruyi White Jade Soup", he will be named a prince regardless of his origin and will be rewarded with thousands of taels of gold.  For a moment, the world was in a state of excitement, and everyone was thinking about how to seize this opportunity to rise to the top.  Among a group of orphans and widowers who were tired of cultivating immortals, there was a child from an aristocratic family named "Guo Buwei". Due to his father's squandering during his lifetime, the family no longer had money or food, so he had no choice but to leave his hometown to make a living.  By chance, a wild vegetable suspected to be "emerald white jade" was discovered in a forest on the edge of the East China Sea.  Legend has it that when Guo Buwei discovered the cabbage, it was surrounded by clouds and mist, like a divine dragon. Therefore, Guo Buwei felt like he had found a treasure and believed that the "Ruyi White Jade Soup" quoted by the previous emperor should be made from this wild vegetable.  That's right.  Therefore, I offered a few cabbage leaves with great hope, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's reward.  Unexpectedly, happiness can lead to sorrow. His Majesty the Emperor looked at the "Ruyi White Jade Soup" served with the same hope, but suddenly his face changed drastically, and he cursed this down-and-out son of aristocratic family, thinking that this kid was lying to him. If he hadn't seen  For the sake of his dead father, he should be dragged out and chopped off just for his deceiving behavior.  Guo Buwei was naturally full of doubts. He didn¡¯t understand why His Majesty the Emperor didn¡¯t even drink, so he knew that he had lied to him.  It¡¯s funny to say that, although His Majesty the Emperor is a veryStupid, but he is also a reasonable person. Seeing Guo Buwei's confused look, he immediately told him triumphantly: "Do you think I am a fool? This is obviously just a bowl of tofu soup, how did it get into your mouth?"  It became Ruyi White Jade Soup. "Although Guo Buwei escaped with his life in the end, he became the laughing stock of the nobles together with the "wise and powerful" emperor because of the "Ruyi White Jade Soup" incident.  It's just that for some reason, after Guo Buwei experienced this, he suddenly realized that the glory and wealth in the world were nothing more than this and not worth fighting for with his life.  From then on, he attained great enlightenment and escaped into Buddhism. He came to the East China Sea and lived in a forest near the "Emerald White Jade". He ate "Ruyi White Jade Soup" as a meal every day. He actually lived for more than a hundred years, which is better than that person who thought.  It was unexpected for the immortal emperor to live for a few more decades.  And because "Jade White Jade" is easy to grow, after decades of promotion, it has become the most common dish among the common people, which is also a good deed by this descendant of the aristocratic family.  Of course, these are all compiled by later generations. In fact, the compiler of "The Strange History of the Royal Family" "Yaoqin Gongzi" is famous for his ink as gold, and he only made the following records - "In the beginning, the emperor admired Taoism, and everyone followed it.  It is not allowed to break the house.  The magician presented the elixir recipe and said it would be as desired, and it could be obtained by boiling it with beautiful jade.  The emperor was pleased and ordered the chefs to treat him, but he couldn't do it, so he killed all the chefs.  The magician said: Jade is an extraordinary thing.  You can send an edict to the world, and those who offer it will be rewarded with tens of thousands of gold coins and given the title of marquis.  The emperor followed his words.  If the Guo family does not do this, then the prince of the Hou family will catch some sweet flowers in the wild and offer them to the emperor, who will be greatly pleased.  He looked at it and said angrily, "This is a blessing. How can you say jade?"  Chase it away.  The prince realized that he escaped into Buddhism, ate as he wished, and died after a long life.  On the contrary, Su Shibian, the editor and annotator of "The Strange History of the Royal Family", sighed at the end of the article: The matter of immortality is illusory, and the wealth and honor in the world are fleeting.  Everyone in the world gives up wealth and honor for the sake of longevity, and abandons their loved ones for the sake of wealth and honor. How stupid is that!  However, everything in the world cannot be observed. Those who want to live longer will not live longer, and those who want to be rich will not be rich. As long as the mind is as calm as water, everything will be safe!  Although Su Bian said this, almost everyone who has seen this story has come to the same conclusion: a stupid family member regarded cabbage as a jade, while an even more stupid emperor regarded cabbage as a jade.  Think of it as tofu.  Success does not lie in what you offer, but in what the superior thinks you offer.  When Li Mu heard his third uncle say, "Would you like to offer me Ruyi White Jade Soup?", he knew that something was serious. Third uncle's words were too damaging.  Therefore, I desperately prayed to the gods and Buddhas in my heart to bless Feng Yi. This young man has never read this story and cannot understand it at all.  But looking at Feng Yi¡¯s livid face and the slightly trembling backs of his hands with exposed blue veins, you knew that this guy had not only read this story, but also understood the meaning of Third Uncle¡¯s words very well.  I just don¡¯t know if he understands what Sanshu Gong meant!  Note 1: According to "Zuo Zhuan", Jin Jinggong fell into a manhole and drowned; in "Book of Jin", Emperor Hui of Jin said "Why not eat minced meat?" has nothing to do with unofficial history, and is just borrowed here.
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