"This Tang Sanzang you're talking about..." Zhang Fan asked, somewhat dazed, "where in Xiliang is he from?"

"The Tang King is not from Xiliang; he is an 'outsider,'" Qiu Wanlan said, taking a sip of wine. "We only know that he comes from the eastern borderlands, but no one knows exactly where."

"What is he doing in Xiliang?" Zhang Fan involuntarily straightened his body. "Could you tell me in detail?"

"He traveled westward in a white dragon spaceship, saying he was going to retrieve something from the Western Paradise to save his homeland from its suffering."

"What did he want to retrieve?" Zhang Fan felt his mouth go dry, so he grabbed a glass of wine and gulped it down. "Did he succeed?"

“No, what he wants isn’t in Xiliang.” Qiu Wanlan shook her head.

"And then what?" Zhang Fan asked intently. "What happened next?"

"Later?" Qiu Wanlan was somewhat surprised by Zhang Fan's obsession with the story of the Tang King. "Later, the Tang King stayed in Xiliang and married the Queen, becoming the only male emperor in the history of the Xiliang Women's Kingdom."

"He didn't continue his journey to the West to obtain the scriptures?" Zhang Fan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?" Qiu Wanlan was taken aback. "You mean some of the Tang Emperor's disciples? They did indeed continue their journey westward, and there was also a new guide to replace the Tang Emperor."

"..."

What happened to this Tang emperor afterward?

"Naturally, I would like to live happily ever after with the Queen and jointly manage state affairs."

"Is that so..." Zhang Fan fell silent for a moment; this was different from what he had understood.

“As far as I know, the Tang King isn’t as happy as he seems…” Bingbing suddenly interjected.

"Huh? You know all this too?" Zhang Fan was somewhat surprised.

“It’s written in the history books,” Bingbing said. “The books say that in his later years, the Tang emperor was often depressed and would often sit alone on the roof of the palace facing east, drinking alone until the sun set.”

"Moreover, after the death of the Tang emperor, he was buried in Lingshan. His mausoleum faces east. There is a Leiyin Temple on Lingshan, which was built specifically to pray for the Tang emperor's homeland. This shows how much the Tang emperor missed his hometown."

"Where are the history books?" Zhang Fan asked eagerly, stretching out his hand. "Let me see them!"

"This humble woman did not bring any books with her when she went out." Bingbing was taken aback. What kind of courtesan would carry a history book with her when she went out?

"If you want to read history books, why don't you just go back to the Qiu family's place?" Qiu Wanlan said, somewhat puzzled. "When it comes to history books, where can you find a more complete collection than the Qiu family's?"

Zhang Fan stood up, refusing to drink or listen to the music.

"Back to the Qiu family!"

The Qiu family inherited the imperial legacy of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom, so their library was naturally the most comprehensive, occupying an entire mansion as its library. Inside, the bookshelves were packed tightly together, with only enough space for one person to pass through at a time.

Finding records of the Tang emperor is not difficult, because the history of the Western Liang Dynasty only has one male emperor, and books about the Tang emperor are placed together on one bookshelf.

According to the History of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom, Volume 2, Biography of the Tang King, since the beginning of time, all the emperors of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom have been women, and no man has ever been seen in the kingdom.

The Queen dreamt that night of a golden screen radiating vibrant colors and a jade mirror displaying brilliant light, a sign of great joy.

Sure enough, the next day, Tang Sanzang, the younger brother of the Tang Emperor from the East, descended to earth, which must have been a match made in heaven.

The Queen then used the wealth of the entire kingdom to appoint her younger brother, the monk Sanzang, as king, who became the King of Tang. The Queen became queen, and together with the King of Tang, they had children and grandchildren, ensuring the eternal continuation of their imperial lineage.

The Tang emperor's disciples and his double went to the Western Paradise, but were never heard from again and their whereabouts became unknown.

Zhang Fan kept flipping through the pages. There were quite a few historical records, but they all recorded how the Tang King governed the country after he ascended the throne and how he and the Queen lived together in harmony. There were only a few sentences about what happened before the Tang King came to the Western Liang Kingdom.

In other words, the background of this Tang king before he came to Xiliang is a mystery.

"Nephew, it's time to eat." Qiu Wanlan walked into the library, followed by Steward Yu carrying a tray with several small dishes of side dishes, rice, and soup.

After their trip together on Qixi Festival last night, Qiu Wanlan's feelings and attitude towards Zhang Fan have improved considerably.

"Oh, is it already noon?" Zhang Fan only now realized that his stomach was growling with hunger. It turns out that reading can really make people forget to eat and sleep.

"Young Master Zhang is too kind. This is dinner." Butler Yu placed the plates on the desk and laid out the food.

"Dinner..." Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment. The library was dimly lit, and lamps were needed even during the day. He really didn't know it was already night outside. No wonder he was so hungry. He hadn't eaten anything all day.

"Second Aunt, do you know where there are any books that record the life of Emperor Tang?" Zhang Fan asked while eating.

"The Qiu family is a family of scholars, and their library contains books from all over the Western Liang Kingdom," Qiu Wanlan replied. "If a book is not in the library, it certainly won't be found anywhere else."

Zhang Fan picked at the rice in his bowl with some disappointment; the information was too little, far from enough.

The information he currently has can only piece together a rough story.

After the star core was stolen, the ancestral humans did not sit idly by and do nothing; they at least sent a "White Dragon" spaceship westward to track down the thieves.

But there's only one direction, and the spaceship isn't as fast as the enemy's, so how can it catch up?

What we know now is that an astronaut named Tang Sanzang stayed in Xiliang because of love, and continued westward after being replaced by a new astronaut.

According to Zhang Fan's guess, the star core should be located on Ryan's capital star, most likely either in the royal palace or in Marquis Charles's mansion.

Stardust can only serve as a clue; it cannot pinpoint the exact location of the star core. Zhang Fan cannot possibly search the entire capital star.

However, if the exact location of the star core is confirmed, Zhang Fan wouldn't mind turning the royal palace or the marquis's mansion upside down.

The current problem is to confirm the location of the star's core.

However, even Irwin could not find any specific information about the star core.

Erwin did try his best; he even used his spies in the palace and the marquis's mansion, but still came up empty-handed.

Irwin's final conclusion was that if Zhang Fan wanted to know exactly where the star core was, he should ask Grand Duke Ryan or Marquis Charles directly.

In the history of Lane, records of the star core were deliberately erased.

Or perhaps it wasn't completely eliminated, but only a few people know this information.

Zhang Fan certainly couldn't directly ask Grand Duke Ryan and Marquis Charles, so before determining the location of the star core, he could only try to obtain more information.

As a highly autonomous planet, Xiliang Star is so isolated that even Grand Duke Ryan cannot interfere in its internal affairs, nor can he erase its historical records.

Unfortunately, whether intentionally or unintentionally, this Tang king left behind almost no records about the star core.

However, even if he had recorded all the information about the star's core, it might not have been preserved to this day.

Putting aside whether the Lane royal family would try every means to steal or erase this information, just the fact that the Charlie family knows about it, how long can this information be preserved?

Marquis Charles was, after all, the son-in-law of the Qiu family, and he would return to Xiliang with Madam Qiu every year to visit their relatives. It was impossible that he had never been to the library.

Zhang Fan couldn't help but wonder, if I were Tang Sanzang, where would I store this information so that my descendants could see it?

With too many worries, even though this was a side dish that Qiu Wanlan had specially prepared for him, he couldn't bring himself to eat it.

"What is Young Master Zhang thinking about?" Butler Yu asked, noticing that Zhang Fan seemed preoccupied and barely touched his food.

"I want to know a lot about this Tang emperor, but unfortunately there are very few records about him here. There are only a few words about his early life."

"The library has more than a million books," Steward Yu advised. "We still need to eat, so let's find the books slowly. You can't exactly drag the Tang Emperor out of bed and ask him."

Zhang Fan felt as if he had been electrocuted, and his chopsticks, which he was using to pick up food, froze in mid-air.

"Hmm? Young Master Zhang, are you alright?" Butler Yu waved his hand in front of Zhang Fan, who stood there like a wooden statue.

"Butler Yu, you are so smart! Second Aunt made the right choice in choosing you!" Zhang Fan jumped up with joy and grabbed Butler Yu's hand. If Second Aunt hadn't been there, he would have loved to kiss Butler Yu.

What's going on?

Qiu Wanlan and Butler Yu looked at Zhang Fan jumping and shouting in bewilderment.

"Second Aunt, I have a question for you."

"Please speak."

Where is the Tang Emperor's Mausoleum located in Lingshan?