Chapter 186: Ancient Beacon Fire, Imperial Destiny
The turbid well water with a rusty smell poured directly into Zhu Qiji's mouth. Bubbles came out of his mouth, creating small whirlpools in the turbid well.
Just when he was about to choke on the water, Dao Er put a hand on Zhu Qiji's shoulder. Zhu Qiji seemed to feel a stream of fresh air pouring into his lungs, and the feeling of suffocation disappeared in an instant.
But...the water in my mouth still fishy!
Zhu Qiji could clearly feel the turbid well water constantly pouring in and out of his mouth.
At this time, Dao Er's voice sounded in Zhu Qiji's ears.
"Your Majesty, shut up. Didn't you say you were ready?"
Zhu Qiji had just spit out the water in his mouth when he heard Dao Er's voice. He explained again:
"I... Gulp..."
The well water poured into Zhu Qiji's mouth again. The strong fishy smell made Zhu Qiji feel like he was holding a sea fish in his mouth. He kept smacking his lips, and the smell went straight to the top of his head through his mouth and nose.
Dao Er's voice sounded again: "Your Majesty, I am using the art of sound transmission. You don't know how to do it, so you'd better stop talking."
Zhu Qiji couldn't see anything clearly in the turbid well water and could only simply nod.
"Okay, I'm going to take you down now, so get ready!"
Dao Er seemed to see his nod and transmitted his message again.
Zhu Qiji nodded again.
As he nodded, Zhu Qiji felt that he and Dao Er were sinking rapidly. However, within three or two breaths, the light above their heads disappeared completely.
The world underground suddenly turned into a dark world.
As Zhu Qiji sank, his mind began to wander.
What does the bottom of the Dragon Locking Well look like? Is there a dragon palace at the bottom of the well?
Everything in this world becomes strange.
The sinking lasted for a long time, and Zhu Qiji's wild thoughts in his mind also lasted for a long time.
Just as he was thinking about what to say when he met the Dragon King, his diving state suddenly stopped.
The narrow feeling at the bottom of the well disappeared, as if entering a wide space, except that the chain that fell from the Dragon Locking Well could still be touched.
The rusty chain gradually became larger. Zhu Qiji reached out to touch the chain, feeling it moving rapidly in his hand.
With such a big chain, how big is the dragon that is locked up?
Zhu Qiji couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
It was unknown how long it had been, but Zhu Qiji suddenly felt Dao Er pulling him up.
“Crash!”
The underground space under the Dragon Locking Well was illuminated by the red and yellow stone walls. Above the water, two people broke out of the water.
Dao Er pulled Zhu Qiji to the stone path under the huge stone wall. Zhu Qiji looked up and saw the huge stone wall that stretched as far as the eye could see. Endless light fell from the stone wall, illuminating the place clearly.
“What a huge underground space!”
After looking around, Zhu Qiji looked at Dao Er and asked, "Are we there yet?"
"Just a little further on."
Under the guidance of Dao Er, the two continued to move forward. At the end of the stone wall, Zhu Qiji saw a skeleton and a white-haired old man at the end.
Both the man and his bones were chained to the stone wall by huge iron chains.
Zhu Qiji looked at the skinny old man in front of him and said, "He is Emperor Jianwen? My great-great-grand uncle?"
"Yes!"
Dao Er nodded, then walked in front of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen and bowed:
"Emperor Jianwen, I have brought the person to you."
"If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"Thank you!" The skinny old man returned the greeting.
Dao Er bowed, turned around and walked away, obviously not wanting to embarrass them by talking.
Curiously looking at the skinny old man in front of him, Zhu Qiji asked, "Have you really lived for eight hundred years?"
"Is eight hundred years a long time?" Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen asked in return.
"The Taoist priest who just brought you here is also an old man from eight hundred years ago."
"What?"
Zhu Qiji always thought that Dao Er was a modern person.
"Him too?"
"For those who practice Taoism, a few hundred years is not too long." Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen tidied his gray hair, sat cross-legged on the ground, and said to the younger generation in front of him.
"Were you locked here by Emperor Chengzu?" Zhu Jiaoji looked at the iron chain and then at Emperor Jianwen and said.
"Yes and no, it doesn't matter whether it is or not. I no longer hate my fourth uncle. The success or failure of an emperor's affairs is determined by heaven. I dared to reduce the power of the vassal states, so I dare to bear the price of failure."
Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "I came to you because I have something to tell you."
"Me?" Zhu Qiji pointed at himself.
Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "My grandfather once told me about the ancient beacon smoke and the method of imperial destiny, and asked me to pass it on. He said that perhaps the descendants of the Ming Dynasty would use it one day."
"But I didn't pass this method on to my fourth uncle because of my hatred."
At this point, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Qiji and said, "I will give it to you today."
"Ancient beacon smoke, the emperor's destiny?"
Zhu Qiji lowered his head and muttered to himself. These few words sounded as if they were of great weight.
The skinny and decadent Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen suddenly sat up straight. He looked at Zhu Qiji with eyes as fierce as a tiger and said, "The emperor is the supreme ruler, the life of a true dragon, the most important person in the world, and the most important person in the world. Do you think it's that simple?"
There was a look of reminiscence in the eyes of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
"The emperor arose in the ancient times and was established in the wars of the ancient times. At that time, the emperor of mankind commanded the heaven and earth to surrender and all races to bow down. How domineering he was."
"Even after the death of the Emperor, the Emperor still gathers the destiny of heaven and earth. What can the cultivators of heaven and earth do to me?"
"This is the emperor's destiny."
"It is also the method used by the ancient emperors to suppress the cultivators of heaven and earth."
The voice of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was loud and powerful, and passionate.
Zhu Qiji could see the excitement in his eyes, and seemed to be able to follow his words back to the ancient times and the ultimate tyranny of the ancient emperor.
"The emperor gathers the destiny of heaven and earth in his body. He is the ruler of a country."
The elderly Emperor Jianwen clenched his fists, his white hair flying, and an invisible wave of air spread out from him, pushing Zhu Qiji back several steps.
"Unfortunately... in my time, the link between heaven and earth has been lost, and there is no chance for me to peek into the realm of the ancient emperor. But I have seen my grandfather use this method to suppress everything. The emperor's will decides the heaven and earth, how domineering!"
Speaking of this, Emperor Jianwen looked at Zhu Qiji and said slowly:
"But... maybe you have a chance."
The next moment, the skinny Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen stretched out a hand and pointed a finger at Zhu Qiji's forehead.
Endless energy surged, water waves rose and fell, and in the shadow under the golden light, it seemed that one could see a dragon shadow rushing into Zhu Qiji's body.
………
At this time, Wen Zhengming was in a coffee shop in Shuntian Prefecture, looking up at Zhu Qiji who was receiving the inheritance. He picked up the spoon and stirred the coffee in his hand, and hot steam came out.
"So...if you were given the means, would you have the ambition to achieve all this?"
"In... such an era of a nominal monarch and cabinet."
Wen Zhengming smiled faintly and looked out the window. He could see that the gate of the Forbidden City, which had stood for hundreds of years, was still vermilion. How many years had passed!
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(End of this chapter)
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