Chapter 2713 Past Events 1
Just when Zhu Feng was lost in thought, he suddenly felt his hands empty. When he came to his senses, he found that Nan Yan had taken the book from his hand.
Zhu Feng laughed and asked, "What are you doing?"
Nan Yan said, "Your Majesty has been reading for a long time. It's time for you to take a break. Your eyes are red."
"Yeah?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng rubbed his eyes.
Nan Yan brought a cup of tea from the table beside him and handed it to him, saying, "Your Majesty, please have some tea."
"Um."
Zhu Feng took it and took two sips, but he was still distracted from time to time.
Nan Yan sat beside him, took his arm, half leaned on him, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please tell me about the past."
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng turned around and glanced at her, then said with a half-smile, "Why, you've lost your memory too? Do you still want me to tell you about the past?"
Nan Yan said: "Yes - before."
“…”
"Before the time when Your Majesty and I met."
“…”
"There are many things about the Emperor that I don't know."
Hearing this, Zhu Feng, who was originally joking with her, gradually became serious. He put down his teacup and said, "What do you want to hear?"
Nan Yan thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me about He Yi."
When the word He Yi was mentioned, Zhu Feng's expression became more complicated.
“Why ask him?”
Nan Yan said, "Speaking of which, among the people around the emperor, I have known him the longest, but after all this time, he is also the one I know the least about."
“…”
"He is obviously a monk, so why would he be by the emperor's side giving him advice?"
“…”
"Where did he come from and what did he go through?"
“…”
"Does the Emperor know about this?"
Zhu Feng sighed softly, then said, "If I didn't know, how could I dare to use him?"
“…”
"If I didn't know, how could I have dared to let him follow me closely during the Jingnan Campaign, such a difficult time?"
Nan Yan said: "Then he——"
Zhu Feng said, "He said he was an orphan, just like Xie Jiaojiao. He was abandoned by his biological parents when he was still a baby, and later he was picked up and adopted."
Nan Yan asked, "Who adopted him?"
Zhu Feng said, "Master Zhang from Wudang Mountain."
"What?"
When Nan Yan heard this, her eyes widened in surprise and she said, "Yes, that's the living immortal Zhang Zhenren?"
She had heard of this person before, and also heard that the old uncle of the emperor, the brother of the late Queen Chen, also became a monk in Wudang Mountain and practiced with this Master Zhang.
Unexpectedly, He Yi was also his disciple.
Zhu Feng said calmly: "Yes, it's him."
Having said this, he sighed again, and with a tone that seemed to be full of emotion, he slowly said: "After all, this person is a fellow cultivator of the late emperor."
"ha?"
Nan Yan was even more surprised.
Zhu Feng looked down at her and said with a half-smile, "Why are you so surprised? Didn't I tell you before at the Imperial Mausoleum Temple that the late emperor once became a monk there?"
Nan Yan was still a little lost in the shock of this series of events, and whispered, "But I never thought that the late emperor and that living immortal would be fellow practitioners."
Zhu Feng smiled faintly and said, "The late emperor was poor in his early years. Corrupt officials levied heavy taxes and extortion. When ordinary people couldn't afford to eat, they had no choice but to become monks and beg for food. He never hid this from anyone, and sometimes even specifically told everyone about it."
“…”
"It is for this reason that the late emperor particularly hated corrupt officials."
Nan Yan said softly, "I know that Emperor Gao never shows mercy when it comes to killing corrupt officials."
Zhu Feng nodded.
Then he said, "However, he rarely talked about what happened after he became a monk."
“…”
"At most, he would mention his time at the Imperial Mausoleum Temple. However, he almost never spoke of what happened later. If it weren't for my mother mentioning it, I wouldn't have known that he had such a deep connection with Master Zhang."
Nan Yan asked, "What?"
Zhu Feng said, "Back then, the world was in chaos, and the Dao Sect wanted to go down the mountain to quell the chaos. They held a meeting on Wudang Mountain to ask the Daoists of the world for their opinions on this matter. If everyone agreed, they could rise up and fight against the tyranny of the Neng Kingdom."
Nan Yan said, "This is a good thing. I didn't expect that those Taoists, who are all pure and unselfish, could also have such a heart to help the world. But, what does this have to do with the Emperor Gao?"
Zhu Feng said, "Huangling Temple—you know that place. It wasn't called Huangling Temple back then. No one remembers what it was called. It's located in a remote area, and back then, it was just a small Taoist temple with no power, let alone talented people."
“…”
"They had no intention of participating, so they only sent the newly arrived Emperor Gao to participate. It's just a gesture."
"So, what happens after Emperor Gao leaves?"
"Emperor Gao went, but encountered heavy rain on the way. By the time he arrived at Wudang Mountain, it was too late. The conference had already begun."
"Well, why don't he just go up there? The Emperor's Mausoleum Temple back then had no interest in this anyway."
"That's what I said, but when I got there, I found out something happened there."
When Nan Yan heard this, she immediately opened her eyes wide: "What happened?"
Zhu Feng said, "It turns out that the court of the Neng Kingdom also learned about this conference and knew that these Taoists wanted to rise up and attack them. In order to put an end to it once and for all, the court of the Neng Kingdom simply sent troops to surround Wudang Mountain and prepared to set it on fire."
"ah?!"
Nan Yan was shocked: "In this case, then all the Taoists attending the meeting will be——"
"good."
Zhu Feng chuckled at this point and said, "And Emperor Gao is very lucky to be late."
Nan Yan listened and couldn't help laughing even though she was originally very nervous.
She said, "The Emperor Gao is the true Dragon Son of Heaven, destined to be the emperor. It was such a dangerous matter, but God chose to let him arrive later, allowing him to escape this disaster."
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "Escaped? He didn't dodge."
"Huh? Why?"
"He met two other young Taoists who had also arrived late like him."
Nan Yan's eyes flashed, and she said, "The other two people who are late are—"
"One of them is Master Zhang from back then. The other one is his senior brother."
“…”
"At that time, this old immortal was still young. From what my mother said, he was handsome and graceful, like a god."
Nan Yan listened and her eyes lit up.
Although there have long been various magical rumors about this old immortal, very few people have actually seen him in person.
And the late Empress Chen was no ordinary person either.
Even she said that he was a god-like figure, so he must really be a god.
She asked, "What did the three of them do together?"
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