"Now that you mention it, young master... this old servant has indeed remembered something."
Looking at the seemingly clueless sophomore, Qi Boqi cursed inwardly.
That damn old bastard, he actually managed to trick himself into revealing himself.
After going to the Xuanwu Divine Land, everything seemed to have been arranged, and the shadow of the cheap ancestor was behind every step I went through.
Compared to the situation in the Imperial Land, the Xuanwu Divine Land was just one part of the whole, so at that time, Yiboqi made a guess.
The old ancestor must have made other plans, and that wrinkled-faced, seemingly dying guy, must know them.
Therefore, he did not choose to return through the spatial passage opened by Daqi, but instead returned to the Yuzi Building through the nearly broken passage he came from.
Sure enough, that old geezer, Da Er, really was hiding something from me.
"I was thinking, if you suddenly passed away one day without telling me everything, wouldn't you die with regrets?"
He sat down in the chair, looked at the second-year student who was deep in thought, and asked in a cold voice, his anger rising.
"Oh dear... young master, please forgive me... this old servant is truly too old... my memory is failing me..."
Bang!
He Boqi threw the teacup in his hand directly onto the table and looked at He Daer with an extremely unfriendly gaze.
That old bastard is really asking for it. I've been waiting for him for ages, and he's still rambling on and on.
"Oh, this old servant remembers, remembers."
As he spoke, Da Er sat down opposite Bo Qi, refilled Bo Qi's teacup, and then slowly began to speak.
"Yu Ling Palace owes our family a promise."
These words made Yi Boqi raise an eyebrow; he really hadn't expected that this matter would involve the Jade Spirit Palace.
"Young Master, you should have met Old Zhang before. That old man was our master's lackey back then. If it weren't for our master, that old man would have been killed long ago."
After finishing his sentence, Da Er stroked his beard, gathered his thoughts, and continued speaking.
"Back in that small town, Yun Qinliancheng was the city lord, and the Zhang family was one of the four major families in that town. They were also Yun Qinliancheng's most loyal supporters and a force to be reckoned with in that town."
"But although this old man's surname is Zhang, he is an illegitimate child. His father was the least likable type of illegitimate child in the Zhang family, and his mother was an embroiderer in his father's mansion. After getting drunk, he took advantage of the embroiderer's body and that's how the old man Zhang came to be."
"You can tell from his name that this guy is someone the Zhang family hates and despises, someone who will kick him if they catch him."
He picked up his teacup, took a couple of sips, and then continued his story.
"Our family has nothing in this small town. My master grew up wandering around the town as an orphan, but he was exceptionally talented. After learning from others, he became a bodyguard for a wealthy merchant in the town. On one occasion, while protecting a wealthy merchant's family on their way to visit relatives, they encountered bandits. The situation was very critical, and in desperation, my master took the wealthy merchant's daughter and hid in the mountains."
"Once things calmed down, the master returned to the small town with the wealthy merchant's daughter, who was already six months pregnant, and naturally became the wealthy merchant's son-in-law."
"With the wealthy merchant's support, Master's cultivation has also improved rapidly. The presence of a master like Master is a guarantee for that wealthy merchant."
Da Shou held the teacup, his eyes slightly closed as if recalling the scene from years ago, but he didn't notice that Yi Boqi's expression was getting more and more unpleasant.
"Gradually, the master made a name for himself in the small town and even got a minor official position. It was at this time that Zhang Laozi met the master, and it was because of the master's presence that Zhang Laozi's life became much better. Later, when my parents died and I had no money to bury them, the master paid for their burial. It was at that time that I recognized the master and followed him."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Yi Boqi.
"This is the earliest source of the descendants of the He tribe."
But when he got to this point, he saw Qi Boqi's gloomy face, which looked like it was about to drip water.
"Senior, what I want to know is what kind of promise Jade Spirit Palace owes us. I'm not interested in my cheap ancestor's affair of using the guise of protection to sneak into the mountains with a wealthy merchant's daughter, or how he bankrupted the merchant after marrying into the family."
After saying that, he slammed the teacup heavily onto the table.
"Could you please simplify things a bit more?"
Upon hearing this, Da Er's old face once again broke into a wide grin.
"Oh dear... young master, please forgive me... this old servant has indeed been a bit long-winded... I'll get to it now... I'll get to it now."
After speaking, he looked at Yi Boqi with a curious expression.
"But how did the young master know the wealthy merchant's final fate?"
Clang!
He Boqi threw the teacup he had picked up back onto the table.
"Alright, alright... Young Master, please don't be angry... This old servant will explain... will explain..."
Looking at Ye Boqi's behavior as a sophomore, Ye Boqi sighed heavily. It was truly a case of seeing the whole picture from a single leaf.
Judging from the old man's appearance, his ancestor's style of doing things was already very clear. How could he possibly guess the wealthy merchant's final fate?
Given Xie Laoxie's style of doing things, is it really that hard to guess?
How could a father-in-law who only cares about profit be taken seriously by Ye Laoxie? How could Ye Laoxie have gotten a minor official position without squandering all of his savings?
When he stole the things from Yunqin Liancheng's secret vault and fled from the small town, how could he possibly bring his father-in-law, with whom he had been using each other, along?
This can be understood from the words of the Zhang family patriarch. When he ran away from the small town, it was him, the Zhang family patriarch, and Fatian.
As for the wealthy heiress who gave birth to the first descendant of the Ye clan, she is definitely not included in the calculation.
The current Ye Da'er was probably left in the wealthy family to care for their descendants, and only after many years, when he was able to protect himself, did he bring the Ye family's descendants back.
This can be deduced from the timeline of the narration by the third great-uncle.
"After the master founded the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect, he suddenly learned of Fa Tian's death. Although the master acted unconventionally, he valued his close friends very much. During his investigation outside the sect, he met the number one person of the Qing family generation."
These words sent a shiver down his spine.
The Qing family was the founding family of the Azure Sky Academy, one of the most powerful families in the Imperial Land back then, and also the family of his wife's maternal grandmother.
Could it be that my cheap ancestor had an affair with the Qing family? If it was like the Mingyue Ancestor of Wuji Temple, wouldn't that mean my wife and I were... having an affair?
What Dassou said next made him breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"That genius from the Qing family and the master hit it off immediately. The Qing family is most skilled in divination. The genius from the Qing family predicted that the Qing family would face a great calamity. Thus, he and the master established a gentleman's friendship."
"The secret manual of the Qing family was given to its master, and it protected the bloodline of the Qing family's descendants when the Qing family suffered a great calamity."
"This is the first imperial codex that the master obtained, and it is this imperial codex that made the Jade Spirit Palace owe our family a huge promise."
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