The winter sun shone lazily on Baiyun Mountain, and a spaceship took off from the mountains, meandering in the direction of the passing sun.
This is a small spaceship that can only seat four or five people. It is beautifully decorated but not luxurious, and the woman's attentiveness can be seen everywhere - this is Taoist He Jing's own personal spaceship, which is rarely used.
On the flying boat, Mammy and Yang Zhen sat opposite each other.
"The preliminary hearing of the Zhu family's case is over," she said with a smile: "If you want to know anything, you can ask me. Let's talk slowly and don't rush."
This was already the fifth day after the trip to Qingluo Mountain. On that day, Master Zhexi and the monks from Junguan arrived at the Zhu family’s mountain gate. The Zhu family did not put up any unnecessary resistance. Soon the mountain gate was opened wide, and the people headed by Zhu Shiya Everyone was captured.
Subsequently, the Zongmen Baoyuan Hall sent people to take over the Qingluo Mountain Kongming Stone Mine, and the State Palace sent a Zifu monk to supervise the county government's trial of the case.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zhao Beiqing stayed near the county town these days, teasing his granddaughter all day long. Today, I took Zhao Yueer to the depths of Jushan Mountain to hunt and enjoy the snow, which was a great pleasure.
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"How did the Zhu family discover that the Kongming Stone was hidden in Qingluo Mountain?" Yang Zhen asked aloud.
"It's that dagger, the dagger you mentioned as a gift from Chen Fugui." Mammy's answer was exactly what he expected.
Two years ago, after Chen Fugui gave this dagger inherited from the Chen family as a betrothal gift to the Zhu family, this thing passed into the hands of the eldest elder of the Zhu family.
Zhu Baixing is a lustful person and has many wives and concubines. Among them, there is a female cultivator with five spiritual roots. She is charming and enchanting and is favored by him the most. This dagger was also awarded to this concubine by him.
The place where this concubine cultivates is the spiritual vein of the Yang family in Qingluo Mountain. This girl liked the waterfall at the foot of the mountain very much. She often came to bathe and play in the pool during her rest.
One day, while my beloved concubine was taking a bath, an old black stork kept chirping above the dense forest. In anger, she picked up the dagger in her hand and threw it at the old bird.
The old man died on the spot, and the dagger fell into the dense forest.
After the concubine finished bathing, she went into the dense forest to look for the dagger, but she couldn't find it. Not only that, she herself got lost in the dense forest. It took a day and a night before she came out of the dense forest.
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"That dense forest is a blind spot under two cliffs. If it weren't for this, maybe no one would set foot there in a hundred years." Mammy glared at Yang Zhen: "But you, a baby, dare to go everywhere at such a young age He was running around, but he still walked out so quickly."
Yang Zhen smiled sheepishly and said nothing.
Grandma continued to tell...
"After the woman came out, she also understood that there was something strange in this dense forest, so she told Zhu Baixing about it. The great elder of the Zhu family has a lot of research on the formation, and he quickly understood that it was a natural illusory formation..."
"Generally speaking, natural phantom formations appear in places nourished by spiritual energy, and are accompanied by many heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Zhu Baixing was very happy, and without telling others, he searched in the dense forest for a day, and finally found it under the cliff. He found a hole made by the dagger. He cut the hole and soon found that it was an abandoned mine, and the dagger was inserted into the wall of the pit not far away..."
"This jade-seeking blade will be attracted to the Kongming Stone Mine after being injected with mana. At that time, the concubine was so angry that she poured most of her body's mana into it. As a result, the dagger flew far away and directly entered the mine... "
"This Kongming Stone Mine was actually mined thousands of years ago. Later, the resources were exhausted. At that time, the monks made a long-term plan and left the largest matrix unexploited, sealing the entrance for future generations. Later, after the changes in the sea, this This mineral vein has actually been forgotten..."
"Is this all what the woman told me?" Yang Zhen asked casually.
"No, all this was confessed by Zhu Shiya in prison," Mammy sneered: "This beloved concubine was killed by Zhu Baixing not long after the Kongming Stone Mine was discovered. The reason given by the Great Elder was that she was favored And Jiao, because of her discovery of mineral veins, made many excessive demands from him, so he simply killed her to prevent her from talking too much and leaking the news."
"You are really cruel and ruthless." Yang Zhen sighed with emotion.
"What happened next?" He then asked: "Is the promotion of the head of the Zhu family to the Purple Mansion related to the Kongming Stone?"
"Of course, otherwise where would they get the materials and treasures needed to advance to the Zi Mansion?" Mammy nodded.
After the Zhu family discovered the Kongming Stone Mine, according to the clan leader's wishes, they wanted to contribute it to the sect. Presumably the sect would reward him with Ziyun Dan and other items needed for promotion to the Zi Mansion. This Ziyundan can only be refined by the sect and the Jindan family. If you want to attack Zifu, you can only go through them.
His proposal was unanimously opposed by other foundation-building elders in the family, especially the great elder. He discovered the Kongming Stone Mine. The sect gave the elixir to the clan leader. What about himself? Who among those cultivating immortals doesn’t want to be promoted to the Purple Mansion and live an extra three hundred years of freedom?
It was difficult to disobey the public opinion, and the clan leader had no choice but to give in. Finally, he decided to secretly dig out the hollow stone and find a Jindan family to trade it. In Xu State, other Jindan families are unreliable and may report the news of the Kongming Stone Mine to the sect at any time. Only Shazhou surrenders to Xu State in name only. The sect is also gentle towards this place. Many things are at stake. It means turning a blind eye.
So they contacted the Toler family, one of the two Jindan families in Shazhou. The Kongming Stone is an important strategic resource, and the Natoler family was very happy to reach a deal with them and agreed to do long-term business in the future.
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"Is the head of the Zhu family promoted to Zifu before the harvest day?" Yang Zhen asked.
"Yes, how do you know? Did someone tell you?" Grandma looked at him in surprise.
Yang Zhen told her grandmother what Chen Fugui told her about the beaming faces of several elders of the Zhu family on the harvest day.
Finally, he asked: "This dagger is Chen Fugui's ancestral possession. Is it possible..."
"Absolutely impossible," Mammy shook her head decisively: "With such a treasure, the sect will naturally have to take it back. Besides, Chen Fugui has already given this thing to the Zhu family, so it is no longer his."
Yang Zhen also knew that wanting the dagger back was wishful thinking. He raised his brows and thought of a way:
"Can you make a copy of it, as long as it looks the same?"
"There's no problem with this." Grandma agreed.
The two were silent for a moment, then Grandma smiled and said:
"You made a great contribution to the discovery of the Kongming Stone Mine this time, and you almost died. The Zhao family must reward you well this time. Tell me, what do you want? As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it."
"This..." Yang Zhen was in trouble for a moment, he really didn't know what he wanted. There are many things he wants, but there must be a reason!
I have to go back and discuss it with Yiyi, he thought to himself. But for another thing, if he can agree to it, he doesn't need any reward.
"I would like to ask the Great Elder to promise me," he looked at Grandma with firm eyes and spoke his request slowly.
