My name is Huo Nan.
She was the seventh-generation eldest daughter of Jinzhou Huo family, a martial arts family in the past.
It takes not one day to freeze three feet of ice, and it takes two generations to build a martial arts family.
The Huo family did not adhere to rigid secular etiquette, and was helmed by those with both ability and virtue from generation to generation. Finally, under the rule of his grandfather, the Huo family became famous throughout the world.
By the time the fourth uncle Huo An came to power, the Huo family's status in the world was at its peak.
But the tree attracts attention, because the Huo family's position in the world is getting higher and higher, and the hatred and evil hands it encounters are becoming more and more difficult to guard against.
Coinciding with the chaos caused by the invasion of foreign barbarians, the Huo family was framed by a conspiracy and was pushed into the abyss, almost exterminated.
However, after several generations of development, the Huo family has already blossomed.
The third brother Huo Tao and his family were the last three people to escape from the Huo family.
But they are definitely not the last three people alive in the Huo family.
Many people know this and are uncomfortable with it.
They searched through the Huo family tree in an attempt to eradicate the problem.
But unfortunately, not only were they unable to find all the people in the Huo family tree, they also found that many of the Huo family's children were not recorded in the book.
Maybe it was God's will. Starting from the great-grandfather's generation, the Huo family didn't care about direct descendants. Even the genealogy no longer rigorously and completely recorded the lineage and descendants.
As everyone knows, Huo Tao, the third son of the Huo family, is indeed the third male among the eighth generation descendants of the Huo family, but he is not the third son of his fourth uncle Huo An, but the second son.
At that time, there was a stipulation in the Huo family's family rules that only those who had contributed to the family after adulthood could be included in the family tree.
In fact, it is not difficult to enter the family tree. The so-called contribution is to make the Huo family make a fortune every day by oneself.
It's a pity that I am the one who has not contributed anything to the family when I grow up, and I am not worthy of being included in the family tree.
My father is the second son of the fifth generation of the Huo family, but he was the first among the six generations to have a child.
Although she is favored by her grandfather, she is still a girl. According to everyone's old ideas, it is better for the seventh-generation eldest son to be a boy.
Therefore, my father named me "Katsuo", hoping that I would not lose to men.
It is the grandfather who believes that children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and there is no need to put too much pressure on the children as soon as they are born.
So "Sheng Nan" was changed to the single name "Nan".
It's interesting to say that even though my name was changed, I still lived up to the meaning of the name my father gave me.
In terms of the size of the troubles and the level of stubbornness, at the same age, I am not inferior to any man in the Huo family.
When he was three years old, he plucked chicken feathers; when he was five years old, he climbed a tree and threw walnuts; when he was eight years old, he burned six cotton-padded jackets that were drying in the yard; when he was ten years old, he secretly sold family heirlooms!
My elders did not give up until I was ten years old. On the surface, I only admitted my mistake and acted like a good boy, but in reality I did not repent.
As I grow older, although I have restrained myself a little and caused less trouble, it has become increasingly difficult to deal with it, and I have even almost lost my life.
The other elders were okay, but my parents almost sent me to Wudang to cultivate my character, but luckily my grandfather stopped me.
As a eldest sister who has accomplished nothing, she can only be a eldest sister.
The eldest son of the third uncle is the first male of the seventh generation to enter the family tree, that is, the eldest son of the Huo family.
Before I left the Huo family, five younger brothers entered the family tree very proudly.
The change came when I turned eighteen.
As the saying goes, one thing descends from another, or it means that foreign monks like to chant sutras.
When I was eighteen years old, my family supported an ascetic monk.
This ascetic monk has exceeded the age of his destiny. He has visited the Duzhu Buddhist Sect and visited the mountains and rivers of Zhongzhou.
His martial arts are mediocre, but he is proficient in the classics of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and is good at speaking.
He stayed in Huo Mansion for more than half a year, and I obediently listened to his stories and principles for half a year, and then I settled down.
Everyone thought that after my transformation, I would embark on the right path. In fact, I had the intention of running away from home.
Looking back now, I must have seen me at my house around that time.
It was a month before I left home. My old man passed by Jinzhou and came to visit me. He saw me from a distance.
Being spoiled by the elders in my family, I didn't say hello to my old man, nor was I dragged to see him. I just passed him by in a flash.
I wonder if the elders in the family have mentioned me to my uncle.
Without thinking about it in a hurry, the old man never forgot it.
Two months later, a popular opera troupe in Zhongzhou came to Jinzhou City to perform operas.
At that time, I felt that the theater troupe was my destination.
Of course the tribesmen were very opposed to it. My father was very angry and my mother was very sad.
In the end, it was my grandfather who personally took me to join the team of that pear garden, and I started my career in the pear garden that is home to me all over the world.
I did not live up to my grandfather's favor. In less than a year, I improved in my studies, learned what I could do, and acted like what I wanted.
According to the words of those seniors, within three to five years of acting, he will definitely become a well-known opera star in Zhongzhou.
I also thought that by staying until then, would it count as a modest contribution to the family?
But unexpectedly, when we went to Zhejiang to perform, the foreign rebellion broke out.
We tried to avoid the disaster, but the war spread too quickly, and many people were killed or injured.
The troupe died and dispersed, and I lived a life of wandering in various places with strangers.
Faced with such a disaster, I naturally wanted to go home, not because I was worried about the safety of my clan, but because I thought that I would be safe if I returned to my clan, because I knew what the Huo family was like.
However, when I was still three days away from Jinzhou, I heard the bad news of the destruction of the Huo family.
I didn’t go any further during these three days of walking.
Before the Waiyi chaos ended, I found out the reason why the Huo family was wiped out, and I also knew that I was the only one left in the Huo family's bloodline.
After all, the third brother and nephew who escaped were not spared from the persecution of the thieves, and only the third brother's wife was lucky enough to survive.
It took me a year to get to Du Zhu.
Because I believe everything the ascetic said, and I believe there is the ability to take revenge.
It took me another three years to return to Zhongzhou from Duzhu.
I thought that killing someone would be just a nod to the ground, but I didn’t expect that it would take me twenty years to complete this road of revenge.
I thought it would be difficult for a mere chef to get into a temple and cook, but who would have thought...
After I returned to Zhongzhou, I found that the other party had not only changed his name, but also completely changed his appearance to be the eunuch in charge of the current dynasty.
How easy is it to get in touch with such a person?
During that time, my hatred for the Zhongzhou imperial court grew day by day.
My thoughts of revenge have also changed from killing my enemies to having the entire Zhongzhou court bury my Huo family with me!
Therefore, I tried to pull together a little-known Tushita gang and grow it from small to large.
Strengthening the Tushita Gang will not only help absorb resources to improve my strength, but also raise my level and attract the attention of the court.
But if you want to get close to the people in the court, you must first side with them.
As a result, the five famous sects, the Kyushu Four Seas League, and the Daoyi League all became my opponents.
At first I thought that it would only take three to five years to overthrow the Zhongzhou court and achieve what I wanted.
But as the situation deepened, it was discovered that the water between the Zhongzhou court and the rivers and lakes was too turbid.
It was also discovered that the spark of the foreign disaster still existed, and many people wanted to take the opportunity to do something.
Some people want to blow the east wind and bring disaster back.
Some people want to seek hegemony and change dynasties.
There are also people who just want to remove the corruption and poison and restore a bright future to Zhongzhou.
At that time, I no longer cared about Zhongzhou except for my hometown, so I plunged into the rolling torrent without hesitation.
I understand that the situation in this world cannot be controlled by me alone, so I have to make many concessions and compromises, waiting for good opportunities to come.
It was also during this period that I met many capable people, with whom I either worked against each other or cooperated with them, and my ideas were gradually shaken.
To this day, I no longer seek to overthrow the entire Zhongzhou court. After all, turmoil in the court will inevitably involve innocent people suffering.
Every wrong is committed, and every debt is committed, and I just want to get rid of the chief culprit.
Now, I think that opportunity is near!
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Of course, Smiling Maitreya still has many, many secrets that he has not revealed.
For example, why is she called "Smiling Maitreya"?
For example, her relationship with Shaolin and Shaolin Golden Seal.
Another example is when did she and Luo Piaoling "hook up"?
Jiang Yichen had already asked Luo Piaoling the latter question during his night visit to Tingyu Pavilion, and the other party's answer was obviously unconvincing to him.
Jiang Yichen knew that if he didn't ask about some secrets now, he might not have the chance to ask them in the future.
Ever since, Jiang Yichen took advantage of the wine and asked his aunt as a nephew.
Yes, Jiang Yichen, who got drunk when he touched alcohol, drank that night.
The wine is the dark wine from the village chief's house.
Although the people of Die Island are good at wine, they do not delve into wine making. In addition, the salt ban has made people panic, so the island has not purchased any fine wine from outside the island for quite some time.
Therefore, it is really rare to have this kind of turbid wine.
The village chief's house is not far from the bay. In addition to the turbid wine, there is also some seafood, which can be used to satisfy the appetite of this group of guests who have come from afar.
And even without adding salt, the boiled seafood is delicious enough with the sauce and vinegar, especially the small tube fish.
Except for Jiang Yichen, everyone at the table drank some.
Smiling Maitreya also changed into the old man's face that appeared at the foot of Jiulian Mountain.
Naturally, Jiang Yichen didn't dare to ask questions at the table.
After all, the less people knew that Smiling Maitreya was the son of Tinglan and the orphan of the Huo family whose family was wiped out, the better.
When the banquet was over, everyone took a rest.
Smiling Maitreya walked out of the village chief's house and strolled to the beach to cool off his hangover.
Jiang Yichen took a sip of wine, picked up the wine jar and the wine glass, and went to meet the smiling Maitreya alone.
Smiling Maitreya couldn't help laughing when he saw this.
If it hadn't been for the dead of night and the sound of the waves being much quieter, she would have laughed louder than when she was at the beach.
Jiang Yichen said shyly at that time: "Auntie knows that Chen'er is coming?"
Smiling Maitreya replied: "That's why I give you this opportunity, but before that, you have to convince me why I need to answer those doubts in your heart?"
Under the moonlight, Jiang Yichen's cheeks are flying.
No matter how bad the drinker is, just swallowing a small sip of turbid wine will definitely not make him feel like this.
The blush on Jiang Yichen's face was from shame, not from drunkenness.
He poured a glass of wine and said boldly: "Auntie is Chen'er's elder. If auntie really wants to know what happened to Chen'er and Miss Leng that night, how dare Chen'er hide it?"
Upon hearing this, Smiling Maitreya immediately took off his mask, revealing the face of a beautiful lady instead of an old man.
Young Master Tinglan took the wine glass from his good nephew, showed a sly smile, and said, "Deal!"
