After hearing his son's question, Yuan Zhizheng glared at him, but sighed helplessly: "Is it true that my Yuan family has no successor? As the eldest son of the Yuan family, you have been learning from me since you can remember. This is the art of celestial phenomena and divination. But I didn’t expect that after more than twenty years, I have worked so hard, but you still haven’t learned the essence, and you are not even half as good as your sister.”
"There is such a discord between the celestial phenomena and the hexagrams. You didn't even notice that your father is extremely disappointed in you. I really don't know where your thoughts have been in these years? Your younger brothers are even worse. Except for medical skills and Apart from being able to do a good job in Feng Shui, I put all my energy into learning martial arts. Is our Yuan family really going to decline? How will I be able to meet the ancestors of the Yuan family in the future? "
The young Taoist priest looked embarrassed after being reprimanded by his father. He wanted to defend himself, but after looking at his father's face, he finally did not dare to say anything. He could only be honest enough to ask his father to reprimand him. In fact, Yuan Zhizheng still knows in his heart whether Yuan's eldest son has put his mind on this. He knew that none of his sons, including the eldest son, were interested.
In this generation of the Yuan family, only his youngest daughter is interested in astronomy and divination, or has talent. Although this daughter learns these things more for fun, my little daughter is really talented. It's just that Yuan Weining is a girl anyway. Not only is she unable to pass on the sect, but she is also reluctant to put this burden on her daughter.
But thinking of his little daughter's current situation, Mr. Yuan's face turned even worse. Looking at the submissive son beside him, he said after a long time: "How is your sister these days? Has she slept? Is she still so reactive? Since she is willing to talk to you, an elder brother, you should tell her not to be so so. If you are willful, you are going to be a mother, and you can’t stop eating just because you are vomiting.”
Hearing his father mention his sister, the eldest son beside him hurriedly agreed, then looked at his father's face and said: "Father, do our Yuan family just accept this matter? Even if the King of England becomes the crown prince, So what? With a family like our Yuan family, isn’t it worthy of their Tian family? If my little sister gets married, it will be more than enough for her to become a crown prince and a royal concubine."
"Now it's so unclear, with a big belly, and a child with an unknown father. What can I do about my little sister's name? Besides, will my little sister really not get married in the future? She will have no name and no status. Guarding for him? Father, this is related to my little sister's lifelong happiness. As the prince of the Qi Dynasty, he, the King of England, can't just wipe it clean and just admit it."
Despite his son's unwillingness, Yuan Zhizheng let out a long sigh and said: "I don't understand what you said. But if you let Bao'er marry into the Tian family, how can you really make her happy? Your sister Being naive and straightforward is not the material to win favor at all. How can there be less open and covert fighting in the harem? It may even implicate the entire Yuan family. "
"What's more, the King of England doesn't care, but that Concubine Jing behind him? Do you really think that Concubine Jing is just an ordinary woman in the harem? Even the current emperor may not know the true identity of this person. Today and the emperor To be honest, if she had come forward during the Huaiyang Rebellion and taken over the old Huaiyang Ministry that had become a mess, the Qi Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago."
"Even now, if she wants to do something, I'm afraid the emperor is far from her opponent. If it weren't for that year, I only learned of her true identity by chance and saw her skills, even I would have to Being kept in the dark. Being married to such an in-law is probably not a good thing for the Yuan family. The King of England is talented and skillful, but this is not the most taboo thing for a father. "
"Even the emperor would not let me be so taboo. The only one who can make me taboo is this Concubine Jing. You don't know her methods. Let's put it this way, don't think she lives in seclusion in the palace. It has been more than twenty years, but if you want to bring down our Yuan family, it is just a matter of effort. As for her true identity, for the sake of the Yuan family, you should not inquire."
At this point, Yuan Zhizheng looked at the celestial phenomena again, pondered for a moment before continuing: "My father just divined a hexagram, and the hexagrams have now made it clear that the world is about to be in chaos, and the Qi Dynasty will not have many years of national destiny. This time As a result, my father’s divination in the past ten years has made almost no difference. This is why my father insisted on resigning and going into seclusion despite the emperor’s repeated attempts to stay.”
"Our Yuan family is a celestial family, and getting involved with the Tian family at this time may be a disaster rather than a blessing. Once the secrets of heaven are leaked and let outsiders know that our Yuan family really has the ability to peek into the secrets of heaven, neither the emperor nor the person who wins the world in the future will be able to do so. We can't spare our Yuan family. Don't forget that Li Chunfeng, who was as famous as our ancestors back then. Even more popular than our ancestors, will be the fate of his descendants."
"It took more than ten generations of the Yuan family and hundreds of years of fighting with the Tianshi Sect to create this huge foundation. Now the branches of the Yuan family have almost spread all over the north of the Yangtze River. If the fall of the Qi Dynasty is imminent, I have to consider the Yuan family's 400-year-old foundation. Hundreds of people died. What's more, my father calculated this hexagram, and it's no different from before. But now my father can't understand this celestial phenomenon."
"The Greedy Wolf Star, which was originally in the southwest and was very bright, has now moved to the northwest, and its light has become much weaker. The Pojun Star and the Seven Killing Star that fell on Guangnan West Road have been replaced by a 19-year-old star. The new star that emerged just now is slightly suppressed. But where should this new star be, my father has never been able to tell. The most important thing is that this new star is hidden on the side of the Emperor Star."
"Nineteen years ago, the starlight was extremely weak when it first appeared, but in the past two years it has become increasingly brighter. Not only are they faintly suppressing the three evil stars, they are even faintly suppressing the emperor star's light. From then on Judging from this astrology, although the national destiny of the Qi Dynasty is somewhat dangerous, it still has hundreds of years of national destiny. The gap between it and the hexagrams is so big that even my father dare not make a conclusion."
After saying this, the descendant of the Yuan family hesitated for a moment, then picked up the copper coins on the stone table and made another prediction. But this result is exactly the same as the last time, and the hexagram of this hexagram also shows that the world is in chaos. Seeing this result again, Yuan Tianzheng of Da Qi Dynasty frowned more and more. After a long while, he shook his head gently and sighed.
Regarding his father's assertion, Yuan Zhizheng, the eldest son in Taoist robes, looked sad when he saw his father looking at the hexagrams on the stone table, but he scratched his head and said: "Father, this change of dynasty is God's will, far from it. I'll wait for the manpower to do it. You better not worry about that, as long as our family doesn't leak the secret. The question now is, what should we do about the little sister?"
"My little sister was tainted by the King of England and got pregnant. She had a temper and insisted on keeping the child, but you agreed. You also know the temper of my little sister. Now that she is pregnant, her reaction is a little bigger. She is There is nothing you can do about grounding her. It would be strange not to go to the King of England after she has finished giving birth. If word gets out that my little sister is pregnant before we are married, my little sister's reputation will be ruined."
Hearing his son's words, Yuan Zhizheng couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Asshole, although this change of dynasties is God's will, it can't be reversed without human power. But every time there is a change of dynasties, do you know how many innocent people will die in vain in the flames of war? If I wait How can Taoists practice Taoism if they have such disregard for the common people? Now that the world is about to be in chaos, are you ashamed to say this?"
"As for Bao'er's affairs, you don't have to worry about it. She has a far-sighted vision than you, the eldest son of the Yuan family. With this order, starting from tomorrow, all the Taoist temples under my Yuan family will start thinking of ways to stock up on food and medicine. . Remember, you are not allowed to attract the attention of the court. Also this year and next, all the temples under the Yuan family will be closed. When to reopen the mountain gate, you need to follow the orders of the master."
"I'll leave this matter to you. If you can't do it well, don't think about it. I will be the next head of the Yuan family. I will be in seclusion in two days. I'm afraid Bao'er will give birth when I come out. I will be in seclusion during this period. Today, you have to take care of everything at home. Take good care of your mother, restrain your brothers, and the disciples under your sect. No one is allowed to go down the mountain before I leave seclusion."
After giving the instructions, Yuan Zhizheng felt a little disgusted. He ignored his stunned son who heard the news that he was going to retreat, and turned around and left the courtyard. This son is actually pretty good, he behaves maturely and steadily in front of outsiders, and he handles things appropriately. But in Yuan Zhizheng's opinion, if he takes on the position of the head of the family, he will be a little worse mentally.
The most troublesome thing about this son is that he puts most of his energy into his family's martial arts. The Yuan family really started their career in astronomy and divination, but they only learned a lot about it. The Taoist canons handed down from our ancestors are also a mess. He forgot that the Yuan family was not one of those martial arts families, but a Taoist family like Jiangnan Tianshi Mansion.
As the next generation head of the family, how could he have lost this ancestral craftsmanship? Even if you are no longer interested, you must study divination and observing the sky with your heart. This is the ancestral motto passed down by the Yuan family for hundreds of years. But the problem is that no matter what he said, although this son followed his request, his real thoughts were not at all.
He also didn't want to think about it. If it hadn't been for the imperial court for more than a hundred years, because the Yuan family had been secretly supported by Qin Tianjian, how could the Yuan family have developed to the current level? How can we defeat the Tianshi Sect, which has been flourishing for more than a thousand years since the late Han Dynasty, and unified Taoism in Jiangbei? Maybe they would have been like the Li family who couldn't see the situation clearly, failed in the battle between Buddhism and Taoism, and were exterminated by the former Tang emperor.
Thinking of this, Yuan Zhizheng felt that his legacy would be difficult to pass on. Because for him, his eldest son didn't like these things and was obsessed with martial arts. He didn't originally have other choices. Anyway, his petite and exquisite wife gave him several sons in one breath, so he didn't have to worry about his heir. . But the problem is that although there are many sons, none of them are interested in the ancestral craftsmanship.
Just thinking about his other sons gave Yuan Zhizheng an even bigger headache. Some of these sons have become better at martial arts, and some have indulged in medical skills. There is also a man who has no interest in divination, astronomical phenomena, or feng shui, but is obsessed with making statues of gods. The portrait of Emperor Zhenwu was so lifelike that even when he saw it, he thought his true body had arrived and couldn't help but burn incense and kowtow.
This is actually okay, no matter what, I haven't forgotten my ancestors. The key is the most ridiculous one. He was born in a Taoist sect, but he is extremely interested in all the disciples of various schools of thought, but he has no interest at all in Taoist theory. He even opened and shut his mouth, saying nothing but strange power and confusion. This prodigal thing, has he really forgotten what his ancestors did for a living?
What left him speechless the most was that this naughty kid who was dedicated to destroying his own family not only ranked second in high school this year, but also won the second place in the second class. And in the third section, this naughty boy who was so angry that he would not pay for his life actually wrote about the pros and cons of Buddhism and Taoism to the court. He even cited his own example to prove time and again that the land occupied by Buddhist temples and Taoist temples was the biggest obstacle restricting the source of the imperial court's annual income.
