Food and drinks are served…
Neither the Ning brothers nor Hua Yangzi regarded each other as outsiders. They should eat and drink when they should...
Ning Sanniang is brave and valiant, and has a carefree temperament. In addition, she lives in a Jianghu gang, so she is proficient in eating meat and drinking wine...
Maybe it was because she was afraid of poverty in her early years, and she couldn't hold back the light food on the mountain. After coming down from the mountain, she had a compensatory and revengeful mentality, and now she has an extremely heavy appetite.
Like a gourmet, not only can you eat, but you can also eat...
"Master, please try this..."
Ning Sanniang stood up and tore half of a red-skinned duck and handed it to Hua Yangzi's mouth. She chuckled and said, "This is the red-skinned duck from Zuifenglou. It's very fragrant and is a must-have here."
"..."
Hua Yangzi's face twitched when he saw this...
"When you go out, what kind of rules and regulations are you observing?"
Seeing her master's attitude, Ning Sanniang curled her lips and murmured: "Besides, it's not like I haven't seen you secretly go to the tooth ceremony. There are no outsiders here. You have a taste...a taste..."
"Traitor!"
Hua Yangzi glared at her angrily, scolding her as a 'traitor', but took the red-skinned duck and tasted it...
"Hey hey hey~"
Ning Sanniang saw this and said with a smile, "I know you are good at this!"
Next to him, Ning Hongwu was holding back his laughter. He was holding back his laughter but did not dare to laugh out loud. He could only change the subject to distract his attention: "Sanniang, when it comes to the red-skinned duck in Zuifeng Tower, I remember Here’s an interesting thing about you.”
"Well?"
Ning Sanniang glanced at him in surprise when she heard this and asked, "Any interesting things related to me?"
"Do you still remember the dock worker you saved from Zhang Wannian a few days ago?"
"The one who killed Zhang Shichen?"
"Yes, that's the boy..."
Ning Hongwu nodded and told the story about Liu Shen and the 'Red Duck' as if telling a story.
"Hehehe~"
Ning Sanniang was also happy to hear this and said with a smile: "So, that boy and I are destined to be together."
"The matter of fate is indeed wonderful..."
Hua Yangzi then thought of the funeral procession he met on the road today, and sighed: "Some fates cannot be avoided even if you want to; some fates cannot be obtained even if you want to force them."
"..."
Ning Sanniang nodded thoughtfully...
"That's right, senior."
Ning Hongwu seemed to have thought of something, and put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and said seriously: "I heard from Sanniang that Senior is looking for something when he travels around. Now Senior's Qingsha Gang is the only one in this area, and he also has many people under his command. Seniors, if you can find anything useful, please feel free to speak out."
"..."
Hua Yangzi just smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing: "It would be great if I could find it manually."
Ning Sanniang frowned when she heard this and asked in confusion: "Master, what exactly are you looking for? Why haven't you found it after five years?"
"This matter involves a lot, and it seems that it has something to do with your Cao Gang..."
Hua Yangzi hesitated for a while, thinking that he had gained nothing in the past few years, and that everything he needed to know about the news was already known, so there was no need to hide it.
"What I'm looking for as a teacher is luck."
He sighed and asked: "Do you know how the previous dynasty died?"
"Luck? Previous dynasty?"
Ning Sanniang scratched her head. She really didn't understand the relationship between the 'luck' that Master was looking for and the 'previous dynasty'...
"The previous dynasty was Liu Han, who died in the reign of Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty."
Ning Hongwu pondered for a while and said: "The Han Dynasty was very powerful, but Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with success, extravagant and lustful, cruel and unkind, and looked down on the virtuous and arrogant."
"In the more than ten years since Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty reigned, he frequently launched dozens of wars externally; internally, he abused the power of the people and frequently enslaved millions of people in the world to satisfy his selfish desires."
"In order to make it easier to travel, we dug two rivers and three rivers, built canals passing through eight provinces and thirteen prefectures, built tens of thousands of dragon boat boats for the entertainment of hundreds of officials, overhauled palaces, gardens, and villas in various places, and visited the people every year. Virgins, those with good looks and qualities, will be given tribute every year..."
"There are so many debaucheries and deliriums that it is difficult to describe..."
"The people's rebellion became more and more violent, but they were massacred one after another. Fortunately, Taizu Qian was favored by heaven and issued a proclamation to all counties and counties, enumerating the various crimes of Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty, and many people responded..."
"In the end, Liu Han perished and Emperor Yong of Han also died at the hands of Qian Taizu."
"..."
After Ning Hongwu finished speaking, he saw his sister staring at him in surprise, as if asking, 'Brother, when did you know so much? '
He curled his lips and explained: "These stories are in both storybooks and operas, but you have never paid attention to them."
"The country is destroyed by its weakness, and the Han Dynasty is destroyed by its strength..."
Hua Yangzi sighed: "Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty was not a Yong Emperor, nor did he die at the hands of Taizu Qian. The fall of Liu Han involved too much and too deep. Even I don't know it clearly. I only know a rough idea."
"..."
Ning Hongwu's heart moved when he heard this. After looking around, he asked softly: "Senior, are you talking about the Holy Fire Sect?"
"good."
Hua Yangzi nodded slightly and said: "According to legend, Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty dug canals, built dragon boats, built palaces, and selected women not for pleasure, but to support the country's destiny and the national destiny of the Han Dynasty."
"But he was too hasty, overestimating himself and underestimating the people's determination to rebel against him..."
"There were already internal and external troubles. In addition, the people of the Holy Fire Cult who were secretly watching the country's destiny took the opportunity to cut off the connection between the country's destiny and him. This led to the 'lone man's demise by force'."
"According to legend, after the fall of Liu Han, the national destiny was not completely dispersed, but was left behind in two rivers and three rivers. Taizu Qian built the Fushan Weir on the upper reaches of the Shajiang River to guard the world's water flow, in order to integrate the national destiny into the Qian..."
"I wonder if you still remember the flood that swept through two areas of the Five Prefectures five years ago..."
Seeing the Ning brothers and sisters nodding, Hua Yangzi continued to explain: "The flood was caused by the bursting of the Fushan Weir!!"
"During that time, things were changing, and strange things were born."
"I have calculated and searched for a long time before I figured out that the bursting of the Fushan Weir was supposed to be a good omen for the national destiny, but for some reason it was accompanied by the ominous sign of Yinghuo Shouxin."
"Later, I looked for friends, looked up literature and history, and then visited the man from Qintiansi. Only then did I learn that the bursting of Fushan Weir was probably caused by the change of national fortunes of the previous dynasty!"
"In short, Taizu Qian's wish failed. The national destiny of the previous dynasty, which had been cultivated for many years, could not be integrated with the national destiny of Daqian. Instead, he transformed into another and broke out of the barrier!"
"..."
The Ning family brother and sister were stunned when they heard this...
Although they are all warriors and do not understand such mysterious things as "national destiny" and "astrology", they are not stupid. They can understand that the impact of this matter must be very great!
“The fate of the country of the previous dynasty took a turn for the worse…”
Ning Hongwu frowned and asked: "Senior, I don't know what the so-called national destiny of the previous dynasty was formed into? Is it really a dragon?"
"It's hard to say..."
Hua Yangzi sighed, shook his head, and said with a sigh: "According to rumors, the national destiny of the Han Dynasty that Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty wanted to cultivate was in the shape of a dragon. But after all, Emperor Yong of the Han Dynasty had been dead for many years, and the national destiny of the Han Dynasty was not cultivated according to his ideas. , so no one knows whether the national destiny is transformed into the shape of a dragon..."
His voice paused, and he added with meaning: "It could be a dragon, it could be a tree by the river, a fish in the river, or it could even be... a person..."
“Maybe it’s a human???”
Ning Sanniang's beautiful eyebrows knitted together when she heard this, and she murmured, "Can that stupid thing turn into a human being?"
"Who knows..."
Hua Yangzi smiled and said: "Besides, even if you can't turn into a human being, you can still possess a human body..."
He smiled discreetly as he spoke, and added: "Over the years, heroes in the Cao Gang have emerged together, and their reputation in the world has become stronger, which may have something to do with this matter."
"this……"
When Ning Hongwu heard this, he felt his temples twitching. He was obviously shocked by the secret.
"Do not believe?"
Seeing his posture, Hua Yangzi thought he didn't believe it, so he smiled and said, "Do you know what martial arts practice means: 'You can't make it without luck'?"
"If you think about it carefully, among those who have achieved success in practicing martial arts, which one is not an outstanding figure blessed by good luck?"
“So, do you have good fortune first before you can achieve anything, or do you have success first and then do you have good luck?”
"I personally prefer the former. Without that kind of luck, it won't be possible!"
Hua Yangzi pondered for a while and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I once suspected that the leader of your Cao Gang, Tu Xiong, was the one favored by the previous dynasty..."
