In response to Xue Zhongzhu's words, Wei Shaoqi smiled and said nothing.

The three of them walked out of the underground stone room.

The underground entrance is at a rockery, guarded by several Wufu and Yue girls.

But at the moment, the Wufu Yue girls coming and going around are packing their things and preparing to evacuate.

The entire villa was in a quiet but busy state, and the women were as light and silent as cats.

Du Shuqing, as dull as a gourd, followed Wei Shaoqi step by step, holding "Peach Blossom Spring" in his hands.

Xuezhongzhu walked in the front, Wei Shaoqi was slightly behind this domineering lady by half a body.

After the three people walked out of the underground hiding place.

The nominal hostess of Xuemu Villa, a reclusive young lady who still retains her charm, and her two personal maids, hung silently not far behind them, following closely behind them. She did not look dissatisfied at being ignored.

The candle in the snow did not look back and continued to ask coldly:

"Seeing the light of day again? Wasn't this "Peach Blossom Spring" painted by Tao Yuanming?"

Wei Shaoqi shook his head:

"Half yes, half no."

The candle in the snow is impatient:

"What do you mean? Don't pretend to be a fool or make riddles for me. Please speak clearly."

Wei Shaoqi turned around, took the scroll from Du Shuqing's hand, and carefully touched the shaft.

He held the painting in both hands and walked forward with his back straight:

"The pictures in the scroll are from Mr. Wu's hand, and the two blood bronze shafts of the scroll were made by Tao Yuanming himself.

"The original scroll is a manuscript called "The Peach Blossom Spring", but it has disappeared long ago..."

Candle in the Snow sarcastically:

"What is it made of? I don't know where it was stolen from my sect."

Wei Shaoqi smiled and said nothing.

Xuezhongzhu said angrily:

"Over the past thousands of years, a lot of things from our sect have flowed down the mountain, and a lot of secret Qi refining knowledge has been leaked from the depths of the Queen's Palace.

"I didn't expect that I could catch someone alive today. Although the thief has turned into a handful of loess, Tao Yuanming, a legendary swordsman of Hanshi, actually did this."

She turned her head and looked at Wei Shaoqi and Du Shuqing and asked:

"So, he found the Peach Blossom Spring before he died? In Yunmeng Ze?"

Wei Shaoqi nodded gently:

"Well, otherwise there would be no need for the piece "The Peach Blossom Spring" written in his later years after he resigned."

The candle in the snow chuckled:

"Mr. Wei, aren't you and Li Zhengyan planning to rebel? Why are you taking this picture and searching for the Peach Blossom Land again and again? It seems there is something important in it."

Wei Shaoqi seemed not to have heard and said to himself:

"As far as I know, the original copy of "The Peach Blossom Spring" was in the hands of the Liu and Song royal families in the Southern Dynasty. During the Yuanjia period, a great battle was humiliatingly defeated. It was used as a trophy by the elite cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who plundered it and moved it around.

, into the hands of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei emperor surnamed Tuoba, was indeed smart and decisive, and quite powerful. However, this object left by Tao Yuanming was actually specially made for the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. Not to mention Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, including the then

Most northerners and barbarians don't know how to use it and don't know its mystery.

"In fact, as long as this "Peach Blossom Spring" has crossed the Yangtze River and left the southern country, it is no different from waste paper and has lost its function."

Speaking of this, he expressed emotion:

"But fate is so wonderful here.

"At that time, in the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there happened to be a scholar named Cui beside Emperor Taiwu, who was a son of the Han family in the north. He noticed this thing.

"This man's name is Cui Hao. He was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, a wealthy family in the north. He was a young prodigy with extraordinary resourcefulness. He served in the Northern Wei Dynasty for three dynasties. He was the most important adviser to Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was deeply trusted by him.

"Historical books say that this son's beauty is as white as a beautiful woman, but he has extensive talents and is able to study heaven and man.

"He is also well-read in classics and history, and is involved in all the mysteries of yin and yang, as well as hundreds of schools of thought. He is truly a strange person..."

Wei Shaoqi talked about it with great enthusiasm, Zhu Zhongzhong had a cold face.

After listening to it for a while, she felt vaguely that her head was heavy. She usually hated reading history, and she was most annoyed by those pretty-faced scholars who showed off their talents and knowledge and talked a lot.

It would be great if the second junior sister was here, she could pick up any topic, and she could also talk clearly and understandably... Xuezhongzhu suddenly thought of it.

But at this moment, if she doesn't say anything, wouldn't it mean that the noble Yunmeng is a fool?

Xuezhongzhu interrupted indifferently, grabbed a word and asked:

"The Cui family of Qinghe? Is it one of the five surnames and seven hopes? The wealthy family that ranks at the forefront and is the vague leader?"

Wei Shaoqi was slightly stunned and nodded:

"Yes, Cui Hao is the ancestor of the Qinghe Cui family who is now the leader of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. He is also one of the most proud ancestral tablets in the Cui family's ancestral hall in Qinghe. In the eyes of the people, the Cui family

There is a reason why women are the most expensive among the five surnames."

"Yeah." Xuezhongzhu's expression was indifferent: "Continue."

Wei Shaoqi nodded halfway, took out a white handkerchief, coughed violently, covered his mouth for a moment, and then spoke:

"Cui Hao noticed the "Peach Blossom Spring" and asked for it from Emperor Taiwu. The orthodox historical materials, including the daily records of the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, were here, and the "Peach Blossom Spring" was never mentioned again.

.

According to the subsequent official history, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, under the strong suggestion of Cui Hao, who admired Confucianism and hated Buddhism, carried out a large-scale operation to destroy Buddhist temples in the North. In the end, in the entire Northern Dynasty, only

Three hundred and twenty Buddhist temples can be operated legally, and these Buddhist temples must be painted with Jataka paintings that promote the miracles of the Buddha caused by the Tuoba royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty..."

Xuezhong Zhu looked sideways and saw Wei Shaoqi paused for a moment when he said this.

"What do you mean? Tell me clearly." She frowned and urged.

Wei Shaoqi slowly stroked the scroll of "Peach Blossom Spring":

"So, from then on, Tao Yuanming's "The Peach Blossom Spring" was gone. No, there was still half of it. Only these two axes made of blood bronze were left."

"No more? Could it be that it was destroyed by Cui Hao? Only the shaft was left in the fire."

Wei Shaoqi slowly shook his head, recalling with his eyes:

"Mr. Wu said that a piece of "Peach Blossom Spring" has a total of three hundred and twenty words."

"I don't care how many words it is..." Xue Zhongzhu subconsciously spoke. Halfway through, the words slowly stopped: "Three hundred and twenty?"

She asked: "Is it related to the remaining 320 Buddhist temples?"

Wei Shaoqi said with emotion:

"What a Cui Hao. Tao Yuanming worked hard and devoted himself to create the "Peach Blossom Spring" scroll for the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. He dismantled it into 320 characters and installed it in 320 Buddhist temples.

“What was originally limited to the southern dynasties, became the cornerstone of the Northern Wei Dynasty’s suppression of the national destiny in the scent of incense lingering in hundreds of Buddhist temples in the north.

"Including the rebellion in the Six Towns, which Tuoba clan bloodyly suppressed with the edge of the tripod sword in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, it lingered on for eleven years.

"Cui Hao's move will extend the life of the Northern Wei Dynasty for at least eighty years.

"No wonder the Cui family of Qinghe was extremely favored in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and firmly ranked among the top noble families in the north, laying the foundation for the leadership of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, and the ancestral shadow continues to this day.

"What the current puppet Zhou Dynasty, Si Tianjian, and the four imperial guards are playing are all leftovers from Cui Hao's play."

Candles in the snow move forward silently.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

Wei Shaoqi coughed violently and covered his mouth with a handkerchief for a while, but there was a smile at the corner of his mouth:

"One Tao Yuanming and the other Cui Hao are representatives of scholars in the Southern Dynasties and Northern Dynasties respectively. It's a pity that the two lived in the same era, but they had never met due to the estrangement of the Northern and Southern War. As for the confrontation in "Peach Blossom Spring",

I still don’t think it’s satisfying, but it’s still groundbreaking...

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, Yunmeng Jianze has always been far away from the world. You are independent and hidden from the world. You are the number one sword sect in the world. You have specially created the position of hidden monarch that matches the sword holder's lineage.

It should be the most original and authentic school of sword holders and sword protectors.

"What do you think of the new school of swordsmen created by these two scholars from the north and the south?"

Xue Zhongzhu in front could not clearly see her specific face, but her tone was a little dull:

"I only have three words."

"What three words?"

"No disciples."

Wei Shaoqi:......

Du Shuqing:......
To be continued...