Chapter 5: The Woman Holding the Hammer, King Daming's Viewpoint
Lu Jing's life experience is actually not as simple as being born as a commoner.
If he were just a commoner, his situation in the Lu Mansion would never be so difficult.
Sixteen years ago, Lu Shenyuan, the newly enthroned General Shenxiao of the Lu family, returned to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors. On the way, he met Lu Jing due to an affair.
But Lu Shenyuan didn't know about this at the time.
After Lu Jing's biological mother gave birth to Lu Jing, she raised him alone in a small town in Jiuhu Prefecture for eight years.
In the past eight years, Lu Jing's biological mother has always been happy with her, and has no intention of letting Lu Jing recognize her as a relative. Mother and son depend on each other, and she is content to live her life like this.
But later, Lu Jing's biological mother contracted a serious illness.
She knew that her fate was not long, so she had to set off for Taixuanjing to let Lu Jing recognize his ancestor and return to his clan.
There are actually many twists and turns in this.
For example, when Lu Jing's mother led him to travel two thousand miles across mountains and rivers, he appeared on Changning Street, which is ten miles away.
Neither the old lady of the Lu family nor the eldest lady of the Lu family believed that Lu Jing was of Lu Shenyuan's bloodline.
The reason is that Lu Jing's features look very much like his sick but beautiful mother, but there is no trace of Lu Shenyuan.
Lu Shenyuan has always been as majestic as a prison, but on this matter he was just silent.
So the old lady of the Lu family, the eldest lady, turned away the mother and son.
Lu Jing's biological mother did not beg the Lu family to accept them, nor did she bargain to give the Lu family a buffer of time.
With a gentle heart and never wanting to hurt anyone, she resolutely took Lu Jing to Taixuan Jingfu to beat drums and complain, suing Lu Shenyuan for abandoning his bloodline and raising an heir.
"As a woman who paints a boat, my life is as low as that of an animal. Death is not worth pitying. General Shenxiao, not to mention abandoning me, even if he beats me to death, it is within the law.
But my son, Lu Jing, has the blood of the Jiuhu Lu family flowing in his flesh and bones. If he abandons his son without raising him and has shortcomings in personal ethics, how can he inherit the title?"
With thousands of people watching, Lu Jing's biological mother held a drumstick in one hand and held Lu Jing in the other. She knelt in front of Taixuan Palace Yin and spoke these words word for word...
It's natural to have a romantic relationship, give birth to an heir, and live somewhere else... This is naturally a common thing.
But the only one who caused trouble in Taixuanjing was Lu Shenyuan of the Jiuhu Lu family!
Therefore, there were noble people in Taixuan Court asking about this matter, and fierce public opinion was stirring in the streets.
The Lu family had no choice but to take mother and son into the house.
So, there was a joke eight years ago, and Lu Jing's mother and son were able to enter the Lu Mansion.
Lu Jing, who was young at the time, didn't know why his mother did this. He was a little two years older, and he once resented his mother for doing things so cruelly that they were treated coldly and coldly in the Lu family.
But later, my mother's illness became more and more serious, and she passed away soon.
Only then did Lu Jing realize that his biological mother had already predicted that her time was running out and could not trust him, so she abandoned all worldly restraints and mustered up great courage to make such a decision...
"There are no ghosts who starve to death in the rich family. It is better to be looked down upon by others than to be trapped in the unprovoked evil current and die quietly."
Before my mother passed away, she suddenly stopped coughing.
She grabbed Lu Jing's hand and said to him.
…
These many memories appeared in Lu Jing's mind, making Lu Jing at this moment unable to stop missing the woman who always looked at him tenderly.
That gaze is as humble as moss and as solemn as the earth.
Lu Jing tossed and turned, still unable to fall asleep, and felt that his spirit was extremely clear, so he simply took out the map of the Ming Dynasty King.
Under the candlelight, Lu Jing took a closer look at the picture of the Ming King's gods.
He quickly spread the pictures on the table and closed his eyes.
Thoughts began to outline and visualize the Great Ming King Yantian in my mind.
In the darkness, everything is so blurry,
The first thing that was outlined was the ball of light held in the left hand of the Great Sage Yantian, the King of Ming Dynasty.
The light is blazing, hot and shining.
As the light became more and more obvious.
Lu Jing clearly felt that he was not as fragile as last time, his blood was not exhausted, and his spirit was not sluggish.
At the same time, Lu Jing felt that the skin, fascia, bones and even blood under his body were being roasted by strange power.
Make them hotter and hotter!
One breath, two breaths, three breaths...
As Lu Jing became more and more focused.
Suddenly a white light flashed in his mind.
In an instant, Lu Jing felt less tired, and even became more focused and relaxed while visualizing.
He reacted: "This white light is probably my destiny of [diligence and hard work]. It can make me more focused and reduce fatigue during practice."
"This white destiny has such a miraculous effect."
Time gradually passed, and the strange feeling in Lu Jing's body became more and more intense.
Five breaths, eight breaths, ten breaths...
Until about twelve breaths.
Lu Jing clearly felt that the painful feeling he had when he meditated for the first time was coming back.
So he decisively interrupted his visualization and slowly opened his eyes.
"Don't be too hasty. The last time I visualized, I obviously hurt myself because of the visualization. If it weren't for the nourishment of Lu Jing's soul, I'm afraid I would have to rest for more than ten days to recover."
"If I feel tired, I should stop practicing. In this way, I only need to rest for an hour or two before my spirit can recover and I can continue to meditate."
Lu Jing let out a long breath.
He felt that even the breath he exhaled was hot.
He keenly felt that his strength seemed to have increased and his body became much lighter.
Under the dim candlelight, Lu Jing saw several ants at the threshold struggling to drag the body of another small insect.
He felt more and more the mystery of this visualization of the Great Ming King Yantian.
"The effect was immediate."
Lu Jing was deeply surprised and nodded with satisfaction: "Visualizing the Great Ming King seems to be tempering my spirit and beating my body..."
The fate of "diligence and hard work" also played a big role in the visualization practice just now.
"Without the destiny of [diligence and hard work], I would not be able to appreciate the twelve-breath time at all. I might last eight or nine breaths at most before I have to stop and rest.
It seems that this destiny is also very strange, maybe I can get more destiny in the future."
Lu Jing extinguished the candle and lay down to rest.
Before falling asleep, for some unknown reason, he suddenly thought of his original wife.
"Nan Heyu..."
Nan Heyu, the genius of swordsmanship, studied under Luo Mingyue, the great master of swordsmanship of Yuxing Island, and is one of the most proud sons of Heaven in Taixuanjing today.
She was born into a distinguished family and was the direct grandson of Duke Dafu Nanguo. She was the most favored by Duke Nanguo. In the past two or three years, the elderly Duke Nanguo had also proposed many times that he wanted to summon Nan Heyu back to the capital to become the inheritor of the title.
It's just that Nan Heyu didn't care about accepting the title and refused many times.
Later, it happened that Duke Nan Guo was seriously ill and needed Nan Heyu to get married.
And Lu Jing is Nan Heyu’s marriage partner.
But after Nan Heyu returned to Beijing, things changed slightly.
The Duke of Nanguo seemed to have regretted his decision.
Chapter completed!