Although Tan Yuanchang was the first king with a different surname in the Chu Kingdom, the title of "King Side by Side" was too noble. Only Tan Yuanchang himself could use this title.
His next generation can only be canonized as ordinary princes.
But even so, according to the canonization regulations at that time.
Tan Yuanchang needed to designate the heirs who would inherit the throne during his lifetime. Then, after his death, the designated heirs would carry the canonization certificate to the Ministry of Officials in Kyoto for verification and merits and demerits, and then the emperor would decide whether to seize or remove the title.
Over the years, Tan Yuanchang gave birth to three sons, namely Tan Zicheng, Tan Ziren and Tan Ziyi.
The three children were all capable of literature and martial arts, and Tan Zicheng was the most powerful. Therefore, Tan Zicheng was already recognized as the next prince early on. The Emperor of Chu also directly canonized him as the Prince of Tiancheng County.
And here's the problem.
At that time, no one thought that Prince Chang could live such a long life.
Prince Tiancheng still failed to inherit the throne until he died of old age.
Later, Prince Tiancheng gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
They are Tan Mingyuan, Tan Mingqing, and their youngest daughter Tan Minghuang.
Until Tan Minghuang got married, Tan Yuanchang was still alive.
Faced with this unprecedented situation, even the second Emperor of Chu at that time was quite helpless.
As a last resort, the Emperor of Chu could only skip the hereditary rules and canonize one Tan Mingyuan and Tan Mingqing as General Zhaowu, the first rank, and the other as General Jianwei, the first rank.
Tan Minghuang was given the title of first-grade imperial concubine because she directly married Qin Zhiwei, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Later, as the eldest son, Tan Mingyuan also gave birth to Tan Wanjun and Tan Qing.
As the crown prince, Tan Qing had no need to be given a title, while Tan Wanjun was given the title of Princess Qingyun, with the same status as princess.
Even the Emperor of Chu seemed to intend for the third prince to marry Tan Wanjun.
And in Prince Chang's Mansion, Tan Mingyuan was sitting on the main seat in the hall with a gloomy expression.
In the center of the hall, a soldier in scale armor knelt on one knee, with his helmeted head so low that his back could be seen. There were several people in the hall, but they were all silent.
"Were you unable to find the crown prince and the princess?"
Tan Mingyuan was silent for a long time, and then spoke to the deputy general below in a hoarse and heavy tone.
"The general is incompetent!
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The deputy general below did not dare to raise his head, and his tone was full of dejection and shame.
Looking at the deputy general below, even though he had been with Tan Mingyuan for more than ten years, Tan Mingyuan couldn't help but want to throw the teacup on the table away at this moment.
But in the end he held it back, but his originally straight waist suddenly collapsed at this moment.
"Jun'er, Qing'er, Yuan Pei"
At this moment, Tan Mingyuan completely lost his so-called general demeanor.
It's the end of the New Year. According to the regulations of previous years, Tan Wanjun and Tan Qing need to go to Kyoto every year to accompany the Emperor of Chu to watch the New Year. In the past, it was Tan Mingyuan and his three children, but after they got a family, they were replaced by his children.
Therefore, they could not reunite as a family to celebrate the New Year this year, but this was an established rule after all, so Tan Mingyuan did not have much reaction except for being a little reluctant.
Just half a month ago, he personally put his wife and children in the car. His younger son, Tan Qing, was quite happy and eager to leave the palace. His daughter had a stable temperament, so he didn't need to worry too much. What's more, there was Dai Yuanpei this time.
Accompanying him, although this way, he would be alone, but with Yuan Pei here, he didn't need to worry too much.
Therefore, when he waved goodbye, he still had a slight smile on his lips.
But I didn't expect that it would only last a week.
Suddenly it rained heavily.
This heavy rain swept the entire Tianmen Pass, even the Xiliang Plain was covered.
This rain lasted for eight days!
Looking from a distance, the entire Xiliang Plain seems to have turned into a lake, with puddles everywhere.
I heard reports that there were varying degrees of flooding in Xichuan County, and there were even flash floods!
After learning this information, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Sure enough, unexpectedly, when he received the report of a flash flood, his deputy Zuo Qian stepped forward to report it.
Something happened to Tan Wanjun and the others!
What came back was a guard who unexpectedly survived after being scattered by a flash flood.
When the guard arrived at the palace, he was already seriously injured.
After explaining the situation, he breathed his last directly in front of the mansion.
It is conceivable that he had been relying on a belief to support him before, but now that he has successfully delivered the information, he has no regrets.
But he left simply, but Zuo Qian's face turned ashen.
The eldest lady, the prince, and the second wife
When Zuo Qian thought that these three people might be killed in a flash flood, Zuo Qian felt a little dizzy.
As Tan Mingyuan's deputy general, he did not communicate much with the second wife, but the eldest lady and the prince often met and communicated.
Especially the eldest lady, her martial arts skills were initially learned from these lieutenants.
As for the eldest lady and the prince, it is not an exaggeration to say that they have watched them grow up.
But now, something happened to them!
What was even more uncomfortable was that he didn't know how to tell his general in detail.
After Zuo Qian recovered, he immediately called a centurion and ordered him to arrange a team of people to search the route that the eldest lady had taken. After the centurion took the order, he turned back and entered the mansion.
Report to Tan Mingyuan.
Sure enough, after Tan Mingyuan heard this information, he swayed on the spot and almost fell.
With the support of his personal bodyguard Li Wei, he reluctantly stood up, his eyes were red, he grabbed Zuo Qian's shoulders, his fingers almost dug into his flesh, and kept asking under his breath whether the information was accurate.
Facing Tan Mingyuan's questioning, Zuo Qian could only endure the discomfort in his shoulder, and then explained that he had arranged for troops to confirm and search along the way, and that he would have to wait for a while to get results.
After Tan Mingyuan learned about it, he waved his hand again and directly arranged for the captain to lead nine more teams and thousands of troops to search along the previous direction.
Two days later, the search results were returned.
gained nothing
According to the soldiers' search results, there was indeed a flash flood along Tan Wanjun's original route. The original road had been washed away by the flash flood, making it impossible for the soldiers to pass.
It will take at least half a month to dig and tidy up this road. After half a month, the day lily will be cold.
While searching along the road, they only found the corpses of the previous escorts in the area where flash floods were raging downstream. Most of these corpses died of drowning, and a small number of them died of impact or collision.
Among them are many of the personal guards who previously protected Tan Wanjun and others.
These guards are the new Xiliang army trained by the 10,000 Xiliang Iron Army left by Prince Chang. Their combat power and quality far exceed that of ordinary infantry.
But they are still so powerless in the face of such flash floods.
The appearance of these corpses is undoubtedly bad news.
Even they were not spared, so how could Tan Wanjun and others escape from such a natural disaster?
Therefore, Tan Mingyuan acted like this after going back to report.
As a military family, the Tan family's behavior has always been decisive and straightforward.
Faced with this situation, Tan Mingyuan, as a father and husband, naturally has extravagant hopes in his heart.
But as the general guarding Xiliang, he knew that he couldn't take any chances at this time.
Others don't know, but as a Tan family member, he naturally knows that his grandfather, Tan Yuanchang, who is called the God of War and the God of War by the Chu Kingdom, is not in Prince Chang's Mansion at this time.
After his father, Prince Tiancheng, passed away, his grandfather, Tan Yuanchang, left a book one day and left the palace.
It is said to be a book, but in fact, after opening it, the content is more like a diary written by Tan Yuanchang.
In this book, he learned a secret.
That is, his grandfather has indeed become a enlightened warrior.
This book contains Tan Yuanchang's insights after becoming a enlightened warrior, as well as his thoughts, future arrangements for the palace, and his own situation.
Based on his grandfather's records in the book, Tan Mingyuan learned part of the truth about force in this world.
In the book, Tan Mingyuan learned that his grandfather, who looked even younger than his father, suffered a great blow after he sent away his son.
In the letter, Tan Yuanchang said that in the duel between him and Hu Yanbi, although he won later, in fact, at that time, Hu Yanbi's sword almost split him in half.
Normally, Tan Yuanchang would definitely die from such an injury.
But maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe after he killed Hu Yanbi, there seemed to be something magical that allowed him to break through the pulse condensation when he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and became the first in this era, or maybe
He is the last warrior to gain enlightenment.
In the book, Tan Yuanchang describes the enlightened martial artist this way.
The energy is awakened, and the energy is condensed into a gang, invisible and shadowless, unstoppable;
Qi and blood are like dragons, marrow is refined like pulp, without dirt or leakage, and it goes against the innate nature;
This sixteen-character summary is a sentence that Tan Yuanchang came up with on his own after he entered the realm of enlightenment.
There are also some words about invisible energy that can penetrate the body and hurt people by picking leaves and flying flowers. When I saw Tan Mingyuan, I just thought I was reading a book.
Moreover, from his records, Tan Mingyuan learned that in the more distant era, the warriors in the world were not what they are now.
In today's martial arts world, most of them are body-forging warriors. There are very few pulse-condensing masters. Most of them are just pretending to be gods and ghosts. Real pulse-condensing warriors are very rare.
Not to mention the enlightened martial artist, as far as Tan Yuanchang knows, maybe he is the only one in this world.
In the last era, there were countless body-forging warriors, pulse-condensing masters emerged in endlessly, and even enlightened warriors were not uncommon in the world.
Although the proportion was very small, at that time, there were as many so-called martial arts schools as there were crucian carp crossing the river.
And the heads of well-known major sects such as the Zixia Sect, the Zhengyi Sect, and the Wuji Sect are all enlightened warriors.
At that time, it was said that there was a realm above the Kaikai called the Divine Pass, but this was like the Kaikai of this era and only existed in legends.
After entering the martial arts realm, the appearance will be fixed, and the body will remain the same as it was after entering the realm until death.
In the Vajra Tantra at that time, this golden body and fruition state, which was also called Zheng, was called Arhat.
Moreover, it has a long lifespan. After breaking through and awakening, the lifespan limit will exceed two hundred years.
Tan Yuanchang said that normally, his original lifespan should be two hundred years, but it may be because he was seriously injured when he broke through. Therefore, according to his secret estimate, he should only have a lifespan of three decades.
That is about one hundred and eighty years!
When Tan Zicheng died, his 132nd birthday had just passed.
According to this algorithm, if everything goes well, he can even send his grandson away together.
But after experiencing this feeling once, Tan Yuanchang expressed that he could not accept such an ending, so he chose to leave Prince Chang's Mansion.
Moreover, he said that he would come back when Prince Chang's Mansion was in danger, or when his end was approaching, he would come back.
At the end of the book, Tan Yuanchang wrote about his martial arts experience from initial martial arts training to enlightenment. In his experience, he recorded all the techniques and related details he practiced in detail.
It can be said that this is equivalent to a martial arts inheritance for enlightened warriors.
But it is a pity that although Tan Mingyuan is already a Pulse Condensing Warrior, he has no idea about the training and path of a Qiaoqiao Warrior. Even his own grandfather cannot tell how he achieved a breakthrough.
Therefore, at the end of the book, he records these insights for reference only, but may not be useful.
After leaving these behind, Tan Yuanchang disappeared without a trace.
As for Tan Yuanchang's departure, no one in the entire Chu State knew about it except him, the current head of the family and the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Army, and the current emperor.
Externally, it is to promote that the old man spends his days at home and does not care about worldly affairs.
Regarding the old man's departure, Tan Mingyuan's heart was full of reluctance and panic.
After all, the old man was equivalent to the palace's Dinghai Shenzhen. His sudden departure really put a lot of pressure on Tan Mingyuan.
But later, gradually, he discovered that it didn't seem to matter whether Tan Yuanchang was in the palace or not.
As long as he is alive, no one in the dark will dare to open the table.
Especially after the birth of the next two children, he became even more indifferent. Slowly, he took over everything in Prince Chang's Mansion and became the real head of the family.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
The meaning of the Chu Emperor who was above the government and the public was very interesting.
In the first few years after leaving, Emperor Chu was restless.
After losing the God of War and the God of War, Emperor Chu always felt unsafe everywhere.
But slowly, as time passed, Emperor Chu gradually realized how free he could be when King Chang was away.
So he began to become more and more unrestrained.
Although Tan Yuanchang had previously served as the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Chu State, with him around, the Emperor of Chu could basically sit back and relax.
But if this is the case, why did Tan Yuanchang refuse the summons of the Emperor of Chu and choose to settle in Tianmen Pass, which was regarded as a quiet place at that time.
They even demobilized their troops.
The reason is simple.
In the era of centralized imperial power, there could only be one person at the top.
The prestige of King Chang at that time, to put it bluntly, had long surpassed that of Emperor Chu.
Prince Chang and Emperor Chu had had a long-standing relationship with each other, and Emperor Chu originally thought that his friendship with Tan Yuanchang would never change in this life.
However, when he sat on the throne, he found that he had changed.
With Tan Yuanchang, he could no longer view him purely.
Therefore, after King Chang almost single-handedly defeated the Chu State, the Emperor of Chu was so worried that he could not even eat.
But he had to be summoned back to Kyoto to reward him.
But the final result surprised him.
Tan Yuanchang seemed to understand his thoughts and chose to stay away from Kyoto and hand over military power.
Emperor Chu was both happy and disappointed at the same time.
Happily, his position was secure, but sadly, he lost his only possible friend.
