"If the little master is awake, please have dinner. I have ordered my servants to prepare a new meal."
In Yunzhi City, half leaning on Suli Mountain, in the depths of the large house of Jieliu Tinghua, the man who had been waiting in the main room for six or seven hours heard a gentle breathing sound like a mosquito coming from behind the bed curtains.
The sleeping child finally woke up, stretched out his hand to lift the thin curtain, and asked softly.
"Mo Chen, what time is it now? Last night - was it you who brought me back?"
The silver-haired child sat up with the help of the other party, looked out the window at the already slightly westward sun, and frowned. His face was bloodless, and his eyes were red. He looked like a patient who had been bedridden for a long time and was extremely weak.
He turned around and looked around the room, seeming a little surprised that he was lying here.
"Little Master, it's almost midnight now. What happened last night - let's wait until we have something to eat before we talk about it."
The man named Mo Chen nodded, but was unable to resist the other party's objection. He immediately ordered his servants to bring the steaming food into the room, then helped the young man get up and walked to the table to sit down.
"But Mo Chen, I really don't have much appetite. You'd better take me to the Luo Xing Pavilion first - all those calculations should be left in place, right?"
The silver-haired boy stretched out his thin hand and just raised a pair of silver chopsticks on the table, but immediately put it down.
"Please rest assured, little master, no one has entered Luo Xing Pavilion since last night, and I have ordered people to close the doors and windows. However, I will not let you enter again until you have eaten all the food on the table.
That's half a step inside the pavilion."
"Mo Chen, you are disobeying me."
The child's face didn't show much anxiety, he just put his hands on the side of the table. But he really didn't have any strength in his body, and he still couldn't stand up by holding on to the edge of the table.
"Little Patriarch, please forgive me for not obeying my order. I shouldn't have been soft-hearted last night and allowed you to enter the Luo Xing Pavilion and continue to play with those plans. If something bad happened to you, how should I face the old Patriarch's spirit in heaven?
"
Seeing that the man opposite still refused to give in, the silver-haired boy couldn't help but sigh: "Mo Chen, actually you also know that if I just give up like this, I really can't face my father's spirit in heaven, right?"
"But the little Patriarch is the only bloodline left by Wanzhou Mo family in this world! The last thing the old Patriarch told his subordinates before the accident was that I should take good care of you. Has the Little Patriarch forgotten that the old Patriarch is
Why did he die?"
"How could I forget? That day, I personally pushed open the door of Luo Xing Pavilion and saw my father's body lying on the ground that had become cold. However, even so, he still held the pen and paper tightly in his hand, calculating.
It fell all over the floor..."
The silver-haired child lowered his head as he spoke, with tears in his eyes.
"Little master, you should listen to my advice and stop going to Luo Xing Pavilion. There are countless stars in the sky, and how can the laws among them be understood clearly by mortals? Take good care of yourself, and then marry
The most important thing is for a wife to have children and add some incense to the ancestral hall!" Mo Chen continued to advise.
"But what if the calculations my father left behind are related to the fate of everyone in the world..."
The child still lowered his head and murmured quietly to himself.
The man who was busy around couldn't hear what he said clearly, so he had to put his ear to his slightly parted lips: "Little master, what did you just say?"
"No, it's nothing. Mo Chen, don't worry so much. I'm just too tired. It's really fine."
"Whether I'm just worrying about it or not, the doctor has already said that you are weak and weak. Come on, the soup in this bowl is made from Jiushan's snow clam and Nanxun's blood swallow, supplemented by rock sugar and red dates.
It's stewed with clear spring water in the mountains, you drink it first."
As the man spoke, he brought a small celadon cup in front of the other party. The silver-haired boy saw this and no longer refused. He took the spoon obediently, scooped up a spoonful of soup from the thin and translucent cup, and put it into his mouth.
go.
After eating something, the child's lips finally gained some color, and his body regained some strength. His name was Mo Zeming. Although he was young, he was in charge of the largest salt merchant in Wan, Miao, and Si prefectures.
—The only descendant of the Mo family in Yunzhi City.
The Mo family was rich and controlled nearly 90% of the wealth of the Fu Kingdom. Their caravans relied on Wanzhou's extensive land water system to transport the well salt mined in the Suli Mountains and the sea salt dried on the beach to the hinterland of the mainland thousands of miles away.
Starting from Mo Zeming's great-grandfather Mo Guangshi more than a hundred years ago, the men in the Mo family relied on the unremitting efforts of successive family heads. By the time of his great-grandfather Mo Zhengju, they not only successfully opened up all the joints along the land, but also successfully opened up all the joints along the land.
Overtly or covertly, it has also established inextricable connections with many noble families and famous families. Today, it has been passed down to the eighth generation of descendants.
Because of this, even during the more than ten years of constant fighting between the six southeastern countries, no country dared to rush to invade the Fu country where the Mo family was located. It was completely different from the neighboring Ye country, which relied on a powerful fleet division to frighten the enemy, and its military strength was mediocre.
The Fu Kingdom relied entirely on the reputation of the Mo family and its fortress-like capital city of Yunzhi, and it was able to gain a foothold in the southern states where there were many powerful countries.
The city of Yunzhi was built near a mountain and lived near the water. The roads in the city are winding and are divided into three levels of cities like upper, middle and lower stairs, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since the heads of the Mo family were proficient in prophecies and astrology, the first kings of Fu Kingdom
Eighty years ago, Duke Huiwen gave up the royal palace he built in the Suli Mountains to the east of the city so that he could observe the stars at night. The best place for stargazing is located on the top of the mountain, which Mo Zeming said
The Luoxing Pavilion.
"I've finished eating. Can you take me to Luo Xing Pavilion now?"
The silver-haired boy took out a clean handkerchief from his arms and gently dipped the soup from the corner of his mouth. He looked at the man next to him with his eyes again and begged. To others, his eyes were still as indifferent as before.
But Mo Chen, standing aside, could read endless anxiety and worry from it.
The man sighed softly, knowing that he could not persuade this stubborn child, so he had to carry him on his back and climb towards Luo Xing Pavilion at the top of the mountain. There are many mountainous roads in Yunzhi City, and Mo Zeming usually travels
There is usually someone assigned to carry the sedan for him. However, the road leading to Luo Xing Pavilion is only a few feet wide, and the narrowest point can only accommodate two adults walking shoulder to shoulder. In addition, the slope of the stairs is extremely steep, so
Every time he went stargazing, Mo Chen personally carried the poor little family master on his back.
For more than a hundred years, although Luo Xing Pavilion still retains the same appearance as when Hui Wen Gong was there, its interior has undergone several large-scale renovations. There is no longer a single column in the whole building. Every time you walk in, it is hidden on the top of the mountain.
In this tall tower above, it's like entering a dark box with a huge space.
All the gaps in the doors and windows in the pavilion were carefully sealed with thick kraft paper. Even if you entered during the day, you had to light a candle for lighting. Only a small hole was opened on the second floor roof that leaked light.
It can rotate around the sky. The small opening is controlled by a complex copper mechanism in the center of the lower floor and is connected to the platform in the pavilion. The platform is engraved with circles of complex marks for stargazing and measurement.
use.
At this moment, there are thousands of light white ivory amulets placed in various places on the platform. Seven or eight brushes and inkstones with dried ink stains are still in place, and there are countless written words scattered everywhere.
As soon as he entered the cabinet, Mo Zeming immediately leaned over and grabbed the pen in his hand. The complicated calculations he was doing before fainting last night were like what happened just a moment ago.
Generally, it came to his mind clearly.
"Little master, please watch carefully! The candle is so close, be careful of burning yourself!"
Mo Chen caught up two steps and moved the candlestick dripping with red wax in the silver-haired boy's hand further to the side. But the child seemed not to hear the other party at all. He was just fiddling with the chips on the ground with great concentration and mumbling something.
road:
"... Hui enters the fight, Chen guards the house, Tianku is empty, and the wolf arc expands..."
The man who was studying ink had followed Mo Zeming's father for many years and had some knowledge of simple astrology. When he heard what the young man said, he immediately stopped what he was doing as if he was shocked. At the same time, he knelt down and sat down.
The child on the ground stood up tremblingly, rushed to the center of the platform as if he had lost his soul, and struggled to pull the copper mechanism on it.
Accompanied by a series of ups and downs of creaking sounds, the small hole in the roof that leaked light slowly closed. However, the light cast was not completely blocked, but was reflected and deflected by several silver mirrors hidden deep in the roof.
A breathtaking scene appeared in the dark space!
Outsiders would never imagine that there is a complex and exquisite hemispherical inner shell hidden in this building called Luo Xing Pavilion! This inner shell is covered with large and small holes, and behind the shell is
A sterling silver polished spherical mirror. Even in the daytime, as long as light shines through the mirror and emits from these holes, the celestial sphere studded with stars can be accurately and vividly reproduced!
Mo Zeming raised his head, just like he did every late night in the past when he was stargazing alone, comparing the records on the paper with the stars in the sky, repeatedly testing the results of his calculations step by step. In the Luo Xing Pavilion, which seemed like an endless void,
He looked so small, yet he seemed to understand everything in the world.
"If the heavenly wolf is not in its proper place, people will eat each other. If the arc fails to reach fullness, the world will rise up. It will confuse the heart and divide the nine states. I did not make a mistake. This celestial phenomenon is really a sign of great evil!"
In fact, the young man had already predicted that there would be no omissions in his calculations, but he still screamed as if he couldn't believe the result. His sleeves and long lapels picked up Zhang Zhang's thin calculations scattered around his feet.
Paper, and the few elephant bones in his hands could no longer be held, they fell to the ground one after another, and were cut into pieces with a crisp sound.
"Little Master, the so-called omen of great danger may not appear once in thousands of years. How could it come so suddenly now?"
"Mo Chen, do you still remember that my father once said that the destiny of the stars is unfathomable, and it is even more difficult to change it. In the past three years, I have been in and out of Luo Xing Pavilion too frequently, and the secret may have already been revealed.
Because of this, changes have taken place...What should come will eventually come, it's just a matter of sooner or later..."
Facing the question, Mo Zeming's eyes were filled with helplessness. He was helpless that he was helpless to deal with the coming great changes, and he was also helpless by the ruthlessness of the stars, leaving no room for maneuver. There seemed to be some regret in his eyes.
, I regret that I hoped too much to prepare for this day in advance, but I was too hasty to achieve success.
But he quickly calmed down his emotions, and his face returned to its previous indifference that was incompatible with his age. He turned his back and asked:
"Mo Chen, are the soldiers I asked you to train diligently three years ago ready for use now?"
"Little master, have you already come to this point? You have no other choice -"
Just as Mo Chen wanted to persuade him, the child in front of him nodded vigorously:
"If this were not the case, the children of Ye State would not be able to escape this disaster."
"In this way, I will personally lead my people to Mulu City to hide in Mulu City immediately, and make all preparations. When the time is right, I will act accordingly." The man said no more, just bowed his hands respectfully, and quickly
He squatted down in front of Mo Zeming.
"Mo Chen, please remember, you must be careful during this trip, and you must not alert the snake..."
The silver-haired boy also climbed up the man's broad back skillfully, but he still explained to him uneasily. Then he turned his eyes to the mist-shrouded land of Wanzhou outside the Luoxing Pavilion door, and his lips trembled slightly.
Next, "Jiang Yan, Qi Ziyin, we will meet again one day. Before then, please don't die!"
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