The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 399: Zhuge's Tips, All-Seeing Wisdom
Hearing Yue Shuai's words, Zhang Jiuyang's eyes flashed.

As expected, there is still an unknown inside story behind the Duke's Mansion tragedy that year, and this ancestral hall is the key to solving the case!
Senior Zhuge Yunhu had already found out about this, but kept it secret for some reason.

Could it be that Senior Zhuge also vaguely guessed that Tianzun might be Zhuge Qixing?
If this is the case, it must be a huge blow to Senior Zhuge.

"Master Yue, when I first started practicing, I was fighting with Huang Quan. I was not afraid even though my cultivation was still shallow, let alone now?"

Zhang Jiuyang's answer was very firm, without any hesitation.

Although he is now doing very well in Huangquan and even captured the Two-Faced Buddha alive, but in the final analysis, the real core of Huangquan is Tianzun.

As long as Tianzun is not defeated, even if he kills all the other heavenly stems in Huangquan, it will not be considered a success.

Moreover, Zhang Jiuyang always felt that Tianzun was plotting a huge conspiracy, a plan that was even more terrifying and shocking than the two-faced Buddha's black sky plan.

Yue Shuai looked at Zhang Jiuyang, trying to find a hint of fear or excitement on his face, but all he saw was calmness and serenity.

It is a kind of calmness after seeing thousands of things, and a heroic spirit of going to the mountain of tigers even though you know there are tigers there.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He said "good" three times in a row, looked at Zhang Jiuyang with eyes full of admiration, and said: "No wonder Ling'er likes you so much, young man, when I was your age, I was far inferior to you."

"The underworld is terrifying, and the Heavenly Lord is unpredictable, but as long as Daqian has a man like you, there is hope."

He pointed at the Yue Family Ancestral Hall and said frankly, no longer hiding anything: "After Zhuge Yunhu investigated, he said that the main target of Tianzun in the case of the Duke's Mansion was precisely this ancestral hall."

"While the demons were disturbing the Duke's Mansion, Tianzun himself...entered this ancestral hall."

Zhang Jiuyang's heart trembled, and he looked at the ancestral hall in front of him again.

More than ten years ago, the Tianzun, who had always been aloof from the world in the underworld, made his first high-profile appearance in front of the world. Was it all for this ancestral hall?

What secrets are hidden here?
"Let's come in and take a look."

Yue Shuai took out the key from his arms, opened the iron lock on the door, and took Zhang Jiuyang into the Yue Family Ancestral Hall.

There was a smell of wood in the room, mixed with the scent of sandalwood.

The incense burners are curling and the spirit tablets are like a forest.

"The spirit tablet of General Yue Yang, the third son of the seventh generation of the Yue family."

"The spirit tablet of General Fenwei Yue Yong, the fourth son of the eighth generation of the Yue family."

"The spirit tablet of Yue Jizhong, the sixth son of the ninth generation of the Yue family and the captain of the cavalry."

……

Zhang Jiuyang saw that many spirit tablets were placed in a row from high to low, some were arranged in a long row, and some were suddenly interrupted.

"Every row of spirit tablets here is a lineage of the Yue family, many of which have been cut off."

General Yue pointed to the tablet of General Zhenbei Yue Yang and said, "This is my third uncle. When Northern Liao invaded the south, my third uncle led his men to defend Yucheng for seven days with only 3,000 remaining soldiers. I was only six years old when I attended his funeral."

"General Yue Yong was his only son and my childhood friend. He didn't shed a single tear at the funeral, but just clenched his fists tightly and practiced his marksmanship all night while keeping vigil."

"Later, when he was sixteen, he died on the battlefield fighting Liao soldiers."

"I raised his only blood, Yue Jizhong. Like Ling'er, he said that he had no way to start a family until Northern Liao was destroyed, and he refused to marry. Later, he died in battle at the age of 21, and my third uncle's line was completely cut off."

Although he is over sixty years old, when recalling this past event, there is still a ripple in Yue Shuai's voice and a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.

Three generations of a family are all heroes.

The little boy who said nothing at his father's funeral has now become a memorial tablet below his father.

Zhang Jiuyang looked at these memorial tablets quietly. It was not just the memorial tablets of his third uncle’s lineage. There were many memorial tablets like this one, neatly arranged in rows.

In particular, many people’s military rank was still colonel, not even general.

With the influence of the Yue family in the military, it was not difficult to become a general. All those who held the rank of colonel and lieutenant died young.

There is a line of words on the spirit tablet at the top.

"The spirit tablet of the great general and Duke of Dingguo, Yue Jingzhong."

Yue Jingzhong's spirit tablet was placed high up at the head, like a general reviewing his troops, and there was a vague sense of military atmosphere.

"That night, Tianzun entered the ancestral hall and stayed there for a long time without moving any of the spirit tablets. He left after about half an hour."

"I was the first one to discover Tianzun was here, and it was here that he beat me severely."

Zhang Jiuyang's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "General Yue, forgive me for being blunt, why are you the first one to discover that Tianzun is here?"

Yue Shuai glanced at Zhang Jiuyang, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You are indeed very perceptive. The reason why I rushed to the ancestral hall as soon as possible is because there is a secret hidden in this ancestral hall that is six hundred years old."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes lit up. It's true!

As soon as Yue Shuai said that, he realized something was wrong.

The Duke's Mansion was invaded by demons. Yue Shuai, who was the most powerful fighter at the time, did not rush to his relatives' rooms, but to this ancestral hall.

Although the ancestral hall is of great significance, the living relatives should be more important. And as far as Zhang Jiuyang knows, although Yue Jingzhong's spirit tablet is here, his body is buried in Taizu's Xuanling.

Normally, Yue Shuai should save his relatives first, especially Yue Xiaomei who has been bedridden for many years.

But he happened to come to the ancestral hall first, and then happened to run into Tianzun.

There is only one answer, that is, General Yue knows that there is something else hidden in the ancestral hall, which is even more important than his life.

"I came to the ancestral hall and saw Tianzun. He stood quietly in front of the ancestral tablet, as if he had been looking at it for a long time."

"At that moment, I suddenly had a very absurd feeling in my heart, as if... Tianzun knew the ancestor."

"He was so scary that I couldn't even block one of his moves. If he hadn't wanted to kill me, I would have died right then."

"When I woke up again, the Duke's Mansion was in ruins. My younger sister was dead, and my three sons were also dead. Most importantly..."

Yue Shuai said in a heavy voice, "The thing in the ancestral hall is also gone."

"What is it?"

There was a hint of nervousness in Zhang Jiuyang's voice, and his eyes were fixed on Yue Shuai.

He now increasingly suspected that Tianzun was Zhuge Qixing. Perhaps that thing could help him make the final confirmation.

"That's what Master Zhuge left behind."

Yue Shuai's voice rang out, but Zhang Jiuyang was startled.

What Tianzun took away were the things left behind by Zhuge Qixing?

Yue Shuai continued, "Back then, Master Zhuge and our ancestor were as close as brothers and sworn brothers. Both of them were outstanding men of their time and pillars of Daqian's civil and military affairs. The Zhuge family and our Yue family still have a good relationship today."

Zhang Jiuyang nodded. No wonder Zhuge Jian took such good care of Yue Ling after he entered the Imperial Observatory. In addition to Yue Ling's own ability, the long-standing friendship between the Zhuge and Yue families was also an important reason.

"After Taizu passed away, my ancestor was overwhelmed with grief, and coupled with constant wars, he eventually died. After that, Master Zhuge made a big fuss in the underworld, and his health deteriorated day by day. It is said that he often vomited blood in his later years, and even went blind."

"But Master Zhuge is the smartest man in the world after all, and his wisdom is close to that of an immortal. In such a desperate situation, he actually successfully set up a huge star formation, exhausted all his efforts, calculated everything, and left behind three magic bags."

Zhang Jiuyang's pupils lit up, and he said, "I know this. State Master Zhuge left behind three tips. The first one successfully calculated the time when Northern Liao would march south, and left behind a method to defeat the enemy. The Yue family used this method to defeat the Liao army, thus stabilizing the government."

The last of the Three Heroes of Qianyuan came to an end. At that time, the surrounding countries were all ready to make a move, and Northern Liao was the first to take action.

That was the most dangerous moment since the founding of Daqian. Once Northern Liao got a piece of the pie, the countries in the Western Regions and the ancient countries in southern Xinjiang, which had been sharpening their knives for a long time, might also launch a war to get a piece of the pie.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

Therefore, the battle against Northern Liao must not only be won, but also a big victory in order to deter other countries.

Relying on the first secret bag left by Zhuge Liang and the bravery of the Yue family, that battle achieved an unprecedented victory and greatly demonstrated the country's prestige.

"The second secret is that Imperial Master Zhuge predicted a rebellion within Daqian seventy years later. The emperor made early preparations based on this and captured all the rebels in one fell swoop."

"The third treasure bag is even more miraculous. It predicted a great disaster three hundred years later. At that time, natural disasters occurred all over Kyushu, causing countless victims and years of crop failure. The then-reigning Emperor Zhaowen thought of Zhuge's treasure bag in despair."

"The emperor opened the brocade bag and found that it was actually a treasure map. He sent people to look for it and finally found a series of granaries hidden underground. They were also arranged with formations to prevent rotting. There was also a passage on the stone tablet."

"Three hundred years later, the whole country will be in disaster, so I have stored 14,320,000 shi of grain and grass here for your majesty's use. This is my last plan for Daqian. I hope your majesty will take care of it. I will take my leave."

Later, Emperor Zhaowen opened the granaries and released grain to stabilize the situation. When the disaster was over, the 14.32 million shi of grain were just used up.

Not one stone too many, not one stone too few.

Emperor Zhaowen was greatly shocked and repeatedly conferred the title of Seven Stars on Zhuge Liang, expressing his deepest condolences.

He never thought that there would be a minister who would devote himself to the emperor three hundred years later, offer advice and suggestions, and create a good story between the monarch and his ministers.

Zhang Jiuyang talked about this eloquently. He and Mr. Meng had discussed all this before. Even Mr. Meng was amazed at Zhuge's wisdom when he talked about this.

That is why Mr. Meng is more inclined to believe that Zhuge Qixing is not dead, because how could a person with such great wisdom cause such a ruckus in the underworld and destroy his own foundation in a fit of rage?
"Master Yue, you still haven't told me what the Heavenly Master took away?"

Zhang Jiuyang frowned and asked. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to his mind and an astonishing guess emerged.

Yue Shuai seemed to see what he was thinking and nodded.

"You guessed right. What Tianzun took away was the fourth treasure bag left by Zhuge Guoshi before his death."

(End of this chapter)