I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 146: Life and Family Background (Part )

"Isn't it?"

Xie Yuan's mind moved.

At least on the surface, and in the storytellers' stories, the emperor was wise and powerful, and he trusted the King of Pingxi and was not suspicious of him because of his great achievements; but the King of Pingxi was born a commoner, was greedy, and had evil ambitions. He eventually rebelled and was captured by the emperor and beheaded with tears.

Although everyone felt that it was a bit abrupt that the King of Pingxi, who had always been an image of loyalty and bravery, finally committed treason, this is not a story but a fact.

It seems there is a conspiracy behind this?

Mu Chaoyun shook his head slightly:
"Ordinary people all call the incident that almost swept the whole country the 'Pingxi Wang Rebellion', but in the eyes of those who know the situation, it should be called the 'Bamen Rebellion'."

"The Eight Gates Rebellion..."

Xie Yuan repeated in a low voice.

"Let's talk about Situ Qin's mother first. She's also an important figure."

Mu Chaoyun turned around and said:

"Situ Qin's mother is the Saint of the Kitchen Goddess."

"The Kitchen Cult?"

Xie Yuan was very confused when he heard this somewhat strange name.

"The Kitchen God Cult was brought over from the Western Regions. Over there, it's called the Holy Cult, and in the Central Plains, it's called the Demon Cult."

Mu Chaoyun said calmly:
"It is the demonic sect that is at the front of the One Religion, Two Sects, Four Schools and Eight Families. It is also before the 'Two Sects' Prajna Temple and Xuanzhen Sect. Its correct name should be the Kitchen God Sect."

Xie Yuan was shocked again. Situ Qin's mother was actually the famous Saint of the Demon Cult?

His father is the legendary King Pingxi, who is well-known to everyone, and his mother is the saint of the largest sect in the world?

No, what kind of family is this?

Moreover, the Princess of Pingxi is the Holy Maiden of the Demonic Cult?

I have never heard of this, but I have only heard in stories that she was once known as the most beautiful woman in the world, enough to bring disaster to the world.

And what a strange name the Kitchen God is...

He suddenly had many questions, and his thoughts were confused. He couldn't help but start with the simplest question:

"It's actually the Demon Cult...but why is the name so strange? The Demon Cult knows about it, but the Kitchen Cult has never heard of it."

"Zaojiao is a translated name. The original name in the Western Regions was probably Guangmingjiao or Shenhuojiao. When it was introduced here many years ago, the people in the Central Plains called it Zaohujiao in order to belittle it, meaning people cook. Who knew that the level of Zaojiao was really not low? So they took advantage of the situation and directly named it Zaojiao, which means the stove fire of people's livelihood and the source of food for the people. It quickly spread among the people.

"The Kitchen God has taken root among the people, just like weeds, which can never be completely burned, but will grow again in the spring breeze. For thousands of years, the Central Plains dynasties, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have tried their best, but have not been able to cut it off. On the contrary, every time a dynasty changes and the world is in chaos, there is the shadow of the Kitchen God behind it. Although over the years, the Kitchen God in the Central Plains has gradually become different from the Holy Religion in the Western Regions, its strength is the best among all sects. When the situation is stable, the Kitchen God hides in the dark, but no one knows how large its scale is.

"Situ Qin's mother, the Princess of Pingxi, is the Saintess of the Central Plains Kitchen Sect. It is said that during the conquest of the Western Regions by the King of Pingxi, he dealt a heavy blow to the Western Regions Saint Sect and happened to capture the Saintess of the Central Plains Kitchen Sect who was on her way to the Western Regions for liaison. Somehow, the two fell in love with each other, and the Saintess stopped caring about the religious affairs and followed the King of Pingxi with peace of mind.

"When Xue Minghe was crowned king, they got married in the capital, settled down, and gave birth to a daughter, a princess named Situ Qin.

"But not long after that, Xue Minghe's rebellion broke out. But by then, he was already tired of fighting, had a family, and had a beautiful daughter. He hadn't had time to enjoy his life, so how could he have rebelled?"

"Was it the instigation of the Saint of the Demon Cult? Maybe she was originally on a mission to be with the Prince of Pingxi... Or maybe it was the Emperor's suspicion that he could find a pretext to accuse her?"

Xie Yuan guessed.

Mu Chaoyun said calmly:

"All your speculations make sense, but none of them are true. Because the eight great families joined forces to force the emperor to find a reason to kill Xue Minghe. At that time, the world was only a hair's breadth away from chaos, and the eight great families did not hide it at all."

"The eight great families, why? Is it because Xue Minghe is too threatening?"

Xie Yuan frowned.

"You are right. Xue Minghe is not only a master of military tactics, but also defeated the foreign enemies in one fell swoop, bringing the reputation of the court and the royal family to the peak. His own martial arts is also top-notch. He is the first on the Flying Dragon List before he is forty, and it is just a matter of time before he becomes a grandmaster. Moreover, he is famous for not caring about fame and fortune, and he has a deep brotherly relationship with the emperor and is loyal to him.

"The eight great families are not just martial arts families, but also powerful forces that have been rooted in various places for thousands of years. They have always had a delicate relationship with the imperial court. How could they tolerate the royal family producing an invincible general and then an invincible grandmaster? At that time, the imperial power was only one step away from reaching the peak. What they will do next is self-evident.

"So, that time, the eight great families jointly wrote a letter to expose the fact that the Prince of Pingxi had colluded with the Saint of the Demon Cult and intended to rebel, and requested that he be executed."

"The Emperor...actually agreed?"

"What can I do if I disagree? At that time, the eight great families were all ready to make a move, and the Dali Dynasty was only a hair's breadth away from a full-scale civil strife. The foreign states in the Western Regions had already heard the news and deployed troops in the Western Desert, eyeing the situation covetously. If the emperor did not agree, the Dali Dynasty would probably be gone. After all, the royal family is just a larger family.

"Then the emperor put the overall situation first, and Xue Minghe also put the overall situation first, and they submitted to death, and the world finally came to peace.

"The Princess of Pingxi went mad and returned to the Kitchen God Cult, which made people realize the fierceness of the Saint of the Demon Cult. It turned out that she had been suppressed by the Prince of Pingxi.

"She first killed a group of high-ranking members of the Zao Cult who had questioned the Saint's disloyalty, and took complete control. She then mobilized all the followers, killing the eight great families and causing rivers of blood to flow. Everyone was in danger, and many branches wiped out their family tree overnight. No one in the main family dared to leave their ancestral home. The entire Dali Dynasty cultivation world was shrouded in the demonic power of one person, and there were even signs of uprisings everywhere.

"Until several years later, she suddenly disappeared, and the Eight Gates Rebellion came to an end. Some said she died for love, some said she was possessed by the devil, and some said she died in the internal struggle of the Kitchen God Cult. In any case, there is no trace of such a person. "No matter how much the royal family hated the aristocratic families, they dared not do anything when the King of Pingxi was alive, and they endured it even more after the King of Pingxi died. Although everyone with a discerning eye knew that the Kitchen God Cult slaughtered the people of the aristocratic families in cooperation with the royal family, it did not hurt the foundation of the aristocratic families after all, so the royal family let it go. And without the King of Pingxi, the royal family lost the opportunity to eliminate the threat of the aristocratic families, and from then on, they could only rule the world together with the aristocratic families as before.

"Xue Qin changed her surname to her mother's. On the surface, she left the royal family, but in reality, she was in a higher position than all the imperial concubines. The emperor's will was spread in the palace that if Situ Qin got into trouble, the emperor would completely settle the old account.

“However, Situ Qin has a master guarding her, so it won’t be easy for anything to happen to her.

"The most famous one is Li Tai, the Grandmaster of the Flying Dragon Ranking. He was a former vanguard general under the Pingxi King. He traveled across the Western Desert and turned the chaotic Western Desert into an oasis paradise. He once fought in the Three Kingdoms of the Western Regions in one day and night, chased them for thousands of miles, and captured the royal families of the Three Kingdoms. He was called the 'Flying General'. However, after the death of the Pingxi King, Li Tai was completely disappointed with the court and retired from the court and the world, only staying by Situ Qin's side."

Xie Yuan was stunned for a long time before he blinked with a complicated expression.

It turns out that the Flying General Li Tai is the Flying General in the storyteller's story...

It turns out that Situ Qin's background is so great...

No wonder the second generation were almost submissive in front of Situ Qin, but full of ambition. If they could catch Situ Qin, they would inherit the powerful military force left by the King of Pingxi and the special treatment given by the emperor, and become the top family in the Dali Dynasty in one fell swoop.

I even kidnapped a girl like this to get close to a high-ranking official... It feels pretty good.

Situ Qin's life experience is so complicated that there are probably always storms surrounding her.

Xie Yuan felt a trace of sympathy and distress for her, and was even more angry at her. No wonder she looked down on the eight great families, Xie Yuan now completely understood her, and even felt that they shared the same hatred for the enemy.

"An orphan like her will still be assassinated, but the force of the assassination is strangely weak."

Xie Yuan shook his head.

Mu Chaoyun seemed to know everything and analyzed:

"It could be just a casual test, or even a frame-up. It's hard to imagine how complicated a family is, let alone eight. The time they forced the King of Pingxi to death was probably the first time they joined forces in a thousand years."

Xie Yuan nodded silently and sighed:

"Miss Mu, you know all these secrets. You know so much."

Mu Chaoyun said calmly:

"The inheritance of the Beidushan Mu family is no shorter than that of the eight great families, but they are hidden from the world and have no roots in the secular world."

Xie Yuan nodded again, looking a little strange.

Why does it feel like her subtext is "I also have a great background"?
His heavy mood relaxed a little after hearing the secret story, and he even found it a little funny.

But he immediately hesitated again, feeling a little tense.

At this point in the relationship, it’s not impossible to ask.

"Miss Mu, your family..."

Xie Yuan asked softly.

Mu Chaoyun's hand holding the tea trembled slightly, causing some of the hot tea to spill out and wet the hem of her skirt.

She put down the teacup as if nothing had happened, gently wiped the hem of her skirt, and said after a while:

"There is no Mu family in Beidu Mountain anymore."

Xie Yuan opened his mouth, not knowing how to continue, when he heard her continue:

"My clan lives in seclusion, and few people know about it. We never quarrel with others, and outsiders cannot find us. But that day, a stranger came and asked for the Black Book, but failed. Then, then..."

Mu Chaoyun closed his eyes slightly, his voice hoarse:

"Father, uncle, everyone...all dead.

"My Mu family is based on divination, and has always sought benefits and avoided harm. It has been passed down for thousands of years, but no one has predicted this disaster, and no one even knows who this person is. In addition to me, the Mu family has three other masters, but none of them can match him. In the family's great formation, even if they join forces, they are still no match for him.

"Such a person cannot be nameless. However, I don't know who he is, and I don't know how he heard that my clan has the Black Book..."

Mu Chaoyun's voice sounded somewhat painful and he choked slightly. After a long while, he calmed down a little and opened his eyes.

She looked out the window at the flowerbed and whispered:
"Besides reading and practicing, I used to like growing flowers. I also had a flower garden like this in my yard, which was much more beautiful than yours... but it's gone now.

“If it weren’t for my father and his men who fought desperately to stop the enemy, allowing me to escape with the Black Book, and if I hadn’t temporarily broken through to become a Grandmaster, I’m afraid the Mu family would have been completely destroyed and buried quietly deep in the Beidu Mountain, without a single survivor.”

Mu Chaoyun spoke of the tragic genocide but his expression was calm, only his eyes were hazy, like thick fog rising over a clear lake.

Xie Yuan sighed secretly, silently poured Mu Chaoyun a cup of hot tea, and quietly accompanied her in a trance.

Mu Chaoyun looked out the window, raised her sleeves slightly, wiped the corners of her eyes, and then said calmly:
"I will be leaving in a few days after my injuries are healed. I will track down who that person is and then take revenge."

(End of this chapter)