Inheriting a Taoist temple, the story begins with Wu Zetian offering incense.

Chapter 140 Liu Che: I want to build the One Yuan Platform! [Seeking monthly votes]

Zhou Yi noted down the location of the tattoo shop and began to deal with Fang Hongyan's family's problem:

"Mr. Fang, let your daughter take a car to the mall. She can only remove the talisman around her neck once she gets there. Unless there are special circumstances, she shouldn't leave the mall for the next few days. If anyone calls to invite her out, it's best not to go."

It's still unclear whether the tattoo artist tampered with Fang Yuanyuan's body. The best course of action is to keep her in the blessed land and let her good fortune eliminate any potential problems.

At the same time, good fortune can also nourish Fang Yuanyuan's lonely fate and gradually change her destiny.

Judging from her appearance, Fang Yuanyuan is indeed destined to be alone, and living in a blessed land will bring her unexpected benefits.

Fang Yuanyuan didn't want to leave home, but she couldn't go against her father's wishes. She wanted to go upstairs to pack her clothes, but Fang Hongyan refused.
"What kind of clothes and shoes don't they have in the mall? I'll have my secretary prepare a shopping card for you worth 100,000 yuan. You can eat and play as much as you want in the mall during this period."

After saying that, he called the driver and asked him to get the car ready.

Since going to the mall is good for my daughter, I should send her there as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen problems.

Zhou Yi took out a golden talisman from his bag and handed it to Li Bai:

"Go with this lady to the garage and place this talisman on the passenger seat."

Since the other party is so determined to get close to Fang Yuanyuan, it's best to be careful. Placing a golden talisman that can be used for both offense and defense will ensure a safe journey.

Once we get to the mall smoothly, all problems will be solved.

Li Bai took the talisman and followed Fang Yuanyuan to the garage. Zhou Yi took out a compass and began to examine the items in the room.

Fang Hongyan stood beside him and they talked about Li Bai:
"Your apprentice is so young to be a Taoist priest, doesn't he go to school?"

Zhou Yi took the Thai Buddha statue down from the shelf, blindfolded it with a talisman, and casually said:

"Going to school? Today you're here to broaden my horizons."

Fang Hongyan then asked:

"You just broke off a piece of paint and placed it on the talisman paper, and you could see the composition of the paint. What kind of talisman is that?"

"The retrospective symbol allows me to see the process of mixing the pigments."

Zhou Yi found this big boss quite interesting. Despite suffering from both foreign evil spirits and local evil practitioners at home, he still had such a strong sense of curiosity.

Shouldn't we be thinking of ways to solve the family problems right now?
Just then, Fang Hongyan suddenly said:

"Master Zhou, when I'm less busy in a few days, may I go to your Hunyuan Palace to burn incense? I'd also like to donate some money for incense. Lately, things haven't been going well for me, so I should burn incense to purify my mind."

Upon hearing this topic, Zhou Yi immediately became interested:
"Sure, welcome, welcome. Our Hunyuan Palace doesn't have many worshippers, and it's quite secluded. Mr. Fang can go there to relax anytime."

He used a compass to measure several directions and found several foreign artifacts that were tainted by evil spirits; these were all gifts given when he bought the Buddha statue.

Next, the two of them went through the entire house, cleaning up all the items and then taking them to the backyard. They used talismans to burn everything, leaving only a pile of ashes.

After finishing these tasks, Zhou Yi began dealing with the hanging painting. To prevent any problems from arising while handling it at the villa, he simply brought it to the mall. First, he used the auspicious site to purify the painting, and then he used a substitute talisman to sever the connection between the painting and Fang Yuanyuan.
The substitute talisman can connect with the hanging painting in place of Fang Yuanyuan. Whatever the consequences, the substitute talisman will bear them, not Fang Yuanyuan.

In the chairman's office upstairs, Zhou Yi took a needle, took a drop of blood from Fang Yuanyuan's finger, dripped it onto the substitute talisman, and then placed the talisman next to the hanging painting.

When they left Fang Hongyan's house, the eyes in the painting were very large and emitted an eerie color, but now that they were in the area shrouded in good fortune, the eyes in the painting had become noticeably listless, and even the strange blood color on the eyeballs had faded.

Zhou Yi took out a coin sword from Li Bai's bag and slashed it hard on the hanging painting. Sparks immediately appeared where the coin rubbed against the painting.

At the same time, a shallow burn mark appeared on the surface of the substitute talisman.

Fang Hongyan was startled, and Fang Yuanyuan also abandoned her amused mood, staring incredulously at the substitute talisman:
"Daoist... Daoist Master, if I had attacked directly just now, would I have been injured?"

Zhou Yi nodded:

"Your birth date is tied to this painting. If the painting is damaged, your body will also be injured... In the future, unless absolutely necessary, do not tell people your birth date, especially the exact time. If you must tell them, say something in the wrong direction."

Fang Hongyan echoed:

"Just give the year and month; don't mention any other numbers."

Giving your birth chart to someone else is like giving them the key to your house. If they don't have bad intentions, that's fine, but if they do, you'll have no way to protect yourself.

Just then, Fang Yuanyuan's phone rang. Before she could answer, Zhou Yi asked:

"Was that your best friend calling?"

Fang Yuanyuan nodded:
Should I answer it?

Zhou Yi shook his head:

"It's best not to answer. Don't contact anyone this week." Fang Yuanyuan hadn't expected that even her friends couldn't be contacted.
"What about next week?"

"Check on those friends next week. If they're not injured, disabled, sick, or dead, you can contact them."

Since it was a setup, the tattoo artist must have had accomplices, and there were probably quite a few people helping to put on an act. Fang Yuanyuan's so-called best friends might have been some of her stooges.

The best course of action now is to ignore everyone and wait a week to see how things develop.

Zhou Yi will also take care of the tattoo artist within a week, and reap the rewards in the process.

Upon hearing words like "injury," "disability," "illness," or "death," Fang Yuanyuan instinctively covered her mouth.
"Is it that bad? They are all very good people."

Zhou Yi smiled:
"Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. Whether someone is a good person or not will soon be revealed."

After saying that, he took the money sword and scribbled on the painting a few more times, leaving sparks each time, while the burn marks on the substitute talisman next to it became more and more obvious.

Li Bai, who had been silent all along, looked at the burn marks on the talisman and said in surprise:

"Master, this mark looks like the character '炁' (qi). Are you writing?"

Zhou Yi thought his eldest disciple was truly a natural talent for cultivating immortality. He deliberately misread the stroke order when writing the character to prevent anyone from guessing it was the character for "qi," but before he even finished, his eldest disciple saw through it.
"This painting uses a lot of strange materials, and ordinary talismans for suppressing evil spirits are ineffective against it, so we directly mobilized the Dao Qi to cleanse it."

After he finished writing the last few strokes, the character "Qi" on the substitute talisman became more prominent.

After the characters were completed, everyone could clearly see electric arcs flashing on the surface of the painting. Then, the color of the entire painting became darker and darker, and it also emitted an unpleasant smell.

Zhou Yi opened the window, and the smell in the room instantly dissipated. The colors of the painting grew darker and darker until they turned charcoal. The raised paint flakes off and turned to ash.

Soon, the painting, along with its frame, carbonized into a pile of light, fluffy powder.

As for the substitute talisman, it also burst into flames.

After the substitute talisman also turned to ashes, Fang Yuanyuan suddenly said:
"I feel like something inside me has shattered, Dad. I don't want to get a tattoo anymore."

Fang Hongyan was greatly pleased:

"Okay, okay, no tattooing, and dye your hair back, so people won't think you spent four years in a vocational school."

After Zhou Yi finished dealing with the hanging painting and tidying up the ritual implements, he said goodbye and left, planning to take Li Bai to the antique-style street to find the location of that fortune-telling tattoo shop.

Meanwhile, in the world of Emperor Wu of Han, within the city of Chang'an.

Liu Che led a group of officials to the Shaofujian (Imperial Household Department) to inspect the progress of the replica of the Gaoqiao saddle.

Upon seeing the sample, he disregarded the objections of his ministers, excitedly switched to his own mount, mounted it, and galloped around the courtyard of the Imperial Household Department.

After he had had his fill of playing, he leaped off the horse, a smile on his face.

"Excellent! The saddle provides excellent support, and there's plenty of room for the feet. If we could equip the entire army with these, we would ensure that the Xiongnu never return!"

The saddle is made of wood with mortise and tenon joints, so it won't fall apart even if the ride is bumpy. In fact, it becomes more sturdy the more bumpy it gets. The bottom is covered with a cowhide girth, which can effectively fix the saddle to the horse's back.

The stirrups are also made of wood and are connected to the saddle with hemp rope, making them quite sturdy. They are also adjustable in length to make the rider more comfortable.

From the time they received the Tang Dynasty saddle equipment until now, only half a month has passed, and the fact that the Imperial Household Department has been able to replicate it to this extent has made Emperor Wu very happy.
"These saddles are so exquisite, how many can you make in a day?"

The Director of the Imperial Household Department replied:
"If we don't delay the production of other weapons, we can make 20 sets a day. Once the technology is mature, we should be able to make 30 sets. If we speed up the process, making 50 sets a day should not be a problem."

The Shaofu (a government-run government office) operates on an assembly line system, with each person responsible for only one task, resulting in relatively stable production capacity and output.

Liu Che calculated the monthly output and came up with a way to increase production:
"Increase production. If there are not enough people, add some laborers from prison to the Imperial Household Department. Some heavy physical labor can be assigned to them. If they perform well, their sentences can be reduced at the discretion of the authorities."

Emperor Wu of Han (Liu Che) was an unconventional emperor; whenever he thought of something, all sorts of ingenious ideas would come to him.

Historically, after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing finished the Battle of Mobei, the national treasury was extremely empty, not even enough to reward the soldiers. Emperor Wu of Han had a flash of inspiration and had Yang Zhong come up with a policy of reporting the loss of wealth.

The so-called "reporting" refers to whistleblowing on tax evasion. If successful, the whistleblower receives half of the fine imposed on the accused. In addition to having their assets confiscated, the accused is also sentenced to a year of border service.

In just three years, this policy increased the Han Dynasty's fines by hundreds of millions and the number of border guards by a huge amount, effectively enriching the population of the four commanderies of Hexi, making the entire Hexi Corridor an inseparable part of China, and laying the foundation for the subsequent conquest of Nanyue and the southwestern barbarians.

After inspecting the Imperial Household Department, a battle report arrived from the front lines. Liu Che quickly read it through and then handed it to Dongfang Shuo, who had been accompanying him.
"Wei Qing said that the immortal bestowed upon him a divine object that can fly high into the sky and scout military intelligence dozens of miles away, replacing human eyes. Dongfang Shuo, you claim to be friends with immortals, do you know anything about this object?"

Dongfang Shuo read it carefully and respectfully said:
"I only learned of this item today. Your Majesty's encounter with a deity is truly a blessing for our Han Dynasty."

Liu Che enjoyed watching the old man get his comeuppance, and with a wave of his hand, he issued an edict:
"From this day forward, Tongtian Terrace will be renamed Yiyuan Terrace. From now on, on the first day of every month, I will bring all my officials to this terrace to offer sacrifices to the Immortal Master Yiyuan and seek his advice on the essentials of governing the country... Dongfang Shuo, since you are familiar with the immortals, I will entrust this matter to you. If I fail to hear the immortals' teachings, I will hold you accountable!"

Dongfang Shuo: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Your Majesty, are you trying to establish your authority in front of all the officials by using me?
(End of this chapter)