Tang Dizhihua

Most of the Shangguan family likes to use some particularly gorgeous words to modify their names, such as Shangguanyi's two sons, one is Tingzhi and the other is Tingzhang.

They also have a one-letter name, but it is not well known. Shangguan Yan used a name when he was a teenager, called Junzhu.

However, as an aristocratic family, except for Shangguanyi's line, the other branches are sparsely populated.When Shangguanyi brought him back to the mansion, he was only four or five years old.His seniority is similar to Shangguanyi's two 30-year-old sons.

Shangguan Tingzhi's son was a bit older than him - but not as good as he, who was well-read and memorized.At that time, Shangguanyi was in the limelight, and naturally no one knew that Mr. Junzhu in Shangguan's mansion was both excellent in poetry and prose, and his talent was amazing.

In the year when Shangguanyi paid homage to the Prime Minister, Shangguan Mansion held a birthday banquet for Shangguanyi. The house was full of clothes and guests.He wrote a birthday celebration Fu for Shangguanyi, with gorgeous rhetoric, which not only has the style of Shangguan's glamorous style, but also is refreshing, his eyes are bright, and Shangguanyi is so happy from ear to ear.

One of the guests also squinted his eyes with a smile when he saw him.This person has white beard and hair, and looks quite respectable. Because he was the husband of the current queen and gave orders for her, he was known to everyone.

This person was Yuan Tiangang. As soon as he saw Shangguan Yan, he concluded that he would become a great talent in the future.

Shangguan Yan was only seven years old at the time, and he had already begun to look like a child of an aristocratic family. He bowed to Yuan Tiangang, thanking him, but did not say a word.

Someone with good intentions asked: "Mr. Xiao Lang doesn't seem to take this seriously?"

He replied: "Junzhu was young and ignorant, and all the ministers are all ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with this, I am not as many as you, so I dare not take this praise."

With the intention of being modest, he also gave a little praise to all the gentlemen present, saying that they are all great talents, which naturally made everyone present laugh.

Someone laughed and said: "Brother Shangguan's family has juniors like this, why worry about the family being unhappy!"

Goodbye to Yuan Tiangang, it was in December of the first year of Linde.

At the suggestion of Emperor Gaozong, Shangguanyi drafted the imperial edict for him to abolish the empress, but because of this, he offended the then empress and today's sage Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao made Ji and the saint reconcile, and Shangguan Yi was not a human being inside and outside, which became Wu Zhao's excuse to vent his anger.So he found an opportunity to be framed for treason, and soon everyone was executed.

Wu Zhao pardoned him and several nephews from the same age as Shangguanyi's brother.However, the family of the Shangguan family fell into disrepair, and no one cared about it.

Shangguan Yan was ten years old that year.Yuan Tiangang asked him if he wanted to go with him, but Shangguan Yan refused.

He raised his head and asked Yuan Tiangang: "Nowadays, the Shangguan family has few families and no profit. I can't think of the reason why you value me."

Yuan Tiangang said with a chuckle: "The gentleman's appearance is limited to his appearance, and rare goods can be lived in."

"However, there are no one to take care of the little nephews, so Jun Zhu can't ignore them."

"You don't have to worry about this. I will ask my husband to enlighten them. Whether they will soar into the sky or disappear from everyone in the future depends entirely on themselves."

"I have no problem." Shangguan Yan bowed to him, "Thank you very much. Junzhu has nothing to repay, even if there are rare goods to live in, I may not be the next King of Qin Zhuang."

Yuan Tiangang heard the meaning of his words and nodded: "Would you like me to be your husband?"

Shangguan Yan lowered his eyes, and said: "So it's what you want."

Whether Shangguan Yan is the King of Qin Zhuang is unknown, but Yuan Tiangang is really an out-and-out Lu Buwei.

In the middle of the second year, the two lived in Zhongnan Mountain, where they met a man.

It was an old man.His face was pale and bearded, and his eyes were radiant. When he saw him for the first time, his eyes were full of brilliance, and he asked Yuan Tiangang, "Which family is this child? His bones are so strange, he is a good seed for martial arts!" "

Yuan Tiangang said with a smile: "If brother likes it, let him worship you as his teacher, how about it?"

"Very good!"

Shangguan Yan frowned and said: "I have followed Master, is it wrong to ask someone else to be my teacher?"

"There is nothing wrong with it." Yuan Tiangang replied, "The relationship between you and me is only a teacher and a student, which is different from being a teacher. As long as you remember my kindness to you from now on, you will repay it in the coming year."

Shangguan Yan felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he agreed.

But who knows, this sentence later became a nightmare that locked him all his life.

After apprenticeship, he met many old people who lived in seclusion on Zhongnan Mountain, and his study was no longer limited to large, medium and small scriptures and poems and songs, but to learn from the strengths of all families.He learned medical skills from Sun Simiao, and also learned alchemy and deduction from Li Chunfeng.

When Li Chunfeng mentioned Yuan Tiangang, he said that he was an amazing talent, and he had deduced the future trend of the world with him.However, Li Chunfeng didn't comment on Yuan Tiangang himself, as if he didn't want to say more.

Li Chunfeng told him: "Although Yuan Tiangang is a great talent, he has deep ambitions. Xi Shien also plans to repay you. You were rescued by him, so you didn't promise him anything?"

Shangguan Yan was alarmed.It's just that he kept this matter quietly in his heart and didn't tell anyone.

Later, his master Wu Chi found two juniors for himself, one in front and one in the back, both under ten years old.He took on the important task of taking care of the two juniors again, and raised them both under the condition that Master Wu Chi didn't care about anything.

Many years have passed in a flash.Shangguan Yan had already been crowned, and Wu Chi had passed away long ago, and was buried in Zhongnan Mountain. He said that his life was full of ups and downs, and he had no regrets in being able to pass on this martial skill to the world in his later years.

Shangguan Yan did not yearn for the life outside the mountains like his two younger brothers. He sent away one after another old men who had taught him a skill here, first the eminent monk Daoxuan, then Li Chunfeng, and then Zhou Shao's master Mo To blame, and finally Sun Simiao.

And not long after that, the situation at the foot of the mountain changed: first, Xu Jingye's failed rebellion, then cruel officials ran rampant in the court, Empress Wu lightly abolished the establishment, and a large number of officials were charged with crimes.

At this time, Yuan Tiangang found him.

Only then did he know what Yuan Tiangang had done in Jianghu for several years.

"I established an organization called Snake Spirit." Yuan Tiangang said, "As my second student, you should join."

Shangguan Yan said: "I should always ask, what is your purpose for establishing this organization?"

Yuan Tiangang said: "In order to take in, those like you... who are persecuted are exiled."

"Please allow me to think again."

"Time is not with me, you have to make a decision quickly."

Shangguan Yan didn't agree to him at that time, because Yun Qi brought back a child who was the same age as his junior brother from the mountain.

"Jun Zhu, time has really passed too long."

"Not bad." Shangguan Yan replied.

Yuan Tiangang said: "You didn't want to join the Snake Spirit back then, that's all. Now you are willing to help me?"

Shangguan Yan looked at the young man beside him, and said, "I'm sorry. I can't agree with your way."

Yuan Tiangang said: "Oh?"

Shangguan Yan smiled: "You know in your heart that what you are doing is not the right way. Although I don't know what you want to do, I have long since refused to get involved in the mundane affairs."

"You haven't been ordained as a monk, is there any rule about not getting involved in the world of mortals?"

"It has nothing to do with that."

Yuan Tiangang said: "Oh. After all, you and I met once. There is something I really don't want to say."

Seeing Yuan Tiangang's pressing step by step, Pei Jia suppressed his emotions, pressed the knife on the stone table, and said dissatisfiedly: "Since you know you are threatening, then don't say it."

Yuan Tiangang looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Oh? You are Wu Chi's disciple, right?"

Pei Jia said: "Stop. I don't want to get involved with you, and Pei has nothing to do with you. Old man, I respect your seniority, but don't go too far."

"But the old man has something to do now. He wants to ask my 'second student' for help."

Pei Jia was too lazy to play language games with Yuan Tiangang, and jokingly revealed their intentions that they had been unwilling to speak out:

"Back then, you lied to my brother when he was young and tricked him into making such a promise. But forgive me, what good is that snake spirit of yours? In today's world, who doesn't know that what the snake spirit does is endangering the country, cholera The matter of the country? Want to coerce my senior brother to work for you? There is no way!"

Yuan Tiangang looked at the gloomy Shangguan Yan after hearing the words, "What do you say?"

Shangguan Yan turned around, sighed, and said after a while: "The ways are different, so we don't conspire with each other."

"What a 'different ways, no conspiracies'!" Yuan Tiangang got up suddenly, "I have expected such a day for a long time."

"What do you want?" Pei Jia also stood up.

Yun Qi, who was in the room from beginning to end, went out holding an ordinary-looking sword. Shangguan Yan turned around and smiled at him, and Yun Qi nodded to him.

In fact, Yun Qi was seriously injured that year because he took the initiative to stop the purple-clothed man from killing indiscriminately. Later, Shangguan Yan explained to him why he knew the snake spirit, but he didn't know which organization the purple-clothed man belonged to.

In fact, it is very simple. At the beginning, the snake spirit did not wear purple clothes.

They were blindfolded like this, and when the answer was revealed, they were full of laughter.

Yuan Tiangang originally wanted to repay his kindness, but now although Shangguan Yan took the lead in breaking his promise, he is a real gentleman, if he didn't do it himself, they wouldn't do it either.

Yuan Tiangang didn't want to waste his existing combat power on them, so he took a deep look at Shangguan Yan, and smiled deeply: "If you don't want to, I can't force you. Forget it...just treat me as if I saved you for nothing. You."

After all, he got up and left.

Pei Jia, who originally thought there was going to be a fight, raised her eyebrows, and turned her head to ask for Shangguan Yan's opinion.

Shangguan Yan shook his head and watched them turn around the mountain road, completely out of sight.

But he had an inexplicable feeling that this matter was far from over.