It was the 15th day of each month.
On November 15th, the 903rd year of Black Iron Calendar, it was nothing different for people in Xuanyuan Hill than before. Nobody could imagine that this day would be the symbolic day when Taixia Country was involved in the 3rd holy war in an all-round way in the eyes of people dozens of years later.
Although the holy war had broken out for so many years, it was not the time for Taixia Country on the Eastern Continent to be involved in the war flames and smokes in subcontinents. Besides the disappearance of Emperor Xuanyuan and the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church, the lives of commoners were not influenced too much over these years. They were still doing what they should do.
On the 15th, the weather was very good. It was a rare sunny day.
After getting up in the morning, Uncle Zhong drank a bowl of decoction and felt much better after these days' recuperation; especially today, he felt like being not poisoned. Uncle Zhong became ecstatic inside. After suffering for so many years, he finally saw the hope of curing the broken metal poisons for the first time.
When Uncle Zhong got up, Old Zhou, the boatman who was begging for food on the Golden Water River also got up. After washing up, Old Zhou stood in the courtyard where some peach blossoms were planted. Watching the clear blue sky, he told his wife who was preparing breakfast for him with a smile, "It's a nice weather today. Many people must want to swim in the Golden Water River. If we're lucky, we could make another 2 gold coins!"
"Don't work too hard. Come back earlier than usual!" The woman in the kitchen said as she prepared breakfast deftly.
"It's just that it's easy to make money in the Treasures Meeting these days. I can make more money than that in a week before. It's okay to work a bit hard!"
"You'd better take care of yourself. Like last time, I was told by Liu Hui that your guests fought with those on the gaily-painting pleasure-boat and caused a great commotion on the Golden Water River..." The boatman's wife said in a concerned way in the kitchen.
"You don't understand. Childe Cui and Miss Bai are nobles; especially Childe Cui, he's like the reincarnation of the water god. When the big wave came, Childe Cui was standing on the prow of the boat. Soon after I exclaimed inside, a water current had rushed up and supported my boat steadily on the wave. I've carried knights before; however, it's my first time to meet a knight like Childe Cui. After 3 months, I will have my second son and his uncle go to Youzhou Province …"
"You believe what they say? The fare between Youzhou Province and Youzhou Province is not cheap; additionally, it will take a lot of time... "
Old Zhou touched that gold coin which had a finger print on it as he said, "This is a good karma. Childe Cui would never joke with small figures like us. I feel that we could have a try. Our Zhou Clan might make our ancestors proud one day..."
After hearing the boatman's words, the kitchen became silent.
After having breakfast at home, the boatman went straight for a wharf in the Golden Water River with the peach blossom liquor and dried plums prepared by his wife as he looked forward to the future...
...
When the boatman arrived at the wharf in the Golden Water River, a custom-made top-class black Faerie-dragon limousine was slowly driving out of the finance minister's mansion in the emperor's imperial city. A flock of sparrows was jumping merrily on a peach tree outside the finance minister's mansion while twittering. Sitting in the vehicle with a glassy-eyed look, Han Zhengfang was watching the cheerful sparrows on the roadside branches.
Hearing the cries of the sparrows, Han Zhengfang felt an indescribable sense of irritation.
As one of the top 9 chancellors of Taixia Country, of course, he would not be angry about some sparrows which could be seen everywhere outside his mansion every day. Han Zhengfang was restless because of his 2nd son. Han Zhengfang had not contacted his 2nd son for many days. Additionally, his airboat seemed to have disappeared in Taixia Country. Therefore, a faint shadow crept into Han Zhengfang's mind.
'Is something wrong with my 2nd son? ' Han Zhengfang had thought about this possibility. However, these days, according to various intelligence, Xuanyuan Hill was normal. The top four armies were following the order. The top three chancellors were not abnormal. How could his 2nd son have an accident? In Taixia Country, who dared hurt his 2nd son? Additionally, his 2nd son was not a weak scholar. His 2nd son had a great talent and had already promoted to an earth knight. Additionally, his 2nd son was accompanied by an earth knight, a black iron knight and many bodyguards. As long as his 2nd son revealed his identity, he would be able to go wherever he wanted. Nobody dared trouble him at all.
'Is he having an affair with a bunch of women? '
'It's possible. It's highly possible. '
Not knowing why, even though Han Zhengfang could convince himself that his 2nd son was having an affair somewhere, he still couldn't get rid of the gloomy shadow in his mind.
After promoting to a knight, a knight's perception and spiritual sense would be greater than that of commoners. The higher level a knight was, the more powerful his sixth sense would be. Han Zhengfang felt that he had neglected something. Something was going to happen; however, he couldn't figure it out. Therefore, he became a bit restless.
Because of Han Zhengfang's restlessness, he was not in a good mood these days. As a result, the Finance Minister's Mansion in the emperor's imperial city was in a depressed atmosphere. All the officials and clerks in the Finance Minister's Mansion were very meticulous these days in case of making mistakes.
'When Yuantu comes back, I must have his subordinates take a remote-sensing communication device with him so as to avoid being lost in such a situation! '
The window of the Faerie-Dragon Throne was silently raised, blocking the peeping eyes from outside. Before the twittering of the sparrows disappeared, a whim occurred to the finance minister's mind.
'Oh, I'm going to drink wine in the Sincerity Garden today. '
When he recalled the old man who was in the emperor's imperial city, Han Zhengfang recovered his composure.
Without this person in the emperor's imperial city, the top three chancellors might not leave Xuanyuan Hill for an inspection at the same time.
...
At the same time, when Han Zhengfang was dealing with public affairs in the Finance Minister's Mansion, the owner of the Sincerity Garden was leisurely feeding carps in a pond in the courtyard in a place called Sincerity Garden in the emperor's imperial city.
The owner of the Sincerity Garden was called Meng Shidao. Few people might know this name; because nobody dared call his name in front of him for dozens of years. In Xuanyuan Hill, everyone called him the master of the royal prince. In more places, Meng Shidao was like a deity for the increasingly large group of Gobbling Party. He was the leader of the Gobbling Party. All the members of the Gobbling Party called their leader "Taoist Master", which was the reverse pronunciation of Meng Shidao's name.
Taoist Master, the master of universal laws.
In the emperor's imperial city, it was really unimaginable for there to be a deserted courtyard which covered over 600 square meters like a mountain village.
Sincerity Garden was such a place. There were no gardeners or gardeners in Sincerity Garden. There were even very few servants. Looking from the outside, the entire Sincerity Garden looked like a deserted courtyard in a mountain village which was overgrown with weeds. There was only a wooden fence outside the garden. Occasionally, wild cats drilled into the garden through the gaps of the wooden fence and scurried in the weeds. However, in the emperor's imperial city, those who were qualified to push open the wooden fence and enter Sincerity Garden were all figures who could shock Xuanyuan Hill by stomping their feet. Many dignitaries in Taixia Country even felt honored to have a seat in Sincerity Garden.
The law of nature; sincerity is close to the law. This was the origin of Sincerity Garden.
At that time, the owner of Sincerity Garden only told the crown prince the origin of Sincerity Garden. After these words spread over Xuanyuan Hill, they aroused a storm. Some people racked their brains for it; some people scrambled for it; some people were driven mad with ecstasy.
At this moment, the owner of Sincerity Garden was feeding the carps in the small pond in a pretty serious way.
After being thrown into the pond by the owner of Sincerity Garden, the lifeless dough suddenly became alive. The moment it entered the water, it would turn into vivid white fishes, shrimps and worms. Additionally, it would avoid being chased by goldfish in the pond, arousing a shoal of carps in the pond.
With a sound "Pah", in order to chase a shrimps made of dough, a black carp longer than 30 cm slapped the water by its tail, causing a large splash. The greater part of the splash fell on the owner of Sincerity Garden's long gown. Closely after that, the black carp jumped into the crevice of a pile of rocks on the bank of the pond. As a result, the fish couldn't get out of the crevice at a stroke. As a result, the fish could only struggle powerlessly while waving its tail, spraying some mud onto the clean cloth shoes and the hem of the owner of Sincerity Garden's long gown.
The owner of Sincerity Garden stopped at once as he watched the black carp struggling among the rocks on the bank of the pond. The hard and sharp edges of the rocks rubbed off the carp's scales, causing the carp to be covered with wounds only after a short while. The owner of Sincerity Garden slightly frowned as he looked at the wet and muddy stains at his feet and on his body. Then, he looked at the black carp which was gradually losing its strength to struggle among the rocks as he looked a bit solemn …
A big wildcat suddenly drilled out of the grasses on the bank of the pond with gleaming eyes. The fishy smell and movement of the carp attracted the attention of the big wildcat. The big wildcat was not afraid of people at all. As if it didn't see a person standing on the bank of the pond, it had already rushed to the side of the rocks on the bank of the pond. After scratching that black carp for a short while, the big wildcat bit its spine and dragged it out of the pile of rocks towards the grasses. As the carp was too large, the big wildcat couldn't bite it. As a result, it fell onto the ground. The big wildcat scratched the carp's tail for a short while and slowly dragged it into the grasses far away from the pond …
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