Although the manor the Bandit Commander mentioned was not located in a bustling location in Qingyang city, it was not difficult to find.
The manor had no name, and there was no one guarding the entrance. It did not seem particularly luxurious either, completely inconspicuous.
Yang Xuan did not stop either. He directly went up and knocked on the door.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After knocking on the door for quite a while, an old, trembling man opened the door and stuck his head out.
"Who are you looking for?" The old man's teeth had almost all fallen out, so he spoke with a lisp.
Yang Xuan took out the medallion the Bandit Commander had given him and passed it to the old man.
The old man took the medallion and rubbed it a few times before returning it to Yang Xuan.
"So it's the boss!" As the old man said that, he opened the door completely and let Yang Xuan in.
Yang Xuan entered through the door and asked casually, "Aren't there any other servants here?"
The old man did not seem particularly excited. He said with a trembling voice, "Master, I'm the only one guarding this place."
Yang Xuan nodded. "You can go about your business. I'll look around myself."
The old man did not refute him. He seemed to be troubled by something. After bowing towards Yang Xuan, he left.
Yang Xuan did not mind. He had already discovered the location of the secret room the Bandit Commander had mentioned. He did not need anyone else to guide him.
The manor was quite large, but the decorations inside were not particularly meticulous. It gave off a sense of casualness.
Yang Xuan was not interested in any of this. He was only interested in the items the Bandit Commander had mentioned from the imperial mausoleum.
He entered the secret room without any difficulty. After opening a metal door, Yang Xuan saw the items the Bandit Commander had mentioned.
These items were very ordinary to Yang Xuan. They were just some gold and silver utensils, gemstones, and jade. There were many of them, but there was nothing special about them at first glance.
Yang Xuan flipped through them casually, fiddling with a piece of suet white jade in his hand as he looked through the other items.
Before long, he became rather disappointed.
Although these things were all treasures, they were of no use to him.
The only thing that caught Yang Xuan's attention was an imperial edict.
Yang Xuan opened the imperial edict. After reading it a little, he realized that it was an imperial edict for succession. The general idea was that before the previous emperor died, he would pass the throne to his son and so on.
The successor mentioned was named Su Zhenchen, who should be of the same generation as Su Zhenguo.
This imperial edict was actually hidden very well. Yang Xuan found it inside a jade belt. If it was someone else, they wouldn't have been able to discover the mysteries of this belt.
Yang Xuan suddenly recalled that Su Zhenguo seemed to have stepped down from the throne. If Su Zhenchen was the true successor to the throne as stated in the edict, then …
Yang Xuan shook his head. Since ancient times, there had been no familial ties in the Di Clan.
However, this had nothing to do with him. Whoever became the Emperor had nothing to do with him.
After putting all the treasures in the secret room into his storage ring, Yang Xuan turned around and left the secret room.
With a slight sweep of his divine mind, he found the old man's location.
The old man and his family lived in the northwest corner of the manor. In a small courtyard, the old man was sitting in the courtyard with a sad face, smoking a pipe.
"How should I address you?" Yang Xuan appeared in front of him.
The old man stood up, knocked the pipe on the bottom of his shoe a few times, and said, "Master, just call me Old Guo."
"Well, Old Guo, is the person in the room your …?"
There was a man, a woman, and a child in the room.
However, the child was not in a good condition.
"It's my son, daughter-in-law, and grandson." Old Guo said with a sad face.
At this time, the man and woman in the room came out. When they saw Yang Xuan, they hurriedly bowed and said, "Master."
Yang Xuan looked at them. They were all servants' clothes, which were full of patches.
"What's wrong with the child?" Yang Xuan asked.
Old Guo said sadly, "My grandson has been sick for a long time. I'm afraid …"
As he said this, a few drops of turbid tears ran down from his old eyes.
Yang Xuan felt strange and asked, "Didn't you ask for a doctor?"
Old Guo lowered his head and said, "Master, we can't afford a doctor."
"Can't afford a doctor?" Yang Xuan was greatly puzzled. Any one of the items in this manor could be sold for enough to hire a doctor. Not to mention, he had also found some scattered silver and gold leaves in some of the rooms.
"There are gold leaves in the drawer under the cabinet in the third room in the east. You must know that. Why don't you take them to your grandson?" Yang Xuan asked.
Old Guo sighed and said, "Of course I know. But they don't belong to me. I can't take them. Master, you saved my family at the critical moment and gave us a place to live. I owe you so much. How can I take your things?"
Yang Xuan felt deep respect for him.
Facing his family members who were seriously ill and had no money to treat them, he still stuck to his principles and didn't take things that didn't belong to him. This kind of belief was not common.
However, most of the people like him lived at the bottom of the society. What could he do?
As the saying went, killing and arson made one rich, and repairing bridges and roads left no corpses behind.
"Old Guo, from now on, you're the owner of this manor." Yang Xuan took out the token and handed it to him.
"What?" Old Guo didn't react immediately. He opened his eyes wide and couldn't say a word.
His son and daughter-in-law had the same reaction. They were all dumbfounded and couldn't believe what they had heard.
After a long while, Old Guo realized what Yang Xuan had said. He said helplessly, "No, no, no. Master, I can't … I can't …"
Yang Xuan threw the token to him and said, "If I say it's okay, it's okay. Take it. From now on, all the properties in this manor are yours. You can do whatever you want with them. Someone from the government will send you the title deed later. "
Old Guo couldn't refuse. He knelt down with tears on his face and kept kowtowing without saying a word.
So did his son and daughter-in-law. They all knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
Yang Xuan did not stop him, only smiling as he said, "As the saying goes, heaven helps the worthy. Good people should naturally be rewarded. Look, your grandson has already recovered from his illness."
"What?" Old Guo suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Xuan in disbelief.
Yang Xuan nodded and motioned him to go in and have a look.
Old Guo went in and found his grandson had recovered. When he came out with joy, he found no one in the yard.
"Heaven has eyes!" Old Guo knelt down slowly with tears on his face.
After Yang Xuan left, he went back to the Imperial Palace to find Su Hanyu and told him about Old Guo's matter.
Logically speaking, asking the Emperor to do this was really a waste of talent.
However, Yang Xuan had no other choice. He couldn't go directly to the official in charge of the land, who didn't know him anyway.
Since Yang Xuan asked him to do it, Su Hanyu didn't dare to neglect it. He summoned the minister and told him about it.
After giving his instructions, Yang Xuan called him over. He took out the Heaven Opening Scripture wooden tablet and directly asked, "Have you seen this before?"
Su Hanyu looked at it for a while and shook his head, "Your Highness, I haven't seen it before."
Yang Xuan asked again, "Have you heard of the Heaven-Opening Scripture?"
Su Hanyu thought for a while and answered, "No."
There was no disappointment on Yang Xuan's face. He had only asked casually, and did not hold much hope.
"By the way, how is Su Zhenchen related to you?"
Su Hanyu was stunned and said, "Your Highness, he's my great grandfather. He's the same generation as our ancestor."
Yang Xuan nodded and sent Su Hanyu away.
Yang Xuan changed the fate of Old Guo and his family. In the evening, Yang Xuan went out of the Imperial Palace again without anyone knowing.
His purpose this time was the Imperial Mausoleum of the Sun Kingdom.
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