Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1043 Spring and Autumn Sword Armor

The waves of the Lotus Lake covered him, blocking his vision. When Xu Fengnian opened his eyes again, the surrounding scenery was exactly the same as before he entered the battle.

After returning to reality, Xu Fengnian learned from Qingniao and others who had been waiting outside the formation that, as Yi Ye Shu had said, he had spent three years in the formation, but only three days outside the formation.

Feeling the majestic and long Dahuangting in his body, Xu Fengnian looked at the familiar faces of Qingniao and others, and he actually felt as if he was in another world.

Later, he learned from Blue Bird that Yi Ye Shu had left after stopping Xu Fengnian from entering the formation.

Before leaving, he gave Qingniao a brocade bag and asked her to give it to Xu Fengnian after he left the battlefield.

Now, Xu Fengnian went out on time, and Qingniao immediately handed the brocade bag to him.

Xu Fengnian opened the brocade bag and was surprised to find that the contents inside were related to Daojia's identity.

You should know that among the thirteen champions in the Spring and Autumn Period, Huang Longshi occupied three of the top three. He claimed to be the best in the Nineteen Taoism, the best in cursive writing, and the best in Yin-Yang prophecies, so he occupied the top three in chess, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Sword Armor Li Chungang died in front of Green Robe's tomb.

Ye Baikui, the military saint of Western Chu, died in the Battle of Xileibi, which made Chen Zhibao successful.

The peerless beauty Sejia, the Queen of Great Chu, died when the Western Chu Kingdom was destroyed.

Qin Jia, the blind zither player of the old Southern Tang Dynasty, drowned himself in the river with his zither after his country was destroyed.

Yu Fu, a painter from the Western Shu Kingdom during the Jia Zhou Dynasty, painted a long scroll of the mountains and rivers of Shu before his death. He then lay on the scroll and died of drunkenness.

Dijia Situ Shen Ce was proficient in geomancy, qi gazing, meridian detection and acupuncture. After Li Yang unified the world, he was secretly sentenced to death.

Xun Ping of the French Jia was cooked and shared by the people.

Taoist Qi Xuanzhen was killed on the Demon-Slaying Platform.

The monk Shijia Nagarjuna died outside the Daode Sect of Beimang.

Eight of the thirteen Jia in the Spring and Autumn Period are confirmed to be no longer alive.

In addition to Huang Longshi, who is among the top three, there is also Daojia who is missing.

This sword master who made a stunning appearance in the martial arts world has lost his name in the martial arts world since that incident, and is rarely mentioned.

Even Li Chungang, who drew a circle on the ground to make his own prison and named himself Tingchao Pavilion, was mentioned more times than Daojia during that period.

Daojia's identity is as confusing as his sword. To this day, it has almost become an unsolved case in the martial arts world.

No one knows where he came from, where he went, or even his origins.

The secret bag left by Yi Ye Shu reveals Dao Jia's true identity.

He is Qi Lianhua, the calligraphy saint of Western Chu, who came from a prominent family in Western Chu.

At the same time, he is also the father of Princess Wu Su of Beiliang, and the grandfather of Xu Fengnian, Xu Longxiang, and Xu Tianjiao.

Qi Lianhua, who came from a wealthy family, was a recognized genius in the calligraphy world, and his talent was truly great.

He could be a match for Li Mi, the national master of the Chu State, on the chessboard, and could also compete with Ye Baikui, a soldier, on the battlefield.

It can also make Cao Guanzi, Cao Qingyi, and Qi Daizhao called "half-master".

However, even such a talented person, who came from a wealthy family, was not valued by the royal family of Western Chu. Until the fall of Western Chu, he was still just an editor in the Hanlin Academy.

He only did some small tasks such as writing imperial edicts, epitaphs and sacrificial texts for the emperor surnamed Jiang, and compiled more than half of the history of the previous dynasty which ended in failure.

Therefore, there were nicknames such as "Qi Banbu" and "Tianhua Lang" at that time, the latter implying that Qi Lianhua could only add icing on the cake but not provide timely help.

After the fall of Western Chu, the Guangling Qi family declined, and Qi Lianhua disappeared, which further confirmed Qi Tianhua's statement. At that time, there was a heated case about the thirteen best calligraphers in the Spring and Autumn Period. Qi Lianhua was originally the "best calligrapher" promoted by Western Chu, especially good at running script. The "Warring States Post" with only fourteen words was praised as the second best running script in the world as soon as it was published. Later, Nalan Youci, who was officially designated as the best calligrapher and painter in the Spring and Autumn Period by Liyang, had the "Shengguan Post" as the best running script in the world to compete with him. However, people in the world were not willing to buy this statement. They did not recognize Nalan Youci's double-best theory, and only recognized that Qi Lianhua's calligraphy attainments were comparable to ancient sages. However, the title of the best calligrapher in the Spring and Autumn Period still belonged to Huang Longshi, who was "unrivaled in cursive script and no one could compete with him".

Xu Fengnian's teacher Li Yishan highly praised Qi Lianhua's calligraphy and said that his running script was the best of ancient and modern times.

It's a pity that he wanted to assist the monarch but was frustrated and unsuccessful.

For the sake of the country and the people, he was unable to take into account the personal feelings of his children and never gave Wu Su's mother, Xu Fengnian's grandmother, a formal status.

As a result, Wu Su and her mother were looked down upon at the Wu Family Sword Tomb.

This caused Wu Su to be unwilling to take his father's surname Qi and to take his mother's surname Wu.

Back then, Wu Su fled to the Wu family sword tomb for Xu Xiao, and the maid Zhao Yutai was disfigured as a result.

Qi Lianhua therefore caused a big disturbance at the Wu family sword tomb and demolished half of the sword mountain.

If the ancestor of the Wu family’s sword tomb had not intervened to stop it, the Wu family would have been humiliated more than ten years ago.

Later, he was involved in other matters and when he learned about the White Clothes Case in the capital, it was too late to save his daughter.

This also caused Qi Lianhua to feel guilty for the rest of his life.

He then changed his name to "Wu Jiang" and sneaked into the Beiliang Palace for more than ten years, willing to protect Xu Fengnian in secret.

Because the old man likes to eat a piece of ginger whenever he eats or drinks, he is nicknamed "Old Ginger Block".

The Liyang Dynasty had led several assassination attempts against Xu Fengnian in order to prevent him from inheriting the throne after he came of age.

He almost succeeded several times, but was blocked by Qi Lianhua.

After learning that he still had a relative alive, Xu Fengnian felt complicated.

On the one hand, she was happy that she still had relatives alive, but on the other hand, she felt resentful that Qi Lianhua had such great ability but did not save his mother.

However, what needs to be faced must be faced eventually.

The most important thing now is to return to Beiliang first.

The situation in the Liyang Dynasty is unstable and it has no time to take care of other things. It is very likely that the Northern Mang will take this opportunity to attack.

Xu Fengnian immediately set out with Qingniao and others to return to Beiliang.

Unexpectedly, after returning to Beiliang, I learned about it from Xu Xiao.

Although in recent days there have been growing calls from the Northern Mang to march southward to attack Liang.

Many people in the Northern Mang Dynasty, from the generals who controlled the army to the scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period who fled to the Northern Mang, believed that now was a golden opportunity to go south because the emperor of the Southern Dynasty had been killed and the new emperor had ascended the throne.

In the end, it was the Queen of Beimang and the Taiping Order who joined forces to suppress the domestic voices.

On the one hand, according to Taipingling's strategy, Beimang is still in the preparation stage, and rushing south will only destroy years of hard work.

On the other hand, the butcher Xu Xiao is still there, so Beimang is not sure of winning.

However, according to the intelligence reported by Chuanfu Water Village, in order to appease the domestic sentiment and avoid missing the opportunity, the Queen of Beimang and Taiping Ling have accelerated their actions and are ready to march south as soon as Xu Xiao dies.

The Liangmang border is shrouded in war clouds.

It was also at this time that news began to spread in Beiliang and Beimang that the Beiliang King Xu Xiao was seriously ill.

(End of this chapter)