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Chapter 565: The Extra Story of Flowers on the Road Begins (Part )
"Mr. Xue, please."

“Hahaha, Master Nan, please, please!”

In the Xue family mansion, Nan Hanwen and Xue Daoyong were quite polite to each other. They were both experienced and shrewd men who had come out of troubled times. They also knew each other's status and position in front of the founding emperor Qin Emperor, so there was no conflict between them.

What's more, this time I came here for the wedding.

Good times and beautiful scenery, important affairs for family and country.

They only talked about romantic things and didn't touch on those sharp topics. They were all smiling. However, it was often in such situations that special circumstances would arise. Just when Xue Daoyong held Nan Hanwen's arm and headed towards the inner courtyard of the Xue family, there was a commotion again.

Many direct descendants of the Xue family came out and gathered together.

In the middle of the crowd, there was a handsome-looking man, holding a box and walking out quickly.

This man is a direct descendant of the Xue family and is standing in front of Nan Hanwen's team.

He bowed and said in a clear voice: "Xue Yuheng of the Xue family, greetings to the old patriarch, greetings to Lord Nan Hanwen."

Nan Hanwen frowned slightly and looked at Xue Daoyong next to him:

"Mr. Xue, this is..."

Xue Daoyong remained calm and said, "Yuheng, you have returned from the northwest and have made great achievements in managing the trade. Why don't you rest well in your mansion and come here suddenly? What's the matter?"

Xue Yuheng said respectfully: "I knew that my niece and His Majesty were getting married, so I got the treasure from the northwest and came here specially to congratulate you."

Nan Hanwen said gently: "Mr. Xue Yuheng, you are very polite."

Xue Yuheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty swept across the world, rebuilt the world, opened up trade routes, made goods from all directions flow to all directions, benefited the world, and established the foundation for eternity. People of my generation all yearn for it in their hearts. Now that this has happened, I should come here to congratulate you."

As soon as these words came out, Nan Hanwen already had something in mind.

He already knew what this person was really planning, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Xue Yuheng is thoughtful. I will say a few 'good words' to him in front of His Majesty."

He looked at Xue Daoyong again and said, "Mr. Xue, please."

But Xue Yuheng suddenly showed great courtesy and said, "Lord Nan is too polite. If my niece Xue Shuangtao and Your Majesty get married, they will be the empress and my Xue family will be the empress's family. So we will be one family with Your Majesty."

"Now that the country has been founded, the territory of the world is much larger than in the past. The four seas are unified and the world is one country. It is also the time after the war, and everything needs to be rebuilt. There are many talented people in my Xue family who can be used by Your Majesty."

"Although I am in charge of the Xue family's northwest trade route and have made great contributions, I am just an ordinary person. I hope that Your Majesty will imitate the Red Emperor of the previous dynasty and grant me, the Xue family, an official position. My Xue family can be considered as your Majesty's relatives, relatives of the founding emperor. If we are all ordinary people, let it be known that others will not laugh at us in secret."

"This won't look good for your Majesty."

Nan Hanwen frowned.

This is a legitimate way to ask for benefits.

They wanted to emulate the founding of the country in all dynasties. It was a common thing, the so-called reward according to merit. It was actually a customary thing. The Red Emperor's lineage, the State of Chen, and the State of Ying all had this principle.

But, my Great Qin...

Nan Hanwen's eyes were slightly cold, and the old man felt a sense of silence around him. He looked up and saw that although the Xue family members around him did not agree with Xue Yuheng and support him, they did not stop him either.

Even if someone felt that it was embarrassing to ask for benefits so directly, he took two steps forward and urged in a low voice: "Yu Heng, today is such a big event, how can you act like this, isn't it embarrassing, get up quickly, His Majesty is such a person, does he need you to remind him of such a thing?"

He went to pull Xue Yuheng.

No pulling.

Xue Yuheng stood steadily, but did not seem to pull hard. He just looked at Nan Hanwen hesitantly with his peripheral vision. The Xue family members around him looked the same. They were not opposed, but their eyes were filled with desire and silent waiting.

In particular, Xue Daoyong did not immediately speak up to stop such things.

Just like a fire gradually starting, the flames of ambition, the desire for luck, and the natural pursuit of status spread rapidly along with the breath and the gaze.

Nan Hanwen sighed.

Money, fame and honor are very attractive. The Xue family is already quite wealthy, so they naturally desire power and position. This is human nature, but... he could only turn around and look at Xue Daoyong.

This fierce tiger in troubled times stroked his long beard and said nothing, as if he was tacitly agreeing.

If it were an ordinary person, this would mean that Xue Daoyong also hoped to make the Xue family powerful and noble, but Nan Hanwen was a student who followed the ruthless scholar Tan Tai Xianming in troubled times, and he had experienced ups and downs in troubled times for decades, so he was a shrewd and calculating person.

He felt something was wrong.

But when the fire in the hearts of the entire Xue family was becoming more and more chaotic, footsteps suddenly sounded.

"presumptuous!"

The calm voice fell like a sharp sword, slashing down, and also cutting off the desire, expectation, and luck that appeared in the invisible and intangible form of the Xue family. Everyone's thoughts paused slightly.

Nan Hanwen was startled for a moment, he looked up, and saw a woman in a green shirt striding out on the road leading to the inner courtyard of Xue's house. Her black hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, a green bamboo flute hung around her waist, and she held a sword in her hand. When she looked around, she looked cool and majestic.

The voices of the Xue family members couldn't help but lower a few degrees:
"Miss..."

Xue Yuheng said with a smile: "My niece is here, it's okay, it's okay, there's nothing wrong, we just came to give you a gift."

"Gift?"

The woman raised her eyebrows and unsheathed the sword in her hand.

Amid the clanging of swords, the box that Xue Yuheng took out was cut in half, and many rare treasures collected from the northwest scattered out, and the fragrance fell.

Zheng. ! !

The sword was like autumn water, pointing directly at Xue Yuheng's brow.

The owner of Changfeng Tower said calmly: "Giving gifts is fake, seeking profit is real."

"You are treating me as a stepping stone for you to climb up."

The surroundings were dead silent for a moment. The Xue family members' faces changed slightly. Nan Hanwen was stunned, and then said, "Master, Master, this is not right. How can we be so happy today? How can we rashly start a war?"

Xue Yuheng stretched out his finger and pointed at the sword, seeming to be angry:

"You haven't married yet, and you haven't become the empress of the Qin Dynasty, Shuang Tao."

"Is it really like this? Are you biased towards the Emperor? Are you so eager to put aside the Xue family and become the virtuous queen in history?!"

"Are you so ungrateful?!"

"Have you forgotten how you were taken care of by my Xue family?!"

After all, Xue Yuheng was the person in charge of a trade route. At times like this, his tongue was still sharp, and he directly found the most painful points to ridicule. Even if he didn't mean to do so, he would be led by the rhythm, causing the surrounding Xue family members to look at him with strange eyes.

But she never thought that the girl was no longer as young as she used to be. She just looked around and saw the expressions in everyone's eyes. She said:

"If you think so, then so be it!"

"If you think like this."

"That's it!"

The atmosphere among the crowd was somewhat dead silent, yet some people were still unwilling to accept the result.

Xue Shuangtao suddenly said: "If you feel unconvinced and unhappy, so be it."

She took out a jade pendant and said in a cold voice:

"Xue Shuangtao will leave the Xue family starting today."

"It's only about Grandpa, Changqing."

So the Xue family members who had been somewhat indignant before now had a look of panic in their eyes.

"Miss, how can you do this!"

"No, no... Miss!"

They all panicked.

Xue Shuangtao suddenly shook his head in disappointment and said, "You know, the reason why you are still here and the Xue family remains the same is because His Majesty cares about our old friendship and Grandpa's help. You are not satisfied and want more?!"

"Xue Shuangtao was a little harsh today, please forgive me."

She raised her eyes, took a half step forward, and said coldly:

"You guys, are you worthy?!"

This was extremely impolite and no one dared to speak at this time.

The owner of Changfeng Tower said, "My brother still has to hide his identity and fight on the battlefield, facing life and death, and only then can he be promoted by military merit. You have not contributed an inch of land to the country, and have not helped the world with weapons. But you have silk and satin, food and clothing, and no worries. You are lucky. How dare you use the Xue family as a pretext to directly reach the official position."

"It's just a dream!"

Xue Shuangtao retracted his sword.

The owner of Changfeng Tower swept her cold eyes over the direct descendants of the Xue family around her. She actually knew that in all dynasties, the wives and relatives of the founding emperors would be greatly rewarded, but she also knew that if this happened, the wandering and conquests of the past decade would return to the track of the past.

His slender fingers tapped the sword.

The long sword is as cold as snow.

Xue Shuangtao said: "The Qin Empire has two ways to get promoted, civil and military, and strict rewards and punishments, but there is absolutely no way to rely on the Xue family's name. No one in my Xue family, whether direct relatives or collateral branches, will receive any title or reward from the Qin Empire because of me." "If I really want you to get these because of this."

Xue Shuangtao's expression paused slightly, and everything that had happened over the past ten years flashed before his eyes.

She said: "Then, all the sacrifices of so many people over the past decade or so would have been in vain."

"Lord Nan Hanwen."

Nan Hanwen was sighing in his heart because of the woman's demeanor. Hearing this, he took a half step forward, bowed and said, "I am here."

Xue Shuangtao's wrist trembled.

Finally, the woman from the fourth level of the sky learned three aspects of Chen Qingyan's swordsmanship.

It cut directly through Xue Yuheng's temples.

Xue Yuheng's hair fell down, and a compelling meaning made Xue Yuheng's pupils shrink violently. The next moment, Xue Shuangtao's long sword was put into the scabbard, and only a low sound was heard in the scabbard.

Xue Shuangtao turned to Nan Hanwen, handed the sword to him, and said:
"This sword is what I used to take charge of Changfeng Tower. Now that the world has been pacified, this sword still has special privileges. I can report it to your majesty. If there are any children of the Xue family who deceive the emperor and violate the law, they can be killed with this sword!"

"I will kill him without mercy!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a chill in the air.

The desire of the Xue family's direct descendants to take advantage of the new Qin Dynasty and unify the world to obtain rewards was instantly extinguished.

This kind of thought originally only existed deep in my heart and was not particularly strong. Now it was completely eliminated and no trace of it dared to appear again.

Xue Shuangtao looked at Xue Daoyong and bowed deeply: "Grandpa."

She said nothing else.

Xue Daoyong sighed, as if he was tired, as if he approved, and said, "Okay."

He left Mr. Nan Hanwen behind, and then said to the others: "You guys, why don't you leave quickly? What are you waiting for? Do you really want this sword to kill you?!"

"Get out of here quickly!"

After this incident, Xue Shuangtao felt dazed and paced back and forth. Xue Daoyong took Nan Hanwen to Tingfeng Pavilion and asked the shadow guard who had followed him from the martial arts world to the present to bring them two cups of tea.

Nan Hanwen looked outside, and from then on he saw ripples on the water and the wind blowing. He then looked at the teacup on the table and smiled slightly, "Listen to the wind rising quietly, and the wind will always be with you. What a great Listening Wind Pavilion."

"When Your Majesty was young and hiding in the deep sea, it was here that you received the help of Mr. Xue and embarked on the road of conquering the world."

Xue Daoyong replied: "With your majesty's courage and will, I just happened to meet you at the right time. Even if he had stepped into the martial arts world or followed Yue Qianfeng, he would have had some adventures and achieved great achievements."

"The Xue family only sent that portion of charcoal."

"Master Nan, please have some tea!"

Nan Hanwen just took his tea and drank it slowly, still thinking about the impact of what had just happened. He sighed in his heart and suddenly said, "Mr. Xue, when your majesty was young, you took care of him and cared about him a lot, and helped him in times of crisis many times. You have made great contributions to the country, but why do you have to play such a drama today?"

"Xue Yuheng, this is Mr. Xue's arrangement, right?"

"Even if this drama didn't happen, the Xue family would still be prosperous and wealthy."

Xue Daoyong sat cross-legged in the Tingfeng Pavilion, sipping tea slowly, and said with a smile: "Although I am acting, the glimmer of hope in the heart of the Xue family's heir is real. Lord Nan, do you know what a [doctor] is?"

Nan Hanwen was well-versed in classics and replied:
"There are three levels of a doctor's realm. The first is to see the disease in the spirit, to cure it before it takes shape, so the name is known only in the family. The second is to treat the disease at the hair level, so the name is known only in the neighborhood. Only the third is to pierce the blood vessels, inject poison, and treat the skin, and the name will be known among the princes."

"What the old gentleman means is..."

Xue Daoyong said: "Those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements."

"Deal with the situation before it escalates completely to avoid causing serious consequences. This is the right path. Borrow one person to lure out the desire hidden in the heart of the Xue family's heir, and then let Shuang Tao cut it off without leaving any room for it."

"Only in this way can our Xue family survive."

"Only then can Shuang Tao truly become the empress by His Majesty's side."

"If I take Guan Yi, I won't have to face the Xue family's problems in ten or twenty years."

Nan Hanwen said: "Old sir, you have a good way."

Xue Daoyong said gently: "Shuang Tao and Guan Yi are both good kids who cherish the old times. An old guy like me, in terms of martial arts, can't even take on Guan Yi's moves, but I always hope to help them a little."

"When I was here, it was just as you said, sir. But what about more than a decade later, when the old man died?"

"I also don't want them to confront the descendants of the Xue family after I leave, and become a joke for thousands of years, laughed at by future generations. I don't want there to be a rift between these two good children."

"They have been through so many ups and downs for so many years. Isn't it a pity that the emperor and empress are alienated because of some despicable people?"

Nan Hanwen said: "But this move will have some impact on your reputation, old sir."

Xue Daoyong laughed, holding the teacup, pointed at Nan Hanwen, and said cunningly:
"Isn't Master Nan Hanwen here?"

Nan Hanwen suddenly understood why the old man had arranged this matter today, and said:

"Old gentleman, do you want me to be your guarantor?"

Xue Daoyong said calmly: "No, I hope that before Master Nan Hanwen dies, he will write today's events into a book and make it public, so that everyone can know the heart of the Xue family and the heart of Xue Daoyong."

Nanhan Wenpin discovered Xue Daoyong's actions in this matter.

She has to protect her children and grandchildren, solve problems for Li Guanyi and Xue Shuangtao, leave behind the reputation of Xue Shuangtao's virtuous queen, and leave her own reputation through Nan Hanwen, the observer.

Be thrifty and calm.

Nan Hanwen couldn't help but raise his glass and sighed:
"A hero in troubled times is truly like this."

Is this the arrogance of a tiger in troubled times?

But even such a fierce tiger in troubled times could hardly show its fangs in the later period of the last chaotic era. It was not that he was no longer powerful, but that the heroes of the world at that time were truly surging.

But, Duke Taiping, King Shenwu, Chen Dingye, Lu Youxian, the Military God Tai Shi, the Sword Maniac, the Last Red Emperor, Ying Emperor Wanxiang, these heroes and tycoons who created turbulent waves in the previous era, all came to an end one by one.

The white-haired tiger of troubled times before our eyes must be the last hero of that era.

The story of your majesty and these heroes.

Does it start with Xue Daoyong and also end with Xue Daoyong?

Xue Daoyong just laughed loudly and said, "Hero of troubled times? I don't deserve it. I'm just a gambler. If you want to talk about the world, this old man really has nothing to say. Lord Nan Hanwen, do you know what the most important thing about this gambler is?"

Nan Hanwen said respectfully: "I would like to hear the details."

Xue Daoyong said: "Everyone thinks that winning every time is the best gambler. I think that is too shallow. A true gambler is not about winning, but about retreating."

"No better than just average."

"The key is to leave calmly after winning the bet that is unmatched in the world."

"Only when one is brave enough to retreat at the peak of his powers can his kung fu be proven."

Nan Hanwen asked, "Is today the day for you to retire, sir?"

Xue Daoyong laughed: "Someone told me that I wanted to bet on eternal peace. Very good, I made a big bet. After more than ten years, I saw the world was peaceful, young people were in love, and the people lived and worked in peace. Xue Daoyong was just a businessman and a gambler in troubled times."

"After all this betting, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?!"

"It's so satisfying!"

"It's enough to comfort me for the rest of my life."

The wind blew outside, blowing the curtains on the Tingfeng Pavilion and the surface of the water. The old man stood up and paced, holding a teacup. Ripples appeared in the air behind him. The white tiger paced slowly, and Xue Daoyong opened his chest with a heroic spirit.

See the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River and hear the camel bells in the desert.

Seeing the world, he felt happy and said loudly:

"The universe is vast, and wherever you see heroes, they are all gamblers."

"Spend money with courage and be generous, and laugh at the outcome of victory or defeat."

"The sword is as sharp as a rainbow, the revenge is as satisfying as pleasure, and the wine and meat are as warm as ice."

"The journey is long and full of ups and downs."

"Return to the mountains and forests, where the clouds are thick and the fog is shrouded, and I walk leisurely to watch the wind blow."

"The storms of the past have dispersed, and now I am reading poetry and books."

"My ambition has been fulfilled, but my ambition remains. Why should I fear the passing of time?"

He turned around, and a strong wind blew behind him. The white tiger roared, shaking the Tingfeng Pavilion and echoing in all directions. The old man laughed:
"Will be recorded in history for thousands of years, and your name will be known all over the world!"

Xue Daoyong made his move and ended the game.

Get out of this unscathed.

End with great fame.

(End of this chapter)