Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

Ji Xingyu rushed forward rapidly with the Galaxy Sword, weaving through the waves of sword energy at an almost invisible speed. Ji Wan'er's sword energy attack was useless to him. In just a blink of an eye, he flashed in front of Ji Wan'er and swung the Galaxy Sword.

The sword light flashed, and the power it unleashed was indestructible!

But Ji Wan'er danced with the two swords in her hands, releasing spiritual power like ink from the blades, which seemed to form a yin-yang diagram in front of her. The terrifying sword force of the Galaxy Sword slashed into it, and its power was instantly dissipated.

"Nine Heavens Talisman!"

Ji Xingyu recognized Ji Wan'er's technique and was shocked: "How can you know this!?"

The Galaxy Nine Heavens Art is a complete set of skills, but it can also be divided into three parts, namely the Galaxy Heavenly Sword Art, the Nine Heavens Yin and Yang Talisman, and the Ten Thousand Mountains Heart Method.

The moves that Ji Wan'er was performing now were exactly the talisman techniques in the Galaxy Nine Heavens Art, except that she was performing them with a sword.

Ji Wan'er's answer surprised Ji Xingyu: "Because this was created by Brother Bai and I!"

"What did you say!?"

"break!"

Ji Wan'er shouted, and her ink-like spiritual power suddenly exploded, turning into a huge spiritual power explosion that directly blew Ji Xingyu back.

Ji Xingyu retreated more than ten meters with his feet close to the ground. Ji Wan'er took advantage of the situation and pursued him, waving her two swords and transforming them into several sword shadow clones, as if dozens of people were charging towards Ji Xingyu.

At this time, Ji Xingyu also got serious.

The Galaxy Sword shone with a silver-white spiritual light, but when Ji Xingyu swung it, it was only one sword, but dozens of sword lights flashed up. Ji Wan'er's dozens of sword shadows were cut off in an instant.

Ji Xingyu swung the sword again on the spot, and the sword light swept across with the force of thousands of troops, sweeping away everything in front. Ji Wan'er's spiritual power was instantly broken, and she was also cut in half in an instant.

This is the Galaxy Sword, a peerless divine weapon that can cut through anything.

However, Ji Wan'er, who was cut in half, instantly turned into black ink spiritual power and dissipated between heaven and earth.

This is a substitute!

Seeing this, Ji Xingyu turned around and slashed backwards without hesitation, just in time to block Ji Wan'er's thrust!

Ji Wan'er laughed again at this time. Although she didn't look happy, at least she didn't sneer: "Hehe, you look a bit like Big Brother Ji, but you are far from him."

"Of course I'm not as good as the Sword Immortal, but I can still defeat you!"

"You are so arrogant, so give it a try."

Just as the two of them were bursting out their spiritual power and preparing to fight again, there was another loud shout suddenly from the sky.

"enough!!!"

Along with this sound that resounded through the heavens and earth, several flaming feathers descended from the sky, attacking Ji Xingyu and Ji Wan'er simultaneously. Seeing this, the two immediately pushed each other away and retreated, thus dodging the attack.

In the end, those fire feathers did not fall to the ground, but flew back into the sky like a magic weapon and landed on the feather fan of the man in the air.

At this time, the man in the sky also fell from the sky and landed between the two of them.

When Ji Xingyu saw that it was Kong Mingliang, he immediately shouted, "Senior!"

But Kong Mingliang didn't look at Ji Xingyu, but instead looked at Ji Wan'er, with a look of surprise and astonishment on his face: "Miss Wan'er?"

Ji Wan'er's expression also showed great surprise. It was obvious that she also knew Kong Mingliang: "Great Elder Kong?"

Elder Kong, this is the old name of Kong Mingliang.

Kong Mingliang used to be the prime minister of Shu Kingdom, and he also served as military advisor and national advisor. At that time, others called him military advisor or prime minister, while the generals of the enemy country called him a common man.

Later, after the fall of the Shu Kingdom, he retreated into the underworld and founded the God of Wealth Chamber of Commerce, becoming wealthy enough to rival a nation and becoming one of the three most powerful sects, rivaling the Tianji Pavilion. Kong Mingliang's position within the God of Wealth Chamber of Commerce was that of Grand Elder, and so he was often referred to as Grand Elder Kong in the underworld.

However, when the Restoration War was launched, Kong Mingliang responded to the call and helped Ji Xingyu overthrow the rule of Daxuan and restore the prosperity of Dazhou. As a result, Kong Mingliang once again entered the court as an official, becoming the Grand Tutor of Dazhou and concurrently serving as the Sky Fox Marshal, one of the Seven Marshals.

The God of Wealth Association was therefore renamed the Sky Fox Guard, and the title of Grand Elder was no longer used. The civil and military officials of the court addressed him as Grand Tutor, while the military officials referred to him as Grand Marshal. He was undoubtedly a very important figure.

I can’t believe that nowadays, there are people who once again call Kong Mingliang the Great Elder.

But Kong Mingliang wasn't particularly surprised, because he and Ji Wan'er hadn't seen each other for over 600 years. This was also thanks to Kong Mingliang's brain. If it were anyone else, who would be able to remember someone they had only met a few times 600 years ago?

Although Ji Wan'er knew Zhang Mengxuan, she had never met him before and was not familiar with him.

But she had seen Kong Mingliang before, because she had been to the headquarters of the God of Wealth Society with Ji Taibai.

Kong Mingliang asked her, "Miss Wan'er, where have you been all these years?"

But Ji Wan'er seemed not to hear. She hurried forward and came to Kong Mingliang in a hurry, her tone slightly anxious: "Great Elder Kong, why are you here?"

Kong Mingliang was a smart man and knew it was inappropriate to ask his own question at this time, so he answered Ji Wan'er's question first: "I am now the Grand Tutor of the Great Zhou. At the same time, the Four Marshals have been expanded to Seven Marshals. I am one of the Seven Marshals, the Sky Fox Marshal."

"Grand Master... of the Great Zhou?"

Ji Wan'er was a little dumbfounded, as if she had never dreamed that Kong Mingliang would become an official in the court.

She took two steps back, her head in a mess: "What on earth has happened in the past few hundred years..."

Ji Xingyu also teleported at this time and appeared next to Kong Mingliang and asked him: "Senior, who is this girl?"

"Her name is Ji Wan'er." Kong Mingliang smiled and shrugged, then said to Ji Xingyu, "She is Ji Taibai's sister."

"ah!!?"

Everyone around was shocked. Kong Mingliang did not control the volume, so everyone except Ji Xingyu, Zhang Mengxuan, Di Qingtian, Sun Miaoying and others heard it.

Sister, the sister of the poet and sword fairy Taibai?

Didn't Shi Jianxian have only one brother, Ji Yunhua, the founding emperor of their Great Zhou? How did he actually have a sister? And none of them knew about it, but Kong Mingliang was the only one who knew.

3.37 The Emperor's relatives are confirmed

The most famous and high-ranking official positions throughout history can be summarized as the Three Dukes, Six Ministries, and Nine Temples.

The Three Dukes refer to the Grand Tutor, Grand Preceptor, and Grand Protector. Of these three positions, the Great Zhou only established the Grand Tutor position, held by Kong Mingliang. The Six Ministries refer to the departments of Personnel, Revenue, Rites, Military Affairs, Criminal Justice, and Works. The six ministers of these departments also held important positions in the court.

The Nine Temples refer to the Nine Ministers' offices, among which the more famous ones are the Dali Temple and the Taifu Temple, which are in charge of criminal cases and urban trade respectively.

Among the nine temples was the Zongzheng Temple, also known as the Zongrenfu, which was responsible for managing the royal family genealogy. After all, the number of royal family members in dynasties throughout history has always increased, and the blood relationships between relatives and friends have become increasingly complex. Someone had to be in charge of this aspect, otherwise anyone could just come along and claim to be of royal blood, which would be a real headache.

However, in recent years, Zongzheng Temple has become somewhat idle, even boring.

Because the relationship map of the current royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty can really be described as clear at a glance. Forget about the Zongzheng Temple, even if you go to the Jianghu and find someone, they can probably tell you about the living members of the Great Zhou royal family.

This is mainly because, during the period when the Daxuan rebels were in power, they killed all the members of the Dazhou royal family, and anyone who had any connection with the royal family would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.

In that chaotic world, the only surviving direct members of the royal family were Emperor Ji Xingyu and Princess Ye Ning Ji Yun.

Therefore, the current relationship among the Great Zhou royal family is clear at a glance. Starting from His Majesty the Emperor Ji Xian, there are only a few people who are related to him by blood.

The first of course is Ji Xian's parents, namely the retired emperor Ji Xingyu and the queen mother Tang Lin, and then it is the Silver Dragon Commander Su family, namely the Silver Dragon Commander, Princess Ye Ning, and the two sisters Su Luohua and Su Luoxue.

And then, it's over.

Yes, it’s over. These are Ji Xian’s blood relatives who are still alive.

It is because of such a simple clan relationship that the daily routine of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites is to attend the morning court, then go home to take a nap and sleep, spending the whole day in a miserable way, living the comfortable life that Ji Xian dreamed of day and night.

But today, the old Minister of the Imperial Clan was hurriedly summoned to the palace and asked to open the royal family genealogy immediately for inspection.

Seeing that the order came from the Emperor and the Imperial Preceptor, the Minister of the Imperial Clan naturally dared not neglect it and immediately checked the matter. He followed their instructions to check the Sword Immortal's clan relations and soon found the answer.

There are two people who have a direct relationship with the Sword Immortal.

One was naturally his elder brother Ji Yunhua, the founding emperor of their Great Zhou Dynasty. The other was Ji Wan'er, whose name appeared in the Sword Immortal's family tree!

However, there is a note next to it. She is the adopted sister of the poet and swordsman Ji Taibai. Her original name is Shangguan Zhaowan. She is the third daughter of Shangguan Youshao, the Duke of Sui during the Eight Kingdoms Rebellion. After becoming the swordsman's adopted sister, the founding emperor personally gave her the surname Ji and changed her name to Ji Wan'er.

Ji Wan'er was added to the royal family tree, and even notes were written, but all of this was added by the first Minister of the Imperial Clan Affairs Bureau himself.

The Sword Immortal's...sister.

This surprised Ji Xingyu and others, as they had never heard of it before.

Kong Mingliang smiled and said to them, "This is quite normal. Compared to the Sword Immortal, Miss Wan'er is much more low-key. Before her journey, she had been serving as the Elder of Wanzang Tower in the Great Zhou Palace. She was the only female official among all the officials at that time."

"Then why do you know this, Senior?"

Ji Xingyu asked Kong Mingliang, and Kong Mingliang naturally replied, "Back then, the Sword Immortal came to my God of Wealth Association to seek medical advice and swordsmanship. Miss Wan'er came with him, so we met once at that time and have met several times since then."

The poet and swordsman Taibai traveled all over the world in search of a cure for her beloved one, but for hundreds of years her search was in vain.

Kong Mingliang waved his feather fan and continued, "Not many people in the current Great Zhou know about Miss Wan'er, but those who made great contributions to the founding of the Great Zhou should still remember her. Unfortunately, none of them are in this palace."

There are not many founding heroes of the Great Zhou still alive.

The more well-known ones include the Silver Dragon Marshal, the head of the Seven Marshals, the Grand Military Advisor Pang Yuanchu, the Grand Marshal Lu Wen, the Silver Dragon Guard Deputy Marshal Hua Lan, and the King of Lu Cheng Banshan. These are pretty much them.

However, none of these people were in the palace, so naturally no one knew Ji Wan'er.

Fortunately, Kong Mingliang was there too, otherwise it would be hard to say when this farce would end.

Thinking of this, Ji Xingyu covered his head speechlessly: "Well... she wanted to see Xian'er at that time, but how could we possibly tell anyone that Xian'er had escaped from the palace."

It was precisely because of this reason that the two sides could not explain to each other, which led to a fight in the end.

Kong Mingliang smiled bitterly and shook his head, then looked towards the outside of the palace, feeling somewhat worried: "I'm going to go see Miss Wan'er, the Emperor and Junior Brother. You guys take care of the palace matters first."

In fact, Kong Mingliang first explained to Ji Wan'er what had happened in recent years, and then found Ji Xingyu and the others to answer their questions.

After learning about what had happened in the Great Zhou Dynasty over the past hundred years, Ji Wan'er left in despair.

Ji Xingyu agreed, so Kong Mingliang went outside the palace to find Ji Wan'er.

.......

I don’t know if it’s because of Zhang Mengxuan’s earth-shattering thunder magic, or if the weather is just like this, but the sky of Chang’an City is currently covered with dark clouds and thunder is rolling, and it seems that a heavy rain will fall soon.

Most people on the street had gone to take shelter from the rain, so there were not many pedestrians.

Ji Wan'er was the only one on the street. She was walking on the street in a daze, her steps were staggering and weak, her face was lifeless and empty.

Kong Mingliang told her what had happened in Da Zhou in recent years.

Thirty years ago, the Daxuan rebels rebelled and countless loyal people of the Dazhou died tragically, including the national teacher Jiang Nanluo and the head of the national protector gods Tianxueji.

Eighteen years ago, the Restoration War was launched. Ji Xingyu recovered the Great Zhou, and Kong Mingliang, Jiang Can, Zhang Mengxuan and others surrendered to the Great Zhou. Therefore, the current Great Zhou court has been replaced by a large number of new people.

But these were not what made her most sad.

The saddest thing is the news of the Sword Immortal's death...

How is it possible? How could my brother, who is invincible in the world,...

Ji Wan'er felt that she had to use all her strength to take every step. She was exhausted after walking for a while. Finally, she leaned weakly against the wall on the street, sighing and panting.

The foreign man who had been following Ji Wan'er was still following her, but he didn't talk to her. He just followed her silently.

Kong Mingliang finally found Ji Wan'er and walked to her side.

Ji Wan'er glanced at him and said nothing.

Kong Mingliang didn't say anything either. Both sides were silent for a long time. Only the sound of thunder and wind echoed in the street.

I don’t know how long the silence lasted, but Ji Wan’er was the first to speak.

"Master Kong...Master Kong, what are you doing here?"

"I was worried about you, so I came to check on you." Kong Mingliang waved his feather fan. "Come to think of it, I haven't asked Miss Wan'er where she's been for the past five hundred years. We thought you were dead, just like your brother."

Like Ji Taibai, Ji Wan'er disappeared during a long journey and her whereabouts are unknown.

Now, Ji Wan'er is back, but Ji Taibai...

"Me? Haha..." Ji Wan'er smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Bai has been looking for a way to save Miss Ling. In the end, I went out to sea for him and traveled far away to the outside world."

Outside the Great Zhou, there are four foreign lands.

But outside the four foreign lands, there are other lands where human beings also live and have established civilizations and countries. However, due to language barriers and long distances, there is little intersection between them.

All other national civilizations outside the Nine Provinces and Four Regions are called outsiders by the Central Plains.

Ji Wan'er traveled far outside the region to find a way to cure the disease.

Ji Wan'er's face was now filled with sorrow and sadness, tears streaming down her face, dripping onto the ground. This time, she didn't even wipe away her tears. She sobbed as she looked at the foreign man and said to Kong Mingliang, "It took me five hundred years to finally find a solution. I even brought my foreign friends back to the Great Zhou with me."

"But I didn't expect that things have changed. Brother Bai, Sister Nini... they are all gone!!"

Ji Wan'er took out an ice-blue gourd from her luggage. It looked like it was made of blue jade and was crystal clear. At first glance, it looked like a wine gourd made of ice.

Ji Wan'er looked at the ice gourd in her hand with a trembling voice: "This is a wine jug made of the finest ice jade from Britain, imitating the ones cast in the Central Plains. It is filled with the best Ice Moon wine from outside the domain."

"I brought these with me originally intending to give them to Brother Bai, but he's gone now, so why would I keep them?!!!!!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Wan'er threw the ice jade gourd in her hand to the ground in grief and anger.