Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 145 Lu Zhixing Visits the Imperial Master's Mansion

Yesterday's heavy rain came so suddenly that it had not yet provided shelter for the flowers and plants in the yard. These flowers and plants, which had been carefully cared for in the past, had no resistance at all in the face of the sudden heavy rain and fell all over the ground.

The yard wasn't in such a mess when I went out last night, but now after a night's sleep the yard has become an unsightly mess.

But the national teacher just loved this messy yard. Petals, fallen leaves and branches were lying randomly in the middle of the road, blocking the way. It would always be cooler after a rainy day, and today's wind was a little chilly.

The Imperial Master loved this weather and this yard so much that he hurriedly went into the house and moved a chaise longue out and placed it on the petals. He stepped on the petals and held the newly fallen leaves in his hands. Above his head was a big tree that provided shade. Although the tree would drip a drop or two of water from time to time, the Imperial Master did not care at all.

It seemed that moving a chaise longue was not enough, so he thought of moving out a small table to put things on. So he went into the house and moved out another small table, which was again filled with food, drinks, and a palm-leaf fan.

The Imperial Master, who was about to lie down to catch up on his sleep, suddenly paused, counted on his fingers, and sighed. He was already exhausted just from moving the chair and table, and he didn't want to move anymore. But when he thought about the guests coming later, he couldn't let them sit on the floor like last time.

The Imperial Master took a look at the land wet by the rain. The loose soil became sticky after being soaked by water. If he stepped on it, his feet would get wet. Forget it, he decided to just move it honestly. So he quietly went into the house and brought out another chaise longue.

Just moving these two chairs made him exhausted, and he slumped down in the chairs.

After all, he is old. Yesterday, he spent a lot of energy just to save a person. It seems that he should do less of such things. Everyone has his own destiny. But his personality makes it impossible to just ignore it.

"Forget it, forget it. Who made me so kind-hearted?" The national teacher couldn't help but sigh. He was kind-hearted after all and couldn't bear to see innocent people suffer.

Now he just wanted to close his eyes and have a good rest.

The person who he thought would arrive soon had not arrived after he had a nap. The national teacher was not anxious or annoyed and continued to wait.

Finally, before he fell asleep again, he heard the sound of someone coming in.

"I thought you would come earlier." said the national teacher. He knew who it was just by the voice, but the sunlight was so comfortable that he didn't want to open his eyes.

"I have to go over and ask what's going on before I can come here to ask you." Lu Zhixing's voice sounded, but it sounded like he hadn't come over yet and was still in the yard.

The Imperial Master smiled secretly with his hands covering his mouth. There was nowhere to stand in the whole yard. Perhaps Lu Zhixing didn't want to get his shoes dirty, so he didn't move for a long time.

After waiting for a long time, the national teacher finally heard the sound of Lu Zhixing moving.

"Why don't you ask someone to clean up the place? It's such a mess." Lu Zhixing's disdainful voice fell into the ears of the national teacher. After all, he couldn't help but open his eyes to see what expression the King of Qin had.

His face was full of impatience and disgust at the dirtiness of the yard. The Imperial Master sighed, thinking that this man still didn't know how to appreciate things.

"It's too troublesome. Don't you think it looks good this way?" He picked up the palm-leaf fan that had been covering his belly and fanned it, looking like a Taoist immortal.

"No." Lu Zhixing shook his head honestly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you uncouth guy doesn't know how to appreciate things at all." Lu Zhixing disliked the national teacher's courtyard, while the national teacher disliked Lu Zhixing's lack of romantic feelings.

"There are a lot of people outside staring at you." Lu Zhixing walked through the fallen leaves and petals on the ground and came to his side.

"There have always been quite a few." The Imperial Master was quite indifferent and didn't care about those people outside. Even if he didn't leave the mansion, there were still quite a few people guarding outside.

"You are going to be the center point again." Lu Zhixing said regretfully.

The Imperial Master smiled. He did not feel any regret. No matter how many people were outside, he was living his life in this mansion. Could they break in? It was just...

"It's so annoying. I have to go and coax your old man again." The national teacher hit his stomach heavily with a palm-leaf fan.

In the past fifty years or so, the thing he disliked most was entering the palace, and the second thing he disliked most was meeting the emperor.

There are countless inexplicable fights in the palace, and he has to say things that the emperor likes to hear in front of the emperor. As the saying goes, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. He doesn't want to be raided and beheaded when he is over 50 years old.

After helping the previous emperor resolve the rebellion, he locked himself in the Imperial Master's Mansion. On the one hand, he did not want to get involved in the affairs of the imperial power and practiced diligently. On the other hand, he wanted to reassure the emperor.

He knew that no matter what his relationship with the emperor was, no matter whether he had made any contributions to Da'an, as long as his abilities were beyond the emperor's control, he would never let him go because of their so-called old friendship.

So he had to reassure the emperor. Only if he stayed honestly in this world, as long as he didn't go out and didn't have too much contact with others, could he reassure him.

Lu Zhixing was an exception. He personally sent Lu Zhixing over and asked him to help teach him.

Back then, the Imperial Master looked at Lu Zhixing, who was not even as tall as his knees, and looked at him stubbornly. He asked him, "What kind of person do you want him to be?"

He said: "Protect the country and be loyal to the emperor."

From that moment on, he knew that the man did not want Lu Zhixing to become the emperor and did not want him to sit on that position.

So he taught Lu Zhixing to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. He taught Lu Zhixing how to be a subject, a younger brother, and an elder brother, but he never taught him how to be a monarch.

He did not teach Lu Zhixing how to be a ruler, but he taught him how to love the people, how to love the country, and how to protect the country. Lu Zhixing never lived up to his expectations, and he did what he should do.

"If you don't want to go, you don't have to go." He heard Lu Zhixing secretly laughing at him, but in the end he was reluctant to let an old man deal with all that heartache.

The Imperial Master smiled and just glanced at him. He saw the respect and pity for a teacher in his eyes. He was already very satisfied: "If I don't go, he will be suspicious of you."

After all, his heart still leans towards the child he has raised since childhood.

"When has he ever let down his guard?" Lu Zhixing snorted coldly, "He only cares about that position, and whether any of us brothers would have the heart to take that position from him."

The Imperial Master opened his mouth, he felt he should say something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He had already said that he would not interfere in the affairs of the royal family, and he should not make an exception now.

Fortunately, Lu Zhixing also knew what the national teacher was thinking, so he didn't talk about it any more. Besides, the purpose of his coming here was not to discuss these meaningless things.

"Tell me, what is stealing lives all about?" This is what he cares about most.

The Imperial Master scratched his eyebrow and knew that he was here to ask this, but he did not intend to hide it from him, so he told Lu Zhixing everything he knew.

"Stealing life, in short, means stealing your life and using it for your own use. Some people have a very miserable life, with their families broken up, their wives and children separated, and they are all alone. Some evil ways will offer to steal someone's life in exchange for their own.

"Life-changing means exchanging your bad life for someone else's good life. The person whose life is being exchanged will not die, but will live a miserable life for the rest of his life. Life-stealing means stealing your life directly, and the person whose life is being stolen will die immediately."

"The stolen fate went directly to the thief?" Lu Zhixing was puzzled.

"Yes, the stolen fate is directly assigned to the thief. People who choose to steal lives are usually those who had a good life in the first half of their lives. They want to have a better life. They are just a group of greedy thieves."

"If Ye Jianqing's life was really stolen, then my eighth brother..." Lu Zhixing frowned.

The Imperial Master glanced at him sideways, and at one glance he knew what Lu Zhixing was thinking. He never thought about Ye Jianqing's fate, but because he had told him before that Ye Jianqing and Lu Ci Qiu would live and die together, he was worried that if Ye Jianqing died, would Lu Ci Qiu die as well.

"Although the girl's fate is not bad, after all, she won't be too smooth before she is nineteen. Some people only see her fate, but fail to calculate her calamity. If she can live smoothly until she is twenty, then it will be considered really good afterwards."

Lu Zhixing did not relax at all after hearing what the Imperial Master said. The Imperial Master smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. Although their fates are indeed intertwined, the test yesterday was not fatal. I left the mansion in accordance with the will of heaven. The little girl must survive, and the Eighth Prince will naturally be fine."

"why?"

The Imperial Master pointed to the sky and smiled mysteriously: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."

"Then if someone wants to steal my eighth brother's life..."

The national teacher shook his head and denied his idea. Stealing a life is extremely difficult. It can only be done occasionally by people with powerful magic. If the stealing of life fails this time, that person will definitely suffer backlash and will not do it again for at least three years.

"First of all, stealing a life is not something you can do just because you want to. You need to have the person's horoscope, as well as some of his blood, hair or other things, which cannot be obtained directly. Secondly, the royal family is protected by a real dragon, so if you want to steal a life, you have to be able to afford this fate.

If someone really wants to steal the Eighth Prince's fate, I'm afraid he will die before he can bear it for a day. The fate of the Dragon's Son is not that easy to steal. So Second Prince, please don't think too much."

Hearing this, Lu Zhixing was finally relieved. The Imperial Master also smiled when he saw him like this. Based on his understanding of Lu Zhixing, he knew that this man treated Lu Ci Qiu as his own brother. If that person yesterday really wanted to steal Lu Ci Qiu's life instead of Ye Jianqing's, Lu Zhixing would have to turn the entire capital upside down to find the person who stole Lu Ci Qiu's life and make him be buried with Lu Ci Qiu.

"Who on earth can get Ye Jianqing's birth date and time?"

"I can't do anything about solving this kind of case. You can go by yourself. I have to pack up and go to the palace." The imperial master got a headache at the thought of going to the palace again. As for solving the case, he really couldn't do anything. He was old, and some things had to be left to young people.