Daxuan Wusheng: Start by practicing and adding points

Chapter 531 Three Lives
There were cries coming from inside and outside the house, and the descendants had complicated expressions on their faces.

All of this came into Chen Mu's sight. After his decayed body finally disappeared, his consciousness did not disappear. His sight also rose, overlooking everything in the house, and gradually became higher and higher, allowing him to see the entire courtyard and the entire city.

then,

In the world he saw, the flow of time suddenly began to speed up.

He saw the people in the An Mansion grow old, die, and turn into a handful of earth.

He saw his eldest son Anlan, his second son Anyuan, his eldest grandson Anzhi... Each of his descendants quickly experienced their own lives and finally died, until all the people he knew during his existence had passed away.

However, the An family still existed. By the time of his great-grandson, it had gradually begun to decline. After another three generations, it finally became an ordinary family in the area. Some ordinary descendants of the clan had become ordinary people and no longer had any wealth or privileges.

Two generations later, the An family finally had another wise man who passed the imperial examination and was thought to be able to revive the An family again. However, natural disasters, floods and plagues occurred continuously, causing the people of the world to suffer and many heroes emerged.

finally.

The imperial court collapsed in the turbulent times.

And the An family was like a flickering candle, completely extinguished in the troubled times.

Although the huge An family has passed down countless bloodlines over ten generations, these bloodlines have long been diluted after countless years, and not many people still remember the An family's former glory.

After the An family was completely destroyed, there were still some surviving descendants of the An family alive, but they were all side branches. They gradually integrated into the world of the Xin Dynasty, and those who had no abilities among them gradually died out.

In Chen Mu's sight.

At this moment, what he saw seemed to be a towering tree, like a tree diagram. From where he was, it was the most robust and prosperous period. After that, everything gradually disintegrated and split, and finally like streams, it dispersed in all directions and finally disappeared into the darkness.

“Time is merciless.”

Chen Mu muttered to himself, and for a moment he seemed to have a different understanding of this sentence.

He had thought before that if he integrated into this world and lived on in this life, what would happen to the cause and effect in his life? But now it seems that his idea was a little too superficial.

There is no cause and effect in the face of time.

Over the vast years, it only takes a slight push and all living things will rise, and another slight push and all living things will die. No matter what he has done in this life, everything will be wiped out in the long years!
After all, this world is limited by heaven and earth, and there is no extraordinary power. Therefore, even if he raises his arms, puts on the yellow robe, and creates a dynasty, perhaps it will be engraved in history books hundreds or thousands of years later, but after tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, everything will no longer exist, and even the most glorious dynasty will return to dust.

From the beginning, he had nothing to worry about.

He can integrate into this world and into every life as much as possible, because everything he has here will eventually be smoothed out by time, and no trace will be left, unless he truly comprehends the true meaning of the road of time.

Swish.

The countless images in my sight suddenly accelerated, and finally returned to darkness.

When Chen Mu opened his eyes again, he saw a magnificent palace. His entire consciousness was once again placed in his young and weak body, turning into a newborn baby.

Chen Mu's mood was very calm, and he gradually no longer cared about the environment in which he was born in each life.

In this life, he is a prince, the sixth prince of the Great Zhou.

The Great Zhou Dynasty ruled the world for more than two hundred years and was prosperous. However, by the time Chen Mu was born, it had gradually begun to decline. The emperor was old and incompetent, and more than a dozen princes were fighting with each other.

Chen Mu was just over ten years old, but he had already encountered several disasters from the outside world, but he resolved them all one by one.

The fight for the throne among the many princes has reached a crazy state. Although Chen Mu is young and not qualified to join the game, he is still placed in the game, playing against each other and trying to be manipulated like a chess piece.

As Chen Mu gradually grew up, many princes slowly realized that Chen Mu, the youngest brother, was their biggest enemy and the biggest rival for the throne, because the old and decadent emperor loved Chen Mu the most.

The source of this love is also quite coincidental.

Because Chen Mu was born with an indifferent personality, he only liked to read books in the royal library, or walk alone in the back garden. He didn't like to make friends with others and didn't care about anything.

Because the emperor was old and many princes were fighting with each other, the old emperor was a little wary of all the princes. It happened that Chen Mu was the youngest, had a simple personality, and did not like to make friends with others. Instead, he was the most special one in the eyes of the old emperor.

of course.

If that were the case, the old emperor might not necessarily like Chen Mu.

After all, being indifferent does not mean that one has the ability to rule the world. To be a monarch, one must be virtuous.

But later, during an unintentional conversation between the old emperor and Chen Mu, he was shocked to find that Chen Mu, the youngest prince, was much wiser than his many older brothers.

Chen Mu is indifferent in nature, not because he does not understand the ways of an emperor or the general trend of the world, but because he understands too much and knows too much, he seems to have no interest in everything.

After discovering this,

The old emperor's attention was truly focused on Chen Mu.

He tentatively began to add more responsibilities to Chen Mu, having him take up a post in the Ministry of War just after he had his coming-of-age ceremony.

The result was that when Chen Mu was an idle prince, he was a completely idle prince, but after he was assigned to the Ministry of War, all the matters assigned to Chen Mu were handled properly, and all matters of the Ministry of War were handled in an orderly manner and there was no fault to be found.

The old emperor soon transferred Chen Mu to the Ministry of Revenue. As a result, Chen Mu did not make any mistakes during his tenure in the Ministry of Revenue. Within just a few months, he handled his duties in an orderly manner.

at last.

Another year passed, and the old emperor's life was coming to an end.

In the magnificent palace, on a dragon couch, the frail old emperor was leaning there with a pale face, and below him were many princes kneeling on the ground, as well as several of the most important cabinet ministers.

"Mu, come forward."

The old emperor was dying. He cast his eyes on the many princes and finally fell on Chen Mu.

Chen Mu walked forward.

"You have handled every matter I have entrusted to you impeccably, but you have never interfered in any extraneous matters. This is good, but also bad... It is precisely because you are too indifferent that, although you are the most capable among my sons, I have never made up my mind to give you this heaviest burden."

"But the world is in turmoil right now. Among all my sons, you are the most capable and have the greatest hope of revival. If I give this responsibility to you, can you do it?"

When the old emperor asked this, he suddenly started coughing violently. The palace maids and eunuchs beside him hurriedly supported him, but the old emperor held on and stared at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu simply replied:

"can."

The old emperor laughed, then suddenly began to breathe heavily, and suddenly became unable to speak. He just opened his bloodshot eyes, stretched out his finger, and pointed hard at Chen Mu.

The cabinet chief, the prime minister Zhang Yong, who was kneeling below, knelt there, looked at the old emperor, and whispered, "Your Majesty, do you want the nineteenth prince to inherit the throne?"

Upon hearing this, the old emperor nodded with the last of his strength, then leaned back and fell silent.

Emperor Long Yu passed away.

In the palace, which should have been filled with wailing, it suddenly became quiet. All the sobbing stopped. Everyone raised their heads and looked towards Chen Mu in front of the dragon bed with eyes of different colors.

Zhang Yong, the chief minister of the cabinet, turned around tremblingly and looked at the many princes behind him. His face was solemn and he said in a deep voice: "The late emperor has passed away and has appointed a successor. Why don't you pay your respects to the new emperor?"

There was silence in the rear.

Suddenly someone said with a hint of sarcasm: "Lord Zhang, why didn't I hear the emperor designate who would succeed him?"

"Father has not designated a successor, so we should follow the ancient system, with the eldest son being the most respected, and the throne should be inherited by my eldest brother."

"Humph, my father's body is still warm, and you are trying to seize the throne? You said that we should follow the ancient system. It is said that in ancient times, wise men succeeded to the throne. My seventh brother is wise in both internal and external affairs. Who doesn't praise him as wise?"

All of a sudden.

The sound of quarreling gradually arose in the house, and the many princes in the house quickly split into three factions. One faction was led by the eldest prince, and the other was led by the seventh prince. Several cabinet ministers knelt on the ground and did not move. Only Zhang Yong was beside Chen Mu.

Zhang Yong looked at this scene, frowned, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highnesses, do you really want to disturb the late emperor's mourning hall?" Things had come to this point, and no one was worried about anything. Someone even said coldly, "Mr. Zhang, you are already old. Now is an emergency. Don't be confused. If you don't know how to advance or retreat, just retire and return home."

Zhang Yong looked unhappy.

He glanced at Chen Mu next to him.

Although the nineteenth prince was finally recognized by the old emperor, he had never developed any power due to his indifferent personality. Now he was alone and weak, and he was probably no match for the other princes. With only him as an old minister, he was afraid that it would be difficult to turn the situation around.

Zhang Yong immediately turned his gaze to the ministers kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Lord Li, Lord Liu, Lord Wang, you should have seen clearly the late emperor's dying intention. We are the ones who have been fed by the emperor for generations, and we should respect the late emperor's will."

The three ministers who were kneeling on the ground without raising their heads looked at each other and soon shook their heads and said, "Master Zhang, please forgive us for being too old and blurry. We really couldn't see clearly..."

Zhang Yong felt even more depressed when he saw this.

It was not known whether the cabinet ministers in front of him were bribed or were unwilling to get involved in the fight for the throne at this time. If they were not careful, their entire nine clans would be killed. They all became cowards. The situation was undoubtedly becoming increasingly unfavorable for Chen Mu.

but.

At this moment, Chen Mu, who had been beside the dragon bed, suddenly turned around slowly, glanced at the kneeling ministers with a calm look, and said: "Since the three ministers admit that their eyesight is dim, I will allow the three of you to retire and return to your hometown to enjoy your remaining years."

This statement came out.

Everyone present was stunned.

The faction of the eldest prince and the faction of the seventh prince, who were confronting each other with unfriendly expressions, also looked at Chen Mu with strange eyes.

Chen Mu's foundation was originally shallow and he had very few supporters. They didn't even think that Chen Mu was the biggest threat. As a result, at this time, Chen Mu took the lead in liquidating the three cabinet ministers who did not want to be involved in the dispute. This was simply courting his own death.

really.

After hearing what Chen Mu said, the faces of the three kneeling ministers also turned gloomy.

They didn't want to be dragged into the dispute, but Chen Mu suddenly made it clear that he would not tolerate them, which forced the three of them to stand on the side of others. Someone immediately said in a deep voice: "The succession has not yet been decided, Your Highness, please be careful with your words."

boom!
But just as he finished speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and one after another, the imperial guards in yellow robes and armed with swords rushed in and surrounded the entire room.

The leader came up to Chen Mu and bowed respectfully to him.

"I, Zhao Mu, the commander of the Xuanwu Gate Imperial Guard, come to see Your Majesty. I would also like to inform Your Majesty that the governor of the Beijing Guard Camp, Lord Qi, and the commander of the Five Cities Army have all arrived outside the palace, awaiting Your Majesty's orders."

This statement came out.

Everyone in the field was shocked.

"how come?!"

Someone even cried out in surprise.

It's not surprising that Zhao Mu respects Chen Mu as his master. Zhao Mu was originally a confidant cultivated by the old emperor. He was the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards and only obeyed the orders of the old emperor. But when did the governor of the Beijing Guard Camp and the commander-in-chief of the Five Cities Military Command become Chen Mu's men? !
Although Chen Mu once worked in the Ministry of War, it was impossible for him to make both military forces in Kyoto obey him. To be able to do this, it was probably because of the secret arrangements made by the old emperor during his lifetime!
after all.

The old emperor was a suspicious person during his lifetime. The troops in the capital camp and even the imperial guards were the only forbidden areas that all the princes could not touch. All the power to mobilize troops in Kyoto was always in the hands of the old emperor himself, and even they did not dare to win him over deliberately, openly or secretly.

"Master Zhao, you have to think it over carefully!"

A prince spoke to Zhao Mu in shock.

However, Zhao Mu only responded with one sentence: "Your Highness, I am only a subject and I only know how to obey the orders of the emperor. I obeyed the orders of the late emperor when he was alive, and now I naturally obey the orders of the late emperor."

Seeing this scene, many princes in the field finally panicked.

Zhang Yong was fine. Although he had disciples both inside and outside the court, he was only a civil official after all. But now the three military forces in Kyoto all obeyed Chen Mu's orders, so he could not be restricted.

"Take the three ministers away, and take away all the other irrelevant people as well. Detain them for now, and deal with them after the coronation ceremony."

Chen Mu glanced at everyone in the field and simply gave an order.

Many guards immediately swarmed forward, either escorting or driving away, and took away several princes and three cabinet ministers one after another.

In an instant.

Zhang Yong was the only one left in the room.

Zhang Yong finally understood something and said, "Your Majesty, it turns out that you and the late emperor..."

"No."

Chen Mu shook his head and said, "I...I just discussed this matter a long time ago and made some suggestions."

He was not too interested in the throne, but he was a prince in this life, so apart from comprehending the great way of time, he only did what a prince needed to do. Even if the old emperor insisted on him succeeding to the throne, he did not interfere.

Goodness is like water.

Time is like a long river.

All he needs to do is be there and witness the changes of time.

A few days later,
Chen Mu succeeded to the throne and his reign was named "Tai Shi".

He reigned for forty-seven years. Although he could not be said to be very diligent in government affairs, he handled everything appropriately and used people without doubt. In just a few years, he quelled many disturbances in the country and gradually showed signs of revival. Another ten years later, it gradually reached its peak.

Forty-seven years later, the Great Zhou Emperor Yuan Mu passed away, and heavy rain fell from the sky, and the whole world mourned.

The Taishi Dynasty brought about a new look to the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and it prospered. However, it then began to decline, and finally perished in troubled times after one hundred and forty-eight years and six generations. After that, thousands of years passed in a flash, and several dynasties came and went. Gradually, the affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty were completely forgotten, and only a few traces remained in history books.

Chen Mu's gaze was above the sky, watching all this, then he closed his eyes and his consciousness entered the fourth reincarnation.

This life.

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was a temple.

He was an abandoned baby in front of a temple.

at last.

An old monk in the temple found him, frowned and took him into the temple.

"Abbot, there are people outside the temple..."

The old monk came to the main hall of the temple and reported to the abbot.

Chen Mu lay in the bamboo basket, his eyes cast towards the main hall of the temple, looking at the tall Buddha statue.

suddenly.

He found that the Buddha statue seemed to be looking at him.

"Ok?"

A ripple appeared in Chen Mu's heart.

It was at this time that the abbot of the temple noticed Chen Mu in the bamboo basket. He saw that Chen Mu was not crying or making a fuss, and his big black eyes did not look at anyone, but only stared straight at the giant Buddha statue in the temple.

"Well... this boy has a connection with my Buddha."

The abbot chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Buddha has mercy on me and pure thoughts. Since you saved him, you will be the one to raise him."

"Yes, Abbot."

The old monk responded respectfully.

(End of this chapter)