Twilight Boundary

"I really don't know what your grandfather discussed with the national teacher and those people back then."

"But I know how the Hu family rose to power."

Faced with Hu Ma's question, the mother-in-law also sighed softly. She seemed to feel sorry for Hu Ma kneeling all the time. She gently pulled him up and sat on the steps of the ancestral temple.

He gently embraced Xiao Hongtang on one side, patted Hu Ma's palm on the other side, and sighed: "Nowadays, it is said that the Hu family is one of the ten surnames. It has great wealth and reputation. Hehe, even the emperor doesn't take it seriously."

"But the ancestors of the Hu family have always been peaceful people. They have never been nobles for a few days."

"Your Hu family started from the first ancestor more than 170 years ago. At that time, it was not a big family. It was just that the emperor saw that the world was too chaotic and invited Jianghu strangers to Beijing. At that time, the Hu family did not belong to these people. One of the most capable families."

"The first ancestor of the Hu family was just a minor official at the time. He was sent to the Zhenshou Mansion by the government to help with some small tasks such as contacting these strange people in the world and recording merit points."

"But he was a man with good eyesight. He saw that the number of ghosts and gods in the world was increasing, and the evil spirits were rising. He knew that the world was in a state of chaos. The strange people in the world who were not taken seriously by the court before were probably all learned great skills."

"So, he also determined to learn this, but the law of this world , all of them are profound, without any basis, who would be willing to teach you the real thing casually? "

"He studied and studied, but he didn't get the method, but he went deep into the countryside. There are all kinds of tricks in the world, but only in the countryside, ghosts don't hide from people, and there are not so many rules and regulations. So he gave up his official position, walked around the countryside, and investigated between villages, just to learn all kinds of tricks. "

"He learned the basics from the village, and learned how to set up an altar, worship Tai Sui, exorcise evil spirits, and walk yin and yang, and gradually became a skill. "

"Although he became a skill, he didn't get the method in the end, and he didn't live long, but At least the Hu family had some skills, so they started as the second generation and returned to Zhensui Prefecture. Gradually, they relied on their skills and gradually became famous from the son of a local minor official. "

"Generation after generation, the Hu family has achieved a status in the ghost world, and also became the person in charge of punishment in Zhensui Prefecture. Together with the Meng family who used the seal at that time, they became the pillars of Zhensui Prefecture."

"Then, it was twenty years ago..."

"..."

Grandma patted Hu Ma's palms bit by bit, and told him the past.

It was like the past years were unfolding in front of Hu Ma.

"Those few years, things changed too fast..."

"Although evil spirits were everywhere and the world was not peaceful, these major sects gradually became powerful during those years."

"The doctor was called Siming and the warrior was called Shousui. They were just a group of gangsters, but because of their increasing abilities, they looked down on ordinary people. After they became powerful, even the emperor could not suppress them..."

"But, at that time, there was still the Zhensui Mansion to suppress them, so they were all relatively honest."

"Until the national teacher came to the door."

"..."

"The Daluo Fa Sect is the most powerful. Other sects only gradually gained power after Tai Sui was born, but the Daluo Fa Sect has always been famous."

"Especially after being recruited into the palace and named the national teacher, their abilities became even greater. Even the Zhensui Mansion, which can control other sects, cannot control them."

When the mother-in-law mentioned the national teacher, her voice was clearly cold and dissatisfied.

She had tried her best to tell Hu Ma all this objectively, but as a soul, she couldn't hide her dissatisfaction.

"It was him who started it all, and everything became different."

"When he first came to the door, he met with the Hu family who were in charge of the punishment and the Meng family who used the seal, but I didn't even know what they talked about. It wasn't until that day when the news suddenly came from the court that I realized that some people were so bold..."

"That's the emperor..."

"The true son of heaven, the emperor with great blessings, could actually disappear overnight..."

"Now that I think about it, it's not just an old woman like me. People all over the world can't think of such a thing."

"At that time, the abilities of these Jianghu rascals were getting bigger and bigger, but no one had ever thought that they could be so powerful as to skin the emperor in the Golden Palace and curse the entire Shangjing into hell afterwards. The ghost appearance of the underworld. "

"And when that earth-shaking event happened, the Zhensui Mansion, which was supposed to bear the emperor's order and suppress evil spirits, had no intention of taking action at all..."

"Without the control of the Zhensui Mansion, the other eight surnames were even more lazy to care."

"So, overnight, Shangjing changed. Such a big event seemed like a small matter behind closed doors."

"Of course I asked your grandfather about these things, but he didn't say anything to me. I naturally knew the severity of it, but I wouldn't harm him. It's just a change of dynasty. I didn't think I could see the change of dynasty, but it didn't matter if it changed..."

"..."

Hu Ma actually understood that for traditional people like my mother-in-law, the change of dynasty was such an amazing thing.

But looking at her calmness now, I think she has thought it through, so she didn't say much.

"But, I didn't expect that it was just the beginning..."

When my mother-in-law said this, she seemed to frown: "Many things in the future, even I can't understand. "

"The emperor's death was an earth-shattering event at the time. The palace changed on the first day, and the next day countless people were eager to choose a new emperor from among the royal family."

"It's just that no one expected that those evil spirits who showed their claws for the first time would be so ruthless. In the capital, a total of 170,000 royals, and tens of thousands of people involved, were all dead in just a few days... "

"Such a thing frightened the whole world, and suddenly caused chaos."

"After that, there were endless evil spirits. Soldiers and horses from all over the country rose up, shouting various slogans, just to fight for the emperor."

"But when it was so chaotic that no one could clearly see the situation, the Imperial Master invited the old man to Shiting."

"..."

"Shiting Alliance?"

Hu Ma couldn't help but feel moved when she heard this familiar name.

"Even though I was the wife of the Hu family at that time, my surname was not Hu after all, so I did not enter Shiting."

The mother-in-law sighed in a low voice: "It was your grandfather and your father who went to Shiting."

"I don't know what they discussed in the stone pavilion. It's just that the world that was full of chaos at that time was actually suppressed by these ten surnames who were born in the world."

"This kind of thing has never been seen in all dynasties. It is clear that the emperor is dead, and everyone around the emperor is also dead. No one in the court has stepped forward to act as an agent in government affairs, but unfortunately, there is no chaos in the world."

"It's like they relied on their own methods to keep the world alive for twenty years."

"..."

When my mother-in-law told these things, there was no pride in her eyes, but deep worry.

"After that, the fate of our Hu family changed."

She sighed and said: "Originally, the Hu family held positions in the Zhencong Mansion and had the right to wield power. However, the power of the Hu family was given by the emperor. Therefore, in terms of ability and reputation, the Hu family and the Meng family are better than the other eight. The surname is still a little short of that.”

"But no one expected that someone would kill the emperor, but the Zhencheng Mansion remained silent. In this way, the two surnames Hu and Meng became the major contributors to this great change..."

"Everyone says that after the new emperor ascends the throne, the Hu family and the Meng family will definitely become more prestigious."

"Even if the new emperor fails to come, the Hu and Meng families are still proud. With the Zhencong Mansion, they can suppress the other eight surnames. They are rich and prosperous."

"But unfortunately, the old man asked me at this most prosperous time, if I am ready to endure hardship?"

"..."

The mother-in-law's eyes began to look a little sad and distant. After a long silence, she sighed softly and continued: "Don't let outsiders think of what happened next. I, who have been married to the old man for thirty years, have no news at all." Haven’t received any…”

"This old man summoned all the Hu family members, and after discussing with them for a day, he openly separated from the Qingyuan Hu family and established a new family tree."

"Every family property, farm, gold, silver, and even blood-food mineral veins, except for this empty house in Shangjing City, were all divided up, leaving only the position in Zhenzhen Mansion, and then announced that he was ready to leave Things about going to Beijing..."

"No one knows why, but he is willing to leave behind these things."

"But even though he left a lot of things behind, many people still believed in him and were willing to follow him, including your two uncles, an aunt, the old man in the door, a few old friends in Zhenzhen Mansion, and the questions and Reasoning, sharing fragrance..."

"They all voluntarily followed our family. Of course, I know that the old man told them many things in private, but they were very guarded and refused to tell anyone."

"This is how the Hu family left everything behind and quietly left Shangjing City when they were at their most prosperous."

"At that time, it was still dark, and no one came to see him off..."

"..."

When the mother-in-law said this, she looked a little sad and sighed softly: "But there are still people catching up with me on the road."

"Some very capable people said that the Hu family took away something that belonged to them and wanted to get it back."

"On the way, our Hu family members, your second uncle, your uncle, your grandfather's apprentices, as well as the main hall officials and small hall officials who asked questions, reasoned, and shared fragrances, all died along the way. I was so injured that I walked on a bloody road before I returned to Mingzhou City..."

"But at that time, even the Meng family came to join in the fun..."

"It was also at that time that my old lady finally learned what your grandfather and father had done."

"The news that the Hu family left Beijing was spread by the Meng family, but they were even more angry than the Hu family. They scolded the Hu family for secretly reaching an agreement with the Imperial Preceptor, and they did not hesitate to betray their own blood, just for..."

"Just in exchange for the opportunity to dominate the Zhenzhen Mansion from the Imperial Master, and the second-ranked name on the legendary Shiting roster..."

"..."

Hearing this, Hu Ma was already shocked and raised his head in disbelief: "It's actually true?"