SWNOVELXO Chapter 73 - II
Master Jing’an continued, “Let me tell you a story.”
“About fifty years ago, a pair of sisters who came from a reclusive family took the place of the only male in the family. Unexpectedly, the time was unfavorable, and the two met bandits just after leaving the mountain and have been separated since then.”
“One of the sisters was trapped in the mountains, and just when she was about to be killed by a wild beast, a man rescued her and took good care of her. They got along day and night, and the two developed a love, and the woman I also learned that the man was the crown prince of the Kingdom, and he was exiled here because of a conspiracy by a gangster.”
“The woman and the man returned to the Qi Kingdom, and she accompanying him from nothing to the supreme. After the man became the king, he married one after another in order to consolidate his power. The general’s daughter entered the palace and was made as the queen, while the woman who accompanied him all the way was treated like a concubine.”
“The woman was not angry. At that time, she simply thought that as long as the man’s heart was with her, that was enough. Later, they had children, and the man’s ambition gradually emerged. He wanted to unify the fragmented land. In order to achieve this wish, the man worked day and night, but he couldn’t cross Liangjiang from the north to the south no matter what, and the woman couldn’t bear to see the man like this, so she told the man her real identity and said she could help him.”
“The man was ecstatic, and the woman also spent seven years painting a picture for him. The drawing, the thing on that drawing can make the ship in the water sail through the sky, so that Lingjiang is no longer an obstacle. The woman said that it was named Yunzhou. After obtaining such a treasure, the man began to find someone to secretly build the Yunzhou. But the man never told the woman who he wanted to find to build this thing.”
“Until one day, the woman found out that the man personally met with a foreigner. This gave her a very dangerous feeling, so she followed him secretly. The woman heard the conversation between the two, and she found out that the person she loved the most was colluding with the Xiyi people. The man promised that he would give materials the Xiyi did not have, and if the Xiyi people succeeded in building Yunzhou, he was willing to share a piece of land for the Xiyi people to move in after unification was done.”
“The woman was furious when she learned about this and had a big quarrel with the man. Since then, the woman and the man have completely broken off, and she also realized what she had done was a ridiculous thing.”
“The woman was disheartened, and the man’s ugly face became more and more clear. She was afraid that the man would threaten her with her child to help Xiyi build Yunzhou, so she teamed up with the ministers and tried every means to make her only son a stayed away from Qi Kingdom.”
“After the child was sent away, the woman completely lost her worries. She took off her gorgeous clothes, cut off three thousand black hairs, and entered Buddhism to repent day and night.”
“Later, the kid who was held as hostage came back. Like his father, he was also an ambitious man. As soon as he came back, he told his mother that he wanted to become the king of Qi Kingdom, and then lead Qi Kingdom to unify the world.”
“The woman saw that the child had grown up., told him what had happened, and warned him that he could never become the king of Qi. The child did not come back to his senses for three days. After he accepted this fact, he still held the hope of unifying the world.”
“So, the woman gave the child a proposal to cultivate his own power. When the time comes, he will overthrow all the royal power in this land and establish a new country. The child followed the mother’s suggestion and established a Mingyi. The two forces of darkness have gradually become a being that no one dares to offend easily, and the woman has become one of the most mysterious beings among the two forces. Everyone calls her Master Jing’an.”
“However, the child’s life was short, he passed away early, but fortunately he trained a very powerful successor.”
At this point, Master Jing’an paused and raised his finger to point at Tan Chuyan: ” He is called Tan Chuyan.”
Tan Chuyan’s breathing almost stagnated when he heard it. His teacher had never told him these things.
But he suddenly understood why his teacher asked him to find a wise person to help him, because just like Master Jing’an, a wise person would learn from the past.
She once used sincerity to help her husband, who was king to achieve his great ambitions. However, she misjudged and trusted the wrong person, and ultimately aided him, laying huge hidden dangers for this land.
Master Jing’an would always be bound by insecurity and guilt throughout her life. If the crisis was not eliminated, she would not die in peace.
Anyone else might not blame herself so much, but she was from the Tantai clan.
The Tantai clan had witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties one after another, but no dynasty had ever been established by foreigners.
But once there was a foreign invasion, the Tantai clan would never sit idle and ignore it.
Because the Tantai clan was the earliest ruler of this land, they would defend the ownership of this land even if they die, and no one could invade it.
But the people who caused today’s situation happened to be members of the Tantai clan.
How could Master Jing’an not feel guilty.
Tan Chuyan didn’t know how to comfort her. He just stood up and knelt down, promising to Master Jing’an just like he had promised Tan Hongchen – he would protect every inch of the land under his feet to the death and would never let the Xiyi people succeed.
Master Jing’an burst into tears: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I have to make you bear this sin for me.”
Note:
I used the word ‘master’ for Master Jing’an coz I think using Madam is a bit crude, kinda remind me of a brothel. While Master Jing’an is a nun and has let go of any world affairs.