A Great Treasure of the Feng and Shan Sacrifices

As someone who has cultivated the Fortune Technique, Zhang Xuezhou's luck is generally quite good, as long as he doesn't have any conflicts of interest with the emperor of Chang'an City.

If his interests align with those of the emperor, there might even be a strange mutually beneficial relationship between them.

The reason for this heartfelt explanation is simply because Zhang Xuezhou had just arrived at the Marquis of Pingyang by carriage when he happened to run into the new emperor's carriage arriving at the Marquis of Pingyang's residence.

Zhang Xuezhou kept telling himself there was nothing wrong with it, and quickly reached out to greet him.

His greeting made the new emperor lose his composure, and he almost turned and left.

It is a terrible thing for an emperor to lose face in front of his subjects. The new emperor felt that if his subjects were working themselves to the bone, and he failed to fulfill his promises, it was perfectly normal for them to have grievances, even if he had a reasonable excuse.

But the new emperor didn't know how to explain it.

In short, his life was not as precious as the Empress Dowager's, and he could not afford the reward Li Shaojun demanded.

The only saving grace was that Li Shaojun entered Palace of Peace and Happiness and became a guest of Palace of Peace and Happiness. After several visits and treatments, his spirits and energy improved considerably.

What a coincidence!

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou, the new emperor could only awkwardly reply.

"Are you here to see a doctor for your child too?" the new emperor asked.

"Actually, I came to see you," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"I was chased for dozens of miles by that Gongsun Gui, and I've been recuperating these past few days; my health hasn't been very good!"

The new emperor offered a dry explanation, then wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead.

This left Li Guang, who was driving the carriage, speechless. He felt that this minister was neither like a minister nor like an emperor.

Of course, Li Guang hasn't been having a good time lately either.

If he were guarding Palace of Peace and Happiness, Li Guang felt he would receive a hundred lashes, several years' salary would be forfeited, and he might even be demoted. If he had a significant conflict of interest with Palace of Peace and Happiness, failing to protect it would be enough to leave him with no place in the Great Han.

"My health isn't very good," Li Guang chimed in. "We only managed to squeeze in some time to see the doctor when we were feeling a bit better. I heard that the child was captured by Gongsun Gui and even thrown to the ground!"

"He didn't die from the fall; Wei Shao'er caught him," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"That's a serious fright, and children are much more easily frightened than adults," Li Guang said. "We've all been bedridden for over ten days; this child has probably been sick for a long time!"

"Take a look at the sick child first!"

Seeing that Li Guang, who wasn't usually very clever, had helped him out of the predicament, the new emperor felt less embarrassed.

He gestured to Li Guang, Li Guang immediately stopped the carriage, took the key, and went to open the gate of the Marquis of Pingyang.

"Then I'll go take a look too!"

Zhang Xuezhou originally intended to shove the Tai-rank Six Talismans into the hands of the new emperor as a gift, and then persuade the emperor to mention the benefits of the Tai-rank Six Talismans before leaving and going home.

But since he was already there, he checked the baby he had delivered and found nothing wrong with him.

Li Shaojun once mentioned that Huo Qubing was the one who used the Confucian School concept of "benevolence" in his prescriptions, and Zhang Xuezhou was also quite curious about the child's background.

Pushing open the gates of the Marquis of Pingyang, one finds the residence, as usual, rather quiet and deserted.

This doesn't mean that the Marquis of Pingyang's residence was completely deserted. There were still quite a few servants and horsemen involved in the Marquis of Pingyang's residence, but these people did not have the right to move freely outside after dark and could only stay in the residence's accommodations.

Lanterns were hung high in the Hou mansion, Li Guang brought in three sheep-drawn carts.

The sheep cart is pulled by two ewes, with a seat for one person in the back.

These sheep have been trained hundreds or even thousands of times to navigate fixed paths, requiring only a few directions to drive to them, making them ideal for navigating the internal roads of grand mansions.

It was Zhang Xuezhou's first time riding in such a nobleman's car, and he couldn't help but marvel at it, thinking that wealthy families knew how to enjoy life.

"We are martial artists, and we can usually leap and bound without any problem. We are only riding in a sheep-drawn carriage today because you have arrived," the new emperor said.

"You're a patient, so we have to take care of you," Li Guang said.

"Oh dear, speaking of this disease..."

"Take care of the sick child first!"

The new emperor had a bad feeling as soon as he heard Zhang Xuezhou speak.

He felt he must have been incredibly unlucky to have such a coincidence as to see Zhang Xuezhou at the Marquis of Pingyang.

It was bad for him to pay attention to Zhang Xuezhou, but it was even worse to ignore him. The new emperor felt that being an emperor was too difficult.

If a similar situation were to occur in the future, he felt he would have to add a condition: as long as the Empress Dowager agreed, he could fully meet the request and would do his best to provide the subject with rewards.

The new emperor was not stingy; he punished those who deserved punishment and rewarded those who deserved reward, a principle that Emperor Jing had taught him.

The current situation, where the emperor has failed to fulfill his promises, has left him indebted to Zhang Xuezhou and others, which will make it difficult to manage his officials in the future and to ensure fair rewards and punishments.

"Let's not talk about illness," Li Guang said, turning back from the lead sheep-drawn cart. "Let's keep bad luck away!"

But we're here to see a doctor today!

"It's about curing the illness, not the illness itself. Getting that backwards will make all the difference!"

"Yes, to cure the disease!"

The new emperor nodded repeatedly, no longer using the affectionate terms he had previously used.

"So you're still bringing up illness!"

Huo Qubing's name contains the character for "illness," which, while implying the protection of health and safety, was undoubtedly an awkward topic at this time.

Li Guang began whipping the sheep with a small whip, while the new emperor touched his fake Red Empyrean Sword to divert attention from the awkward situation.

"I've been searching everywhere these past few days, and I've stumbled upon a treasure!"

Li Guang and the new emperor's expressions and behavior were strange. Zhang Xuezhou felt that the new emperor still had a conscience and didn't shamelessly deny things.

The new emperor was indeed somewhat careless in agreeing to the matter, and his life was indeed worth the price. However, he did not have control over the most advanced medicine in the Great Han Dynasty, nor could he compete with a dying empress dowager for it, lest he be branded as unfilial.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't press him further. He took out the Tai-level Six Talismans and began to introduce the treasure he had acquired by chance.

Everyone looked embarrassed and reserved. Zhang Xuezhou wasn't worried about being seen through for lying. He mentioned that he had wandered around and bought a treasure from an old farmer.

"After multiple examinations, we finally realized that this was a transport device," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Transportation equipment?"

Zhang Xuezhou's words refreshed the new emperor from his awkwardness.

"You recognize the transport vessel?" the new emperor asked in surprise.

"I have been to the Literary Excellence Pavilion, the Jiazi room of the King of Huainan, and have read many books. I can recognize the transport vessel," Zhang Xuezhou said. "I have also identified the mysterious function of this transport vessel!"

"Oh?"

"This artifact has the power to draw in and gather the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. By simply using its Fortune Technique to control it, even an emperor can achieve twice the results with half the effort in his cultivation!"

"What?"

The new emperor hadn't taken it seriously before, thinking that the old farmer's junk wasn't anything special.

But when Zhang Xuezhou mentioned the mysteries of manipulating weapons, his heart started pounding.

The Fortune Technique is profound, and the new emperor has also dabbled in it, but he dares not cultivate to an excessively high level.

He knew that the King of Huainan was extremely skilled in Fortune Technique, and if he were to achieve some success in his Fortune Technique but was slightly inferior to the Prince, the outcome of Fortune Technique battle would be uncertain.

In Emperor Jing's instructions, he mentioned that unless the King of Huainan died of old age, or Huainan was pacified, he should not cultivate his Fortune Technique too high, lest his Fortune Body be defeated and he fall into a series of misfortunes, leading to his defeat.

However, Zhang Xuezhou's extraction of this treasure completely disrupted the procedures previously set by Emperor Jing.

"This treasure..."

Looking at the Tai Jie Liu Fu (a type of talisman) that Zhang Xuezhou was holding, and pondering the function of the treasure, he inexplicably thought of the Fengshan treasure performed by the Qin Emperor Qin of the Great Qin Dynasty at Mount Tai.