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Suddenly, one day, the An clan was in the study room. He heard someone report from outside. "Fourth Manor Lord, there's someone outside the door who says it's the emperor's minister!"

The An family thought for a while before replying, "Let him wait for me in the main hall. I'll go change my clothes!"

After a while, the An clan member walked out from the back hall. He saw an old eunuch dressed in eunuch uniform standing in the middle of the hall, and there were four personal guards on his left and right.

When the old eunuch saw the An clan, he smiled and said, "I presume this is the Fourth Manor Lord, An Jieyu?"

The An clan replied, "Yes, it is me. May I know for what reason the Minister of Government has come?"

The old eunuch laughed, "Good news!" As he spoke, he took out an imperial edict from his robes and opened it. He then smiled to the An clan, "Fourth Manor Lord, why haven't you received the edict yet?"

The more the An clan listened, the more they knelt down and followed him. The old eunuch then announced in a loud voice, "With the blessing of the Heavens, the Emperor summons the Emperor. In order to exterminate the traitor Chen Long Yu, Ji Prefecture will have done a great service.

The more the An clan bowed, the more they said, "This humble one thanks Your Majesty for his grace. Long live and long live our Emperor!" As he spoke, the An clan received the imperial edict.

The old eunuch smiled and said, "Congratulations, sir soldier. You will be the leader of the Jizhou City in the future. Don't forget me in the future!" As he spoke, the old eunuch used his body to block the people behind him and extended his hand towards the An clan.

The An clan elder immediately understood what he meant. Smiling, he took out a five hundred silver note and handed it over to the old eunuch. He then continued, "I am only taking charge and not in charge. I hope that eunuch can help me in the future …"

The old eunuch's face bloomed with happiness when he saw the five hundred taels worth of money. He hurriedly said, "Chief soldier, since you are so understanding, let's talk about everything!"

The An clan sent the old eunuch off, thinking to himself, "I didn't expect my An clan to be so dazed as to take up the post of Shangguan. I even came here as a general. I can see that Zhu Di has put in quite a bit of effort on his mission back in Nanjing."

At the foot of the Spirit Origin Mountain, An Shicheng walked in alone. Seeing that it was an old man, the waiter quickly greeted him warmly and ordered a bowl of plain noodles to wait there quietly.

He hadn't known that so many things had happened in the process of Wanmei Manor. At that time, An Shicheng had been chased all the way out by an assassin under the command of Gong Wanchun, and because of that assassin's speed, An Shicheng had been chased for dozens of miles before he was finally able to escape.

An Shicheng didn't manage to catch up to the assassin. He thought to himself, 'I've been supporting the Thousand Plum Garden since I was young, and now that An Wuyou ascended the throne, I've given him all my effort to support him. I've also had a rare chance to come out.

An Shicheng traveled south. He didn't have much money with him when he left, so he didn't have much. Thus, he would wait until late at night to borrow some money from the local wealthy merchants. His days went by without a hitch.

On the way, An Shicheng stopped by for a day to drink tea. When he heard where the customers were chatting, He Shicheng went over to chat with them, and as they chatted, he heard a story from their mouths.

It was said that there was an old monk that lived in seclusion in the Spirit Origin Mountain. He must be around eighty years old this year. One day, this old monk was practicing his martial arts in the morning. Suddenly, a gale arose from the forest, causing the trees to sway and the leaves to fall.

The old monk saw that the tiger was charging straight at him, but who knew that the old monk was not in a hurry. He jumped to the right, dodged beside the tiger, and with a twist of his body, he raised his staff and stabbed it at the front of the tiger. In an instant, the tiger's blood flowed out, and its brain splattered everywhere.

When An Shicheng finished listening, he wanted to ask the customers for the old monk's name. The customers then informed him that this old monk, Mu Zen Master, was living in seclusion on the Spirit Origin Mountain. An Shicheng couldn't help but become interested.

When An Shicheng arrived at the Spirit Origin Mountain, it was still noon. He found a small noodle house and sat down. When An Shicheng was waiting for his guests, he started to chat with the waiter.

An Shicheng asked, "Second Brother, did this old man hear that there was a sacred monk living on this mountain?"

Hearing this, the waiter immediately replied, "Yes, old man, you must be a foreigner, right? There's no one here who doesn't know of Zen Master Mu!" An Shicheng smiled as he said this, "This old man also heard it by chance. Are you sure it's true that a monk can kill a tiger in one move?"

The waiter said, "Of course it's true. Old man, you don't know, we used to have a gorgeous tiger in our village, and people who passed by were often bitten to death by this tiger, many of our village's villagers were killed. Later on, we found three villages, and a dozen hunters went up the mountain to capture this tiger.

Anshi asked, "What happened next?"

The waiter said, "Later? We tried to persuade him to say that there was a tiger on the mountain, but he just smiled and said that he was fine. Then one day, this tiger was said to be going to attack Zen Master Mu, who would have thought that a staff of Zen Master would break his skull, and he was beaten to death. "

After listening, An Shicheng exclaimed, "This old Zen master really has eighty years of age?"

The waiter said, "I'm afraid there are more than one!" Then, the waiter continued, "Ever since the old monk came, not only did he help us get rid of the tiger, but he also often took care of the villagers who looked down on him, and paid no money at all. Not only that, the old monk often helped the poor villagers in our village, and we all treated him as a living Bodhisattva."

An Shicheng nodded and asked, "Is this old monk very rich?"

The waiter said, "I'm not sure about that, but it seems like the old Zen Master has an inexhaustible amount of money." At this time, the plain noodles had already been brought up. An Shicheng finished eating, closed up the restaurant and walked towards the Spirit Origin Mountain.

An Shicheng slowly walked up the mountain. Along the way, they saw many villagers walking side by side, as well as some people walking down the mountain. However, when they saw that everyone was smiling brightly, An Shicheng heard a middle-aged couple whispering to each other, and the husband said, "It's all thanks to Zen Master Mu. If it wasn't for him, I would have probably gone there." The husband started to sob.

The wife quickly comforted him, "Look at you, crying! Zen Master is a deity descended from heaven to save us poor people!"

An Shicheng often saw scenes like this along the way. At this moment, An Shicheng was more interested to see who was the savior of a tiger, even though he was in his eighties.