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 Chapter 3566 Not That Simple

"It was Master who lied?! Why did Madam Wade say that?!"

Lin Wan'er's face was filled with surprise and confusion.

Margret An asked Lin Wan'er, "Senior, do you know anything about Meng Changsheng's life? For example, when was he born and when did he die?"

Lin Wan'er blurted out, "Master was born in Chang'an in the first year of the Linde reign of the Tang Dynasty, which was 664 AD, and died in 1663, which was the second year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, exactly one thousand years ago."

Margret An shook her head and said, "I had people look up a lot of ancient books and materials in Chang'an. Because Meng Changsheng was a Jinshi (Jinshi) and had served in the court, some official historical books have records of him. According to the official historical records, Meng Changsheng was indeed born in the first year of the Linde reign."

"However, this contradicts what the Taoist priest said, so I asked some tomb raiders to search for clues in the ancient tombs of the Wu family from the Tang Dynasty."

"After over a year of searching, until Senior and Charlie went to the Shiwan Mountains, we finally found a document from over a thousand years ago from the Wu family. It states that the 16th-generation grandson of the Wu family at the time was named Meng Sheng, with the courtesy name Changming. He was born in the second year of the Qianfeng reign of the Tang Dynasty, which was 667 AD. The surname, name, and courtesy name all match. I believe this Meng Sheng is Meng Changsheng!"

Lin Wan'er's eyes widened, her expression no longer calm. She blurted out, "Madam Wade, do you mean that Master changed his birth date? He deliberately changed his age by three years?"

"Yes!" Margret An nodded and said, "Based on what I have found, it should be so."

Lin Wan'er frowned, "But this doesn't make sense! I once talked to you. You once met an old man by chance. The old man's ancestor was a servant named Jiang who was accepted by my master at the beginning of his cultivation. Even the old man said that my master was born in the first year of Linde. I think my master was less than a hundred years old at that time. It is impossible for him to start planning things a thousand years later so early. Besides, some scholars in the Tang Dynasty would spend a lot of manpower and material resources to bribe examiners and change their age in order to take the boy exam. Some officials would do this to delay retirement.

"I will first analyze human nature. Meng Changsheng's original name was Meng Sheng, with the courtesy name Chang Ming. Later, after practicing Taoism , he changed his name to Meng Changsheng and called himself Changsheng Jushi. This is like a businessman who was originally named Meng Sheng and later changed his name to Meng Facai, but the word Changsheng sounds more reasonable.

It has a sense of ethereal beauty, so it seems less vulgar, but in fact, its underlying logic is the same as names like Meng Fa Cai and Meng Dang Guan. The younger generation feels that people who can change their innermost thoughts into their own names must have very strong inner desires and are definitely not the kind of people who have no desires or demands. "

Lin Wan'er agreed and said, "Mrs. Wade's analysis is indeed very reasonable."

Margret An continued, "When Meng Changsheng passed the imperial examination and entered the court as an official, the emperor was still Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi. Emperor Gaozong of Tang changed his reign title fourteen times in his lifetime. His wife Wu Zetian later ascended the throne and changed her reign title seventeen times in her lifetime. As for Emperor Gaozu of Tang and Empress Dowager Tang, they changed their reign titles seventeen times. Emperor Gaozong used only one reign title, and other emperors generally used one or two. Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian frequently changed their reign titles. It's said this was because they were both devoted believers in Taoism and the I Ching, and each reign title held special significance for them. This was likely due to their frequent use of the I Ching and the Eight Trigrams for divination.

She then added, "I had someone calculate Meng Changsheng's birth date and time in the first year of Qianfeng. It doesn't bode well for his career, nor will it significantly impact the country. Given his birth date and time, and Emperor Gaozong's deep faith in Taoism and the I Ching, he wouldn't have many prospects for advancement."

After a pause, Margret An continued, "As for his birth date recorded in official history, I've had someone calculate it for the first year of the Linde era. If we go by that horoscope, he was definitely destined for a top-tier official career. For the nation, he was a peerless genius capable of rescuing the country from collapse." 

"When Meng Changsheng was practicing Taoism, he did everything he could to achieve immortality. As an official, he would certainly do everything he could to climb the career ladder, changing his birthdate to prepare for a successful official career. He would definitely be capable of such a thing!"

Lin Wan'er felt a chill run down her spine as she murmured, her face pale. "If that's true, then in 1663, my master was actually only 997 years old, three years away from his natural death. My father and Wu Feiyan handled his funeral affairs according to his wishes. I guess he must have faked his death..."

"That's right." Margret An said, "Meng Changsheng would not let your father and Wu Feiyan know his true thoughts and all his plans. He faked his death in advance, deceived his two disciples, and gave himself three years to prepare the Blood Lake Hell that would allow him to dissolve into the blood before his death. This was his real purpose."

After that, Margret An said, "I also checked the county annals around the Shiwandashan Mountains. Between 1664 and 1666, the local area suffered a rare natural disaster. A large number of refugees left their homes and became refugees. The number was at least tens of thousands."

Lin Wan'er looked at her and murmured, "Could these people have all been harmed by Master?"

Margret An shook her head and said, "I have no direct evidence for this, but according to that senior, setting up the Blood Lake Hell formation requires the sacrifice of vast quantities of blood and wronged souls. Furthermore, I've consulted nearly every county annals within the hundreds and thousands of miles surrounding the Hundred Thousand Mountains. During that same period, or in the year or two following, no place recorded receiving large numbers of refugees, nor did it record a sudden surge in local banditry. Tens of thousands of refugees didn't flee to other towns or become bandits. So where did they go?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er trembled violently, her eyes quickly filling with tears.

She was a clever woman, knowing that what Margret An said, when put together, was enough to prove everything.

Meng Changsheng, whom her father revered so deeply, had long ago lost his humanity in his pursuit of immortality.

Using tens of thousands of lives to create a hellish formation, solely to allow him to dissolve within it and avoid complete annihilation of his soul, was a cruel tactic.

She wiped away her tears with her sleeve and choked up, "Master... Oh, no, it's Meng Changsheng! He killed so many people and planned all this, hoping that someone with the Ascending Dragon Fate would appear in this world. He would then lure them to the Blood Lake Hell in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to possess another body, and then be reborn in the body of someone with the Ascending Dragon Fate... This step-by-step plan, a layout spanning hundreds and thousands of years, just for his own immortality, is... what's the difference between this and a demon?"

Margret An sighed, "Even the demons in myths and folk tales rarely contain such great evil."

Lin Wan'er asked, "By the way, Madam Wade, since Meng Changsheng must die in the Blood Lake Hell, does that mean he will never be able to leave that hell?"

"That's right," Margret An nodded. "He shouldn't have existed in the first place. Only by staying in his Blood Lake Hell can he hide from the Heavenly Dao. If he leaves the Blood Lake Hell, he will be shattered into dust by the heavenly thunder. However, if he remains in the Blood Lake Hell, he will be the only god there. The Taoist priest said earlier that he has already refined tens of thousands of wronged souls in the Blood Lake Hell into magical instruments. With such a powerful magical instrument, no one can be his opponent, no matter where they go."

Lin Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This also means that as long as you never go to the Shiwan Mountains, never come to his home turf, he will never be able to do anything to you, because he can't leave his Blood Lake Hell, right?"

Margret An pondered, "In theory, it is true, but I always feel that everything seems to be more complicated than it seems!"