C1 The Prelude

Lee Zhi, who was five years old, pursed his lips reluctantly in the face of the big hand that was reaching for his head in both directions.

Yuan Tiangang smiled and then lifted the front of his Taoist robe. He slowly squatted in front of Lee Zhi and smiled as he held Lee Zhi's pink hand and said, "Is Your Highness not happy to see me?"

Holding his small arm, Lee Zhi shouted, "Of course I am not happy. Who wants to stay with you, stinky Taoist? I don't know you." As he spoke, Lee Zhi curled his lips and rolled his eyes cutely at the sage-like old Taoist in front of him.

Yuan Tiangang smiled, reached out his hand to touch Lee Zhi's little head and said lovingly, "But this was agreed by His Majesty. Without His Majesty, even if I had a hundred guts, I would not dare to be in the same room with His Highness."

When Lee Zhi heard this, he immediately pouted again and kept complaining in his heart about his royal father. Why did he put him in the same hall with a stinky priest? He did not know him, and he did not seem to be a good person.

Seeing that Lee Zhi was unhappy again, Yuan Tiangang stroked his long white beard and said with a deep meaning, "Does Your Highness know why I want to see you today?"

Lee Zhi shook his head and his big black eyes were full of confusion.

"Because your highness and I are fated," staring at Lee Zhi's beautiful face, Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly and said, "Of course, it is not too accurate to say that. It should be said that I am fated with the person Your Highness will see in the future."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Lee Zhi raised his little head doubtfully, completely not understanding what Yuan Tiangang was saying.

Yuan Tiangang smiled faintly, and his wrinkled old face was filled with a gentle smile. Then he did not care about anything else. His Taoist robe shook and he sat cross-legged on the ground. He did not care at all whether this sitting posture matched his identity or not.

"In fact, this old man came to see Your Highness today not entirely to help Your Majesty see Your Highness's future achievements. More importantly, I want to ask Your Highness to pass a message to the person in the future."

"What message?" Lee Zhi asked curiously.

Sitting in the dazzling great hall, Yuan Tiangang did not look at the children around him anymore. Instead, he cast his deep and vicissitudes eyes to the blue sky and white clouds outside the hall. At this moment, many scenes flashed across his eyes and his wise old eyes were filled with sighs about the future.

"What is it? Haha, it's a long story. I'd better tell a story to Your Highness first, or... a future."

Gently stroking his white beard, Yuan Tiangang closed his eyes, and a melodious voice softly came out of his mouth, echoing in the empty hall.

"A man of destiny, a good man who has been sent to hell."

"The good man has been tormented, and has tasted all the pain that can be tasted in the world. The heavens have given him strength, and in exchange, he has fallen into eternal darkness. When the calamity of the mortal world descends, the flames in the sky will burn again, and blood will flow like a river. Thousands of people will die because of him, and countless ghosts and souls will coil around him. The foundation of the Great Tang for more than two hundred years will be completely destroyed by this person."

He raised his eyes slightly, "But what he will have to face will also be endless pain, endless torture, and eternal... Fire of Heaven."

At this point, Yuan Tiangang sighed deeply, "The person of heaven's mandate, the person of heaven's mandate, the one who is the most bitter in the world should be the person of heaven's will."

Listening to the story told by Yuan Tiangang, the story that could not be found at all. Lee Zhi scratched his head in distress and said in a sweet voice, "What the hell are you talking about? Why can't I understand a single word? What kind person? What fire? What destiny? Who is that person?"

Looking at the distressed Lee Zhi and his lovely expression, Yuan Tiangang smiled deeply. He swept the dust in his hand and said, "I have just met His Highness. In my opinion, His Highness will definitely become an emperor in the future. As for this story... Hehe, I do not ask for anything else, but only for His Highness to remember these things. I expect that in the later years outside the hall, I will meet such a strange destined person."

"I have just told Your Highness such an important thing. Then Your Highness may help me send a message to that person in the future?" Yuan Tiangang stared at Lee Zhi who was still confused and asked with a smile. He did not look like an expert at all. Instead, he was like a fox, the kind of old man.

Lee Zhi could not help but open his eyes wide, "How do you know that I can meet such a person in the future? What if I can't see him?"

Yuan Tiangang shook his head with an endless vicissitude in his voice," No, Your Highness will definitely meet that person because ..." Yuan Tiangang slightly blinked his eyes and sighed, " Because the meeting between you was predestined a hundred years later. "

Lee Zhi thought for a moment, but because he was too young and could not think of anything, he still chose to silently remember Yuan Tiangang's words just now, because he felt that these things were more interesting.

"Well, then I'll help you tell him. By the way, what are you going to say to him?" Lee Zhi asked innocently.

On the other hand, Yuan Tiangang was stunned for a moment and whispered to himself, "Say something, say something, this... Sigh, since Your Highness is willing to help, after that day, Your Highness will help me say a word to him."

At that moment, Yuan Tiangang's eyes became deep and complicated, "There are some things that must be done, and some people are destined to leave you. Take care, who asked... you to be the destined person."

After saying this last sentence, Yuan Tiangang's eyes could not help but be covered with a layer of mist.

The destined person, the destined person, the chosen person.

Nothing in the future could escape these four words.

The person of the Mandate of Heaven...