Liu Tián Qǔ waited for Wang Fèn Yǒng to say something. However, Wang Fèn Yǒng just pinned her with his cold eyes. His eyes drilled into her as if he was trying to see into her brain. He didn't say yes, but he didn't say no, either.

Little Dumpling and all the Wang Royal Manor warriors that were hidden all around were just dumbfounded. Little Dumpling mouth kept flapping open and close. He wanted to ask Liu Tián Qǔ, whose family young master is he. He wanted to ask how did Liu Tián Qǔ family give him so much money where he could afford to buy a manor. But his mouth just kept flapping open and close, and no words would come out.

Never, had he seen his brother allow someone to use his name for anything? His brother doesn't even speak to people. He doesn't even allow people too close to him much less to ask a favor of him. 'Something is wrong with Older Brother. This is not right. Something is very wrong."

"I will take it as you agreed, and I will use your name to help me purchase a manor today." As she pulled out a thick purse hidden in her tunic, she looked at Little Dumpling and said, "Your time is almost up I will handle this. Run along and get the gift you want to get for your mother."

The same Wang Royal Manor warrior from earlier suddenly appeared next to Little Dumpling and said. "Second Young Master, I will be escorting you to get the gift." Little Dumpling snapped back to his senses. As Liu Tián Qǔ counted out the equivalent of 300 gold in paper currency, Little Dumpling turned and hurried away to go and get the gift for his mother with the Wang Royal Manor warrior that escorted him.

Liu Tián Qǔ completed her transition with Li Chūn Yǔ passing him the 300 gold in the gold certificates that she counted out. She accepted the package with the map secured inside that Li Chūn Yǔ passed her after counting the money she gave him. "Li Chūn Yǔ was your father named Li Chūn Yì?"

Li Chūn Yǔ entire body jerked in shock. With eyes that were filled with deep shock, he asked, "You knew my father?"

Shaking her head, Liu Tián Qǔ said, "No, I never had the honor of meeting your father. However, my master had met your father before while your father was in his travels. They travel together for over a month."

When my Master heard your father past away, he stayed up that whole night and drank in honor of your father's life. He burned joss and lamented your father's passing. He also wrote a poem in honor of your father called 'The silent passing of spring.' The exact words he wrote were, "Its so regretful that spring quietly passed and the world never knew. By the time people will come to know and understand the treasure of spring, it would have already long past how regretful."

T/N: Li Chūn Yǔ father's name means the beginning of spring(春意: Chūn Yì - Beginning of spring). So the hermit was talking about the death of Li Chūn Yǔ's father in the poem.

Li Chūn Yǔ could no longer control his tears. They poured from his eyes. In a choked voice, he asked, "What is your master's name?"

Lu Tián Qu shook her head and said, "I cannot say. My master is a hermit who does not involve himself in worldly affairs. He had come out of hermitage briefly and met your father then. He had long since returned to hermitage."

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"I must go now," Li Chun Yu said, "my mother is not doing well. I must hurry back. But will you please pass on my sincere gratitude to your master for me and ask if I may meet him."

"He went back into hermitage, and I don't know when he will come out. However, once he does, I will immediately tell him."

Of course, Lu Tián Qu couldn't tell him the name of the hermit. Because first of all, the hermit was never her master, second of all, the hermit already died as well. In the memory of the past life of the original body owner. She saw a memory about the story of the poem of the hermit. The hermit met the mapmaker in one of the few times he came out of hermitage. They traveled together and became friends. When the hermit heard the mapmaker died, he stayed up that night drinking in honor of his friend.

In his lamentation, he wrote a poem in honor of his friend called 'the silent passing of spring.'

After the map came out, everyone began to investigate the background of the mapmaker. Someone found out about the poem the hermit wrote in honor of his friends' death. The poem instantly became very famous. When people went to find the hermit, they learned he had long died shortly after going back into hermitage.

People began lamenting the death of the mapmaker, especially when they realized they would never be able to get their hands on a copy of the map. It later became known that the map also played a significant role in the winning of a major war. However, the mapmaker was already gone. The hermit's poem was seen as a prophecy that came into fulfillment. The hermit also became very famous when it became known that was not the only prophesy he made that came into fulfillment.

After Li Chūn Yǔ left, Lu Tián Qu turned to Wang Fèn Yǒng and said. "Am I correct in assuming you and your brother are Wang Royal Manor's young masters of the Imperial family?"

Wang Fèn Yǒng answered her with a slight nod and an indescribable look at his eyes.

"I figured it out when I saw your family's Manor Warriors. That is the only reason I pushed so hard to get this map once I understood what it was. Remember everything I tell you and convey it to your father for me. This map must stay in the imperial family. This is a map of the continent that has never been seen before. It shows minute details of the five countries of the Northen Lands surrounding our country."

Because Liu Tián Qǔ was watching him closely as she spoke to him, she saw the brief flashes of emotion in Wang Fèn Yǒng eyes. She felt relieved because she knew he finally was starting to believe just how important this map was and that this map was not a scam.

"My master always talked about this map. He had seen it before in its incomplete stage and was astonished. So now that is finished, it will be all that much greater." Liu Tián Qǔ mixed truth with lies.

"This map is an invaluable treasure for the military and will assist in helping to save hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives if there is an outbreak of war. You will understand when you see this map. There is only one like it in the world. The most regrettable part is the mapmaker is already gone. Will you please do that for me?"

Wang Fèn Yǒng looked deeply at Liu Tián Qǔ. A few heartbeats past before he nodded.

Wang Fèn Yǒng continued to watch Liu Tián Qǔ as she visibly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for trusting me. I know that is not something you do easily. So I won't hide from you that my master already died. He died shortly after going back into hermitage." Then doing her best to look sad, Liu Tián Qǔ said, "I wish he were here to see the completed map. That was his only wish. That is why I think he laminated the death of his friend so heavily. I believe that he thought that his friend died without completing the map. Now had that been so that would have been a crying shame."

Liu Tián Qǔ Passed the package with the map to Wang Fèn Yǒng, "I trust Little Dumpling very much. However, this is too important. I want you to directly past this map to your father, and please make sure he doesn't just set it aside. Make sure he opens it, then you will see why I am acting this way."