Chapter 221: Indecision
Shanglinfang Ancestral Hall held a puja, this kind of live Yang Yun usually does not accept, but people have to bow their heads under the eaves, the neighborhoods in the street, everyone looks up and does not look down on weekdays, and it is necessary to praise the field in the past.
Two days later, Yang Yun attended the festival with Wang Ji, and Dong Qirong really complimented him in front of many gentry.
The ceremony was not over yet, Yang Yun left first, not that he intended to save Dong Qirong's face, he still had to go to see Li Mao that day, Wang Ji clinged to it like a dog's skin plaster.
"Senior brother refuses to let my sixth sister accompany me, it's always no problem to take me, right? Don't worry, I will watch my words and emotions and not cause trouble to my senior brother...... Didn't you make a mistake with your brother in the past? ”
Wang Ji smiled, now he began to worry about whether he could enter the master's door, Yang Yun didn't seem to be looking for a genuine martial artist at all, and his apprenticeship was far away.
Yang Yun didn't drive Wang Ji away.
The two went to the verdant small residence together, King Shou was meeting guests, and the guest was also a Taoist priest, in his forties, looking radiant, looking like a fairy wind and bones.
"Introduce the two of you, this is a real disciple of Wuzun, Yang Yun Yang Daochang."
Li Mao valued Yang Yun more, and made an introduction first, and then pointed to the Taoist priest opposite and said, "This is the Taoist of Mahua, this time he is the one who threaded the needle and asked Zhang Guo Tianshi to come out of the mountain." ”
Ma Hua was very polite to Yang Yun, brushed the dust, bowed slightly, and saluted: "Yang Xiaotianshi is famous, and he has heard a lot of poor ways outside the square...... Lingshi is also in the Eastern Capital now? ”
Yang Yun smiled and nodded.
Ma Hua also complimented Wuzun Zhenren, saying that it was the banner of Shudi Daomen, and did not mention Wuzun's loss of morality and ugliness in Luoyang.
Li Mao introduced Wang Ji to MCA.
Then I invited a few people to the living room and served their own tea.
Ma Hua said: "Heavenly Master Zhang Guo will arrive in the Eastern Capital in three days...... Because his cultivation had reached a critical juncture, with the intention of Zhang Guo Heavenly Master, he hoped to return to Xianshan as soon as possible and strive to ascend as soon as possible...... I wonder if I can advance the puja by a few days? ”
Li Mao asked in surprise, "Heavenly Master Zhang Guo is so anxious?" Preparations for the Festival are well underway, and suddenly rescheduled, that ...... How's that to be? ”
The time of the festival is determined by the emperor.
Now that he said that he wanted to make a decision in advance, Li Mao was not qualified to make a decision, and when he suddenly encountered this situation, he didn't know how to respond at all, and he was a little panicked for a while.
"Why don't you ask Your Majesty?" Yang Yun reminded.
"Yes, yes, yes, I will immediately enter the palace to ask my father to see what he thinks, but if my father does not agree......" Li Mao was not confident, and his words were a little upside down.
Fortunately, MCA also knows that Li Mao is a fledgling and a favored prince, and no matter how poor his performance is, he has to give him enough face.
Ma Hua said: "After Poor Dao goes back, he will also inform Zhang Guo Tianshi of this matter, and use the flying pigeon to pass the book to discuss with Zhang Guo Tianshi, and ask His Royal Highness King Shou to settle the matter as soon as possible." ”
"Okay, okay."
Li Mao should accept it, but she doesn't have much confidence.
Ma Hua saw that Li Mao looked nervous, and he was not considered "his own person", and now that Yang Yun, the messenger of the central contact, had arrived, he didn't want to stay longer, so he got up and said: "Your Highness, if there is anything, you just ask Yang Xiaotianshi to inform Poor Dao, and Poor Dao will temporarily settle down in Zhuyuanguan in the west of the city." ”
Li Mao nodded again and again, got up to send him off, and Yang Yun sent Ma Hua away with him.
After returning, Li Mao was sullen, as if he did not have much confidence in going to the emperor.
"If King Shou has anything on his mind, you might as well say it bluntly."
Yang Yun could feel that Li Mao invited him over for a reason, not just to gossip with him.
Li Mao sighed and said, "Father has been in retreat for a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask him for advice...... In front of Ma Daochang just now, I am embarrassed to say that if it affects Zhang Guotianshi to go to the Eastern Capital, and then causes my father to lose the opportunity to ask Zhang Guotianshi for immortal teachings, I will be a big sin. ”
Yang Yun didn't know much about the things in the palace, and now he knew that Li Longji actually had a unique hobby of liking "retreat".
It is said to be a retreat and cultivation, but what exactly is done behind closed doors is not enough for outsiders.
"That'...... How about Concubine Hui? Yang Yun asked tentatively.
Li Mao glanced at Yang Yun, and his expression became more and more ugly: "The problem is that I can't even see my mother's face...... It was as if she had been in retreat with her father. ”
The retreat also requires a favorite concubine, and as for what exactly this retreat does, it is self-explanatory.
Yang Yunxin said: "What kind of retreat, is to close the door, Jiuchi Roulin, I don't want to meet the minister, I don't want to ask about the court, just find an excuse for lazy behavior." A generation of Ming Jun saw that they began to indulge themselves and fall into the abyss, and Datang also went downhill. ”
Li Mao looked at Yang Yun with a pleading gaze and asked, "Daoist Yang, what do you think I should do?" ”
Yang Yun spread his hands: "The rules are there, whether we should ask for instructions or ask for instructions, whether Your Majesty knows is one thing, whether we do it or not is another matter." But since His Majesty has asked His Royal Highness to preside over the Faja, His Highness is qualified to make decisions, and everything must be carried out according to Zhang Guotianshi's wishes, and he can't stay in the Eastern Capital for a long time, so it doesn't hurt to let the Fa be held in advance. ”
"If my father knows, isn't it ......" Li Mao paused in the middle of his words, but Yang Yun knew that the other party was afraid that Li Longji would blame him for making the decision without authorization.
Yang Yun smiled and comforted: "It's okay, maybe Your Majesty hopes that His Highness can make his own decisions?" ”
"Oh?"
Li Mao will be skeptical.
Li Mao has no opinions, she has never experienced the matter of presiding over the puja, and she does not know the joints.
Yang Yun knew very well that the so-called Dharma meeting was just the emperor finding a reason to gather the world's famous Taoist priests to hold a conference, reflecting that no matter how capable the Taoist priests were, they would surrender to him.
On this basis, as long as Li Mao does not disqualify, he will not be held accountable by the emperor.
The most dislikable thing about Li Mao is that Li Longji is indecisive, as long as he can be decisive, he will make Li Longji look up to him.
With Yang Yun's encouragement, Li Mao finally mustered up the courage and said, "If this is the case, then the Taoist Dharma will be held in three days...... The Great Void View is ready, but the father does not allow it, so it is better to ......"
"I think it's most appropriate to hold it in the Great Sky Temple." Yang Yun interrupted Li Mao's words again and made another decision for him.
"Huh!?"
Li Mao hesitated when she heard this.
Yang Yun said: "The place that can best reflect His Majesty's courtesy to Taoism is not the Great Void View?" If you are worried about what will go wrong, you can ask the Ministry of Industry to temporarily decorate the Great Sky Temple, and on the day of the festival, you will prepare a high platform for Your Majesty, on which you can overlook the whole field, and then Your Majesty will be impressed by King Shou. ”
"This ...... This ......"
Li Mao was at a loss as to how to respond.
Wang Ji looked a little anxious, and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, if you are afraid that the preparation is not good, let my senior brother prepare, my senior brother is a good hand at doing things." ”
Li Mao knew the origin of the king's identity, and knew that this was Wang Yu's son-in-law, and he was regarded as a disciple of the gate valve.
Li Mao nodded with relief: "Then it's troublesome to Yang Daochang, I have to hurry into the palace to ask, I hope my father can get out of the customs in the next two days......"
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Yang Yun didn't stay in the verdant residence for too long, he came out with the royal family, and then he was going to see Songmei.
In the end, Songmei is the one who impersonates Wuzun, it is necessary to watch her before this festival, but when the festival is carried out, Songmei must be allowed to come out and show her face.
"Senior brother, this Shou Wang is really strange, obviously he can make decisions by himself, why is he so hesitant? But is there something unspeakable? ”
Even Wang Ji noticed Li Mao's indecision, and asked without scruples after coming out.
Yang Yun didn't think about it, and replied directly: "What does this have to do with me?" ”
Wang Ji scratched his head: "Senior brother is also the disciple of King Shou...... There are so many people around him, it stands to reason that there are a lot of people who can give him ideas...... Concubine Hui is widely influential in the court, and I heard that she still wholeheartedly praises him as the prince, but looking at his weak and bullying appearance, it doesn't look like a ......"
was glared at viciously by Yang Yun, and Wang Ji didn't dare to continue.
It is not a secret at all about Li Mao's struggle for the crown prince, and it is not taboo for the DPRK and China to talk about this.
Datang is relatively free of speech, as long as it is not instigating rebellion, even if the people talk about royal family affairs, no one will investigate, let alone be questioned for it.
However, this has always been taboo, especially now that Yang Yun is still doing things for Li Mao, which is equivalent to saying that Wang Ji and Songmei are also Li Mao's disciples in name, and even Zhang Jiuling regards Yang Yun as Li Mao or even Concubine Hui's staff, and it is not surprising that others have this illusion.
"Shouwang is filial piety, he is quite measured in his work, and he will handle family affairs properly. As for who will be the prince, it has nothing to do with us, we will go to see Songmei now, go back to the people from the Ministry of Works, and tell the matter to continue. Yang Yun didn't want to continue to talk about sensitive topics, and after giving an order, he went down to see Songmei under the leadership of Wang Ji.
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After many days, Yang Yun saw Songmei again.
I saw Songmei sitting in front of the window dejectedly, without energy.
This kind of life under house arrest is very difficult, especially when he can't even see his wife and children, let alone his group of uncompetitive apprentices.
"What are you going to do as a teacher? What the hell are you talking about! What are you sorry for? ”
Songmei has always been cheeky, and when she saw Yang Yun asking loudly, she hurriedly lowered her head when she found Wang Ji's vicious gaze glaring at her.
Wang Ji brought Yang Yun a bed, but Yang Yun didn't sit down.
Yang Yun's tone was indifferent: "I came to inform you this time, the festival will be held a few days in advance, and it is likely that it will be three days later, when not only well-known Taoist priests from all over the world will come, but the legendary Taoist immortal Daoist Zhang Guo will also appear...... As a well-known Taoist priest who has entered the palace and fought in front of the king, there is a high probability that you will be treated as a guest. ”
Songmei was still sullen: "I went to the teacher, is there anyone else looking at it?" ”
Wang Ji scolded: "You have the face to say, if it weren't for you, my senior brother wouldn't have to be looked down upon when he was doing things outside...... Don't you know that there are many Taoists in Liu Fuyin who slander my master with your failure to be virtuous! ”
"What is your master, it is our master!"
Songmei corrected herself.
"Phew."
Wang Ji took a sip, but didn't continue, and listened to Yang Yun instead.
Yang Yun looked at him coldly: "How can you say that you are also the leader of the Jiannan Dao Sect, you have earned a little reputation in Shudi, and the emperor will look at it highly, don't know what to do...... You don't need me to explain that little bit of nonsense to you, right? As long as people sell you three points of face in front of people, who really wants to break the sky? ”
In Yang Yun's intention, the Daomen at this time was originally a place to hide filth and dirt, and scammers were rampant.
Everyone only decides their status by face, and now even the emperor recognizes you, isn't that your biggest support?
I really want to give you a big stage, do you have the ability to shock the audience?