At this time, Xu Lingyun swallowed his saliva, cleared his throat and said: "I have a cousin who is the herb of the palace Shaofu, according to him, the emperor is often bedridden now, let alone out of the palace. ”

Mao Gu hurriedly asked: "Why is this, is the emperor seriously ill." ”

Xu Lingyun nodded and said: "Yes, I heard him say that every time the Shaofu Imperial Physician asked him to dispense medicine, it was some medicinal materials that were cold and cold, and I heard that it took a long time for the emperor to pay tribute every time, so I heard these news." ”

After listening to this, Mao Gu shook his head and said: "The emperor is only twenty years old, he should be young and strong, and he has the most energy, how could he end up in this field, it seems that the emperor has not yet given birth to a prince." ”

Xu Lingyun nodded and said: "I heard from the people in the palace, the general Huo Guang tried every means to restrict the emperor from only favoring Empress Shangguan, then Empress Shangguan is still young, I heard that she became a queen at the age of six, and now it is thirteen or fourteen, how can there be a prince, plus the emperor's current physical condition, hey, I don't know who will succeed to the throne in the future?" ”

Mao Gu pondered for a moment, and said: "There are only two people who can succeed to the throne today, King Yan fought for himself a few times, but he committed suicide, and now the emperor's brother is only King Guangling, I heard that the emperor likes King Guangling very much, and he is very good to him, the last time the emperor was crowned, King Guangling went to Chang'an to worship, the emperor was happy, and rewarded him with a lot of things, and also sealed a lot of fiefs, it seems that King Guangling has the greatest chance; Of course, it seems that King Changyi also has a son, and he should also have a chance, but at present, his chances are not as great as those of King Guangling. ”

All the disciples have been quietly listening to Mao Gu and the others talking about the government and politics, and they have not said anything, of course, they are far away from the court. I can't figure out the affairs of the court, so I can't make a sound. But when it comes to the king of Guangling, Li Nusu, who is a native of Guangling, has something to say: "I have seen this king of Guangling, and I have seen him come out to play when I was in my hometown, and a large group of people followed, he rode a tall horse, was tall, and had a strong physique; I heard that he liked to have fun and was very powerful, and that he could carry the Ding freely, and I also heard an even more powerful news that he could fight bears, wild boars and other fierce beasts with his bare hands. ”

After Xu Lingyun heard what Li Nuxu said, he asked, "I didn't expect King Guangling to be so powerful, so he should be very old." ”

Mao Gu said: "Yes, the emperor was born when Emperor Wu was in his sixties, and King Guangling should be at least twenty years older than him. ”

Li Nuxu nodded and said, "Yes, I was a little girl when I saw him at that time, and he was already in his twenties, and now he is almost forty." ”

As soon as Xu Lingyun heard that King Guangling was forty years old, he said, "At such an old age, is there any chance?" ”

Mao Gu saw that Xu Lingyun still wanted to keep asking, so he said: "Actually, these questions are not the issues we want to care about, our problem now is how to pass on our faction, let's not discuss the affairs of the DPRK and China for now." ”

At this time, Ge Wei, who had been listening to the discussion between the master and the senior brother, hurriedly smiled and said, "Master is right, let's stop talking about the government and politics, let's talk about our side first; When I went down the mountain a few days ago, I heard the locals say that there is a famous mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, called Quju Mountain, where the scenery is beautiful, the wonderland of strange peaks and fairyland is a good place for cultivation, so I plan to go there to cultivate, how about it? ”

At this time, Li Nuxu's eldest brother Li Zhongpu, who had not spoken, spoke, and saw him say: "Master, senior brother, I have been to Quju Mountain, which is across the Yangtze River from here, and it is indeed a good place for cultivation, the most important thing is that it is close to Xiangshan, we can often come to see Master, senior brother, I am willing to go with you." ”

Ge Wei hurriedly patted Li Zhongpu on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, junior brother, I am also willing to go with you, what do you think, master?" ”

Mao Gu thought for a while, stroked his beard and said: "It's okay, you guys get ready, see what things you want to bring over, and then select a few disciples to go with you, you must remember the rules of my sect and carry forward the Taoist skills of my sect." ”

"The disciples obey the order, we will definitely abide by the rules of the style and carry forward our Maojun faction."

Seeing that Ge Wei already had a place to go, Xu Lingyun hurriedly said: "Master, I also led my juniors and disciples to cross the Yangtze River to preach, and carry forward the Taoism of our Maojun faction. ”

Hearing that all the disciples were expressing their positions, Mao Gu nodded again and again and said: "Okay, okay, let Lingyun and Ge Wei each lead some junior disciples, and each of you will cross the Jiangnan River to spread in Chudi, and you will stay in Xiangshan and continue to cultivate." ”

So all the disciples obeyed the teacher's orders and led the team to preach, which was the beginning of the Maoshan faction, and hundreds of years later, their descendants took root in this place and carried forward the Maoshan faction. One of the most famous is Tao Shangzi's descendant Tao Hongjing, known as Huayang seclusion, he is the founder of the Shangqing School of Maoshan Taoism, and he also has a great contribution to traditional Chinese medicine, is a famous pharmacist, alchemist, writer, known as "the prime minister of the mountain". His works include "Notes on the Materia Medica", "Collection of Jindan Yellow and White Fang", "Two Cows", "Huayang Tao Seclusion Collection" and so on.

Ge Wei's descendants are even more powerful, he is Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, self-proclaimed Hug Puzi, known as the little fairy Weng, he was once named the Marquis of Guannei, and then lived in seclusion in Luofu Mountain, Guangdong Alchemy. Ge Hong was a famous physician in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China and a mediator of preventive medicine. He is the author of "Behind the Elbow", which was the first to record the symptoms and diagnosis and treatment of some infectious diseases such as smallpox and scrub typhus. "Tianxing Spotted Sores" is the earliest record of smallpox in the world. He also has a lot of experience in alchemy, and the Danshu "Bao Puzi Inner Chapter" specifically describes the knowledge of chemistry in many aspects such as refining gold and silver pills, and also introduces many material properties and material changes. For example, "Dansha is burned into mercury, and the accumulation is changed and returned to Dansha", which means that red mercury sulfide (Dansha) is heated to decompose mercury, and mercury can be added to sulfur to produce black mercury sulfide, which then becomes red mercury sulfide. The reversibility of chemical reactions is described. Another example is "Coating iron with Zeng Qing, and iron is as red as copper", which describes the reaction of replacing iron with copper, and so on.

Of course, Xu Lingyun's descendants are also important figures of the Maoshan faction, including Xu Mi and Xu Hui, and they are also one of the patriarchs of the Maoshan faction during the two Jin Dynasty.

The Maoshan faction has really flourished in the hands of their descendants hundreds of years later, and then there are many legendary figures, the most famous of which is the Taoist Eight Immortals, as well as the Taoist Fu Zheng Maoshan Sect Ye Fashan, Taoist Luo Gongyuan and so on.

Of course, some disciples went down the mountain to spread Taoism in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, but some returned to their hometowns to help the local people exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits, hang pots to help the world, that is, to become witch doctors.

Among them was Li Nusu, who also went down the mountain with the other disciples that day, but he did not follow Ge Wei to Qugu Mountain with his brother to cultivate, but returned to his hometown Guangling, because she already had other plans in her heart.