Don't return to the bottom of the mountain, in the city of Feng.

Shuli had also been to Qifeng City countless times before, and he was very familiar with the customs of its city.

But coming back this time has added a lot of sorrow, and it has become even stranger to look at Qi Fengcheng.

Qifeng City is helmed by the disciples of the scholars, and the city lord and the officials in all aspects of the department are all the children of the scholars, but there are some insignificant positions that are held by the disciples of other families.

The city has a population of hundreds of thousands, and has set up many calligraphy schools and many Confucian cultivation halls.

In the past, the city was peaceful, bustling, and lively, and under the governance of the scholars, hundreds of thousands of people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the city was in order.

Shu Yu walked in front with a cold face, this is the main road in Qifeng City, Shu Yu led Shu and Shuli and his party, and was walking towards the city lord's mansion in Qifeng City.

The calligrapher army he brought with him had already been ceded to the chief general of the calligrapher army outside the city, and the drills of the calligrapher army had always been outside the city.

Shuli looked at the main road and the streets that extended on both sides, according to the mountain terrain of the Mountain Range of No Return, like two wings spreading, just like a phoenix spreading its wings, so it is also called Qifeng City, and it also implies that the disciples of the calligrapher are all young phoenixes, just waiting for a blockbuster.

Qifengcheng originally had a towering attic and exquisite eaves corners, but today is different from usual, the glorious shops opened by those big merchants on the main road are closed tightly, and there are few people on the lively streets in the past.

Even the alleys and streets on both sides that usually have children shuttling and vendors are very deserted, and in the early autumn weather, the leaves of the plane trees in Qifeng City are blown away by the wind and fall on the eaves streets, adding to the bleak atmosphere.

Because of Shuhe's death, Shuyu is still angry with Shuli.

The others, including Shushan, were very disgusted by Shuli's behavior of escaping into the empty door and becoming an accomplice to the death of his disciples, and they didn't bother to deal with him.

Along the way, Shuli was also very worried about the fire monkey, Xiugu and the little junior brother, so he was also depressed.

The group walked forward without saying a word.

On the way back, Zheng Wenqi, a genius disciple of the Holy Academy, had a conversation with Shuli.

Zheng Wenqi doesn't seem to be a narrow-minded person, and at the Junzhou City Dao Conference, he was hostile to Yifeng, and he didn't have much arrogance.

In the end, in the face of Yifeng, who thought he was going to die, he also showed compassion with Wei Xuan of the Daomen, and he felt that the rabbit died and the fox was sad.

Therefore, Shuli had a good impression of him.

Moreover, Zheng Wenqi and Shuli, like Shuli, are both talented and intelligent people, whether it is Confucian classics or exercises, they all have many common understandings, consult each other, and have a great sense of sympathy.

The difference is that although Zheng Wenqi is chic and handsome, he has great respect for Confucianism in his heart, and attaches great importance to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.

Although he has a sense of sadness for Yifeng, his loyalty to Emperor Wu's monarchs and ministers is unshakable, and his loyalty to Dazhu Guo is also indescribable.

Therefore, Cui Ming designated him to urge the calligrapher to act, intending to erase the Buddha.

Even though he couldn't bear to destroy the Buddha's way, he still obeyed the order to supervise.

However, after coming, the strong dragon could not suppress the head snake, and was restricted by Shuyu everywhere, and felt Shuyu's old-fashioned and stubbornness, and had great disdain for the imperial court orders and the Holy Academy.

He is really embarrassed, I am afraid that after returning to Junzhou City, he will have to bear the guilt of Jing Pleading.

However, he was deeply influenced by Confucianism and Buddhism, and had the rigorous academic foundation of a scholar, the ambition of Confucianism to govern the country and the world, and the purity, freedom, nature and compassion of Buddhism.

In terms of theory, Shuli's thinking is more complex than that of all Confucian students, and even the magic powers of Gongfa are more complicated, which is his strength and flaw.

When he was in Junzhou, he had an outbreak, angrily left the school, and was also suspicious of Confucianism and Buddhism.

Later, I finally figured it out, but as a double sect, how could it be so easy to dredge nature, there will inevitably be contradictions and difficult choices.

For example, this time, it is a very test of inner entanglement.

Although he returned to the scholarly family, it was full of Confucian doctrines and teachings, its general ethics and the equality of all living beings in the Buddhist family, and the governance of the country and the Buddhist monks' cultivation of the world, all kinds of differences, and conflicts from time to time, which was indeed a test for the scholars.

Shuli didn't say a few words to his father along the way, and his father's majesty and hidden generosity were a difficult expression for both of them.

What's more, his younger brother also killed the children of his father's favorite scholars.

In Confucian ethics, it is "death and life are also great", rather than the free and easy death and reincarnation of Buddhism, and there is unspeakable resentment for betraying the family and worshipping the door.

Therefore, the father and son often have to fight for two words, and later, they simply meet and do not speak.

It's just that once, Shu Yu threw the green snake to him angrily, and said angrily that after the green snake sword was used by Shuli, it also became weird, nondescript, and very unusable.

He originally wanted to throw away the destruction, but he was afraid that he would hurt his ancestor's face and the kindness of the Wei royal family, so it was better to give him a handout and give a book gift, so that he would kill himself when he was ashamed, and it would not be considered a decline in the merits of his ancestors.

Shuli listened, but did not speak, although he knew his father's true intentions, but he refused to reveal it, and the two returned to Qifeng City in such an awkward way.

Zheng Wenqi looked at the scattered Qifeng City, and said to the Shuli next to him: "Shuli, if your Qifeng City is at its peak, it must be a happy land for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. It's just that the name is too ostentatious.

"Qifeng City, the city is full of tall plane trees, Fengqiwu, how dare you compare with Emperor Wu's Junzhou City, wouldn't it collide with the Wei royal family?"

When Shuli heard this, he felt uncomfortable, and said coldly: "It's just a name." Buddhists say that everything is empty, and the name is just a code name, and it does not mean anything.

"If someone's name is Qi Fengcheng, is he on a par with the Wei family? ”

Zheng Wenqi said: "Otherwise, the name is originally the concept of dignity and inferiority. To put it more broadly, why did the ministers who died in the imperial court and even the martial emperors of the previous dynasties have nicknames? There are still many particularities in nicknames, and there are good and bad respects and humilities.

"To put it mildly, the names of parents and ancestors are also shunned by younger generations. These have always been rituals, and only rituals can be peaceful. ”

Shuli listened to it and sneered: "You said the nickname, why did the name of Emperor Wu of the past dynasties have to add the word 'wu'? This word has always represented the meaning of 'poor soldiers' and 'literary and martial arts' in the nickname, which is not a good word!"

"However, now it seems that it is very appropriate, isn't Emperor Wu also fighting in all directions because of Buddhism, resulting in the destruction of lives, the displacement of Buddhist monks, and the people have no refuge?"

Zheng Wenqi was indignant and wanted to refute it, but Shuyu, who led them away with a cold face in front, didn't know when to stop.

When he heard Shuli's remarks, he scolded him sharply: "Bastard! The rules of the imperial family, how can you comment on them as a child? The decision-making of the imperial court is as simple as you think?

"The sage has already expounded the righteousness clearly, the heavens and the earth are vast, and there is righteousness, if they are all as deviant as you, and follow the crooked and evil ways to act recklessly, wouldn't it be a great chaos in the world?"

Shuli was not convinced, but he was too lazy to answer him at this time, just held the green snake sword in his waist, stood proudly, and looked at Qi Fengcheng silently.

Shu Yu also knew that his rebel had long been disobedient to discipline, so he continued to walk forward with a gloomy face, and in addition to resentment, there was more sorrow in his heart.

After a while, everyone walked outside the door of the mansion of the city lord of Qifeng City.

According to the rules of the Shu family, this city lord is not appointed by the old meeting of the Shanshu family, and the elders of the Shu family are respected, so he must come to pick it up in person, not to mention that now it is the old Shuyu of the two clans who are in charge of the power of the Shu family.

When he entered the city, someone had come to report, but he didn't see the city lord come to greet him, and there seemed to be shouting and scolding and shouting in the mansion, and he didn't know what was going on.