Chapter 8: Cutting Back (5000 words)
At this time, Qiandaozi, who was standing on the side, glanced at Xiao Dianran, Xiao Anran had a lot of relationship with Qiandaozi, and even if he understood what Qiandaozi meant.
Qiandaozi asked him to ask Lu Fengqiu for this statue of Dao Ancestor.
There is such a statue of the Taoist ancestor that contains the rhyme of the Tao without beginning and end, which can already be compared to the Buddha statue in the "Past Mida Sutra".
With this ancestral image, the three factions may not be able to deduce a supreme secret method comparable to the "Past Mida Sutra".
Tao rhyme, Shen Yun, it's too crucial.
The image of the Buddha in the "Past Mida Sutra" contains the artistic conception of the immortality of the past.
And this statue of Dao Ancestor contains the Great Road, the Great Road without beginning and no end, the invisible and nameless Great Road.
If you cultivate the divine soul with this Dao Ancestor statue, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
Xiao Yanran understood what Qiandaozi meant, and immediately said to Lu Fengqiu: "Brother Qingyun Dao, I can't hide it, this Dao Ancestor Diagram is a priceless treasure for my three factions, and even for my entire Dao Sect, I don't know if Brother Qingyun Dao can cut his love." β
When Lu Fengqiu heard this, he could naturally understand what Xiao Yanran meant.
Since he came out to make this portrait of Dao Ancestor, he had to wait for Xiao Anran or Gan Daozi to ask him for a painting.
This portrait is in his hand, so it is naturally better to take it out.
Of course, this kind of Dao ancestor statue full of rhyme naturally can't be easily given to Xiao Anran.
There's always something to take.
As the leader of Fang Xiandao, Xiao Anran often walked in the palace, and could even hand the slips to the cabinet.
Xiao Anran still has a lot of influence in Yujing City.
Lu Fengqiu looked at Xiao Anran, smiled slightly, and said: "The poor road needs to be built in the Xishan Dingshan Mountain Gate, and the Qingyun Road is newly built, so you need some money, some manpower, and you also need the Qingyun Road recognized by the Great Cadre Mansion, and the poor road has just come to Yujing City, so I hope that Xiao Daoyou will help you one or two." β
The three conditions mentioned by Lu Fengqiu are not difficult for Xiao Anran.
Compared to the statue of the Dao Ancestor, it is not difficult to spend some money, contribute some manpower, and even operate Qingyun Dao, dredge the relationship, and let the people on the ground in Yujing City know that there is such a Dao Sect force.
Xiao Anran thought that Lu Fengqiu would open his mouth, but he didn't expect Lu Fengqiu to only mention these three conditions.
Hearing this, Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know how much money Brother Qingyun Dao needs?" β
Lu Fengqiu stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and said calmly.
"500,000 taels of red gold!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around him immediately gasped.
Although there were many powerful people present, this 500,000 taels of red gold was not a small amount.
The ratio of gold and silver in the Daqian Dynasty was one pair of fifteen, and 500,000 taels of red gold was 1,500,000 taels of silver.
Except for those wealthy families who are particularly wealthy, ordinary families and the whole family can't earn so much money in three lifetimes.
In the Daqian Dynasty, one tael of silver was exchanged for a thousand copper coins, and one copper coin could buy a large baked cake.
One tael of silver is enough for a small family of three to live on for a month.
Even a wealthy family can't come up with so much money at once.
Xiao Yiran heard this, his eyelids jumped, just now he thought that Lu Fengqiu's opening conditions were quite simple, so he was waiting here.
There is no accurate amount of money it costs for a sect to operate, and the more people there are, the more it will cost on weekdays.
But Fang Xian Dao is one of the three major gates of Daqian, and was canonized by the emperor himself.
There are also many industries in Yujing City, which can be described as rich flowing oil.
On weekdays, the people who come and go in and out of the Yuquan Temple are all powerful people, and they also make a lot of incense money.
Money is something outside the body, as long as the strength is strong, these are easy to say.
What's more, it is the Daozu diagram that benefits the Qianqiu.
Moreover, Xiao Anran had already concluded that Lu Fengqiu's cultivation was definitely not weaker than him, or even stronger than him, and such characters naturally had to be befriended.
Spending a little money is nothing.
Moreover, it has been an eventful time recently, and the two major cults of the Void Dao and the Vacuum Dao have appeared in the Yujing City.
The lifeless road, the vacuum road is not trivial, it is the future lifeless scripture in the three volumes of the Great Zen Temple after it fell into the hands of some people, and the two major gates were created, mainly in the troubled world.
If you add the eight demon immortals in the world, if you make trouble, the movement will not be small.
At this time, it is much better to make one more friend than to set up one more enemy.
Since this Qingyunzi wants to start a sect in Yujing City, he is also happy to be a favor.
He can get both this ancestral map and the kindness of this Qingyunzi, why not do it?
Therefore, Xiao Anran almost did not hesitate, and directly agreed.
"500,000 taels of red gold, it's not a problem, if you need manpower, I can also send it to Brother Dao."
Lu Fengqiu was not much surprised when he heard Xiao Anran agree, after all, this Dao Ancestor Diagram was really too important for the Fang Immortal Dao represented by Xiao Anran.
There was no bump, and the deal between the two was successfully completed.
Xiao Yanran invited Lu Fengqiu to Yujing to watch the story, and Lu Fengqiu took Xiaohua and three little foxes to go happily.
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In the next few days, the name of Qingyunzi also spread with this supreme Dao ancestor statue in Songzhu Xuan in the upper circle of Yujing City.
Those who have good deeds even call Qingyunzi a painting immortal.
In the palace, Emperor Qiandi Yang Pan sat in the imperial study, looking at the secret report on the table, and muttered the words "Qingyunzi" in his mouth.
There was an inner attendant standing on the side, and the inner attendant said: "Your Majesty, this Qingyunzi has drawn the image of the Supreme Dao Ancestor, which is already a well-known thing in Yujing City. β
Emperor Qiandi Yang Pan's eyes showed a deep color, and said, "Have you found the roots of this Qingyunzi?" β
The chamberlain shook his head and said: "I only found out that this Qingyunzi entered the Jade Capital City with Hong Yi, the son of Wu Wenhou, as for where this Qingyunzi came from, there is no news for the time being." β
When Emperor Qiandi Yang Pan heard this, his fingers lightly buckled on the imperial table, and he suddenly laughed.
"Since people are going to come to Yujing City to start a sect, they can't turn them away and go to pass Wu Wenhou."
The waiter retreated.
About half an hour later.
Hong Xuanji walked into the imperial study with a respectful face.
"The minister knocks to see the emperor."
Emperor Qiandi Yang Pan saw that Hong Xuanji had arrived, and said with a smile: "No courtesy, no courtesy, I have already told you, when there are no outsiders, there is no need to be so formal." β
Emperor Qian's face to Hong Xuanji can be described as very pleasant, as if he was talking to a close friend, showing the intimate relationship between the monarch and the minister.
Hong Xuanji replied respectfully: "The etiquette of the monarch and the minister, you can't disrespect, the minister is the master, in charge of the affairs of the world, and he should set an example for the ministers of the world." β
Emperor Qian couldn't help but shake his head, he also knew Hong Xuanji's temperament, and went straight to the point: "Xuanji, I remember that you were married to the dream girl of Taishang Dao for a hundred years and gave birth to a son, called Hong Yi, yes or no?" β
"I originally wanted to give the dream girl a fate, but you desperately quit, and I had no choice but to give up.
Hong Xuanji said: "I am tired of Your Majesty's thoughts, it is true. β
"However, Meng Bingyun is a descendant of the Taishang Dao, and he is a lowly person in the Qinglou, if the minister does not refuse, he will really lose the etiquette and law, and he will be criticized by the ministers."
When Emperor Qiandi heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "You, you, you are so polite." β
"I have summoned you here today because I have something for you to do."
Hong Xuanji said: "Please give instructions to Your Majesty." β
Emperor Qian said: "Presumably, Xuanji also saw the golden light of yesterday. β
"The name of Qingyunzi, I should have heard of the mystery."
Hong Xuanji said: "Qingyunzi made a picture of the Taoist ancestor in Songzhuxuan, and the name of the painting immortal spread throughout the entire Yujing City overnight. β
Emperor Qian bowed slightly, stood up, paced in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "This Qingyunzi has a mysterious origin, and he said that he would open a sect in Xishan and establish Qingyun Dao, and he also got into a relationship with Xiao Anran, Xiao Anran bought the Daozu map with 500,000 taels of red gold, and promised to give Qingyun Dao people to dredge up the relationship between all parties. β
"What do you think about this?"
Hong Xuanji said calmly: "The Taoist priest is a foreigner, and he uses the evil way of ghosts and gods to cultivate immortals to bewitch the people, and he is not engaged in production, he does not respect the etiquette law, and the world is a little turbulent. β
"The origin of this Qingyunzi is unknown, when he arrived in this Jade Capital City, he made such a big move, and he wanted to start a sect in Xishan, and he also had a relationship with Fang Xiandao Xiaoran, obviously wanting to be among the upper echelons."
"The minister implores the emperor to please ban the canonized Taishang Dao, Fang Xiandao, Zhengyi, and directly ban this Qingyun Dao, so as not to bury the root cause."
When Emperor Qiandi heard this, he said: "You are right about this, these Taoist sects will definitely not observe festivals for the king when the world is turbulent. β
"They will even rely on new forces to try to control the artifact of society and influence the people of a country."
"This is really hateful, but there are many masters in the Dao Sect, although it is not difficult to ban them."
"But to prevent them from jumping off the wall in a hurry, they can only be appeased for now."
"The reason why I called you here is because I heard that when that Qingyunzi entered the Yujing City, he entered the city with Hong Yi, and Hong Yi and that Qingyunzi should be familiar with each other, so I plan to let you take a trip to Yujingguan, go to see Xiao Anran, knock and knock him, and then go for me to see what this Qingyunzi is from."
When Hong Xuanji heard this, he said respectfully: "The minister's decree." β
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In the evening, Wuwen waited in the house.
Hong Yi was practicing boxing, and after returning from Xishan, he would practice the Bull Demon Powerful Fist every day, and at this moment, he heard a steady footstep at the gate of the small courtyard.
Hong Yi was surprised to hear the footsteps.
On weekdays, no one will come to his small courtyard at all.
Hong Yi pushed open the papier-mΓ’chΓ© window and looked over, and was taken aback.
He saw an old man with gray hair and black clothes, who was the chief steward of the Hou Mansion, the chief butler who was directly responsible to his father, Wuwen Hou Hongxuanji.
How did the big butler get to his little yard?
Could it be that his father wanted to see him?
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In the main hall of the Marquis Wuwen Mansion.
The ground paved with large artemisia leaves and bluestone is as flat as a mirror and hard as iron.
A row of quaint mahogany chairs, in the center is a huge pair of "li" characters, the font is upright, there is a sense of oppression that makes people behave properly.
Below the word "li" is a large red sandalwood tribute table that can lie flat on four or five people.
Hong Yi stood on the right side of the hall, looking at his father with a calm expression.
Sitting on the big chair to the left of the tribute table is Hong Xuanji.
Hong Xuanji looked at Hong Yi with a solemn face, and said: "I heard that you and Qingyunzi of Qingyun Dao have mixed together, don't you know that these Taoist priests are the best at cultivating immortals with ghosts and gods, and your scriptures and truths have been read into the dog's belly?" β
Hong Xuanji's tone was cold, and as soon as these words came out, the temperature in the hall suddenly dropped by several degrees.
When Hong Yi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he thought that his father was going to say something to him, it turned out to be this thing, but how did his father know that he and Daoist Qingyunzi had gone together.
"Huh?"
Seeing that Hong Yi didn't answer his words, Wu Wenhou said "um" coldly.
When Hong Yi heard this, his legs almost weakened and he collapsed to the ground, if he hadn't practiced the Bull Demon Powerful Fist these days, he would really have fallen here.
"Father, Lord Rongyu, that Qingyunzi Taoist Master I met when I was guarding my mother's grave in Xishan, I am not familiar with it, but I just went back to the city together on the way."
Hong Yi knew that Hong Xuanji didn't like Taoist priests, so he didn't dare to show that he wanted to worship Lu Fengqiu as a teacher.
When Hong Xuanji heard this, his face remained the same, he snorted coldly, and said, "Is it really just a way back to the city?" β
Hong Yi bowed his head and said, "Yes, father." β
When Hong Xuanji heard this, his tone softened a little, and said, "In the future, try to deal with those Taoist priests as little as possible, and study hard!" β
"You have violated the family law in this matter, and you were going to be beaten with twenty sticks, but you have a meritorious name, and the spring after the year is the Enke Township Test, the national ceremony, you want to participate, I will spare you for the time being, if you are in the lift, you will naturally be written off, if you are not successful, the family law will be implemented."
When Hong Yi heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Yes, father." β
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What happened in Wuwen Houfu, Lu Fengqiu naturally didn't know.
At this moment, Lu Fengqiu was standing on a lonely peak in the West Mountain.
The West Mountain is nearly 100 miles in circumference, although it is not much majestic, but also the jungle is dense, the terrain is complex, there are many mountains, there are flowing springs and waterfalls, and there are also rocky mountains and forests.
After Lu Fengqiu reached an agreement with Xiao Anran, he got 500,000 taels of red gold, and then asked Xiao Anran to prepare ten disciples who could speak the Tao for him.
Right now, he was about to cut out a flat piece of land for the hill he had chosen.
He wandered around the West Mountain for several days, and finally selected five mountains to serve as the territory of Qingyun Road.
The lonely peak where he is at the moment is the location of the mountain gate of Qingyun Dao in the future, and it is also the main peak among the five peaks, and this mountain was also renamed Qingyun Peak by him.
The topography of this Qingyun Peak is good, surrounded by the other four peaks, showing a tendency to gather, which is also convenient for him to transform in the future and set up a Qimen formation.
As for the names of the other four peaks, Lu Fengqiu named them according to the four directions of east, west, north and south, east to peak, west to peak, south to peak, and north to peak.
At this time, the year is approaching, the weather is cold, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow. Standing on this Qingyun Peak and looking at it, I saw that all the surrounding peaks were covered with snow, and the negative hand was here, swallowing the clouds, like a fairyland on earth, a little bit of the taste of heaven and earth.
Let Xiaohua hide away with the three little foxes.
Lu Fengqiu rose from the ground, flew in mid-air, and reached towards the sky with one hand, and a sword of heaven and earth power condensed by wind and clouds condensed out like a substance.
In an instant, the surrounding clouds and mist within fifty miles were swept away.
I heard only a loud bang, like a landslide and the ground cracked.
Qingyun Peak was stopped and slashed, and for a while, frost, sea of clouds, wind, and mountain roar resounded throughout the entire West Mountain.
Even the Yujing City heard the movement here.
On the Yulong Mountain, which is more than ten miles away from the Yujing City, is where the Yujing Temple is located.
Xiao Yanran, who was looking at the Dao Ancestor Diagram in the Great Dan Hall, suddenly heard a loud noise from the west, and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
At this moment, a rather cold voice suddenly came from the door of the Great Dan Palace.
"Xiao Anran, I heard that you got a Supreme Dao Ancestor statue, is this one hanging in the main hall?"
Xiao turned his head and saw Hong Xuanji walking in from the door.
"It turned out that Brother Xuanji had arrived."
After Xiao Yanran got this ancestral map, he observed it day and day, speculated night and night, and was in a good mood.
He looked at Hong Xuanji with a smile, but he was not too surprised by Hong Xuanji's arrival.
Even if Hong Xuanji doesn't come, he has to find a way to let Hong Xuanji come.
"Brother Xuanji, look at this statue of Dao Ancestor, is it full of charm."
Xiao said with a smile.
Hong Xuanji's gaze fell on the already framed Daozu map, he glanced at it, and then fell into it, and with a buzz in his head, Hong Xuanji turned his head with a strong wave of great will.
At this moment, although Hong Xuanji was calm on his face, he was shocked in his heart.
Hong Xuanji said secretly, no wonder it can attract the golden light of the heavenly phenomena, this Dao Ancestor Diagram is indeed an evil door!
Immediately, Hong Xuanji snorted coldly and said, "Evil Sect, what's so beautiful!" β
"Since ancient times, the decline of the imperial court has been caused by you monks and Taoist priests pretending to be gods and ghosts, bewitching people, and the world has declined, and sooner or later I will show the emperor and expel you Taoist priests from the court one by one."
"The person who painted this portrait is even more deserved!"
"I have this kind of painting skills, but I paint such evil things, not to deceive people's hearts, but for what!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yiran's face turned cold and he sneered.
"Hmph, Brother Xuanji, you, a master of science, hold your own status as a literati, and you want to expel our Daomen, but you don't need to be cruel to me."
"The person who painted this ancestral picture is in Xishan, if you are not convinced, you can go and see the demeanor of that Qingyun Dao brother."
"Let's see if Brother Xuanji's Heavenly Wheel of Life and Death is powerful, or if that Qingyun Daoist Brother is superb!"
Xiao Anran's words are obviously sowing discord, Xiao Anran doesn't know Lu Fengqiu's cultivation realm, although he wants to befriend Lu Fengqiu, but Lu Fengqiu's origin is mysterious, Xiao Anran is afraid that Lu Fengqiu is a person who has no way of vacuum.
Therefore, I want to borrow Hong Xuanji's hand to try Lu Fengqiu.
Hong Xuanji was not a fool, he snorted coldly and said, "It's just a wild road, and the poor road will go to see it." β