Asahi Kyoto Castle.

The sun is rising, and the morning is setting. As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Guan Haichaoguan put on his court clothes early and stood outside the palace gate and waited quietly. In the past, Guan Shangshu, who always liked to come by stepping on the hour, came earlier than Lord Shoufu today.

Kyoto City is known as having three unique Daxu, one is the prince's teacher, the wisdom of Lu Changfeng, who has no last resort; the second is the calligraphy and painting unparalleled, the best book in Beijing Chen Xiyu, and the third is the left eye with a different hole, the extremely bad promise.

Therefore, there are good deeds to imitate it to do the three uniques of Daxu civil officials and the three uniques of military generals. The three civil officials are naturally headed by Sun Shence, the first assistant chief of Tsing Yi, who is known as Daxu Mouji, who is thousands of miles away and meticulous. The second is that the body is bloated, very fond of fresh human milk, there are rumors that there are countless "beautiful birds" in his house, every day for the production of human milk, its household Shangshu Mansion is even more gorgeous and abnormal, and even has a taste that can be compared with Zhaoyang Palace. It is necessary to know that the Zhaoyang Hall is the imperial study of the emperors of the previous dynasties, whether it is the queen or the queen mother with a more respected status, you can't set foot in a step, otherwise you will be killed. This notorious household minister has a pivotal role in Daxu's finances, and the uniqueness of his method of making money has made Daxu's national war never have any accidents due to money, military rations, etc. Its credit is no less than that of the first assistant-sama, but its notoriety is also extremely despised. The third is that it is absolutely at this time, or it is called keeping, in short, it is punctual and absolute. The Guan Master of the Ministry of Rites had never come early, but he had never been late, and he was so punctual that he was outrageous, and it seemed that he had to calculate carefully every time.

As for the three musts of the generals who are almost counted as foils, it is up to debate. Because the military department Shangshu and the Changling Wenhou both disdain this, because they both think that they can't compare to the two people, so they can't bear this absolute word.

The military department Shangshu thought that he could not compare with the king of Nan'an who was far away in the south of Xinjiang in the matter of military dispatch, while Wen Hou thought that he could not compare with the king of the north of the town. It's not that it can't be compared in one aspect, but it's inferior in all aspects. Anything that involves the confrontation between the two armies is even worse, so this soldier is absolutely just an ornament. As for the last one, there are some theories, but in the end, the forbidden army was all supervised by the martial arts, and they killed the enemy in battle, and their bravery was unparalleled.

"Isn't the sun coming out of the west today? Then came the first assistant in Tsing Yi, a man who was not amazing, and his temples were already slightly white, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and he couldn't help but joke at this Ministry of Rites.

After greeting Lord Shoufu, Guan Shangshu couldn't help but sigh and said, "Lord Shoufu doesn't want to make fun of his humble position anymore, now his humble position can be regarded as a mixed taste, and he is afraid of it." ”

"Lord Guan is too worried, the corresponding wedding etiquette, many officials of the Ministry of Rites have repeatedly deliberated many times, and His Majesty the Emperor finally nodded and agreed, what else do you have to worry about. The eldest grandson Shence comforted.

"Lord Shousuke, what really worries the lowly is the northern border. Once something goes wrong this time, the next time the King of Zhenbei enters Beijing, he will be humble!" "Thinking of the King of Zhenbei who looked like he was about to eat people, Guan Haichao couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, which shows how much this Lord Shangshu is afraid of the old prince of Zhenbei.

Suddenly, a little eunuch pushed a wheelchair and walked out slowly. On the chair sat a middle-aged man with disabled legs and a withered appearance. With a woolen blanket on his knees, his hands folded on the blanket, and when he saw the head of the dynasty and the Ministry of Rites, the man just nodded slightly, and the corners of his mouth barely hooked a trace of arc, and said: "If Lord Guan is afraid of being beaten, resign and return home as soon as possible." ”

Guan Shangshu glanced at Lord Shoufu beside him, and saw that the latter was smiling and didn't speak, so he had to salute the middle-aged man in front of him helplessly, and said a little respectfully: "I've seen Lord Xu, my lord, you are laughing." ”

The slender Shousuke-sama grabbed the wrist of his right hand with his left hand, rubbed his thumb lightly, and still smiled without saying a word.

The middle-aged man turned a blind eye to this, and was an official in the same dynasty as the eldest grandson Shence for decades, and this action at this time was no stranger to men, and even three of them were the most memorable.

One time was at the small court meeting that year, when the candidate for the secretary of the military department was decided. The man who was over the age of sixteen and said that the position of the secretary of the military department was already in his pocket, Lord Chen Miao, inexplicably got the official position of a household squire afterwards, and there was no transfer in this position until his death, and the most interesting thing was that this household squire could not even afford a coffin when he died.

Another time in the study of His Majesty the Emperor. At the time of the great drought in Wenzhou, His Majesty the Emperor asked for a solution, and the eldest grandson Shence kept this action silent for nearly half an hour, and as a result, more than 100 officials from all over Wenzhou were all in different places overnight.

The last time was in Dali Temple. It was one of the few times that the man cooperated with Lord Shoufu, and the two interrogated the current His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Xiao Jian'an together. When verifying the relevant confessions, the eldest grandson Shence stared at a woman's statement for a long time, and after the interrogation, the woman was sentenced to death by the Nine Clans.

It's as if every action is accompanied by a misfortune.

The man's folded hands suddenly reversed their positions up and down, looked at Lord Shoufu in front of him with a smile, and said softly: "Buddhism says that cultivating good causes in this life can only bear good results in the next life. Shousuke-sama cherishes it. ”

The eldest grandson Shence said with a smile: "In this way, it seems that Lord Xu has not obtained the essence of Buddhism. ”

The middle-aged man surnamed Xu had a gloomy face, waved his hand and motioned for the eunuch behind him to push him away, and when he passed by Shousuke's side, the man said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "My lord, you are going to walk in front of me after all." ”

The eldest grandson Shence didn't care, and laughed softly: "It's better to wait until you come back and talk to me about this." ”

The man nodded slightly, smiling eerily.

After the man left, Guan Shangshu asked softly: "Lord Eldest Sun, isn't this promise never to stay in the palace, why did you come out of the palace today?"

The eldest grandson Shence didn't think it was a secret that the emperor was urgently summoned into the palace last night, so he generously revealed: "In front of the emperor last night, this guy took the initiative to ask Ying and Wen Hou to go to the north to see off their relatives, and our Majesty agreed." So this guy played a few games of chess with His Majesty as soon as he was happy, and it was getting late, so he stayed in the palace. ”

Guan Shangshu's eyes widened, did Lord Shoufu say something wrong, or did I hear it wrong? As soon as I was happy, I played a few games of chess with His Majesty? What if I was not happy?

When Chao Shoufu shook his head, he said helplessly: "More than a hundred years ago, that Wang Zuozhicai really completely bent the waist of the world's scholars. Parents officials, parents officials, really do the official as parents. Thirty years ago, the two young generals who had not yet been crowned kings broke the backbone of the Confucian scholars in the world, making them completely reduced to the puppets of the Yamashita dynasty to govern the world. Now there are very few ministers like him. ”

Guan Haichao didn't talk, he would never have such a thought no matter what, and a courtier should be loyal to the monarch. What's more, the heart of heaven is unpredictable, how can the heart of the emperor be wantonly speculated, at least he will cut officials and reduce his lords, and at worst he will die even the three clans, and he will never dare to act lightly.

Looking at Guan Shangshu's anxiety beside him, the eldest grandson Shence smiled contemptuously.

Thou shalt be on a par with the promise.

The Northern Kingdom Daxu is in a peaceful and prosperous era, and you and others are proud of Fulong, can you know that five hundred years ago, there was still a strategist to slay the dragon?

A moment later, all the courtiers arrived. The eunuchs in the palace opened their throats and shouted in turn, and the ministers went to the palace.

When Chao Shoufu naturally walked in front of the hundred officials, after passing the dim hole in the city gate, the eldest grandson Shence raised his hand, covering the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and squinted at the big hall in front of him.

Both familiar and unfamiliar.

The old man with gray temples sighed and said softly: "After protecting it for a lifetime, it should be paid off." ”

Today's court meeting discussed a total of three things, the most important of which is naturally the eldest princess marrying into the north. Emperor Daxu finally agreed to some of the suggestions of the three princes of Zhenbei City, and gave him an honor that was extremely inconsistent with the ancestral system of previous dynasties.

According to the Daxu patriarchal law, anyone who marries the female dependents of my royal family should bow to the monarch in the palace, and can only return home after seven days of marriage, and there is no need to bow to the in-laws, just bow slightly to serve tea, and the land granted when receiving the title of county lord is not allowed to be recovered, and all affairs in the fief are still in his hands, and the husband's family has no right to intervene.

But the eldest princess who marries into the north not only needs to travel all the way to the north of the town to perform the marriage ceremony, but also has to learn all the customs etiquette when the ordinary secular woman marries. This means that after marrying into the palace, she will no longer be a royal princess, but a daughter-in-law of the Zhang family who needs to abide by the three obediences and four virtues. Not only will the former royal status be gone, but even the fiefdoms under the name will be returned to the hands of the imperial court, and the subordinate servants who once served on the left and right will receive a good sum of silver taels, and then be sent home to live the rest of their lives in peace.

In the end, it was His Majesty the Emperor who nodded his head, naturally the eldest princess Xiao Ruojun, who had been praised by the head of the Dao Sect since she was a child, as the one with the deepest fortune in the past and present. The reason for this is very simple, and I would love to.

Whether it is the royal status in the eyes of the world, or the hundred-mile fiefdom, how to choose between Lang Jun, is it difficult for me Xiao Ruojun to make a choice?

On the one hand, Emperor Daxu really loves his daughter, and has always regarded it as a pearl in his palm, so he still follows her temperament to some extent;

Among them, there is also an unknown point, that is, the words of the third son are really interesting.

The third son of Zhenbei City, surnamed Zhang Mingjing, the word Linxi.

The brilliance of jade.

Xi, bright also.

And the name of the Xiao family is Xu, the nine days of Xu, and the Xu is also bright.

The saint made more than 80,000 characters, and his luck was constantly involved. Before the sanctification of Confucianism, he traveled around the world to preach his benevolence, but he was not recognized, and when he was poor, he retired and wrote a book, compiling the "Spring and Autumn Period", which has contained the prototype of the Great Dao. Seventy-two of his disciples recorded the words of their ancestors in writing, and made the "Analects" to pass it on again. Daozu once investigated life and death, and when he traveled to the west, he was also persuaded by words, begging to pass down the avenue for all sentient beings, and Daozu complained about it in 5,000 words, and became the "Tao Te Ching". Therefore, the way of words is the avenue of the world, and the mystery carried by it is self-evident, and there is a scholar in the Shifang Pavilion who is the master of the way of words.

In the dark, the traction connection, Daxu Xiao is happy to see it.

After the matter of the ancestral ritual law was resolved, there was the second matter, that is, how to cash out the three million stone luck that was counted as the dowry of the eldest princess to the northern realm.

Tobe Shirou proposed to be delivered in three parts, the first time 500,000 koku, the second 1 million koku, and the third 1,500,000 koku. This consideration is naturally for the sake of the king. If it is paid all at once, it will give the north the capital to mutiny. What's more, there was still anger in the Northern Army back then, and it was not only a prince of the palace who died, but also a major general of the Zhenbei Army.

Most of the civil and military officials agreed, but Lord Shousuke shook his head in the main hall and proposed to pay it off all at once, so as not to make the northern realm think that I was stingy in Kyoto City.

Xiao Yan, the Daxu Emperor who has always liked to interlock his fingers and spin his thumbs, thought about it for a while and agreed with the opinion of Sun Shence, the first assistant chief. Since I have already planned to give, I will give it sooner or later, and it is better to be more generous than to be honest with others.

Since the emperor has expressed his opinion, it is natural that he will not say much as a courtier.

Then the third thing is less important in comparison. Because this matter has always been done by that cripple Xu, the most important content of which is how to deal with the monk sects in the territory of Daxu. The idea of Daxu having jurisdiction over a place of monks has existed since the founding of the ancestors, but there has been no progress, until the surname Xu came to Daxu, this matter has gradually been put on the agenda, and it has begun to bear fruit over the years.

promised to make a deal with the Zhongzhou Mo family, which can be regarded as a profit. Later, under the instruction of the Mo family giant, Luo Chang'an, a disciple of the Mo family, and the merchant disciples in Daxu jointly created twelve beast-shaped puppets with great wisdom and placed them in all directions for victory. All monks below the Nine Realms are required to abide by the laws of Daxu, and if they violate the law and disobey the law, relying on their own cultivation to ignore the law, the twelve puppets can slash them with swords.

The monk's method is slightly different from the ordinary person's method, and Daxu admits that you are so-called superior, but this comes at a price. According to the size of the sect, it is divided into different ranks, and the annual tax paid to the imperial court must not be less than two to four times that of the people under the mountain. Monks who kill people at will and wantonly destroy the luck of mountains and rivers will be punished differently depending on the severity of the situation, and the most serious of them will even be abolished......

Many punishments are indeed harsh, and people with a heart even compare them to Xia Zhiji, Shang Zhixuan, fish and meat "people", entertaining themselves.

Laughing at this promise, he gave a seemingly extremely concessional condition, and at the end of the page of the book that recorded the law of the monks, the following was written: The monk shall not be killed.

No matter how big a mistake you make, Daxu will not kill you.

But how to deal with these people who have made great mistakes in the country, the promise did not say, but only left the world with a smile that made them shudder.

Since the beginning of the administration, all those who openly disobey the law have all disappeared without exception, and over time, no one dares to be the first bird.

Someone once asked why those great monks in the Nine Realms and the Ten Realms didn't oppose it? At that time, the promise half-jokingly replied, "Those who are old and immortal will spare their lives." ”

To be old and not die is to be a thief. The monks who step out of the Nine Realms with half a foot to reach the Nine Realms, or barely squeeze half of their bodies into the threshold of the Ten Realms are all gray-haired old thieves who steal the qi of heaven and earth.

The power of life and death of the illegal monks in the north is in the hands of one promiser. However, a few days ago, he actually proposed that someone else take over the position, on the grounds that he was old and frail and could not bear the heavy responsibility.

But that lame man is just a young man who is not confused.

Today, when we put it to the court meeting to discuss the successor, there will be no result at all. There is really no one who can be qualified or dare to take over in this Daxu Dynasty, because everyone understands that this seemingly high-ranking and powerful fragrant dumpling is actually a life talisman and a certificate to go to see the Immortal Monarch.

The monk on this mountain has a submissive temper, dozens of sects, large and small, on the surface, he is respectful and flattering to the promise, but behind the scenes, he doesn't want to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. So it doesn't matter at all, because there will be no result, and in the end it must be the promise to return to power.

After the major matters are discussed, they are basically some ordinary things, such as taxes, official scheduling and the like. Xiao Yan was a little sleepy when he heard this, waved his hand, and the big eunuchs serving on the left and right sides of him pulled their throats, and said in a sharp voice: "Retreat!"

After the end of the hour, it is the hour of the hour.

In two hours, it will be an auspicious time to set off for the north.

I heard that the northern border is being rectified, but I don't know how it is going. Most people would think that Zhang Yunzhi was in a hurry, as if he wanted to completely eradicate the rotten roots, but he Xiao Yan knew that the old prince of Zhenbei, who was far away in the north, had actually planned for a long time about this matter. It was just that there was no warning, and everyone was taken aback.

In the Daxu Imperial Study, His Majesty the Emperor, who was too tired, leaned lightly on the chair, as if asleep, but as if awake. It wasn't until a noble lady with a phoenix crown on her head covered her with a slightly shabby blanket very slowly and lightly that the emperor's breathing became even and smooth, and he really fell asleep.

The mother of Daxu Guo, the queen of the dynasty, squatted aside and gently stirred the charcoal fire, so that the fire was not too vigorous, lukewarm, everything was just right.

Just like a man inadvertently curling the corners of his mouth, and a woman inadvertently raising willow eyebrows, everything is just right.

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The hour has passed, and noon has arrived.

Zhang Jing, the third son of Zhenbei City, Zhang Linxi wore civilian clothes, wore a jade belt, rode a red-maned horse across Chang'an Street to Zhengyang Gate, dismounted and bowed, took over the head of the four eunuchs in the palace, palm-printed the crimson official uniform in the hands of the eunuch Xu Lu, and went to Taihua Palace to marry the eldest princess after reorganizing his clothes.

In the Taihua Palace, the eldest princess Xiao Ruojun wore a crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes, wearing a light red wedding dress made of Yunzhou brocade as the material, Qionglinzong gold silk as the thread, and embroidered into the pattern of the phoenix soaring, and finally the Empress Dowager Daxu personally put on the red hijab that was also embroidered with Luan Feng. Xiao Ruojun gently held the arm of the Queen Mother, and the two ancestors and grandchildren slowly walked outside the palace gate, the most respected old woman in the world was full of smiles, looking at her juniors walking into the sedan chair that can be regarded as "unprecedented", and couldn't help but wet her eyes.

There are a total of 32 people in the front and back, there are 64 people on both sides of the line, 20 people in charge of the wax cage, a total of 8 men and women holding flower baskets with gold and silver hairpins on their heads, 8 people holding square fans, 8 people holding round fans, and 10 people carrying long boxes. The last ten people, dressed in different costumes, some were dressed in white and holding swords, some were wearing armor and swords, some were wearing robes, Taoist robes, and green shirts and holding ancient scrolls, some were wearing high crowns and holding strange beasts, some were standing in the air with solemn expressions, some were sitting like gods, riding the clouds, and some were yellow-shirted boys, following behind them in a regular manner, and beside the little boy was a ranger with a bladeless sword on his back.

There were also about sixty-four people in front of the sedan chair, and thirty-two Daxu cavalry led by Xiao Yun, the fourteenth son of the emperor, rode on horseback, all of whom were battle-hardened and important generals in the army of national merit. Then there are eight people holding the imperial book followed closely, the imperial book is recorded on the Daxu patriarchy, or the world's Confucian rites; then there are also eight people holding porcelain jars with different patterns, and eight seeds of different colors are placed in the jar; then there are eight people wearing white shirts of doctors, holding the medicine box with one hand, all of them have precious herbs; finally eight people hold glass treasure cups, do not put lamp oil in the lamp, but each put a copper coin, the front of the copper coin is engraved with the style of the rising sun and the rising east, the difference is that the font is different, and the reverse side is all kinds of beast characters, or dragon or phoenix or lion or tiger, or fish or bird or dog or cat。

The fourteenth son of the emperor had a golden-eyed smoke cloud beast under his crotch, and walked in front of more than 100 people to escort the imperial sister to the Zhaoyang Palace to pay tribute.

At the same time, the princess and the concubine of the Zhaoyang Palace joined hands to listen to the order. Li Fu, one of the four great eunuchs, was the eunuch who was the eunuch, and he sent the words on the holy decree into the ears of everyone present at the top of his voice.

After the will was read, Zhang Linxi and Xiao Ruojun kowtowed together to thank him, and after getting up, the eldest princess's biological mother Chen sent her daughter back to the sedan chair. Zhang Linxi, who was dressed in a crimson official uniform, got back on his horse and walked in front of Xiao Yun, leading more than 100 people behind him to the north.

Out of the Zhengyang Gate of the palace, the two envoys who were escorted by the escort accompanied him on the side of the horse master. On the left is the military merit second only to the king of Zhenbei and the king of Nan'an, the two of Daxu ten thousand enemies Wen Hou; on the right is naturally the self-invited Daxu adviser promise, Xu lame.

The two looked at each other. Yes, no one looks down on anyone.

After leaving Kyoto City along Chang'an Avenue, ten people with different makeup joined hands to build a rainbow bridge that went directly to Nanshan City in the north above the nine skies, and more than 100 people slowly climbed high, accompanied by white clouds.

Looking from afar, fluttering is like a legacy of independence, not an immortal is better than an immortal.

Walking on such immortal powers, it will take less than a day to reach the northern border.

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In the north, the town is in the north of the palace.

Sitting on the main seat of the palace hall is naturally the old prince Zhang Yunzhi, and on the left and right sides are the sixteen most powerful civil and military officials in the three northern states.

Civilian officials are on the right, and military generals are on the left.

Sun Xuan, who was about to jump to scold his mother after waking up, heard that there was a lame man accompanying him in the family sending procession, so he temporarily put everything on hold and sat quietly on the first place of the civil officials, and the last seven people were the envoys of various state roads.

In terms of generals, the cavalry commander Xiao Lao General was the leader, followed by Yue Yao, the commander of the infantry army, Deng Yan, the deputy commander of the patrol department, Cao Yan, the commander of the Northeast Border Army, Liu Siwei, the city lord of Zhenbei City, Xie Bi'an, the new city lord of Shuofang City, Lin Lu, the commander of the tiger and leopard battalion, and Jiang Xitang, the only female centurion.

Compared with the civil officials in the north, the names of these generals can be suppressed in any place in Daxu. Therefore, except for Sun Xuan, many Wenchen in the north didn't even dare to breathe when facing these generals alone.

Sun Xuan was angry and scolded all the civil officials in the north, even including Wang Youdao, the assassin who made money and made money, and even called him a king who ate. After hearing this, Master Li, who managed Caoyun's affairs with a slight smile, was even more scolded by him, he ate, why do you still want a piece of the pie? Or do you want to drink urine?

There is a king who eats, and another Li drinks urine.

At this moment, Sun Xuan, who was sitting at the head of the civil official, looked at the expressions of his "own family" one by one, and then looked at the "arrogant" of the old things opposite.

Scholars in the world, or to be more specific, scholars who seek official positions, even if they have been beaten and bent on their backs, can't they stand up again? Where did you get the face to scold me Sun Xuan, first pee and see what kind of bastard you look.

Looking at Sun Xuan's angry appearance, the old prince raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and then spoke: "Everyone, the formation over there in Kyoto City seems to be very magnificent. ”

The corners of the cavalry commander Xiao Yi's old general mouth curled slightly, and he said with disdain: "It's much worse than my northern soldiers." ”

Sun Xuan wanted to sing the opposite, and said in a strange manner: "I don't think so." Otherwise, the old general will take 800 soldiers to crash into the Hongqiao?

"I'm afraid I'll blind you with those dog eyes. The old general replied with color.

Who knew that Sun Xuan laughed, and said scoundrelly: "The eyes are the eyes of a dog, the mouth is the mouth of a dog, what you say is a dog's words, the old general can smell the dog's words, it is really magnificent!" Sun Xuan also deliberately gave it a thumbs up.

Xiao Yi snorted coldly, tilted his head to the side, and didn't bother to pay attention to the dog.

Yue Yao smiled: "Good dogs don't bark, vicious dogs bite people!"

Sun Xuan kept silent, dragging his chin with one hand, and staring at the infantry commander with a strange look in his eyes.

After coming back to his senses, Yue Yao, who knew that he was deflated, leaned back in his chair and didn't bother to say anything more.

The old prince smiled: "The people in Kyoto City have already paid the salute, and then it's time for us to return the salute in the north." ”

Jiang Xitang, who was at the end of the general, clapped his hands gently, and two swordsmen entered with swords. The centurion stood up and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, these two are the people that the fifth prince has chosen a long time ago, and they can help connect Hongqiao to Changping City with sword qi. ”

The old prince shook his head and said, "It will take three days for Changping to get here at the earliest, and it will naturally be too late according to the wedding date set earlier." ”

If you want to talk about riding horses to fight, this group of generals is naturally more powerful than the other, but when it comes to the magic of this immortal family, it is seven tricks to know six, and none of them are to know anything. Of course, these civil officials are not much better, and the scholars in the world generally have these two paths: one is to study and practice, and to become holy by self-denial, and the other is to be a wise and resourceful official, and the supreme minister is to be the king. In general, the officials of the world have chosen the second path, and although they do not understand the cultivation at all, they are not proficient in it. If those Confucian monks who have cultivated to the seventh or eighth floor, it is not difficult to pull Hongqiao to Shuofang City at every turn, but it will take some effort.

After Xie Bi'an, the city lord of Shuofang City, got up, he clasped his fists and smiled in the manner of Jianghu people, and said: "Lord Wang, isn't there a Confucian academy to the north of our Changping City and south of Shuofang City, I wonder if we can let them help?"

Sun Xuan leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "You don't care about the city lord." A few days ago, in order to keep another daughter-in-law, our prince sent the academy mountain master away at will, do you think people are willing to help now?!"

"Yo, our Lord Sun is here. I was still wondering just now, thinking about how I couldn't see people?" Xie Bi'an deliberately lowered his body and said with a wicked smile.

For Sun Xuan, the only so-called regret in this life that can be regarded as a fly in the ointment is that he has never been able to overcome the promise of Kyoto, and the second is that he is less than six feet tall.

Sun Xuan put his hands on his sleeves, lifted his body forward, and said with a smile: "It is said that dogs' eyes look at people low, how can Lord Xie's eyes look high!"

"There are too many pickled things on the ground, and I always keep an eye on how to make it. Xie Bi'an smiled back, and said secretly in his heart, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, Lao Tzu still doesn't lose.

The happy General Xiao Yi Xiao smiled and said, "After talking for a long time, what does Master Sun have in mind?!"

Sun Xuan said angrily: "The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. ”

The civil officials suddenly looked solemn, and said in unison: "Lord Sun is cautious!"

There is a lot of attention to these seven words. In the past, Confucianism, who had not yet ceased power to the Yamashita Dynasty, could be regarded as the ruler of the whole world, and the old master, who was the founder of Confucianism, was a veritable emperor on the mountain. At that time, some Confucian scholars really read books into the belly of a dog, and instead of talking about learning to govern the world, they learned the style of officialdom in later generations. Gentlemen and sages are overflowing, pigs and dogs are hiding in them, and there are not a few people who are fake and mighty, and they exaggerate that they are the gentlemen of a certain academy after reading a book or two, and they really don't know what courtesy, righteousness and shame are.

The people compared him to a eunuch under the mountain, and scolded Confucianism with foul language. Shu Shenggong, who was outside the world, had no choice but to return to the world and personally began to rectify Confucianism. Half of the sacrificial wine of the twelve school palaces were degraded because of this, and they each went to the bitter cold ground in the extreme north to think about it. Although it has improved, it is still a puddle of mud. Ills accumulated over hundreds of years cannot be changed overnight. It wasn't until another Confucian sage came out that this situation began to change.

Before that, it was the house leak that happened to the dismal end of the overnight rain. Among the sharks of the East China Sea who were born to suppress the water tribe, there was a cultivator who was born out of thin air, and because of his own selfish desires, he resolutely changed the direction of many rivers in the East Earth with his supreme supernatural powers, seriously affecting the luck of a place. He even teamed up with a Dao sect leader above the canopy to openly steal the bones of the dragon ancestors, so as to change the heavens and the earth. And the old master who was in the world at this time chose to look on coldly, whether it was the corruption within Confucianism or the opportunity of the Taoist sect to make trouble, the old master didn't care about it.

Among the seventy-two sages who accompanied the Confucian Confucian Temple, one of them borrowed a three-foot Qingfeng from the Zhongzhou Sword Sect and traveled to the east angrily.

When encountering water, he struck a sword, shattered countless riverbeds, and then personally killed a registered disciple of the sect leader on the shore of the East China Sea. At the cost of his own avenue, he sent the body of the merman monk directly to the underworld, so that he could not be reincarnated in his life, and then cut off the soul of that person, and suppressed it in various mountain roots with the water method, and suffered from the torture of Gangfeng forever. As a scholar, and even more so a person who accompanies the Temple of Literature, he is so ruthless that he really shocked the world.

Among the novelists, there is a young monk who is very good at writing miscellaneous stories about the history of Naye, and he has rendered countless strokes and inks, and the big books have been changed into popular short stories, and they have been compiled into a book, and the title of the book is called The Emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry.

Shu Shenggong, one of the five sages of Confucianism, had no choice but to come forward to "invite" that person to the Confucian Temple of Literature to write a book, and all the novels that circulated in the world ordered all the major dynasties under the mountain to be destroyed. So this incident almost became a scar on Confucianism, and no one dared to joke about those seven words after that.

Therefore, Sun Xuan's words really need to be said carefully.

Sun Xuan had to wave his hand helplessly, and then changed the topic: "Our third son marries a daughter-in-law, and the father is not in a hurry, and he should get married before he wants to get up and go to us, do you think we still have to worry about this kind of thing? ”

"You're the one who really isn't in a hurry. The old prince smiled.

Sun Xuan tugged at the corners of his mouth and said indifferently: "It's not my son who is marrying a daughter-in-law." ”

Xiao Yi kindly reminded: "You don't even have a daughter-in-law." ”

This time it was Sun Xuan's turn to be too lazy to take care of the other party.

The old prince took the lead in getting up, and then everyone stood up, only to see this old man who already knew the destiny of heaven, walked to the door, looked at the rain that gradually converged, and said softly: "Spring has come, the sleeping tiger should wake up." ”

Sun Xuan echoed casually: "The tiger roars north, shocking all directions. ”

The old prince said silently in his heart, up.

Shuofang City suddenly burst into a white light, up and down, down to the Yellow Spring. Suddenly, it shines brightly in the heavens and the earth, and shines in the three states. Countless sword shadows flashed within the white light, pouring out one after another, straight to the mountain city, connected to the rainbow bridge, and turned into a more magnificent golden covered bridge, across the three states in the north to Shuofang City.

Sun Xuan, who knew some inside stories in advance, was extremely shocked when he looked at the golden light in the sky.

The gentleman hides the sword and waits for the time to move.

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In the willow order of Fanghuai, the seventh son, Zhang Linxuan, had been sleeping peacefully on the legs of Miss Li for a long time.

When the white light suddenly appeared in the sky and the earth, Zhang Linxuan suddenly woke up, sweating profusely. I don't know what I saw in my dream, but the young man was still shocked, and he didn't even dare to think about it.

The girl Li Zi on the side was also frightened enough by her young master's appearance, and hurriedly asked, "Childe, what's wrong with you?!"

Zhang Linxuan's eyes were full of panic, and he hurriedly hugged the woman in front of him into his arms, as if he was afraid that he would lose her in the next second. I want to say something, but I don't know how to say it.

Miss Li hugged Zhang Linxuan, patted him lightly behind him, and said softly, "Okay, okay." Daydreaming scared me, it's really useless. ”

The plum girl, whose face was facing the door, looked up at the sky, and the golden light was a little dazzling. The round-faced girl smiled: "Childe, what a big bridge, good ...... A sword of beauty. ”

Zhang Linxuan let go of his arm, turned to look at the woman's line of sight, and sure enough, there was a golden covered bridge, hanging high in the sky.

A golden sword hangs from the bottom of the bridge.

That sword, the sword intent was extremely simple, and Zhang Linxuan suddenly felt a little inexplicably familiar, as if he had seen an old friend who had been reunited for a long time.

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The moon is shining in the sky, and the Zhan Zhanyan is in the water.

The water and the moon correspond, and the travelers are probably always homesick.

The swordsman with the flask hanging from his waist half-knelt by the stream, wiping away the blood.

The donkey, who had been with him for three years, hid in the bushes not far behind him and buried himself in grazing. From time to time, the spirited mount would glance at the badly injured so-called master, and then look like a human and sigh.

The tall swordsman who had rearranged his clothes couldn't help but laugh dumbly, all the thoughts of the donkey, the swordsman could be said to know it well, and he felt worthless for me? The swordsman just felt a little ridiculous about himself.

The bright moon thinks about her hometown, but she doesn't think about people in her hometown.

The sword in the sheath was destroyed, and the swordsman simply threw the scabbard into the stream and let it be drowned by the flowing water.

Taking the donkey in hand, the swordsman prepared to go north, having been in the eastern land for several months, and it was time to leave.

On the way down the mountain, the swordsman noticed a little girl who looked about eight or nine years old, as if she had been watching her leave.

The little girl in a blue fairy dress squatted on the stump, holding the fleshy cheeks with both hands, and the eyes that were incomparably clear flashed like stars. If you look closely, you will find that those eyes actually have their own spring and autumn, with a touch of white like winter snow in the left eye, and a trace of crimson like blood in the right eye.

The little girl squatting on the stump had been staring at the tall green-shirted swordsman all the time, trying to wave hello to him several times, but always retracting her hand stupidly.

With a wine jug on his waist, a hat on his back, and a little gray donkey behind him, walking between the mountains and wilderness, such a person should be the chivalrous warriors described in the novel. Pouting, the little girl thoughtfully.

What righteousness is thin and cloudy, what happiness and hatred, the little girl knows more.

The little girl from the spirit background didn't seem to hope that this chivalrous big brother would see her. In addition to her intention to cover her breath, in the early years, the mountain god master here specially used the charm of the mountains and rivers to draw a talisman for the little girl, which ordinary people could not detect at all, and it was difficult for the monks on the mountain to snoop, but for the swordsman, this kind of talisman was a little too unpopular.

In the past, whenever someone passed by, the little girl would always show up to greet them, but they were very strange, or they yelled and ran away. Or they are shouting some strange words, saying that they want to kill demons, and then ...... Then he was directly thrown out of the mountain jurisdiction by the mountain god. So gradually, the little girl didn't greet strangers very much, so as not to cause trouble to the mountain god.

When the little girl thought of this, she couldn't help but pat her little brain, and said with a bright smile: "Hey, whoever is so smart can think of escaping, pretending to be profound, slaying demons and destroying demons." ”

The little girl asked herself: "Who else can there be, it's me, so many books are not for nothing!"

The swordsman didn't bother the little girl's self-amusement, but just looked at the little elf who didn't quite understand his identity with a warm smile. The little girl didn't choose to show up to disturb the chivalrous big brother, but just wrote sixteen words softly with her fingers in the air.

The mountains and rivers are far and wide, the stars are splendid, and the rivers and lakes are going to be smooth all the way.

The little girl, who admired her calligraphy, was full of joy, jumped off the tree stump and learned the walking posture of the mountain god, and began her whole day of mountain patrol with her hands behind her back.

The sixteen characters written in ink with the aura of mountains and rivers should have dissipated into heaven and earth after the wind passed, but they were casually put into the sleeves of the swordsman.

The swordsman, who was supposed to leave, suddenly turned around, clasped his fists and laughed softly at the back of the little girl: "The mountains are high and the waters are far away, and the sun and the moon are bright. Say goodbye to the rivers and lakes, and see you again in the future. ”

A mountain peak in the middle of this place suddenly rises more than hundreds of zhang high, even higher than the original main peak; and the river bed is deeper, the two sides of the river are getting wider, the source is long, and the water transportation is rich; the spirit of the sun and the moon here is even more than the ordinary blessed land of the world, which is more than the blessed land of the moon that is famous for the purity of the spirit of the sun and the moon. A three-inch-tall sapling grew from the place where the swordsman had just cleaned the blood stains, and there were countless sword qi lingering around it.

The green-shirted swordsman who was in a very good mood drew his sword out of its sheath, and went to the white clouds to watch the little girl return to her home all the way safely.

The mountain god here who suddenly felt the change in the luck of the mountains and rivers didn't care about all the overwhelms brought by the mountain god after leaving the mountain, and flew straight into the clouds. After saluting the swordsman, this mountain god with an old face and a golden body that had already decayed most of his body couldn't help but be furious, and scolded sharply: "I don't know where Your Excellency is a monk, how dare you disturb the luck of the mountains and rivers at will. ”

The swordsman sitting upright in the clouds slowly spoke: "This place is thousands of miles in circumference, and there are a total of seven large and small mountain gods, except for the three who are extremely far away from me and can't catch up even if they find out, there are still four people left. There are two mountain gods and two river gods, but only you dare to carry the victory of heaven and earth to rush over, so this opportunity should be yours. The new main peak, which has not yet been named, is now yours. But you don't touch that river, and you don't need to take care of that sapling if it grows naturally. ”

The mountain god who was puzzled frowned, and the vitality of the mountains and rivers in his sleeves continued to stir, obviously ready for a battle. Confucianism has a clear stipulation that anyone who has no choice but to change the luck of mountains and rivers by any means, and those who violate the order will be severely punished by the Temple of Literature. As a god who guards the mountains and rivers, he naturally needs to maintain the stability of the luck of the mountains and rivers, and if he allows others to change it at will, it will be a great chaos in the world.

The swordsman scratched his head helplessly, as if he also felt that there was something wrong with what he was doing. The teacher once said that you should not impose your will on others, and do not act freely for the sake of others. The kindness of doing the wrong thing with a good intention is not good after all.

Confucian ancestors also once said: Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself.

Can you do to others what you want? How good will it really be if a sentence is for your own good? Who knows whether it will backfire. If you are willing to give, others must accept it, when has there been more such a truth in the world, the swordsman can't figure it out.

But at this moment, it's a little embarrassing.

The swordsman asked softly, "Don't you want to repair the golden body?"

Looking at the embarrassed appearance of the young man in front of him, the mountain god took the initiative to withdraw his vitality. Since he is a monk with a good heart and willing to follow the rules, he can say something. A smile appeared on the old man's cheeks, and he said calmly: "The Confucian Confucian Temple has rules first, even if the opportunity is bigger than the sky, Taibai Mountain still can't accept it, and I hope you will receive the magic power, and thank you for your kindness." ”

The swordsman, who already had no sword, stretched his waist and said with a smile: "You can rest assured that you can accept it, the Confucian side agrees." If you don't believe me, I'll bring you the Holy Father to prove it?"

Looking at the other party's still puzzled look, the swordsman suddenly shouted a name to the west.

"Your Excellency, be cautious!" "Before his death, he was a scholar, and the mountain god here naturally would not allow other monks to call Confucian saints by their names.

The swordsman waved his hand helplessly, the disciple of Confucianism is still this virtue, so let him go.

Just when the mountain god was about to be suspicious, an old man in a Confucian shirt from afar had quietly arrived. After saluting the swordsman, he couldn't help but glance under the clouds, this scene of mountains and rivers is really extraordinary. Such a kind of natural creation power is breathtaking, and there are only a few people in the world who can create such a handicraft.

The old man in the Confucian shirt whispered a few words to the mountain god who had not yet realized him, "Go to the mountain." Before the mountain god could come to his senses, he was already thrown by the swordsman to the foot of the new main peak.

The mountain god Fengzheng needs to open up the mountain road by himself, and gradually climb to the top, in which the tribulation is all based on his own creation, the swordsman and the old man in the Confucian shirt can help, but it happens that neither of them is willing to do it.

In the sea of clouds, the old man smiled at the swordsman and said: "It has been a few years since the South China Sea, goodbye old man, don't come unharmed." ”

"Drag your old man's blessing, life is not bad. ”

The old man smiled and did not speak.

"You're not here just to look at me, are you?"

"If you're willing to talk, it's not just about meeting each other. What's the point of having a drink? ”

"It's easy to make mistakes when you drink, so forget it. If you have something, you can ask, and I will pick up what I can say. ”

The old man waved his hand to isolate the world.

At the foot of the mountain, the mountain god who was reluctant to climb the mountain for a long time thought for a long time before he really took a step, and did not forget to bow respectfully to the clouds before climbing the mountain.

The swordsman, who looked a little lonely for some reason, found the donkey again, and went down the mountain quietly.

The swordsman suddenly thought of something, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, could that little girl be reading a novel again. The swordsman who wanted to take a look at the little girl with the magic power of watching the mountains and rivers with his palm, suddenly remembered a sentence: Don't look at it.

The most beautiful expectation in the meantime is probably that the coming days will be long, and we will meet again.

This river and lake where people can meet from time to time should have as much different beauty as possible, there is no need to guard against each other, everyone shows a sincerity, this river and lake or it is bigger, the whole world can be better. Work together with each other, and then pull the whole world in a better direction. The ancestors of the past were still willing to pull the whole world upward, but can't the younger generations do it now?

In this dog-day world, it may not be possible to do it.

If you are doing well, I may not be happy, if you are not as good as me, I will secretly rejoice, and if you are not as good as death, I will look at you coldly.

Except for the occasional heart-warming sunshine in this world, it is still so disappointing.

Those other landscape gods who were whispering in the distance, intending to steal the opportunity of the day, suddenly stopped storing the landscape aura for the last time.

Because the swordsman commanded a sword qi with a double command.

A moment later, those mountain and water gods who were supposed to dissipate unexpectedly regrouped and fled in a hurry.

The swordsman frowned slightly, and the old man who was supposed to leave was full of smiles, and the latter slowly spoke, "The tiger is the king of the forest, and it can hunt all beasts. What people like you and me on the top of the mountain want to do is not a sleeping tiger who kills people when they open their eyes, but should be a tiger with a loving heart and a tiger who cares for the mountains and forests, and all creatures in the forest can live freely within the rules. Those who have evil thoughts in their hearts also have the right to live, how can you and I easily decide on the random death of a life. ”

"Whether this world is good or bad, it should be seen as the day and not today, and what is good today may not be good in the future, and what is bad today may not be bad in the future. As you and I have said before, wait for tomorrow. The tiger naps to rest, not to accumulate resentment, and there are always some people in the world who will be the spark of hope and then light the remaining lights in the dark room. ”

The swordsman naturally couldn't listen to the reason, looked at the old man's hand hidden behind him, and asked, "Is the sleeve broken?"

The old Confucian turned a deaf ear and looked normal.

The swordsman added again, "It hurts." ”

The old man who scolded his mother in his heart for not saying anything gritted his teeth and smiled.

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In the empty room, there was only one long table, and a total of twelve chairs were placed on either side. One after another, people walked in, and ten chairs were filled.

At the end of the long table sat a man in a black rob. The man took a sip of the tea on the table and said lightly: "There are some things, he will be in charge in the future." ”

"I don't think he's a good fit. A majestic voice rang out in the third chair to the man's right.

There is a charming woman who wants to sing the opposite, and her words are profligate: "Why is it inappropriate, the grade is young, the body is strong, how good." It's better than some people getting old and not being able to help. The woman smiled apologetically in the direction of the man and said, "I didn't say you." ”

The man smiled and shook his head, "It's okay. ”

The person who originally had a majestic voice suddenly sighed helplessly, "He can't afford this burden." ”

The man stood up, his hands propped on the table, his eyes scanning both sides, and everyone shuddered. He said to each other in his heart, when the tiger wakes up, don't tease the tiger's whiskers, lest he die if he is not careful.

The man's voice was flat, but powerful, "I'm here to inform you, not to discuss with you. ”

"If you are not convinced, endure it. ”

After the man finished the last sentence, he brushed his clothes and left.

Silent.