Xu Fengnian quietly returned to Qingliang Mountain, just as Fan Xiaochai's intuition predicted, Beimang did begin to drive his troops south, and he also divided his troops into three ways, each of them killed Liangyouliu Sanzhou, which was very different from what Beiliang expected, because the enemy camp had one more Dong Fatzi who temporarily seized power, and he was the king of the Southern Courtyard, because the king of the Northern Courtyard had been hanging empty after Xu Huainan's death, and Dong Zhuo, who had not even been able to say that the feudal officials, had become one person and more than 10,000 people, It is a stupid method that smart people are good at, but this kind of military affairs involving the final pattern of the two dynasties is like a master's move, not only to compete for the depth of internal strength, but also to test the scheming of both sides of the school, and set the trap, especially taboo to be greedy for small and lose big, win a series of battles but lose the overall situation, no need to go too far to the history books to turn over, close to the spring and autumn of the ruler, the reason why Xu Fengnian has such a headache, in the final analysis, is that Bei Liang's family background is far less than Beimang, and Empress Murong can confidently blossom in three ways, while letting Tuoba Bodhisattva lead the troops to suppress those grasslands in Beiting, while using the elite cavalry of the Southern Dynasty"Teasing" Beiliang, and even being able to divide a large number of people to go to the eastern front of the garrison, eyeing the two Liao border lines created by Gu Jiantang, of course, the fool also knows that the confrontation on the eastern front is the most rear, Liyang and Liang Mang are all aware of it, and they are just putting on a shelf, otherwise they will not even close the three trade market towns in Jizhou Beiguan. Xu Fengnian, who was sitting alone in the pavilion in the heart of the Chaohu Lake, thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile bitterly, he took out the soldiers here to force Tai'an City to submit, and had to relax the embargo of the grain into the cold, and in disguised recognition of Liuzhou's justification and Song Dongming's arrogance of official positions, the imperial court immediately returned the color, and simply didn't bother to find a fig leaf, it is said that the border trade in the north of Jizhou is much more lively than usual, and Yuan Tingshan, who was once threatened by Xu Fengnian to peel and cramp, was thrown into the border of Jizhou by his father-in-law Gu Jiantang when the situation changed, and now he has achieved the captain of the horse with four thousand old soldiers of the northern thistle, more than 20 large and small guards under his command, and at the same time the power of the three counties, the territory under his jurisdiction is getting closer and closer to Beiliang, the power in the hands of this son is huge, almost equivalent to half of the history of the assassin plus a real power general, this is undoubtedly a wordless mockery of the Liyang Zhao family to Xu Fengnian, the king of the Beiliang domain. Especially after Li Huoli, the eldest son of Yanbao in Jizhou, died violently in Kuaixue Villa, Yuan Tingshan, who was in high demand on the border of the Liyang Dynasty, was about to become the son-in-law of Yanbao and married the famous and nicknamed "Li Jiafalcon" It can be said that Yuan Tingshan is already fledgling, and even the magnates of Tai'an City are no longer simply regarded as Gu Jiantang Yizi and so on, Yuan Tingshan, as a lost dog, has only taken two years to become a shining star of the dynasty, and some people have secretly contributed to it, and Yuan Tingshan has been elevated to the status of Xu Fengnian's fateful enemy.

Xu Fengnian sat on a bench in the pavilion, with two boxes of chess pieces resting on his knees, holding more than a dozen round and lovely chess pieces.

Xu Fengnian's thoughts drifted to the Tai'an City that he hated and feared in his heart when he was a child, and smiled, just like when he was a child, he always felt that Qingliang Mountain was already the highest mountain in the world, and when he walked out of Liangzhou City, he knew that Wudang Eighty-one Peak, after walking out of Beiliang, he witnessed many majestic mountains and rivers, and with the increase of experience, many deep-rooted thoughts and thoughts of the year were involuntarily reduced.

After Qi Yanglong, the great sacrificial wine of Shangyin School Palace, entered Tai'an City, and then realized that the sluggish officials who were aware of it also noticed a hint of wind and rain coming, although Qi Sacrificial Wine was only an idle errand in Guozijian for the time being, and the official rank was even far inferior to the right sacrificial wine Jin Lanting, which was even more difficult to figure out was that there were seven schools under the jurisdiction of Guozijian, and Gu Jiantang was able to pass the new martial arts after he stepped down as the secretary of the military department, and the Qi Da Sacrificial Wine, which was high in learning, actually did this most unpopular martial arts supervisor, Compared with the powerful Guozixue officials, there is a whole royal road in the capital so far, but in fact, those who were still the Qingliu celebrities in the capital in the past are not worthy of lifting shoes for Qiyanglong, this time, not to mention the Guozijian with Jin Lanting as the head of the six school officials nearly 100 people, even the tens of thousands of students of the Guozijian are anxiously red-eyed, the family belongs to the high-grade high-grade, overnight from the Guozixue Taixue to the martial arts, the family background is only the middle of the capital, there is no need for them to cry and shout to enter the martial arts, the parents of the family have already begun to use silver to make a point, send silver cheesy, but the Liyang Dynasty is so strong, creating a prosperous situation that has not been seen for a thousand yearsEspecially those who are printed with the word "fake" by someone, it is the best stepping stone to smoothly enter the doors of the Ministry of Rites, regardless of how the people in the capital scolded the young man in Beiliang angrily, involving the identification of authentic works, that guy's critical eye is very convincing, as long as he is ruined by the heavenly things as a "fake" object, ten out of ten are genuine. Besides, although the young man's surname is Xu and not Zhao, but now he has become a serious vassal king, and he has won the battle against the invincible king of the world.

Xu Fengnian didn't have any feelings about this matter, but was more concerned about the "dragon and deer dispute" that was about to come out According to the secret report, this is praised as a big sacrificial wine that can be used as a million armor, but it is not really a small fight in the one acre and three points of the Guozijian martial arts, but began to compile new scriptures under the instruction of the Zhao family's son of heaven, and even as an official, for the first time for the Zhao family to fully expound the Confucian sage scriptures, it seems to be the icing on the cake for the imperial examination, but in fact it is to shake the foundation of Zhang Lu, this time Qi Yanglong led the compilation of the classics, just look at the two auxiliary arms can see the emperor's attention, the master of science and the country's national priest Yao Baifeng, the emperor's relatives and relatives of the bachelor Yan Jiexi, these two are only Qi Yanglong's auxiliary editors。 Is Qi Yanglong really just compiling a few volumes of books? He is setting rules for all the people who read books in the world for hundreds of years from today.

Xu Fengnian clenched the chess pieces in his palm, and said to himself: "It's okay if Biyan'er loses, anyway, Zhang Lu has always been hostile to Beiliang, if Qi Yanglong can still suppress Biyan'er, Beiliang's situation will only get worse and worse in the future, right? At first glance, he is an emperor who seeks for the king, but compared to his student Xun Ping, Qi Yanglong, the teacher, is undoubtedly much more spicy and sleek, and he knows what not to go out of the mountain and when to go out of the mountain, anyway, he has the final say in his own body and the world. First Beimang Taiping Order, and then Qi Yanglong, there are no fewer opponents like this?"

Xu Fengnian sighed and retracted his gaze, Tai'an City does not make people worry-free, and the Beiliang Mansion under his feet is not a scene where the small courtyard dissolves the light breeze of the shallow pool of the moon.

Qingliang Mountain knows that there is a hot big man in the Dao, a scholar from Luming County, Jiangnan Province, I haven't heard much about it before, and inexplicably became the deputy envoy of the Beiliang Dao, which is an unprecedented high-grade official position in the more than a dozen roads of the Liyang Dynasty, and it stands to reason that it should be one of the three products and the second grade, but the Zhao room of Tai'an City turned a blind eye to this, neither reprimanded nor admitted, and seemed to have made up his mind to let Beiliang toss blindly. It is rumored that Wang Luting, the director of the Lingzhou Golden Wisp Weaving Bureau, has a big headache, and he doesn't know how to sew a decent official robe that conforms to the "deputy economic envoy". Qingliangshan has long been surprised by this, the previous two scholars who were even younger, Xu Beitong, who was born in the Beimang Hua clan, was already the chief official of Lingzhou, and even Chen Xiliang, the son of Hanshu, also became the city pastor of Qingcang City in Liuzhou, and then there was one more Song family scholar who suddenly gained power, and that was it, not to mention that this person was heard that during the Yonghui years when the pillars of the imperial court surfaced and then carried the beams, Yin Maochun, the head of the current prime minister, also competed for the champion, There are not so many rumors about the birth of Song Dongming, the deputy scripture strategy, and Xu Chen and the others have suffered a lot in this matter. Fortunately, even if he is a groom cook on Qingliang Mountain, it is also a character who has seen the world, and he does not have too much exploration of the arrival of Song Dongming, after Song Dongming entered this magnificent palace located in the northwest of the dynasty, he did not have the debauchery and uninhibited leisure life of Xu Beitong at the beginning, nor was he like Chen Xiliang who lived in a simple and simple place, and it was very difficult to meet Lu Lu, without a fitting official robe, he wore an ordinary scribe and Confucian shirt, and usually lived in a quiet and elegant courtyard on the mountainsideThe four words "unpredictable" are taboo, so even if the vision is excellent, when the weather is clear, you can see the scenery of half of Liangzhou City by pushing the window, it is still deserted for many years, Song Dongming chose this place as a place to stay, and the servants of the house only knew that this person had never set foot in the "red mud of the warbler and the swallow Wutong Temple, but there are often women in the courtyard who hold the power of Zhu Zhu to go back and forth between the two places, and then there are constantly strange faces entering Huaigui Temple, some of them leave and some stay, the latter lives in the continuous courtyard located on the mountainside near Huaigui Temple, which can make people think about it.

Xu Fengnian fell into deep thought, Song Dongming not only wants to use it, but also deserves to be of great use, but compared to Xu Beitong and Chen Xiliang, who are not complicated in people's hearts, Song Dongming is too difficult to use.

Liang Mang is about to start a war, just like he has a large number of chess pieces with a good texture at this time, Bei Liang also has a good chess piece, among the generals, the stars are bright, Yan Wenluan, Jin Partridge Zhou Kang, Gu Dazu, He Zhonghu, Chen Yunchui, Chu Lushan, Yuan Zuozong, Ning Emei, Wang Lingbao, Li Mofan, etc., there are many talents, and they are simply inexhaustible. But what about Wenchen? Especially the kind of officials who can make Liyang coveted, there are only a handful, not to mention the comparison with the large wave of temple loyal ministers who sprung up like mushrooms after the rain during the Yonghui period, it is no wonder that the Liyang court likes to ridicule Beiliang for learning from him, Xu Xiao is lame, and even the entire Beiliang officialdom is lame, and the civil and military imbalance is difficult to become a climate. Fighting a war does not mean that a warrior can fight well and is not afraid of death, especially in the upcoming war that requires tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops to be invested in a local battle, the literati must first do not lag behind, and if they can complement the warriors, they can die a lot less.

Xu Fengnian raised his head and frowned.

I saw that starting from the foot of Qingliang Mountain, there were constantly fish crossbows shot out into the air, the closer to the Tingchao Lake where he, the king of Beiliang, was resting, the crossbow arrows became more and more dense, after Xu Fengnian personally carried the two heads of Xu Huainan and the fifth raccoon dog of Tibing Mountain from Beimang, the high-rollers who dared to go to the Beiliang Wangfu to assassinate them completely disappeared, after all, the people in the rivers and lakes who can get ahead, no matter how much they have the hatred of the sky, are not fools who are willing to throw themselves into the net, especially after Xu Fengnian and Wang Xianzhi fought to be proud of the martial arts, many of the Spring and Autumn tyrants who had been hidden in Beiliang for many years left silently with those rich gentry, this group of people is really disheartened. Xu Fengnian couldn't think of anyone who could completely hide the qi machine and come to the foot of Qingliang Mountain, and then burst into the house, even Xu Fengnian couldn't clearly capture the vague figure, it stands to reason that Zhao Mu now wants him to go to the wrist wrestle with Beimang, he can die, but he can't die too early, as for Beimang's side, Hong Jingyan and Murong Baoding only appeared in Liuzhou before, there shouldn't be anyone who is full of food and single-handedly to touch the head, Tuoba Bodhisattva has this strength, but the state of mind of Beimang's military god has always been more inclined to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

Just when Xu Fengnian was wondering, he saw a figure in the Tingchao Pavilion not far away.

Xu Fengnian lost his mind for a moment.

When he hadn't gone up the mountain to practice knives, he brought back the white fox face, which was a goose feather and snowy winter season, and the white fox face was "walking the knife" on the lake, at that time, Xu Fengnian really thought that this was the most powerful knife technique in the world. Looking back now, the sword intent knife technique of the white fox's face at that time was still superior, but I am afraid that there is still a gap between Gu Jiantang and Cao Changqing, who Gu Jiantang and Cao Changqing saw in Tai'an City later. But the white fox face has always been the first time he has confirmed the infallibility of the masters of the rivers and lakes during his three-year travels, of course, after that, Lao Huang, the old man with a knife who was born from the bottom of the lake, the old man who taught Wang Chonglou, and the old man in sheepskin, these people gradually appeared in the field of vision, each with their own style, all of which made people admire and fascination, and the awe of the rivers and lakes arose.

The face of the white fox who went out of the building with a single knife and the tall figure staggered past a hundred feet away from the Huxin Pavilion.

Xu Fengnian stood up, and after a slight pause that was imperceptible to the assassin, he immediately recognized the identity of the person who came out of it, an old-timer who was completely unexpected.

An unnamed swordsman who loves to eat swords, Sui Xiegu.

It was the old man's borrowed sword that allowed Xu Fengnian to pick up a life from the hands of the human cat Han Mink Temple.

Xu Fengnian stood and walked out of the pavilion, and before he could walk down the steps, the sword-eating ancestor came to the vicinity of the pavilion, and the one-armed old man who exchanged arms with Li Chungang lifted the sleeve of the broken arm, which was cut off in half, and said: "Gu Jiantang is this age, but there is no such sharp knife technique, one knife is roughly equivalent to Gu Jiantang eight years ago, if you have two knives, you can pay it back?"

Xu Fengnian stepped down the steps and said with a smile: "The younger generation has seen the Sui seniors. ”

The old man got straight to the point and said: "Don't care about your hospitality, you kid owes the old man a life, first send seven or eight good swords to appetize, and then how to repay the favor, slowly calculate." You kid robbed Wang Xianzhi's belongings from Emperor Wu City, presumably the old man has a good fortune this time. ”

Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "Unfortunately, the head of the Sword Mound family blocked the road in Hezhou before, and those famous swords were destroyed seven or eight out of ten, but since it is the old-timers who come to the door, there are still treasures in the house, and good swords are always indispensable to the predecessors. ”

The old man glanced at the young man who could still look down on him at the beginning, and said with a smile: "You kid is the most annoying thing, although he is not a good bird, but he is not stingy when he has something to say." ”

The old man stepped into the Huxin Pavilion, and Xu Fengnian followed behind him and asked in a low voice, "Deng Tai'a didn't enter Beiliang with his seniors?"

Sui Xiegu rolled his eyes and said: "He is not willing to quarrel with the temple, and the old man is the same, but the mother-in-law is the only obstacle in the old man's heart, and he has been thinking about it for a full eighty years, since she has come to Beiliang, the old man naturally has to stare at her, in case she goes out of the wall, the old man will kill people immediately." ”

Xu Fengnian couldn't cry or laugh, for this kind of entanglement, which is longer than ordinary people's lives, naturally he can only obediently stand by.

Xu Fengnian quickly waited for the news, the white fox face not only went out of the building, but also out of the city, only wearing a single sword spring thunder, without dragging mud and water, directly with Wang Sheng, who helped carry the embroidered winter knife and tied up the seven swords, rushed to Beimang together, and was not even willing to say goodbye to him, which made Xu inevitably Fengnian's heart a little worried.

After Sui Xiegu sat down, one sentence was shattering, "With Xie Feiyu's help and catching the big and small dragons in Shudi, Chen Zhibao will soon catch up with Wang Xianzhi." ”

The old man gloated and said, "Xu Fengnian, is it possible that you kid have a vendetta with the guy with Zhi in his name?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head with a wry smile, but he was shocked and nodded slowly.

He remembered the most hidden shadow of the Great Qin Dynasty eight hundred years ago, and his name was Cao Zhi without the word Zhi in his name.

The old man just said it casually, and he didn't really care about this kind of numerology that couldn't be sorted out and cut and messed up.

Xu Fengnian, whose face was a little gloomy, leaned against the pillars of the pavilion and closed his eyes.

Then his face began to improve noticeably, and he stood up, and got up again to look into the distance.

Sui Xiegu, who had two snow-white long eyebrows, stretched out two fingers, twisted one long eyebrow, stared at this young man with a changed mood, and slowly fell into contemplation.

From the southeast of the stream wind and drizzle to the northwest of the yellow sand and rough wind, there is a pair of masters and apprentices who have walked thousands of miles away, and finally they are about to enter the North Liang, and they are about to approach the Wudang Mountain where the incense is endless, and finally at the end of the first year of this auspicious charm, they will climb the mountain in the heavy snow.

At this time, the young master was carrying the exhausted young apprentice on his back and could not walk quickly.

"Master, when you become a Taoist, do you have to memorize a lot of books?"

"Not necessarily. ”

"Master, Mr. Xu said that you are the biggest Taoist priest on the mountain, and since I have become Master's apprentice, I must practice hard and devote myself to the Tao. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well. ”

"Life in the world, being at peace with what happens, is practice, and it is also a blessing. ”

"Master, I don't understand, what does it mean to be at peace with what happens?"

"Just stop when you're tired, and walk when you're not tired. Our Taoist priests ask for the Tao, but in fact, they are never in the sky, but at our feet. ”

"Master, then you let me go by myself, I'm not tired. ”

"It's okay, Master will carry you again. ”

"But Master, isn't that just a matter of what happens?"

"Yu Fu, remember, there are some things in the world that are more important than cultivation. ”

"Huh?"

"It's like if you're walking down the road and you see someone, even if you're not tired, you don't want to go, then you can stop and look at her. It seems to be against the way of heaven, but in the eyes of the master's little uncle, things are smooth and do not violate the way. If I can't do it, why do I need someone outside my heart to do it?"

"Alas, Master, it sounds like it's really hard to be a Taoist priest. But Master, you also have an uncle?"

"Of course, Master has an uncle, and Master's uncle will also have an uncle. In the future, there will be people on the mountain who will call you Uncle Shi and Uncle Shizu. ”

"Master, you see, there's a tree over there that has all the leaves red. ”

"Then let's stop and see?"

"Good!"

Wudang Taoist Li Yuaxe put down his apprentice Yu Fu, took his hand, and looked up at the yellow oak tree with bright red autumn leaves.

Autumn trees are like women dressed in red.

The hexagram does not dare to be exhausted, just because the world is impermanent. I don't dare to go deep, lest I have a big dream.

Li Yuaxe lowered his head and looked at the child with a stunned gaze.

Uncle Junior, do you really want to dream for 300 years?

Li Yuaxe looked at the world separately, and his eyes were resolute.

The preaching of the world seems to be the preaching of heaven.

Everyone has a road to walk underfoot, but they have forgotten it.

No matter how high the way of heaven is, there will eventually be a top, and the heavens and men will sit high, and the beautiful name is called the immortal class.

But the avenue is endless.

Why be on top?

Li Yuaxe smiled.

Uncle Xiao, I never understood when you told me not to follow your path before you were dismissed.

Now I understand something.

Li Yuaxe let go of his hand, folded his hands, slowly twisted, and bent down three times. One salutes to parents and teachers, two salutes to heaven and earth, and three salutes to respect the avenue in the heart.

In the entire Central Plains, the thunder rolled, but for some reason, not a single thunder exploded into the world.