Shuli's earnestness seems strange, but in fact it is not strange, as parents, why do they have to work hard?

Something else, though, is much stranger.

Among the people Cui Ming arranged to urge him, there was one person who was very strange, and this person was Zheng Wenqi, a genius disciple who was known as the immortal disciple of the Holy Academy.

Why did Shuli insist on opposing it when the fire monkey proposed to lead the troops alone to rescue Jiangnan Buddhism? The answer has been mentioned by him many times, and the fire monkey has also realized this, and that is this person, Zheng Wenqi.

Where is his strangeness?

Shuli had some contact with him when he went to Shujia with him, and understood that he was a typical Confucian disciple, and belonged to the kind of stubborn and old-fashioned old pedant.

But this does not mean that he has no scheming, on the contrary, the mystery of his identity has hidden his scheming deeply.

First of all, he was not very old, but he had a long experience of fighting with the army on the border, which was rare among the disciples of the Holy Academy of the same age as him, and he still followed Cui Ming's very serious roar to the border. According to Shuli's collection, the evaluation of him by the generals and colonels who were in the army at that time was very high.

This matter was promoted by Cui Ming, if his intention was to train the disciples of the Holy Academy, this matter would be too much, border battles are extremely dangerous, the borders of the Great Wu Kingdom have not been very peaceful in recent years, once the war starts, it will be nine deaths, which is why Zhan Yanzhang and other high-ranking generals have good border records, qualifications and meritorious deeds, which are all exchanged for their lives. Moreover, does Cui Ming only care about Zheng Wenqi alone if he wants to exercise? According to the news at the time, he was the only one among the disciples of the Holy Academy who went to the border with Yixiao at the beginning.

Shuli once tried to reverse his words when he was urging himself, but he was also an extremely intelligent person, and he didn't take Shuli at all. This made Shuli feel that there must be a secret in it.

Secondly, it is also very strange that he has magical powers. The top and most common practice of Confucianism is the determination of the sacred heart of heaven and earth, in order to cultivate the righteousness of Haoran, experience the three realms of "self-establishment, meritorious service, and virtue", and ascend to sanctification. But in addition to the aura of Heaven and Earth Sacred Heart, Zheng Wenqi's body was obviously mixed with traces of other exercises.

Others may not be aware of it at all, but as a unique person who cultivates both Buddhism and Confucianism, the sensitivity of the divine soul cultivated by Shuli is not comparable to ordinary people, and when it comes to it, only the power of Yifeng's divine soul can surpass himself. He was keenly aware of the abnormality of Zheng Wenqi's exercises, and after failing to make a mistake, after concentrating on observing and consulting a large number of classics, he was finally able to determine one thing: he was practicing star arts!

Among the large number of strange information in Junzhou City, the most secret is this category, some people heard that the Holy Academy had a period of time before, claiming that they were also able to cultivate star arts, which shocked the Taiqing Gate at that time.

In the history of the Great Wu Kingdom, astralism has always been the art of the emperor, and it is the exclusive domain of Taiqingmen, the law of the operation of the stars involves a large number of calculations, only Taiqingmen has a monopoly advantage, and can use the rich arithmetic experience and methods accumulated over the centuries such as yin and yang gossip to practice, but I didn't expect the Holy Academy to study this method quietly, which made Taiqingmen very angry and very nervous.

The importance of astralism to Taiqingmen cannot be explained in a sentence or two. That's why he forced Yan Guizhen to directly dedicate his own sister to Emperor Wu in order to ease the relationship, Wei Yulong's heart was happy, and hinted that Cui Ming stopped the continued development of this matter, and since then, there has been no news of Confucianism's star magic powers.

However, now that Zheng Wenqi has appeared with a supernatural power, it means that Cui Ming did not obey Wei Yu's order to stop, but continued to study this method, and it is likely that he has achieved certain results.

Shuli wanted to get more favorable information on him, but Zheng Wenqi was also a vigilant person, and until he was sent out to serve as the military advisor of the Zuo Longwu Legion, Shuli was not able to find out anything.

Shuli's various circumstances in Junzhou City opened his eyes, and after seeing the diversity and complexity of various human natures, he also avoided becoming a nerd. Many Confucian disciples have been studying books all their lives, completely trapped in the walls they have built, and they don't care about the outside world at all, so they have developed pedantic and rigid thinking, and this kind of person is becoming more and more obvious in the "eight shares" scientific expedition led by Cui Ming, which is one of Cui Ming's methods to control Confucian power. But now, Martial Emperor Wei Yu obviously wants to dissipate the power of the great family clan represented by Cui Ming, which makes Cui Ming feel even more urgent.

In such a complex environment, Shuli has not forgotten his promise, he promised the calligrapher to lead the clan to Junzhou, and also became a pawn of Cui Ming to blackmail the calligrapher, but he also promised a wind, the so-called gentleman Yinuo, life and death have no regrets. The more difficult it is to fulfill a commitment, the more it reveals its nobility and dignity.

What's more, he knows that in such an environment, he is completely unable to fulfill his ambitions.

Different from Yifeng's thoughts, Yifeng is completely standing on the morality of saving Buddhism and Taoism to look at this war of Buddhism and Taoism, while Shuli thinks more, he thinks, if Cui Ming is allowed to unite with Yan to destroy the law, then in the end the power is more inflated is Confucianism, and it is not Confucianism in the mouth of Confucian sages, but Confucianism with manipulation and conspiracy as the core, and Confucianism that is left behind in the face of power and interests.

When the way of the sages is not taught to the children, but only the way of power and scheming, and when Confucian morality is reduced to a way of promotion and a tool for power trading, Confucianism has lost its lustre.

In this way, this war destroyed not only Buddhism and Taoism, but also true Confucianism.

The so-called Kuang Fu Righteousness is this truth, and it is also the truth that Shuli needs to prove, and this is his path to enlightenment.

As time went by, Cui Ming became more and more anxious, and his urging methods became tighter and tighter, and Shuli basically completed everything he preset during this period of experience in Junzhou City.

But what really prompted him to decide to leave was something else.

On that day, Shuhe came to persuade Shuli again as a scholar's parent, but Shuli remained unmoved as usual. Since Shuhe came to Junzhou City, he has been confused by such a world of flowers, and he is no longer the gentle uncle he knew before. He didn't know what was stimulated outside that day, but he actually told a secret.

Shuhe looked at Shuli's indifferent expression, sneered, and said: "Don't think how clean you are, your father is in charge of the punishment of the Shujia, every secret order you executed in the Shujia before to kill the disciples of the Shujia was issued by your father, if you want to be ruthless, your father should be the first in the Shujia." ”

Shuli, who was originally light-hearted, raised his head suddenly, staring at Shuhe fiercely.

Shuhe didn't think about it, and continued: "You don't have to look at me like that, do you think you understand the morality of Buddhism? I'll tell you, I used to be a monk too, and I'm also a monk at Nanzong Temple! ”

What?

There was a hint of surprise in Shuli's fierce eyes, and he saw Shuhe say triumphantly: "Not only that, but I still obeyed your father's orders and went to be a spy!" In the battle of Gangwon, also according to your father's instructions, the rebellious peasants who could have been reconciled, the Buddhist monks who managed these monks' households, and the monks who came to help Nanzong Temple led by Pharaoh monks, as well as the bull noses and calligraphers of Jiulongguan, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and even the Xuanyin faction, after I killed an old monk of Nanzong Temple, I disrupted their reconciliation plan! It can be said that according to the battle of Gangwon, it was because of me! ”

Shuli squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The monk you killed, is it your master?!" ”

This time it was the turn of the book and shocked: "How do you know? ”

Shuli didn't answer him, but continued to ask in a deep voice: "Are you afraid that in addition to killing that monk, you are not afraid that it will be chaotic enough, and you will kill a little Taoist priest in Jiulongguan?" ”

Shuhe couldn't suppress his shock anymore, and he, who was originally sitting across from him, stood up with a pout, and exclaimed, "How the hell do you know?!" ”

Shuli tilted his head and closed his eyes, he remembered that he almost killed him in the Lost Soldier Tomb in the secret realm of Nanzong Temple, but the yin and yang mistakes allowed him to survive the first monk tribulation and break through the Jade Realm, and he also remembered the first time he went down the mountain in Qingping Town, he met the Nine Dragons Guanwu Daoist who was stirring up trouble in the Qingping Temple fighting method······ It turns out that this is how it all started!

Shuhe noticed his gaffe, thinking that this was Shuli investigating his secret during these days, his eyes rolled, and he snorted coldly: "Don't think that I deceived my teacher and destroyed my ancestors, and turned my back on my master, all this is your father's instructions, and your father is following the instructions of the patriarch, and the patriarch is acting according to the orders of the prince Cui of the Great Pillar Kingdom, you know how all this came about, right?" Don't think you're great, you grew up in a family like this that has long been involved in the conspiracy of power, and you will never be able to get rid of the mark of a calligrapher! ”

Shuli's body shook, a cold surged into his heart, he stood up, tilted his head, and opened his eyes suddenly, at this time, all the experiences of his life, every Buddhist scripture and Confucian book he had read, every word on it, rushed into his mind like sea water, submerging all his Divine Pure Land, his Dao heart, and his divine soul!

This is the calligrapher, this is the scheme, this is his life!

How ridiculous, how embarrassed, how vulnerable!

His most respected father is just a pawn in the power field, the source of all things is just a random order of a person, what a small life, what a fragile mortal world!

Shuhe looked at him in surprise, and the originally clear sky suddenly changed, and quickly split a silver lightning bolt in the sky, rumbling, as if it was about to explode the entire Junzhou City. A cyan cloud vortex suddenly condensed overhead, and silver thunder and lightning slashed down, slashing into this small courtyard, and slamming into Shuli's body!

It's raining, it's raining heavily! The cyan raindrops covered the entire Junzhou City, and every drop was like a tear falling from the whirlpool of the sky, a tear from the sky!

Shuli gritted his teeth tightly, bearing the earth-shattering thunder and lightning that kept falling, his body bloomed with blue light, echoing with the green light of the green snake sword, in the pouring rain, flashing unwilling and translucent light, that is the light that was awakened by the dirt of the world, the storm, wash away all the dirt in this body and heart!!

On that day, the entire city of Junzhou was shocked by this grand vision of heaven and earth.

On that day, everyone knew that the Confucian disciple named Shuli had become a Buddhist monk in the Mahayana realm······