Zhao Xiao gently rubbed his palm, which was different from the earnest teachings of his teacher Zhang Duanjing and the timely dialing of the spiritual flute, and his grandfather Zhao Wei taught the rituals and rituals strictly. Zhao Huang had to memorize all kinds of scriptures almost since he could remember, and he copied them all year round, and he practiced calligraphy and penmanship from an early age, and even practiced calligraphy with a pen in the middle of the night when there was no brazier for heating.

"Engraving temperament and torturing spirit, it is no wonder that the Huaiying Pavilion failed to revive the inheritance of the praise officials." Liang Tao said.

"What you said, the ritual is known for its rigor and difficulty, and if you don't work hard to learn, where will you achieve anything?" Zhao Xiao fiddled with books: "When I was a child, I didn't like to gnaw on these tomes, my grandfather would definitely have fun everywhere when he went out, and when he came back to take the school homework, he would inevitably be beaten."

But when I grew up, my cultivation gradually increased, and the rituals and rituals were arranged and applied, so that I could understand my grandfather's hard work. If it weren't for the hard work I had when I was a child, I would be destined to be like everyone else, and I wouldn't let the national teacher take a fancy to me. ”

"A lot of things can not all be done by hard work." Liang Tao said indifferently: "Some people are stupid and stubborn, even if they are whipped with a whip, they may not have much growth. ”

Zhao Xiao squatted on the ground and shrugged his shoulders: "People have different aspirations and endowments, and some things are reluctant to come." Even for rituals, it doesn't have to be a practitioner to be able to understand all the rituals, I just want to make some changes. ”

"What's changed?" Liang Tao asked curiously.

"Hua Xu Guo's current promotion is based on the evaluation criteria of accumulating meritorious deeds, which will inevitably open the door to some noble families, so that some people who are shallow in cultivation and lack of merit can also be awarded high-grade positions, so as to be reused." Zhao Xiao shook his head and said, "The law is solemn, how can it be taught lightly?" Such reckless behavior not only makes the law dusty, but also does not help the state to select talents and entrust important tasks. ”

Liang Tao immediately made it clear when he heard this: "Are you planning to modify the system of urns?" ”

"Your earthly Dao country, you will always need people to work in the future, right? You can't just use people you know well, right? Zhao Xiao said: "I think, how to evaluate a person who is worthy of appointment? Since the Taoist kingdom in the world should use the rituals and rituals to warp and weft the outline and discipline, then the people who confer the rituals in the future will definitely also study the rituals and rituals.

From exorcism and curing diseases, taking demons and taking ghosts, to collecting plagues and disasters, summoning generals to destroy the enemy, whether these rituals and rituals are effective or not, can measure their talents. I intend to compile the corresponding ritual subjects according to the existing rituals, and only those who can study and use them freely can be allowed to be promoted. ”

Liang Tao was silent for a moment, looking at Zhao Xiao with a little more amazement, but his tone was calm: "How did you come up with this method?" ”

"My grandfather won't talk about it, I used to be in Huaiying Pavilion, and I had to take the school magic homework every month, and I could try it out immediately." Zhao Xiao said: "So I thought, according to the difficulty and depth of the rituals, make a general order, and conduct the examination before the promotion, so that everyone's level can be seen at a glance, and the matter of favoritism and favoritism will be cut off." Who is up to the task and who still needs to be tempered can also make the world understand, so as not to let the incompetent steal high positions and sit back and enjoy their success. ”

Liang Tao said, "But not everyone knows how to study the rituals. ”

"I know." Zhao Xiao nodded: "But I can't think of a better way for a while." ”

"You're proficient in rituals, so that's all you can think of." Liang Tao smiled: "But what if the subject examination is not limited to the law? It's like the alchemy of Chongxuan Pavilion has nine tripods and nine turns, which is enough to measure a person's fire kung fu. Isn't it a good way for you to set up a department selection in Jinding Division at the beginning? ”

Zhao Xiao was silent, and Liang Tao continued: "Set up a science and select scholars, suppress the noble, and command the high gate, this is what you think?" ”

"It is better to select people with real talents and learning than to rely on the family to be in the top position in the world, and when it comes to a critical time, they are unable to bear the responsibility and bring disaster to the country and the people." Zhao Xiao said with a straight face.

Liang Tao said with a smile: "But have you ever thought that people who can study scientific rituals and practice magic techniques are often also wealthy. In the end, it was still a group of high-ranking families who controlled the top and bottom. ”

Zhao Xiao's expression was slightly solemn, so he had no choice but to say: "Some things are not achieved overnight, and I don't expect the methods I thought of temporarily to completely change the atmosphere of the world. What's more, if you really want to set up this science and select scholars, it will also be of great benefit to your earthly Dao Kingdom. You don't want to be a bunch of incompetent people who can only make money in the future, do you? ”

Liang Tao thought of Chu Fenggui and nodded, "That's fine." ”

Seeing Liang Tao's approval, Zhao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he was also worried that Liang Tao would not tolerate this arrangement.

"Since you're here, I happen to have one thing." Zhao Xiao said: "The lord of the country ordered the mandalas to be arranged in various parts of the country, and I took the lead in selecting the specific locations. Many spiritual cave blessed lands are under the control of your Chongxuan Pavilion, how do I enter and exit them? ”

"I have asked the disciples to prepare, as long as you go, no one will stop you." Liang Tao said.

"It's as simple as that?" Zhao Xiao was quite surprised: "Will this make people suspicious?" ”

"Recently, I will be announcing that I want to retreat." Liang Tao said: "As long as I don't show up, the people below will have no backing to rely on." ”

Zhao Xiao nodded silently, and the lord of the country ordered the establishment of mandalas and the revision of the rituals, which was no less than the establishment of the pavilion system in Huaxu State back then. This matter is comparable to starting anew, and once it succeeds, it is enough to completely shake the foundation of Chongxuan Pavilion.

It stands to reason that now everyone in Chongxuan Hall should be hoping that Liang Tao can come forward to stop it. But he is "retreating" at the moment, Chongxuan Pavilion is like losing a pillar of the pillar, people's hearts will definitely be chaotic, and the arrogance will be weak.

Originally, many dignitaries, dignitaries, and officials of all sizes who were attached to the Chongxuan Pavilion would immediately look for another object to cling to if they found that the Chongxuan Pavilion had lost its past prestige and status.

This situation was encountered as early as after Zhao Huang left Pujia Pass, and many local officials who had been close to the children of Chongxuan Pavilion tried their best to curry favor with Zhao Huang and greeted him with all kinds of generous gifts on his way back to the court.

Liang Tao did this, in fact, so that Zhao Huang could arrange scientific rituals in Huaxu without hindrance, and Liang Tao's trust was more useful than the intention of the national government.

"And this thing." Liang Tao took out a map, and after Zhao Xiao took it, he found that its material was similar to silk silk, light and tough.

Unfold the map and look at it for a while, and it is not surprising to see that the mountains and rivers of Huaxu Kingdom are victorious, but when you use the Yingxuan Zhaojing technique, you can find that the trend of the earth's leylines and the operation of the qi machine are hidden in the map, like an extremely complex and profound talisman.

"This is the true map of the leylines of the entire Huaxu Kingdom?" Zhao Xiao was very shocked, even in the collection of their Zhao family's praise officials, there was no record of such a complete catalogue of the leylines.

Liang Tao said with a smile: "This is the true picture of Fang Yuji, and the Huaxu country leylines are connected with each other, every time you go to a mandala to practice the law, in this way, to urge the cave sky cloud seal to change and refine the shape, through all the leylines, and the flow of the fusion qi machine is unhindered." This picture in hand, comparable to the edict of the gods, if you commit the altar of demons, unrighteous and evil, you can kill at will, there is no taboo. ”

Zhao Xiao understands that this true plan is related to Liang Tao's grand wishes, and being able to give it to Zhao Huang is a great trust in himself.

"Let's hear what you're going to do next." Liang Tao found a chair and sat down at will.

Zhao Xiao looked at the rune diagram, quite fascinated, his fingertips stroked all the way along the leylines, and said: "If you want to penetrate the various leylines, you must open the altar at the confluence of the qi and the machine. The north and south mountains of Huaxu Kingdom are high, such as the pillars of the sky, the rivers flow eastward, like a hundred qi returning to the ancestors, and the blessed land near the East China Sea is like a sea of vitality for people. ”

"The earth lungs and mountains swallow and exhale clear air, and the sea and land of Anzhen are naturally the sect of all kinds of qi." Liang Tao said.

Zhao Huang glanced at the eastern Shengdu in the map, and suddenly thought of Yingzhou Island in the north of the city, but he didn't say anything.

"Are you going to start from both the north and the south?" Liang Tao asked.

"Not bad." Zhao Xiao raised his hand and made a few strokes: "The south of the mountain and the north of the water are yang, and the north of the mountain and the south of the water are yin, and the territory pattern of the north yang and the south of the yin is laid out in the entire Huaxu country." However, the coexistence of yin and yang lacks the power of transformation, and it is necessary to separate opposite mandalas in the north and south, so as to become a trend of yin and yang hiding each other, yin and yang, and the flow of qi can be endless. ”

Liang Tao couldn't help but smile and nodded, it took him many years to push the way of the performance, Zhao Huang could figure it out as soon as he saw Fang Yuji's true picture, should it be said that he has a specialization in the art industry, or is Zhao Huang a person who has won my heart?

"Where should the north and south separate mandalas be located?" Liang Tao asked again.

"I've already chosen the north side." Zhao Huang made a little picture: "White-fronted Gongdong Mansion." ”

Liang Tao was slightly stunned, Zhao Xiao continued to observe, his face was almost pasted with a map, and his other hand was still quickly calculating, and there were words in his mouth, all of which were all kinds of calculation songs.

"South...... What is this Lingtai Market? Zhao Xiao felt a little familiar.

Liang Tao said: "It was the sect dojo of Xuanpu Hall back then. ”

Zhao Xiao's heart tightened, and his face showed a puzzled expression: "Xuanpu Hall? I have the impression that it was a sect that was good at cultivating the herb elixir, and it was wiped out decades ago. ”

"Back then, there was a Qiongyu jujube in Xuanpu Hall, which was rumored to be planted by the hands of the immortals. As a result of sixty years, mortals can take it to get rid of nine insects, repair it for families, dissolve twins, and have the effect of refining the marrow of bones. Liang Tao smiled: "I think you have also heard it, the so-called immortal hand plant may not be true, this Qiongyu fire jujube is similar to the Langji Shenke on Yingzhou Island, which is the result of the clear air flow injection after the ancestor of Xuanpu Hall ascended."

Since the troubled times at the end of Tianxia, countless demons have invaded the Xuanpu Hall in the Lingtai Ruins several times, and finally the dojo was breached, the door was killed and injured, and the sesame grass in the Lingyuan was swept away. ”

Zhao Xiao had already learned about these things from the Marquis of Anyang, and he asked without changing his face: "What about Qiongyu fire dates?" ”

Liang Tao shook his head: "It has already withered, and when I led people to the rescue, I found that the flowers and leaves of this tree were gone, only the branches remained, and it was lifeless." ”

"So you took advantage of the situation to occupy other people's dojos?" Zhao Xiao laughed.

Liang Tao said indifferently: "The disciples of Xuanpu Hall can't guard the sect's dojo, who is to blame?" ”

"Yes, yes, the national teacher is the most reasonable, so he won't rob it!" Zhao Huang was weird.

Liang Tao smiled and kicked Zhao Xiao: "you!" Hurry up and get to work! ”

"The Bai'e Gongdong Mansion and the Lingtai Market are the key to turning qi, but the pillars of the north and south poles are more important." Zhao Xiao continued to stare at Fang Yuji's true map: "Needless to say, the Antarctic Pillar is the Horn Cave, I think you have already sent someone to guard it." As for the North Pole Pillar, it should be in Panlong Mountain, but it is about Hengbi Gong, he is the immortal general of your Chongxuan Pavilion, and he may not listen to me. ”

When Zhao Xiao said this, he deliberately cleared up his relationship with Hengbi Gong, so as not to make Liang Tao suspicious.

"Don't worry, I'll go tell him personally." Liang Tao waved his hand casually: "That Hengbi Gong is a stone in the pit, smelly and hard." But as long as you follow the hair, you can use him. If you have the true picture of Fang Yuji, he will understand your identity and don't have to worry about it. ”

Zhao Xiao blinked a little unexpectedly, he didn't say anything, but he was keenly aware that Liang Tao seemed to have undergone some changes. Especially his attitude towards himself, he is not as condescending as in the past, like staring at the fish on the chopping board, always with a picky attitude.

This kind of closeness made Zhao Xiao's heart beat a drum, and he couldn't tell whether Liang Tao was pretending to test himself, or revealing his true temperament.

"After talking about the territory, there is still the heavenly disk." Zhao Xiao exhaled lightly: "Even if you don't want to worship heaven and earth, my practice of rituals and rituals is to use heaven and earth as a plate to achieve the work of heaven and earth." This true map can be regarded as a summary of the territory, and that day is to refine the star qi and connect the Cave Heaven Dharma Vein to achieve it. ”

"Oh, no wonder you're studying the stars." Liang Tao saw Zhao Xiao's "Baichen Gongji Theory" in his hand.

Zhao Xiao scratched his head and said: "Recently, I have been stargazing at night and found that the positions of some stars are different from those recorded by our predecessors. But I can't do it on my own. ”

Liang Tao immediately understood: "It seems that I want to go out in person?" ”

"There's no need to rush the arrangement of the heavenly plate, at least wait until I set the pillars of the north and south poles." Zhao Xiao said: "After the pattern of heaven and earth is completed, it is you who ascend to the main altar of Qishu and redefine the discipline and law. ”

"Good, good." Liang Tao was very satisfied in his heart: "It is worthy of being the successor of the praise official, and he came up with a general strategy so quickly." ”

"These are big words, anyone can say them." Zhao Huang said: "But in the arrangement of mandalas in various parts of Huaxu Kingdom, there are no earth-shattering feats, they are all meticulous and tedious work, you don't have to urge them twice in three days." ”

Liang Tao patted his thigh and smiled: "Who do you think of me?" Is an edict a day asking you to go to war? ”

Zhao Xiao didn't know what to say for a while, Liang Tao dusted off his clothes and got up: "But you also have to understand, I don't urge you, the lord of the palace won't let you squat in Dongshengdu all the time to write a book." ”

After saying this, Liang Tao drifted away. Zhao Xiao looked at the true picture of Fang Yu in his hand, and Ling Xiao said, "Liang Tao has changed. ”

"I can see it too." Zhao Xiao said: "For a master like him, his heart should not change suddenly. ”

"Maybe it's Liang Tao's cultivation and diligence."

Zhao Xiao only felt incredulous: "With such a cultivation level, can he still improve at any time?" ”

"When it comes to Liang Tao's kind of realm, cultivation is no longer simply based on the accumulation of years." Ling Xiao said: "Sometimes decades of stagnation, maybe it's just an inconspicuous little thing, let him look back at the way he came, so thick and thin, suddenly enlightened, and go further." ”

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