I haven't seen Chang'an City for a long time, the black carriage is driving slowly on Suzaku Avenue, Ning Que and Sang Sang lifted the curtains, looking at the familiar street scene, it is inevitable that they will feel a little emotional.

Just like under the Taoshan Xiling Temple, no one in Chang'an City noticed the black carriage, as if they couldn't see it at all.

From Suzaku Street to the east, the building gradually decreases, and you arrive at the East Castle.

The carriage drove into the long-lost Lin47 Lane and stopped in front of the old bizhai.

In the fake antique shop next door, the quarrel between Boss Wu and his wife still echoes, and there are still oil stains left by the hot and sour noodle soup stall at the entrance of the alley.

With a creak, the door of the old pen shop opened, and Ning Que and Sang Sang welcomed the master into the backyard to rest, only to hear a cat meow, and a shadow flashed by the wall.

He looked at the wall and smiled, walked to the well to fetch water, and cleaned up with Sangsang to prepare for cooking. This is the first time that the master has come to Lao Bizhai, and he always has to have a serious meal.

A few plates of simple vegetables and home-cooked meat dishes were quickly ready, and they were placed on the table in the front bunk, and the master took chopsticks and ate a few bites, showing a satisfied expression, and Sangsang, who was very nervous, breathed a sigh of relief.

After eating, drinking tea and chatting, Sang Sang stood behind the master and pinched his shoulders, the atmosphere was very peaceful and comfortable, but Chang'an City in midsummer was always annoying, Ning Que took a fan and stood in front of the master.

He fanned the wind and asked, "Why didn't you bring back the scroll?"

The master said: "When I was reading books in Zhishouguan, I didn't have the idea of stealing books, and naturally I wouldn't take them at this time, thinking about leaving it to that guy's apprentices and grandchildren, until later your little uncle destroyed the Demon Sect." I didn't want the door to take it back, so I picked it up. ”

I didn't sit for too long in the old pen room, and after the master drank tea, he took the two of them away, and continued to wander around in the carriage, and after strolling around, he walked to the north city of Chang'an, and could faintly see the imperial city.

It's the height of summer. The heat in Chang'an City is unbearable, there are not many pedestrians on the street, but the big trees are very lively. Lush, luxuriant, and extremely intense. Covering the palace wall, it is very beautiful.

"After the Tang State defeated the Desolate Empire, the Xiling Temple also had to recognize the status of this country and acquiesce in its particularity, and the secular kingdoms were influenced by the Tang Kingdom, and they also began to revise the laws, Taoism and cultivation sects, and gradually returned more power to the hands of ordinary people. ”

The master looked at the palace not far from the window, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This is a very good thing. Ordinary people do not practice the Tao and have less reverence, but can find a way to balance in the midst of conflicting interests. But ordinary people also have a bad thing, that is, they are too easy to grow old and have too short a lifespan. ”

"Emperor Li is good at strategizing military command. But he is an ordinary person after all, he will also be old, and it is easy to get confused when he is old, and sometimes he will contradict my ideas. In those years, I built a academy in the south of Chang'an City, and I simply studied in the academy. Don't be too lazy to see him, lest you get angry. ”

Ning Que was curious about how the story of the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his master would develop, and asked, "What happened later?"

The master said: "Later, Emperor Li was really confused, and he didn't know where to hear the gossip, saying that if he wanted to live forever, he needed to eat my flesh, and he wanted to deal with me. ”

Ning Que said worriedly, "Then what should you do?"

The master said: "Haotian wants to eat me, I won't let it eat, let alone Emperor Li, when he wants to deal with me, I will enter the palace and kill him." ”

Ning Que was shocked and said, "Just kill like that?"

"What else can I do if I don't just kill him? Do you still have to be tried by the three divisions and sentenced to Ling Chi?"

"Teacher...... That's not what I said. ”

"In short, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty was killed by me like this, although I didn't feel sad, but I still felt a little regretful, so I came up with a way - I will teach the new emperor, so that even if the new emperor is confused, he will not want to eat my meat. ”

Ning Que thought to himself that this was probably the historical origin of the academy's transcendent status in the Tang Dynasty.

"The new emperor is a very filial child, very good. The master stroked his beard and said with satisfaction.

Ning Que thought silently, teacher, you killed someone's father, you can kill him at any time and then set up a new emperor, what can poor Majesty Taizong do except be filial to you?

"The later emperors of the Tang Dynasty are also excellent, and the bloodline of the old Li family has something to be proud of, after a qiē is on the right track, a lazy person like me, of course, is unwilling to pay attention to things like the government and politics, and since then, I have never stepped into the palace again. ”

The Master's gaze passed through the car window, through the dense green trees, through the golden river with a hot mist, and fell on the vermilion palace wall, and his expression was very calm, and only the deepest part of his eyes could see some sentimentality.

The black carriage started slowly, getting farther and farther away from the imperial city, to the bustling and lively place, and under the lazy gaze of the shop guys on the street, it stopped in front of a shop called Chan Kum Kee.

The master walked into Chan Kum Kee and bought a large box of fat powder for Sangsang.

"Teacher, why do you spoil her like this. ”

Ning Que looked at Sangsang's little face evenly coated with fat powder, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Don't say it, my Sangsang is getting whiter and whiter now." ”

Sang Sang bowed his head slightly and thanked his master.

The master smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

The black carriage left Chan Kum Kee and continued south, driving along the straight and wide Vermilion Bird Avenue, this time passing by the famous Suzaku stone statue.

The wheels pressed against the stone slabs, and those Tang tourists from other counties and states were holding umbrellas under the scorching sun and looking at the Suzaku portrait on the ground, when suddenly a gust of wind rose and their eyes were squinted.

In the wind and sand, the eyes of the Suzaku statue turned slightly, as if they were about to come back to life, but after a while, they lost all their sense of agility, as if they had lost their soul.

In the dim carriage, a small bird with a red body suddenly appeared.

The little red bird moved on the floor, its posture was a little clumsy, and it looked very cute, but the vermilion feathers seemed to contain extremely terrifying power, which made people shudder.

"Chirp. ”

The little red bird walked up to the master and called twice.

The Master stretched out a finger and gently touched its head.

The little red bird turned on the tip of the master's fingers, and looked very happy.

"This ...... Is that the Suzaku the Suzaku?"

Along the way, Ning Que has heard and seen a lot of shocked and speechless things, and now he knows that Chang'an City and even the Shocking Great Array are all the means of the teacher, and at this time, seeing Suzaku suddenly turn into a body and appear in the black carriage, although he was still shocked and surprised, he was not panicked.

He imitated the master's example, and carefully wanted to touch the legendary Suzaku.

The little red bird Huo Ran turned around and stared at Ning Que's eyes, his expression was extremely majestic, and his eyes showed vigilance, disgust, contempt, and disdain.

Ning Que remembered how he and Sang Sang felt when they were holding a big black umbrella in the rain to look at the portrait of the Vermilion Bird, and the experience when he was seriously injured and lying on the portrait of the Vermilion Bird, so he quickly stuffed the big black umbrella under his buttocks to cover it.

The little red bird turned his head to look at Sang Sang again, and the love in his eyes suddenly became very confused.

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The black carriage drove out of the south gate of Chang'an and headed towards the academy.

In the countless mornings over the years, Ning Que went to the academy to study and practice along this road, and he was very familiar with the scenery on both sides of the road, so he retracted his gaze after looking at it twice.

He originally wanted to ask the master about the changes in the academy over the past thousand years...... Then he figured out that there was no need to ask this question, the academy could have many deans, but only one master.

"You are the first dean of the academy, and you are also the current dean of the academy, what have you been doing in the intervening years? If you really don't want to pay attention to the affairs of the world, why did you go out of the mountain to take charge of the academy again?"

"I've been busy for hundreds of years. I thought that I was in charge of the library in the Xiling Temple, and I liked to read books, and with the academy, of course I had to collect books everywhere in the world, which was very time-consuming. ”

The Master said, "And don't forget, I have been flying into the sky for so many years, and it has taken many more years to prepare for this event, and to make up my mind. In the process of traveling in the world, I spent a lot of time looking for the legendary underworld, looking for the edge of the world, looking for really delicious food, looking for some people. ”

Ning Que asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The Master said, "I want to find people like me." ”

Ning Que asked, "Did you find it?"

The Master said, "I have found a drunkard and a butcher. I learned more about Haotian from them, and I also knew some things about the eternal night, so I wanted to invite them to do something together. ”

Ning Que said, "They didn't agree?"

The master nodded and said, "Not bad." ”

"And how did you do that?"

"I got into a fight with them. ”

"Who won......" Ning Que waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, this question is idiotic." ”

The Master sighed, "Of course they can't beat me, but to my annoyance, they still won't listen to me." ”

"What exactly do you want to do?" Ning Que asked.

The master looked at Ning Que and said, "Didn't you ask me what I have been doing all these years?"

Ning Xiao nodded.

The Master said: "Over the years, most of my time has been spent thinking about a problem. ”

Ning Que asked, "What's the problem?"

The master said, "How can we defeat Haotian?" ”

The carriage of the black carriage became very quiet, only the voice of the master seemed to be still floating, falling on the floor, and the scorched marks stepped on by the Suzaku bird were like water.

The truth had already been revealed on this spiritual journey, and more specific issues had been discussed, but when this phrase finally came out so real and simple, it still seemed so shocking.

Ning Que was silent for a long time, then raised his head and asked, "Teacher, have you figured out a way?"

The master was annoyed and said, "If I had figured out a way, why would I still be in this carriage?"

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