The first volume of the early morning of the empire chapter 153 is a piece of paper, a post, and two thunders behind the clouds

A thousand years ago, the Tang Dynasty was founded, under the silent attention of Haotian Dao, the seventeen kingdoms in the world defeated the Tang Dynasty and failed miserably, after this battle, the Tang Empire established the status of the hero of the world, and Haotian Dao, who represented the divine light shining in the world, could not blindfold himself with a dirty cloth, and reluctantly admitted this fact.

To this day, Haotian Dao is still widely spread in the territory of the Tang Empire, but it does not mean that the Xiling Temple can have the same sacred supremacy status as in other countries, and the religious institution that is qualified to convey the will of God in the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty is called Haotian Dao South Gate, which is also the deformed product of the war that was finally spawned countless years ago.

Nominally, the south gate of Haotian Dao in Chang'an City is a subordinate sect of Haotian Dao, which is directly managed by the Xiling Temple.

However, in fact, the south gate of Haotian Dao should be regarded as a part of the Tang Empire, and countless years of practice have proved that whether it is in terms of emotional tendencies or choice of position, whenever there is a dispute between the empire and the temple, the position of all the Taoists in the south gate is very firm - they will always stand firmly on the side of the empire.

It is for this reason that many conservative veterans in the Xiling Temple have always insisted that the people in the South Gate are more hateful rebels than the Demon Sect, and for the same reason, the Tang Empire has always trusted the South Gate of Haotian Dao.

Today's South Gate priest Li Qingshan was officially canonized as the National Teacher of the Tang Dynasty by His Majesty the Emperor, and also signed the Tianshu Office, which is the institution of the imperial court to govern all practitioners in the Tang Dynasty, so it can be imagined that the real relationship between the empire and the South Gate can be imagined.

The headquarters of the south gate of Haotian Dao Taoist Temple is at the south gate, not the south gate of Chang'an City, but outside the south gate of the Daming Palace in the north of the city, the black and white Taoist temple is covered by countless green trees, and the imperial city is far away, there is a unique beauty, it seems calm and gentle and relatively short, there is not much sense of sacred solemnity.

In a side hall in the depths of the Taoist temple, there are two Taoists sitting at the end of the matte dark wood floor, one of them is wearing a dark Taoist robe, and the bright yellow belt given by the emperor is tied around his waist, as if he is a master of Taoism, it is Li Qingshan, the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty.

Sitting opposite was a tall and thin old man, the old man was wearing a dirty robe, the robe stained with countless grease and the triangle flashing with obscene eyes did not reflect each other, facing the noble status of the Tang Dynasty National Teacher, the old Taoist eyes were still staring at other places, the old man on stilts, there was no sense of respect and awe.

Li Qingshan looked at the teacup on the case, and said thoughtfully: "Today, the academy will open a second floor. ”

The Taoist priest replied casually.

Hearing that something was wrong, Li Qingshan raised his head, just in time to see the old Taoist priest staring at a beautiful middle-aged female Taoist official walking outside the corridor in a daze, and the female Taoist official smiled shyly, not coquettish.

Looking at this scene, Li Qingshan smiled bitterly, looked at Lao Dao and said: "Senior brother, when you entered the talisman, you swore that you were pure yang and entered the Dao, and you were not close to women in your life, so why bother to linger in the Qinglou night and night, and always put on a demon appearance to show others?"

Listening to Li Qingshan's words, he shook his head in disapproval, stroked three or two whiskers under his chin and retorted seriously: "Senior brother's words are wrong, I was anxious to enter the way of the magic talisman and made that poisonous oath, and I regretted it for half my life." Now I don't dare to break my oath, of course I don't dare to really get close to a woman, so why don't you try to be as debauched as possible, so that you can ask for a Taoist heart to be unhindered?"

Li Qingshan smiled helplessly, he really didn't have the slightest way to take this senior brother who had a wonderful Taoism but preferred to roll in the red dust, and said with a solemn expression: "After Prince Longqing entered the second floor, the mountain behind his own academy looked at him, and the responsibility of you and me was small. ”

Hearing this, the rune master Yan Se also rarely became serious, and after a moment of silence, he said: "That guy is already the number two person in the Adjudication Division at a young age, and he must have a big backer in the temple, so it's great that we don't touch our hands." ”

The status of the south gate of Haotian Dao has always been a little embarrassing, they must first consider the interests of the Tang Empire, but the first line of the division is still in Xiling, between such cracks, and there are those historical grievances and grievances, facing the prince of Longqing, the god son of the Xiling Temple, who is the focus of the cultivation of the Xiling Temple, is Li Qingshan himself, if there is no sacred coat of the Tang National Teacher, he will also feel extremely tricky.

As the leader and worshipper of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, they knew the unfathomable strength of the Dao Gate of the Xiling Temple, so they never thought that the Prince of Longqing could not enter the second floor.

"Compared with the Xiling Dao Gate that has accumulated countless years, my South Gate is still too weak and weak, and the strength of the temple is too unfathomable, and any junior will make you and me feel troublesome......

Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se with a solemn expression, and said: "Senior Brother Gongsun has worked hard to study the method of unity of the rune array, and his hard work and spirit have consumed the drama, and now he must stay in the mountains to cultivate, I don't know what year and month he can restore his supernatural powers, and now I am only left in the south gate, senior brother, you are a rune master, and there is no successor, I really don't know how to deal with the situation in the future." ”

A strong cultivator who can enter the realm of knowing fate is often called a great cultivator, and once a talisman master can enter the upper realm of knowing fate, he will be called a divine rune master, which is used to describe that this talisman master can have some kind of near-divine power.

In ordinary battles, the rune master does not necessarily have more powerful magical means than other great cultivators, but runes can help cultivation, strengthen armor, set up formations, benefit the military, and even spread clouds and rain.

However, the path of the Fu is the most difficult of all the cultivation methods, and it pays great attention to the comprehension and qualification of the practitioner, which is extremely difficult to explain in words, and can only be classified as a certain natural sensitivity to runes, which is purely an innate ability, and it is completely impossible to perceive and practice through the acquired perception.

It is rumored that Liu Bai, the sword saint of the Southern Jin Dynasty, once tried to understand the rune path, but even such a person who was recognized as talented in the world was never able to take a step forward in the rune path.

Therefore, for sects and countries, the existence of the rune master is undoubtedly the most valuable but also the most scarce key figure, so there is a saying that countries without rune masters are small countries, and schools without rune masters are not qualified to enter the stream at all.

The Tang Empire dominates the world, but there are no more than ten rune masters, most of whom are obsessed with the world of paper and ink runes, and they don't ask about the world and live in seclusion in the mountains and courtyards, and there are only three people who really walk in the world. The Xiling Temple claims to have the most cultivators in the world, but the number of rune masters who believe to be born is also very small.

The south gate of Haotian Dao is dedicated to Yan Se, who is such a rune master, he faintly thought that after he died, there would be no more rune master in the south gate, and he couldn't help but feel sad, picked up the teacup on the case and poured it out.

Putting down the wine glass, he looked at the south-facing sky of the Taoist temple, and said with emotion: "The academy doesn't ask about the world, but it faintly balances everything in the world, and I have to admit that I have its own confidence. ”

The old guy in this sentence naturally refers to the high-ranking rune master.

Li Qingshan frowned and said, "I heard that I am responsible for presiding over the opening of the second floor of the academy today...... It's a rune master, but he hasn't found out who it is. ”

"It's supposed to be a yellow crane. Yan Se said expressionlessly: "Those old guys have been hiding in the academy for so many years, probably because he hasn't been able to get rid of his dust. ”

"I heard that Longqing suffered some losses in the victory house a few days ago. ”

Li Qingshan suddenly changed the topic and said indifferently: "Although it belongs to the same lineage, that young man is the target of the key cultivation of the Daomen, as a priest of the South Gate, I really shouldn't gloat, but I don't know why, when I heard the news, I couldn't suppress my joy, and whenever I talked about it, I had to deliberately not laugh." ”

"The temple is intended for Longqing to take over the throne of Yan Kingdom, and the princess will send Prince Yan back to the country that day, this kind of opportunity will not be missed by either Mo Li or Prince Longqing himself. ”

Also accompanied by Zeng Jing was Zeng Jing. He said to Yan Se: "It's a pity that he didn't expect to be put on the table in his best verbal skills." ”

Yan Se paid more attention to the name Zeng Jing, and sighed and said: "The Empress Mother and Her Royal Highness the Princess are really on the verge of fire and water now?

"It's not going to be like fire and water, since the incident of Qin Tianjian, according to my opinion, the queen has been silent and self-controlled, Her Royal Highness the princess is young after all, but she can't control it. Li Qingshan shook his head and said, "But this has nothing to do with our Daomen. ”

"They are all favored by the Son of Heaven, but there is a prince behind the queen mother, there is Xiahou, just as you said that Li Yu is young after all, even if she is good at dancing with long sleeves and has great weight in the hearts of the younger generation, but the people around her are inevitably young and lack some strength. ”

Li Qingshan nodded slightly, and said: "That's right, it is said that the academy students who suppressed the prince of Longqing in the victory house that day, I heard that they are also very close to the princess, but I heard that this little guy named Ning Que can't practice." ”

Hearing the name Ning Que, Yan Se raised his eyebrows slightly, and after being silent for a long time with an empty wine glass, he said softly: "I've heard of this person, I've even checked him, he really has no cultivation potential, otherwise I would pick him to be my heir." ”

Li Qingshan's expression suddenly became solemn. As the leader of the South Gate of Haotian Dao, he knew very well how difficult it was for the rune master to find a successor, and how picky his senior brother's vision was.

Facing the other party's cautious gaze, Yan Se knew what this junior brother was thinking in his heart, and sighed softly and took out a ball of rolled paper from his sleeve and spread it on the desk, the account tissue paper from Qinglou Zhao was already full of wrinkles, but after a few months, it was still not damaged, which can be imagined to be important to Lao Dao.

This is a note he wrote after drinking, there is no strict law and pen rules, the branches are overturned, the mop is swept indiscriminately, the pen is full of meaning, it seems to be scattered but can condense into the trace and even diverge the breath, the word has its shape but not its meaning, I have never seen such a way of writing. ”

After being silent for a moment, the rune master Yan Se said, "It's a pity that there is not a trace of vitality fluctuation. ”

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"There is a growing need for strength between the cracks, and now the only people in the South Gate who can have a place in the temple are me and you, Senior Brother. If what you said is true, if this academy student named Ning Que is really qualified to be your successor, you should know very well how important this is to our South Gate. ”

National Teacher Li Qingshan looked at Yan Se with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "We must confirm again whether that academy student named Ning Que can practice or not." ”

Yan Se looked at the blue sky outside the hall, shook his head slowly and said, "Don't look any further, although that little guy has his own roots, he really can't practice, it's a pity." ”

Li Qingshan frowned and said, "It's a big deal, check it again." ”

"The military department has checked it, Xiao Lu in the door has seen it, those teaching gentlemen in the academy have also seen it, and your apprentice has also seen it, and they all confirm that he can't do it. ”

Yan Se looked at him indifferently, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Actually, I was not willing to go and see it quietly afterwards, but the result was still the same." ”

In a faint sentence, I don't know how many regrets there are behind the old way.

Li Qingshan was silent for a long time, flicked his sleeve and said, "Check it one last time." ”

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A young Taoist with a yellow paper umbrella under his arm walked up to the two, knelt down respectfully on his knees, put the yellow paper umbrella beside him, took out a stack of scrolls from the Tianshu, and then lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "There was a report last summer that said that a cultivator appeared in a gambling house in Nancheng, and after investigation, that person should be Ning Que. ”

The room was as silent as death, and Yan Se slammed the table like an old and mad tiger, and scolded angrily: "I let you check that night!

"Uncle Shi......" The young Taoist replied inexplicably: "The results found out that night, Ning Que didn't know everything, and he really couldn't practice." ”

"Since your uncle asked you about this, why didn't you tell your uncle when there was a report from the Tianshu Department later?" Li Qingshan looked at his apprentice coldly.

The young Taoist explained in a low voice, "That young man's identity is a bit special, so ...... Even if the Heavenly Pivot found out, it didn't tell me. ”

"What's so special about it?"

"The person named Ning Que seems to know Fourth Master Qi. ”

"And then?"

"Qi Si is the one who is towards the small tree. ”

"And then?"

"Towards the little tree...... It's the person of His Majesty. ”

The young Taoist raised his head, looked at the master and uncle, and said in a low voice: "If Ning Que is His Majesty's secret brush, the Tianshu Department must remain silent. ”

Yan Se didn't seem to hear what he said at all, he just stared at the files on the case in a daze, his old lips moved slightly, and he muttered, "That kid can really practice? How is this possible? He obviously doesn't know everything......

Li Qingshan Yuguang noticed that the senior brother's right hand pressed on the wooden floor was full of green tendons, and trembled slightly, knowing that his heart must be agitated at this time, and it was difficult to control himself.

"Senior brother. ”

"Hmm. ”

The two big men on the top floor of the south gate of Haotian Dao glanced at each other, and nodded slightly in the resolute attitude and the heart of winning in each other's eyes.

Li Qingshan said in a deep voice: "As long as you confirm that Ning Que is really qualified to be your heir, then no matter whether he is His Majesty's secret chess or the princess's hidden, I will definitely snatch him from the south gate of Haotian Dao and give him to you as your heir!"

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The door of Lao Bi Zhai in Lane 47 was smashed open, and those neighbors who wanted to fight were upset, looking at the officials around the door of Lao Bi Zhai, as well as those officials who were full of danger, and subconsciously remained silent.

The national teacher Li Qingshan took Yan Se to break into the old pen house, they didn't see Ning Que, but they saw two words hanging on the wall, and the words were signed by Ning Que.

"Good word. ”

Yan Se expressed his opinion concisely and clearly, then looked at Li Qingshan and said: "If I said that I was sure of six points before, now my grasp has risen to eight points, if I can see his greed and hunger for pen and ink, then I am ten points sure!"

Li Qingshan frowned and asked, "What kind of certainty?"

"If only I could get the hunger of his pen and ink again. ”

Yan Se stared at his eyes and said solemnly: "You must hand him over to me, I am sure that after ten years, there will be another rune master at the south gate of Haotian Dao." ”

Before going out, the venerable rune master looked at the unsightly incense shops around him, and said with emotion: "Who would have thought that in such a small bookstore in the side streets, there would be a genius calligrapher in the runes?"

Hearing this, Li Qingshan vaguely remembered something, Huo Ran turned to look at the two Ning Que authentic paintings hanging on the wall of the old bizhai, and his eyebrows furrowed suddenly.

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Outside the imperial study of the palace, the little eunuch Lu Ji bowed respectfully and said: "Report to the national teacher, Your Majesty is discussing Yan Guozheng and major events with the ministers at the court meeting. ”

Hearing this, Li Qingshan pushed open the door of the imperial study without hesitation.

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Yan Se stared at the rolled paper scroll that was spread, looking at the vividly and vividly "flowers blooming on the other side" on it, and a look of unhappiness and admiration gradually appeared on his old face.

Li Qingshan looked at him with a solemn expression and asked, "Senior brother, can you see hunger and thirst?"

"The meaning of the pen is completely different from that of the chicken soup post, but I can confirm that it was written by the same person. Yan Se's voice trembled slightly and said, "As for hunger and thirst...... I could see that the boy was as greedy as a fox who hadn't eaten chicken in eight hundred years. ”

The young Taoist glanced at it from the side and asked puzzledly: "I have seen a double-hooked copy of this character on the mansion of the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine, and the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine commented that these five characters are full of energy, without a trace of fatigue and emptiness, and it is difficult to find in the world, so why do you say that you are hungry and thirsty?"

"You know what a fart!" Yan Se scolded with a covered face: "You can only catch a pen and dip it in ink when you are hungry and thirsty, how can you write so full?"

The young Taoist stepped back.

Li Qingshan stared at Yan Se's eyes, and suddenly asked, "Ten percent?"

Yan Se looked back into his eyes and said vigorously, "Ten percent!"

Li Qingshan waved his sleeves, laughed loudly, and the green leaves flew in the imperial garden.

Yan Se stroked his beard lightly, smiled intoxicated, and the paper and pen in the imperial study swayed slightly.

"Find him. ”

"He's not at home. ”

"He is a student of the college, and the second floor is open today, of course, in the college. ”

"He doesn't know how to practice, what's the matter with him when the second floor is opened?"

"The problem is that he can practice now, so we are in a hurry to find him. ”

"Makes sense. ”

"You're going to go with me?"

"I'm going to make too much noise, in case the academy discovers Ning Que's ability, it won't be beautiful. ”

"Then I'll go. ”

The more the national teacher and the enshrined became, the happier they became, and the young Taoist looked at the excited appearance of the two elders from the side, and stopped talking. Whether it is in the South Gate Temple or in the Tianshu Office, his duty is to fill in the gaps for the teachers, so although he was scolded again and again today, he knew that this sentence would affect the mood of the two elders very much, but he still had to say it.

"Master, uncle, since Ning Que can practice, then he will definitely try to enter the second floor...... What are we going to do if he goes up to the second floor?"

Li Qingshan and Yan Se's bodies stiffened suddenly, and after a while, they thought of something and breathed a sigh at the same time. Li Qingshan glared at the young Taoist and scolded: "Nonsense, even if he can practice, can he still beat the prince of Longqing? Naturally, he can't enter the second floor!"

Yan Se shook his head and sighed: "I was still having a headache with that Xiling Divine Son before, but now I want to thank him for directly cutting off Ning Que's hope that kid to enter the second floor." ”

Li Qingshan took out a token from the yellow belt and handed it to Yan Se, and said solemnly: "Don't let those old guys in the academy find out, except for the academy, who dares to stop the senior brother, you can open it directly, and even use the name of my south gate!"

Yan Se took the token, looked at him with an interesting expression and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Whatever you want. ”

"Including Mo Li and Long Qing?"

"Of course. ”

The young Taoist smiled bitterly and interjected again at an inopportune time: "Master, uncle, those two are people sent to Chang'an by the Xiling Temple, and it is okay if we don't take the initiative to cooperate with the South Gate, if we want to be hostile to them, I'm afraid that some can't be justified." ”

"What's not to say?"

Yan Se glared at him fiercely, brandishing his shabby and stinking Taoist robe, and shouted, "I have lived for eighty years to find such a successor! Who dares to stop me!"

Li Qingshan's voice was slightly cold and said: "Senior brother must bring him back here, my follow-up hope for the south gate of Haotian Dao lies here, if anyone dares to stop him, he will be killed!"

Outside the imperial study, the little eunuch Lu Ji has been eavesdropping on the impassioned conversations of the Taoist priests inside with his ears open, saying that eavesdropping is not accurate, for those Taoists with miraculous skills, he can't hide any of his actions from the other party, but the other party doesn't care.

Lu Ji glanced at the closed door of the imperial study, and then at the direction of the council hall, and silently thought in his heart, that guy's identity was finally going to be revealed, whether it was for Commander Xu or himself, this was the last chance.

The idea was set, he didn't care so much anymore, and quickly ran towards the direction of the council hall with his little thin legs, thinking that he must sue his majesty before the national teacher, but when he saw his majesty's face, what should he say to get rid of his sins......

"Your Majesty is overjoyed!"

"The one who wrote the flowers on the other side of the sky has finally been found!"

He ...... It's called Ning Que. ”

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Ning Que didn't know that the Great Tang Dynasty National Master and a Divine Rune Master regarded him as the only hope to change the embarrassing and fatal situation of no one in the south gate of Haotian Dao, and wanted to sweep away a qiē cow ghost snake god to snatch talents, crying and shouting that he would also accept him as an apprentice.

He didn't know that the one he had written in the imperial study the previous year, the one that had been flaunting in the ministers' homes for months in various facsimile poses, was about to leap out of the sea. Later, the high-ranking Tang Dynasty may hold his hands with tears in his eyes, and say in a sobbing voice Aiqing, I am looking for you to find a lot of hardship, and then reward him with thousands of acres of fertile land and countless beautiful women.

He didn't know these things, he still walked on the mountain path behind the academy with difficulty, he only knew that the hell the mountain road was getting harder and harder, he only knew that there was a wooden bridge in front of the mountain road, and there were several climbers standing at the other end of the bridge.

The climbers were leaning on the trees or leaning on the bridge, their faces were tired and gloomy, and one of them looked at the seemingly endless mountain path, and slowly sat down on the ground, his face pale and desperate to the bottom.

It was Xie Carrier.

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