The summer evenings in Chang'an are still very comfortable, less hot but not dry, and it is best to sleep openly, except for those annoying mosquitoes.

There is still a curfew in Chang'an City, most of the people have already fallen asleep, only those gambling houses that are only for the entertainment of dignitaries and dignitaries are still full of people, and they do not seem to be affected by the rebels. As for the most striking royal palace in the city, the natural lights are bright, and those oil lamps seem to be lit for nothing. In the most central Daming Palace, the monarchs and ministers are still feasting, the neon clothes and feather clothes are still playing, the emperor is still high, the hundred officials are still high and low, the singers and musicians are also forgetful of interpretation, and the whole hall is naturally brilliant as usual.

It's just that the expressions on the faces of those eunuchs and palace maids who are busy are not at all as pampered and unfazed as usual, their faces are solemn and their steps are like flying, which is much faster than the grinding and grinding when they used to deal with errands. They followed the secret orders of their own sons one after another, and tacitly began to tidy up and take care of the valuables in their respective palaces. The source of the undercurrent of the entire Chang'an City is the heart of this sacred and majestic Tang Dynasty!

The storm is coming!

The emperor was much calmer and more steady, he was still listening to Gao Shi's story leisurely, and his whole body and mind were all invested in the gamble between the lame man and the green-robed monks in the story, and he seemed to have a strong interest in the strange lame man. Gao Shi didn't dare to hang the emperor's appetite, he continued to consider the language and report what happened next.

The perspective returned to Li Bai and Du Fu's side.

It is said that the green-robed monk couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he saw that the beggar and the lame man agreed to take the pearl as a bet. Although the five beads in his arms were genuine pearls, he had carefully looked at them himself, and the color was really not good in his heart. Before leaving, the abbot specially instructed him to put away the five pearls, and ordered him to hand over the pearls and a jade talisman to the real person in charge of the sect after arriving at the balcony palace. Let's say that the color of the five pearls is dim, there are black, gray and dark yellow, not to mention the brilliance, even the most basic white is not counted, just from the point of view of the quality, compared to the few pearls he has collected privately over the years, it is really a pity to throw it away! I don't know how to get such a shabby gift abbot, he doesn't believe that there is no better pearl in the Huguo Temple, every year just the emperor rewards those pearls which is not a thousand catties difficult to buy, white as jade brilliance attractive, the abbot is to pick the door, take these defective products to give away, it is really a loss of face of the Buddha. If the lame man really asked him to open the bag and take a look, after seeing this, let alone four or five taels, one or two gold people may not be happy, and fortunately, the lame hillbilly doesn't know how to do it, so he will believe it casually!

"This benefactor, although you and I have reached this gentleman's covenant, there is an important object missing at this moment. The Chu people carved the boat to ask for a sword, but the poor monk has never worn a sword, I don't know which donor here has a sword, can you borrow it? ”

After the great monk finished saying this, his brows furrowed, and he swept over everyone with a look of regret, and when he arrived at Li Bai's side, he deliberately paused, stared down at the sword at Li Bai's waist, and closed his mouth meaningfully.

The onlookers didn't want this gamble to be gone, although they were also afraid of Li Bai and the others' bearing, so they didn't dare to speak directly, so they had to point fingers and talk to each other in private. This great monk is really a bit narrow-minded and hateful. He was so verbal and obviously wanted to drag Li Bai into the game, he was annoyed that Li Bai had ridiculed and teased him several times, and now he just took this opportunity to force Li Bai to borrow the sword with the general momentum, everyone knows that the sword is thrown down from such a river turbulence, and it will definitely not be recovered, just Li Bai is wearing a sword on this boat, you have to borrow it, you have to borrow it, you have to borrow it if you don't borrow it, he can't wait to see Li Bai's expression of losing the sword! This bet is really good, first, to show his wisdom to earn back face, and then to let Li Bai lose his sword and break his fortune, and the most important thing is to win a lot of money, kill three birds with one stone, wonderful, wonderful!

When Du Fu Gao Shi saw this situation, he became nervous, but they knew how important this sword was to Li Bai. Since ancient times, the gentleman wears a sword to be anxious, and the gentleman wears a sword to show his virtue. What's more, Li Bai's sword is very big, it was rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor, and later he used this sword to make a move with Pei Min, the sword saint of the dynasty, although it is not a heavy treasure, but it also carries the grace and friendship of the heavenly family, although he later had a red face with the emperor, but the sword is a good sword, Li Bai really likes it, it has nothing to do with things if he doesn't deal with people, he doesn't learn Guan Yunchang, don't be stupid if you have good things. So Du Fu Gaoshi is really anxious, this thief bald donkey is really hateful! At that moment, the two grabbed Li Bai's sleeves and whispered to dissuade them!

Li Bai naturally didn't want to lose his sword, this sword was free in his hand, in addition to cutting the beasts that hurt people, he also killed a lot of people who should be killed. How many times have he encountered hardships and difficulties, and the same thing that has accompanied him through it is wine, and the same is this sword. This sword is already a confidant to him!

The lame man guessed the monk's sinister intentions, and also saw through Li Bai's embarrassment, raised his voice at the moment, pointed to the farm tools on the cabin, and said to the monk:

"The master's words are wrong, the thing that the carving boat asks for may be a sword, a hoe or a sickle, it is better to use this crutch in the old man's hand, the same is from the same principle, the Tao is parallel and not contradictory! What does the master think? ”

Li Dugao and the three of them heard that the cripple used words to defend himself, and the sentence "The reason is the same as the original, and the Tao is parallel but not contradictory", which shocked the three of them on the spot, completely forgetting the gamble of carving the boat to seek the sword, and the body and mind were immersed in these two sentences. With the talent of three people, the truth in this sentence is too profound, and the three of them are silent, repeatedly pondering this sentence in their hearts, and they can't extricate themselves for a long time!

The emperor who listened to the story heard these two sentences at first glance, and was a little incomprehensible, so he interrupted Gao Shi's words loudly, and immediately ordered Gao Lishi to bring a pen and paper and ask Gao Shi to write down these two sentences.

"The principle is the same as the one origin, and the Tao is parallel but not contradictory!"

The emperor looked at the twelve words written by Gao Shi, chewed for a long time, and felt it:

"This man is a great man, and this is a hadith! What Aiqing said just now is suspected of being an immortal, I'm afraid it's this person! ”

Gao Shi hurriedly saluted and shouted Emperor Shengming.

"Your Majesty, it's this person!"

The emperor waved his hand and motioned for Gao Shi to continue.

In such a situation, Li Dugao and the others no longer doubt that the man on crutches in front of him is definitely a hermit master, how can he be an ordinary man with such a mind and insight! At that moment, Li Bai did not hesitate, simply took off the sword at his waist, gave a salute to the man on crutches, and said in a respectful tone:

"Mr. Li's kindness is not only understood, since this master has to carve a boat according to the map to ask for a sword, not this sword just happens to be fateful, Mr. Wang does not dislike it, take it. Today, I can see Mr. Teacher's teachings, and the students will benefit from more than a long sword! ”

Li Bai's free and uninhibited nature, why do you need to say more!

The lame man was also infected by Li Bai, laughed, glanced at Li Bai meaningfully, did not twist, reached out to take the sword, and said to the monk:

"Monk, is this sword feasible?"

When the monk saw this result, he couldn't ask for it, and while pretending to thank Li Bai for his generosity, he fanned the flames and encouraged everyone.

The people are always ignorant, and when they were preached by a few monks, they applauded and applauded Li Bai one after another. Li Bai was not ashamed, his face was as usual, and he returned the salute. The lame man was not polite, and after showing the sword to the crowd, he made a mark on the hull of the ship, and rubbed it twice in his grip, and threw it into the river without hesitation.

The audience on the boat cheered, and they all leaned on the hull of the boat to look into the water, pointing to the water and talking about it, some said that he saw the sword sinking, and some said that he saw the sword following the boat, and his face was red!

The river is rolling, the waves are rippling, not to mention the sword, even the fish or the stone can't be seen clearly. The great monk who is as steady as Mount Tai has begun to think about where to hide the few taels of gold he won!

The river is surging and the waves are rolling, and the fog of the Wangwu Sacred Mountain is curling.

The people on the ferry were still talking about it, and the green-robed monk couldn't hide his joy, but Li Bai, Du Fu, and Gao Shi came to the lame man, and the four of them talked about it, and they didn't care about the gambling contract. The ferry went on like this for about half an hour, and when the ferry was near, the people on board became more and more excited.

Eventually, the passenger ship was about to dock, and the boatmen skillfully put the bow of the boat against the flowing water, and used the deceleration effect of the reverse current to slowly cross the pier, make a small circle, and smoothly docked the boat. The boatmen skillfully fastened the cable with the bolts, and several people fixed the ferry in a few moments.

Approaching the shore, the people in a hurry hurriedly took their luggage and belongings and went to their own things, and those who were not in a hurry, or on the boat or on the shore, waiting to see the gambling contract worth a few taels of gold, among which there were some people with bad intentions, and the boatman and the shopkeeper also wanted to see what was going on, and they urged people to get on and off the boat quickly, while secretly looking at the great monk.

The monk secretly planned everything without waiting for the ship to dock, and as soon as the ship docked, he couldn't wait to speak:

"That donor, I don't know what to do next?"

At this moment, Gao Shi was arranging for those porters and servants to carry the gifts of their group off the boat and put them away, and Li Bai Dufu accompanied the lame man to prepare to get off the boat. Just now, a few of them talked briefly, and only then did they know that this lame man was also going to the foot of Wangwu Mountain, but he did not go up the mountain. The voice of the green-robed monk was loud, everyone was waiting for this sentence, the lame man listened to the great monk's inquiry, and did not procrastinate, and immediately asked the boatman to find a boatman with good water quality, and went into the water to fish along the mark, simply neat and dignified.

Looking at the excitement, I originally thought that although the lame man was not good-looking, he could make a generous shot, maybe there was really some way to steal the beams and change the pillars, and even mess around and refuse to admit it, the big deal was to lose a shame, at least the money was not damaged, who knew who from the north and south! Those who secretly have bad intentions are also playing this idea, this bet will definitely not win, they expect that the cripple will definitely play tricks in the end, after all, who has a grudge against their own money! After the lame man played tricks, they secretly followed, stealing or robbing, and it was not easy to deal with a cripple.

Wealth moves people's hearts, so do the secular people, and so do the practicing monks!

The green-robed monk was even more afraid that the lame man would not admit it, so he had already privately instructed a few disciples to take people to keep an eye on the lame man to prevent him from escaping. Today, I will eat these four or five taels of gold, and the Buddha will not be able to keep them, I said! Li Bai and the others also had the same thoughts, although they did not explicitly say that they would let the lame man escape the gambling contract, but the three of them talked with the lame man, guided the topic, and then tried to take advantage of the many people on and off the boat to hurry away, so that the gamble could not be over, as for his sword, just go with fate. So as soon as the boat docked here, Li Bai and Du Fu hugged the cripple on the left and the right and tried to get off the boat while they were in chaos, but they didn't want the monk's eyes to never leave the cripple, how could they allow a few of them to escape!

Li Bai listened to the lame man's neat command, admired the cripple's brightness and integrity, and secondly, he was heartbroken by the cripple's loss, and let the hateful monk take advantage of it in vain. It's just that the lame man has a normal face, he guessed the intentions of Li Bai and the others, and he is grateful, but he has already made up his mind about this matter. From the moment he saw the thing in the arms of the green-robed great monk, on the surface, it seemed that he was arranged by the great monk, only he knew that every word and deed in the future had to be carried out according to his wishes!

From the moment the slender boatman jumped into the river, the crowd of onlookers had formed a half-circle around the ferry, and they were pointing and pointing. Before the onlookers could talk, the boatman had already come out of the water. The boatman looked unusually excited, and hurriedly changed his breath, and did not bother to go ashore, and raised his right hand as he shouted.

"Fished! Fished! ”

The hundred or so people who were watching the bustle of the ferry were all struck by lightning at this moment, and they were dumbfounded, staring at the boatman, and their eyes were all focused on the sword held high in the man's right hand. The sword body is majestic and upright, with a python scabbard, an ebony handle, and a sword grid decorated with stainless steel patterns, the whole sword is as tall as a mountain peak, and as deep as a cold pool.

Isn't this exactly Li Bai's sword!

"What the hell?"

Hundreds of people except for the lame man all had this idea. Li Bai Du Fu Gao Shi saw the wet sword that had just been fished up, and the three of them looked at each other and were speechless!

"It can't be! No way! ”

The first to question was the young gray-robed monk, whose face turned red, as if he had been boiled in boiling water, pointed to the sword in the boatman's hand, and shouted hoarsely that it was impossible!

The boatman recognized Li Bai's sword, and when the lame man threw it into the water, he specially raised it for everyone to see, and he was not blind. Because the ferry is generally shallow, he took a long breath, and the shopkeeper instructed him to go into the water and salvage more carefully, he originally thought that this water would take at least half a cup of tea time, but he didn't think about it, a fierce man pierced down, a zhang deeper, he saw that the sword, quietly sunk to the bottom of the water, the sword body was not covered with mud and sand, next to the hull of the boat, it was not too obvious. The boatman grabbed the sword without much difficulty, kicked his legs, and the fish rushed to the surface of the water in less than five breaths!

At this moment, the boatman was still floating on the water, and when he heard the questioning words of the gray-robed little monk, he was full of excitement and was hit, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, so he took a breath and quickly swam to the shore. He was annoyed by those monks, went ashore and ignored the bald donkeys, walked straight towards Li Bai, and when he came to him, he held his sword in both hands, looked at Li Bai and asked:

"This minister, I wonder if this sword is yours?"

Li Bai was still in shock at the moment, he took the sword indifferently, lowered his head and glanced at it, he didn't know how many things he had been close to him for days and nights, how could he not recognize it. The sword is right, but why is this sword here, the boatman didn't dive into the river and salvage the sword? This is impossible, the river where the sword was lost is nearly two miles away, and the boatman has only been in the water for a moment, how can he swim so fast? And the river is rippling, and I don't know the specific location of the lost sword, where can I follow? I don't know the depth of the bottom of the river, the undercurrent is surging, and there is no trace of a sword falling and not being submerged!

Li Bai couldn't figure it out, let him be unthinkable, but what he saw and heard today really made him unable to guess, such a deviant phenomenon, Li Bai had never encountered it!

His Majesty the Emperor, who heard the story, already knew the reasons for each of them, and if he guessed correctly, the lame man should be a great monk who could resist things with qi. That kind of means may be divine in the eyes of ordinary people, but who is he, Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what capable people have never seen, and there are four people in the Taishi Bureau who can use qi to control things. It's just that these people are the guardians of the Tang Empire, except for the contemporary emperors, even the crown prince can't see them, and he himself only clearly knows and contacts these people after being the emperor for two years.

The Taishi Bureau is the original Qin Tianjian, and the personnel who serve here are to test astronomy, proofread geography, formulate some calendars every year, submit them to the emperor for promulgation, write some sacrificial texts when encountering sacrifices, crown weddings and other major ceremonies, arrange a process, etc., and do all of them are dizzying knowledge. Since he had been an emperor for a few years, he knew that these people still had a secret mission, that is, to observe the qi and look forward to luck, practice the Dao method, consolidate the fortune of the empire, and protect the emperor of the dynasty. These old scholars usually knock books in the Taishi Bureau, report to the court every day the sun, moon and stars, wind and clouds, climate, auspiciousness, and do not go to the court very much, they seem to be old scholars who admit death, and their appearance is not good, but later he was invited into the Taishi Bureau once, and then came out, he seemed to be reborn and transformed to another level!

That time, Li Longji saw what is called the luck of the dragon, what is the bean scattering into soldiers, and what is called calling the wind and rain! What is called a thousand miles in an instant, what is called turning stones into gold, what is called a thousand miles of flying swords, what is called moving mountains and reclamation, and what is called heaven and earth! What is called heaven outside the sky! Those few old people who didn't know how old they were exuded qi like an abyss and a sea, and those blades that had been refined into steel were crushed by them like tofu. Those tables, chairs and benches will move on their own, and their souls are dragged out of the body, passing through the palace wall, resisting the wind, and a cup of tea flies all over Chang'an City!

Those old men told him that they were called Dao Fa Divine Powers, they were cultivators, and they were the guardians of the Tang Dynasty who abided by the Heavenly Dao, and their duty was to use these Divine Dao Laws to ensure the Tang Dynasty and prevent anyone from using crooked ways to destroy them, and their existence was the top secret of the empire, and not every emperor could know the specific details, such as Tang Zhongzong Li Xian and Tang Ruizong Li Dan, although the two brothers heard that the royal family was protected by immortals, they had never seen this group of living immortals in the Taishi Bureau until they died. However, although these living immortals have a good technique, they generally do not easily meddle in the affairs of the empire, whether it is a coup d'état within the royal family, or a foreign invasion, as long as they do not shake the foundation of the empire, they basically don't ask, and even sometimes even if a dynasty is really going to fall, they still won't make a move, unless there is a figure of the same plane as them, otherwise they will either die of old age or continue to pretend to be dead! In fact, they should not be called the guardians of the Tang Dynasty, to be precise, they should be called the guardians of the human race, as long as the human beings are immortal, whoever is the emperor will protect whom!

Li Longji was really stunned that time, the skills of these people were no longer those illusion juggling that he had seen on weekdays, they were genuine magical powers, it turned out that he himself was just a toad sitting in a well and watching the sky! No wonder so many emperors have been obsessed with Dao elixir throughout the ages, it turns out that there are really immortals. Since then, he has gone to the Taishi Bureau openly and secretly, and even used the strength of the whole country to search for all kinds of heavenly treasures and give them to those people, those who have received the emperor's love and benefits, received those high-ranking immortals, and dealt with the delicate relationship between the emperor and the minister, after all, this is now the master!

I don't know the truth if I don't get it!

It's like the "Neon Clothes and Feather Song" being played in the hall at this moment was composed by one of them under the leadership of himself.

I remember last year's night, in the Jiujiuxi Pavilion, the light moon and clouds came and went. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were not dreamed of yesterday, and the autumn light is like a promise in the blink of an eye. Qingque came to the west, Chang'e reported to me, and the good time is approaching. Send a message to the couple, don't be drunk with the cold.

On that day, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and he called that experience "sleepwalking in Guanghan Palace", and it was Ye Fashan, the protector of the country, who took him on a parade!

At that time, Li Longji had already sat firmly in the emperor's seat, his father was elevated to become the emperor, his aunt Princess Taiping was also given to die, the government and the opposition were united inside and outside, and the 28-year-old Tang Emperor in the year of the dragon and tiger was in this excellent day of universal celebration. Shang Fang Du craftsman Mao Shun is more ingenious, the structure is brilliant, for the lamp tower 20 rooms, one hundred and fifty feet high, hanging with pearls, jade gold and silver, every breeze arrives, it is a rhyme, still to the lamp for the dragon, phoenix, tiger and leopard leaping shape, it seems to be non-manpower, the end is magnificent, beautiful.

The ambitious emperor looked at such an unprecedented display of power, hugged the beautiful woman and enjoyed the song and dance, drank and basked in the moon, and sang and drunk. The wine was slightly drunk, relying on the white jade railing, looking up at the moon, Haoran thought for a long time, and did not feel that his arms were empty, so he said:

"This month shines in all directions, and it is so bright, and there must be great benefits in it. Seeing that Chang'e stole medicine, she ran in the Moon Palace, and there was a palace, and she could definitely visit it. Just how to get up? ”

Gao Lishi was waiting, he knew the emperor's heart, and made his own decision at the moment, looking for a person to go to the Holy True Temple, ready to ask the great power of the protector of the country to help, Ye Fashan responded to the call, Xuanzong saw him coming, his heart was overjoyed, and he asked impatiently:

"What is the middle of the month, what is it that can be measured? I don't know if Ye Tianshi's Dao technique can make me visit the Moon Palace? ”

I don't know if Master Ye can take the emperor to the sky!