Chapter Forty-Seven: The Way of Heaven Has a Burden, and People's Hearts Are Unfathomable

It is still the majestic and domineering Ziwei Palace in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

An Lushan, who was frightened by Ye Jingneng, sat on the dragon chair, he watched Ye Jingneng come from the clouds, accompanied by the wind and thunder, and scattered hundreds of guards out of thin air with a wave of his hand, and in just a few words, he was scared like a pile of mud. The dwarf bean is often full, and Wang Xiaochuan, who regards himself as a treasure hole card, is imprisoned and kneaded like a juggler.

Although he is very reluctant to open his eyes, the situation is stronger than people, and it doesn't matter if he wants him An Lushan to say it. Ye Jingneng left in a hurry after leaving a word, sending him away was like sending a dog, in the face of such an insult, An Lushan couldn't resist at all, and facing the majesty of the abyss was not enough to express the fear in his heart.

Ye Jingneng is gone, but Chang is still full.

The terrible little jade sword was formed again by the wind, thunder and mist, and turned into the clumsy little jade sword, still lying quietly in the wooden box. Ye Jingneng walked for more than half an hour before An Lushan suddenly cried out with a "wow", and Chang Zhiman was so frightened by this voice that he trembled. The cronies and guards who were waiting in ambush outside the main hall heard An Lushan's cry, and rushed in, and a group of people protected An Lushan like the old king, and Chang Zhiman was surrounded by another group of people, swords facing each other.

That night, An Lushan kept shouting that people were coming, no matter how many people he felt was not enough, the whole crape myrtle palace was panicked, people and horses were noisy, tossing all night, more than 10,000 people poured into the palace, the lights were bright, and the soldiers did not know who the enemy was. Chang Zhiman watched these people busy with cold eyes, because with the appearance of Ye Jingneng, he was determined and knew how to go forward. Don't look at the Taishi Bureau, there are only a dozen people, but if you ignore the secular fetters and the retribution of heaven, An Lushan Group has only tens of thousands of secular military horses, no matter how many he is, he is not afraid, he is just a chicken.

With the support of the master, I am still afraid of hair!

Even if God really wants to punish God, and the master is in front of him, he is always full of fears!

Always full of joy, An Lushan bitter haha.

The jade sword has been following An Lushan, always maintaining a distance of two zhang from him, no one knows how the jade sword walks, but An Lushan can see it. After two days of hard work, An Lushan couldn't stand this kind of torture of being on the chopping block, so he invited Chang Zhiman to ask what to do with the sword.

Chang Zhiman's posture has changed greatly since that night, and he doesn't salute in the face of An Lushan, and he doesn't even call him "Your Majesty", and he ignores An Lushan, but An Lushan can only bear it, and even feels that the more arrogant Chang Zhiman is, the more peaceful his heart is. Chang Zhiman finally helped An Lushan relieve this hardship, he invited the jade sword wooden box to the high platform, and ordered An Lushan to send people to worship incense every day, and then told him to abide by Ye Jingneng's decree, no matter when Tongguan was breached, he was not allowed to enter Chang'an for seven days. An Lushan was afraid of death, so he naturally obeyed his fate, which led to the aforementioned incident of An Lushan sending people to urgently order An Qingxu and Cui Qianyou for 800 miles.

Such secrets, Mo Sheng, who was talking in Suiyang City, didn't know the inside story, Zhang Xun had no way of knowing, although the Tang Emperor didn't know that Ye Jing could help, but he didn't seem to need to know. Now, Li Longji remembers his fateful criticism, facts speak louder than words, and he can't help but believe it.

It turned out that as early as Taizong, Li Chunfeng had deduced the heavenly machine for the Li Tang Dynasty in accordance with the emperor's orders, but those proverbs were obscure, and there were very few words, and they were top secret, and Li Longji only knew about it after being the emperor for many years. It's just that at that time, he was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, although he had already seen the methods of the monks outside the square, but he was not very interested in those charades covered by clouds and mountains and fog, and later succeeded in changing his life against the sky, he only believed in himself and did not believe in the sky.

But now that Tongguan is broken, An Lushan will be able to attack Chang'an in a few days, and at this time he woke up and remembered the old schoolbags in the Taishi Bureau. In fact, many people don't know that as soon as Tongguan was broken, Li Longji knew the news, and just before he feasted the ministers to discuss countermeasures, he had already sent Gao Lishi to invite Li Xianshi from the Taishi Bureau to deduce the heavenly opportunity for himself, and the final result was actually clear to him.

Gao Lishi personally invited the Taishi Bureau to deduce the heavenly machine of the Li Immortal Master, who was the descendant of Li Chunfeng in the Taizong period, and they invited Li Chunfeng's "Tui Bei Tu" from the past, of which the fifth image [Wuchen Kun Xia Xun Shangfeng Earth View] is exactly what happened today. The bright yellow silk cloth has darkened a little, and the ink of the pictures and words has lost its lustre, and you can see that the age is not short.

The fifth image of Li Chunfeng's "Pushing Back Picture" is shown according to the hexagram, and the content of the painting is:

"There is a deer in the mountain with a saddle, and a woman lies on the ground and dies!"

This was followed by four more proverbs:

"Spring is thick, and there are only two branches of glory. The wood is easy to break, and the Taiyuan dust is alarmed! ”

Looking at these four proverbs on the silk cloth, combined with the current situation, Li Longji vaguely understood, and he ordered the Li Immortal Master to follow this hexagram, combined with the direction of the stars of the day, and made the final deduction for him with the number of yin and yang, and thus came up with the final four sentences, which are the songs:

"Yang Huafei, Shu Road is difficult, cut off Zhu Xiao to see the sun, and there is no history of peace!"

Li Longji looked at the pictures and words and fell into deep thought, and at this time, Gao Lishi suddenly interjected a sentence:

"Your Majesty, did you remember the letter sent by Luo Gongyuan?"

At first glance, Li Longji was a little puzzled, he raised his head, looked at the old friend beside him, and didn't understand what he meant. But he knew the depth of Gao Lishi, and knew that he could say this at such a critical juncture, which must have a deep meaning, so he immediately ordered Gao Lishi to go to his secret room and get Luo Gongyuan's letter.

After a while, the letter was put on the imperial case of Li Longji, and if you want to say that this letter is actually very storyful. At that time, because Xuanzong wanted to change his life against the sky, the attitude of "Futaba Yiluo" as a confidant immortal master was different. Ye Fashan ancestor has been a heavenly master for four generations, and in his generation, he has the title of Duke of Yueguo, because of the duty of guarding the dragon vein, he can only fully support the emperor's decision. However, Ye Jingneng had been away for many years, and Xuanzong couldn't find it, so in the end, Enwei and Shi invited Ye Jingneng to make a move at the last moment.

As for Luo Gongyuan, who was "Yiluo", he strongly opposed Li Longji's plan to change his life against the sky, and that person even did not hesitate to say coldly that he was the current day, and categorically rejected the emperor's request. In addition, this Luo Gongyuan is extremely disgusted with the pampered and arrogant Concubine Wu Hui in the harem on weekdays, and when he meets him, he is constantly sneering at him, and Concubine Wu Hui takes advantage of this to fan the flames, and Xuanzong is angry, so he kills Luo Gongyuan. And Luo Gongyuan has a strong temperament, after he got the news that the emperor wanted to kill him, he first loudly counted the faults of Xuanzong, and then laughed wildly that night and waved his sleeves away, and he has not been seen for several years since then.

I never thought that a year later, once the emperor sent the official Fu Xianyu to Shuzhong on a business trip, passing by Peng County, he met Luo Gongyuan, Fu Xianyu has always admired Luo Gongyuan's name as a fairy, and he has asked for advice. Luo Gongyuan also asked him to bring a letter to the emperor, and there was also a piece of angelica from Shu estate, and after he sent something, he said to Fu Xianyu: "When I went to Duhua Sanlang, I wanted the people of the world to avoid this catastrophe, and I didn't want Saburo to be here, but it's a pity, it's a pity." "After that, Luo Gongyuan is gone. Fu Xianyu came back to see Xuanzong to restore his life, and he focused on this matter, Xuanzong opened the letter, but it was four proverbs:

"Yuyang drum through Tongguan, this day the king Xingjian Mountain, Mu Yi if the ghost under the mountain, is scheduled to bury the golden ring here."

When the emperor saw Luo Gongyuan's four sentences, he didn't know what they meant, so he asked Zhang Guo. Unexpectedly, after seeing these four sentences, Zhang Guo pinched his fingers in his heart, was shocked, and immediately took out the paper donkey from his sleeve on the grounds of old age, blew the paper donkey, and immediately rode the paper donkey back to the mountains and forests. The emperor asked Ye Fashan again, although Ye Fashan knew some inside information, but it was not easy to say that this was the evil cause of the emperor's own planting, so the evil results had to be excused by his own cultivation was not enough, and it took more time to understand in detail. Tonight, after being reminded by Gao Lishi, looking at the four sentences that Luo Gongyuan wrote to himself at this moment, I couldn't help but wake up in my heart.

Whether it is the "Shu Dao" in Li Xianshi's prophecy or the "Sword Mountain" in Luo Gongyuan's criticism, they all point to the same place, which is not for the emperor not to think deeply. Tongguan has been broken, Chang'an City is destined to be lost, he does not have the courage of Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty, he can make those barbarians of all countries on the Weishui Bridge fanatical mountain shout long live, he can't even descend An Lushan now, but he is wantonly manipulated by the other party, so he didn't plan how to stick to the Jingshi at all. He only thinks about one thing at the moment, and that is "where to run?" The hexagram gave him a clear indication, and then think about the "Angelica" sent by Luo Gongyuan, it seems that he really wants to return to Jiannan?

Li Longji thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that it should be bad, so at the court meeting that night, when Li Longji heard that Yang Guozhong's proposal was to retreat to Shudi, Sichuan, which coincided with the deduction of heaven, he immediately became more sure of his mind, and fled Chang'an to Shudi in a few days. He made up his mind in his heart, so the emperor was interested in playing a play for his courtiers and people, so he arranged to play the "Ni Dress and Feather Song", and he himself was quite interested in drinking and reclining, listening to Gao Shi tell the interesting story of Li Bai looking for immortals, with a peaceful and indifferent bearing.

Gao Shi didn't know the emperor's idea, so he could only wait carefully and continue to tell the story of him and Li Bai Dufu's party. The hundreds of officials in the palace are all human spirits, seeing that the emperor is not in a hurry, they can't help but guess in their hearts, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor really wants to adopt Gao Shi's proposal and fight to the death with the rebels in Chang'an City, what can I do, I don't want to die with him!

"Gao Aiqing, I don't know if you are waiting for the last Wangwu Mountain? Did you see that immortal Sima Dao Chang? ”

Emperor Xuanzong chuckled lightly, and looked at Gao Shi in the audience. Gao Shi didn't dare to hide it, and immediately replied:

"Your Majesty, Wangwu Mountain has gone up, but I never thought about it, but the Sima Daoist has no chance to see it, the Guy Immortal has already ascended to the immortal realm ten years ago, and the three of them are really shallow in the immortal relationship, and I don't regret it every time I think of it!"

When the Emperor heard this answer, he couldn't help laughing. It's hell if the three of you can meet Sima Daochang, look at you Li Twelve, run for nothing, hahahaha, interesting and interesting!

Gao Shi naturally didn't understand the emperor's bad taste, he watched the emperor laugh, and had no choice but to laugh with him, and the melancholy of witnessing the destruction of Tongguan City was also diluted.

It is said that the three of them watched the boatman carving a boat and fishing for a sword on the shore that day, and they were shocked not only by the three of them, but also by the hundreds of onlookers, who were all struck by lightning, and today they don't know whether they went out and hit a ghost, or they met a fairy with fate, so unbelievable things happened under their noses.

The green-clothed monks saw that they had lost the gambling contract, and there were many people present, and they must not be able to escape.

The great monk is still profound, he secretly passed the message to the disciples, asking them to use Buddhism Dali to fool the pass, and said that the gambling contract was just a "gentleman asked", trying to use the general trend of Buddhism to suppress people.

The disciple listened to the master's instructions, and immediately bowed to Li Bai and the others, and said while pronouncing the Dharma name in his mouth:

"Amitabha, congratulations to this benefactor for regaining the sword, it is really a bodhisattva manifestation!"

He deliberately ignored the protagonist lame, but first used words to sell Li Bai's good, seemingly lowering his posture, but in fact, he took the lead and threw the problem to Li Bai's side. According to his speculation, Li Bai and several scholars will still take into account the style of the literati, and the sword was accidentally recovered, and he was happy in his heart, maybe he would not embarrass them.

The abacus played well, but unfortunately the object was not chosen correctly. If the owner of the sword is Du Fu Gaoshi, Du Fu Gaoshi is a traditional Confucian student, with a soft face and bearing, and taking care of his own body, maybe the monk's high-sounding words can still be useful, but unfortunately Li Bai is not Du Fu, it all depends on whether he is happy or not, whether you are a monk or a Taoist, I dare to scare the emperor, not to mention that you are such a bald donkey.

Li Bai didn't seem to hear the compliment of the monk's apprentice, he caressed the sword by himself, he held the scabbard with his left hand, pressed the hilt with his right hand, and with a loud sigh, pulled out the sword, grabbed a sword flower in his hand, and danced twice towards the great monk as if intentionally or unintentionally. The big monks saw that Li Bai didn't answer, but instead swung his sword at a few of them, and they felt uncomfortable at the moment, it seemed that this person didn't eat them.

Li Bai played a few times, his heart was very beautiful, the blade of the sword in his right hand flipped over, and the sword was thrown into the air, the sword flew up less than a zhang and fell, Li Bai didn't look at it, stretched out the scabbard of his left hand, and greeted it, the sword seemed to have eyes on himself, and the tip of the sword stared at the scabbard and drilled into it, "snap", the flying sword entered the sheath, clean and neat, it was really chic and not good.

Everyone was impressed by Li Bai's swordsmanship and applauded, and Du Fu Gaoshi also praised it and applauded. Li Bai accepted the cheers of everyone with a comfortable demeanor, at this time there was wind on the river, Li Bai's clothes were fluttering, his beautiful beard was flying, and with the long sword in his hand, his aura was magnificent, didn't he look like a mortal sword fairy!

The lame man on crutches looked at Li Bai's actions, although he also felt pleasing to the eye, but in the end it was a little flashy. Cultivating to the realm to his part, not to mention the world, even the fairy world is a rare opponent, standing on the seventh and eighth floors of the realm and looking at the dancing sword on the first floor, don't you feel that it is a showcase?

You must know that since the Qin Dynasty, the sword has slowly withdrawn from the historical stage, until the popularization of the sword in the Han Dynasty, the sword is becoming less and less important, until now, the sword skills are generally only popular in opera, and the real actual combat sword masters, there are very few. Swords have been around since ancient times, and they were originally used for attack and defense, and then slowly became a status symbol. "The major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong", today's people wear swords, more to imitate the legacy of the ancients, I have never seen a first general who conquered the city, is holding a sword and rushing up to the city tower.

Even those Jianghu sects that specialize in studying and polishing kung fu moves, although there are also swordsmanship, they are generally practiced by those inner pillars of the inner sect who have excellent understanding and mind, and the outer disciples do not have the time and heart to practice swordsmanship, and what they learn are better used knives, sticks, hammers, and sticks. There is a martial arts proverb that says: "The moon stick is a sword for a lifetime, and the sword must be hidden with you." "A stick can be used in a month, but a knife takes a few years, but to learn to use a gun, you have to drill for a lifetime; As for practicing the sword well, it is necessary to keep the sword on the body at all times, and practice makes perfect when you smell the chicken. But anyone who practices swords, if he doesn't touch the sword for a day, his hands will be born with no feeling.

Li Bai once wrote these sentences in "Chivalrous Journey":

"Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name. ”

These few sentences are unstoppable and full of confidence. After all, Li Bai is a merry and talented man, and his dream at the beginning was to be a chivalrous man, so he has learned swordsmanship since he was a child, and his family has money to afford him to play with swords. When he grew up, he liked to travel everywhere, looking for immortals, and visiting friends, and the worldly rules could not restrain his free and easy. In the process of touring the mountains and rivers, it is inevitable to encounter some bandits and beasts, whether it is self-protection or punishing evil and promoting good, wielding a sword to kill some thieves and beasts, it is too natural here for Li Bai.

Later, due to the recommendation of Taoist priest Wu Yun, Li Bai was summoned to the palace by the emperor, and he wanted to show his talent, but he was not reused; In addition, he didn't like to go along with the dirt and offended the powerful, so it took more than a year for him to be returned by the emperor. Although he didn't treat those black-bellied officialdoms well, there was one person who was very angry with him, and this person was Pei Min, who was the official to the general of Zuo Jinwu and was known as the "No. 1 Swordsman of the Tang Dynasty". Although Pei Min's "first" and Nan Jiyun's "first" are just secular titles, they may have this reputation, and their skills are definitely not shallow.

And Li Bai's flying sword into the sheath just now was learned from Pei Min, but Pei Min's one was more difficult. It is said that Pei Min's mother died at that time, and he wanted to ask the great painter Wu Daozi to paint a mural on his mother's tomb, one to overdo and the other to protect. Wu Daozi made a request, he wanted to see Pei Min dancing the sword once. It is rumored in the world that Pei Min's swordsmanship is mysterious, Wu Daozi has long been greedy for this, Pei Min happily agreed to Wu Daozi's request for his mother, and immediately played a set of swordsmanship. The sword is like a dragon that shocks the world, is as fast as a thunderbolt, the door is wide open and closed, the moves are advancing and retreating, domineering and fierce, and the grandeur is surging. After a set of swordsmanship was demonstrated, dozens of officials around him were suppressed. Pei Min also danced to the point of sexuality, only to see him throw the long sword ten zhang high, and then point to the ground with his toes, his body rubbed and shot out, the person stretched out the scabbard in his hand in mid-air, and the lightning-fast long sword roared into the scabbard without a difference, and Pei Min also fell back to the ground with the sword in his hand.

Because of this superb swordsmanship, Pei Min has gained a large number of admirers, from the emperor to the general, Princess Guifei choreographed a sword dance for him, Yan Zhenqing wrote "Gift to General Pei" for him, and Wang Wei, who did not deal with Li Bai, also wrote "Gift to General Pei Min", Li Bai was even more willing to perform a disciple salute and begged Pei Min to teach him swordsmanship. Pei Min also does not refuse to come, if you want to learn from me, you will teach, with a broad mind and no selfishness, Li Bai has learned some of Pei Min's skills, and his swordsmanship has increased greatly since then.

Although the cripple on crutches can't look down on Li Bai's fancy shelf, it does not prevent him from liking Li Bai, he has already made up his mind to give Li Bai a creation, and he also laughed and cheered at the moment.

The faces of those monks were much more ugly, don't look at the lame man who looked down on Li Bai's swordsmanship, but the monks in the world had to pay attention to it. Although those monks practice Buddhism, it is internal strength, it is the method of dealing with mountain spirits and ghosts, and they have to wrestle with ordinary people, and they have to use external strength, and their fists are not very good, at least they are not as sharp as the sword in Li Bai's hand.

As the saying goes, no matter how high the kung fu is, I'm afraid of kitchen knives!