Chapter 37 Crooked Ways
The carriage stopped in front of the main gate of the Huai Wang's Mansion, and Li Bad took the lead in getting out of the carriage and looked up at the rumored luxury palace built by a large number of buildings.
It is said that when the Huaiwang Mansion was selected, whether it was geographical location or feng shui god theory, Suizhou should not be in the scope of consideration of the imperial court, but due to the unique style of Suizhou City, and its huge city wall defense system, the city can not only live in the city than twice as many residents as other cities, more importantly, only in the case of war readiness, the city defense can be resident 30,000 soldiers, which is the most important thing for the imperial court at that time, plus the king of Wudang Mountain who traveled down the mountain at that time, Shouyun, when passing through Suizhou City, he personally said "no king, no town and a hundred ghosts" Zhao Jing decisively set up the Huai Wangfu here.
At that time, the imperial court, which was not long after the establishment of the dynasty, did not hesitate to open the treasury, and a large number of precious rosewood that was originally intended to be used to expand the palace were continuously transported into Suizhou City to build the palace, and specially invited Qi Jingsi, the only few remaining Jingzi generations in Nanshan, to come to deter and supervise the construction, and it took two years to complete the palace.
Many of the specifications in the palace even exceed the construction of the imperial palace in the capital, which is extremely luxurious, and the entire north and even the south know that the Huaiwang Mansion has the title of 'Little Palace'.
Li Bad looked left and right at the gate completely made of rosewood, but he only felt a strange, indescribable feeling, and asked Zhao Yingdao in front of him: "Uncle Huai, don't blame the little nephew for being abrupt, it's just that the little nephew looks at the gate of your palace, how do you look at it, it feels a little strange?"
Zhao Ying smiled, not surprised Li Bad's thoughts, and explained: "The virtuous nephew doesn't know, although the construction materials of my Huai Wangfu are all of the highest quality, but the door is set up in a courtyard, this king can not be the master, you stand back, you know that this door is not facing north, but slightly deviates from the east by three inches and three centimeters, and the door is also slightly high on the left and low on the right, you can see the difference from a distance, just standing closer, it will make people feel a little weird." ”
Li Gang immediately became curious, why had he seen a lot of runes and Taoism in Wudang Mountain for so many years, but he had never heard of this 'crooked and evil way'? He looked at Zhao Ying in wonder and asked, "What is this saying? Could it be the handwriting of Nanshan Qi Zhenren?" Can Uncle Huai Wang tell his little nephew?"
Zhao Ying suddenly laughed dumbly, and said unhurriedly: "Hehe, in fact, there is nothing to say, it's just that the materials used in the king's palace are too arrogant, although they are all the will of the royal brother himself, but the king is also afraid of losing the rules and causing criticism, so he consulted Qi Zhenren, and this is the only thing that this 'crooked and heretical' is said." ”
Hearing Zhao Ying's explanation, Li Bad also had a look of sudden realization, and said with a smile: "I see, I didn't expect Uncle Huai Wang to use such a self-humiliating method to show the majesty of the royal family and show his loyalty, the little nephew is really eye-opening." ”
Zhao Ying just smiled when he heard Li Bad's ridiculous voice, and didn't care, turned his head and asked the palace housekeeper standing on the side: "Where did the rebel go again?" ”
The housekeeper hurriedly responded, beckoned a small guy to hurry to find Zhao Xiong, Zhao Ying said to Li Bad again: "Virtuous nephew is not strange, this rebel son is not boundary every day, in addition to prostitutes all day long, this king is also a headache, if there is a virtuous nephew has the slightest ability, this king is willing to eat fast and chant Buddha in the future, but this kid admires you is true." ”
Li Bad didn't take over the conversation, just smiled casually.
Zhao Ying didn't care, and said casually: "The virtuous nephew is tired of traveling, this king will arrange for you to rest and recuperate first, and when that little bastard comes back, let him lead you around at will, this king will not toss around with you young people, just let him entertain you, haha." ”
"Uncle Huai Wang, please!" Li smiled and arched his hand, and then followed the housekeeper to the guest room.
Murong Lin, who had just gotten off the carriage behind him, pulled his sister and whispered: "Let me tell you, don't be stupid and let this kid take advantage of anything, the eldest girl's family should be a little reserved!"
Murong Qing took a sip in a low voice, stretched out his little foot and gently boarded his brother, trotting to catch up with Li Bad, Murong Lin reached out and patted his shirt, and muttered in a low voice: "Tell you well that if you don't listen, Chen Bao'er will have something to suffer from in the future." He also followed Li Bad's figure.
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At this time, Li Zi, who was still waiting at the city gate, held a sugar gourd in his hand that he didn't know where to go, sitting next to the stone tablet and gnawing on it, and all the pedestrians stopped to watch, this little Taoist priest was quite different, just gnawed on the sugar gourd in his hand, and didn't care about the surprised eyes thrown around.
"May I ask but Wudang Daoist?" A soft inquiring voice came from behind Li Zi, who was focusing on the sugar gourd, jumped up at this sudden sound, turned to look at the person, and saw a young man in a Taoist robe, standing straight in front of him.
Hurriedly swallowing the sugar gourd in his mouth, Li Zi hurriedly bowed and saluted and said, "Xiaodao is from Wudang Mountain, dare to ask Daoyou?"
"Poor Dao Zhaofu, born in Suizhou City in the Demon Temple, is in the name of the family teacher, I specially invite Taoist friends to discuss the Tao in the view. The young Taoist priest returned the salute, glanced at the sugar gourd in Li Zi's hand, and spoke.
Li Zi looked at the young Taoist priest's gaze, smiled at him embarrassedly, and said: "Xiaodao is waiting for people here today, and he can't leave, and he also asks Daoist friends to tell the Lingshi, and when Xiaodao waits for someone, he will come to visit." ”
The young Taoist priest who claimed to be Zhaofu did not force it, just nodded slightly, bowed, and then turned around and was about to leave, but he didn't take two steps, and then turned back and asked with a fox face: "Are you really a martial arts Taoist?" said and looked at the sugar gourd in Li Zi's hand again.
Li Zi smiled when he heard this, nodded his head like garlic, and looked embarrassed to speak, the young Taoist priest hesitated, did not speak, and turned to leave.
Li Zi inexplicably glanced at the back of the young Taoist priest leaving, thought for a while and then stopped thinking about it, and was about to deal with the few remaining sugar gourds in his hand.
"Bang", the back of the head was slapped by a palm that I don't know when to stretch out, not lightly or heavily, the sugar gourd in his hand instantly cushioned the ground, Li Zi just squatted down, picked up the sugar gourd, blew the dust on it, looked at the sudden appearance of Lao Bai, showed a smiling face, and said: "Old man, you are back!" After speaking, he directly stuffed the sugar gourd he picked up into his mouth.
Lao Bai looked at Li Zi with a smile and laughed, and scolded with a smile: "You kid knows how to eat and eat all day long! This fell to the ground, and you can still pick it up and continue to eat, you are not afraid of losing your Wudang face, you look around." ”
Li Zi chewed in his mouth, but his head turned, looked around, and saw the pedestrians on the street looking at him funny, he immediately lowered his head a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Master said, I'm sorry, I can't be sorry for eating." ”
Hearing this, Lao Bai slapped his palm again, glared and said, "What you say is what you say, return your master, can your master say this?"
Li Zi touched the back of his head aggrievedly, and muttered indistinctly: "That's what my master said!"
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