Chapter 83

The news of Chongyangzi's descent from the mountain alarmed Jingbei City.

After all, in their impression, the last time this 100-year-old man appeared was at the founding ceremony of Daliang 20 years ago.

It is said that this time he went down the mountain, and he also brought the youngest of the four apprentices, but the most perceptive Bai Zi Tui Dao Chang.

No one knows where they're going, and no one knows what they're going to do.

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Late at night, an old man in black stood outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

He looked down at the green bricks on the ground, and when he was renovating this place twenty years ago, he had buried a copper coin under this brick, hoping to suppress the second dragon in the city.

It's a pity, now it seems that his kung fu is far from learning, at least this copper coin, I'm afraid it's about to expire.

"Lord Zhang, the emperor said that it is late at night, you go back first, if something starts, he will meet you after tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Taiyue looked coldly at the most powerful eunuch in the court in front of him, this person was full of silver hair, but there was no wrinkle on his face, the so-called crane hair and childish face, but that's it.

He sighed and said softly: "Li Jinzhong, you should know what happened, do you think this kind of thing will wait until tomorrow morning?"

Li Jinzhong has not encountered such a thing as being called a big name for more than ten years, and even the emperor will call him Manager Li, but in the face of this old man in black, Li Jinzhong still abides by the rules that should be made.

He held the dust in his hand, knelt on his knees, nodded and said: "The slave family knows what happened, and the emperor knows even more, but if you can't wait for tomorrow, you and I don't count, you still have to listen to the emperor." ”

Zhang Taiyue took a deep breath and tried to suppress the boredom in his heart.

He suddenly shouted loudly into the Qianqing Palace: "Your Majesty, do you really want to watch our twenty years of hard work come to naught?"

It was forbidden to make noise in the harem, not to mention that it was late at night.

Zhang Taiyue's behavior is tantamount to disobedience, but whether it is the palace guards or Li Jinzhong, everyone's face does not change, as if they have not seen or heard everything that has just happened.

The gate of the Qianqing Palace slowly opened, and an old man walked out.

Li Jinzhong saw that the old man was thinly dressed, so he hurriedly rushed up and said, "Your Majesty, it's cold in the middle of the night, be careful of the dragon's body." ”

The old man waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, he looked at Zhang Taiyue under the steps coldly, and turned around silently.

"Come in. ”

Zhang Taiyue followed the old man and limped in the Qianqing Palace.

The candlelight in the palace is dim at the moment, and only the main hall in the distance seems to be relatively bright, and it can be seen that until just now, the old man was still busy in the main hall.

Zhang Taiyue followed the old man, walked through the corridor with nine rooms, and walked to the white marble pedestal.

The old man walked up alone, but Zhang Taiyue didn't follow.

"What's the matter, Lord Zhang, can't you climb these steps?"

Zhang Taiyue shook his head with a smile and said: "The old minister is not mistaken, this white marble was still Lin Weige's tribute back then, such a big piece, it really shocked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty at that time." ”

The old man ignored Zhang Taiyue's words, walked up to the pedestal and walked into the main hall by himself.

The main hall is brightly lit, and four gilded eaves stand in the middle of the house, which is somewhat dazzling by candlelight.

A Jiangnan satin Bailong screen is erected in the center of the back beam, and a huge plaque is hung on the beam, with gold characters on a red background on the plaque, and four big characters are neatly written: Zhengda Guangming.

Zhang Taiyue looked at the plaque in a daze, and the old man ignored him, and continued to sit on the dragon chair, silently correcting the folds that filled the table.

After a moment of silence, the old man finally finished correcting the few books at hand.

He put down the tribute pen in his hand and gently rubbed his eyes.

This kind of Xuanbi was still only a royal product that the royal family could afford in the previous dynasty, but with the domination of the world by the Great Liang, the people's lives became better, and this kind of Xuanbi slowly spread to the market.

The imperial court has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, unwilling to interfere too much, and over time, it seems that any rich family will have a few rods hidden, and many of them are even better than the one in the emperor's hand.

"Master Zhang, if you have anything, just say it. ”

Zhang Taiyue was stunned for a moment, then clasped his hands and kowtowed, and said softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to stop them?"

As the supreme ruler of the Great Liang, the old man has always been gentle but unsmiling.

But in the face of Zhang Taiyue's question, the old man laughed out loud like an unprecedented.

"Hahahaha, Zhang Taiyue, Zhang Taiyue, I sometimes really wonder if you are old and confused. ”

The old man stood up, walked down the steps, and sat on the ground with his arm around Zhang Taiyue's shoulders, completely ignoring the so-called courtesies of the monarch and ministers.

"Come, come, tell me, who do you want to stop?"

"Chongyoko. ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, then laughed again.

"Stop Chongyangzi? That old man with a bull's nose lived for a hundred years, and when he was born, Da Liang had just raised the flag, and you told me that you wanted to stop him? Tell me, how do you want to stop him?"

Zhang Taiyue's face did not change, and he said solemnly: "Dispatch all the bad ministers, as well as the martial arts masters from all sides who have been collected over the years, to break the kettle." ”

"How sure are you?"

Zhang Taiyue sighed and lowered his head a little ashamedly.

"That man doesn't go out of the mountain, the odds of winning are less than fifty percent. ”

The old man stood up and spread his hands, and said helplessly: "That's not it, then it's a fart, let him go." ”

Zhang Taiyue argued: "Your Majesty, if he goes, it is possible that he will really renew the life of that kid, if this is the case, the world will be in chaos!"

The old man patted his head, as if he was thinking deeply about something, and he asked softly: "Why didn't you chase after the three bad ministers who died in the first place?"

Zhang Taiyue hugged his fists and said: "At that time, the dragon lock array was not broken, and if Lin Anyan was killed, his father might break the cauldron and sink the boat, and he would die with the dragon qi of the Great Liang, and the gains outweighed the losses." What's more, I didn't know Li Bo's life and death at that time, even if the old man was really alive, he couldn't save Lin Anyan. ”

"But now it's different, Chongyangzi is out of the mountain, and the seal left by the national teacher back then may be lifted, and by that time, it's too late to break the lock dragon array. ”

The old man pondered for a while and said, "What if you only break the formation and don't kill people?"

When Zhang Taiyue heard this, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you are gambling on the fortunes of the country! Is it really worth gambling with the whole world and the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty?"

The old man nodded and said softly, "You should know better than me, there are some things that cannot be violated." We have come to this point, and every step has been exhausted, but we still have a dilemma, which is called the Mandate of Heaven. ”

After saying this, the entire Qianqing Palace was silent again.

The two white-haired old men turned their backs to each other, and they both looked at the plaque beside them.

Fair.

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Bai Zitui thought that he had already practiced very hard, and at a young age, he already had the blessings of the internal force of the Seven Heavens.

However, this time he went down the mountain with Master, and he still felt the gap like heaven and earth.

Every time Chongyangzi walked a while, he always had to stop and wait for him for a while, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to catch up with the back of the head of Qingyun Mountain.

"Master, did something big happen to you when you were in such a desperate hurry this time?"

Chongyangzi shook his head and said: "Weishi is racing against time, there is still a year and a half left, and Weishi can't guarantee that he can completely save him." ”

This is the second time that Bai Zitui has heard the elders say that they want to save people in the past two days, and he has always been curious, Qingyun Mountain has been dedicated to the Tao since ancient times, and has never grudged with people, let alone harming people, why Chongyangzi and Li Mo both said that they wanted to save people.

He gasped and cautiously asked, "Master, what kind of immortal is it, I need you to go out of the mountain to help." ”

Chongyangzi looked at the sky, and estimated that it would rain later, so it was better to find an inn to stay overnight.

"Zitui, you have to remember everything that happened on this trip down the mountain, this may be the most important practice on your path to seeking the Dao. ”

Bai Zitui nodded silently and continued all the way north.

At night, the pair of masters and apprentices finally felt Youzhou City.

The sky was already thundering, and seeing that a downpour was about to fall, Chongyangzi took his apprentice and randomly found an inn with lights on.

Pushing open the door, the shopkeeper was already asleep on his stomach behind the counter, and a middle-aged man in a coarse linen robe sat in the corner of the first floor, drinking alone.

Chongyangzi and the man glanced at each other, both stunned.

Bai Zitui only felt that this person seemed to be a little familiar, as if he was a pilgrim from Qingyun Mountain, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Chongyangzi walked to the seat next to the man and sat down, and the man also stood up politely and poured a bowl of wine for him and Baizitui.

"Suppress the cold. ”

Although Qingyun Mountain is a holy place of Taoism, there are not many taboos on weekdays, and Chongyangzi is not polite, so he takes a bowl and drinks it in a big gulp.

"I didn't expect to meet you here. ”

The man smiled innocently, his expression a little unnatural.

After all, sitting in front of him is the Taoist who holds the bull's ear today, and he is a living immortal in the true sense.

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Chongyangzi opened his mouth and asked, "Are you going to Taibai Mountain?"

The man nodded and explained: "Last month, Senior Li sent a letter, saying that An Yan was seriously injured and needed some very special medicine. ”

Hearing the words from the man's mouth, Bai Zitui, who had been standing aside, remembered who this person was.

The largest pilgrim in Qingyun Mountain, the Lin family, the eldest son Lin Anyan, brings people to the mountain all the year round to worship, this person seems to be the personal old servant of the son's brother, named Yuan Yi.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle Yuanyi, I heard that your son-in-law went on a study tour, how could he be injured?"

Yuan Yi scratched his head, as if he didn't know how to explain it.

Chongyangzi poured another big bowl of wine to himself, took a sip, stretched out his hand to Yuan Yi and said, "Give it to me, I'll bring it over." Recently, Jingbei City has not been peaceful, and you can't leave you over there. ”

Yuan Yi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Dao Chief, are you going to Taibai Mountain?"

Chongyangzi nodded and said: "What Qingyun Mountain owes, Qingyun Mountain has to pay back, although I don't dare to guarantee it, I will do my best." ”

Bai Zitui didn't understand why, a man who was not confused in his old age would suddenly cry.

Yuan Yi fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed three times to Chongyangzi, then put a bottle of medicine on the table, picked up a long strip of cloth on the side, and turned around and walked into the storm.

A bolt of lightning pierced the night sky, illuminating the man's face.

I think that when he left the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was still a handsome young man, and in a flash, the corners of his eyes were already full of wrinkles at this moment, and there were many traces of time on his face.

He looked up, unable to tell whether it was tears or rain on his face.

"Childe is saved, Childe is saved!"