Shen Yuanzhong said in a loud voice: "Li Xuandu is the acting sect master, please ascend to the throne and worship!"

Li Xuandu held the bamboo slip in his hand and walked to the throne on the high platform.

At the same time, more than a thousand Taiping Sect disciples entered the square.

More than 1,000 Taiping Sect disciples and more than 1,000 guests who watched the ceremony, adding up to nearly 3,000 people, all looked at Li Xuandu. At this time, Li Xuandu stood in front of the throne symbolizing the position of the sect leader of the Taiping Sect and had a brief pause.

Except for Li Xuandu, no one knew what Li Xuandu was thinking at this time. After pondering for a while, Li Xuandu came back to his senses and was about to ascend the throne.

At this moment, I suddenly heard an old voice from outside the sky, "Wait!"

When the word "and" first came out, the sound seemed to be far away, but when the word "slow" sounded, it was already close to the ear. It seems that the cultivation of the realm of the coming person is extremely high.

Everyone present was surprised, today the Taiping Mountain is full of heroes, and most of the twelve sect masters have come, what kind of formation is this? Even the big wedding of the little heavenly master Yan Feiqing cannot be compared, and even the earth master has sent a congratulatory gift, which one of the blind dares to make trouble at this time? Could it be that he is the last of the four immortal immortals in the immortal realm?

Thinking of this, many people couldn't help but be surprised, how powerful the immortal realm is, from the battle of the earth master's surprise attack on Yunjin Mountain, it can already be seen one or two, if the cloud is in person, in the case of the great heavenly master and the great sword immortal have not been in person, the victory or defeat is very unpredictable.

At this moment, the people who spoke had already come to the Yuanping Square in front of the Taiping Palace, but there were three old men. The first person has a white beard, a high crown and a broad belt, long hair and chest, and a walking stick in his hand, which is as tall as others, and his posture is majestic. The other two old men had gray hair, and they were not angry but threatening.

The three of them walked forward slowly, their faces unchanged under the gaze of thousands. You must know that the people who can come to the Taiping Palace to watch the ceremony today are all accomplished people, and under the gaze of these people, even if they have not deliberately urged the qi, it is also a great majesty invisibly, not to mention that there are Bai Xiusheng, Zhang Haishi, Xiao Shiyu, Wu Zhen, the three real people, and the sight of the Taiping Seven Elders, ordinary masters of the Innate Realm can't bear it, even if they are masters of the True Realm, they have to hold their breath. But these three people were completely unmoved, which showed that their realm cultivation was at least above the realm of heaven and man.

However, these three old men are very face-to-face, and some are unreasonable.

Since he is a great master of the Heavenly and Human Realm, it should be known to everyone in the rivers and lakes, even if it is the ten hall officials of the Yin and Yang Sect, only few people know about it, and there are very few people like these three old men, no one knows it. Isn't it a master of seclusion who has been in retreat for many years? It's just that it doesn't make sense in theory, even if it's a person who is hidden and escaping from the world, it won't come out of nowhere, there must always be a root and a leg, and there must always be some traces on the rivers and lakes, one person doesn't know, two people don't know, ten people don't know, and there can't be thousands of people

I don't know.

Li Xuandu didn't recognize these three people either, but he faintly felt that these three people were not good, and he couldn't help but raise his vigilance in his heart.

At this moment, Zhang Jingxiu jumped off the chair.

The reason why he jumped off instead of getting up was because Zhang Jingxiu, who looked like a child, was too short, sitting on the chair with his feet not touching the ground and not leaning back on the back of the chair, which was really funny.

However, no one present dared to underestimate the child, and as Zhang Jingxiu left the chair, everyone's eyes fell on the child.

Then I heard Zhang Jingxiu speak: "Emperor Wen worships Taoism, Emperor Wu respects Confucianism, since Emperor Wu, Daomen left the temple and returned to the rivers and lakes, today is a grand event in the rivers and lakes, I don't know why the three of them came?"

Ordinary people have not yet recalled the meaning of Zhang Jingxiu's words, and the sect masters and elders present have already understood it. Zhang Jingxiu is talking about the contention between Confucianism and Taoism in the Middle Ages, and in the Middle Ages, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the most prosperous ones were nothing more than Confucianism, Taoism, Moism, and Legalism. The Mohists talked about both love and non-attack, which was contrary to the general trend of great unification, so the Mohists were defeated in the Confucian dispute first. Zu Long was a Dharma user, but because of the law, he was harsh and reckless, and he had to die. After the Red Emperor beheaded the white dragon to establish the country, only Confucianism and Taoism remained, after the death of the Red Emperor, Emperor Hui ascended the throne, Emperor Hui died early, and his relatives made trouble. After the nobles pacified the rebellion of their relatives, Emperor Wen entered Beijing to inherit the unification, and Emperor Wen advocated the ancestors of Taishang Taoism and reused Taoism. The grandson of Emperor Wen is Emperor Wu, the Empress Dowager believes in Taoism, and Emperor Wu favors Confucianism. After the death of the Queen Mother, Emperor Wu took sole power, listened to the advice of Confucianism, deposed the hundred schools, and respected Confucianism alone. From Emperor Wen to Emperor Wu, the dispute between Confucianism and Taoism lasted for nearly a hundred years, until this time, the dispute between Confucianism and Taoism came to a complete end, the temples belonged to Confucianism, and the rivers and lakes returned to Taoism.

Li Xuandu immediately understood that these three old men were not Taoists, but Confucians, no wonder the rivers and lakes had never heard of these three people, just because these three people were not people from the rivers and lakes at all.

The old man at the head bowed to Zhang Jingxiu and said, "What the Great Heavenly Master said is false. There is a way, it is a family affair, a national affair, a world affair, and everything is cared about. Whether it is rivers and lakes, temples or temples, they are all in the world. ”

When Li Xuandu heard this, he turned around and walked off the high platform, and said loudly: "It's a good thing in the world, and you haven't asked for the name of the honorable driver?"

The old man looked at Li Xuandu and said, "The old man's surname is Wen, and his single name is the word 'benevolence'. ”

Li Xuandu immediately knew the identity of this old man, and there were three great sacrificial wines in the Vientiane School Palace, and one of them was surnamed Wen. Li Xuandu hugged his fists and said: "It turned out that Wen Da was here in person, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Wen Ren looked at Li Xuandu slightly and said, "Your Excellency is Mr. Li Xuandu." ”

Li Xuandu nodded and admitted: "Exactly, I don't know what the Great Sacrifice Wine has to say?"

"I don't dare to be taught. Wen Ren said lightly: "I just want to invite Li Xuan."

Don't want to be the sect master of the Taiping Sect, I wonder if Mr. Li can agree?"

Although Li Xuandu had already guessed, he didn't expect Wen Ren to say it so bluntly, secretly thinking in his heart that Confucianism is worthy of being a person who sets rules for the world, and he is really domineering.

Since the monopoly of Confucianism, which one of the moral rules and the Five Ethics of Etiquette and the Five Ethics of Etiquette did not come from the hands of Confucianism? From the emperors and princes to the ordinary people, which one did not abide by the rules of Confucianism? From this point of view, Confucianism is indeed better than Taoism that can only live in the rivers and lakes.

Although Li Xuandu was deeply influenced by Confucianism, it did not mean that he would blindly follow Confucianism, just as he neither fully identified with Li Daoxu nor Zhang Suqing, he had a path that he kept groping.

So Li Xuandu said: "Whether you want to be the suzerain of the Taiping Sect or not, it is entrusted by Mr. Shen Da, and it is a family affair of the Taiping Sect. ”

Wen Ren was not surprised that Li Xuandu refused, he could achieve the position of the big sacrificial wine of the school palace, he would not be a bookworm who was stupid in reading, so he naturally had a response to the rhetoric, he did not answer positively, but said: "Back then in the Vientiane School Palace, the old man was not the big sacrificial wine of the school palace, just an ordinary sacrificial wine, and a gentleman came to the school palace to study, three years later, he took a book and asked about the big sacrificial wine at that time, and asked for advice on the way to save the world and govern the country." Afterwards, the big sacrificial wine made him the sacrificial wine of the school palace. He relied not on realm cultivation, but on a sentence, he said: 'The affairs of the world are not difficult to legislate, but difficult to implement the law. ’”

Li Xuandu was silent.

Wen Ren looked at Li Xuandu and said slowly: "This gentleman is a person from Qizhou, named Li Daoxu, he is a masterpiece, I didn't expect that forty years later, the old man met another Mr. Li on Taiping Mountain." The old man wants to ask Mr. Xiao Li in the words of Mr. Li, how can the law be enforced?"

Li Xuandu didn't know how to answer for a while.

Wen Ren accentuated his tone and said: "The key is the word 'rules', put the rules on people, and do not exceed half a step." Mr. Li served as the suzerain of the Taiping Sect, but he was not in accordance with the rules. ”

Li Xuandu asked rhetorically: "I don't know where the rules are not in order?"

Wen Ren said: "Mr. Li is not a disciple of the Taiping Sect, how can he inherit the position of the sect master of the Taiping Sect?"

Li Xuandu said: "Although I am not a disciple of the Taiping Sect, I am in the same vein as the Taiping Sect and serve the Taiping Dao together. ”

Wen Ren smiled indifferently and said, "The Great Dao Family Decree has a saying: '...... In Shu County, Linqiong County, Qu stopped Chishi City to create a way of Zhengyi Alliance, and heaven and earth coupons, set up twenty-four governance, and distributed Xuanyuan Shiqi to govern the people. The princes don't know the fundamentals, the truth comes out, but they are greedy for the high world, more noble and lowly, violating morality and morality, and wanting to follow people's wishes. People are happy, so that the Taiping yellow scarf is chaotic. Since then, tens of millions of people have died. ’”