Although Li Xuan doesn't hate the palace officials, he doesn't like her either, the reason is that this woman doesn't see her true temperament, she is happy, angry, sad, happy, people don't know how true or false, just like a flower with thorns, and this thorn is still hidden, unlike some flowers, directly brighten the thorns, making people stop, and the palace officials will be stinged when they have to let people touch them, so Li Xuan has always been respectful of her.

At this time, seeing that the palace official was deep in thought, Li Xuandu didn't want to say much, so he fell back directly, leaned back on the back of the chair, and covered his face with a book by the way, which is similar to the palace official's like to cover his face with a folding fan.

But Li Xuandu didn't want to pay attention to the palace officials, and the palace officials became more and more interested, like an uneducated bear child, who had to go against you and do it against you. At this time, when she came back from her contemplation and looked at Li Xuandu's appearance, her eyes turned around, she thought about it, and said, "Zifu, let me ask you a question, okay?"

Li Xuandu was silent for a moment, and slowly moved the book covering his face downward, revealing his eyes: "What's the problem?" ”

The palace official smiled and said: "Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the Purple Mansion is close to Confucianism. Then I would like to ask Zifu a question about Confucianism, and I hope that Zifu will not hesitate to advise. ”

Li Xuandu thought about it, took away the book on his face, and said, "Ask." ”

The palace official smiled slyly: "People in the rivers and lakes say that Zifu is a righteous person, if one day, Mr. Zhang Haishi, the second senior brother closest to Zifu, kills innocents indiscriminately, leaving countless blood debts, and Zifu is the first person in the world at that time, invincible in the world, what will you do?"

Li Xuandu was stunned, was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "The palace girl is testing me, Yasheng once deduced this kind of question: In ancient times, there was a benevolent holy king, and his father was a foolish man of great evil, and asked, how should the holy king deal with his father's murder? Yasheng's answer was: There is no way to deal with it, because Confucianism pays attention to the concealment of relatives, and before good and evil, first talk about morality, and there is no great righteousness to destroy relatives. This is the sentence that countless Confucian scholars often hang on their lips, parents who are omnipresent in the world, and monarchs who are omnipresent in the world, are also innocent if they are wrong. This is the reason why the courtiers can only persuade the king, if the courtiers commit a crime, even if it is for the sake of the world, it is also a disorder, and it is a great rebellion. ”

The palace official's eyes lit up, but he was a little admired, and said: "This question was once mentioned to me by Mr. Zhang Luanshan, but I didn't expect Zifu to be able to see through it at a glance." It's just that Zifu hasn't answered me yet, what will you do? ”

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Second senior brother, to me, the eldest brother is like a father. If I kill the second senior brother, this is not the Confucian principle, this is the Mo family's way of love. If I make amends by repenting of my sins and doing good deeds, I will transcend the soul of the dead, seek the ghosts and gods, and pay attention to the merits and blessings of the next life, which is falling into the trap of Buddhism, and it is also not the principle of Confucianism. To practice the principles of Confucianism, you can only let it go, because there are parents in the world. ”

Li Xuandu shook his head and said to himself: "The sage is said to be benevolent, and the sub-sage is said to be righteous." Benevolence is always moral, and righteousness is divided into relatives. Ethics: Monarchs, fathers and sons, teachers and students, husbands and wives, friends. It is righteous for a retainer to sacrifice his family for the king, it is righteous for a child to kill for his parents, it is righteous for a student to avenge his teacher, it is righteous for a wife to protect her husband, and it is also righteous for a friend to protect a friend who is guilty. Where righteousness lies, although tens of millions of people go to me. So in this matter, the Confucian principle does not work. Although the later Confucian masters had a distinction between great righteousness and small righteousness, it was still imperfect and difficult to justify, so not only did I not work, but even if the great sacrificial wine of the three Confucian palaces came, or the resurrection of Yasheng himself, it still didn't work. ”

The palace official smiled and said, "What should the Purple Mansion do?"

Li Xuandu smiled: "Miss Gong wants to mess with my state of mind? I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." Although I admire the doctrine of Confucianism, the root is still on the side of our Taoism, so I naturally have to deal with it according to the methods of our Taoism, and take my second senior brother away from the world. ”

The palace official finally showed a smile that had succeeded in his treacherous scheme: "Taishang Daozu once had a saying that 'heaven and earth are unkind and all things are dogs', and there are also many cold-eyed words in the Tao Te Ching, which shows that our Taoists are benevolent and unkind, affectionate and ruthless. At that time, the Daomen was divided into two for the north and south, and the inhumanity and ruthlessness of Taoism were inherited and carried forward by the ten sects of our North Daomen, and the founding patriarch of our Beidaomen had a saying of 'not doing anything to benefit the world, and not taking a body from the world'. Although Zifu escaped from the Confucian trap, it entered my north gate from the south gate. ”

This was really unexpected by Li Xuandu, and he was stunned for a long time before he spoke: "The north and south Daomen are the same as the Taishang Dao Ancestor, and it is not surprising that they have something in common. ”

The palace official laughed: "Having said that, you have lost." ”

Li Xuandu had no choice but to admit: "In this matter, it is indeed the North Daomen who has a better way to deal with it. ”

The palace official said a little proudly: "In fact, what the people in the rivers and lakes do is the truth of our North Daomen, forgetting benevolence and righteousness, separating relatives and relatives, and uniting good and evil, so this Jianghu is also the rivers and lakes of Daomen after all, but it has nothing to do with Confucianism." ”

Li Xuandu couldn't help but ask, "This is also what Zhang Luanshan taught you?"

The palace official smiled and groaned, "You guess?"

"I don't guess. Li Xuandu shook his head and said.

The palace official leaned closer to his face: "Are you jealous?"

Li Xuandu raised the book with both hands, separated it from it, and then said: "First, you and Zhang Luanshan have nothing to do with me; ”

At this time, a little maid pushed the door in, and when she saw this scene, she instantly blushed and stood in place, at a loss.

The palace official who was about to tease Li Xuandu was in a bad mood, straightened up, and said coldly: "Do you understand the rules, and break in without knocking?"

Nominally, the palace official is still the leader of a group of maids, and the little maid naturally does not dare to disobey the "personal big maid" beside this young lady, and lowers her head, there are tears in her eyes.

Fortunately, Li Xuandu relieved her and took the initiative to ask, "What's the matter?"

"Go back, go back to the housekeeper. The little maid stammered, "Childe asked you to come over." ”

Li Xuandu put down the book in his hand: "I know, you go down." ”

The little maid was about to retreat as if she had been amnestied, when she suddenly heard the palace official say, "What did you see just now?"

The little maid spoke even more inconveniently: "I, I, I don't see anything." ”

The palace official said with a straight face: "It's your blessing not to see it! Remember to knock on the door next time." ”

The little maid answered and hurriedly exited the room.

Li Xuandu glanced at the palace official, got up and left the cabin, and came to the second floor from the stairs, where the view was wide and the river could be viewed.

At this time, on the second floor, in addition to the husband and wife of Yan Feiqing and Su Yuncheng, as well as a few maids who were in charge of serving, there was only Song Fuchen, the conscientious leader of the guard.

After Li Xuandu, who was dressed in green cloth, went upstairs, he coughed lightly: "What does the son command?"

Yan Feiqing turned around, only to see that he was dressed in a moon-white robe, with gold wire trim inlays, square-headed cloud shoes with black lines on a white background, a jade belt inlaid with jade, a white jade crown, and a folding fan with ivory as the fan bone in his hand.

Yan Feiqing, who was beside Yan Feiqing, was dressed in a white dress, holding an embroidered fan in his hand, and his temperament was very different from usual, although he was still dignified and elegant, but he was a little weak and cowardly in his dignity, like a weak willow supporting the wind, where was there still the demeanor of a man who did not lose in the past. No one would associate the two in front of them with Little Heavenly Master and Great Fairy Su.

Yan Feiqing smiled and said, "If you walk a little further, you will be eight hundred miles of Yunmengze, but where is there to stay?"

Since it is a play, it is necessary to make a full set, Li Xuandu hurriedly said: "Hui Gongzi, there is a mountain in Yunmeng Lake, called Dongting Mountain. "Xiangfei Temple Notes" said: "Dongting covers one of the immortal caves, and it is the court of Dongting, so it is called Dongting." Hereafter it is known for its vast ocean, its great floods, and its lack of gain. Chunyang Lu Zu Shiyun: 'The people who entered Yueyang three times did not know, and Lang Yin flew over Dongting Lake. That's where it comes from. ”

Yan Feiqing looked at Su Yuncheng and asked, "Then let's go to Dongting Mountain?"

Su Yuncheng said softly: "Okay, it's all up to your arrangement." ”

Yan Feiqing ordered: "Go to Dongting Mountain." ”

Song Fuchen immediately bowed down to receive the order.