Chapter Seventy-Seven: To the Inn Again
Li Xuandu went on the road alone and headed for Taiping Mountain. However, if he wanted to see Mrs. Lu, it was not good to show people in this outfit again, so Li Xuandu found an uninhabited temple, took off the Baihua spiritual face, changed the Qingluanwei official uniform, black yarn, soap boots, and jade belt on his body, and changed into a stone blue regular dress with the texture of Yunjin in Jinling Mansion, covered with a black crane, tied his hair with an ink-colored jade crown, and stepped on the cloud head boots, changing from Qingluanwei Liu Zongguo back to Li Xuandu.
In fact, Li Xuandu didn't pay so much attention to dressing, when he was Mr. Four in the past, he had a special person in charge, but later he was down, and there was no need to be poor. Later, when he left Qingwei Sect, Li Xuandu was in a lot of trouble, and he didn't have the energy to be distracted by these things. However, the woman is careful, Qin Su specially bought several similar outfits for him, after all, when he goes out, he has to socialize, and it is always difficult to come to the door in rags. Although there are similar characters in the rivers and lakes, or ragged, or unkempt, mavericks, such as Shen Yuanzhou of the Taiping Sect, but most of these people are old, and they are suspected of relying on the old and selling the old, and Li Xuan is a character who wants to be the master of a sect, and he is young, if he acts like this, it will inevitably give people a sense of frivolity and impetuousness, so Li Xuandu must establish a system in everything to be prestigious.
After changing his clothes, Li Xuandu went directly to Taiping Mountain against the wind, with fluttering sleeves, but he was like a fairy.
Half an hour later, Li Xuandu came to the location of the Taiping Inn in his memory, and slowly descended, but saw that the door was locked, and there was no half of a figure. Li Xuandu pondered a little and groaned, and flew directly into the hospital,
Li Xuandu looked around, only to see that the stable was empty, the tree stump where Shen Changsheng often sat was still there, but there was a layer of dust, it was no longer clean, and there were some deciduous weeds in the courtyard, which was obviously uninhabited for a period of time, and it was roughly estimated that it should be about the same time as Mr. Shen Da left Taiping Mountain. In other words, before Mr. Shen Da left Taipingshan, he had expected that there would be danger on this trip, so he made arrangements in advance.
Since this is the case, Li Xuandu's confidence is a little stronger. After all, Mr. Shen Da can't entrust the suzerain to himself on the one hand, and at the same time arrange in advance to obstruct himself, as for the checks and balances on the suzerain, there must be, but this is all reasonable, Li Xuandu does not fully expect the Taiping Sect to succeed, he also has the Qingping Society and the Taiping Inn, especially the Taiping Inn, this is the foundation of his life, even if there is no matter entrusted by Mr. Shen Da to the Taiping Sect, Li Xuandu will follow his own plan step by step, slowly Tuzhi, the Taiping Sect just accelerated the process, it is a surprise, but it is not essentialγ
Li Xuandu glanced at the door lock, it was just an ordinary door lock, and no formation prohibition was added, Li Xuandu stretched out a finger, spit out a subtle breath from the fingertips, extending from the keyhole, ordinary thieves unlock the lock, and it takes a lot of hands and feet, but the gas machine is amorphous, amorphous, and can be changed at will. It's just that this kind of means is not powerful, but it requires the use of qi to be very ingenious, and it is not possible for a master of the advanced innate realm or the true realm to be true, but the master of the true realm really wants to open the lock, as long as he pulls it lightly, it is enough to tear off the iron lock, where does it need to be so complicated, what can really stop the master of the true realm, or the formation. Like Li Xuandu, there are only a handful of people who open the lock like this.
Pushing open the door of the inn and walking into the lobby, Li Xuandu suddenly felt cold all over his body, and then his eyes suddenly changed, no longer the scene of an ordinary inn lobby, but a place similar to a study. Of course, this is just a phantom, similar to the projection of the moon in the well and the flower in the water, which can be seen, but cannot be touched.
Li Xuandu immediately knew in his heart that when Mrs. Lu left the Taiping Inn, she did not leave a formation on the door, but left a formation in the lobby of the inn, as long as someone opened the door of the inn, this formation would be touched.
At this time, the study was empty, and after a while, the owner of the study was late, and sat behind the bookcase, as if he had just noticed that the formation of the inn had been touched, and the person who came was Mrs. Lu.
Today's Mrs. Lu could not hide her haggard look, and there was a little sadness in her eyes, thinking that she already knew about Mr. Shen, after all, the Taiping Sect has always been known for being well-informed, and there is no reason not to know about its own sect master.
After Mrs. Lu saw that it was Li Xuandu, her grief was even heavier, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
Li Xuandu thought to himself: "Now that Mr. Shen Da is uncertain, everything must be thought of for the good, and Mr. Shen Da cannot be regarded as having been killed, so it is naturally difficult to say that he is mourning, but he can fall into the hands of the earth master, but he is also more auspicious and less auspicious, it is really difficult to consol, I really don't know what to say." β
After a while, Mrs. Lu collected her mood and slowly said, "It's Mr. Li who has arrived." β
Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment and said, "Madame doesn't have to be so angry, let's call me Zifu." β
Mrs. Lu nodded: "I already know the intention of the Purple Mansion, but I don't know what the Purple Mansion plans to do?"
Li Xuan didn't rush to answer, but took out the Taiping coin that Mr. Shen Da gave him at the beginning, sandwiched it between his fingers, and asked, "Madame, do you remember this thing?"
Mrs. Lu stared for a moment and then nodded, "Naturally, I remember, this is a hexagram he gave you." β
Li Xuan held this Taiping coin in the palm of his hand, starting from his trip to the Dazhen Mansion to watch the ceremony, talking about Mr. Shen Da's use of this Taiping coin to convey the message, and then to his aid to Mr. Shen Da, the "Ten Thousand Corpses of Great Venerable" of the old man, Li Shixing's sneak attack, and the arrival of Bai Xiuyi, no matter how big or small, come together.
After listening to this, Mrs. Lu said: "I know what the people of the Purple Mansion are, and this Taiping coin can't be faked, so I naturally believe it." Li Xuandu said: "This is the best." β
Mrs. Lu's words changed: "However, it is not appropriate for the Purple Mansion to use the Zhengyi Sect to build momentum. β
Li Xuandu was silent for a moment, did not argue for himself, but said: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, and I hope that Mrs. will be considerate." β
Mrs. Lu glanced at Li Xuandu deeply and said, "I thought that the Purple Mansion wanted to say that this matter was the idea of the Great Heavenly Master, and you also had to act according to your orders." β
Li Xuandu said calmly: "It is indeed the strategy of the Great Heavenly Master, I have no objection, so I naturally acquiesce." β
Mrs. Lu sighed: "Zifu is so honest, it makes me feel at ease." If the Purple Mansion is such a scheming city person, I would have to think about it carefully. β
Li Xuandu thought for a while and said, "I came here to ask my wife's opinion on this matter."
"At this time, does my opinion still matter?" Mrs. Lu asked rhetorically, "The Great Heavenly Master has already arranged everything, is his arm twisted over his thigh?"
Li Xuandu was silent for a moment and said, "If you put aside the Great Heavenly Master, just in terms of Mr. Shen's decision, what does Madam think?"
Mrs. Lu said: "He is the sect master, so naturally he will act according to his wishes." β
"Madam!" Li Xuandu slightly aggravated his tone: "Xuandu is here, not to bully the weak, nor to be a villain, but to consult Madame's opinion, hoping to communicate with Madame and reach a balance on this matter, in order to come up with a method of both, combining is beneficial to both sides, and dividing is two injuries, Madame must not ignore it." β
Then Li Xuandu slowed down his tone again, and said softly: "Madame's mood, I can understand it, after all, Mr. Shen Da is now unpredictable, but I, an outsider, want to inherit the sect master of the Taiping Sect, which is really unkind." It's just that Mrs. should also know that things are in a hurry, and now the dispute between good and evil is about to break out, the situation is unpredictable, and time is running out, so the Great Heavenly Master will make this decision, and I also hope that Mrs. will be calm and not rash for the sake of the Taiping Sect and the righteous path of the rivers and lakes, and also in order to save Mr. Shen Da. β
Mrs. Lu closed her eyes and was silent for a long time before she opened her eyes and said, "What Zifu said is extremely true, I lost my temper." β
Li Xuandu said: "Madam, Xuandu is here with sincerity, if the Taiping Sect is against me as the sect master, then I will not force it, just retreat." β
Mrs. Lu asked: "Although the position of the sect master of the Taiping Sect is not as good as that of the sect masters of the Zhengyi Sect and the Qingwei Sect, it is also considered to be among the best among the twelve sects of the righteous path, and the Purple Mansion is really willing to do it?"
Li Xuandu said: "Power comes from below, not from above, whether the sect master can hold great power does not depend on the empty name of a sect master, but on whether the people below support it." If the Taiping Sect doesn't support me, even if I become the sect master, I'm just a puppet, so what's there to be reluctant to. β