Early in the morning of the second day, Li Xuandu got up early, came to the back garden, and found that there was an old man standing next to Yan Feiqing's paddy field at some point.

Li Xuandu was stunned, stepped forward, and saluted, "I've seen the Great Heavenly Master." ”

The person who came was none other than the Lord of Zhengyi, the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu, and it was not an incarnation outside the body, but a deity who came in person.

"The Purple Mansion doesn't have to be polite. Zhang Jingxiu didn't turn around, "This rice field is a mysterious servant?"

Li Xuandu replied: "Hui Great Heavenly Master, it was Brother Xuanji who opened it up with his own hands. ”

"He has a heart. Zhang Jingxiu still looked at the rice field, "This land is a fertile land, but why are these rice seedlings so scarce?"

When Li Xuandu came yesterday, there were many grasses and green seedlings in this field, but it was not as said in the poems of the ancients, "grass is full of beans and seedlings are scarce". Zhang Jingxiu is not Qin Su and Su Yuncheng, the two eldest ladies are not familiar with farming, Zhang Jingxiu is much older than the two combined, but there are few things in this world that he does not know.

Li Xuan didn't hide it for Yan Feiqing, "Brother Xuanji is new to farming, and there are some things that he doesn't understand, which is also reasonable. ”

At this moment, Yan Feiqing, who was dressed in coarse cloth, also came over, and after seeing Zhang Jingxiu, he was stunned at first, and then his heart was sour, and then he thought of kneeling down, "Yan Feiqing is expected to meet his teacher." ”

Hearing Yan Feiqing's voice, Zhang Jingxiu turned around, looked at Yan Feiqing, and said, "It's a mystery." ”

Yan Feiqing knelt on the ground, "It's a disciple." ”

Zhang Jingxiu was silent for a moment, without joy or sorrow, the real calm of an old man who has experienced vicissitudes of life, and then slowly spoke: "What do you do on your knees, get up, get up quickly, stand and talk." ”

"Yes. Yan Feiqing kowtowed, stood up, and looked at Zhang Jingxiu fixedly.

Zhang Jingxiu also looked at him, and was silent again, Yan Feiqing didn't know where to start, and the master and apprentice were silent together.

"How have you been doing?" Finally Zhang Jingxiu asked first.

Yan Feiqing bowed his head and said, "Everything is fine, thanks to the care of Ai Yun, Zifu and Bai Juan are also very concerned about their disciples. ”

Zhang Jingxiu sighed, "That's good, that's good." ”

Yan Feiqing didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Jingxiu glanced at the paddy field behind him and said, "Planting beans in the south of the mountain, the grass is full of beans and seedlings. Morningside is desolate, and returns with the moon and lotus. ”

Yan Feiqing said: "This is the "Returning to the Pastoral Home" made by Mr. Jingjie after his resignation in ancient times. ”

Zhang Jingxiu said: "This first half of the poem is given to you, you can settle down after the great changes, instead of rushing for quick success, or being negative and decadent, which shows that your self-cultivation over the years has not been in vain." ”

Yan Feiqing took a deep look: "Master has won the award." ”

"The road is narrow and the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew stains my clothes. It is not a pity to stain the clothes, but the wish is not violated. Zhang Jingxiu looked at Li Xuandu again, "This second half of the poem is given to Zifu, and the poor Dao knows what Zifu wants." ”

Li Xuandu seemed to understand Zhang Jingxiu's intention of chanting this poem, and sighed in his heart, "Didn't the Great Heavenly Master arrive the day after tomorrow? ”

Zhang Jingxiu said with a smile: "Don't be poor."

If you arrive one day earlier, you will be able to find time to meet your disciples, and tomorrow, with so many people around, it will be difficult to say a lot of things. ”

Li Xuandu hesitated slightly, and said, "I don't know if the Great Heavenly Master knows about the affairs of Shen Yuanzhong, Xu Feibai, and Yu Xian of the Taiping Sect?"

Zhang Jingxiu nodded, "I already know about Zhang Jingshen's matter, I will deal with it, please rest assured that Zifu is." ”

Since Zhang Jingxiu said this, Li Xuandu didn't say much, and instead said: "Regarding this peace negotiation, I wanted to talk about many things tomorrow, but I saw the Great Heavenly Master today, so it is better to ......."

"No hurry, no hurry. Zhang Jingxiu interrupted him, "Although official business is important, the Purple Mansion always has to give our master and apprentice a little time to catch up." ”

Li Xuandu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's Xuandu Meng Lang, then Xuandu will say goodbye first, and greet the Great Heavenly Master tomorrow in the Qian Family Courtyard." ”

Zhang Jingxiu made a simplified statement, "The poor road is not sent." ”

Li Xuandu turned around and left, and happened to meet Su Yuncheng and Qin Su halfway through, Qin Su smiled and said, "Sister Su's guess is really good, you two went to serve that paddy field early in the morning." ”

Li Xuandu said: "It's the Great Heavenly Master who has arrived, Su Su and I won't bother, let's see you tomorrow." ”

Su Yuncheng's face changed slightly, and she said, "Since the Great Heavenly Master has arrived, then I have to go over to pay a visit, and I can't send the guests off." ”

Li Xuandu waved his hand, "It's okay, Aiyun will go by himself." ”

Su Yuncheng hurriedly saluted the two of them and walked quickly to the back garden.

......

There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain. Da Bao En Temple covers a vast area, which can be called the most in the south of the Yangtze River, and if you walk through the entire temple on foot, it will take three hours to say the least. There is a river channel dug artificially in the temple, called the Perfume River, traversing the north and south, taking this river as the boundary, dividing the Great Bao'en Temple into two halves before and after, only the front temple is open to the outside world, the whole back temple is to refuse pilgrims and tourists, only the famous scholar Confucian, the Buddhist monk can enter. At the beginning, Qin Xiang was conspired against and was imprisoned here.

Two men dressed as scribes walked slowly along the bank of the Perfume River, one of them was dressed in stone blue clothes, his face did not seem to be confused about his age, but his temples were already white, and his temperament was elegant, and the other was on the spring and autumn period, not to mention the age of the sixtieth year, he seemed to be a little afraid of cold, and he couldn't bear the cold of this spring.

The Confucian man stopped, looked at the perfume river and smiled: "You came back three days early, presumably there are already results in Zhongzhou." ”

The middle-aged Confucian praised: "Sir, he is clever. ”

The Confucian Crane smiled and said: "What kind of clever calculation, Mr. Shen Da of the Taiping Sect is known as the first person in the world, but has he ever calculated that he will be reduced to the fate of being a prisoner?

The middle-aged Confucian said with a smile: "Even if it is not a clever calculation, it depends on Mr.'s strategy." ”

The Crane Confucian glanced at him lightly.

The middle-aged Confucian suddenly restrained his smile, half-lowered his head and was silent.

The Confucian Crane asked, "Tell me, what is the result?"

Only then did the middle-aged Confucian cautiously say: "The result of the debate of the king is out, Ning Da sacrificed the wine and lost,

However, it was not lost to the other two Great Sacrificial Wines, nor to the Great Sacrificial Wines of several other university palaces, but to Shi Zongxi. ”

"That little girl?" Crane Confucius was slightly stunned, "It's interesting, Ning Qi doesn't want to be a hero, but he wants to create a situation." ”

The middle-aged Confucian was slightly stunned, and asked softly, "What does the teacher mean by this?"

The Confucian smiled and said, " The three sects, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but no matter which religion, in fact, is a copper furnace, the fire in the copper furnace is blazing, these old people are already burning most of the firewood, if it is burned to ashes, the flame in the copper furnace will be extinguished, this is the major event of destroying the sect and destroying the door, so when the old firewood is not extinguished, it is necessary to add new firewood to the stove, use the fire of the old firewood to dry the moisture of the new firewood, and then ignite it, and when the old firewood is extinguished, the new firewood has also begun to burn, and the fire in the copper furnace will not be extinguished, which is the passing of the torch. ”

The middle-aged Confucian said respectfully: "Thank you for your doubts." ”

Crane Confucian smiled faintly, "Ning Qi gave his reputation to Shi Zongxi, Shi Zongxi's future road may not be easy to walk, there is a Li Xuandu here in the Daomen, to let the sun and the moon change the sky, because of Zhang Suqing, many people in the Confucian Sect have a good impression of him, if he really let him negotiate the peace between the two families, the next thing is the unification of good and evil, a complete Daomen, this 'sun and moon for a new day' is not an empty word." ”

The middle-aged Confucian was shocked.

The Confucian retracted his gaze and looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "Everything in the world is done by people, the so-called general trend of the world is actually human power, rather than exhausting efforts to pursue the unpredictable, unknowable providence of heaven, it is better to grasp the hearts of the people in front of you, and push things with the hearts of the people, then the general trend is in the hands, invincible, and the hearts of the people are the hearts of heaven." ”

The middle-aged Confucian hesitated for a moment, but still didn't speak after all. Others don't know, but he knows that his teacher's means are the best at guessing and grasping people's hearts, and he rarely misses, so he can always anticipate the enemy's opportunities, which is almost comparable to Mr. Shen Da of the Taiping Sect, who has the ability to predict the future.

The Confucian Crane said slowly: "There are priorities, Wang Bazhi's argument is almost here, and it will be too late to continue, and it will not be able to scare those Liaodong barbarians, so you can let it go first." The most important thing at the moment is the Jiangnan side, if my expectations are right, Zhang Jingxiu has arrived, and it will be difficult to set off any waves in Jinling Mansion. In this way, you can only use some thoughts on the side of Qingwei Sect. This so-called Jianghu is a stage, everyone else is a spectator below, Li Xuan is a corner on the stage, I just don't know if he can hold the shelf and suppress many spectators in the audience. ”

Hearing that his teacher compared Li Xuandu to a ninth-rate actor, this Jiangnan celebrity couldn't help but smile.

The Confucian continued to command: "In this world, there are always a few people who will surprise you, Xu Wugui is one, Li Daoxu on the side of the Qingwei Sect is unpredictable, and he can be regarded as one, and it is difficult to do something under his nose." Find a way to meet Li Yuanying or Gu Yusheng in Dijing and hand over that thing to him. It's really not good, Li Daoxu's little apprentice Li Taiyi can also do it. Of course, it is better to be Li Yuanying. ”

The middle-aged Confucian priest said respectfully: "Obey the master's orders." ”

The Confucian looked at the crystal dew on the grass and trees beside the road, and smiled lightly: "The road is narrow and the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew stains my clothes." It is not a pity to stain the clothes, but the wish is not violated. ”