After Chu Yunshen roughly recounted how he was captured, Li Xuandu and Qin Su finally understood what happened. At the beginning of this matter, it also starts with the eldest princess Xuanzhen, who was ordered by the Empress Dowager Xie Pheasant to go to Jiangnan to meet Zhao Lianggeng, the governor of Jingchu, and agreed on Zhao Lianggeng's trip to the imperial capital. At the beginning, Zhao Lianggeng did not reply, after all, in the eyes of others, it is too risky to give up the real power of the governor of a place and enter Beijing to be a nominal Zaifu, and it may not be cost-effective. But after the Confucianism led by the Vientiane School Palace began to attack Liaodong, Zhao Lianggeng finally stopped delaying, agreed to it, and put forward five requirements, that is, his henchmen and his son continued to govern the three states of Jingchu, and the imperial court agreed to this request.

No matter how you look at it, Zhao Lianggeng's entry into Beijing is inseparable from Confucianism, Qin Daofang and Zhao Lianggeng had an old relationship in their early years, which is considered an old friend, and he sent a letter to Zhao Lianggeng, wanting to persuade him to change his mind. It was because of this incident that Chu Yunshen secretly came to Chuzhou from Qizhou, and in addition to the letters handed over to Qin Daofang, he himself also acted as a lobbyist. I never thought that the imperial court had already prepared, and sent Qingluanwei to wait in Chuzhou, Chu Yunshen was discovered by Qingluanwei's eyeliner not long after entering Chuzhou, and then set up an ambush, Chu Yunshen was unguarded, was besieged by Qingluanwei, and was finally captured. Qingluanwei was reluctant to make a big deal about it, so he was personally escorted by Ding Ce, preparing to take the sea route, and through the cover of Qingweizong, he escorted Chu Yunshen from under Qin Daofang's nose to the imperial capital.

Li Xuandu did not doubt this statement, if the governors want to grasp the real power, they must cooperate with the local Haoqiang, Qizhou here, the situation is complicated, just like a shrinking Great Wei, the local Haoqiang forces are not monolithic, in addition to Pei, Xiao and other families, there are two major forces: Qingweizong and Sheji Xuegong.

The wrestling between the Qing Weizong and the Sheji Xue Palace made it impossible for several governors of Qizhou to die well, and if they wanted to sit firmly in the position of governor, they had to survive in the gap between the two major forces, impartially. Also because of the battle between the Qingwei Sect and the Sheji School Palace, which led to the success of the Qingyang Sect in Qizhou, if Qizhou only had the Sheji School Palace or only the Qingwei Sect, no one would let the Qingyang Sect make trouble on their own territory, but both sides failed to fully grasp Qizhou, in this case, the two sides were unwilling to compromise their strength to pacify the Qingyang Sect, but instead wanted to lead the water to the east, and use the Qingyang Sect to attack the opponent, making the Qingyang Sect sit big, and the position of the governor of Qizhou became an out-and-out hot potato, but this also gave Qin Daofang a chance, he used the power of the local family to pacify the Qingyang Sect and gain a firm foothold in Qizhou。 However, today's Qin Daofang is far from mastering Qizhou, so it is not difficult for Qingwei Sect to hide from Qin Daofang. However, in this matter, the Sheji School Palace will definitely not be embarrassed by the Qingwei Sect.

After listening to Chu Yunshen's words, Li Xuandu looked at Ding Ce again and asked, "I want to ask Ding Dudu, whose order are you in?"

Ding Ce didn't have any arrogance to speak of, and replied honestly: "Both sides greeted me. ”

Li Xuandu immediately understood that these two sides should refer to the King of Jin and the Queen Mother, so it can be said that in this matter, the Queen Mother and the King of Jin have reached a unity. Things in the world are always divided and combined, and from the perspective of the whole world, it is the Central Plains and the grassland that are competing. Viewed from the Central Plains, it is a dispute between the imperial court and the locality. From the perspective of the imperial court, it is the struggle between the imperial party and the later party. Among the post-party and the imperial party, countless factions were divided, sometimes joining forces, sometimes opposing each other, just

It is like water is impermanent, changing from time to time, if you look at it with old eyes, you will inevitably suffer.

After Li Xuandu rescued Chu Yunshen, he watched Ding Ce and Tang Tingfeng from Ye Chi, and a few people embarked on the trip again and went to the Taiping Sect in Huainan Mansion in Luzhou.

On the next journey, there were no more twists and turns, Li Xuandu and his party arrived at Huainan Mansion on the thirtieth day of the first month, and when they came to the Taiping Inn at the foot of the mountain, they found that it had been completely renewed, with black tiles and white walls, square directions, a big flag, and the words "Taiping Inn" were written on it. However, at this time, the inn did not welcome guests, only Shen Changsheng was waiting for Li Xuandu and the others here.

At the beginning, Mrs. Lu took Shen Changsheng to see Li Xuandu, she took the extremely precious crane in the Taiping Sect, and its flying speed was not inferior to that of the Great Grandmaster of the Heavenly and Human Realm, while Li Xuandu and the others only walked on foot, and brought Ding Ce and Tang Tingfeng, two captives, and they didn't walk fast, so Mrs. Lu and Shen Changsheng had already come back first.

After Shen Changsheng saw Li Xuandu, he told Li Xuandu that Mrs. Lu invited him to go to the Tianji Palace to talk about it and guide Li Xuandu.

The whole Taiping Mountain is continuous, all of which are the private property of the Taiping Sect, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there are many stone steps and mountain roads, criss-crossed, and the end points are different. Li Xuandu's tenure as the head of the Taiping Sect is still short, and most of the time he has been running around, he is not familiar with the Taiping Sect, and he only knows the way up the mountain to the Taiping Palace, and the other paths have not been walked much. Instead of walking up the mountain road, the group took a deserted path and climbed up the stone steps in the mountains. After walking for about an hour, the continuous terraced rice fields can be faintly seen. After another journey, the mountain road gradually became steeper, undulating along the mountain, rugged and difficult, and finally came to a cliff, where there was a huge hanging basket, the size of an ordinary carriage, with iron locks attached to the top of the hanging basket, leading up to the mist.

When a group of people walked into the hanging basket, they heard the sound of the mechanism accompanied by "click", and the hanging basket began to rise slowly.

The hanging basket kept rising, Qin Su was quite curious, looked up, only to see the white mist, after a while, he could see the clouds floating overhead, and after a while, he was in the clouds and mist, looking down, but seeing the white expanse, he couldn't see anything. This reminded her of the scene when she and Li Xuan both climbed down from the cliff of Shan Lao Peak that day, and it was also so impossible to go up to the world and not touch the ground, Li Xuan at that time couldn't move, and was carried by Qin Su, it was the first time Qin Su was so close to a man since he remembered, and now in retrospect, he still remembers it vividly, as if it happened yesterday.

After a long time, the hanging basket stopped. It has come to the top of the mountain, the first thing that catches your eye is a huge archway made of white jade, the four golden characters on the archway are "Taiping worry-free", but compared with the archway in front of the Taiping Palace, whether it is the scale or the momentum, it is much worse.

It was not the first time Qin Su had come to the Taiping Sect, but it was the first time she had come here, she raised her eyes and found that there was a huge ship not far away, ten zhang high, which was slowly rotating and circulating. There are many long unicorn arms connected to the giant ship, and I don't know where it leads.

Qin Su pointed to the giant ship and asked curiously, "What is that?"

Li Xuandu also saw it for the first time, and heard Chu Yunshen say: "That's called the Heavenly Machine Wheel, and we can come up in the hanging basket because of this thing." It's just this thing

The role is much more than that, there are a total of nine heavenly wheels in the mountain, which maintain the operation of the entire Taiping Mountain. ”

Li Xuandu was stunned, and then remembered that Chu Yunshen used the Taiping Sect's peerless "Wanhua Finger Winding Sword" to repel Han Yinyue, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chu is also a member of the Taiping Sect?"

Chu Yunshen smiled bitterly, "Let's just sort it out." ”

After passing the torii, there is a straight stone road, and then there is an extremely long and extremely long staircase, these steps made of unknown material are not static, and are divided into two parts, one moving upwards and one downwards, as long as you stand on the top of the steps, you don't have to take a step, you will go up and down with the steps under your feet. From the bottom of the stairs, there was a clear "click" sound. Through the gap between the steps, it can be seen that the large and small gears are constantly turning.

This time, Li Xuandu and Qin Su were not so surprised, the Taiping Sect's mastery of the art of organs was not a secret thing in the rivers and lakes, since Chu Yunshen had already broken through the key, although they didn't understand the details, they could also understand the general principle.

After the steps, at the end is a magnificent palace, carved beams and painted buildings, with white as the main color, like the heavenly palace. In front of the door, there is a huge sundial and a huge drip, measuring the time. On the door of the palace, a plaque is hung on the three words "Tianji Palace". At this time, Mrs. Lu stood at the door to greet everyone.

Mrs. Lu and Chu Yunshen obviously knew each other for a long time, and after meeting, Mrs. Lu's expression was complicated, "Senior Brother Chu." ”

"Senior Sister Lu. Chu Yunshen let out a long sigh, "On that day, the sect decided to close the mountain, and I didn't agree with this move, so I left the Taiping Sect alone, wanting to apply what I had learned to the world, and vowed never to return to the Taiping Sect until the day when the world was peaceful, but I never thought that I would not be able to keep my oath in the end."

Li Xuandu smiled: "It turned out to be a family." ”

Mrs. Lu looked at Ding Ce and Tang Tingfeng and asked, "Sect Master, who are these two?"

Li Xuandu said: "These two are Qingluan Weizhong, with bad intentions, they were captured by me, and they have been sealed and cultivated. If there is a place of imprisonment in this place, ask the lady to keep him in custody for the time being, and order someone to keep him under strict supervision. ”

Mrs. Lu said solemnly: "Sect Master, rest assured, the organs of the Taiping Sect may not be worse than Tangjiabao, and there is a secret prison under the Tianji Palace, which can imprison them here." ”

Li Xuandu nodded. Madame Lu immediately ordered Shen Changsheng to take Yechi to the secret prison, and she invited the three of them to enter the Heavenly Machine Palace.

The Tianji Hall is paved with black marble, like a mirror, which can reflect the shadow of a person. The dome is a star map, and I don't know what kind of material it is made of, the big and small stars not only emit a faint light, but also move slowly according to a certain pattern. This place is owned by Mr. Shen Da, Li Xuandu has never come, if it were not for Mrs. Lu's invitation, he would never have set foot in half a step.

There are seats in the hall, and after they are seated, Mrs. Lu said directly: "Sect Master, the reason why I let Changsheng go down the mountain to welcome you, not to go to the Taiping Palace but to come to the Tianji Palace, is that there is something to be handed over to the sect master, and this thing is stored in the Tianji Palace, and the second is that in the few days I left, the situation in the sect has changed. ”

Li Xuandu asked, "What's the change?"

Mrs. Lu said softly: "Zhang Jingshen is a guest in the sect. ”