The two of them didn't last long, and they heard footsteps and talking in the distance. Qin Su subconsciously wanted to leave Li Xuandu's arms, but Li Xuandu didn't let go at this time, Qin Su was ashamed, gently slapped Li Xuandu's chest, and whispered: "Let go of me." ”

Li Xuandu joked: "People who want to get married, are they still afraid that men and women will not be able to kiss?"

Qin Su's face turned red, and he didn't dare to reprimand loudly, so he could only beg in a low voice, "Don't make trouble, if you let that girl Xiaoyu see it, I won't want to raise my head in front of her." ”

Li Xuandu was finally willing to let go of Qin Su, Qin Su hurriedly tidied up his clothes that were not actually messy, carefully smoothed out every tiny wrinkle, combed his hair with his hands, and finally took a deep breath to make his face not so red.

Li Xuandu suddenly understood why Qin Su liked to wear a mask before, and after wearing a mask, no one could see that she was blushing.

After a short time, Hu Liang and Zhao Yu walked over together, and after a long distance, they heard Zhao Yu say: "I said a long time ago, Sister Qin must have come to see her fiancé." ”

Qin Su secretly glared at Li Xuandu, showing his foresight.

Li Xuandu took Qin Su's hand and took the initiative to greet him.

There were too many outsiders present, and Li Xuandu didn't even have time to say a few words to these close friends. Seeing Hu Liang, Li Xuandu took out the "Great Grandmaster" and threw it back to him.

Hu Liang caught the "Great Grandmaster" and was a little surprised, because when he handed over the "Great Grandmaster" to Li Xuandu, he had already decided that most of the knives would not come back, but now it was a big surprise for him to return to Zhao.

Li Xuan knew what Hu Liang was thinking, and explained: "This knife was indeed almost taken away, but I did something for others and changed it back." ”

Hu Liang asked, "Song Zheng?"

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "It's Taiyun." ”

Hu Liang became more and more shocked.

Li Xuandu roughly told the story of the battle in the royal court, and several people were surprised when he heard it, especially Zhao Yu, when he heard that the national teacher had died like this, he couldn't help asking, "Why didn't the national teacher soar?"

If it was Li Xuandu in the past, he really didn't know how to answer, but now Li Xuandu has been promoted to the Heavenly Artificial Transformation Realm, and there is only one step away from the Immortal Realm, and he has a deeper understanding of the invisible rules of the Heavenly Dao, understands the reason, and replied: "Ascension is not a spell, nor is it a means to fight the enemy, but a ritual, just like a Taoist priest setting up an altar to exorcise evil spirits, exceed, and pray for rain, which cannot be interrupted by interference." It takes a period of preparation for the immortal to ascend, and in this process, the person who ascends must concentrate on comprehending the way of heaven, and the body is in harmony with heaven and earth

The door of existence is like the Jindan Dao is not cultivating a golden pill, it is just a metaphor. At that time, the two sides were at war, and if the national teacher chose to ascend, not to mention whether he could 'open the gate of heaven' outside his body, even if he could, it would be tantamount to waiting to die, and he would only die faster. ”

Qin Su asked curiously, "Is there no other way?"

Li Xuandu hesitated, "Yes, for example, set up a formation in advance, so that others can't hurt themselves." Or directly lead to the catastrophe, I heard Taiyun say, when the catastrophe falls, others can't interfere, otherwise it will be a fire, if the national teacher chooses to ascend when the catastrophe has not yet dispersed, no one else can stop it. But then again, if the national teacher is just for the sake of ascension, there is no need to lead the catastrophe. ”

Zhao Yu shook his head, "It's the Heavenly Dao again, it's the Ascension again, it sounds like it's all immortals." ”

Li Xuandu said with a smile: "There is not much difference between immortals and mortals, it is nothing more than greater power, but immortals are as greedy for power and glory, or how to say it, people fight for a breath, and Buddha fights for a stick of incense." ”

As they spoke, they came to a water pavilion, the surrounding lake had frozen and had not yet thawed, and the ice was covered with a layer of snow, and there was no scenery to see.

However, Li Xuandu didn't care, looked at the white snow outside the water pavilion, and asked, "What has happened in the Central Plains recently?"

Hu Liang had already succeeded Jing Xiu as the Beichen Hall Master of the Mending Heaven Sect, and knew more about many things, and replied: "The main pressure still comes from the Confucian sect, which no longer wants to endure it, but lacks the courage to start a complete war, so they used their usual means to create a momentum, splash dirty water, cut off the business between the Central Plains and Liaodong, and strictly prohibit merchants from all over the country from selling firearms, salt, iron, and grain to Liaodong, so as to completely isolate Liaodong and besiege Liaodong." ”

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that the Confucian sect hopes that Liaodong will be soft and return to the rule of the imperial court. It just so happens that Liaodong is rich, and you can strip the flesh of Liaodong and mend the sores of the imperial court. ”

Hu Liang nodded and said, "The hard knife is afraid of hurting yourself, so you have to use a soft knife to cut the meat." ”

Zhao Yu asked: "If you want to say that Jiangnan is the most prosperous in the world, why don't Confucians cut the meat of Jiangnan?"

Li Xuandu asked rhetorically, "Who are the Confucian disciples?"

Zhao Yu was stunned and replied, "They are all readers." ”

Li Xuandu nodded, and asked again, "Where are the most readers?"

"Of course, Jiangnan has the most readers. Zhao Yu suddenly understood, "Yes, how can you rip off your own flesh to make up for sores? Of course, it will make others bleed more." ”

Li Xuandu said in a deep voice: "Back then, the imperial court wanted to open the sea, but the gentry opposed it, so the Replenishing Heaven Sect, Qing Wei Sect, Cihang Sect and other places sat on the throne. The imperial court wanted to collect commercial taxes and mining taxes, but the gentry still opposed it on the grounds that they were competing with the people for profit. Can be the treasury

If you want to put down the chaos on the border and resist the Golden Horde, what should you do if you have no money? They said that they had to suffer the people again. The people are hard to make ends meet, and the small people are barely able to make ends meet after a year of hard work, and they are taxed and forced to do it, and then there are natural disasters, and the family is ruined in an instant. As a result, there were displaced people everywhere, and the Five Sects in the Northwest and the Qingyang Sect took advantage of the situation and swept half of the country. In order to suppress the displaced people, the imperial court had to delegate power to the local governors and let them raise food and troops on their own, which led to the local governors and the powerful forces in various places to form a self-reliant trend. In the end, no matter in the world, whether it is Liaodong, Northwest, Jiangnan, or Central Plains, the people are all suffering, and the imperial court is only left with a showcase.

Zhao Yu was a little weak-hearted, because her family was among the local governors, and Sister Qin's family was one of the local heroes named by Li Xuandu, of course, Li Xuandu himself was also born in the local heroes.

Hu Liang shook his head and sighed, and Qin Su was silent.

Li Xuandu softened his tone, "The reason why I help Zhenggong is because looking at the world, Liaodong under Zhenggong's rule can be regarded as a pure land in the world, at least there are no displaced people everywhere, and there is no starvation all over the wilderness, so that the cultivators have their fields and the dwellers have their houses, this is peace." ”

Li Xuandu asked again: "Regarding the suppression of Liaodong by Confucianism, what is the attitude of the East China Sea and Jiangnan side?"

This time, it was Qin Su who replied, "Mr. Lao Li and the Great Heavenly Master both rejected the Confucianism's wooing, but they didn't turn their faces with Confucianism, on the surface, they still respect Confucianism, after all, Confucianism is the head of the three religions." ”

Li Xuandu said: "Master and Great Heavenly Master are unwilling to make wedding dresses for Confucianism, and after Liaodong is gone, Confucianism will turn around and suppress them, this reason is very simple." It has always been the weak uniting against the strong, and the strong are at most dividing the weak, after all, everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth. ”

Qin Su said: "The power of Confucianism is very great, but since the death of the sage of Xinxue, there has never been a leader, making Confucianism like a plate of loose sand, even if this time it is forced to unite for external reasons, there are still internal disputes, and some Confucian disciples even do not hesitate to say a good word or two for Liaodong in order to crack down on dissidents, just to highlight the unbearable opponent." ”

Li Xuandu said with a smile: "This is the style of Confucian disciples, and the party struggle is more above state affairs." ”

Zhao Yu had long been very disgusted with the Vientiane School Palace in Zhongzhou, and when he heard Li Xuandu's sarcastic words, he couldn't help laughing.

Qin Su is now also the sect master of the Forgetful Sect, but he is not as optimistic as Zhao Yu, and said: "That's why the princes of Liaodong will respect the Purple Mansion so much, the Purple Mansion has been of great help this time, without the threat of the Golden Horde, Liaodong can concentrate on dealing with Guannei, if it is attacked by the Golden Horde and Guannei from both sides, Liaodong is only afraid that his vitality will be greatly damaged." ”

Li Xuandu sighed, "There is a long way to go." ”