Since he was going to the Taiping Sect, he had to ask about many things, Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment, and said, "The junior still has something unclear, so I want to ask the Great Heavenly Master for advice." ”

The childish boy said: "Zifu, but it doesn't hurt to ask." ”

Li Xuandu said: "After the change in the imperial capital, why did the Taiping Sect and the Jing Zen Sect close the mountain and the temple?"

The childish boy was not surprised, and said: "Back then, the Purple Mansion was also considered a person in the bureau, but the Purple Mansion did not enter the palace, and I didn't know what happened in the deep palace. ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

The childish boy said: "On the night of the change in the imperial capital, including Poor Dao and Brother Li Dao, a total of seven righteous people entered the palace, three people from the Poor Dao side, two people from Brother Li Dao's side, plus the abbot of Jing Zen Sect and Mr. Shen of Taiping Sect, a total of seven people. The reason why Abbot Fang Jing and Mr. Shen came here was to mediate in the middle, and asked Poor Dao and Brother Li Dao not to make a big fuss. ”

Li Xuandu immediately heard that something was wrong: "Seven righteous people...... Does the Great Heavenly Master mean that there are still people in the evil path?"

The childish boy nodded: "The Empress Dowager Xie Pheasant is a member of the Five Sects of Liaodong, and before she entered the palace, she had contacts with many people in the evil path. At that time, in the deep palace, there was a young eunuch beside Xie Pheasant......"

Li Xuandu asked, "That person is the earth master?"

The child sighed: "No one would have thought that the dignified earth master, the former king of Qi, would disguise himself as a eunuch, so he was defenseless, at that time, the earth master had been gathering momentum for a long time, and suddenly made a move, first with the 'Taiyi Method' to break the talisman treasures of the two sect masters, and then run the Yin and Yang Sect's 'free six void tribulations', Yin and Yang reversed, Ming and obscure transformation, water and fire suddenly rose, Mr. Shen of the Taiping Sect successively encountered Yin Fire, Xuan Bing, Heavenly Wind, and Thunder Four Tribulations, and died on the spot. The abbot of Jing Zen Buddhism suffered two catastrophes, the netherworld and the terracotta, and was also seriously injured. ”

Li Xuandu asked: "At that time, the Great Heavenly Master and the Family Master were both present, if in terms of realm cultivation, they were not inferior to the Earth Master, how could they let the Earth Master act so unscrupulously?"

The child said: "At that time, the earth master made a move, and the poor Dao and Li Dao brothers both thought that the earth master had ambushed many evil masters here, and even Taiyun had already arrived, so he didn't dare to make a rash move, for fear of being taken advantage of by the earth master." ”

When Li Xuandu heard this, his heart was slightly cold, and he said secretly: "Although the Great Heavenly Master's words are not unreasonable, they can't be completely explained, I think that he and my master have other thoughts, but poor Mr. Shen and Abbot Fang Jing, with a fist heart, ended up like this." But then again, these two blood debts still have to be counted on the head of the earth master, plus Mr. Shen's matter, the new and old hatreds must be settled together. ”

The childish boy turned to say: "After the earth master retreated, Poor Dao discussed this matter with Brother Li Dao, and to Poor Dao's surprise, Brother Li Dao agreed to take a step back, give up Zhang Suqing, and completely withdraw from the imperial capital. Poor Dao thought it was strange at the time, but later learned that Brother Li Dao had used a trick to retreat into advance, and he had already secretly communicated with the Empress Dowager Xie Pheasant, so after the end of the Battle of Dijing, Qingwei Sect was able to become the center of the temple immediately. This point, if you think about it, you should be clear about it. ”

Li Xuandu thought of Lu Yanbing's becoming the right governor of Qingluanwei, and Li Yuanying often traveled back and forth between the East China Sea and the imperial capital, and couldn't help but be silent.

The child continued: "After this incident, Poor Dao once sent someone to verify some of the things of the year, and found that before Xie Pheasant entered the palace, he used to live in a noble family surnamed Sun. ”

Li Xuandu was puzzled: "The noble family surnamed Sun?"

The childish boy smiled: "The noble families in the Imperial Capital City can be described as intertwined. Over the years, through various in-laws, they have all been related to each other, and they can almost be regarded as a family. It took a lot of effort to figure out the key. Poor Dao has a junior brother, because he is good at curing diseases and driving away evil spirits, he often enters the major noble mansions for the first time, and after several secret investigations, he learned that the noble family surnamed Sun has an old lady, and the old lady has a younger sister, married to the old Yan Wang as a side concubine. It was through this path that Xie Pheasant entered the list of concubines, and when he entered Beijing to be elected, he lived in the home of this powerful family surnamed Sun. The clue was broken here, and nothing could be found. Poor Dao didn't expect to find out anything, so he didn't care too much, until today, Poor Dao learned that the earth master was the original King of Qi, and in retrospect, he found that it was wrong, when the old Yan King was alive, he had the best relationship with the King of Qi. ”

When Li Xuandu heard this, he didn't understand anything, and said: "In this way, Xie Pheasant's entry into the palace has a lot to do with the earth master. ”

The childish boy said: "This kind of means of offering beauties is the most difficult to prevent. Poor Dao has a guess, Xie Pheasant was originally a chess piece carefully placed in the imperial capital by the earth master, and wanted to harm Emperor Muzong through her, after all, when Emperor Muzong was alive, he was also a promising monarch with literary talent and military strategy, and the reuse of Zhang Suqing, Qin Xiang and others had already recovered the northwest. ”

Li Xuandu frowned slightly and said, " The younger generation once heard Zhang Xiang say that at the beginning of the founding of Emperor Taizu, he felt that the strength of the Jianghu warriors was outstanding, in order to prevent the Jianghu warriors from committing murder, he first set up the Tsing Yi Division, and then set up 24 yamen in the inner court, and sent people from all states in the world to collect children with good qualifications, bring them into the palace, and after selection, teach advanced martial arts and techniques, which is the origin of many high-level eunuchs in the palace, and it is precisely because they have been cultivated since childhood, these eunuchs take the royal family as their home, and are extremely loyal to the people in the royal family. Emperor Muzong must be accompanied by a great eunuch when he lives and travels, even if he summons his concubines to sleep, there is no exception. How could Xie Pheasant harm Emperor Muzong? Even if she was lucky enough to succeed, how could she hide her eyes and become the current Empress Dowager of Great Wei?"

The childish boy said: "The rivers and lakes are so big that there are no surprises, even the poor road can't be known." With the means of the earth master, there are other ways to hide from the sky and the sea. ”

Li Xuandu had seen all kinds of methods of the earth master, and his heart was cold, and he only felt that the change in the imperial capital back then was full of suspicions, and he, the person concerned, was really only in this mountain.

Qin Su, who had been listening at this time, couldn't help but ask, "Now that the earth master has set up another imperial court in the northwest, and the Empress Dowager Xie is in charge of the imperial court, and the two sides are at war, isn't it their own family fighting their own family?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "There is nothing that can't be figured out, for example, in the future, you marry me, have a son, I die early, you are the old lady of the Li family, you are in charge of all matters and small affairs, if there is a conflict between the Li family and the Qin family, are you biased towards the Qin family, or the Li family? Naturally, it is the Li family, not for yourself, but also for your son." ”

With Zhang Jingxiu's external incarnation beside him, Qin Su had a bad seizure, so he could only glare at Li Xuandu fiercely with a slightly red face.

Li Xuandu was unimpressed, and continued: "The position of the person determines the position, Xie Pheasant used to obey the orders of the earth master, but after she became the empress dowager of the Great Wei Dynasty and listened to the government, she will never listen to the orders of the earth master again, who is willing to be subservient to others for the rest of her life? Besides, the court is not monolithic, Xie Pheasant is not the only one, if she has other thoughts, she will not be able to sit firmly in the position of the queen mother, and someone will replace her." ”

The childish boy nodded in agreement and said: "It is precisely this principle, take the poor Dao as an example, although the poor Dao is a great heavenly master, if the poor dao cannot maintain the Zhengyi Sect, but instead betrays the interests of the Zhengyi Sect, it will not be able to sit firmly in the position of the Great Heavenly Master." No matter what Xie Pheasant did before, after she overthrew Zhang Suqing and took power, she would never listen to the orders of the earth master again, not to mention that now she has the support of Brother Li Dao, I am afraid that the earth master will not be able to help her. Besides, I'm afraid that the earth master didn't expect Xie Pheasant to climb to such a high position, according to the poor road, the earth master regarded Xie Pheasant as an abandoned son, and after the death of Emperor Muzong, Xie Pheasant should also die. But Xie Pheasant did not die, but was in power, which greatly surprised the earth master, so after this, the earth master was also like Poor Dao and Brother Li Dao, taking one step at a time, not planning well in advance. ”

Li Xuandu remembered that Emperor Muzong handed over the six seals of the Son of Heaven to Xie Pheasant before he died, if there were no six seals of the Son of Heaven, Xie Pheasant would be just a queen mother who was not allowed to interfere in politics in the harem, but with the six seals of the Son of Heaven, he could check and balance Zhang Suqing. Thinking of this, Li Xuandu felt more and more suspicious about it, and if he wanted to find out, he had to go to the imperial capital in person. However, the Imperial Capital was a sad and frustrated place for him, and he would never go back easily unless he was fully prepared.

Seeing Li Xuandu's frowns, the childish boy seemed to remember something, knowing that he had always respected Zhang Suqing, most likely of which evoked his sad past, and said: "These words are just poor speculation, not necessarily true. ”

Li Xuandu sighed: "No matter what, Li Xuandu will definitely find out about this matter in the future and make a conclusion." ”