"I like the honesty of the Purple Mansion. Mrs. Lu said: "Zifu didn't talk about any moral character, and it was clear and clear from the perspective of benefits and disadvantages, but it was more convincing." I hate those moral gentlemen the most in my life, I don't know if it's true or not, the true gentleman is fine, but the hypocrite doesn't know what to do. ”

Li Xuandu said: "My brother still has to settle accounts. My tutor once said that if you want to be a friend for life, you should not involve too many interests with your friends, and if it is really unavoidable, then you must make your 'accounts' clear. ”

Mrs. Lu asked: "The Purple Mansion has left the Qingwei Sect but still regards Li Dajian Immortal as a teacher, if he becomes the sect master of the Taiping Sect, will the Taiping Sect become a vassal of the Qingwei Sect?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said, "Madame doesn't have to worry about this. If I, Li Xuandu, can be the sect master of the Taiping Sect, one is from the entrustment of Mr. Shen Da, the second is the recognition of my wife and my colleagues in the Taiping Sect, and the third is the full support of the Great Heavenly Master. Even if I wanted to do this, Mr. Shen Da would not agree, Madame and Taiping Sect would not agree, and the Great Heavenly Master would not agree. ”

Mrs. Lu knew in her heart that the first two sentences were false, just to save her some face, and the real key was the third sentence, that is, the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu did not agree. In the evil path, Taiyun and Xu Wugui have become a force of fire and water, and in the righteous path, Zhang Jingxiu and Li Daoxu are the same. Since Zhang Jingxiu is willing to support Li Xuandu to ascend to the throne, he will never let him fall to Li Daoxu's side, from this point of view, since Zhang Jingxiu has recognized Li Xuandu, then Taiping Sect really has nothing to worry about at this point.

Mrs. Lu followed Li Xuandu's words and asked, "Since the Purple Mansion said that the Great Heavenly Master supports the Purple Mansion, will the Purple Mansion become a vassal of the Taiping Sect after the Purple Mansion becomes the sect master of the Taiping Sect?"

Although the verbal promise has no effect, Mrs. Lu's original intention is not to let Li Xuandu give any promise, but to let Li Xuandu give a convincing reason, if there is no convincing reason verbally, how can she rest assured that the Taiping Sect will be in the hands of Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu also understands the truth, moral character, of course, can be convincing, for example, several big sacrificial wines in Vientiane School Palace, who have been gentlemen for a lifetime, of course they can convince people. But Li Xuandu is just a young man, even if he has some prestige in the rivers and lakes, he has a mixed reputation at the root, and he is far from being highly respected. With people who have been friends for many years, you can talk about moral character, but with other people, you can't do so, you must start from the most critical interests, after all, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. In ancient times, those great poets and writers who called themselves hermits were just shouting high on their lips, and they were still very honest physically. Li Xuandu once read a story about a great poet who called himself a native of Mengshan, who had always regarded himself as a recluse in his early years, and often compared himself to the prince and the marquis of Wu. In this way, he lived in seclusion until he was forty years old, and found that there was neither a wisher taking the bait, nor a second visit. So the Mengshan people entered Beijing to take the entrance examination but did not rank, and then presented poems and made friends with famous people everywhere in the capital, but they were also famous for a while. By chance, he was privately invited by a friend to enter the Interior Department, and when the emperor arrived, Monsanto avoided the bed. Friends didn't dare to hide it, according to the facts, the emperor ordered to see, so he entered a poem, which has a sentence: "Beique Xiu is on the book, and Nanshan is returning to Lulu." Not only does it know that the Lord abandons, and many people are sick and sparse. The emperor was greatly displeased: "Qing doesn't ask for a job, and I haven't abandoned Qing, so why accuse me!" and said: "Qing once regarded himself as a recluse, why did he come to Chang'an to take the imperial examination?" and then returned to Jingzhou.

The ancient hermits are still like this, not to mention the people in the rivers and lakes, licking the blood one by one, tying their heads to the waistband of their trousers, in the wind and rain, in the water and fire, in the sword and sword, just to do chivalrous righteousness?

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said: "Although we people in the righteous path often put the word 'chivalrous' on our lips, the word 'chivalrous' cannot be eaten as a meal. An elder in the imperial court said well: 'There is only a pot to cook rice, and there is no reason to set up a pot to cook.' No matter how big the truth is, it is not as big as the sky, and it is said that the people take food as the sky, and we, the people of the rivers and lakes, also want to eat, so we can't escape the word 'benefit'. ”

Mrs. Lu nodded in agreement.

Li Xuandu continued: "From the perspective of 'interests', when I was in the second year of Tianbao, I was still hostile to the Zhengyi Sect, although I have now reconciled with the Zhengyi Sect, but there are still many people in the Zhengyi Sect who are hostile to me, such as Zhang Yueshan, the town magician Zhang Jingshen and others, which should not be underestimated. If I am the master of the Taiping Sect and go to be a vassal of the Zhengyi Sect, the Great Heavenly Master will appreciate it, and the Zhengyi Sect may not appreciate it, and this move will also make the colleagues of the Taiping Sect strongly oppose it, which can be described as thankless, not a person inside and outside, and not worth it, one of them. After all, I was born in the Qingwei Sect, Li Dajian Immortal is my mentor, such as my father, Mr. Haishi is my senior brother, such as a brother, and my aunt and sister, like my aunt and sister, are all close relatives, if I become a vassal of the Zhengyi Sect, I am an enemy of them, how can I bear it? ”

Li Xuandu paused: "There is a third point, this is something that the Great Heavenly Master specially explained, I hope that Mrs. will not mention it to others." The Great Heavenly Master wants to start a war against the Earth Master, and the Six Sects of the Righteous Path alone are not enough to win the battle, so the Earth Master plans to join forces with the Twelve Sects of the Righteous Path, so it is impossible to bypass the four Righteous Path Sects headed by the Qingwei Sect. Since he is a Chinese person, he must take a neutral position and become a vassal of the Zhengyi Sect, what kind of neutrality is it? Considering the overall situation, the Great Heavenly Master will not agree. ”

Li Xuandu looked at Mrs. Lu: "With these three points, I don't know if I can win the trust of Mrs. Lu?

Mrs. Lu was silent for a while, and then nodded: "What Zifu said is very true. ”

Li Xuandu asked, "I don't know if Madame still has any questions?"

Mrs. Lu asked the last question: "If you don't become a vassal of the Qingwei Sect and a vassal of the Zhengyi Sect, how can you gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes." ”

Li Xuandu said: "Before I came here, I thought of eight words: 'Left and right, take millet from the fire'. There is Mr. Haishi on the side of Qingwei Sect, and there is a Great Heavenly Master on the side of Zhengyi Sect, I dare not guarantee that the Taiping Sect will become the leader of the Righteous Path Alliance, but I can guarantee that the Taiping Sect will not be hostile to the two sects. As for taking millet from the fire, the time is not enough, and it is too early to say, so I will not repeat it for now. ”

Mrs. Lu said: "If you take millet from the fire, if you are not careful, you will burn your palm, or even set yourself on fire." ”

Li Xuandu said: "Please rest assured at this point, whether you want to take millet from the fire depends on the Taiping Sect, and the Taiping Sect in the future will not be my Yiyantang." ”

Mrs. Lu thought about it, got up from behind the bookcase, approached Li Xuandu, and said, "Okay, I have no other questions." No matter what the Purple Mansion does in the future, at least you have convinced me now, and more importantly, Lao Shen is optimistic about you, he has always been very accurate in looking at people, since he entrusted the Taiping Sect to the Purple Mansion, then what else do I have to say? I agree with you to be the sect master of the Taiping Sect. ”

Li Xuandu didn't have much excitement on his face, he just bowed to Mrs. Lu: "Thank you, Madame." ”

Mrs. Lu sighed softly and asked, "I don't know when the Purple Mansion will climb the mountain?"

Li Xuandu said: "I have already said that Mr. Shen's matter involves four people, namely the Tibetan Old Man of the Soap Pavilion Sect, Li Shixing of the Yin and Yang Sect, me, and the Bai Sect Master of the Cihang Sect. On that day, Mr. Shen personally said that he would let Sect Master Bai be a witness, so I had to wait until Sect Master Bai arrived and climbed the mountain with her. ”

Mrs. Lu nodded and said, "That's fine, Bai Xiusheng's reputation over the years is not bad, it should convince those old guys, you also have some friendship with Shen Yuanzhai, Shen Yuanzhou and others, they won't object too much, as for the rest, you can only wait until you meet and talk in detail." ”

Li Xuandu nodded.

Mrs. Lu glanced at Li Xuandu: "Since this is the case, then I will wait for the arrival of the Purple Mansion in the Taiping Palace." ”