"I already know everything I should know, thank you for your explanation, it's not too early now, I won't disturb your rest, farewell. ”

Li Xiuyuan didn't choose to stay at the bottom of the lake for a long time, and immediately turned around and left after asking the question.

The real dragon at the bottom of the lake was in a hurry, "Are you leaving? Didn't you say you wanted to help me get out of trouble?"

"Help you get out of trouble? Well, did I say this? King Yangzijiang, you are watching from the sidelines, did you hear me just say that I want to help this dragon get out of trouble?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"Not really. "The king of the Yangtze River said.

Li Xiuyuan said, "Look, I didn't open my mouth to admit it, so let's discuss the matter of getting out of trouble next time, you dragon has resentment in your heart, and if you release it rashly, it will cause great harm if no one restrains you, after all, you are no longer a dragon, you have fallen into the mortal dust and become cheesy."

, coupled with the resentment is peaceful, who knows what will be done after it comes out. ”

"This is unfair, I have answered the doubts in your heart for you, it is simply too unkind for you to leave like this, because you are still a cultivator, don't you have the virtue that a cultivator should have?"

"It seems to make some sense, but if you wanted to eat me before, this matter should be settled, what do you think?" Li Xiuyuan said.

“......”

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand, and at this moment, he drifted away along the passage at the bottom of the lake: "Don't worry too much, you will naturally get out of trouble when you should get out of trouble, and when I will let my mundane world deal with it, I will naturally consider letting you out, anyway, you have been suppressed for so long, and there will be no more time."

Matter. ”

Now he won't let the dragon out.

Because he felt that the stakes must be great, otherwise how could a dragon protecting the country be artificially suppressed at the bottom of the lake.

When he left Longyin Lake, he had already seen that the fire in the south of the city had now been mostly extinguished, and only puffs of smoke came out, and the fire could no longer be seen.

The rain continued to pour down, and the fire was barely quelled.

"Let's go back, this place in the capital is really chaotic, it seems to be prosperous, but it is actually full of dangers. Li Xiuyuan walked by the lake, looking at the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

"Huh?"

Suddenly.

His gaze flickered, as if sensing something, and he looked at the attic somewhere in the middle of the heavy rain.

But the place where he looked was empty.

"Delusion?"

Li Xiuyuan frowned and continued to leave.

And behind the window of the attic, a beneficial, stunning woman was a little frightened: "Is this person still a mortal? He can detect my existence from such a distance, which is even more powerful than the perception of the gods in the sky." ”

"Your cultivation is not perfect, you have not faded away the demon body, the evil thoughts in your heart moved, and the demonic energy naturally emanated, he now has the divine power of Dongyue Shenjun and the divine power of Yan Jun in the underworld, it is not easy to perceive your evil thoughts and demonic energy, fortunately he is not a domineering and fierce person, and he is also a spirit, ghost and god

It's not that you can't tolerate it, otherwise he will track him down and you will only be afraid that you will not be able to escape today. ”

It was a dignified, beautiful woman who spoke, and her gestures exuded a different kind of charm, which made people unable to let go.

And the appearance of these two women is exactly the same, except for a slight difference in temperament, it is impossible to tell who is who.

"Sister, such a difficult opponent as the ghost foreman was killed by him so quickly, what does he want to do next? The strange woman asked.

"As long as we are still in the capital, this catastrophe cannot be avoided, unless we leave the capital, so let's make plans early, by the way, what evil thoughts did you have just now, and let him notice it?"

"It's nothing, I just want to know, if we let this saint move his mortal heart and fall in love with us, wouldn't it be interesting?"

"It's funny, but it's dangerous...... But it's also the best of both worlds. ”

"Boom~!"

No sooner had they finished their words than suddenly a flash of thunder appeared in the midst of the heavy rain, followed by a thunderclap, and a thunderbolt fell from the sky and struck the roof of the attic.

In an instant, the top floor of the attic was split apart, and a puff of smoke came out, and a fire rose up.

"Giggles, is the god of thunder still watching? A coquettish laugh rang out, and the attic was empty, except for a few wisps of demonic aura.

"Escaped?"

In the dark clouds, the figure of a thunder god flashed.

He was ordered by Li Xiuyuan to ensure that this heavy rain fell, and it was only when he temporarily felt the breath of a big demon that the divine thunder fell.

It's just that I didn't expect that the big demon's Taoism was very high, and he disappeared in an instant.

And with the precedent of the Demon Devouring Lei Gong being killed by the demon, this thunder god was not so reckless and forcibly pursued the demonic aura, but turned to hide in the clouds and continued to maintain the heavy rain that continued to fall.

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

Although the fire in the capital was serious and many houses were burned, fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time, and the heavy rain stopped the fire from continuing to spread, and it did not cause great casualties.

In the past two days, Li Xiuyuan has been closed.

Except for a visit from a friend.

And today, he received a book from a servant, which is a Taoist treasure.

Li Xiuyuan knew in his heart that this was sent by Guo Zhenzhen.

When you open it, you can see that there are all kinds of monsters recorded on it, including water ghosts in the countryside, fox monsters in the forest, spirits mixed in the mansion, and so on.

And when Li Xiuyuan turned to the middle page, he saw that this page had creases.

The crease is new, leaving a shallow mark.

On the page above is a picture: a twisted centipede with countless thin feet.

There is a line of annotation on the side: centipede is the five poisons, also known as the heavenly dragon....... If you become a master, although you are an insect, you have dragon energy, you can be big or small, you can call the wind and rain, and change the four seasons...... Fear of masculinity.

There is another picture in the back, which shows a rooster pecking at a large centipede.

"Centipede...... Tianlong?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the short lines and fell into thought.

"Li Gongzi, are you still reading, let's have a cup of tea and rest." ”

Just as he was thinking, a soft voice sounded, but he saw a graceful woman bringing tea up, her face was slightly red, with a bit of girlish shyness.

"Miss Qiurong?" Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses, and hurriedly stood up and gave a salute.

"Miss Qiurong is polite, how can you be bothered by this matter of serving tea and water?"

"Li Gongzi has saved the little girl's life twice, shouldn't he drink a cup of tea? Qiu Rong's eyes shrank a little, and he said with shame.

She looked at the room on the side, but saw the figure of Xiao Xie swaying there.

I wanted to come out, but I didn't dare to come out, for fear of being hit by the sun outside and hurting my ghost.

"Miss Qiurong has said this, then I can't shirk anymore, so thank you Miss Qiurong. Li Xiuyuan smiled, but it was so far away, he took the tea and took a sip.

There is no so-called good tea-making skills, and there is no good tea, it is still an ordinary taste, but it is better than someone else's heart.

"Li Gongzi, what book are you reading? This seems to be a miscellaneous book with strange ambitions, I didn't expect Li Gongzi to like to read such books. Qiu Rong glanced at it, and couldn't help but smile and said: "I thought that Li Gongzi mostly read the Four Books and Five Classics, and the books on governing the country and the people." ”

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "There are so many scholars in the world, and there are even more talents in the country, what is the impact of missing me? And I am not very interested in governing the country and the country." ”

"Why is that?" Qiu Rong was a little surprised.

But all those who read have the ambition to serve the court and govern the country and the country, but the Li Gongzi in front of him actually said such incompatible words.

"If I am not in his position, I will not seek his own government, governing the country and the state is the matter of the princes of the imperial court and the current officials, why should I go to have more leisure? If I can go back to Yangzhou smoothly this time, I will do a good job in the history of Yangzhou and manage the land of that state, and I am too lazy to think about other things

。 Li Xiu said from afar.

How can the Great Song Kingdom be governed like this?

can only continue to survive, continue to consume the fortunes of the country, and wait until the day of the change of dynasties.

He doesn't want to go against the general trend and save the sky, he just wants to complete his concept of co-governance between man and god in his lifetime.

"Brother Li, don't you care about this dart? There is a large group of scholars blocking the door of your house, saying that they want to worship you as a teacher and learn the finishing touch of the legendary Zhang Seng Xuan's finishing skills? Some people have already offered 10,000 yuan to buy your paintings, tsk, 10,000 gold, everyone is very excited to hear it, why don't you give me a painting and let me sell it for some wine money?"

At this time, a familiar voice sounded, but I saw Zhang Bangchang and Qian Jun sneaking through the door idlely.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Right now, the fire in the capital has just subsided, and the south of the city is in chaos, these people still have the heart to come to the door to apprentice, and they don't know how to avoid it at all, so it is impossible for me to accept them as disciples at this point, as for why I don't care about those people, it's not that I don't want to care, but that I don't have manpower in the dart bureau, and the people who should be sent out to help with disaster relief." ”

"What Brother Li said makes sense, hey, this girl is...... Madam?" Zhang Bangchang paused when he saw Qiu Rong, but he gave a salute and subconsciously called.

Qiu Rong's face was flushed with shame, and he turned around and trotted away.

"It's a guest, and when you encounter difficulties, you just stay in the house temporarily. Li Xiuyuan said: "Please sit down, there is no one to entertain you in the house, I hope you don't mind." ”

"Eh, what Brother Li says, how can we mind. Zhang Bangchang said with a smile, and then glanced at Qiu Rong who was leaving: "That woman is really a guest who is temporarily staying in the mansion? I don't think so, the woman's eyes have always stayed on Brother Li, most of them are affectionate to Brother Li, I think sooner or later she will become a lady." ”

"The words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, this joke can't be made. Li Xiu said from afar.

"I really didn't expect Brother Li to be so pedantic. Qian Jun smiled: "I thought Brother Li didn't care about these worldly etiquette." ”

"It's just casual talk, it's easier to listen to, in fact, I don't care about any secular etiquette, I just want to integrate into the world, but I have to follow this set, no way. Li Xiuyuan said helplessly.

"Haha, that makes sense, that makes sense. The two laughed.

After laughing.

Zhang Bangchang said in a low voice: "Actually, I came this time to ask for something. ”

"Oh, tell me, I don't know if there's anything I can do to help. Li Xiu said from afar.

Zhang Bangchang smiled and said: "Naturally, like those people outside the door, they envy Brother Li's amazing painting skills and want to study with an open mind." ”

"Brother Qian also wants to learn?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"I thought about it. Qian Jun's face turned red and he was a little embarrassed.

Li Xiuyuan also scolded those people outside the door who asked for paintings and apprentices, but he turned to ask for this matter, which was indeed ashamed.

Li Xiuyuan smiled, it seems that the means he has shown are blushing, especially for scholars, even Zhang Bangchang and Qian Jun, who have no pursuit of fame and fortune, can't help but be moved.

But it's understandable.

Scholars are also human beings, and if they are not greedy for fame and fortune, they will naturally like other things.

"Actually, it's not that this painting skill can't be taught to you, but it just has to reach the point of putting the finishing touch, to be honest...... It's difficult. Li Xiuyuan put away his smile and said seriously.

"What's the difficulty?" asked Zhang Bangchang.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Do you two know the talent?"

Qian Jun shook his head.

As for Zhang Bangchang's fond of recording the strange things of gods and ghosts, he said, "Its color is like a colorful brocade, such as a cloud, hidden in the body, hair on the top of the head, or into a brocade chicken, or into a phoenix bird, and so on, this is talent." ”

Almost this means, talent is the most direct embodiment of a scholar's accumulation of knowledge, but this is only the ability of ghosts and gods to see, but ordinary people can't see it. Li Xiuyuan, with a casual movement, an ink pen appeared in his hand.

The pen radiated a multicolored light, dazzling and dazzling, even mortals could see it.

"Your talent can only be condensed into an ink pen, to reach this point in order to be able to paint through the mind, if you can't do this, you can't pass the mind, but to reach this point, talent, talent, hard work is indispensable. Li Xiuyuan said: "I also got the opportunity, and I took advantage of it to have such an ink pen, but because I didn't get it properly, I was ashamed to show my painting skills in front of others." ”

"If it weren't for the difficulty of riding a tiger that day and seeking justice for Gao Fan, I would not have shown such an unacceptable skill to the world. ”

"Then according to Brother Li, we have to reach this point, is there any hope in this life?" Qian Jun looked at the glowing ink pen, his heart sank, he knew that he was a pound, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "What if we have reached this point? Isn't it just painting a few landscape paintings, benefiting the country, the people, or benefiting ourselves? Both of them are from Jinshi, and they will be officials in the future, governing one side, and benefiting the people, is this not as important as a painting? Why waste a lifetime on this?"

The two of them fell into deep thought when they heard this, and then they were in awe, and they both got up and bent down to give a salute.

"Brother Li's words are like a slap in the face, and I am waiting to be taught. ”

"If the two of you take office one day, I will give you a painting, and I hope you will not forget your original intention. Li Xiu said from afar.