August 18.

"Is Brother Pan leaving?" Cang Yuan's face was full of reluctance, "I haven't had time to entertain you properly...... Originally, I was going to invite you to sit at the first table at my wedding banquet with Yingxuan. ”

"Now the second prince is seriously injured and can't afford to be a director. The imperial court was busy tracking down the masters of the Mo family who came on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that government affairs increased significantly...... You have to carry all the affairs related to the Imperial History Terrace and the law change by yourself, and you are so tired that you don't even have time to sleep, I'm afraid you won't have time to hold a wedding banquet, right?"

Cang Yuan smiled bitterly, his face was full of helplessness because of lack of sleep.

"I am a person who chases the path of immortality, and time is not a very meaningful thing for me. Pan Long said and smiled, his smile was full of confidence, "When you succeed in changing the law, reform Great Xia, and go down in history, I will definitely come to congratulate you again! Hundreds of years later, when the historian compiles a biography of you and your wife, if they are not accurate and detailed, I will clean them up for you!"

Cang Yuan was stunned for a moment, couldn't help laughing, and his tired expression was also lifted.

"Okay! Chengjun Jiyan, that's it! If the historian uses a curved pen on us in the future, Brother Pan must be the master of my husband and wife!"

"It's a deal!"

Seeing Pan Long rise in the wind, it turned into a small black dot and disappeared into the sky after a while, Cangyuan smiled and said, "It can be regarded as the luck of my life to meet this friend!"

Bai Yingxuan, who had changed into a woman's costume, nodded: "Such a character really seems to have come out of a legendary story." If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, the concubine really couldn't believe that there was such a person in the world!"

"I heard that he will get married in a while, and he must prepare a big gift when the time comes. Cang Yuan said, then sighed and shook his wife's hand, "It's just that I wronged you, but I also married into the family of the eunuch, and in the future, there will be a character who is destined to be a lady, and when I get married, I can't even put a decent banquet on the table......"

"The court has suddenly changed dramatically, and everyone is cautious. It's not a good idea to have a wedding reception at this time. Bai Yingxuan smiled calmly, "What's more, the concubine has seen too many wine banquets in her life." The concubine was happy that when Lang Jun took me to meet the elders and worship my ancestors last night, the elders were quite kind to me and didn't care about my background......

Cang Yuan also put his left hand on the back of his wife's hand, stared deeply into her eyes, and said, "Whether they like you in their hearts or just superficially, that's their business. They are old and have no vision, so don't you care. In the past, Wen Xiang once said in Guozijian, 'The world is ours and yours, but after all, it is yours'...... The future is ours, and no one can take it away!"

Bai Yingxuan lowered his head, his face was full of shyness, and he held his hand tightly.

Just when the young couple was sprinkling dog food in front of their servants and housekeepers, Pan Long had already flown out of the Gyeonggi territory.

When he crossed the huge pass of Gongwei Gyeonggi, he stopped the cloud head and turned to look back.

The vast Flying Castle has returned to its original place, and below it is the majestic altar of worship, which is guarded by four acropolis, and then the villages and towns are scattered and densely populated, and the streets are bustling.

It's like a prosperous scene.

But how long can this prosperous era last?

From the Dragon Boat Festival to the Mid-Autumn Festival, in just over three months, there were two large-scale attacks.

Although in these two attacks, the people did not suffer any casualties, even if the injuries of the sergeants were nothing compared to the huge Great Xia Imperial Court, but the two successive attacks dealt a heavy blow to the authority of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The imperial court, to put it bluntly, is actually "authority", with authority, soldiers are obedient, the people are obedient, officials, tycoons, and masters of the rivers and lakes, such as rich, powerful and armed people, will also obey its rule. If it loses its authority, the court is nothing.

Not to mention the Great Xia Dynasty, in his previous life, Pan Long had witnessed a large and tight country collapse in the face of the surging red tide. Powerful army, advanced weapons, perfect surveillance...... Those things that once seemed to him to be as unshakable as a copper wall were like castles on the beach when they lost their "authority" enough to deter, and when a wave came, they completely collapsed, and there was no use at all.

The most effective means of attacking a country is not political, not economic, or even military, but the authority of the state in the hearts of the people.

This authority is the foundation of everything.

And now, the authority of the Great Xia court has been attacked in two waves one after another.

Although in these two waves of blows, the loss of manpower and material resources of the Great Xia Imperial Court is not necessarily exaggerated - the biggest loss is probably the loss of a group of masters, and the need to repair the floating mountain that supports the Shendu, this level of loss is nothing at all.

But Pan Long believes that all those who have a certain amount of insight have already smelled something of "the building will fall".

When he was studying history in his previous life, he had seen more than once that some people used the Tianli Sect's invasion of the Forbidden City during the Jiaqing period as the beginning of the Qing Dynasty's inability to maintain its past rule and move towards a total decline. The reason for this is nothing more than that this has dealt a heavy blow to the authority of the imperial court, making everyone understand that the empire, which was once brutally suppressed internally and fiercely attacked externally, has become a paper tiger.

Of course, paper tigers can eat people, but they no longer have the ability to hunt!

And now, two successive attacks on Shendu, Gyeonggi, and even the emperor himself, just like the Tianli Sect's invasion of the Forbidden City, have pierced the incomparably powerful and unshakable mask of the Great Xia Dynasty.

He bet that in the next decade or two, there will be temptations, rebellions, and uprisings everywhere...... There will be endless streams.

No one dares to mess with real tigers, but paper tigers can't scare people.

Especially in today's Great Xia, there are too many people who are not happier than they are dead, in this case, they want to break out, in fact, they only need a small flame.

At that time, Di Luonan extinguished this flame with a brutal and bloody massacre. But the fire is buried in people's hearts, he can extinguish it once, but he can't extinguish everything!

"I just don't know, where will the next accident be the first thing?"

Pan Long muttered to himself, staring at the land of Gyeonggi, which seemed to be as prosperous and lively as ever, and would never change.

"The next time I visit, the situation here will probably be a little different......

He turned around, rode the strong wind, and flew in the direction of Yangzhou.

On the 19th day of August, when the two immortals of Lie Yukou and Lanling were in the Shiwailou, Pan Long talked to the three elders about what he had seen and heard in Gyeonggi this time, focusing on his own feelings.

"You are right, the essence of the king is the power of reward and punishment, and the essence of the state is the subject of authority. The power of the monarch is not to be copied on, and the authority of the state is not to be undermined. Lanling's condition was a little melancholy, "Now the Gyeonggi land of the Great Xia Dynasty has been disrupted twice in succession, especially this time in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even the Son of Heaven relied on his own son to fight desperately to save his life...... This is a heavy blow to the authority of the Great Xia Dynasty!"

As the first national teacher of the Great Xia Dynasty, who personally participated in the creation of this country, and even personally formulated many policies of this country, he was a little distressed to see the Great Xia Dynasty showing such a decline at this moment.

"The world is the world of the people, and if a country's policies are in line with the interests of the people, it will be able to continuously gather authority and thus prosper. On the contrary, it will naturally go down, and it is inevitable that such an appalling thing will happen. "It's like a river, with a deep bed and plenty of water, and it's naturally surging." But if the riverbed is silted up and the water storage is insufficient, then something is wrong, isn't it a matter of course?"

Lan Lingqing sighed and said nothing.

Bi Lingkong smiled happily: "In the battle to ambush the emperor in the firmament, the Mo family's performance was not very good, and it was really not worthy of the same status as my Confucian sect back then. At that time, I wondered, they obviously have a lot of means, why did they only see an old man holding the Skyfall Divine Sword rushing in front at the critical moment?

"It turns out that they are holding their strength and preparing for a big show!"

She laughed, and finally turned into a crow and rolled around on the bed.

Lan Ling's face turned black and he didn't say a word.

In the end, Lie Yukou couldn't see it anymore and persuaded: "You have had fun and laughed, you have laughed, it's okay." ”

Bi Lingkong then turned back into a human form and said, "I understand! They didn't make much effort last time, they must have been too short of time to prepare." I found them on April 22, and the fight started on the fifth day of May, and it took only a dozen days before and after. Ten days is of course enough for individual fighting, but if you want to make a big show and use some huge means, it is not enough. ”

"Then why didn't the teacher do it later?" Pan Long asked curiously, "For example, you can do it on August 15." ”

Bi Lingkong shook his head: "I didn't decide this time at the beginning, it was the result of the divination of the group of guys from the Yin and Yang family. They said that doing it on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival would hit the Great Xia court the hardest. It's early, it's late, it's not good. ”

She sighed: "If it weren't for the fact that time was too tight, why would I have only found such a little helper? Wouldn't it be beautiful to take some time to help those immortals, Buddhas, and demon gods who were sealed by Zhao Sheng to temporarily get out of trouble, so that they can come out for a while, and everyone will join forces to blast the gods to the ground?"

"The divination of the Yin and Yang family, teacher, do you still believe in this set?" Pan Long was a little surprised, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement. Fate, divination...... These things shouldn't be our guides!"

Lan Ling's face improved a little, nodded and said: "People are valuable in sincerity, and those who are sincere to themselves must go all out." What is the destiny and fortune, it is insignificant!"

On the issue of opposing divination, Confucianism and law have quite a lot in common.

And the only one present who supported divination was not happy, Lie Yukou sneered, and said in a strange manner: "A demon god and an immortal Buddha have all seen the source of the world and the foundation of the Great Dao, but as a result, the mouth is 'destiny is not fearful'...... Wen Chao's fooling experts made up 'goldfish only has a seven-second memory' does not seem to be necessarily fake. After all, there are Alzheimer's in the demon gods and fairy Buddhas. ”

Seeing that the three of them were about to quarrel again because of their disagreement, Pan Long hurriedly persuaded him.

The only way he could think of was to "change the subject", and the most effective means he could use to divert the topic was the inspiration he got in the world of "simulating esoteric believers".

"Teacher, I have a little idea about the 'Immortal Buddha' recently, would you like to help me analyze it?" he said.

This question immediately attracted the attention of the three immortals, and even Bi Lingkong, who had just taken a deep breath and his chest was bulging a little, and was about to quarrel with the Imperial Guard, immediately turned his head and looked at him curiously.

"Tell me about the idea of the Immortal Buddha?"

Pan Long smiled and said, "As far as I know, if you want to cultivate into an immortal Buddha, the key is to use your own theory to influence the world, get the recognition of the society, get feedback from the world, and then open the way to the source of the Great Dao for yourself, and use this path to reach the source of the Great Dao, and anchor your soul to it, so as to obtain the results of 'the Tao is immortal, and I am also immortal', right?"

Bi Lingkong nodded: "That's right, but it's not easy to find such a way." ”

Pan Long smiled again: "I lived in Gyeonggi during this time, asked a friend for help, and mixed into the Guanwen Hall of the Hanlin Academy, and read a lot of books. Then I found that since ancient times, there have been many people who have studied 'how the way of heaven, how the world is, and what the destiny of heaven is', but few have studied specific issues. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lan Lingqing couldn't help but ask, "I think we're all studying specific issues." How to govern the country, how to deal with government affairs, how to manage officials and the people, how to grasp power...... Aren't these questions specific enough?"

"Yes, how to make yourself happy, how to conform to the trend of society, how to protect yourself...... I also think what I'm researching is quite specific. Lie Yukou nodded repeatedly.

Bi Lingkong rolled his eyes: "What are you two putting up? What, bullying me has no results of your own?"

The two immortals laughed and said in unison, "I don't mean anything like that", but looking at their smug appearance, it was obvious that they could earn face in front of their old friends, which made them very happy.

Pan Long waited for them to finish the fight before he said, "I mean, why doesn't anyone analyze questions like 'What is the relationship between speed and height when water flows from high to low' and 'When two stones fall, who will land first between the heavy and the light'?"

"Of course there are people who study it. Lie Yukou immediately replied, "There are many people in the Mo family who have studied this, and they have also published several books." ”

But they didn't give a clear criterion, or rather, a simple and straightforward arithmetic scheme. "My idea is that if I study these things and create a way to do arithmetic to determine the extent of these changes, will it count...... Opened a path?"