After Li Xuandu sent Pei Yu away, he took care of some chores, and at the beginning of the day, the sky would be darkened. Li Xuandu left Qingping Garden alone and went to the Yanyu Building in Jishanfang. Not far from Jishan Fang is the Daode Fang, where the small real person house of Zhengyi Sect is located. Next door to the Daode Workshop is the Taoist Workshop, where Dongmuxuan, the Donghua Sect's Dongmuxuan, is located. Not far from the Taoist workshop is the Taoist workshop, where the dusty Jingzhai of the Cihang Sect is located.

In this dynasty, although Longmen Mansion still retains the pattern of the fang market, the former fang market system has been completely abandoned, and the fang gate is not closed and unimpeded. After Li Xuandu came to Jishanfang, he came to the outside of the Yanyu Building with a familiar car, looking at the mansion he had been to many times from a distance, and on the four red lanterns under the eaves of the porch, the two big characters of "Qingwei" were still the same. The vicissitudes of the world, the creation of people, Li Xuandu followed his master to live here for the first time, and the situation was the same as yesterday. But this time, it was less than a street away, and he felt a little far away.

Strictly speaking, now Li Xuandu and Li Daoxu are no longer one, just like standing on their own, parting from each other, there is affection, but the affection is very subtle.

Li Xuandu had complicated feelings about this, so he didn't let Qin Su accompany him, but walked over alone, just as Wen Ren and other great sacrificial wines had doubts about the hermits, Li Xuandu also had something to ask Li Daoxu to understand, but he didn't know if the master would be frank with him.

Li Xuandu walked over step by step, and when he got closer, the lantern hanging on the door of the mansion illuminated Li Xuandu's face.

"Mr. Qingping!" The disciple of the Qingwei Sect standing in front of the mansion was obviously also an old man, and he recognized Li Xuandu's identity at a glance, and there was a bit of kindness in his voice, but there was obviously a little strangeness in this kindness.

Of course, Li Xuandu can feel these Xu alienations, which is also reasonable, Li Yuanying and Li Taiyi left the East China Sea, Zhang Haishi and Lu Yanbing were in power, and everyone in the sect knew that this was the victory of Mr. Four's faction, but no matter what, Mr. Four was not a member of the Qingwei Sect after all, he was an outsider, and it was inevitable that he would have a complicated perception.

Li Xuandu asked with a smile, "Is the old sect master back?"

The disciple of Qingwei Sect said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Li Xuandu said: "Please let me know, just say that Li Xuandu wants to see me." ”

The disciple of Qingwei Sect said: "Yes, please wait a while, sir." ”

Li Xuandu nodded, "Okay." ”

The Qingwei Sect disciple turned around and walked away quickly.

Over the years, Li Daoxu has retreated into the background, which has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Li Yuanying shared a lot of moral and reputation pressure for Li Daoying, which made many people's dissatisfaction transfer to Li Yuanying, so that Li Daoxu, who was hiding behind Li Yuanying, was more at ease. The disadvantage is that Li Yuanying took advantage of this opportunity to seize power, although Li Daoxu still firmly controlled the high-level of the Qingwei Sect on Penglai Island, but at the bottom, in the imperial capital and other places, Li Yuanying gradually replaced Li Daoxu, and many people had to directly obey Li Yuanying's arrangement, which was Li Daoxu's remuneration to Li Yuanying. The same is true of Qingping Garden, although Li Yuanying has left Penglai Island, for the high-level of Qingwei Sect, this battle between three and four is almost settled, but in Qingping Garden, which is extremely far away from the center of the East China Sea, there is still Li Yuanying's influence, and the attitude towards Li Xuandu has become complicated.

Of course Li Xuandu understands this, but he won't worry about these little people, he will only worry about Li Yuanying.

Not much

After a while, this Qingwei Sect disciple came back and said respectfully: "Mr. Let me wait for a long time, the old sect master is invited." ”

So saying, he led the way.

The name of Yanyu Building is Lou, but it is actually a mansion, but a triple pavilion where the suzerain lives is called Yanyu Building, so the whole mansion is also called Yanyu Building.

Li Xuandu followed this Qingwei Sect disciple to Yanyu Tower, went directly to the third floor, and then saw Li Daoxu.

To Li Xuandu's surprise, in addition to Li Daoxu in the building at this time, there was also Situ Xuanluo. Situ Xuanluo knew that Li Xuan was coming, so he had already gotten up in advance and saluted, "Zigong." ”

Li Xuandu waved his hand, "Brother Situ doesn't have to be polite. ”

Then Li Xuandu saluted Li Daoxu and said, "Master." ”

Li Daoxu sat cross-legged on the couch, pointed to the empty position beside him, and said softly: "Zifu, please take a seat." ”

There is a small desk table in the middle of the soft collapse, on which are placed stove bottles and other things, Li Daoxu sits on the left side of the small case, Li Xuandu sits on the right, there is a small case between the two, and smoke rises from the incense burner on the table, blurring the faces of the two.

Situ Xuanluo said softly: "Old sect master, the disciple has retired. ”

From behind the smoke came Li Daoxu's voice, "You go." ”

Situ Xuanluo slowly withdrew from this place, leaving only Li Xuandu and Li Daoxu.

Li Daoxu was the first to ask, "The Purple Mansion is here, is there something wrong?"

"Yes. Although Li Xuandu sat next to Li Daoxu, he still leaned forward slightly to show respect, "The disciple is here to ask the master a few questions. ”

Li Daoxu said: "But it doesn't hurt to ask. ”

Li Xuandu pondered his words a little and said, "Today in the Vientiane Academy, why did the master agree to me accepting the Confucian Jade Void Fighting Sword?"

Li Daoxu was silent for a moment before he said: "Now is not the time for a decisive battle between Confucianism and Taoism, there are three main reasons. The first point is that we are not in harmony with the people inside, even if I don't say this, you also understand that if the current Daomen is monolithic, then there is no need for us to hold any Daomen conferences, let alone the saying that there will be three masters, there will only be one master of the great real person. In this case, once a decisive battle is formed, there will inevitably be damage, and who will bear the damage? Is it me? or Zhang Jingxiu? Or is it your father-in-law? This is the first point. ”

Li Xuandu nodded silently.

Li Daoxu continued: "The second point is that Xu Wugui and Taiyun are not in the game, if we start a war with Confucianism and it becomes a lose-lose situation, then it will make Xu Wugui and Taiyun, two outsiders, profit from it, and we will become a wedding dress for others." But if it is the Jade Void Fighting Sword, there are three Immortal Earth Immortals on our side, but they have an advantage, and if the Confucian Sect wants to be equal to us, it is bound to drag Xu Wugui and Tangtaiyun into the water, and they must be on their side, so that Xu Wugui and Tangtaiyun will not be able to make profits if they become insiders. ”

Li Xuandu opened his mouth and said, "I also understand these two points, so I would like to hear the third reason of the master. ”

Li Daoxu said: "The third reason, I have a lot of relationship with the Vientiane School Palace, when I left a book in the library building "Biography", which was sandwiched with a piece of prose "Retreat" written by the sage of Xinxue himself, you don't underestimate this "Retreat", this may be the only one in the world written by the sage of Xinxue himself

Qu is very precious, and it has an unusual meaning for the disciples of the saints of Xinxue. And I used a little trick to wait for the idlers to never find the retreat, but when I went again this time, the "retreat" was gone. ”

Li Xuandu frowned, it was the first time he had heard about this, and at the same time, he faintly felt that Li Daoxu seemed to have known about the existence of Confucian hermits a long time ago, otherwise he would not have done such a thing for no reason.

"That's interesting. Li Daoxu said slowly, "Someone took my 'Retreat', and there are two Confucian hermits who didn't show up, what would you think if you link these two things? ”

"After all, Confucianism has big roots and deep roots, which is reasonable. Li Xuandu nodded in agreement, and then changed his words, "Master deliberately left that "Retreat", can I understand it this way, as early as many years ago, Master had already noticed the existence of Confucian hermits, which was actually a temptation. ”

"Those who know the subtleties and know the demonstrative, the purple mansion is also. Li Daoxu glanced at Li Xuandu appreciatively, and there was still some pity in his heart, if Li Xuandu did not have those unrealistic so-called righteousness in his mind, he would be a perfect heir, and he also believed that Li Xuandu would definitely be able to lead the Qingwei Sect to a height that the ancestors of all generations had never reached, and even unify the Daomen. But now it's too late to talk about this, the Daomen will still be unified, but it is completely different from the way Li Daoxu wants to see it.

"Master has won the award. Li Xuandu humbly said, "The Seven Hermits of Confucianism, how much does the master know?"

"After all, I studied in the Vientiane School Palace, and I also have a deep friendship with the previous great sacrificial wine, and my understanding of Confucianism is deeper than that of Zhang Xinwu and Qin Yuebai. Li Daoxu replied.

Zhang Xinwu is Zhang Jingxiu, and Xinwu is Zhang Jingxiu's expression, but with Zhang Jingxiu's status, there are very few people who can call him his expression, so few people know his expression. Qin Yuebai is Qin Qing, Yuebai is Qin Qing's table word, Qin Qing's original name is Qin Daozheng, a word has been little known, after he changed his name to Qin Qing, the word Yuebai, taken from the meaning of Yuebai Fengqing.

Generally speaking, in addition to the name, there are also table words and self-names, putting aside the self-names for the time being, among the immortals of the immortals, Zhang Jingxiu has the heart of the table, Xu Wugui has the words of fear, Qin Qing has the words Yuebai, the Song Zheng has the words of the official, and Li Daoxu has the words of the void boat, only Taiyun is the most mysterious because she is a woman, and her words are rarely known.

Li Xuandu said with a straight face: "Please also ask the master for advice." ”

Li Daoxu said: "The Tiger Zen Master has returned to seclusion, and now he is dead, and he will not talk about him." Among the other six people, they can be divided into two groups according to their age, for example, among the six of your senior brothers, Situ Xuance and Zhang Haishi are one generation, and you and Lu Yanbing are another generation, although they are of the same generation, but the age difference is very large. Among the Confucian hermits, Qinghe Jushi, Mr. Bailu, and Ziyanshan are one group of people, and Old Man Long, Red Sheep Weng, and Jin Toad are another group of people. Although the Blue Crane Monk walks the world most often, he is not the leader of the hermits, he is only a representative figure who has been pushed out by the hermits, and the real leader has been hidden behind the scenes. ”

Li Xuandu immediately understood, "The leader is among the two who didn't show up. ”

"Yes. Li Daoxu agreed, "The remaining two, one is the leader and the other is the mastermind, if the two of them don't show up and don't come to the table, I won't be at ease to fight with Confucianism." ”