Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Visit
Li Xuandu immediately understood that this was Pei Yu's arrival, and ordered: "Please come in and wait in the front hall for a while." ”
"Yes. The disciples of the Taiping Sect outside the door answered, turned around and left.
Li Xuan put the book in his hand back in its place, got up and walked to the front hall.
Came to the front hall, Pei Yu was sitting in the guest seat, holding a cup of tea and taking a sip slowly, seeing Li Xuandu come in, he hurriedly put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up, and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Engong, I heard that Engong has arrived at Longmen Mansion, and he has come to visit, and there is a thin gift. ”
Li Xuandu raised his hand, signaling Pei Yu not to be polite, and then signaled the Taiping Sect disciples standing next to him to retreat.
The two of them were seated, and Li Xuan set up a soundproofing ban, and then asked, "Did you take the initiative to come?" or did Confucianism let you come?"
Pei Yu Zhengse said: "I wanted to come back in a few days, but Wen Ren, the great sacrificial wine, hurriedly found me and asked me to come to see Mr. immediately." ”
Li Xuandu laughed, "In today's battle, the Confucian sect has lost face, and they are in a hurry." ”
Pei Yu heard Li Xuandu's words, and then thought of the stargazing platform, he had confirmed his guess, and couldn't help but show joy on his face, "In this way, it is the Daomen who wins." ”
"Don't rejoice too soon. Li Xuandu saw that he was overjoyed, and poured cold water on him, "It's just the first formation, if you want to completely overwhelm Confucianism, it is difficult to get started." ”
Pei Yu nodded, "I understand." ”
Li Xuandu asked, "What does Wen Ren want to know?"
Pei Yugong said respectfully: "He wants to know what Mr. will do next." ”
Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "You can tell him this, but you can't tell him all at once." ”
Pei Yu was stunned, "Please advise Mr." ”
Li Xuandu said: "Wen Ren is not a fool, and I am not a fool, if you easily get what he wants to know from me, he will be suspicious, either doubting your identity, or doubting the truth of this news, and then doubting whether you are being used by me in reverse." Whether it is doubting your identity, or suspecting that you are being used by me, the result is the same, we do not want to see it, so you have to get information from me little by little, one point today, one point tomorrow, and sometimes nothing will be found, the news is also from shallow to deep, as we get along for a longer time, my trust in you increases, and the information you can obtain gradually deepens, so that Wen Ren will believe that this is the result of your efforts, not that I deliberately revealed it to you. ”
Pei Yu's face turned grim and said, "I understand." ”
"Besides, we don't know how much information the Confucian Sect knows, so it's very likely that Wen Ren will use the information he already has to trick you, you have to be careful. Li Xuandu groaned and said, "When you see Wen Ren, you have to use the identity of a Confucian disciple to reply, and completely forget your other identity, everything must be considered from the standpoint of Confucianism, especially your reaction, you should also pay special attention, for example, some things that you don't know in the eyes of others but in fact you already know, when you hear it, you should show appropriate surprise, these you should understand." ”
"Yes. Pei Yu nodded seriously.
Li Xuandu thought about it again, got up and said, "You come with me." ”
Pei Yu hurriedly got up and followed behind Li Xuandu.
When the two came to the study, Li Xuan motioned for Pei Yu to take a seat, and then said
"If Wen Ren asks about the harvest of your trip, you will say that you followed me into my study and accidentally saw a book about the Western Regions on my bookcase. If he continues to ask questions, you will pretend to be contemplative and reminisce, saying that it seems to be related to Kunlun. ”
Pei Yu nodded to note it down, and then asked, "Is this enough?"
Li Xuandu explained: "This is an agreement related to the Daomen and the Confucian Sect, which was proposed by the hermits of the Confucian Sect, you don't need to know who the hermits are for the time being, you just need to know that the hermits are not much different from the identities of the Great Sacrifice Wine, but they are not all the way, they are two factions." In advance, the priests were unaware of the hermit's sudden agreement. ”
Pei Yu's eyes lit up, "I understand, this is to guide the Great Sacrifice Wine and the hermits to be suspicious of each other." ”
"Pretty much that means. Li Xuandu nodded in agreement, "I expect that the other two Great Sacrificial Wines will definitely inform Wen Ren of what happened, and Wen Ren will definitely link these two things together after getting your news, so he will ask the hermit about Kunlun in the Western Regions, if the hermit gives him a clear answer, then there is nothing to say, just when we make a move." But if the hermit doesn't give him a definite answer, then we can do something. ”
Pei Yu wrote them all down, and faintly noticed that the water in the Confucian Sect was far deeper than he imagined, but the high-level people on the Daomen side obviously knew this very well.
Li Xuandu sat behind the bookcase, leaned back in his chair, and became relaxed, "Is there anything else?" we can say something unrelated now, after all, you are nominally here to visit me, it is impossible to come and go in a hurry, if there is a problem about the cultivation path, I should be able to answer it." ”
"This ......" Pei Yu blushed a little, "I recently met a Su Saijiu in the Vientiane Academy, and I heard that Su Saijiu is an old friend of Mr. and his wife. ”
Li Xuandu was stunned, he didn't expect Pei Yu to suddenly mention Su Lianrong, and replied, "It is indeed a little friendship." ”
Pei Yu hesitated and said, "I...... I like her. ”
At the moment when Pei Yu mentioned Su Lianrong, Li Xuandu had already guessed this possibility, so when he said it himself, Li Xuandu was not so surprised, but quipped: "Aren't you in love with Shuning?"
Pei Yu's face turned even redder, "I had never seen Miss Zhou at that time, it was just a joke." Besides, now Miss Zhou and Brother Shen are a match made in heaven, and gentlemen do not take advantage of others. ”
Li Xuandu smiled and said, "But the Su family is much bigger than you." ”
Pei Yu shook his head and said, "It's nothing, she is not married." ”
"What about her background?" Li Xuandu asked again, "She is not a young lady of the family, and she has nothing to rely on, and she was once accepted as an outer room by the King of Jin, you can not care, but the Pei family will not care." ”
This is indeed a heart-wrenching question, Pei Yu's distress is also here, otherwise he would not have spoken about it today.
Pei Yu showed a look of frustration, "Yes." ”
Li Xuandu said again: "The young man's heart can't last, if you like her today, you may not like her tomorrow." So don't say anything about giving up the family for her, an experienced woman like her won't believe it and won't support it. And breaking with the family is a big deal, you can break up for the sake of ideas and ambitions, because it can't be reconciled, but in the relationship between men and women, I don't think it has to be like this, this kind of thing can be reconciled, and there is room for maneuver, the key is your determination, and
Your abilities. If you are the head of the Pei family, you can do whatever you want. If you are just an ordinary child of the Pei family, then you have to abide by the rules of the family. ”
Pei Yu said thoughtfully: "Just like Mr., Mr. is a big man, then Mr. can marry Miss Qin, and no one will say anything about the distinction between good and evil." ”
"I don't want to admit it, but sometimes that's the case. Li Xuandu said slowly, "The Longmen Mansion under our feet was called Shendu in the era of the empress. The empress used to be the concubine of Emperor Taizong, but Emperor Gaozong made her empress, and after Gaozong's death, she ascended the throne and became emperor. A woman, married to a father and a son, is her name right? Is it smooth? Why? Because the emperor's dignity and authority are so great that no one can compare with him, all opposing voices will be suppressed. ”
Pei Yu was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "With Mr. Lao's teachings, I understand." ”
Li Xuandu said: "I don't know more about men and women than you. If it was Song Zheng sitting here, maybe he could give good advice. ”
Pei Yu smiled bitterly, of course he had heard of Song Zheng's great name, and he was really romantic, but he couldn't envy it, let alone learn it.
Li Xuandu didn't want to continue this topic, so he got up and took down a box of books from the bookshelf, a total of twelve volumes, which was compiled, printed, and published by the Taiping Sect.
Li Xuandu said: "Since you brought a gift, then I want to give you a gift in return, so I will give you this Jin version of "Taiping Guangji", the value is still secondary, the key is that there are not many generations, the world's first scholarly family, the right is to enrich the collection." ”
Pei Yu respectfully took it with both hands.
This gift is very much in line with the apparent identity relationship between the two now, after all, Pei Yu came to visit Engong as a Confucian disciple, and Li Xuan could not return the gift of too valuable items.
Li Xuandu sent Pei Yu out of the study, beckoned a disciple of the Taiping Sect who was in charge of affairs in Qingping Garden, and instructed, "Send Pei Gongzi for me." ”
The disciple of the Taiping Sect responded: "Yes." ”
After Pei Yu left, Qin Su came over and whispered to Li Xuandu, "Everyone Su just sent a letter to say...... Pei Yu is a secret agent of Confucianism, so let you be careful. ”
Li Xuandu laughed and said: "Pei Yu, this kid, has bad intentions, and the Su family has seen the flaws. However, his true identity was not revealed, and he still knew the severity. ”
Qin Su heard that Li Xuandu had something to say, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Pei Yu, this kid is in love with the Su family. Li Xuandu didn't hide it, "But I've already reminded him, don't worry too much." ”
Qin Su was a little surprised and surprised, "Pei Yu, Su family, how old is he?"
"How old. Li Xuandu was very calm, "At his age, he can already marry a wife and have children, if you really want to talk about it, the two of us who are only married at an age are outliers." ”
Qin Su was unconvinced and said, "Isn't the second senior brother older?"
Li Xuandu said with a smile: "So many people call him 'East China Sea Monster' behind their backs." ”
Qin Su was speechless.
Li Xuandu restrained his smile and said, "Recently, I have to prepare for the Dao Gate Conference with the three masters of the sect, and I may not be able to take care of the affairs of the customer inn. ”
Qin Su knew what he meant, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll leave it all to me." ”