The rivers and lakes are very large, including two capitals and 19 prefectures, from Liaodong to Lingnan, from the imperial capital to Xijing, within the four seas, there are rivers and lakes everywhere. But the rivers and lakes at the top are very small, but there are only more than 100 people, and between these more than 100 people, all kinds of relationships are intricate, like a huge spider web, everyone is on the Internet, and they can get a little bit of old friendship between in-laws. Take Li Xuandu and Bai Xiushang as examples, they were originally two people who had nothing to do with each other, but if you really want to talk about it in detail, Li Xuandu will call her mother-in-law if she can't say anything in the future, after all, Cihang Sect does not have a rule that the sect master can't marry, Qin Qing has been a widower for many years because of his daughter, and it is reasonable to remarry after his daughter marries and becomes a family. At that time, Bai Xiushang will not become Li Xuandu's mother-in-law.

Of course, this is not Li Xuandu's groundless conjecture, but Bai Xiushang's subtle attitude towards Li Xuandu, which makes Li Xuandu have to think deeply in this regard. Although the women of Cihang Sect are long-sleeved and good at dancing, they are not as upright as the women of Xuannu Sect, but with the identity of Bai Xiuyi, this kind of closeness is inevitably a little too much. But if Li Xuandu treats Bai Xiushang as an elder, this kind of closeness becomes just right, maybe this is the so-called mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

Every time he thinks about this, Li Xuan always feels that the world is so absurd.

As for the marriage between Li Xuandu and Qin Su, why no one stopped and opposed it, but they were all happy to see it come to fruition, the key lies in the four words "cooperation is beneficial to both sides".

From Qin Su's side, her temperament is too indifferent, she is outside the rivers and lakes, and she is attached to the mountains and rivers, and if she wants to take on the heavy responsibility of the family sect in the future, I am afraid that she will have doubts, so she needs a strong enough husband to support her, but if it is the head of a sect such as Li Yuanying and Yan Feiqing, and there is a worry about the dove occupying the magpie's nest, from this aspect, no one is more suitable than Li Xuandu.

For Li Xuandu's side, after Li Xuandu lost power, there is no shortage of identity, status, and fame, and it is enough to be a transcendent hermit who loves the landscape, but if you want to do something, you lack the two most important things, the same is money, the same is power, Qin Su Jianghu is called "Miss Qin", the most important thing is not lacking these two things, if Li Xuan can marry Qin Su, he will have the help of his wife and family, and he can help him show his ambitions.

In other words, the two just complement each other.

It is difficult to say that Li Xuandu and Qin Su did not consider this aspect in the process of getting to know each other, after all, the two of them are not young, and they are not fledgling children, if they haven't thought about it at all, it is self-deception, but if they really want to say that the two chose each other purely for their own interests, it would inevitably look down on the two of them. With the identity of the two of them, even if they don't get married, it won't be anything, because Qin Qing will not persecute Qin Su, and Li Xuandu is not Li Daoxu, who was poor and white and could only rely on marriage to get to the throne. There is no need for the two to compromise, and there is no need to meet each other and go around in circles, the key is whether the two are willing.

It's like a person has many faces, more than just one face. The two get along, good or bad, is by no means a reason, there are feelings and interests. If there is a conflict between feelings and interests, it is necessary to weigh them at their discretion. If the two don't conflict, it's a match made in heaven.

From this point of view, Li Xuandu and Qin Su can really be called a match made in heaven.

Li Xuandu stayed in the Taiping Inn for a night, and the next day, a sword light fell from the sky and fell in the inn courtyard, and after the sword light dissipated, a woman in white was revealed, with a sword behind her back and a high crown and her hair, just like a white-clothed Guanyin, who was the white embroidered dress of the sect master of Cihang Sect.

Li Xuandu walked out of the lobby and greeted Bai Xiuyi.

Bai Xiushang said apologetically: "There are some chores in the sect that need to be dealt with, and they are a few days late, so that the Zifu has been waiting for a long time." ”

Li Xuandu smiled: "I didn't wait long, I only arrived yesterday." I have already met Mrs. Lu, and she has no objection, if Sect Master Bai has nothing else to do, we will climb the mountain together now, and Mrs. Lu has already arranged a special person to wait. ”

Bai Xiushang nodded: "It's okay." ”

Li Xuandu hesitated for a moment and said, "But this trip to the mountain, I'm afraid it won't be peaceful." ”

"Taiping Mountain is not peaceful. Bai Xiushang smiled lightly: "This is the matter of the Purple Mansion, with the ability of the Purple Mansion, it should be enough to deal with it, and it will not let me, an old woman, escort it, right?"

Li Xuandu smiled: "Xuandu is enough to deal with it." In addition, Sect Master Bai is not old at all, and he is in his prime. ”

Bai Xiushang said with a smile: "I didn't expect Zifu to praise people, no wonder Su Su can fall in love with you." ”

Li Xuandu said: "In fact, anyone can say beautiful things, the key is to see who says it." ”

Bai Xiushang smiled.

The two left the Taiping Inn and headed for Taiping Mountain.

The Taiping Mountains are continuous, all of which are the private property of the Taiping Sect, and there are stone steps built from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside. The two of them climbed up the stone steps in the mountains. After walking for about an hour, you can faintly see the continuous terraced fields, with clear layers, looking from afar, like the steps built for the gods and men in the sky, but at this time, I don't see the farmers in the terraces bowing down to plough. After the large terraced fields, the mountain road becomes more and more steep, and the mountain becomes more and more rugged and difficult to walk.

After traveling for several miles, a black and thin young man appeared on the mountain road, and after seeing Li Xuandu, he hurriedly greeted him.

The young man was Shen Changsheng, who had been around for a long time, he first saluted Li Xuandu, and then looked at the white embroidered clothes that were walking with Li Xuandu, and hesitated.

Li Xuandu smiled and said, "This is the Bai Sect Master of the Cihang Sect. ”

Shen Changsheng hurriedly saluted and said, "Senior Shen Changsheng has seen Sect Master Bai. ”

Bai Xiushang just waved his sleeves slightly: "No need to be polite." ”

Li Xuandu suddenly said, "Why did Madam Lu send you here? Is it because she can't rest assured of the others, or is she unable to control the situation in the Taiping Sect now?"

Shen Changsheng was slightly stunned, and then he gave birth to a sense of admiration, and said: "Mr. Li guessed well, in the past few days, the Taiping Palace has been going crazy, arguing during the day and arguing at night, endlessly, the boss lady...... Madame, she has no choice, palm ...... Master has suffered another accident, and in the past few days, Madame has sighed all day long, and she is about to die of sorrow. ”

Li Xuandu and Bai Xiushang glanced at each other, and they knew it in their hearts.

Shen Changsheng looked straight and said: "Madame asked me to tell Mr. Li that as long as Mr. Li sets foot on Taiping Mountain, he will have to make a big move, maybe he will have to fight more, after all, there are still many people who disagree with Mr. Li." ”

Li Xuandu was not surprised.

The replacement of the old and new suzerains means that the original power structure within the sect will be broken, and then the power will be redistributed, which is what the world often calls "a son of heaven and a courtier". In this case, even if the normal handover of the suzerain is normal, it will inevitably make waves, not to mention Li Xuandu's abnormal alternation, the new sect master is not even a disciple of this sect, even if it is so, there are still many foreign forces behind Li Xuandu, and everyone must be worried. So even if this is Mr. Shen Da's arrangement, it will cause many doubts.

Shen Changsheng continued: "Madam also said that if Mr. Li can't come to the Taiping Palace smoothly, she can't think about it. ”

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment: "More to bully less." ”

Shen Changsheng nodded: "Those people all felt that fighting alone was definitely not Mr. Li's opponent, so they had to attack him in groups." ”

Bai Xiushang smiled and said: "Don't worry about the Purple Mansion, in addition to me, there are many visitors on the way, and the Taiping Sect can't do anything to deal with the Purple Mansion alone." ”

Li Xuandu said: "I'm not afraid of this, after all, the reason why I can gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes is because of my ability to fight with others." Over the years, I have met countless opponents, not to mention my debut battle, which is what people in the rivers and lakes call competing with Heshuo. But this time is different, it is not a battle of life and death, there must be room for proportion, so the scale of the shot is very important, I am afraid that I will shoot too hard, which will break the face of some people, making it difficult to recover the situation. ”

Bai Xiushang nodded in agreement: "After all, we are guests, not masters, if Zifu is a disciple of the Taiping Sect, it can naturally be completely suppressed, but unfortunately Zifu is an outsider, and it is true that there is a little leeway." ”

Li Xuandu spread out his five fingers, and a "seed" appeared in the palm of his hand, spinning non-stop.

Shen Changsheng's eyes widened and he asked curiously, "What is this?"

Li Xuandu folded his five fingers again, held this "seed" in the palm of his hand, and said with a smile: "This is my 'human world'. ”

Then Li Xuandu said to Shen Changsheng: "Let's go, take me to see the grandeur of the Taiping Sect." ”