"The situation in Wu Kingdom is different from ours. Today's emperor of Wu Kingdom kills his brothers and fathers. The name of the emperor is not righteous, and he is not popular among the people. He is cast aside by the literati and officials of Wu Kingdom. , but the entire Wu Kingdom has undergone huge turmoil." Li Yi looked at Miss Liu Er and said slowly: "More than half of the places in Wu Kingdom today have escaped the control of the imperial court. Loyal to the forces of the former emperor of Wu Kingdom, there are also bandits who take advantage of the chaos and raise their flags..."
"In short, the current Wu Kingdom is very chaotic, very chaotic..."
"Princess Duanrong, who disappeared mysteriously after the emperor of Wu Kingdom seized power, returned to Wu Kingdom a year ago. Several generals who rebelled against the current imperial court gathered around her, and they also gathered a considerable force. The bandit who occupies the mountain as king, strengthens his own power and fights against the imperial court... "
Li Yi looked into her eyes and said, "Don't worry too much. There are many people around your apprentice now. Although it is impossible to overthrow the entire imperial court, there is still the power to protect yourself."
"I see." Second Miss Liu nodded, turned and walked outside.
"Where are you going?" Li Yi asked hastily.
Although she didn't show anything in this year, there is only one precious apprentice that Miss Liu Er taught her all, so how could she not care about her affairs? If she was in Wu Kingdom now, she might have brought Liu The masters of the League broke into the palace to take the dog's head of the emperor of Wu Kingdom.
Miss Liu Er turned her head and said, "I'll ask old man Xu, what tricks he taught you two days ago."
Li Yi's complexion changed. This was more dangerous than her breaking into the palace. He quickly walked in front of her and changed the subject: "Ruyi, do you still remember the Taoist priest who came back from Qi with us?"
"Of course I remember." Miss Liu Er glanced at him, she had only met a few grand masters, how could she forget.
"I heard from Mr. Xu that the Taoist priest is as old as him, but he looks like he is two generations younger than Mr. Xu. Do you know why?"
Miss Liu Er glanced at her lips and said, "What's the matter? Daoist kung fu focuses on health preservation, and it has a certain effect of prolonging life and retaining beauty. The Taoist practice must be the top-level beauty-retaining skill. I heard my father say it before." …”
When she said this, she seemed to be remembering the past, her tone paused, and her face darkened slightly.
He was as old as old man Xu, but looked so young. Li Yi had been thinking about Mr. Yuan for a long time. Hearing this, he was immediately aroused and asked hurriedly, "Why, what did my father say?"
Miss Liu Er came back to her senses, glared at him, and said, "Who is with your father!"
"What you said is wrong." Li Yi looked at her and explained: "You and Ruyi are sisters, your father is Ruyi's father, I am Ruyi's husband, and Ruyi's father is my father , pass it on like this, isn't your father my father... Besides, we are a family... "
Second Miss Liu didn't care about him, and interrupted him with a wave of her hand, and said, "My father said..."
"Our father." Li Yi corrected again.
"In the past..., my father said before, that he saw a Taoist priest who practiced the Taoist beauty skills to the extreme. He has lived for a year, but he still has the face of a young man. Until his death, his appearance is also the same. will not change."
Speaking of this matter, Miss Liu Er didn't take it seriously at all, she changed her words and said: "However, although this kind of kung fu can maintain your appearance, it doesn't help much in martial arts, and it requires long-term purchase of various precious medicinal materials. Not to mention the time and effort, the money spent alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and it is nothing but tasteless martial arts."
Li Yi said indifferently: "We are not ordinary people, it's okay to spend a little more money..."
Miss Liu Er frowned and said: "Money is not the point, the point is wasting time for nothing, it's better to use it to learn some practical kung fu."
Li Yi shook his head and said: "You can't say that, Ruyi, you are nineteen years old this year, and it is the time when a woman is at her most youthful in her life, but can you guarantee that ten or twenty years later, you will still look like this? "
"Not much else to say, let's just say that in a few years, although you have been practicing qigong and your figure should not be out of shape, wrinkles will appear on your face, your skin will loosen and lose its luster. It's time to grow old..."
"You're old?" Second Miss Liu looked at him, and Li Yi could hear the creaking of the knuckles of his fists.
"Pretend I didn't say anything." Li Yi turned his head and walked away, saying as he walked, "If you think it's tasteless, forget it. I'll let Ruyi practice and Xiaohuan practice too. By then, there will be only you..."
"How about just me?" Second Miss Liu leaned forward slightly, and she appeared in front of Li Yi, asking calmly.
Li Yi bypassed him and whispered, "Only you... can experience a complete life as a woman."
As a woman, who would not want to be youthful and have an everlasting appearance, but there is a price to be paid for everything. Spending a lot of time practicing the Taoist art of keeping the face that is useless will affect the road of martial arts …
But if you don't learn, both sister and Xiaohuan can maintain their looks. After a few years, she will be the only one who is "old and pearly"...
Of course, she couldn't stand it.
Miss Liu Er clenched her fists tightly, looked at Li Yi who was about to slip out the door, and said in a deep voice, "Come back!"
Miss Liu Er looked at him and asked: "Taoist kung fu has never been passed on to outsiders, let alone this top-level art of retaining beauty. Then Yuan Laodao is a master and has a high status in the Taoist sect. Are you sure you can handle it?"
Li Yi smiled, looked directly at her, and said, "There is no one in this world that I can't handle..."
…
He can even handle monks, let alone Taoists.
Although it is said that those people have no desires and desires, and only exist for cultivating immortals, it does not mean that they really don't care about anything.
A few Taoist books that don't exist in this world are tantamount to pointing out a few more avenues for cultivating immortals for them, but they are just a tasteless cheat book, he Yuan Laodao will not be willing to give it
Add one more Dao Zang, and he will be able to impart all his experience in practicing this technique over the years, and add another one, and he will have an on-call consultant in the future, and one more...
In order to make Miss Liu not be so old, Li Yichao's hands were sore.
"Take it!"
Throwing two booklets to her, one records the beauty-retaining technique, and the other contains Yuan Laodao and his seniors' insights and experience in practicing this technique, which can make people avoid some detours when practicing.
Although Yuan Laodao would not give him a fake copy for the sake of Daode Tianzun, but it is still necessary to let Ruyi and Second Uncle identify it first.
Seeing Miss Liu went to Ruyi's room, he sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, took out a few notes from his sleeve, and opened them one by one.
After all, the Cui family still couldn't sit still, and this time, besides the Cui family, they also had to be wary of the Chu family.
Since Taifu Chu returned to Beijing, he has stayed behind closed doors most of the time, but recently he has frequently visited famous Confucian scholars near the capital. It is frequent gatherings, and there are many movements.
After all, the Chu family made a move. Even though they had already prepared for such a thing, they still felt a little complicated when things happened.
Her Royal Highness the Princess already has a very high reputation among the officials in the world, but if they are not targeting the Princess...
"Master Chu..."
Li Yi crumpled all the papers into a ball and sighed softly.
Miss Liu Er came out of the room, looked at him and said, "By the way, there is one more thing. I asked about it. Old man Xu said he didn't teach you any tricks."
"Ah, no?"
There was a look of surprise on Li Yi's face, and he nodded after a while, and said, "Oh, if you don't have it, you don't have it, maybe I remembered it wrong..."