After Xu Fengnian finished speaking, he noticed that the Guanyin Bodhisattva beside him was slightly taller than himself. She was walking barefoot. Xu Fengnian's height was outstanding. Most men in Liangdi were tall and strong, and Xu Fengnian did not look short at all. When he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he was even more slender. Jiang Ni, among the women around him, was still growing up. Not to mention, tall women like Yu Youwei and Shu Yu were half a head shorter than him, but the female Dharma King was stunned than the crown prince. His Highness is even taller, not to mention how unusual her clothes are, just this outstanding height is quite eye-catching.
After the two passed by, Xu Fengnian turned his head and stared at the Red Sect Dharma King of Mount Lantuo without grace. The dull-looking monk Long Shou put his hands together again and greeted His Royal Highness alone. The two of them were in Beiliang City There is a relationship between two sides, and even though Xu Fengnian has a bad reputation, he is close to Shimen Buddhism. Beiliang knows this well, so monk Longshou, who was born in the world, has no aversion to Xu Fengnian.
The great monk in red cassock threw peaches at him, and Xu Fengnian rewarded them with Li, nodding slightly. Because of the concubine's worship of Buddhism, Xu Fengnian loves houses and cubs, and is quite proficient in Buddhist sects. It's not that he belittles the principles of Taoism. He still agrees with the saying that the Central Plains is rooted in Taoism. Qiu, after comparison, it is inevitable to have some opinions on some Taoist figures.
In fact, Buddhism has always been called the Western religion by scholars in the Central Plains, with a strong derogatory meaning. After the Spring and Autumn War, the survivors of the subjugated country who did not care about fame and fortune in the early days retreated from the world. Once they chose Buddhism, they were widely criticized by the world and dubbed "" Fearing death and running away from Zen" four words, scolding the old monk is an actor in nature, but as the current emperor began to worship Buddhism, there was a change. There are no fewer than ten thousand wandering monks in the capital alone, but there is no leader in Shimen. It's far less clear than Taoism's reverence for Mount Longhu.
The black-clothed old monk Yang Taisui was the emperor's teacher of the two dynasties, and his wrists and qualifications were sufficient. He was the best candidate to be the leader of the Shimen. Unfortunately, the sick tiger old monk turned out to be a rootless duckweed, and even severed ties with the family early on. Even when imparting miscellaneous knowledge to the sons and grandsons of the dragon, they would have a stern face. It was rumored that he did not know how many feather dusters had been broken by him. The princes and princesses were all afraid of this old monk. He is the most domineering, but even those who are not afraid of anything say they are only afraid of black rice, and the old monk in black has been refusing visitors for more than ten years, so how can Monk Yang form a clique? If there is no faction, and one-handedly, where will the power come from
Avalokitesvara in white fled away, turning a deaf ear to Xu Fengnian's brazen words of seeking freedom. Once she left, Monk Longshou, who had been willing to wait for thirty years, had no reason to "paint the ground as a prison" and returned to Mount Landa. Everyone would like to say that the poor monk came from Mount Landa, but none of them could really go to Mount Landa. Xu Fengnian caught a glimpse of Jiang Ni staring at the back of the female Dharma king, with a dazed expression on his face, and couldn't help jokingly said: "Want to follow to Mount Landa? Are you going to be a concubine or a nun? Let me explain to you in advance that eating fast and reciting Buddha can be compared with studying to make money." It's a lot harder."
Li Chungang, who gently pinned the talisman back into his hair, played with his taste: "Is this mother-in-law from Mount Landa thinking about dual cultivation with you?"
Xu Fengnian said with regret: "I used to be afraid that she would eat young grass, so I refused to live or die, but now it's her turn to despise this son. This is the way of the world."
The old sword god finally seized an opportunity to ridicule Xu Fengnian, so naturally he would not miss it, and said in a strange way: "Boy Xu, she said in front of a large group of people that you are not worthy of dual cultivation, can your majestic Prince of Beiliang bear it? Wouldn’t the world laugh at you if the word got out?”
Xu Fengnian hummed and said: "It's best to die laughing, I don't need to learn how to use swords anymore, if you see someone who doesn't like it, just tell them this joke, and they will die laughing after listening."
Old man Li was taken aback for a moment. After finally regaining consciousness, Jiang Ni heard such rascal words, and said angrily: "You are really shameless!"
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Then you are going to give me a way to save face? Let a hundred people rush up and beat this Guanyin lady? Or kneel on the ground and cry, begging her to be happy with me?"
The little clay figurine probably saw Xu Fengnian being looked down upon by the fairy sister in her heart. She was in a good mood, turned her head and smiled and repeated: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it..."
Xu Fengnian deliberately kept a distance from Jiang Ni, looked towards the top of the city and sighed: "Tonight is a good day for a hundred thousand wild ghosts to leave the city."
Jiang Ni immediately shut up and approached Xu Fengnian subconsciously. Xu Fengnian took the lead to walk on the suspension bridge. Xiangfan is a typical heroic city in military books. The outer edge of the city is built with a protruding horse face. He turned his head and asked the old sword god behind him: "What is the reason for the name of the wooden horse cow?"
It seemed inappropriate for Xu Fengnian to wake up to this question after asking. For a swordsman, the sword was broken, which was the greatest humiliation in his life, let alone being cut off by Wang Xianzhi with two fingers. I never thought that old man Li was quite indifferent, but he just nodded calmly and said: "The name of the wooden horse and ox is indeed derived from the siege equipment you guessed. The same is the same, the same is from a flying stone from outside the sky. The former emperor sent people overseas to visit immortals. When the flying stone fell into the sea by chance, it caused a thousand waves. They were picked up from the bottom of the sea. The essence is the dagger talisman on the old man's head, the three of them lead to the same goal by different routes, these three things can be called sisters and brothers."
Xu Fengnian joked: "The old man and the little clay figurine are really destined."
The old sword god chuckled.
Xiangfan, the Xiongcheng city, is strictly forbidden at night, only for ordinary people, for the top dignitaries like Xu Fengnian who dared to fight against the Qingzhou Navy, and the gods of Mount Landa like Master Liuzhu, of course they can come and go as they please, the city gate school In all likelihood, Wei got the instruction from King Jing'an Zhao Heng, and it was not to obstruct him, otherwise, if they met each other, it would be nothing more than embarrassment for Xu Fengnian, and he couldn't expect to let the prince of Beiliang suffer in such trivial matters. The farce on Chunshen Lake, so far no one can say that Xu Fengnian must be punished. After all, it is different from the past. At this moment, the King of Beiliang, who is wearing a blue satin Kowloon python robe, stays in the capital. Wang Peidao, who had a different surname, went to the palace. Facing the accusations of several meritorious ministers other than Zhang Julu and Gu Jiantang, civil and military officials, and the repeated interrogation of the three palace scholars, Rentu just stood alone and dozed off, ignoring any of them, which made the two classes of ministers angry. There is smoke from the seven orifices, as to whether there is any apprehension or fear behind the upright anger, I don't know. There is a gossip in the capital that the Xiamawei post house where the king of Beiliang and his cavalry are stationed for rest is empty. This is the law of heaven, those who lose their way will have little help, and the northern coolness is exhausted!
Xiamawei Post Station, really was left in the cold. In the inner courtyard, the king of Beiliang, dressed as a rich man, was drinking green ant wine with an old monk in black. The wine was brought from Liangzhou to Tai'an by Xu Xiao. He was dragged here by Xu Xiao. In fact, in recent years, with the song "My Brother Appreciating the Snow" by the second daughter Xu Weixiong, many green ant wines have been sold in the capital, but the king of Beiliang has traveled thousands of miles with the spirits himself, and the courtesy is light and the affection is not light. This can also be regarded as Xu Xiao's statement to his old acquaintance: You Yang Taisui didn't treat me as Xu Xiao's friend, and even entered the city to watch me for the emperor, but Xu Xiao still regarded you as a friend, old bald donkey Invite me to drink as a farewell, and I will also treat you to drink a pot of green ant wine when we meet again.
The spring cold in the capital has long since dissipated, and the cicadas kept singing, but Xu Xiao seemed to be afraid of the cold, raised his hand and sighed, and said with emotion: "When I left Beijing, I remembered that the dynasty had 1,864 post stations, and now it has merged so many If the country does not increase but decreases, can there be half of it left?"
The old monk in black said plainly: "Tai'an City, Tai'an City, the world is safe and stable, why do we need to reproduce the scene of posthouses standing in forests and feathers flying around? Isn't this a good thing?"
Everyone knows that Xu Xiao has an inseparable feeling for post stations, because the Liyang Dynasty did not pay much attention to the construction of post stations at the beginning. After Xu Xiao took over the military power, he proposed ten policies, among which post station and horse administration were in his hands to the greatest extent. There are still several political affairs that have not had time to be popularized because of the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and they have died halfway. The reduction of post stations is just a microcosm. When the soldiers and horses of the Liyang Dynasty were at their peak, it can be said that one post passed by one post, and the post houses were like fish scales. One ride after another, the post ride is like a shooting star. Therefore, at the end of the national war, almost all the subjugated emperors were escorted to Tai'an City. During the period, they saw a post thirty miles away, which shocked Xu Xiao's wrist. The post station involves many things such as the post road, and each of them is extremely troublesome. Just the planting and maintenance of plants on both sides of the post road will cost the treasury how much money every year? At that time, the war was in full swing, so the foolish emperor didn't want to talk about it, and the wise emperors at most stared at the armor for exercise, wishing to spend money today and get immediate results tomorrow, and a courtier like Xu Xiao could persuade the emperor to spend money on a century-old plan
Xu Xiao smiled and said, "It's a good thing in the short term. It's hard to say whether it will be a good thing after a hundred years."
Although the old monk in black was a monk, he also drank wine, took a sip, and said in a flat tone: "You worry so much."
Xu Xiao laughed dumbly and said, "It's not like you are a monk, I don't worry about it, I am worthy of the heroes who fought with me back then? Who in this world fought down?"
Yang Taisui frowned and said, "Zhang Julu will be worried, and Gu Jiantang will be worried too. Besides, so what if you help the late emperor conquer the world, without you, lame Xu, there will always be lame Li and lame Wang. You take credit for it, but the emperor is not cunning." Is it not enough for you to be the king of Beiliang, if you die like a dog?"
Xu Xiao said softly: "That's enough. So you pulled me to drink back then, and I didn't do much after that. The kindness owed to you and him back then is all paid off."
Having said that, the old monk in black felt ashamed, so he stopped talking, looking a little lonely.
When the woman first entered the world, the sword box was only engraved with the words "this sword heals the world's injustice".
After the first emperor learned about it, he smiled and said that without this sister-in-law, there would be no Xu Xuxiao, and there would be no great country like mine. The Great Liang Longque Sword deserves these nine words.
That strange woman only carved the last nine characters before she died. Every time she thinks about it, the old monk in black feels ashamed, because he is the most ashamed person in the world.
The old monk asked, "Then you still invite me to drink?"
Xu Xiao snorted coldly and said, "If my daughter-in-law hadn't been persuading me all those years after arriving in Beiliang, saying that you, a bald donkey, have difficulties, I wouldn't bother to talk to you no matter how magnanimous I am."
Yang Taisui smiled bitterly.
Xu Xiao took a sip of his wine and said with a sneer: "Next time at the court meeting, if Gu Jiantang dares to instigate a bunch of bastards to do dirty tricks, don't blame me for drawing a knife to attack him!"
Yang Taisui frowned and said: "Even if Gu Jiantang is empty-handed, you can't beat him. He is the number one person who uses a knife in the world."
Xu Xiao asked back: "I beheaded him, but he dared to fight back?! When I beheaded his direct descendants and hung them on the top of the city to show the public, he dared to stop him? He didn't dare to do so back then, but now the kid is living and going back, even less Dare."
The old monk in black hehe said, "It seems that I dare not."
Xu Xiao smiled and said, "That's it."
How can this be the King of Beiliang wearing a five-claw python robe? He is clearly a rascal in the market!
No wonder he was able to teach such a bad-behaviored son as Xu Fengnian.
Xu Xiao asked with a smile: "If I really hacked Gu Jiantang to death, this time?"
Yang Taisui said calmly: "The loyalty and favor I owed was paid off back then. Since you can buy me a drink today, I can invite you to kill someone and leave the capital tomorrow."
Xu Xiao laughed and said, "You bald donkey, you still have a bit of conscience."
The old monk in black was silent.
No one in the world is more valuable than this sick tiger.
A pot of green ants quickly empties.
The old monk said softly: "You used to make the concubine feel uncomfortable, but now it's the same with your children, especially Xu Fengnian, don't you feel guilty at all?"
Xu Xiao smiled calmly and said: "It's not a family. Once you enter a family, you don't eat as a family. Whatever is uncomfortable is fate."
The old monk sighed.
Xu Xiao asked, "Do you know the Master of the Six Jewels of Nalanda Mountain?"
The old monk nodded and said: "This person did not listen to the outside world at the beginning of his practice. He was not as good as the world. He achieved the great liberation of the two phases of movement and stillness early on. He is a great wisdom in Buddhism. The eighth place. It is exactly the same as the new head teacher of Wudang Mountain, and it is a rare Bodhisattva in the flesh."
Xu Xiao snorted and frowned.
The old monk asked: "I heard that the Red Sect Dharma King went to Xiangfan, are you not worried?"
Xu Xiao murmured: "Why don't you worry, she and Feng Nian are double cultivators, so worry, but if you don't dual cultivation, you are even more worried."