Xu Huipu, the female champion, was walking on the path of the tea mountain, and finally walked out of the sight of her ancestors. Standing among the tea bushes, she looked at the yellow glazed tile pavilion with double eaves on the top of the mountain in Baoguo Temple, dazed. Except for the bloodshot eyes that bit his lip, there was not much grief on his face. She doesn't hate the arrangement of her ancestors, but only hates the indisputable swordsman in blue. She is dedicated to cultivating Taoism and has a good face. She looks like a 30-year-old Fengyun young woman, but she is actually nearly 40 years old. When she first met him, she was only 13 years old. How many thirteens can there be in life? She reached out to wipe away the blood, and walked down the hill with a gloomy expression.
Xu Huipu didn't know the depths of the tree shade, he had been looking at her for many years wearing a green shirt with a sword in his hand, and only after seeing her walk into the Baoguo Temple did he slowly walk towards the bamboo building. The old man and the cat were still there, like a snowball-like lion The cat screamed, and the dozing old priest of Yangzhou raised his eyelids with difficulty, looking at the piece of uncut jade carefully carved by the Lu family in front of him, how high-spirited this swordsman used to be, if he couldn't pass the emotional test, no matter what Whether it is becoming an official or the way of swordsmanship, either way will go a long way. The old man comforted the frightened lion cat on his lap, frowned, and asked plainly: "Did you hear that?"
Tangxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie nodded. Looking at the old man with cold eyes, one finger is always on the scabbard, it seems that Gu Jian Baxiu may be out of the scabbard at any time. With Lu Baijie's attainments in sword commentary, the sword is naturally extremely fast, and there is no need to deliberately show it like this. Of course, this is Lu Baijie's statement. If the old man does not retract his words with Xu Huipu, he does not mind using Tangxi Sword Immortal instead of Lu's The identity of the younger brother made another treasonous move. So what if you are the old Patriarch of the Jiangxin Yu clan, I, Lu Baijie, have a sword in my hand, and I have a clear conscience, so why bother
In the Jiangnan Scholars Group, Yu Jiankang, who is too old to be old, has his eyelids trembling. One hand is no longer stroking the snow-white lion cat, but holding the pet's head with five fingers in the shape of a hook, but he doesn't use any force. , the lion cat who instinctively felt a little uncomfortable didn't seem to understand, and turned his head. Yu Jiankang, one of the few in the dynasty who was expected to win the posthumous title "Wen Zhong" after his death, suddenly laughed at himself. As for the posthumous title higher than Wen Zhong Wenzheng, the dynasty has been suspended for 120 years, and even he has no extravagant hopes. The old man just looked at the green hills in the distance again. There are many mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and he never tires of seeing them. There was a rare hint of compromise in his plain words, and he said softly: "Tangxi, you know that I originally intended you to be the head of the Lu family, and Lu Daolin was also willing." .”
Lu Baijie interrupted very bluntly: "I don't want to."
The old priest Yu Jian frowned and said: "You don't want to marry Yu's pearl, you don't want to be the head of the Lu family, you don't want to be recommended for an official position, and you don't want to be a general with grace. As a child of the Lu family, Tangxi, you know that you have too many things. Those who don’t follow the rules are unwilling. If you weren’t so casual and idle, why would Mrs. Lu and even Mrs. Bo Tun and Mrs. Yuan come from behind and overwhelm you?”
Lu Baijie remained silent, and no longer wiped his finger on the scabbard. The old priest stretched out his hand with a sigh, and motioned for this junior whom he valued so much to sit on the stool. After Lu Baijie sat down, he came to Baoguo Temple from Jiangxin County today. Yu Jiankang smiled, "It's a pity that I'm not the descendants of the Yu family. Those younger generations in my family are more than stable and lack vigor. I don't even dare to scold in my stomach. At such a young age, I have an unbearable stale air. Tangxi, do you know why I want to make things difficult for a woman like Xu Huipu."
Sword Immortal Tangxi shook his head.
The old priest held the lion cat in both hands, and said with emotion: "She is not worthy of you."
Lu Baijie smiled wryly, "But I just can't let her go."
The old man snorted coldly and said: "Your father had a son in his later years, and he loved you very much. Before he died, he even left a letter to me and Xu Yinsheng respectively. Regardless of the patriarchal rule of establishing the elders but not the young, he did not hesitate to hand over some of his family wealth and risked attracting wolves into the house." You really think that Lu Daolin doesn’t know this secret? I can’t say it, but Xu Yinsheng has already revealed it to him. Over the years, the aunt has secretly grown by taking advantage of Lu’s power, and the wolf has already Entered the room, but you let your father down, Lu Daolin is a good person, but how can you take advantage of the insidious villains like the Gumu Xu family? Let alone, you, Lu family, have meddled in the matter of Concubine Xu Shu, Empress Zhao looked on coldly, but she remembered it all in her heart. She really thought that Empress Zhao would be a sister to that girl from the Xu family? This time, the son of Beiliang caused a disturbance, and the Taoist priests in the south of the Yangtze River were outraged. Can your elder brother be safe in the Imperial College? Not surprisingly, Lu Daolin, who is incompetent both inside and outside, will take the blame and resign from the right Jijiu. Huan Shu, who has been fighting with your elder brother for many years, is naturally happy to go along with it. Lu Shi was frustrated in the capital and said Isn’t it my Yangzhou’s loss? If it wasn’t so, why would I come here with one foot in a coffin? Listen to the boring farewell? Or do you want to be threatened by your sword?”
Tangxi Sword Immortal said flatly: "Tell me this, isn't uncle afraid of playing the piano to a cow?"
I don't know whether to be angry at his misfortune or mourning his indisputability, the old priest was vaguely angry, and raised his voice and said: "Tangxi, I can prevent Xu Hui from doing that, but you have to come out to share Lu's worries this time. Otherwise With my temper, the hands and feet of Gumu Xu's family over the years have made an insignificant Xu Hui rush to embarrass them, just to remind them. Tangxi, let me ask you one last time, would you like to go to the capital to be the servant of the Ministry of War? , no matter how you can be the fourth-rank Beijing official, I just ask if you are willing or not!"
Lu Baijie said bitterly, "I just beg uncle not to make things difficult for her."
The old priest smiled slightly, and returned to his calm and idle state, and said with a pleasant face: "Tangxi, ah Tangxi, the authorities are fascinated, if you are willing to become an official, who would dare to feel sorry for her?"
Lu Baijie shook his head and said: "Even someone dares to bully the daughter of the King of Beiliang like this. She is just the abandoned son of Gumu Xu, how can I rest assured?"
The old man said flatly: "Okay, I can make an agreement with you. If you go to the capital, she will be Yu's nominal granddaughter-in-law after all. No one can bully her."
Tangxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie stood up, bowed and left peacefully.
The old man narrowed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, his thoughts were unpredictable.
A pair of master and servant came out of the bamboo building, they were the young master holding fan and the swordsman in green shirt who had seen Beiliang Qingqi's domineering behavior in the restaurant. The romantic and suave son-in-law changed into an ivory bone fan with three beauties painted on the fan, squatting beside the old priest Yu Jiankang, reached out and touched the lion cat, raised his head and said with a smile: "Old ancestor, why bother to make Tangxi When the Sword Immortal becomes an official, the Lu family is not much worse than our Yu family? One Lu Daolin is not to be feared, but with this one, it is hard to say. How can the Bo Tuo Yuan family and the Gumu Xu family fall into the eyes of our ancestors? But once the Lu family has Tangxi Sword Immortal sitting in town, as long as they earn a little military merit and become a real servant of the military department, after another seven or eight years, with the support of the Lu family, it is not difficult to take charge of one. Compared with a concubine Xu Shu, The weight is not light."
The old priest smiled and said: "What is Concubine Xu Shu, to tell you the truth, no matter whose family's woman enters the palace, she is no match for Empress Zhao. It is the most stupid way to follow the way of relatives, Gu Mu Xu If you don’t believe in evil and are short-sighted, you will end up in trouble sooner or later. However, the military and political career of the dynasty has a lot to gain. We have no shortage of scholars in Jiangnan Road, but there is no shortage of people like Lu Baijie who can make meritorious deeds immediately. Whether it is long-term or public or private, I will let them He entered the Ministry of War. As for whether Lu Baijie can stand out in the cracks between Xu Zizi, Gu Jiantang, and several great vassal kings, he has to take a step by step. Lu's being distracted by him can create a gap between Lu and Xu's family, can make Bo Tuo and Yuan, who have been in constant friction with Lu's ambitions all these years, feel like a stick in their throats, and can also make Lu think of our Yu's favor, you Do the math, how much can you accomplish in one fell swoop?"
Brother Young Master squeezed the handle of the fan with two fingers, and said with a smile, "Four wins."
After a little thought, the young and handsome Young Master slapped his fan and said cautiously: "Old Ancestor, the Xu and Lu families are relatives by marriage after all. Tangxi Sword Immortal will take over the military power in the future, and it seems that it can make the court even more afraid of Beiliang."
The old man reassuredly said: "This is only a half-gain and a half-lose, so don't speak nonsense. Xu Xizi and Lu Baijie's personalities are not in harmony. Your Majesty may not be able to see it. Even if Your Majesty can't see it, Empress Zhao can see it clearly. There are powerful marriages in the world. , the only ones that are strong are the aristocratic families like us who have read and read. They are mere species, which cannot be inferred by common sense, let alone Xu lame. In fact, the Xu and Lu families look down on everyone in their bones. But you can see this. Not bad."
The young man smiled and opened his fan, fanning the old ancestor and the lion cat for a while to cool off.
The old man said softly: "Although I called that guy Xu Laizi, but in the end he destroyed nearly half of the young and strong people in the Eight Kingdoms, and even trampled on the righteousness of the age. It's not you who can go Provocative at will. Therefore, don’t think about how to vent your anger in the small fights in the restaurant. If one is not good, it will set you on fire. Xu Laizi’s defense, you children, have not experienced it personally. I don’t care how you don’t understand it now. , as long as you remember these words. The bureaucrats' procrastination formulas can cause headaches for the generals and ministers. If you put them on you, you must learn the waiting formulas. It's good to be young and be able to wait. It doesn't matter whether it's Zhang Julu or Gu Jiantang , to achieve today's achievements, all have to wait for it."
Brother Young Master nodded, not daring to take the old ancestor's advice lightly. Although it was a pity that he couldn't immediately trip up the son of Beiliang, since even the ancestor said he had to wait, he was just a bastard of the Yu family, so of course he didn't dare to disobey, and he also understood the importance of patience.
At this time, Xu Fengnian only took Princess Jing'an to stop and go in the Baoguo Temple. After walking, he came to the Wolong Songxia at the foot of the outer wall of the temple. Cozy. Today in Baoguo Temple there is an unprecedented debate about kings and overlords. Ordinary pilgrims can no longer enter the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. Several monks in the temple are guarding the gate. Except for familiar faces, ordinary people have to hand over famous badges and have sufficient status to enter.
Xu Fengnian saw a poor scholar lingering outside the temple for a long time, the sun was scorching hot, and soon he was sweating all over. It was probably Xu Fengnian's brocade clothes on the side of the spring at the root of the wall, and there was even a charming "maid" serving him. Dare not to go forward to enjoy the cool, in Jiangnan Road, the descendants of the aristocratic family even sitting at the same table with the children of the poor family are regarded as a great disgrace, of course the scholar dare not ask for trouble, but he really can't stand the scorching sun, hesitating for a long time, finally came to the spring He squatted down at the place farthest from Xu Fengnian, splashed a handful of water on his face, feeling extremely comfortable, and let out a long breath. After squatting for a while, seeing that Xu Fengnian did not make a sound, he carefully sat down, wiped his wet hands on his sleeves, took out a book from his pocket, and read silently.
Xu Fengnian glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, and it turned out that it was not a common book in the south of the Yangtze River, but the "Four Classics Chapters and Sentences" written by Yao Baifeng, a great scholar in the North Liang Dynasty. It is even more interesting to read the words on the lips of this scholar, it is simply deviant to the extreme.
"Mr. Yao's interpretation of the scriptures, as far as I can see at the moment, may not necessarily be the original purpose of a sage, and there are many places for discussion."
"The words are too high, but the self-importance is too much, overflowing the original scriptures, and there is a suspicion that the desire is higher than that of the saints, so that the emptiness is empty and has no reality. It is not orthodox in interpreting the scriptures."
"However, compared with the meticulous Neo-Confucianism of the Zhumen of the Academy, there are still many lovely things, less rigid and more accessible."
Xu Fengnian observed the lips of the scholar and found it very interesting. Especially when the poor scholar closed the book and said "My generation of scholars will be posthumous as Wenzheng in life and death", he couldn't help laughing out loud, which startled the scholar, and with a shake of his hand, "Annotations to the Four Classics" fell into the In the water, the scholar jumped into the water in a hurry. Seeing the wet and jumbled classics, his face was distressed and distressed. There was a moan.
Xu Fengnian joked: "How much is a book worth?"
The scholar said without raising his head, "This book is indeed not worth a lot of money, but if I read it, I can get a lot of money."
Xu Fengnian clicked his tongue and said: "I have read many poems and books to sell the emperor, so it is said, but you can't even enter the Baoguo Temple, who cares about you?"
The poor scholar smiled, bowed his head and said to himself: "Who said I would sell to the emperor's family? The sage said that he cultivated himself, governed the family, governed the country and the world, but there is nothing left to talk about the king's business."
Xu Fengnian bent down to pick up a watermelon that had been chilled for some time from the spring water, stretched out his hand and knocked it in two, and said with a smile, "Do you want to eat it or not?"
The scholar looked up suspiciously.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Don't you dare?"
The scholar remained silent, only frowning.
Xu Fengnian simply threw half of the watermelon over, and the scholar was in a hurry to catch it. Seeing Xu Fengnian buried his head in the mouth, he lowered his head and took a bite, cooling his heart and lungs.
Xu Fengnian joked: "When you die, you will be posthumously named Wenzheng, what a big ambition."
The scholar paused for a moment, his heart and lungs were really cold.