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That night, in Changxiang Garden, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong were sitting and drinking tea, while Lu Zhongming was lying on the side, facing the wall.

"Hic."

Lu Zhongming's shoulders twitched.

Qin Qiong: "Drink some water, it's okay."

Lu Zhongming crawled over, took a sip of tea, and was still hiccupping. The fight was endless, his whole chest was pumping, and his abdominal muscles were sore.Luo Shixin obeyed him, and Qin Qiong asked: "Do you think we rely on Li Shimin? Don't want to have more contact with his elder brother?"

Lu Zhongming reluctantly nodded, and then twitched again.

Luo Shixin frowned and said: "I found that every time you meet that kid, you have to frown for a long time. Damn it, I'm going to chop him up now."

"I'm too full!" Lu Zhongming shouted.

"Hic."

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were speechless.

"King Tang didn't look for you either." Qin Qiong said: "I thought he would ask a few questions about the overall situation of the people."

Lu Zhongming took another sip of tea, but was still hiccupping. He was so mad, he said, "I'm going to sleep!"

Unexpectedly, someone was looking outside again, but it was Yu Chigong who came again.

The three of them looked at Yu Chigong outside, and Yu Chigong said: "King Tang invites Zhong Ming to have a cup of tea and talk."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

"I'm still hiccupping! What should I do!" Lu Zhongming said frantically, "Hi'er."

Qin Qiong said decisively: "Drink water first, and stop the hiccup..."

"I have it." Yuchi Gong said, "The honey water I got back just now."

Yu Chigong came over with a bamboo tube, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin went to look for clothes, Lu Zhongming took the bamboo tube that Yu Chigong was carrying, and poured honey water in one breath, pouring fifteen mouthfuls in a row, looked at Yuchigong's chest, and saw that he was still entangled Bandage, he raised his hand and touched it.

"Does it still hurt?" Lu Zhongming asked.

Yuchi Gong replied, "Okay."

"I was scared to death that day." Lu Zhongming gestured, "The arrow is only so far from your heart."

"Almost died." Yuchi said with a smile, "You saved my life, so I won't beat you. My mother taught me that it's useful. Drinking water is good."

Lu Zhongming finally suppressed the hiccup, Luo Shixin took the clothes for him to wear, several people faced the mirror, Lu Zhongming changed suddenly, and returned to the appearance of a handsome man.The lights behind him were bright, and in the mirror, his brows were like thick ink, his eyes were bright and full of aura, the childishness of a young man had not faded, but there was a confident look in his eyebrows and eyes.

His skin is very good, his complexion is fair, his facial features are soft, his lips are soft, his nose bridge is high, his eyes are deep, Yu Chigong looked at him for a while, and found that Lu Zhongming was also looking at him in the mirror, his face turned red, and he turned his eyes unnaturally open.

Lu Zhongming's heart jumped, he put on the cloud-pattern plain brocade robe, and asked, "How is it?"

"Like." Qin Qiong smiled, patted Lu Zhongming on the shoulder, and said, "Go."

Lu Zhongming: "Like what?"

"Like a cultivator." Luo Shi said, "Go ahead, you can do it."

Lu Zhongming nodded, put on his boots, and followed Yu Chigong to Zhengde Hall to meet Li Yuan.Yu Chigong held the lantern and looked back at Lu Zhongming from time to time with a smile in his eyes.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Zhongming said angrily.

Yuchi Gong said: "You are different from us, that's what I thought when I first saw you."

"What's different?" Lu Zhongming asked with a smile in his eyes.

"You are an immortal." Yuchi Gong said, "We are all mortals."

Lu Zhongming knew that living in Bingzhou for a long time, the sun was fierce, the wind and sand were heavy, and the water and soil caused the skin of the people here to be relatively dull, a little bronze, but this does not constitute a reason for being a fairy.He said: "That's because you haven't been to Jiangnan. Everyone in Jiangnan looks like this. Brother Shimin has good skin, bright eyes, and good looks. Why don't you say he is a fairy?"

"It's not the same." Yuchi Gong said: "He doesn't have immortal energy, you have immortal energy, that feeling of freedom when walking, carefree, smiling while walking."

pace?character?Lu Zhongming said: "Laughing while walking, that's a fool, okay..."

Yuchi Gong smiled, and sighed again, as if unable to speak.

"This..." Yu Chigong took out Lu Zhongming's scale and said, "Can I keep it forever?"

Lu Zhongming glanced at it and said, "Of course, you are the one who gave it to you."

Yu Chigong nodded, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "I thought you were angry and would want to go back."

Lu Zhongming waved his hands and said with a smile: "I'm not angry, I'm dead from hiccups."

While talking, the two arrived at Zhengde Hall, and the guards guarding the gate bowed to them together.

"General Yuchi."

Yu Chigong held the lantern and made a "please" gesture, but he didn't go in, saying, "I'll wait for you outside, and I'll take you back later."

Lu Zhongming nodded, entered a door, took off his boots, stepped on the backing board, and approached the hall.

In the center of the hall, a middle-aged man with gray temples was leaning on the bed, reading a book in his hand, while Li Shimin was sitting beside him, making tea for the middle-aged man.

"I didn't expect Daoist Lu to be so young." The middle-aged man said.

"I've seen King Tang." Lv Zhongming smiled, and when he was about to gather his mind and fool Li Yuan, he suddenly became nervous, and the air in his chest and abdomen rose up again, and he couldn't help but hiccup.

"Hic."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

In the quiet night, the night sky is clear, cloudless, and the sky is full of stars.

Lu Zhongming had to admit that the Li family was really grand, and Li Shimin used many of the utensils for making tea that he had never seen before. However, he really didn't have the heart to tell Li Yuanduo, and all his attention was focused on his hiccups. Hearing that holding one's breath can also stop hiccups, he began to try to control it by holding one's breath.

Li Yuan didn't notice it at all, or he had already discovered it. To avoid embarrassment, he didn't say anything, and asked, "Is Daoist Lu living in Jinyang well?"

Lu Zhongming nodded and did not speak.

"Please, Taoist priest." Li Shimin gave him a cup of tea with a smile, and Lu Zhongming took it and drank it.

Li Yuan said: "The priest is really too young."

Lu Zhongming smiled.

Li Yuandao: "I just don't know if the long is Zhengyi, or the five buckets of rice?"

Lu Zhongming drank his tea and felt hiccupped. His heart seemed to recover, so he opened his mouth and replied: "The younger generation is a supernatant."

"Shangqingdao?" Li Yuan was a little strange.

"Taoism in the world." Lu Zhongming put down his teacup, and replied lightly: "Actually, there is no difference at all. The Taoism of five buckets of rice and Zhengdao asked by the king of the Tang Dynasty were created by Zhang Lu and Zhang Daoling. In fact, the founders are used to distinguish the schools of Taoism. Not true."

"Oh..." Li Yuan nodded slowly.

Lu Zhongming felt that he was no longer hiccupping, so he replied calmly: "After all, before they founded the religion, Pangu transformed the Sanqing with one breath, and the Sanqing had already cut off the three corpses, and proved it in the heaven and earth, and it will last forever. Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, too Qing Dao Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun. Today, in the lower Taoist sect, there are Yuqing Dao that respects Yuqing, there is also Taiqing Dao that pursues the scriptures of Laojun, and there is Shangqing Dao that offers Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun. The younger generation is Shangqing Dao Qing Daomen."

At this point, Li Yuanfang suddenly realized, nodded, and said: "The Taoist priest's words are reasonable, but I don't know what he learned in the middle of the Qing Dynasty? Is it the method of elixir, or the method of prolonging life?"

"My junior, let me ask you, what wish did the king of Tang fail to achieve?" Lu Zhongming looked at the teacup and said casually, "Is it for longevity, or for immortality, or for the descendants of the quilt, for the blessing of Sanqing?"

When Li Yuan was thinking, Lu Zhongming put down his teacup and said earnestly: "If you want to borrow the power of the immortals but find the way of your wish, Zhongming has no way to do it. The teaching of the Shangqing Dao is not the art of asking gods and ghosts, nor can it make people live forever. It is even more impossible for people to transcend the Three Realms and become immortals."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face changed, and he frowned quickly to signal with his eyes, but Lu Zhongming pretended not to see and got up, and cupped his hands to Li Yuan: "Zhongming is not talented, so I will leave now."

When Lu Zhongming was about to leave, Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Please stay."

Lu Zhongming looked back at Li Yuan, Li Yuan sighed, and said slowly: "I understand."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Master Dao, the tea is not finished yet. But do you think Li is not good at treating guests?"

Lu Zhongming smiled, sat down, and did not speak.

"Your Excellency, you are laughing. Zhongming's family education may not be helpful to Tang Wang." Lu Zhongming said: "I only learned the 'Tao' and how to 'prove the Tao'. The most difficult thing to find between heaven and earth is alone." There is only "Tao". The king of the Tang Dynasty is an extremely personable minister, sitting in Bingzhou, and thousands of people are your people. The way of the world lies with the king of Tang. Zhongming only knows how to put an end to this troubled world and help Tang The king proves this way to re-create a peaceful and prosperous world, save the people from the fire and water, and relieve the people from the upside down. This way is the "way of the emperor."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "This old man has eyes but no pearls. I hope that Mr. Lu will not take it to heart."

Lu Zhongming knew that there was nothing to share at this moment, and the two sides were still just being polite and there was no progress, so he first expressed his loyalty and said: "King Tang, Zhongming is not talented, and I am here to do my best for the Li family. I only hope that one day, I will see you again." The king of Tang proved to be king."

Li Yuan said: "Okay, Zhong Ming please sit down."

Lu Zhongming said: "Rong Zhongming asked, Tang Wang thinks, what is the situation in the world in the future? Could it be that he still wants to do his best for the Sui family, even if he dies?"

Li Yuan: "..."

Li Yuan said: "The Taoist preacher is serious. Now that there are frequent wars, it is a helpless act for me to guard Bingzhou and resist the Turks. I always hope that one day I can return to the Central Plains and try my best to clean up the chaos."

Lu Zhongming knew that before he came, Li Shimin must have sent someone to investigate the ins and outs of the three of them. Knowing that Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin had deserted, he naturally knew that he was the person Yang Guang wanted, so he stopped beating around the bush with Li Yuan. Straight to the point.

Before coming here, he also knew about the family history of the Li family, and he thought that Li Yuan was a smooth person, and he would never say anything to be caught by others...Since that's the case...

"In the Sui Dynasty, the mansion was about to collapse, and it was dying. Yang Guang's temper, presumably the King of Tang also knew when he was born and when he died, but why should he serve him at the moment of his thought? Once the dynasty is overthrown, only the king of Tang raises his troops to calm down the chaos in front of us." Lu Zhongming took a sip of tea and said it lightly, as if he knew that Li Yuan would rebel, and Li Shimin secretly thought shock.

Li Yuan's face changed slightly at first, and then a smile appeared, and he asked, "Master, what virtue can Li Yuan do? Can he be this lord? My Li family has served Sui for many years..."

Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "The current situation is changing rapidly. One moment, another moment. I thought that Tang Wang had great ambitions, so Zhongming and his two elder brothers came to join him. If Tang Wang does not want to recruit troops, let's say goodbye."

Li Yuan stopped talking, and Lu Zhongming saw that he was also hesitating, so he stopped entangled in the words, and explained: "The uprising is just around the corner. Today, the world is just Du Fuwei, Yang Guang, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande as enemies. Yang Guang It’s at the end of the road, and we’re holding each other in check with the Jianghuai rebels, thousands of miles away, so don’t worry about it.”

Li Yuan didn't answer, so Lu Zhongming said everything like a cannonball, and the heart is coming anyway, today I will give you a Tang Dynasty version of Longzhong, vowing to achieve the effect of not surprising words, He also said: "But if the king of Tang wants to raise a banner and raise troops against the Sui Dynasty, he must not become a king on his own, and must wait for the opportunity."

Li Shimin's hands holding the cup were trembling, and he was speechless, but Li Yuan squinted his eyes and asked, "When is the right time?"

"The day of Yang Guang's death is a good opportunity." Lu Zhongming replied: "In the past few years, it is better to make peace with the Turks than to fight. First, use gentle means to stabilize the Turks. If the imperial court is urged, it will be because the border guards have no time to send troops to suppress them. The Central Plains area. After Yang Guangda’s power is gone, the world’s heroes will attack him. Given time, within three years, Yang Guang will come to a dead end. After Yang Guang’s death, the king of Tang can support his clan as king..."

Lu Zhongming pondered for a while, then got up and walked behind Li Yuan, looked up at the map on the wall, and continued: "At this time, the king of Tang must have stabilized the Turkic people. He temporarily relieved the foreign aggression and sent troops to attack Daxing. Once occupied After Daxing, the greatest resistance will come from Wagang, and Li Mi will definitely be alert."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhongming looked into Li Yuan's eyes seriously, and explained: "Li Mi is pretentious, and he can be taken with tenderness, so that he can fight against the rest of the forces. Conflict, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, the person will lose."

"At that time, you can send troops along Daxing to take Luoyang, recruit Li Mi, and then kill him."

"When I rescued General Zhang Xutuo that day, I wanted to send him to the west with one arrow, so as to avoid future troubles for the king of Tang. Unexpectedly, the shot missed a little after all, which shows that Li Mi's strength is not exhausted."

"However, it doesn't matter, the land of Guanzhong has been included in the bag at this moment. At this time, fighting, talking, appeasing, promulgating new policies, reassuring the people, and lightly paying taxes. The world has been difficult for many years, and the people just want to beg for food. eat."

"Where everyone expects, the warlike people are just the leaves of the autumn wind, and they are not enough to cause trouble." Lu Zhongming said: "But we must guard against the collusion between the rebel army and the remnants of the officials and the remnants of the Turks. After the initial determination of Daxing Luoyang, there must be a few tough battles to come Fight. After sweeping away the Turkic troubles, the king of Tang has become the Ninth Five-Year Honor. To prove this kingly way, it will be heard by the heavens. On that day, Zhong Ming will explain his life's doubts for his majesty."

The hall was very quiet. Li Shimin, Li Yuan, father and son looked at Lu Zhongming, with their mouths slightly open. Li Shimin's hand holding the pot was fixed in the air, and the spout of the pot for adding water clicked, and the water dripped into the cup.

"Hi'er." Lu Zhongming hiccupped again, wishing he could bury himself.

Li Yuan opened his squinted eyes and laughed three times, which surprised Lu Zhongming.

"Well said." Li Yuan smiled, and there was a trace of vicissitudes and wisdom in his eyes: "This king has been taught, the people of the world, and you have contributed a lot to inviting Mr. Lu to come here."

Li Shimin smiled without saying a word.

Li Yuan got up, flicked his sleeves, and bowed to Lu Zhongming. Lu Zhongming hurriedly supported the old man, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Li Yuandao: "This king would like to worship Mr. as Shangqing! Mr. Pan, don't despise this king!"

Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "The king of Tang is too modest. When Zhongming entered Jinyang, he saw that the people in the city lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the city was rich, so he knew that the king of Tang was the man of destiny. Please."

Li Yuan sat back on the couch, sighed, and replied: "I intended to do something, but I am old and have many things. I am powerless and can't make up my mind. After listening to Mr. Hard to grasp..."

"That's natural." Lu Zhongming said seriously: "You can't trade in, you have to be well-prepared." Naturally, I know that Li Yuan is an old fox, and he pretended to be drowsy before. Yanzheng coincided with him, and that's why he was treated this way.

Lu Zhongming sat down happily, his thoughts were all shaken, and now he could play tricks to his heart's content, and said: "The cycle of heaven and order of life and death are all the laws of the world. The younger generation knows that the king of Tang has something to do with him, but there is no need to mourn."

Li Yuandao: "When I was young, I didn't believe in ghosts and gods, or in fate, but when I got older, I often felt sad in my heart. Perhaps there are many things in the world that are caused by destiny."

"The king of Tang speaks seriously." Lu Zhongming no longer restrained him, and said leisurely: "The destiny is often nothing more than the will imposed on all living beings by the superior. If you talk about success or failure, fame and fortune, these are not destiny. The destiny is not the way of heaven. Life and death are dictated by the way of heaven."

Li Yuan said: "My little friend, what is life and death?"

Lu Zhongming said leisurely: "The wind does not last forever, the showers do not last all day, the sky and the earth can't last long, let alone people?"

This sentence is what Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching. As expected, Li Yuan was touched when he heard it. Lu Zhongming explained: "Life and death are like the two banks of a river. It is impossible to see the other side from this side. The living cannot understand death, and the dead cannot understand it." There is no way to talk about "life", just as you have passed through time at this moment, but you can never go back to the past, and you at this moment know the future, but you don't know what the real and exact future will be. Peeping death through life is something that the living cannot understand Summer insects cannot be described as ice, because mayflies live and die in the morning and evening, so it is unimaginable to talk about the coldness of neverwinter. Before life, there is a vastness before life, and after death, there is no limit after death. Death is stillness, and life is a cycle. To go back and forth is called movement, and one movement and one stillness are infinite.”

Lu Zhongming raised his eyes to look at Li Yuan, and said with a smile: "The King of Tang does not need to mourn for the dead, even the gods and Buddhas are included in this 'Tao'. Once the Dao is realized, they will be one with the heaven and the earth. All living beings, whether they are souls or ghosts, immortals or human beings, will assimilate with the heaven and the earth. The changes of the heaven and the earth bring blessings to the soul. As for summoning spirits and ghosts, asking gods for directions, this is not the work of Taoism, but just foolish men and women in the market. If you can’t understand it, you can’t understand it, so you just make up a self-deceiving routine.”

Li Yuan laughed and nodded frequently, someone outside preached: "My son, please see me."

Knowing that Li Jiancheng was here, Lu Zhongming got up and cupped his hands. Li Jiancheng visited his father and exchanged greetings with Lu Zhongming. Seeing that he had talked enough tonight and it was getting late, Lu Zhongming decided to take a rest.Li Shimin said, "I'll send Zhongming back."

Li Yuan didn't say when he would meet again, so Lu Zhongming and Li Shimin bid farewell. The two of them never talked about the affairs of the palace, but walked slowly in the dark.

Yu Chigong was lighting a lantern in front, and Li Shimin was meditating all the time, when he turned around the apse, Lu Zhongming heaved a sigh of relief, as if he felt something.

"Poor night, empty the front table, don't ask the common people and ask ghosts and gods." Lu Zhongming said.

Li Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Shimin apologizes on behalf of my father. After his mother and younger brother passed away, he often thought about it."

Only then did Lu Zhongming realize that if he compared himself to Jia Yi and Li Yuan to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it would be impolite after all, so he hurriedly explained: "It's me who should say I'm sorry, but it's just an accident that King Tang would also care about it." this."

Li Shimin said: "However, when I preached the Tao, it also made me suddenly enlightened. By the way...you can't speak the 'Tao' yourself?"

Lu Zhongming said seriously: "I can say it, but I won't say it."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't fool me, everyone said that it is very good, and no one can say it."

Lu Zhongming was serious: "I can't say it, just because you haven't reached the realm of peeking at the Tao, I told you rashly, and it caused you to escape from the world. Who else will save the suffering people?"

Li Shimin said: "Forget it, I don't think you can tell."

Lu Zhongming: "I can tell."

Li Shimin: "I can't tell."

Lu Zhongming: "I can tell!"

Li Shimin: "Zhongming, you have blue veins in your neck, and you have to fight for right and wrong in everything, which is not the Taoist style of inaction."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Li Shimin laughed, stopped, looked at Lu Zhongming and could only laugh.

"I'll send you here." Li Shimin seemed to have won the quarrel, looked at Lu Zhongming proudly, and said, "Yu Chigong, take Zhongming back for me, if there is anything missing, just send someone to my East Mansion and tell me."

Lu Zhongming held his sleeves, wanting to win back the situation, and said from a distance: "Li Shimin, your wife's surname is the eldest grandson! She is a good wife, don't treat her badly! When you come..."

Lu Zhongming was proud of what he said, and almost slipped his mouth on something, but luckily there was no one around, only Yu Chigong, Yelai Quiet, so he stopped in time.

"Remember it for me." Lu Zhongming said, "We'll see!"

"Who is afraid of whom!" Li Shimin replied from a distance.

Lu Zhongming turned around and followed Yuchi Jingde away.

Yuchi Jingde said: "How is he doing in the future?"

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "You will know later."

Yuchi Jingde said with a smile: "You two are both children, with ordinary dispositions."

Lu Zhongming glanced at Yu Chigong, wanting to ask him something, but he didn't want to take the initiative to speak, so Yu Chigong walked a little slower, walking side by side with Lu Zhongming.

"What is 'Tao'?" Yu Chigong asked.

"Tao is heaven and earth. When it becomes big, the land collapses and mountains destroy everything. When it becomes small, it becomes a feather in the sky through the ages. The sea is pouring back, and the mulberry fields are changing. Tao is time and the world."

Lu Zhongming replied lazily, breathing in the fresh air late at night, it seemed that everyone in Jinyang Mansion was asleep, only a little wind was blowing.

"And everything in the world," he explained.

Yuchi Gong smiled and said: "Isn't it impossible to say? You are not afraid that I will also become a monk."

Lu Zhongming said indifferently: "I can tell you."

Yuchi Gong: "Why?"

Lu Zhongming: "Because you won't take it to heart if you say it. You just want to talk to me casually, and you don't care what Tao is."

Yuchi Gong: "..."

Lu Zhongming: "Hahaha."

Yu Chigong said solemnly: "I thought you wanted to take me to cultivate immortals."

Lu Zhongming walked in front and said leisurely: "Tao is like a flowing grand river, whether it is living or dead, ghosts or gods, they are all in it and are part of it. Laojun used the Tao Te Ching to tell mortals These principles, just a few words, have established a strange connection..."

"... Let people find their destination. Anonymous is the beginning of all things. Nameless is the mother of all things. Tao is the mother that gave birth to everything. We all come from Tao, and we will return to Tao."

Lu Zhongming stopped in front of Changxiang Garden, and stood face to face with Yu Chigong in the quiet night.

The lantern in Yuchi Gong's hand illuminated a small area under their feet, and they looked at each other quietly.

"Goodbye." Lu Zhongming said softly, that strange emotion welled up in his heart again, he looked at Yu Chigong, and found that Yu Chigong was also looking at him.

Yu Chigong's eyes were full of tenderness, reliability, and comfort.

He is very handsome, Lu Zhongming thought.

At that moment, Yu Chigong seemed to want to do something, he lowered his head slightly and looked at Lu Zhongming.

Yuchi Gong: "We will see each other often, Zhong Ming, I..."

Lu Zhongming: "Hi'er."

Lu Zhongming suddenly hiccupped again, quickly waved his hands and said, "Go to bed early."

Yuchi hummed, turned and left, Lu Zhongming stepped in quickly, and bumped headfirst into Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin said loudly: "The earth collapsed and destroyed all things! A feather soaring through the ages! It's so wet! It's so wet! It's so wet! It's better to stay as my face, brother Yu, and sing to the moon with Brother Yu! Poetry and fu! How about it?"

Lu Zhongming: "..."