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In the dark night, the water of the Yellow River rushed in wrapped in cold air, as if surging out of a dark Taoist gate, carrying the breath of death across the entire land.

Mr. Shi stood quietly on the shore, looking into the distance, Fenglingdu was as wide as the sea, with bonfires lit on the other side, and wolves howling.

Yuchi respectfully said, "Please sit down."

Yu Chigong let Mr. Shi to the front of the bonfire, the three of them sat down, Qin Qiong went back to the account and took out the wine, Mr. Shi pondered for a while, took the glass and drank it.

"There is one thing that we immortals can't solve." Mr. Shi opened his eyes, his tiredness was swept away, and he said to Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong: "I want to ask you two to help."

Qin Qiong replied: "Mr. Shi's words on Mount Mang that year changed Shu Bao's life. What can I tell you, but it doesn't matter."

Mr. Shi said: "In the near future, my Taoist general will have a debate with Buddhism, and I will have to follow Zhongming to the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. Zhongming will go alone, which still makes me not at ease. When respecting the selected person, it is difficult to let go and fight."

Qin Qiong said: "What needs to be done?"

Mr. Shi said: "Now I am giving you two Taoist techniques. You have to think hard and understand them diligently. You may benefit a lot in this life. I will not teach apprentices in my life. In order to help the Taoist school, I have no choice but to do so."

Qin Qiong shook and said: "Immortal Chief, this..."

Yu Chigong asked: "After we have learned it, can we teach others?"

Mr. Shi said lightly: "I can't teach others."

It is said that Mr. Bi Shi stood up, swept his sleeves, and the sky and the earth turned into white in an instant. Darkness came, and black and white blended to form a chaos. In the chaos, there was no boundary. In the void, there seemed to be a faint sound Echoing, Qin Qiong and Yu Chi Gong listened attentively, but they couldn't hear what was said.The scene changed rapidly, and the ink-like mountains and rivers were distorted and blurred. In the end, the three of them were placed in a strange palace. There were several futons in the palace, and there was no one there except a mural rendered in light ink.

The voice was getting louder and louder, like the truth in the vast universe at the beginning of the ancient times, the hearts of the two were in chaos, and they vaguely realized something.

"This is..." Yuchi Gong frowned.

"You are in my memory." Mr. Shi said lightly: "At the end of the avenue, on the practice field where Hongjun preached..."

As the voice gradually subsided, everyone's faces gradually became blurred. Qin Qiong was the first to disappear into Laojun's thoughts, and the surrounding scenery quickly swept away again. Only Yu Chigong and Mr. Shi were left face to face in a white light standing.

Yu Chigong bowed to the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your advice, Yu Chigong has benefited a lot."

The one who called Mr. Shi was Taishang Laojun, Laojun smiled slightly, raised his eyes to look at him, Yu Chigong said again: "There is one more question I want to ask."

"But it doesn't matter." Taishang Laojun signaled Yu Chigong to speak up if he had something to say.

Yuchi said respectfully: "When I was seven years old, you told me that if I can enlighten the Tao in the future, I will be listed in the class of immortals."

Taishang Laojun nodded and said: "Exactly."

Yu Chigong said: "But once you become an immortal, you will have to make choices. The emotions and desires of ordinary people will all leave me. The affairs of the world have nothing to do with me. Whether it is with Zhong Ming or not..."

Taishang Laojun said lightly: "If there is no accident, it should be so."

Yu Chigong was silent for a moment, and then said: "Is there no compromise?"

The Taishang Laojun replied: "Although Lu Fengxian took the life of a mortal, his real body is still a human being transformed from a magic weapon. If so, there is still a calamity, that is, after many years of loneliness in the world, until he died, he saw the Dao. Only then can you ascend to heaven and become a celestial being."

Yuchi Gong sighed and remained silent, Taishang Laojun said again: "General Yuchi must have figured it out by now."

The light was captured, and the two returned to the bank of the Yellow River. Qin Qiong was lying on the ground, as if still asleep. Taishang Laojun made a gesture of invitation, and Yu Chigong knew that he wanted to chat with him, so he nodded and followed Laojun. go down.

"What is Tao?" Taishang Laojun said: "In these years, you have grown from an ignorant child to the current General Yuchi, and you must have realized something."

Yu Chigong smiled wryly and said: "To be honest, it's still a fog. But there is one thing I understand."

"Let's talk." Taishang Laojun said lightly.

"There is no joy without suffering." Yu Chigong replied: "Without death, there is no life. There is no day of separation, and there is no time for reunion. Everything in the world flows, just like yin and yang. Black and white go hand in hand. , exactly what Marquis Wen told me."

"He said... In the past, when he parted from his beloved one, and after being separated for many years, he often recalled the time when we stayed together, and he could understand the strong longing. The path to enlightenment is precisely because of this." Yu Chigong said: "Life is dissatisfied. Bai, in these few decades, it is precisely because I know that everything will be lost that I can feel..."

"...All right now." Taishang Laojun said.

"Yes." Yu Chigong nodded and said: "The Buddha said that there are eight sufferings in life, and it is because of these eight sufferings that one can be blessed. But Zhongming doesn't understand, I don't know... what should be given to him, and he dare not say anything."

Taishang Laojun said with a smile: "If one day we have to separate, will the road in front of us not go?"

Yu Chigong was silent, with a sad smile on the corner of his mouth.

"General Yuchi, I'll take care of myself." Taishang Laojun nodded and said.

Yu Chigong wanted to ask again, but Taishang Laojun disappeared before his eyes.

With a long sigh, he returned to the camp, carried Qin Qiong back into his tent, and sat on the bank for a whole night, looking at the golden scales in his arms, Lu Zhongming never looked for him again.

Enlightenment, ascension to the sky, is always far away from him, Yu Chigong recalled the year when he was a child, when he first met the Supreme Lord, he was sleeping on the haystack.

The sky was clear that day, and in the indigo sky outside the Great Wall, white clouds drifted by like a flock of sheep. The Taishang Laojun asked him, do you want to be a different person?

Yu Chigong just turned over and said that he didn't want to, please go to the side and don't block the sun.

Thinking of this, Yu Chigong laughed and shook his head helplessly. Since that time, Taishang Laojun often appeared at Yanmen Pass. Yuchigong asked him what he did, but Taishang Laojun just told him that he just came from the west. return.

What's to the west?Yuchigong asked him, but Taishang Laojun told him that it was a piece of wind and sand, and the end of the wind and sand was still wind and sand. Yuchigong asked him if he was an immortal?What is the life of a fairy like?

Taishang Laojun's answer is that there is no death, and there is no life. In the long time, everyone repeats the same thing and lives the same day. It is eternity, neither dead nor alive, It is simply eternity.

Until the day when he saw Jinao Island in his dream and met Lu Bu, Lu Bu told him that there was only one choice between eternal time and his son.Yuchi Gong smiled and clinked glasses with him, and replied:

"It doesn't matter, I just want this life."

"If Zhongming is willing to stay with you." Lu Bu said calmly, "I won't be like Qilin's parents and force him to stay on Jin'ao Island."

"During this time in the world." Yu Chigong said: "I will take good care of him."

In the city of Chang'an, soldiers and horses came and went to prepare for the mobilization of supplies. In the first month, people were panicked and had no intention of celebrating. Li Shimin was even preparing to send troops to attack Luoyang, mobilizing troops and horses, and hurrying to train.The Tiance Army led by Li Jing participated in the battle, led by Cheng Zhijie and Xu Shiji, led by Li Shimin, and planned to send troops on the second day of February.

The East Palace and the West Palace are extremely busy, and the Daci'en Temple in the east of the city has built a dharma field again, and the people are talking about it. Unexpectedly, the Buddhist family will come to Chang'an to teach the Dharma in person at this moment when the storm is on the cusp.

Li Jiancheng personally reported back to Li Yuan, Li Yuan thought for a moment, and agreed to drive there on the day of the law discussion, but Lu Zhongming knew that the most troublesome moment had not yet come.

After the military newspaper was sent out, he didn’t come back for a long time. Li Jiancheng couldn’t sit still anymore, and asked Lu Zhongming, “Hurry up and get to Fenglingdu in a day and a half. Why haven’t you come back yet?”

Lu Zhongming doesn't know either, is it cheating? This is, you ask me, who do I ask, now that the front line has lost contact, there is nothing to do in the palace, he thought for a while, and replied: "Maybe... lead the army to pursue? Transfer line?"

Li Jiancheng was pacing anxiously in the hall. Today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is expected that the news will arrive in the evening. Lu Zhongming also planned to launch a general attack within a few days, but Li Yuanji did not reply for a long time.

"Don't worry." Lu Zhongming comforted: "If there is no response at night, I will... think of a way."

"Do you need to report the letter?" said Aozu on his shoulder.

Li Jiancheng: "..."

"No... no." Lu Zhongming said hastily.

At night, the letter still did not come back. Lu Zhongming sat in the hall, assisting Wei Zheng to approve the logistics documents for Li Shimin's expedition, and Li Jiancheng sat in the hall in a daze.

Lu Zhongming always felt that Li Jiancheng seemed to be very worried, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed normal. After all, it was Li Jiancheng who had spoken to Li Yuan when Li Yuanji went to war.This was a hidden contest and confrontation between the east and west palaces, and Li Yuanji was involved.

Their battlefield was at Fenglingdu, while Li Shimin's was at Luoyang. Although neither of them said anything, they knew it well.

When it was time to light the lamps, the messenger did not come.

"Maybe it will be postponed until tomorrow." Wei Zheng said.

"The letter has been sent out, and there is no news, in case it is ready..." Li Jiancheng said anxiously.

Lu Zhongming was silent, and said, "I'm afraid that something might go wrong."

Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng became nervous immediately, Wei Zheng frowned and said, "I don't think so, the three generals who will go into battle this time are all reliable."

Lu Zhongming decided to summon Yu Chigong, and he wiped it in front of his body with one hand. Thousands of miles away, the dragon scales on Yu Chigong's chest shone brightly.

There was chaos behind the light screen. It was nightfall, and Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng were alert at the same time.

Lu Zhongming originally didn't want them to know that he could contact Yu Chigong, otherwise, he would just use dragon scales to call out to the military newspapers in the future, and it would be all on them. Casting spells in their face is a last resort.

Yu Chigong seemed a little annoyed, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Are you still playing at night?"

Yuchi said respectfully: "I was about to ask you, Yuan Ji withdrew his troops."

"What?!" Wei Zheng said in disbelief.

Seeing Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng on Lu Zhongming's side, Yu Chigong said helplessly, "Yuan Ji asked to return to Jinyang and stop spending time here. You sent a messenger over? Most likely they have already chased Yuan Ji back to Jinyang."

Li Jiancheng said angrily: "It's so stupid! What reason does he have to go back?!"

Li Jiancheng was really angry and said, "Call Yuan Ji back immediately!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Do you still want to fight tonight!" Luo Shi said, "You have the final say!"

"What about Yuanji?" Qin Qiong also squeezed over, frowned and said, "We're almost ten miles away now!"

Lu Zhongming only felt a headache, and looked at Li Jiancheng beseechingly. Li Jiancheng was really overwhelmed by this incompetent brother, and said, "Leave him alone, prepare as soon as possible, I will send someone to notify Liu Wenjing, and transfer him back."

"How to prepare?" Luo Shixin said again: "We are waiting for the ice to freeze!"

Lu Zhongming said decisively: "The whole army is wrapped in horseshoes and prepared on the shore. Brother Qin is preparing for a sneak attack!"

That night, Lu Zhongming stood on the observatory, his clothes fluttering in the wind, and he closed his eyes.

There were many soldiers under the observatory, and no one dared to step forward. Until late at night, Lu Zhongming closed his eyes, grasped the sword formula with his hands, and with a buzzing sound, golden light radiated from his body, and the human-shaped silhouette spread out.

In the darkness, on the bank of the Yellow River, the golden scales in Yuchi Gong's arms glowed with golden light, and in just a flash, Lu Zhongming, who was like a light body, appeared beside him.

The soldiers made a commotion, Luo Shixin's eyes widened in surprise.

Lu Zhongming closed his eyes, with a smile on his lips.

The flow of the Yellow River became particularly slow, and the water flow seemed to become viscous and obstructed. Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhongming stepped forward and stood in the middle of the calm river surface. As he walked, ice layers appeared one after another, and continued to flow. Spreading, spreading towards both sides of the strait silently.

"Quick!" Qin Qiong whispered.

The horseshoes and mouths of the war horses were wrapped, and thousands of people got on the horses and hid themselves along the glacier to the opposite bank. Immediately after Yu Chigong gave an order, everyone moved in unison.Until Lu Zhongming stretched out his sleeves on the ice.

"drink!"

Following the sound, the ice layer spread across the sky.

"Kill—!" Luo Shixin shook his spear, and the Tang army rushed out to kill the Turkic army on the opposite bank.

The battle unfolded in such a silent night. The moment the Tang army and the Turkic army confronted each other, the other side was shocked. No one could have imagined that the Tang army would cross the frozen river and kill them in just one night!

Yuchi Gong: "Go back quickly!"

"I can support it for a while longer!" Lu Zhongming's luminous spirit body followed behind his horse, Yu Chigong looked back, stretched out his hand, and pulled him onto the horse, the two fought in the battle formation, Lu Zhongming hugged Yu Chigong's waist, Buried on his back, Yuchi Gong roared: "Follow me!"

Immediately, the Xuanjia army stirred up flames and rushed into the Turkic camp!

Yu Chigong was covered in blood from the killing, Lu Zhongming always lay quietly on his back, Yu Chigong turned his head and whispered: "Are you all right, will you waste your energy?"

Lu Zhongming shook his head, feeling the strong heartbeat in his majestic body, Yu Chi respectfully said: "After this fight, I will go back to Chang'an right away."

Lu Zhongming said: "Go and stop Yuan Ji first, don't let anything happen to him."

Yuchi said respectfully, "No."

Among the thousands of troops, Yu Chigong charged in and out, as if he was in a deserted area, as easily as he was training soldiers. After a while, he turned his horse's head and shouted: "Follow up! Kill back again!"

The Xuanjia army came from all directions in the west and gathered towards Yu Chigong. At this moment, Lu Zhongming was full of pride, opened his eyes, looked at the battlefield in front of him, bumped his horse, and rushed towards the Turkic camp.

"Have you ever been on a battlefield?" Yuchi Gong asked Lu Zhongming behind him.

"Very little." Lu Zhongming replied.

He is indeed talking on paper, he has never experienced any life-or-death moment, this night, fighting with Yu Chigong, sitting behind his saddle, reminded him that Yu Chigong once lived in Luokou Cang, in front of Wagang Village, and came to him As I said, my own way.

Tens of thousands of lives, every soldier, has parents, and has his own life, and finally in such a war, they will be wiped out and put on the battlefield.

Lu Zhongming felt this scene truly and strongly.

"From childhood to adulthood, there have been many opportunities to almost die, which made me always feel that one day I will die on the battlefield." Yuchi Gong said in a deep voice, "What do you think?"

Lu Zhongming didn't speak, they rushed over the Turkic people's first horse refusal post, and the fire started, Yu Chigong said again: "Zhongming, I'm not like your father, your father thinks that he will never be defeated. The result is death."

"Yes." Lu Zhongming murmured.

That night, the sky was full of flames, and the Yellow River broke through the ice in the distance. Lu Zhongming's celestial power dissipated, and his figure faded away.He seemed to understand Yu Chigong's unspoken feelings.

From outside the Great Wall to Yanmen, to Dai County, to Chang'an, every time he went to the battlefield, he would fight for his own life, fighting for an ending that he didn't know if he could survive.

He saw tens of thousands of soldiers rushing into the Turkic camp like a pack of wolves. Some were shot off their horses by arrows, while others collided with the Turkic cavalry and were cut off from their horses.Some people burst out with blood, and a face-to-face meeting cost their lives.

Those who went to the battlefield may not always come back, and those who went to the battlefield may not always come back.

"I just want to be alive." Yuchi Gong said in a deep voice, "I'll give you everything I have... don't talk about the bright future, don't say that the sea is dead... let me... kill——!"

Yuchi Gong roared angrily, picked up the long lance, took the lead, and once again led thousands of troops, rushed to the opponent's general!

"I understand." Lu Zhongming smiled.

His figure gradually faded away and left Yu Chigong's back. Yu Chigong turned his head, and with a smile on his blood-stained handsome face, he raised his finger towards Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming understood and knew what Yu Chigong meant: When I get home, I will work hard to come back.

The scenery faded, and Lu Zhongming returned to the observatory, crumbling and panting tiredly.

He stepped off the high platform, Li Jiancheng rushed to help him, and asked, "National Teacher?"

Lu Zhongming raised his head with a smile, but his eyes were full of tears. The scene just now was too shocking and real for him, making him think of something he had never thought of before.

"We won." Lu Zhongming said: "Send a letter to Jinyang tomorrow morning to ask Yuan Ji to come back."

Li Jiancheng nodded, Lu Zhongming went back in the cold wind, wrapped in his outer robe, suddenly didn't want to go back to the residence of the East Palace, but walked outside the palace, the warm little home of him and Yu Chigong.

When he opened the door, there was something shining under the desk. Lu Zhongming poked his head out of curiosity to see it, and found that it was the gold he had poured out, so he picked it up and put it away.He wanted to imitate Lu Bu, who could tidy things up with a snap of his fingers, but he didn't know how to practice this kind of fairy art.

Lu Zhongming returned to his room and lay on the bed wrapped in a quilt. The quilt was damp and cold. He looked at the beams and the surrounding layout, and suddenly remembered that when he was in Yangzhou, Yu Chigong must have cleaned up the house with his own hands.Before Yu Chigong went out that day, he still turned his back to him and didn't have any good words.If the two of us were just a mortal couple, and if Yu Chigong was an ordinary soldier, then every time he went out to fight, he might never come back.

Every parting is like the last.

Lu Zhongming couldn't sleep, so he got up to pack his things again, and he was busy all night before he lay down. It was already afternoon when he was woken up the next day. During the few days when Yu Chigong was away, Lu Zhongming's mind was scattered, thinking about himself over and over again. The matter with Yu Chigong.

He suddenly felt that this kind of relationship is very good. It is not bad to be a mortal all his life and experience the world of mortals, but he always feels reluctant to part with it. This is not right, and that is not right.

When he was in court today, Li Yuan became completely angry. It was the first time that many ministers saw him angry. He scolded Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng stood under the pressure and let him scold him.

At first it was Li Jiancheng who overcame all opinions and asked Li Yuanji to fight. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan was so angry that Lu Zhongming couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Li Yuan said: "After Yuan Ji returns to Chang'an, he is no longer allowed to lead troops! Withdraw from the court!"

Lu Zhongming glanced at Li Shimin, only to see Li Shimin sighed.

After retiring from the court that day, Li Jiancheng was obviously in a bad mood, but he read it very openly and was ordered to think about it. However, he would joke a few words with Wei Zheng and Lu Zhongming from time to time. Lu Zhongming read the book for two days and went to the university again. After wandering around the Ci'en Temple, I found that a high platform was erected outside the temple to prepare for the discussion on the Shangyuan Festival, and suddenly felt a little helpless and hesitant.

Where is the old gentleman?What about Zhuangzi?Where is the leader?When things came to an end, none of them came. Was it an appointment beforehand?Lu Zhongming was listless and went home to sleep in the evening.

In the middle of the night, a bear, panting heavily, hugged him.

Lu Zhongming woke up immediately, staring blankly at Yu Chigong in front of him.

Yu Chigong was short of breath, dirty all over, and said with a smile: "Finally came back."

Lu Zhongming thought that he was just talking, but he didn't expect that he came back quickly, fixedly looked at him, as if in a dream, Yu Chigong sat by the couch, bowed his head and took off his boots, and said: "Maybe I can't help you. , but by my side, at least I feel at ease..."

Lu Zhongming rushed forward and hugged Yu Chigong, Yu Chigong hurriedly said: "Dirty!"

Lu Zhongming hugged him tightly, Yu Chigong stopped his movements, turned sideways, hugged him tightly, and kissed him passionately.

"Why did you go home and sleep?" Yu Chigong patted his head and whispered, "I thought you lived in the East Palace."

"Hmm." Lu Zhongming hummed vaguely.

Yu Chigong said again: "Miss me?"

He put Lu Zhongming down and went out to fetch water to take a bath by himself. After a while, he came in with a smile and shrank into the bed. His skin was still cold. After a while, he rubbed each other, and then gradually warmed up. He hugged Lu Zhongming and kissed and touched him. However, Lu Zhongming was too sleepy, so Yu Chigong pulled the quilt around him, and the two fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, when the sun was high, Li Shimin came to look for him in a hurry, and saw Yu Chigong lying on the bed in large characters, Lu Zhongming put his foot on Yu Chigong's chest, and was shocked.

"Jingde?!" Li Shimin said in surprise, "Why are you back?"

Lu Zhongming started to play, and Li Shimin asked again: "Didn't I make an appointment with my father today to visit Daxingshan Temple at noon? Everyone has arrived, and you are the only one left!"

Yu Chigong rode fast on his horse for a day and a night. He was so sleepy that he forgot the time. At this time, he got up from sleepiness and dressed Lu Zhongming. Lu Zhongming shouted: "It's over, it's over!"

Li Shimin said: "I'll wait outside!"

Lu Zhongming ran away as soon as he went out, and then ran back, grabbed Jin Ao who was turning over the threshold and put it on his shoulder, and ran out, Yu Chigong chased him out, and the two mounted their horses and headed towards Da Ci'en Temple.

It was a sunny day, and every household was putting up lanterns for the Lantern Festival. When they heard that His Majesty was visiting, they all rushed to Daxingshan Temple.The timing was just right, the plum snow melted, and Li Yuan took his two sons and a group of ministers through the garden to the main hall.

The three monks in the Daci'en Temple walked out quickly, and all raised their palms to Li Yuan in salute, Ji Zang said with a smile: "Your Majesty."

Li Yuan took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Master Ji Zang, long time no see."

Ji Zangchao Li Yuan introduced: "This is Master Falang of my teacher, and this is Master Vajra Wisdom who was once the abbot of Daxingshan Temple."

Li Yuan said: "I have admired you for a long time."

King Kong Zhi said: "When Chang'an surrendered, the poor monk was a guest in Yangzhou. He didn't congratulate His Majesty on his enthronement. Please forgive me."

Li Yuan chuckled, and it was inconvenient to brush off King Kong Zhi's face. After all, among the three people in front of him, King Kong Zhi was once the head of Chang'an Buddhism, while Fa Lang and Ji Zang were more respected in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were great Zen masters respected by all people.Although Li Yuan established Taoism as the state religion, he had to be polite to the three monks in front of him.

Farang asked Xuanzang to come to see Li Yuan again, Li Yuan smiled and patted Xuanzang's head, and Farang said, "Let us take His Majesty for a walk around Daxingshan Temple."

Not too far away, Lu Zhongming slid and arrived with Yu Chigong, walking at the back of the line, Fa Lang turned his head and gave a meaningful glance, Lu Zhongming yawned from sleep, and lazily glanced at the three Bodhisattvas in front of him.