National teacher help

A few days later, the atmosphere in the city changed subtly. Lu Zhongming sent several Taoist priests to the city to inquire about the news. Those who came back all said that there were too many soldiers in the city.

Lu Zhongming was not afraid of Li Jiancheng's internal response in the Sanqing Temple, because he had never entered his own Taoist temple before, and Li Jiancheng did not have the courage to attack him.Even facing Yu Chigong, there was nothing he could do.

There is no doubt that these Taoist priests will leak the news to Li Jiancheng. After all, the status of Taoism is won by the national teacher. It is simply courting death to fight against Lu Zhongming.The entire Sanqing Temple was tight-lipped, and because of this, the Taoist temple became the place where news was kept most strictly. Except for a few cronies of Li Shimin who was poisoned that night, no one even knew that Lu Zhongming had returned.

"Report to Taoist Lord." A Taoist priest who was ordered to go out to inquire about the news said, "Fang Xuanling's mansion, Du Ruhui's mansion, and Changsun Wuji's mansion have all been guarded."

"Is it already so serious?" Lu Zhongming frowned slightly, and asked again: "Has the Master Qingde come back?"

The Taoist priest of Qingde went upstairs and said to Lu Zhongming: "Mr. Dao, go to the palace today. I heard that the third highness Li Yuanji is going to send troops to Jinyang. The whole army will go out of Yanmen Pass to fight the Turks."

In Qingde's sixtieth year, he used to be an undisciplined person who studied Lu Jingxiu's scriptures. After Li Yuan built the Sanqing Temple in Chang'an, he brought a group of apprentices and lived in the Taoist temple. After Lu Zhongming resigned as a national teacher, Li Yuan occasionally If he wanted to listen to the sermon, he would be called into the palace.However, Taoist Qingde still knew very well in his heart that although Lu Zhongming did not belong to the same sect as himself, he learned the true method of Taoism, so he dared not neglect it on weekdays.

"What else did you say?" Lu Zhongming said, "Did Your Majesty ask you what you mean?"

Taoist Qingde shook his head and said, "I only talked about some scriptures, and then sent me back."

Lu Zhongming nodded and said, "That's it, let's go first."

Inside the Sutra Pavilion, every day when Yu Chigong came back, there would always be bright yellow lights on, just like the days when he was back in Jinyang Tang Palace, Yuchigong took the food box from Tiance Mansion, stood in the yard and said : "Come down to eat."

On the side of the Taoist temple on the back of the street, there is a low couch on the third floor upstairs, facing the lights of Chang'an city, it is pleasing to the eye. Yu Chigong opened the food box and asked: "Is it better?"

"It's almost there." Lu Zhongming said: "I still have to recuperate. After the Lantern Festival, with the power of the bright moon, I will get better soon."

"I usually see you beating the Buddha without batting an eye." Yuchi said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be incapable sometimes."

"Because I used the resurrection technique." Lu Zhongming said: "Fighting is simple, just release the immortal power and fight with all your might. External injuries and internal injuries are easy to heal, but returning from the dead is against the sky, which is very difficult. "

Yu Chigong nodded, and asked: "Do you want to find some medicinal materials for you?"

Lu Zhongming waved his hand and asked, "How's the situation in Tiance Mansion?"

Yuchi Gong hesitated for a moment, but said nothing, and replied: "It's still the same, Li Jiancheng can't kill him, so he must use other methods."

Lu Zhongming knew that Yu Chigong must have something to hide from himself, and said again: "To be honest, don't trick me."

"Didn't you send someone to inquire about it?" Yu Chigong said: "Today Donggong led Gengcheng Wang Jun to meet Master Qingde outside the palace, didn't you let him enter the palace?"

Lu Zhongming thought that he couldn't hide it from this big guy every time, so he said: "I know that Yuanji wants to lead an army to fight the Turks, but I don't know anything else."

"Your Majesty agreed." Yu Chigong said: "We still send troops on February [-]. He intends to send Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie over there, and then shoot them all to death and bury them alive."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Yu Chigong said again: "Today, His Majesty personally came to Tiance Mansion to visit the people of the world, but when it came to the war against Turks, Du Gong and Fang Xuanling contradicted His Majesty, His Majesty was furious and ordered them to be sent home You must not enter Tiance Mansion again."

Lu Zhongming took a deep breath and asked, "Does Qin Qiong know?"

Yu Chigong asked back, "What do you think?"

Lu Zhongming was extremely angry, Yuchi respectfully said: "Shimin can't go anywhere now, please help me."

"It's up to you." Lu Zhongming said.

Yu Chigong got Lu Zhongming's approval, so he hurried down and entrusted the Taoist priests of Sanqing Temple to do things, and sent out the letter that day. The next morning, Lu Zhongming was pacing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, when a man in a Taoist robe came in with a disturbed expression. Lu Zhongming nodded, it was Li Shimin.

Lu Zhongming said: "Go inside, Yuchi is waiting for you."

Li Shimin went in and said, "I'm afraid they won't come."

Yuchi Gong said: "I'll go, I don't want to come, so I just drew my knife and chopped it down."

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "No!"

Yu Chigong strode out with the saber in his hand, Li Shimin chased him to the courtyard and said, "Zhongming, stop him!"

"Who are you going to kill?" Lu Zhongming stood in the courtyard, blocking Yu Chigong's way.

Yuchi said respectfully: "Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were notified yesterday, if those two don't want to come, I'll come personally."

Lu Zhongming said: "Wait a minute, don't be so impatient."

Looking at Yu Chigong's appearance, he was obviously afraid that Fang Xuanling would leak the news, and would rather kill someone by mistake than let one go. Li Shimin said again: "Xuanling and Duke Du will never betray me."

Yu Chigong stopped talking, and sat down in the courtyard. After a while, Qin Qiong also came, and Lu Zhongming stared at the sundial. After noon, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui came in dressed up. Fang Xuanling was really relieved, and said: "Shimin , everyone’s lives are on your shoulders this time.”

Several people stood in the courtyard, Changsun Wuji also came, and at once a lot of people came, a dozen or so, all dressed as Taoist priests, standing in the courtyard, Changsun Wuji was surprised when he saw Lu Zhongming: : "Why are you back?"

"Here." Lu Zhongming said: "If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog, can you not come back?"

The eldest grandson Wuji laughed, and came to sit down with Lu Zhongming's shoulders on his shoulders. After a few years, the eldest grandson Wuji has become a father, and his youthful appearance has matured a lot. Only Lu Zhongming has not changed, and he still looks like a green onion. Qin Qiong sighed and said, "Lend me your bamboo stick again."

"You won't die." Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "Don't worry, do you remember what I said before?"

Qin Qiong also laughed, apparently relieved.Du Ruhui said again: "Let's talk among ourselves, the national teacher..."

Lu Zhongming waved his hand, motioning for them to talk, but he didn't want to participate, so Du Ruhui closed the door.

After about a stick of incense, the voice gradually died down, only to hear Yuchi Gong roaring: "Can you be more decisive?!"

When the roar came out, everyone fell silent, Yu Chigong finally exploded, the voice could even be heard by Lu Zhongming who was outside.

"Who is not afraid of death? They know the danger, but they follow you loyally. The national teacher guards the gate for you outside. This is God's will! If God doesn't take it, you will be blamed! If you don't let it go, you will work hard to be a contestant in the future." Your brother is a wise monarch, you are worthy of Jiangshan, sorry for your father, so what about your elder brother? What's more, if your elder brother kills you, you will kill him if you want to. Qin Qiong knows that Jie and others will not be able to make a decision today. Let's say it early and leave early. Good morning!"

It was quiet for a long time, Li Shimin said something, and Qin Qiong opened the door.

Li Shimin walked out and knelt down on one knee in front of Lu Zhongming.

"Zhongming, help me this last time." Li Shimin raised his head and said, "You don't need to do anything, you just need to help me with a divination..."

"Your Highness!" A young man stepped forward and said angrily, "If Bu tells you not to do it, will you not do it?"

Lu Zhongming smiled and said, "That's right, Shimin, did you hear that?"

Li Shimin took a deep breath, stood up, and nodded.

"Everyone go back." Li Shimin said: "Do as Du Gong said, and I will enter the palace in person later to report this matter."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Li Shimin stood in the center of the courtyard and looked around. Yu Chigong took the lead in kneeling on one knee and said, "Zhongming, get me some wine."

Lu Zhongming got up to get the wine, Yu Chigong took a sip, still knelt down on one knee, raised his arm, and handed it to Li Shimin without looking at him.

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, took it, took a sip, and handed it to Zhangsun Wuji.

The wine altar was passed around, and Yuchi said respectfully: "I am willing to serve the King of Qin!"

Everyone around knelt down.

Yu Chigong said again: "I'll arrange for the Xuanjia Army to ambush tomorrow at the north main gate of Taiji Palace."

"Wait a minute." Qin Qiong said, "What if Li Jiancheng doesn't come tomorrow?"

Yuchi Gong said coldly: "He will definitely come, if he doesn't come, I will go to the East Palace, you go to the Prince Qi's Mansion, we will work separately, if things fail, we will come and see you."

Several people shouted hello, Yu Chigong took another look at Lu Zhongming, and Lu Zhongming motioned for him to go.

Du Ruhui had a steady personality and didn't shy away from Lu Zhongming, so he assigned duties in the courtyard, and finally Li Shimin arranged for their respective ambush locations, and all the talents dispersed one after another.

Lu Zhongming and Li Shimin are left in the Taoist temple.

"Don't hurry." Lu Zhongming took a sip of water and sat under the tree. Li Shimin was still trembling, his face was pale, and he forced a smile and said, "I didn't expect that everything they said back then was fulfilled. What you said was also fulfilled." gone."

"It hasn't been fully fulfilled yet." Lu Zhongming said, "I want to ask you for a promise."

Li Shimin looked up at Lu Zhongming in the sun.

Lu Zhongming looked into his eyes and said seriously: "The lives of Jian Jian's family and Yuanji's family, their children are innocent."

Li Shimin said without hesitation: "As long as everyone can survive this time, I promise you."

Lu Zhongming said: "In exchange. If you lose, I will naturally save the lives of the eldest grandson's family, your wife and children."

Li Shimin stood for a long time, finally nodded and said, "Thank you."

"So far, what I have done for your father is over." Lu Zhongming said with a smile: "Go, God bless you Datang."

Li Shimin looked at Lu Zhongming with a complicated expression, and seemed to have something to say, but after a long time, he couldn't say it.

"Are you leaving now?" Li Shimin asked.

"Tomorrow." Lu Zhongming said, "But maybe now is the last time we see each other."

Lu Zhongming got up and found that Li Shimin was actually taller than him. Li Shimin stepped up and hugged him tightly.

After a long time, they separated, Li Shimin said: "I remember, you used the meteorite iron that you used to forge weapons for Jingde to forge two arrows for me."

Lu Zhongming didn't speak, Li Shimin bowed deeply again, turned and left.

That night, there was no news from Yuchi Gong, a Taoist priest came to report, saying: "General Yuchi will tell the Taoist Lord that he will be back tomorrow night."

Lu Zhongming was annotating the scriptures, and replied: "Got it."

It was night in the whole city, and a bright lamp shined through the Sutra Pavilion upstairs, illuminating the deep night in Chang'an. The lights in the whole city were turned off, and a few single pages of the Tao Te Ching were spread out in front of Lu Zhongming's case.

Chapter 76: People are weak in life, but strong in death.

When the night wind blows, a few pages of old yellow paper are rolled up and sent out of the window, and the clear sound of wooden fish can be heard in the distance.

Lu Zhongming yawned, sat up, looked at the dark night outside the window in boredom, and the sound of footsteps went upstairs.

"Long time no see, Daoist Jinlin." A gentle voice laughed.

"Master Shanwuwei." Lu Zhongming said, "Please sit down."

Lu Zhongming cleaned up the paper on the table casually, Shan Wuwei picked up a page of the book, and murmured out: "The way of heaven is to benefit but not harm; the way of saints is to fight for nothing."

"It's a pity that there are all mortals in this world." Lu Zhongming said: "Not fighting, it's called fighting. Mortals don't have the power of a saint, let alone a life that transcends heaven and earth. They fight all their lives."

Shan Wuwei smiled slightly and said: "Actually, sometimes, I feel that saints do not compete because there are too few saints. If one day there are more saints than ordinary people, then they will also compete. Didn't the two families of Buddhism and Taoism also compete for this once?"

Lu Zhongming said happily: "The Bodhisattva has a high opinion, it can be seen that everything must die, it is indeed good, otherwise more and more people will become immortals, and the three realms of heaven, earth and man will not be able to live in one day."

Shan Wuwei said casually: "After the death of the Bodhisattvas and the immortals, the human world will finally be the world of mortals again. I just don't know how many things will be left at that time."

"Let it go." Lu Zhongming said boringly: "Thousands of years later, there will be nothing left, and it doesn't matter. What is the Bodhisattva doing in Chang'an this time?"

Shan Wuwei said: "Come and have a look, the catastrophe of the Li family should be within this time, how about we meet at Mount Li at noon tomorrow?"

Lu Zhongming knew that Shan Wuwei's words were probably meant to take care of Li Jiancheng's lineage, so he said happily: "I never thought that Buddhism and Taoism would join forces once in a while."

Shan Wuwei said: "Master Vajra Wisdom has this intention from the very beginning, didn't Taiqing also say that the way of heaven is beneficial but not harmful."

Lu Zhongming hummed thoughtfully, Shan Wuwei folded his hands together, stood up, and the moment he stood up, his figure turned into nothingness and disappeared into the air.

Lu Zhongming scratched his head, with a sleepy face, got up from the desk with several pages of paper stuck to his face, thinking to himself these days, can't he come in person just to say something?Entrust him with a dream.