Taiping Inn

Rouge Street is already in the inner city, and major concierge halls are also in the inner city, so there is no need to worry about access control blocking.

It was already late at this time, and there were soldiers of the five-city military commanders who were responsible for patrolling the city.

The Five Cities Military and Horse Command Department is not a single yamen, but a collective name for the five yamen, namely the Five Cities Military and Horse Command Department of the Central, East, West, South and North. The commander, deputy commander and governor were appointed, responsible for police thieves in the capital, and to clear the affairs of street ditches, prisoners, and fire bans. Later, the commander and deputy commander were renamed, and soldiers and horses were set up at each gate. According to the Great Wei system, any relatives and princesses who have no officials will be appointed as commanders of the army and horses, and the princes are appointed as deputy commanders, and they will not be in charge of affairs.

Now the Military and Ma Si belongs to the Ministry of War. When the Military and Ma Si was first established, any officials in the neighborhood who had any water, fire, thieves, or who had to hear about it could respond with one call, put out the fire, patrol the night, be honest and do not take any penalties. However, after a long time, the thief started to catch theft, then the thief was taboo, and finally the thief was used to obtain money from theft, and theft was in conjunction with theft, which was unpopular.

However, Princess Xuanzhen had already ordered people to hang up the lanterns of the princess's mansion, and it was a princess' carriage. Naturally, there were no soldiers patrolling the city who dared to come forward to block the road, and there was not even a symbolic question, which made the carriage in the strictly guarded imperial capital. The city was unobstructed and soon arrived at the gate of the Qizhou Guild Hall.

At this time, the Qizhou Guild Hall had already received news that it was not only the central door was wide open, but also the lights were brightly lit. There was a person standing in front of the door, not the high priest who was far away in the Sheji Academy of Qizhou, nor the Huangshiyuan who was in the imperial capital, but the high priest who was Sikong Daoxuan of the Wanxiang Academy.

This is beyond reason. After all, the high priest of the Wanxiang Academy is not in the Zhongzhou Guild Hall, but in the Qizhou Guild Hall. It is always unreasonable, but to be expected, Li Xuan was not surprised.

In terms of age, Sikong Daoxun is the oldest among the three high priests in the Wanxiang Academy, much older than Li Daoxu. However, Li Daoxu does not like to force his cultivation to maintain his face, but instead prefers to maintain his life. The image of the old man, so both of them have white hair and white beards, but there is no difference in age.

After the carriage stopped, Li Xuandu walked off Princess Xuanzhen's carriage alone, but Yuying himself did not get off. Then Lan Xuanshuang, Shangguan Wan, Lu Yanbing, Zhang Baizhou and others also got off the car.

Princess Xuanzhen left first.

Sikong Daoxuan took the lead in bowing.

Li Xuandu bowed his fists and said, "Since the parting of Yuxu Peak, it has been nearly three months since he left. I didn't expect to see the high priest again in this imperial capital."

Speaking of Sikong Daoxuan, he is indeed the most suitable candidate for this Confucian scholar. Many years ago, when Li Daoxu had not married Li Qingyun and was studying in the Wanxiang Academy, Sikong Daoxuan was He had a good relationship with Li Daoxu. Because of this relationship, Li Xuandu went to the Wanxiang Academy for the first time and asked directly to meet Sikong Daoxu.

The relationship between the two generations before and after, even if the relationship between the Confucian and Taoist sects is tense, Li Xuan would not be slow to treat this special-identified priest.

Sikong Daoxuan smiled faintly, "The Zi Mansion has complicated affairs and is not easy to bother with him rashly. He can only take advantage of the opportunity of Zi Mansion entering the capital."

After the two of them exchanged some greetings, the other four also greeted Sikong Daoxuan. Among them, Lan Xuanshuang and Shangguan Guan are both leaders of the same sect. Although Yin-Yang Sect and Zaoge Sect are no longer as prosperous as before, they can even be said to be just a blank space, but in terms of identity, they are still as good as the Confucian priest. , so the three of them are acquaintances based on peer generations. Lu Yanbing is not the leader of Qingwei Sect. When facing his master's old friends, he naturally performs etiquette for his younger generations. As for Zhang Baizhou, his uncle was Zhang Suqing, so he had to perform the ceremony of his younger disciples.

After the ceremony, Sikong Daoxuan and his group invited him into the Qizhou Guild Hall. Because Lu Yanbing had already come to fight the front station, the Qizhou Guild Hall was very quiet and no one else could wait.

Come to the lobby and sit down. Sikong Daoxun did not talk about the affairs of Confucianism and Taoism, but just talked about some trivial matters, such as Li Xuandu's wedding date, Lu Yanbing's wedding, Li Daoxu's recent situation, etc. Then he stood up and said goodbye.

Li Xuandu personally sent the high priest out of the gate of the guild hall, then turned around and looked at the four people behind him, and first said to Shangguan Wan and Lan Xuanshuang: "Thank you for your hard work, let's take a break soon. If you have any questions, I will discuss them tomorrow. ”

Lan Xuanshuang and Shangguan Wan nodded and left together.

Then only Zhang Baizhou and Lu Yanbing were left.

If Li Xuan regards Lan Xuanshuang and Shangguan Guan as allies, subordinates, and colleagues, and will retain their decentness when dating, then Lu Yanbing and Zhang Baizhou are real juniors, so there are only three people left. Li Xuandu's face became serious.

He knew that Lu Yanbing had already noticed something was wrong, and looked at his eyes and nose. Zhang Baizhou still had nothing to do. Then he heard Li Xuandu say, "Bai Zhou, what are you doing when you come to the Imperial Capital? Are you visiting the kiln?"

Zhang Baizhou was stunned and then turned red. It was not because he was dissatisfied, but because he was ashamed.

Li Xuan emphasized his tone, "If it is not necessary, don't go to those places where you are not serious in the future and put your mind more on the serious business."

"Yes." Zhang Baizhou responded with his head down.

Li Xuan understood the principle that the drum was not hit by heavy hammers, so he waved his hand and said, "You are being raped by others this time, so I won't care. Go and rest."

Zhang Baizhou secretly glanced at Sister Lu, who looked confused and seemed to be completely unaware of it, and hurriedly turned around and left.

In the end, only two brothers and sisters were left. Lu Yanbing still looked confused. It seemed that she was not the one who brought Zhang Baizhou to Manchun's courtyard at all, but someone else.

Li Xuan knew that his junior sister's temperament was already easy to change and difficult to change her nature, and she didn't want to waste her talk. She just said, "Don't take the day to go to the courtyard in the future. Even if you see the world, you must proceed step by step. Those young masters of aristocratic families have them. Only people in the room would go to this place. During the day, he was still a child who was not familiar with men and women's relationships. What do you know? "

Lu Yanbing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the senior brother didn't plan to care too much, he nodded repeatedly.

Li Xuandu turned around and walked towards the lobby, "I have something to ask you."

Lu Yanbing hurriedly followed Li Xuandu, and the two returned to the lobby. Li Xuan did not sit in the center main seat, but sat opposite Lu Yanbing, one left and one right.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Master, how did he... have he... recently?"

Lu Yanbing replied without thinking, "The old man is still the same. He stays in the Bajing Villa all day long. It's difficult to see him. I can't understand. What's the best thing about that Bajing Villa? Qingling Palace.”

Li Xuan automatically ignored Lu Yanbing's second half and asked, "So what are the changes in the sect recently?"

Lu Yanbing was stunned. She was not a stupid person. Realizing that Li Xuandu’s question had a profound meaning, he hesitated: “Senior brother should ask the second senior brother and his aunt, after all, they are now in charge.”

Li Xuandu said, "If there is really any abnormal movement, it must be hidden from them. If I say so, can you understand?"

Lu Yanbing's face became solemn, and she asked softly: "Senior brother thinks the old man will do something?"

Li Xuandu asked back, "If you were asked to be the leader of Qingwei Sect, or go further, and you were sitting in the old man's position, what would you do?"

Lu Yanbing planned to answer directly without thinking, but was interrupted by Li Xuandu in advance, "If you want to be the sect leader of Qingwei Sect, you must learn to take on the burden. Have a sect leader who should have the responsibility, don't say anything. 'I naturally support my senior brother' If this is the case, it will disappoint me with you."

I have to say that Lu Yanbing knows Li Xuandu, and Li Xuan also knows Lu Yanbing. This sentence just hits Lu Yanbing three inches. The implication is that if Lu Yanbing wants to be the leader of the Qingwei Sect, he will put away those clevernesses. Lu Yanbing had to put away his little thoughts and truly put himself in Li Daoxu's position to consider this matter, and recall what he had seen and heard over the past period of time from this perspective.

Li Xuan didn't even urge him, but just waited quietly.

After a long time, Lu Yanbing said, "If you say it is abnormal, you can't say it's not. Our uncle, Mr. Li, has been a little too quiet recently. Even if Master Gu returns to the sect, with his personality, he shouldn't be so quiet. That's right, you have to have a few fights with your master. Another thing is that Situ Xuanluo is a bit mysterious and often goes out. Senior brother, you know that no matter who is the sect leader, in fact, the old man in the Qingwei Sect is the real master, Situ Xuanluo I just obeyed the old man directly, and I think it might be from the old man's instructions. In addition... I heard that the third senior brother often sends letters to Penglai in the name of greetings..."

Li Xuandu asked, "How did you know about family letters?"

Lu Yanbing lowered his voice, "This matter is under the responsibility of Tianjitang. However, since the news that the senior brother was going to be the chief sect in the world, people's hearts in Tianjitang are also fluctuating. It's not that they dare to disobey the old man's orders, nor is it The old man's prestige cannot be overwhelmed by them, but they looked at the old man's life for not much time and began to seek a way out. After all, they are not the old man, and there are still decades to go to the future. Once the emperor is the emperor and the minister are ready for the future. It is reasonable. With the blessing of my senior brother, many disciples of Tianji Temple secretly showed me goodwill and wanted to go my way. Situ Xuanlu couldn't control such things, and he might not want to care about them. I took the opportunity to go to Tianji Temple Some nails were installed."

There is no need to say all of Lu Yanbing, Li Xuan has already understood that Lu Yanbing's methods are called "going with the flow" to be nice, but to put it nicely, it is a fox that pretends to be powerful, but whether it is following the flow or using the tiger power, it plays a considerable role.

Li Xuandu asked, "These abnormal movements happened before or after the third brother sent the letter home?"

Lu Yanbing said with great certainty: "Before."

Li Xuandu’s face was a little serious, and finally asked, “If you were the old man who supported the Empress Dowager Xie Zhi with one hand, and I would attack Xie Zhi now, what would you do?”

Lu Yanbing said, "If I were the old man, I would protect Xie Zhi."

Li Xuandu asked again: "Why?"

Lu Yanbing hesitated for a moment and replied: "For the future of Qingwei Sect, if Liaodong enters the pass, Butian Sect will be as dominant as Zaoge Sect back then, and the first thing that is to bear is Qingwei, which is across the sea from Liaodong. Sect, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers."