Taiping Inn

Since Li Xuandu left the imperial capital, Lu Yanbing and Ning Yi have also left the imperial capital one after another. Lu Yanbing wants to return to Qingweizong before Xiaonian and finalize the purchase of the sacrificial field with others.

In this way, only Shangguan Guan, Murong Hua and Yao Xianglian were left in the imperial capital. Shangguan Wan took advantage of this time to decide to do a big thing, that is, to find several Ming officials who are still alive, namely Zhong Wu, Zhong Fu, Wang Zhongfu, Zhuge Zun, and Wei Zhen, who are still alive. , coupled with the Siming official Li Shixing who had surrendered, there were still half of the ten Ming officials left, and Shangguan Wan, the leader of the Yin-Yang Sect, would not become a bear sect leader. Although the Yin-Yang Sect today is no longer comparable to the Qingwei Sect, Wudao Sect, and Butian Sect, and can only be regarded as a second-tier sect, it is just right for Shangguan Wan. If the Yin-Yang Sect was still the Yin-Yang Sect in the past, Shangguan Wan might not have been able to hold the position of sect leader.

It's different now. The Ming officials at the time became a dog that was lost, but Shangguan Wan had Li Xuandu as his backer, and was also the adopted daughter of the Earth Master's disciple. He had the token of the sect leader "Yinyang Sword" and "Tianyang Yinzhulong Seal" and "Tianyang Yinzhulong Seal" ", she is also a realm of creation in heaven and man, and is proficient in the "Thirteen Swords of Taiyin" and "Six Void Tribulations of Xiaoyao". No matter how she looks at it, it is legitimate to inherit the position of sect leader.

Of course, a more critical point is that Wang Tianxiao died in the hands of Li Xuandu. No one in the remaining Mingguan officials was Shangguan Guan Wan's opponent. The world has always been respected by strength. Shangguan Guan Guan believes that several Mingguan officials will know each other. Current affairs.

This important task was naturally handed over to Li Shixing. According to Li Shixing, since the failure of the Dazhen Mansion, they each dispersed and hid their whereabouts. If there is something wrong, you can contact several other people through Wei Zhen, so the key to finding other people is to find Wei Zhen.

But Wei Zhen was elusive. If he didn't want to come out, even Wang Tianxiao wouldn't be able to find him. In this regard, Shangguan Wan is not more clever than Wang Tianxiao, so he could only ask Li Shixing to send a message to Wei Zhen. As for whether Wei Zhen appears to meet, it all depends on Wei Zhen’s own wishes.

During the period of waiting for Wei Zhen to reply, Shangguan Guan did not live in Yuqing Garden, but lived in no fixed place. Murong Hua also left the Imperial Capital not long ago and headed to Bohai Prefecture.

The reason for this is that Li Xuandu has decided to gradually withdraw the inn from the Imperial Capital. Since the demise of the Later Party, there is no room for buffering between the Confucian Sect and the Taoist Sect, and there will be no conflict at any time. Now the Imperial Capital is the Confucian Sect. The core of the matter is that if Shangguan Guan and others continue to stay in the imperial capital, it will become the target of the Confucian school.

However, Li Xuandu did not completely withdraw the inn from the Imperial Capital. Many inn workers who had not been exposed will still stay in the Imperial Capital. Among them, Yao Xianglian, second only to Li Xuandu in the inn, Wu Xian took action several times. He has never shown his true face, so people from the Confucian school do not know that Yao Xianglian is Wu Xian, and Wu Xian can still study the immortal stone in Yuying Temple.

As for Princess Xuanzhen, she is not a real Taoist sect after all. As long as she does not interfere with the court for too much, the Confucian sect will not touch her for the time being. Moreover, in order to protect Princess Xuanzhen, Li Xuan will not contact her too much, so as not to touch the Confucian nerves.

It is precisely because Li Xuan has made such preparations that he dared to attack the Wu family’s father and son directly in the Qingqiu Cave Heaven. His idea was clear and clear, and he originally planned to go to the imperial capital with

The Confucian Sect decided to win, but because his master Li Daoxu handed over Qingweizong to him, he changed his mind. He planned to leave the imperial capital for the time being and manage Qizhou, just like the one deduced in the world chess game. Generally, it eventually formed a siege of the capital along with Liaodong. During the period when he stayed in Yuqingyuan, he started to arrange this matter.

There are other reasons why Li Xuandu decided like this. He once had a deep conversation with Sikong Daoxun, the high priest of the Wanxiang Academy, who talked about the issue of improper country. In some dynasties, there was no grand army to wipe out the world, but instead took court conspiracy. The gentry and nobles still occupied a large amount of land, and the people still had no land. Such dynasties would have short lives and would not last long.

Li Xuan still recognized everything Sikong Daoxuan said. If the foundation of Confucian scholars such as local gentry could not be shaken, then it would be meaningless for him to help Liaodong seize the world. Therefore, it is far from enough to defeat the Confucian Sect in the Imperial Capital through a form similar to a palace transformation. Instead, it is necessary to have a positive victory and quickly cleanse all kinds of mud and turbid water in the Imperial Capital and clear away the All kinds of vested interests then extend the entire world, destroy the local gentry forces, redistribute land, so that the court can have taxes and the people can have land, so that there is a foundation to continue to explore the "art" mentioned by the Earth Master Xu Wugui One way is to use limited land to feed more people to achieve the goal of open source.

Although all the kings are under the world, the Confucian Sect is the largest landlord in the world. This move is tantamount to digging the roots of Confucianism, and it will inevitably lead to the Confucianism fight back. On the contrary, because of the years of suppression of the Confucian sect, the Taoist sect has long been no longer on the land, but has been transformed into various commercial matters. It has not been greatly affected and can be united by Li Xuandu and fight against the Confucian sect. From this point of view, the dispute between Confucianism and Taoism is inevitable. Even without Situ Xuance and Li Xuandu, there will definitely be others who will stand up and lead the Taoist sect to decide the victory and the Confucian sect. This is the time to create heroes.

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The prefectures and counties around the imperial capital did not belong to any state, but directly obeyed the court, so they were named Zhili. If a governor is set up in Zhili, the governor's office will be set up in Bohai Prefecture. At the same time, Bohai Prefecture is also the estuary of Beilong, which is very important.

A carriage slowly drove into Bohai Prefecture, not going fast, surrounded by twelve male servants. All of these male servants were dressed in black and wore hats on their heads, covering their faces, and looked very tough. The driver was a middle-aged man, who didn't look like a groom, but more like a master who specialized in guarding.

Such a posture made people look sideways, wondering which nobleman was traveling with such a big show.

However, Bohai Prefecture is not far from the Imperial Capital, and is located between the East China Sea and the North China Sea. It has never been through war and is not inferior to Jinling Prefecture and other places. It is very prosperous. On weekdays, there are also many dignitaries traveling, or Jianghu masters passing by. There are also bigger shows than this. Not long ago, a Jianghu tyrant who liked pomp passed by Bohai Prefecture and asked four young men and women to carry a sedan chair, and four young men and women played flutes, drums, and harps, playing music to cheer, and paraded through the city. Compared with these, it is nothing, so this group of people is not very abrupt.

At this moment, someone tapped on the wall of the carriage to remind the people outside, and then asked, "Are we almost there?"

The middle-aged man driving the car replied, "Miss, we are almost there. He runs a bookstore here, which is also an old store. In the past, he sold classics of saints, which could only be considered to be barely maintained. However, a few years ago, he suddenly started selling storybooks, and the business in the store has improved. Although he doesn't make a fortune every day, at least he has money to repair the store and expand his business channels. In addition to selling books, he sells pens, inkstones, paperweights, pen holders, chessboards, pigments, etc. In his own words, he is just having fun."

At the end, the middle-aged man smiled.

The woman in the carriage smiled, and seemed to be interested in these trivial matters.

Soon, the carriage slowly stopped in front of a store on the street, and a woman in black walked out of the carriage. Her skin was white, as if she had not seen the sun for a long time.

After she stood still, she looked up at the plaque hanging on the storefront. It was black with gold characters, and the words "Wei Family Bookstore" were written on it. It was simple and straightforward. There were no couplets on the pillars at the door, which made it look very money-oriented, causing many colleagues in the city to secretly criticize that the owner of this store was really obsessed with money, did not understand elegance, and was a disgrace to the civilized world.

But this bookstore was doing well, and it did not follow the saying that good wine will sell itself. It did whatever business made money. Recently, the storybooks of Qingping Bookstore were very popular, so the bookstore negotiated a deal with Qingping Bookstore and purchased a large number of storybooks. In order to free up space, it had to suffer a lot and let those classics eat dust in the warehouse for a few days. Not only that, it also hung a sign at the door to attract customers, so there were people coming and going at this time, including a few young men who had just finished school.

These young men who could study in private schools were mostly from well-off families, had some spare money, and could read, so they preferred these storybooks the most. However, they could not be caught by the teacher, otherwise they would be confiscated and their palms would be slapped.

The woman walked slowly into the bookstore, accompanied only by the middle-aged man, and the other male servants all stood by the carriage, motionless, like stone statues.

The people in the store had already seen this woman, who had a good temperament. Although she did not look like a rich lady, she must have a good family background, and she might be a powerful person in the world, so the shop assistants did not dare to neglect her. They immediately came up to her and said with a smile: "Lady, do you want to buy books? Our shop has recently received several new books, all of which are new editions of Qingping Bookstore, and new works by Mrs. Bai."

"Mrs. Bai" is Qin Su. She has not had much time to write books recently, but she has manuscripts left in her spare time before. She polished them a little and sent them out. With the promotion of the bookstore, she is now very famous and widely circulated among women.

The woman smiled and said, "You can buy a few books, but I'm not here to buy books this time. Where is your boss?"

The waiter was startled: "Grandma... do you know our boss?"

"Of course I know him. Not only do I know him, but we've known each other for many years." The woman nodded with a smile.

The waiter said in embarrassment, "It's unfortunate that you have to make a wasted trip. Our boss is not in the store recently. I don't know where he has gone."

At this moment, a dusty man carrying a book box hurriedly walked out of the door and said, "I'm really sorry to have kept you and Brother Li waiting for so long."

The woman turned around and said, "We just arrived."

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