That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 1152
There are also three grades of Daoist Daoist. Among them, the most worthless Daoist has a Daoist title without any modification prefixes. Such a Daoist has no real power, and his status is not high. At best, he is more than Daoist Sanren are a little bit better. Generally, those who barely set foot in the fairyland after the age of 70 will be awarded the title of Dazhengren, which is very comforting.

Those who are taller than Dazheng will have the prefix of two characters, and they will be awarded this honorary title if they set foot in the realm of the earth and fairy before the age of 70, implying the meaning of encouragement.

Further up, because of seniority, meritorious service, status, etc., there are four-character prefixes, six-character prefixes, eight-character prefixes, and cross prefixes, etc. After the Taoist name, the word Dazheng is added.

Du Haichan, the master of Jiangnan Daomen, once in charge of Jiangdu Daoshu Workshop Zirong Temple, inherited the honorary title of Du's family. Among them, he can be regarded as an extremely prominent prince.

However, after the change in Jiangdu, the Zirong Temple was destroyed, the Taoist workshop changed hands, Du Haichan fled Jiangdu in a hurry, and hibernated in Huzhou, becoming a big laughing stock. Losing land every year, with more than a dozen characters in the honorary name, deceiving the sky with every word."

At that time, because Qiuye and Chenye retreated one after another, the three major disciples competed for the position of the first disciple, causing the three major factions to fight endlessly. After all, Murong Xuan is not a legitimate Taoist head teacher, and she is unable to control the situation at this time, so she can only temporarily watch from the sidelines Therefore, the Daoist sect almost didn't care about the fall of the Daoshu workshop, which allowed Jianzong to easily occupy Jiangdu.

When the Daoist sect finally ended its infighting and came to his senses, Xu Beiyou had already integrated the Sword Sect and reset the three elders. At this time, the Sword Sect was in great difficulty. As a result, Du Haichan became a veritable bereaved dog. Relying on his own power alone, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream to regain the ancestral foundation. He can only put all his expectations on Xuandu, so during this period of time Since then, Du Haichan no longer has the arrogance of "listening to the tune but not the propaganda" before. It can be said that he is as docile as a house cat. King Jiang and his remnants of the Jiangnan Taoist sect left Jiangnan together, and first went to Wei State to meet the wife who was known as the head teacher of the Supreme Master.

Today's Wei State, because Wei Wang Xiaojin took away most of the domestic troops, and the Wei State army's war in the south of the Yangtze River is not progressing well, the present Wei State is also undercurrents, and on the surface it is still controlled by the army. The Palace of Wei is in charge of the overall situation, but in fact, the Palace of Wei has lost control of several big families. Xiao Jin once said that the door is like a reed on the wall, but the most swaying people in this world are still those high-ranking families.

The so-called aristocratic family refers to the family that has been passed down from generation to generation. The dynasties change, but I am the same. If I want to achieve this, I naturally have to blow where the wind blows.

When it comes to the aristocratic families of the Wei State, one has to mention the five great aristocratic families back then, but today, the so-called five great aristocratic families have become a thing of the past. The clan died together, and now the Shangguan clan attached to Xiao Jin also showed signs of decline, only the Ye clan and the Murong clan remained standing.

Strictly speaking, these two families are still families of in-laws, and they should be like each other. It's just because Qiuye's younger sister Ye Xia and sister-in-law Murong Xuan are at odds, so they have been fighting openly and secretly all these years until Ye Daoqi, with the support of Murong Xuan Ye Xia seized the power in his hands, and this was considered a handshake, but the Ye family also lost the confidence to stand on equal footing with the Murong family, and could only rely on the increasingly powerful Murong family.

In other words, the person who is really in power in the Wei Kingdom today is not the Queen Wanyan Yingzhu in the Wei Palace, but Murong Xuan, the Patriarch of the Murong Clan.

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Murong's ancestral home.

This place is not as grand and grand as outsiders imagined, it is similar to ordinary families, only the details are meticulously carved, other than that, there are a lot of purple bamboos planted in the mansion.Looking from a distance, it looks like countless pavilions are hidden in the bamboo forest. With the wind and waves, the bamboo sea moves with the wind, so you can get a glimpse of one corner of it. When you are in it, you can hear the rustling of thousands of bamboo leaves, and the forest sea Listening to Tao is really an elegant event in the world.

In the middle of the stacked mansion is the owner's residence, and the study is the most important among them. At first glance, the layout can only be said to be elegant and refined, but when you look closely, you can see that it is extraordinary. up.Whether it is a book case, a hanging picture, a carpet, a seat, or the four treasures of the study such as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, or the clean offerings on the desk, all of them have a long history and are hard to find.

At this time, the so-called rich and powerful families are nothing more than that.

At this time, there were two women in the study room, one of them was sitting behind the red sandalwood book table, she had the scholarly air of Confucianism, the dusty air of Taoism, and the benevolent air of Buddhism, and it was Murong Xuan, the owner of this place.

The other woman sitting in the guest seat looked about forty years old. She was dressed in black with long sleeves, and her hair was tied with hosta and waffles. She had an extraordinary appearance and a dignified air.

Murong Xuan casually played with a hollowed out Khotan jade ball, and said with a smile, "Although the two families are not far from here, you are really a rare visitor."

The woman glanced at her and said, "Why, I can't come here? After all, I should call you cousin."

Murong Xuan put down the ball in her hand, shook her head and said, "It's not that you can't come, but you shouldn't come at this time."

The woman asked back, "Then when should I come?"

Murong Xuan glanced at her, and said calmly: "I know your purpose of coming, but this matter was decided by Qiu Ye himself. In the final analysis, he is still the head of the Taoist sect, and he is the master teacher. I don't care."

The woman was silent for a moment, then said softly, "But Qiuye will listen to you."

Murong Xuan chuckled lightly, shook her head and said: "Then you overestimate me too much, and you underestimate Qiu Ye too much. He didn't want to deal with these mundane affairs all these years, so he handed over the power of Taoism to me, but now When? How can he, the master teacher, continue to stay out of the matter? Besides, Jiangnan has made it clear that it is a dead end, and I will not persuade him."

There was a look of sadness on the woman's face.

Murong Xuan looked at her, sighed softly, and said: "Xiao Jin has ignored you all these years, thank you for thinking of him so much, instead of begging me, you might as well beg your elder brother, he is a dignified man. The post-Founder is also the leader of Xuanjiao, if he is willing to help, then the situation will be different."

The woman is Wanyan Beiyue's younger sister, Xiao Jin's first wife, Wanyan Yingzhu.

Wan Yanying Zhu Youyou said: "Since I married him, we are a married couple. There is no reason for them to go away separately in the face of disaster. Just now you asked me to ask my brother, why didn't I think about it? It's just that my brother has always disliked Xiao Jin, and with him The Daqi court has a lot of contacts, how could they help him? Besides, there is also my sister-in-law..."

Murong Xuan laughed softly: "Then have you ever thought about it, even if you help Xiao Jin keep the foundation of Wei State, the one who will inherit Wei State's rule in the future will be the son of the woman surnamed Meng."

After seeing Yan Yingzhu's blank face, Murong Xuan sighed in her heart, and continued: "As far as I know, Xiao Jin has already asked that woman's son to recognize his ancestor and return him to his clan, and named him Xiao Shu. This is to confirm his status."

Wanyan Yingzhu's face suddenly turned pale, apparently she didn't know about this before, so her lips trembled slightly, and she was speechless for a long time.

Although the woman named Meng Dongfei had never appeared in Wei Palace, there were still some rumors in the palace. Wanyan Yingzhu also heard about it, but she didn't take it to heart.

But she never imagined that the family she was thinking of had already been torn apart, and now it seemed that she, a childless wife, had become a superfluous person.

Wanyan Yingzhu shook violently, lost all energy, and forgot all the arguments she had planned to persuade Murong Xuan, turned around and left staggeringly.

Murong Xuan was still sitting behind the desk and didn't get up, but at some point, the windows opened by themselves, and she could see the green bamboo forest outside.

The wind was coming from all directions, blowing Murong Xuan's temples, she stretched out her hand to brush her hair, and let out a long sigh.

(End of this chapter)