The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 354 On the Tao
Following Xiaodaotong, Jin Yang and Xuan Shijing went straight up to the observatory, and saw Li Chunfeng sitting by a railing alone, a set of tea sets were placed on a small table, and a charcoal basin next to it was also supported. The water shelf, Li Chunfeng scooped out a spoonful of water from the copper basin on the shelf, and poured it into the teapot.

"The guest came at the right time, and I have been waiting for a long time." Although Li Chunfeng was a little old, his voice was still like a young man's, not to mention full of air, but it seemed a little illusory, matching his attire, It really makes people mistakenly think that this is a banished immortal.

Li Chunfeng was wearing a white Taoist robe with wide sleeves, his hair was scattered on his shoulders, and there was only a white jade hairpin, which fixed the hair in front of his forehead to his head.

"Li Daochang knew that Xiao Hou and the princess would come to the Taishi Bureau?" Xuan Shijing and Jin Yang walked across to Li Chunfeng and asked.

Li Chunfeng stretched out his hand to signal the two to sit down, Xuan Shijing swayed and knelt down opposite Li Chunfeng, while Jin Yang sat on the side between Xuan Shijing and Li Chunfeng, facing the stargazing platform.

"The poor man just knows that there will be guests coming to the observatory. As for Lord Hou or His Royal Highness, the poor man doesn't know." Li Chunfeng laughed.

Xuan Shijing has been more or less exposed to some Taoist mysteries before, after all, he has lived with Yuan Shoucheng for more than ten years, and he will not even know this. Whether it is a Taoist or a Buddhist, say The words that come out seem to be very profound, but in fact they are ambiguous. It all depends on your own imagination. As for what your own imagination will look like, that is unknown.

"Shijing, how about a guess?" Xuan Shijing looked at Li Chunfeng with a smile. If it was a formal meeting, it was the first time. It might be because of Yuan Shoucheng's relationship. Although Xuan Shijing and Li Chunfeng were the first This time they sat together in such a serious manner, but there was no barrier between the two of them.

"Master, please." Li Chunfeng poured a cup of hot tea for Xuan Shijing and pushed it in front of Xuan Shijing, and then respectfully poured a cup of tea for Jinyang.

"Li Daochang must have known about Shijing's confinement in the palace."

"Yes, this matter has been rumored in the palace. Even if the poor don't want to know, you can't close your ears." Li Chunfeng smiled.

"Xiao Hou remembers that a few days ago, Li Daochang sent the Taoist boy beside him to Xiaohou's mansion to pass on a message to Xiaohou, saying that you want to meet Xiaohou at Xuanwu Building on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month." Xuan Shijing picked up the teacup, took a sip, continued.

"Exactly." Li Chunfeng looked at Jinyang, then at Xuan Shijing, and nodded in agreement.

"Now Xiaohou is confined by His Majesty in the palace. I don't know when the order will be lifted. Therefore, the meeting on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month is very unlikely. Therefore, the Taoist priest will guess that Xiaohou will definitely find an opportunity in the palace. This Taishi Bureau, come and find Li Daochang." Xuan Shijing laughed.

"Hou Ye's intelligence is really different from ordinary people, but he has a lot of wisdom."

Before Li Chunfeng could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Xuan Shijing: "Forget it, if people from Taoism or Buddhism tell a person that he has a lot of wisdom, then the next sentence is probably to persuade him to become a monk. The young prince of the world of mortals hasn't tasted one or two yet, so he doesn't want to be pure-hearted and ascetic to preserve the principles of heaven and destroy human desires."

Jin Yang next to him heard the words, and smiled cleverly: "Preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires? Brother Jing's description is really appropriate."

"The princess was joking." Li Chunfeng smiled and explained: "Taoism is based on emptiness, and it is based on conformity. Preserving the principles of nature, destroying human desires and speaking directly, if this is the case, it is too serious, human desires are also the norms of human relations, the cause and effect of the cycle of all things."

"What do you say, Daoist, Xiao Hou doesn't understand, what he guesses is just a simple reasoning, he can't follow the laws of nature and people's desires, and he can do nothing, but come here today, Xiao Hou really has something to do, Need the help of the Taoist priest."

"Master Hou, please tell me." Li Chunfeng picked up the teapot and added another cup of tea for himself.

"Is there any lead here, Taoist?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Of course I have some. I don't know what the Lord Hou wants to use for the lead?" Li Chunfeng asked curiously. Lead is relatively soft, and it is generally not used for alchemists except alchemists, because In recent years, Yuan Tiangang has been studying alchemy in the alchemy room of the Taishi Bureau, so there are a lot of preparations in this Taishi Bureau.

"Use it to do great things. If it is done, it will benefit all people. I dare not say it. At least it will not lose to the advent of new paper." Xuan Shijing said: "I don't know how long it is, but are you interested?"

"Oh? If the poor Taoist is lucky enough to participate in something that benefits the people, it will be a good thing. If the Lord Hou uses this lead, the poor Taoist will naturally support it." Li Chunfeng said: "I wonder if the Lord Hou can reveal a thing or two."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Xuan Shijing smiled and said, "It's Xiaohou, I plan to help Sizi print a book, but if it is engraving, it would be too wasteful of manpower and physics, and the clarity of the engraved layout is not very good. It is very tall, so Benhou thought about whether it is possible to use lead blocks to make square characters like the characters on the seal, and to print one character at a time. It can be used in the mold, so it can be used repeatedly, and the words carved out of lead will be much clearer than those carved out of wood, after all, the lead block does not leak ink.”

The more he listened to Xuan Shijing, Li Chunfeng felt that Xuan Shijing's proposal was more feasible.

"Your Majesty's move is very kind." Li Chunfeng praised: "However, I think that if we only use lead blocks, there will be slight flaws in texture, so it's better to mix some different ores into it like casting a sword. , in terms of texture, it can also be improved, after all, the movable type that Lord Hou said needs to be used repeatedly, and if it is used several times, it will be severely worn, which is still contrary to the original intention."

"What Li Daochang said is true." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "It's just that it's a bit more difficult in this way."

"It's okay, there is a book of his experience in alchemy in Daoist Yuan's study, some of which are related to some ores, if Hou Ye trusts Pindao, Pindao will be able to find the most suitable material for Hou Ye, how about it? " Li Chunfeng said.

"That's great, Xiaohou is here, thank you Daoist Li." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands and said, "It's just."

"What do you want to say, Lord Hou, just say it." Li Chunfeng asked when he saw the hesitation on Xuan Shijing's face.

"Li Daochang spared no effort to help Xiao Hou, so he won't be so cheap for Xiao Hou?" Xuan Shijing asked with narrowed eyes.

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Master Hou, you are so smart, you are the Marquis of Dongshan."

(End of this chapter)