How can I allow you and others to get involved in my old lady's Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 227 Puzhou General

"What kind of person my father, Li Shenhou, is. My nephew has been confused for many years and doesn't know very well. I would like to ask my second uncle for advice."

Shangluo pondered for a while and then said to Li Jie, "Shenhou, a martial arts genius, used his body in the fourth realm to violently defeat demons and gods in the fifth realm. The method of cultivating the dharma body of the ancient true Buddha. Once the true body is opened, it will not touch any law and fight against heaven and earth. For my Twelve Economic Envoys, I am the best in fighting, the best in close quarters, within five steps, I am invincible in six realms, and beyond five steps, and within ten steps, I am unable to escape in five realms.”

"How is my father?"

"The son never speaks of his father before him, my wise nephew, I will say this." Shangluo said, "Today you have to pay close attention to your schoolwork. Your awe-inspiring Qi is particularly weak compared to the two realms. You also need to meditate on the hymns and righteous songs. The awe-inspiring Qi, when practiced to the depths, can compete with the proverbs."

"Yesterday, I told Mr. Liu what happened to the Lu family in Chunyang. If you see Lu Qingchen again in the future, you need to be very alert. I think this son is not a thing in the pond. I only said a few words to you yesterday, but in fact he is doing everything possible. , I have even gotten the information I want from your mouth." Shangluo continued, "The cloud energy above the nine heavens is of great benefit to the cultivation of Haoran energy. You need to seize the time and practice hard for three days in one day."

Li Jie bowed his head and said yes, gathered his mind, entered into visualization, and silently recited the song of righteousness.

The surrounding clouds were entangled with the awe-inspiring aura between Li Jie's brows, but a strange change took place. The awe-inspiring aura gradually grew longer and turned into a long dragon-like shape, traveling freely between the two words "Heaven and Earth" in the proverb.

"The clouds turn into dragons, and their auras last forever. This boy's luck is really good, but his enlightenment was too late, and his accumulation is a bit weak, but the 32-word motto is really enviable." Shangluo murmured, "The academy has been in peace for a long time. I wonder if this little monkey can stir up a storm in the academy."

As the sun turned to the west, Shangluo woke up Li Jie who was meditating.

"We've arrived at the border of Kyoto." Shangluo said to Li Jie. Li Jie looked down and saw a huge city rising from the horizon, stretching for an unknown number of miles. From time to time, there were huge warships dragging in the sky. , there are also small flying boats constantly rising and falling, and countless rare and exotic beasts are flying in the sky or running on the ground. Everything looks chaotic but orderly.

"This is Kyoto, the kingdom of our human race. It is the freest city of the human race. There is no control by immortals and Buddhas, and there is no erosion by demons. Everything is decided by our human race." Shangluo said, "Is it shocking? This is the first time I see Kyoto. When I saw it, I was impressed by its magnificence.”

Li Jie stared at the scene in front of him dumbfounded. With his previous life experience, after holding it in for a long time, he could only say, "Bullshit."

The giant crane swooped down, crossed the city wall, and flew towards the side of the giant city.

There were bustling people and tourists at his feet, and the fireworks in the market gave Li Jie a sense that this was the reality of this world.From the time he traveled to the present, he has always been in the Confucius Mansion, filled with bosses who come and go, which makes people feel as if they are in a dream.

At this time, I saw hawkers hawking, people going to the market, trackers by the river, hotel clerks, running children, wandering rangers, cart drivers, and subordinates on horses. Although the scenes were different from those in the previous life, they were still people seeing real life. .

The streets and alleys are lined with shops and businesses, and the rivers, bridges, mansions, and thatched cottages are densely packed.

Li Jie actually felt an indescribable sense of relief. The maxims in the sea of ​​consciousness moved slightly, and he felt that he seemed to understand what heaven and earth were and what sentient beings were, but he did not fully understand what heaven and earth were and what sentient beings were.

A mysterious and mysterious feeling crept into Li Jie's mind. Among the maxims in the sea of ​​consciousness, the word "Xuan" lit up slightly.

Just when Li Jie was savoring this feeling, Shangluo's voice sounded, "Zhixing Academy, we're here."

Li Jie looked at the endless mountain peaks in front of him and asked Shangluo hesitantly, "Is this mountain the academy?"

"The Immortal Sect in the Immortal Courtyard is bigger than ours, and the academy only occupies less than a square in the city of Kyoto. The Immortal Sect in the Immortal Courtyard is a mountain range, with a large one with a radius of one hundred thousand miles, and a small one with a radius of [-] miles. A Taoist temple a hundred miles away, considering the reputation of others, my Renzong is relatively low-key." Before Li could answer, Shangluo said with a smile, "Let's go up the mountain."

At this time, a plume of smoke rolled down the mountain, and in the blink of an eye it was in front of the two of them.

Taking a closer look, he saw a person running all the way down the mountain. This person was wearing Confucian clothes and a square scarf. He had a leopard head and ringed eyes, and a full beard. He looked nondescript. He was Li Jie's cheap dad. , Li Shenhou.

"My great son, you miss your senior brother so much." Li Shenhou held Li Jie in a bear hug, and Li Jie felt as if his ribs were about to be broken.

Shangluo looked at Li Shenhou with disgust and said, "What's the etiquette? Father and son are father and son, and senior brothers are senior brothers. How can they be confused."

Li Shenhou didn't mind at all and said to Li Jie, "Come, I have met your senior brother and second uncle."

"You are simply ridiculous." Shangluo said with a livid face, "We, the economic envoys, are ashamed to associate with you."

"One, two, three, four, five, within five steps, brother, don't get in the way." Li Shenhou said leisurely, "I won't talk nonsense to you anymore. My great son and I haven't seen each other for a long time. It's time to cultivate our relationship." .”

Shangluo snorted coldly and disappeared. Not long after, a golden word "Zhen" on the top of the mountain flew towards Li Shenhou. Li Shenhou smiled up to the sky, his energy and blood exploded, and instantly tore the word "Zhen" into pieces. Another message came from the top of the mountain. Come and snort.

"Son, let's see what incompetent rage is. Come, senior brother and dad will take you up the mountain."

At this time, in a study room on the top of the mountain, all the anger on Shangluo's face disappeared, and Qi Zhu stood beside him.

"This monkey is afraid that his son will be bullied. Who is he doing this to under the mountain gate?" Shangluo asked.

Qi Zhu chuckled and said, "Monkey has recently been searching for young girls from various families in Kyoto who have not yet left the palace, saying that they want to arrange a marriage for this child. At the beginning, when the young masters of each family heard about the economics, they all flocked to it, which they did not expect. Someone sent someone to investigate, so there were rumors in Kyoto that the son of Li Shenhou's family was a fool, and all the things that were settled and those that were not settled were all gone."

"Even if the son of the economic envoy is a fool, there should be a lot of people who support him." Shang Luoqi said, "Don't monkeys like him?"

"We understand that this child is no longer stupid, but the world doesn't know it. Master listed him on the door wall, which is also a secret and cannot be publicized everywhere. With this child looking like this now, how can those crooked melons and dates who follow the influence of others be allowed to enter our family? Eyes? The pearl casts a secret gaze, and I can't do the thing about walking at night in brocade clothes." Qi Zhu said, "In my capacity, the young lady from the ruling family is just a well-matched match, the saint of the Great Immortal Sect in the Immortal Courtyard, we have to think about it again and again. , the direct daughter of the Xianting Siji family can only make do with her."

Shangluo laughed, his laughter became louder and louder, and he even bent down, tears seemed to flow out.

"This is the truth, but for the saints of the Immortal Courtyard and the direct descendants of the Four Extremes, they want to become immortals and ancestors. The goal is to live forever, which is too high for us." Shangluo had a weird smile on his face, " We have only been a lonely grave in the loess for only a hundred years, how can people bear to let a genius become a widow? The Taoist heart is hurt?"

"I forgot, you are also a sad person." Qi Zhu said, "Monkey and I plan to wait until the master asked us to investigate this time to get some clues, then go to the fairy court to do something big and tie up three or five people. The saint comes back to be Li Jie's bed-warming girl."

"The old man is dishonest and his behavior is absurd." Shangluo said, "You and the monkey have been investigating for more than a month. Have you found anything?"

Qi Zhu said, "I can't even talk about discovery. I just learned from a dying old wizard that the main sacrifice offered by the Witch God Dynasty was a saint's relic. As for which saint's relic it is, it is unknown."

"The saint's relics are sacrificed to the demon gods. Are you crazy about the great witch sacrifice of the Witch God Dynasty? Have you reported this to Master?" "Master said that he already knew about it. Let us not worry about the saint's relics. The next step is to trace the fairy court. Regarding the hasty retreat, I entrusted the immortals and Buddhas I knew well to inquire about it, but there was no news or rumors." Qi Zhu laughed sarcastically, "Do you really think that Monkey and I are going to the Immortal Court to snatch the bride? As the successors of major forces, these There is more or less news about the doll.”

Shangluo said to Qi Zhu, "The idea of ​​​​robbing the marriage was probably the monkey's idea. According to your personality, you should probably directly find the person involved and interrogate it. Wouldn't it be straightforward?"

Qi Zhu said, "You think I didn't do it? I asked Wu Jiu to block an old Immortal Court master at Liangjie Mountain. Before he could ask anything, he turned this man into blue smoke with the oath of heaven. At the same time, , nearly ten immortals from the Sixth Realm came to help and almost killed Wu Jiu, but after Wu Jiu escaped, the immortals seemed to have a tacit understanding and never mentioned the matter."

"What about Wujiu? Why did you put him in such a dangerous situation?" Shangluo said, "As the eldest brother, it's fine if you don't take care of your younger brothers and sisters, but you still let Wujiu be in danger, really."

"I didn't expect it. I was at fault for planning here." Qi Zhu said, "The Immortal Court is made monolithic due to the oath of heaven. We are like a tiger swallowing the sky, unable to catch it."

"Speaking of the direct lineage of the Four Extremes, there really is such a candidate, who may be able to make a breakthrough." Shangluo suddenly said, "When Li Jie and I came to Kyoto, we met the direct lineage of the Chunyang Lu family by chance. This son said that his father ordered him to meet his master and merge into our family. Study at Zhixing Academy."

"And he has shown great interest in Li Jie." Shangluo said to Qi Zhu, "Don't you think this is a good opportunity?"

Qi Zhu raised his eyebrows, "Taking it into detail, I think there is a lot to be done."

The two people immediately gathered together and whispered, and sneered from time to time, which was very scary. The wind occasionally blew by, which was also eerie. The two had an argument at first, but then reached an agreement, looked at each other and smiled, their expressions were very satisfied. , if Li Shenhou wants to shout here again that all scholars are full of evil.

I didn’t say anything here. I saw Li Shenhou pulling Li Jie up the mountain. He was chattering along the way. Li Jie just nodded and answered. When they reached the fork in the road, there was a stone step on the left. Li Shenhou said to Li Jie, "This is This is the Book Mountain Trail. I don’t know anything about it. I just know that climbing this trail is related to your resource allocation in the academy, your ranking status, and your library borrowing qualifications. You have now entered the second level, you can give it a try."

Then he pointed to the stone tablet on the side and said, "It would be a great relief to us if we could leave a name on the stone tablet.

Li Jie thought to himself that he didn't know much about his own strength, but he could give it a try to see what level he was at. However, he thought about Shangluo and Confucius telling him to hide his clumsiness, and he hesitated for a moment.

Just when Li Jie was hesitating whether to give it a try, Qi Zhu's figure appeared next to Li Shenhou, and Li Shenhou's expectant eyes suddenly turned to Qi Zhu.

Qi Zhu coughed dryly, seeming to sense Li Jie's concerns. Qi Zhu said to Li Jie, "You can try it, don't have any worries. The Shushan Trail is a place to test the understanding of ancient classics. Every level is There is a random question from ancient classics, and the answer will help the other person move up a level."

"This road was left by a saint. There are 99 levels in total. Taking Yishu Mountain as a path means "diligence in the road". After the saint, almost no one has climbed to the top.

"The Master climbed the Book Mountain Trail and returned when he reached the ninetieth level. He once said that the ancient historical classics were seriously lost, and later generations imposed their own attachments, making it difficult to sort them out. Relying on the existing ancient knowledge, it is extremely difficult for today's people to climb to the top."

"It is said that if you complete level 99, you will get a great opportunity left by the saint. The problems at each level here are different. Those who are unlucky may be expelled from the first level."

"This is also the place where Zhixing Academy takes the entrance and graduation tests. When enrolling, you have three opportunities. The minimum requirement is to pass level [-]. The highest level is required for the three tests. When you graduate, you need to reach level [-] or above. You have one opportunity every half a year. Three levels each time. Try again.”

"Those who pass the admission will be given jade plaques by the academy. The jade plaques have endless uses. Those who fail to meet the requirements for graduation will have to leave the academy at the age of twenty and will not be allowed to consider themselves as academy students. At the same time, the jade plaques will be withdrawn. Those who pass the graduation can keep the jade plaques."

"Anyone who is under twenty and has reached the 33rd level will have his or her name recorded on a stone tablet, and his or her name will not disappear within a hundred years. This is the supreme honor of a scholar."

Li Jie thought to himself, logically speaking, he had just started school and his knowledge reserve should not meet the requirements, but why did Qi Zhu and Li Shenhou seem to be full of confidence in him? But since it was an entrance test, after all, he had to go on a journey. suffered.

Li Jie thought about it a lot, and now that the matter has come to this, maybe Qi Zhu and Li Shenhou have their own considerations. According to the consistent behavior of the Confucius family, there are definitely pitfalls in this, but the benefits are definitely real.

"Thank you, uncle, for clarifying my doubts. My nephew is willing to give it a try." Li Jie bowed to Qi Zhu and then stepped onto the mountain path.

The scenery in front of him suddenly changed. Li Jie found that countless books piled up under his feet, forming a staircase to the sky. The staircase was divided into three levels, each with 33 steps. There was a light door at the top of the staircase. Li Jie thought to himself that this was the end.

So he stepped onto the stairs, and a book flew up in front of his eyes. The book was unfolded, and a line appeared on it: "The great ancestor killed the snake, and Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty. Is this cause and effect?"

"What the hell, Liu Bang killed the snake and Wang Mang established a new one. According to the theory of the previous life, there is a cause and effect." Li Jie thought to himself, "Considering that this is a world full of gods and ghosts, maybe the theory of cause and effect should exist. After all, they are all flying in the sky. He escaped, there is no cause and effect, it cannot be justified."

"There is cause and effect. Liu Bang killed the snake, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and there is retribution from heaven. The cycle is unhappy." Li Jie said loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jie felt that his vision was blurred. He was stepping on the path of Shushan with one foot, but the other foot did not follow him up the stairs. He didn't need to think about it, but he knew that he had answered it wrong.

Qi Zhu and Li Shenhou looked at Li Jie and said, "It doesn't matter, there are still two chances. Think about it before answering."

At this time, dozens of figures came from the bottom of the mountain and walked to Shushan Trail. An old man in the lead saluted Qi Zhu and Li Shenhou and said, "Professor He Jiuren of Zhixing Academy has met the Jinglun Envoy."

Qi Zhu and Li Shenhou returned the courtesy. He Jiuren looked up and saw Li Jie and asked, "This is the young master of the Jinglun family. Do you want to wait for Shushan Road?"

Li Shenhou nodded, "It's my turtle son, Lao He, what are you doing here?"

He Jiuren glanced at Li Shenhou playfully and said, "It's strange that Uncle Fengzhi asked such a question. I am a professor of the academy. Where can I not come from the academy? Besides, today is the day when all the disciples from various schools in Kyoto come to me. On the days when I was studying in the academy, the dozens of people behind me were all elites from various families in Kyoto, and they came to climb the mountain trail."

At this time, the crowd behind He Jiuren began to whisper. Although the voice was low, no one present was a person with sharp ears and eyes.

Li Shenhou's color changed instantly, his sharp eyes swept across the crowd, and everyone suddenly became silent.

"Have you finished your visit, Your Majesty?" He Jiuren asked Li Shenhou, "I have a lot of students here. It's getting late today, so I'd better hurry up with the economics."

As soon as Li Jie heard this, he was ready to get out of the way for He Jiuren, but Qi Zhu stopped Li Jie's movement with a look.

"What's wrong with waiting for a moment?" Qi Zhu said leisurely, "Shangluo has never had any objections, so why do you need to make noise? What's the name of this academy?"

Hearing Qi Zhu speak like this, Li Jie immediately understood that this teacher named He was not someone he and the others could deal with, so his original plan to give way suddenly disappeared.

(End of this chapter)