Pawn Crossing the River

When it comes to chronology, the Central Plains still uses the emperor's reign name. In fact, it has been proposed for a long time that the birth year of Taishang Daozu should be counted as the first year of the Taoist sect, and then the AD chronology should be used uniformly.

It's just that when it comes to specific discussions, there are big differences within the Taoist sect.

To put it simply, it is impossible to determine the birth year of Taishang Daozu. The Li family’s opinion is naturally based on the birth year of Laojun. Laojun is Li Dan, also known as Taishang Laojun, who is also the great sage ancestor of the Li family. , This can further strengthen the legitimacy and sanctity of the Li family.

However, people from other Taoist sects expressed different opinions. It is true that Li Dan is the Taishang Taoist, but before Li Dan, the Taishang Taoist had also descended into incarnations many times, such as Guangchengzi who enlightened the Emperor of Heaven, and the one who transformed the Three Pure Ones with one breath. The founders of the Three Qing Dynasties can all be regarded as the supreme Taoist ancestors. There is also a legend that Taozu is the ancestor who created the world. There are so many great Taoist ancestors, why do they choose to use Li Dan’s birth year?

In short, Li Dan is Taishang Daozu, and Taishang Daozu is not just Li Dan.

Naturally, the Li family does not recognize them. They admit that these are also Taishang Taoist ancestors, but the Taoist sect was founded during the Li Dan period, so Li Dan must be the main one. Moreover, in the "Tai Shang Hua Hu Jing" written by Buddhism in order to integrate into the Central Plains, it is clearly stated that the Taoist who rode a bull out of the customs and became a Buddha was Li Dan. There is also Li Dan, the Supreme Emperor Xuanyuan who was consecrated by the Daqi Dynasty.

Since it is the Taoist chronology, of course we must choose the founder of the Taoist sect.

At this point, the Zhang family has something to say. It is true that the Taoist sect in the broad sense was founded by Laojun, but the Taoist sect in the narrow sense was established by the ancestor Tianshi. The teacher of Zu Tianshi is Taishang Daozu, which is not Li Dan. After all, Laojun is no longer alive at this time and is another incarnation of Taishang Taozu. If you really want to choose the ancestor who founded the Taoist sect, he should be the one who preached to Zu Tianshi. Taishang Taozu is the right one.

The Li family and the Zhang family started fighting again, with one "son" and the other "disciple" refusing to give in to each other.

At this time, Quanzhen Taoism is also about to speak. The so-called "Huang Lao", "Lao" is Li Laojun, and "Huang" is the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven was still before Li Laojun. It can be seen that the origin of Taoism is earlier, dating back to the era of Emperor of Heaven. . At that time, it was Patriarch Guangcheng who enlightened the Emperor of Heaven. Patriarch Guangcheng was the incarnation of the Taoist Patriarch and was enlightened by the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty, so we should start from the Patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty.

The three parties quarreled fiercely, and finally the Li family took a step back. Since it was impossible to determine the Taishang Daozu, let's use Xuansheng's head office. There is only one Xuansheng, so we might as well start with Xuansheng.

For Taiping Dao, Xuansheng is also surnamed Li. If the Great Saint Ancestor is not good enough, then the Holy Ancestor will be replaced.

Xuansheng is absolutely correct within the Taoist sect. Of course Zhengdao and Quanzhen Tao cannot openly oppose it, so they put forward other reasons. .

Zhengdao said: Xuansheng is of course good, but Xuansheng is the ancestor of Zhongxing. Starting from Xuansheng, doesn't it deny the previous history of Taoism? inappropriate.

Quanzhen Tao said: Xuansheng is certainly good, but starting from Xuansheng, Taoism has a history of less than three hundred years. There is no way to compare with Confucianism, and there is no way to compare with the Holy Court. It makes Taoism look like a nouveau riche and cannot stand out. The profound foundation of Taoism is inappropriate.

The three parties quarreled back and forth, but in the end there was no final decision. They simply put it aside and continued to use the emperor's reign name.

After watching for forty-six years, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month had just ended. Qi Xuansu formally devoted himself to the work of searching for Paititi. He set up his base camp at Huon Manor outside Cusco. It was the former base camp of Hu En A Khan, and he had great influence here. Qi Xuansu naturally transferred Hu En A Khan to sit here and help him find Paititi.

However, Qi Xuansu did not mobilize too many people from other places, mainly because he did not want to attract too much attention, so Qi Xuansu came to Cusco nominally because of the human-faced fruit tree.

When leaving Dan Xiushan, Qi Xuansu specially told Tantai Ying and left Lin Bufan alone, waiting for him to take the initiative to explain.

Qi Xuansu said he left Lin Bufan alone for three days, but actually left him alone for more than ten days. Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he ignored Lin Bufan.

During this period, Lin Bufan was also a little desperate. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month was of special significance. The Gong family did not take any action and did not rescue him before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There was no bail to restrict his movement. Not only did Lin Bufan In the eyes, even in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that the Gong family was giving up on Lin Bufan.

As for how Lin Bufan knew that the Gong family had not taken any action, the reason was simple. Juesheng Church's isolation review was said to isolate the inside and outside, but with the power of the Gong family, it was not difficult to pass on the news.

Under normal circumstances, the message delivered does not need to be complicated. It only needs to let the people inside know that a rescue has been launched outside, and the family members have made arrangements, so there is no need to worry. The people inside naturally have confidence and can continue to hold back.

Of course, the message can also be a threat, for example, if you confess, your family will not be protected. It is usually more subtle and tactfully tells the people inside that his family has been "taken care of". The people inside will naturally understand and may look for opportunities to commit suicide.

For such a long time, the Gong family has not conveyed any news, which is an attitude in itself.

Lin Bufan was naturally desperate.

The so-called prescribed time shows that time is not infinite. If the time limit is exceeded, it will be much heavier when dealing with it in the future. For example, this is the case with returning stolen money. If the stolen money is returned within the specified time, it will be dealt with leniently. However, if this time limit is exceeded, it will be a different set of standards.

This also adds a lot of psychological pressure.

Qi Xuansu's so-called leaving him alone was essentially putting pressure on him. This is also the reason why Qi Xuansu hurriedly reported to Gong Da Zhenren. The key to killing first and playing later is not "killing" but "playing". Only the superiors must recognize this established result. Qi Xuansu was not completely sure of persuading Gong Da Zhenren, so he said at the time that the military expedition was dangerous. Fortunately, the result was good. Master Gong Da still had a plan. For the sake of the overall situation, he approved Qi Xuansu's approach.

On the other side, Tantai Ying also made a special trip to Miss Gong. After all, they are "good sisters". Sisters are like siblings and men are like clothes. Aren't they just a stinky man? At worst, they can just find another one. I don’t know how Tantai Ying does her job. Maybe it was because Miss Gong thought that Tantai Ying was not a man yet, so it was balanced. Anyway, Miss Gong didn’t come to trouble Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was really a little afraid that a female Taoist friend would block his door. Her face was not good-looking, and there were enough gossips about him. While saying that he was a softie, she was also spreading rumors that he had a large harem, and another woman would make trouble. Others thought he always gave up.

Miss Key Palace is not an ordinary person. She cannot be beaten, and she is on someone else's territory, so it is not easy to rush. As for being reasonable, based on Qi Xuansu's experience in dealing with Qiniang, he does not have high hopes. There are many Female Taoist friends may not understand the truth, but pretend to be confused because they understand. You cannot wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep. There are still too few Zhang Yuelu.

If this was on his own territory, Qi Xuansu would certainly not be afraid. His Taoist companion was the legendary Zhang Yuelu, his mother-in-law was the female Taoist leader Cihang Zhenren, and Qiniang was also a woman. Regardless of the rules and systems of the Taoist sect, anyone could come forward at will. The problem can also be solved, the key is not to leave a trail behind.

Although Qi Xuansu was going to find Paititi, he did not give up on Lin Bufan. He could not put all his hopes in one direction, so Lin Bufan was left in charge of Tantai Ying.

Qi Xuansu himself wanted to go deep into the jungle of Cusco.

Due to scale issues, the approximate location marked on the map only looks like a circle, but the actual area is very large, so Qi Xuansu first asked Hu En Ahan to conduct some peripheral surveys to narrow the scope. Qi Xuansu did not say that he was looking for Paititi, but only said that he wanted to find some relics from the past. He suspected that they were related to the insect people.

Hu En'ahan didn't know that Qi Xuansu had a map of Paititi, nor did he know that Paititi was around Cusco. He didn't suspect that he was there, but he sent people to search for various relics according to Qi Xuansu's order. Huen Ahan is the biggest local snake in Cusco. There are many old subordinates and old friends here, so the search went smoothly.

After Hu En'ahan reported the locations of these ruins to Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu marked them one by one on the map, surveyed them personally, and then eliminated them one by one, slowly narrowing the scope.

This method is not clever, but it is very practical. The only disadvantage is that it requires a large number of manpower to conduct large-scale investigations.

The people sent out by Hu En'a Khan were all locals. They were not only familiar with the terrain, but also familiar with various stories and legends. Many of them were passed down orally, such as where there was an abandoned temple, where there was a tomb, and where there was a trial. The land probably has a direction. It would be up to outsiders to find it, such as people from the Holy Court. In such a large rainforest, they would be headless flies.

This undoubtedly greatly reduced Qi Xuansu's workload. After others found it, Qi Xuansu went straight to the target to have a look, saving the time of searching in the middle. He could see several places in a day. If you search slowly by yourself, it might take several days to find one.

By chance, some traces of insect-men were actually found in several ruins. This corroborated Qi Xuansu's words and convinced everyone that they were looking for the legendary Paititi.

After searching bit by bit for about ten days, Qi Xuansu had roughly determined the scope. Paititi should be located in a huge valley, surrounded by mountains. If you want to enter it, you need to climb over the surrounding mountains. mountains. It would be okay for a place like this to be located in a corner when it was underdeveloped. After all, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Nowadays, in order to develop the economy, transportation has become the first factor, and these deep mountains and old forests will be eliminated, so Xidaomen has to build a new port.

As for Yujing, Daomen has forcibly established an air transportation system with many flying boats. Most countries do not have the strength of Daomen. Even Yujing has begun to build acropolis one after another in recent years.

At this time, Qi Xuansu no longer needed help from others. He searched the remaining area himself. He only asked Hu En'ahan to closely monitor the surrounding movements.

Although this rainforest is dense and dangerous, it cannot stop Qi Xuansu. He just needs to fly over.

Qi Xuansu took Wuniang with him and flew at a low altitude, passing through many rainforests. There were many ferocious beasts in them, which were no less than the innate humans. However, they were afraid of the strong blood energy in Qi Xuansu's body, so they lurked and did not dare to show their heads.

Soon, Qi Xuansu saw the mountains in the distance, towering into the clouds, and white clouds surrounding the mountains, as if they were giving the mountains a white crown of fragrance.

If we walked here from land, I don’t know how long it would take and how much effort it would take.