Taiping Inn

After resting for a day in Jinyang Prefecture, Li Xuandu and his party continued on their journey. They left the city at chenshi and arrived at an open area at shenshi. Li Xuandu decided to set up camp here.

Although Jianghu masters can travel overnight, it is not a march to fight at this time, so there is no need to do so. For Jianghu people below the Xiantian realm, three days and three nights without sleep is the limit. If they endure it any longer, they will be in a trance. If they fight with life and death, they will not be able to exert half of their abilities. So instead of traveling in the dark, it is better to take this opportunity to meditate and restore their physical strength, adjust their state to the best, and if they encounter an enemy attack, they can also fight with all their strength.

The camping was naturally done by the disciples of the Butian Sect, and Li Xuandu did not have to do it himself. He just stood by and watched. He accidentally saw Qin Su walking towards a small lake in the distance, so he followed her.

This small lake is very quiet, like a piece of blue jade. At this time, the setting sun gradually set in the west, and the alternation of red and blue extended to the distance with the lake.

Qin Su stood on a stone by the lake with his hands behind his back, looking at the lake.

Li Xuandu stood in the distance, looking at the scenery that was like a painting, thinking: "Beautiful scenery and beautiful women, now we have them all."

In fact, Li Xuandu in his early years was like many of his peers. He liked to imitate all kinds of romantic behaviors, pretending to be unrestrained and heroic, and pretending to be pretentious. For this reason, he even learned a strange martial art that used a folding fan as a weapon. However, as he grew older and experienced more things, he returned to his original self and stopped doing these childish things.

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Only occasionally, he would regain his mood of the past, and have some elegance and elegance, and this time was the case.

At the other end of the lake, there was a small boat floating. A man stood on the boat, dressed like a scholar, and the evening breeze gently blew his hair at the temples, which was very leisurely and leisurely.

Shi Zongxi considers himself not a true gentleman, but he is not a hypocrite either. He is just a disciple of a saint, doing what he should do. He lost his mother when he was young, and his father did not remarry. He raised him and taught him to read personally. He lived up to his father's expectations. He knew a thousand characters at the age of three, recited Tang poems at the age of four, and was already a well-known child prodigy at the age of five. He was taken back to the Wanxiang Academy by his mentor. He still remembered that before parting with his father, his father had said a lot of words that he half understood. Now thinking back, his father was talking about the righteousness of the family and the country, asking him to study hard, and even if he could not stand in the temple, he could do his best for the court.

From childhood to adulthood, everything he learned and saw was inseparable from the court. In his view, the family is the country, the country is the monarch, and the monarch and father are the world.

As for the people, what are the people? He has never seen the people. He has only seen people one by one.

Shi Zongxi respected Zhang Suqing because Zhang Suqing and Emperor Muzong got along well with each other, and because Zhang Suqing perfectly interpreted the integrity of a Confucian disciple. No matter how he implemented the new policy reform, he always put loyalty to the emperor first.

Heaven, earth, emperor, parents, and teachers, except for the invisible and intangible heaven and earth, the emperor and father are the first, and they are above relatives and teachers.

Because of Zhang Suqing, Shi Zongxi once had a great liking for Li Xuandu. After Li Xuandu lost power, he was regretful. He even thought that if he met Li Xuandu one day, he could drink and talk happily, and he could feel like old friends at first sight, and he could say that he had been friends for a long time.

But the subsequent changes were really beyond his expectations. After Li Xuandu experienced the change of the imperial capital, his temperament changed drastically. He neither recognized Li Daoxu nor betrayed Zhang Suqing. He actually wanted to overthrow the royal family and wanted to change the sun and the moon. How dare he?

This is treason, this is rebellion, this is a traitor.

In Shi Zongxi's opinion, Li Xuandu's mind has been twisted by hatred, blinded by hatred, and too extreme to forget his original intention. The Purple Palace Sword Immortal that he yearned for back then probably died in the Imperial Capital in the second year of Tianbao. Li Xuandu is now just an empty shell.

If possible, he would not want to attack Miss Qin. Because he heard about Miss Qin's deeds, she liked mountains and rivers, was proficient in music, and occasionally wrote some stories for women in the boudoir to relieve their boredom. Although in the eyes of orthodox literati, storybooks are just a minor path, they are better than the fighting in the rivers and lakes. Such a woman, who is attached to mountains and rivers and is free from the secular world, is like a hermit in the mountains. She should not fall into the world of mortals. It's a pity.

It was a pity that this woman fell into the worldly disputes, and it was also a pity that Li Xuandu was now fully grown. It would be very difficult to get rid of him. He had to settle for the second best and let Miss Qin suffer. If there was any infamy or revenge from Qin Qing in the future, he would bear it all.

Shi Zongxi, of course, could not win the game.

A moment later, a heroic man came to the shore not far from the boat. His face was like a beautiful jade, his eyes were like stars, and he was not the slightest bit of powder.

The man chuckled: "No matter what, Li Xuandu also wanted a peaceful world, but you Confucians can't tolerate him. Yes, what does the world have to do with me? The key is to maintain the transcendent status of Confucianism. In order to prevent Li Xuandu from succeeding, you would rather join forces with me, a traitor in your eyes. It's really lamentable and ridiculous."

Shi Zongxi said nothing indifferently.

The man was not discouraged and continued to talk to himself: "Yes, in the eyes of you people, we evil demons are like refugees who start a rebellion without the geomancer, and we can't achieve anything. But the Liaodong tyrants are different. They really have the potential to seize your world and are a serious threat."

This person is Huangfu Yuxiu, who once had a contest with Li Xuandu in Longmen Mansion in Zhongzhou, but the winner was not decided. The reason why he appeared here now is because Huangfu Yuxiu, under the instruction of Tan Taiyun, also wanted to go to Liaodong. After all, Liaodong was the birthplace of the ten evil sects, but later the Northwest Five Sects moved away from here, which led to the division of the Northwest Five Sects and Liaodong Five Sects today. As for the purpose of Huangfu Yuxiu's trip, he also wanted to meet Qin Qing and Zhao Zheng, and he would give them a condition that was difficult to refuse.

If ten years is considered a generation, then Shi Zongxi and Huangfu Yuxiu are already thirty years old, and are people of the same generation as Li Yuanying, much older than Li Xuandu.

In Qingwei Sect, Li Yuanying regards Li Xuandu as an enemy, and Zhang Haishi regards Li Xuandu as a relative. In Taiping Sect, Madam Lu supports Li Xuandu, and Shen Yuanzhong opposes Li Xuandu. In the Yin-Yang Sect, the geomancer wanted to win over Li Xuandu, and Wang Tianxiao wanted to kill Li Xuandu. Among Tan Taiyun's people, they were not united. Some wanted to befriend and win over Li Xuandu, such as the palace officials, and some believed that Li Xuandu's actions would sooner or later become a major concern for the Northwest Zhou Dynasty and should be eliminated early, such as Huangfu Yuxiu.

In fact, Huangfu Yuxiu saw it very accurately. Li Xuandu wanted peace in the world. For peace, even the royal family of the Heavenly Family could be changed, not to mention the Northwest Zhou Dynasty, which was not legitimate.

Until this time, Shi Zongxi slowly said: "I don't want to kill Li Xuandu."

Huangfu Yuxiu nodded and said: "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. If Li Xuandu is not in the realm of heaven and man at this time, would you try it?"

Shi Zongxi was silent again.

Because he didn't want to say it against his will.

If he could kill him, he would certainly give it a try. Unfortunately, he couldn't. If he could replace him with a great priest in the realm of heaven and man, it would be almost the same.

Huangfu Yuxiu said: "But your idea is not bad. Killing Li Xuandu is not the goal. If there are other ways to achieve the goal, you might as well bypass Li Xuandu. The biggest obstacle for me to go to Liaodong this time is Li Xuandu. After all, he has Miss Qin to speak for him, but I am alone. If Li Xuandu can't go to Liaodong, my chances will be much greater."

Shi Zongxi said: "I don't care what your plan is. After this, the Great Wei and your Northwest Pseudo Zhou will decide the winner based on their abilities."

Just as the two were talking, another figure slowly came over, with a long sword hanging from his waist that was already surrounded by sword energy before it was unsheathed.

After this person stood still, he didn't speak.

He got the news at the last minute and hurried from the Imperial Capital. However, for a genuine Grandmaster of the Heavenly Man Realm, it would take at most half a day to travel from the Imperial Capital to Jinyang Prefecture.

Shi Zongxi and Huangfu Yuxiu were a little afraid when they saw this man.

No one in the world had more reasons to stop Li Xuandu than him.

He reached out and pressed the sword head of the long sword, stroking it gently, feeling the breeze on his face, and said softly: "Thank you for your help this time."

Huangfu Yuxiu smiled lightly and said: "It's just mutual help."

Shi Zongxi remained silent.