Taiping Inn

Hearing Li Xuandu's words, Qin Su and Su Yunxian looked at each other, and no one spoke rashly.

The so-called "three religions and nine ranks" refers to the three major sects of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.

There are two theories of "Nine-Rule": One is "Nine-Rule Ten-School", namely: Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, farming, Yin-Yang, Zongheng, Legalism, famous, miscellaneous, and novelist. If a novelist is excluded, it is , it is the ninth level.

There is another saying, which is divided into "upper nine-level", "middle nine-level", and "lower nine-level". The "upper nine levels" are: emperors, sages, hermits, children and immortals, literati, warriors, farmers, workers and merchants. The "nine ranks" are: Ju Zi, Doctor, Destiny, Painting, Scholar, Pian, Chess, Monk, Taoist, and Ni. The "lower nine" are: master, yamen, squad, matchmaker, pawn, time demon, thief, thief, thief, and prostitute.

Among the three religions, Buddhism is also called Western religion, ranking last. The Taoist sect is in the middle, and believes in the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, proficient in alchemy and magic. The goal is to achieve enlightenment and become immortals, immortality, and unity with Tao. The Confucian school is the leader of the three religions, and it takes it as its responsibility to maintain peace to the world. As the saying goes, establishing a mind for the heaven and earth, establishing a destiny for the people, continuing the unique knowledge for the past sages, and opening peace for all ages is the goal of the Confucian school. Therefore, many people regard Li Xuan as a Confucian scholar. To put it bluntly, Confucianism is a well-deserved national religion and the leader of the three religions.

Among the nine levels, Buddhas, Taoist ancestors, and saints are classified as sages, great masters, earth masters, etc. are classified as children's immortals, and tycoons like Li Xuandu, who have not yet attained the realm of immortality. Classified as a warrior, the Qian family, the Su family and others are classified as merchants, and they can all be regarded as the best-ranked people, but there are also hermits and literati among the best-ranked people. Needless to say, literati will do, It is not a scholar in a broad sense, but refers to those famous scholars, great scholars, civil servants, and officials. Hermits can refer to all those who practice. However, the difference between them is a child, warrior, and literati is that hermits do not get involved in the secular world, whether in temples or rivers and lakes. . Now there are no hermits in the Taoist sect, otherwise there would be no trace of them, and they would not be able to escape the eyes of the great heavenly master and the earth master. But the Confucian Sect has always been far away from the world, and it is reasonable to have any hermit figure.

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At this time, Li Xuan just suspected that there was a hidden figure in the Confucian sect who stepped into the world again to make things difficult for him. It was not that Li Xuan was afraid of these people. He should obey the words of others and not look at everything in isolation. , looking deeper, this shows that the Confucian sect's attitude towards Li Xuandu has undergone a tremendous change, from the original sway to the complete hostility, which Li Xuan had to deal with carefully.

Qin Su and Su Yunying also considered this and did not speak rashly.

It is really because this matter involves too much and too wide. If you are not careful, it will be an uncontrollable situation.

Li Xuandu saw the two of them and comforted them, "Don't worry too much. Whether this person is a Confucian scholar is still undecided. To be a joke, people in Confucian scholars are best at this kind of heart-killing. If the Confucians really do this, they will not be full of loopholes."

Qin Su frowned and said, "You can't say that. It's also possible that people who have not been in the world for a long time will naturally be unfamiliar with these methods."

Li Xuandu said, "That person shouldn't be too old. If he were an old man, I wouldn't have so many doubts."

Qin Su still wanted to speak, but Li Xuandu waved his hand to stop him, "Don't say it, relax, we will talk about this matter when the Great Heavenly Master arrives."

Qin Su had no choice but to swallow the words back and muttered unhappily: "If you don't say it, don't say it, it's all up to you."

In small matters, Li Xuan will follow Qin Su, but when it comes to big matters, whether it is Qin Su or master, he cannot easily change Li Xuandu's ideas.

Su Yunxian turned around naturally and came to the place where the dead had just happened, carefully observing the small pinhole hole penetrated by the sword energy.

Li Xuandu took advantage of the situation to hold Qin Su's hand, but Qin Su avoided it.

However, Li Xuan knew Qin Su's thoughts best. At this time, Qin Su had a little temper and didn't say anything, and didn't take the initiative to coax her. The better way was to pull her away and let her not do it. Think about what happened just now. Li Xuandu immediately snorted, as if touching the injury on his knee.

Qin Su was indeed very concerned. He didn't care about the little emotion just now. He leaned forward slightly, looked at Li Xuandu's knee injury, and asked softly, "How is your injury?"

Li Xuandu said, "It's okay, it's nothing serious." While speaking, Li Xuandu took advantage of the situation to hold Qin Su's hand.

Qin Su wanted to get rid of it, but Li Xuan would not let her be satisfied, and she held it tightly. Qin Su was just a little awkward and wasn't really angry, so she stopped struggling. Zhi's face turned slightly red and he whispered, "Sister Su is here."

At this time, Su Yunxian seemed to have found something terrible on the wall, and she was focused and did not look back for a long time.

Li Xuandu held Qin Su's hand and smiled and said, "Don't talk about these unhappy things anymore. We originally planned to go shopping in the street market today and visit Brother Xuanji tomorrow, but this happened today. The street market is There is no way to go shopping anymore. Aiyun is here. Why don’t we go and visit Brother Xuanji.”

It was not until this time that Su Yunxian stood up, turned around and looked at Li and Qin, and said, "It just so happened that Xuanji often thought of the Purple Mansion."

Under the guidance of Su Yunba, the group of three left the place and headed to Yan Feiqing's residence.

Although Yan Feiqing was recuperating in Jinling Mansion, he did not live in the Su family mansion, but in a separate courtyard outside the city. This separate courtyard was not the property of the Su family, but a private property purchased by Su Yun'an. Yan Feiqing had been living here for some time recently, not leaving the house, as if he was secluded from the world.

Logically speaking, Li Xuan should have written a letter to Yan Feiqing, but he was too busy during this period of time. When he had some free time, he didn't know where to start. If it was superficial and full of empty and polite words, it would be better not to write. But if it was sincere, Li Xuan felt that it was not so. He had been silent for four years at the beginning. If it was said that this situation was hard, few people could understand it better than him. After a while, it was delayed until now.

Outside Su Yun'an's courtyard, there is a typical Jiangnan building with black tiles and white walls. It is very far from the Qian family's courtyard and not close to the Su family's courtyard. It is obviously intentional. From this, it can be seen that Su Yun'an and Yan Feiqing do not want to be too dependent on the powerful forces such as Jinling Mansion.

When Su Yun'an entered the courtyard, servants and maids had already come out to greet her. Yan Feiqing has been practicing Taoism since childhood, and Su Yun'an is the eldest daughter of the Su family. They are both people who have never touched the water of the spring spring. Such a large mansion must be taken care of by someone.

Su Yun'an personally led Li Xuandu and Qin Su to the main hall. Qin Su sat in the host seat on the right, leaving the host seat on the left vacant. Li Xuandu sat in the first guest seat on the left, and Qin Su sat opposite him.

Su Yunyan asked the maidservant standing beside her: "Where is the master?"

The maidservant whispered: "Madam, the master is in the backyard."

Su Yunyan frowned slightly: "In the backyard again?"

Li Xuandu and Qin Su exchanged glances. From the word "again", it can be seen that this is not the first time. From Su Yunyan's lukewarm tone, she does not approve of Yan Feiqing's behavior.

Could it be that the couple has a grudge now? Although Su Yunyan never leaves Yan Feiqing, the human heart is unpredictable. Great kindness is like great hatred. There is no filial son in front of a long-term sick bed. If Yan Feiqing is unwilling to accept Su Yunyan's kindness, it is not impossible. If so, Qin Su will stand on Su Yunyan's side.

Su Yunyan pondered for a moment and said, "Please wait for Zifu and Baijuan. I will invite him in person."

"Why should we use the word 'please' between husband and wife?" Li Xuandu smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go to see Brother Xuanji together."

Su Yunyan said, "This is not the way to treat guests."

Li Xuandu said, "Why bother with the empty etiquette? What's the difference between here and somewhere else?"

Su Yunyan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay then."

After that, the three of them left the main hall and walked towards the back garden.

Most of the Jiangnan gardens have the handicraft of bringing water into the mansion. Generally, a lake is dug in the mansion, and in this kind of villa built by the lake, it is connected to the lake outside the mansion and becomes running water. Then either a corridor is built, or a rockery is built, or a water pavilion is built for decoration. But when Li Xuandu and the other two came to the backyard, Li Xuandu was surprised.

There is no garden interest, but there is a waterwheel instead.

This really opened Li Xuandu's eyes. Although there are also decorations such as water wheels in the garden, this water wheel can actually irrigate farmland.

There is a reclaimed paddy field not far from the water wheel. At this time, a person stood in the paddy field, wearing coarse cloth clothes, barefoot, trouser legs and sleeves rolled up high, and wearing a bamboo hat on his head.

If Li Xuandu was not mistaken, this person was Yan Feiqing, who had not seen him for many days. He really couldn't connect this coarse cloth short-brimmed man with the impression of Fei Yuan Zhenren who looked like a fairy in a star crown and feather clothes.

Li Xuandu was speechless for a long time. Qin Su was even more surprised than Li Xuandu. Suddenly, he understood Su Yun's angry and helpless mentality.

To be fair, Qin Su was not the kind of young man who didn't know the sufferings of the world. In these years of traveling around the world, he also saw farmers farming, merchants traveling, and workers working. But when it comes to farming, Qin Su knows nothing. Her knowledge of farming is limited to ancient poems, such as: "Plant a grain of millet in spring, harvest ten thousand grains in autumn." Or: "Ploughing the field at noon, sweat dripping into the soil." As for why to hoe the field and how to plant millet, she has no idea.

Su Yun'an sighed and said nothing.

Li Xuandu came back to his senses, walked towards Yan Feiqing, and said loudly: "Brother Xuanji, how are you these days?"

Yan Feiqing turned around after hearing this, and when he saw that it was Li Xuandu, he immediately put down the farm tools in his hand and walked quickly towards Li Xuandu, his joy was beyond words, "I'm fine, how are you, Brother Zifu?"