Taiping Inn

In the next few days, Li Xuandu followed Mrs. Lu to visit the entire Taiping Mountain, and then returned to Tianshui Pavilion to start to look at the "Taiping Qingling Sutra" of the Taiping Sect, and combine it with the "Xuanweizhen" of the Qingping Sect. The technique "comparison and confirm that there are indeed many complementary points: the Southern Dou is responsible for life and the Northern Dou is responsible for death. The two methods are combined to prove the principle of the cycle of life and death. But time is too urgent, Li Xuan can only have a preliminary understanding of it, and it is far from being able to melt the two into one furnace. It will take at least a year or two to reproduce the "Taiping Qingling Jing" of Taiping Road.

On the sixth day, there was still one day before the ceremony of promotion, Li Xuandu was still addicted to the "Taiping Qingling Jing" and could not extricate himself. He turned a blind eye to the matter outside the window and forgot to eat and sleep until Zhang Haishi came to Tianshui Pavilion. Come back to your senses.

Tianshui Pavilion was originally the residence of a Taiping ancestor. It was divided into two halls, side halls, study rooms, and bedrooms, but there was no courtyard. Li Xuandu had been in the study room these days, and after coming out of the study room, he was the inner hall. He sat in the inner hall with Zhang Haishi, but there were no servants and others in Tianshui Pavilion, only Li Xuandu, so naturally there was no tea to entertain guests.

Fortunately, the two brothers had a deep relationship, so Zhang Haishi didn't care about these subtitles and said directly: "The good luck of Zifu, in just half a year, he transformed from a abandoned disciple of the Qingwei Sect to the acting leader of the Taiping Sect. The world is impermanent. It can be seen."

Li Xuandu sighed, "I didn't expect it, I just took one step at a time."

Zhang Haishi said: "Whether a person can accomplish something is secondary. Many times it is due to the times, but then again, if you don't have the ability and just the times, it won't be possible."

Li Xuandu said, "Senior brother said this the same thing as he didn't say it."

Zhang Haishi smiled and said seriously: "Talking about serious business. Before I left Qizhou, I met Miss Qin and Mr. Li. I read the letter that Miss Qin brought to me. I didn't expect that you would be the acting leader of Taiping Sect. In addition, it is amazing that you have made so many plans and layouts quietly. You can never do it when you are at your age. From this point of view, it is not a bad thing for you to leave Qingwei Sect. Good thing,"

Li Xuandu asked, "I wonder if my senior brother intends to join in?"

Zhang Haishi obviously thought about it for a long time, but did not hesitate. He directly replied: "The world's general trend will be divided after a long time of unity, and long time of division will be unified. After peace in the world, it is inevitable that Taiping Inn will transform into a sect. Whether you or Master Li, There is such a thing, I have already left Qingwei Sect, but I am still a member of Qingwei Sect, so it is difficult to leave at will, so I will not participate in that Taiping Inn."

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I think so too. The senior brother will help me even more when he stays in the Qingwei Sect."

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Maybe I can still help my senior brother as the sect leader of Qingwei Sect. We two brothers will join forces to drive Li Yuanying off the stage."

Zhang Haishi was not surprised, but just raised his eyebrows slightly: "This language is too early."

Li Xuandu whispered: "But prepare for the future, it's time to prepare for it."

Zhang Haishi didn't say anything, as if he was acquiesced.

Li Xuan did not continue to talk in depth. As Zhang Haishi said, it was too early to say this at this time. The key is to prepare in advance and wait for the opportunity to come naturally.

Zhang Haishi changed the subject: "But that Qingping Club is interesting, I want to participate in it."

Li Xuan naturally would not refuse, so he immediately explained the rules of the Qingping Association and asked Zhang Haishi to choose a name for the lyrics.

After listening to it, Zhang Haishi pondered for a moment and said, "Someone in this dynasty made a poem, and one of them was called 'How many things are in ancient and modern times, all of which are laughed at.' This sentence won my heart the most, so I took this poem After the name of the lyrics, it is called 'Linjiangxian'. "

Li Xuandu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll let Yunhe know when I look back."

Then he asked, "What else is there at home lately?"

Zhang Haishi said calmly: "It's nothing big. It's just that the old man asked Li Rushi to beat the third wife. After all, he married into our Qingwei Sect. No matter who he was from before, he had to understand whose family he was now, and he had to find out his closeness and alienation. .”

Li Xuandu nodded and asked again: "What is the old man's attitude about me being the acting leader of the Taiping Sect?"

Zhang Haishi shook his head and said, "Nothing is said. Although Li Rushi opposes it, I can conclude that it is not the instructor of the old man, whether it is open or dark. Otherwise, with Li Rushi's temper, he would have been a tiger-skinned when discussing affairs in the Qingling Palace. Make a big banner.”

Zhang Haishi paused slightly and said slightly, "I never expected that Mr. Li would marry such a man. It's a pity."

There is not so strict rules in the world, so that it is not ashamed of being afraid to mention it. Li Xuandu joked: "I have never met my master's wife, but I have heard of her master's temperament, gentle and virtuous, and a lady from a family. I have seen my aunt, and I know her. Although she and her master's wife are sisters, they have completely different temperaments. With her aunt's temper, only Master Li Ru could tolerate it. If she had been an old man or a senior brother, she would have drawn her sword long ago. Facing each other."

Zhang Haishi thought about it and couldn't help but laugh, "That's true."

Li Xuandu said: "The reason why Qingwei Sect supports me as the acting leader of Taiping Sect this time is that I am willing to congratulate you not because of my abandoned disciple of Qingwei Sect, but because of my senior brother."

Zhang Haishi smiled and said, "We two brothers should not talk about our own differences. You and I are one. In the past, you were the face of the so-called 'Four Masters Party' and I was the inside. Although the 'Four Masters Party' is no longer as powerful as it was in the past, there are still many people in Qingwei Sect who support us. It is a good thing for me that you can be the acting leader of Taiping Sect. If I can take back Qingwei Sect one day, you can sit firmly in Taiping Sect, and it is possible to restore Taiping Dao and stand on equal footing with Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao."

Li Xuandu frowned slightly and said, "But I am only the acting leader of Taiping Sect. I must keep the faith and loyalty that should be kept. Sooner or later, the position of leader of Taiping Sect will be returned to Taiping Sect."

Zhang Haishi asked, "Let me ask you, is Zhang Jingxiu the leader of Zhengyi Sect?"

Li Xuandu was startled and vaguely guessed what Zhang Haishi meant.

Zhang Haishi said in a deep voice: "As long as the Taiping Dao is restored, what does it matter whether you become the leader of the Taiping Sect or not? In the past, the Taiping Patriarch was revered as a great and virtuous teacher, and the Taoists were spread all over the eight states, with a mighty crowd of 360,000. When the Taiping Dao flourished, the world was also in chaos, and it was common to see people dying side by side and cannibalizing their children. Therefore, the Patriarch proposed the idea of ​​"bringing peace" and thought of saving the world in order to seek peace and harmony in the world."

"The "Taiping Qingling Sutra" says: "The Taoist Patriarch is a great saint who has attained the Tao, and is the teacher of the living and the dead. When he responds to the call, he changes with the direction, and when he succeeds, he retreats and stays forever. He stays without staying, and the constant source is not there. ... He travels around the six voids, teaches the three realms, and studies the laws of the world and the laws of the world, whether it is active or inactive.'" Li Xuandu murmured He murmured, "It is also said: 'The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is auspicious.'"

Zhang Haishi said, "That's right. The "Dianlue" records: 'There is Zhengyi Dao in the middle, and Taiping Dao in the east. Zhengyi Dao has the Great Heavenly Master, and Taiping Dao has the Great Sage Master.' If the Taiping Dao's orthodoxy is restored, you will become the Great Sage Master and sit on an equal footing with the Great Heavenly Master. Why bother to be greedy for a mere position as a sect leader? You can even add your Taiping Inn to the Taiping Dao, so that it can stand on equal footing with the Qingwei Sect and the Taiping Sect, and check and balance each other. In this way, as the Great Sage Master, you can use the mutual check and balance among the three to become the de facto leader of the three sects."

Even Li Xuandu was shocked and absent-minded for a moment.

After a long time, Li Xuandu smiled bitterly and said, "This is the mind of the emperor."

Zhang Haishi said calmly, "If you want to do something for this world, you have to keep climbing up. The higher your position, the more things you can accomplish. If you are a county magistrate, you can only save the people of one county at most; if you are a prefect, you can only save the people of one prefecture at most; if you are a governor of a state, you can only save the people of one state at most; if you are the chief minister of the cabinet, you can only save the people of several states at most. Only if you become the common ruler of the world can you save the people of the world."

Li Xuandu was shocked. He felt that his senior brother's proposal had exceeded his original plan, which made him feel a little at a loss. He couldn't help but think of a comment that his master had said inadvertently, that the person who was most like him was not Situ Xuance, not Li Xuandu, not Li Yuanying and Li Taiyi, but this second disciple Zhang Haishi.