Pawn Crossing the River

After Qi Xuansu had almost finished handling the affairs he had accumulated over the past few days, Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai also brought Xiao Yin back.

Although Yan Yongzhen couldn't beat Xiao Yin, Long Xiaobai was obviously better than Xiao Yin. After the two found Xiao Yin, Yan Yongzhen persuaded Xiao Yin with good words, and taught him with emotion and moved with reason. Long Xiaobai didn't say anything and pretended to be a master and responsible. The use of force and threats, both soft and hard, finally persuaded Xiao Yin to come back.

Xiao Yin reluctantly walked into Qi Xuansu's signing room.

Qi Xuansu, who was sitting behind the writing desk, did not raise his head and was still marking official documents with his ink pen.

Yan Yongzhen said softly: "Master, we are back."

Then he stretched out his hand and pushed Xiao Yin gently, signaling Xiao Yin to come over.

Xiao Yin walked not far from the desk with her hands behind her back and raised a smile: "I'm back."

Qi Xuansu then put down the ink pen in his hand and glanced at her: "You still know what you were doing when you came back?"

Xiao Yin avoided the important matter and said lightly: "I heard that the peonies in Longmen Mansion are very beautiful, so I went to see the flowers. I even brought you a bouquet of peonies."

With that said, Xiao Yin took out a bouquet of flowers from behind and placed it on Qi Xuansu's table.

Qi Xuansu took a look, softened his tone a little, and asked: "Did you know that you are not allowed to leave the palace during your training? Who gave you this privilege?"

Xiao Yin started to pretend to be stupid: "Really? I don't know."

Qi Xuansu snorted: "Then do you know that Beimang Mountain is very close to Longmen Mansion? I think you want to go back to the Ghost Kingdom and Cave Heaven."

Xiao Yin started to pretend to be pitiful again: "I know I was wrong. I won't dare to do it next time."

Qi Xuansu asked with a straight face: "Where are the five thousand words of Taishang Taozu that I asked you to copy?"

Xiao Yin lowered his head and whispered: "I haven't finished copying yet."

Qi Xuansu slapped the table: "That's outrageous! Stand by the wall."

Xiao Yin pouted, walked to the side and stood against the wall.

Qi Xuansu couldn't blame Yan Yongzhen too much and signaled that Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai could leave. After all, Xiao Yin's cultivation level is too high. How can ordinary people control her?

Qi Xuansu glanced at Xiao Yin again and said, "Stand up straight!"

Xiao Yin knew that she was in the wrong. The key was that Qiniang and Wu Niang were not here, and there was no backer to support her. Others could not suppress Qi Xuansu at all. Looking at Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai, they did not dare to speak. There is an old saying in the Central Plains that those who know the current affairs are heroes. Now we don't dare to stand up and can only be obedient.

Qi Xuansu was indeed a little angry this time. No matter how kind a father and mother he was, Zhang Yuelu had moments of tenderness. Of course, Qi Xuansu also had moments when he showed his majesty. If Qi Xuansu didn't have this majesty, how could he control his subordinates? But he had a bit of trouble in the past. Too indulgent of Xiao Yin.

This time, Qi Xuansu asked Xiao Yin to stand in the signing room all night. He himself did not go anywhere. He just handled official business in the signing room, accompanying Xiao Yin and staring at Xiao Yin.

The physical punishment was secondary, but the key was boredom. Xiao Yin had an out-of-control temper, and boredom was the biggest torture.

When the east became gradually whiter, Xiao Yin was still standing against the wall, but she had already fallen asleep. Even the snot bubbles came out of her nose, which kept getting bigger and smaller with Xiao Yin's breathing.

Qi Xuansu stood up and woke up Xiao Yin: "Get ready for class. Remember to make up for the penalty papers you owe. If you dare to sleep in class, it will be doubled!"

Xiao Yin rubbed his eyes, said "Oh" reluctantly, and finally left Qi Xuansu's signing room.

Qi Xuansu came to the window and looked out.

Because Qi Xuansu's signature room was located on the highest floor of Mingtang, it could overlook the upper and lower palaces. Qi Xuansu watched Xiao Yin come out of the second floor of Mingtang and walk to Kanyuan.

Xiao Yin seemed to know that Qi Xuansu was looking at her, and even glanced back, but with a stinky face.

Qi Xuansu looked away and took out a piece of "Xuan Jade".

The biggest gain from this trip to the Cloud God Cave is of course Wang Jujun’s head. In fact, there are some secondary gains. When he entered the inner world of the extraterrestrial demon, he lost most of his cultivation. After escaping from the upside-down tower, he lost most of his cultivation. In order to recover again, he came and went, which greatly increased the digestion progress of his "Xuan Jade".

If you think about it carefully, this makes sense. Qi Xuansu's cultivation is like a cup of water, and the undigested part of "Xuanyu" is the sediment at the bottom of the cup. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to affect these sediments and needs to be done step by step. . However, Qi Xuansu experienced great ups and downs in his cultivation this time in Yunshen Cave. It was like the water in the cup was turned upside down, which caused the sediments at the bottom of the cup to rise up, greatly speeding up the digestion of "Xuan Jade" speed.

Qi Xuansu will speed up the absorption of "Xuanyu".

Although the span of the pseudo-immortal is very long and it is not just a matter of a few pieces of "mysterious jade". It is impossible for Qi Xuansu to be promoted to an immortal in a short time. However, there are three levels of pseudo-immortal. Qi Xuansu is only at the lowest level now, not to mention the same as the original one. Compared with the third prince, even compared with some old fake immortals, they are much inferior.

In the Nanyang incident, Pei Shenfu became Qi Xuansu's prisoner. Although Yao Yi did not come forward afterwards, he asked Yao Shu to come forward and presented Qi Xuansu with two pieces of "Xuanyu" in the name of a wedding gift to settle the matter.

The "Xuan Jade" Qi Xuansu took out was the piece from the Yao family. It was covered with blood, almost completely dyeing the "Xuan Jade" red.

After a while, Yan Yongzhen came in.

Qi Xuansu asked: "What are the plans for today?"

Yan Yongzhen took out a notebook and said while flipping through it: "In the morning, we will inspect the lower palace, talk with the students of the lower palace, and give a speech. In the afternoon, we will go to the Jiangnan branch palace. This is the first branch palace opened after the establishment of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, which is of great significance. The first branch palace inspected by the previous palace masters and palace masters after taking office must be the Jiangnan branch palace. As for the itinerary at the branch palace, it will be arranged by the branch palace, and we will stay in the branch palace for one night."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "What about the next few days?"

Yan Yongzhen turned a page and continued: "On the second day, we went from the Jiangnan branch palace to the Liaodong branch palace, and we also had to stay for one night."

"On the third day, from the Liaodong branch palace Go to Jinzhou Branch Palace and stay for one night. "

"On the fourth day, we will go from Jinzhou Branch Palace to Zhongzhou Branch Palace, which is the Beimangshan Branch Palace. It is the closest to the main palace, so we don't need to stay for one night. We can go directly back to the main palace."

"On the fifth day, there will be classes in the upper palace and meetings in the Taoist Palace."

"In addition to me, the accompanying personnel are mainly Assistant Manager Lu and Assistant Manager Cheng, and Assistant Manager Ning, who is the chief steward of the Taoist Palace and will also go. In terms of guards, in addition to the necessary flying boats, a second-grade spiritual officer is arranged to accompany them."

Qi Xuansu sighed: "It's still more important to have official business, so let's go to the lower palace first."

The lower palace is close at hand, so there is no need to make too many arrangements.

Returning to the place where he lived in the past, Qi Xuansu was a little emotional. He would never have thought that one day he would be able to return to the lower palace in such an identity.

This can be regarded as a return home in a sense.

This speech made Yan Yongzhen admire him from the bottom of his heart again. Because he knew that his boss had just returned and had been dealing with backlogs of official business all day yesterday. He had no preparation at all, and he could not even be considered sharpening his sword before the battle. He was simply rushing into battle.

But Qi Xuansu still finished his speech completely without a script, with reason and substance, unlike some immortals who would not speak without a script in their hands.

It is said that Taiwei Zhenren rose to power by virtue of martial arts and was a martial immortal, but in Yan Yongzhen's opinion, he should be both civil and military. Maybe Zhenren Qi was not good at poetry and songs, but these were minor arts. Zhenren Qi was still quite insightful in his understanding of Taoist classics.

This time, Qi Xuansu talked with the students of Xiagong about the issue of "morality", which was also an extension of moral construction.

"People cannot live without vanity, and good and bad are determined by comparison. Our current living standards are worse than those of many nobles in ancient times, but many people are still dissatisfied because they are not as good as their neighbors, colleagues, and other people of the same era."

"When you are vain, you love to show off. There are only two aspects of showing off, one is material and the other is spiritual. The material aspect is generally measured by money, and the spiritual aspect is generally measured by knowledge. Whether it is showing off money or showing off knowledge, only a few people can do it. If you swell up your face and pretend to be rich, it is easy to be exposed. Because no money means no money, and lack of knowledge means If you are not good enough, you can't pretend. "

"So is there a way that is not easy to be exposed, but can also satisfy your vanity? Yes, that is to stand on the moral high ground, attack other people's views and practices from a high position, and label them as unfaithful, unfilial, unjust, and unjust, so that you can be superior to others."

"So in recent years, the clear stream has begun to flood, and there are countless people holding high the banner of morality. The moral high ground is full of flowers that have not been through wind and rain. Among these flowers, there are also some people with ulterior motives who intend to kill people with the weapon of morality. All these are due to the backwardness of moral construction and the unclear moral standards. And the instigation of some high-level officials has led to such chaos. "

"Over the years, many people have encouraged the acceleration of the process of rule of law construction, which is right, but the cornerstone of the law is morality, and the law is the bottom line of morality. If morality collapses, then what is the so-called law based on? Can a great empire be maintained by strict laws and punishments alone? When the Red Emperor conquered the world, he made three laws with the elders: those who kill people will be killed, those who injure people and steal will be punished, and the rest will be eliminated. The laws of Zulong won the hearts of the people in the world. It is necessary to observe. "

"This is terrible and sad. Morality has been weaponized and vulgarized. We can't help but ask, what is morality? Who will define it? Morality?"

"I don't want to discuss this issue today, it's a bit abstruse. Finally, I'll quote a Western saying: There are always some people who don't understand nature, don't understand reason, don't know how to do business, and have nothing, but they think they are good at distinguishing right from wrong."

"Maybe someone will say, I can't refrigerate, but I can evaluate ice jars. There's nothing wrong with that. Of course, you don't need to know how to refrigerate to evaluate ice jars, but you must know why you can refrigerate, so that you can make a clearer evaluation. If you insist that the ice jar is not cold because the fire is not strong enough, that would be a joke."

"I'm writing the second chapter, but I don't recommend waiting, it's better to go to bed early."