Xiaqingshan

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, Li Zishen went to the palace for a banquet.

He doesn't like to make friends with others, and he usually just follows the rules and does his own thing well.But in the eyes of others, Tai Tuo is really a big job, he has a lot of contact with the emperor, and his own opinions can be instilled in the emperor when he preaches and lectures, so as to realize his own goals.

However, these things that Li Zishen teaches are inclusive if they sound good, but they are messy if they are not good.He also thought about becoming an official, but he hadn't made up his mind at that time, and he didn't find the exact method.

After he went down the mountain, he went all the way to the capital. On the way, he ran into a student who was going to the capital to rush for the exam.The student's name was Xia Yuxuan, he was originally from Jiangnan, he had read the books of sages for many years, he was quite learned, but seeing how miserable he was, he decided to take part in the imperial examination and seek a way to serve the country.

Although Li Zishen also had his own goals, what he learned was not suitable for the imperial examination.Xia Yunxuan found that this little Taoist leader who seemed to be quite immoral and not good at words was really a good person, and he also had real talents and learning. Although it was different from the way of governing the country, it was also knowledge that could benefit others. The relationship between the two became better and better. When they arrived in the capital, Xia Yunxuan was going to take the exam, while Li Zishen stayed in the inn and walked around the capital occasionally.

He rose to fame and fame because of a game of chess.

There is a well-known chess hall in the capital. Li Zishen passed by one day and went in to watch the chess.He was dressed in black clothes without a crown, he looked very strange, and he was wearing some frayed cloth shoes, he really didn't look like a nobleman, but his face was handsome, and his aura seemed to be unfathomable.Some courageous people invited him to play chess, but Li Zishen didn't say anything, but just bowed his head.

In that game of chess, Li Zishen held the white piece, and he was dressed in black and held on to the white piece, competing with others on the chessboard.He doesn't know how good his chess skills are, firstly because there are not many people in the entire Baiyun temple, only he and his master Xu Daogan can play chess, secondly because Xu Daogan is too lazy, and he thinks that cultivators should not be too obsessed with winning on the chessboard As a result, he seldom played chess against Li Zishen, and only called him to come and guess the game when he was in a sudden mood.

The winner of that chess game was Li Zishen, others wanted to ask him to talk about chess, but he only said that weak chess is also possible, he accepted it, and then did not say a word.

Someone asked his name again, after Li Zi spoke carefully, he got up and left the chess hall.

When Xia Yunxuan heard about it later, he even said that brother Li shouldn't have gone to that chess hall, one game of chess is enough to make people notice you.The court's eyeliner is all over the world, how could they not know what the Taoist priest said?It's just that in this way, even if they find you, they will only treat you as a staff member behind the scenes, or as a backstab to hurt others. If you want to realize your ambition, how can you use heretic methods?

In the final analysis, Li Zishen and Xia Yuxuan are stubborn people, the former is to repay the favor, and the latter is to serve the country.Li Zishen only wanted to fulfill his wish, so he could choose to lower his own value and become the staff behind the scenes. The position in the court was not what he wanted.However, even though he planned this way, a person in a flying fish suit came to invite him to enter the palace the next day.

His good friend Xia Yunxuan was not there at the time, so Li Zishen left a letter for him, and after tidying up his clothes, he came to the palace.He is clothed in cloth and shoes, with long hair loose and untied. It is only tied up behind his head. Even the students who came to rush for the exam are not as shabby as him. He is probably the No. He didn't stop him, and Li Zishen had no intention of changing it.

The person who wants to see him is the Queen Mother.

The queen mother was originally the concubine of the old Yan Wang, and the little emperor was only 12 years old at the time.After Shizong's death, his few descendants died in the previous catastrophe, and finally King Yan came to the throne, but he fought on the battlefield for many years, and soon went too. With the help of his concubine and family ministers, His eldest son Li Changying sat on the throne, but he was still young, so he was trained by the queen mother.

In the palace, the queen mother is a well-maintained woman who is not too old.Seeing Li Zishen enter the hall, she subconsciously wanted to get up, but she held back and sat back down again.

Li Zishen saluted her and said hello.

The queen mother asked him which subject he studied.

Li Zishen replied that he used to practice Taoism.The implication is that it is no longer asked.

The queen mother asked again, have you read the books of sages?

Li Zishen didn't want to lie, so he answered truthfully, he had read it when he was young.

Why did the little Taoist give up?I think you have a calm mind, and you are a person suitable for cultivating the Tao.The Queen Mother commented.

Li Zishen bowed his head and said: "I have obsessions in my heart, I can't become a fairy, and I don't want to practice Taoism."

The Queen Mother murmured, obsessive in her heart... Then she asked who did Master Xiaodao learn from?

Zishen had only one teacher in his life, but he made an oath before leaving the mountain. In this life, he would not talk about his teacher, his place, or his name.I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me.

The queen mother said hello several times, praised him for his steady mind, and then asked why the Taoist priest was wearing black clothes?

Li Zishen didn't want to say it, so he had to say that it was his habit for many years.

When Li Zishen was about to leave, she suddenly stopped him again, and she asked this young man in front of him who was not as good as a weak crown, who gave you your name?

Li Zishen said, it was Master.

Be careful with your words and deeds...it's a good name, so go ahead.The queen mother let him leave after finishing speaking.

At the moment when Li Zishen was about to step out of the palace gate, he suddenly heard someone calling him tentatively from behind: "Lin'er."

He stagnated, but only, only for a moment, and then left the palace.

Shortly after that, Li Zishen became the Taifu as a commoner.

The little emperor was young and didn't want to be restrained. It is said that he left several teachers in anger.He stayed in the palace for several years, and his childhood innocence was quickly worn away by this deep palace. He even hated his own mother and the person who made him emperor. He has sought out provocations under various names.

When meeting Li Zishen for the first time, the other party was still dressed in black cloth shoes. The little emperor Li Changying had never seen such a strange Taifu, but the disgust in his heart did not diminish.He knew that the person in front of him was recruited by the queen mother to be a tutor, and he only regarded him as someone who wanted to control him just like the queen mother.

He deliberately provoked, he didn't listen to the teaching when he was reading, he couldn't speak a lesson or he would cry immediately, and sometimes he didn't come to Wenhua Hall on time.

Li Zishen was not as angry as the other teachers, he just acquiesced to Li Changying's nonsense, and when Li Changying felt bored, the little emperor took the initiative to ask, "Is the young master's name Li Zishen?"

Li Zishen said yes.

"Why is your surname Li? Are you also a descendant of my Li family?" Li Changying frowned.

"No." Li Zishen replied.Someone had said that his name should be changed, but he didn't want to.

"I heard people say that you are not only required to change your name, but you are also not required to be the Tutor." Although Li Changying has no real power, he listened to all the arguments during the court. He lay on the table and looked at the young man in front of him. Taifu, the other party has stopped wearing black clothes since the first meeting, but put on a suitable official uniform, and his hair is more tidy, without the immortal demeanor of a cultivator, like a young civil servant.

But Li Changying remembered the black clothes.

"If Your Majesty wants the minister to change his name, just order it." Li Zishen seemed to be resigned.

Li Changying pouted, this time he made up his mind, no matter what those old-fashioned people said, "No, I want you to be called by this name, and I want you to be my little master."

So far, it has been three years.

Halfway through the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, neither the emperor nor the empress dowager had to stay till the end.The Queen Mother had already left, so Li Changying clamored for Li Zishen to leave the banquet with him.

Li Zishen couldn't make a fuss, so he had to find an excuse and leave after Li Changying left.

The little emperor went with him to the garden in the palace. Originally, Li Zishen should not have come to this place, but Li Changying's self-willedness couldn't be resisted, and he broke the rules a lot, so the two went together.

Sitting on the stone bench, Li Changying complained about the wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival, so it would be good if such a boring banquet should not be held.

Li Zishen didn't say anything, just looked up at the moon.

"When I was young, I wanted to escape from the palace. I didn't want to be the emperor of Lao Shizi, but the eunuchs found out and closed all the doors and didn't let me go out."

People outside see this place as far away, but people inside look out, but it is difficult to break through the high wall of the siege.

In front of Li Zishen, Li Changying often does not call herself "Zhen".The little emperor talked about the past. At that time, he was young, naughty, desperate and helpless, even a little crazy, pursuing freedom and the world outside the palace walls.

Li Zishen frowned, but he didn't remind Li Changying of his manners, and just continued to listen to him.

Li Zishen looked at Li Changying, who was already 15 years old at the time, and thought of his junior brother.When he left the mountain, his second junior brother Song Huaijin was only 14 years old, and Fu Sheng was ten years old, even younger than Li Changying now.And when Song Huaijin first went up the mountain, like Li Changying, she resisted the approach of others. She once went down the mountain secretly, wanted to leave the mountain gate, and still wanted to live a lonely life with only herself.But how could he escape from the mazes that Xu Daoqian had set up in the mountains, and went round and round in the middle of the night, so he could only listen to the sounds of animals and hide in the trees alone.

Li Zishen was naturally the one who found him.

Li Zishen didn't expect him to want to leave so much, he wondered if he had done something wrong, and finally found Song Huaijin on the tree who was holding back crying and didn't want to shed tears.

Song Huaijin is not someone who has never been together.When he was young, he had a mother who hated him, a nanny who reluctantly took care of him because of his pity, an old prostitute who took him in, and a stray dog ​​who accompanied him in the streets and alleys to find food.It's just that they're all dead.

Even the fortune-telling scammers on the street hate him and don't want him to come close, saying that he is the lone star of the devil.

He was seriously injured in the border town, and was rescued by Li Zishen in the mist. He was hugged and left by Li Zishen, and found some warmth in the clean clothes of the other party.After waking up, he refused to speak, and stayed with Li Zishen for a few days after the wound healed, and the other party even took him back to Gaotu Mountain, wanting Xu Daoqian to accept him as his apprentice.

Song Huaijin saw Li Zishen kneeling in front of the master's house begging, and then made up her mind to leave.

Such a good person, and being so kind to himself, how could he let the other party die?

Even if this kind of warmth is unique in the world, it still makes him reluctant to part with him. He has made up his mind to leave, so as to keep this warmth in the world.

Li Zishen rescued him from the tree, held him in his arms to comfort him, patted Song Huaijin on the back, and said that as long as you want, you can stay here.In the end, Song Huaijin stayed.

Now I heard Li Changying talk about his childhood, but Li Zishen didn't say a word.

The emperor has grown up and already knows what an irresistible responsibility is. The queen mother also intends to return the power to the aging emperor. Li Zishen has nothing to say.He was thinking that maybe he should step down from the position of Taifu and find a way to assist Li Changying again.

Looking up, the bright moon hangs high in the night sky.

He has seen such a bright moon for many years. When he was young, he was carefree and loved the reunion festival the most.Later, he lived in the market and never looked up at the bright moon.Xu Daogan on Mount Gaotu didn't care much about these festivals, and he rarely celebrated them, but it was fun for the master and apprentice to sit around and watch the moon.

The moonlight is bright and the breeze is cool.

Li Zishen thought of Mount Gaotu, and thought that the people there might be fine now.

Li Changying looked at the young master, clenched his fist in his sleeve, and then let it go slowly.