Taiping Inn

Qin Su's ship was very large, as tall as a building, with a pointed bottom and wide top. It was nearly 40 feet long and 20 feet wide. It had 12 sails and could accommodate nearly a thousand people. It was almost comparable to some large inns, or even better. Therefore, the space on the ship was very ample. Because it was a gift from Qin Qing to her daughter, it was renovated. The main building of the treasure ship was divided into a main hall, a side hall, a study, an inner room, and a bedroom. There was also a prison cell on the bottom floor. In short, it was fully equipped.

To drive such a large ship, at least hundreds of people were needed. If all the gun positions were converted to artillery, even more people would be needed. Therefore, there were not only Li Xuandu and Qin Su on the ship, but also many boatmen. They were not from the Butian Sect, but the Qin family's servants.

The so-called family-born children are those who have been in the Qin family for generations. For example, Qin Su has a maid. Her father is one of the many housekeepers of the Qin family, her mother is the wet nurse of a young master of the Qin family, her brother is the shopkeeper of the Qin family's bank, and her sister-in-law is the housekeeper of the inner house. Then this maid can't have other thoughts and will only be loyal. The reason is very simple. The honor and disgrace of the family are in the hands of the Qin family. If you do something wrong, it is really possible to implicate your family. If you buy someone from outside, you don't know the details and there is no way to clamp down. Many slaves took the gold and silver of the master's family and ran away. Most of them came from this. Therefore, family-born children are also one of the manifestations of the family's heritage, and the family that suddenly became rich can never compare.

In addition, being a slave in a wealthy family is not comparable to being in an ordinary family. It is said that the prime minister's doorman is a seventh-rank official, and the same is true for the slaves of wealthy families. The food, clothing and expenses of the first and second-rank maids are far better than those of the daughters of small families. If they can become the head butler, they are even more powerful than many concubines. They have their own houses and mansions, and they are usually served by servants.

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After many sects passed down for a long time, in order to guard against "special disciples" from other sects such as Murong Hua and Han Yue, there was gradually a trend of "family-born children", which led to many families that have been rooted in the same sect for generations, such as the Zhang family of Zhengyi Sect, the Li family of Qingwei Sect, and the Shen family of Taiping Sect. Under these big families, there are also some second-class families that are attached to the big families and have long been in high positions in a sect. Take Qingwei Sect as an example, there are also the Lu family and the Situ family. The most famous person in the Situ family is undoubtedly Situ Xuance. After Situ Xuance's death, there is also Situ Xuanlue, who is the head of the Tianji Hall of the upper three halls. The Lu family has been slightly in decline over the years, but it should not be underestimated. Lu Yanbing's family name is very important for her to become Li Daoxu's disciple. In addition, Mrs. Lu was actually from the Lu family, but she was a side branch of the family, and had little contact with the main family, so few people mentioned this relationship.

In the internal relationship of Qingwei Sect, the Li family is the undisputed master. Neither the Situ family nor the Lu family can compete with the Li family, but the Li family is not monolithic. Not to mention the distant past, just the dispute between Li Xuandu and Li Yuanying, the two families entered the field to stand on the side, but because of Zhang Haishi, both the Situ family and the Lu family chose to stand on the side of Li Xuandu. In this case, most of the Li family members were afraid of the outsiders joining forces, and Li Daoxu's instigation, but stood on the side of Li Yuanying. When Li Xuandu lost power, the Situ family was beaten by Li Daoxu and became a lone minister. No matter what the third or fourth master was, they only obeyed the orders of the old master. The Lu family went to the other extreme and became completely dependent on Zhang Haishi. The Lu family bet their future on Zhang Haishi. Although the Li family is the largest family in the Qingwei Sect, there is no rule that only members of the Zhang family can be great celestial masters. In its inheritance history, there have been clan leaders with other surnames. If Zhang Haishi becomes another clan leader of the Qingwei Sect, then the Lu family can take advantage of the situation.

This is the situation of the Qingwei Sect analyzed by Li Ru for Li Xuandu. He believes that if a peace agreement is successfully reached, then Li Yuanying will no longer be the only candidate for the clan leader, because after the unification of the Taoist sect, Li Daoxu has to consider the candidate for the future Taoist chief. If the three parties want to reach a compromise, Li Yuanying is impossible, because Qin Qing and Zhang Jingxiu will not approve it. Zhang Jingchen and Zhang Haishi are not suitable candidates either, because their ages are almost the same as Qin Qing. There is only one truly suitable candidate, that is Li Xuandu. Only if Li Xuandu becomes the Taoist chief can the interests of the three parties be taken into account at the same time without being too biased towards one party.

If Li Xuandu became the Grand Master, Zhengyi Sect had Yan Feiqing and Zhang Luanshan who were on good terms with Li Xuandu, and Butian Sect had Qin Su, so Qingwei Sect would have to choose Zhang Haishi and Lu Yanbing instead of Li Yuanying and Li Taiyi who had grudges against Li Xuandu. Li Daoxu would not fail to consider this. In other words, if Li Daoxu agreed to negotiate peace, then he would have to change the candidate for the leader of Qingwei Sect. So Li Xuandu and Li Yuanying were on opposite sides again, either I or you. Li Yuanying would not fail to see this, so he would inevitably try every means to sabotage the peace talks, regardless of the overall situation, but only his own personal interests.

Li Rushi's suggestion was that instead of passively defending, it would be better to take the initiative, act before Li Yuanying, seize the opportunity, help Mr. Er Zhang Haishi abolish Li Yuanying, and then let Mr. Er inherit the position of leader in a natural way.

Li Xuandu neither approved nor disagreed with Li Rushi's proposal, and he had to meet Zhang Haishi before making the final decision. He told Li Rushi not to worry about these things for the time being. The most important thing was to get in touch with Murong Hua and make early preparations for the future trip to the capital.

Qin Su's boat arrived in Chuzhou very quickly, and slowly landed in the surprised eyes of countless people. Li Xuandu handed the "Baihua Lingmian" to Li Rushi, who changed his face and quietly landed among the boatmen. Unlike Li Rushi, Ye Chi made a lot of noise. He had previously followed Li Xuandu's instructions and returned to Taiping Sect to escort Ding Ce and Tang Tingfeng. Chu Yunshen and Shen Yuanzhou were also with him, plus some Taiping Sect disciples who were accompanying him, so the battle was inevitably not small.

Li Xuandu welcomed the group on board and asked them to take Ding Ce, whose cultivation was sealed, to the iron prison on the lower level. The iron prison was carefully arranged by Qin Yiyi, and it was as mysterious as the mustard seed of Sumeru. If Ding Ce's cultivation was intact, he might be able to get out, but at this time he could never escape.

As for Tang Tingfeng, Li Xuandu was quite courteous, not because of sympathy, but because of the Tang family behind her. Tang Qingqiu once told Li Xuandu about Wan Du Men. Wan Du Men was not owned by the Tang family alone. The Tang family was only one of the two owners. One of them was the Butian Sect, one of the five sects in Liaodong. The Butian Sect was originally an assassin in ancient times. Many assassins of Wan Du Men were trained by the Butian Sect. However, Qin Qing, the "Heavenly Blade", did not show up, but one of his junior brothers was in charge of this matter. There was another owner, who was mysterious and unpredictable. It was said that this owner also had shares in Wen Xiang Tang and Bai Lian Fang, but he did not cooperate with the Tang family, but cooperated with the Qian family and the Su family of Jinling Mansion.

To this day, Li Xuandu is considered the son-in-law of the Qin family. Since the Tang family and the Qin family have friendship and cooperation, then for the sake of the Qin family, Li Xuandu did not want to embarrass Tang Tingfeng too much. He handed Tang Tingfeng over to Qin Su for disposal. Qin Su had heard about Wan Du Men, but she was not involved in it, so she didn't know much. After Qin Su met Tang Tingfeng, she arranged her in a guest room. After arriving in Qizhou, she would naturally release her.

Let alone how Ding Ce, who was imprisoned in the cell, felt, Tang Tingfeng was already extremely frightened at this time. For most people, the sea was really unfamiliar. She was born in Shuzhou, and later traveled on land. She had never been to the sea. Now she was taken to the sea, far away from the land, and her life was in someone's hands. She couldn't help but feel uneasy. She thought that if Li Xuandu really wanted to kill her and throw her body into the sea, the people in the clan would have nowhere to find her. Then she would be gone without a trace, and there would be no trace of her. This way of death made her extremely afraid. You have to know that the world is not a good place, and there are no good people. Not to mention men and women like Li Xuandu and Qin Su who are impulsive and frivolous, even those kind-looking old Taoist priests, monks, and female bodhisattvas all have blood on their hands.

In the next few days, Tang Tingfeng hid in her room and dared not show up. It was in her anxiety that the treasure ship gradually entered the junction of Qizhou and Chuzhou waters.

Zhang Haishi's fleet was also waiting here. On this day, Li Xuandu received a report that he had seen Zhang Haishi's fleet, so he went out to check. As soon as he walked to the bow, he saw a mast tip at the end of his sight, and then slowly the sails, the ship's tower, and the hull.

About half an hour later, Zhang Haishi's fleet was only a few dozen feet away from the treasure ship. This fleet was all warships, all equipped with cannons. The largest ship was Zhang Haishi's ship, with a total of eight masts and ten cannons. The bow was high and sharp, and the hull was smooth and free, but it was quite different from the ships in the Central Plains.

After the treasure ship and the fleet approached, a long rainbow suddenly rose from Zhang Haishi's ship, drew a curved arc in the sky, and landed on the bow of the treasure ship, cleverly constructing a long bridge between the two ships like a rainbow after rain. Then Zhang Haishi and Li Feiyan boarded the long bridge and walked towards the treasure ship.

Zhang Haishi still leaned on a bamboo stick while walking, and the bamboo leaves on the bamboo stick were green and dripping, while Li Feiyan hung a snow-white long sword on his waist, and the cold air was biting.

If such a scene fell into the eyes of ordinary people, it would definitely be regarded as the style of an immortal. Even in the eyes of many experts in the world, such magical powers are really superb cultivation.

The upper three realms are also called the three realms of supernatural transformation. The "transformation" of transformation is the realm of creation.