Taiping Inn

In the vast sea, a large ship slowly sailed towards the direction of land.

There are many people on the boat, including boatmen, guards, maids, servants, mothers, etc. At first glance, it looks like a wealthy family traveling with their families. But looking at the faces of these people, they are in panic. , in a daze, without any appearance of traveling, it seems like a escaping.

In fact, it is almost the same. It is said that the prime minister and the third-rank official have been in the palace. Over the years, as the sect leader's mansion, even as slaves, they are superior outside. But in one night, they changed their appearance and they were going to leave Thirty-six. The island went to the imperial capital, and there was no room for reconciliation. No one could notice something was wrong, so he was naturally worried and didn't know what the future was.

Even the servant is like this. As the master, Li Yuanying can imagine that although he has been in the imperial capital for half of the time every year over the years, he still regards Qingwei Sect as his foundation in his heart. Now his master has driven him out. Although Qingwei Sect retained his identity as the leader for the sake of good reputation, everyone understands that this is being driven out. His roots were cut off and turned into a floating flower. Can it be It is still a two-word saying that other places have taken root.

On the second floor of the boat, Li Yuanying sat alone behind the desk, with a pot of wine and a wine glass on the desk. Li Yuanying poured himself into his own drink. With his realm of cultivation, he would not be drunk at all, but if the wine was not drunk, everyone would be drunk. At that time, Li Yuanying was a little drunk.

Gu Yusheng stood beside Li Yuanying, his face dark, and when he looked at Li Yuanying, he felt a little worried.

Li Yuanying drank the wine in the glass and said loudly: "How many years of hard work have been done, I will be mourned in one go."

Gu Yusheng whispered, "I can't understand why the old sect leader made a decision overnight."

Li Yuanying shouted, "The old man is impatient anymore. We made a Li Rufeng incident, but before the show started, someone caught the handle. It was like two people fighting, we just punched, I was grabbed by someone's wrist and tripped, and the fist moves behind me were too ugly. The old man was disappointed with us and didn't want to wait for us to get up from the ground and punched him. He decided to do it directly Win or lose.”

Gu Yusheng whispered, "It's mine, not."

Li Yuanying glanced at her and shook her head and said, "We are both prosperous and both prosperous and losers. We can't say who is right or wrong. In fact, the old man gave her a second chance, but I didn't catch it. I should have taken out the green at that time. The thing that Mr. He gave me was divided into life and death with Li Xuan. As long as Li Xuan was dead, I was over, but at the last moment, I was still afraid and didn't dare to take action. If you are an old man, a disciple would be better than him. But when he retreated at the critical moment, what would you choose?”

Gu Yusheng was silent.

Li Yuanying said sadly: "But then again, it is an opportunity, but in fact it is to let us kill each other, and to advance and die, and we will die when we retreat. It is nothing more than waiting for death."

Gu Yusheng had to speak, "It's all about danger and retreating and change. When we retreated at this time, it's not entirely a bad thing. Li Xuan can make a comeback, but we can't do it."

Li Yuanying put down the wine glass in his hand, was silent for a moment, and said, "Since taking office as the sect leader, I have always been careful, walking thinly on the abyss, wind, frost, snow, rain, swords, guns, swords, halberds, and halberds. This time, if Master really wants it, Abandoning me like a broken shoe, I'm afraid no one can stand in front of my master. This time Li Xuandu pointed his sword at me. After I'm gone, he will point his sword directly at his master next time. Master won't see I don’t understand this truth, but I was still blinded by the words of the head master, and I couldn’t care about anything.”

Gu Yusheng said softly: "This is also a matter of reason. If it weren't for the title of this master of sect, Li Xuan would not have the confidence to persuade the old sect leader. As for Li Xuandu, he was not the fourth gentleman of that year, but he wanted a sword. If you refer to the old sect leader, you may not be your opponent of the old sect leader."

"I know." Li Yuanying leaned on the back of the chair, "You are so arrogant. After so many years, you have never seen any handsome figure. What about Song Zheng? He is defeated by the old sect leader. So what about the senior brother Situ Xuance? Now It's already a dry bone in the tomb. The old man must have thought so. Li Xuan didn't dare to do anything best. If he really dared to draw his sword and point him, he would let Li Xuan's sword be cut off and his people died. So we can abandon it It’s like a decoration. When you are rich, you put it in the hall and sell it directly when you are short of money. That’s it.”

Gu Yusheng heard the discouragement and loss in his words and comforted softly: "The old man has not completely given up on us, at least he has retained your identity as the sect leader."

Li Yuanying laughed at himself, "Do you know what the identity of this sect leader is? It's a ticket. When you have enough money, you can redeem the lost things from the pawnshop by using them as a ticket. After all, it's just an object."

Gu Yusheng sighed, "Didn't Li Xuan be like this back then? Everyone came from this road."

Li Yuanying was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Have you sent a message to your senior sister?"

Gu Yusheng was stunned and shook his head and said, "I just came out of Tiankui Hall and was busy moving. There were so many things in the mansion that were going to be put in place, and there were still many things to be destroyed. Before I could tell my senior sister about the changes here. ”

Li Yuanying thought for a while and said, "Then don't pass on the letter. Many key points here are not something that can be clearly stated in a few words. After arriving in Qizhou, I will ask someone to protect you and go to the imperial capital first. You must see it as soon as possible. Your senior sister, tell her the story in its original form, whether she is looking for a local master or a member of the Confucian sect, she can make a decision as soon as possible. If you delay any further, until Li Xuandu becomes the leader of the Taoist sect, who will do that? They are not his one-union enemy."

"What you said." Gu Yusheng nodded and said, "For such a big thing, we can't take full responsibility for all the relationship. We should let them share a little. Especially those in Confucianism, who know how to talk all day long, and the actual actions are Not at all. Moreover, in the second year of Tianbao, the senior sister offended Li Xuan to death. It was not counted if she killed Zhang Suqing. Even Zhang Baigui and Zhang Baiyue brothers and sisters died. When Li Xuan settled the score, who would I can hide, but my senior sister can never hide. I will definitely explain the benefits and disadvantages of this. "

Li Yuanying nodded, "This is the right reason. Even if Li Xuan doesn't take revenge, the Qin family wants to enter the pass. Li Xuan has to be an enemy of her for his own glory and wealth. Since the two sides will have a battle sooner or later, It’s better to prepare early.”

Gu Yusheng nodded, "I understand." Li Yuanying reached out and pressed his forehead, saying, "Mr. Li..."

Gu Yusheng's face suddenly showed anger, "Li Daoshi, the old fox, is an unreliable one. I heard from the eyeliner that Li Xuan had just gained power, so he took the initiative to admit his mistakes to Li Xuandu and refusal to him. He changed his mind to Lu Yanbing. ”

Li Yuanying closed his eyes and said, "There is no way. Who can let him be Li Xuandu's uncle? Or the old man's brother-in-law, there are ways to retreat. Except for us, everyone has a way to retreat. In other words, anyone can let Li Xuandu go, that is, We won't let us go unless I give in to him, but I will never bow to him unless I die."

Gu Yusheng whispered: "This time I left in a hurry, but I brought the key gold, silver and fine materials. When I arrived at Dijing, I had a house, but it was a little simpler after all, and I still had to redeem many things. Several yards were also renovated. In addition, when I go to see my senior sister, I have to prepare a generous gift. Should we raise the one million taels of silver from several ticket numbers?”

Li Yuanying opened his eyes and asked, "How much money do we have in total?"

Gu Yusheng calculated and replied: "There are about 200,000 Taiping money, 20,000 worries of money, and 1.5 million taels of silver. If other gold, silver, soft, jewelry and antiques are also exchanged for silver, there will be about 200. About ten thousand. With a full calculation, our net worth is only about ten million taels of silver."

Now the imperial court has only about 50 million taels of tax per year, while Li Yuanying's family wealth is more than 10 million taels. Although it has been accumulated over many years of business, it can also be seen that the wealth of the Qing Weizong. On the contrary, Li Xuandu has successively been in the Qing Dynasty. Weizong and Taipingzong have to rely on Qin Su to help him. They are indeed unprofitable in their business, but they are indeed not very concerned about these external things.

Li Yuanying said: "Without Qingweizong, there will be no investment items. These money will be saved. In this world, we don't have rice in our hands and can't even coax the chicken. If we want to turn things around in the future, we will be able to lose this silver money. . Today, Li Xuan can be proud of himself, but did he borrow the Qin family's light? "

Gu Yusheng nodded and asked again, "The gift we prepared for our senior sister... and Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Yang."

Li Yuanying couldn't help but sigh, "In the future, we will gain a foothold in the imperial capital, and we must deal with these people. The money we should spend will still be spent. Let's do this, send the authentic painting of the saint I collected to Eunuch Liu. He likes this Like an elegant object, he gave the Buddha's bone relic to Eunuch Yang, and finally gave the colorful jade obtained from Posa Prefecture to the Empress Dowager. In addition, he bought other gifts of 300,000 taels of silver, as the young emperor's Give it to the Queen Mother in the name, you can just consider these things yourself."

Gu Yusheng nodded and responded.

Li Xuan looked at her, "It's not good to live under someone else's roof, I feel wronged."

Gu Yusheng smiled slightly, "It's just a temporary success or failure. Husband should not be discouraged."

Li Yuanying nodded, walked out of the cabin, came to the stern, and raised his eyes to look towards the Thirty-Six Islands.

At this time, the rain passed by and the sky was clear, and the sun was sunny. Those islands with large and small scattered stars appeared and disappeared. At this time, Li Xuan was on Penglai Island, as if he was the future owner of this place. Li Yuanying clenched his fists and sweared secretly, "I, Li Yuanying, have one in my life. I will come back to get back what belonged to me."