Taiping Inn

An hour passed by, and today's lecture ended. The students in the piano room stood up to salute the teacher, and Su Lianrong bowed her head and returned the salute. Then the students began to disperse one after another, and Su Lianrong walked at the end as usual, packing up her musical instruments and books. For some reason today, Wen Li did not come to the window to listen, so soon only Su Lianrong and Pei Yu were left in the piano studio.

Pei Yu took a few steps forward, with a much casual attitude and said, "Everyone Su, I visited Mr. Li yesterday."

Su Lianrong looked at him with a head, "Which Mr. Li?"

Pei Yu said, "Of course it's Mr. Qingping."

Su Lianrong remained silent, "Then have you seen Miss Qin?"

"It's a pity, no." Pei Yu sighed, "When I went, I only saw Mr. Li."

Su Lianrong lowered her head again and said coldly: "I have no close relationship with Mr. Li, I just met one time. I heard that Hoshino Lake and the Observatory were destroyed, and that Mr. Li also made an indelible contribution."

Pei Yu heard the coldness and alienation in Su Lianrong's words, and sighed again, "The people in the Taoist sect are really domineering."

Su Lianrong asked in a calm tone: "Mr. Pei, are there anything else?"

"No more." Pei Yu turned around and left.

Leaving the Qinshe, Pei Yu returned to his residence. As soon as he entered the door, he found an old man sitting behind his desk, looking through the "Taiping Guangji" given to him by Li Xuandu. Pei Yu felt nervous and did not rush to speak, but just stood there, looking at the person silently.

He always felt that he had seen this old man somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. However, Pei Yu was sure that he had never seen this person in the Wanxiang Academy, that was other places, either imperial capital or Qizhou.

The old man sitting behind the desk waved his hand and signaled Pei Yu not to be nervous, saying, "Mr. Pei, please sit down."

Pei Yu hesitated for a moment, stepped forward a few steps, and sat silently on the chair opposite the old man, with a book case between the two. Pei Yu's expression was quite calm, but his mind changed a few times and he guessed who this person was in his heart.

The old man saw what he was thinking at a glance and said in a calm tone: "You can call me Mr. Bai Lu, one of the seven hermits of the Confucian school."

Pei Yu was really shocked, so he immediately stood up and saluted respectfully, "You have met Mr. Bai Lu."

Mr. Bai Lu received a frank gift and asked, "Do you know me?"

Pei Yu was prepared for a long time. When he went to meet Wen Ren before, he took the opportunity to reply to ask Wen Ren. After all, there are still many things to be done in the future. In a sense, Pei Yu is also a Confucian scholar. The more important figure in this, so Wen Ren briefly mentioned the seven hermits of the Confucian school to Pei Yu.

Pei Yu pretended to hesitate and said, "Jiu Wen once mentioned all hermits to me."

"Wen Ren." Mr. Bai Lu seemed to have expected it, and laughed, unable to hear the joy and anger. Then he looked at Pei Yu again and said, "No need to be polite, please sit down."

Pei Yu had put aside other thoughts in his mind at this moment and treated himself as an ordinary Confucian disciple. Naturally, his mood could not be as calm as he did when he came in. After sitting down, his face showed excitement, nervousness, and other emotions. He asked, "I wonder if sir is here, what advice can I give me?"

Mr. Bai Lu looked at him and did not answer directly, but asked, "How did Mr. Pei recently?"

"Sir, know your ancestor?" Pei Yu was stunned. "Mr. I'm sorry, my grandfather is in good condition recently and is in good health. He just goes to school and visits friends on weekdays, which is a bit better than when he was an official."

"That's good." Mr. Bai Lu was still very peaceful: "I remember Mr. Pei had a disciple named Zhou Tingchao. In the sixth year of Tianbao, he was convicted for his words and died at the hands of Qingluan Guard. Zhou Ting. Chao also has an orphan named Zhou Shuning, who was taken in by Xuannv Sect. "

"What happened?" Pei Yu's surprise this time was sincere. "Grandfather, he had never mentioned this to me. I didn't know that there was such a connection between the two families."

Mr. Bai Lu said, "The reason why Lingzu was dismissed from office is also related to Zhou Tingchao's letter."

Pei Yu said "ah", "So that's it."

Mr. Bai Lu smiled, "To be serious, you two are still family friends, and that girl from the Zhou family wants to call you brother."

Pei Yu suddenly became a little vigilant. Li Xuan and Zhou Shuning were close to each other. Li Xuan was Pei Yu’s benefactor. Both of these things were no secrets. At this time, the Confucian hermit suddenly mentioned his relationship with Zhou Shuning. , what is the purpose?

Seeing that his eyes were weak, Mr. Bai Lu continued, "To be honest, I am also from Qizhou and have an old friendship with Lingzu. When he heard that the young master of the Pei family came to Wanxiang Academy to study, he wanted to see you."

Pei Yu didn't know what to say for a moment.

Mr. Bai Lu still said slowly, "I heard that you have not married yet? It just so happens that the Zhou girl is not married either. You are about the same age and are family friends. If you don't mind, I can be this matchmaker."

Pei Yu was shocked and said, "I, I have never seen that Miss Zhou...and..."

"And what?" Mr. Bai Lu's eyes suddenly looked at Pei Yu, as if he wanted to see through what he was thinking.

Pei Yu was almost talking about Zhou Shuning and Shen Changsheng. Fortunately, at the last moment, he suddenly remembered that this matter was something he didn't know in the eyes of others. After all, he is a disciple of the Confucian sect and has no obvious relationship with the Jianghu Sect. It is impossible for him to know too much about the Jianghu. Before this, Li Feiyan saw him in an extremely hidden situation.

Fortunately, Pei Yu was also a little anxious and immediately said, "I heard that the disciples of Xuannv Sect cannot get married."

This is common sense, just like monks from Jing Zen cannot marry, they grow up brightly enough.

Mr. Bai Lu smiled faintly when he heard this answer, "It turns out that you are worried about this. In fact, the rules of the Xuannv Sect are not absolute. It is just that women who are out of the box cannot inherit the position of sect leader, and not all women cannot get married."

Pei Yu showed a hesitant look, "After all, it ruined his future."

Mr. Bai Lu showed the smile of his elders, "No matter what, I'll see you first. I heard that this Miss Zhou will come to Longmen Mansion soon."

"Just meet like this?" Pei Yu said in a difficult situation. "Men and women are very defensive. Xuannv Sect is both women. I, a man, came to visit the door rashly, but I am afraid it is inappropriate."

Mr. Bai Lu said, "I heard that Mr. Qingping has saved you."

Pei Yu looked at Mr. Bai Lu in surprise and said nervously: "Yes, the high priests all know about this."

"Don't be nervous." Mr. Bai Lu was still like an elder, with a gentle tone, "I'm not blaming you. Qingluan Wei did his best and chased Ling Zu and your siblings, which was really a violation of the rules. They died in Li There is nothing to say in Xuandu's hands. In fact, this Mr. Qingping also has a great relationship with our Confucian school. Zhang Suqing is his teacher. He saved Zhou Tingchao, Ling Zu, and he and Sikong's great sacrifice. Jiu and Ning Dajiu also have friendship. It’s just a pity..."

Speaking of this, Mr. Bai Lu sighed, as if he was extremely regretful, "It's a pity that he finally embarked on another path. If Zhang Suqing was still there, it would be a different scene. At least he wouldn't marry a woman from the Qin family. Forget it, I won’t say these words. In short, I have no malice towards Mr. Qingping, so don’t avoid anything. You can use the reason to visit him to meet Miss Zhou.”

Pei Yu quickly thought in his mind and judged what Mr. Bai Lu’s intention was. He could be entrusted with important tasks by Li Feiyan and Li Xuan, so he naturally had outstanding features, especially in adapting to the situation, neither Shen Changsheng nor Zhou Shuning. Have it. Of course he didn't believe that Mr. Bai Lu had no malice. He was more inclined to be a test, both to test Pei Yu and Li Xuandu, a strategy that killed two birds with one stone.

Pei Yu hesitated and said, "Do you want to tell the great master this matter?"

Mr. Bai Lu's expression suddenly became cold, "Is this necessary?"

Pei Yu lowered his head and acted as a difficult situation.

Just then, a voice sounded, "Of course it's necessary!" Then the high-priest Wen Ren strode in.

Pei Yu hurriedly saluted Wen Ren respectfully.

Wen Ren glanced at him and showed a look of appreciation, "Pei Yu, you are very good. You know the principle of respecting your teachers and respecting your Tao. You know that you should ask your teachers for advice when encountering such a thing, rather than listening to others' instigation."

Pei Yu looked at Mr. Bai Lu carefully, lowered his head and said respectfully, "The high priest has been awarded too much, and I am ashamed of taking responsibility."

As the three great priests of the Wanxiang Academy, it is not difficult for Wen Ren to find the traces of hermits in the Academy. It happened that he also came to Pei Yu for some reason and just happened to run into Mr. Bai Lu. He had a lot of dissatisfaction with the hermits, and the fact that the hermits proposed the Yuxu Sword Fighting without discussion made the great priests even more angry. Pei Yu has been regarded as his own person by Wen Ren. Mr. Bai Lu is bypassing Wen Ren to meet Pei Yu, which is undoubtedly another move that crosses the line. How can Wen Ren not be angry, but Pei Yu's answer is that Wen Ren is making Wen Ren more invisibly To recognize him and trust him.

Wen Ren's appearance also disrupted Mr. Bai Lu's deployment. Because of the inertial thinking of years of internal struggle in the Confucian school, his ideas were slightly deviated. He no longer doubted the relationship between Pei Yu and Li Xuandu, and He subconsciously brought Pei Yu to the sect where the high priest was, and he was also an enemy, one was an enemy outside and the other was an enemy inside, and there was some difference.

Mr. Bai Lu stood up gently, "Sir Wen, I just care about the younger generation, not a preceptor. Please pay attention to your words."

Wen Ren sneered: "Pei Yu's marriage is up to his elders, and it's not the turn of outsiders to speak out."

Mr. Bai Lu looked at Pei Yu, "I have no malice."

After saying that, he walked straight out.

Because Pei Yu was present, Wen Ren did not get too entangled with Mr. Bai Lu. After Mr. Bai Lu left, Wen Ren said to Pei Yu, "Pei Yu."

Pei Yu hurriedly said, "Here."

Wen Ren said, "You can find an opportunity to visit Li Xuandu again, tell him what happened today and see how he reacted."

Pei Yu knew that this was provoking the hermit and the high priest sect had already shown results. He was secretly happy, but he was respectful on his face, "Yes."