Taiping Inn

After Li Xuandu sent Qin Qing away, he began to prepare for entering Sichuan. He first invited Yechi. Recently, Yechi has been helping him with work, mainly on matters at the inn, so he didn't show up very much.

As for why Li Xuandu was late, it was mainly because of the snake stick.

After Li Xuandu got the snake staff of the national master from Li Feiyan, he still had time to study it carefully. At this point, he didn't have much time, so he could only hope for Ye Chi, the Golden Treasure Man.

When Ye Chi came to Li Xuandu's study, Li Xuandu had already taken out the snake staff and placed it horizontally on his desk. So Ye Chi saw the snake staff at first sight and said in surprise: "This is' The Staff of Eternity'? ”

"'Eternal Staff'?" Li Xuandu was the first to hear this name, "Do you recognize this snake staff?"

Yechi said, "Of course I recognize this. This is the scepter of the national teacher. How come it was in the hands of the messenger?"

Li Xuandu said, "I got this from another person. He has just returned to the Central Plains from the royal court."

Yechi didn't look into these details in depth, just nodded.

Li Xuandu asked, "You said that this snake staff is called the "Eternal Life Staff". Is there any reason?"

Yechi Rushi replied: "It is said that a long time ago, when the first great shaman who created the shamanism was thinking about how to save the dead herder, he was frightened by a snake that suddenly appeared and beat the snake to death with a crutch in his hand. At this time, The second snake was held with a herb to save the dead snake. The Great Shaman tried to save the herder with the same herb. The Great Shaman believed that the snake brought the healing power, so he entangled the two snakes. On the crutch and pray for the blessing of immortality, hence the name "The Staff of immortality."

Li Xuandu reached out to pick up the snake staff called "Eternal Life Staff" and asked with a smile: "Does the Shamanism always have to be named "Eternal Life"?"

Ye Chi thought about it and nodded, "Yes, but not everything can be named after immortality. It must be extremely precious things, or treasures related to immortality. As far as I know, in Shamanism There are only five things that can be named after the Heaven of Eternity.”

Li Xuandu was silent when he heard this. The Shamanism has been passed down for many years, but only five items have been named the name of immortality. Now two of them have fallen into his hands. In a sense, Shamanism is his nobleman.

Yechi looked at the snake staff in Li Xuandu's hand and showed a rare look of emotion, "I met a person from the Central Plains a few days ago. He told me many stories. There is a saying in the story: The mechanism is over. Too smart, he lost Qingqing's life. I think the national teacher is such a person. He is too smart and thinks too much, but he loses his life and everything becomes someone else's."

Li Xuandu said, "Smart is just mistaken for being smart."

Ye Chi Chong's key point is, "That's what it means."

Li Xuandu refused to comment on this statement and asked again: "According to the legend of shamanism, this 'Eternal Staff' still has the ability to heal?"

Yet, scratched his head a little, and said unsurely, "Probably. It is said that the national teacher can cure diseases and save people, but that was something that happened a long time ago, at least I have never seen it."

Li Xuan nodded, "Thank you, I have nothing else to ask."

After Ye Chi left, Li Xuan put away his "Eternal Life Staff" and began to write letters to Zhang Haishi.

...

In the Vientiane Academy, Qin Su, Yu Qingning and Su Lianrong walked in the Academy, attracting the attention of many young students.

The three women have their own advantages, so they are naturally a beautiful scenery. Although there are women in the academy, they are far behind these three.

Su Lianrong was able to escape from the clutches of King Jin and come to the Wanxiang Academy because Qin Su secretly made efforts, so it was natural for Qin Su to come to see Su Lianrong. In addition, the three women are all proficient in music and make friends with each other through music. Naturally, they will not arouse suspicion from others, and no one will doubt Su Lianrong's identity because of this. If they blindly hide it, they might make people suspicious. .

The Confucian Sect was convinced that they would not interfere with the Taoist affairs before Yuxu fought with swords. Therefore, the Confucian Sect not only sent a high priest to watch the ceremony on the day of the ceremony, but also allowed people from the Taoist Sect to enter the Wanxiang Academy.

Qin Su and Yu Qingning entered the Wanxiang Academy in the name of visiting friends. First, the high priest Sikong Daoxuan received them. After Su Lianrong arrived, Sikong Daoxuan said goodbye and left.

The three of them just strolled and chatted. Unlike Li Xuan who was thinking and planning, Qin Su did come to meet Yu Qingning and Su Lianrong with the mood of visiting friends, just like most people in the Longmen Mansion.

Qin Su was originally a hermit. She liked to express her affection between mountains and rivers. She had no wide range of social interactions and few friends. She had only a few friends who had not been able to meet each other for a long time because of the vastness of the world. Now she finally had this opportunity. Of course, she Can't miss it.

The three of them walked side by side, Qin Su walked in the middle, Yu Qingning on the left and Su Lianrong on the right. Qin Su smiled and said, "If I were a man, this would be to hug each other and enjoy the blessing of all the people. , I don’t know how many people I will envy.”

Yu Qingning smiled with a pursed lips.

Su Lianrong said helplessly: "In my impression, Bai Juan is a person who is not good at talking, and he will not be so sloppy."

Qin Su said in surprise: "Is there any?"

"Some." Yu Qingning said softly, "From this point, those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black."

Qin Su smiled and said, "Nuwan said it is right. I should have been with Zifu for a long time. I have learned everything else, so I have to find two people to be poor and poor. gas."

Yu Qingning joked, "Okay, Su Su, this is learning the habits of Qingwei Sect. There is something in his words, saying that I deliberately put on a noble fairy airs on weekdays, and deliberately shame me, right?"

"No!" Qin Su waved his hand repeatedly, "I'm talking about it sincerely. People call me 'Miss Qin'. How can this lady be compared to the title of fairy?"

Yu Qingning smiled and said, "When it comes to fairy, you have found the wrong person. You are Miss Qin and Ai Yun is Fairy Su. You have to find her. By the way, there is another Fairy Su today."

Qin Su looked at Su Lianrong and nodded, "I forgot that Sister Lianrong's surname is also Su."

Su Lianrong said helplessly: "I am so old, what kind of fairy."

Qin Su quipped, "Yes, whether it's fairy or the eldest lady, it's superficial. Or does "Su Jia" sound like a background, do you think it's, Yu Jia?"

Just as the three women were joking with each other, they saw two men standing in the lake pavilion not far ahead, looking at the railing, pointing at the point, as if talking a lot.

Su Lianrong stopped and showed a look of displeasure on her face.

Qin Su asked, "Sister Su, do you know those two?"

Su Lianrong said, "The older one is named Xie Yueyin, who is from Tianxin Academy, and the other is named Pei Yu, who is from Sheji Academy. Both of them come to Wanxiang Academy to study."

Qin Su pretended to be ignorant and said, "It turns out that he is Pei Yu. I have heard of Daqian for a long time. I heard that he had visited Zi Mansion a few days ago."

Su Lianrong glanced at Qin Su and said, "This kid is not pure in mind. She is a flamboyant. Don't be deceived by him."

While talking, Pei Yu and Xie Yueyin in the pavilion also saw three women. When Pei Yu and Xie Yueyin accused him of guilt, they walked towards him.

Su Lianrong's face turned dark and she subconsciously wanted to turn around to avoid it, but when she thought that there were two guests beside her, she had to stand there.

However, beyond Su Lianrong's expectations, Pei Yu did not come for her, but saluted Qin Su respectfully, "I have met my master's wife."

Qin Su was a little surprised by this title and asked with a smile: "Master's wife?"

"That's right." Pei Yu said respectfully, "Mr. Qingping has the kindness of saving my life and teaching me, so I treat him with a teacher's courtesy and call him a teacher. The Master Qin Sect will naturally be my teacher's wife."

Qin Su glanced at Su Lianrong and said, "Who is this Su Jijiu?"

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Qin Su's face turned solemn and said in a deep voice: "Then you are so brave, you dare to disrespect the teacher."

Pei Yu raised her head and said in surprise: "Why did your master's wife say this?"

Qin Su really had the same meaning as an elder, and said calmly: "You know it in your heart."

There is a mountain pavilion on the mountain opposite the lake. At this time, there are two people in the pavilion, namely the high priest of the Wanxiang Academy, and the high priest of the Tianxin Academy, Wang Nanting.

People at the foot of the mountain cannot see this place, but standing here can see the foot of the mountain.

Wang Nanting asked, "Brother Wen, is this your confidant?"

"That's right." Wen Ren said, "This Pei family's son is quite trusted by Li Xuandu."

Wang Nanting shook his head and said, "In my opinion, whether it is trust or not, Li Xuandu's cunning will not regard this person as his confidant in a short period of time, so this move will not be possible. Too much effect.”

Wen Ren said, "It's okay, you don't have to find anything from Li Xuandu. You can also treat it as a person who sends the message. Not long ago, I asked Pei Yu to spread the word, which was about the hermit."

Wang Nanting's face finally changed a little, "What is Li Xuan's reaction?"

Wen Ren said, "There was no reaction on the surface, but he told Pei Yu not to get involved with the hermit."

Wang Nanting pondered and said, "In this way, Li Xuan is still more inclined to us."

Wen Ren nodded and said, "It can be said that after all, with the friendship between Sikong and Ning Yi, the grandson of Ning Dajiu, also followed Li Xuandu. He would be more inclined to us in terms of emotion or reason."

Wang Nanting looked around and lowered his voice, "If... one day, the general situation is unsuccessful, we will put all the blame on those people."

Wen Ren's face was solemn, "I'm afraid this language is too early."

Wang Nanting said softly: "For many years, these people have been using their hidden names to hide themselves, and they have hidden themselves in secret and manipulated the Confucian sects, and even the kings do not take them seriously. This makes the Confucian sects scattered, which has long been angered by the heavens and resentful people, and their hearts are lost. As the saying goes It is better to have short pain than long pain. Today, it is just through the hand of Taoist sect to squeeze out the abscess on the Confucian sect. This is what people want."

Wen Ren was silent for a moment, narrowed his eyes, "It's time to prepare for the future."