Taiping Inn

After the siege of the Li family's ancestral home and ancestral hall was lifted, Zhang Haishi also received a retreat order from the Qingweizong.

On the second day of the Qinglong Festival on the second day of the second month, the Qing Weizong fleet fired its cannons again and withdrew from the nearshore one after another. However, it did not return to Qing Weizong immediately, but went to Zulong Island for a while and stopped for repair.

There is a poem that says: "From the east to see the vast sea." As the saying goes, there is a legacy of the east to see the Jieshi. Zulong Island is also called "Jieshi". When Zulong traveled east to the sea to seek immortality and seek immortality, he built a stone tablet here to see the sea. Taiwan, emperors from later generations have visited this place many times, which is why the famous work "Watching the Sea" has been created for thousands of years.

This place is located within the jurisdiction of Zhili. When Xie Zhi asked for help from the Qing Weizong, he presented Zulong Island to the Qing Weizong to show his sincerity. After the Qing Weizong took over this place, he converted it into a harbor for the fleet to dock. We also set up a fortress and built a city wall, making it a "stop point" that can be attacked and retreated and defended. Zhang Haishi docked the fleet here. If things change, such as the Confucian Party breaking the contract or the Li Xuandu negotiations breaking down, and the troops will be at the Bohai Prefecture again for only a moment.

This is the reason why all the immortals have already achieved immortality but have to seek power. In fact, it is no different from the emperor's pursuit of immortality. Both power and immortality are the same. Everyone wants the best of both worlds, so they get one and seek one. If a scattered person in the longevity realm can be free and easy, how can he shake the court and force the Confucian school?

A young man climbed the city of Bohai Mansion and looked at the fragmented city, silent.

His name is Xu Zaijun, the prince of the King of Yan. According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, the prince is equivalent to the prince.

The old king of Yan is getting stronger and stronger. When he is old, he is called a son. In terms of age, he is almost the same as his grandson, so he is inevitably arrogant. Therefore, His Royal Highness was famous for being domineering in the imperial capital and caused many great disasters. They were all covered by the King of Yan one by one, and the King of Yan also tried his best to cultivate this son.

Last time, Princess Xuanzhen went to Jingzhou to meet Zhao Lianggeng, who was the governor of Jingchu at that time, and discussed the matter of going to Beijing. Among the people who accompanied him, there was the prince of the King of Yan. Lou Xinqing was ordered by the Empress Dowager to go to Zhongnan Mountain to meet Li Xuandu, and Xu Zaijun also followed him.

At that time, Xie Zhi once suspected that King Yan had secretly colluded with the Confucian sect, which later proved that Xie Zhi's guess was correct. King Yan had indeed turned to the Confucian sect long ago. After Xie Zhi fell, King Jin and King Shu died. Tang Under the protection of the Taoist sect, the king barely saved his life, but became a commoner. Only the King of Yan was safe and sound, and was still the prince's honor. Moreover, his son Xu Zaijun was able to serve as the governor of Zhili, responsible for guarding the imperial capital.

But Xu Zaijun's luck is really bad, and he is suspected to be in conflict with Li Xuan. Follow Princess Xuanzhen to Jiangnan, and met Li Xuandu and the palace official on the way. Follow Lou Xinqing and Li Xuan to negotiate, but the negotiations broke down. This time he had just served as the governor of Zhili, but he encountered the Qingweizong fleet bombarding the Bohai Mansion.

Xu Zaijun reached out and held a fairly intact battlement, looking at the last batch of Qingweizong warships, feeling both happy and lost. Of course, Qingweizong finally withdrew his troops. The Bohai Prefecture was not broken, and at least his position as governor was saved. Whether from his personal selfish perspective or from the public perspective of the court, it is a good thing and worthy of happiness.

The reason for my loss is that in the long run, the court has already withdrawn its troops regardless of whether the Qing Weizong withdraws its troops.

Failed. Perhaps the imperial army still had the power to fight on land, but at sea they could only sit and wait for death without any resistance.

Everyone knows that Qin and Li married each other. The head of the Li family married the only daughter of the head of the Qin family. The two families are already in fact offensive and defensive alliances. If the two families advance together in land and water, they will knock on the gates from land, cut off the canal transport along the way, and then go from the inland river. How can the court resist when it enters the imperial capital?

Today's Qin and Li families are like another golden tent. Of course, they are more polite than the barbaric gold tent. They do not force the people to capture the people, but attract them to take the initiative to join them with various conditions, do not rob, kill, set fire, but do sea trade, causing wealthy merchants from all over the country to secretly engage in enemies for money. . Xu Zaijun is not a useless fool, and his experience in politics is even better than Emperor Tianbao. He keenly realized that the Qin and Li families were much more clever and more dangerous than the gold tents of that year.

It is said that the barbarians have no fortune for a hundred years, and their golden tents are strong for a while. They briefly enter the Central Plains and are quickly driven out of the Central Plains. But the Qin family and the Li family are not foreign tribes, but their own people. With such clever means, it will be much easier for them to win the world than to win the gold tent. If they really win the world, it will be difficult for them to turn over even if they are Confucian schools.

Xu Zaijun couldn't help but sigh. Even if he understands, he has no good solution, just because he is unable to get back. Now we can only rely on the Confucian masters to see if they can rejuvenate their youth with great skills.

What he can do now is to clean up the mess, appease the gentry in the city, and instruct the people to repair the city walls. As for the navy, it will be gone. Anyway, he is not a match for the Qingweizong, and then report it to the court.

On the other hand, the preemptive move of the Confucian sect also forced Li Xuan to change his plan. He originally planned to complete the ups and downs of the Weizong clan in Qing Dynasty, remove some borers, and clean up old cases. However, as the two families started a war, this plan, along with his promotion ceremony, had to be postponed.

Li Xuandu left the ancestral home of the Li family in Beihai Prefecture on the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and visited the Donghua Sect in Taiqing Mountain on the 16th day of the first lunar month. After a long conversation with the sect leader of the Donghua Sect, Zhenren Taiwei, then met his old friend Nan Kezi again. Then on the 17th day of the first lunar month, he returned to Penglai Island, Qingweizong, and lived in the Eight Scenery Villa.

Since then, the Eight Scenery Villa has once again become the core of the Qingwei Sect, and Jingxin Hall has become the main place for high-level officials of the Qingwei Sect to discuss matters, including the orders to dispatch fleets to bombard the Bohai Mansion, all of which were issued here.

This also made many Qingwei Sect's elders secretly sigh. Once upon a time, they were still discussing Li Xuandu's guilt in Jingxin Hall, but now Li Xuandu is presided over the discussion in Jingxin Hall.

After Li Feiyan and Li Taiyi returned to Penglai Island, they went directly to Jingxin Hall and reported their proposals to Li Xuandu.

After Li Xuandu finished listening, he asked Lu Yanbing to send a message to the Qi Palace and make corresponding preparations.

As for why Li Feiyan didn't choose Dongyue, it was like the Confucian Sect would not choose Taiqing Mountain. Dongyue is the territory of the Confucian Sect, Taiqing Mountain is the territory of the Daomen Sect, and only a relatively neutral Qixia Mountain is acceptable to both sides. choice.

In addition, the peace talks between Confucians were forced to do so. In a hurry, they might not be able to do anything in Qixia Mountain. If they really want to have peace talks, they don’t have to worry about falling into the local disadvantages of the Dazhen Mansion or the Imperial Capital.

Li Xuandu said slowly, "The Nine Earths Chapter says: 'Gathering the people of the three armies and throwing them into danger is what the general does.'

At this point, we should not have any luck. The Confucian and Taoist schools are bound to fight in one battle, and there is no other way. This is the most urgent matter, so I asked Bingyan to suppress those bad things again and push back the rest. ”

Li Feiyan and Li Taiyi knew very well that those bad things refer to the trends within the Qingweizong and the Li family. There are definitely more than one such person, Li Jinfeng and Li Daohong, but they are just a great enemy, so I don’t care about them for the time being.

Li Xuandu continued: "Taigong's "Six Strategies" also says: 'Do not underestimate the enemy with the three armies as the masses, do not take the order as the most important thing and will die, do not be a slut because of his nobleness, do not disobey the masses because of his own opinion, do not Debate is inevitable. 'We cannot regard 'should' as necessity. Things will not develop as we imagined. I do not want to be arbitrary and authoritarian in matters related to life and death. So, invite everyone here , we are very interested in this matter, considering all possibilities and making arrangements."

Mrs. Li took the order together and left.

Li Xuan was sitting alone in the main seat of Jingxin Hall, and Li Feiyan sat in his lower seat and asked, "Zi Mansion, do you think this peace talks..."

"Peace discussion." Li Xuandu sneered, "If you really want to discuss peace, there should be a result after Yuxu's sword fighting, but we all saw that the Yuxu sword fighting had just ended, and the change of the Dazhen Mansion occurred. , It seems that our Taoist sect is in a civil strife, but if there is no Confucian sect behind the push, who would believe it? We have no grievances and no grudges with the great priest of the Tianxin Academy, why did he appear in the Dazhen Mansion? The Confucian sect sees it very clearly , Confucianism is weakening and Taoism is rising. This is their last chance to curb us. If you miss it, it will be difficult to save it, so they must give it a try. "

Li Feiyan nodded: "I understand."

Li Xuandu said: "I have asked my senior brother to withdraw his troops, but the fleet will be moored on Shihuang Island for the time being. As long as the situation changes, you can advance to Bohai Mansion again."

Li Feiyan said: "From Huang Shiyuan's attitude, it can be seen that the Confucian people are a little scared. They are afraid that Liaodong will take this opportunity to go south. When the troops arrive at the imperial capital, the world will be shaken. It will be difficult for them, such as the Confucian people. Refute to blame."

Li Xuandu sighed: "The problem now is Old Man Long, not Dan Taiyun. There are only two earth immortals left in the Taoist sect and only one Confucian sect. In terms of realm cultivation, Old Man Long should be better than me. Most of them have entered the wonderful realm of the Yuanying. People from the Confucian Sect went to the saint's mansion to ask for immortal things, which may only be prepared for the old man Long. If both sides hold immortal things, then can they win if I am the only one of them? , it's really an unknown."

Li Feiyan understood very well that Li Xuan was not a humble word.

A large part of the reason why Li Xuandu was able to rise rapidly was that as the older generation ascended one after another, the resources of the Taoist sect gradually gathered above Li Xuandu. Now the Confucian Sect has begun to act like this, converging all the resources of the Confucian Sect on Old Man Long.

Li Feiyan asked, "Can you borrow two immortal objects from Zhengyi Sect?"

Li Xuandu shook his head: "It's too much, too little. Ordinary martial artists in the martial arts world can fight at most, two swords and two swords. How can I use three swords with two hands? With my realm of cultivation, I can control two to three immortal objects. It's the limit, no matter how much I have, I can't stand it. Moreover, I have not practiced the "Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Dharma", and it is difficult to maximize the power of two immortal objects in one sect."

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