Taiping Inn

Li Daoxu left first, leaving Li Xuandu standing alone by the sea.

It was drizzling, but Li Xuandu didn't hold an umbrella. He stood with his hands behind his back, letting the raindrops fall on him. The sea under the rain curtain was surging and ebbed. When the tide came, the beach under his feet would be pushed back by the tide. If people stood in the sand, they would move with it. The same was true when the tide receded.

Li Xuandu's figure moved back and forth with the beach under his feet. He never moved his feet, and his eyes looked at the sea in a vain. His mind was not on the sea in front of him, but on what Li Daoxu said. Putting aside differences and disputes and only talking about Taoism, it must be said that this condition was not excessive, but Li Xuandu was not willing to do so. Putting aside differences for the time being did not mean that differences would no longer exist. One day they would erupt, and at that time, the reunified Taoism would have two results. One result was that both sides would be injured and then torn apart again. The other result was that the blood flowed like a river, and only one voice was left, and then it would be truly unified.

Both consequences, no matter which one, are what Li Xuandu doesn't want to see, but Li Xuandu doesn't have a good solution, so he is caught in a dilemma.

Things in the world are always a dilemma that cannot be taken care of at both ends, and you have to make a choice.

Lu Yanbing and Qin Su held oil-paper umbrellas to visit Penglai Island, and went to many scenic spots, and there was a special meaning in the rain, so the two of them were also very happy. Unknowingly, they came to this beach and saw Li Xuandu standing on the beach staring at the sea.

Qin Su and Lu Yanbing looked at each other, both a little surprised, and didn't understand what Li Xuandu was doing here alone. It was not that he was thinking about it in the sea. Finally, Qin Su gently called out, "Purple Mansion."

Li Xuandu finally came back to his senses when he heard Qin Su's voice. He turned his head and saw two women standing not far away with umbrellas. He looked down at his shoes that were already soaked, and finally pulled his feet out of the beach and walked towards the two.

When Li Xuandu walked in front of the two, Qin Su had already taken out an oil-paper umbrella from her brocade bag. It was a pair with the umbrella in her hand. On one umbrella, "No need to return in the slanting wind and drizzle", and on the other, "Enjoy the wind and waves without immortality", both were written by Qin Su herself.

Li Xuandu opened the umbrella and took the initiative to say, "The old man has given me a difficult problem."

Qin Su asked, "What is the difficult problem?"

Li Xuandu glanced at Qin Su and said concisely, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

It was very convenient for Li Xuandu to return to Qingwei Sect, especially to arrange accommodation. Li Daoxu had someone clean up the place where Li Xuandu lived before, and other guests also had their own residences, all in Li Daoxu's Bajing Villa.

Bajing Villa is called a villa, but it is actually very large, not much different from many mountain villas in the world. Let alone a dozen guests, it is more than enough to host a grand event in the world. It was just that Li Daoxu liked quietness, so the courtyard became deserted, and most of the courtyard was closed. Now Li Daoxu has opened the entire Bajing Courtyard to entertain guests. What Li Xuandu said about going back was going back to the Bajing Courtyard.

Qin Su heard Li Xuandu say this, knowing that things could not be explained in a few words, so she nodded and said, "Okay." She looked at Lu Yanbing again, "Bingyan, come with us, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Lu Yanbing also agreed, and walked with Li Xuandu.

Bajing Courtyard, as the name suggests, is built according to the eight trigrams, with a total of eight gates. Because the courtyard occupies a huge area, people coming and going can choose the nearest gate to enter, without having to run along the wall for half a day.

As soon as Li Xuandu and the other two arrived at Kunmen, they saw a lot of people gathered here, most of them were the hall masters and island masters of Qingwei Sect. When these people saw Li Xuandu coming over, they all bowed respectfully and said, "Hello, Mr. Four."

Li Xuandu has also experienced many things over the years, and his experience has increased. He immediately realized that something was wrong and said lightly, "There is no Mr. Four here, only Li Xuandu."

An old man stood out from the crowd. He was seen with white hair and beard without a trace of other colors. He had a pair of extremely long white eyebrows that drooped to the corners of his mouth. He was wearing spotless white clothes and looked like an immortal. Anyone who saw him would praise him as "old immortal." This old man said in a very arrogant tone, "Xuandu, you said there is no Mr. Four. Is this a son who doesn't recognize his father? Or a disciple who doesn't recognize his master?"

When people of the same generation get along, they call each other by their courtesy names to show respect. Calling someone by their surname is equivalent to scolding someone. If you call yourself by your name, you should call yourself by your name, which is humble. If you call yourself by your courtesy name, it is arrogant. In ancient times, when two armies faced each other, they could not be humble, and cursing was common. Therefore, generals often called themselves by their courtesy names, such as "I am Zhang Yide from Yan", which means to despise the enemy.

Among these titles, there are exceptions. When elders call younger ones, they can use their courtesy names instead of surnames, and only their given names. For example, Li Daoxu can call Li Xuandu "Xuandu" instead of "Zifu". If they are more intimate, they can call him "Xuan'er" or "Du'er". As for Li Xuandu calling Qin Su "Susu" and Qin Su calling him "Xuan'er", it is an extremely intimate practice, just like many bad friends say one or two curse words, or even give each other nicknames, which cannot be taken seriously.

Li Xuandu recognized this person, who also had the surname Li and was named Li Jinfeng. Now, whether it is the great heavenly master Zhang Jingxiu or the earth master Xu Wugui, they all give Li Xuandu three points of face and call him by his courtesy name "Zifu" instead of his given name. This is the same as being friends of the same generation and treating each other as equals. But if this old man insists on calling him "Xuandu", it's not impossible.

Each family’s generational model is taken in a paragraph, arranged in sequence, and has a certain number. Later generations only need to follow the laws of their ancestors. The generation of the Li family is taken from the sentence “Be careful in the way and follow the laws and destiny for a long time”. Daoxu is the word "Dao". Although Li Xuandu and others use no character "Mo", they are the word "Ru". The next generation is the word "Fa", while Li Daoxu's previous generation is It is the generation of "Jin".

Since Li Jinfeng has a word "Jin" in his name, it means that he has a very high generation, one generation higher than Li Daoxu. He is already ninety years old this year. Looking at the entire Li family, there is no younger generation who is not his. The younger generation, but his level is not high and his cultivation is ordinary, so he has only been honored and has not interfered in practice over the years. What's more, Li Daoxu has such a temperament that he cannot tolerate his disciples threatening him. Will he allow another elder to appear on his head? Li Jinfeng is also a person who knows how to advance and retreat. He has been deaf and dumb over the years, never interferes with the affairs of the Qing Weizong, and does not rely on his old age to point fingers at Li Daoxu. So Li Daoxu also respected him quite well and gave him the title of the hall master, leaving all the actual things to the deputy hall master.

In terms of the generation of the Li family, Li Jinfeng is the grandfather of Li Xuandu. It is okay to call Li Xuandu's name very much. Li Xuandu will not get angry because of it. He just smelled an unusual feeling. The aura of the ancestor who usually only cares about the affairs of the sect suddenly jumped out, and he acted like he was relying on his seniority and was talking about heart-killing words. He was coming to him. It seemed that the Confucian Sect and Li Yuanying and others , finally couldn't hold back and was about to take action.

Li Xuandu looked at him and bowed, saying, "I dare not be the ancestor to blame him like this. I am no longer in the Qingwei Sect, so naturally I should not continue to be called the former title of Qingwei Sect."

Li Jinfeng gently stroked his white beard and said lightly: "After all, he is still promising, developed, and he doesn't recognize Weizong, and our Li family. Well, how should I call you? Should I call you Master Li? What about calling you Mr. Qingping?”

Qin Su also noticed something was wrong. She was about to speak, but Li Xuandu pulled her sleeve off, and then she heard Li Xuandu say, "The old man values ​​the most rules, so everything must follow the rules. If it is just Qingwei The disciples of the sect, rather than the children of the Li family, can call me "Zengzhu" or "Mr. Qingping". If the children of the Li family, according to the genealogy, they can call me the second son. After all, the head of the Li family is still an old man now."

Seeing that Li Xuan had moved out Li Daoxu, everyone's arrogance was obviously weaker, and Li Jinfeng's face also felt a little unnatural. The state has national laws, and the family has family rules, let alone Li Daoxu, who values ​​the most rules. Li Daoxu is the head of the family. Although his seniority is one generation lower than Li Jinfeng, he still respects the head of the family for major events. Not to mention that Li Jinfeng is not Li Daoxu's serious elder, but the father of Li Feiyan and Li Qingyun. The resurrection of the master is also at the bottom.

Li Xuandu had already figured it out at this time. After the battle at Dabaoen Temple in Jinling Prefecture, the people in the Confucian Sect knew that a strong attack was absolutely impossible, especially when a immortal immortal was in charge, it was even more impossible. The Zen master is a painful lesson. But it is also a dream to want to attack and assassinate. History often repeats itself. The first time it was a tragedy, and the second time it became a farce. The assassination ended for the first time with Situ Xuance's death, which was an unquestionable tragedy. But the second time I wanted to take action against Li Xuan, who was already prepared, it was a complete farce. Dongguan’s experience has already shown this.

So the Confucian school came up with a new solution, which was also the trick they played the most and familiar to the past years, that is, to kill the heart. Since you cannot defeat the enemy from the front, then attack him from a personal morality and then criticize him from a high point of morality. As long as you prove that this person has lost his morality, you can confuse the concept and come to the result that a bad person can only do bad things. In other words, people who have lost their virtues naturally do everything wrong, and deny the whole thing by denying one person. Just like Zhang Suqing's implementation of the new policy back then, the new policy itself is irrefutable, then start from the four ministers and find evidence of the four ministers being unhappy to prove that the four ministers are also greedy and selfish, and then deny the new policy from this point.

Li Xuan even wants to be enemies of Confucianism. How can he not understand Confucianism? After all, only by knowing oneself and the other can he be invincible in a hundred battles? At this time, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he was alert to the masterpiece.