Taiping Inn

After Pei Yu failed to walk on water for more than a dozen times, his shoes and trouser legs were soaked, and he came to pester Li Xuandu to show him how to do it.

During this period of time, the two had become very familiar with each other. Li Xuandu could not stand Pei Yu's pestering, so he stood up and jumped out.

This jump directly jumped more than ten feet into the air and rushed straight to the lake. When falling in mid-air, Li Xuandu lightly touched the water surface with his toes, without splashing water, but only slightly rippling, spreading out layer by layer, like a feather falling into the water instead of a stone thrown into the water.

The same is true for flying birds.

Li Xuandu floated across the center of the lake and walked on the water. The layers of ripples behind him were like lotus flowers blooming.

One step, one lotus, and lotus blooms with every step.

After Li Xuandu arrived at the opposite side of the lakeshore, the lake surface behind him had completely returned to calm and smooth as a mirror.

Pei Yu's eyes widened, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, as if he was recalling this scene, and as if he was imagining that he would be able to see the same scene in the future.

After a brief moment of amazement and emotion, Pei Zhu didn't say much. In the martial arts, if we talk about realm, the means used by Li Xuandu to kill Hu Yanshengming must be higher, but it is undoubtedly more pleasing to the eye to drift across the river at the moment.

After Li Xuandu came to the other side of the lake, he just stayed for a while and returned the same way.

At this time, another group of people came here. Li Xuandu and Pei Zhou and others were quite surprised. After all, this place is so remote, and it is a time of war. It is rare to meet people who are also outing.

The reason why Li Xuandu thought that the people who came were also outing people was because this group of people were all young men and women, in pairs, and most of them were intimate. At a glance, you can see the sweet and sour taste that makes people feel relaxed and happy.

At first glance, Li Xuandu and the other four people looked like a family, and they didn't look like fierce people, so the two groups of people walked together.

This small lake is not big, but not small. It's not big, Li Xuandu can walk across it quickly from east to west. It's not small because the small lake is connected to the river, and it is very narrow from north to south. Li Xuandu and others are on the north side of the lake. If they want to go to the south side, where the lake and the river meet, it will be a long way.

The group went south together. When introducing each other on the way, Pei Zhou did not deliberately hide his identity, but Li Xuandu said his name was Li Xuance. The reason for this is that this group of men and women are not locals, but disciples of Cihang Sect and Zhengyi Sect. This time they came to Qizhou for their master's training. Although Qizhou was in a war and people were panicking, it was not a big deal for them, the disciples of the Jianghu sect, so the group took advantage of the early spring to travel Qizhou and see the Jiangbei style that is completely different from the Jiangnan style.

The names of Zhengyi Sect and Cihang Sect are naturally known to everyone, and the friendship between the two sects is also an open fact. In addition to Yan Feiqing and Su Yun'an, there are many other young male and female disciples in the two sects who have formed Taoist couples, which has made the two sects form a close relationship. This is why the old Taoist priest of Zhengyi Sect borrowed the "Cihang Pudu Sword Canon".

You should know that the "Cihang Pudu Sword Canon" is the foundation of the Cihang Sect and is also a secret that is not passed on. The fact that the old Taoist priest can borrow the "Cihang Pudu Sword Canon" shows the good relationship between the two sects. However, there are also rumors that the old Taoist priest also taught the "Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Orthodoxy" of Zhengyi Sect to the leader of Cihang Sect.

The leader of this group of men and women was a disciple of the Zhengyi Sect who was very good-looking and talented. He was already in his prime, well-informed, and quite talkative. Along the way, he talked to Li Xuandu about the local customs and interesting things in various places, and the interesting things he saw and heard from all over the country. Facing Li Xuandu's knowledge of traveling around most of the world, he could always connect the conversation. If it was a sixty-year-old man, Li Xuan would not be surprised by this knowledge, but it was especially rare for a young man in his twenties.

They stopped and rested along the way. At noon, everyone rested on an open space by the lake. The women took out some snacks from their brocade bags to share with each other, and the men brought wine and talked about world affairs while drinking.

Men, no matter old or young, all have some problems of bragging. If there are women next to them, they will talk a lot. So a group of young people pointed out the country, as if the huge Wei Dynasty was on their shoulders.

Since they were in Qizhou, they could not avoid the Qingyang Sect that was wreaking havoc in Qizhou. The war in Dongchang Prefecture not long ago made the men talk more excited. Although the Qingyang Sect was coming in full force, whether it was the Thunder God, Qing Niu Jiao, and Wu Lu under the command of General Tang Zhou, or the three brothers Bai Jue, Bai Bo, and Bai Rao under the command of General Tang Qin, they were all well-known figures, but the real powerful one was Mr. Wu Zhi, who was known as the "shadow governor". In this war, Mr. Wu Zhi personally sat in Dongchang Prefecture to save the building from collapse and turn the tide. If he had not been unable to serve because of his disabled legs, he would definitely have been a cabinet minister.

As for Qin Daofang, the governor of Qizhou, there are rumors that he went to Luzhou to meet the governor of Jingchu and asked him to transfer food because of military rations. At this time, he was still on his way back to Qizhou and was not in the governor's office.

Seeing that Li Xuandu remained silent, Pei Zhou asked with a smile: "Mr. Li, what do you think?"

Li Xuandu was also given a pot of wine and put down the pot in his hand: "In my opinion, the Governor of Jingchu will not lend grain to the Governor of Qizhou. It is not an open refusal, but a word of 'delay'. He complains and tries to save face, but at most he can 'gather' a dozen ships of grain. For such a large Qizhou, it is a drop in the bucket."

A young man who still has a good impression of the Governor of Jingchu frowned and said, "The Governor of Jingchu is a famous minister of the Heart Science and came from the Wanxiang Academy. It shouldn't be like this, right?"

Li Xuan smiled slightly and didn't say anything. On the contrary, Pei Zhou sighed: "When the official becomes an old man, there will be no scholar. Everyone knows that there are so-called "Hou Party and Imperial Party" in the court. The Governor of Jingchu was promoted by the Empress Dowager himself, and the Governor of Qizhou was If the Imperial Party members borrowed food and asked the Governor of Qizhou to suppress the Qingyang Sect Rebellion, how could the people of the Later Party deal with themselves?”

Several young men looked at each other, and one of them couldn't help but say, "According to Mr. Pei's wishes, are the people of the Housing Party planning to quell the Qingyang Sect Rebellion in Qizhou?"

Pei Zhou sighed softly and said nothing.

Li Xuandu said in one sentence: "I'm afraid he is not just a member of the Later Party. There has always been nothing more than the word "advancement and retreat" in the officialdom. It is not just the people of the Later Party that do not want the great achievements of the Qingyang Sect to be put on the heads of the imperial Party. Even the people in the Imperial Party may not be willing to end the war. In other words, the people on both sides do not want the Governor of Jingchu to lend food to Qizhou."

Pei Yu said in surprise: "Why?"

Li Xuandu said softly: "For the imperial party, the Qingyang sect must not be suppressed, and the entire suppression cannot be suppressed. The court cannot have Qizhou for a day, and Qizhou cannot have Qin Daofang for a day. Qingyang sect is there, and the governor of Qizhou is Qin Daofang for a day. If Qin Daofang is here, the Hou Party dare not attack the Imperial Party. Do you understand?”