After Zhu Qian sent Li Xiuyuan to the ancestral hall, he did not leave immediately, but waited quietly in the pavilion beside him.
After reading the books of sages for a lifetime, I dreamed last night that my grandfather appeared in a dream. As a descendant, he attaches great importance to it and does not dare to slack off in the slightest. This Mr. Li Xiuyuan is worthy of such attention from his ancestors, but he must have something extraordinary to care about.
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That day on the bank of Longyin Lake, Li Xiuyuan made a painting of a sleeping dragon. He saw it with his own eyes. It was indeed a skill of ghosts and gods that could not be mastered by ordinary people.
This person possesses supernatural powers, and coupled with his high position and authority, he will definitely have a profound impact on the Song Dynasty in the future.
"Master, listen, there seems to be some noise coming from the ancestral hall." Suddenly, the scholar on the side heard some noise and hurriedly reminded him.
Zhu Qian suddenly came to his senses and heard the sound of fighting in the ancestral hall across the wall.
"How can there be fights in the place where the ancestors' spiritual thrones are? It is extremely disrespectful to the ancestors. I should go and have a look." He stood up immediately and strode towards the ancestral hall.
But when he first reached the entrance of the courtyard, Zhu Qian's eyes narrowed and a look of shock appeared on his face.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to see an old man wearing a Confucian shirt and a square hat in the ancestral hall. He was picking up a ruler and chasing Li Xiuyuan. However, Li Xiuyuan did not resist, and just hurriedly turned around with no intention of fighting back.
dodge, but the old man was very angry, not because of his dodge.
If you avoid it, give up the pursuit.
"Grandpa, grandpa?" Zhu Qian's whole body trembled, his lips moved slightly, and hot tears burst out of his eyes.
Suddenly, a memory of his childhood emerged. At that time, he was still an elementary school boy, and his grandfather would chase him with a ruler like this when he was lazy and did not do his homework.
In the past, when I was young and ignorant, I only had fear and fear for my grandfather, but when I reached his age, I understood everything.
I couldn't help but walk to the ancestral hall to confirm whether my grandfather had appeared.
But he had only taken two steps forward when suddenly a strong wind blew up in front of him, picking up the sand and gravel on the ground and narrowing his eyes.
Zhu Qian rubbed the fine sand in his eyes, but when he opened his eyes again, the old man's figure deep in his memory was nowhere to be found in the ancestral hall. Only Li Xiuyuan was sitting upright and kneeling in front of a portrait, smiling slightly.
He lowered his head and seemed to be listening.
Hallucination?
He sighed deeply in his heart, and after confirming it several times, he turned around and left feeling a little disappointed.
"Master, what happened to the morale in the ancestral hall?" asked the scholars who came from the Zhu family.
"Get out, get out." Zhu Qian suddenly became stern. He still remembered what his ancestors said when they were dreaming that no one was allowed to enter the ancestral hall and disturb them.
At this moment, inside the ancestral hall.
Li Xiuyuan obediently slapped Zhu Lao three times with the ruler, and then he barely calmed down the old man's anger. He himself was a little embarrassed. After all, he asked such a question that he shouldn't ask. If he is old, there will be many older people.
Sometimes someone asks me this, I guess I have the desire to kill people.
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Fortunately, this Mr. Zhu is a scholar, and his severe beatings and scoldings are just punishments and reprimands. He does not utter any dirty words from the market, which shows that his cultivation is still first-rate.
When Mr. Zhu saw Li Xiuyuan, he stopped avoiding him and slapped him three times before snorting softly: "Fortunately, I am dead now. If I were still alive, I might have fought you to the death."
"However...your question is not completely groundless. After all, there is no smoke without fire. There is no clue at all, and those scholars will not slander my innocence like this."
Li Xiuyuan said in surprise: "So, is this really happening?"
Mr. Zhu had a dark face and held back his anger and said, "But it's not what the world thinks. It's true that my husband and his daughter-in-law got pregnant by themselves, but the woman is not a human being. It was only after my death that I found out that the woman was transformed from a thousand-year-old fox spirit, and she can be cultivated."
A fox spirit in human body, once such a Taoist spirit takes off its fox body, even the gods will look at it
Without any clues, it is not difficult to cast a spell to turn yourself into a pregnant woman."
"So, Mr. Zhu has been plotted for a long time?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned.
The vixen's sneaking into the saint's mansion definitely didn't happen overnight, it must have been prepared and arranged in advance.
In other words, the vixen is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to slander Zhu Shengren and make him unable to stand up.
But to complete such a plan, there must be more than just the vixen. She is just the executor, and there must be a group of huge calculators behind her. Only in this way can such a careful overall situation be laid out and the saint be trapped in the urn.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan actually shuddered in his heart.
"It seems that you have already figured it out. Yes, I have indeed fallen into the scheme." Zhu Shengren stood with his hands behind his hands, his face not very good: "The ghosts and ghosts are all-pervasive. That time, I ruined my reputation and spread Neo-Confucianism.
A fatal blow, even if you ask yourself, you are not clean or innocent
How can people trust such people? After all, I was still too scholarly back then. I only wanted to carry forward my ideas with passion. Without the support of force, I still seemed too fragile."
After a moment of silence, he then said: "So you are doing a good job. You have ghosts and gods from all over the world serving you, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in your hands, and your house is managed by a fox girl who has practiced Taoism for thousands of years, and you have even practiced martial arts beforehand.
Later, Congwen laid a solid foundation. This kind of foundation is the foundation for facing any challenges.
Not afraid of threats or conspiracies."
"Mr. Zhu was joking. I practice martial arts, practice law, and control ghosts and gods just to make some people who don't want to reason with me listen to my reasoning. The sky is big and the earth is big, and my fist is the biggest. After all, if I don't have enough force, what will happen if I just rely on words?
Can you convince people? It is important to convince people with reason, but without force
Deterrence seems too empty and weak." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Although the words are vulgar, they are very reasonable." Zhu Shengren said: "Although I want to continue discussing some ideas with you, my time in this world is running out. After I have said some words, I will be reincarnated.
Now that I have gone, everything that happened before and after life has nothing to do with me.
Come here with your ears."
He sighed with emotion, and then told Li Xiuyuan some words of advice.
Li Xiuyuan had a look of surprise on his face, then became serious again, and finally looked hesitant, and then immediately fell into silence again.
"That's all I have to say. You can take care of yourself. I'll leave this world to you. This is all I can do for you." Zhu Shengren said slowly, and then his body gradually disappeared and turned into a human being again.
A plume of green smoke and incense blew away in the ancestral hall.
"Remember, remember, don't go against God's will. Everything in the world has its own reasons. Even saints can only do what God wants. All we can do is to change the way of the world, not to disobey it. Everything needs to be let nature take its course.
There are some truths that you must understand in advance, otherwise the day will come when you wake up
It's already too late, this is what I'm most worried about..."
Zhu Shengren's body completely turned into incense and disappeared, but when he finally looked at Li Xiuyuan, his eyes showed a hint of worry, as if he was not worried about this young saint wandering around in the world.
But he had already died, and could not provide any substantial help other than a few words of advice. He could only disappear from the world with this worry.
"Are you gone..." Li Xiuyuan watched Zhu Shengren disappear.
He knew that Saint Zhu would never appear again from now on. The reason why he stayed in the world as a ghost and god was because he was waiting for his appearance.
Now that my wish has been fulfilled, this last trace of obsession has disappeared.
The portrait hanging on the wall that swayed in the wind regained its tranquility, no longer showing any miraculousness, and became ordinary.
Li Xiuyuan sat quietly in front of the portrait for half an hour, recalling Zhu Shengren's previous instructions and writing down every word he said, not daring to forget it. He only stood up after making sure there were no mistakes.
He bowed his hands to the portrait of Saint Zhu, gave a solemn salute, and then turned and left without saying a word.
I've said everything that needs to be said. It's useless to say more.
After leaving the ancestral hall, the purpose of his trip was achieved, and there was no need to continue to disturb the Zhu Mansion. After saying goodbye to Master Zhu Qian, he said goodbye to Zhu Yu and then left the Zhu Mansion.
As for Qingfeng and Yuechi who were traveling together before, they have already gone back.
After all, it was getting dark now. Due to their reputation, they could not wait any longer and had to go back home first.
Li Xiuyuan walked on the dim street, with thunder rolling in the sky, following him all the way.
He knew that this was the Thunder God in the sky protecting him, patrolling the surroundings for ghosts and spirits that might appear at any time. If any evil spirits approached him, they would be struck by thunder from the sky.
Knowing that Shi Hu and the Imperial Master were in cahoots, Li Xiuyuan attached great importance to his own safety.
It's not that he is afraid of death, but that the victory or defeat against the enemy will be within this month, so he has to be cautious. He is a person who has suffered losses before and will not suffer a second loss, even if his martial arts and Taoism are not good enough.
It has reached the ultimate level that the world can reach, but it is still heavily guarded.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the dangers lurking around have not been revealed.
"Young Master, are you back?" In front of the Yamen, the night guard saw Li Xiuyuan approaching and hurriedly saluted.
Li Xiuyuan patted them on the shoulders: "Thank you for your hard work. I leave the safety of the Yamen to you at night."
The two bodyguards were a little flattered and hurriedly said: "It is natural to serve the young master."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, smiled and entered the Yamen.
And when he went to the government office to take a rest, he saw a candlelight burning in a study room in the government office, and a figure reflected in the window.
When he went in, he saw that it was Qiu Rong who was writing at his desk and handling official affairs for him?
"Miss Qiurong, why are you still in the Yamen?" Li Xiuyuan asked in surprise.
"Ah, Mr. Li." Qiurong was startled and hurriedly threw the pen to start, feeling a little at a loss.