Chapter 097 Questions and Answers in the Mountains
In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong issued an edict: Those who are highly talented in civil and military affairs may recommend themselves to the imperial court.
At the same time, the ranking of Tangming Pavilion will accept the challenge of all martial arts from now on. Any martial artist who defeats those on the list can be replaced in the ranking. However, positions such as the head of Tangming Pavilion still need to be held by people from Tangming Pavilion.
As soon as the edict came out, the martial arts world became agitated, and the ranking of Tangming Pavilion changed frequently.
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Li Bai and others traveled for a month and finally arrived at Mount Baizhao.
Baizhao Mountain is only about twenty miles away from Anlu. It has many hilltops, dense peach forests and excellent scenery.
Zi Yan was very familiar with Bai Zhao Mountain, but she led Li Bai and others around Bai Zhao Mountain for more than ten days and still found nothing.
On this day, when they were looking for strange deer in the mountains, they met Liu An Shiyu of Anlu County and his servants admiring peach blossoms at Peach Blossom Rock. (Shiyu was an official at Yushitai, responsible for inspecting and supervising the officials.) So Li Bai went up to make acquaintance with Lu An.
Inquire for information.
Li Bai compiled and said: "Li Bai, he is Sima Heng and she is Zi Yan. May I ask your name?"
Liu An is a warm-hearted person who likes to make friends and has no official airs. After looking at a few people, he said: "I am Liu An, and I serve as the emperor of Anlu."
"It turns out it's Mr. Attendant. Li Bai is polite."
Sima Heng and Zi Yan also came up and bowed.
"Li Bai, the mountains and forests are not government offices. You don't need to be polite. In fact, I have seen you many times in Baizhao Mountain these days. Are you living in seclusion on the mountain?"
Li Bai smiled slightly and answered the question: "This place has peach blossoms and flowing water, is quiet and pleasant, like a paradise in the sky. It is indeed a good place to live in seclusion."
Liu An nodded and said: "Yes, this place is a place of rest. I can figure it out when I encounter confusion in officialdom when I come here."
"The world is uneven and the officialdom is troubled. It is indeed rare for adults to find a place to resolve their difficulties."
"From your tone, it sounds like you have ambitions for the world?"
Li Bai nodded. He felt that Liu An was an upright person, and he did not hide it. He said: "I do have ambitions: to stabilize the martial arts world and stabilize the country. I will apply Guan Yan's talk, plan for the emperor, and use his wisdom. I am willing to serve as an assistant and make the country more peaceful."
Huan District Dading, Hai County Qingyi!"
Upon hearing this, Liu An nodded and praised: "Young people have ambitions! But your ambition is not simple. You must have great ability to realize it, otherwise it is just a lie."
At this time, Sima Heng interjected: "Master Shiyu, he is really capable!"
"Oh? He has a lot of words. Is he good at literature or martial arts?"
"He is good at both civil and military skills, especially poetry and vertical and horizontal skills. He is unique." Sima Heng praised him with raised hands.
"Hahaha, young people are a little crazy!"
When Li Bai heard this, he smiled and said: "You are a bit crazy when you see this, but only crazy people dare to innovate and restore the world to peace and clarity."
"Well said!" Liu An praised, "Li Bai, based on your words, I conclude that you can achieve great things. Otherwise, I will test you. If you pass, I will help you achieve great things."
When Li Bai heard this, he was very happy. If someone from the officialdom can help, his ambition will be more likely to be realized, so he wrote: "It is Li Bai's great honor to be able to help you! I wonder how you want to test me?"
Liu An thought for a moment and said, "Didn't Sima Heng just say that you are good at both civil and military skills? How about I give you a question in both civil and military fields?"
"Okay, please give me a question!" Li Bai looked confident.
Liu Andao: "In terms of literature, since you are said to be a master of poetry and vertical and horizontal skills, I will take the poetry test. You will write a poem for me immediately, using the poem to express the questions and answers when we first met. The poem should not take more than a quarter of an hour.
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"It won't take a quarter of an hour!" Li Bai smiled and chanted:
(Q&A in the mountains)
Ask me why I want to live in Bishan,
Laughing without answering makes you feel at ease.
The peach blossoms are flowing away,
There is no other world than this world.
As soon as he finished reading the poem, Liu An was extremely surprised. This man is a genius in poetry!
Seeing that Liu An was silent, Sima Heng asked: "Your Excellency, what do you think of this poem by Li Bai?"
Liu An kept nodding, "What a poem! I like it!"
Li Bai said: "In terms of martial arts, I also invite you to come up with questions."
Liu An thought for a while, pointed to a big peach tree on the edge of the cliff and said: "As for Wu, take the peach blossom from the top of the peach tree for me, but do not damage other branches, leaves and other peach blossoms."
When everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing, wondering how this was a test for Li Bai?
Liu An saw this and was confused, "Why are you laughing?"
Sima Heng said: "Sir, this question is too easy for Li Bai!"
"Why do you see it?" Liu An looked puzzled.
Sima Heng smiled and said, "You'll know later."
At this time, Li Bai's energy had increased due to the poem he had just written. He was about to try his hand and foot, so he said to Liu An: "Sir, this is indeed not difficult for me." After saying that, he lifted the Ling and stepped on the ground.
He stood up, flew straight to the top of the peach tree, reached out and picked a peach blossom, then ducked and landed back in front of Liu An.
When Liu An saw this, he was extremely shocked and said: "This...isn't this the Lingyun Step of Taishang Laojun?"
Li Bai was startled, "Your Excellency, you also know about Ling Yunta?"
"Of course I know. I have been practicing martial arts for thirty years, and I was once ranked in the Tang Ming Pavilion. Later, I quit Tang Ming Pavilion because people who entered the official position were not allowed to be ranked!"
"It turns out that this is really disrespectful. Please forgive me."
Liu An waved his hand and said: "Li Bai, with your worldly ambitions, poetry, literary talent, and martial arts skills, you are worthy of my help. From now on, you can call me by my name, don't be in front of me or behind! And you, since we are all friends.
, let’s just call him Liu An from now on.”
They didn't expect Liu An to be so temperamental, so they quickly nodded in agreement.
At this time, Zi Yan asked: "Liu An, you often come to Baizhao Mountain, have you ever seen a mountain deer with three horns?"
"Yes! Those animals even killed one of my servants!" Liu An said angrily.
When several people heard this, they immediately became excited. Li Bai said: "Liu An, where have you seen Qi Lu?"
Liu An pointed to the cliff in the distance and said: "A year ago, I saw strange deer in Cyanzhu Spring. They were drinking water there. There were five of them in total. I saw the deer growing in a triangle and was very curious, so I wanted to take a closer look.
, unexpectedly, as soon as it got close, Qi Lu lost his temper and crashed into it wildly. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and managed to escape. Unfortunately, one of my servants was killed and one was injured."
"This strange deer is so violent!" Sima Heng was very surprised.
Li Bai said: "As long as we can find them, it doesn't matter if we are angry. Liu An, please lead us quickly. We are going to use Qilu to make medicine to save people."
Seeing that Li Bai was so eager, Liu An didn't ask further questions and said, "Okay, you come with me." After that, he led everyone towards the cliff in the distance.
After walking for half an hour, the group finally arrived at Cyan Pearl Spring.
The Cyan Pearl Spring is one foot long, six feet wide and six feet deep. The spring water gushes out from the bottom. It is clear and cool. The spring water flows along the trend and breaks out a small stream. Many mountain animals come here to drink water.
Liu An pointed to some bluestones by the stream and said to a few people: "Last time, the strange deer drank water by that bluestone."
Zi Yan took a look and said: "We have been here a few days ago and found nothing strange. It seems that we have to wait here for them to show up."