After Qi Xuansu had almost finished handling the affairs he had accumulated over the past few days, Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai also brought Xiao Yin back.
Although Yan Yongzhen couldn't beat Xiao Yin, Long Xiaobai was obviously better than Xiao Yin. After the two found Xiao Yin, Yan Yongzhen persuaded Xiao Yin with good words, and used emotion to understand and reason to act. Long Xiaobai didn't say anything and pretended to be a master and responsible.
Using force and deterrence, using soft and hard tactics, Xiao Yin was finally persuaded to come back.
Xiao Yin reluctantly walked into Qi Xuansu's signing room.
Qi Xuansu, who was sitting behind the writing desk, did not raise his head and was still marking official documents with his ink pen.
Yan Yongzhen said softly: "Master, we are back."
Then he stretched out his hand and pushed Xiao Yin gently, signaling Xiao Yin to come over.
Xiao Yin walked to the desk not far away with her hands behind her back and raised a smile: "I'm back."
Qi Xuansu then put down the ink pen in his hand and glanced at her: "You still know what you were doing when you came back?"
Xiao Yin avoided the important matter and said lightly: "I heard that the peonies in Longmen Mansion are very beautiful, so I went to see the flowers. I even brought you a bouquet of peonies."
With that said, Xiao Yin took out a bouquet of flowers from behind and placed it on Qi Xuansu's table.
Qi Xuansu took a look, softened his tone a bit, and asked: "Did you know that you are not allowed to leave the upper palace during your training? Who gave you this privilege?"
Xiao Yin started to pretend to be stupid: "Really? I don't know."
Qi Xuansu snorted: "Then do you know that Beimang Mountain is very close to Longmen Mansion? I think you want to go back to the Ghost Kingdom and Cave Heaven."
Xiao Yin started to pretend to be pitiful again: "I know I was wrong, I won't dare to do it next time."
Qi Xuansu asked with a straight face: "Where are the five thousand words of Taishang Taozu that I asked you to copy?"
Xiao Yin lowered his head and whispered: "I haven't finished copying yet."
Qi Xuansu slapped the table: "That's outrageous! Stand by the wall."
Xiao Yin pouted, walked to the side and stood against the wall.
Qi Xuansu couldn't blame Yan Yongzhen too much, so he signaled that Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai could leave. After all, Xiao Yin's cultivation level was too high, how could ordinary people control her?
Qi Xuansu glanced at Xiao Yin again and said, "Stand up straight!"
Xiao Yin knew that she was in the wrong. The key was that both Qi Niang and Wu Niang were not here, and she had no backers to support her. Others could not suppress Qi Xuansu at all. Looking at Yan Yongzhen and Long Xiaobai, they did not dare to speak. There is an old saying in the Central Plains, those who know the current affairs are heroes.
, I don’t dare to push back now, I can only be obedient.
Qi Xuansu was indeed a little angry this time. No matter how kind and strict his father was, Zhang Yuelu had moments of tenderness. Of course, Qi Xuansu also had moments when he showed his majesty. If Qi Xuansu didn't have this majesty, how could he have controlled his subordinates? But he had a bit of trouble in the past.
Too indulgent of Xiao Yin.
This time, Qi Xuansu asked Xiao Yin to stand in the signing room all night. He himself did not go anywhere. He just handled official business in the signing room, accompanying Xiao Yin and staring at Xiao Yin.
Physical punishment is secondary, but the key is boredom. Xiao Yin has an out-of-control temper, and boredom is the biggest torture.
When the east became gradually whiter, Xiao Yin was still standing against the wall, but he had already fallen asleep, and even the mucus bubbles came out of his nose, which became larger and smaller as Xiao Yin's breathing continued.
Qi Xuansu stood up and woke up Xiao Yin: "Get ready for class. Remember to make up for the penalty papers you owe. If you dare to sleep in class, it will be doubled!"
Xiao Yin rubbed his eyes, said "Oh" reluctantly, and finally left Qi Xuansu's signing room.
Qi Xuansu came to the window and looked out.
Because Qi Xuansu's signing room was located on the highest floor of Mingtang, it could overlook the upper and lower palaces. Qi Xuansu watched Xiao Yin come out of the second floor of Mingtang and walk to Kanyuan.
Xiao Yin seemed to know that Qi Xuansu was looking at her, and even glanced back, but with a stinky face.
Qi Xuansu withdrew his gaze and took out a piece of "Xuan Jade".
The biggest gain from this trip to the Cloud God Cave is of course Wang Jujun’s head. In fact, there are some secondary gains. When he entered the inner world of the extraterrestrial devil, he lost most of his cultivation. After escaping from the upside-down tower, he lost most of his cultivation.
In order to recover again, he came and went, which greatly increased the digestion progress of his "Xuanyu".
If you think about it carefully, this makes sense. Qi Xuansu's cultivation is like a cup of water, and the undigested part of "Xuanyu" is the sediment at the bottom of the cup. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to affect these sediments and needs to be done step by step.
.However, Qi Xuansu experienced great ups and downs in his cultivation this time in Yunshen Cave. It was like the water in the cup was turned upside down, which caused the sediments at the bottom of the cup to rise up, greatly accelerating the growth of "Xuan Yu".
Digestion speed.
Qi Xuansu will speed up the absorption of "Xuanyu".
Although the span of the pseudo-immortal is very large, it is not a matter of a few pieces of "mysterious jade", and it is impossible for Qi Xuansu to be promoted to an immortal in a short time. However, there are three levels of pseudo-immortal. Qi Xuansu is only at the lowest level now, not to mention the same as the original one.
Compared with the Third Prince, even compared to some old-fashioned pseudo-immortals, they are much inferior.
In the Nanyang incident, Pei Shenfu became Qi Xuansu's prisoner. Although Yao Yi did not come forward afterwards, he asked Yao Shu to come forward and presented Qi Xuansu with two pieces of "Xuanyu" in the name of a wedding gift to settle the matter.
The "Xuan Jade" Qi Xuansu took out was the piece from the Yao family. It was covered with blood, almost completely dyeing the "Xuan Jade" red.
After a while, Yan Yongzhen came in.
Qi Xuansu asked: "What are the arrangements for today?"
Yan Yongzhen took out a notebook, flipped through it and said: "In the morning, I inspected the lower palace, talked with the students of the lower palace, and delivered a speech. In the afternoon, I went to the Jiangnan Branch Palace. This is the first branch palace opened after the establishment of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Its significance
It's important. The first branch palace that the previous palm palace masters and master palm palaces inspected after taking office must be the Jiangnan branch palace. As for the itinerary for the branch palace, it will be arranged by the branch palace. We still have to go to the branch palace.
Stay one night.”
Qi Xuansu asked again: "What about the next few days?"
Yan Yongzhen turned a page and continued: "The next day, we will go from the Jiangnan Branch Palace to the Liaodong Branch Palace, and we will also stay one night."
"On the third day, we will go from Liaodong Branch Palace to Jinzhou Branch Palace and stay one night."
"On the fourth day, we will go from the Jinzhou Branch Palace to the Zhongzhou Branch Palace, which is the Beimang Mountain Branch Palace. It is the closest to the main palace, so we don't have to stay one night. We can go back to the main palace directly."
"On the fifth day, there are classes in the palace and discussions in the Taoist palace."
"The entourage, apart from me, is mainly the two assistants, Assistant Manager Lu and Assistant Manager Cheng, and Assistant Manager Ning. She is the housekeeper of the Dao Palace and is also going. As for the escort, in addition to the necessary personnel for the flying boat
, arranged for a second-grade spiritual officer to accompany him."
Qi Xuansu sighed: "Business matters are more important, so let's go to the lower palace first."
The lower palace is within easy reach, so there is no need to make too many arrangements.
Returning to the place where he lived back then, Qi Xuansu felt a little emotional. At that time, he never thought that one day he would be able to return to the lower palace in this capacity.
This can be regarded as a homecoming in a sense.
This time's speech made Yan Yongzhen feel admired from the bottom of his heart again. Because he knew that his boss had just come back and had been dealing with the backlog of official business all day yesterday. He had no preparation at all, not even sharpening his weapons in battle.
Just rush into battle.
However, Qi Xuansu still completed his speech completely without the script, making sense and content, unlike some real people who cannot speak without the manuscript in their hands.
It is said that Master Taiwei rose to power by virtue of his martial arts, and he is a martial artist, but in Yan Yongzhen’s opinion, he should be versatile in both literature and martial arts. Maybe Master Qi is not good at poetry, but these are minor ways, Master Qi is in his understanding of Taoist classics
It's quite insightful.
Qi Xuansu was talking about "moral" issues with the Xiagong students this time, and it was also an extension of moral construction.
"People cannot live without vanity, and good and bad are determined by comparison. Our current living standard is already better than that of many nobles in ancient times, but many people are still dissatisfied because in comparison, they are not as good as their neighbors or not as good as their neighbors.
Colleagues, unlike others of the time.”
"When you have vanity, you love to show off. Showing off is nothing more than two aspects, one is material and the other is spiritual. The material aspect is generally measured by money, and the spiritual aspect is generally measured by knowledge. Whether it is showing off money or knowledge, there are only two aspects.
A small number of people can do it, but if they make a swollen face and pretend to be fat, it will be easy to reveal their secrets. Because no money means no money, lack of knowledge means lack, and you can't pretend."
"So is there a way that is not easy to be exposed, but can also satisfy one's own vanity by being superior to others? Yes, that is to stand on the moral high ground, condescendingly attack other people's views and practices, and label them as disloyal, unfilial, and dishonest.
"Righteousness, if you have an unfair name, you will be superior to others."
"So in recent years, the clear rivers have begun to overflow, and there are so many people who hold high the banner of morality. The moral high ground is full of flowers that have not experienced wind and rain. And among these flowers, there are also some people with ulterior motives hidden, trying to take advantage of them.
Killing people with a moral weapon. Such chaos is caused by the backwardness of moral construction, unclear moral standards, and the fueling of certain high-level officials."
"Over the years, many people have encouraged the acceleration of the construction of the rule of law. This is right, but the cornerstone of the law is morality, and the law is the bottom line of morality. If morality collapses, then what is the so-called law based on?
?Can a great empire be maintained by just relying on severe punishments? When the Red Emperor conquered the world, he made a three-chapter agreement with his elders: those who kill will die, and those who hurt others and steal will be punished. I have to eliminate the ancestral dragon's method and win the hearts of the world. It is necessary.
Check."
"This is terrible and sad. Morality has been weaponized and vulgarized. We can't help but ask, what is morality? Who defines morality?"
"I don't want to discuss this issue today because it is a bit esoteric. Finally, I quote a saying from Westerners: There are always some people who don't understand nature, don't understand reason, don't know how to do business, and don't have anything to offer, but they just think they are good at it.
Distinguish between right and wrong."
"Some people may want to say, I can't refrigeration, but I can evaluate ice cream. This is no problem. Of course, you don't need to know how to refrigeration to evaluate ice cream, but you must know why it can be refrigerated in order to make a clearer evaluation.
If you insist on saying that the ice cream is not cold because the fire is not burning brightly enough, then you are making a fool of yourself."
"I'm writing the second chapter, but I don't recommend waiting. It's better to go to bed early."