The Book of Troubled Times

In the guest hall, the fragrance of tea lingers.

Dai Qingge, who was personally received by the number one person in China to drink tea, almost felt like floating all over. He dazedly took the teacup handed over by Yuxu himself, and thought to himself that even if my father beat me to death, I would still be mixed up with Master Yuxu. What are those bald heads?

I'll go back and read Tao Zang, I hope it won't be too much...

But I heard "Qin Jiu" say from the side: "I am Qin Jiu, not Qin Jiu..."

This guy is still struggling with this...

"Is there any difference?" Yuxu said: "Or if you want to say it's Jiu Jiu, it doesn't seem impossible."

Dai Qingge couldn't hear the difference between the three words, and his eyes were full of circles.

Zhao Changhe understood it inexplicably. He just took a sip of tea and spit out all the words he heard. He coughed and choked: "The old Taoist is the best in the world, is this it?"

Yuxu only responded with an expressionless laugh: "Haha."

Zhao Changhe also knew what he was being sarcastic about. It was hard to argue with this. The Demon-Suppressing Division and the Four Elephants Sect were both trapped in the same palace. The Spirit Tribe might not have been so friendly with the Han people in the first place, but now they were sleeping properly. What do you want others to think? He had no choice but to change the subject: "Isn't this tea cheap?"

Yuxu smiled: "The price is more than a thousand gold. How is the quality?"

Zhao Changhe tasted it briefly, smiled and shook his head: "It's better to brew your own rice wine."

Yuxu also shook his head: "I don't have any leisure anymore... If I try to brew it myself, it will be full of tackiness and lose its charm."

"Isn't it easy to have some leisure time?"

"It just looks simple to others."

After asking and answering questions, Dai Qingge finally looked at the two of them strangely, and drank tea without saying a word.

He is a playboy and loves to play, but a man who is a hidden dragon cannot be a real fool. At this moment, I began to wonder if I should find an excuse to go out and give in...

But it doesn't make sense if he can't get out. The main reason why Zhao Changhe and Yuxu can't speak frankly is that they are not sure whether Dao Zun is paying attention.

With Zhao Changhe's current spiritual perception, he can overlook the performance of a city. It would be better to assume that Dao Zun is at the first level of Yujing. If he is at the second level, Yuxu's every move should be under his observation. And is it possible that Dao Zun only has one level? It's impossible. If it were the first level, Yuxu wouldn't be so difficult to deal with.

It was difficult for Yuxu to deal with a god-demon at the second level of the Realm of Control, and Zhao Changhe was afraid of being directly pressed to death by the opponent. Blind Blind will not help at this time...

But it doesn't matter what the Taoist is, as long as he can be sure that Yuxu's attitude towards him, Zhao Changhe, is still the same, it will already make Zhao Changhe breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, Yuxu was winnable. He was the one who went to the north to watch Timur when he was slaying the dragon. How could he be willing to mix with the forces that colluded with the barbarians? It was just a waste of time. And now that I have contacted him, I just want to see if I can relieve him of some concerns.

By the way, how could the old Taoist priest recognize him at a glance... Well, was it because he saw that he had pretended to be Wang Daozhong? Or was it because his wind-controlling method just now made him recognize the resemblance of his old friend Ye Wujiang?

He can recognize it, can Dao Zun?

Zhao Changhe sipped his tea and pondered for a moment, then decided to touch on the topic from another aspect: "Today's Master Kong Shi... it felt weird. In the end, he seemed to want to hurt the crowd of onlookers to put the real person in the face. No matter whether he had hidden non-Buddhist means , Anyone who can come up with this kind of thinking is already a demon and not a Buddha."

"There are no divine monks of the Kong character generation in the world... Even if there were, there would be no such powerful ones who suddenly appeared, and they would not be on the troubled times list." Yuxu smiled slightly: "Yuancheng and I fought for a long time in the past. Their knowledge of Buddhism is no less than that of Buddhists, I can confirm this."

Zhao Changhe knew this and asked, "So where did he come from?"

Yuxu glanced at Dai Qingge and said with a smile: "It should be the gods and demons of the past who borrowed the skin of Buddhism."

Dai Qingge choked on his throat as he took a sip of tea. He was a little frightened. He felt as if he was involved in something big that the family could not mess with. No wonder I thought this Buddha was weird before, but now it seems that I should let my father and second uncle decisively evacuate this whirlpool.

"It seems that this god and demon wants to use the skin of Buddhism to do his own thing. At this time, Buddhism is very weak, and it probably does not meet his needs, so he is trying to make Dayan Temple rise again by fighting with the real person. Zhao Changhe said leisurely: "If he is a normal Buddhist, he will slowly argue with the real person, but he can't wait and wants to use the fastest method, so he directly discusses martial arts."

Yuxu nodded: "That's right. What do you think, little brother?"

"I am neither a Buddha nor a Taoist. I have no opinion on who wins and who loses. I will support whose scriptures make sense to me." Zhao Changhe paused at this point and observed Yu Xu's expression.

When Yuxu knew clearly that he was Zhao Changhe, these words actually made it clear that if you were in my big Han Dynasty, you could also preach. Although the Four Symbols Religion is the state religion, the state religion cannot conquer everyone. Now that Yuan Cheng has moved to Xiangyang Yuxu, he must also know that everyone competes fairly, so why bother doing things he doesn't like in this three-acre area of ​​​​Guanzhong?

Yuxu looked at him for a while, then suddenly changed a seemingly unrelated topic: "I heard that Yuancheng has been in conflict with the Blood God Sect since he went to Xiangyang. Alas, preaching is difficult."

This sounds unrelated, but in fact it just goes straight to the topic. Dai Qingge was confused, but Zhao Changhe laughed: "On the way to Chang'an, I heard that someone secretly instigated the conflict between the Blood God Cult and Yuancheng. ...It happened to be solved by King Zhao passing by, and now Yuan Cheng is developing quite smoothly in Xiangyang. Speaking of which, King Zhao, although lustful and shameless, is said to be a handsome man, right? No wonder he is favored by so many beauties. I really don’t know why. How handsome, I would like to compare if I have the chance..."

Yuxu lowered his head to drink tea for the first time, and almost wanted to throw the tea in this guy's face. He was probably the first person in ancient times to be so shameless despite his current status. Forget it, you are willing to admit that you are lustful and shameless...

Having said that, the background of what Zhao Changhe said is a bit interesting... In other words, if Zhao Changhe had not passed by Xiangyang and failed to resolve the provocation in time, then the news that had reached Guanzhong was that the Blood God Sect of the Four Elephants Sect was aggressively xenophobic and would not allow others to preach. , once Yuxu knows about it, he will have no other choice...these people's chess game has spread so far...but the more spread out it is, the more it makes Yuxu feel that he is a fool, is he a seasoned fool?

Now it is actually equivalent to Zhao Changhe sincerely inviting Taoists to preach in the Han Dynasty. Or perhaps it was to ensure that when the Han unified Guanlong, the status of Taoism would not be reduced in any way. Now that Guichen and others are prospering, his words are very convincing. And since Gui Chen and others are preaching, he, Yuxu, can completely retreat to his three rooms in Yunshui House and brew his own rice wine. Why should he come to the troubled waters of this world when he is obviously an expert in the world?

Yuxu thought for a while and said slowly: "Actually, it doesn't matter how Master Kong Shi wants to fight. Because no matter what he does, the old Taoist will try his best to suppress Chang'an Buddhism."

"Oh?" Zhao Changhe was startled: "The real person doesn't seem to be such a ruthless person. He really doesn't give others a bite to eat."

"Ha..." Yuxu sipped tea and said leisurely: "Li Boping relied on the help of Buddhism and Taoism to avoid being regarded as a grandson by the barbarians. It was also because of the struggle between Buddhism and Taoism that Li Boping would not be regarded as a grandson by me or the Buddhism. Become a grandson. This balance control may be very good, but unfortunately no one wants to play with him in a good manner. I don’t know what Kong Shi thinks. For the old Taoist, as long as the Buddhism is suppressed, I will be happy. If you are alone, then you can have a showdown with Li Boping - either cut off your seat with the Hu people, and the old Taoist can support you in your fight for hegemony; or you can become the grandson of the Hu people, and the old Taoist will stand idle and make your own choice."

Zhao Changhe laughed: "It seems that when he encouraged others to exclude Yuan Cheng, saying that he would be the second to die, it was the real person who was behind the scenes and squeezed out the Buddhist sect without any blood."

Yuxu said leisurely: "Although I used some disgraceful means, it does not require a bloody conflict, but it is the best way. It is a pity that this Kong Shi appeared..."

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "Isn't this quite simple? The real person is now number one in China, just beat him up."

Yuxu said: "Pindao has a reputation now, but reputation is a double-edged sword. For example, Pindao cannot come to someone's house like Kong Shi and bully him in public. It would be too ugly."

"It's just a real person who wants to save face... Ask Xia Longyuan and Timur. They are the real number one in the sky. Do they have these scruples when they want to beat someone?"

Yuxu smiled slightly and did not answer.

It's just that the Tao is different. If a Taoist pure practitioner does the same thing, it can be said to have fallen into the devil's way, and it may affect his practice. In addition, Dao Zun will probably like this way of doing things, because it is fast enough... But if Dao Zun likes it, Yuxu may not like it.

Besides...Kong Shi didn't show his true intentions at all today. If he was hiding some tyrannical magic power, he wouldn't necessarily be trying to beat someone up if he came to him. Maybe it would be funny if he got stuck there instead.

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "Since the real person wants face, we can help do some things that are inconvenient for the real person to do..."

Yuxu also had a smile in his eyes. He looked forward to Zhao Changhe's performance more than anyone else: "How can you help?"

Zhao Changhe said: "Is giving an idea a favor? For example, a real person can ask people to work overtime today to make a batch of golden bald tops to buy in the market. This is not humiliation, this is called making trouble. It's like a woman scolding a man for being callous. I'm afraid not many people will care about me, but once they say he's as big as a toothpick and lasts less than half a cup of tea, I'm afraid everyone in Chang'an will know about it within two days, and that man won't be able to survive anymore."

Yuxu: "..."

Dai Qingge: "..." How did you know that I had less than half a cup of tea... Well, no, this brother Qin is so vicious!

When I mentioned the bald top casually before, no one thought much about it. Now that I have been told this, I realize that if this thing is really pushed away, Buddhists should really stop hanging out in Chang'an. Even those who are more inclined to Buddhism are not afraid of being laughed at like a spinning top! Killing without blood is this.

Yuxu was a little nervous, shook his head and said: "We don't have a workshop to make these. Even all kinds of ritual supplies are ordered from other companies."

Dai Qingge was about to speak but stopped.

Yuxu, Zhao Changhe's eyes fell on him at the same time, and Dai Qingge said helplessly: "My family has a very big workshop. It's also very fast to cast a mold for this kind of top. If we rush the work today, it will be on the market tomorrow night at the latest." Sold... But real person, if my family takes sides like this..."

Yuxu smiled slightly: "Pingdao doesn't like to use force to force others, but it doesn't mean that Pingdao's third place in the ranking is just good-looking. If the young master helps Pingdao do things, then whoever dares to touch the young master's house will be with me, Kunlun Yuxu I can’t get through the palace.”

After saying these words, Dai Qingge was completely relieved. The so-called whether to listen to the Buddha or to listen to the Tao is nothing more than a choice for each family to take sides, and what side can be compared to the personal promise of being ranked third on the heavenly list? This thigh has been firmly tied. As long as things are done well, the Dai family's success will be just around the corner in the future. His father will only praise him and will never have any objections.

What's more, this Brother Qin... may have seen it himself... Why the hell is it you...

This might not be a passive stance. Fortunately, there is no clear card. It seems that it is not impossible to consider it as a secret hookup. Dai Qingge glanced at Zhao Changhe helplessly, and sighed: "Okay, in that case, I'll leave now and go do some work first. I need to pour molds or something, but I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time."

After saying that, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Yuxu and Zhao Changhe watched this guy leave, and Yuxu smiled: "There is no one like him on the list of troubled times."

Zhao Changhe said: "I don't know when I will be on the list. It seems that those on the list look down on me."

The blind man really wanted to rip his head off.

But he saw Yuxu adding another cup of tea to Zhao Changhe: "I think Mr. Qin is only one step away from being on the list, or to put it simply, he should have been on the list, but he has no results."

Refers to the Tianbang.

Zhao Changhe said: "I don't want to have any fight with the people on the Shenzhou list, um... The most prominent Hu people on the list now seem to be the former number one Qianlong, the demon fox Chili? He has no record for a long time, I don't know How is your practice going now... I would like to try it if I have the chance."

God damn Renbang, God damn Chili, the one you want to fight is his master, right? Yuxu was speechless and changed the subject: "Since Mr. Qin is helping the old Taoist, what do you hope to get from the old Taoist?"

"It's nothing." Zhao Changhe sipped his tea and said leisurely: "I simply hate Hu people and am happy to help Zhenren. If Zhenren can really dominate Guanzhong and squeeze out the Hu people, then I can be a pawn for Zhenren. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

From the beginning to the end, the two sides talked about the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism and the resistance to the Hu people, and could not touch on the difficult problem behind Yuxu. But Zhao Changhe's last sentence finally made a point. Is this pawn only targeting the Hu people, or does it mean that if he has other enemies in Yuxu, he is willing to help solve them together?

So far, I can’t say more. Zhao Changhe drank all the tea, stood up and said, "I'm very happy to meet the third person on the Heavenly Ranking today. It's getting late, so I'll take my leave first. I hope I'll have the opportunity to listen to the real person preach the wonderful Dharma again in the future."

Yuxu nodded and handed over a small wooden sign: "Sir, with this sign, you can enter and exit Louguantai at any time. I am a Qing Taoist cultivator, and there are few people who are good at planning. Now that I have been involved in the dispute with Kong Shi, I will give more. Idea. If there is any crisis because of this, the veteran will take action."

After getting this sentence, this trip is basically complete.

Zhao Changhe didn't say any more. He would be wrong if he spoke too much. He didn't know if any of the words he just said missed the point. It would be troublesome if the Taoist Master reacted.

He took the small wooden sign and resigned, all the way back to the vicinity of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. I plan to find an inn to stay there so I can meet Yue Hongling at any time.

Living here is actually a little dangerous. This is Kong Shi or simply Bo Xun's territory... He has offended Bo Xun a lot today. If he finds out that he lives nearby, he will definitely come to trouble him. Once the opponent's magic power is fully activated, you may not necessarily be your opponent.

But Zhao Changhe is not afraid of this. What he is afraid of is that you don't have full magic power. If the demonic skills were really exposed in public, then the Buddhist sect would be eliminated directly. Once Buddhism is eliminated and the Yuxu family becomes the dominant one, he can really have a showdown with the Li family and either draw a line with the Hu people or Yuxu withdraws.

In other words, the goal of my trip was to find out Bo Xun's true face, and that would be almost complete... As for other things, I really can't do them now, they are too complicated and cumbersome.

Being able to determine the goal of this step already makes people feel very comfortable. No matter what the game is, the fear is that the chess eye cannot be found. Once the chess eye is determined, it will be much easier to handle.

While tracing the lines in his mind, he happened to walk into a deserted alley.

It was already very late when we left Louguantai. At this time, the sun had completely set. On a lightly snowy winter night, the sky was pitch black. There are still lights in Chang'an City, as if it never sleeps, but when you get into the alley, you can't feel the meaning of this nightless city at all, it's pitch black.

Zhao Changhe suddenly slowed down, feeling an extremely frightening feeling in his heart.

The darkness of the dark alley seemed to be distorted and magnified. Gradually, it seemed that this alley was not an alley, but was in a vast wilderness, surrounded by deathly desolation and darkness, and boundless fear spread in my heart. This kind of fear is very different from the fear of blood evil. It stems from loneliness and weakness, a guilty conscience and fear in the face of boundless darkness.

The dark wind roared faintly all around, like a ghost crying.

Zhao Changhe's cold sweat unknowingly spread across his forehead. This was an extremely powerful spiritual attack, enough to make people fall into the night forever and go crazy in fear and weakness.

A graceful figure walks leisurely, as if it has its own BGM like the dark night wind, walking slowly, with its delicate hands slightly stretched forward, as if to say, don't be afraid, as long as you obey my orders, there will be no more panic in this dark night.

Zhao Changhe had the urge to kneel down and bow his head... just like when he was most frightened and weakest, he saw dependence and a beacon, or he knew that this was the field she created, but he felt an irresistible surrender. . As long as you surrender, of course you don't have to be afraid anymore.

The woman opened her lips lightly, and it was silent, but there seemed to be a chuckle whispering in her ears. Along with the jade hands stretched out in front of her, she seemed to be saying, kneel down and kiss me, giving you everything.

Zhao Changhe stared closely at the slender hand, his eyes moved upward with great difficulty, and met the other person's quiet eyes, which were as if they were inlaid with black gems, beautiful but lifeless.

Large galaxy.

——The blind man said, if so, it would be more like Jiuyou.

The identity of this woman is about to come out. The opponent of the Night Emperor, the top ancient demon god, represents chaos and annihilation, and is suspected of being the third-level Jiuyou!

No wonder Yuxu would make a joke about "Jiuyou can be captured". The essence is that Yuxu is reminding himself that Jiuyou is in Chang'an!

If I had known she was in Chang'an, who would have dared to come here to see her off!