Chapter 303 Xu Feng met this man at the end of the year, and the monk Nagarjuna was safe and unrest
Xu Fengnian chose this secluded location near the water and did not rush to enter the hinterland of the oasis. The result was clearly a Qimen Dunjia formation. He was involved randomly, and he might have to be captured as an assassin. The traveler of a hundred miles is half a dozen. Xu Fengnian waits until the dusk is dark, and the vermilion of the red robe is always in that calm and carefree attitude. Xu Fengnian concentrated his mind and held his breath, just like an old monk entering into meditation. He remembered the camel-riding woman he met on the Gobi Desert half a century ago. He didn’t have to look at his face and knew that it was a dragon girl. Otherwise, with Xu Fengnian’s current Taoist practice, he would not show up to borrow any water. As for the help in the future, I didn’t have much thought. It was just a matter of repaying the kindness of a water and repaying it with a spring of water. Ancient books record that every time this type of mirage girl enters the ocean or the desert, a mirage will appear, and the difference is nothing more than a mirage or a sand mirage. Mirage belongs to dragons, and is made into a building with breath. It is different from Gonggong’s natural divine power, and it is also different from the Fengfei Concubine’s mother-in-law in the world. Mirage girl has been regarded as the key to visiting the fairy mountain since ancient times by emperors who seek immortality. The mirage seen by mortals is naturally false, but this illusion cannot emerge for no reason, and it is only necessary to have a basis for it. Emperors of all dynasties instructed alchemists to go out to sea to visit the immortal mountains. There will inevitably be a dragon girl in the team. However, it is unknown how to guide them with specific secret techniques. Xu Fengnian is indifferent to whether that woman will become the key to the emperor in the future, and it is not something that a prince who has his own status can decide.
How many people in the world can be as happy as the old man in sheepskin fur when he was young, most martial artists traveled around the world. After suffering pain and loss, they believed in the tenet of “seeing more, doing less, and saying less”. One is Xu Xiao, who is born in the world, and the other is the Empress of Beimang, who is adopted as a hawk, easily let all the people in the world in the world be helpless.
Xu Fengnian suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the path that was trampled by the water. At the end of the path, there were old and young people coming together. The child was born with red lips and white teeth, and rode a bamboo horse, looking cute. He used a green bamboo as a horse under his crotch, and shouted lightly on his mouth. The child wore a wide-sleeved Taoist robe with a natural look, which made people forget the customs. The old man bearded and had a white hair and a tall figure, and a blue shirt. He had a clear and elegant atmosphere. The old man held the young boy in one hand and held two volumes of scriptures in the other. Seeing Xu Fengnian who had not hidden his whereabouts, he seemed to be unsurprising. He let go of the little Taoist boy’s hand and waved at Xu Fengnian with a smile, as if he was a friend who had met again after a long time.
The reason why Xu Fengnian did not hide or avoid was that he guessed the identity of the old man. Xu Huainan, who was once the most powerful minister of the Beimang royal court, was born in Liaodong. After careful consideration, he turned out to be a distant relative who was older than Xu Xiao, but this kind of relationship could be ignored. Xu Huainan arrived in Beimang before the scholar fled north, becoming the chief strategist and meritorious official of the empress Murong usurped the throne. He was well-educated and devoted all his life to the government of Beimang. Li Yang was about to settle the Spring and Autumn Period and used the general trend to attack Beimang. It was precisely because he tried to persuade the empress, who had not yet sat firmly on the dragon throne, to go south and lead the army in person, which led to the division of the north and the south today. Li Yang’s second national struggle to fight north,It was precisely because he had already stepped down from his post and returned to the field and formulated a strategy that allowed the upstart Tuoba Bodhisattva to defeat the third line of Liyang. He lived in seclusion on the side of the Ruoshui for many years. In name, he was a double-faced spy who reselled military affairs with both hands in his mansion. This made the empress furious and had to retire from the royal court. In fact, it was because Xu Huainan, a well-deserved meritorious veteran, had serious differences with the empress in his attitude towards the Murong clan. He was disheartened and then left the temple and entered the world. The so-called spy case that shocked the government and the opposition is just a step forward for both sides to take a step back.
Looking at the old man who once reached the top step by step and then slowly went down, Xu Fengnian couldn’t help but feel mixed emotions. The person in front of me is a powerful minister who can be compared with Xu Xiao in terms of reputation and achievements. Xu Fengnian bowed respectfully. The old man in high spirits approached and helped the young man of the Xu family who was in danger. He looked at him a few times, and smiled with relief: “I, the old man, didn’t expect you to come to see me. I even thought about whether it was Xu Xiao’s personal visit. It was a huge surprise. It’s worthy of being my Xu family. I said it a long time ago that the soul without courage would dare to fall into the fetus of the Xu family’s wife.”
Xu Fengnian smiled bitterly.
Xu Huainan touched the heads of the bamboo horses beside him, looked at the rippling river water, and whispered: “Don’t worry, the Liangmang border is very moving. I took the opportunity to transfer most of the imperial cavalrymen. Because I guessed that you were going to come, I took the opportunity to transfer most of the imperial tent cavalrymen. This place looked the most dangerous, but also the safest. During the Qingming Festival, I left the city to kill Tao Qianzhi, and then fought with Tuoba Chunjun, which made the young general who was ignorant of the sky and the earth suffer a loss. Along the way, I took the initiative to kill Xie Ling, the demon who was eating people’s hearts and souls. Dunhuang City attracted Deng Tai’a to draw his sword, as if he had a grudge with the Princess tomb on the Yellow River. You, a young man, really opened my eyes. At that time, I said, as long as you can live to the weak water, I will meet you no matter what. Come on, let’s sit and talk.”
Xu Huainan and Xu Fengnian were sitting on the grass by the water. The silly child suddenly looked angry and picked up the bamboo horse and was about to slash it into the water. The heavy energy made Xu Fengnian suffocate for a moment. The vermilion object leaped out of the water, and it was about to turn the rivers and the seas. Fortunately, Xu Huainan held the green bamboo pole and shook his head. Only then did the child restrain his aura and return to his innocent expression. Seeing Xu Fengnian’s eyes strange, the old man revealed some secrets, but he stopped. Wen Yan smiled and said, “I can’t tell whether it is the supreme magical power of the Taoist sect to transform the three qi into the three purities or the rare means of killing the three corpses and ten continents. However, this person around him must be a miserable child. In recent years, there have been so many thatched huts and doors. Intelligent people who know how to burn cold stoves and practice in public are gradually unable to stand up, and the number of people is less and less. Thanks to the accompanying child, I don’t feel bored.”
For Taoist orthodox, the dragon and tiger golden elixir has always been regarded as the only way to prove immortality. The talismans outside the elixirs are all side doors, not to mention the left-handed corpses who do not see any records in the classics. Besides, Xu Fengnian didn’t have the intention to dig into this little detail, just oneA small Taoist boy can make the yin objects with full yin energy seem to be facing a great enemy. Is Beimang too hiding dragons and lying tigers?
Xu Huainan, who was 70 years old but did not see any elderly and tired, sat cross-legged and said softly, “Since you dare to come here, I will make an exception and be honest with you and say a few words that I originally planned to bring into the coffin. If it were a year ago, I would have planned the matter of devouring the Mang for Xu Xiao as agreed. After all, I was not loyal to the royal court, nor did I have the hobby of being a woman under the skirt. The reason why I was a slave to the country and devoted myself to the empress was just because I was so angry about Chunqiu and Liyang. Since that was the case, I would be happy to see the Mang turmoil. This is more interesting than the chess game review. Of course, I am a famous chess game like Xu Xiao, but the Taiping Ling of the Chess and Sword Yuefu is a real national player inside and outside the board. He traveled to Liyang for more than ten years and found out the situation. This time he returned to the palace, prescribed the right medicine, and made a big move. He determined the universe, including the black and white, including Beimang, Liyang, and Beiliang. My position as a counselor was naturally replaced by this new emperor. My years of waiting for a price became a big joke. Xu Fengnian, since the royal court has no place to use my literature, what can I do even if I come back with shamelessness?”
Xu Fengnian remained silent.
Xu Huainan, who was self-deprecating in his words, did not see the young prince who came through mountains and rivers, “Are you very disappointed?”
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, “I don’t believe it if I say I’m not disappointed.”
Xu Huainan really opened the skylight and said lightly, “When I was born, I was naturally rich and noble. After I died, I was destined to be executed by the whole family without ten years. Half because I deliberately did not restrain my clan members, and let them do evil, and when I became the prime minister of the North Court, I deliberately had a feud with Yelu and Murong for a long time. The other half was that the empress was a woman after all, and it was natural for women to hold grudges. Before she died, she was destined to settle the old accounts with me and take a step back ten thousand steps. Even if she was nostalgic and did not make things difficult for me, the next Emperor of Beimang would have to deal with my descendants. I believe that I can do good to my clan members, and for more than thirty years, it is a glory and wealth that ordinary people can’t enjoy in their lifetimes. Only one person cannot die, or that he cannot die so early, is also a little compensation for my breach of trust in Xu Xiao.”
Xu Fengnian raised her head, confused.
Xu Huainan chuckled softly, “When Xu Xiao had Zhao Changling and Li Yishan as his right-hand man, I was not a god, I couldn’t give it to you two, so I could only give it to you one of the future Kings of Northern Liang. If you can trust it, please feel free to use it. He would have to die of exhaustion before he was forty.”