The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 165: Use your brain, not your hands

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi and his two companions found and rescued Jiang Hongyu with the help of a Taoist priest in yellow robes. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.

Cui Zhi stood beside Li Yi with a smile and introduced him to Jiang Hongyu: "Sister Hongyu, this is the most talented scholar in Wei whom I often mentioned to you, Li Yi, the head of the Ministry of Rites and Music, Lord Li."

Jiang Hongyu couldn't believe her ears. She walked around Li Yi and looked him up and down. Then she went back to Cui Zhi and whispered, "Are you kidding me? Didn't you say that your Lord Li of Li Yuefu is a handsome, romantic, and talented gentleman? I can't tell his talent, but his appearance and skills are average. There's a huge gap!"

Li Yi's face was dark, and he cursed in his heart: A vulgar warrior is a vulgar warrior, even a woman is so vulgar! Can you speak? If you can't, don't speak! No one thinks you are dumb! How come I am not what Cui Zhi said? What's wrong with me?

This is what men's sense of self-superiority is like. As long as their facial features are not grown together, are in their original positions, are not missing anything or have intellectual defects, as long as such men think they are handsome, at least they will definitely not think they are ugly.

When Jiang Hongyu walked around Li Yi, she never stopped making clicking sounds. To be honest, Jiang Hongyu looks like an ordinary woman, so the talented Li Yi never cared about her opinion of him. But now you act like you are helping your best friend to review her boyfriend, and you don't even give her a good comment in front of her. This is a bit unreasonable.

Fortunately, Li Yi had a helper, although he was a little young, but Yu Jiu still couldn't bear to hear someone say this about her son. So she looked at Jiang Hongyu and said, "What do you know! My son believes in Buddhism and doesn't want to increase the sin of killing. He didn't use his full strength just now. Otherwise, he could have easily dealt with those people!"

After listening to Yu Jiu's words, Li Yi gave him a look of approval, which meant: You have made progress! You can finally speak human language! My efforts in helping you are not in vain!

But Jiang Hongyu's next words almost choked the two of them to death. Jiang Hongyu pointed at Yu Jiu and said to Cui Zhi with contempt: "I said you wouldn't do that. The child is already so big, and you won't let him go? Are you still a human being?"

Li Yi and Yu Jiu fell to the ground and almost vomited blood when they heard this! It's ok that you are a crude warrior, but your eyes and ears are not working well? However, this indirectly proves what true sisters are.

Cui Zhi quickly came out to help: "Sister Hongyu, what are you talking about! Li Lefu is really amazing!"

Jiang Hongyu was surprised and said, "No way, how long have we been apart and you've already tried it?"

Cui Zhi stepped hard on Jiang Hongyu and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!" Then she gave Li Yi an awkward smile.

Li Yi rubbed his brows and said, "Forget it, we have found the person. Now let's find a place to rest and go to Jiankang tomorrow."

Yu Jiu got up from the ground and raised his hand, saying, "No, sir, aren't we going to Linjiang? Where's the dinner we agreed on? Where's the big bed we agreed on? Didn't you teach me to keep my word? Why do you change your mind so quickly?"

Li Yi said awkwardly: "We have already found this person. There is no point in going to Linjiang again!"

Cui Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Li Yuefu..."

Li Yi interrupted, "Miss Cui, please stop calling me Li Yuefu. Don't you know that I don't like being an official? Just call me by my name, or Master Li."

At this time, the crude warrior spoke again, and once he opened his mouth, he could make Li Yi lose face. Jiang Hongyu said, "Mr. Li, we really have to go back to Linjiang!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jiu immediately joined the brainless friendship and stood on the opposite side of Li Yi, saying very seriously: "Yes, Sister Jiang is right! We have to go to Linjiang!"

Li Yi took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said in a very calm tone: "It's not impossible to go to Linjiang, but you must give me a reasonable reason, otherwise why would I take such a big risk to take you back."

Cui Zhi said, "Mr. Li, my identity has been exposed. The guards will definitely not only attack me, but also the secret agents lurking in Linjiang. We have to go back and make sure they are safe."

Li Yi nodded and said, "This reason is barely acceptable."

Li Yi looked at Jiang Hongyu and asked, "What about you? What's your reason?"

Jiang Hongyu said: "My sword furnace is still in Linjiang. It is the inheritance of my master and cannot be lost!"

Li Yi thought to himself: You are a three-foot-gold abandoned disciple, and you still care about the inheritance of the master. I am really drunk! Alas! I am afraid that you have a serious brain disease! Of course, Li Yi would not say what was in his heart. He curled his lips and said: "This reason is not satisfactory."

After saying that, he looked at Yu Jiu who was eager to try, then turned around and said, "You don't have to say anything. No one cares about your reasons. Let's go! To Linjiang!"

Yu Jiu jumped up excitedly, and Cui Zhi and Jiang Hongyu exchanged victorious glances.

Li Yi turned around helplessly, turned his back to the three people and said, "Okay, since we are going to Linjiang, let's hurry up! Yu Jiu will drive."

This sentence made Yu Jiu stand there in shock. He said in embarrassment: "Sir, the car... that is, the car... seems to be lost..."

Just now, the three of them were running after the Taoist priest and didn't care about their carriage at all. Li Yi slapped his forehead and said, "No way! We have to go to Linjiang?"

At this moment, the yellow-robed Taoist priest shouted, "Don't be sad, everyone. I've brought your carriage to you!"

Several people looked in the direction of the sound, and the Taoist priest in yellow robe stopped the carriage by the road and waved to them. Several people came to the side of the carriage, and Li Yi saluted the Taoist priest and said, "I misunderstood you just now, and I am very sorry. Please forgive me."

Yu Jiu and Cui Zhi also followed Li Yi in paying their respects. The Taoist priest waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay. It's normal to be cautious when you unexpectedly meet a Taoist priest like me in the suburbs. Mr. Li, can we talk for a moment?" Li Yi stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and the two of them moved into the woods.

Li: May I ask your name, Taoist?

Dao: My Taoist name is Jingling Sanren.

Li: Hello, Taoist Master Jingling. I wonder if you have any advice for me?

Dao: Mr. Li, you have also seen that not all of us in Ye Mao Mountain are evil cultivators. There are also people who practice Taoism seriously like me. You should know that wild cultivators like me practice unorthodox Taoism, and our skills are not strong. I am afraid that I will be unable to protect myself when facing a crackdown. Therefore, when Mr. Li leads people to crack down on Shura Palace in the future, please do not hurt innocent people, and eliminate those who practice honestly like me.

Li: Of course, that was what Li had originally planned.

Dao: Mr. Li has a kind heart, I believe it, but when that day really comes, the people who conspired with Mr. Li may not think so. So I came here this time to ask Mr. Li to persuade and protect him no matter what, and not let that master kill him.

Li: I don’t know who Taoist Jingling is talking about?

Dao: The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. This is all I can say. I hope Mr. Li will forgive me.

Li: I understand. Thank you Taoist Jingling for your help. I will remember this matter. When the day comes, I will do my best to repay your kindness.

Dao: No, no, no, it is I who should let go of Mr. Li, and I have not done enough. I heard that Mr. Li is practicing the ink-drawing technique, and I think he cannot control his spiritual power well, so he has not been able to cultivate it. Let me put it this way, my ancestors did pass down a set of cultivation methods that can improve the control of spiritual power, so teaching this method to Mr. Li can help a little, and it can also be regarded as balancing cause and effect...

Li Yi was so excited after listening to Jing Ling San Ren's talk about the cultivation method, because this set of cultivation methods is divided into two methods, internal and external. The external method is very normal, and there are some methods of dual cultivation in the internal method, such as taking in qi and eating yin, acupuncture, holding essence and combining qi. As the saying goes, between heaven and earth, movement requires yin and yang. Yang is transformed by yin, and yin is connected by yang. One yin and one yang, they need each other to go. Therefore, men feel strong, women move and expand, the two qi exchange essence, and the fluids flow together...

Although this was not a complete Taoist dual cultivation technique, it was like obtaining the true scriptures to Li Yi. After thanking Jing Ling San Ren again and again, Li Yi was very happy and joined a few people to go to Linjiang. They rested and waited outside the city gate until the city gate was opened, and the carriage drove into Linjiang City.

Linjiang City is a big city. Although there was no Grand Canal at that time, the countries south of the Yangtze River had been digging and dredging canals since the Spring and Autumn Period. The south of the Yangtze River section of the Grand Canal was widened and renovated on the basis of these ancient canals. Therefore, whether in terms of geographical location, climate environment or local customs and culture, Linjiang is destined to be a shining pearl south of the Yangtze River.

The scenery along the river is naturally superb. Wu Junxing, a great scholar in the Southern Liang Dynasty, wrote: "The wind and smoke are clear and the sky and mountains are the same color. The mountains and waters are unique and unrivaled in the world. The water is clear and fish can be seen. The water is blue and surging. The rapids are like arrows and the waves are like running horses. The high mountains and cold trees on both sides of the river compete with each other to rise up, and they compete to be high and point straight, forming thousands of peaks. The spring water hits the rocks, making a ringing sound; the beautiful birds sing, and the chirping sounds form a rhythm. The cicadas chirp endlessly, and the monkeys call endlessly. The kites flying to the sky look at the peaks and rest their hearts.

In addition to doing business after entering Linjiang City, Li Yi had to check in at another place, that is Lingyin Temple. This temple was built by the Western Region monk Master Huili, who was a disciple of the Bowl-Lifting Arhat and a Buddhist of the third level of Vajra realm. He was very good at holding the bowl in one hand to seek good deeds. This Lingyin Temple is not only the oldest temple in Southern Liang, but also the only temple that does not help secular people keep finances.

I have to explain here that, because the lifespan of Arhats is very long, the age span of their disciples is also very large. It is possible that the first batch of disciples have died, and they are still accepting new disciples. Just like the batch of Zhengyuan and Zhengjue, they were the disciples accepted by the Laughing Lion Arhat after he arrived in the Central Plains.

This Master Huili was different. He was an early disciple of the Arhat. Although he was of the same generation as Li Yi, they were more than a hundred years apart in time. At this time, Buddhist temples in the Southern Liang Dynasty were flourishing, and Lingyin Temple was also in its heyday, so it was impossible for Li Yi not to visit here. However, this is a story for later, so let's not discuss it here and return to the topic.

After entering the city, the first thing to do is to eat, otherwise Yu Jiu will be so lazy that he will give up! In the morning, the restaurants and hotels are not open yet, so we can only find food shops on the street. There are many kinds of food on this side of the river, and with Jiang Hongyu and Cui Zhi, two "locals", the breakfast is quite good. All kinds of cakes are placed on the table, and Yu Jiu's eating style is really like a wolf and a tiger, and he eats everything in a flash.

After eating and drinking, they started to do business. Because Cui Jiang and the other two were not convenient to show up, many things had to be done by Li Yi. The Nanliang Youwei was really good at doing things. It seemed that they would rather kill ten thousand people by mistake than let one go. Anyone who had a relationship with Cui Zhi, from the sons of noble families to the boatmen, they came to the door one by one. Fortunately, after Lao Yinbi assigned Cui Zhi a task, he ordered the secret agents to withdraw one by one, so the loss this time was not great.

It is worth mentioning that the task assigned by Old Silver Coin to Cui Zhi was a typical OKR results method. He asked Cui Zhi to persuade Shen Lu's father Shen Yue to support the third prince Xiao Zonggang. Once Shen Yue joined the third prince's camp, he would have to find a way to target the crown prince Xiao Zongqing. Obviously, the marriage between the crown prince and Princess Longyun would be disadvantageous to Xiao Zonggang, so Shen Yue had to find a way to cancel the engagement.

Here comes a question, how did Cui Zhi get exposed? Coincidentally, it was also because of Li Yi.

Li Yi was Cui Zhi's idol. When she learned that Li Yi and Tuoba Ziyi had caused a big disturbance in the Honglu Temple, and that Nanliang wanted to take Li Yi's head to vent her anger, how could Cui Zhi, as a loyal fan, sit still? Thinking that Shen Lu also knew that she liked Li Yi's literary talent, she wrote a letter to ask Shen Lu to help save Li Yi's life. Shen Lu was also infatuated, and loved Li Yi's wife, so he told his father this. At this time, Shen Yue had already joined the Third Prince's sect. After persuading him, the Third Prince interceded for Li Yi and tried his best to recruit him.