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Chapter 6 Six: Inside the Xuandu Station
When Li Lier returned to the posthouse by the moat, it was already sunset. The postmaster knew that this was Shen Heyi's accompanying boy, and enthusiastically went up to ask him what cakes, porridge and rice he wanted. Li Lier was still thinking about the day's affairs , with a casual finger, signaling the postmaster to stay aside, the postmaster put a cold butt on his hot face, with a contrived smile on his face, and secretly scolded the dog in his heart.

This posthouse is the famous Xuandu Posthouse many years ago. When the first emperor was in power, Xuandu Posthouse was the Dayong Imperial City. At that time, Xuandu Posthouse was very impressive. There were hundreds of stables and [-] horses. , the weather is amazing.

Up to now, although Xuandu Station has declined a lot, its scale is still not small.Most of the stables, posthouses and warehouses were demolished and replaced with rockery pools and gardens. After passing the horse shrine, you will find the mansion where the eaves and walls are covered, and the corridors and waists are back. Although it has lost the atmosphere of the past, But a lot quieter.

When he was about to reach the mansion where Mr. Shen lived, Li Li'er straightened his collar, straightened his head with the pointed scarf, and then went outside the door to call Mr. Shen.

The official career of this Mr. Shen has been very bumpy. Lin Gong worked as a householder for eight years, was demoted to Bianzhou within two years, and served as a general judge for four years. After returning to Beijing, he only served as an imperial edict. Yidang has not moved for five years.

But Li Li'er's respect for Shen Gong will not be diminished.

In Dayong, Buddhism and Taoism stand apart from the outside world, and Confucianism assists people in governing the country. Today's Confucianism can be roughly divided into two sects.The faction that is most powerful today originated more than 300 years ago. At that time, Confucianism was in decline and there was no saint in the world. Fortunately, there were five great Confucianists who used the method of prophecy to integrate the concepts of the two religions and turn benevolence and righteousness into the law of heaven. As for the decline of Confucianism.Immediately after he was consecrated and born, he exhausted the extremes of heaven and attained the holy throne, and finally consolidated the status of Confucianism again.

90 years ago, there was another great Confucian who upheld the doctrine of consecration. He wished to impoverish the principles of heaven. After traveling around the world, he felt that the principles of heaven were boundless and manpower was sometimes poor.Consciously seeing all living beings, but never tasted death, he chiseled a stone for a coffin, sealed it for half a month inside the sarcophagus, explored life and death, realized that the heart is heaven and earth, and was revered as the sage of Yang.

After enlightenment in Yangsheng's coffin, he preached to the seven students around him. They became the Seven Great Confucians of Yangmen, and the Seven Great Confucians recruited many disciples.

Shen Gongjizhi, courtesy name Qingteng, is the closed disciple of Wu Shiyin, one of the seven great Confucians in Yangmen.

Today's two major schools of Confucianism, one of which "seeks out principles" and the other "has no external objects", of course they cannot talk together.The situation in the DPRK and China is that the Zhu family is powerful, and the Yang family is in the opposition. Shen Gong, as Wu Shiyin's disciple, has repeatedly encountered obstacles in the officialdom, but he is more than enough to be Li Li'er's teacher.

After Mr. Shen at the door responded, Li Li'er opened the door and entered the house.

The interior of the room is elegant and simple, with mulberry paper mounted on the wall, and there is a simple table in front of the window, on which there is half a bowl of porridge and two dishes of vegetarian dishes, which are two kinds of spring bamboo shoots, fried and boiled in batter, which is commonly known as Boil gold and jade.

Shen Qingteng was opening the window, and suddenly, a yellow paper crane appeared outside the window without any warning.The paper crane approached the window as fast as an arrow, then slowed down again, flew in lightly, and landed on the table.

Shen Qingteng unfolded the paper crane, looked at it, and threw it away, a green fire ignited on the letter paper, and instantly burned the letter paper to ashes.

Li Li'er was not curious about what was written on it. There were often more than ten such letters a day.

"How is the case investigation going?" Shen Gong brushed off the lower part of his crane cloak, "Sit down and talk."

The two sat on their knees at the table, and Li Li'er replied, "I went shopping for a day and saw some scenery."

Shen Qingteng ate a mouthful of bamboo shoots in the porridge, nodded and said, "I need to walk more and see more. You have never been out of Yujing, and you have been practicing Qi Cultivation Kung Fu. Kung Fu is the same as learning. You can't practice it behind closed doors." Yes, nourish the qi, nourish the essence, and the heart qi can't be let down, if you can't raise the qi well, you don't have to think about supernatural powers."

Li Li'er sat quietly and thought for a while, then replied: "Thank you Lord Shen for your teaching."

Shen Qingteng took two mouthfuls of porridge, stopped his chopsticks and asked, "Do you know why I asked you to monitor this case?"

"I've thought about it." Li Li'er said, "Shen Zhasi invoked leftist monsters, and Sun Sicheng didn't want to give others a handle. With the crane-cloth envoys monitoring him, he would not be afraid of being attacked by his opponent. As Mr. Shen, It’s inconvenient to monitor it personally, it’s more appropriate for me to hold the badge on my behalf.”

Shen Qingteng nodded appreciatively, pushed the bowl away and said: "That's right, there is indeed such a consideration, this is the official way, although you will not have much contact with the official way in the future, but the principles of the world are all the same, and the officials work more As far as the art of mind is concerned, you can know people only by knowing their hearts. Humans are the world of mortals. I don’t know how the world of mortals can emerge from the world of mortals. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty with your Dao heart. In this regard, you can not hesitate to think about it.”

Li Li'er smiled wryly: "If you keep thinking about it, you won't be able to figure out anything."

Shen Qingteng said: "Before you and I entered God, why was this case pending?"

Li Li'er said: "Listening to what the captain said, it's because the Facao delayed the opportunity, and the demon officials in the Shenzha Division are not good at their business, and they are no match for the demon."

He thought for a while, "Mr. Shen means that Shen Zhasi told lies?"

Shen Qingteng said: "Don't worry about what I mean, you might as well deduce it like this."

Li Li'er's slender eyebrows frowned, and said after deliberation: "Xuandu was once the seat of the emperors of the Six Dynasties, and the forces of all parties are intertwined, and the situation is complicated. Shen Gong is directly pointed out by He Yi from Yujing. Of course, Shen Zhasi will not meet immediately." Just to give you the bottom line, what Sicheng and the captain said is true and false."

Shen Qingteng said: "Which is true and which is false?"

Li Lier speculated: "At first I thought that Sun Sicheng asked Mr. Shen to intervene in this case to drag Mr. Shen into the water and serve as his amulet. But thinking about it another way, if Sun Sicheng didn't want to investigate this case at all The sudden arrival of Duke Shen put pressure on him, forcing him to take action."

Li Li'er pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "Otherwise, I wouldn't call the leftist monster after listening to the captain's words. If he calls the leftist monster to investigate the case, even if he is not attacked by his opponent, he will lose his mind." The majesty of the boss is nothing to please. This move is extremely absurd, but he actually has a mind of staying out of the matter. No wonder, no wonder, I said that Shen Zhasi has 36 magics to subdue demons, why put hope in one It's no wonder that Li Chan wanted to use Shen Zhasi's spiritual response method on the left-handed monster, but Sun didn't even think about it, so he refused."

Shen Qingteng said with relief: "That's right, I only clicked a sentence, and you got the context."

Excitement flashed in Li Li'er's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by doubts, "Sun must have some clues, and he is sure that the leftist monster cannot subdue the monster. But no matter what, he would lose face by calling the leftist monster." , What is it for, making him want to stay out of the matter regardless of face?"

Shen Qingteng chuckled, "We have to find out the cause and effect before we can find out."

Li Li'er understood that this would be the first lesson Shen Gong taught him.

He said seriously: "I will investigate this case."

Shen Qingteng shook his head, "You are still very unfamiliar with the local situation. Xuandu is different from Yujing. Although the demon that troubled the world 20 years ago was put down by the saint, it also left many, many hidden wounds. In order to make up for the future troubles, the local canonization There are many wild gods, and Qinghefang is the site of Lord Pushui, and I heard that there is a shrine for goddesses next to the temple of Lord Pushui."

"Goddess Shrine?" Li Lier whispered.

Shen Qingteng nodded and said: "Since something happened to Lord Pushui Mansion's territory, Lord Pushui Mansion and Goddess are to blame. Go to that temple, maybe you can find clues."

Seeing that Li Li'er looked different, Shen Qingteng asked, "What did you think of?"

Li Lier said: "Then Li Chan has also set his sights on the Goddess Temple. But this is not surprising, anyone who knows Qinghefang can think of the Pushui Mansion Monastery and the Goddess Temple."

Shen Qingteng asked: "What did he find in the Goddess Temple?"

Li Li'er replied: "I didn't find anything, I just talked a few gossips with Lingzhu in the temple."

"Don't treat him lightly." Shen Qingteng said, "Remember? A commoner is not a lowly man, and a prince is not high."

"I understand." Li Li'er lowered her head humbly, but her eyebrows and eyes were sharp.

The situation has changed, he is no longer just a watchful observer, but a breaker.

The experience of the day flashed in her mind, and Li Li'er was sure that the heretical monster didn't find any useful clues.

But the memory flashed, but it was fixed on Li Chan's pretendingly humble but confident smile when he finally arranged to eliminate the demon, Li Lier frowned.

Shen Qingteng looked at the young man in front of him with affection and worry in his eyes. He knew where the young man's self-confidence came from, and he also knew why the young man hated leftist monsters.But why force young people to be steady and calm?
(End of this chapter)