After noon, there was a row of carriages at the entrance of Mingyue Pavilion.
Compared with the ordinary people in this city, the powerful and noble arrogance suddenly appeared.
The fifth prince had already booked a restaurant at the intersection of Qujiang and Qujiang River two or three days ago.
The place is directly opposite the water of the cruise ship, and is one of the excellent locations to watch Bijian.
However, his work is still a little worse than Duke Pei.
Duke Pei sent someone to Yankangfang early and said that there happened to be a friend's yard beside the water, and there was a pier still exploring the water.
In addition to the carriage that can enter the yard directly and watch cruise ships and swords directly on the pier, a cruise ship that can accommodate dozens of people is also prepared on the pier.
This means that although the design of Canglang Sword Sect is good, it is not impossible to use this cruise ship to get close to view.
Because according to the oral message brought by Duke Pei, there will be a few special people on the cruise ship.
If these special characters are close to the sword-biding platform, I guess the people from Canglang Sword Sect can't stop them.
Who is specific, it cannot be disclosed in advance.
The fifth prince is a little annoying now.
A lot of money wasted.
However, Gu Liubai, who was so kind-hearted when he got the cheap, comforted the fifth prince. At least the food in your restaurant should be good, and a group of people would eat in your restaurant in the evening.
This was actually what the Fifth Prince planned, but at noon, he began to wonder if the tables, chairs and elegant rooms were originally prepared in the restaurant.
Gu Liubai, who had to see the sword-biding venue in advance, had not yet set off, the Chang'an Lady Group arrived.
Wu Yanhong and Zhou Lingyu, a group of noble ladies who often play together, arrived with their families.
After Zheng Dongzhi was beaten, his injuries were healed for a while, but that beaten really convinced him. Now he saw Gu Liubai and his previous attitude were completely different.
As soon as he got off the carriage, he hit Gu Liubai's head and then hugged Gu Liubai's thigh and howled, "Sir, you must not lose tonight. If you lose, you lose, and your arms and legs, no one will hit me like this in the future."
Gu Liubai bared his teeth when he heard this, "Are you cursing me? Are you forcing me to beat you up now?"
"I am Mr. Guan Jing, not Mr. Curse." Zheng Dongzhi's eyes lit up when he heard that he wanted to beat me, "Sir, do you still have time to beat me now?"
Gu Liubai shook his head, "I don't have time to beat you now, let's talk about it after the sword competition."
Zheng Dongzhi looked a little skeptical, "So, sir, do you really think you can win by winning by comparing a sword? Why do those adults think that you can't win at all, and it may be light to break your hands and feet."
Gu Liubai smiled, but his smile was a bit ferocious, "You kid are quite good at talking."
"Are you almost ready?" Zhou Lingyu, dressed in a gorgeous manner, pretended not to know Gu Liubai. She didn't come here as soon as possible. However, Wu Yanhong followed Zheng Dongzhi's butt. When she saw Gu Liubai's expression, she felt that Gu Liubai could not lose.
Gu Liubai smiled and said softly, "If Canglang Sword Sect does not have some special dirty methods, there should be no problem."
"That means not only need dirty means, but also extraordinary dirty means." Wu Yanhong also smiled, but her smile only appeared for a moment. Then she lowered her voice, but her tone became solemn, "My husband asked us to come here because he felt that the markets around Qujiang today are the safest ones. I wonder if you know what you know?"
Gu Liubai nodded and said, "My people are taking care of me and I don't have time to go outside."
Wu Yanhong felt relieved, smiled slightly, looked at Zheng Dongzhi and said, "Save me worried that no one will beat him in the future."
These ladies in Chang'an were very generous in their actions, and Gu Liubai also knew how to please them and create an atmosphere, so he squeezed his eyes at Wu Yanhong, "Do you want to show you the sword I will use tonight first?"
How can Wu Yanhong and others resist this temptation?
"Is it Guo Beixi's sword?"
Even Zhou Lingyu, who had been pretending, couldn't help but come over.
"If I didn't use this sword, these people would probably have to question whether Guo Beixi taught me the sword technique." Gu Liubai directly took out the Chunfang famous sword from the carriage beside him.
"Swish!"
Without saying a word, he pulled out the sword and shook a sword flower.
Suddenly, it was like a series of white apricot flowers falling in the air.
"It's really good!"
"It is worthy of being a famous sword that gave the name of a sword yard."
A group of ladies were very satisfied with seeing it.
The sword is good and the sword is bad. The key is that they saw the sword unsheathed earlier than the rest of the city. No matter how noble other people have, they have to wait until night to see the sword.
"Dogs are real dogs."
The fifth prince really admires Gu Liubai.
The swordsman with a level of cultivation in this city is as good as Gu Liubai. No one is either holding an air or fearing the most is that he has a bad reputation.
But Gu Liubai is the same for everyone.
It seems that in his opinion, everyone is doing business. If you open your shop to do business, he will work hard to please anyone who gives him benefits.
...
Originally, Gu Liubai had many carriages, and the carriages of the Chang'an Lady Group, the convoy that came out of Yankangfang was really as powerful and eye-catching as the convoy that left Youzhou City at that time.
The train convoy went south, along the road beside Chongxian, Yanfu, and Yong'anfang, and went all the way to Datongfang. Then he turned east and came straight towards Tongshan and Qinglongfang.
People from Canglang Sword Sect have long lived in Qujiangfang.
At the height of Qujiangfang, Xiao Zhenmo soon saw the convoy.
He looked silently for a moment, turned around and walked towards the riverside of Qujiang. Dozens of sword masters who were also silent like him soon appeared behind him. These people followed him to the riverside of Qujiang, and then paused. Finally, he walked onto a big ship alone.
This big ship is completely the appearance of a floating pavilion.
There are two layers below the deck and three layers above the deck.
In the third floor attic above, Bai Yousi sat with more than ten cultivators from the Canglang Sword Sect, discussing the matter.
Listening to Xiao Zhenmo's footsteps, Bai Yousi's brows frowned slightly.
When Xiao Zhenmo appeared in his sight, he did not wait for Xiao Zhenmo to speak, and suppressed his unhappy mood as much as possible and whispered, "If you can't get the answer you want from the sect leader, you can't get the answer you want from us."
Xiao Zhenmo seemed to have thought of the attitudes of these people on the way he came, so his face did not change much.
"The so-called arrow on the string has to be fired?"
Xiao Zhenmo looked at Bai Yousi and others lightly and said, "But in fact, if you really want to make a change, let alone the arrow has been placed on the string, even if it is shot out, you can find a way to prevent it from hurting people."
Bai Yousi took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Zhenmo, and said slowly, "This arrow cannot hurt others, then it can only hurt our Canglang Sword Sect."
"I'm not here to reason with you, and I know that things will not change tonight." Xiao Zhenmo quietly looked at Bai Yousi and Bai Yousi's people who were sitting next to him, and even looked at his own people with hostile eyes, and said, "I'm just here to tell you that this sword competition, regardless of victory or defeat, has greatly damaged our Canglang Sword Sect's vitality. We are fellow disciples, and I will not interfere with your decision. We also adhere to the rules of Canglang Sword Sect. We violate our orders and obey our own imprisonment. We have a total of forty-seven people, all of whom have the same idea as me. We will not wait for the sword competition to start and the result of sword competition. We will immediately return to Luoyang and be restrained in the Linglong Sword Forest."
Bai Yousi and the people around him looked at Xiao Zhenmo in disbelief.
But Xiao Zhenmo never talked to them again. He turned around and left directly.
After being disappointed for too long, you will finally take action.
On the deck of this big ship, an elderly swordsman looked at the backs of Xiao Zhenmo and others and couldn't help but sigh.
In addition to those who are mainly Bai Yousi and those who are headed by Xiao Zhenmo, Canglang Sword Sect also has many neutral sects like this elderly swordsman.
But today even these gentlest neutral factions know that regardless of the outcome of this sword competition today, the division of Canglang Sword Sect has officially begun.
...
In the courtyard of the Buzhengfang, the old eunuch who could no longer be described as dormant was slowly walking out of the door.
He also looks very ordinary and looks very old.
When wearing casual clothes, there are no valuable accessories on her body.
Walking on the street, there is no special temperament.
If Changsun Wuji walked out, except for those ignorant children, everyone along the way knew that this was Changsun Wuji. However, Wang Yehu walked out, few people recognized him, and no one would think that he was a hero in this city who could be compared with Changsun Wuji.
To be honest, there are not many people in this city who hold the same view as Changsun Wuji.
Even the Li family's direct descendants like the Sixth Prince and the Fifth Prince, after thinking about it, did not think that there was a big drama to start for this old man.
Even if Changsun Wuji personally told the Fifth Prince about Wang Yehu, I am afraid that when the three words Wang Yehu appear in the fifth prince's ears, the Fifth Prince will still feel that it is extremely abrupt and has no foreplay at all.
I'm afraid it's like going to a flower building to drink. As soon as I enter the flower building, a naked flower courtesan fell into his arms.
Not only was Wang Yehu extremely low-key in the court, but this man had not left Chang'an City for decades. In addition to accepting the imperial order and having to visit officials in some markets, his usual activities were limited to the Imperial City and the Buzhengfang.
All his food, clothing and food are also minimalist.
I don't seem to have any special hobbies.
The only thing that is different from others is that he doesn’t ride a carriage very much. He usually sits in a sedan chair when he goes on, such as a sedan chair carried by two people.
"Entertainment Father."
The two who helped him carry the sedan chair today were not ordinary people. A sedan chairman in front of him always arched his body slightly. After he got into the sedan chair, the sedan chairman called him softly.
Wang Yehu leaned back to his body and then asked slowly, "Do you think I have a chance of winning?"
The sedan chairwoman whispered, "If we look at it from common sense, we can't see any chance of winning, but it's like fighting in other places. You can't win 3,000 to 30,000. However, there are many examples of winning 3,000 and 30,000 in history books. You are different from others. So I think you can't lose."
Wang Yehu smiled and said, "I still think I can do it in the city. I'm afraid there are not many. You have this status. Today I'm here to help me carry the sedan chair. I must be asking why?"
The sedan chairman nodded slowly and said, "I just want to know why Li must decide the winner with you. If I can't figure out the reason, I will be uneasy in the future. I always feel that no matter how I do it, I may face the same problems as you."
"I think so." Wang Yehu looked at the back of the sedan chair with emotion, and sighed with melancholy, "I know why, but I can only take this secret to the coffin. I can't tell you what it is, I can only tell you that this is related to the old things when competing for the dragon throne. If this secret is spread, it will not be good for the Tang Dynasty and no one in the world. But this is good, this matter is almost the same as me, and it has nothing to do with others."
The sedan chair bearer pondered for a moment and said, "Although I can't know the inside story, I finally solved some doubts in my heart. Without an adoptive father, I can't sit in this position today. Then I will help you kill two more people, and I will learn how to revive the dead with my adoptive father."
Wang Yehu laughed and said, "I recommend it. There are many people who have climbed up from me, but the most powerful and cunning one is you. You are not just trying to learn a shocking secret from me, but you are still worried that I will come to you and press the most benefits on others."
The sedan chair owner smiled and said, "It often appears in front of the adoptive father. When the adoptive father shares the benefits, he will naturally think about me more. This is human nature."
Wang Yehu said, "Aren't you afraid that Li thinks I'll tell you the secret?"
The sedan chairwoman smiled and said, "Isn't it good to be true?"
Wang Yehu also smiled, and as the sedan chair bumped slightly, he narrowed his eyes, "To be honest, if you don't come today, I will let Li Deyi take more advantage."
The sedan chair owner sighed, "I guessed it."
Wang Yehu squinted his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.
But after a moment, he still said, "Actually, the emperor and the others guessed that I have been through this life, and I will not be in the past. But if I don't die, they are uneasy, and they don't want me to distribute the things in my hands. So no matter what, you should do. In the future, Li will deal with you one day. No matter how loyal you are to Li, the assets you earn in your hands are not given by them, and they think you shouldn't have."
The sedan chairman nodded and said nothing.
He didn't even look back, and the movements of carrying the sedan chair did not change at all, but Wang Yehu seemed to feel his intentions, so he smiled again and said, "It seems that you won't live your whole life like me."
The sedan chair owner laughed out loud and said, "Everyone has their own way of living. You feel that what you did is good for the stability of the Tang Dynasty, and you are satisfied. But I think that people in this world have to make a big fuss to make a big fuss. As for whether it is good to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is too big. What can people like us do if they have a big fuss?"
Wang Yehu also laughed, "Just feel satisfied."
After pausing, he suddenly sighed again, "But this person's life is, sometimes it's ridiculous to think about it. The more he wants to get a reputation, the more he wants to get a reputation, the more he struggles, he often can't even get the reputation he deserves. He often doesn't want to get a reputation, but he may be destined to stay in this historical book, even for self-protection. I don't know how to describe me in the future history books. Maybe a bunch of historians who can't see things clearly must write me as a kind of person who holds great power and wants to seize the Li family's world."
The sedan chair laughed, "That's about it."
...
"It's strange."
Gu Liubai felt that it was no surprise that the Uighur goddess Yelu Yueli must have come to see the fun on this occasion.
But when the sky was already dark and the tourists on the Qujiang River were already dense and some lights began to light up, Yelu Yueli and his senior brother Chongqian had not yet appeared.
"Where are your goddesses going?" Taking advantage of the opportunity to go to the restaurant where the fifth prince bought for dinner, Gu Liubai silently approached Zhou Lingyu and asked softly.
"You are the leader of the Si Dynasty, you don't know. I'll ask who to go." Zhou Lingyu sent a voice quietly, "Today there are many people and eyes, so stay away from me, we are not familiar with each other."
Gu Liubai was silent for a while, and said gritting his teeth, "Grass!"
Zhou Lingyu glanced at him and said, "It won't work today, wait for tomorrow."
Gu Liubai couldn't help but sneer.
"Brother Fifteen." Zhou Lu'er was talking to the fifth prince at the entrance of the restaurant. As soon as he saw Gu Liubai coming, he said with a smile, "Brother Shenxiu and I will go to the sword competition platform to see you sword competition later."
Gu Liubai was stunned, "Who else besides you?"
Zhou Lu'er said, "It seems that there is an Uighur goddess."
"…!" Gu Liubai was speechless. No wonder there was no movement at this time. It turned out that after a long time, the goddess could go directly to the sword-making stage.
"Can my senior brother, Master Chong Qian, go to the sword competition platform?"
"I don't know this, but Brother Shen Xiu said that only a few people should be invited to the sword table as notarization, and there may be someone in Baiyun Temple."
"Foreign missions, Taoist sect, Buddha sect... Then at most there is an official or a person from Chang'an practice place?" Gu Liubai frowned slightly. He felt that after he calculated this, Taoist Chongqian would have little chance of going to the sword platform.
To be honest, if a person like Master Chongqian is watching within a few feet of this kind of sword competition, it should cut off the possibility of the surrounding practitioners' conspiracy.
As he spoke, Shenxiu came over.
"Fifteenth brother."
Shen Xiu bowed to Gu Liubai and said, "After the Tongtian Tree of the Garden Party is lit up, the cruise here will begin. At that time, everyone will be informed who will go to the sword platform as notarized. However, the number of people on the sword platform of Canglang Sword Sect is not limited. After all, it is your sword picking a sect."
Although Master Chongqian may not be nearby, Gu Liubai knew that Yinshan was rushing to make some arrangements. He didn't care in his heart, but just smiled and said, "Brother Shenxiu, you have to take good care of me."
Shen Xiu smiled and said, "My cultivation level is probably not up to the table, but it's okay to have a magic weapon on me."
"Then the designated one." Gu Liubai immediately smiled. As a result, the things Tan Lingzang explained seemed to be more convenient to do.
...
Fire trees and silver flowers are closed, and the iron locks of the star bridge are opened. The dark dust follows the horse, and the bright moon comes to each other.
The sky gradually faded and there were crowds of tourists. Carriages could no longer be rushed in at several markets around Qujiang.
The sky tree and lamp wheel, full of lights, were still hidden in the dark, but the lanterns hanging along the way had begun to light up, especially some small iron-scratched flowers, especially many stalls selling food, which were already open at this time.
There was a sudden bang.
I saw a red marble coming into the sky, and suddenly exploded, blooming with thousands of colorful pieces.
Between the exclamation and cheers, the Furong Garden suddenly became bright, and a high platform made of giant trees lit up layer by layer. At first, it looked like a tall tower, but the huge colorful lights from various places on the wooden poles that were tilted out of the sky lit up, and after all, they turned into a beautiful giant tree no matter from every angle.
This shiny giant tree and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are far away, and seem to be about the same height.
Immediately afterwards, among the dark Qujiang River and Qujiang River, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded like the sound of nature, and the lanterns hanging on the pleasure boat also illuminated like stars, which quickly illuminated the entire river surface, and the flowers on the river surface were clustered with flowers.
I saw the Lanterns and Painting Boats coming from the southeast and heading towards the city. Each Painting Boat has a different program. Some were trained by soldiers, showing their mightyness, some were orchestras playing music, and some were singing and dancing girls.
Some of the boats were filled with amazing acrobatics. Some people were hanging cables on their bodies, holding lanterns and floating around in the night sky, and some people performed juggling on the platform on the deck.
However, soon everyone's eyes were attracted by a driftwood platform towed by several flower boats.
This driftwood platform is square, like a floating island, and when it comes, it takes up half of the water surface.
Above the driftwood platform, a huge lotus platform was built. All the lotus petals of the lotus platform are giant lanterns, extremely gorgeous and bright.
Suddenly, there was a thunderous cheer on the riverside.
This is the real atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.
With this sword-comparing platform alone, no other country has ever created it in the world.
There were some tables and chairs on the edge of the lotus platform, and some people had already sat. Although ordinary people could only vaguely see whether those people were men or women, all the practitioners by the river were enough to see the faces of those people.
At this time, Gu Liubai and others had gathered in the yard arranged by Duke Pei Guogong. The dock platform of the yard was extended in the water and had a certain height. So the lotus platform had just turned on from a distance, and Gu Liubai had already seen some of the people sitting on the lotus platform.
He was stunned.
As expected, as he guessed, foreign missions, Taoist sects, Buddhist sects, and officials all used as notarizations.
But Shenxiu didn't say it right.
There is no one in Baiyun Temple.
The Taoist priest sitting on the Uighur goddess Yelu Yueli was his senior brother Chong Qian.
"How did this be done?"
He intuition was that his senior brother had made a big move and beat Baiyunguan's people up and forced him to take over?
But soon an official on the lotus platform had already spoken out.
The voice of the human being is like a big clock. Although it is not the eighth grade, its cultivation level is still strong in the seventh grade.
This man first reported to his family. Wei Qinghe, the general of the Jinwu Guard, then said several polite words about peace and stability. He introduced that in order to notarize the sword and to reflect the rituals of a great power, the ritual group was arranged as notarization.
Then we introduced the members of the ceremonial group on the lotus platform one by one.
When introducing Zhou Lu'er, he actually said that he was a Buddhist son of the Tang Dynasty. This statement surprised Gu Liubai. When introducing Chongqian, he directly said that he was the head of Zongsheng Palace.
Although the true teachings of the Zongsheng Palace now seem to be Chong Qian, when Gu Liubai checked the records about the Zongsheng Palace before, he remembered clearly that the head of this Zongsheng Palace was Chong Qian's senior brother, but after Chong Qian's senior brother passed away, the position of the head was empty.
This position is not inherited naturally, but is granted by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, the Buddhist sons of the Buddha Sect also wanted to be granted by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, isn’t this Li family equivalent to certifying two at once?
"Gu Shiwu, this tastes wrong."
Pei Yunqi and the fifth prince both instantly felt the seriousness of the matter.
If you want to have a tacit understanding with Gu Liubai, you don’t need to give so many benefits at all.
Especially the fifth prince felt that according to his personality, the benefits would never be given at once, but would be given some whenever he encountered something.
Gu Liubai nodded slowly.
In fact, Yin Shiniang had already brought Chen Tu to confess some news about the survivor.
The most useful thing among those news was that Huang Ya, the governor of Dongchuan, secretly returned to Chang'an with many personal soldiers.
If we just simply deal with some powerful practitioners, we would never let the generals transferred back from Duke Pei and the border troops stabilize the military towns around Chang'an, and then transfer many generals and soldiers from the local area to Chang'an.
The only difference between the local commanders and the soldiers who were promoted from these places and the generals of the surrounding military towns is that they should not be bribed by the clans in Chang'an City in advance, and the people among them are relatively clean and will not leak the news in advance.
But this is a work that can only be achieved by suppressing mutinies.
Coupled with what he saw in front of him, Gu Liubai already understood a little.
Li not only wanted to tie him and Yinshan to death with Canglang Sword Sect here, but also wanted to restrain Buddha Sect and Chong Qian here.
In this way, there should be no eighth grade in Li's layout that is difficult to control.
Duke Pei also specifically told him not to interfere in the sword competition. The Zheng family obviously also smelled some unusual aura, so Wu Yanhong brought Zheng Dongzhi to come early.
So tonight, not only are there some clashes between practitioners in Chang'an City, but also involve mutiny? Confrontation between the army and the army?
Chapter completed!