Chapter 4: Seven Bachelors (1)

In the early morning, birds sing in Taishi Mountain.

However, the pleasant cry revealed a hint of loneliness in the mountains.

Li Yanqing was about to leave the valley! But after he got up, he found that Yan Hu was not in the valley. Yan Qing did not go to Yan Hu because he knew that at this time, Yan Hu would climb to the top of the mountain, vomit the old and accept the new, and practice martial arts. Yan Hu's martial arts are very clever and have reached the peak of cleaning marrow and returning to weakness. But he does not take muscles and bones as his ability, and even a wise man, he cannot get rid of this rule.

Therefore, ten years ago, he began to turn from external skills to internal skills, and practice the art of internal strength.

As for his practice, Li Yanqing is not unfamiliar with the marrow washing sutra.

In later martial arts novels, the description of the marrow washing scripture and the Yijin Sutra is the most supreme treasure book of Buddhism. But in fact, the marrow washing scripture is more of a Taoist technique of health preservation, and through various ways of practicing to strengthen one's own qi, blood and mood. To be precise, the marrow washing scripture should be regarded as a Taoist classic. But for some reason, it was later summarized into the Buddhist classics.

Yan Qing once asked Yan Hu for advice and found that the marrow washing scripture was very similar to the guiding and health-preserving techniques taught to him by Sun Simiao, and it can even be said to be in the same lineage. Yan Hu would not hide anything from Yan Qing. So when Li Yanqing proposed to practice martial arts with him, Yan Hu nodded without hesitation.

In the practice of martial arts, Yan Hu is a hundred times better than Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing even felt that several of his teachers, including Yu Kuluo, who taught him the spear technique, were far away from Yan Hu. It was normal to think about it. On the one hand, he was practicing martial arts hard in Shaolin Temple; on the other hand, he was practicing in the world and was contaminated with the world. This original intention was different, and his attitude towards practice was naturally different. Li Yanqing could feel Yan Hu's obsession with martial arts.

He admires Yan Hu very much, but he cannot imitate Yan Hu...

Li Yanqing did not say goodbye to Yanhu. After leaving a note, he left the valley with his luggage on his back. For three years, he had been mourning while making arrangements. Although he was extremely busy, his skills did not fall behind. After all, there was a person like Yanhu around him urging him. Even if Li Yanqing wanted to be lazy, he could not find any opportunity. Now, Li Yanqing has also reached the point of turning into a god, walking between mountain roads, like walking on flat ground.

At noon, he had already walked out of Taishi Mountain and came outside the gate of Shaolin Temple.

Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling waited in the temple with twenty-four Mo Qilins. Li Yanqing first visited the abbot, and then led Xiong Kuohai and others to leave Shaolin.

After three years, the elephant dragon has entered its development.

He was over a stern body, and his voice was as loud as thunder, and his speed was amazing. Li Yanqing stepped onto the elephant dragon and galloped all the way.

When he arrived outside Huoshan, he turned to Qinglong Temple and visited Zhao Xiqiao and Yuan Tiangang. Qinglong Temple was not large in size, and it was divided into two small courtyards, not incense, but only accepted Yan Qing's offerings. Among them, Zhao Xiqiao lived in a courtyard to serve the founder of the Three Qingshu. He did not deal with people very much on weekdays. He practiced alchemy when he had nothing to do, or asked someone to sing Taoist feelings, and lived a very free life.

Many people in Gong County know Qinglong Temple, but they don’t know Zhao Xiqiao.

On the contrary, Yuan Tiangang is more familiar to people. This is also because his hexagrams are effective and proficient in medical skills, so they are highly respected by people.

In the 11th year of Daye, Yuan Tiangang visited Taoist Zhiyuan in Jingyun Temple, Nantuo Mountain, and discovered a genius.

This person's name is Li Chunfeng, who was originally from Qizhou. His father Li Bo was a local official during the Kaihuang period. Later, due to his poor background, he became an official as a turbid official and was depressed and unsuccessful. After Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, he also cleaned up the officials on a large scale, and Li Bo followed up with his dismissal and returned home.

However, because he likes Huang Lao's skills, he was dismissed from office and became a monk to practice Taoism.

Li Bo's literary talent is quite good, and he calls himself Huang Guanzi. After becoming a monk, he annotated the book "Laozi", which made him famous in Taoism. Sometimes things in this world are so wonderful. When Li Bo was not yet monk, he devoted himself to practicing the books of sages, hoping to benefit the people, but he never was able to enter his family. However, after becoming a monk, he originally wanted to be born, and gained great reputation. His astronomical and calendar calculation methods, yin and yang and feng shui techniques were extremely wonderful.

It is precisely because of Li Bo that Li Chunfeng has been following the Tao since childhood and has adhered to the origins of family learning.

In the seventh year of Daye, Li Bo was preparing to compile the "Collected Collection of Square Chronicles", so he entrusted Li Chunfeng to his friend Zhiyuan to practice.

Li Chunfeng was known as a "child prodigy" since childhood. He read a lot of books and was also in love with astronomy, geography, and yin and yang.

After Yuan Tiangang took the exam, he was shocked. So he tried hard to get in and brought Li Chunfeng, who was only thirteen years old, to Qinglongguan for training. Yuan Tiangang also mentioned this matter to Li Yanqing. Although Yan Qing had a plain expression at the time, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart. Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng... In the early Tang Dynasty, the two great saints actually got into my hands?

Li Yanqing was crowned as the Baron of Gong County in the early 9th year of Daye.

In Gong County, and even the entire Xingyang County, it can be regarded as a powerful person. Especially in Gong County, although Li Yanqing has no official position, he has supreme power. He can go to and from the county government freely, and even does not need to report it. He does not have to visit the officials, and local officials have no right to interrogate and arrest them.

Such power allows him to overtake the county government.

In addition, he opened the Qilin Pavilion and edited the notes of the sages. His literary name is so famous that some people have called him the Grand Master of Shilin.

No matter how powerful Li Chunfeng is, he is now just a boy with a bun. If Li Yanqing hurried to see Li Chunfeng, it would definitely attract the attention of others. Li Yanqing did not intend to let go of such a person easily. He had to find an opportunity to meet Li Chunfeng in just right. And now, the opportunity has come... He passed by Huoshan and visited Zhao Xi, Qiao, Yuan Tiangang, and no one could say anything.

After all, this Qinglong Temple is an industry under Li Yanqing's name.

Dismounting outside the Qinglong Temple, Li Yanqing stepped up the steps and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

A tender voice came from the Taoist temple, and the door opened immediately, and a handsome Taoist boy walked out from it. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, a little short, and looked thin, as if he was underdeveloped. He looked at Li Yanqing curiously with bright eyes.

"The master is not at home. If the donor has something to do, please come again next day."

Li Yanqing narrowed his eyes and pointed to the Taoist boy and said, "Are you Li Chunfeng?"

"Who are you and why do you know my name?"

It was indeed him!

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Who am I? I won't tell you for now. I heard that you like astronomical calculations and the study of yin and yang. Then I will take the exam and can you figure out who I am?"

Li Chunfeng widened his eyes and stared at Li Yanqing for a while.

Suddenly he smiled and said, "It turns out that the benefactor is here. You are Mr. Go, right?"

Li Yanqing had never seen Li Chunfeng, and in recent years, he has been living in seclusion and rarely appeared in public. When the Qilin Pavilion was opened, he appeared once as the organizer. When he was a man from Gong County, he also had a sermon. However, at that time, Li Chunfeng had not come yet, so it was naturally impossible to meet Li Yanqing. Since then, Li Yanqing has mostly been mourning on the mountain. Although he occasionally came out of the mountain, he also visited friends in Niuzhukou or Xingyang. He came and returned in a hurry. There are only a few people who have seen him.

"Hey, you actually calculated it?"

Li Chunfeng smiled and said, "This is not a yin and yang technique, it is just a guess of the Tao.

The young master Qiyu is not yet ordinary. After seeing me, he knew my name, but I thought he knew my master. I heard from Master Zhao that Mr. Go had once moved to Goguryeo and brought back the twenty-four tiger guards, and there were also two black and white evil spirits to accompany him. The young master was all tigers and wolfsmen, and the black and white were eye-catching. Even if he had never seen the young master, he could guess the clues."

He smiled and pointed behind Li Yanqing.

Yan Qing then woke up and nodded repeatedly.

"Master Xiao, where have your master and Master Zhao gone?"

Li Chunfeng said: "Today, Mr. Xue and Master Daoxin discuss Taoism in the Qilin Pavilion. Master and Master Zhao were invited to watch the ceremony."

"Then why don't you go?"

"I also want to go, but I didn't do my homework well in the previous two days. Master punished me to copy the "Bo Sangang and Six Records" a hundred times in my observation...

The path has been copied more than 60 times, so I can't go to watch the ceremony."

Xue Shou is a typical Confucian scholar, and the Xue family in Hedong is also a rare family that does not value the method of practicing. The Xue family style is mainly Confucianism, supplemented by military learning, and is the six strategies. Therefore, the Xue family members have knowledgeable celebrities and generals who have fought all over the world, but there have never been any metaphysics masters.

And Taoist faith has obtained the robe and bowl of the third ancestor of Zen Buddhism, and the Buddhist teachings are profound.

Xinyuan Temple and Qilin Pavilion are not far away, so they have a lot of communication with each other.

The dispute between Confucianism and Buddhism between Xue Shou and Daoxin has lasted for a year. Every fifteenth month, the two of them will argue on the ritual stage of the Qilin Pavilion. Gradually, this dispute between Confucianism and Buddhism attracted the attention of many people. Li Yanqing certainly knew about this grand ceremony. When Xue Shou and Daoxin were at first, Fang Xuanling wrote a letter to make Yan Qing pay more attention to it. However, Li Yanqing didn't care and even secretly contributed to the fire. As a result, the influence of Confucianism and Buddhism became increasingly greater, and even Master Fashun, who was far away in Chengdu, sent someone to participate.

Fashun sent people to come, and Confucian students would certainly not stand by.

So at the end of last year, there was a doctor of the Imperial College in Chang'an, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty in the fifth year of Daye, and a native of Hengshui, who moved into the Qilin Pavilion and participated in the imperial lecture. Although Kong Yingda was not a great figure, he was a descendant of Confucius. In addition, he was born as a PhD in the Third World and was quite famous in the Shilin.

As the support of both sides continued to increase, the Qilin Pavilion ceremony became a grand ceremony for scholars.

Li Yanqing has put a lot of effort into this.

He not only wanted this grand event to be limited to Confucianism and Buddhism, but also wanted to involve Taoism as well.

Unfortunately, most Taoist famous scholars are addicted to cultivating immortals, and few are interested in this. However, now it seems that as the influence of the Qilin Pavilion's classics continues to expand, the people in the Taoist sect gradually can't sit still...

Yuan Tiangang and Zhao Xiqiao had previously disdained the imperial lecture.

Li Yanqing invited them several times but refused to participate. But today, the two of them took the initiative to go there. Does this also mean that the Taoist sect is moving?

The more lively the better!

When Li Yanqing thought of this, he smiled secretly in his heart.

He looked at Li Chunfeng and suddenly asked, "Brother Li, would you like to watch the ceremony with me?"

The tone was quite attractive, and it seemed to seduce the wolf grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood. Although Li Chunfeng had a good knowledge, he was a child after all. If he was a child, he would inevitably have the mentality of joining in the fun. He had long wanted to watch the grand ceremony of the sutra, but Yuan Tiangang had always disagreed and he had no choice. Now, Yuan Tiangang has been involved, and Li Chunfeng's heart seemed to have a small hand, constantly scratching.

He subconsciously bit his nails lightly, and hesitated.

Li Yanqing said: "Since you don't want to, I won't force you. I'll leave first. You can copy the scriptures slowly and look at the Taoist temple."

"What if I go, what should the master blame?"

Li Chunfeng finally couldn't bear it and asked.

Yan Qing smiled, "If you secretly go out by yourself, your master will of course be unhappy. But now, you are following me. Even if your master wants to blame you, I will plead for you."

"Then I agreed, if the master blames you, you must speak for me."

"Haha, one word is certain."

Li Chunfeng immediately became excited and said, "Wait for me."

He ran back to the Taoist temple and packed up his things.

Li Yanqing stood in front of the Taoist temple steps, waiting with his hands behind his back.

"Young Master, why do you want to bring a little Taoist boy back?"

Xiong Kuohai couldn't help but ask in a low voice. Since Yan Qing was named the Baron of Gong County, Xiong Kuohai changed his name under the advice of Xiong Daehh.

After all, Yan Qing's status is completely different from that in his early years.

If Yunqiwei is just a Wusan official, then Gongxian men would be a serious title.

This identity is more noble than that of Qianniu. If Xiong Kuohai calls Yan Qing's "Brother" like the past, he may be called a crime. During the Sui Dynasty, etiquette and law were not as strict as in the Song and Ming Dynasties, but the concept of hierarchy was extremely serious.

Li Yanqing himself doesn’t care much, but it doesn’t mean that others don’t care.

It’s okay for Xu Shiji to say that he was a court official after all. The sixth-rank general Ying Yanglang called Yan Qing’s name. Although it seemed rude to outsiders, it was acceptable. Xiong Kuohai was different. He had no official position and no background. In most cases, he seemed like a visitor of the Li family.

Therefore, there must be some changes in the name.
To be continued...