Chapter 28: The Taoist Baishu (Part 2)

Author: Shunjun

Chapter 28: The Taoist Baishu (Part 2)

After talking about this, Wu Qingying said, "Forget it, I've been talking about these things about Chenzhima and rotten corn to you. I also listened to stories when I was a child. I don't know the specifics very completely. Why don't you read them yourself."

As she said that, Wu Qingying stood up, she walked to the bookshelf, then searched for a while, took out a somewhat worn book from it, and handed it to Zhang Wuji.

After Zhang Wuji took it, the cover on it said "Embroidery Log".

In Xiuwen, Zhang Wuji knew it was Xiao Wu's name, and this diary should mean the diary.

However, Zhang Wuji still wanted to complain, who is serious, who writes a diary? But he still couldn't resist his curiosity and planned to take a look.

But I was about to open it and take a look, but when I thought of peeking at someone else's diary, it seemed unethical.

So Zhang Wuji said to Wu Qingying: "Sister Qingying, this is a log left by your ancestor. It doesn't seem good if I, an outsider."

Wu Qingying said with a smile at this time: "It's not just for me to watch it, I want to watch it with you!"

Hearing this, Zhang Wuji smiled, then stopped refusing. The two sat together and began to read the log.

This diary is actually a memoir written by Wu Xiuwen in his later years. The first half is mostly about some old past events of him, Guo Jing's family, Yang Guo, Wanyan Ping and others. Those who have seen the Condor Heroes know that Zhang Wuji skipped this paragraph directly.

He started directly from the place where Wu Qingying had not finished narrating.

After Li Qingwei saved Wu Xiuwen, he took off his Taoist robe and protected Wu Xiuwen's family to leave as the prince of Wanhu Hou.

Yelu Qi's body was properly buried under the arrangement of Li Qingwei.

Wu Xiuwen learned from him that Guo Jing and others were buried by the Mongolians, so he felt relieved.

Moreover, Wu Xiuwen's diary details the identity of Li Qingwei, which is exactly what Wu Qingying said.

Then Zhang Wuji looked at what happened next.

Although Wu Xiuwen's family escaped from the encirclement of Xiangyang with the help of Li Qingwei.

But Wu Xiuwen was the second disciple of Guo Jing and a serious criminal arrested by the Mongolian court. Kublai Khan issued a document of arrest and arrested Wu Xiuwen everywhere.

Wu Xiuwen's family fled to the old land of Dali Country and still did not escape the pursuit of the Mongolian court.

Finally, after several twists and turns, he fled to the Kunlun Mountains with the Zhu family.

It was this secret cave that allowed them to escape the pursuit of the tantric masters under Mongolia.

Those Mongolian masters stopped after tracing them several times and disappeared.

A few years later, Wu Xiuwen and the ancestors of the Zhu family built a chain of manors here, and since then they settled here.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but nod.

Then he turned back a few more pages and confirmed his guess.

That is this Quanzhen lay disciple named Li Qingwei, who was the "Baishen Taoist" who made Zhang Sanfeng frown.

In fact, "Baishen" is not his name, it is just a despicable name for him by everyone in the world.

Although the Quanzhen Sect insisted on resisting Mongolia in the era of the Seven Sons of Quanzhen, the ancestors of the older generation passed away one after another, and the new generation of disciples had to accept the reality of changing dynasties.

Under the auspices of the last seven sons of Quanzhen, Hao Datong, the Quanzhen Sect began to break up into pieces, and the Taoist disciples left the Chongyang Palace to avoid disaster. From then on, everyone set up their own doors to preach in order to make a comeback in the future.

Since then, Quanzhen Taoism has been divided into several schools, including Longmen, Huashan and other schools. Moreover, after some disciples set up their own schools, they no longer regard themselves as Taoist priests, but instead return to the common people, such as the Huashan sect. However, there are also those who still regard themselves as Taoist priests, such as the Longmen sect.

Li Qingwei also returned to his home in Luoyang and became his little marquis.

But despite leaving the Quanzhen Sect, he still regarded himself as a Taoist layman. Except for necessary occasions, he usually wears a gorgeous garment embroidered with gossip.

Because he was a nobleman from Mongolian Han and had great skills, he was attracted by the Mongolian court and was recruited to serve Mongolia. In order to protect his parents, his wife and children, he was forced to serve in the Mongolian court.

Because he wanted to inherit his father's official title, after his elder brother's death, he married his Mongolian noble sister-in-law as his wife according to the old Mongolian rules, accepted the wives and concubines left by his brother, and completed the political marriage arranged by the Mongolian court.

And he also had a daughter with his brother's concubine.

The father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the successors to receive the father and brother’s women. This is a very normal thing in the Mongolian culture.

The Mongolians asked the Han nobles to act like this, just like the "shaving their hair and changing clothes" in the Qing Dynasty. They were used to test whether the Han people accepted their culture and their loyalty. If they did not follow the situation, they might be killed.

But in the Han people's consciousness, this bullying of their mother and sister-in-law was a traitor.

Therefore, Li Qingwei was despised by the people in the world and was also given a despicable title of "hundred losses" by his fellow martial arts fellows in the world.

The full name of Baishen is "no taboos, harming others and benefiting oneself". Instead of "all kinds of sinister damage".

Although it is a good word to put no taboos elsewhere, here everyone is mocking him for not having any taboos in marrying his sister-in-law.

As for harming others and self-interest, there is no need to mention it. Although he is a Han Chinese, he has made a lot of contributions to the Song Dynasty. Even his wife is a princess of the Song Dynasty, but these things cannot be made public out of their identity. In the eyes of the world, he is a traitor.

And this kind of self-held person hidden in the darkness cannot be understood by everyone after all.

In order to fulfill his master's last wish, Wu Xiuwen once asked Li Qingwei for help.

He wanted to ask him to find the Dragon Slaying Sword, then he held up the banner of righteousness and became the leader of the world, led the Han people to expel the Tartars and recreate the artifact.

After all, he is a descendant of Li Tang, and his fair wife Zhao Ke is also a princess of the Song Dynasty. The Li family is a hereditary nobleman with military power. In the eyes of Wu Xiuwen, he is the most suitable person to be a leader.

But at that time, the world was settled. The wars in the Central Plains, which lasted nearly fifty years from the end of the Jin Dynasty to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, had already been broken walls and ruins, starving and desperate for rest.

The Han people could not withstand the resurgence of turmoil, which required generations of people to keep a low profile in order to restore their vitality.

Moreover, at that time, the Mongol Empire swept the world and reached its peak. It had not yet declined and there was no possibility of any shock. Therefore, Li Qingwei understood the reason and moved it with emotion and rejected Wu Xiuwen's proposal, and advised him to give up this impossible thing.

Of course, Baishuang Taoist, as a vested interest in the empire and a Han noble in the Mongolian court, was not very convincing in Wu Xiuwen's heart.

But out of life-saving grace, Wu Xiuwen had to give up.

However, Taoist Baishun did not lie and excuse Wu Xiuwen.

His descendant, Li Siqi, a Marquis of the Yuan and Han dynasties, and Zhao Qi, the descendant of the Song Dynasty royal family of Li Siqi, gave birth to the land of Guanzhong and turned against Zhu Yuanzhang, creating conditions for Xu Da to defeat Wang Baobao. He made great contributions to the complete expulsion of the Mongols and consolidate the northwest, but this is all a story.

After seeing the Taoist Baishen, Wu Xiuwen gradually gave up the unrealistic fantasy of restoring the rivers and mountains, and began to find the Dragon Slaying Sword, and then prepared to comprehend the secrets of it to create conditions for future generations to restore the Central Plains.

But unfortunately, the Dragon Slaying Sword has been wandering around the world since Xiangyang's loss. Wu Xiuwen has been unable to find it all his life and eventually died of depression.

After reading this diary, Zhang Wuji lamented the changes in the world.

But he also discovered something.

When he was reading books, he always subconsciously believed that the two elders Xuanming were disciples of Taoist Baishu.

From the title of Baisan and the evil deeds of the descendants of martial arts, he always thought that Baisan Taoist was a super villain who had not appeared.

But unexpectedly, although Wu Xiuwen's notes tell the life of the Taoist Baishen, although not quite open and honest, he is still a hero.

After all, not everyone has the ambition of being a hero like Guo Jing, who devotes himself to his life until his death.

As a Mongolian nobleman with vested interests, this Baisan Taoist has done everything he can do. This is not easy.

The camp has different positions. He is not considered a loyal minister and righteous man with his salary as a Mongolian person but is not considered a hero who is in Cao's camp and in the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, according to Wu Xiuwen's notes, this Baishu Taoist was already a middle-aged man over 40 years old when the final battle in Xiangyang. It seems that he and Yang Guo and others are of the same generation, much older than his master Zhang Sanfeng.

Zhang Wuji clearly remembered that He Biweng, who held him hostage ten years ago, was only about fifty years old. At that time, it had been more than thirty years since the death of Taoist Baisun.

In this diary, Taoist Baishun was a few years older than Yang Guo. At the time of Zhang Sanfeng's 100th birthday party, if he was still there, he would have been at least 120 years old.

Judging from this age gap, there is still Taoist Baishun who is unknown in the world. Song Yuanqiao and others don’t know this, this master should not be very active in the world in his later years.

Therefore, the two elders of Xuanming should be the successor of the martial arts of Taoist Baishun several generations later, not his personal disciple.

Although Zhang Wuji had doubts in his heart, this doubt was not difficult to answer. As long as he captured the two elders Xuanming in the future and asked them personally. If he didn't say anything, he would beat him up to say it.

(End of this chapter)
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