King Pingnan introduced: "Peach Blossom Pavilion, the first floor is the reception hall, the second and third floors are the residences of the military generals and housekeepers, the fourth and fifth floors are the library, the sixth floor is where I and the princess live. As for the seventh and eighth floors,
The floor is still empty."
"You guys will live on the seventh floor these days. Bedsheets and quilts are provided. If you need anything, just go to the housekeeper on the third floor." King Pingnan pointed at the old housekeeper and introduced to Bai Ye: "This is Lao Liu.
The manager of the mansion, if you need anything, come to him."
The old housekeeper and Bai Ye bowed their hands to each other, and Bai Ye said softly: "Then I'll trouble Uncle Liu."
The old housekeeper waved his hands repeatedly and said it was okay. King Pingnan smiled and said: "There is no need to be so polite. Your kid has become a practitioner and he has to bow to you."
"Don't dare." Bai Ye replied with respect. After hearing this, King Pingnan did not continue to struggle with this issue, but said: "Okay, it's been a long journey, take a good rest, and arrange for my two daughters to show you tomorrow."
Bai Ye bowed his hand as a sign of courtesy. He was not interested in the princess, and he did not want to be the son-in-law who came to visit her. However, it was always good to have a few more friends when he was away from home.
After entering the Peach Blossom Pavilion and saying goodbye to the four kings of Pingnan, Bai Ye stopped on the fourth floor. The smell of books filled his nostrils. Luo Cequn asked uninterestedly: "What's so interesting about these books?"
Bai Ye frowned, turned his head and looked at the two of them and said, "You go up first, I'll read a book for a while and then go up."
When he first enters the world of practice, he needs to understand the knowledge of practice and the world of practice. These things rely on self-awareness and take time, and cannot be absorbed overnight.
Luo Cequn and the two went upstairs. Bai Ye was happy and relaxed, and his ears were pure. He took out a classic book "The Great Sage" from the bookshelf, opened the pages and read it carefully.
There are four floors of dazzling books. In front of Bai Ye are biographies of ancient figures, including "Tianpeng", "Chang'e", "Zhenwu" and other books.
When talking about sages, we cannot avoid the heroes and martyrs from ancient times. Two glorious and prosperous ages, turbulent storms, two invasions of mysterious ancient star beings, and countless heroes were buried in the era of fighting against evil spirits.
Now, this historical burden has been handed over to the generation of Dawn Li. Baiye read the preface word for word, rubbed the ancient characters on the book with his fingers, and whispered softly: "Evils outside the sky, it turns out that the earth and stars still have these secrets, and there were no such secrets in ancient times.
It’s not the beginning of the world. Before the ancient times, there was the ancient times..."
The book tells the story of the life of the Great Sage Qitian. There are several versions of the time of his journey to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures. Some say it is the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and some say the Spring and Autumn Period. It seems that every emperor in every period wants to get a glimpse of the glory of the Great Sage.
, just like the Wu Temple.
In fact, it is a dispute between gods and Buddhas, a conspiracy to spread Buddhism eastward, and has nothing to do with the human world.
Bai Ye put the books back on the bookshelf, walked to another place, picked up a book and started reading it, falling into deep thought from time to time. There were many classics in the library. Bai Ye first read the history books, and then read some common knowledge on cultivation.
The first state of practice is the sea of suffering, which opens up the Dantian. There is another state above the sea of suffering, but the book does not record it clearly. It just says that this state is rare in the world.
What shocked him was that there were actually cracks in the sky and the earth, and some people even used their bodies to mend the sky, just to suppress the demonic abyss, protect the three realms, prevent the invasion of evil spirits, and save the common people from being poisoned.
Taichu was the first person Bai Ye admired. Even if he had never met him before, even if he looked proud, he could not help but admire him.
In Bai Ye's view, people are divided into good and evil, and gods and demons are no exception. Only the pedantic and stubborn can determine their nature according to the great road.
Bai Ye put down the book in his hand and picked up the book next to him. He took a look at the title: The Beacon Fire Play on the Princes.
"Story from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"
Beacon fire was originally an emergency military alarm signal when enemy invaders invaded in ancient times. Beacon towers were set up all along the way from the capital to the border town fortress.
In order to prevent the intrusion of barbarian dogs and soldiers in the Western Zhou Dynasty, more than 20 beacon towers were built in the Lishan area near the capital of Haojing, one every few miles. Once the barbarians invaded, the first sentry to be discovered immediately lit the beacon fire on the tower.
Neighboring beacon towers were also lit one after another to alert nearby princes.
When the princes from all over the country saw the beacon fire, they knew that the capital was in danger and that the emperor was in trouble. They must raise troops to serve the king and come to the rescue.
Guo Shi's father came up with a plan to light the beacon fire on the beacon tower for no reason, so as to attract the princes to come and make a futile trip, in order to make the concubines laugh.
The fatuous King You accepted the advice of Guo Shifu, and immediately took Bao Si, accompanied by Guo Shifu, to the Lishan beacon tower, and ordered the guards to light the beacon.
Suddenly, smoke was everywhere and beacons were soaring into the sky. When the princes from all over the country saw the alarm, they thought that the barbarians were coming. Sure enough, they led their troops and horses to rush to the rescue. When they arrived at the foot of Lishan Mountain, there was not even a trace of the dog soldiers, only the sound of a canine soldier was heard.
There were bursts of music and singing sounds on the mountain, and it looked like King You of Zhou and Bao Si were sitting on the stage, drinking and having fun.
King You of Zhou sent someone to tell them that thanks to everyone's hard work, nothing happened here. The king and his wife were just setting off fireworks for fun. The princes realized that they had been teased and returned with resentment.
Bao Si saw thousands of troops and horses coming and going as soon as they were summoned, just like child's play. She found it very funny and couldn't help but smile. King You was overjoyed and immediately rewarded Guo Shi's father with a thousand pieces of gold. King You of Zhou teased the princes several times for this.
Gradually they stopped coming.
In order to further please Bao Si, King You of Zhou also ignored the rules of his ancestors and deposed Queen Shen and Prince Yijiu. He made Bao Si the queen, and Bao Si's son Bofu was the prince. He also ordered that the queen's father, Shen Hou, be deposed.
He was given the title of nobility and prepared to send troops to attack him.
When the Marquis of Shen got the news, he took a preemptive strike and united with the Marquis of Zeng and the troops of the Quan Rong from the northwest Yi tribe to attack Haojing. When King Zhou You heard the news of the Quan Rong attack, he panicked and hurriedly ordered the beacon tower to light the beacon fire.
The beacon fire was burning, but the princes had been fooled last time and ignored it this time. The beacon tower was filled with thick smoke during the day and the sky was bright with flames at night, but no reinforcements arrived.
The Western Zhou Dynasty destroyed the country. This is the famous "playing beacon fire to tease the princes" in the world. Bai Ye wonders what is so funny about lighting beacon fire to tease the princes?
Is Bao Si's smile really different from that of ordinary people? The princes cannot see the beacon arriving together, and when they hear that there are no invaders, they will stop their troops and leave. What's so ridiculous about this? Raising the beacon to warn the Huns is a military strategy.
In the battle of Lishan, it was up to King You to raise his troops to protest, and there was no need to raise beacons.
Bai Ye put the books back to their original places and kept flipping through the history books, especially the period of history during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. After careful study, he became more and more admired by the Great Sage Qi Tian and other sages.
Bai Ye was reading with gusto, when suddenly he heard the sound of unhurried footsteps. He followed the sound and his face darkened. The righteous daughter of King Pingnan, Xu Weihu...
He didn't say anything. He looked away as if nothing had happened and continued reading. However, he was confused in his heart. Why did Xu Weihu come to the library if he wasn't staying in the army?
Xu Weihu was dressed in a long white dress and had a beautiful face. She was a fairy-like figure, but she was full of murderous intent and behaved more savagely than a man. Bai Ye was frightened to see her.
ps: Thanks to the two great masters of Chaotic Sword and Yiye Qingtian for recommending the book!!!