After ten years of dreamlessness, I have to return home and be independent in Qingfeng Yeshuiya.
The sky and the earth are lonely, the mountains have stopped, and the rain has stopped. How many lifetimes can I cultivate plum blossoms?
——"Wuyi Mountain" by Xie Fangde (Southern Song Dynasty)
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I saw the door of the courtyard opened without any wind, and there was a man wearing black clothes and covering his face. He was tall and straight, his tiger eyes were shining, and he looked majestic.
The visitor sat down carelessly, drank by himself, and poured himself a glass.
Ms. Xue stood up, saluted the masked man, and said, "Sir!"
Yan Zhuang was shocked and pale.
Mrs. Xue smiled at Yan Zhuang, wiped the silk handkerchief in her hand, revealing another unfamiliar face, and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, your lady is sleeping peacefully in the bedroom, I will make a guest appearance temporarily."
Yan Zhuang was still in shock and asked the masked man: "Who are you?"
The masked man sneered: "The widow of Suiyang."
Yan Zhuang felt a chill in his heart, and he forced himself to calm down and said, "If you want to avenge Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, just come."
The masked man snorted coldly and said, "Want to die? It's not that easy. You know how Yin Ziqi died, right? If you don't believe me, touch the three inches below your left breast."
Yan Zhuang's eyes were wandering, and he tried to explore with his hands. As soon as his fingers touched this place, it was like ten thousand needle points piercing into the gaps between his fingers. Yan Zhuang screamed and fell to the ground.
As soon as the body touched the ground, it felt like thousands of ants were eating it, and it was extremely itchy.
Yan Zhuang kept rolling on the ground. After a cup of tea, the itching pain gradually subsided.
The masked man smiled and said, "How does it taste? This poison is called the 'talisman of life and death'. Just from the name, you know how powerful it is.
From then on, the pain would occur every seven days. After three months, it would recur every three days. After another three months, the pain would occur three times a day.
Without the antidote that I distribute once a month, you will not be able to survive or die if you keep it.
Each attack is more severe than the last. In the end, you will use a knife to cut your flesh, knock out your teeth, cut off your tongue, chop off your limbs, and gouge out your eyes..."
Yan Zhuang** said: "Hmph, don't threaten me, or I will commit suicide immediately."
The masked man smiled and said: "Are traitors like you willing to commit suicide? What's more, Madam Xue is here and will take good care of you and ensure that you don't die."
Yan Zhuang lowered his head in silence. After a moment of silence, he finally raised his head and begged: "I admit defeat. Please tell me your conditions. I will tell you everything I know."
The masked man smiled and said: "I would say that Master Yan knows the current affairs and is a hero. Let me ask you, why did An Qingxu kill his father An Lushan?"
Yan Zhuang said: "Because An Lushan doted on his concubine Duan, he wanted to make Duan's son An Qing'en the false crown prince of Yan. Only then did An Qingxu take the risk and kill An Lushan with me and Li Zhu'er."
The masked man asked: "How is the situation with An Qingxu currently?"
Yan Zhuang said: "Anqingxu still has more than 60 cities in seven counties, including Ye County, Ji County, and Julu County. It is rich in weapons, armor, supplies, and food.
However, An Qingxu never took part in military affairs. He only specialized in building pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions and boats, and drank alcohol every day.
In addition, An Qingxu was narrow-minded and vengeful. For those who conspired to return to the Tang Dynasty, the Hu people would kill the entire tribe, and the Han people would kill the entire family. Many of the Yan army generals, state and county officials and their family members were implicated and executed.
Later, An Qingxu and hundreds of civil and military officials built an altar in the southern suburbs of Ye County and swore a blood oath. However, the morale of the army was unstable and the people became increasingly panicked and scattered.
The masked man said: "Who are the other important advisers and generals under An Qingxu? How are they related to each other?"
Yan Zhuang said: "The important advisers under An Qingxu are divided into two factions: Gao Shang and Zhang Tongru. They compete for power and gain with each other and compete with each other without any rules.
The important generals are divided into two armies: Cai Xide and Cui Qianyu.
General Cai Xide was talented and wise, and the army he led was the main force of the Yan army. Especially his direct troops, each of whom was as elite as ten cavalrymen. However, this man was strong and upright, spoke straightforwardly, and had the same influence as Zhang Tongru.
If what I predict is correct, Zhang Tongru will definitely frame him secretly and use An Qingxu's hands to remove Cai Xide, a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
Once Cai Xide is beheaded, thousands of his direct troops will inevitably flee."
The masked man said: "Once Cai Xide dies, Cui Qianyu will definitely take charge of all the Yan army. In the battle of Tongguan, this man became famous all over the world. I wonder how strong the Yan army will be if he leads the army?"
Yan Zhuang shook his head and said: "Although Cui Qianyu is brave and good at fighting, he is headstrong and violent, loves killing, and has an unyielding military spirit. If he is allowed to serve as the Yan Kingdom's military envoy and command the Yan army, the generals of the Yan army will definitely be disloyal, resentful and angry.
He secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty or went to Shi Siming."
The masked man nodded, changed the subject and asked, "How is the relationship between Shi Siming and his son?"
Yan Zhuang said: "It's exactly the same as An's father and son. The father-son relationship between Shi Siming and Shi Chaoyi is also very tense. Shi Siming dotes on his concubine Xin's son Shi Chaoqing. He wants to depose Shi Chaoyi and make Shi Chaoqing the heir apparent."
Shi Siming was suspicious by nature and killed without blinking an eye. Many of his generals had a favorable impression of Shi Chaoyi. Because Shi Chaoyi was a humble and kind man with a gentle temperament and was very considerate of his soldiers. Many generals of the Yan army believed that if Shi Chaoyi could succeed to the throne, life would be much easier."
The masked man said: "If Shi Chaoyi wants to kill his father and usurp the throne, what conditions are needed?"
Yan Zhuang pondered for a moment and said: "Shi Chaoyi is timid and cowardly. Unless Shi Siming clearly reveals that he wants to abolish the elders and establish younger ones, and kill Shi Chaoyi. In order to save his life, Shi Chaoyi will take risks and strike first."
The masked man smiled and said: "I heard that Mr. Yan has also placed many cronies around Shi Siming and his son, such as Yan generals Luo Yue and Cai Wenjing. Through them, it should be easy to encourage Shi Chaoyi to rebel, right?"
Yan Zhuang broke into a cold sweat and said to himself: "Luo Yue and Cai Wenjing are lurking so deep that even his wife doesn't know about it. How can the people in front of me know about it? Fortunately, I didn't say anything nonsense just now, otherwise once they are discovered, I don't know what kind of torture there will be."
Wait for yourself."
Yan Zhuang completely surrendered at this moment, knelt down on his knees, and said: "I am not very talented, but I am willing to do my best for you."
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Leaving Yan Zhuang's mansion, the man in black was like a ghost, walking through the alleys, and soon arrived at the small backyard building of the Bashu Guild Hall. He took off his masked silk scarf, revealing a face as handsome as a jade sculpture.
It is Bai Fu.
Bai Fu walked into the inner room. There was a bronze tripod placed on the bamboo mat. Bai Fu put his hand on the bronze tripod, closed his eyes slightly, and sat cross-legged in meditation.
After returning from Puzhou, with the help of bronze vessels, Bai Fu practiced according to the inner alchemy method of Qingcheng. After several days of practice, he reinstalled the cauldron and moved the universe. Bai Fu skillfully moved the alchemy fetus to the upper Dantian to nourish himself.
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Over the course of a stick of incense, the patina on the bronze cauldron slowly fell off, emitting a purple-red light. The light turned from weak to strong, then from strong to weak, and repeated three times before it slowly subsided.
As the light changes, a trace of aura appears on the top of Bai Fu's head. The five colors of red, green, yellow, white and ink energy slowly gather into three huge petals, as if pieces of golden flowers appear in the air.
Stay around for a long time.
His face, fingers and other parts were whitened, as bright as the moon, and radiant.
If a Taoist disciple is present, he will know that Bai Fu has entered the realm of "three flowers gathering at the top and five qi heading towards the origin".
I don't know how long it took, Bai Fu closed his eyes and opened his eyes. He only felt that there was a hole in the entrance, and the spirit and energy merged into one. The "inner courtyard of the Heavenly Palace" was completely transformed, reborn, and entered the realm of sage.
Bai Fu looked inside the body's true energy, and thousands of incarnations gradually formed in the Dantian. After being warmed and strengthened, it became stronger than the Yuan Fei. Each incarnation is like a dense tree branch and leaves surrounding the main trunk.
The secrets cannot be explained to outsiders, they can only be understood through personal experience.
Bai Fu thought: "Although Mr. Yan does not understand martial arts, what he said is based on legal principles. Each of these bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties is like a rubbing of Dayu's Jiuding. It contains more or less the true energy of the Jiuding, and can become one's own body.
The supplement of Xunkan's two tripods' true energy.
If the Xunkan two tripods' true energy in your Dantian is the trunk of the big tree, the true energy of these bronze vessels are the branches and leaves of the big tree. With the trunk and branches and leaves, the big tree can continuously absorb the essence of heaven and earth, become self-sufficient, and continuously
Grow until it becomes a towering tree.
When you reach the stage of a towering tree, you no longer need to replenish the true energy in the bronze vessel. The Xunkan true energy in your body can be continuously replenished automatically from the heaven and the earth, and it is inexhaustible.
The true qi cultivated by each sect and sect is different, but there is no doubt that the supreme innate true qi of Dayu Jiuding, which lasts from ancient times to the present, is incomparable and unmatched.
Coupled with the sword style, sword intention, sword nature passed down to me by masters such as Sword Master, Sword Demon, Yan Zhenqing, etc., as long as I can persist in practicing, I will definitely become a master in the future, and even shatter the void! (To be continued)