Chapter 150 Shi Bingyun

In fact, Zhang Yuelu knew very well that many of the concepts advocated by the Supreme Taoist Ancestor and the Mysterious Saint had not yet been achieved by the Taoist sect, and might even never be achieved. However, Zhang Yuelu still brought them up to fight back against the Confucianists, not for the sake of a momentary verbal pleasure, but in Zhang Yuelu's view, setting a standard but not being able to achieve it and simply not setting a standard are two different things. The former at least has a standard to constrain it, while the latter is really all-encompassing.

The Taoist sect set a standard of equality, which in fact most people cannot achieve. However, precisely because of the existence of this standard, no one dares to violate it openly, and they all do it secretly. Once it is exposed, it will be like the third-rank Youyi Taoist who was demoted for abusing others, and will inevitably be ruined, so no one dares to act recklessly.

The Confucian sect simply does not recognize this so-called standard of equality, and emphasizes clear distinctions between superiors and subordinates and classes, which is equivalent to having no standards for equality. People in the Confucian system, however, don't even need to pretend. They openly call slaves and maids, and even if they are beaten to death, it's just a matter of a straw mat. No one will blame them, let alone the pressure of the law, and they don't have to bear the moral pressure.

There is still a difference between not being able to do it and not doing it. It is clear who has a lower bottom line.

Although there is a suspicion of being worse, Zhang Yuelu, as a Taoist disciple who was born and raised in Taoism, recognizes Taoism from the bottom of her heart. Even if Taoism has many shortcomings, she is not disappointed or discouraged about Taoism, but has the idea of ​​changing these flaws.

In addition, Zhang Yuelu must first refute verbally, and the other party is stubborn and then hits people, to prevent someone from saying that she "kills without teaching".

Of course, this is also related to Zhang Yuelu's identity. As a "rising star" among the younger generation of Taoism, many people know Zhang Yuelu and dare not step forward to stop her. If a low-rank Taoist dared to clash with a Confucian, even if the Confucian took the initiative to provoke him, he would be beaten with fifty sticks.

No matter right or wrong, as long as there is harmony and stability, this is not a thought that is infiltrated by Confucianism, and it is also the inevitable result of the integration of the three religions in Taoism.

This inevitably reminds Zhang Yuelu of her childhood. One of her cousins ​​had a fight in the clan school, and the teacher invited his father. After meeting the teacher, his father immediately said that he would go back and discipline him well without asking any questions.

From beginning to end, the cousin's father did not ask right or wrong, nor did he care about right or wrong. He beat him first.

In fact, even if there is a fight, there are situations where people are provoked and forced to fight back, but adults don't care about these. They only care about not fighting, but don't care why they fight, nor do they care about how to solve the problem if they don't fight. The key is unity and harmony. It can be seen that this kind of logical thinking is inherited from the same source, from governing the Taoist sect to governing their own small family, it has penetrated into the bones.

Therefore, Zhang Yuelu had no intention to oppose the Confucian school, and she could not change it. Even if the Taoist school disappeared, this kind of thinking engraved in her bones could not be erased. She just opposed to governing the world with the Confucian school's set.

Zhang Yuelu entered the Yuxu Palace. At this time, the hall was brightly lit. Compared with the solemnity of the Three Religions Conference, there were not only many more lights, but also many faint gauze hanging, embroidered with auspicious clouds, reflecting the candlelight, and every time the wind blew, it was like clouds and mist.

Everyone who entered the hall had a single table. The whole layout was similar to a chessboard placed horizontally. The boundary river of the chessboard was the middle avenue facing the palace door, and the seats on both sides of the avenue were like neatly arranged squares.

Zhang Yuelu's position was relatively forward, and he needed to walk a distance along the middle avenue.

Halfway through the journey, Zhang Yuelu stopped and his eyes fell on a young man.

In terms of appearance alone, this person is not inferior to Qin Lingge, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, but he does not give people the feeling of being heroic, nor showing off, nor being cynical, but very calm and peaceful.

This person is Li Changge, who is famous in martial arts performances. It is hard to believe that he is from the Li family.

In the impression of many people, the Li family has never lacked ambitious people, conspirators, and even more so crazy people. It’s just that every few generations, there will be a brilliant person who reverses the family’s reputation. The most famous one is Xuansheng. In this generation, Qingwei Zhenren’s reputation is actually quite good, and there is no bad record. Or it can be said that the Li family has achieved a clear distinction between face and substance, and has not let the face be stained with a bit of dust.

As for Li Changge, he is far less arrogant than many people imagine. On the contrary, under his contrast, Zhang Yuelu, who "talks nonsense" in the discussion of Taoism, is the arrogant one. Li Changge is the kind of person who sounds very flamboyant in what he does, but is actually very reserved in his words and deeds. As the first-class son of a noble family in the Taoist sect, he is low-key and humble, which is really a great contrast. No wonder so many people are praising him. If he is not strong enough, the Li family alone cannot help him.

Feeling Zhang Yuelu's gaze, Li Changge, who was originally in a trance, came back to his senses and smiled at Zhang Yuelu. There was no provocation or hostility, nor any improper ambiguous and obscene eyes. His eyes were clear, just a very ordinary greeting, as if the two were not enemies from different camps.

Zhang Yuelu also smiled faintly and responded to Li Changge's greeting.

She never belittled the Li family just because they were enemies. For example, Li Tianlan, it is true that he is not upright, but it is also true that he is shrewd and calculating.

For example, Li Tianlan in front of him, whether he is deep-minded, good at disguise, or broad-minded, is an undeniable strong enemy.

It is hard to imagine that Li Changge in front of him is actually from the same family as the young man surnamed Li outside the hall. This is the Li family, a mixed bag of people.

The two just greeted each other without any other verbal communication. Zhang Yuelu was about to move forward when a slender jade hand rested on her shoulder.

Zhang Yuelu subconsciously looked back and saw a female nun standing behind her wearing a lotus crown and a wisdom sword, with a silk scarf on her arm and a whisk in her hand.

The female nun was tall, with charming eyebrows and a little flower between her eyebrows. She was an absolute beauty.

"Master." Zhang Yuelu said in surprise.

Zhang Yuelu has a group of sisters and brothers including Bai Yingqiong and Xiao Junior Sister. Cihang Zhenren naturally has many sisters and brothers. Even after years of baptism, many people have died or retired to the mountains, or even married and left the Taoist sect, but there are still many people left. Otherwise, they cannot be called the Cihang lineage, so Zhang Yuelu still has many uncles and uncles.

Zhang Yuelu didn't expect to meet this uncle in Yuxu Palace.

Speaking of this uncle, he is really a legendary figure that the Cihang lineage talks about with great relish. This uncle's real name is Shi Bingyun. He is a famous lover, but unlike Zhang Yuyue, she has always taken the initiative to abandon others, and no one has ever abandoned her.

It is said that Shi Bingyun had the hope to compete with her sister for the position of Cihang Zhenren, but she took the initiative to withdraw and give up because of a man. The Cihang lineage is not opposed to matters between men and women, but they must abide by the rules. To put it bluntly, there is nothing wrong with being in love and marrying in a formal way, but you can't have an affair without a name or status. Shi Bingyun secretly agreed to spend her life with the man at that time, and even gave her body to him, which naturally attracted opposition from many conservative old people. She simply went all out and focused on love. ..

From then on, the two sisters took completely different paths.

Cihang Zhenren vowed to never marry for life, and now she is expected to compete for the position of the Grand Master. Others had no way of knowing what Shi Bingyun was thinking, but in the eyes of many people, that was self-degradation, because the man gave up his future, and the man died on the battlefield in the Western Regions not long after. Shi Bingyun cried for three days for this, went to the Western Regions to collect the body in person, and was silent for a long time.

At this time, the status was determined and there was no possibility of change. In order to relieve the melancholy of his lover's death, Shi Bingyun left Putuo Island and traveled around. He accidentally saved a man who had lost his cultivation. After learning that this man was betrayed by his lover and ended up like this, Shi Bingyun took the initiative to help him heal his wounds and find ways to restore his cultivation. Gradually, he fell in love with this man from pity. The experience of the two can be described as sharing joys and sorrows and ups and downs. Unexpectedly, the real identity of this man was the proud disciple of the "Tian Ting" Jin Gong Zushi, that is, today's "Tian Ting" Avenue Leader Wu Guangbi, so the two had to part ways.

Although Shi Bingyun took the initiative to let go, it was not a good thing after all, and his reputation was inevitably affected.

What's even more outrageous is that Shi Bingyun later had an affair with a mysterious woman, which caused a lot of trouble. In the end, it was unknown whether it was due to pressure from the sisters or because they were tired of each other, but they ended up separating.

Unexpectedly, Shi Bingyun had not been quiet for a few years and had a relationship with a prince of the royal family, and they almost got married. It happened that the prince's first wife had passed away, and Shi Bingyun was not a virgin, so no one should despise anyone, but in the end, due to various obstacles and pressures, it didn't work out. However, the two did not break off their relationship. They have been connected for many years. Shi Bingyun did not look for other men or women, and the prince did not remarry. The twists and turns in it are not worth telling outsiders, but many people know what happened, and it became a strange story for a while.

It can be said that Shi Bingyun gave Cihang a lot of "face", but probably because of the friendship between the sisters, Cihang Zhenren did not interfere too much, and only stepped forward to stop it when it was really outrageous.

Zhang Yuelu met this uncle by chance. At that time, she was only the chief Taoist priest of Beichen Hall. She often went to the residence of Cihang Zhenren in Yujing. One time, she happened to meet Shi Bingyun who came to visit her sister, and the two met.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yuelu had not seen this uncle for a long time. It is said that she was sent by Cihang Zhenren to live in the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion. Unexpectedly, they met again at the Zhongyuan Festival celebration today.

Shi Bingyun is a cheerful person: "It is said that a scholar should be treated with new eyes after three days of separation. The ancients are not deceiving me. It has been a short time since we last met, and you are already a third-rank Taoist priest. You will catch up with me soon."

Zhang Yuelu just smiled and did not say anything.

Shi Bingyun was able to give up the position of Cihang Zhenren at the beginning, which shows that her ambition is not here, so she doesn't care much about the third and second ranks. In a sense, she still retains a bit of innocence and childishness, and cares more about the love between men and women, so she changed the subject: "By the way, I heard that you are with a young Taoist priest named Qi Xuansu..."