From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 950

The arrival of the 800 soldiers of the Elite Battalion and Zhou Yuan gave the remaining hundreds of old ministers and soldiers of the Li Dynasty unprecedented hope.

They were extremely excited and organized their personnel to collect property and weapons at the fastest speed, preparing to move to Sanjuli City.

Li Yu'an held Zhou Yuan's hand, her eyes were shining, she looked around and said softly: "I can't believe it."

"The seed planted in Lingyin Temple will eventually take root and sprout, grow into a towering tree, and protect me from wind and rain."

"Zhou Yuan, thank you, I lost everything and went to Xiangzhou to find you, it was not in vain."

"My kneeling was worth it."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "Don't say thank you, you are my anchor."

A simple sentence made Li Yu'an smile even more brightly, and she couldn't help but tiptoe and kiss Zhou Yuan gently on the face.

This kiss was different from usual, and it contained too many things.

"I will organize them to evacuate as soon as possible. You go see your master. She is not in good condition."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan's face changed and he immediately asked, "What happened?"

Li Yu'an said, "She may have encountered some problems. Her stable heart has cracks."

"Then this time, she was stimulated by me and broke directly. I don't know the specific reason, but you should know it."

"My sister is very hard-hearted, but she is so partial to you. You must have something fishy."

Zhou Yuan stood there, a little at a loss.

Fishy? Is there something fishy between me and my master?

Never.

It's just that I have an inexplicable throbbing for my master.

But my master has always been very good to me.

Teach martial arts, strengthen my body, protect me from thousands of miles away, give unconditionally for me, tolerate my various bad habits infinitely, and preach those great truths with great sincerity.

Whenever I think of these, Zhou Yuan is very moved.

He walked into the room and saw Su Youzi sitting cross-legged on the bed.

She was still wearing the dark blue Taoist robe, but her hair was not tied up, but fell on her shoulders. Her pale face was wrapped in black hair, which made her look gentle and quiet, and more feminine.

She didn't look like a monk at this moment, but a young wife who had just recovered from a serious illness and suffered grievances.

"Master!"

Zhou Yuan hurried over and couldn't help holding Su Youzi's cold hand, whispering: "Master, what's wrong with you? Uncle said that your Taoist heart is broken."

Su Youzi slowly opened her eyes and looked down at her hand.

Then, she looked at Zhou Yuan with a calm look.

Zhou Yuan said, "Master, are you feeling better? How about I give you some Yang energy?"

Su Youzi said, "Let go of your hand."

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly let go, and said with a bitter smile, "Master, I have no intention of blaspheming, I am just concerned about you."

Su Youzi sighed and said softly, "Don't worry, the road of cultivation is always bumpy, this is the law of nature, and we can't expect it to be smooth sailing."

Zhou Yuan said, "Master, will the broken heart of Taoism affect your body?"

Su Youzi shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I am a little tired at the moment, easily sleepy, unable to gather my thoughts and concentrate."

Zhou Yuan thought about it, and then wondered, "Will there be a situation where what is happening now is forgotten after a while."

Su Youzi looked at him and said calmly, "What do you want to do?"

"Ah?"

Zhou Yuan was a little confused. I just asked casually to show my concern. Did the master misunderstand something?

"Yuan Yizi, I understand you."

Su Youzi said calmly: "Your heart is full of vulgar desires, which are suppressed by your morality. It is normal at ordinary times, but when encountering special circumstances, it is easy to be controlled by desires."

"You have not cultivated enough in this aspect of your state of mind."

Zhou Yuan said: "As long as Master is fine, I am not afraid of any desires covering me."

Su Youzi said: "At present, my biggest threat is you."

Zhou Yuan was really broken this time, and hurriedly said: "Master, you can't misunderstand your disciple like this!"

"Disciple admits that I always have an inexplicable throbbing towards Master. This is desire , this is human nature. "

"But the disciple has never had a true blasphemous heart towards the master. The disciple has always been grateful to the master and respected the master."

"As for what happened in Baiyun Mountain, it was impulsive when young."

Su Youzi looked into Zhou Yuan's eyes, was silent for a moment, and then said: "I can see that your words are from the heart and are true, which makes me very relieved."

"You are not hopeless after all. As long as you keep your heart calm, you will completely wipe out those unclean desires in time."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "Master, love between men and women is human nature. This is the way of nature."Is it because of this that you have so many wives and concubines, but I have never blamed you." "But the relationship between master and disciple should be clean, and no love should be born." Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Master is right." "But... Master, people can control their emotions, but they cannot control their feelings." "Just as I hate evil, desire peace, love beautiful and kind women, and appreciate my uncle's care and suffering for me..." "Emotions are the reaction of a person's soul to everything." "Disciple can't achieve the supreme forgetfulness, so I can't control it." Su Youzi was surprised and said, "Could it be that you really have improper thoughts about your master?" Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "Disciple dare not have improper thoughts about Master. Disciple respects Master and is grateful for Master's care. "

"But in those three months, I worked hard all day, practiced martial arts, and stayed with my master day and night. In addition, I had the side effects of the Pure Yang Wuji Gong, and I was young and frivolous, and full of energy... For all these reasons, it was impossible for me to ignore my master's beauty."

"I dare not lie, and every word is true."

Su Youzi took a deep breath.

She looked at Zhou Yuan and said loudly: "Even if there is! Suppress it! This is not allowed!"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Who doesn't allow it?"

Su Youzi said: "The ethics of this world since ancient times do not allow such a thing to happen!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Master is right, this world has rules, and some things will be despised by people when they are done."

"For example, massacres, killings, and many more examples..."

"The island bandits burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. As long as they are human beings, who would not be angry? "

"But Master is not angry. Master believes that this is the way of nature and the cycle of reincarnation."

"This shows that Master does not care about these rules at all!"

"Master, if you do not care about these rules, why would you care about the ethics within the rules?"

"Are those sins less serious than the disciple's love for the master?"

Hearing this, Su Youzi's face turned red and white, and she opened her mouth, but could not say anything.

She covered her chest and gasped, almost unable to sit still.

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "Master, the reason why your Tao heart is broken is not because of what I said in Shenjing, nor because the Virgin Sister is better than you."

"But... you are not really too emotional, and you cannot treat all things as straw dogs."

"Then you can only choose to be a human."

"Humans must have seven emotions and six desires, and must have love, hate, joy and anger. "

"In fact, you did just that. You loved me, so you would rather give up Baiyun Temple and go to the capital to protect me and escort Jianjia and the others away."

"You would rather bear witness to my decadent life than protect my life."

"Master, you are sentimental."

Su Youzi gritted her teeth and said, "But I don't care about the life and death, the destruction of the country and the family."

Zhou Yuan said, "Because you are escaping."

Su Youzi was stunned for a moment, sitting there in a daze, her whole body stiff.

Zhou Yuan looked at her calmly and said softly, "The whole family was destroyed, the country was destroyed, the family was destroyed, and the Virgin Mary sister cried all day, but you didn't show any sadness."

"It's not that you don't feel pain, but that you feel too much pain. The pain forces your soul to forget the sadness and help you get through the most difficult period."

"You went to Zhongnan Mountain, you learned the Taoism, and you subconsciously found the way to forget and escape. ”

“You focus on the Supreme Forgetfulness, constantly brainwash yourself, telling yourself that those are all reincarnations, and finally forget and escape.”

Su Youzi’s face was pale, and he murmured: “Don’t say it anymore, Yuan Yizi, don’t say it anymore.”

Zhou Yuan continued: “When a person is shot, he can’t feel the severe pain, because the soul will take the initiative to protect the body and help the body through the most painful period.”

“That’s the truth.”

“Master, do you know why you haven’t been able to break through?”

“Because you have never devoted yourself to practicing Taoism, you are not pious to Taoism.”

“You are just using Taoism to escape grief. You have concealed it from everyone, even from yourself, but you can’t conceal it from Taoism.”

“Taoism knows that your heart is not sincere, so you can’t break through.”

“Do you think your Taoism heart is broken? No, you just realized the truth about yourself. "

Su Youzi spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight onto the bed. Her face was distorted and numb, and tears were streaming down her eyes.

Zhou Yuan looked at her and said softly, "Master, face your true self. No matter how difficult it is, I will be with you through it all."