The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 206 Taming

Last time, we talked about Zhang Hongchen going to buy clothes. In order to win her over, Li Yi had no choice but to go with her. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.

Arriving at Jinxiu Pavilion, the best silk shop in Linjiang, Zhang Hongchen spent a long time choosing, but still couldn't find clothes that satisfied her. Li Yi herself was very reluctant to go shopping with a woman, not to mention that Zhang Hongchen was not her woman. When the maid took a piece of orange silk and wrapped it around Zhang Hongchen, Li Yi came up with a plan.

Before Zhang Hongchen asked for his opinion, Li Yi said, "It's not a matter of material or color, but a matter of style. How about this, since you no longer believe in yourself, why not trust me for once? I will help you design a set of clothes, and I guarantee that it will not be anyone else's style."

Zhang Hongchen asked doubtfully: "You can also make clothes?"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "I definitely don't know how to make clothes, but I do know a thing or two about designing clothes. Have you heard of Ye's slim-fitting clothes? I designed them."

Zhang Hongchen shook his head, and Li Yi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, you'll know when I draw the clothes. Shopkeeper, bring me a pen and paper!" Li Yi casually drew a wide-sleeved orange shirt with a white tube top, the key point is to expose the waist; the lower body is flared pants, with slits on the front of the thighs and calves, the key point is to expose the legs.

This outfit was definitely a strange outfit in this era. Zhang Hongchen and the tailor looked at the drawing Li Yi drew with surprise. Zhang Hongchen asked, "Can you wear this outfit outside?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Cover what needs to be covered, and show what needs to be shown. What's wrong with wearing this out? Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and measure your body and tailor the clothes. Make them like this!" As he said that, Li Yi took out a gold ingot and put it on the table.

Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper immediately urged: "Why are you still standing there! Put down what you are doing and be more quick! Do it according to what the young master drew! Hurry!" There was no other way, this is the charm of money.

An hour later, Zhang Hongchen stood in front of the bronze mirror admiring his new clothes. After looking around for several times, he praised: "I didn't expect you to have some talent. This dress really shows your figure."

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "It's nothing, this is just Gongsun Li's Shangyuan champion skin, I bought it with gritted teeth at the time!"

Of course, the shop's maid, clerk and tailor didn't understand what Li Yi was saying. They all looked at him in confusion. Zhang Hongchen waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with him. He is mentally ill." Everyone smiled knowingly.

Li Yi stood beside Zhang Hongchen and said with a smile: "We are still short of an umbrella. Please go to the store and buy an oil-paper umbrella. I want a white one. I want to write my own words on the umbrella."

Zhang Hongchen looked at Li Yi and smiled, "Oh, why are you suddenly in a good mood?"

Li Yi smiled but said nothing. When the store owner bought the umbrella, Li Yi asked Zhang Hongchen to open the umbrella and lay it flat. He then gathered his energy into a pen, injected his spiritual power and Buddhist teachings into his talent and turned it into ink, and wrote the poem "Half Pot of Yarn" out of thin air:

The ink has entered the water, I cross a pool of blue and white, I gather five parts of red clouds, I pick bamboo and go home

The wind blows and buries the mulberry and hemp in the field. I put on a monk's robe and put down my longing.

The time of waiting for marriage, the pearls of the phoenix crown are tied into the hair

The sandalwood brushes past the jade bracelet, leaving only a cup of bud-colored tea

If you can see the mountains and rivers in my heart, I will pray with one lotus step at a time.

How can we know that the fleeting life is just a piece of grass? Time makes people grow old. The wind, moon, flowers and birds smile and the worldly relationship ends.

After writing the lyrics, Li Yi casually pushed a few lines of words onto the umbrella, then condensed the qi into a guitar, playing and singing. Every time he sang a line of words on the umbrella, a purple-gold aura would emanate, which surrounded Zhang Hongchen, as if cleansing her soul.

This is another method that Li Yi realized from the "Brahma Wonderful Sound Sutra", the method of the Wonderful Sound Bodhisattva to spread the sutra through music. In the past, the Wonderful Sound Bodhisattva used Buddhist music to persuade people to do good and eliminate evil, and to eliminate disasters and calamities, thereby spreading Buddhism. Li Yi was very happy to get this sutra, which was perfect for him.

Different from the previous method of using the Purple Sky Divine Thunder to drive out the evil magic from Zhai Baishan, this method did not erase Zhang Hongchen's evil magic, but only awakened the good thoughts in her heart and purified her mind. It was relatively gentler.

Everyone was impressed by Li Yi's operation. Zhang Hongchen shook his head and laughed, "He is indeed the most talented scholar in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the first person to practice both Confucianism and Buddhism. Not only are his works handed down from generation to generation, but they also contain Buddhist teachings, which can purify the mind and soul. His methods are really amazing!"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper exclaimed, "Are you the most talented scholar in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Li Yi Li Yuefu?"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "What first or not, it's just an empty title. Besides, this is Liang State, not Northern Wei. No matter how talented you are, it's useless." The shopkeeper took out the gold ingot and wanted to return it to Li Yi, but Li Yi hurriedly declined.

The shopkeeper saluted and said, "Master Li, I dare not accept your money. You competed in the six arts of a gentleman in Jiankang, and easily won against several people from Liang State alone! You also performed the Qinhuai River scenery on the Qinhuai River, and the singing spread throughout Jiankang! You also held a stunning banquet to raise money to help the victims. Your reputation has spread."

Zhang Hongchen looked at Li Yi and chuckled, "It seems that besides being lustful, you have done some good things."

Li Yi smiled and said, "I just did what I could, so I can't say I have any good reputation."

The shopkeeper waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, Lord Li, you are too modest. You are from Wei, but you still want to help the victims of our Liang State. This kind of mind is not something that ordinary people can have!"

Li Yi shook his head and smiled, "What the shopkeeper said is wrong. We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. How can there be any division between Liang and Wei? If it weren't for the Five Barbarians' invasion of China and the fall of the pre-Qin dynasty, how could there be the division between the north and the south? Even if our bones are broken, we are still connected by tendons!"

The shopkeeper sighed: "Li Yuefu really cares about the world!"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's hard to say whether I have any ulterior motives for the world, but the shopkeeper must accept this money."

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I definitely can't accept this small amount of money. If you are willing, why not write a word for my Jinxiu Pavilion?"

Seeing that the shopkeeper's kindness was hard to refuse, Li Yi had no choice but to condense his energy and transform it into a brush, saying with a smile: "Okay, Li will shamelessly write a few words."

"Okay, okay, come here! Move the table quickly!" Two waiters brought the table, and the maid unfolded the scroll and ground ink.

Li Yi picked up his pen and wrote: The silks and satins are all brocade, and the first pavilion is where silk is extracted and cocoons are peeled off.

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, put the scroll away, and bid farewell to Li Yi and Zhang Hongchen. Zhang Hongchen, wearing new clothes and holding an umbrella, was in a good mood, but her good mood soon disappeared. Because she and Li Yi came to Guanghan Tower, but Guanghan Tower was sealed by the government. Seeing this, Zhang Hongchen immediately tore off the seal and went in to check.

Li Yi stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "What are you doing? The government is currently wiping out the Shura Palace. You caused a water ghost incident last night. It's normal for Guanghan Tower to be sealed off. The most urgent thing is to find out the whereabouts of the people in the tower, and then find a way to rescue them."

Zhang Hongchen said angrily, "The girls in this building are already miserable. I have finally saved them from having to humiliate themselves like other prostitutes. How can I let them suffer in prison again! This matter was caused by me, and I must solve it! Unlock the soul-sealing lock! I am going to save them now!"

Li Yi said sternly: "I know you care about those poor sisters, but don't be impulsive. Find someone to clarify the situation first, and then make a long-term plan."

So, Li Yi brought Zhang Hongchen to the restaurant where Xu Li had treated him to a banquet yesterday. The waiter naturally recognized this friend of Mr. Xu. After some questioning, he learned what had happened:

Linjiang County Magistrate He Changzhi personally led troops to seal off Guanghan Tower, saying that people from Shura Palace had sneaked in and were endangering the people. During this period, Confucian and Taoist people used the Qi-watching technique to identify them one by one, but did not find any other evil cultivators in Guanghan Tower. In the end, they just sealed off Guanghan Tower and brought everyone back to the government office for interrogation.

Hearing this, Li Yi suddenly asked: "Did you see Mr. Xu last night?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "Mr. Xu is not among those taken away by the government."

Li Yi asked again: "Have you seen Miss Yueying? The courtesan who danced on the stage last night?"

The waiter waved his hands and said, “No, no! The government took them away just to ask about Miss Yueying’s whereabouts. They said they suspected that Miss Yueying was an evil cultivator from Shura Palace!”

Li Yi smiled and thanked him and gave the waiter a tip. Then he said to Zhang Hongchen, “Don’t worry, Xu Li has escaped with Yue Ying.”

Zhang Hongchen said unhappily, "Why should we be relieved? Even if they are fine, we can't let others get involved! Those sisters are not evil cultivators! Why should they be put on trial?"

Li Yi looked at Zhang Hongchen and smiled, "Although you have gone astray before, it is not too late to find your original intention of doing good and turn back. The Buddha said: Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right away. It is exactly what he said about you."

Zhang Hongchen turned his head, put on an angry expression and said: "Hmph, you can't let it go! Those who should be killed must be killed! Including you! Lecher! Do you think you are qualified to teach others? Have you forgotten how you treated me last night? Despicable, shameless, and obscene!" After saying that, a blush flashed across his face.

Li Yi asked in confusion: "Hey, that's not right! I saw someone seemed to be enjoying himself last night."

Zhang Hongchen raised her hand to hit someone, but Li Yi immediately grabbed her hand and said with a smile, "Alright, stop messing around and eat quickly. We still have things to do after we finish eating! Let's go find Xu Li and Miss Yueying first."

Zhang Hongchen asked doubtfully: "Do you know where they are?"

Li Yi nodded and said, "I had an agreement with Xu Li before. If we encounter any emergency, we should hide in the cave of Feilai Peak. That is the top of the mountain of Lingyin Temple, so we can be taken care of at least a little bit."

Zhang Hongchen was surprised and asked, "You let two evil cultivators hide in Lingyin Temple? That Xu Huandao has killed monks in Lingyin Temple before! Aren't you afraid of something going wrong?"

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I have already told Master Kong Wen about this. They will not be allowed to have too much contact with the monks in the temple."

After dinner, Li Yi and Zhang Hongchen headed for the cave halfway up Feilai Peak. As soon as they reached the cave entrance, Yueying came out to greet them and saluted, “Master, you are here.”

Zhang Hongchen was stunned at this moment. She realized that the way Yueying saw her was very similar to the way she saw Hadir. The look, the movements, and the tone of her voice.

Zhang Hongchen waved his hand and said, "From now on, I am no longer your master, and you are no longer my substitute. We no longer have any relationship."

Just as Yue Ying was about to speak, Xu Li came out of the cave. He looked at Zhang Hongchen and bowed, smiling flatteringly, “Meetings, Master Zhang!” He then bowed to Li Yi and said, “Young Master, you have great skills. You even managed to subdue Master Zhang!”

Zhang Hongchen said coldly: "Xu Huandao and Xu Li from Ghost Blade Hall, I remember that you defected to Shura Hall on your own, I don't even know your background."

Xu Li smiled apologetically and said, "I know my own worth and I am not worthy of your attention. I can't achieve anything great by myself, so I took the initiative to join the Shura Palace. Fortunately, I was appreciated by the head of the Qiu Palace, who taught me the Ghost Blade Technique. That's how I got the name Xu Huandao."

Zhang Hongchen pointed at Li Yi and said, "Your benefactor died at his hands, but instead of avenging Qiu Xiong, you helped him. Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?" He turned around and said to Li Yi, "How dare you trust and employ such a heartless and ungrateful person?"

Li Yi waved his hand and smiled: "Who said that Brother Xu is heartless and ungrateful? His kindness is just invisible to you. Previously, in ..."

Xu Li suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt Li Yi and said, “Hey, young master, young master, the past is too hard to recall, so don’t mention it anymore!” After saying that, he glanced at Yue Ying and gave Li Yi a look, meaning that he should not expose his shortcomings in front of Yue Ying.

Zhang Hongchen had already seen through the clues and said in a cold voice: “Xu, don’t set your sights on Yue Ying! Otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands!”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little off, Li Yi quickly stepped out to help, “Well, now that we’ve found Miss Yueying, let’s finish our bet first.”

The four of them walked into the cave, sat around the stone table, and listened to Yueying's story. Her story was just as Li Yi said, she was also manipulated by someone, and it was very similar to Zhang Hongchen's story. They both trusted others three times, and experienced hope, disappointment, and finally despair three times.