Vol 4 Chapter 58: 1st generation sword fairy Li Xiaoyao

After returning to the Central Plains more than 80 years later, the Song Dynasty changed a lot.
The current emperor is called Zhao Zhen, the grandson of Zhao Guangyi, and now the emperor is not called the emperor, or the emperor, nor is he called his majesty, but an official.
In fact, referring to the emperor as an official family has existed as early as the Jin Dynasty, but it has never been popular. It is only occasionally called by people close to the emperor. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, Gao Lishi referred to Li Longji as an "official family" or "everyone".
The officialization of the term "Guanjia" began with Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao ascended the throne after the mutiny, proclaimed the emperor and established the Song Dynasty, but the Manchu civil and military were still the old ministers of the Zhou Dynasty. In the past, they were all colleagues. Suddenly, he spoke ‘I’ and others ‘Your Majesty’, all of which felt a little awkward.
Zhao Kuangyin racked his brains and pondered, how can he look round and round? He thought of Qin Shihuang.
Qin Shihuang invented the term "emperor". It used to be called the emperor, the three emperors and five emperors. Qin Shihuang thought he was greater than the three emperors and five emperors plus one piece, so he should be called the emperor.
The three emperors are in the world, and the five emperors are in the world. Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was actually greater than the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and even greater than Qin Shihuang, but he couldn't tell others clearly. So he followed suit and formally picked out the "official family".
Compared with ‘emperor’, the term ‘official’ is more easy-going and close to the people, but in fact it is as domineering as inside. Zhao Kuangyin is very satisfied. In the century since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin had long since died and became the great ancestor, but the ‘official family’ was completely confided by the people of the Song Dynasty, and it seemed awkward to call the emperor.
Not only has the title of emperor changed, but the temperament of the Song Dynasty has also changed significantly. This temperament is compared with Datang.
Tang people are extensive and proud, and like horses, frontier fortresses, and peonies. Song people are restrained and delicate, like plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. The people of Tang dynasty live well, and people of Song dynasty pay attention to the sentiment.
Datang attacked from all sides and defeated all the surrounding enemies; Da Song kept on guarding all sides and used New Year's coins to buy out the enemies.
The difference in temperament between the Tang and Song dynasties can be deeply expressed in the changes in the martial arts world.
In the Tang Dynasty, the whole people admired martial arts, and the status of martial artists was very high. The generals and civil servants of the imperial court were completely equal, and both civil and martial arts were highly regarded. Even famous civil servants such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng can still kill the enemy with swords on horseback.
A poetic sword like Li Bai is bound to become a national idol. Zhang Xu and Yan Zhenqing are both calligraphers and famous martial artists.
By the time of the Song Dynasty, everything changed. Martial artists had no place in the court. Donghuamen was a good man, and the generals were all men with their tails between their tails. The small county magistrate pointed his nose to reprimand the general who commanded tens of thousands of people. This was unimaginable in the Tang Dynasty, but it was normal in the Song Dynasty. No one thought it should not be, including the general himself.
From the late Tang Dynasty to the Great Song Dynasty, the cultural people of the world were afraid of being killed. Almost all the poets and writers who have experienced thousands of years have been killed. Takeshi holding a sword and mace in his hand is in full control of the world's right to speak, and the life and death of the people in the world. For the literati, this is a dark age with no sky.
When the Central Plains of the Great Song Dynasty were settled, the literati group that had regained power had learned from it. They must not allow the darkness to re-attack, and must not allow the bad guys with axe in their hands to chop off the emperor’s head casually. So Yang Wen was suppressed. inevitable.
As the court devalued the status of suppressing military commanders, martial artists naturally did not have the beauty of calling for the wind and rain on the official side. But martial arts practice is human nature, and martial artists have to eat too. As a result, martial artists entered the folk, and various martial arts sects sprung up in the land of the Song Dynasty.
The martial art is essentially a martial arts group. Today, the two most famous martial arts groups in the Song Dynasty are the Shaolin Temple and the Beggar Gang. There are many other schools, big and small, but they basically depend on or obey these two groups.
This is only the Central Plains. The countries around the Song Dynasty still attach great importance to martial arts and martial artists from the imperial level. They all have state-supported martial arts groups, such as Nanyuan Dawangfu in Liao State, Yipintang in Xixia, and Shuanglong Temple in Dali.
Therefore, the Shaolin Temple and the Beggar Gang actually led the Wushu confrontation between the people of the Song Dynasty and the surrounding countries.
In addition to these big sects, there is another sect that no one dares to ignore, but is very mysterious-Xiaoyao School.
The ancestor of the Lipai School of the Xiaoyao School is exactly Li Xiaoyao, Yangyi's apprentice and a generation sword fairy.
According to folklore, Li Xiaoyao taught martial arts to the immortals in Changchun Valley, Dali, and learned the way of sword in Shushan. After that, Li Xiaoyao went out of the mountains to walk in the Central Plains. The heroes punish the evil and promote the good, rid the evil spirits and support the justice. With a green light in his hand, he has never had a defeat in his life.
Li Xiaoyao is the idol of everyone in the martial arts world in the Central Plains, the lonely master who is worshipped, the sword fairy praised by the people, and the dream lover of countless girls. Da Song martial arts circles honor him as Xiaoyaozi.
Xiaoyaozi Li Xiaoyao is not only invincible in swordsmanship, but also profound in the art of qinqi, calligraphy and calligraphy. People in the Song Dynasty generally believe that even Li Bai, who is both in poetry and sword of the Tang Dynasty, is not as talented as Xiaoyao in the arts and martial arts.
Xiaoyaozi is unmarried for life, leaving no blood offspring, but left behind countless legends and legends.
It is said that more than 50 years ago, Li Xiaoyao, who had passed the unconquering years, missed his mentor and wanted to go to the Western Buzhou Mountains to find his master. There are also legends that he was going to Kunlun to find him.
When passing by the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, I encountered an invading group composed of martial arts masters from the Western Regions and demon martial artists further west. More than two hundred people wanted to go to the Central Plains to provoke trouble. Li Xiaoyao was quite bored, so he killed them all with a sword.
Later, Li Xiaoyao did not go west any more, but built the Lingjiu Palace on the misty peak of Tianshan Mountain and established the Xiaoyao School to guard the west gate for the Central Plains and the Central Plains martial arts circles. But some people say that he was in Tianshan to wait for the master to return from the West.
As soon as the sheep who returned to the Central Plains heard about Li Xiaoyao's story, he was very emotional and excited. Such a good disciple who is so loving and righteous is contented, presumably Zhou Yingluo will also smile at Jiuquan.
But Yang Yi did not rush to Tianshan to visit Li Xiaoyao, because he died ten years ago at the age of 91.
When Li Xiaoyao passed away, his apprentices respected his will and did not bury other favorites in his lifetime, not even the Qingmang sword known as the fairy sword. The only one who was put in the coffin to accompany him next to him was a panpipe, the ordinary bamboo flute that had already yellowed.
After the news of the death of Xiaoyao son Li Xiaoyao returned, all schools of martial arts in the Central Plains, including the Shaolin Temple and the Beggar Gang, UU Read www.uukanshu. com even Liaoguo Nanyuan, Xixia Yipintang, all set up mourning halls. Li Xiaoyao's character and martial arts are respected by everyone, as well as by his master, Yang Yi.
Dali royal family Duan family also set up a mourning hall, because Duan family's martial arts came from Li Xiaoyao's teaching.
After the establishment of the Xiaoyao Sect, Li Xiaoyao successively accepted three apprentices, and now his second apprentice Wuyazi is the head of the Xiaoyao Sect. The other two of Li Xiaoyao's apprentices are all women, namely the elder disciple Tianshan Tongmao and the third disciple Li Qiushui.
Today, the Xiaoyao School is still as secluded and mysterious as before, silently guarding the west gate for the Central Plains martial arts world. The martial arts of the Xiaoyao School are light and elegant, leisurely and elegant, just like their ancestor Li Xiaoyao. Moreover, the disciples of the Xiaoyao School are all very literary, good at piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy, and they also follow Li Xiaoyao's inheritance.
Yang Yi didn't know Li Xiaoyao's three apprentices, so he didn't intend to scare them. He took Yang Wulang, that is, monk Lingxiu's salvation, and rushed to Shaolin Temple.
Entrusted by others is one aspect. The Buddhist scripture pavilion of Shaolin Temple is not only in the temple, but also the largest library in the entire Song Dynasty except the Royal Library. Along the way, Yang Yi is thinking about ways to go in there and see Two-year book.