Xia Xun walked out of the Silkworm Temple and came to the Guandi Hall. He saw Peng Zi sitting on his knees under a green pine tree in the corner of the hall, closing his eyes and meditating.
Xia Xun smiled and said, "Young Master, I've been waiting for a long time. Let's go."
Peng Ziqi opened his eyes, a little surprised: "Is the conversation over?"
Xia Xun said: "Yes, let's go back. The young master is running around with me. He is tired at the end of the day. How about Yang giving a banquet to express his gratitude after returning? The young master is a martial arts practitioner, so he must have a good drinker."
"No need!"
Peng Ziqi said calmly: "If you like to drink, feel free to drink. I am not good at drinking. My taste is about 70% similar to Miss Xiaodi's. I like to eat lighter."
"oh?"
Xia Xun laughed: "Speaking of Xiaodi, the young master seems to have a good impression of her. Xiaodi is my personal girl, but I always treat her as my own sister. If the young master really has a good impression of my little girl, Yang
I would rather see it come to fruition."
There was something funny on Peng Ziqi's face, and he said slyly: "I really like Miss Xiaodi, how can I be willing to give up my love to you?"
Xia Xun said: "If you want me to treat her as a maid as a gift, that is absolutely impossible. What I am talking about is that the matchmaker is getting married. If you can capture my Xiaodi's heart, I will recognize her as my adopted sister.
Send her a generous dowry and marry her into your home in all glory."
The smile in Peng Ziqi's eyes grew stronger: "Seriously?"
"really!"
"A gentleman's words."
"Hurry up and whip your horse!"
"Hahahaha..." The two people laughed at the same time.
"One hundred kilograms of noodles steamed to make longevity peaches - a useless snack. You'll become stupid from reading!"
"This little girl is quite fun. Lesbian wasn't popular in the Ming Dynasty, right?"
The two of them had their own hidden agendas, and they laughed a few more times...
In fact, Xia Xun is not good at wine, and there is no one to accompany him to drink. Naturally, he will eat dinner for dinner, with meat and vegetables, water and land delicacies, and he will be full.
Early the next morning, shopkeeper Wang from Yang's workshop came to the door in person. Who wouldn't care about the things that his boss treats? As soon as Xia Xun left, the workshop immediately mixed the best-quality fine steel, heated it, and drew it, according to Xia Xun's instructions.
They asked for steel wires to be made. By night, five steel wires more than ten feet long had been made. However, it was already getting late and it was inconvenient to disturb the owner, so as soon as it was dawn, shopkeeper Wang came to present the treasure.
Five shiny steel wires were tightly wrapped around a spinning wheel. Xia Xun took the spinning wheel from shopkeeper Wang, let go of a section of steel wire, tested the toughness, and immediately praised him. Shopkeeper Wang was immediately praised by his boss.
Wow, my bones were a little lighter. When I left, my steps were brisk and I felt as if I had just emerged from the bridal chamber.
After seeing off shopkeeper Wang, Xia Xun returned to the study, untied a steel wire from the spinning reel, wrapped it around a small object, and put it into his sleeve. The spinning reel was connected to the remaining four steel wires.
He put it in the drawer at the bottom of the desk and locked it. Then he sat on the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and seemed to be resting, thinking secretly: "Time, place, tools, what else are you missing?"
His fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a deep and low sound like a drum. Suddenly his fingers stopped and the tapping movement slowed down: "Well..., there are still some things missing. It can't be perfect, so it has to scream.
One can’t catch a sore foot…”
He stood up and walked out.
In the yard, Xiao Huo was learning martial arts with Peng Ziqi with great interest. Xia Xun stood on the porch and watched for a while. With Peng Ziqi's ability to "teach students in accordance with their aptitude" and Xia Xun's eyesight, he thought that if Xiao Di could endure the hardship and practice for a few hours unremittingly,
If she is 20 years old, she has the potential to become a "dancing master".
Peng Ziqi saw Xia Xun, she corrected Xiaodi's action, turned around and walked to the corridor: "Do you want to go out?"
"No, I'm not going anywhere today. You and Xiaodi can practice martial arts while I walk around in the yard."
Xia Xun sneaked into the back garden and ordered no one to enter the garden. He was sneaking around alone and doing something unknown. When Peng Ziqi and Xiaodi came, they were stopped by the servants. They looked at each other from a distance.
I saw Xia Xun walking alone among the flowers and trees, sometimes looking at the sky, sometimes looking at the ground, sometimes walking quickly, sometimes walking slowly. After working for a long time, he walked back calmly.
Xiaodi asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing?"
Peng Ziqi was also very curious, but she was too embarrassed to ask, so she listened carefully. Xia Xun replied leisurely: "The young master is composing poetry."
"Wow! Master, I haven't written a poem for a long time. Have you finished it?"
Xia Xun touched his nose and said, "Well, make three and a half sentences..."
Xiaodi said excitedly: "Tell me about it." Xiaodi is not blind. Although he doesn't read much, he has been studying with the young master since he was a child, so he can still read.
Xia Xun smiled and said: "I am wearing jingle bells from far away, and a pair of beauties came to the back hall. The strange thing is that the golden lotus is three inches small, and it measures horizontally."
Xia Xun laughed and walked away from them. Peng Ziqi said inexplicably: "What is he talking about?"
Xiaodi looked down at her feet and said: "The young master seems to say that our feet are big and strange. We are a pair of beautiful women. You are not a woman..."
Peng Ziqi looked embarrassed and said nothing.
Early the next morning, another visitor came to the Yang family, this time it was Feng Jianxiao. Xia Xun welcomed Feng Jianxiao into the small study room. The two chatted in the room for more than an hour before Xia Xun got up to see the guest off.
As soon as Feng Jianxiao was sent away, he immediately rushed to Prince Qi's Mansion.
Peng Ziqi discovered that Young Master Yang did have an extraordinary relationship with Prince Qi's Mansion. This time Xia Xun walked through the side door of the Prince's Mansion and knocked on the side door. Xia Xun whispered a few words to the palace guard who opened the door. After a while,
The eunuch Chengfeng whom he had met on the day of the birthday banquet personally welcomed them out. The door of the palace opened and their car was actually allowed to enter the palace.
This was Peng Ziqi's first time in a place like the palace. She had never even been to the magistrate's office before. But even though she entered the palace, she could only wait in the long corridor and could only see the high palace walls.
and a narrow line of sky above.
Xia Xun, accompanied by Eunuch Shu, rushed to see the prince. The place where King Qi summoned him was the "Anshan Hall". After entering the main hall, Eunuch Shu waved his hand to him to indicate. Xia Xun nodded and stood knowingly.
After stopping his steps, Eunuch Shu crept towards the back of the screen.
Xia Xun listened carefully and heard a clear voice saying: "The essence of the Tao is graceful and graceful. At the extreme of the Tao, it is dim and silent. Ignore and don't listen. Hold the spirit and be still, and the body will straighten itself. It must be quiet."
"Qing Qing, if you don't strain your form, if you don't shake your essence, you can live forever. Your eyes can see nothing, your ears can't hear, and your heart can't understand. Your spirit will keep your form, and your form will lead to eternal life."
Then he heard the King of Qi say: "Governing a vassal state alone has complicated affairs, and often needs to lead the Jing army. Killings are pointless. Even in this palace, there are many concubines. It is impossible to live a long life quietly and do nothing."
Does Chang have any other immortal methods?"
The clear voice said: "In this case, there is only one way to practice alchemy. There are three ways of alchemy: upper, middle and lower. They are different in difficulty and have their own magical effects. I wonder which one the king wants to learn?"
King Qi hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the upper, middle and lower methods of alchemy training are. What are the methods?"
The Taoist said: "Those who are in the lower level use their body and mind as cauldrons, and their essence as medicine... This is the way to live happily and prolong life. Those who are in the middle level use the universe as their cauldron, and Kanli as water and fire... This is a method of nourishing life.
Dharma. Is it the superior method? Take the heaven and earth as the cauldron, the sun and the moon as water and fire, yin and yang as the mechanism of transformation, lead, mercury, silver, sand and earth as the five elements... This is the superior way to extend life and achieve the fruit of immortality.
Among the three, the middle vehicle and the lower vehicle all need to sit quietly to nourish their energy and absorb the essence of heaven and earth. For ordinary people, this is the easiest to do. They only need to practice for many years and concentrate on the heavenly way, and they will be successful one day. The superior alchemy way requires
Collect the treasures of the five elements, refine the elixir and take it. This method has the greatest effect. Once it is successful, it can straighten the nature and naturally end the life. The form and spirit are wonderful, and it is in harmony with the truth. It does not need to be practiced day by day for years and months, and there is no need to practice life.
The gradual path, however, is the most difficult for ordinary people."
King Qi listened with bated breath and asked anxiously: "This method sounds the easiest, why is it the most difficult?"
The Taoist laughed and said: "This method requires that the person who takes the elixir has good bones and has the potential to be an immortal; and the materials used to practice the elixir require even more treasures from heaven and earth, which are rare in the world. How can ordinary people have such financial resources to provide elixir training?"
Required.”
Xia Xun laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this: "The picture is so poor, after all the talk, it still has to be settled on the word money. It's ridiculous that these royal nobles, descendants of phoenixes and dragons, have everything and are capable of everything, just for this one and only thing."
The fate of life and death, which is the same as that of ordinary people, will be deceived by these magicians. When the time comes, I will give you some lead, mercury and hot poison, which will make you ecstasy, nervous, and finally die.
"
King Qi was overjoyed after hearing this: "What kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure? As long as there is such a thing in the world, Gu can get it. This is not a problem, but I don't know whether Gu has the foundation to cultivate immortality and live forever?"
The Taoist said: "His Royal Highness is the son of a true dragon, so this bone is naturally of the best quality. If you can spare no expense, collect the treasures of heaven and earth, let the poor Taoist refine it into an elixir, and take one pill a day, until the mortal essence is purified,
Naturally transformed into an immortal, immortal."
King Qi laughed loudly: "That's very good, very good, hahahahaha, just follow the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest needs anything, just ask it, and no one will refuse. I just hope that the elixir will be developed soon."
The two people in the room had another conversation, and the Taoist said goodbye and went out. Xia Xun was waiting outside, and happened to bump into the Taoist. He saw this man in his fifties, with a clear face, bright eyes, and an elegant demeanor.
Wearing a green sermon scarf on his head, a very simple robe with a collar, a pair of straw sandals under his waist, and a yellow silk double tassel tied around his waist, he floated out holding a feather fan.
When he saw Xia Xun, the Taoist walked out without squinting his eyes. He was indeed an upright man.
Xia Xun shook his head slightly and then entered the palace. He saw King Qi standing up excitedly from his seat.
Has what you have done been accomplished?"
Xia Xun said respectfully: "Yes, I have found a well-connected seller. He is now in Yanggu County. I have rushed to meet him in the past few days."
"Okay, the sooner the better."
Xia Xun said: "Yes, but although I have established a relationship with this person through some friends, if I buy such a large amount of goods at once, I am afraid that the other party will still have doubts about my sincerity and ability. The prince is eager to make money.
If I proceed step by step, I cannot afford to delay, so... I need the prince to give me a token, to make that person believe that I have enough capital to eat his goods, and that I can become his trustworthy customer..."
King Qi suddenly smiled and said: "I see, why bother beating around the bush? Xiao Shuzi, give him one of the palace piercing cards from my palace. I want the ivory one."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Shu hurriedly accepted the order and left. After a while, he came back with a waist badge. This ivory waist badge was engraved with a crouching tiger cloud pattern, with a hole in the middle for tying with a silk ribbon.
"Prince Qi's palace guard" has five characters, and on the back is engraved: "Every guard officer and soldier carries this card. Those who do not have the card will be guilty according to the law, and the borrower will be guilty of the same crime as the borrower."
As soon as he got the heavy waist card, Xia Xun felt light in his heart: "The big thing is done!"
Leaving Prince Qi's Mansion and walking halfway, Xia Xun suddenly heard the noise of people on the roadside. He looked out from the window and saw a group of palace guards and people dressed as eunuchs, walking past with paint buckets against the wall and holding up
The brush left a dazzling streak of red on the wall wherever it passed. Several well-dressed wealthy gentrymen followed angrily, carrying their robes, and shouted loudly: "My house has been under construction for decades.
Yes, how can I just dismantle it?”
"Don't talk nonsense. The emperor's decree has allowed the prince to choose a place to rebuild the palace. The prince has chosen this land. All the places included in our circle are included in the demolition, and there will be no delay."
"Father-in-law, father-in-law, stay here, military master, this military master..., please do well..."
"Stop chasing after us. It's useless to tell us. Go and talk to our Lord Gongzheng. Maybe he will be accommodating..."
The people in front walked away, and the people behind chased them. There was a lot of chatter, and Xia Xun’s car followed all the way. Peng Ziqi understood the general idea, and couldn’t help but angrily said: "Isn’t this just trying to make money in different ways? The majestic King Qi
,How can it be so...such...,No, a prince who lives in seclusion, how could he come up with such a method? This must be some wicked and evil person who gave the prince a bad idea, and he is not afraid of having a child...
,snort!"
Although she came from a powerful family, she was still a girl. Although she heard some words, she was embarrassed to say them out.
Xia Xun felt guilty for a while, and quickly pretended to be indignant, and echoed her in condemning the evil bastard who was so evil and had no children... Then he turned back and sighed secretly: "Take a look.
There is nothing you can do about sleeping with such a prince. It is Mr. Feng who has tricked you, not me. Brother, I am just a dead Taoist friend, not a poor Taoist. Amitabha, it is your fault..."
Returning to the mansion, Xia Xun immediately locked himself in the study, took out the spinning silk reel, and wrapped it neatly with five steel wires.
Wrap it up, put it back in the drawer, lock it, and call out the door: "Come here, please ask Uncle Xiao to come over."
Manager Xiao is here. When Manager Xiao goes out again, everyone in the house knows the news: the young master is going out again. This time the young master is going to Yanggu County to meet a businessman. It takes about a month to go back and forth.
time.
"Are you leaving Qingzhou?" Peng Ziqi rushed to the study and asked Xia Xun.
"Yes, let's go to Yanggu County."
Peng Ziqi frowned. She thought she could just protect him in Qingzhou City for three months, but she didn't expect to have to travel with him all over the country. It was really inconvenient for him to be alone and alone.
"Where to go?"
"Yanggu County."
"how long?"
"About a month."
Peng Ziqi raised his eyebrows: "When will we set off?"
Xia Xun said: "Today is the second day of junior high school, right? Let's leave early tomorrow morning. Why, what's the problem?"
Peng Ziqi really wanted to ask him what he meant by the poem he made yesterday, and whether he had already found out his identity. If so, she would use the big feet that the kid who deserved a beating said, to leave a few marks on him.
The distinctive shoe prints. But as soon as she saw the intriguing smile on Xia Xun's face, she was furious. So, she turned around resolutely, resolutely, and decisively, straightened her chest, raised her chin, like a