Chapter 42: Soldiers and Snakes absorb water, Gujing Danqi
The night is like a curtain, full of stars.
At this time, the Taishi Ling of the Han Dynasty was still Sima Tan, Sima Qian’s father.
Sima Qian is now traveling around the world, traveling thousands of miles, and is not in Chang'an.
His family has a rich academic background, and he was known as a child prodigy when he was young. He also studied under two well-educated men, Kong Anguo and Dong Zhongshu.
Sima Qian and Bai Yu have been studying together for several years.
So when Bai Yu came to Chang'an, he stayed at Tai Shiling's mansion.
In the study, Sima Tan sat in the main seat, with Bai Yu sitting next to him.
Sima Tansheng has thin eyebrows and long eyes, a broad forehead, a somewhat thin nose and lips, a slightly taller body than ordinary people, and wears brown Hanfu.
Hearing Bai Yu say that the Bingfu Slip was taken away by Huo Qubing, Sima Tan was silent for a while.
He has been immersed in official circles for many years and is mature and prudent: "This matter needs to be thought about carefully. Huo Qubing has Wei's backing and has the trust of His Majesty."
Bai Yu said: "According to what Taishi Ling sees, what should we do?"
"First send the news back to Master, or you can report it directly to Your Majesty. The thing was originally intended to be presented to Your Majesty, and it would be the same for Your Majesty to retrieve it from Huo Qubing."
Bai Yu sighed. He originally wanted to suppress Huo Qubing's arrogance, but unexpectedly he couldn't steal the chicken and lost the rice.
"You just said that the aura of Bingfu Jian was connected with Huo Qubing, and his name was left on the Jian?"
"Exactly."
When he mentioned that Huo Qubing left his name on the Bingfu slips, Bai Yu still had a hint of surprise:
"According to Master's wishes, the military strategist who wants to be on the Military Mansion Table must be an unparalleled famous general and a great military strategist.
Huo Qubing has never led troops to fight in a battle, so even if he has some talent, he should never be on the military briefing.
It’s so unexpected.”
Sima Tan said solemnly: "You are not in Chang'an, so you don't know who Huo Qubing is."
A look of surprise appeared on Bai Yu's handsome face: "What does Tai Shi Ling mean, is Huo Qubing really qualified to be a famous general?"
"I keep records such as annual records and history. It is also part of my responsibility to record His Majesty's daily life, so I know some things that others don't know. Huo Qubing was very talented when he was young, so he was valued by Your Majesty. The rest... it is useless to talk about it."
Sima Tan said: "Is there any way you can contact Master Dong?"
"Yes, there are two methods. One is the technique of flying cranes on grass boats, which can transmit the news to the master in less than a day."
Bai Yu said: "There is another method, which is used for emergencies and can send messages thousands of miles. However, this method is quite precious. If you use it once, you will consume the letter infused by the master."
"You can send a message to Master Dong now and see how he responds?" Sima Tan said decisively.
Bai Yu was hesitant. Dong Zhongshu asked him to do something, but he lost his things and wanted to get them back by himself.
But then I thought about it, Bingfu Jian was personally sacrificed by his master. At this moment, Dong Zhongshu must have known that something had happened, and he could not hide it after all.
Bai Yu took out a bamboo slip that had been infused with breath by Dong Zhongshu himself, and concentrated on writing what happened today on the bamboo slip.
Thousands of miles away, Dong Zhongshu took out the same bamboo slip and looked at the writing on it with narrowed eyes:
"Huo Qubing! He boarded the Bingfu Jian without fighting..."
Dong Zhongshu pondered briefly: "In this case, it can only be that his military talent is exceptionally outstanding...
The military energy stored in the soldier's slip boiled because of him, and he got the clan's benefits for nothing."
Huo Qubing...
Dong Zhongshu wrote a reply: "You don't have to worry about this anymore. I'll write a handwritten letter for the teacher association and send it to Chang'an."
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The light in the study is dim.
Huo Qubing is studying the newly emerged supernatural powers, as well as the Bingfu Slips.
"This magical power of military strategy is equivalent to a treasure bag when used on an individual."
By activating the creation of something out of nothing, Huo Qubing's simple piece in the sea of consciousness releases a force that blends with the void and can put items into a 'magical power pocket' within a fixed range.
But at present, there is not much room for it, and it cannot be used as a strategy to move troops. It can only be used as a soldier bag to store personal belongings.
Huo Qubing tried it several times, and it was so convenient, it was like magic.
He immediately turned his attention to the Bingfu Slip.
The military slips were unfolded slowly. The names of Sun Wu, the sage of war, Lu Shang, the ancestor of war, and several military masters each occupied a slip. There was a faint air of energy, mighty and thick, and there was a feeling of thousands of troops shouting to kill.
People's souls are swaying, and the soldiers are ruthless.
Huo Qubing sent his consciousness into the soldier's slip, and the power he cultivated was also consistent with the soldier's slip, and suddenly became strong and powerful like the confluence of streams and rivers.
At the soul level, he seemed to see the lives of Sun Wu, Lu Shang and others flashing through the bamboo slips, and saw their understanding and knowledge of the art of war.
The Bingfu Jian shines brightly, hanging in the air on its own, shining brightly.
To a certain extent, Huo Qubing used the military slips to communicate with the military strategists of the past dynasties. It was equivalent to Dong Zhongshu's efforts of more than ten years to extract the military strategist essence from daily transcribing to bless him and benefit the military strategist's practice.
It’s so big that it’s hard to imagine.
The long night passed by and came to the next morning.
Huo Qubing let out a breath from his mouth and nose.
The energy was condensed but not dispersed, actually whirling around his body like a sword. After coiling for several weeks, the energy gathered and dispersed, and transformed into an armored tiger, roaring silently beside him.
As Huo Qubing inhaled, the tiger's energy dispersed and was swallowed by him again before disappearing from his mouth and nose.
This night's practice made the military aura in his body seem to have spirituality and become as sharp as a tiger.
At this moment, with Huo Qubing's hesitation.
The soaring snake in his consciousness also changed.
The scales on the entire Soaring Snake opened and closed, and the Yin Talisman and incantations flickered.
These mantras sometimes fall off with the snake's scales and merge into Huo Qubing's body's acupoints and skin.
When he breathed out his breath, his body seemed to have an extra layer of Yin Talisman Armor, flickering on and off.
This armor will greatly increase his defense and combat effectiveness.
When practicing in conjunction with the Bingfu Slips, the biggest changes come from the ancient wells and the slips recording the seven techniques of Yin Fu in this classic.
On the simple piece recording the true meaning of the Soaring Snake, the Soaring Snake actually came to the edge of the wellhead and made sucking and ingesting movements towards the wellhead, as if it wanted to get something from the well.
As the snake inhaled, there was an imperceptible breath in the well, which it swallowed.
An oval-shaped mark appeared between Teng She's eyebrows, like a drop of water, or a kind of condensed elixir energy.
At this moment, this elixir energy is still very weak and almost invisible, but due to Teng She's ingestion of the ancient well, it has become obvious at an extremely slow speed.
"With the help of the breath of Bingfu Jian, it has obviously promoted the changes in the ancient well in advance. If I practice it myself, I don't know how long it will take."
Huo Qubing thought as he finished his practice, got up and walked out of the room: The power in my body is quickly approaching the barrier of the heaven and human realm.
The big cat was also lazy, jumped down from the beam, and went out with Huo Qubing.
"Don't run around. I'll take you out later." Huo Qubing told the big cat.
He walked out of the room. Xiong San heard the noise and brought hot water from a wooden basin.
Xiong San also has another task, which is to supervise the big cat's washing.
The big cat also has a small wooden basin with clear well water in it.
Xiong San wrapped the big cat's paws with a piece of coarse cloth and let it wipe its face.
The big cat had a look on his face that he had been wronged, and he was obviously unhappy. He wiped his face with a coarse cloth wrapped in his paws, and then reluctantly opened his mouth. Xiong San used a small brush made of horsehair and dipped it in fine salt.
, help it clean its teeth.
One doesn't want to serve, the other doesn't want to be served, and it's normal for one person and one cat to get into trouble early in the morning.
"Liu Xiang said that he will come to see the young master today for fun."
Xiong San always called Liu Xiang, the son of the King of Zhongshan, by his first name, and Liu Xiang didn't feel dissatisfied. He had a heavy childhood shadow on Xiong San when he was a child, and he always had an attitude of being untouchable towards Huo Qubing's maid.
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"What time did they leave last night?"
"At the beginning of Haishi."
Huo Qubing and Da Mao had eaten and were about to leave the house, but they met Zhuo Huai's carriage outside the house: "Huo Shizhong."
"Have you been waiting outside the house all night?" Huo Qubing asked.
Zhuo Huai smiled awkwardly, offending Liu Qian was a matter of life and death for him, and there was no room for carelessness.
"I have already made arrangements for your affairs. You just need to pay attention to the properties under Zhuo's jurisdiction and tell me in time if there are any changes."
Huo Qubing confessed and took the big cat into the palace again.
Today, my uncle is leaving Chang'an and going to the northern border. Even Liu Che has to leave the palace to see off the troops in person.