Langting said this to Donggao Jun who looked confused, then turned to Gongliang and said, "I happen to know some repair skills, but you want me to help you repair this ancient inkstone."
How could Gongliang disagree? He quickly nodded in agreement.
Seeing that he was willing, Lang Ting swept it away, and all the objects on the incomplete inkstone immediately flew off the table and floated on the palm of his left hand. Then he saw his right index finger point to the floating objects, and a blazing white light spurted out from the fingertips and landed on the incomplete inkstone.
On all the objects on the inkstone, in an instant, the objects pulled each other and flew towards the fracture point, connecting together.
White light flashes at the connection, bringing the objects closer and closer, gradually merging together, and no trace of breakage can be seen anymore.
After a while, the inkstone fell back into Langting's palm, as if it was newly made, with delicate body and round jade beads; the inkstone was closed and closed, like an eternal deep pool; the eyes of the rhinoceros were lively and gleaming, as if they had spirituality.
"What a great rhinoceros spitting inkstone." Feng Heng on the side praised repeatedly.
"It is indeed a rare ancient inkstone. I thought it had been lost, but I didn't expect to find it again."
Seeing that Gong Liang and Dong Gao Jun looked puzzled, Lang Ting turned over the inkstone, pointed to the line of poem on it and said: "This poem is actually very long. This is just a short sentence in one paragraph. That paragraph
The poem goes like this: "The Emperor's destiny is to be weak, and he is dedicated to conquering the enemy. He spreads his majestic strategy with seven virtues, and marches with hundreds of thousands of troops. The geese cover the captive fields, and the fish rushes out of the Great Wall. The horses drink when they cross the river, and the vast sea is full of banners. The sword is drawn and leaned against the sky, covered with clouds.
The rhinoceros shines brightly in the sun. It curves through rocks and cuts down big whales with its swings. The drums and whistles are used in the dynasty, and Diao Dou screams at night. There are so many strong men in the six counties, how can the three sides be even? It is about the fierce generals of the Qin Dynasty who were ordered to conquer foreign countries.
This poem was written by the great Confucian scholar of the Academy, when he was in the scribe's office beside the general who was going to conquer a foreign country.
At that time, the great Confucian scholar was not yet a member of the academy, but by chance, his literary spirit and body were tempered, and he entered the academy to practice.
This square inkstone was made after he became a great Confucian. Later, when he passed away, the inkstone also disappeared. Unexpectedly, it reappeared today, which is really surprising."
"Is this thing expensive?" the gentleman asked curiously.
Lang Ting shook his head and said: "The things of a great Confucian can't be measured by a mere Adu thing. This square inkstone is called Shenxi Tumo. I guess you won't understand it even if I say it. I'll let you open your eyes today."
Langting took out a bottle of ink from the storage ring and poured it into the inkstone.
He poured very slowly, but poured a lot of ink, and the ink in the inkstone gradually became full, but he was still pouring, and the ink was about to overflow the inkstone.
Suddenly there was a rhinoceros roar, and the divine rhinoceros leaned over the inkstone opened its mouth and slowly sucked the overflowing ink into its belly. With each inhalation, the color of the rhino's body became darker and gradually turned completely black. The ink in the inkstone was
All the ink was sucked into its belly.
At this time, Lang Ting had already put away the bottle of ink.
After the rhinoceros sucked up the ink, it began to spit it out until it reached the rhino's mouth and then stopped.
"Huh"
Suddenly, Gongliang discovered that the ink spit out by Shen Xi seemed to be a little different from the ink that Lang Ting poured down. It seemed to be thicker and exuded a slight oily sheen. It seemed that between the swallowing and spitting, the ink was undergoing a mysterious process.
The change.
Lang Ting saw the surprised look on his face and said: "You have also seen that the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone is called Shenxi Tumo because when the inkstone is full, the Shenxi who bends over to drink will drink it.
The ink in the pool is sucked away, the essence is extracted, and then spit back into the inkstone. When spitting back out, the ink will no longer overflow, but will only reach under the rhino's mouth. When the inkstone is low, the rhinoceros will slowly spit out the ink in its belly.
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The Shenxi Tumo Inkstone is very rare in terms of material selection, conception, and function, so it is still among the famous inkstones in the academy to this day.
Generally speaking, the inkstones that can be classified as famous by the academy are all extant things. Among them, the famous inkstones each have their own owners, and only the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone has disappeared. So people have been looking for it. Unfortunately, nothing has been found. I didn't expect that today
Got by you.
Gongliang, you are neither a Confucian scholar nor a scholar, so this inkstone is useless. Why not give it to me. No matter what you want, as long as I can get it, I can get it for you."
As an upper-level figure in Qingyang Academy, Lang Ting can say such words, which shows how precious the Shenxi inkstone is.
Of course, it is not without reason that he wants this square inkstone to return to Qingyang Academy and does not want it to wander outside.
When Dong Gaojun heard what Lang Ting said, he quickly said: "My Miaodao Immortal Sect has nothing, and we need to exchange it for this precious inkstone." As he said this, he looked at Gong Liangshi and told him to put the inkstone away.
Only then did Gongliang wake up from his daze and put away the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone.
When Lang Ting saw Gong Liang put away the inkstone, he immediately became anxious, "Hey, why are you putting it away so quickly? Wait a minute, Feng Heng and I haven't finished reading yet."
"What are you looking at? What you Qingyang Academy wants is useless, so why bother staring at my junior brother's square inkstone. If you want it, go to Sifangzhai and buy one yourself." Dong Gaojun said while sending a message to Gongliang that he didn't want it.
Take out the inkstone.
"Can Sifangzhai's inkstone compare with Shenxi's inkstone?" Lang Ting said angrily.
Mr. Dong Gao doesn't care whether the inkstone from Sifangzhai can compete with the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone. Anyway, he just asked Gong Liang not to take out the inkstone.
He knew what was wrong with Lang Ting and usually looked at him like a gentle and elegant gentleman.
But when he sees something he likes, there is no trace of his gentleness or gentlemanly demeanor. As long as he can get it, he will agree to any conditions. After he gets the thing, he refuses to accept any rude conditions, which makes people uncomfortable.
Headache.
He once got a good talisman pen before. I don't know what kind of animal hair the talisman pen was made of. It was very easy to draw talismans.
Once, unfortunately, Lang Ting saw it and wrote a few words on it, and then began to beg him to sell him the talisman pen.
Since he is not short of spiritual stones, it is naturally impossible for him to agree.
For this reason, Langting begged him for three years and tried all kinds of methods. When he finally relaxed, he deceived him and made him jump in anger.
Therefore, as someone who has come before, Lord Donggao asked Gong Liang to be wary of Lang Ting, lest the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone, which he finally obtained with great difficulty, be deceived by Lang Ting.
Lang Ting didn't dare to be as casual as he was with Dong Gao Jun in front of his juniors, and he still had to maintain his grace and dignity, so he said a few words to Gong Liang and saw that he held the inkstone tightly under Dong Gao Jun's instigation, so he didn't
Say nothing more. Then he started making tea and told everyone interesting things about the mountains. He didn't take them back to Taixu Thatched Cottage until the tea was gone.
Feng Heng said goodbye to everyone outside the thatched cottage and went home with Gu'er.
When Gongliang returned to Taixu Thatched Cottage, he locked himself in the room and took out the Shenxi Tumo Inkstone to watch.
In a daze, he felt that the scenery on the inkstone seemed to come alive. He saw a pool of ink rippling in the wind and glowing with faint scales. Shenxi lowered his head to drink water, and from time to time he raised his head and roared at the mother and son opposite. The little Shenxi stood on the edge of the pool.
He stretched his head and looked around, feeling curious about everything. The prostrate female rhinoceros looked at the little rhinoceros, with infinite love in her eyes.
After a while, Gongliang woke up and looked at the Shenxi, and found that the Shenxi seemed to be a little more spiritual than before. Its spirituality seemed to be continuously recovering, and it was worthy of being a great scholar.
After looking at it, he put away the inkstone, hung up the word "Tao" given by the calligrapher, and started practicing with Migu.
Gong Yangru said that he should figure it out before practicing, and he would gain something. Unfortunately, he couldn't figure out anything no matter how hard he tried. However, when he was practicing, the true meaning in the painting echoed the true essence of the cave, which made him have more true essence in his body.
A touch of mystery.
Migu actually doesn't like to practice. What she likes most is sleeping on Daddy's body.
But Daddy asked her to practice, so she had no choice but to practice. She, Mi Gu, was Daddy's good child.
However, not long after practicing, sleepiness started to creep up on him, and the little guy fell down on the bed and fell asleep "whirring".
Gongliang looked at it and shook his head repeatedly. This little guy was like this every time he practiced. Even so, her skills were still improving, which made people jealous. Unfortunately, he did not have such a good life, so he could only practice honestly.
A night of silence.
When she woke up the next day, Mi Gu saw that Daddy was still sleeping, so she quietly climbed on Daddy's body and lay down comfortably on her body, and continued to sleep.
Gongliang was awakened by the little guy's movements and opened his eyes.
The little guy also opened his big eyes and looked at daddy, and he was very happy. For her, being able to see daddy for the first time every morning is undoubtedly the happiest thing in the world.
Gongliang held the little one in his arms, rubbed her little head with his chin, then got up and took her to wash up.