Chapter forty-six, life is full of rivers and lakes
You Fang really meant to amuse the old man. He had read a lot of his martial arts novels because Mr. Wu liked reading them and had a cabinet full of martial arts works from past generations at home. However, You Fang was an old martial artist after all and knew the real situation.
.Although I have never seen some things before, I can understand them after hearing about them. They are not like what is described in many martial arts novels.
For example, the "Songhe Valley Xiangjia" mentioned by Liu Li is nothing more than a family that is proficient in the secrets of Feng Shui, especially good at Feng Shui formations. It has been passed down for a long time and hence the name was created. And if You Fang himself wants to brag, he can't
Can you call yourself a "Baimayi Traveler"?
Although his father You Zuming is still considered a top figure, his grandmother Mo Si Gu, his father You Zuming and Cheng Yuan and Cheng Fang are not easy to mess with, but the "Baimayi Youjia" has a small population and a small business name.
Loud, strictly speaking, it does not have its own faction. The You family is inherited from Mo Sigu's Jianghu sect, which is actually a branch of the Eight Gates of Mojiayuan. The foundation laid by You Fang since childhood was all learned in Mojiayuan.
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The eight gates of the original Mo family are their own faction, and I have never heard of any leader. However, Grandpa Mo, who is in his nineties, was the patriarch before liberation. He is proficient in all the methods and true kung fu of the eight gates of the Jianghu, and he also has a secret inheritance.
He is also responsible for supervising the rules and regulations of each sect. It is not wrong to say that the old lady's status is equivalent to the "head" or "sect leader" of the Mo family.
Ordinary families may not be so particular, but as long as the wealth belonging to the family or a certain group is inherited from generation to generation, there must be a role similar to the "head". Contemporary consortiums or family businesses also need to elect a board of directors.
As for the chairman, the principle is the same, but the name is different. The secret of martial arts or feng shui is also a special kind of inherited wealth, which cannot even be bought with money. As the scale and influence of this group increases, it will form
The so-called sect.
The eight gates of Mojiayuan also have a token of inheritance, which is a long whip with symbolic significance. It is handed down from the previous generation of clan leaders to the next generation of clan leaders, and a secret method is also passed down. If Old Master Mo loses his whip and someone picks it up and sends it back, Mo will
The family will definitely express their gratitude, but if this person holds a long whip and wants to be the head of the Mo family, it would be strange if he doesn’t get beaten all over his head!
Liu Li was amused by You Fang, and continued to explain while holding the jade sign: "The inheritance of the Xunluan Sect is still there, but now the descendants are at odds with each other, and no one can suppress the leader of the formation. There are many interests involved.
Attribution, you should understand the secret... After all, this jade tablet is a symbol of inheritance. It is obtained by a person with status in the Xunluan sect, and it has a very important effect. If a person with status in the world finds it, it will be more important to whom it is returned to.
Yes, there can be a lot of benefits in private."
You Fang blinked his eyes and asked deliberately showing his timidity, "Is there a lot of benefits if I use it to find people from the Xunluan sect?"
Liu Li curled his lips: "You can't do it, at least these two brushes can't do it now! If you send it back publicly, you can't blatantly take advantage of a sect, right? It's just a thank you, and you have to make up a story to explain its origin.
, someone must be secretly investigating you. After all, Lu Wenxing's whereabouts were unknown at that time... If you give it to someone in private and want to get a favor, you must also be qualified to bargain. If you meet someone who is polite, just give him two small coins.
What can you do if you encounter someone with a sinister heart who directly steals it secretly?...But the Xiang family in Songhe Valley is different. They have the capital to blackmail and negotiate the price, so they can make up any jade plaque that makes sense.
It’s hard for others to investigate the origins of it.”
You Fang nodded: "The world is in a dangerous situation, and it's not easy to get ripped off. Even when doing good deeds, you have to be careful!... Is Hu Xuyuan trying to steal this jade medal because he wants to benefit from the Xunluan sect?
Liu Li shook his head: "If Hu Xuyuan is as petty as you, it would be reasonable to have such an idea of extortion. But Mr. Zuo Hu, as the leader of a sect, must have different ideas. He may try to indirectly control the entire Xunluan sect. What benefits are there?
It just has everything you need.”
You Fang echoed: "With different capital, we can do different business, which is the difference between me and Hu Xuyuan; with different status, our vision is different, and of course we think about different things. This is the difference between me and Xiang Zuohu."
Liu Li laughed again and said: "As long as you know it, don't think it's a big deal if you know it for a few times, and you're just throwing around half a bottle of vinegar!... But this jade medal has more details. Most people don't know. Xiang Zuohu may know it.
Some, it is not an ordinary utensil, but a piece of jade inscription, which records the secret of Feng Shui passed down from ancient times by the Xunluan sect - the mental method of Xunluan Jue."
You Fang was really surprised this time. He took the jade plaque from Liu Li's hand and studied it for a long time. It was neither hollow nor had micro-engraved words on it. His spiritual induction yielded no results. He asked in confusion: "
"Xun Luan Jue? I read it when I was a child, and I can still recite it! Isn't that a true sutra? There is another secret method passed down from generation to generation, hidden in this piece of jade? Where is it, where is it?"
Liu Li asked back: "Which Xunluan Jue are you memorizing?"
You Fang: "Of course it's "Xunluan Jue" written by Lai Buyi in the Song Dynasty."
Liu Li: "What you memorized is not wrong. It is the "Seeking Mountains" that has been passed down from ancient times. Of course, it does not need to be written in the jade plaque. The so-called mental method left in the jade motto is not a secret text, but a kind of secret text.
Seeing knowledge leads to spiritual guidance, helping later generations to understand the true meaning..."
What is spiritual guidance? Some things are difficult to talk about clearly, such as Feng Shui formations. No matter how much You Fang learned in Feng Shui books when he was a child, it was of no real use. But after he mastered the spiritual sense, Liu Li tricked him into going around the eight major places.
, personally felt the operation and response of the earth's energy and spirit hub, and formed a huge array of harmony between heaven and man, and gained an intuitive understanding and personal knowledge of the Feng Shui array.
From this point of view, the Eight Great Elements are a kind of spiritual guide for seeing and knowing. A true master can understand this kind of feeling that cannot be described in words. He can only understand the indescribable perception, and condense it on special objects through his spiritual consciousness, so that it can be convenient for the human body later.
Yes. The so-called spirituality of an object lies in the spiritual resonance it can generate with people. You Fang has personally experienced this when practicing swordsmanship.
The so-called spirituality is often a very private feeling. For example, if someone else uses that sword, he may not "see" a woman named Qin Yu. It is just a "mental image" given to him by Yu Fang's own special opportunity. But "seeing"
"Zhi Ling Yin" is another realm. No matter who comes later, as long as the skill is advanced enough, you can feel the messages deliberately left by the predecessors on the artifacts.
After such an explanation, You Fang understood. He played with the jade tablet and said, "It seems that my kung fu is not enough. I will be able to do it after I transform my spiritual awareness into divine consciousness, right?"
Liu Li smiled slightly: "That's not even close, at least you have to have Mr. Zuo Hu's ability."
You Fang was a little discouraged, rolled his eyes, handed over the jade plaque and said, "You must have this ability, old man. Why don't you take a look at the insight and spiritual guide in the jade plaque?"
"I'll give it a try. I haven't seen anything like this for many years." Liu Li took the jade token with a smile on his face, held it in his hand and closed his eyes slightly, looking incomprehensible. You Fang also widened his eyes.
It looked strange on the side. However, after just a moment, Liu Li's expression suddenly changed, he opened his eyes and yelled: "Little wanderer, why did you cook it!"
You Fang was startled, then explained: "This jade tablet has also been sealed by Yin Qi for many years. Although the jade is not seriously damaged, the surface hardness will be slightly softer and it will take a long time to recover. I use Jianghu Register
The 'water and fire attack' method speeds up the return of the fire and returns the yang, putting it on the fire and boiling it with water for a few days."
Liu Li sighed: "Jade is not afraid of being sealed, so it is suitable for refining proverbs. It can be slowly tempered and returned to the sun. Why do you need to do this? I am not afraid that laymen will not dare to touch it, but I am afraid that insiders who only know half of it will mess with it!
You have erased the insightful guidance in this jade motto, which is a pity for the hard work of the ancestor of the Xunluan sect."
You Fang said in shock: "I didn't mean it, so what should I do?"
Liu Li gave him a meaningful look: "Actually, it's nothing. "Xunluan Jue" is still circulated, and what earth masters have learned in the past generations, of course, includes the methods of geography and Feng Shui of various schools. When you become an earth energy master in the future,
, wouldn’t it be possible to remedy the situation by condensing one’s own understanding of the Xunluan Technique into the jade tablet with spiritual consciousness?”
You Fang asked: "Is it difficult? At what level do you have to reach?"
Liu Li weighed the jade plaque: "If it were a book, it would be difficult to read, let alone write it down. It's too early to talk to you about Feng Shui, Earth Qi Kung Fu, and I can't answer it. You know the internal martial arts,
To use an analogy, you must at least have a state equivalent to "both form and spirit are wonderful, and the truth is in harmony with the Tao"... You have to remember, this time you do not owe me a favor, but you owe me a favor from the great Feng Shui master from thousands of years ago.
Xia relies on the favor of senior commoner."
You Fang is very upset. His family's biography is to identify and repair artifacts, and he is proud of it, but today he destroyed a rare and rare artifact because of his own cleverness. No one else can understand that kind of frustration. Although he is not willing to do so.
But he was helpless, who said he was not good at learning? After thinking about it, he asked again: "What is the origin of the Xunluan sect, and what is its relationship with senior Lai Buyi?"
Lai Buyi, who is famous in the Feng Shui field, was originally named Lai Fenggang, with the courtesy name Wenjun, and his nickname was Buyizi, also known as Shishishanren. He was a native of Fengshanggang, Dingnan County, Jiangxi Province. His life was quite legendary, which is difficult to verify.
"Yi Jian Zhi" records that he served as an official in Jianyang County and liked the art of physiognomy, so he abandoned his official position and wandered around the world. It is also said that he was born in the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He became a high school scholar at the age of nine and later served as a national teacher. Because
Being ostracized by Qin Hui, he abandoned his official position and traveled around, calling himself Buyizi, so he was called Lai Buyi in this world.
Lai Wenjun wrote "Eight Bells of Shaoxing Earth" and "Thirty-Six Bells". There are 15 volumes of "Geography Dacheng" in "Tianyige Bibliography", starting with "Jiguan Pian" written by Lai Wenjun. Only in Jianghu
Among the secret techniques taught by Fengmen, there is also a book called "Xunluan Jue".
As a generation Feng Shui master, Lai Wenjun not only inherited the Kanyu theory of his predecessors, but also founded Tianxing Feng Shui. To this day, the "Tian Xing Sand Method" and "auxiliary Xing Shui Method" he founded are still widely used in the Feng Shui community. He
He also created the "Human Pan", that is, adding the "Human Pan" to the "Heaven Pan" and "Territory" of the compass, so that the three talents of heaven, earth and humans are present on the compass.
However, his real deeds are not related to Feng Shui. Lai Wenjun's footprints traveled almost all over China, leaving many legends along the way and he was called the "Feng Shui Hero". In contemporary times, his stories have become many
The subject matter of martial arts novels and film and television works.
Lai Buyi left three things to his direct disciples, a jade proverb as a token of inheritance, and two daggers, a male and a female, that he made with his own hands. The male sword was named "Yin Zhen" and the female sword was named "Qin Yu".
". As for the "Xunluan School" of contemporary martial arts circles, it was not created by Lai Buyi himself, but was formed through the spread of the Feng Shui secret method "Xunluan Jue". The official founder was Zhou Zhonggao, a Feng Shui master in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later.
Zhou Zhonggao inherited the mantle of Xunluan Jue passed down through the ages, which had a great influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, forming a faction of Feng Shui. This school respected Lai Buyi as its founder, and thus the "Xunluan Sect" came into being in the Jianghu sect.
Liu Li introduced the origin of the Xunluan sect to You Fang. At this point, he suddenly interrupted: "Little Youzi, do you know whose tomb you led Mad Fox and the others to rob?"
You Fang: "I don't know either. I lied to a crazy fox and said it was the tomb of Zhu Yuanzuo, the pottery supervisor in Jingdezhen during the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Li: "You can really talk nonsense! If my guess is correct, it is the tomb of Li Jiru, the direct disciple of Zhou Changgao and the second generation leader of the Xunluan sect. Li Jiru laid the real foundation of the Xunluan sect, and what he did
Much more than his master, but he only passed down the Xunluan Jade Admonition and the ancient sword Qin Yu. As for the other sword Yin Zhen, it was probably buried as a memorial... The remains you discovered are of course Sixty-Four.
Lu Wenxing, the leader of the Xunluan sect who disappeared years ago, must have gone to find Yin Zhen, and also wanted to see what other treasures the ancestor had buried with him? He even dared to rob the tomb of the ancestor, and he really deserved to die there!"
The origins of Yu Zhen and Qin Yu were clear, but You Fang was even more puzzled and asked: "How could that Lu Wenxing, as the leader of the Xunluan sect, be so pussy that he would die even if he robbed a tomb? Even Mad Fox and the others
Worse than anything else.”
Liu Li's expression was clearly sneering, and he asked: "Didn't Kuanghu and the others also die down there? Do you really think it is a place for action?... In fact, Lu Wenxing's skill back then was definitely better than Xiang Zuohu's today.
, but at that time he was chased by his enemies and was seriously injured. Instead of finding a good place to recuperate, he rushed to steal the treasures in the tomb of the ancestor in an attempt to recover the money... In that era, there were no such advanced equipment as today, so naturally he couldn't steal the tomb of the ancestor.
Maybe it would be known to others that I could only go underground alone at night, and as a result, I would get injured and die in an accident, so it would be normal for me to die down there.”
You Fang asked even more puzzled: "How do you know so clearly, as if you were watching with your own eyes?"
Liu Li turned around and looked at the night scenery of the Summer Palace outside the pavilion. His tone seemed to be soaked in the vicissitudes of time, and he said slowly: "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I can imagine it. In the past sixty-four years, no one but myself has
, No one in the world knows it clearly. People only know that I was hurt by that unfilial disciple Feng Jing, but they don’t know that he was secretly instigated by Lu Wenxing. And the enemy who chased Lu Wenxing to death was me.
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You Fang's question actually brought up a secret story from the past——
Liu Li was not an easy man when he was young. He came from a wealthy family. He was not only very romantic, but also engaged in various activities in the world. If he did not have a master to teach him at any time, he would not know how many things he would have done. Later, he was involved in all kinds of things.
He inherited the mantle of a generation of earth masters. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, at the age of thirty-nine, he accepted his first disciple, Zhu Yongjie.
Zhu Yongjie came from a humble background, and his temper was different from that of his master. He was honest and steady, with good understanding and qualifications. Liu Li had no dissatisfaction except that he was too old-fashioned and not as naughty as he was when he was a boy. But soon
After the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Zhu Yongjie wanted to go to the battlefield and join the army to defend his country. Of course Liu Li supported it. He let his apprentice choose from various self-defense and murder treasures, and he wished he could bring them all.
Zhu Yongjie performed the most dangerous reconnaissance mission on the battlefield, but he was able to display his talents and achieved many military exploits. Of course, the master cannot be idle when an apprentice goes to the battlefield. Liu Li has done a lot of things secretly in enemy-occupied areas. He
After burning the Japanese warehouses, they also used their connections and skills to coerce and lure puppet army leaders to resell the arms, medicines and other military supplies in the warehouses and smuggle them to the Kuomintang-controlled areas and liberated areas.
When the Japanese invaded China, the leaders, big and small, of course did not forget to search for all kinds of rare treasures. And Liu Li was not polite. He would steal all the precious cultural relics, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, gold and silver treasures that the Japanese had plundered in China.
Don't forget to kill people and set fires again. You Fang's previous acts of killing people and setting fires are nothing compared to what the old man did back then.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yongjie died for the country three years later, and Liu Li lost his successor. It was not until the 33rd year of the Republic of China, when the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was in sight, that Liu Li accepted his second disciple, Feng Jing. Feng Jing was Liu Li's disciple when he was doing the "arms business".
He was the son of a fellow martial artist whom he met. The fellow knew Liu Li's abilities and understood that he had no descendants, so he sent his son to Liu Li's apprentice to learn martial arts. Liu Li saw that Feng Jing was a smart man and had good qualifications, so he accepted him as his disciple.
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At that time, Liu Li lived in Chongqing and personally taught Feng Jing for a year and a half. He taught everything that should be taught, and the things that were not taught were the most profound secrets. Feng Jing could not learn it yet. He needed to practice the fire on his own and wait for him to inherit the land in the future.
Feng Jing said goodbye to his master and went out to work. Liu Li was also happy to have some leisure time and went to Qingcheng Mountain to live in seclusion for a period of time to cultivate his moral character.
A year later, Liu Li returned to Chongqing and happened to hear that Feng Jing's father had passed away. He naturally wanted to express his condolences to his old friend and meet his apprentice by the way. However, he did not see Feng Jing come back for the funeral at Feng's house. Liu Li felt something was wrong, so
Go and trace the apprentice's whereabouts. This investigation will reveal a big problem.
Feng Jing was in Wugong Mountain, Jiangxi at the time. The area at the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan was an old base of the Red Army during the civil war before the Anti-Japanese War. However, during the Liberation War after the Anti-Japanese War, it was located in the hinterland of the Kuomintang-controlled area, and bandits were particularly violent. The local area
Some powerful people gathered together to engage in banditry, bullying men, dominating women, extorting, and committing all kinds of evil. The local national army that maintained public security often only acted symbolically to suppress bandits, and often even colluded with them.
Feng Jing colluded with the leaders of the national army in the local area and secretly resold arms to various bandits to make a fortune. Many arms were even smuggled directly from the warehouse to the bandits in the name of fighting against bandits. Not only that, Feng Jing also used arms through
The fierce battle for territory among the gangster forces for buying, selling, manipulating and controlling made his business even more prosperous, and he even went so far as to indulge in extortion and debauchery.
After Liu Li found out the details, he was very angry. His old man had done similar business during the Anti-Japanese War. Feng Jing had learned the method, but he used it in the wrong place!