wind and earth

Bianzhou was the place where the Japanese pirates, Khitans and Turks were traded in the Tang Dynasty. There are rivers draining the place, connecting it with the sea and rivers, and connecting with the capital Chang’an in the interior. It enjoys convenient transportation. During the Zhenguan period, it was already a large trading city.

At the north city gate, there is a large courtyard with black tiles and white bricks. It does not occupy a large area, but it can accommodate more than two hundred servants. There is no plaque yet, and no one has seen the officials in charge. They only know that their surname is Chu, and all the servants in the courtyard are also surnamed Chu.If anyone came forward to ask curiously, the servant at the door would only say, "I have never seen the head of the house." This caused all kinds of ghost rumors to spread in Bianzhou.

The common people only heard that Chu Zhuang is a magic machine specially designed for fortune-telling and planning. He sees all the secrets and knows the affairs of the world. If there is any doubt or difficulty, as long as there is enough money, they can come to the village to ask, but it must be all legends. In the past eight years, I have only seen a few heroes of the rivers and lakes come to the village to ask questions, and the rest of the miscellaneous and small questions are all answered by the gatekeeper.

That day, at night, a carriage of a third-rank official stopped in front of Chu Zhuang. The man in the carriage got out of the carriage and bowed his hands, showing great respect to the gatekeeper. People enter the village.

"I'm Li Daozong, the third-rank Shangshulang, and your suzerain is an old friend. I hope my brother will convey it." With a beard on his face, he looked like a veteran general who had been rolling on the battlefield for many years.

He bowed his hands, very politely, and the gatekeeper returned: "Lord Li, it's not that I don't want to convey. In this village, without the permission of the suzerain, I can't enter."

The door is open, and the inside is clear at a glance. It is a path paved with stones, connected to a low brick house, and then blocked by a white wall.

Li Daozong's temper is also very fierce, and the domineering spirit he used to fight on the battlefield appeared again. He showed a little impatience, and muttered a few times: "It's just a magician, why is the master begging him as Zhuge Liang?" I don't know if it's true. It's Jiufeng, still begging like this.

There was a thin bell hanging by the door, the size of a little finger, and a thin string with a thin thread that could not be clearly seen vibrated the small bell, and the thin bell rang slightly.

"Master Li, please wait a moment." Pressing the thin bell, he stood respectfully by the door.

Li Daozong was a little disdainful when he saw it, and he still played with these little gadgets, squeaked, and curled his lips.

A voice came from the top: "Lord Li, I don't bother to enter Chuzhuang." It was Chu Ning.

Looking up, I saw a girl sitting on the black tiles, could it be a girl: "Little baby, uncle is here to deal with serious business, don't make trouble, go back to mother."

The girl jumped down lightly, without any sound, and the servants at the door bowed to each other: "Master."

Li Daozong was a little surprised when he saw the girl's lightness kung fu, and he was even more shocked when he saw that the servant called her the master.

"So it's Master Chu." Changing his smile, he was polite and respectful.

"Master Li, I see that you disdain to enter the villa, so I will return to you directly, so as to save you from running around in the villa." In a moment, I arrived in front of Li Daozong, looked directly at him, and said: "The suzerain said Now, the suzerain will not enter the palace, and I hope Master Li will go back and report to your master."

Li Daozong was a little frightened by the child's martial arts, but he moved a few feet as soon as he turned around.

"Master Li, I won't see you off." He turned around, turned into the fence, and disappeared.

Li Daozong stood in front of Chu Zhuang, is the suzerain really Jiufeng?It doesn't make sense! Jiufeng is the master's good brother, and he wrote the "ten-year policy" for the master. There is really no reason to reject the master.

Looking at the compound with black tiles and white bricks, there are various rumors circulating in Chu Zhuang, which is extremely mysterious in Bianzhou. When the group of them met Jiu Feng, they thought he was a beggar living on the street. Unexpectedly, he broke the situation and the master's current embarrassment with the first opening of his mouth, and then followed the master to fight everywhere, until the eldest son Li Chengqian's 17th birthday, he disappeared, inexplicably.

The carriage rattled, and Li Daozong sat on the carriage, lifted the curtain, looked back at Chu Zhuang, and thought of what the Taoist priests in the four directions of Tianjitai in the palace said: "Only Chu Feng knows the master." The master, is it true? Not the eldest son?

His eyes were shining brightly, thinking in his heart, people live for lust and live for wealth, but they have to choose a master carefully to ensure their prosperity and wealth for the rest of their lives.

In Chu Zhuang, Chu Feng looked at the Yinshu Pavilion he built with satisfaction. It was entirely made of wood. The joints of the tenons and wooden bolts were so precise that the whole wooden building seemed to be formed in one piece. The building was cool in summer and warm in winter. The upper layer rock is just such a large stone about [-] ping feet in size that is pressed heavily on the ground.

On the first floor of Yinshu Pavilion, there is a large cypress desk. The stone inkstones and brushes are hung on the pen stand in an orderly manner. There is a finely carved chair on the side to match it. There is a gossip-shaped bookcase around it. There are four stairs next to the bookcase. By moving the ladder, you can reach the second floor to pick up books. There is no partition between this floor and the second floor. When you look up on the first floor, you can see the bookcase on the second floor.The bookcase on the second floor is also octagonal, but it is staggered from the octagonal bookcase on the first floor. Looking from the top, it seems that the building looks like a polygonal star, and the desk is located in the center of the octagonal star.

Patting the dust on the books, Chufeng was in a good mood. It took him three years to build this building, and now he only needs to put his ancient books on it.

Ears moved: "Drive away?"

"Father, why do you want me to catch them this time? Can't Chu He deal with it?" Chu He is shrewd and has already chased away many flies for them.

Picking up a pile of letters, Chu Feng didn't smile, showing no emotion: "Li Daozong only admires those who are stronger than himself in martial arts, if he keeps pestering him, Chu He will suffer a lot."

"Father, do you still know that I am a woman?" Why do you always treat me as a boy every time.

Chu Feng curled his lips, "But our Ning'er martial arts is better than Dad, and Dad can't beat Li Daozong." He leaned down to please his daughter.

"Use this trick again, if one day I can't get married, dad will take care of me, an old girl." She pouted and put her hands on her hips.

"Fortunately, you are the descendant of the five-element unicorn." He looked half his age.

Chu Ning also curled the corner of his mouth: "That's what dad said, dad looks like he's only eighteen, so he can just call you brother." After finishing speaking, he called brother.

Looking at Chu Ning helplessly, he has been like this for many years, and he didn't say much.

Chufeng also wondered why his appearance stayed there. He originally thought it was because of the Longevity Qilin Gu, but he had already passed the Qilin Gu on to his successors, and now there are five elements of Qilin patterns on his arms, even though his appearance is half his age, It is impossible to be eighteen talents all these years.

Put the book on the shelf, and sighed without any trace: "Ning'er, can you blame dad?" Separate you and brother without permission.

Chu Ning took a bite of the small point, said with a small point in his mouth, "This is the fate of our Qilin of the Five Palaces, and my brother knows it too."

Qilin of the Five Palaces includes Changsheng Qilin, Wuxing Qilin, Jiaoqi, Fire Qilin and Pheasant Qilin. Each Qilin has its own characteristics and descendants. Chu Feng is the ninth son born of the Changsheng Qilin and the Five Elements Qilin. His real name is Li Chufeng. , Inheriting the surname Li of the Qilin clan, there is the Qilin Gu of the Longevity Qilin on his body. This Gu has a body that is not afraid of poison, and is passed on from parents to children, inheriting the longevity Qilin, and protecting the Qilin clan from generation to generation.

It is also said that the characteristics of the five-element kylin, the double kylin enters the body, and it is very special to see it once in a hundred years in the kylin gate of the five palaces. Imprisoned the long-lived unicorn, lusting for his heart, entered the palace 12 years ago to spread Gu, crossed out the surname Li, called himself the surname Chu, single-named Feng, and took Chu Ning away two years later. If he really has something to worry about, it is Chu Ning His twin brother and the woman who would bear him a son.

Seeing Chu Ning's expression of indifference, Chu Feng turned around and moved a stack of books, without further ado, it was a bit difficult to move, and climbed up to the second floor, Chu Ning bit the pastry, frowned and said, "Father, your internal strength Woolen cloth?"

The action of placing the books paused.

In order to get him out, he had to make some sacrifices.

Chu Ning patted the crumbs on his hands, jumped forward, grabbed the bookshelf on the second floor, took the book in Chufeng's hand with one hand and said, "Where do you put this?"

"Eight out of three." He wanted to go downstairs and move more, but his feet didn't stand firmly, and he slipped.

Chu Ning took Chufeng's hand, pressed his fingers on Chufeng's wrist veins, his eyes were wide open: "Why..." There was no internal strength at all.

"Thanks for pulling me." Ignoring Chu Ning's surprise, he continued to move the books.

Leaping down the stairs and taking the book in Chufeng's hand, Chu Ning felt sad. She didn't understand what love is, but her father, who had no internal skills, entered the palace in disguise, what should he do if he was in danger!

"Is that person that important?" The little face collapsed.

"Father... I don't want him to die." If I missed this time, I'm afraid I won't see him again.

Looking at his father's eyes, he hugged Chufeng: "You have to support me, an old girl." He said that he wanted him to come back safely.

Patting Chu Ning on the back: "Okay. I will support you until you grow old."