[Comprehensive martial arts] Master let me cultivate myself

Shang Xiuxun thought, maybe the Song Clan is in the south of Lingnan, and although the Song Clan's daughter is considered a nobleman in her Pegasus Ranch, she lacks a lot of rules compared to those from the north, which makes the other party face-to-face The way he behaved was just weird.

And the emotions she saw from those clear eyes were clearly only admiration for herself, and she had absolutely no bad intentions.

"Song...Young Master Song, as an apprentice, it's better to do less outside." Shang Xiuxun laughed.

She struggled with the title of the year, and decided to follow the other party's intention of disguised as a man, even though everyone knew that the young son of the Song Clan was not her age.

Among the two ladies of the Song Clan, the older one has already married Xie Wenlong, the son of Xie Hui, the owner of the Sovereign Fortress, who was also mentioned in those years, and the two sects of the Demon Sect and the Six Paths Zhongtian Lianzong. A force related to Jia Anlong moved from Lingnan to Sichuan, where Sovereign Fort is located.

The younger one was indeed about her age.

It's just that Shang Xiuxun inevitably has to be a little wary of Shi Nian.

Although everyone knows that the geographical conditions of Pegasus Ranch, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the business operations here for 160 years, it seems that this place does not occupy much land in the southwest boundary, but in fact it has a very special status.

It is also because of the war horse trade, just like the Dongming faction, which maintains a relatively stable friendship with most of the surrounding forces.

But on the bright side, the owner of the Pegasus Ranch just sent away the leader of the Hanshui faction, and reached an alliance with Xiangyang, and they are on the same side.

The Song Clan is in the south and waits for the opportunity. Apart from the illicit salt transportation in full swing, the overall situation is still in a state of indifference. In fact, according to the information obtained by Shang Xiuxun, the Song Clan intends to cooperate with Wagang Walled Union.

To be precise, it is an alliance with Li Mi.

This is the other side.

If the person in front of her is Song Yuzhi, the third miss of the Song Clan, and her information is correct, then she and Li Mi's military adviser, Shen Luoyan, are close friends worthy of being sisters.

The Song Clan even revealed that if the current situation in the world changes and the Wagang Army can gain a firm foothold, they will send Miss Song San to marry Li Mi's son Li Tianfan.

It is not a day or two for the Wagang Army to conspire against Xiangyang.

Most of these news were obtained by Shang Xiuxun from the mouths of these people during the battle with the four bandits fleeing in the southwest.

On the contrary, Qian Duguan, who was in Xiangyang, did not collect the information on the travel between Wagangzhai and the Song Clan.

Shi Nian didn't know that Shang Xiuxun was in this greeting with a smile, because she lied about her identity as the daughter of the Song Clan who was suitable as a temptation, but actually quite a lot of thoughts went through her mind.

I don't even know that the attitude she chose to receive in the end was just because the unguarded self-reporting of the family at that time was quite to her liking, so she just regarded the other party as an inexperienced little girl for the time being. .

Shang Xiuxun sat down on the main seat, her complexion and demeanor were different from that of ordinary women in the boudoir, which made her show a bit of a distinctive leader after taking her seat.

She had seen the information of the four deacons in the Pegasus Ranch before that year, including the second deacon Liu Zongdao who was blind in one eye that she had seen earlier, they were not ordinary warriors.

But these people's attitude towards Shang Xiuxun, even a few words revealed from the intelligence, is enough to prove their support for her, so in order to win the support of Pegasus Ranch, in fact, they only need to persuade Shang Xiuxun myself.

If before seeing Shang Xiuxun, Shi Nian had to wonder whether it was because of the merchant's lingering prestige here that the people here supported her, then after seeing such an extraordinary Shang Xiuxun, it was always There is no need to doubt it.

"I heard from Deacon Liu that Mr. Song told him earlier that he wanted to come to my Pegasus Ranch to pick a batch of good horses as a gift for his father's birthday, but that's the case?" Shang Xiuxun asked.

"That's right." Shi Nian nodded, thinking of the materials of the Song Clan that he had come into contact with, and based on the results of the exchange with Shi Zhixuan on the way here, he explained: "My father is only good at knives in his life. Precious swords have almost exhausted the world's famous products, but at his level, it is more meaningful for him to improve his sword skills or find a better sword, even if he is not a swordsman, he knows it well."

Shang Xiuxun didn't make any reaction, but from the way she listened quietly, it can be seen that she really felt that the rhetoric held by Shi Nian was justified.

"What's more, when the world's swords are about to rise, the significance of arming my Song clan's sergeants is far more than making another good sword for my father. Rather than exhausting my efforts to find a famous iron craftsman, it will not be until a few months later that a so-called sword is born. If you don’t have a good knife, you might as well spend your mind on other gifts.”

Shang Xiuxun couldn't help answering: "Miss Song is a sensible person."

"The owner of the shopping mall is absurd." Shi Nian continued, "I'm just used to seeing my second brother's gifts never reach my father's heart, and I got the experience from it. If you think about it, he lived in Lingnan for 20 years, I'm afraid Few in the world can know what he is thinking."

She pretended to sigh helplessly, and in Shang Xiuxun's eyes, it was this girl who seemed to have grown up in rich clothes and fine food, who was disturbed because she couldn't understand her father's weird thoughts.

Reminiscent of the rumors that Tiandao Song Que had an old relationship with the one from Cihang Jingzhai, but unfortunately there was no relationship, and in the end he had to marry a wife in middle age to continue the Song clan's heirs, so he simply married an ugly wife, So as not to affect one's own martial arts sophistication.

This is vaguely still a white moonlight style, in Shang Xiuxun's view, it is no different from the old bastard at the back of the Pegasus Ranch.

She suddenly felt the same hatred as Shi Nian.

With another hand on the back of Shi Nian's hand, she raised her eyes to look at Shang Xiuxun, and found that the seemingly vigorous owner actually softened his expression a little.

Shang Xiuxun felt that the two had the same father, but Shi Nian felt that this was proof that Shang Xiuxun also looked at her kindly.

Shi Zhixuan on the side keenly sensed a sense of incongruity from the atmosphere of the conversation between the two of them, but it was a pity that Shi Nian had already followed suit. "I later thought, since the knife is not feasible, why not try a horse that he has some interest in besides the knife. Although most of the famous horses in the world come from outside the Great Wall, my Song Dynasty rules, the clan China never intermarries with Hu people, and I think it will be the same when coming to Malaysia, Humala will definitely annoy him when he comes to my father’s birthday banquet.”

The corners of Shi Zhixuan's mouth froze, thinking that when Shi Nian praised him for being able to call the dead alive when he was on the road, it was really flattering him.

Her words can be regarded as a model of killing without a knife.

It seems that only Shang Xiuxun and Shi Zhixuan can hear this remark here, but maybe they can pass it on once and then pass it on, until the whole world knows that he is the Song Clan under the leadership of Tiandao Song Que , don't want horses in the selection of horses, which will make them less sources of war horses for the Song Clan.

After all, if they could sell nearby, who would bother to come to Lingnan? If it weren't for the fact that the Song Clan had already established a stable position even if the dynasty changed, those people would not have made such a big effort.

"So the horses from my Pegasus Ranch are your second best choice?" Shang Xiuxun asked angrily.

How could Shi Nian not be able to tell whether Shang Xiuxun was more angry when he said this sentence, or whether the meaning of ridicule prevailed.

She showed a serious expression begging for mercy and replied: "I'm just telling the truth, since I want to do business with Sister Shang, I also know that Sister Shang will never be angry with me over such a small matter. It is by no means inferior to Huma, and it is obviously more appreciated by my father, so why should I come here with just a servant."

Shang Xiuxun glanced at Shi Zhixuan.

How would she have known that this middle-aged scribe who seemed to be breathing heavily was a well-known evil king in the Demon Sect.

It was only because of the severe injury and the sealing of his internal strength over the years that he looked more than just an unqualified guard. If he died, he would be a tour guide for Miss Song Clan, or a rough kung fu man. Just oil bottles.

Judging from Shi Zhixuan's situation, "Song Yuzhi" really came here with sincerity, and she was not at all worried that Shang Xiuxun would detain her, a useful hostage, because of the problem of standing in line at Pegasus Ranch.

She has always been a character that others are frank with her, and she also confides in others.

So after hearing Shi Nian's words, she felt a little more appreciation for the girl in front of her, "Mr. Song has said so, if Xiu Xun still refuses, wouldn't it be too disrespectful of the son's filial piety towards his father?" Alright, it's getting late today, you might as well stay in the bird garden first, and tomorrow I will ask the head steward to accompany you to pick a good horse."

Shi Nian raised his fan and bowed his hands in salute: "Then I would like to thank Sister Shang for her kindness."

There are more than 30 rooms in the Bird Garden. Although Shang Xiuxun expressed his appreciation for the time, he obviously has not lost the cautious and steady attitude of a powerful leader.

At least when Nian arrived at the courtyard where she was temporarily staying after following the servants who led the way around, she did not know the location of Shang Xiuxun's residence.

These more than 30 houses seem to be in a large array of garden landscape decorated with Qionghua Yushu, which is enough for Shang Xiuxun to complete the trick of tricking the rabbit and the three caves.

"You said before that the layout of this place was made by the No. 1 craftsman in the world, so where is he now?" After the servants who led the way left, it was nightfall again, and the entire Pegasus Castle fell silent. , Shi Nian felt that there was no longer any surveillance around him, so he asked Shi Zhixuan.

He replied: "Back then, Zhu Yuyan suspected that the evil emperor's relic was in the hands of the other party, and pursued him relentlessly. Even though he claimed that he had handed over the evil emperor's relic to Xiuxin for safekeeping, she never gave up Zhu Yuyan's idea of ​​looking for him. I heard that he later out to sea, but what is certain is that this is the last place he stayed before going out to sea."

"I don't think he left." Shi Nian shook his head and said with a smile, "Or even if he did seek refuge at sea, he should be back now."

Shi Nian learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge from Zhu Zao and Wang Lianhua, and these two were raised by wealthy families, so they didn't know much about gardening, so Shi Nian also had some knowledge about it. dabble.

"I walked through this Pegasus Garden before, and you should have seen the layout of the flowers and plants here as I did, all in line with the distribution of colors and plant types, but what if you change the season?"

The scenery in the bird garden is not just the ingenuity in the layout, but also in line with the weather, using just the right color to give people a different visual enjoyment every step of the way.

As for such a person who attaches great importance to details in design, it seems that there is no need to say more about whether the layout will be readjusted during the season change.

It's not just a coincidence that they chose a good time to come here for the scene in Pegasus Castle to coincide with this autumn day.

"So please, please act as if I'm still here. I'll go around and see where the No. 1 craftsman in the world is here."

Shi Nian did not forget to give Shi Zhixuan a warning look before going out, signaling him not to take advantage of this moment to escape, just like this Mr. Lu Miaozi, in order to avoid Zhu Yuyan's pursuit, he took advantage of the terrain conditions suitable for setting up the ecstasy formation here, and played A scene where the golden cicada escapes its shell,

After all, he doesn't have any acquaintances here.

Compared with the flourishing branches and leaves in the daytime, the freshness of flowing pearls and splashing jade, the night scene in the bird garden has a different beauty.

Especially when the moonlight shines on this exquisitely arranged cascading landscape, the designer seems to have considered the angle of the moonlight, so that the pool with the light of the silver moon looks like It is a finishing touch in the garden.

Compared with Young Master Qian Mian and Ye Di and his son, this No. 1 craftsman in the world has only high but not low requirements in creating the environment in which he lives.

Shi Nian walked through two courtyards without a sound, and felt that he might already know how to find the person who lived in seclusion here.

For those who don't understand the five elements, these courtyards are just because Shang Xiuxun lives in the bird garden, and he is trying to maintain a unity of style.

But in the eyes of Shi Nian, in the scenery of each courtyard, there is an invisible instruction that makes people walk in one direction.

Or perhaps there is another way to detect this tendency to give directions.

The more you follow this direction, the more Shi Nian can feel the arranger's desire to retreat from the world.

Especially when she arrived at the small garden behind the Bird Garden and could see the winding cliffs leading to the garden from this angle, if the layout of the Songfeng Ancient Trail was not a true reflection of the designer's heart, I can't justify it.

Shi Nian walked down this ancient road, and within a short distance, he saw a small building at the end of the road on the cliffside terrace in front of him, hidden by the jungle.

This kind of people who live near the cliff are either like Su Meng's pillow on Xiaohan Mountain where she practiced swords, with the feeling of being prepared for danger in times of peace, or people who live here like what she has seen and felt along the way. There is an emotion in my heart that is far away from the human habitation, and I only wish to have a little purity.

When she walked up to the small building and saw that the name of the two-story pavilion was "Easy Nest", she had an expression on her face that she really did.

The other party's old cloth maze can fool Zhu Yuyan, but she can't fool her, who is also well-versed in miscellaneous studies.

When she stepped on the ground in front of the building and heard the sound of the mechanism opening, which she would never have heard if she hadn't had her internal skills, and then the sound of people in the room being awakened, her expression became more and more serious. Determined.

But for Lu Miaozi hiding here, she may not be a welcome guest, or even a bad guest.

Shi Nian looked at the couplet under the small building of this "comfortable nest" that read "It's time to tune the piano in the morning, and it's time to play the zither in the evening; the old rain is coming, and the new rain is coming" (*), and I heard the movement upstairs. Someone touched the mechanism and panicked for a moment, but turned to the current stability, and then said loudly: "You come here to enjoy the scenery at night, please forgive me, senior."

Immediately afterwards, an old but soft voice came from the building, "Your honored guest is here. If you reject your Excellency because of the difference between night and day, it will be my fault. It is inconvenient for the old man to invite guests into the room to talk." If you take action, you won’t come down to receive him.”

With the permission of the host's family, Shi Nian opened the door and walked into the house.

If it is said that in order to better fit Shang Xiuxun's temperament in the bird garden, this Mr. Lu Miaozi actually only hid three parts of his own aspirations when designing.

Then in this small building in Anlewo, his state of mind is clearly and vividly reflected in the scene facing the window sash in the building, the style of the furniture, and the combination of the mountain and the small building.

And in the unpretentious layout of this school of hermits and masters, she saw a few things that seemed to be particularly interesting to make with a simple glance.

According to the reminder of Lu Miaozi's invitation to go upstairs, she walked up the stairs. From the perspective where she could just see the things placed on the high cabinet on the first floor, she also saw a few pictures that had been made. person/skin/mask.

This Mr. Lu Miaozi is worthy of being a person who has dabbled in all kinds of miscellaneous studies.

Others are the first to catch people, but he uses his own craftsmanship to let people know that he is the No.1 craftsman in the world.

So when I actually saw him, no matter how miraculous this old man with a tall crown and wide sleeves and a light robe had, Shi Nian would only think that a strange person should be like this.

On this simple and weird face, the eyebrows extend all the way to the temples and ear bridges, and the deep eagle eyes seem to be somewhat inconsistent with his secluded posture, but because of the tired and sad expression deeply stationed in the corners of his eyes and brows, it makes time Nian realized that she had indeed found the wrong person.

As the No.1 craftsman in the world, Mr. Lu Miaozi obviously has a bit of his own arrogance.

Even though he was directly intruded into his territory, his back was still straight, and the wrinkles around his lips and eyes showed an air of arrogance.

Of course, she thought it was one thing that his appearance matched his identity, and she felt that this guy's appearance was unlikely to be related to Shang Xiuxun's life experience as Shi Zhixuan hinted.

After all, Shang Xiuxun gave birth to Zhang Neng and Hou Hou, who are equally beautiful, but they are very different in temperament, and this one in front of him, compared with appearance, has more temperament.

Shi Nian even suspected that he was misled by Shi Zhixuan's saying that Lu Miaozi was Zhu Yuyan's suitor back then.

Anyway, she couldn't see any resemblance to herself from Lu Miaozi's face, obviously she saw Shang Xiuxun's kindness was nothing more than the personality charm of the host himself.

Even Shi Nian and Lu Miaozi are quite talented in miscellaneous studies, and they seem to have some common topics about disguise, but the other party is forced into such a situation by Zhu Yuyan, can they still have Leisurely setting up gardens and scenery here, rather than finding a way to resolve the injuries in his body from martial arts, if she changes positions, it is absolutely impossible for her to do so.

That's right, from the first time she met Lu Miaozi, she had already seen that the other party's injuries had reached the point where there was no cure.

Whether it will survive until the beginning of next spring is still unknown.

And it was Zhu Yuyan's Heavenly Demon Art that cut off the vitality in his body.

That being the case, if what the mirror said is not bad, Zhu Yuyan's purpose is to cultivate a more talented successor for herself than Madam Dongming, and she will not choose her own defeated opponent.

All the speculations that had been made before that year have been taken back.

So she can completely treat Lu Miaozi as an ordinary old man.

He was just surprised that Shi Nian had appeared in front of his small building without warning before, but now he has returned to normal, and the wine glasses and jugs placed in front of him are also obviously a hospitality style.

"This wine is called Liuguoye. I don't know what six kinds of fruits you can taste." Lu Miaozi pointed at the seat opposite her and gestured for Shi Nian to sit down.

In the lighted candle, the old man's strangely shaped eyebrows frowned at the feature of the old man's appearance.

After thinking about it, he felt that he might be too mediocre, and the girl in men's attire on the opposite side clearly did not belong to the Yin Gui sect, and was completely different from the Heavenly Demon Kungfu aura that he would never forget.

People are similar.

What's more, although he is here, he has his own channel to know the news about what happened in the Pegasus Ranch. The visitor holds the Song Family's lineage card, so he is naturally a member of the Song Clan, and it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Zhu Yuyan .

Dressing up in men's clothes, she really has a bit of the demeanor of Song Que, the Heavenly Saber.

Shi Nian picked up the wine glass handed over by Lu Miaozi and drank the wine in one gulp.

The taste of the wine is mellow and refreshing, and what's more rare is that it forms a particularly subtle echo with the autumn wind blowing outside the small building, as if neutralizing the bitterness of autumn.

"Pomegranate, grape, hawthorn," Shi Nian replied slowly, "the other three, I'm not sure whether one of them is plum or greengage, and there's a taste of citrus but I don't know the category, the last one, It should be pineapples shipped from the south. Mr. Rare mixed the fruit flavors of different colors without making them conflict with each other, but instead complemented each other and retained the fragrance of the fruit itself in the wine."

"You guessed right, the remaining three are green plums, oranges and pineapples."

Hearing someone distinguish the category of his fruit wine, he was even more appreciative. On Lu Miaozi's face that looked a little staid, a rather childish complacency replaced the unusually distinct melancholy temperament.

Holding the wine glass in his hand, he continued, "This thing is not just delicious. If it hadn't been for three years and three years of cellaring for me to drink, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive today. During the 30 years I have been here, it is thanks to this thing that my life has been suspended.”

Shi Nian asked thoughtfully, "Did Senior already live here 30 years ago?"

Lu Miaozi replied without doubt: "Thirty years ago, that witch's Heavenly Demon Art was the crown of the Demon Sect and seriously injured me. Back then, I wanted to ask Ning Daoqi to take the lead for me, but it was a pity that he went overseas and it was too late. Come back and support."

Ning Daoqi still needs to call Lu Miaozi Mr. Lu, and if he receives Lu Miaozi's request for help, he will naturally come to help.

At that time, it became more and more certain that Lu Miaozi was not the person he guessed.

Zhu Yuyan broke with Lu Miaozi 30 years ago, and he even called Zhu Yuyan a temptress. With Zhu Yuyan's pride, how could he choose him as the father of his child.

But Shi Nian has to admit that Lu Miaozi is indeed a capable person, especially in the seven arts of gardening, architecture, organs, weapons, history, geography and arithmetic (*), in fact, she is far superior to ordinary people's opinions , When communicating with Lu Miaozi on this topic, the more we chat, the more I feel that the other party's knowledge reserve is really amazing.

When she walked out of this small building, she also felt a little stunned.

[I thought you would take this opportunity to inquire about the whereabouts of the evil emperor's relic. Since you have already claimed the identity of the daughter of the Song clan, why not just make a promise for the head of the Song clan and guarantee his relic after getting the evil emperor's relic from Lu Miaozi? Safety, it is not difficult to mediate between Zhu Hou and Lu Miaozi with your status as the sage of the Demon Sect. In fact, it is obvious that both of them were fooled by Xiang Yutian. 】

"When did you become so smart?" Shi Nian asked.

[It's black when you're close to ink...] After the mirror told her to open it, the feeling of guilt that she was afraid of revealing her secrets was gone, and Shi Nian felt much more comfortable in communicating.

It is that he seems to be more courageous than before. On the second day, he met Shang Zhen, the chief steward of the Pegasus Ranch. According to Shang Xiuxun's promise yesterday, when he went to choose the right horse, the mirror was picky. The butler wasn't imposing enough.

It was the first time I met Shang Zhen at Shi Nian, and I didn't know what kind of temperament the other party was. I only knew that since his surname was Shang, he should have some blood relationship with Shang Xiuxun.

Whether there is momentum is obviously secondary.

It's just that I didn't expect that just after I walked out of the Bird Garden and entered a dead corner of the boulevard, I saw the butler of the Shang University showing a flattering expression to her. I could tell that he hadn't changed his face, but this No matter how she moves, she won't guess that the big butler has already been dropped.

"Miss Song San, this Chen Tianyue is under the command of Mi Gong of Wagang Village. We were originally ordered to mobilize the four bandits to take down the Pegasus Ranch. I don't want Miss San to be here as well."

Chen Tianyue, who is similar to Shang Zhen from baldness to face to body shape, and can pretend to be him without any disguise, actually did not have the opportunity to meet the third lady of the Song Clan, but since Shang Xiuxun and the four Liu Zongdao, the most capable among the deacons, has already confirmed it, so naturally he doesn't have to doubt it.

"Miss San will be Mr. Li's fiancée, and she is my other master, Chen Tianyue. I will follow the command of the military commander for this operation. If Miss San is accidentally injured, it will be bad. Please also Miss San to come with me. Take advantage of the opportunity to choose horses, and leave the Pegasus Ranch as soon as possible."

"Mr. Li and the military adviser are waiting outside the ranch. If Miss San doesn't believe what I say, she will know when she sees them."