Painter

Chapter 239 88: Bead Sac
The next morning, when Li Chan got up, the kitchen was already in full swing.Although Qingniang left, ten urns of onions and sour radishes were made.Recently, the money has been abundant, and there is no shortage of salt at home, and I have made five jars of ten-day sauce.Hongyao was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, although he was a bit busy, but he commanded a lot of pots and pans to make a decent breakfast.

Although the monsters are reluctant to write about Jun Qingniang, Li Chan's newly promoted bachelor status and that official uniform have brought a new look to the house, not to mention Xu Da strutting on the wall, even Qing Chi, who has always been afraid of reading. Yasha became more enthusiastic when learning Chinese characters from Maiwang.

After Li Chan washed and washed, she punched in the garden to stretch her muscles and bones, then changed into clothes, rode on a black donkey, and went to Furong Garden in the northwest of Taiji Palace.

Furong Garden is full of continuous pavilions and weeping willows like clouds. Although it is not comparable to the two wonders of Flying in the Daytime and Touring the Palace in the Night, it is also a very famous scene in Yujing.The sage entertains his ministers here every year, and the nobles of Yujing often drink here.

When the Qianyuan Academy released the rankings, the names of the second-ranked bachelors were all listed on the vermilion paper. In previous years, after the bachelors were ranked first, they pooled money to hold a banquet, and they always worshiped the red-ranked bachelors at Jiangdu Palace in Xuandu, so that the fellow-ranked bachelors could cultivate their feelings. .Since Yujing was established as the capital, the first batch of scholars including Xu Yingqiu chose Furong Garden as the place to worship the red armor, so this year's scholars also came here.

Dayong Kingdom is very prosperous, so although Jinshi and rank can be famous for a while, they are not valued very much.The bachelors of Qianyuan Academy are very different from Jinshi. Although they are also selected by the imperial examination, they have supernatural powers, and their status is much higher than that of scholars who can only rely on pen and ink.So at the Hibiscus Banquet on this day, apart from all the scholars, all the dignitaries in Yujing City, the emperor's relatives and relatives were present one after another.

Li Chan had greeted many noble people, and at first he could remember a few, but later on, he couldn't tell who was who, and the titles made his ears almost callused.There was only one person who impressed Li Chan more, and that was Li Wushang whom he met in Xinyuan back then.This Princess Lingbi didn't think much of Li Chan at first, but when she saw her today, she took the initiative to nod her head, but her expression was a little awkward, and then she went to another place, which seemed to be avoiding her.

The banquet in Furong Garden lasted from dawn to dusk. When Li Chan came back riding a black donkey, the sound of harp and pipa seemed to be lingering in her ears.In the past, when I visited the various workshops in Yujing day and night, I thought that the lights were extremely prosperous, but compared with the Wuxiu and Jinbuyao of the official prostitutes in the inner teaching workshop, it was much bleak.He suddenly understood the happiness of all the people in Xin Garden, such a life of luxury and money, it is really easy to fall into it.

But when the warm spring breeze blows, he looks up and sees the guest star in the sky, and immediately wakes up.Shivering, he patted the ass of the donkey, left the sound of silk and bamboo behind him, and went back home.

Another day passed, and all the bachelors hadn't entered the palace yet. After all, they had to celebrate such a happy event with their relatives and friends. This day was reserved for the bachelors to deal with family affairs.Li Chan thought he would be cleaner, but he received several greeting cards early in the morning, and half of them vaguely mentioned that a certain young lady was waiting in her boudoir, but she didn't write that she wanted to find a good son-in-law. .

Li Chan was overwhelmed by the disturbance, and around noon, the judge Chen Haochu, who hadn't seen him for many days, came to invite him again. It turned out that Yuan Chongshan had hosted a banquet in the Hebi Building.Li Chan was able to enter the Qianyuan Academy, this godly master had done a lot to kill the king. He was also rescued by him when he was trapped on Qingque Mountain, so he rode a black donkey and went out with Chen Haochu.

In the Hebi Building, Yuan Chongshan, General Youmo, Captain Feiying Zouma and other high-ranking officials of the Shenzha Si Youjin gathered in a pavilion. It was not only a celebration, but also a formal reception for the Gyeonggi Youyi Envoy.During the exchange of cups and cups, most of the people talked about the trip to the west last year, and Li Chan "inadvertently" mentioned the extra guest star in the sky.

It has been two days since the guest star committed Xuanchen, and this incident has not caused any disturbance in the market. After all, the lights in Yujing are already dazzling, and who would pay attention to the fact that there is one more star among thousands of stars.

After Li Chan asked, he heard from Shen Zhasi that even Si Tianjian hadn't explained the change in the sky yet.On the east side, news came from an informant near Mount Xiyi that the Master Master of Mount Xiyi had wandered around for many years, returned to the mountain the day before yesterday, and immediately reported the matter to the Heavenly Court. Only one day later, Wang Junji left the mountain again. , and there are thirteen high-ranking Taoists who have not shown up for more than ten years.

Together with the dozen or so great supernatural beings scattered to various states, there were also rumors of the birth of a great demon. Not many people knew about it, but there were already signs of panic in the hearts of the people.

After inquiring about Xiyi Mountain from Shen Zhasi, Li Chan was quite worried about Mr. Bi and Qingniang, but he knew that his cultivation was still shallow, and if even Mr. Bi could not solve the trouble, if he participated, he could only become a burden.

Another day later, he was once again led to the Lingshu Pavilion in Xingguofang by a paper crane book. This time, he formally sacrificed the Lingshu and received the degree of the Qianyuan Bachelor.

Now that you have entered the academy, you can practice supernatural powers in a legitimate way, and you don't need to steal them anymore.The ten Qianyuan bachelors all realized one supernatural power from the spirit book. In addition, they also have to learn three more supernatural powers with the 26 direct bachelors to prepare for the first year's exam.

Among these three supernatural powers, nearly [-]% of the bachelors have chosen one of stilts.This method of riding on stilts, when you first started, you just put a pair of armored horses on your legs, and you can run like flying.On the next level, there are three levels of dragon stilts, tiger stilts, and potter's wheel stilts. It is said that when the cultivation reaches a high level, one can travel around the world, regardless of mountains and rivers, even thousands of miles away.

The daily affairs of Qianyuan bachelors are roughly similar to those of monks and Taoists. They are not just pure cultivation, but also have responsibilities.Among the bachelors, those with a quiet temper, such as Li Guanqi, undertook such tasks as writing inscriptions, congratulations, and compiling records and jade documents.Those who like to make friends like Tang Qingchen often go to the school office to give lectures and support the younger generation.Those who like to study magic techniques like Bai Weizhi often go to preside over the magic arts and sacrifices.There were also bachelors who served the emperor as advisors and so on.

So, for the past few months.

……

After the beginning of summer, the weather has become very warm, the flowers and plants in the garden are blooming, and there are more and more flying mosquitoes in the house, which can't be killed.

Li Chan got up early, drew an insect-repelling charm and handed it to Hongyao, and rode out on a donkey.

On the hooves of the black donkey, four pairs of Shenxing armored horses were tied. They paced slowly in the streets and alleys, but they were faster than galloping horses, attracting the attention of passers-by.

In the past, it took two quarters of an hour to get to Xingguofang, but today it only took half a stick of incense.

The black donkey walked into an alley, and the passers-by who were visiting at the entrance of the alley followed him, but they saw that the entrance of the alley was blocked by a wall, and there was no one there.

In Xingguo Square, in an unknown place, there are many pavilions with eaves pecking at each other.The black donkey passed Lingshu Pavilion and passed through a row of bonsai under the verandah.Li Chan looked up and looked at the top of one of the black tiles.There are twelve spine beasts crawling on the roof, which is one of the twelve study buildings in the academy.

He has been in the academy for more than two months, but he is still not very familiar with this place. In retrospect, he spent [-]% of his time in this library, but there are tens of thousands of books in the building. He only read one book of "Longqiao Sutra" carefully, and he still has no clue about the remaining two supernatural powers.

After tying the black donkey to the stable, and asking the boy servant to add some fodder, Li Chan went into the library.It was still early at noon, and Meng Xia's sun shone through the paper window, but it was also very bright.He walked through the stacks of bookshelves, trying to find the place where he read yesterday, and then picked out a book, trying his luck, maybe he could see the supernatural power he wanted.

When I reached the third row of bookshelves, I glanced at the "Da You Lun" that I had skimmed through yesterday, and took out a copy of "Jiu Su Shang Shu" from the side, sat at the desk by the window, and saw a few acquaintances here and there , nodded in greeting, without making a sound to disturb, sat down and opened the scriptures, and began to read.

After reading several articles, I felt a little uninterested, shook my head, and returned the book to its original place.

In this way, he found four scriptures, and when he returned a "Taixiao Yinshu" to the bookshelf, his eyes suddenly moved, and he looked at the lower right corner of the bookshelf.

A bamboo slip was lying under the bookshelf. The word "bead pouch" on the slip looked very familiar.

Picking up the bamboo slip, Li Chan couldn't remember the reason for the familiarity for a while, but saw two words written on the back of the bead pouch, which together became "The Bead Pouch Sword Classic".The name sounds extremely delicate, like the swordsmanship created by a certain female crown.Although the world's Dharma sects all lead to the same goal, male and female monks should not be confused with each other. For example, the cultivation of the dry way often requires locking the essence, while the cultivation of the female crown requires slaying the red dragon. This is a big difference.

Li Chan was about to put the sword scripture back, when she suddenly felt something, hesitated for a moment, turned her palm, and held up the Xuanxin Sword.

The inscription "Xuanxin" on the sword is very similar to the four characters "Zhu Nang Jian Jing", and it seems to be written by the same person.

Li Chan raised her eyebrows, it was a coincidence that the Xuanxin Sword was originally a relic of Qi Haoyue from Qianyuan Academy.

He suddenly became interested, put away the Xuanxin sword, took the bamboo slips, sat down at the desk, and untied the rope.

In front of the bamboo slip is Qi Haoyue's preface:
When I was young, I was good at swordsmanship. I visited famous families and studied sword styles all over the world. Only then did I know that swords are not limited to styles.So he abandoned his sword and roamed around, living in Gaoxiu, roaming freely in the forest, expressing his thoughts on mountains and rivers. After five years like this, he didn't know what a sword was.

In the autumn of the third year of the elephant, the night comes with wind and rain.My heart is light, and I draw my sword, chasing light and shadow, cutting electricity and cutting wind.Suddenly I heard Donggao Crane.The wind sells the rain, and the cloud traces are sparse.The bright moon is in the sky, and it shines on the mountains and forests, like frost and snow, the sky and the earth are nothing.But when I felt a thud in my chest, I let go of the long clip and flew a hundred feet, and I have learned the way since then.

I use the bright moon as my sword, and for another ten years, I understand the meaning of yin and yang.The lack of the moon is like a hook, which can hang my heart; the moon is bright and bright, which can illuminate my sword gall.I surveyed and broke through the realm of knowledge.In the winter of the 13th year of Elephant, Kansai was in chaos.I went forward with a sword, cut a pair of scorpions; crept back, sharpened a pair of Qingfeng.The inscription says to hang the heart and illuminate the gallbladder, and it also shows my ambition.

I know that for 40 years, I will not be able to enter Taoism for a long time.In the second year of Yulu, on April [-], I went to Sitianjian in Xuandu, and climbed the building to face the moon.Looking at the bleakness of the universe, I feel the emptiness of the road.I only feel that this body's destination is that its rotting remains are under the shadow of the sun, and they are just eaten by the mouths of ants.

Suddenly, the sky loses the sun and the moon, leaving behind its pearl pouch.The mountains and rivers are colorless, only the outline of stars can be seen.My soul was shaken, and I tried to make a volume of the Sword Sutra "Pearl Bag", if this sutra is completed, it will be the home of my way.

……

At dusk, the boy servant who held the lamp of Qianyuan Academy entered the study building, and saw that almost all the scholars in the building had left.There was only one woman, writing at the west window, and Li Dan on the other side, sitting alone in front of the window, staring at a scroll of bamboo slips.

The boy servant saluted the woman, then looked at Li Dan.Look at that bamboo slip, at most ten thousand characters can be written, it's as good as the sky, and it has to be small script.But since early in the morning, Li Dan has been here, and he has read till now, without a drop of water or rice, and he is still working tirelessly.

The boy servant walked lightly and walked to the desk.At this time the daylight is very dim, and after a while, it will be dark.He gently lifted the lamp cover on the table, and the crane-footed oil lamp ignited silently and spontaneously.

The light illuminated the bamboo slips. The words on the slips were not ink marks, but seemed to be carved with sharp knives. Li Dan didn't seem to notice the sudden light.

The boy servant secretly expressed his admiration, bowed his hands to Li Dan, and left silently.

……

At first Li Chan thought that the "Zhu Pang Jian Jing" was written by a woman.After looking at it, I realized that the bead sac is not a beautiful needle, but a star on top.

He put down the bamboo slips in his hand, only to realize that it was already dark.The oil lamp on the table was bright, and it was unknown who lit it.

When he woke up at this moment, he looked at the bamboo slips again, and he was as surprised as if he had found a treasure left in the sea, but he sighed softly.

This sigh seemed to startle the others. He heard the sound of his sleeve rubbing against the paper, turned his head and looked west, and saw a woman.

The woman was about thirty years old, her eyelashes reflected the light, her eyebrows were clear and beautiful, her hair was tied up in a bun, and a jade pen was inserted horizontally.As if sensing Li Chan's gaze, she also turned her head, stopped writing, and smiled at Li Chan.

At this time, there were other people in the library.

Li Chan said: "Just now I was fascinated by reading and accidentally disturbed Madam."

The woman's eyes were very relieved, "I'm just copying the book, so I can't talk about disturbing you, but you didn't even notice that someone lit the lamp for you. You should have read the charm."

Li Chan glanced at the bamboo slips on the table again, and said with emotion: "It's really tasteful, but unfortunately, this sword scripture...is actually a fragment."

The woman looked at Li Chan's sleeve, "Although it is a fragment, it is destined to be with you."

Li Chan noticed the woman's gaze, and said calmly, "How do you say it?"

The woman said: "Qi Haoyue has outstanding enlightenment. He attained the Tao when he saw Haoyue when he was young. Among his peers, there are few rivals. He encountered a bottleneck in his knowledge, and encountered a lunar eclipse. Seeing the vision of five stars in succession, he gained enlightenment again." So I wrote this "Pearl Pouch Sword Sutra". Originally, given him some more time, he would be able to enter Taoism once this sword sutra is completed, but unfortunately... he died unexpectedly. His Suspending Heart and Bravery Swords have been wandering outside for many years , and now it’s in your hands again, you’re holding the Xuanxin Sword, and you’ve seen the "Pearl Pouch Sword Sutra", presumably, it must be somewhere in the dark, with its own cause and effect."

Li Chan was secretly surprised, touched the hanging heart sword in her sleeve, and said to the woman: "Thank you for your advice, madam."

The woman nodded, smiled at Li Chan, then lowered her head and continued to copy the book.

Li Chan didn't want to disturb her anymore, so she put away the bamboo slips and was about to leave when her eyes moved suddenly.

The woman is copying the book, but there is no inkstone beside her, and the pen has not been dipped in ink, but lines of words are written on the paper, as if the ink is flowing from the pen.

He blinked his red eyes, looked at the woman again, his eyes became more and more surprised, he hesitated for a long time, then turned and left.

……

"Li Xueshi." The boy servant waiting outside the library saw Li Chan come out and greeted him, "Li Xueshi's female family members came here earlier, and now they are waiting in the Cuiwei Pavilion."

Li Chan still looked back into the bookstore, the woman was blocked by the bookshelf, but she could still see the light.

He asked, "Who is that?"

"The scholar is talking about Mrs. Yuan, right?" The boy servant said with a smile, "The scholar often comes to the library, so he should have seen her, but there are twelve books in this library, and Li Xueshi is so engrossed when he reads, probably I didn't notice her. This lady is Yuan Jijiu's first wife."

Li Chan raised her eyebrows, but didn't say anything. She looked away and asked, "You lit the lamp for me just now?"

The boy servant smiled and said, "Exactly."

"Thank you." Li Chan smiled slightly, "Where is Cuiwei Pavilion?"

The boy servant raised his finger, "It's over there, a hundred steps away, the scholar turned around that building, and he saw it when he looked up."

……

Under the Cuiwei Pavilion, Hong Yao leaned against the railing, holding a varnished teak food box in her arms.She looked left and right, finally saw Li Chan coming, and called out happily: "A Lang!"

When Li Chan entered the pavilion and saw the food box in Hong Yao's arms, she understood why she had come, but was still a little surprised.Although Hong Yao came with him once in two months, she was obviously a little afraid of the academy, but she came here alone today.

"Ah Lang didn't go back so late, I was worried that you were hungry, so I brought some food over."

Hong Yao squatted down and picked up the lid of the food box. The food box was ingeniously constructed, with a tube embedded in the middle, and inside the tube was a porcelain bottle filled with hot water.

She picked up a patty and handed it to Li Chan.

"It's still hot."

Li Chan took the meatloaf and finished it in two bites, almost swallowing it whole.

Hong Yao laughed and said, "Ah Lang is very hungry. I don't know what interesting things I saw in the academy? It made me sleepless and forgetful."

"It is indeed an interesting incident." Li Chan patted the crumbs off her hands, "You don't have to be afraid that others will regard you as a different kind when you come to the academy in the future."

Hong Yao froze for a moment, opened her eyes wide, "Why?"

Li Chan asked: "Do you still remember the Four Demons of the Study?"

Hong Yao thought about it seriously, and replied: "As A Lang said, Mr. Bi is Pei A, and the God of Inkstone is called Concubine Quenching, and the girl Mo is called Hui... Huidi!" When she said this, she frowned bitterly. After thinking for a while, he quickly said, "There is also the paper god! The paper god is Shangqing!"

Li Chan thought to himself, although Mr. Bi called himself Pea, his supernatural powers were beyond the reach of ordinary pen elves.But the Four Gods of Study are indeed rare.When I painted the human body for Mr. Bi, even Mr. Bi mentioned that although there are Mo girls in the world, they are hard to find in the world.

Li Chan saw it today.

He looked back at the library, "I just saw today that Yuan Jijiu's wife is a Mo girl."

　5000, so later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)