I am building a fairy garden on earth

Chapter 79 "The Essence of Qi" and Zhang Taixu...

Kong Qing squatted halfway, and in front of him was a woman dressed in jewels but with a terrified face.

At this time, he pinched the woman's chin, and asked sharply: "I will ask you one last time, where is Li Lezhi's stolen money hidden!?"

"My lord... The concubine... The concubine really doesn't know..."

"You are his first wife, don't you know?"

"..."

"Okay! Let's see how long you can keep your mouth shut!"

Kong Qing stood up with a sneer, then grabbed the whip at the side, and whipped it at the woman. The crying and begging sound also came from this...

Seeing this, Xu Boqing was slightly taken aback, and knew that his thoughts had gone wrong.

The subordinates are moving stronger, but they haven't fully moved...

When Kong Qing saw the governor coming, his hands were also thumped, and after realizing it, he quickly threw away the whip in his hand, bowed and saluted, "I have seen the governor!"

"what happened?"

"To the Lord..."

Kong Qing explained: "When the humble officials were ordered to ransack the house, they found that although there were many antique calligraphy and paintings here, but very little cash and silver, they concluded that there must be a darkroom in the mansion...

And this woman is Li Lezhi's wife...

When I asked about it, she refused to tell me where the darkroom was, so I used lynching in a fit of anger..."

"..."

Xu Boqing nodded slightly, and said: "Isn't Li Lezhi still hanging on the top of the wall? Just send someone to ask, if not, give him some trouble."

"Uh……"

The corner of Kong Qing's mouth twitched, and he said cautiously: "Just now I sent someone over to ask about it. That guy Li Lezhi was hit in the head with a stone by the people just now, and he just passed away..."

His voice paused, and he quickly added another sentence: "The humble post is ineffective, and I ask the supervisor to punish me."

"..."

Xu Boqing was slightly taken aback. When he entered the city, he saw someone throwing eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and stones, and wondered if he would smash them to death...

In the end, it didn't take long before he died...

Li Lezhi's first wife cried tearfully: "My lord, the money in the family has always been supervised by the master himself. Although the concubine is his first wife, I really don't know where the secret room is. I hope my lord will check it out..."

She kowtowed with disheveled hair, and there were still a few bloodstains from the whip on her body.

Suddenly, she kowtowed for a moment, as if she had thought of something, she hurriedly said: "My lord, the study! The dark room... the dark room may be in the master's study!!"

"Oh?"

Xu Boqing was surprised, raised his brows and asked, "Didn't you say you don't know where the darkroom is? Why did you remember it?"

"I thought of it, I thought of it!!"

The woman seemed to be grasping at straws, and said hastily: "Master... the master is often alone in the study, and won't let other people approach, the dark room must be in the study!!"

"Okay, okay..."

Seeing her appearance, Xu Boqing also knew that she was not lying, so he waved his hand and said, "Take her down."

Seeing the woman being dragged away, several supervisors of the West Factory gathered in Li Lezhi's study and searched for the dark room. He had nothing to do, so they followed him...

Although Li Lezhi is greedy, he is not stupid. He also knows that the study is the front of the dark room, so he decorated the study in a decent way...

The study room is full of ink fragrance, famous calligraphy and paintings are mounted on the wall, and various ancient books are placed on the bookshelves. If you come here without knowing it, you will definitely think that this is the study room of some great Confucian.

Seeing how hard his subordinates were looking for, Xu Boqing shook his head, picked up the 'Tianmu Dharma Eye' to scan around, pointed to the bookshelf in the southwest corner and said: "The darkroom is behind the bookshelf in the southwest corner."

"..."

The heads of the governors were slightly taken aback, although they didn't know how the governor made the conclusion, they were very obedient and didn't ask any more questions, and hurried forward to check the bookshelf pointed by the governor.

A few people didn't find out where the mechanism was, but they were all masters in the Houtian Realm, with a lot of people and a lot of strength, they directly overturned the problematic bookshelf...

Then they worked together to make a hole, and only then did they reveal the dark room compartment hidden behind the bookshelf...

After a few people looked at each other, they poked in. They were almost dazzled by the boxes of gold, silver and jewels. There was a thick stack of silver bills and land deeds stuffed in the small box beside them...

Then he carefully moved it out of the dark room, and called the Mr. Handy and the accountant to settle the value.

Xu Boqing is not interested in the darkroom, nor in the pile of gold and silver, but rather in the books on the bookshelf...

Because when he was looking for the dark room with the 'Tianmu Dharma Eye' just now, he accidentally found a rather strange book!
The book just looks a little quaint, not that special, but when it is placed on the same bookshelf, other books are covered with dust, but it is the only one that does not get any dust.

And it's not the kind of ordinary cleanliness, under the observation of the Celestial Eye, it seems that the dust in the air avoids the book by itself...

There is no dust or dirt, and it is abnormally clean.

It perfectly interprets the meaning of 'spotless'.

He stepped forward and carefully took down the book...

The texture of the book is extremely heavy, and the simple book cover has the three characters "Qi Ben Lun" written on it, and the name of the signature is Zhang Taixu.

Qi theory?Zhang Taixu?
Xu Boqing frowned slightly, the name Zhang Taixu was vaguely familiar, the original owner must have heard of it when he was in school, he should be a famous person in this world, but it will be difficult for him to remember everything in a while;
But this "On the Origin of Qi"...

It feels like a practice method.

While others were counting the money over there, he sat down on a chair and flipped through the ancient books in his hand with great interest.

But after only a cursory look, his brows furrowed...

This piece of Taixu is not a monk, but a great Confucian who has been dead for many years, and his birth and death dates are not like those of this dynasty;
And his "Qi Ben Lun" is not a method of practice, but an exposition of the world and the origin of the universe...

More towards philosophy or science...

At that time, people's wisdom was not developed, and their macroscopic cognition of the world and the universe was extremely limited, and it could even be said to be almost zero.

In Zhang Taixu's "On the Origin of Qi", it is expounded that the origin of all things is attributed to "Qi"...

Taixu is qi, which transforms all things.

The body of the universe, the foundation of all things is Qi...

All things come from "Qi", and all things in various forms are different manifestations of "Qi".

It includes the opposite dependence of yin and yang, the opposite complements each other, and the relationship of ups and downs and mutual changes. In the interactive movement of this relationship, people and all things are produced, etc...

All kinds of content in "Qi Ben Lun" are like waste paper to ordinary people who have not yet developed their wisdom.

But for Xu Boqing, who has memories of two lifetimes, some viewpoints in the book are consistent with his cognition!

The descriptions in the book are more like a heavenly book, as if every word is still present in the brain, it can be said that every word is pearls, miraculous and extraordinary!

His hairs stood erect and he was sweating profusely! !

I don't know how long it took, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he came back to his senses. Seeing that the masters in the room and the accountant had already counted the value of the property in the dark room, and were about to go to other places to count, his eyes couldn't help but brighten...

"Several gentlemen, please stay still!"

"..."

Several old men who were over half a century old were shocked when they heard the words. When they came, the people from Xichang reminded that the governor was nearby, so they had to be careful.

They also knew that if the governor was annoyed, it would not be enough for their own family to confess, so they were careful when counting the value of the property, for fear of offending the governor.

After finally counting, he breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

But I saw that the governor opened his mouth to keep people...

They thought that something went wrong when they were counting their belongings, and after turning around, they knelt down tremblingly on the ground.

"Caomin kowtowed to the Governor, and Caomin had no complaints whether he was dead or alive, and only asked the Governor to spare the lives of the young and old in Caomin's family..."

"..."

Xu Boqing was slightly taken aback, and after realizing it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with relief: "I just want to consult a few gentlemen about something, and I hope you gentlemen don't worry too much."

"Grassmen dare not..."

Several old men shook their heads repeatedly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Boqing handed the "On the Origin of Qi" in front of them, and asked: "Please help me palm my eyes, so I can see which dynasty and generation this book came from, and who is this Taixu."

"..."

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