Chapter 106: Little Wisdom and Great Wisdom
Pegasus Ranch, it is said that in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a group of horse dealers went south to escape the war, and accidentally found this piece of rich water and grass, which is conducive to raising horses, so they settled here, and it has been hundreds of years in a blink of an eye.
Because the Pegasus Ranch is located in the south, and the south has always lacked good horses, so although the good horses raised in the pasture are far inferior to the good horses delivered by the northern grasslands in terms of quality and quantity, they are still the objects of many forces in the south. It creates an illusion to the people of Pegasus Ranch: that is, the war horses produced in the pasture are indispensable to the princes of the world, which is enough to make them go left and right among the many forces and ask for a price.
In the darkness, Shi Qingyi walked unhurriedly, as if she was wandering in her own courtyard, and just a hundred meters in front of her, a dazzling torch illuminated a large open space in front of her, which was the guard tower set up by Pegasus Ranch, inside the sentry tower, several big men were looking around vigilantly, however, Shi Qingyi was clearly moving under their noses, but they did not notice her arrival at all. And after all, they can't be blamed, these people are just ordinary guards in the pasture, not strong people who can already sense the breath, and what Shi Qingyi did was just to deceive their eyes: although the fire is bright and dazzling in the dark, it will also cause blind spots in vision, and Shi Qingyi specially dyed his clothes into the corresponding colors for this purpose, just like wearing camouflage in the forest will not be easy to be noticed, just like wearing camouflage in the forest, just like this, Shi Qingyi lightly passed through the various sentry posts and guards set up in the Pegasus Ranch, and effortlessly entered the center of the ranch.
Pegasus Ranch occupies a small plain area in the Yangtze River Basin, surrounded by water on three sides and blocked by mountains on the other side, which is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also convenient for water conservancy and irrigation. There are only a few necessities of life that need to be purchased from the outside world, and the almost semi-closed environment, the geographical barrier of mountains and rivers, of course, makes this land a rare pure land in the troubled times, but at the same time, it also makes the people here lose their sense of crisis, which is a very dangerous thing. At least in the troubled times, there is such a peaceful and rich place, and it is a place with such eye-catching strategic resources as war horses, which is really a mouth-watering piece of fat. Shi Qingyi quietly walked from the main road in the ranch, but he made a rough estimate of the current shape of the ranch in his heart, if there is no accident, this place will become a battlefield in the future, swallowed by some powerful force or until it is in ruins. After all, in this world, there are always a few people who have the world in their hearts, and more heroes in troubled times have a mentality that you can't get something that I can't get, and I want to ruin it. (Zhang Xianzhong was not very murderous at first, he didn't want to be the emperor, and later knew that Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and then the Qing soldiers entered the customs, and he only had the road of decline, so he started to kill, killing him clearly felt that there was no more of his own things in the world, and now he was destroying other people's things - Lu Xun)
Of course, although the Pegasus Ranch is rich and rich, it is not in the eyes of Shi Qingyi, and it will not let Shi Qingyi come to visit secretly, the reason why she appears here is precisely because there is a great power in this ranch who lives in seclusion here, if it is the general trend that Pegasus Ranch was destroyed in the war because of no sense of worry, then there is no doubt that the great power is the person who will be able to change the general trend against the sky. Lu Miaozi, the world's first skilled craftsman, the successor of Lu Ban, and at the same time, he is also a versatile master. The purpose of Shi Qingyi's visit this time is not only for this.
A mountain city appeared in front of Shi Qingyi's eyes, built on the mountain, and it was extremely dangerous in the choice of terrain, however, it had been useless by a master like Shi Qingyi, coupled with the laxity of the guards in the city, Shi Qingyi easily climbed over the city wall and entered it. Because it is built on the mountain, all the buildings in the city also follow the direction of the mountain. Shi Qingyi exhaled secretly, ten years of life and death, vaguely seen in the dream, more than ten years have passed, but the scenery here has not changed much, the familiar scene has aroused many thoughts in Shi Qingyi's heart.
Indeed, Shi Qingyi is not the first time to come here, more than ten years ago, when she was still a little girl, she followed the late Bi Xiuxin to visit Lu Miaozi, who lived in seclusion here, and met Shang Qingya, the former owner of Pegasus Ranch at that time, and Shang Xiuxun, who was also a little girl and was not a few years older than herself. However, things are not people, the scenery at this time is still the same, but Shi Qingyi, who came here, was alone. It didn't take too much time, Shi Qingyi followed the vaguely familiar road and quickly touched the ranch owner's mansion. At this time, Shang Xiuxun, who has become the owner of the ranch, should have fallen asleep! When passing by the master bedroom, Shi Qingyi thought, but she didn't stay, but ran straight to the backyard, where Lu Miaozi lived. Turning the fence of the backyard, Shi Qingyi's eyes suddenly opened up: the backyard was not dark, and the sparse lights dimly presented everything in the backyard in front of Shi Qingyi.
A small piece of delicate manor appeared in front of Shi Qingyi's eyes, not far from her side is a small rockery, delicate but not exaggerated, gurgling water gushes out of the rockery, and then enters the ditch that has been sorted out, irrigating all kinds of vegetation in the courtyard, the arrangement between the vegetation is also very exquisite, the tall trees go straight to the sky but do not appear abrupt, because around it, sparsely dotted with some dwarf shrubs. Beneath the bushes are green meadows, some vines, some flowers, and even some agricultural crops, and although it is winter, the south is always warm, and the courtyard is still full of life.
Shi Qingyi did not hesitate, she stepped into the courtyard, she did not deliberately hide her footprints, as if she was strolling in her own courtyard, and soon, as she expected, a voice sounded in her ears: "There are friends from afar, and they are happy." Since the guests are here, why not come in and talk about it. The voice is full of anger, it is difficult to imagine that the owner of this voice is an old man who has been seriously injured for many years and will die, Shi Qingyi did not answer, but his footsteps went straight through the courtyard, walked up to the small building in the center of the courtyard, and saw the three big words "Comfort Nest" in front of the small building, Shi Qingyi sighed and said: "Master Lu, after a farewell year, the master is safe and sound!" With that, he slowly pushed the door open.
The layout of the small building is very simple, except for tables, chairs and other utensils, there is nothing else, it seems very simple, the owner of the house is sitting opposite Shi Qingyi, looking at her quietly, this owner is a tall old man, his white hair is combed very neatly, and his face is also glowing red, but Shi Qingyi knows that he actually has many years of sedimentation and dark injuries on his body, and his appearance at this time is just a strong outside. She also sat down slowly and sat directly across from the old man. Silence is a kind of silent confrontation, and after being silent for a while, Lu Miaozi was finally the first to speak: "A flash of time, and so many years have passed, if your mother sees that you have grown so big, she will be very pleased." Although Shi Qingyi's disguise became more and more fascinating with the improvement of materials and the exquisiteness of memory, and almost did not need to be cleaned, almost integrated with himself, but for Lu Miaozi, who was also a master of disguise, it was ineffective, and it was seen through at a glance, Shi Qingyi was not surprised, but Lu Miaozi's words made her face flush with a trace of bitterness, she also smiled dryly, and said: "Yes, if the mall owner's mother is still there, how good it would be." "Now, the person with a bad face was replaced by Lu Miaozi.
Lu Miaozi's thoughts, Shi Qingyi can roughly guess it, and Shi Qingyi's intention, Lu Miaozi naturally knows it. Although he is conceited, he also knows that Shi Qingyi has learned from the two demon Dao families, and he may only be able to help him on top of this, but the relationship between the evil emperor relics is heavy, not because the relationship between the two parties is good, you can give away things at will, Lu Miaozi is also a person who prides himself on being smart, and smart people naturally can't help people do things for nothing, so Shi Qingyi needs to take out the same thing in exchange. What was on Shi Qingyi's body that could be exchanged for that extremely precious Saint Emperor Relic?
Shi Qingyi is not a stupid person, on the contrary, in some things, Shi Qingyi can be called extremely smart. Therefore, Lu Miaozi took a fancy to something on her, she knew that it was precisely because she had a bargaining chip in her heart that Shi Qingyi would have a calm face and said: "Although the mystery of the eternal life recipe that was boiling on the rivers and lakes not long ago has been solved by the two boys, however, they are still fledgling teenagers after all, even if the longevity formula can really live and die with flesh and bones, at least we have to wait until those two people grow up, with Lu Lao's time, I'm afraid I can't afford to wait." "Lu Miaozi really can't wait, his injury is far more severe than Shi Qingyi initially estimated, if he changes Shi Qingyi himself, even if he is young and can save his life, I am afraid that he will lose his skills and become a waste, Lu Miaozi is already nearly 100 years old, and he can actually last for decades in one breath, this ability Shi Qingyi is naturally ashamed of himself, however, it is also the end of it, Lu Miaozi is absolutely unable to do it with others at this time, once he does it, no matter what the victory or defeat, he will die immediately.
Of course, Lu Miaozi was unwilling to wait for death, so he appeared in front of Shi Qingyi and used the evil emperor relics to use Shi Qingyi's bargaining chips, after all, Shi Qingyi is Bi Xiuxin's daughter, and she will naturally practice the martial arts on the Cihang Sword Codex. Cihang Sword Codex, although it ranks last among the four great wonder books, but it has a miraculous effect in the treatment of injuries, if Lu Miaozi's injury can still be treated, then in addition to the legendary longevity formula, it is none other than the Sword Codex, however, although the world is big, except for the descendants of Jingzhai and the sisters of Shi Qingyi who are about to go down the mountain, no one can practice the martial arts on the Cihang Sword Codex. It's no wonder that Lu Miaozi had to sacrifice a big treasure like the Evil Emperor Relic to make a deal with Shi Qingyi. However, to his surprise, Shi Qingyi actually rejected him.