Chapter 142, serious business

You Fang is not in a hurry to return the motorcycle, Chang Shuxin said clearly, you can use it for as many days as you like, as long as you don't lose it. For the next half a month, You Fang rode this broken motorcycle, carrying a newly bought large travel bag with a change of clothes in the bag, and walked through the streets and alleys of Rucheng, Guidong, Anren, and Yongxing.

Why Did It Take So Long? At the beginning, it only took him half a day to go around Chenzhou City, but at that time he was a stupid boy who didn't understand the market, and now the situation is different. I remember the last time he ran out of divine energy in the middle of the day, and there was almost no room to deal with unexpected emergencies, this time of course, he had to act cautiously, and when he launched the Heavenly Machine Great Array in the Songhe Valley, the power of his divine consciousness consumed had not yet fully recovered.

So You Fang is not in a hurry, for him, finding the secret crystal is certainly a pleasure and harvest, it is similar to buying a lottery ticket to win the lottery, but the process of finding it is a kind of tempering.

Yes, it is tempering, he was refining his spiritual sense in the Panjiayuan antique market, and now he is refining his spiritual sense in the streets and alleys of various counties and cities in Chenzhou. He had a feeling that in this kind of diligent and long-term consumption of divine consciousness, nourishing the soul from time to time not only did not hurt himself, but also was an excellent way to enhance his strength.

On the one hand, I want to see if there are any mineral crystals for sale in the tourist store, and on the other hand, I want to survey the mountains and rivers. This time, my luck was far worse than the last time, I walked from the city to the countryside in four counties and cities, inspected tens of thousands of mineral crystals, and only found twelve usable secret crystals, and even found not a single one in a certain county.

It's normal to think about it, the secret crystal must be in the purest condition, the crystal body is flawless in the mineral crystal to appear, this kind of handicrafts are generally concentrated in the city with a large flow of tourists for sale, the packaging is also good, as for some tourist attractions in the countryside to sell the mineral crystal, cheap but messy, the quality is not pure.

The last stop of the four county towns is Rucheng, where you can search for spars and do not forget to have fun and leisure, come to a tourist scenic spot, rest in the best local environment, and soak in the most famous local hot springs. The hot spring with the rising air of geothermal heat, mixed with the disturbance of yin and yang sympathy, lie in it to wash away the dust and fatigue of the day, comfortable!

Refreshed, energetic and full, the hot spring soak is comfortable, it is inevitable to have a reverie, while teasing the water, the person he remembered turned out to be Qi Qixue, his heart was inexplicably a little itchy, and his body was also a little impatient. Quickly stopped the thought, but the thought was endless, and I couldn't help but think of the innocent and lovely Tu Su, the enemy Xie Xiaoxian who couldn't be avoided, and - how could there be her?

When he was thinking nonsense, he actually thought of Xiang Yinghua, the dancing under the bright moonlight! At this time, he quickly collected his mind and regained his clarity, gently brushed Qin Yu's sword spine in the hot spring, and said to himself: "Qin Yu, Qin Yu, we haven't practiced swords for a long time, after the wonderful dance in Songhe Valley, I think you and I will be more refined in sword intent." ”

Don't think about it, let's quickly dry the water on your body and get dressed, and continue to swim around the rivers and lakes with Qin Yu.

Leaving Rucheng County and going to Zixing City, he continued to search for the secret crystal, but he didn't have much hope. Because he knew very well that the skills of the Thousand Cup Dao people were far deeper than him, if he searched for the spar with all his might, the other four county towns would have been searched long ago, and Zidong would definitely have already come. However, unexpectedly, he found five arcane crystals in Zixing, two of which were prominently placed on the counter of the store.

It seems that this Taoist chief was still polite to him, and he didn't come to Zixing City at all.

This trip was too worthwhile, although I destroyed ten spars and gave one spar, I also sold three spars at a high price, and I also received a gift of eight spars from Songhe Valley, and finally found seventeen more. The only regret is that I destroyed the seven spirit purifying spars, but there is nothing to regret when I think about it, no matter how valuable things are, they also have to be used. The most important thing is that You Fang understands the value of these things, and if he doesn't come here, I'm afraid he will continue to be kept in the dark, not to mention more gains.

People are in good spirits at happy events, and they are invisibly vigorous when they walk, and even the broken motorcycle feels like a galloping horse! The poor little wanderer Zhongguancun has sold discs and Pan Jiayuan has practiced stalls, but he never dreamed that he could have such a net worth now, it would be too hypocritical to say that he was unhappy, he was so happy that he even wanted to laugh.

The next stop is to go back to the valley where the archaeological site of Feiju Village is located, don't forget that the main purpose of coming here with my sister is to collect netherworld soil, but after tossing for so long, the "serious business" is almost done. Now that everything has finally been settled and the turmoil has subsided, it is time to get back to business.

From the time he left Songhe Valley until he returned to Feiju Village, it was no more than three full weeks. It was noon when I returned to the village, and the first thing I did was to return the motorcycle, and after inquiring, someone told him that Director Chang was eating in a small restaurant in the east of the village. In less than a month, Chang Shuxin became the director of the township police station, which is good news.

Of course, there are no private rooms in the hotel in the village, and you Fang was stunned as soon as he entered the door, only to see a big table put together, sitting Chi Muduo, You Chengyuan, Zhang Renyun, Zhong Yi, Jiang Xiafei, Chang Shuxin, talking and eating lively, and in the middle of Jiang Xiafei and You Chengyuan, the young woman with a faint expression and not saying much was Xiang Yinghua.

Why is she here again? You Fang was puzzled, You Chengyuan had already seen him, stood up and said loudly: "Xu Kai, why have you been there for so many days?" It's been so long since I've come back, and Yinghua has been back for half a month! It's not okay to work like you, don't forget that you're a temporary hire, beware of the pool director firing you! ”

Chi Muduo said with a smile on the side: "Temporary employment, working for a day is counted as a day's money, what is there to be dismissed or not, people also ask for leave when they leave, things are relatively busy." Xu Kai, you came back just in time, now the excavation and cleaning work is at its best, there is a shortage of manpower, sit down and eat. ”

It was not good to ask Xiang Yinghua why he came in public, so he had to sit down to eat together, and he found that the people at the table looked at him and Xiang Yinghua with a strange smile in their eyes, so he could only bow his head and say nothing.

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Why did Xiang Yinghua get into the archaeological team again, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, which is complicated. After the colleagues of the various factions in the rivers and lakes left Songhe Valley, Xiang Xiaoli also began to make great efforts to clean up the door, and came to a big investigation from top to bottom.

There are three people who were abolished and sent to the bureau to be accompanied by Xiang Tianhua, even if Xiang Jia did not investigate, the police also found that these three people were implicated in the case.

In fact, Xiang Xiaoli has a more complicated background, since he temporarily took charge of the door for more than half a year, some people in the Xiang family and the Songhe Valley faction have complained that Xiang Xiaoli is too strict, everything is not as easy to discuss as Xiang Zuohu, there were many benefits that can not be obtained now, especially the children of the faction who have a very secret relationship with Xiang Zuohu.

Xiang Tianhua's matter gave Xiang Xiaoli a good excuse, and it was possible to completely rectify the prestige, so that the faction that was already dissatisfied with Xiang Xiaoli complained even more, but they could not directly confront it. Xiang Yinghua is the only daughter of Xiang Zuohu, and she is the first master in the sect and the elder of the priest, with a transcendent status, only she has the authority to directly refute Xiang Xiaoli.

So there were many children of the faction who were cleaned up, and they found Xiang Yinghua to complain in private, asking her to come forward to warn Xiang Xiaoli not to go too far. Xiang Yinghua didn't want to say anything and couldn't say anything, on the one hand, what Xiang Xiaoli did was irreproachable, if there was a mistake, who could say anything? On the other hand, she herself felt that her father might have been too lenient and negligent in some matters, which led to the wanton behavior of some people in the door, and it was time to clean it up.

I thought so in my heart, but it was annoying enough to face these noisy things every day, she didn't like to meddle in the affairs of the door, and she didn't have anything to do after the ancestral worship ceremony was over, so she said hello to Xiang Xiaoli, saying that she was going out to visit friends, and left Songhe Valley in a car.

Where to go? Xiang Yinghua actually arrived in Feiju Village first, and still came to find You Chengyuan, who was in a hurry last time and didn't have time to say goodbye, this time I wanted to say thank you again. Of course, you can also meet with Youfang, and since Youfang said that he wants to return the motorcycle, he will definitely return to this place.

You Fang didn't come back, You Chengyuan was still very enthusiastic, and as soon as they met, he held hands and said, "Yinghua, why are you here alone?" Didn't Xu Kai's kid say that he was looking for you, where did he go? ”

Xiang Yinghua explained: "He has something to do, so let's delay a few days before coming back." Sister Cheng Yuan, I ...... I also want to join the archaeological team and find the work here interesting, is that okay? "I just wanted to say hello and thank you again, but I changed my mind as soon as I opened my mouth, and decided to stay here, anyway, I felt good here a while ago, if it wasn't really something, she really didn't want to go back to Songhe Valley.

You Chengyuan smiled very happily: "What's wrong with this, there is a shortage of manpower, especially those with professional experience, you are also the number one." The leaders have paid attention to it, the funds have also been approved, and the wages of temporary professional clean-up personnel have also increased, from 60 per day to 80 per day. It's just that the room in the guest house is not enough, but fortunately, Xu Kai's room is still left, so you can live in that one. …… Uh, the Q7 with Jiangxi license plate on the outside is your car? ”

Xiang Yinghua nodded and replied very casually: "Well, I came by car, and the mountain road is very difficult to walk." ”

You Chengyuan patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, good, you don't care about the hard work of the archaeological team, it's really good." There is a lot of meaning in the words.

Xiang Yinghua stayed like this, working in the archaeological team led by Chi Muduo, You Chengyuan did not let her drill the ancient tomb, and was only responsible for cleaning up the unearthed artifacts every day. Xiang Yinghua did it very well, even better than the old archaeological team members with many years of experience, and Chi Mu Duo praised it, he was really a good helper.

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When You Fang came back, Xiang Yinghua had been in Feiju Village for half a month, and of course she was very happy to see Mr. Rand again, and even ate half a bowl of lunch at lunch, just to sit at the table and listen to You Fang and a group of archaeological team members chatting and bragging.

You Fang came here under the pseudonym Xu Kai, claiming to have been an archaeologist, and later changed his career to do collection identification. He explained that a few days ago, someone from other places asked him to appraise antiques, and he was invited to Rucheng to take a hot spring, so he came back late, and then told a bunch of stories about the identification of cultural relics, which was very vivid and funny.

Xiang Yinghua knew that he was making up nonsense, but it was very funny, and he couldn't hear the flaws.

After eating, there is a very "serious" problem, how to live? You Fang's room has been occupied by Xiang Yinghua, and now the archaeological team in the village has too many people, and almost all places are full. You Fang said indifferently: "The Qingming Festival has passed, and it is not too cold in the mountains, so I will live in a marching tent at the scene." ”

You Chengyuan didn't bother to care, and immediately nodded with a smile: "You can live wherever you like." In her opinion, in fact, one room is enough, You Fang doesn't want to live in a tent in the mountains, so come back and live with Xiang Yinghua, anyway, when she was in the county hotel, she didn't touch it in the middle of the night to sleep in a room.

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It is true that there is no need to arrange a room for the traveling party, it is enough for him to live in the marching tent, and he is basically not in the tent even in the middle of the night, but his luggage is left in the tent, not afraid of others stealing his things, just carrying the bill of exchange with him.

That night, in the clearing among the bushes on the mountainside, Xiang Yinghua and You Fang stood in the moonlight and spoke. Of course, You Fang wanted to ask her why she came, and explained to Yinghua briefly a few words about the situation in Songhe Valley, only saying that Xiang Xiaoli had been rectifying the wind gate recently because of Xiang Tianhua's affairs, and she must not let her fellow Jianghu and Mr. Rand down, and then said that she also wanted to continue to participate in the work of the archaeological team and sense the subtlety of the ancient precipitation.

Although he didn't say it deeply, with You Fang's cleverness, he could guess the current situation in Songhe Valley and understand that Xiang Yinghua came out to hide quietly. If you like to hide, hide, anyway, my brother-in-law is willing to keep her in the archaeological team, so why should I object.

Speaking from his heart, he had a very good impression of Xiang Yinghua, especially when the Heavenly Machine Great Array was launched during the ceremony in Songhe Valley, there was a resonant tacit understanding between each other's divine senses. It's a pity that she is the daughter of Xiang Zuohu, and You Fang is not willing to have a deep friendship with her, and she always feels uneasy in front of her, which is not a good state of mind for a master of the secret method who has mastered the realm of the Spiritual Pivot.

But when I think about it, it's much calmer. At the beginning, he connived at Hu Xuyuan to kill him, and then he personally tried to put him and Liu Li to death. In this way, it is You Fang who really "ignores the previous suspicions", since Xiang Yinghua has helped him, then help her where she can, fortunately, this girl is not annoying.

"Miss Xiang, can I ask you a question, why do you practice the secret method of Feng Shui?"

You Fang diverted the topic of Songhe Valley and asked him the question he was most interested in. At Xiang Yinghua's age, it is really rare to have today's attainments in secret law cultivation. is also inherited from a family since childhood, Xiong Jushi and others are also the leaders of the younger generation of Jianghu Fengmen, but there is still a considerable gap compared with Xiang Yinghua.

It can be seen that her surname has no distractions, and it is related to the environment in which she grew up, and she doesn't have to pay attention to any mundane affairs since she was a child, and there are no mundane things that she needs to worry about. Xiang Zuohu and the Xiang family in Songhe Valley are towering trees, not only can they shelter her from the wind and rain, but also have nothing to do with her about family business, rivers and lakes fights, and even conspiracies and tricks, and things like being a criminal, Xiang Zuohu has already handled it properly, and Xiang Yinghua doesn't have to care or even know.

She only needs to concentrate on practicing the secret method in the Songhe Valley, and she has been proud of the rivers and lakes until now. She doesn't have the habits of an eldest lady, but she naturally has a high vision in her bones, but she is not arrogant, the environment of the archaeological team is very difficult for ordinary people, and Xiang Yinghua stays very well. As long as she wants to, she doesn't have to be too picky.

When Liu Li first met You Fang, he asked a question - why do you want to practice martial arts? Now You Fang threw a similar question to Xiang Yinghua.

Xiang Yinghua raised his hand and pointed to the sleeping valley in the night, and the bracelet on Hao's wrist made a pleasant whisper: "As the spirit of heaven and earth, all things are vivid and ever-present, the mountains and rivers are swaying, and the soul is melting. What is the end of what the world wants? ”

This answer is wonderful, You Fang originally replied that Liu Li practiced martial arts to enjoy life, which was similar to Xiang Yinghua's words, but there was a difference between elegance and vulgarity. Her meaning can be understood as enjoying the realm of life and the realm of life, the environment and the state of mind of the fusion, and she has the understanding of "the unity of heaven and man", which is worthy of being the feng shui master of the world.

Listening to her tone, You Fang's question was simply nonsense, and if someone else spoke, he might not bother to pay attention to it. You Fang praised and sighed: "I also have some experience, but it must not be so subtle, thank you for speaking directly to Miss." ”

Xiang Yinghua glanced at him sideways, and said a little suddenly: "Mr. Rand, just call me Yinghua." ”

Shadows? This title is obviously much closer, but from the perspective of "elders" calling "juniors", it is not unavoidable. You Fang replied with a little embarrassment: "Let's call you Miss Xiang, I feel more comfortable." ”

This answer was a kind of face-to-face refusal that was not too tactful, and Xiang Yinghua's expression couldn't tell whether it was an accident or disappointment, but then he regained his composure, did not dwell on the topic, looked back at the valley and asked: "You have a lot of things, why are you still here?" ”

You Fang smiled as easily as possible: "I told you, did you forget?" The purpose of my coming is for the Netherworld Soil, and before I could collect it, I had some accidents and was delayed until now. ”

Xiang Yinghua: "Oh, I almost forgot! You were injured earlier, and you went to Songhe Valley just after healing, and you really haven't had time, I don't know how much netherworld soil you want to collect? ”

You Fang: "Three taels." ”

Xiang Yinghua was surprised: "So many! This thing is almost weightless, the archaeological remains of this entire valley, all that can be collected add up, I'm afraid it's only one or two, I also collected some a few days ago, only to know that it is not easy. ”

You Fang smiled bitterly: "This is the task assigned by my master, if you don't get together, you can't officially become a teacher, and you can't call him an old man when you walk the rivers and lakes." ”

Xiang Yinghua: "With your current skills, it may not be easy to collect so much. "She should be the person in the world who knows the depth of You Fang's skills best, and she speaks straight.

You Fang: "Who's to say it's not?" But this is also a way for Master to train me, as long as I work hard in advance and then seek opportunities, I don't indulge or slack off. ”

(To be continued)