Qi Ning had already received the information earlier, knowing that Ling Huxu and Zhuo Qingyang were classmates and friends, and the two were from the same school, and he had also thought about whether to use the relationship between Ling Huxu and Zhuo Qingyang to let him help him get married this time, but he didn't want Ling Huxu to take the initiative to ask, and said with a smile: "Are Xiangye and Mr. Zhuo brothers?" ”

Ling Huxu said: "Little Hou Ye knows about this? He sighed and said, "Yes, I am from the same class as Senior Brother Zhuo, and his talent is far better than mine, but it is a pity that he is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he has never entered the official career." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Everyone has his own ambitions." Qi Ning said: "Mr. Zhuo only thinks about spreading knowledge, and Xiangye wants to help the world. ”

Ling Huxu's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "The little marquis's speech and demeanor really don't look like a young man. ”

Qi Ning sighed and said, "Xiangye, don't hide it, Mr. Zhuo...... It's been a long time since I heard from you. ”

What happened that night in Qionglin Academy, Qi Ning did not publicize it to the outside world, and afterwards the imperial court got involved in it, and the official explained that Zhuo Qingyang was going out to travel, and Qionglin Academy has been closed since then, but Qi Ning knew that Zhuo Qingyang suddenly disappeared that night, and even the imperial court may not know the news.

Zhuo Qingyang was seriously injured and disappeared without a trace, and all this did come from the Jizo Scroll, the matter of the Jizo Scroll, Qi Ning naturally knew that it was very important, and he didn't tell anyone.

At this time, Ling Huxu mentioned Zhuo Qingyang, but Qi Ning dealt with it carefully, although Ling Huxu is Zhuo Qingyang's senior brother, but he is also the prime minister of Eastern Qi, no matter when and where, Qi Ning has to take precautions.

Ling Huxu frowned and asked, "No news?" ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that since Ling Huxu knew about the Jinghua Book Club, this news was naturally very well-informed, and in the capital of Chu State, it was naturally indispensable for Eastern Qi secret agents, who might not know the news of Zhuo Qingyang's disappearance, and nodded: "Mr. Zhuo suddenly left the capital and went out to travel, and there is no news so far. ”

Ling Huxu said with a smile: "Senior brother likes to travel the world the most, and I haven't written a letter with him for more than half a year. Then he asked, "How is Qionglin Academy doing now?" ”

"It's closed." Qi Ning said: "Mr. travels, Qionglin Academy can be regarded as a group of dragons without a leader, so ......!" ”

Ling Huxu frowned and said, "That's not right. Stared at Qi Ning and asked, "Little Hou Ye, you tell me the truth, did something happen to Senior Brother?" ”

Qi Ning hesitated for a moment before he said, "Why does Xiangye ask like this?" ”

"My brother and I corresponded and got to know each other very well." Ling Huxu sighed: "Qionglin Academy is more important than his life to his senior brother, if he was young, it would be fine, but now he puts all his energy on the academy, and he will never leave Qionglin Academy to go out and ignore it." Speaking of this, he got up, turned to the back of the screen, and soon came out and handed Qi Ning a letter, Qi Ning took it, and saw that the handwriting on the outside of the letter was strange, and he couldn't understand it, but he suddenly saw that it was the secret shadow word on it.

The secret shadow word is created by the shadow of the monk, and the Jizo scroll is written in the secret shadow word, which is extremely difficult to identify, Qi Ning saw that it was the secret shadow word, and his heart was a little surprised, he took out the letter from it, opened it and glanced at it, all of them were written in the secret shadow word, and frowned: "Xiangye, this ......!" ”

Ling Huxu said: "This is the text I used in the correspondence between my senior brother and me, not many people know it, but he and I can understand it. This was the letter I received four months ago, and it was the last time I received a letter from my brother. After a deep groan, he said: "The tone of this letter is different from before, the senior brother is a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, no matter what happens, he has always been stable, but the wording of this letter is quite messy, it seems to be a little uneasy, there are many misuses in it, he is careful to do things, there is such a mistake, it is not unusual." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "What can Mr. mention in this letter?" ”

Ling Huxu shook his head and said, "That's not true." Although my brother is good friends with me, he does not enter the official career, and he has never liked to make friends with people in the officialdom, when I was an official in Qi State, I invited my senior brother to go out of the mountain, but my senior brother not only refused, but even stopped talking to me for two years. It was only when I said that he continued to associate with me, and when I exchanged letters with him, I never mentioned anything about officialdom, but only about some academic articles. He sighed and said, "In this letter, he only said that he would focus all his energy on Qionglin Academy for the rest of his life, and also said that he would write a book and make a ......, but in the end he said that if he had any accidents and the book he wrote could not be completed, he asked me to continue to write it, along with the letter and the manuscript of the eight volumes he wrote. ”

"Xiangye, do you mean that Mr. has a premonition that he will have an accident?" Qi Ning asked with a frown.

Ling Huxu's expression was solemn, and he said: "When I was a classmate with my senior brother, I had a very good relationship, and after I finished studying, I haven't stopped hearing from me for many years. He smiled faintly and said, "I won't tell you that when I exchanged letters with my senior brother, some people in the court even slandered me for being in a foreign country. He waved his hand and said: "He is in Chu State, I have always wanted to take care of it, but I know his temperament, so I can only know his news by letter, but this letter is really strange, after I received it, I felt wrong, and I also wanted to send someone to find out what was going on, but if my senior brother knew that I sent someone to investigate secretly, with his temperament, the consequences would be unimaginable, so I could only be anxious." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said: "Mr. Bogu is well-versed in the present, he is arrogant, and the prime minister sent someone to investigate, if Mr. knows, he will naturally be unhappy." ”

"So there is an important reason for inviting Hou Ye to come today, that is, I want to ask Hou Ye about it." Ling Huxu said: "The Jinghua Book Club has spread all over the world, and I am also a scholar, so I am quite interested in this, and I also know that Hou Ye replaced Qionglin Academy at that time, which naturally has a deep relationship with my senior brother." He smiled slightly and said, "Ling Zun and Ling Tang were also studying under the senior brothers back then, and this relationship is naturally shallow. ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, "Xiangye is worried about Mr.'s mood, I can understand it." ”

"Senior brother is definitely not traveling, he must have encountered some trouble." Ling Huxu's expression was solemn, "Little Hou Ye, when you were by your senior brother's side, how did you notice it?" ”

Qi Ning groaned slightly, shook his head, and Ling Huxu sighed: "Senior brother's joy and anger are invisible, and it is extremely difficult to see through his state of mind. He smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that the senior brother is gone, and there is one thing that is difficult to continue." ”

"Unsustainable?"

Ling Huxu groaned slightly, and then said: "Actually, this is not a big secret, Hou Ye can recognize the words on this letter when he looks at it?" ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "I don't know a word." ”

"It's no wonder." Ling Huxu stroked his beard and said: "This is the secret shadow word, the cloud breaks the moon shadow, and the duckweed sends autumn, this secret shadow word originated from a sage called Yingping Jushi a hundred years ago, and there are very few people who know this secret shadow word." The Shadow Ping Monk itself is a mystery, and it has been circulated, this Shadow Ping Monk does not actually refer to a person, but to a group of people, this group of people are like-minded, the Shadow Ping Monk is a common name for this group of people, and the secret shadow word is created by them to communicate with each other. ”

The origin of the secret shadow word, Qi Ning had already known it from Mr. Liao, the bookkeeper of the Hou Mansion, and he also knew a little about the rumors of the Ying Ping monk.

"Back then, we accidentally learned about the existence of the Shadow Word, and it took a lot of effort to get a score from the Shadow Ping Monk." Ling Huxu stared at Qi Ning and said slowly: "Senior brother is not in the official career, of course, because he is indifferent to fame and fortune, but there is an important reason, but few people in the world know about it. ”

"Xiangye is saying...... The score? Qi Ning asked.

Ling Huxu shook his head and said, "Although it is related to the music score, the real reason is that Senior Brother has always wanted to solve the mystery of Yingping Layman. Yingping has always been a mysterious character, can also be said to be a peerless genius, at first the senior brother was just full of interest in the secret shadow word, and then has been looking for clues about the Yingping monk, I assisted the senior brother to find the score, the brother is fascinated by the score ......! After a pause, he was thoughtful and silent for a moment before continuing: "Senior brother has studied that score for many years, and finally discovered that it is not a simple score, and it contains many secrets about the Ying Ping Layman......! ”

Qi Ning vaguely guessed in his heart that the music score that Ling Huxu said was the Jizo music score in his hand nine times out of ten, and asked quietly, "Has Mr. unlocked the secret?" ”

Ling Huxu shook his head and said, "Most of the letters I have exchanged with him over the years have been about the secrets in the score. The senior brother unraveled that the Ying Ping monk should be a person, not a group of people, and in the score, there seems to be the whereabouts of many of the Ying Ping monks' works. ”

Qi Ning was stunned, and Ling Huxu continued: "Yingping Jushi Tianzhong Genius, in the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting have extraordinary attainments, now handed down, only his few music scores, but the world does not know, Yingping Jushi wrote four volumes, divided into four volumes of heaven, earth, people, and ghosts. ”

"That score mentions that?" Qi Ning was stunned.

Ling Huxu nodded slightly: "Not only did he mention this matter, but also revealed the location of these four books, but what kind of character is Ying Ping, even if he reveals clues in the music score, it is extremely difficult to solve it, senior brother has known the existence of four books five or six years ago, but for many years, he has never solved the mystery of his whereabouts." ”

"What are those four books?" Qi Ning asked, "Is it worth finding?" ”

Ling Huxu smiled and said, "Does the little marquis know about the Hetu Luo Book?" Without waiting for Qi Ning to answer, he said slowly: "Yi. There are clouds in the system: the river produces a picture, Luo produces a book, and the saint is a saint. This sage, refers to the ancestor Fuxi, the legend of Fuxi, there are dragons and horses from the Yellow River, carrying the river map, there is a turtle from Luoshui, carrying the Luo book, Fu Xi according to the 'map', 'book' painted the gossip, and then King Wen of Zhou according to the Fuxi gossip to see through the eight trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams, and wrote down the hexagrams. This river Tuluo book is the source of the five elements of yin and yang, and the eight trigrams, Zhou Yi, Liujia, Jiuxing, Feng Shui, etc. are all traced here. ”

Qi Ning had also heard of the Hetuluo book, but how profound the Hetuluo book was, all he knew was a scale feather, and asked, "What does the four books have to do with the Hetuluo book?" ”

"According to the music score, the four books are also derived from the Hetuluo book, but it is different, Yingping layman spent his whole life studying the Hetuluo book, not only that, the people who befriended him at that time were all talents who had passed through the heavens and latitudes, and these people wrote four volumes with him, four volumes of books, through the cycle of heaven and earth, people and ghosts in the past and future generations." Ling Huxu said solemnly: "Yingping Jushi is proud of himself in the music score, and the four books he wrote are comparable to the gossip of King Wen!" ”