Chapter 145 [Library Pavilion] (II)
Hu Xiaotian said: "Gonggong Li of the Library Pavilion? ”
Liu Yuzhang nodded and said, "Yes, it's Li Yuncong, the steward of the Library Pavilion." ”
Hu Xiaotian picked up the three books, and Liu Yuzhang said again: "You send him over, I met him when I went to the Tai Hospital yesterday, and he mentioned this matter." ”
Hu Xiaotian snorted, and couldn't help but think of the secret passages under the wine cellar, one of which led to the Library Pavilion, and the body of a long-dead little eunuch of the Library Pavilion was also found in it. Originally, he wanted to go to the library to find out, but this time he just had an excuse and an opportunity.
Located in the southwest of the Imperial Garden, the Library Pavilion is the place where the royal collection of graphic materials is located, and the Fengming Mountain behind it is a part of the Royal Garden, and the seven-storey main building of the Library Pavilion is built along the mountain, which is magnificent, and is the highest point in the Imperial Palace, second only to the Ethereal Mountain.
Hu Xiaotian wrapped the three "Poetry Grand View" with yellow silk and went straight to the library pavilion, although the Siyuan Bureau and the library pavilion are located in the palace, there is a distance of nearly three miles between each other, Hu Xiaotian has also passed a lot of bayonets along the way, now Hu Xiaotian has become more and more familiar with the road in the palace, because he often goes in and out of the palace, he also knows a lot of guards in the palace who are responsible for guarding, and on weekdays, he will take out some fruits and wine to entertain them when he has the opportunity, and the relationship is very good, this road is naturally unimpeded, It wasn't until the front of the courtyard gate of the library that it was blocked.
One is because he doesn't know the guards on this side of the library, and there is another reason, the library is an important place in the palace, and there are many rare precious classics in the world, many of which can be called priceless treasures, and the guards here are naturally stricter, according to the rules here, except for the emperor, anyone who enters and leaves it must go through a search and inventory.
Hu Xiaotian has been seeing through his true identity since he was found out by Qiqi and Long Xiyue in the wine cellar. I have also become a lot more careful, and as long as I go out on weekdays, I will wrap my little brother in three layers inside and three layers on the outside, so as not to expose flaws. Explaining his intentions outside the library, the two guards began to search him, then untied the yellow silk and looked at the books inside, making sure that there was nothing suspicious. Only then did he let him go.
Li Gongcheng, the eunuch in charge of the Library, was basking in the sun in the courtyard of the Library, sleeping on a recliner while a little eunuch squatted beside him and beat his legs.
Hu Xiaotian came to Gonggong Li under the guidance of a little eunuch, and said respectfully: "Hu Xiaotian of the Siyuan Bureau came to visit Gonggong Li on the order of Gonggong Liu. ”
Gonggong Li's white eyebrows moved, but he didn't open his eyes immediately, and his mouth snorted: "What did Gonggong Liu ask you to come over?" ”
Hu Xiaotian smiled: "Naturally, it is to return the book." ”
Gonggong Li snorted, his eyes finally opened a slit, and he saw Hu Xiaotian carrying a yellow silk package in one hand, and saw that the bread in the shape should be a book. The other hand was still carrying a jar of wine, and his eyes suddenly brightened, and finally fell on Hu Xiaotian's face.
Hu Xiaotian's smile is as warm as spring, and his appearance is very sunny and easy to leave a good impression.
Gonggong Li waved his hand, motioned for the little eunuch who was beating his legs to stand aside, and then slowly stood up from the recliner.
Hu Xiaotian sent the book over first, and Gonggong Li took it and handed it to the little eunuch without looking at it. Pointing to the jar of wine in Hu Xiaotian's hand, he said, "This is ......"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Father-in-law Liu specially sent me to send you the fine wine, so that you can taste it for a long time." ”
Gonggong Li suddenly became smiling. To pass the wine jar: "What wine?" ”
"Yutang Spring that has been cellared for fifty years!" There is not only self-brewed fruit wine in the cellar, but also an area dedicated to collecting some aged wine, Hu Xiaotian heard that Li Gonggong is addicted to wine, so he specially voted for it, as for sending wine, it has nothing to do with Liu Yuzhang. Totally his own will.
Gonggong Li laughed, he handed the jar of wine to the little eunuch, but the little eunuch didn't have time to put down the yellow silk package, his hand slipped, and the jar of wine fell straight to the ground.
Hu Xiaotian secretly shouted that it was a pity. There was a sudden flicker in front of him, but he saw that Gonggong Li's right foot stretched out like lightning, firmly cushioned under the wine jar, the back of his foot sank down and then picked it up, and the wine jar flew up again, he held the wine jar steadily with his right hand, and then raised his left hand to give the little eunuch a loud slap, and said angrily: "Waste, you can't do such a trivial thing!" ”
The little eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowed like garlic and said, "The little one should be damned, the little one should be damned." ”
Hu Xiaotian was stunned, the reason why he was surprised was not because of the old eunuch's thunder and anger, but because of the speed of Gonggong Li's action, which can be described as a frightening flood, it seems that the old eunuch who is languishing and dying is actually a martial arts master, and it is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Dakang Palace.
Gonggong Li shook his head, turned to Hu Xiaotian and turned into a smile again: "Let you see the smile." ”
Hu Xiaotian came this time just to get to know Gonggong Li, he was familiar, it seemed that it was not so easy to enter the library pavilion, and when he was about to say goodbye and leave, there was an old acquaintance, it turned out to be Fan Zongxi, the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, Fan Zongxi came over with a food box, he and Gonggong Li were originally related, Gonggong Li was his uncle, of course, few people know about this relationship.
Seeing that Hu Xiaotian was also here, Fan Zongxi was also quite surprised, if Fan Zongxi did not appear, Hu Xiaotian would be leaving at this time, it was already lunchtime, Fan Zongxi came this time to find his uncle to talk about wine, seeing that Hu Xiaotian was leaving, he proposed to invite Hu Xiaotian to stay and eat together.
Hu Xiaotian originally had the intention to stay, and wanted to be close to Li Yuncong, but he thought in his heart that he and others were only acquaintances for the first time, and maybe the two of them had secret things to discuss, and if he was there, it would definitely be a lot of inconvenience, he smiled: "I have something to do when I go back." ”
Fan Zongxi heard that he had something to do, and Li Gonggong said: "Little mustache, whatever books you want to read in the future, just come to me." He just said casually, but he didn't know that he gave Hu Xiaotian a high-sounding excuse. Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Thank you Gonggong Li for your kindness, I really want to find a few books to read, I am usually bored at night, so I can pass the time." ”
Hearing him say this, Gonggong Li nodded and said, "What book do you want to read?" ”
Hu Xiaotian said: "Whatever." ”
Hearing such an answer, Gonggong Li couldn't help laughing, and Fan Zongxi couldn't help laughing. Gonggong Li said to the little eunuch standing aside: "Yuanfu, you take him over and pick out a few books you like to take a look." ”
Hu Xiaotian was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that he would not have a chance to enter the library this time, but he didn't expect that Gong Li would reciprocate the reciprocal reciprocation, and actually offered to bring himself a few books to read.
Yuanfu is the little eunuch who beat Gonggong Li's leg just now, Hu Xiaotian followed Yuanfu into the library pavilion, the library pavilion is actually divided into three parts, the first floor is the place where the eunuchs of the library store classify and maintain the books, the second and third floors are the borrowing area, and the fourth floor is the library area. The place where Hu Xiaotian can go is within the third floor, and there is no chance to enter further up.
Because it was lunch time, most of the eunuchs stopped what they were doing to eat, and only a few eunuchs were on duty in the borrowing area. Yuan Fu gave Hu Xiaotian a brief introduction, put down the books by the way, and said with a smile: "What book does Grandpa Hu want to read?" ”
Hu Xiaotian said: "I want to know some history since the founding of Dakang. ”
Yuan Fu said: "Dakang Tongjian is the best. ”
Hu Xiaotian waited for him to say this, and said with a smile: "Then borrow a few Dakang Tongjian and take a look." ”
Yuanfu took Hu Xiaotian to the third floor of the library pavilion, Hu Xiaotian came to the place where Dakang Tongjian was displayed, and silently recalled the scene of observing the library from the small cave that day, and the location of the small hole should not be far from here.
Yuanfu didn't know that Hu Xiaotian was pregnant with another ghost, so he found Dakang Tongjian and pointed it out to Hu Xiaotian, Hu Xiaotian didn't take much, only took one copy, this is to keep a memory and find an excuse for himself to come to the library next time. He took a cursory look at the environment, did not linger too long, lest others suspect his motives, and took the book and left immediately.
Although Hu Xiaotian didn't know the ingredients of the medicine, in just one day, most of his wounds had healed, and this healing speed could not be explained by the medical theories he mastered. When he first came to this era, he once thought that medicine here was still in its infancy, but now it seems that this sentence only applies to surgery, but as his understanding of contemporary medicine deepened, he found that the concept and direction of development of medicine here were completely different from his previous understanding.
It may be that he has been a doctor enough in his previous life, Hu Xiaotian does not have much interest in medicine, if it is not necessary, he rarely takes the initiative to show his medical skills, even if he does not practice medicine for others in his life, he does not have a feeling of itching in his heart. To put it bluntly, there is a lack of motivation, how can a person have the desire to improve himself if he loses motivation?
In contrast, Hu Xiaotian is more interested in martial arts, one is for self-protection, and the more important reason is that the local government pretends to be a eunuch and infiltrates the palace without purifying his body. Although Quan De'an taught him what the so-called lifting yin and shrinking yang, Hu Xiaotian practiced and practiced, but he always stopped moving forward in this regard, not because he lacked the comprehension ability of martial arts, the Xuanying Yin Wind Claw and the Golden Spider Eight Steps have now been practiced by him.
As for the internal strength method taught to him by Quan De'an, Hu Xiaotian also practiced every day, and his progress was not ideal, and after practicing for so long, he didn't even succeed in gathering qi at the most advanced stage that Quan De'an said. Hu Xiaotian's personal explanation for this is a physiological decision. Quan De'an is a eunuch, and eunuchs are of course different from normal people, so some martial arts eunuchs can practice, but he can't. (To be continued......)