"Strange, what was that touch just now?"

Xiao Yan muttered to himself.

Her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, but the slightest fluctuation was like the horns of an antelope, and there was no trace to be found.

She thought for a moment and closed her eyes again.

Divine consciousness enters the sea of Lingtai consciousness, in the center of the clear lotus pond, the golden lotus flower is as clear as glass, still and still, above the lotus pond is the starry sky, the sky is pure and transparent, like black glass, inlaid with stars, bright or dark - and just now, outside the southern black curtain suddenly brightened, a red light seemed to fly from the invisible sky, across the southern sky, the red light shot in, and there was a star instantly lit up, dazzling.

At that moment, the lotus pond rippled, and Xiao Yan's heart throbbed.

She settled down and looked at it carefully: yes, there was an extra big star in the southern sky.

To be precise, a big star was lit up.

On the southern black canopy, there were seven stars, but only one was bright, and the other six stars were like pearls the size of a grain of rice exuding a faint light.

Xiao Yan sensed, sure enough, it was also the breath of separation from fire.

She was overjoyed.

Since she saw the starry sky in the sea, seven stars appeared on each of the four sides of the sky, but there were not many bright stars, the east was the most, four brightened, two brightened in the west, and only one each in the south and north, but it didn't take long for the north to light up the second one, which was the weakest in the south.

Xiao Yan subconsciously used the word "weak".

Because Lingtai Zhihai is the Purple Mansion, it is the corresponding person between man and heaven and earth, after the martial artist cultivates and opens up the Purple Mansion, he has a connection with heaven and earth, and the qi of man and heaven and earth will sense each other, react to each other, and reflect each other. But generally speaking, a martial artist can only open up the Purple Mansion after entering the Cave True Realm, because only after the Cave True Realm can he have an induction of the rules of the Heavenly Dao, and since then he has stepped into the threshold of the Great Dao; But Xiao Yan is different, she opened up the Purple Mansion at the beginning of the Ascending Extreme Realm - the one in it is the embodiment of her divine consciousness and qi, and it is also the corresponding expression of her qi and heaven and earth qi, the expansion of the clear pool, the growth of the lotus, and the bright stars of the starry sky are all her vitality numbers, and the more bright stars there are, the stronger her vitality number is, whether it is the comprehension of the Great Dao, or the breakthrough of the promotion level, as well as personal luck, it is of great benefit.

Now that there is another star shining in the south, how can she not rejoice?

Of course, she still doesn't understand why her starry sky has seven stars in each of the four directions from the beginning, according to what Mozang's "Xufu Sutra" says, the higher the realm, the stronger the qi, there will be one more star, why is she "lit" the stars? Xiao Yan instantly had the feeling that he was holding a candle to light a star......

But the Purple Mansion is everyone's secret, even if it is a close relative, it can't be said, if the mother Mozun is here, she will ask her mother without any worries, but the mother is not there, of course she is not so trusting and close to King Shen, and she knows that her Purple Mansion is different from others - it should be because she has studied the martial arts of Taoism, Mo and Buddha, and the Purple Mansion opened up has both the Lingchi Lotus Platform of Daozang, but it is not the common Jade Lotus Platform of Daozang, but it is like the glazed pure lotus of Buddha Tibetan Pure Lotus Knowing the Sea, and later there is a starry sky that will only appear in Mozang Purple Mansion, How could she tell her secrets?

She read through the "Xufu Sutra" a few more times, but she still didn't understand, about her situation is special, it is based on Daozang, blending the two schools of ink and Buddha, not a complete ink collection exercise, so the Zifu starry sky is not the same - Xiao Yan can only think like this I read the full text of the two or three things with the White Lotus. But the brighter the stars, the stronger her qi became, she was sure of that.

The most superficial aspect of the "qi machine" is the operation of the internal qi, including the operation of the meridians and viscera, the stronger the internal force, the stronger the qi will be, of course, if it is an ordinary person, the smoother the meridians, the stronger the viscera, the stronger the qi. Therefore, in depth, the qi engine is vitality. Xiao Yan remembered that the second star lit up in the north was that after she fought with Murong Jue Qianzhang Cliff and before entering Tiance Academy, her cultivation had advanced from the late stage of the Ascending Extreme Realm to the late stage of the Great Perfection, her internal qi was stronger, and her life level had also improved slightly due to the advancement, and of course her qi was enhanced.

However, the star in the south lit up strangely, her cultivation realm did not change at all, and even when she had not recovered to the strongest level because of the damage of her divine consciousness, how could her qi be enhanced for no reason? - This star is lit up, and it has nothing to do with vitality.

Since it has nothing to do with vitality, then it should be a change in the number of qi. Xiao Yan read through the three Tibets, among which the two Tibets of Daomo are all based on Yi, and what is easy to evolve is the order of heaven and earth, and all things have rules of life and death, prosperity and decline, including the number of qi. Heaven and earth have a number of qi, the country has a number of qi, and people also have a number of qi, which is commonly known as luck, which is the deeper meaning of "qi". Xiao Yan had a conjecture at the beginning, thinking that the four-sided starry sky in the Purple Mansion corresponded to his four-way luck, with the strongest in the east and the weakest in the south...... I just don't know what is the boundary between the southeast and the northwest? Xiao Yan muttered in his heart: This second star, could it be that the luck of the south has increased?

…… I think this kind of thinking is so nonsense.

But the Heaven and Earth Qi Machine is already mysterious, who knows what triggered it and made it suddenly favor itself? …… Well, this kind of thinking is too much gold on her face, she doesn't believe what is written in the book "Zhong Tiandi, Yu Lingxiu" and the like, if you want "Yu", it is also a parent.

She laughed in her heart, and drove away this out-of-tune thought, and seriously recalled the scriptures she had just recited—perhaps it had something to do with it.

She had just read Mozang's "Book of Stars".

This is one of the three martial arts scriptures of Mozang, she has read through it when she was a child, and the reason why she reads it again today is because she read the upper part of the "Fire Sword Technique" written by Li Jiansu, the eldest princess of Chu State, in Tibet, which is the first master of the royal family to comprehend and create a sword technique in combination with the two general scriptures of the "Star Sutra" and "Sword Sutra". When the red light in the purple mansion lit up, she was reading the sentence "The treasure fire body is empty, and when it encounters things, it is void, and the fire is transported in the void, the vermilion bird is in the sky, the red star is in the star, and the four directions of the heaven and earth enter the southern ming, and this is also away from the fire" - the star of the south seems to be not much different from what is said in the scriptures.

She muttered in her heart: "Vermilion Bird Yankong, Nanming, ...... away from the fire" couldn't help but guess, "Could it be ...... These seven stars are the main planets of the seven Nakshatras in the south? ”

There are seven constellations in the seven constellations in the south, each constellation is composed of a number of large stars and countless small stars, shaped like a phoenix flying with wings, because the south belongs to fire, the color is red, and it is also called the seven constellations of the Vermilion Bird. But Xiao Yan's southern starry sky only had seven stars, which seemed to be scattered and disorderly, and she hadn't identified any star positions before. And now that he guessed that it might be Suzaku Qiju, he immediately sank into his divine sense to see it......

The more you look at it, the more it looks like the position of the seven stars, and the trance is the position of the first star of each of the seven Suzaku houses.

She blinked in her consciousness, holding the idea that "since the Seven Houses in the South appeared, the other three parties may also be the Seven Houses", and went to look at the seven stars in the starry sky of the other three parties.

Perhaps because of this "preconception", she felt that it was quite like the position of the first star of the Seven Houses of the Eastern Green Dragon, the Western White Tiger and the Northern Xuanwu Seven. But she still didn't feel the stars lit up in these three directions, there was Zhenmu in the east, gold in the west, and Kanshui in the north. On the contrary, the four dazzling stars in the east burst out with a sharp golden qi - this is really not the White Tiger Star? And the two shining stars in the West are very soft - is this really the White Tiger position? The two shining stars in the north have a chilling aura like ten thousand years of ice - is this the water frozen into ice?

Xiao Yan sighed "sigh", and was uncertain about his own speculation.

What kind of mystery is this starry sky......

Shang Qi, come out quickly, jack-of-all-trades.

Xiao Yan thought about it in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he still didn't figure out the reason why the star in the south lit up - it was impossible for him to recite the chapter of leaving the fire and light it up, and the scripture was not a torch......

If she couldn't figure it out, she put it aside for the time being, not wanting to. got up and walked two steps, stretched a yawn, and casually lifted the cicada wing veil to look at the sky outside.

The sky is blazing, and the sun is blazing.

…… There must have been a heat storm in the south.

Xiao Yan suddenly thought.

Maybe because of the bright stars in the south, her thoughts are still trapped in the "south", and when she sees the skylight, she thinks of the south and Shen Qingyi.

Guangzhou is definitely hotter, but it should be cool in the mountains and forests. She remembered receiving a letter from Shen Qingyi, saying that the cholera in Guangzhou had been resolved, and the latest test and improved cholera protozoan test formula had also been delivered to the imperial court, but she and several Taoist masters were going to stay in Lingnan to observe the heat miasma for a period of time - Xiao Yan was not worried about the danger of encountering fierce beasts in the jungle, and there was a Taoist Xiaozi who could still put her in danger? Don't worry about miasma or anything, for Shen Qingyi, it's probably just a wave of his sleeves. Xiao Yan remembered that she said in her letter that when she saw the unknown tree flowers in the jungle blooming like flames, it should probably bloom more wantonly than the phalaenopsis orchid that Murong Jue gave her, but unfortunately she couldn't make a flower crown and give it to her...... Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and her sister felt that it was her mood that was gorgeous.

In the last letter, she said that together with Elder Dao Xiaozi, she sailed down a river under Baiyun Mountain, and went out to sea from the mouth of the river, the sea is vast and boundless, the sky is wider than the sky west of the river, and the sea water is as blue as a jewel; He also said that he met a whale too far out of the sea, and watched a battle between the master of the world and the overlord of the sea, of course, it was the master of the world who overcame, and the trophy was to roast the freshest whale on the most beautiful beach, as well as pick the freshest coconut from the highest coconut tree, drink the most delicious coconut milk, and the freshest roasted lobster, the freshest sturgeon, freshly fished, it must be a delicious food that cannot be eaten in Hezhou and Chang'an...... Xiao Yan looked so longing for it, and couldn't help but reply that he would go to the sea with Shen Qingyi in the future, and he would also fight against the sea hegemon and eat fresh roasted whales...... In fact, "eating" is what she thinks about the most.

Shen Qingyi's letter was written in a brisk tone, and Xiao Yan saw her happiness and happiness between the lines, just like the stream in the mountains, flowing down from a high place, laughing and jumping all the way, just like the wind in the sky, blowing freely, like a bird flying freely...... is unrestrained, she can go wherever she wants, and she can do whatever she wants, which is much happier than when she is in the Guogong Mansion; Compared to her being the wife of the prince, she is much happier.

Xiao Yan was happy for her in his heart.

If freedom makes her happy, then be free.

Liang Guogong's Mansion is not without a sister, and the fourth brother is not a sister, Wei Zijing has already given birth to a child, a boy of seven pounds and four taels, born very healthy, those who say that the fourth brother has no ability to have children can completely shut up...... The fourth brother has no worries, he has a son and a beauty around him, and he and his sister are not deeply in love, so the two of them have their own homes and have their own pleasures, so they can be regarded as having their own place, right?

Xiao Yan put down the gauze curtain, picked up the pot on the tea table and poured herself a cup of herbal tea, thinking that when my sister would come to Chang'an, while she was still in Chang'an, she could take her to Baqiao to enjoy the willows, to Leyouyuan to climb the heights, to Qujiang Pond to enjoy the flowers, to Huashan to spend the danger, to the hot spring bath, to go to many, many places, happy, free and easy...... Experience the richness of the world, the vastness of the world.

***

At the beginning of May, the plague in the south had completely subsided, and Shen Lun returned to Yangzhou with great success, and relieved himself of the dispatch of the deputy envoy for epidemic prevention and control; On May 24, the imperial court had a decree to come down - Zuo Qing of the Ministry of Rites was observed by Huainan Dongdao.

The original Zuoqing of the Ministry of Rites was Ji Duanyan, because the position was vacated by the Right Secretary of the Ministry of Officials not long ago, and there was no new appointment in the imperial court for the time being, so some people speculated that this position was likely to be reserved for Shen Lun, and he would be promoted as soon as he made meritorious contributions to the treatment of the epidemic - sure enough, the strongest killing god in the League of Legends.

The secretaries and officials of the six ministries are all from the third-grade official positions, and they are at the same level as the observer envoys, but they have always been the most expensive officials in Beijing, and the officials of the same grade, the Beijing officials are naturally half a level higher than the foreign officials. When a foreign official enters Beijing, he is awarded the official position of the original product, which is equivalent to a half-level promotion. It was Shen Lun who moved from the observation envoy to Zuo Qing of the Ministry of Rites, of course, he was "promoted".

The Lai Guo Mansion was overjoyed, and they were busy packing up and preparing to move to the capital for a while.

But in fact, there is still a period of time before going to Beijing, on the one hand, Shen Lun has to hand over the work, on the other hand, and the most important thing, he must wait for the audit of the Yushitai Audit Department to complete the audit of the resignation, and the finances are clear and there is no problem, before he can leave his post.

Several days passed in a blink of an eye, on this day Shen Lun came back from the Ya and changed into a wide and light silk straight jacket as usual, splashing ink in the study to paint, he was good at painting ink landscapes, with a simple and clear pen, but the meaning was extremely profound, quite a sense of vast and deep beauty. A tall secret guard wearing a blue silk shirt with a lack of crotch stood quietly next to him after coming in, and Shen Lun glanced at him while holding a pen and contemplating, "Where is the news?" The dark guard replied: "Over there in Guangzhou." ”

Shen Lun's eyes froze, then he put down his pen, picked up the wet towel next to him to wipe his hands, and the secret guard handed the flat lock box in his hand to the case with a very good look, and bowed out.

Shen Lun picked up the box, opened the lock, and took out the top short note first, and his eyes were a little complicated after reading it. Immediately picked up the copy in the box, which was copied from the one written by Shen Qingyi. Shen Lun sat down casually with his robe in his hand, and after flipping through the manuscript, his expression became more solemn and calm.

Once again, he found that he knew too little about this daughter, and when he thought he knew more about her, he always gave him a greater surprise in the next moment, or ...... Scare?

Shen Lun no longer had the intention of painting, got up and paced back and forth in the study with his eyebrows raised, and finally stood in front of a picture of a thousand winds and ravines with a deep artistic conception hanging on the wall, looking at the wind and the mountains, the ten thousand pines howling, the sky is vast, and a row of wild geese fly by.

This is a painting he made after returning to Yangzhou from Fujian Road.

"Thousands of winds, the wind does not want to stop, the trees do not want to be quiet...... Shen Lun muttered in his heart, if he still had a vague feeling before, now through this discussion, he has completely seen his daughter's ambition-

How can the political and economic pattern implied in this argument be possessed by a doctor?

His daughter didn't just want to be a "disciple of the Medicine King".

And the princess of Qin went to Baiyun Mountain in the rain, and the meaning of the importance has been revealed.

What will Shaw think?

What does Daomen mean?

For Shen, do the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, or do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages?

Shen Lun's face became more and more stern, he and Xiao Yu became sons and daughters, of course, for the sake of the interests of the two families, although the relationship between the Xiao family and the royal family is delicate, but before the time to tear his face, the Shen family did not do any damage, and the trade benefits brought by Hexi were real. But since Shen Qingyi became famous, this marriage relationship has been a little delicate. The more she was valued in the Daomen, the more important her position in the Medicine Temple, and the more outstanding her talents became, and the more jealous her marriage with Xiao Cong became—the saint would no longer allow such a marriage to exist.

Before, Shen Lun was weighing and speculating on the limit of the saint's tolerance. He must weigh the interests of his marriage with the Xiao family, and he cannot break it rashly. But now Qingyi's note and the attitude of the princess of Qin State made Shen Lun have to make a choice.

He returned to the bookcase with his hand, wrote a letter in code, put it in the lock box of the agency, and instructed the secret guard to immediately send it to the Great Paradise of Moganshan in Huzhou, which was the retreat of the Shen Clan's innate grandmaster.

After doing this, he stepped on clogs and walked out of the study, and went to a secluded courtyard in the back house with his big sleeves sprinkled.

An old man with an ancient description is playing with his right hand under a pine tree.

Shen Lun saluted and said, "Uncle Fifteen, I want to bother you to protect a junior." ”