In recent years, the biggest bloody case in the rivers and lakes is the Shenbing case caused by his master, which has caused shocks in the north and south.

Meng Li felt that although his jade plate would not cause such a loud noise, it would be no problem for Jieshui City to shake.

Carefully put the palm-sized jade plaque on the table, and then picked up the two cheats and put them on the jade plaque respectively.

As expected, the book was reduced to ashes by an invisible force, and the jade plaque flashed with a ray of light, and then returned to calm.

There was no time to clean up the ashes on the desk, Meng Li immediately investigated the contents of the jade card, and with a thought in his mind, the contents of the two cheats suddenly appeared.

These two cheats are the brainchild of the people of Baidao, the content is broad and refined, and it is already very perfect, and it is difficult to make major changes.

The Jade Rune Sutra talks about the experience of making talismans, in addition to correcting a few small mistakes, and also completing several talismans according to the examples mentioned in the cheats.

In contrast, the change in Ling's recipe brought more surprises to Meng Li.

The spirit recipes given to Meng Li by the people of the Hundred Channels were all his own secret spiritual foods, which belonged to unique recipes.

Although it is invaluable, it ignores the basics, and it is commonly found in the spiritual food in the market, and there is not a single one.

The change of the jade plaque this time not only explains the production process of spiritual food in more detail, but also makes up for many common spiritual foods mentioned in the score.

In this way, even Meng Li, a beginner in spiritual food who had no foundation, could be self-taught based on the above content.

Meng Li thought about it and decided to learn spiritual food first.

After all, there was the Qi Replenishing Pill Zhuyu in front of him, which made him look forward to it even more.

Moreover, Meng Li's current physical condition really needs the help of spiritual food even more.

Investigating the spiritual food recipe recorded on the score, to Meng Li's disappointment, there was no method for making qi replenishing pills on the score.

However, a junior recipe named Xingqi Pill is similar to that of Qi Replenishing Pills.

Meng Li found a pen and paper and deliberately copied this recipe for study.

After researching, I suddenly found that this spiritual food culture is vast.

Spiritual food, as one of the three major systems, is broad and profound.

In particular, the study and use of spiritual objects have reached the point of being superb, and the subtle reactions that exist in them cannot be described in words.

Immersed in the ocean of knowledge, time always flies.

Before you know it, the sky has turned bright.

Meng Li sat at his desk, holding the spirit food pill, and studied it for a night.

"What a spiritual food!"

The way of spiritual food is broad and profound, and in just one morning, Meng Li has benefited a lot.

Xingqi Pill is just the simplest of the spiritual food, according to the above production method, step by step, it is easy to succeed.

The reason why Meng Li spent a night studying the Dan Fang was actually exploring the essence of spiritual food.

Spiritual food, with food to carry the way, eclectic, to put it bluntly, is the word "eat".

What can be eaten and how?

That's the most important question.

If you want spiritual food to have spiritual effects, you must use spiritual objects as a guide.

In other words, the study and collocation of spiritual objects is what Meng Li should focus on learning.

As long as spiritual food is divided into medicine and cooking, the former is needless to say, and the latter is eclectic, and this is the fundamental reason why the spiritual food culture is as vast as the sea.

If spiritual objects are the core of spiritual food, then innovation is the soul of spiritual food.

Moving forward through the thousands of changes in the union of spirits and objects, this is what a spiritual eater needs to do.

"To put it bluntly, there is actually no difference between this spiritual eater and a chef. ”

The chef cooks with ingredients, and the spiritual food is cooked with spiritual objects, and many martial artists with conditions replace meals with spiritual food every day, and martial arts cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds.

If you want to make a good spiritual food, you must understand the characteristics of spiritual objects.

Meng Li had previously obtained a copy of "Strange Flowers and Stones".

In terms of basics, it is okay.

"Let's make some Qi Pills first, just in case you need them. ”

After cleaning up the ashes on the desk and putting the jade plaque close to him, Meng Li decided to find a time to go to the spiritual goods market in Jieshui City.

Two busy figures can be seen outside the window, and the sparse sound of cleaning gradually spreads out of the yard.

Glancing at the rising sun, Meng Li pushed the door and came to the courtyard.

When the maidservant who was cleaning the yard saw Meng Li, she immediately stopped what she was doing and said respectfully: "Meet the son." ”

The body is like a swallow, the voice is like a yellow bird, what a pair of pretty little girls.

Meng Li looked at a pair of people of the same age as him, and said embarrassedly: "You don't have to be so polite, since you have come to me, those rules of the Liu Mansion will be put aside for the time being, and you can call me Meng Li in the future." ”

After washing the dishes yesterday, the two of them already had some understanding of Meng Li, the new master, knowing that he was not a stereotypical person, and seeing that they were of the same age, they let go of the restraint in their hearts a lot.

One of the girls chuckled and said, "Childe said that it was funny, if those of us who are subordinates call the master by his name, won't we mess up our duties?"

Meng Li looked at the girl who was talking, and saw that the other party was wearing a pale green gauze skirt, with two buns combed on his head, trembling with his silver bell-like laughter, which was both playful and cute.

This is Ding, the older sister of the two. Wearing a light blue gauze skirt on the side is a younger sister Xiaodang, one is fourteen years old and the other is thirteen years old, and they are sisters of the same mother. Because of the difficulties at home, he was sold to Liu's Mansion as a maid not long ago.

The two sisters are not from Jieshui City, but they have lived in Jieshui City for a long time, and a family like them has no security in life, and when they can't live anymore, they can only be sold.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Dang are still relatively lucky, they were sold to a big family like the Liu family, and the salary naturally does not need to be said, and there is also the opportunity to practice hyphenation, which is many times stronger than starving at home.

The Liu family treats people harshly and generously, as long as you don't make big mistakes, there is no problem, the two sisters have worked in the Liu family for three years, and they have almost never been wronged, and they don't know how grateful they are to Liu Chongyuan, the old owner, even to Liu Fengliu, they also respect from the bottom of their hearts.

Meng Li looked at the broom that the two of them were holding tightly, and said with a smile: "In the future, you don't have to do work like cleaning the yard, concentrate on taking care of the noodle shop with Miss Bu, after all, there is a lot of work in the noodle shop!"

Tinker said gratefully: "It's okay son, we're not afraid of being tired." ”

Meng Li said solemnly: "It's not a matter of being tired, the work of the noodle restaurant is the top priority, don't look at Miss Bu's delicate appearance, it's scary to start a fire, I'm afraid you will be bullied......"

Halfway through Meng Li's speech, he found that the two little girls looked at him, and his heart suddenly understood, and his voice changed: "Of course, Miss Bu is just a little hot, and she is still a good person, as long as you don't make big mistakes, she is still very easy to get along with." ”

"Who's talking bad about me!"

Behind him, Bu Yu's cold voice came.

Meng Li secretly said that it was dangerous, turned around, and said casually: "Is there one?"

Bu Yu sneered: "No?"

Meng Li smiled bitterly: "I said it, but I didn't say anything bad about you, I praised you just now, I don't believe you asked Sister Dingdang!"

The two little girls looked at each other, what the hell are the Ding Dong sisters?

Bu Yu naturally didn't have to ask, and snorted coldly: "I'm too lazy to bother with you." ”

Meng Li, who was a thief, smiled and asked almost flatteringly: "Miss, why don't you sleep for a while today, a beautiful woman like you should pay more attention to rest, isn't there a word, what is it called, beauty sleep? Yes, the more you sleep, the more beautiful you are!"

Miss Bu yawned and complained, "Don't mention it, I haven't closed my eyes much all night!"

Meng Li pretended to be shocked and said, "What's the matter? Someone is upsetting you?" Tell me, I'll help you get angry." ”

"Not really. Bu Yu suddenly sneered and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm happy!"

"Huh?"

Meng Li looked at Miss Bu suspiciously.

Sick, burned, what's going on?

How did he not know?

Bu Yu said triumphantly: "I earned five hundred taels yesterday, do you think I can be unhappy?"

That's it?

Meng Li's expression became more and more strange as he looked at Bu Yu.

How could he not have found out that this eldest lady was a money fan before.

Ignoring Meng Li's strange gaze, Miss Bu pulled the Ding Dong sisters and said with a momentum like a rainbow: "Let's go, let's make money!"

"Open the door so early?"

Meng Li's eyes widened, they don't sell breakfast here!

"What do you know!" Bu Yu glanced at Meng Li, and said with confidence: "Today, Miss Ben's goal is eight hundred bowls!"

Meng Li, who was scorched by Miss Bu's ambition and was tender on the outside, could only smile bitterly.

When he turned around and wanted to go back to the house, Wang Ergou walked outside with a hurried expression.

Meng Li asked, "What's the matter, Lao Wang, early in the morning, so impatient?"

Wang Ergou said: "Xiao Zicong is here and wants to see you." ”

"He wants to see me?" Meng Li was a little uneasy.

As the saying goes, nothing is left to the Three Treasures Palace.

Xiao Zicong had just gotten the Blackstone Key, and he should have devoted himself to research, so how could he have the time to come to him at this time?

Wang Ergou reminded: "He's still waiting outside!"

Meng Li's voice sank: "You go to the noodle restaurant first, and I will meet him alone." ”

Wang Ergou nodded, turned around and walked towards the noodle restaurant in the front hall.

Xiao Zicong stood alone in front of the door, folding the fan and swaying gently, waiting quietly.

Today's weather is really nice, especially for visiting friends.

He, Xiao Zicong, is naturally not a person who will waste time on communication, but because Meng Li is a very important part of his plan, he can only spare some more time to win over, especially after the Blackstone Key is in hand, this need becomes more and more urgent.

The door of the Meng Mansion was not closed, it was the etiquette of the other party, and he did not step in, which was his courtesy.

Finally, Meng Li's figure appeared on the opposite side of the gate......

Xiao Zicong saw Meng Li and smiled slightly: "Brother Meng, I'm sorry!"

Meng Li walked quickly to the front and said enthusiastically: "Brother Xiao is coming to the cold house, Meng Li is too late to be happy, why bother." ”

The two walked side by side and walked into the living room.

Meng Li poured a cup of hot water for Xiao Zicong, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I've been preparing for the martial arts test before, and I didn't prepare tea at home." ”

Xiao Zicong took the water cup and said with a smile: "This is very good, you don't have to be polite, I just come to sit casually." ”

Sit casually?

Seeing that the other party didn't mean to enter the topic, Meng Li was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "I haven't thanked Brother Xiao for the previous martial arts competition, if you didn't help me, I wouldn't have saved three hundred taels." ”

"You mean that. Xiao Zicong smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's just a gesture, don't remember it." ”

"How can this be!" Meng Li raised his eyebrows and said, "Today you stay here with me for a while and eat a bowl of fish noodle soup that I cooked for you with my own hands." ”

Xiao Zicong laughed and said: "I have long heard that we have opened a noodle restaurant in Bei'anfang, and the whole city is fragrant, but I didn't expect it to be the handiwork of Brother Meng." ”

"The whole city is a little fragrant, Brother Xiao should not have eaten yet, right? Let's go, I'll cook noodles for you now." ”

After all, Xiao Zicong didn't come to eat noodles, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Forget about eating noodles, I have other things to do, and I can't stay for a long time." ”

"Okay then!" Meng Li nodded, a little lost.

Xiao Zicong couldn't wait any longer, and went straight to the point: "Actually, I came this time to congratulate me, the Meng Brothers Martial Arts Hall is about to open, you and I are in Bei'anfang, and we will inevitably cooperate in the future." ”

"How did Brother Xiao know that I was going to open a martial arts gym?"

Meng was startled, but he remained silent on the surface, just smiled slightly, as if he was shy.

He wants to open a martial arts gym, but he has never told outsiders.

If it was before, even if Xiao Zicong knew about it, Meng Li would not care, but now, he had to keep an eye on it.

Xiao Zicong took a sip of hot water and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I went to Jianjing Mansion today, and I happened to see Brother Wang applying for it, so I guessed that your martial arts hall was about to open." ”

"Oh, I see!" Meng Li suddenly realized.

Xiao Zicong stretched out his hand and touched it in his arms, and said with a smile: "I said that I want to come to congratulate you, but naturally I can't come empty-handed for my brother, you can take these two things first." ”

As he spoke, he took out two long wooden plaques from his bosom.

The length of the palm, about two fingers wide, made of ironwood, and the whole body is dark.

"What is this?"

Meng Li looked puzzled when he saw this wooden sign that looked like an arrow.

"It seems that you don't know much about the martial arts hall!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Xiao Zicong said earnestly: "There are thousands of martial arts halls in the Southern Tang Dynasty, just like the old men who work diligently in the farmland, they are the foundation of the martial arts throughout the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the most important duty is to teach martial arts to apprentices, but in addition to passing on martial arts, there is a very important thing to do in the martial arts hall, do you know what it is?"

Meng Li shook his head and said confusedly, "What is it?"

"Do the task! Do the task assigned by the imperial court!"

"Oh, that's what you're talking about. Meng Li suddenly remembered the situation of relying on the Water Martial Arts Pavilion, and said with a smile: "This is also the main income of the Martial Arts Pavilion, I heard that the imperial court tasks are distributed every six months, and the remuneration is very expensive." ”

Xiao Zicong smiled and said, "That's a small town, we're different here!"

Meng Li asked shamelessly: "I still hope that Brother Xiao will advise." ”

Xiao Zicong said: "Our Jieshui City is one of the twin cities in Xizhou, although it is not the main city, it is also a first-class big city, and the tasks assigned by the imperial court will naturally be more." ”

"The martial arts hall registered in Jieshui City completes the imperial court task at least once a month, and this kind of task is a task that can be freely chosen according to one's own situation, in addition to these tasks, every six months, you also have to complete a mandatory task. This kind of task will be forcibly assigned by the imperial court, and you will be given whatever you want, and you will not have the right to choose. ”

Mandatory tasks? Can't be selected?

Meng Li frowned and said, "Isn't this mandatory task a bit too harsh?"

Xiao Zicong said with a solemn face: "This is exactly the question I want to tell you, last year, a martial arts gym was assigned the task of suppressing bandits, and they went up the mountain to suppress bandits, and finally all of them were buried in the mountains." ”

"Since the imperial court wants to assign us a mandatory task, it should be considered according to our actual situation. We shouldn't be sent to death. ”

"But there are times when the imperial court makes intelligence mistakes, which is one of the reasons why most martial arts halls are buried under compulsory missions. ”

Meng Li looked at the ironwood token that Xiao Zicong took out before, and said thoughtfully: "Brother Xiao, tell me this, it must have something to do with this wooden card." ”

Xiao Zicong said: "This ironwood token is a reward for me to complete the task, and after using it, you can avoid the mandatory task once." With these two wooden cards, you can be sure that you will have no worries for a year. ”

Hearing him say this, Meng Li shook his head again and again: "This gift is too valuable, I can't accept it." ”

Xiao Zicong said with a straight face: "What is precious or not, if you don't accept it, you will look down on me!"

Meng Li smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Xiao, why do you bother me?"

Xiao Zicong only said two words.

"Take it!"

"This ......"

Meng Li was already happy in his heart, but on the surface, he still pretended to be extremely embarrassed, so as to give the other party the illusion that he had not received much kindness.

"Okay, I'll just take it!"

"That's right!" Seeing that Meng Li finally nodded, Xiao Zicong laughed, directly slapped the two "exemption cards" on the table, got up and said, "Okay, put things here for you, and then, I won't bother." ”

"Brother Xiao, are you leaving?

Seeing that the other party got up to leave, Meng Li hurriedly said something to stay.

Although the idea of retaining in my heart is not strong......

"No, your martial arts hall has just been declared, and now it is still in ruins, and when you officially open the door, I will definitely come to cheer. ”

After Xiao Zicong finished speaking, he didn't wait for Meng Li to stay, and left.

Meng Li sent Xiao Zicong outside the door and watched the latter go away until he disappeared.

Judging from today's contact, no matter how you look at it, Xiao Zicong is a good brother who treats him very sincerely, but when Meng Li has a problem with him in his heart, all this is no longer the same.

And it all comes from that pair of warm stone keys.

Xiao Zicong would never have thought that Meng Li would have a key!

The smile gradually solidified on his face, and the enthusiasm in his eyes became more and more indifferent. Meng Li turned around and came to the door of the noodle restaurant, knocking heavily on the door, attracting everyone's attention.

Ignoring the gazes of the others, Meng Li hooked Wang Ergou's hand and turned away without saying a word.

Wang Ergou noticed his abnormality and hurriedly followed.

After the two entered the living room, Meng Li said in a deep voice, "You met Xiao Zicong in Jianjing Mansion yesterday?"

"No!" Wang Ergou said with a confused face: "Why do you ask that?"

"Xiao Zicong told me just now that he saw you in Jianjing Mansion. ”

"This is impossible!" Wang Ergou exclaimed: "You should know my habits, when I was going through the formalities yesterday, I kept an eye on my surroundings at all times, and I didn't even notice Xiao Zicong's shadow." ”

But he was exactly what he said. ”

Of course, Meng Li knew Wang Ergou's ability, so after Xiao Zicong left, he would ask Wang Ergou for verification.

As a result, something went wrong.

Wang Ergou suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem, and his face was solemn.

"Has the investigation of Xiao Zicong begun?" Meng Li asked after a moment of silence.

"Not yet. ”

Meng Li smiled bitterly: "It's good that you didn't start, with Xiao Zicong's means, once you start the investigation, you will inevitably be discovered by him, and we won't be able to tell when the time comes." ”

"So what do we do next?"

Meng Li's eyes narrowed slightly: "Wait and see what happens!"

Because he handed over the task of arranging the martial arts hall to Liu Fengliu, Meng Li had a rare day of relaxation today.

I made up for a return sleep in the morning, and after waking up, I wanted to help Bu Yu take care of the noodle restaurant, but who would have thought that she would be blasted out by this eldest lady, and threatened that from now on, this will be her territory.

Meng Li was also happy about Miss Bu's noisy dominance, practicing knives in the courtyard for a while, and then returned to the room and continued to study the spirit recipe.

Now that Meng Li had completely mastered the Xingqi Pill, this was only his first step in spiritual food.

The spiritual food culture is broad and profound, and if you want to achieve something, you can't just specialize in one or one type of recipe, you must learn from others' strengths and touch on the same kind.

Holding the jade card in his hand, he flipped through the recipes one by one, from shallow to deep, from cooking to medicine, and corroborated each other with the spiritual knowledge in his mind according to the ratio of ingredients for each recipe.

In the afternoon, just after the hour, Wang Ergou suddenly knocked on Meng Li's door.

Meng Li put away the jade card, opened the door, looked at Wang Ergou standing outside the door and said, "What's the matter?"

Wang Ergou said with a strange expression: "Qi Heng is here." ”

Meng Li said speechlessly: "There is a Xiao Zicong left, and another Qi Heng comes, fortunately they don't come together, otherwise, we have to let them dismantle it." ”

Wang Ergou said: "I see that Qi Heng is in a good mood, maybe there is something good." ”

"Yes? ”

Meng Li returned to the house, took out a pen and paper, wrote a list, and handed it to Wang Ergou.

"Can you help me see where I can buy these things?"

"What is this?" Wang Ergou glanced at it, and he didn't know most of the list.

"Spiritual food ingredients, you can go to the local spiritual goods market to take a look. ”

"You're starting to study spiritual food?"

Meng Li got the mantle inheritance in the Qingye Secret Realm, Wang Ergou knew.

Meng Li said with a smile: "This spiritual food is still quite meaningful, maybe it can expand the spiritual food business for our noodle restaurant." ”

Wang Ergou couldn't help but smile: "If you let Miss Bu know what you said, I'm afraid it will make her happy." She has now completely fallen into the eyes of money. You didn't see it just now, when Liu Fengliu asked him to report the account, her eyes could kill people. ”

Meng Li couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's good if she likes it." ”

After half a pillar of incense, Qi Heng came to the living room and sat where Xiao Zicong had sat in the morning. The first thing he said when he saw Meng Li was:

"I'm going to Zhongzhou City to be a military attache in the imperial court. ”

Zhongzhou City, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, is also the imperial city of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Meng Li clasped his hands into fists and was about to congratulate. I heard Qi Heng's second sentence: "I hope you can go with me." ”

Meng Li's hand immediately froze in the air, and said with a wry smile: "Boss Qi, oh no, Senior Brother Qi, you go to the imperial court to be an official, and I will follow what's going on." ”

Qi Heng said: "If you want, you can also join the imperial court, didn't Lord Luo have already invited you in the martial arts field that day?"

"Seems to be the case!"

After settling Han Fei that day, the martial arts official surnamed Luo did throw an olive branch to him and gave him three days to think about it.

Didn't he refuse?

Forehead...... He can't remember a little!