Chapter 163: Pen, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone
"She's been in Baiyun City for some years, and she's worth so much, she's afraid she's making a lot of money, right?
"I said I was looking for someone I liked, but I haven't met a satisfactory one. ”
"Is there anything special about her?"
Aochen pouted unconsciously, the dignified Xiao family's descendants were obsessed with her, they were not satisfied, what did she think she was?
"Special place? Does it matter if you like to practice martial arts? She is particularly interested in pills, cheats and the like, someone gave her a sword book a few months ago, and she played music for free to accompany her all day, so she was happier than receiving silver, but she didn't seem to have good qualifications, and this kind of gift was not less, but it was still mediocre martial arts. ”
Regarding Xin Yao's matter, Xiang Sansi can be said to be familiar with it, and he answered Aochen's question without thinking about it.
"Okay, you eat slowly, I'll go out. ”
Aochen also ate almost, it is estimated that he can't get any useful news from Xiang Sansi, put down his chopsticks, picked up the handkerchief on the side, wiped his mouth, and got up to say to Xiang Sansi.
"Brother Chen, where are you going, I'll show you the way, right?"
"No, I'm just going for a walk. ”
Aochen refused Xiang Sansi's follow, wandered around the street, and walked into a restaurant with an endless stream of guests after about half an hour, and met the shopkeeper with the right incision.
"Childe, what do you command? Our first batch of people has arrived, and all the people in the vicinity are moving closer to Baiyun City, ready at any time!"
The shopkeeper is short, obese, the belly is even bigger than the pregnant woman who was pregnant in October, and the flat head has a big meat nose, this peculiar appearance anyone who has seen it once will be impressed, at this time he looked at Aochen very seriously and said, his body was slightly bent, although he felt a little uncomfortable because of the big belly, but he didn't want to straighten up, so as not to appear disrespectful to Aochen.
"Those who have already arrived will stay, and those who have not arrived will return the same way, this time it is not a big deal. ”
Aochen waved his hand and said vaguely, thinking about what Xiao Jinghong wants to do by himself, he really can't say it, forget it, just take it as his retribution for locking up Jingyang.
"I heard that Childe did something with someone at the Gaosheng Inn yesterday, is there anything that my subordinates can help?"
The shopkeeper heard Aochen say that it was no big deal, and he was a little suspicious, Guigu asked for words and orders, how could it be that there was no big deal? Even he came to help, but he didn't dare to question it, remembering the news he received yesterday, he asked with concern.
"It's an ungrateful guy, openly saying that grandpa is coercing Entu to repay him, and he is not worthy of being called a strange person in the rivers and lakes, I cut off his heart, the other party's name is Luo Fei, he is a middle-aged man in his sixties, good at swordsmanship, thin and small, dead fish eyes, and a small beard on his chin, you use the communication array to inform Uncle Baixiao to check the beginning and end of what happened back then, if grandpa really accepts his things, he will return the nine-ring jade bi to him within ten days!"
Aochen nodded, and described Luo Fei's appearance and characteristics in detail, as well as what happened yesterday, so that the people of Bai Xiaolou could find out Luo Fei's origin more quickly, and whether there was a nine-ring jade bi back then.
"Shameless villain who is ungrateful, his subordinates will do it immediately!"
The shopkeeper scolded hatefully, clenched his fists, and looked at the angry look, which really made Aochen wonder if he would find out that Luo Fei and beat him again.
"There is a Qing man named Xin Yao in Yanyu Building, and I want to know the most detailed information as soon as possible, especially the origin and the reason for refusing to leave Yanyu Building, as well as the whereabouts of the property I have earned over the years. ”
Aochen understands the mood of the shopkeeper, and presses not to mention Luo Fei's matter, if he can be the shopkeeper in Baixiao Building, he must be loyal to his grandfather, and he has more or less received the favor of his grandfather, not to mention that for so many years, grandpa has never been stingy with his own people, and has opened up a place for them to live in this chaotic Middle Continent, and there is no need to worry about living the days of licking blood with knives, and now I hear that someone slanders Huangfu so much, so I am naturally furious.
"Yes!"
The shopkeeper listened carefully to every word Aochen said, listening to Aochen's serious tone, suspecting that it should be related to this request for words, but Aochen didn't say it, and he didn't dare to ask more, only after making sure that he remembered Aochen's words clearly, he nodded heavily.
"After the investigation is clear, immediately inform me that for the time being, I am staying at the Gaosheng Inn. ”
After saying that, Aochen turned around and left, and walked towards the Spring and Autumn Equinox Pavilion, now that there is nothing to do, it is time to write out the Yongzi Eight Methods that Uncle Cui wanted, although Uncle Cui did not urge, but he was embarrassed to delay it any longer.
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As soon as Aochen arrived at the Spring and Autumn Equinox Pavilion, Xiao Er greeted him, and his attitude was more enthusiastic than last time.
"Childe, you're here!"
Aochen followed Xiao Er to the second floor, and Aochen asked bluntly, "Well, is your shopkeeper there?"
"Yes, son, you use tea first, and the small one will immediately inform the shopkeeper. ”
"Let your shopkeeper help me prepare the best pen, ink, paper and inkstone, I will use it immediately!"
Aochen beckoned and stopped Xiao Er, who was about to leave, anyway, it's not a big deal, and now that he says it, he won't run back when the shopkeeper waits.
Aochen didn't wait long, a tall and thin middle-aged man with a mustache, followed by two people dressed as little two, each holding the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Aochen wanted.
"Meet Childe!"
Aochen didn't make much politeness, smiled faintly, and then said: "You're welcome, I want to write a letter to the elders, and you can find me a convenient place for the shopkeeper." ”
"Childe, please ...... here"
The shopkeeper turned sideways and took Aochen to a quiet room, with countless account books on the table, and an abacus, which seemed to be the place where the shopkeeper settled the accounts.
The two little two behind him cleverly placed the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in their hands clearly, and then left the room to guard the door, not daring to say a word, and couldn't help but guess the origin of Aochen, the shopkeeper of this room has never let others in, and even the hygiene is cleaned by the shopkeeper himself, and the identity of this prince is definitely not ordinary.
Aochen looked at the things on the table, the pen is the best purple pen, the tip of the pen is like a cone, the sharp hair is flat, the ink is evenly spit when writing, the use of the fur of the brocade rabbit, the manufacturing process is extremely cumbersome, known as picking up one millimeter in ten million, the price of purple hair is as expensive as gold.
The ink block is pine smoke ink, taking ancient pine as the main raw material, mixed with gold leaf, musk and other precious materials, the color is black and smooth, firm and bright, not faint into the paper, the fragrance is rich and does not fade for a long time, it has always been priceless and there is no market, it can really be said that it is easy to get a thousand gold, and it is difficult to find an ink.
Paper is the best Xueyuetang paper, countless literati praised this paper skin like an egg membrane, clean as jade, fine and shiny, crown in Zhongzhou, this kind of paper has to go through more than 20 complicated procedures to be made, and this superb is one in a hundred, the texture can be imagined.
The style of the inkstone is extremely chic, undulating like a mountain, but it is covered with scales, it looks like a golden dragon escaping into the ground, accidentally revealing a part of the body, Aochen recognized at a glance that it was the golden scale four-pole inkstone that his grandfather had mentioned several times, the so-called four-pole is not to damage the pen, the ink does not dry up, firm as jade, and the ink is silent, it is the top inkstone that all those who love calligraphy dream of, but somehow it will get into the hands of this shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper seemed to see Aochen's doubts about this golden-scaled quadrupole inkstone, and without waiting for Aochen to ask, he opened his mouth to explain: "This is a beloved thing of mine who forgot his old friend, he died of illness a few months ago, and before he died, he told me to help find an owner worthy of it, and I wanted to ask someone to give it to Mr., but it happened that the son wanted to use it, and his subordinates brought it." ”
"Hehe, then I'm lucky, grandpa must be very happy to receive this gift, I always listened to him when I was a child. ”
"If you like it, your subordinates will sharpen ink for your son. ”
"Then it's going to be a bothering shopkeeper!"
Aochen was not polite, opened his mouth to thank him, and after speaking, he laid out the paper, and recalled his grandfather's Yongzi Eight Methods, fortunately, he had copied two before, and now copying again can also be called practice makes perfect.
"Childe is polite, I can see Childe's Mobao with my own eyes, and many people can't look forward to it. ”
The shopkeeper's humble response, his face was completely like he had taken advantage, and after a while, the shopkeeper polished the ink, but saw that Aochen was still closing his eyes and contemplating, so he quietly stepped aside, not daring to disturb.
After about a cup of tea, Aochen slowly picked up the pen and began to write, the strange thing is that the eyes are still closed, and the spirit is completely immersed in the mantra that the emperor taught him the eight methods of Yongzi, and he copied it out exactly as it is.
Point for the side, the side of the sharp fall, spread the line of pen, the momentum of the front; horizontal for the strangle, against the front of the paper, slow to rush back, not along the front flat over; straight pen for Nu, should not be too straight, too stiff and weak, and must be straight in the curve; hook for the skull, stationed in the front of the pen, so that the force is concentrated in the tip of the pen; Yang horizontal for the policy, the pen with the straight stroke, the force at the end of the stroke; long skimming for the sweep, the pen with the straight stroke, out of the front slightly fat, the force to send; short skimming for pecking, down the pen left out, fast and sharp; the pen for the pen, the reverse front lightly falls, the front is paved slowly, the front is focused on subtlety.
A huge Yongzi jumped on the paper, simple and atmospheric, every stroke is full of strength, making people look at a sense of heaviness of a thousand pounds, even the signature is the name of the emperor, Aochen, who came back to his senses, saw the shopkeeper's doubts, smiled wryly, and opened his mouth to explain.
"My senior was obsessed with calligraphy and wanted to see his handwriting, so he asked me to copy a pair and give it to him. ”
"Mr.'s words are unparalleled in the world, and the son can copy it, which is already very good, looking at the young generation of Middle Continent, I am afraid that no one can write such a Yongzi. ”
Thinking about Aochen's identity, the shopkeeper nodded understandingly, and said with praise, he couldn't help but regret his deceased old friend in his heart, he didn't hold on for a few more months, if he could see this word, he would die without regrets, right?
"Yongzi Eight Methods, can pass everything, I just practice this more often, and I am tired of the shopkeeper to help me frame it. ”
Ao Chen showed a slight smile on his face, he didn't care about the shopkeeper's praise, he never compared with his peers, no young person in the world consumed his own unimaginable resources, after speaking, he handed the paper in his hand to the shopkeeper, and once again bowed his head and wrote down the pile skills that Huangfu realized when writing, which is an excellent self-cultivation technique, these things may also play a role in appreciating others, but for people like Cui Ming who enter the martial arts with calligraphy, it is no less than a peerless martial arts cheats.
"Okay, my subordinates will go. ”
(End of chapter)