One room, quaint. On the Huanghuali bed frame in the corner, there are three layers of white gauze tents, plain white porcelain pillows from the official kiln, and even the futon is dark blue lotus satin.

On the table of the eight immortals next to it, there are two white jade paperweights in the middle, and on the right side there is a clear water inkstone, which is carved with the pattern of a boy herding cattle;

One of them had just entered the house, taking off his black cloak, revealing a robe with blue stripes on a white background.

The method and style of this material, which is called valerian xie in the industry, is a dyeing method that makes the fabric partially tied up when dyed so that it cannot be colored. It originated in the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty, but flourished in the Nanzhao and Yunnan-Guizhou regions.

He uncovered a purple bamboo hollow incense tube next to the long table, and just took the agarwood powder with a porcelain spoon and shook it into the incense tube, and before he could close the porcelain jar of agarwood powder, someone knocked on the door.

"Brother Chen, it's me"

Chen Qingniu let the man in and sat down first. The person who came was the second brother in the bookkeeper who received Li Bing in the previous "Xia Kexing" inn. He closed the door with one hand and carried a tray with a dish, a meal, a soup and a tea on it.

"Brother Chen, you haven't eaten it yet, I'll make it myself, you can taste it. After speaking, he first took off the purple sand teapot on the tray, poured a cup for Chen Qingniu first, and poured it for himself: "I know that Brother Chen doesn't like wine, he only drinks tea." took this Hanzhong Xianhao. Among the green teas, the top grade, last year in Zhuangzi, produced such an urn, and I have not been willing to drink it. ”

"Your craftsmanship is always good. Chen Qingniu didn't move the chopsticks, and he didn't want to touch the tea, but when he smelled the faint fragrance of tea, he couldn't help but take a sip.

"Well, yes, it's really good tea. You're bothered. ”

Xiao Kun was appreciated, happy in his heart, and said: "I probably guessed that Brother Chen would come over today and tomorrow, and he was still waiting in the front lobby." I don't want Brother Chen to go upstairs a long time ago. ”

"I've just arrived. He tasted the tea again, and it seemed that he really liked it, and after drinking it all, he asked the matter: "How is it, how many people are here this time?"

"There aren't many people in the year, about 20 or so. However, there are two very powerful masters, and even I can't see through their martial arts. In the past, when I recruited others and bought horses, with a little publicity, I could easily get together fifty or sixty people, but this time I finally recruited people for Rongjiao, and Brother Chen instructed not to publicize it too much, so I just invited some people to come separately according to the details of the previous check, there are not many people, but they have two brushes, and they are all in the inn at the moment. ”

After that, he took out a palm-sized booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Qingniu: "This is the directory, the background of those people is almost checked, you can take a look first." ”

It turned out that this "chivalrous journey" was one of the intelligence points set up by Rongjiao, and the intelligence of the Quartet gathered here. On the surface, he is in the business of recruiting rich people and buying horses, but in fact, he is also the eyes and ears of his own intelligence collection.

Chen Qingniu flipped through it roughly, and occasionally browsed carefully: "Well, it's good." There are a few people here whose backgrounds are very clean, and they don't have much contact with the Central Plains forces, and they are cultivated seedlings, but they don't know what this kung fu and heart are. ”

He closed the booklet, placed it on the table, and asked, "You have done a good job in this matter, and I am satisfied with the people on this list alone." By the way, is the Eagle Venerable already here?"

"I haven't arrived at the inn yet, but earlier yesterday, I saw that he and the Tiger Venerable had already arrived in Fengzhou City, maybe there was something else delayed, and it should be there tomorrow." ”

Chen Qingniu was speechless, his face was slightly displeased, and he said in his heart: The people in these two halls are used to being free and loose, and they are really useless.

Originally, the East Fourth Hall was exterminated because of the Ibis Venerable's inquiry into confidential matters. This time, we are recruiting talents in "Chivalry Xing", which is to reserve some available talents for the reorganization of Dongsitang.

The original intention of the Left Soul Envoy was to let the Eagle Venerable ascend to the throne and be the head of the Xindong Fourth Hall, he had good martial arts, and he was also knowledgeable and ambitious, and he could pick up a big beam at the entrance of the hall.

However, Chen Qingniu has a lot of criticism about this plan. In terms of martial arts, Venerable Eagle is far from the previous hall master, Venerable Leopard, not to mention that he has only been in the hall for two years, so he doesn't know the roots. It was only because Rongjiao intended to lay out his forces in Hui Hui that he was selected from the West Fourth Hall, and his Black Eagle Pond was the largest horse bandit in the west of Hui after all, and he had a foundation.

In the future, the entire East Fourth Hall will be established in the Hui Hui to cultivate the Hui forces, and his younger brother can take over his position in the West Fourth Hall and respond to it. In this way, you can do more with less.

This plan can be regarded as a success, but now that he has to choose a helper, people will not come to observe it early. If you don't care about your own affairs, you really have a negative commitment.

Although he pondered so much in his heart, Chen Qingniu still didn't say anything after all, just shook his head lightly: "That's it." Is there anything else?"

The little second brother lowered his voice: "More than ten days ago, the Dragon Venerable Feige sent a message and told the Left Soul Envoy that there was an abnormality on his side, and that reinforcements might be needed after a while, and asked the Left Soul Envoy what his next plan was." Brother Chen, do you want to go and see it?"

"No, I don't. Chen Qingniu was categorical: "On the way here, I have already seen him in Chang'an." The head of the hall said that the overall situation is still stable at present, and he will continue to hold his troops. The sooner you prepare, the sooner you expose yourself, which is not good. After the New Year's holiday, I'll go again to see if there's anything new. By the way, the other churches, is there any other news?"

"Nothing else matters, but recently, the people from the North Fourth Hall, except for the head of the hall, Venerable Feng, have all gone to Tubo, and they have been off for more than ten days. ”

Chen Qingniu frowned slightly: "Oh, this is strange, walking from the flowing ball to Tubo, the road is not close, what is the reason?"

"The North Fourth Hall is impenetrable, and at first I was reluctant to reveal the reason, but later my people indirectly found out that the Tubo Tantra has a peerless "Seventy-two Heavenly Heavenly Seal", this kung fu is actually one of the White Luo Immortal Methods, and the white silk book should be in the secret book of the Seventy-two Heavenly Heavenly Seal. Beisitang probably knew the news, so it was

It's just that when the news came out, Tantra had been broken by the heroes of the green forest, and the things in Tantra had been carved up, and I didn't know who took this original kung fu cheat. The people in the North Fourth Hall probably wanted to find some clues, so that they could follow the vine and find the melon. ”

The second brother looked at Chen Qingniu's face without worry, and asked again: "The North Fourth Hall found one of the Xuanhuang Seven Techniques last year, and in May this year, they found a page of the Xuanhuang Black Scripture. Do you want me to make a little wrist out of this?"

Chen Qingniu waved his hand and interrupted him: "You don't have to do things for Rongjiao, don't think about this." If the Left Soul Envoy knows, it will be even worse, so let them go. ”

He paused: "If you look for something, you will leave it to the other three halls to do, and we have more important things in the south four halls, after doing a good job in the division, if you can find out the news of the Three Phases Sutra, it is naturally good, and if you can't find it, don't waste your efforts, even if you leave it to other halls to do." ”

"I see. The little second brother bowed slightly: "In fact, in the past two months, there has been a lot of news.

The three-phase scripture is divided into three parts, the black Xuanming and the black scripture, all of which are martial arts classics of internal and external strength, and the left soul envoy has already obtained three pages, except for the page of the Xiu Tu people who was left in the Wuwei Jiedu envoy, the other three pages are still missing for the time being.

The white Bai Luo Immortal Method, guessed that it should be the best Qimen magic cheats, is the most mysterious, and so far there is no news about the other six books except for the Heavenly Seal that is suspected to be one.

But the yellow Xuanhuang Seven Techniques are different, after all, during the Qin Dynasty, they have been collected, although they are not martial arts cheats, but their role is greater than cheats. The seven techniques of Xuanhuang are divided into: point ore, living armor, Lingyun, stargazing, painting, looking at qi, and condensing essence.

The art of ore pointing should be a forging technique, and there are many sects that are proficient in forging, and we are still investigating which one it is.

The art of living armor has always been the mastery of the Nanmo family's town faction, and they don't dare to provoke them at present;

The art of Lingyun, according to legend, is a supreme light skill, much more powerful than Brother Chen's stepping, but after the Qin Dynasty, this kung fu was lost;

The art of stargazing should be one of the secret texts of the Kanyu lineage, moving mountains, unloading mountains, stargazing, touching gold, and hair hills, the other four doors of the Kanyu lineage have been handed down, only this stargazing is left, I don't know who got the inheritance.

The technique of painting is a technique of breaking through the realm with a splash of ink, which has been obtained by the Left Soul Envoy from the White Deer Cave Academy, among these seven techniques, I am afraid that this one has the least effect on us, but it is also the first to get it;

The art of looking at qi, it is rumored that after Qin Shi Huang collected the seven techniques of Xuanhuang, he practiced this art of looking at qi, which is likely to be used as a funeral object, but where is the mausoleum of the first emperor, there is no way to find out at present;

The art of condensation is alchemy, and Dongsitang has already mastered the exact evidence before, this book is the Yellow Emperor's Neijing of Qianhua Xingfang, but the last time Dongsitang failed in the mission and didn't get it back, Xisitang is planning new means again, and there should be action soon.

In the past six months, I have been sending people to explore the sects that are good at forging, and they have been verified one by one, and the ones that have been excluded are: the North and South Mo Family, the Tangjiabao Shenji Battalion of the Huochong Pulse, and the Sanmou Palace of the Bing Family. The remaining few possible sects are all in the Central Plains, and it is easier to investigate, and it won't take long for news to arrive. Oh yes, there is also a Northern Meridian Sect, although it is far away, but there was once a Bihai Craftsman Sect, and it is also possible that he has inherited it. ”

When he heard about the Northern Meridian Sect, Chen Qingniu showed a smile on his face: "The Meridian Sect shouldn't be them." ”

Seeing that the little second brother was puzzled, he added: "In the Northern Meridian Sect, there used to be a sword master named Sun Wuyi, whose martial arts were unfathomable. Thirty years ago, he was one of the eight disciples of the Rong Sect. It wasn't until the Anshi Rebellion was about to be put down that he got rid of Rongjiao and went to save his sweetheart. He had been taught by the Right Soul Envoy himself, and if the Meridian Sect had some mining skills, he would naturally tell the sect. But just in case, it's okay for you to look it up. ”

"I know," the second brother responded, "That's what I know." If there is no other command, I will go down first. ”

"Well, there you go. I'll look at the background of these people."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of fighting outside the door downstairs, first the sound of several rounds of blades intertwined, followed by the sound of tables, chairs and benches shattering, and finally a loud noise, turning over the river and the sea, earth-shattering, even with the floor slab was violently shaken, and the tea in the cup gathered a circle of ripples

"Let's go and see"

Tie Valerian, also known as tie-dye, is an intangible cultural heritage, if you are interested, you can search it, in fact, it is really good-looking, when I went to Dali to play, I bought one and still treasure it. In addition, the incense tube is not used much now, in fact, it is similar to the incense burner, a hollow wooden barrel with spices in it, and it can purify the air without combustion. It is a common thing used by large families in ancient times, but now it is rarely used, mostly for collection, if you like it, buy it to decorate your home, it is quite stylish.

This chapter is very important, and I have changed it several times, and I sent it late, I hope you like it.