Chapter 15: The Mystery of the Heart
Qingyang Mansion City, two horizontal and two vertical a total of four streets, in the shape of the well layout, in the middle is the Futai Yamen, around the opening of all kinds of restaurants and restaurants, around the city wall open medicinal herbs, fur, horses and other kinds of markets, the city is full of large and small merchants, inns, restaurants, is even the place of fireworks willow lane there are so two, in the west of the city there is a small river through the city, the northwest corner is encircled in the inside, all by two small bridges in and out.
Bai Cheng walked the road in the city, memorized the road, and saw that the sun was in the west, so he found an inconspicuous alley and got in.
As soon as I walked into the alley, I saw a woman with a green paddle and a bamboo basket on her shoulder, walking out of the alley with her head down.
Bai Cheng stopped the car, stepped forward, gently stopped in front of the woman, gave a deep salute, and said, "This girl, please stay, brother, I am polite." β
When the woman saw someone blocking the way, she raised her head, bowed slightly, and asked, "I don't know what is blocking the road for this little brother?"
The woman looked up, Bai Cheng saw her appearance clearly, only to see that the woman was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pair of beautiful eyes like a crescent moon, two light eyebrows like distant mountains, and a delicate figure.
Bai Cheng didn't expect that the girl who stopped a seat on the street would be so stunning, and couldn't help but be stunned and said: "The younger brother's surname is Ma, he ranks eleven in the family, known as Eleven Lang, he first came here to do some business, I don't know if there is a house for rent in the vicinity, I want to find a house to spend the night." β
The little girl glanced at Bai Cheng, saw that Bai Cheng was not a bad person, and then looked at the mountain goods on the cart, and asked gently: "If you want to do business, it will only take a few days, why don't you find an inn to stay?"
Bai Cheng smiled bitterly: "When I went out for the first time, my family couldn't rest assured, let me come to inquire about the market first, and in a few days, an elder brother in the family came to help me sell goods." β
The little girl's eyes rolled slightly, as if to dispel her doubts, nodded and said: "In this case, there is no need to look elsewhere, there is a vacant room in my house, if you don't dislike it, go back with me to have a look." β
Bai Cheng hurriedly nodded yes, and the two walked into the depths of the alley one after the other.
After walking for a short time, the two came to the gate of a small courtyard.
This small courtyard is blue bricks and blue tiles, black lacquered gates, two small stone lions in front of the door, simple and cute, although it is not a big family, but it is also very clean.
The little girl asked Bai Cheng to wait at the door for a while, and pushed the door into the courtyard by herself, and after a while, the door opened, and an old couple with gray hair pushed the door and walked out.
When Bai Cheng saw that the master was going out, he told the old couple again, and the old couple asked Bai Cheng a few more words, and when they saw that there was nothing inappropriate, they took Bai Cheng to the backyard.
The backyard is not big, there are a few flowers and trees planted, there is a wing room on the east and west sides, the wing room on the east side is empty, push the door to see, although the house is not big, but it is better to be tidy, Baicheng is not picky, negotiate the price at the moment, and live here.
After renting the house, the little girl went out with a basket, Bai Cheng chatted with the old couple, in the chat, Bai Cheng knew that the family's surname was Cui, the old man was fifty or sixty years old, he was a bookkeeper in the restaurant when he was young, and now he is out of business at home, the family has two sons and a daughter, the eldest Cui Bofang, the son inherits his father's business and also does the accounting room in the restaurant, the second Cui Boyuan, who learned the craft in the carpentry industry, and the youngest daughter is the girl who met in Baicheng just now, called Xiaowan, and carries the basket to send food to her second brother.
After chatting for a while, it was getting late, and Bai Cheng saw that the old couple was also a little tired, so he said goodbye and went to the back room to rest.
Back in the wing, Bai Cheng packed up his luggage a little, then sat cross-legged on the bed, calmed down, and exercised pranayama.
Since the previous breakthrough, Bai Cheng has not had the opportunity to meditate on the exercise of the mind for these two days, at this time, he feels that the qi and blood of the whole body are like the Yangtze River, which seems to be calm and waveless, but in fact it is galloping, and he can't help but be happy in his heart, knowing that the realm has been stable, and from then on, there is no need to deliberately urge the heart method, and the qi and blood will naturally run endlessly, increasing day by day.
Seeing that the realm was stable, Bai Cheng no longer deliberately carried it, but instead carried the mental method of "thinking about the realm" in the "Breaking the Jade and Returning to the Yuan Jue". When he broke through the Mindful Realm that day, Bai Cheng had run the "Mindful Realm" mental method to restrain his mind, but he had just broken through at that time and was eager to stabilize the realm, so he just operated according to the mental method and did not experience it carefully.
With the operation of the exercises, Bai Cheng only felt that his mind gradually sank, and entered a darkness, only to see that in this boundless darkness, countless thoughts flashed and disappeared, like a fleeting meteor in the night sky, carefully felt with the mind, these thoughts are good and evil, short and long, some are incomparably clear, there are causes and effects, some are chaotic, upside down, some are just their own mood changes, some are with all kinds of other people's interactions, and even some have only one side, and the people who have long forgotten will appear and will flash in their thoughtsγ
Bai Cheng saw that these thoughts were born and died, like fireworks flickering in the starry sky, fleeting, and like rippling water, one wave dispersed, one wave rose again, and at the moment secretly urged the mental method, only to see that these thoughts were under the constraints of the mental method, gradually disappeared into a little starlight, sank into the darkness, and operated for a long time, Bai Cheng only saw a piece of darkness, and no more meteors flashed, before the mental method was stopped.
At this point, Bai Cheng realized in his heart, ordinary people have uncertain thoughts in their hearts, in addition to their minds, there are countless secret thoughts that they are not aware of, the birth and death of these secret thoughts themselves are unconscious, but they will consume their minds, so ordinary people don't want to do anything, and they will be tired after a long time. However, after the martial artist cultivates to reach the state of mind movement, he can feel these secret thoughts, and suppress these secret thoughts with exercises, which can not only reduce his own mental consumption, but also nourish his mind.
Thinking of this, Bai Cheng's heart was bright, and he had no doubts about the road ahead.
After suppressing the thoughts, Bai Cheng suddenly remembered the nameless mental method that appeared in his mind that day, that mental method was wonderful, Bai Cheng didn't believe that it was only used to bind qi and blood, and at this time there was nothing to do, so he tried to urge the nameless mental method to find out.
After a little operation, Bai Cheng only felt that the qi and blood of the whole body were confined to the five internal organs, and the qi and blood in the muscles and veins were weak, just like an ordinary person who did not know martial arts at all.
It turns out that in the martial arts, it is difficult for ordinary people to pretend to be martial arts masters, but it is even more difficult for martial arts masters to pretend to be ordinary people, just because martial arts masters are often vigorous and vigorous, and they can be identified with a little attention.
Bai Cheng was studying the mental method in the house, when he suddenly heard a "bang" outside the hospital, and then heard footsteps entering the hospital.
Bai Cheng had practiced the kung fu of listening to the wind discerner, and when he counted it slightly, he knew that there were three people who came, and his steps were two heavy and one light, and he guessed that several children of the Cui family had returned.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door, Bai Cheng got up and got out of bed, pushed the door and looked, only to see Xiao Wan standing outside the door, and said softly: "It's time to eat at home, if you don't dislike it, please go to the front room to eat, if it's inconvenient, I'll bring it over." β
Bai Cheng came to Qingyang Mansion to inquire about the news, not to mention the beautiful food in front of him, so he smiled and said: "Why bother so much, just go out together." β
When the two came to the front room, Bai Cheng saw that the old couple of the Cui family and the two young people were already seated, so he arched his hand, sat down, picked up the chopsticks, and chatted while eating.
There are a few people at the table, the old couple of the Cui family don't like to talk much, the eldest Cui Bofang only eats with his head bored, Miss Xiaowan is the daughter's family, only the second Cui Boyuan, although he is rude, he is a talkative character, and he chats happily with Bai Cheng.
As he spoke, Cui Boyuan slapped the chopsticks on the bowl and said, "Little sister, I'm having a good time with Shiyi Lang today, you go get some wine, I'll have a few drinks with Shiyi Lang!"
Xiao Wan didn't get up, but said softly: "The wine at home has already been drunk, and it's getting late at this time, where can I go to drink?"
Cui Boyuan was displeased and said, "Why don't you buy some and put them at home after drinking?"
Xiao Wan glanced at Bai Cheng, her face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "How can the family have any money to buy wine now?"
Cui Boyuan was slightly angry, and said: "Now the family eats either vegetables or radishes all day long, and the birds are fading out of my mouth, and I haven't paid less to my family for my monthly salary, don't you have any money to buy wine?"
Seeing that Cui Boyuan was open-mouthed, the old man surnamed Cui opened his mouth and said: "Boyuan, you don't say a word, the government has been paying taxes in the past two years, and the family really has no money to spare. β
Seeing Cui Lao open his mouth, Cui Boyuan opened his mouth to argue, but after thinking about it, he kept silent, just lowered his head to eat, but Bai Cheng heard the word Dao Chang, and his heart couldn't help but move.
After dinner, Bai Cheng went back to his room to rest, still sitting cross-legged on the bed, exercising and pranayama.
When he arrived, Bai Cheng suddenly heard a "squeak" from the door, although the sound was small, but it couldn't hide Bai Cheng's ears.
Bai Cheng's heart moved, he flashed out of the door, came to the wall in a few steps, flew up to the wall, and took a look at it by the faint moonlight, and saw Cui Boyuan carrying a burden, looking left and right, and was walking outside the alley.