Chapter Seventy-Seven: Withered Bamboo

In the early morning of the next day, Li Fengyun and Du Ruyue met with Li Zhong and Liu Wanyun and set off together and headed for Bauhinia Mountain. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

Spring returns to the earth, the weather in February is much warmer, walking through a stream, through a bamboo forest, Li Zhongyao pointed to a wooden house and said: "He lives here with the withered bamboo Weng, he doesn't like others to be formal, everyone is free to do it." ”

As soon as he came to the outside of the fence, he was seen by the boy who was cleaning the courtyard, and the boy said happily: "It turned out to be Li Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, the master is meeting guests inside, you can go in." ”

Li Zhong smiled slightly, took out a monkey's mask, and the boy screamed with joy, snatched the mask, and happily went to the side to play.

"Is it Li Zhong, come in, the last unfinished endgame, the old man has already come up with a clever trick!" came an old man's loud voice in the hall.

Li Zhong agreed, and led the three of them into the hall.

Li Fengyun looked up, there was a picture of landscape fishing hanging in the hall, and there was an old man with white hair sitting under the picture, with snow-white longevity eyebrows almost hanging down to his nose, and his cheeks were ruddy, quite bright, which should be the withered bamboo Weng that Li Zhong said. Look at his expression, he is not dry at all.

Looking to the side again, Li Fengyun was stunned, there was a middle-aged man sitting in the west, with a wide mouth and a square face, and five locks of long hair, wasn't it Li Fengming he only saw last night?

"Come on," the old man was obviously very happy, got up and grabbed Li Zhongdao, "The old man introduced you, this one is Li Fengming, the commander of Fengchenwei, Li Zhong, you should have heard of him!"

Li ** said: "I have admired the name for a long time, and I can see it today, and it is really as good as his name!"

The old man pulled Li Zhong again and said: "Li Zhong, the characters are in the middle, the genius of Jiangnan, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, all of them are proficient." ”

Li Fengming smiled slightly, nodded, and said hello.

The old man looked back at Li Fengyun and the three of them and asked, "Li Zhong, ......who are your three friends?"

Li Zhong was just about to introduce him, Li Fengming stood up and said with a smile: "Li Fengyun and Miss Du, we met again so soon!"

Li Fengyun smiled "hehe" and said, "I didn't expect the commander to be here, I can't hide it, the kid has something to ask the old master!"

After the introduction, Li Zhong presented a gift again, which was the best cloud tea, which was in line with the preferences of the withered bamboo Weng, and everyone sat down.

The withered bamboo weng raised his head and asked, "You little doll, what is the matter with me?"

Li Fengyun was also not polite, and told him about the search for the unicorn bone.

Withered Bamboo Weng's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "It turns out that you want to inquire about the events of the year and want to find the unicorn bone?" Yes, the old man still remembers the events of that year clearly, and I also know where he dug up the unicorn bone back then, but even if I tell you, you are afraid that you will not be able to dig up the unicorn bone. ”

"Why is that?" asked Li Fengyun.

The withered bamboo Weng "hehe" smiled and said: "When the unicorn bone was born, it was a sensational event in the world, the unicorn bone can cure a hundred poisons, who doesn't want to get a piece?

Li Fengyun's face changed slightly, and he asked again: "Such a big bone will not disappear without a trace, old man, do you know the whereabouts of the unicorn bone now, it will not be eaten by people, right?"

The withered bamboo Weng replied, "Yes, the unicorn bone has indeed not been eaten. When Jinling found the unicorn bone, it shook the world, and the Tang Emperor thought it was auspicious and ordered the unicorn bone to be transported to the capital Chang'an.

Who expected that the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and the ship carrying the unicorn bones arrived in the middle of the Yangtze River, and suddenly the wind and waves rose, and the ship sank in the river.

Over the years, there have been many people who have tried to salvage the unicorn bones, but the Yangtze River is so deep, how can they be salvaged?

Some people say that the unicorn bone is a god-given artifact, and it is not something that mortals can consume at all, so it has this result. ”

After speaking, he stared at Li Fengyun with a smile.

Du Ruyue hurriedly said: "Brother Fengyun, what should I do, it's better for us to rush to the Southern Han, maybe there is still a chance." ”

"I'm not busy," Li Fengyun said, "Even if you go to Nanhan, the chances are slim, it's better to look around again, maybe there will be a miss." His heart suddenly moved, he looked at the withered bamboo Weng and asked: "Old man, the unicorn bone is so big, there must be a lot of bones, are they all sunk into the river? If they all sink into the river, where did the rumor that the unicorn bone can cure all poisons come from?"

The withered bamboo weng laughed "haha", pointed at Li Fengyun and said: "You little doll, you are really a little clever, of course the unicorn bones did not all sink into the river, and a few broken bones did leak out back then." However, little doll, if you want to find those broken bones, I am afraid that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, not to mention whether those bones have been eaten, even if they are not, I am afraid that they will not know where they have gone. ”

Li Fengyun also smiled: "The old man doesn't have to hide what he says, if you say this, then you must know the whereabouts of a certain unicorn bone, right?"

The withered bamboo Weng was stunned, tilted his head and asked, "Little doll, why do you say that?"

Li Fengyun smiled: "I can only think about it or something, don't you say?"

The withered bamboo weng laughed "haha" and said, "Interesting, interesting, you little doll, very deceitful, really interesting." Yes, the old man does know the whereabouts of a unicorn bone, but I can't tell you in vain. ”

Du Ruyue was overjoyed and asked in a low voice: "Brother Fengyun, how do you know that he knows the whereabouts of the unicorn bone." ”

Li Fengyun lowered his voice and said: "I saw that his expression was blind, anyway, at most, he didn't know Luo." ”

When the crowd heard this, they laughed.

Li Fengyun said again: "Old man, if you have anything to do directly, even if there is no unicorn bone, the kid will do it." ”

"You little doll, you really know how to talk cheaply, no wonder Feng Dao's old boy will accept you as a student. The withered bamboo Weng pointed at Li Fengyun and said.

Li Fengyun's eyes lit up and asked, "Old man, do you know my teacher?"

"Why don't you know?" said the withered bamboo Weng, "That old guy still owes me two good daughters on the altar, Hong, you are his student, you can pay him back! Last month, the old man also received a letter from him, saying that he had accepted a great student, I see, so reckless, vulgar and unliterate, most likely this old boy can't teach, or the old man bothered to discipline and discipline his lazy apprentice!"

"Ah!" Li Fengyun was dumbfounded for a while, Li Zhong stabbed him, and said in a low voice, "Brother Li, don't kowtow quickly, worship the withered bamboo Weng as a teacher, I can't even think of this kind of thing." ”

Li Fengming also smiled and said: "The withered bamboo Weng is famous in the Tang Dynasty literary circle, and the protΓ©gΓ© does not know how many people there are, and even the saint treats him with a teacher's courtesy. ”

Li Fengyun had to kneel down to apprentice, and the withered bamboo Weng drank the disciple tea offered by Li Fengyun with a big grin.

"Could it be that this is what the old man wants me to do?" asked Li Fengyun.

"I want to be beautiful," said the withered bamboo, "I want you to apprentice, but I just put up a false name so that I can discipline you." I have a mastery that I have studied for decades, and I don't want to bring it into the coffin, if you don't learn it, you can't do it, and if you learn it, I will tell you the whereabouts of that unicorn bone. ”

"What kind of mastery?" Li Fengyun asked again.

Withered bamboo Weng took out a stack of bound paper from Hou Tang and said, "Look at it, what is this?"

Li Fengyun flipped through it, the original ones were all rubbings, thought about it, and said: "I know, it's some paintings, the little tadpole is looking for his mother, I've heard of this story." ”

"You kid!" Withered bamboo Weng snatched the stack of papers and knocked him hard, "This is tadpole writing, it is the old man's life's work, and I am afraid that I am the only one in the world who knows this oldest writing." ”