Meng Dongting grew up in Yangzhou City, which is famous for its garden architecture, and has been exposed to these things since he was a child, and he also knows some ways to appreciate them.

He looked at it as he walked, and nodded frequently and exclaimed: "Quiet and far-reaching, indifferent to Mingzhi, these rockery waterfall layouts are quite stylish, and your master is very knowledgeable." ”

The housekeeper couldn't listen to it, turned his head and said, "It's only been a few days, and you've forgotten your roots again?"

Meng Dongting was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he was just a subordinate who chopped wood and carried water at other people's homes, and his heart was sour, and he couldn't speak.

The housekeeper said: "My master is the current Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Wu Feng Zhaowu Lord, the head of the first list of eyes, if it wasn't for his old man's intention to be humble, then it is the top prize, do you know?"

Meng Dongting nodded and said, "Well, Master Wu, he is the leader of Jiajing's ten-year Enke!"

The butler exclaimed, "How do you know?"

Meng Dongting said: "In the area of Nanzhili, there are three champions in the past few decades, and there are more than a dozen of them in Bangyan and Tanhualang, and Master Wu is one of them, and everyone in Huaiyang knows about it, right?"

Meng Dongting is a scholar, and he often writes pleadings to people and helps people fight lawsuits, so he is very familiar with these things in officialdom.

The housekeeper saw that he had seen a lot, and he had been underestimating him, and his mind was a little more restrained, and he said, "You know a lot." ”

While talking, the housekeeper led Meng Dongting to a study, only to see that there were many bookcases in it, all kinds of books were dazzling, and the couplets and famous calligraphy and paintings were hung all over the four walls.

The housekeeper said, "Xiao Meng, you don't have to chop wood and carry water for the time being, you come here every day to clean and tidy up, do you hear?"

Meng Dongting suspected that he had misheard, and hurriedly inquired carefully, only to learn that the old pedant, who was originally in charge of the study room, was old and wanted to return to his hometown, and he had quit his job and returned to his hometown a few days ago.

None of the other people have ever studied, so how to take care of the study must be a person who has read books.

The housekeeper thought about Meng Dongting after thinking about it, so he brought him to arrange this idle errand.

The housekeeper said: "Boy, come here to take care of it, the daily salary will be the same, and you will live in the firewood house for the time being." If there is a vacant room then, I will think of moving it for you. ”

Meng Dongting was overjoyed and said, "It's okay, as long as I can come to this study, even if I can sleep in the stables in the backyard." ”

When the butler heard what he said, he couldn't help but take a sip, giggled and scolded, "What a nerd!"

Then he instructed: "The master will be back in a while, you take care of this place, wipe it frequently, you know?"

After the housekeeper turned around and left, Meng Dongting was left alone in this study.

He glanced around and saw that there were no less than ten bookcases in the study, which were neatly lined up with all kinds of scriptures, and a large desk was facing the main window.

Meng Dongting was overjoyed in his heart, rummaging through the bookcases one by one, it felt like seeing relatives.

Although this Nanjing military department is said to be an idle post in the eyes of outsiders, but in fact he still has real power in his hands, and at the turn of autumn and winter, he will go to the autumn patrol of Nanzhili defense with the Nanjing town guard eunuchs and garrisons, which generally takes several months, so he is not in the house now.

According to the housekeeper's instructions, Meng Dongting came to this study every day, except for cleaning and tidying, wiping the books, calligraphy and paintings, there was nothing to do.

Fortunately, he likes to read since he was a child, and now he fell into the book basket, how can he let it go.

I have been reading the subset of scriptures and history for many days, and I am so unhappy.

One day, Meng Dongting walked to the bookcase where Taoist classics were placed, and took out a few books to read. Today, the art of respecting Huang Lao is also popular in officialdom to read Taoist classics.

He has also read Yi Xue, and he has studied it deeply, but a few books he took out casually are Taoist health preservation techniques, Meng Dongting is a Confucian student, and he always feels mysterious and mysterious about these studies for longevity.

was about to put it back, but suddenly thought again: "A hundred schools of thought contend, and the learning of the Taoist school is not useless." I, a person who has been in prison, will find it difficult to gain fame in the future, so why should I follow the way of Confucius and Mencius and exclude others?"

Immediately opened the book of Taoism and studied it carefully.

After a few days, Meng Dongting had read more than ten books, and on this day he turned to another book, called "Innate Vitality". Flipping through it carefully, it was very different from the Daoist books I had read before.

Look at the preface again, there is a handwritten sentence that says: "Poor Dao knows that Wu Shangshu is quite good at Huang Lao's technique, and now in martial arts, Poor Dao has some understanding, and now writes down such a wonderful way of heaven and man, strengthening muscles and bones, and understanding with you." Quan Zhen teaches Mingde. ”

Meng Dongting knew the name of the Quanzhen Sect, in the past, Wang Chongyang Zhenren founded the religion in Zhongnan Mountain, preaching widely, and carried it forward in the hands of his disciples Qiu Chuji, Ma Yu and others, which can be described as a flourishing time, but for some reason this dynasty has been declining day by day.

Meng Dongting secretly said in his heart: "Since this book has such a background, why don't I practice it, and if I find Brother Ouyang in the future, maybe I can help him?"

Thinking of this, I opened this book of "Innate Vitality" and read it. After reading it for a while, he only felt that the words in the text were quite interesting, which made people want to act according to the description, so he sat on the ground according to the law.

Meng Dongting adjusted the breath, according to the nine long and three short breathing methods contained in the book, the tongue against the upper tooth hall, referring to the central method of the book, the breath was stored in the lower abdomen "dantian", all the way to the "perineum", "Yongquan", and then from the outside of the soles to the "tail lu" and other acupoints, and then along the Du pulse up to the "big vertebrae", from one side of the arm, down and then from the other side of the arm, back to the big vertebral point and continue along the Du vein on the head "Baihui", and then along the Ren vein.

It's just that this kind of thinking has made his brain ache, his ears ringing and dizzy, and there is no movement in this "dantian".

Meng Dongting thought: "It seems that I haven't mastered the practice method yet, so I might as well practice diligently in the next few days." ”

has nothing to do, Meng Dongting simply holds this "innate vitality" back and forth in the past few days. I just practiced according to what was written in the book, but I didn't feel anything in my body, but I meditated every day, and my butt was sore.

At this sunrise, when Gong suddenly caught a glimpse of the sores on his buttocks, Meng Dongting thought with some annoyance: "It seems that these so-called Taoist masters are just some deceptive tricks, and they have wasted a lot of time studying in vain. ”

After that, he began to read the scriptures and histories again, and threw aside the scriptures written by the Quanzhen Sect and ignored them.

But it was said that the weather was cold on this day, Meng Dongting wrapped himself in a coat and read the Zizhi Tongjian for a while, and his sleepiness hit, and he wanted to doze off in a daze, and he was so sleepy that he closed his eyes after a while.

Just because a few days ago, he practiced the method of breathing and breathing in accordance with the "Innate Vitality" written by Mingde, and he also unconsciously breathed in his daily habits.

After a while, Meng Dongting gradually fell asleep, and suddenly a trickle of "dantian" gushed out, slowly descending to the "perineum" and "Yongquan", and then from the outside of the soles of the feet to the "tail lu" and other acupoints, and then along the Du Mai up to the "big vertebrae", from one side of the arm, down and then from the other side of the arm, back to the big vertebral acupoint, continue to follow the Du pulse on the head "Baihui", and then along the Ren pulse and back to the "dantian". After a few back and forth, the trickle gradually became dense and heavy.

Meng Dongting was still sleeping soundly at this time, only to feel that the air flow was endless, and the place where it flowed was extremely hot and crispy, and it was indescribably useful.

Half-asleep and half-awake, the whole body was indescribably comfortable, and the whole person was fluttering as if in the clouds. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting: "Where did the thief come from, he dared to hide here and sleep!"

Meng Dongting woke up suddenly after drinking this, but saw a bright and moving woman looking at him with an angry face, and Wu Gui followed behind the woman and looked at him with a serious face.

Meng Dongting panicked, he had just fallen asleep, he didn't know what the two of them had entered in the study, and he was about to sit up and reply, but suddenly half of his body was numb, and he fell to the ground again in an instant.

The woman was startled, and in an instant, she also saw Meng Dongting's appearance clearly, and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "It's really unlucky, why is this kid again!"

Meng Dongting was sober and wanted to reply, but he was surprised to find that his lips were only moving, and he didn't even make a sound, as if he was in the middle of an evil spirit.

The woman saw that Meng Dongting's mouth and eyes were suddenly crooked, describing strangely, and she was afraid that something would happen, so she hurriedly instructed Wu Gui: "You go over and see what is wrong with him, I'm still in a bit of a hurry, so I'll go first." With that, he hurriedly turned around and walked out of the study door.

Wu Gui had no choice but to step forward and help Meng Dongting up, and asked, "Xiao Meng, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Meng Dongting only had his eyes rolling vigorously, he still couldn't say a word with his mouth and eyes crooked.

Wu Gui couldn't help but be shocked and frightened, and hurriedly helped him up and sat down, and said, "You kid just angered the master's daughter again, think about what to do here, I'll go first." ”

Wu Gui was afraid of getting into trouble, so he hurriedly put the responsibility on the woman who had just left, and after speaking, he patted Meng Dongting on the shoulder and left in a hurry, leaving him alone in the room.

After a full hour, Meng Dongting was numb and sore, unable to move at all, as if he had been under a fixed spell.

Meng Dongting never knew that it was a taboo for those who practiced internal martial arts to suddenly jump out and be frightened like the woman just now.

If it weren't for Meng Dongting's shallow practice, he would have been paralyzed at least and killed on the spot if he was still frightened like this.

Unconsciously, Meng Dongting walked through the ghost gate, and after this great difficulty, Meng Dongting realized the method of practicing. Thoughts do not need to be deliberate, if there is no intermittent, in order to trigger a warm current in the "dantian". Looking at other Taoist classics, we know that this warm current is called "true qi".

At the first glimpse of the way of heaven, Meng Dongting was very happy, and as long as no one disturbed him every day, he meditated and practiced diligently. After half a month, the heat flow in the "dantian" was the size of a chicken, and it ran for a long time.

On this day, he went to the study to meditate and practice, and was thinking to himself how to use this true qi in the "dantian" as he wanted, and he couldn't do it for a long time.

At this moment, I heard the housekeeper outside the door shouting: "Xiao Meng, why don't you come out and see who is back?"