Fu Shifeng

Chapter 199: Falling in Love with Things
The small window in the tower closed with a bang, as if the owner of this place was extremely reluctant to show up.But Master Wen still took the initiative to enter shamelessly, and the crossbow mechanism hidden in the dark corners of the surroundings was not triggered.

This lakeside building occupies a large area, but it is deserted. Except for the occasional four-wheeled car passing by, there is only the movement of machinery and the sound of water.

As far as you can see, the ground is made of limestone bricks, the buildings are all white walls and black tiles, and there are no plaques or lintels on the halls of the houses. The style cannot be said to be plain, but it is dull and boring. There are no potted flowers and trees, and it does not look like a place where people live.

As Master Wen walked by, he looked left and right, always looking curious.On the contrary, Hong Ya looked cautious. He could sense that there were various mechanisms hidden under the ground and in the walls of the museum, but most of them were not yet activated.

Once all these mechanisms are in operation, the entire building will probably turn into a living giant doll, exerting unimaginable power that even those with extraordinary martial arts skills will find it difficult to compete with.

In the eyes of the world, Mr. Hong Ya is no different from an immortal family, but in his eyes, this pavilion and building that hides countless complex ingenuities is even more mysterious and extraordinary.

The two came to a spacious courtyard, with no one around. A four-wheeled cart came with a tea bowl and stopped in front of the two of them, like several cases.

"Drink it, it's not poisonous." There is a wooden tiger head on the front of this four-wheeled cart. The surface is also painted with a layer of colorful paint, making it vivid, and it makes a dull sound inside.

Master Wen looked down and saw the white porcelain tea bowl filled with light brown and translucent tea soup. Without any suspicion, he picked up the tea bowl and raised his head to drink. Then he smashed his mouth slightly and shook his head:
"It's strange. This tea doesn't seem to be boiled, but it has a slightly roasted aroma and a long aftertaste. It's really unique."

Mr. Hong Ya also picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and quickly made a judgment: "It's not grilled, but stir-fried."

Master Wen was puzzled: "How do you bake a large piece of tea cake?"

"No." Mr. Hong Ya explained: "The newly picked tea leaves are not steamed and pounded, but directly roasted in a pot over a slow fire, left for a period of time, and then steeped when making tea."

"This is a new method." Master Wen was very curious and looked at the tiger-head cart: "Jiang Yan, you don't seem to be proficient in tea ceremony, but you actually understand this?"

"Why can't I be proficient in tea ceremony? Do I have to know only the art of mechanism?" Jiang Yan retorted.

Master Wen put down the tea bowl: "Okay, I promised to meet in person before. I have already arrived at Xianyuan Cave, but you still use Yan Ou to deal with it. This is not good."

"What's there to see?" Jiang Yan said in an impatient tone, "Isn't that what I usually do?"

"It's an important matter, and there are things I can't say without meeting in person." Master Wen looked around and said, "I think it's not easy for you to build this Liyu Mansion. If there are any bumps in the road, the loss will be great. "

An angry voice immediately came from the tiger-headed car: "If I don't show up, you will destroy this place, right?"

"I'm not going to do that." Master Wen said with a smile: "I dare not say that the layout of your organization here is completely thorough, but I have learned a lot over the years, and I can roughly guess where you are now. If you If you don't show up, I'll have to force my way through. You can decide how many things you'll destroy along the way."

"Nonsense, nonsense!" Jiang Yan said repeatedly: "I am not the only one who created this Liyu Mansion? This is the hard work of the sages of the past generations, how can I allow you to destroy it at will?!"

"Then why don't you show up quickly?" Master Wen asked with his hands on his hips, looking so shameless and infuriating.

There was a burst of curses coming from the tiger-headed car, and then the ground underfoot trembled slightly. A semi-open hall in front of it moved backwards, revealing a slope leading to the ground. Stone lamps were inlaid on the walls on both sides, illuminating the road.

When Master Wen and Hong Ya stepped inside, the tiger-head car took the initiative to run ahead and lead the way.

The underground of Liyu Mansion is also connected in all directions, like a maze. If you put your ears against the walls on both sides, you can hear the sound of rushing water and the rotation of machinery, which is also mixed with the sound of some reed pipes, which is quite rhythmic.

After going around and around, we finally came to an underground secret room. The first thing we saw was rows of copper pipes, varying in width and thickness, some as thick as palace beams and some as close to an ordinary human arm.The cabinets and tables on both sides were piled with scrolls, albums and odds and ends.

This underground secret room is not small, but it is packed with things, which makes it feel cramped and messy.

At this time, I saw a man wearing a Gebu shirt, with his back to the two of them, sitting next to a table writing and drawing.

Wen Master approached with gentle footsteps and looked around. He saw the man facing a drawing full of vertical and horizontal lines, holding a copper ruler and an iron rod, sketching with charcoal, and mumbling words in his mouth, constantly calculating.

"Thirteen emblems are divided into too many. You think it's too low." Master Wen looked at it for a while and said with a twist of his tongue.

The man in the short shirt was startled. He turned around and saw Master Wen close at hand. He fell backward suddenly, rolled and crawled away, and shouted: "Back off, back off! Don't get so close!"

Master Wen originally wanted to reach out to help him, but when he saw the other party acting like this, he had no choice but to smile and gave up.

This man in a short shirt is quite old, with gray hair and many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. On the surface, he looks older than Master Wen.His complexion is not very energetic, and his eyes are slightly yellowish, which shows that his internal cultivation foundation is shallow.

"You are ill." Master Wen said, "I have been living in Liyu Mansion for many years without seeing outsiders. As time goes by, I no longer know how to get along with others."

The man in short shirt huddled in the corner, turned away, and did not look at Master Wen at all: "You came to Xianyuan Cave in person just to reprimand me?"

"Your twin brother also wants me to advise you to go outside for a walk." Master Wen squatted down.

The man in short shirt muttered: "I am the elder brother."

Master Wen smiled and said, "I am doing things outside as Tian Qinggeng. Whenever I have time, I come to visit you and buy you a manor and property near Lishan Mountain. How can I not be my brother when I take such good care of you?"

The man in a short shirt insisted on retorting: "I, I am Jiang Yan now, and I have given up my secular identity."

"Isn't it just inheriting a title?" Master Wen spread his hands: "Who in Fu Shifeng has not given up his secular identity? Hong Ya is willing to give up more than you, and he has entered the state of selflessness a long time ago." Hong Ya The gentleman didn't speak. Jiang Yan looked up at him and said dejectedly, "What are you doing here?"

"Let's talk about Fu Shifeng's future. Let's take a look at Tai Yi Ling." Master Wen simply sat on the floor.

"Do we have to talk here?" Jiang Yan was not used to talking to others face to face.

"After all, you are the contemporary Jiang Yan and the one who protects the imperial palace." Master Wen said in a solemn tone.

Jiang Yan pulled a quilt from nearby and wrapped himself tightly, leaving only his eyes and nose exposed. It seemed that this was the only way to feel at ease.

"I remember you said that you hope that Fu Shifeng will retire after his success." Jiang Yan asked: "If the disaster of Taotie can really end in our generation, then it doesn't matter whether there is Fu Shifeng or not."

"But Tai Yi Ling is still there." Master Wen said, "You must know the origin of Tai Yi Ling better than me."

Jiang Yan's eyes became a little hollow and he replied: "It is said that the ancient holy kings divided the nine states and used the copper tribute from the nine states to cast the nine tripods to anchor the mountains and rivers. After a long period of time, the nine tripods sensed the heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, and thus condensed the dragon energy of the nine states.

Later, the Ancestral Dragon destroyed the six kingdoms, and the Jiuding treasure was sent to Xianyang. Initially, it was intended to be a national treasure.But just as Taotie was causing trouble in the north, a witch from Chu proposed that the Jiuding could be recast to unite all the dragon energy of the Nine Provinces into one, which could control the great evil. This is the origin of the Taiyi Order. "

"Although Zulong destroyed the six kingdoms and leveled the world, the Chu women are still more powerful in the harem." Master Wen twirled his beard and laughed: "Sometimes I even suspect that Senior Shen Ji may have had an affair with Zulong."

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Yan and Mr. Hong Ya cast disdainful looks. When he noticed it, he quickly said: "Just tell me a joke, so as not to suffer so much and hate each other all the time."

"I finally understand why Senior Shen Ji doesn't want to see you." Jiang Yan tightened the quilt around him: "Your mouth is too mean and makes people hate you."

Hearing that the Master laughed a few times with some shame, Jiang Yan continued: "Although Zulong has studied the art of immortality deeply, and many alchemists have refined elixirs for him, his body cannot control the dragon's energy for a long time, and he can only rely on it. Hopefully there are other ways.”

"And one of them is the art of trapping couples." Master Wen raised his head and looked around, and asked: "Compared with the Twelve Golden Man, which one is better than the Liyu Mansion?"

When Jiang Yan heard this question, he reluctantly replied: "The Twelve Golden Man was built with a lot of effort from the country, and it also used star marrow to connect the energy of the heavens. Looking at today, this kind of expenditure will still greatly damage the national strength. And we Liyu Mansion focuses on continuous improvement through the ages, and many of the unfinished ideas of the Twelve Golden People back then were reflected in Liyu Mansion.”

"Originally, the Liyu Mansion was one of the sharp weapons used to deal with Taotie, but it has almost never been used in the past thousand years. It is somewhat untimely." Master Wen sighed. He saw that Jiang Yan did not look disappointed, so he asked: "Don't you think it's a pity?"

"What's such a pity about this?" Jiang Yan said: "I understand what you mean. I feel that those of us who have spent our whole lives thinking and working hard on ingenuity must hope that these mechanical creations can be used... No Yes, at least I don’t think so. I like to play with craftsmanship, and I’ve loved it since I was a child. The more complicated these things are, the more beautiful and beautiful I think they are.”

"It is better to love people than to love things." Master Wen said, twisting his beard.

When Jiang Yan heard this, he immediately became angry: "The human heart is the most untrustworthy in the world! Not to mention ordinary people, even parents!"

"Okay, okay, let's just assume you are right." Master Wen waved his hands repeatedly.

Jiang Yan was discouraged again in the blink of an eye. His temper came and went as quickly as it came: "It doesn't matter to me if you want Fu Shifeng to succeed and retire. Even if there is no Taotie disaster, it will not prevent me from studying the art of mechanism."

"This is the problem." Master Wen did not hide anything: "Since Fu Shifeng wants to retire after his success, Tai Yiling must deal with it."

"Take care of it?" Jiang Yan doesn't like to interact with people directly, but that doesn't mean he is ignorant: "You want to destroy Taiyi Order?"

"This object is the key to connecting the Nine Provinces' dragon energy. Now that the disaster of gluttony has been eliminated, the great disaster that has lasted since ancient times has come to an end. In order to prevent ambitious people from using this object and causing trouble again, it is necessary to destroy them all." Wen Wen. The Master said bluntly:
"I know that without the Taiyi Order, the Liyu Mansion will not be able to operate, and many of Jiang Yan's ingenious creations will probably become useless wood and stone, so I want to explain this to you."

The expression on Jiang Yan's face became more and more excited, and finally turned into anger. He stood up suddenly and stared at Master Wen with red eyes: "Do you know what this means? If Taiyi Order is lost, thousands of years of achievements will be destroyed in one day, and countless The efforts of the sages have been wasted! In the past, the ancestral dragon burned a torch and you Confucian scholars scolded it for thousands of years. What you are doing now is different from the ancestral dragon?!"

"Yes, this move will indeed destroy many things." Master Wen didn't smile: "But let me ask, after the scourge of gluttony is eliminated, what expectations do you have for your successor?"

Jiang Yan was startled when he heard this. He had inherited the command when he was young and had been guarding the imperial palace in the Immortal Cave for many years. He took all this for granted now.

But if the scourge of Taotie is completely eliminated, why should he pass on the Taiyi Order to future generations?A state of mind that abandons all external objects and focuses on the body and mind?Not everyone in Jiang Yan's lineage is like him, and not every generation of Jiang Yan can make breakthroughs in machine skills.

"Let's assume that we in Fu Shi Feng will not deviate from our true intentions, but what about other people in the world?" Master Wen asked again: "You know very well that our group of people can get together solely because of eliminating the evil of gluttony. The long-cherished wish has been passed down for thousands of years, almost without thinking. But once the long-cherished wish has come true and everyone goes their separate ways, mastering the Taiyi Order may bring disaster to themselves. "

"Besides you, is there anyone else who wants to take Tai Yi Ling away?" Jiang Yan asked.

"I don't know exactly whether there is one or who it is." Master Wen shook his head and said, "My words are all based on conjecture. I can think of it, and so can others. People today can think of it, and there is no reason that future generations can't. Such a thought Once it breaks out, mutual suspicion will never end. Instead of dragging each other into the mud, it is better to end it as soon as possible, eliminate the source of the disaster, and let everyone stop thinking about it."

"No, no, no..." Jiang Yan still couldn't accept it: "Our Jiang Yan lineage, and this Liyu Mansion... do you know what an extraordinary achievement this is?"

Master Wen's expression showed a serious expression: "Then I would like to ask, apart from dealing with gluttons, has the mechanism Yanqiu you created benefited the people? You asked Tian Qinggeng to present the drawings of the mechanism dance and music palace to the emperor to cater to greed. Desire, the result is a large increase in corvee recruitment, causing officials to loot and exploit."

"That, that was to investigate Yan Fengjun of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Jiang Yan lost confidence when he said this. Hearing that Master raised his hand to take a picture of the drawing on the case, it was part of the Dance and Music Palace.

"It's okay to be in love with things, but it's also a source of disaster if you don't see the world and the common people." Master Wen stared at Jiang Yan: "One more thing, we recently discovered that the earth energy around Xianyuan Cave Heaven has been lost, and it has been going on for more than ten years. .

"Now that I think about it, almost after Cheng Sanwu escaped, Fu Shifeng stopped focusing on sealing Taotie. How do you explain this?"

(End of this chapter)