Power to the government and the public: Qian engaged in business in ancient times

Chapter 28 The Six-Character Mantra

More than two hours later, Wen Qian rode a horse to the official road outside the valley, and vaguely saw a group of people and horses camping and resting in the valley.

Before Wen Qian got close, he saw a figure on horseback approaching.

The person who came was the bodyguard who was on guard outside. Seeing Wen Qian's stately appearance and elegant demeanor, he asked politely: "Brother, this valley is temporarily the camp of the Longyin Bodyguard Bureau. If you want to stay and rest, Please go to Xuancheng to settle down."

After hearing what the middle-aged bodyguard said, Wen Qian saw that he was dressed in the clothes of the Longyin Bodyguard Bureau, and her eyes lit up: "I'm going to Wengan, my brother Wen Kun is in the bodyguard team this time?"

The middle-aged bodyguard looked shocked: "Are you Wen Kun's eldest brother?"

Wen Qian smiled lightly: "Exactly. If you don't believe me, you can ask Wen Kun to come here."

"Okay, brother, please wait a moment!"

Although the middle-aged bodyguard was convinced by Wen Qian's words, he thought that the brothers had just detoxified the poison in the body of the inner ghost Tao bodyguard, and their internal strength and martial arts were still recovering, so they must remain vigilant.

He passed through several cloth camps and came to the last black tent, and when he entered the tent, he saw Wen Kun taking care of Escort Qiu on the wooden couch.

Chief Qiu not only had the highest external strength in the bodyguard bureau, he was also the only one who had practiced inner strength and mental methods, so he was the most poisoned among all the people. After detoxification, he was still weak, so he could only lie on the wooden couch to rest.

The middle-aged bodyguard bowed and saluted, "Boss Qiu, little brother Akun, a man came outside. He said his name is Wen Gan, and he is your elder brother."

Wen Kun was using a handkerchief to wipe off the sweat from Old Qiu's forehead, when he heard his report, his hands froze, and he exclaimed, "What? My elder brother is here!"

Qiu Lao frowned, and then smiled wryly: "Akun, since your eldest brother is looking for you, you can go out and meet him!"

Wen Kun got the master's words and didn't hesitate: "Master, rest well, Ah Kun will come whenever he goes."

The middle-aged bodyguard followed Wen Kun out of the tent and walked out of the valley.

Wen Kun took advantage of the moonlight to recognize at a glance that the man was indeed his eldest brother, and he was overjoyed: "Brother, you... how do you know I'm here?"

Wen Qian, who was staring at the moon in a daze, lowered her head to see Wen Kun who was intact when she heard the sound, her black eyes quickly flashed a trace of doubt.

She got off her horse and said with a smile: "Today I went to the bodyguard bureau to find you because I wanted you to go home with me to do some business. The bodyguard said, you went to deposit the goods, and it happened that the rice paper and ink ingots I used were almost gone. The things in the city are cheap, so I want to buy some back, and try my luck by the way, to see if I can meet you who are pawning the goods."

This excuse is that Wen Qian came up with the most reasonable excuse on the way to catch up.

"So that's how it is." Wen Kun smiled foolishly, a trace of doubt flashed when he lowered his eyes, and he was as foolish as ever when he looked up again, "Then elder brother is going to enter Xuancheng with our bodyguard team, or..."

"Seeing that you are safe, I can rest assured that I am the eldest brother. Going to Xuancheng is my own business, so I don't need to trouble Akun. Elder brother will go first."

After Wen Qian finished speaking, she turned around and got on the horse neatly, waved a whip, and landed on the flattery.

"Drive..."

Wen Kun looked at Wen Qian who was riding away on horseback, his eyes darkened.

He has always known that his elder brother is not just a weak scholar on the surface, but now he is not planning to hide it?
It’s just that the elder brother appeared so strange tonight. I remembered that after I tortured Tao Escort, I learned that his plan was to steal the bodyguards. Then he pretended to be wounded and fled back to the Longyin Escort in Anle Town.

If this strategy is successful, I don't know what will happen to me?

Thinking of this, a chill ran down his spine.

I don't know if that Miss Yin happened to appear on the official road in the valley because of her elder brother and indirectly saved herself.

After Wen Qian left the valley, she found a hidden grove next to the official road, tied the horse to the tree, and let it eat the surrounding grass.

She found a big rock and sat cross-legged.

Looking up, the bright moon in the sky completely closed his eyes.

In the evening, I ate [-]-year-old ginseng, which contains spiritual energy, and the moonlight is bright. It is a good time to practice martial arts, so don't waste it.

The next morning, the chirping of birds rang in my ears.

Wen Qian, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened her eyes, got up from the stone, got on her horse, and went straight to Xuancheng.

When I came to Xuancheng Gate, I saw ordinary people queuing up to enter the city from the entrance on the right.

People with status, either on horseback or in a carriage, enter the city through the entrance on the left.

There was no one at the entrance of the main entrance in the middle, just because the people who passed through must be high-ranking officials of the fifth rank or above.

Wen Qian's gaze stayed at the entrance of the main entrance in the middle for a moment, and without hesitation, he rode his horse towards the side entrance on the left.

She is now a scholar, and she rides a horse, so she can barely walk to the left.

As soon as they entered the city, a boy from the horse farm would ask the passing horse riders if they wanted to entrust their horses to be fed in the horse farm. It only cost one tael of silver a day.

Without even thinking about it, Wen Qian handed the horse to the boy, and the boy hung a wooden tag around the horse's neck, and handed Wen Qian a small wooden tag the size of a palm.

"Guest officer, you expect to pay a few days' money when you come to pick up the horse, but if you exceed the expected number of days, you will need five taels of silver a day." The servant explained the rules of the racecourse enthusiastically and in detail.

"Okay, I got it." Wen Qian saw that the wooden sign in her hand was the word '九', which was consistent with the wooden sign on the horse's neck, and took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the boy.

Wen Qian walked leisurely in the city, looking at the simple and heavy tea stalls everywhere, and strolled to the bustling avenue selling the Four Treasures of the Study, coming in and out were rich children with luxurious clothes and servants, few of them were plainly dressed The son of a scholar.

At this moment, she felt a strong class gap.

Wen Qian glanced at herself, most of the original owner's clothes were made of high-quality silk cloth, which was slightly different from that of a poor scholar.

Walking into a teahouse, on the second floor there is an area with a large number of books for sale.

Wen Qian was standing next to the book counter at the moment, picking up rolls one by one.

"Guest officer, what books do you need? Let me find them for you? These are old books of little value, and over there are the most popular calligraphy and paintings, copybooks, story books, etc." The teahouse servant pointed at the other party attentively Books on the counter introduce.

Wen Qian glanced lazily at where the boy was pointing, then shook her head slightly: "No need."

He didn't have any interest in those new calligraphy, painting, writing and ink, and continued to pick up the old bamboo tube scroll that was full of dust in his hand.

"Huh? These Buddhist scriptures seem to be blurred and damaged?" Wen Qian frowned.

The waiter in the teahouse looked disgusted: "These are some scrolls in bamboo tubes leaked from the Qin court in the past. They are special books in the building. The owner is afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so he plans to sell them. If the guest officer wants to buy them, it's time A pile of books in bamboo tubes costs 200 taels, and I will sell them to you at a low price!"

These Buddhist scriptures are obscure and illusory. No one read them in Qin State, and they have been piled up for more than ten years.

When the Qin State was still there, Buddhism lost to Taoism, and the national teacher was also a member of Taoism.

Now Chu Zhaoguo is a country founded by people from the rivers and lakes, advocating martial arts and pursuing literature, Taoism and Buddhism have disappeared. If the scholar in front of me buys this pile of books, I might still be able to please my master.

Wen Qian was startled: "200 taels?"

so cheap?

These Buddhist books are hidden mysteries!
"Ah? Does the guest officer think it's expensive? That 150..."

"No! It's only 200 taels." Wen Qian took out two hundred taels of silver bills and handed them directly to the waiter in the teahouse.

She thinks that the 200 taels is a big advantage for herself, and there is no need to trick people who don't know the goods and then lower the price.

"Hahaha, this guest officer... No, it's this young master who is so generous, I wish you the best in the Qiuwei exam!" The waiter in the teahouse quickly took the silver ticket and praised with a smile.

Wen Qian smiled faintly, walked to a remote place near the window and corner with six bamboo scrolls in her arms, ordered the servants to order some tea, and began to read the Buddhist scriptures.

Wen Qian watched intently while eating.

After she read all the bamboo tubes, she connected the distinctive word in each scripture.

Suddenly, her eyes became brighter and brighter. This is a superior Buddhist study "Six-Character Mantra", which is different from the "Chan Wu Ru Yi" that she has learned.

The former cultivating spiritual gods alludes to various emotions and desires in people. As long as these emotions can be magnified and controlled, it will be regarded as entering the door.

The latter's cultivation of the soul body requires the body to be used as a ship, and the cultivation of a talented person is required to step into the martial arts.

(End of this chapter)