Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 468 Li Jibingjian
Yan Jiekuang was originally driving in the direction of Heihe River, but once he passed Foping Town, he plunged into the mountains. The road became narrower and narrower as he drove on, but he could still drive through. There were undulating mountains on both sides, and when Yan Jiekuang realized that he had entered the mountains, he could no longer find his way back.

Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to drive forward. He let Da Wang and Xiao Wang out, got out of the car, and looked at the road carefully. This was indeed a man-made road, but he didn't know in which dynasty it was built. Yan Jiekuang drove for a while and a canyon appeared in front of him. The terrain was flat, and there were birds singing and flowers blooming in the valley. A stream ran through it. Along the road, there was a yard on the side not far away, which was very eye-catching.

Yan Jiekuang drove along the dirt road and drove to the open space in front of the yard gate. The open space was also overgrown with weeds and a lot of wild flowers.

Yan Jiekuang looked at the time and said, "Liangzi, we are staying here today. Are you afraid?"

Chen Liang said proudly: "As long as I am big, I am not afraid. I am big and I know kung fu." Yan Jiekuang laughed.

Yan Jiekuang got out of the car and looked at the small courtyard. Although it was dilapidated, it was still built quite solidly, with only some weeds growing on the wooden fence. The gate of the courtyard was not big, a double door, about one and a half meters wide and two meters high, with a thatched eaves and a plaque under the eaves with the two words "Sanyinju" on it. There was no signature, and Yan Jiekuang didn't understand what it meant.

Yan Jiekuang pushed open the gate and saw a courtyard with two apricot trees on the left and right. The trees were now full of apricot blossoms. There were petals of apricot blossoms floating in the yard, but they were also floating on the weeds. The house was a wooden house with a thatched roof. The windows were also hollow, and no one knew where the door was.

There were three wooden houses in the front. Judging from the miscellaneous items in the one on the right, it should be a kitchen or something like that. The one in the middle should be a study room. There was a bookshelf and a desk in it. Apart from these two things, there was nothing inside. Yan Jiekuang walked to the last room, which was the same. There was only a broken wooden bed and nothing else. Chen Liang and Chen Fang also looked around. Chen Liang asked, "Boss, who lives here?"

Yan Jiekuang shook his head and said, "How should I know? This place must be a hermit. This place should belong to the remnant of Mount Zhongnan."

At this time, Chen Fang shouted in the yard: "Big brother, come quickly."

Yan Jiekuang thought something had happened to her, so he rushed out, and Chen Liang also ran out.

When they arrived at the yard, they saw Chen Fang dragging a box. The box was not big, but it seemed to be quite heavy. Chen Liang asked, "Fang Fang, where did you find this?"

Chen Fang said, "It's right at the door. I tripped over it. Yan Jiekuang walked over and saw that it was still locked. It was probably accidentally left unlocked during the move. Yan Jiekuang said, "Let's go. Let's go back to the car."

Yan Jiekuang took the child and the small box and got into the car. Yan Jiekuang looked at the copper lock, took out a small knife, and opened it with one push. It was obviously an ordinary copper lock from the Ming Dynasty and it was not difficult to open.

When he opened it, he saw a yellow cloth bag inside, which was still in good condition. Yan Jiekuang unwrapped the package and found several books inside. The top one was inscribed with "Military Essays of Successive Dynasties". Yan Jiekuang took a look at the pile and found that there were a total of forty volumes, no wonder it was so heavy. The bottom one was called "Collection of Atlases", which also had forty volumes. Yan Jiekuang opened the first book and took a look. It turned out that it was written by the hermit who lived in this house, his name was Li Ji, also known as Sanyin Jushi. No wonder the plaque was called Sanyinju.

This thing was of no use to Yan Jiekuang, but Yan Jiekuang suddenly remembered that he had not opened the sarcophagus yet. Yan Jiekuang put the book back into the box and put it aside. He went to the co-pilot and took out the bag, took out the sarcophagus and put it on the table. Chen Liang and Chen Fang came over and asked Yan Jiekuang what it was.

Yan Jiekuang said, "I don't know either. Open it and take a look. I'll put on my gloves first."

Yan Jiekuang found a pair of white gloves and slowly opened the sarcophagus. Inside was a golden box inlaid with jewels. Yan Jiekuang carefully opened the golden box. Inside lay a gourd-shaped glass bottle quietly. Through the bottle, there were five colorful beads.

Yan Jiekuang picked up the bottle and held it up towards the sunlight. At this time, Chen Liang shouted, "Da, Da, look outside."

Yan Jiekuang looked out of the window and saw that the king and the little king had all kneeled down on their front legs, staring at the bottle. Yan Jiekuang was curious at first, and then it suddenly dawned on him that this was a sarira, but he didn't know who it belonged to. Could it be that some kind of destiny was guiding him to bring the sarira back to the Potala Palace? The more Yan Jiekuang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

Yan Jiekuang solemnly put the bottle back, put the lid back on, restored the sarcophagus to its original state, and placed it on the top cabinet on the cart.

Chen Liang asked, "Big brother, what is that?" Yan Jiekuang said, "That is a relic, a treasure left behind by a great monk after he passed away."

Chen Liang still didn't seem to understand, but he didn't ask any more questions. Chen Fang said, "Big brother, I'm hungry."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Okay, I'm a little hungry too. Let's roast the rabbit and eat it, and roast some mutton for the king and the little king."

Yan Jiekuang got out of the car, took out a sickle from the toolbox, started to clear the site, and then began to dig a hole and build a stove.

Chen Liang was also helping out. Some straw was spread on the ground on one side, and Chen Fang was playing there with her daughter.

Da Wang and Xiao Wang disappeared again, probably because they were patrolling the mountains again. Yan Jiekuang packed up the rabbits and started roasting them. Chen Liang went to wash the mutton. Yan Jiekuang was rubbing oil on the rabbits when he heard Chen Liang shouting, "Da, Da, there are fish in this river."

When Chen Fang heard this, he ran to his brother with his short legs. Yan Jiekuang laughed and shouted, "The water is cold, don't go in. There is enough food, no need to catch fish."

"Got it." Chen Liang shouted, and the brother and sister started playing by the river. When Nannan saw that there was no one around, she kicked her legs and exerted her strength for a long time. She turned over all of a sudden, and when she looked up, she saw Yan Jiekuang, and she babbled and tried to crawl towards him, but after crawling twice, she lay down again, which made Yan Jiekuang laugh.

Just as the setting sun shone into the valley, the forest became much quieter. The birds' singing had disappeared, and the occasional cuckoo's call could be heard. The aroma of Yan Jiekuang's barbecue filled the valley. Da Wang and Xiao Wang were lying on both sides of Nan Nan, looking at the roasted lamb.

Moreover, their rice bowls were already placed in front of them, waiting for the meat to be distributed. Yan Jiekuang did not let them wait for long. After a while, Yan Jiekuang started to distribute the food.

When Yan Jiekuang finished eating, they were still struggling with their food. Yan Jiekuang took out one of his folding chairs, placed it on the grass, looked at the ancient books of Li Ji that he had just received, and waited for the dinner to end.

Unconsciously, Yan Jiekuang was attracted to this book. It turned out that Li Ji was of great origin. He was the descendant of Xu Xiake. He lived in seclusion here for two years in his later years and wrote this book. However, the two sets he took were only supplementary books. The main book was called "Military Mirror of All Dynasties", with a total of 120 volumes. It should have been taken away by the owner. It seems that Li Ji left in a hurry.

After flipping through it, I found that it was all about the deployment of troops in ancient times. Combined with the local topography and landforms, it was quite reasonable and appropriate.

But now, for this kind of book, we only refer to his geographical atlas, and it has little other archaeological significance.

Chen Liang said at this time: "Big brother, I also want to learn martial arts, is that okay?"

"I don't know how to teach you, how to learn?" Yan Jiekuang said with a smile. In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to teach, but he always feels that his Kung Fu is not Kung Fu at all, and he doesn't know how to explain it.

Yan Jiekuang suddenly thought of Lao Gui, the man he admired. Chen Liang did not argue and said, "Just teach me, I will learn and protect my sister in the future."

Yan Jiekuang was stunned, and looked at Chen Liang and said jokingly: "I will teach you some basics. I really don't know kung fu. You should pay attention along the way and see who can be your master."

(End of this chapter)