Nine idlers

Chapter 140 VII

Zhouzhuang, the center of Zhoujiazhai, occupies a large area. It can be said that it is as big as two Chen families, and it is not the northern architectural pattern with a center and a square. It is like a Suzhou garden. All the buildings are of different heights and styles.After walking in, it feels like you are in a 'maze'. If you go in for the first time without someone to guide you, you will definitely get lost. Difficult to remember the way to each room.

Zhouzhuang is divided into inner and outer courtyards. Most of the outer courtyards are big houses with high walls. In addition to giving people a solemn feeling, the main purpose is to defend against foreign enemies.Along the way, you can see many nursing homes patrolling back and forth on the high wall.

After walking east and west in the outer courtyard for about a cup of tea, I came to the inner courtyard.The inner courtyard is carefully divided into several courtyards.In the courtyard, the west and south chambers are home to members of the Zhou family, the north chamber is home to relatives living at home, and the east chamber is mostly for outside guests.

Zhou Zhenglin led Xu Changqing to a small independent courtyard in the East Wing. On the plaque of the two-story building in the courtyard was written the words Yuhualou, which imitated Song Huizong's thin gold script, very elegant.This small courtyard is complete with rockery, strange rocks, pavilions and pavilions, and the garden is full of wild chrysanthemums that are common in Hunan.The courtyard is surrounded by walls that are not too high. Apart from the main entrance, there is also a small door. Outside the door is an alley, which just leads to Zicheng Pavilion where Zhou Zhenglin lives.

"Mr. Xu, are you satisfied here?" Zhou Zhenglin asked after leading Xu Changqing into Yuhualou.

"Very good!" This small building made Xu Changqing feel very comfortable, so he nodded.

"That's good," Zhou Zhenglin also smiled happily, and then said: "I will send someone to deliver the daily necessities for Mr.'s residence later. Please rest here for a while. Mr. didn't eat well today. In the evening, I will hold a banquet at the Zicheng Pavilion across the street, and then I will invite you personally, and I hope you can appreciate it."

Xu Changqing's original intention was to find out whether this place was his mother's birthplace, and why his mother left the house to go to a place so far away from Chenjiachong alone.When everything is clarified, revenge for injustice, revenge for revenge, end the knot that has plagued him for many years, and at the same time end the biggest cause and effect that hinders his golden alchemy path.In his opinion, as long as this cause and effect is resolved, then he will complete the final withdrawal of Qi and return the 'liquid'. At that time, as long as the heaven and earth spirits are in his hands, he can form a golden pill and transcend the secular cause and effect.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Changqing is unwilling to get too close to Zhou Zhenglin, lest it will be difficult to make a move.However, facing Zhou Zhenglin's expectant expression of request, he couldn't help feeling an inexplicable warmth in his heart, and finally couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

After Zhou Zhenglin happily left, Xu Changqing picked up the washbasin, fetched a basin of water from the well in the yard, brought it to the bedroom on the second floor, and closed the door after entering.He put the water basin on the table, then took out a set of the Four Treasures of the Study from the room, quickly wrote something on the paper, then gathered his true essence with his fingers, and drew a Dao talisman emitting silver light on the water basin, Use the method of sending messages through the water mirror.Relying on Xu Changqing's power attached to the Huangquandao skull, ** quickly found the owner Zheng Xuan, and his image immediately appeared on the surface of the water mirror.At this moment, he seemed to be teaching someone a lesson, and standing beside him were the brothers of the Chang family, and Jiang Sanbao was kneeling on the ground, apparently being punished.

When Xu Changqing saw Zheng Xuan on the surface of the water mirror, Zheng Xuan also noticed that someone was spying on him, and the ghostly aura on his body was overflowing, and he searched for something wrong little by little.When he felt that there was a trace of abnormal power emanating from the skeleton in his arms, he immediately picked it up, looked at it carefully, and said to the skeleton like a fool, "Changqing, is that you?"

Xu Changqing's water mirror transmission method couldn't convey his voice, so he picked up the letter he had just written and threw it into the water, and circulated his true energy to make his fingertips feel a little empty, and said in a deep voice: "The world is boundless, water mirror transmission Letter, send it!"

When Xu Changqing's Dao force hit the water surface, the water surface immediately opened a hole, swallowing the entire letter, and gradually disappeared along with the image on the water surface.

Xu Changqing's letter is mainly to tell Zheng Xuan about his current situation, and to tell him not to worry. In addition, he is asked to do some things, such as training Jiang Sanbao on his behalf, informing the Chen family that he is safe now, and so on.When the power of the water basin disappeared, Xu Changqing did not pour out the basin of water, but took out the folded rattan from his sleeve, threw it into the basin, then took a deep breath, and circulated his true energy to drain the water in his chest. The turbid air was 'forced' into the throat and spewed out slowly.I saw a cloud of pale black with a bit of blue turbidity spewing out from his mouth, and then gathered but never dispersed, guided by his Tiangang sword finger, gathered at the fingertips, mixed with the golden core and true essence, So he drew a Maoshan Soul Search Talisman on the water basin.

"The sky is clear and the earth is bright, the turbid air is the guide, the true spirits of the four directions manifest the universe, and the Supreme Spiritual Treasure Tianzun is as anxious as a law, and manifests!" Xu Changqing chanted the mantra, gathered the true essence with his fingers, and flicked the Taoist floating on the water surface Talisman, the turbid air was injected into the Dao Talisman, and the Dao Talisman spread immediately, and the water in the basin also turned gray.

Not long after, some black images began to appear on the water surface, and the images became clearer and clearer, finally showing the appearance of a woman and her surroundings.The woman's appearance was also delicate and beautiful, but the strong resentment around her made her look a bit chilling.Now this woman seems to be in a cave, some tree roots protrude directly from the soil and 'insert' into her body, it seems that they are collecting the surrounding wood spirit energy for her.

The woman didn't notice Xu Changqing's prying eyes at all, and concentrated on refining the wood spirit energy sent into her body by the tree roots.At this time, a middle-aged man with scars on his face suddenly appeared in the image. He seemed to be aware of Xu Changqing's peeping, but he couldn't find the reason.So he took out a pendant from his pocket and hung it in the cave, and took out a mask made of various feathers and put it on his face, chanting some vague spell.