The courtyard of the Imperial Medical Office is deep and as quiet as a pond, and hidden in the green bamboo forest at the back is a small Sakurajima-style building with an ethereal temperament, like leaves rising and falling in the wind.
Next to the small pond in the courtyard, a "frightened deer" made of bamboo tubes fell and hit the stone slabs. It frightened away a few birds with a loud sound. The sound spread far away, making the courtyard more and more quiet.
Dots of velvet-like moss dotted the gravel, and a few green bamboo leaves floated in the dark stone well.
The transplanted Yae Sakura in the garden has withered, and the dark branches are thin and flavorful. In the soft and moist light and shadow, the wooden structure cabin shows clear lines.
The paper door of a small teahouse full of ancient charm is open, facing a quiet courtyard.
On both sides of the sandalwood table, two people were sitting facing each other.
The aroma of tea lingered, and white mist hung on the pottery bowl, but neither of them had any intention of drinking tea.
The imperial doctor asked Shen Shuwen to squint his eyes, as if he wanted to find something on the face of the Sakurajima woman wearing a purple grass-patterned kimono opposite him. He had an old face and long white eyebrows. His squinting made the wrinkles on his cheeks appear particularly deep. .
The woman on the other side of the coffee table had slightly sunken eyes and dark pupils. Although she said nothing, there always seemed to be a hidden smile in the corners of her eyes and lips.
She has beautiful light brown skin on her cheeks and neck, but her hands are very pale. On the coffee table in front of her, there is a two-foot-long tachi leaning on the sheath, with two bells tied to the hexagonal handle. The shape of the hand guard is simple, but just looking at the cool arc across the scabbard, you can tell that it was made by a master craftsman.
Shen Shuwen raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Three years ago, you were going to return to Sakurajima by boat. I used a pillar of incense to restrain you, and I ordered the Imperial Medical Office's curse master to place a restraining ban on you, allowing you to come here for three years. You can't go outside the Imperial Medical Office.
Gao Xianglizi, you can blame me."
"I had no good intentions when I came to study in your country. I learned too many things that I shouldn't have learned. I am just to blame for my current outcome.
Shen Lingcheng and I each have their own masters. If my skills are inferior to others, why should I complain?"
Gao Xianglizi picked up the pottery bowl and took a sip of tea. Her words were clear but slow and jerky, and her tongue seemed extremely stiff.
"You are quite magnanimous.
There is something I want you to do now. If it happens..."
"Shen Lingcheng wants to kill me."
Before Shen Shu could finish his question, he was interrupted by Gao Xianglizi.
Gao Xianglizi suddenly pulled out the sword, lowered his head and slowly wiped the blade like a mirror with Yoshino paper. Cold light flowed like water in the elegant tea room.
"Haha, I'm old and can't contain my murderous aura... I'm sorry."
After suppressing the murderous aura that was used to test the tea, Shen Shuwen picked up the tea bowl and drank it safely.
If you can't even notice this, how can this person deserve to be put under house arrest for three years under your nose?
Gao Xianglizi's knife is as sharp as ever, and with the sheath in hand, it is ready for use.
Everyone has their own weaknesses.
He happens to know Takamura Riko's fatal weakness, and Takamura Riko also knows this.
"Since Shen Lingcheng is here, he must have prepared bait for me."
"Yes, I have already made an agreement with Hongluji Temple. As long as you go to the Western Regions and complete one thing for me, Hongluji Temple will let him go and send him back to Sakurajima.
But, if he is gone, you will die."
"Very good."
Gao Xianglizi nodded in agreement without hesitation and said:
"When will we leave?"
When Shen Shuwen heard her decisive answer, he sighed as if with regret and said:
"Your swordsmanship is mysterious and unpredictable, and it's hard to find flaws.
But you are too sentimental and full of loopholes.
If not, I wouldn't have been able to control you back then."
"Is Shen Lingcheng trying to persuade me?"
"If Gao Xianglizi is someone who can be persuaded, I don't need to come here this time."
Shen Shuwen's eyes were intense, and he leaned forward to stare into Gao Xianglizi's eyes.
"Hahaha... Shen Lingcheng is worthy of being one of the most knowledgeable people in the Gongsun Tang Kingdom. I admire him."
Gao Xianglizi laughed loudly, and his eyes quietly stopped on the withered eight-layered cherry tree outside the paper door.
The two of them continued to drink tea and talk about nothing, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.
When the old imperial doctor left, he left behind a seal, a map and a few names. In the shadow of the tea room, Gao, who was wiping his beloved knife, nodded and agreed to something.
Early the next morning, the sound of squeaking clogs and the ringing of bells echoed above the bluestone road outside the gate of the Imperial Medical Office. The kimono-clad woman who missed her hometown walked out of this gate for the first time in three years, and her steps were still a little uncomfortable.
The bell tied to the handle of the knife beside her swayed slightly, and a trace of quiet joy fluttered in the wind.
An hour later, Gao Xianglizi confirmed the seal at the inn and embarked on his final journey.
"Exit Yumen Pass...and go further west."
Gao bowed to Lizi and looked at the sheepskin map and knife, leaning down in silence.
…
Hundreds of miles west of Yumenguan, on a small oasis in the Gobi, behind a few low houses made of earth and stone.
Liang De hid silently in the pig pen, while the martial arts spirit stretched out a few gray-black tentacles and groped for the keyhole of the copper box that He Laiqi had thrown into the pig pen.
During the day, he secretly left a channel of natural divine power for slow-release healing for the general who stabbed him. He followed the remnants of the defeated army and eavesdropped all the way. He wandered around for hundreds of kilometers to inquire about Xiao Hanye and the others. Tonghe had a basic understanding with the pig-raising master named He Laiqi.
Mr. Liang’s policy is simple and clear:
The real protagonist will never lose, and even if he loses, he won't lose in a miserable way.
So Xiao Hanye lost to the boy in white Lin Dan, so he followed Lin Dan. Lin Dan and the boy in black lost to He Laiqi, so he followed He Laiqi.
The Sony Ericsson radar showed the general scope of the upcoming love affair. He followed He Laisu, the strongest person in this scope, and guarded the copper box, the key prop, and basically would not miss the key events.
Basically... if you miss it, change the planet and look for it again. Anyway, let's take a look at what's in this copper box first.
According to the information collected during the day, the copper box contains a rare thing that has been seen for hundreds of years. It is called a hundred-year-old pearl.
"My husband's hundred-year-old pearl will be placed under the dragon's chin in the abyss of the ninth level, and his life span will be two hundred years."
It is most likely that the senile ruler of Qiuci is addicted to paying tribute. Every year, he collects some strange things from the country, packages them up and presents them to the emperor of Tang Dynasty. The envoys regard the old ruler as a joke and check the tributes.
Not caring at all.
If they hadn't captured alive the giant thief who came to steal the treasure, they wouldn't have known that there were rare treasures recorded in ancient books and legends such as the Centenary Pearl in the pile of junk. The unique pattern on the copper box was proof.
Officials are not as educated as thieves, and this mission is too crotch-stretching.
Liang De carefully probed the contents of the copper box with gray-black tentacles as thick as silk thread, ready to disconnect and escape at any time.
The experience of being imprisoned by the Six Roots and Six Dust Formation was a profound lesson in improving martial ethics for him.
Kaiyuan Walker is the freest creature on both sides of the sea and sky?
Free hammer!
Spreading such irresponsible lies makes it sound like someone is conducting comprehensive investigations on Jie Yuan Xinghe on a regular basis. I don’t believe it anymore!
We still have to stick to our martial ethics and build the Wannian Ship with sincerity.
Liang De's soul tentacles rubbed against the spherical object in the copper box a few times, and found several gaps on the spherical surface that were difficult to see with the naked eye.
He penetrated the warrior's spiritual sense into the "100-year-old bead" along the gap. After a while, the bead shimmered. At the moment when the light shone, the warrior's spiritual sense captured a message.
"Military swallowing cell conditioner type II..."
Isn’t it a natural product of this planet?
Liang De's entire martial arts soul got into the copper box, pushed up the non-existent glasses, and applied an appraisal.