Chapter 19 The solution is Yin and Yang intercourse...
That day, Chen Qing came to Xuanji Pavilion early. She spent most of the time in the library. She flipped through most of the books inside, but she still couldn't find a familiar book.
She even wondered if she had misremembered the title because it had been so long. But then she thought about it, a title with only two simple characters, "Xuan Ji," should be simple, so how could she have misremembered it?
Just as she was wondering, the wind chimes hanging on the door of the library began to ring. The melodious sound of the chimes broke the silence in the library.
Chen Qing looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person coming was a young disciple who had just joined Xuanji Pavilion. He was not very old, just in the early childhood stage.
The little boy had a green cloth tied around his head and wore a green shirt unique to Xuanji Pavilion. His cheeks still had some baby fat, and he looked very pretty.
Chen Qing immediately waved at him with a smile on her face.
"Junior brother, come here."
When the other party saw Chen Qing, who was wearing a light blue skirt and waving at him with misty smiling eyes, he was stunned for a moment, and his porcelain-white and clean face suddenly turned red.
He tiptoed up to Chen Qing and bowed carefully, "Let Chen meet Senior Sister."
Chen Qing only felt that the name was somewhat familiar, but at this time in her previous life, she had rarely returned to Xuanji Pavilion, let alone entered the Book Collection Pavilion.
When she returned, it was after the Shen family was wiped out. She was completely devastated, enveloped in a wave of sadness and despair, unable to care for others, let alone remember their names.
So she asked, "Are you a new disciple?"
Gu Rangchen nodded and said, "My brother was busy with government affairs and was busy with the affairs of the court. He had no time to take care of me, so he sent me to Xuanji Pavilion to learn martial arts and cultivate Taoism."
Chen Qing was quite surprised. Ordinary officials and generals all sent their descendants to six schools and two halls, and let special people teach them martial arts, with only a few exceptions.
For example, the fourth prince Li Daoxuan asked to become a disciple at Dongshan Temple, and the acting prince couldn't stand his son hanging out with some spoiled young men in Jingshi all day long. He weighed the pros and cons between Dongshan Temple headed by Mr. You Daozi and Xuanji Pavilion where the position of the leader was vacant, and finally sent his son to Dongshan Temple to practice hard.
Compared to Dongshan Temple, Xuanji Pavilion, without its core leader, is now on the decline, far behind the now-thriving Dongshan Temple. Even with the exceptionally talented Liu Jiyue at the helm, he is still too young and inadequate.
Most people who know about it would prefer to send their offspring to Dongshan Temple.
Chen Qing asked curiously, "Why did you come to my Xuanji Pavilion instead of going to Dongshan Temple for meditation?"
Hearing this, Gu Rangchen said with some embarrassment, "Brother said that although Dongshan Temple is nice, the rules are too numerous. People are not subject to rules and regulations, and they all have tempers. If you stay there for too long, you might even suffocate a piece of wood and die."
He touched the tip of his nose. "Although there is only Senior Brother Jiyue in charge of Xuanji Pavilion, he is kind-hearted, gentle as jade, and protective of his shortcomings. He has never been willing to punish his own disciples severely. If...if I accidentally make a mistake, Senior Brother will definitely just laugh it off..."
After his joke, her gloomy mood due to the delay in finding the "Mystery" suddenly brightened up a little. Chen Qing laughed heartily and patted his head, "Little Junior Brother, your brother is really good at identifying people. Isn't our eldest brother like that?"
To put it bluntly, my senior brother is a male mother. He always has a lot of worries, but he is reluctant to lose face and punish his own people.
After wiping the crystal tears from the corners of her eyes, Chen Qing held her chin with her tender white hands and asked the last question, "Who is your brother?"
When Gu Rangchen faced Shen Qing, he explained his family's assets without hesitation: "My brother is currently working in the Censorate, with the title of Chief Censor, and his name is Gu Ze."
The word "Gu Ze" struck a warning in Shen Qing's mind. She had forgotten about the involvement between Li Yu and Gu Ze.
Gu Ze was a Jinshi graduate and was appointed Chief Censor at the age of twenty-two. He was a dignified and serious person, honest and upright, and spoke frankly when reporting the extraordinary actions of famous officials in the court.
Although his behavior was too upright, he was one of the few honest officials in the Joseon Dynasty and deserved to be called a noble man.
This also reminded Chen Qing that in his previous life, when Gu Ze died of illness, there was indeed someone making a fuss in front of the princess's mansion. It was his twelve-year-old younger brother.
But after he was taken away by the guards, we never heard from him again, and no one knew where Gu Rangchen went later.
After this matter is over, she must keep an eye on Li Yu at all times to prevent her from getting involved with Gu Ze again when she is not paying attention.
Chen Qing rubbed his head with a headache.
Since her rebirth, a lot of undone things have been piling up in her heart, waiting for her to sort them out one by one.
These things piled up in my heart, gradually sprouting bitter buds and growing mold. When exposed to the strong sunlight coming through the window, the mold slowly turned sour, smelled, and began to rot colorlessly and invisibly.
This accumulated decay eventually flowed out of his body through the sweat on his temples and back, slid down his fair skin, sank into his shirt, and slowly formed dark stains.
Chen Qing took out an ice silk handkerchief to wipe away the beads of sweat gathered on his chin and shook his sleeves.
Gu Rangchen hesitated and asked, "Senior Sister, are you hot?"
Chen Qing nodded decisively, "It's more than just hot. If I stay in the sun for a while longer, I, your senior sister, will melt away like that soft mountain."
Gu Rangchen looked at the rows of window slats in the library that were several people high, and immediately frowned in distress.
In order to prevent the books in the library from rotting and getting damp prematurely, Xuanji Pavilion specially renovated the ventilation windows of the library into lattice windows as high as the top wall. When the sun rises, the thin layer of window silk cannot block the sunlight at all.
Therefore, Chen Qing, who had been exposed to the sun for half a day, could no longer bear it. In addition, her body was delicate and she could not tolerate the cold or heat more than ordinary people. At this moment, she was still standing here and chatting with others, which was a great effort.
Looking at the childish child in front of her, Shen Qing smiled maliciously without any guilt. She asked Gu Rangchen: "Junior Brother Rangchen, are you hot?"
Gu Rangchen had no idea that Chen Qing was already full of evil thoughts, so he just said truthfully, "It's not too hot." He was even confused as to why Chen Qing was so hot.
Chen Qing said, "That's such a pity. I originally wanted to buy some things to cool down the summer heat, like the sweet rice cakes with honey, or the fresh and refreshing locust leaf cold noodles..."
Every time she said a name, Gu Rangchen could imagine the taste of it just by thinking about it.
At the end of her conversation, Chen Qing asked with a smile, "Junior Brother Rangchen, don't you really want to come a little?" She patted the brocade bag hanging on her wrist and said, "I have so much money in my pocket that I can't even spend it all."
Gu Rangchen's defenses began to crumble, "But, but brother said that we can't accept favors from others for nothing..."
Seeing that the person was about to take the bait, Chen Qing said, "It's not in vain. You just need to find a book for me. When you find it, I will not only treat you to Sushan, but also buy you some rock honey snacks as a reward."
Gu Rangchen pursed his lips, feeling truly undecided. Before his brother passed the imperial examination, the once-prosperous Gu family had already dwindled to a point of decline by their generation. Their mother had also passed away when they were young. With only two brothers left in the vast family, life was naturally tough.
My brother studied hard and also made a living. He worked so hard to raise Gu Rangchen to this age. Although Gu Rangchen had never suffered any hardship, he could only have a chance to eat snacks like Sushan and Rock Honey during festivals.
This had remained unchanged since my brother was appointed Chief Censor. Apart from the daily expenses of the two brothers, my brother would donate the remaining salary every month to build a porridge stall to provide porridge for the homeless.
He was really tempted by the snacks that Chen Qing mentioned.
But the conditions proposed by Shen Qing were so easy, which made him feel guilty.
In the past, he had seen his brother working. Besides working as an accountant in the shop, he would also grow vegetables at home so that he could sell them in the following year to supplement the family income.
A bowl of Sushan costs half a tael of silver, and only rich people can afford it. Even if all the vegetables in the vegetable garden in the yard are sold, they will only cost a hundred coins. It would take my brother five years of growing vegetables to earn half a tael of silver.
How could he bear this?
Chen Qing didn't know that Gu Rangchen had been thinking so much for a while. She said, "This book is extremely important to me. You found it for me, which solved a problem that was bothering me. You should be able to bear this Sushan."
She stopped talking nonsense, stood up from the armchair, pushed the child towards the rows of bookcases, pointed to the rows on the left and said, "I've already looked in those rows, but couldn't find it." She lowered her hand, "The rest is up to you!"
Chen Qing lifted her skirt and prepared to run away. When she reached the door, she seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, the title of the book is "Xuan Ji". It's exactly the two words you thought of!"
“Ring, ring, ring—”
The girl with two buns and a purple jade flower bell on her head walked out with light steps, leaving the room filled with the fragrance of magnolia and the crisp sound of wind chimes.
Gu Rangchen blinked, and a rare look of joy appeared on his young face. He thought: The senior sister I met today is so nice, super nice.
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"Cui Ya!" Chen Qing wiped the sweat from his face and stepped out of the door of Xuanji Pavilion.
Cui Ya, who had been waiting for a long time, saw her wife coming out sweating profusely, and frowned distressedly, "Did my wife get the things? Let's go back quickly. The master and the mistress have sent someone to prepare a cool mat for us."
It is well known in the mansion that Chen Qing is more afraid of heat and cold than ordinary people.
Hearing Cui Ya's words, Chen Qing resisted the urge to rush back to his bed at home and ordered, "The things haven't been found yet, send someone to buy some Sushan immediately. Oh, and buy more sweets that children like to eat."
Cui Ya gritted her teeth and obeyed the order. Seeing that beads of sweat were still appearing on Chen Qing's forehead, she went back to the carriage and took out a veil and a few ice silk handkerchiefs for her to wipe her sweat. Then she went to tell Chen Qing what she had asked her to do.
If it weren't for the rules in Xuanji Pavilion that outsiders were not allowed to enter and that only disciples of the cabinet could patronize the library, she would have already called a dozen people to search through the drawers and cabinets to find the book for her.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing, who couldn't stand the heat, immediately closed the curtains and returned to his bedroom.
The servants were in a hurry to deliver something, so they wouldn't be that fast. The library was too hot, so it would be cooler to lie down. She was exhausted and decided to take a rest there.
It has been more than half a month since her senior brother left the Huai River and has not returned yet. If she can't find "Xuan Ji" today, she will have to ask her senior brother tomorrow.
Chen Qing had already somewhat unclear about the location where he had found "Xuan Ji" in his previous life. Moreover, new books were added to the library every month, so perhaps "Xuan Ji" had not yet been added to the library.
As it turned out, Shen Qing's worries were unnecessary.
She had just rested for a while when Gu Rangchen came up to her with a yellowed old book.
Chen Qing opened the door and saw a book with the words "Xuan Ji" printed on it. She was immediately overjoyed, she finally found it!
Cui Ya had someone send some Su Shan and some sweet snacks. Chen Qing stuffed them all into Gu Rangchen's hands and patted his furry head. "Good Junior Brother, these are all for you! I'll take you to see a puppet show next time!"
After Gu Rangchen left with a gleam in his eyes, Chen Qing hugged the book, slipped on his shoes, and quickly retreated back to the bed.
The crystal wind chime in the shape of a magnolia flower hanging above her head rotated slightly but made no sound. The room was silent for a moment, with only the sound of the girl turning pages of a book.
Suddenly, Shen Qing moved the book closer, “Found it!”
This book recorded all sorts of dazzling yet impractical formations, until the last page, where a pattern of two phoenixes twirling around each other's tails came into view, with a few large characters written beside it: "Winged Twin Formation."
The graphic analysis first introduces the origin of the Winged Twins Formation.
It tells the story of a Taoist priest who was proficient in formations a long time ago. He was punished by heaven for going astray and harming living beings. He would be a widower and lonely for the rest of his life, and his life was exactly like these four words.
He met a woman who made his heart beat for the rest of his life, and he fell in love with her and married her in secret. It was not until his wife became pregnant that his identity as a cultist was exposed.
What is even more dramatic is that among the people who were killed by the evildoers, there was his wife's mother.
When the wife learned the truth, she was heartbroken and became so angry that she had a miscarriage.
The wife failed to kill the evildoer, and because of her mixed feelings of love and hate for him, she committed suicide in despair.
Xiedao regretted his decision and lost all hope after losing his wife. He immediately used all his life's knowledge to create the Winged Twin Formation according to the physiques of the two people in exchange for the chance for his wife to be reborn.
Chen Qing didn't know why such a heaven-defying formation was so brazenly displayed.
Perhaps the conditions required for the formation are too harsh, making it almost impossible?
Now it seems that it is really a coincidence that she has this opportunity.
Chen Qing continued to flip through the pages and saw a few familiar lines of words.
"The Winged Twins Formation is formed, with Mars guarding the heart. At the end of the eighth solar term, within the Palace of Departure, the Yin reaches its extreme and the Yang reaches its extreme. They drink blood to cross over, and the Yin becomes stronger and the Yang weakens. When the Yin is strong, Nirvana is achieved."
It really meets all the conditions for her rebirth.
"But if you go against fate, you will be retaliated against."
Shen Qing's heart tightened when he read these words, and he inexplicably thought of the sudden attack by the weasel demon and Wuming's sudden appearance in Mount Li before.
Had she guessed correctly? Was her rebirth a backlash? Perhaps her luck had changed, making her more susceptible to demons?
However, at this moment the book has not mentioned anything about the change in fortune.
"After rebirth, the Yin's destiny will be closely connected with the Yang's. The Yin's physical form will gradually decline, and within three years, he will die. To prolong his life, the Yin and Yang must merge."
She won't survive three years? The solution is a fusion of yin and yang?
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