You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 194 Library
"Book building?"

Zuo Chen frowned.

He remembered that when he killed the master, the master seemed to have mentioned this sect.

The library was full of gentry, all scholars, and all from aristocratic families. According to the description of the master at the time, they were a group of gentlemen on the surface, but they always liked to do all kinds of dirty tricks behind the scenes.

Not very likable.

This pen actually belongs to them?
"Bookstore? I don't have a good impression of them." Miao Tao's face darkened when he heard the name of the bookstore.

"Ah? Aren't all the people in this bookstore descendants of famous families? They have a good reputation outside."

Zhou Miao asked doubtfully.

"How can they be considered good people just because they talk nonsense with their big mouths?"

After hearing what Miao Tao said, Zhou Miao became obviously interested.

Zhou Miao had indeed heard Miao Tao say before that he used to be a storyteller in Kyoto, where he offended the powerful and almost lost his life.

Could it be that the powerful people that Miao Tao offended were from the bookstore?
Miao Tao seemed reluctant to talk about this, but he could not resist Zhou Miao's enthusiastic persuasion. He first said something like "the emperor is far away" and then muttered "the Taoist priest is going to Kyoto soon, you should talk about it first to lay a foundation for the Taoist priest", and then he reluctantly introduced the academy and even the things in Kyoto:

"Kyoto is indeed a good place, with many young masters from aristocratic families and many wealthy people. Even Youzhou cannot compare to the peace and tranquility of Kyoto. There are many new things and many things to play with. But I don't like Kyoto. I always feel that it is like the last big show performed by a few leading actresses on stage after the Daliang Opera Troupe is about to disband. They try their best, but it's a bit too much. It's like they are about to die.

“Speaking of the library, there are too many young masters from aristocratic families inside, reciting poems, singing, and talking about worldly affairs. They are simply a bunch of idle people. For example, the famous List of All Magic Techniques and List of Divine Weapons came from the Kyoto Library. They are said to let people all over the world see the mysteries of all kinds of magic techniques and thousands of magical weapons.

"But in my opinion, it's clearly just to show off for his own style and put the weapons in his hands on the table.

"The first is to compete with each other and to bring honor to my family. The second reason is, of course, to show off. When I go out with a bunch of scrap copper and iron on my back, I can pat them with my hands and shout to people on the street: 'Look! This is a treasure on the Divine Weapon List!'"

Miao Tao gritted his teeth as he said this, his face was full of hatred and his voice was full of gnashing teeth.

This was the first time Zhou Miao saw Miao Tao like this. In his impression, Miao Tao was mostly gentle, not much of a bodyguard, and more of a gentle scholar. How could he be so angry?
He swallowed carefully and commented with a smirk:

"Brother Miao, your evaluation is quite sharp."

"Alas." Miao Tao raised his head and took a big sip of wine. He felt drunk and had a lot of complaints in his heart:
"When I was in Kyoto, I was tricked out by those people in the library!
"The people in the library are all from the aristocracy, they claim to be extraordinary, and we are not the same kind of people at all! But I don't think that's the case. The family affairs in their courtyards are much more complicated than those of ordinary people. Either the son sleeps with his father's concubine, or the young lady in the courtyard of a good family has an affair, there are so many dirty things.

"During that time, there was a big incident in Kyoto. It was said that there was a Mr. Li in the library, a descendant of a prominent family. There was a female ghost in his house. She sang and made noises, and even danced in the middle of the night. It was very creepy!
"Don't I like strange stories? I was curious and found a few well-informed friends. That well-informed friend found a servant in Mr. Li's house and heard from him that some time ago, there was a gigolo who brought the courtesan in and out. So I followed the clues and investigated."

At this point, Miao Tao was so excited that he even slammed the table, causing the tea on the Eight Immortals Table to shake!
"Hey, guess what?

"The female ghost dancing up there is actually the girl from the brothel!

"This young man has a penchant for sadomasochism. He locked the girl up in the basement and did all sorts of cruel things to her, driving her crazy! Last night she ran out and landed on the wall, singing and dancing, rubbing her soles raw and turning the wall red!

"Mr. Li certainly couldn't let such a disgusting thing get out, so he beat the girl to death, and then went to Anle Temple to chant Buddhist scriptures to help her soul to be liberated. After that, no one else knew about this matter. Who would have thought that someone as curious as me would find out about it!
"Thinking about it now, I was really stupid. If I hadn't asked so many questions, I might have been able to live a good life in Kyoto and make a lot of money with my mouth. But because I couldn't control my ears, I was caught and thrown into prison. I guess it won't be long before a warrant is issued for my death.

"Fortunately, I have a few brothers who have some status and money. I spent all my family wealth and got all kinds of good treasures. I made the young master happy and he let me out."

After taking another big sip of wine, he finally said out all the bitter things. Wiping the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, Miao Tao muttered, "Why is the smoke so choking in their restaurant?"

"Wait for me to scold their cook." Zhou Miao comforted Miao Tao.

Miao Tao sighed, lowered his head, and looked quite sad:
"Alas, I was actually somewhat prepared to be thrown into jail. After all, if I was caught doing this, I would not have a good ending. But I didn't expect that after I came out of jail, I became a thief who stole the national text, and that Mr. Li became a noble person who protected the text. It was a complete reversal of right and wrong. My father didn't know the truth and was almost angry to death. If I hadn't explained it clearly later and saved my father's life, I guess you might not see me today."

He left a tail to his words, but you could probably tell what he meant.

Miao Tao lost a lot of things in this incident, but his relatives and friends were safe, so he just let it go.

If the lives of his relatives and friends were really harmed, he would probably be furious. Even if he could not hurt the many nobles in the library, he would probably pick up a long knife and go into Master Li's house at night to kill people.

Zuo Chen nodded, and he understood the style of Kyoto Bookstore.

If the sect that holds the final say in Kyoto enters Kyoto in the future, it will probably have to deal with these people.

"I didn't expect the library to do such a thing." Zhou Miao also sighed: "I thought that the sect left behind in the capital would be more or less different from other places."

"Ok?"

Zuo Chen was suddenly stunned:
"The library was left behind by the capital?"

"Yes." Zhou Miao said as a matter of course: "The library was established not long after the imperial court entered Beijing. Its main purpose was to store books from all over the world and benefit people all over the world. Because of this, the library has always had a good reputation. If I hadn't heard what Brother Miao said, I would probably have been kept in the dark." "Can you tell me more about it?" Zuo Chen asked.

"You didn't know that?" Zhou Miao didn't expect this either.

He didn't have much contact with Zuo Chen, and he thought Zuo Chen was the type of person who could calculate everything in the world with just a pinch of his hand. He really didn't expect that there were things Zuo Chen didn't know.

Then he introduced it to Zuo Chen:

"When the imperial master started his business in the capital, he was always too busy to handle it alone, so he pulled together a group of ambitious scholars and built this book building. The initial slogan seemed to be something like... spreading the law throughout the world and helping people everywhere. I don't know much about it. Later, after the imperial master disappeared, the book building remained, and it has been passed down from generation to generation until now."

Zhou Miao knocked on his head, as if trying to awaken some memory:
"I still remember... something that the imperial teacher seemed to have left in the academy?"

"Nine Mysterious Mirrors." Miao Tao helped Zhou Miao continue the conversation: "It's just a rumor in the martial arts world. It's said that the King left all his skills in this mirror. As long as you can get this mirror, you can learn what the King left behind and become an unparalleled master in the world."

Zuo Chen thought of Tang Qi and the booklet that Tang Qi left for Caiyi.

There are indeed many cultivation methods related to Taoist scriptures above, but they are all contaminated by the sea of ​​suffering.

Rumors?

Not necessarily.

……

After eating and drinking, each family went their separate ways.

Zuo Chen and his crew boarded the ship at night, and after visiting Baichuan for a while, they did not stay for too long.

In order to avoid being exposed, Wang Bang did not come to see him off. Only Zhou Miao and Miao Tao saw him off to the entrance of the alley. When the wind picked up, the boat sailed away under the moonlight.

This time, we have officially entered Haibo and are heading all the way to Yuzhou.

This time the ship was big and had cabins for people to sleep in. Li Ji arranged it personally and naturally booked a superior room. Each person had a room, and although it was small, it was exquisite and beautiful. Living there alone would at most be a bit cramped.

In the evening breeze on the deck, Caiyi came close to Zuo Chen:
"Master, there is something I don't understand."

"what happened?"

"Did Mr. Shulou just give the pen away to help Wang Dayang? It doesn't seem right."

Caiyi took out the white jade wolf-hair brush.

Wang Bang gave this thing to Caiyi. After all, there was a recipe that could harm people on it. If Wang Bang wasn't careful, he might even be shocked.

He reached out and took the white jade pen, turning it in his palm:
"Who knows."

……

In Yuzhou, inside the west gate of a big city, there was a handsome young man holding a wine jug, half asleep and half awake, staggering on the street.

Walking with the moon, dancing left and right on the deserted streets, singing to the moon, attracting the windows of the nearby streets to open, and someone shouting:
"What time is it! You're going to die if you don't sleep!"

The young master didn't care. He laughed loudly, took out a few taels of silver from his arms and threw them into the window. The cursing in the window stopped.

He walked two more steps along the street, and suddenly, as if he sensed something, he reached out to the street next to him.

Immediately, there was a whistling sound from the alley, and a piece of thin paper rolled through the air and fell into the hands of the young man.

Pick it up and look at the moon:

"Born alone, no one has sympathy for those who are in need.

"No, no, no, no charm." The young man shook his head and tasted it, stuffed the paper into his arms, and walked away in the moonlight.

However, not far away at the entrance of the alley, in a dilapidated house, a haggard-looking scholar was sleeping soundly on the table, with his inkstand knocked over.

In his hand he held a white jade brush made of wolf hair.

(End of this chapter)