Evergreen Immortal

Winds flow in the winding stream, pavilions and towers, and eight scenes of bamboo and orchids, all gathered in one courtyard.

"Scholars really know how to have fun."

Li Rui led everyone to walk in the courtyard with their hands behind their backs.

I heard that the first-generation owner of Qingfeng Villa was a Jiangnan native. When he built a hut to live in seclusion, he brought the habits of Jiangnan gardens. It was very different from the scenery of Anning, but it had its own flavor.

What? The hut should not be a small thatched hut?

That's totally wrong.

According to the records in "Dayu Jianghu Fengyunlu·Yunzhou Chapter" that Li Rui had read, the first-generation owner of Qingfeng Villa was a failed scholar, but his failure was different from that of ordinary people. He failed to pass the imperial examination and called himself a failed scholar.

He himself entered the top three, and was a Jinshi.

There were hundreds of thousands of candidates who participated in the imperial examination, and those who were Jinshi were at least in the top 300, which shows its value.

And it is rumored that in addition to being a great scholar, the first-generation owner's family was also a famous wealthy businessman in Jiangnan.

Jiangnan.

That is the richest place in the world.

If you are rich in Jiangnan, you are rich in other places.

A small country villa is really no different from a small straw hut.

So, young people, you should drink less inspirational chicken soup. There is no such thing as starting from scratch and God rewards hard work. It is just for outsiders to see.

In the matter of dividing rooms.

Li Rui was rarely domineering.

If this matter is mutually yielding, no one will be satisfied in the end, and it seems that he is the only one who can be the villain.

It is not easy to be hated when you are old.

"I will share a room with Lord Tan."

"Liang He and Tang Hai will share a room."

"There is one room left, and Miss Jiang will have a separate room. It doesn't make sense for everyone, right?"

Li Rui paused for a moment, and when he saw that no one was talking, he confirmed.

"That's it."

It is said to be a room, but in fact, there are separate rooms, not a big bunk bed, or two beds in one room.

As for Jiang Yan's separate room.

It seems that Li Rui was the last one to divide, and she was left, but in fact, Li Rui had already planned it.

It's not too much for the only daughter of the Jiangdong Sword Immortal to live in a single room.

Jiang Yan wanted to say something, but when she thought about how she really didn't like living under the same roof with others, she swallowed the words on her lips.

"Let's take a rest for two days first, and then go on patrol."

Li Rui has always been quite generous when it comes to holidays.

Qin Hua and several other Huaqing Sect disciples looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

They were still struggling about how to ask Li Rui for leave when they went to Huaqing Sect, but they didn't expect Li Rui to give them a holiday himself.

"I said that Senior Li is reasonable."

The girl Tang Tang whispered happily.

They went back to their rooms.

Tan Hu finally caught the opportunity and insisted on pulling Li Rui to talk by candlelight at night.

I don't know where he learned such a literal word.

Fortunately, it was not a night talk, Li Rui didn't have the idea of ​​forcing a man to lock him up.

There was nothing to do anyway.

Li Rui told Tan Hu a story about a young general.

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"Lord Huo went deep into the enemy's rear for thousands of miles in one battle, beheaded the king, was named Wolf's Lair, and was canonized as Marquis of Champion by Emperor Wu."

Tan Hu was originally a frontier soldier.

This tactic of thousands of miles deep made him dumbfounded.

Ordinary generals have to be very cautious even if they go out of the city ten miles away, and a lone army goes deep into the enemy's rear for thousands of miles. Oh my god, is it a human compass?

Li Rui was kind enough not to tell the ending of Lord Huo.

"He died of illness at the age of 24, and Emperor Wu gave him the posthumous title of 'Jing Huan'".

"Jing is the one who is righteous and strong, and is determined to make great plans. Huan is the one who conquers the distant land and settles the four directions. Since then, it has become the posthumous title that military generals dream of, just like Marquis of Champion."

Seeing that Tan Hu was still very interested.

Li Rui stopped immediately.

"One a day, brother Tan, don't be greedy."

Seeing Li Rui say so, Tan Hu could only give up in disappointment.

Dinner was brought by maids from Qingfeng Villa. Each of them wore a light skirt, which was elegant but not dull. Their manners and conversation were dignified, and they were more elegant than many ladies from noble families in Qinghe.

This was the foundation of a power.

It could be seen from these maids.

The dishes brought were all light and delicious side dishes, such as stir-fried bamboo shoots, lotus seed and lotus root soup, and the meatiest dish was roasted pigeon.

Tan Hu grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Without wine and meat, what eggs are there to eat."

He still liked the feeling of eating meat and drinking wine in big mouthfuls.

Li Rui ate with ease.

This looked ordinary on the surface, but in fact, there was a lot of knowledge. Not only was the cooking technique superb, but the ingredients were also selected from the best quality, all of which were seasonal fresh dishes.

The ancients said to eat according to the season.

It means that you should eat what grows in the season, and don't mess up the rules.

It sounds mysterious, but in fact, it means eating bamboo shoots in spring, lotus roots in summer, crabs in autumn, and fish in winter.

Why do we eat bamboo shoots in spring? Because bamboo shoots come out with a thunder in spring, and they are the most tender at that time.

Why do we eat crabs in autumn? Because crabs in autumn are breeding and are the most plump.

These are just the experience of the elderly.

It was evening.

Tan Hu was really hungry, so he called Tang Hai and others to go to the city in the dark, saying that he was going to find a snack.

It seemed that he would not come back at night.

Li Rui's mind was as clear as a mirror. People who practice martial arts are full of vigor and vitality. It is estimated that the snack is lamb kidneys, and then it is a good time to go to the brothel to digest the food.

Originally, Li Rui was called, but he was declined.

When people get old, they still prefer quietness.

It was late at night.

Qingfeng Villa is located in the valley, far away from the city. From time to time, the pleasant chirping of some unknown birds can be heard outside the window.

"It's a good place to cultivate one's character."

Li Rui slowly looked at his eyes.

The seventy-two weeks have been completed.

It was still early.

Li Rui simply pushed the door and walked out, strolling in the courtyard under the moonlight.

The first owner of Qingfeng Villa really had a good eye. The valley was quiet, and with the moonlight, it was a different kind of feeling.

Unconsciously.

Li Rui walked to a shallow pond.

The pond was not big, but only about ten feet in radius. There were fish in the pond, most of which were bright red koi.

The richer scholars in Yu State liked to raise a few koi in the yard.

Koi is also called Longmen fish.

The story of carp leaping over the dragon gate started from this fish, which is very similar to the story of scholars studying hard for more than ten years and finally passing the imperial examination. They may sympathize with each other or want to have a good start.

The "little thoughts" of scholars can be seen everywhere in Qingfeng Villa.

Li Rui is familiar with the history books of this world. Scholars themselves can't cause any big trouble, but they are just mean.

He is a good hand at instigating people.

The same is true for Qingfeng Villa. On the surface, they are always the first to stand up to support the court, but they have never lacked actions behind the scenes.

Li Rui's expression moved slightly.

There is a narrow upward water inlet trough in the small pond, with flowing water at the top and a stream in the mountains above.

I saw several koi swimming upstream, jumping up again and again.

Although they failed again and again, they were not discouraged at all.

Li Rui can see the overall situation, so he knows that as long as these koi jump out of the water inlet, they can swim out of this house and enter the mountains, and then the sea will be wide and the sky will be high.

Maybe they can really enter the lake or even the sea.

Li Rui was speechless.

This scene in front of him is not a carp leaping over the dragon gate.

Li Rui didn't know whether he could turn into a dragon, but the story of Leaping over the Dragon Gate was probably created by a scholar when he was watching fish.

Li Rui was watching with great interest.

A woman's voice came from behind him: "The carp jumped over the Dragon Gate and turned into a dragon."

Turning his head.

He saw Jiang Yan walking towards the pond. Li Rui smiled: "Miss Jiang, are you going out?"

Jiang Yan shook her head: "Nothing, just taking a walk, I happened to see you in a leisurely mood."

"I was watching the fish, it was very interesting, so I watched for a while."

Jiang Yan walked to Li Rui's side.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the shallow pond.

After a long time, she slowly spoke: "Senior, have you heard why Longmen Realm is called Longmen."

Li Rui turned his head.

For this question, he actually looked through the book to confirm, but what the book said was not necessarily correct.

Jiang Yan was Jiang Linxian's daughter, and she must know much more about Longmen Realm than he had come into contact with.

He was very curious about how Jiang Linxian would explain the word Longmen in Longmen Realm.

Shaking her head, "Longmen Realm is too far away from an old man like me, I don't know."

Jiang Yan smiled lightly, not deliberately showing off.

With her status, she wouldn't show off these things in front of Li Rui.

"My father once said that before the ancient times, the highest realm of the human race was Liujin, and above that, the road was cut off."

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had also seen this legend in an ancient book. He used to just treat it as a story, but now it was said by Jiang Yan or Jiang Linxian, and it was more real.

Jiang Yan continued, "Later, the predecessors of the human race created the method of nourishing qi, which connected the broken road. There may be only one person who stepped on the Liujin, but once they crossed it, they would be like a sea dragon, with a bright future."

"In later generations, the method of nourishing qi was improved, and there were many more people who entered Longmen Realm than in ancient times. It was not surprising, but the name was still left."

Li Rui nodded.

He deeply understood the difficulty of the ancient predecessors in connecting the broken road.

There are many methods to compare, and it is so difficult to create martial arts by yourself, not to mention creating a great realm, the difficulty is unimaginable.

The person who created the method of nourishing qi must have great wisdom and perseverance.

But. Why did Jiang Yan tell him this?

Li Rui did not rush to ask the reason, but just listened quietly.

Jiang Yan: "My father once said that the method of nourishing qi after the improvement of later generations actually took a shortcut and bypassed the most difficult part of the road, so there are so many mediocre people in the world who can step over the Dragon Gate."

Li Rui was speechless.

Only a genius like Jiang Linxian dared to say this.

Which Dragon Gate Realm warrior is not a genius?

If he is not a genius, it is impossible to go so far to the Dragon Gate Realm.

Jiang Yan looked at the dragon energy entrenched in Li Rui and continued: "It is said that in ancient times, the method of nourishing qi was created for a thousand years, but only ten people could jump over the Dragon Gate."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had never heard of this legend, but there were only ten people in a thousand years.

It's really too low.

Jiang Yan took a deep breath:

"But among these ten people, three of them ascended to heaven and became immortals!"