Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

Standing alone in the cold autumn, the Xiang River flows northward, and at the head of Orange Island, I see the mountains all red and the forests dyed in red...

On December 12, Fang Xiaoru adjusted her courses ahead of schedule, took a month's leave, and finally arrived in Changsha with Xu Damao.

Because the winter solstice is still some time away, Xu Damao decided to go to Hengyang first to see Mount Nanyue.

Although it is in the south, it is already very cold in December. It is surprising that there is rime in Hengshan. It is beyond the expectation of Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru. It turns out that the southern mountainous areas are even colder than Kyoto, and it is still damp and cold.

The beautiful scenery and the graceful mountains made Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru very interested in playing. They stayed at Shangfeng Temple that night and had a vegetarian meal.

The next morning, the two of them went out early and went to the nearby Zhurong Peak to start practicing. It was indeed full of spiritual energy. There was no one around. The temperature at Zhurong Peak in the early morning of December was extremely low, minus three or four degrees. And the humidity was very high. But for Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru, that was the best thing. No one came to disturb them. Even the birds were still warm in their nests, not to mention the tourists.

Xu Damao now has a new way to practice with each other. He puts his four hands together, uses the Laogong acupoints on his hands, and the Shaoyang or Shaoyin meridians to transfer and practice the Great Zhoutian Qigong, which also achieves a good effect. This completely avoids the tediousness and possible embarrassment of the negative distance contact between the two people on Mount Tai.

When it was past six o'clock and the sun was shining on Zhurong Peak, the two of them were also absorbing the purple spiritual energy coming from the east, and slowly began to finish their work. The effect was very obvious.

So Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru stayed on the mountain for five days. During the day, they visited various dangerous peaks and beautiful scenery, and they ate and slept in different temples and Taoist temples. They started practicing in the early morning. It was both low-key and effective.

Temples and Taoist temples don't accept people. It doesn't exist. At most, they can just pay more money for incense. It's easy to solve. Moreover, Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru have a sense of immortality and Taoist spirit, which brings them a lot of convenience.

There really is a Taoist temple in Hengshan that teaches martial arts. Hengyue Temple, Jiuzhen Temple, and Yuqing Temple all have morning classes. Fang Xiaoru was in high spirits and even exchanged ideas a few times. Xu Damao could see the Taoists' morning classes from afar, and secretly learned a lot of boxing and swordsmanship. There was no other way. He basically remembered everything he saw when it came to practicing martial arts. As for whether he had internal skills or not, Xu Damao didn't care. He had the Five Elements Qi Refining Secret, and even if he didn't use any moves, he would be twice as powerful.

On the 20th, Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru were already at the Maple Forest Hotel in Yuelu Mountain. This is a guesthouse of the banking system, which is not usually open to the public. However, after Fang Xiaoru showed her work permit from the Kyoto Institute of Chemical Technology, the hotel was happy to receive the two. The hotel was able to find out the specific location of the tomb of Mr. Du from the Natural Gate.

This really saved a lot of time searching. After paying the required fees, the hotel also enthusiastically helped the two of them to get the items for worship: incense, candles, incense sticks, yellow paper, tin foil, wine and food, etc.

Winter solstice, December 12st.

After cleaning the cemetery with cypress branches and wiping the tombstone with a towel with water, Xu Damao lit incense and candles... Fang Xiaoru knelt on the ground three times and kowtowed nine times, muttering something.

After the ceremony, when the incense had burned out and the fire had gone out, Fang Xiaoru took out his camera and took pictures of the area around the cemetery, and then the two of them slowly left.

"Lady Hero, what were you mumbling in front of your master's tomb just now?"

"I talked to my master again and told him that my father was too old to come and pay respects in person, so I asked him to do it on my behalf. This was my father's personal instruction, and I must do it 100%."

"Yesterday I heard about the descendants of the Du family in the hotel. It seems that they are very low-key. Do you want to continue looking for fellow disciples?"

"No need to look for him anymore. Times have changed. Just be well and be well."

Xu Damao checked the national map handbook he brought with him and basically determined the route to start from Changsha, pass Changde, Yichang, go to Shennongjia and Wudang Mountain, and finally return to Beijing via Wuhan.

In fact, this route is really the most suitable one. After passing the Three Gorges, the two took a boat for two days, stayed in the mountains of Shennongjia for four days for cultivation, and stayed in Wudang Mountain for another five days. Xu Damao secretly learned the moves of Wudang Thirteen Swords, and also learned Wudang Mountain Tai Chi very easily based on the Yang Style Tai Chi he had learned before. There is indeed a hint of mysterious charm in it, especially wearing Taoist robes and doing group boxing in the beautiful mountain charm of Wudang Mountain, which is very impressive.

After lingering for many days, the two bid farewell to Wudang and took a bus to Wuhan, where they stayed for another two days and visited the Yellow Crane Tower, Yinyuetai, Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain, etc.

"Lady, I think of what the great man wrote here: The wind blows the masts, the turtles and snakes are still, a bridge spans the north and south, and the natural chasm becomes a thoroughfare. The Xijiang Stone Wall is built to cut off the clouds and rain of Wushan, and a high gorge leads to a calm lake. In the near future, the Yichang area we passed by may have a Xijiang Stone Wall."

"No way? This is the Yangtze River flowing eastward. Who can draw a sword to cut off the water?"

"Believe in the wisdom of the people. The power of the people is infinite. Soon, you will be able to see with your own eyes the world's first dam that blocks the clouds and rain in Wushan."

Xu Damao said the spicy hot dry noodles were not tasty. The bean curd skin and soup dumplings were pretty good. It was the first time Xu Damao had salty soy milk, which came with fried dough sticks, soy sauce, chopped green onions, and chopped mustard tuber.

"Lady Xia, you see, southerners really know how to eat. They can make soy milk into something very fancy. You know what, salty soy milk is really good. I think it tastes better than sweet soy milk."

Fang Xiaoru really doesn’t like salty soy milk, so the small wontons she ordered were really good.

From Wuchang to Kyoto, Train No. 138 departs in the evening and arrives at noon, taking 14 hours.

Xu Damao bought enough braised food, dry food, and rice flower wine, and enjoyed himself leisurely in the sleeper car of the train. With the beautiful woman Fang Xiaoru accompanying him, the journey was not lonely at all.

"Lady Xia, last time Catherine told me that Tsinghua University asked her to supervise graduate students. Catherine intends to set up a laboratory of her own and jointly develop new drugs with the Tsinghua University Hospital. This time Xu Jun is back and wants to set up a carbon fiber laboratory in Pinggu Haida Company. Do you want to discuss cooperation with the School of Chemical Engineering?"

"Da Mao, will this cause intellectual property disputes in the future? I wanted to participate myself, but now I'm not interested. It's better for me to practice with you. I will retire in the first half of next year. I will no longer care about those mundane things and will focus on practicing my immortality. You must not ignore me. If you live for 100 years, I must live for 103 years. We cannot live together, but we can die together."

"Ah, bah, bah, bah, you are alive and well, why are you talking about death? Just let it go. You will definitely live more than a hundred years. I want to discuss business with you. Because this time when I went to Hong Kong, I still thought about talent. After all, the power of one person is limited, so I asked my son and daughter-in-law to start recruiting troops and horses in Hong Kong to reserve talents, so that I can save a lot of trouble. Besides, when the enterprise grows bigger, it is time to contribute to the society and the country. That's why I made this suggestion. Haida Company, you have shares, although the proportion is not large. I was thinking that if the School of Chemical Engineering is willing to participate, we can also take advantage of the public thigh, which will only benefit the development of the enterprise, not harm. As for the issue of clear property rights, I think it is not difficult to complete all the legally binding contract procedures in advance. Besides, my son-in-law is in the Kyoto legal community and my son is in the international legal community. At that time, the Hong Kong Haida Company will sign a cooperation agreement with the domestic one. The most important thing is to cooperate with colleges and universities, which will not only speed up the research and development speed, but also build a nest for the enterprise to attract talents. What do you think?"

While chatting along the way, we unexpectedly brought together Haida Pinggu Company and the Department of Materials Chemical Engineering of Kyoto Institute of Chemical Technology for close cooperation, which laid a solid foundation for the rapid development of Haida Company in the future.