I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

The behavior style of White Camel Villa in the northwest has always been domineering and flamboyant.

Bai Jiu wanted to inquire about the Zheng family's collection of books, so he didn't need to investigate secretly or insinuate. Instead, he sent someone to "invite" the vice-leader Liu Sanye of the Qinglong Gang and the head of the Zheng family to ask the truth directly.

Mr. Liu has been struggling in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he can still vividly remember the days of licking blood when he was young. He understands the horror of the Ouyang family on White Camel Mountain better than the Zheng family.

Therefore, as soon as Bai Jiufu opened his mouth, Third Master Liu yelled badly in his heart.

He secretly hated that some talkative person made the people of Baituoshan notice the matter of the Zheng family, and at the same time explained the whole story in a hurry, not daring to hide anything.

The head of the Zheng family at the side couldn't help trembling when he saw that Mr. Liu was so honest and obedient.He secretly wondered what a powerful power this White Camel Mountain must be. Just one guard questioning him could make a bully like Liu San bow his head and obey him.

With Liu Sanye as an "example", the head of Zheng's family did not dare to deceive Bai Jiu perfunctorily.He explained the history of his family's collection of books and the turmoil of these years in detail, and also talked about the decision of the Zheng family to sell the collection of books, and then looked at Bai Jiu anxiously, his eyes were full of wanting to ask but not daring He hesitated to ask.

Bai Jiu pondered for a moment and asked:

"So, since the death of Imperial Doctor Zheng, several generations of your family have not found any useful prescriptions in the collection of books and papers?"

The head of the Zheng family hurriedly shook his head, with shame in his eyes:

"To tell the truth, our Zheng family thinks that the so-called 'prescription' is fabricated. As the saying goes, there is a golden house in the book. Maybe... the old man thinks that as long as we read his collection thoroughly, we can study it by ourselves. He came out with a prescription, that's why he confessed such a legacy before he died... Alas, it's all because we are incompetent and dull, and can't inherit his old man's mantle."

Bai Jiu nodded slightly, and squinted at Third Master Liu:

"Vice Chief Liu, do you have anything to add to the Zheng family's affairs? Is what the Zheng family head said true? You really want the Zheng family's collection of books, huh?"

Third Master Liu showed resignation, but he didn't dare to play tricks in front of the guards of Baituo Mountain. He could only smile wryly and clasped his fists, saying that the news he had inquired was very consistent with what the head of the Zheng family said.

In Bai Jiu's half-smile eyes, he had no choice but to take the initiative to express that if any nobleman was interested in Zheng's collection of books, he could send Qinglong to help his disciples carry and sort out those heavy books and papers, as a kindness of the landlord.

It wasn't until Liu Sanye took the initiative to express his opinion that Bai Jiu, who had been keeping a cold face, showed a smile.

As soon as she raised her hand, she threw a small gourd-shaped porcelain bottle into Liu Sanye's arms, and said softly:

"This is my Tongjin Zhuanggu Pill from Baituo Mountain. The main medicinal material is from the Kunlun black python that has grown for ten years. It should be helpful to Vice-Clan Chief Liu's old illness."

When Mr. Liu heard the words, he was overjoyed. He touched the cold porcelain bottle happily, and thanked Bai Jiu with his fists.

He thought to himself, he didn't expect the turn of events. With this white camel mountain elixir ready-made, why should he search for the so-called prescription in a room full of old paper piles? It was a waste of time and effort.

After Bai Jiu sent Liu San away with a bottle of pills, he talked with the head of the Zheng family about buying books.Because this matter was related to Pei Xiang, she was inconvenient to directly decide, so she asked the head of the Zheng family to go home and wait, and asked him not to sell the book collection to others during this period.

The next morning, Bai Jiu reported to Pei Xiang about the Zheng family.

After Pei Xiang listened carefully to the whole story, everyone in Xindao focused on the prescription, but no one paid attention to the adult surnamed Huang. In this way, a lot of hidden dangers and troubles were saved.

"Bai Jiu, what is the Zheng family's bid?"

"Miss Pei, why bother with these mundane things, White Camel Mountain..."

"Bai Jiu!" Pei Xiang raised his voice slightly, and said seriously, "This is the collection of books I want to buy, and I will naturally pay for it myself. I have already helped Mr. Liu by using the reputation of Baituo Mountain to persuade him to quit. I am very busy, there is no need to make your master spend money."

"Miss Pei, why do you need to see outsiders? You are the eldest son's unmarried wife, and you should have sent us." Bai Jiu looked solemn, with a faint puzzlement between his brows and eyes.

Pei Xiang knew that at this time, he should not refuse Baituoshan's help, nor should he deliberately draw the line between grievances and grievances.

As the eldest son Ouyang Zheng's unmarried wife, if she could distinguish everything clearly, then she would be really out of touch, which would really make people feel strange and even suspicious.

So, she hesitated to take a look at Bai Jiu, and no longer acted generously, but said in a low voice with a blushing face:

"Bai Jiu, it is my heart to buy medical books and prescriptions. It would be even better if I can help Ouyang Zheng by chance. Therefore, the money cannot be paid by Ouyang's family... Anyway, I am still Pei. Miss Jia, do you understand?"

This explanation made Bai Jiu's doubts disappear, and he even felt a little grateful for Pei Xiang's attention and concern for Ouyang Zheng.It's just... such a large sum of money is not something an ordinary lady in the boudoir can afford, unless Pei Xiang uses the dowry money at the bottom of the box.

——Yes, besides the dowry, where is there any other possibility?

Thinking of this, Bai Jiu's eyes became softer.

Seeing that Bai Jiu seemed to continue to persuade, Pei Xiang said sweetly:

"Furthermore, there are many rare copies of the Imperial Collection in this collection. The quantity is large and the content is precious. It must be expensive, but the Second Young Master is not here. Can you make the decision to use such a large sum of money?"

Bai Jiu hesitated for a moment.She really needed Fei Ge to send a letter to the second son for instructions, but based on her understanding of the two sons of the Ouyang family, none of them would be stingy with the money.

Pei Xiang finished explaining his reasons for spending money, and didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, so he got up directly and said:

"Since the Zheng family does have a collection of books to trade, let's go and have a look, sooner rather than later. I don't want those lonely medical books and medical handbooks to be published by others."

While speaking, Pei Xiang walked towards the door of the room, but Bai Jiu had no choice but to follow.

Arriving at the Zheng family's ancestral house, Pei Xiang, accompanied by the Zheng family, entered the perennially locked library.

Her eyes shuttled back and forth among the rows of bookshelves, skimming bundles of manuscripts, and finally settled on the two rows of bookshelves at the innermost side of the room.

"There are all the rare copies of the Royal Collection?"

"Yes, among the books brought back by the old man back then, those that have nothing to do with medical skills are placed on the last two rows of shelves. Miss Pei, I still have a relatively complete bibliography here, do you need to compare it?"

Pei Xiang nodded, and took a very thick booklet.

The head of the Zheng family sighed:

"Look, just by recording the names and authors of these books in a book, and then marking the location of the collection, you can book a new book. Miss Pei, it's not that our descendants don't want to work hard, but that we really can't read it all All the books."

Pei Xiang bent his lips noncommittally, and quickly flipped through the catalog in his hand.

After that, she followed the records in the booklet and began to spot check whether the books in the room were complete.

She was very patient, and she didn't immediately go to check the dozen or so volumes of Dao Zang fragments engraved by the imperial court, but walked over small areas one by one according to the records in the catalogue.Occasionally she would stop, pull out a book or record at random, study it carefully for a while, and then check it again.

After flipping through a few medical books covered in thin dust in a certain corner, Pei Xiang thought, even if the text and paper in this room had nothing to do with the "Nine Yin Manual", it was worth the trip for her.

Buying books, not to mention spending more than half of her dowry money, even if she spent all of it and asked Ouyang Feng to borrow money, she was willing.

—There is nothing more precious than this lost knowledge.

When Pei Xiang finally reached the last two rows of bookshelves, half a day had passed.She casually took down a certain volume of Taoist scriptures, opened it and read it carefully. After a while, Pei Xiang put the book back on the shelf and pulled out another volume...

After reading through the eleven volumes of Daozang fragments one by one, Pei Xiang continued to look at other books.She stopped and walked, and took down more than 100 volumes from the bookshelf, including finely proofread books, senior notes with scribbled handwriting, and even two picture books depicting the appearance of herbs.

"Currently, I'm most interested in the contents of these more than 100 books, and I plan to take them away for detailed reading first. Let's pack the remaining manuscript records and books in order, and transport them away together when we leave here. "

Hearing this, the head of the Zheng family immediately breathed a sigh of relief.He was really afraid that this young lady would look down on the miscellaneous medical skills in this room. After looking at it, she was not willing to pay for it at all in the end.

Bai Jiu asked again:

"Miss Pei, do you really want to do this business with the Zheng family?"

Pei Xiang nodded. She glanced at Mr. Liu and the others who were standing not far away, and thought to herself, it's rare for this lady to pretend to be a tiger, so how could she give up halfway?

Therefore, Pei Xiang took advantage of the connections and power of Baituo Mountain to smoothly take over a room full of precious books.

In the evening, Ouyang Feng, who went out to visit the martial arts seniors, finally returned to the inn, and Bai Jiu immediately reported to him about Pei Xiang's purchase of books.

Ouyang Feng paused while drinking tea, his sword eyebrows slightly raised.

"According to what you said, Miss Pei bought those books for my elder brother?"

Bai Jiu said with emotion: "Miss Pei has a deep affection for the eldest son, and she hopes that Zheng Yuyi's collection of books can help him. The subordinates thought that she valued the Zheng family's collection of books so much because she wanted to find a way to strengthen her body from those records. Prescription, so as to improve the eldest son's physique."

Ouyang Feng was silent for a moment, feeling that Pei Xiang's actions were a bit silly.But as a member of Ouyang's family and Ouyang Zheng's younger brother, he is of course happy to see his elder brother marry a virtuous woman who puts her husband first.

"Has the Qinglong Gang dealt with it properly?"

Bai Jiuyi clasped his fists together: "This subordinate gave Liu San a bottle of pills that strengthen muscles and strengthen bones. He dare not complain."

"Forgive him for not daring to make an enemy of White Camel Mountain," Ouyang Feng said coldly, "It's just that we still need to strengthen the protection of Miss Pei. I don't want any accidents to happen during this wedding reception."

Bai Jiu hesitated for a moment, and said frankly:

"Second son, since Madam Wang and Qiushi fell ill, the Pei family has been very worried about Miss Pei's comfort. Now, Miss Pei's guards are mostly sent by the Pei family's senders, and our people are separated. Subordinate I would like to ask for instructions, can you let the snake slaves approach Miss Pei's residence and carriage, and let the snakes warn and defend?"

Ouyang Feng thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"Miss Pei doesn't know martial arts, and the Pei family never let female family members come into contact with poisonous insects and snakes. If the snake slaves command a group of snakes to approach Miss Pei rashly, I'm afraid it will scare her."

Bai Jiu nodded: "This subordinate understands, it's still the Second Young Master who thinks thoroughly."

Ouyang Feng said "Yes" expressionlessly, explained a few words to Bai Jiu, and then waved her away.

Sitting in the study for a while, Ouyang Feng wrote a letter to his brother.

In the letter, in addition to discussing business matters and discussing the progress of martial arts, he specifically mentioned Pei Xiang's purchase of the Zheng family's collection of books, euphemistically explaining that Pei's daughter is virtuous and affectionate, and consciously did a good person and a good deed.

On the other side, Pei Xiang started reading under the lamp after dinner.

She took out one of the eleven Daozang fragments and started to read from the first page.Pei Xiang's reading speed is very fast, and he doesn't think about the esoteric content. He only reads the entire text, so he quickly finished a book.

Then, she picked up the second and third books... Looking at it, she saw that it was midnight, and when Pei Xiang woke up, Biyun was already nodding and dozing off.

Pei Xiang slowly closed the mysterious Taoist book, and slowly rubbed his sore eyes.She seemed sleepy and exhausted, but a certain area in the memory attic of her brain was rapidly flashing back what she had just seen, and lines of text poured out continuously like running water. Suddenly, the memory paused, and Pei Xiang caught a An easily overlooked typo...

- Typo, this is the Taoist scripture engraved by the imperial court, once there is a typo, the person in charge will be punished.

——It is rumored that Huang Chang was afraid of making mistakes, so he read through and carefully read the more than 5000 volumes of Taoist scriptures many times, and finally realized a superb martial arts.

——This typo, is it a rare fish that slipped through the net...or did it on purpose?

The words in the memory attic continued to flash rapidly, and at the end of the first book of Taoism, Pei Xiang found another small mistake.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Xiang found a typo in the second volume, found an omission in the fourth volume, and picked out two typos in the fifth volume...

Pei Xiang used the memory attic to efficiently recall the contents of the Taoist scripture fragments, and then put together the typos and typos she picked out, and then carefully looked at these scattered square characters, his eyes gradually deepening.

By the time she washed up and went to bed, the twenty chaotic words in her mind had formed a sentence:

"Forty years later, things have changed and people have changed. I have created nine shades, hidden in the shadows of pine trees and cranes."

Pei Xiang closed his eyes on the bed and meditated quietly, thinking about where exactly is this "in the shadow of pine and cranes"?

In the dead of night, Pei Xiang turned over on the bed. Suddenly, her brows frowned, and her whole body tensed up quickly.

—Someone drugged it?What a powerful drug!

——Where are the guards of the Pei family and White Camel Mountain?Hired?

——Who is coming?Which enemy is it?

Outside the house, a figure in black quietly pried open the window, listening to the surrounding movement while looking in.

On the bed, Pei Xiang slowed down his breathing, secretly prepared the Ruanjin Powder and Bone Corrosion Pill that he had prepared recently, and lay motionless on his side.

Seeing that everything was going well, the black shadow couldn't help being a little proud.

——The rivers and lakes people in the northwestern region have little knowledge, and they are praising the white camel mountain and the black camel mountain so much that they are about to go to heaven.

——When I saw those white-clothed guards during the day, none of them had their nostrils upturned and their faces were mean, but now they all slept like dead pigs, oh, what a waste of fame!

——I was chased and killed by Hong Qi from the beggar gang all the way, and I missed so many beautiful Jiangnan beauties.

——Fortunately, God has treated me well, allowing me to meet such a beautiful and beautiful lady here.

——Hey, don't be happy tonight, I will call that stinky beggar Hong Qi grandpa from now on.

This flower picker came from the south, the drug in his hand was colorless and tasteless, its effect was extremely powerful, and he had excellent lightness kung fu, it was really hard to guard against, so he was always very arrogant.

He had been committing crimes in the south of the Yangtze River before, ruined many girls from good families, and made many martial arts knights outraged, but they couldn't catch him.

It wasn't until two months ago that this hateful flower picker ran into the hands of Hong Qi, the young leader of the beggar gang, that he suffered a big loss.

However, he still escaped Hong Qi's arrest by relying on his family's fascinated drugs and light skills, and successfully fled all the way from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest.

However, the beggar gang is very powerful, with eyeballs all over the place, and Hong Qi chases after him closely. The flower picker dare not be as arrogant as before.Therefore, as soon as he saw Pei Xiang, who was so fragrant and beautiful today, he immediately put his mind to it.

The flower picker waited cautiously for a while, and found that there was no movement in the courtyard, so he didn't delay any longer.

Impatiently, he jumped into the house through the pried open window.

However, the moment he landed, a gloomy roar suddenly sounded outside the quiet courtyard just now.

Immediately afterwards, a coercion belonging to a master quickly spread, cold, cold, and bloody, until the flower picker by the window was so weak that his limbs became weak, and he subconsciously prostrated himself on the ground.

At this moment, all kinds of terrifying thoughts flashed through the flower picker's mind, and he even had an illusion that he was already dead, but he still had to endure all kinds of horrible tortures, which would never end.

Pei Xiang, who was lying on the bed, was still stable and did not relax her guard against counterattack, but to be honest, she was indeed relieved after hearing Ouyang Feng's angry shout.

But there were many surprises tonight. When Ouyang Feng rushed to Pei Xiang's courtyard, the flower picker held his breath and hid in the house, avoiding Ouyang Feng's sight, but Hong Qi who followed the flower picker suddenly stopped It bumped into Ouyang Feng's hand.

Hong Qiyi didn't care about Ouyang Feng at first, after he jumped into the small courtyard, he went straight to Pei Xiang's bedroom, feeling extremely anxious and regretful, deeply afraid that the girl in the room would suffer disaster because of his negligence.

——Master said that sooner or later, I would make a mistake because of gluttony, alas, Hong Qi, you glutton, if this time...