Book 32 - Chapter 12 – Able to Meet Together Only by Fate (1/2)
The Dugu Clan’s ht virtue neighborhood] east of the West Market The Yue Ma Bridge was precisely at the southwest square of the neighborhood block The scale was grand, with layer upon layer of buildings, yet unlike the Sha Mansion, which was new construction ’s impression, he had seen this mansion house’s profile, because it occupied the area far away frohborhood However, because the year of its con, he set it aside and did not pay too much attention to it
From the Sha Mansion, this place was only a little more than the ti deliberately wanted tohappy, thus he pretended to be clueless When they alighted froe at the plaza of the main courtyard, which everybody else was already fa, out of habit, scrutinized theasked in surprise, “Mo Xianshengarchitecture!”
It was Sha Zhijing who bragged for him, “Because of hui Daren, Mo Xiansheng has made his acquaintance with him for two days and they have becoattention to his business According to reason, Chang He should not broadcast everywhere hos with, so where did her inforht to inquire clearly
Dugu Feng cheerfully said, “Turns out Xiansheng is an expert in this field as well Feng’er knows nothing about architecture I wonder what Xiansheng’s evaluation on our ‘Xi Ji Yuan’ [lit west lodge garden] is”
Kou Zhong cried inwardly, ‘Good question!’ Clearing his throat, he said, “This is an old Sui architectural style, and it ought to be built at the beginning of Sui, hence in style, technique and materials, it still has Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties’ influence”
Dugu Feng caht is very accurate So what are actually the differences with current construction?”
Inwardly Kou Zhong replied that perhaps only Laotianye, or perhaps Liu Zhenghui – would know; yet he blurted out an answer anyway, “Each generation has distinct technique and spirit, as well as appearance – of the architecture An expert would know in just a glance”
Sha Zhijing originally thought that other thanelse This moment she suddenly had a whole new level of respect for hi in low voice, “Your ‘Xi Ji Yuan’ indeed has a long history; I thought it was a new construction”
Dugu Feng replied, “It was refurbished at the beginning of the E used to be cabinetSu’s trusted aide; although his official position was not high, at that ti was severely shaken, “What?” he blurted out
Stunned, the to realized he had lost self-control Fortunately this[peak] personally ca his time to invent some story to explain his blunder
At the saed hisYou Chuhong’s asth, this teht not want hi would lose the opportunity to hunt for the treasure
Xu Ziling circled around Dong Da Si once, but he was still unable to find shi+ Feixuan’s Yu He An [jade crane nunnery] While he ondering inwardly, he found out that behind Dong Da Si, there was a narrow alley with forest trees on both sides covering the sky, giving up the i directly into so snow, the path was covered in thick snow, so that if one did not pay attention, it would be so easy toentered the alley His feet were producing crunching noise as he walked along the snowy path Suddenly the path opened up to a wide panorama An imperial ancestral te Da Si, appeared before his eyes It was plain and si the impression of a quiet and secluded place where people could hide from the dust of the earth
Were it not for he absolutely must find shi+ Feixuan, he would hate to disturb the peace of the stand-aloof-from-worldly-affairs Buddhist nuns inside the nunnery
Reaching the outer courtyardon the door, when he sensed that sothree steps back, he stood aside, so that whoever opened the door would not be startled by his presence standing outside the door
‘Creak!’
The door was opened a little, aa hood that was pulled low to cover his eyes For awas unable to see his appearance
Bothnever expected that the person co out was not a Buddhist nun, but a man
The other side was startled because he never expected that someone would stand outside the door
Thealso looked at hier-body was severely shaken
The roaned inwardly Not knohether to laugh or cry, he said, “What a coincidence! It’s shi+”
Unexpectedly it was Li Yuan’s second son, the King of Qin, Li shi+ers Zen’ on the artery of You Chuhong’s exposed thin-boned wrist under Dugu Feng [peak], Dugu Feng [phoenix], Sha Zhijing, Dugu Ce, and several other Dugu Farandsons’ wives’ attentive gaze; i’s face
This old woman, not only she did not look fiery like when theyhurried and brief; she appeared to be in a lot of pain fro was unlike Zhang Jie Fei If Kou Zhong was not careful, she would ih what is true and what is false
Toward hislike a co, isasked, “When did Lao Furen’s asth, weakly and without strength, replied, “It was thirty years ago Xiansheng’s true qi is very refined, pure, and authentic; I wonder which fau Ce replied for his handed down in his family; his uncle is a fa ood kid’ And then, full of confidence, he said, “I wonder if Lao Furen’s asth nodded and said, “Xiansheng’s insight is very accurate Lao Shen’s [lit old body] illness was fro Fa [lit cloak/cape staff technique] in the past, and suffered a setback At first I did not care, plus I thought it was a ht that it deteriorated into an uncontrollable stage? The past few days were even ’s internal skill and true qi ca in the dark, hence he knew about the channels in human body like the back of his hands He said, “Lao Furen’s Pifeng Zhang Fa relies ht Extraordinary Channels as the secondary, exactly the opposite of great ht Extraordinary Channels, and here lies the probleuidance, “What is the relationshi+p between the Twelve Regular Channels and the Eight Extraordinary Channels?”
Although there was no lack of experts in internal school’s qigong present, it could be guaranteed that no one kne to answer this question, because everybody si some prescribed method; they only kne but did not knohy, let alone understanding the relationshi+p between these two types of meridians of different nature
In this aspect, Kou Zhong’s knowledge entirely ca a blind horse, basically by relying on introspection and analysis of his own experience He smiled and said, “The so-called extraordinary channels are Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yang Qiao, Yin Qiao, Yang Wei, and Yin Wei, these eight meridians They are both not constrained by the ordinary ular ; hence the na’s [phoenix] eyes e’s medical theory is brilliant; it is indeed ad seized the opportunity to show off his prowess; he said, “The qi and blood in huular Channels; the cycle co norether, the ht channels; leaving the path and keep flowing, it becoy, consider the Regular Channels as Jianghe [could refer to Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, or simply ‘river’], while the Extraordinary Channels as lake and deep pool When the river is full to overflowing, the water flows into lake and deep pool When the river dries up the water flows out of the lake and deep pool Both function as regulator to each other Lao Furen’s asthular Channels and the Eight Extraordinary Channels becae, over the years itsaid, “After all these years, can it still be cured?”
Under everybody’s expectant gaze, Kou Zhong said, “Lao Furen, please don’t worry; with several applications of needle, feeling the way to adjust the balance, Lao Furen then alter the circulation of the channels within your body, I guarantee that ill ireatly delighted Dugu Feng [peak] said, “Fortunately we have Mo Xiansheng going out to aid the world; indeed this is the good fortune of the people under the heavens”
Kou Zhong took out the nine-needle copper case, and said, “After Xiaoren uses the needle, I guarantee Lao Furen will be able to sleep coht Tomorroill come back to continue Lao Furen’s treatenteverybody’s forgiveness”