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Chapter 80 Leisure time in Shennongjian(1/2)

Qixing Longyuan is also known as the Sword of Integrity and Nobility because of his father-in-law.

Ouyang took the sword with both hands and asked with some confusion: "Is it enough to just give it to Sun Wu?"

"Just give it to him." Fan Li paused, as if he remembered something, then took off a round ring-shaped jade pendant from his waist and said, "This jade pendant is produced from the jade of Mount Tai. Ouyang may have

Unknown to everyone, after King You of Zhou Dynasty, Mount Tai no longer produced jade, so this jade can be called an orphan and is worth a city."

"What do you mean..." Ouyang looked at Fan Li's actions and frowned.

Jade is good jade.

Even a person like Ouyang, who is not interested in literature, can see it.

This kind of ring-shaped jade should be called "wall".

Fan Li raised the jade pendant in his hand and said, "This sapphire dragon-patterned tiger wall was given to Ouyang as a thank you gift for this matter."

Tiger Bi? Ouyang raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had excellent eyesight and could see the beauty of this jade at a glance.

This piece of jade has a turquoise texture and is flat overall. It has white and brown spots in parts, but under the outline of the jade craftsman, it shows an extremely vivid pattern, which looks like a dragon pattern or a roaming tiger.

Jade is good jade, but Fan Li's behavior made Ouyang quite unhappy.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, people valued martial arts and righteousness. Although Ouyang was a modern man, he was influenced by Li Er and Sun Wu after living here for a few days. Especially since he was an extremely empathetic person.

It was just a gift of a sword, but also a priceless jade pendant?

Ouyang knew to some extent the grudge between Fan Li and Sun Wu. It can be said that Fan Li indirectly killed Sun Wu's close friend Wu Zixu.

He wanted to use Wu Zixu's sword "Seven Stars Longyuan" to alleviate the hatred between the two. This can be said to be understandable.

He was afraid that Sun Wu would just draw his sword and kill someone, so he asked someone to help him. Ouyang could understand this.

But to use such contemptuous methods is really disappointing...

"I will hand over the sword. Keep the jade pendant for yourself." Ouyang walked past Fan Li holding Qixing Longyuan.

He had no intention of paying attention to Fan Li and only left one sentence:

"I am neither a gentleman nor a wealthy businessman. I am not worthy of this priceless jade. Doctor Fan Li can keep it for himself."

Fan Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

He comes from a poor background, has experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, and is very good at drilling into people's hearts. He can understand Ouyang's meaning with a little thought.

After thinking about this, Fan Li immediately walked quickly beside Ouyang and said, "Wu Zixu didn't see honest people back then, and now I don't see noble people. This is my fault. Please forgive me."

Ouyang paused and looked at the handsome old man in astonishment.

You can really afford it and put it down...

He stopped. Since Fan Li was already treating him politely, he couldn't put on airs anymore.

To be honest, the two of them had nothing to say, just some disagreements.

"We have no grudges at all. We are just angry that you used jade to look down on me. But Dr. Fan Li is willing to ignore his noble status and condescend to apologize. This makes me look rude. Please forgive me for being rude."

After saying that, Ouyang bowed his hands.

"Ouyang has been praised too much. I am just a commoner now, not much of a doctor." The handsome old man smiled and shook his head, then took out the jade again and said,

"The dispute between me and Sun Wu is extremely complicated. This time I asked someone to offer my sword to someone else, which is a coward on my part. If Ouyang doesn't mind, please accept this jade and treat it as my congratulations on Ouyang's happy move."

How could Ouyang accept it?

But after several rounds of reasoning, he finally couldn't defeat the opponent and accepted this gorgeous jade.

There is a refreshing and cool feeling after buying the jade, as if the hot weather has cooled down a bit.

The decoration on both sides of the jade biscuit is the same, with a wide edge on the inner and outer edges, an incised line on the interior and two tiger patterns carved on the inverted line of a large oblique knife.

The tiger is walking sideways, and its eyes are the word "chen", with long eye tips. Chenzi eyes are a kind of eyes looking downward, which generally means surrender, or ministers wear and use them.

It has a long tongue, feather-shaped markings on its body, and a long curly tail.

As for why it is called "dragon pattern", it is because its entire body is outlined with dragon patterns.

Ouyang thanked Fan Li but did not hang the jade pendant directly on his body - mainly because his clothes were not suitable for wearing the jade pendant.

On the surface, he put it in his pocket, but actually he put it in his body.

Fan Li said this could be exchanged for a city, so it probably wouldn't be much different.

Even though Ouyang didn't care just now, it was because of his own integrity before!

Now that the treasure is in hand, how can one not feel sorry for it?

After bidding farewell to Fan Li, Ouyang returned to Shennong Stream with his sword.

Fan Li came by car this time. If he didn't go back to Shennongjian, he would just live in the car, so there was no need to worry about him sleeping in the open.

This old boy is much smarter than Ouyang, so there is no need to worry blindly.

In Shennong Stream, Li Er didn't know where he went.

I don't know if this old man was stimulated by Ouyang's "scientific spirit" or if he just had a restless temper. Recently, he has been walking in the woods around Shennong Stream, observing flowers, birds and trees.

Since Xue Zhu was unable to forge swords, he lived a life of looking at stones every day. There were a lot of stones in his residence, all of which he picked up.

Xue Zhu could tell from the stones in a place whether ore was produced there. Ouyang admired this geological ability.

As for Chang Sangjun, he was looking for medicinal materials for Ouyang's Shennong Powder, and he hadn't seen him for a while.

Frankly speaking, Ouyang is very curious about what the rare medicinal ingredient is that uses a little less.

However, Chang Sangjun didn't mean to say anything, so Ouyang couldn't ask more questions.

Zhao Zhen and Bai Yuan returned to Shennong Stream first. Bai Yuan carried the big bamboo cut by them and helped Ouyang start to repair it after returning.

After the bamboo is cut down, it cannot be used directly to build a house.

Chang Sangjun taught Ouyang to use camphor wood and some spices to prepare a lacquer-like potion. This potion was mixed with lime and brushed on the bamboo to allow it to dry naturally. It would be antiseptic and insect-proof within a few years.

, very effective.

When Ouyang returned to his residence, Zhao Zhen and Bai Yuan were helping Ouyang brush bamboo.

"Where's Teacher Sun?" Ouyang asked Zhao Zhen, helped Bai Yuan take a piece of bamboo, and then started brushing it.

After all, it is my own house, so I feel embarrassed to keep asking for help.

Teacher Sun is the military sage Sun Wu.

In the past few days, in addition to Li Er who would teach Ouyang some Taoist knowledge and classics, Sun Wu would also teach Ouyang some military classics, so he became known as a teacher and student.

The hermits in Shennongjian were very talkative. As long as Ouyang was willing to learn, they were willing to teach without any temper or pretensions, which moved Ouyang quite a lot.

The spirit of teaching without discrimination was carried forward to an unlimited extent, which made him flattered.

"Grandpa Sun Wu went to find a stone to sharpen his halberd. He asked me to tell you, remember to leave two long bamboo sticks.

, He will be useful when he comes back." Zhao Zhen said, stood up and inserted the painted bamboo on the ground to let it dry naturally.

In fact, it is better to do this in autumn and winter, because autumn and winter are dry and painting allows the bamboo to absorb the potion better.

However, there may be showers in the next few days. Ouyang is in a hurry to live in the house and will not live for long, only three years, so he does not pay so much attention.

"Leave two long bamboos?" Ouyang thought for a while but didn't know what the other party was going to do, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Ouyang and Zhao Zhen were busy for a while, and then they saw Sun Wu walking into Shennong Stream carrying his halberd.

"Teacher Sun!" Ouyang stood up quickly, took the Seven Star Long Yuan from his waist and said, "Fan Li asked me to give this to you. I don't know anything else, and he didn't tell me anything."

After Ouyang finished speaking, he ran away.

Although he agreed to hand over the Long Yuan Sword to Fan Li, he had no intention of turning against Sun Wu for Fan Li's sake.

Do as much as you need to do, and don't meddle in other people's business.

"Oh?" Sun Wu pulled out the long sword and looked at the sword's body, which was like an abyss. His pupils shrank slightly, and then he smiled and shook his head, "Ha, you are looking down on me too much."

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The next day, because Xi Shi's condition became more serious, Fan Li, who had originally planned to wait and see for a while, lost his temper and went into Shennong Stream again to look for Chang Sangjun.

When Fan Li helped Xi Shi enter the Shennong Stream, Sun Wu was taking Ouyang to carve the shape of a long halberd out of long bamboo. The scene was very embarrassing for a time.

Ouyang was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat.

Li Er even took out his Qingshui Sword, which he had not unsheathed for a long time, and carefully guarded against the fight between the two.

But to everyone's expectation, there was no conflict between Sun Wu and Fan Li.

Fan Li said respectfully, "I have met my grandson."

Sun Wu just nodded politely to Fan Li.

Although Sun Wu carried his halberd around looking for whetstones all day long and looked at him in a scary way, he was not targeting Fan Li, nor was he targeting Xi Shi, who had brought disaster to the country and the people.

He seemed to have forgotten the grudges of the past, or in other words, he selectively ignored a sick woman and a husband who brought his wife to see a doctor.

Even Li Er was not sure whether Sun Wu had really let go of that grudge, so he allowed the couple to hang out in front of him.
To be continued...
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