Clouds and Waters

The strange old man looked at the two of them for a long time, then laughed and said: "Okay, girl in white, you are an open-minded and sassy man, smart and smart, and you are like a teacher. I like it!"

Shui Xinyou was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Does the old man know the teacher?"

The strange old man smiled, took another sip and said, "I don't know your master, but I do know your master ancestor. Well, let me ask you, who did you learn from with your water sleeve sword technique?"

Shui Xin said leisurely: "This old monster had a drink today, so he wants to talk about the history? That's good! Knowing his origin, it will be easier to deal with him in the future!" Thinking of this, he hurriedly laughed and said: "If you talk about Shui Shou The swordsmanship comes from masters. There are two people. One is Xue Zhilan, my ancestor of the Five Elements School, and the other is Master Ye Wanling, a close friend of Master Zhilan. This set of swordsmanship is originally called Tiandi Xuanhuang Swordsmanship. Combined use, such a combination of hardness and softness, and the complementarity of long and short, is infinitely powerful. Later, my second-generation master of the Water Gate, Master Shui Yifang, mastered this set of swordsmanship, kneaded them together, and danced with two swords together. Later After the generation of masters continued to improve, they abandoned the sword and used the sleeve to increase its elegant and agile characteristics, and this water sleeve sword technique gradually evolved."

Yun Chenxiao was excited when she heard Shui Xinyou's words, and hurried to pull her sleeve, but Shui Xinyou grinned nonchalantly.The strange old man nodded and said: "Well, you girl is honest, and you didn't tell lies. As everyone knows, it is good to combine this set of sword skills, but it will only increase the difficulty of its practice. You are not a person with a high level of comprehension. You can't control it. Girl in white, you don't have to be modest. This water sleeve sword technique, the water gate is up and down, I'm afraid you are the only one who can see the way? Just now I said that you have the style of being a teacher, so I was talking about you, Master Ye." He There was a slight pause at this point, and he got up slowly, with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly closed, and he seemed to be in deep thought, and said softly: "I think back then when you, Master Ye, and Xue Haoran combined their swords together, it was the respect of ghosts and gods, and the world was in a hurry. Although Xue Haoran and I were rivals, I couldn't help admiring the exquisite swordsmanship that night after I saw it. Alas, it's a pity that Miss is obsessed with her obsession. In the end, alas..."

Yun Chenxiao was ignorant and didn't quite understand.Shui Xinyou's heart was beating wildly, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Old man, you... Your name is 'Miss Ye Shizun'? Are you... Could it be, could it be..."

The old monster sighed, turned around and said: "That's all, let's not talk about this." He took a deep breath and said: "Girl in white, do you know where the mysterious and yellow swordsmanship of this world comes from? "

Shui Xinyou thought about it calmly, and said a little dazedly: "I read the notes of Master Zhilan and Master Ye piecemeal, and it seems to have been mentioned in it. It is said that this sword technique is the result of a senior master who exhausted his whole life. It was created, and it was called "Xuanhuang Sword" at the beginning. This senior expert had a relationship with Ye Shizun as a master and apprentice, so he passed this sword technique to Ye Shizun. Later, Ye Shizun studied and improved it with Master Zhilan, Only then did the world Xuanhuang swordsmanship of the day come into being."

The old monster laughed, patted his buttocks and sat down, crossed his legs, and tilted his head, looking quite proud.At this point the rabbit is just cooked.He went over to grab one with both hands, and regardless of the hot hands, tore a piece of hind leg meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and took a sip of wine.At this moment, Yun Chenxiao forgot about her hunger, and listened intently to the old man and Shui Xinyou's questions and answers.Seeing the old man eating meat, he thought of offering sacrifices to the Wu Zang Temple, and hurriedly took down another rabbit.Tear the rabbit meat into pieces, keep half for himself, and pass the other half to Shui Xinyou.Shui Xinyou didn't care about her ladylike demeanor, whether she was elegant or not, she just picked up the rabbit meat and ate it.If you eat too much and choke, take wine to swallow.It's really a big mouthful of drinking and eating meat.Yun Chenxiao smiled brightly and called "slow down" from the side.

The three of them were full, and Yun Chenxiao couldn't help but interjected and asked, "Old man, what exactly are you trying to say? After talking for so long?"

The old monster turned his gaze back, looked at Yun Chenxiao and said with a smile: "Okay, girl Yun, let's talk about you now. You have top-notch aptitude and understanding, and you are indeed a rare talent. It's just that you are smart in small things, but confused in big things. If you are clever and conspiratorial, no one will be your opponent. But this is not a stratagem after all. At best, you are just a small military strategist, but you will never be a general. Huh, even if you have the best martial arts in the world, you can still be a general. You are not the number one person in the world. You, on the surface, are open-minded and optimistic in everything, but in fact, if you say that you are open-minded, you are not as straightforward as this girl in white."

Yun Chenxiao's stomach almost exploded when he heard that, rolled his eyes, and said indignantly: "How old are you? Can you criticize people like this? Besides, it's none of your business whether I am a soldier or a general?"

The old monster didn't hold back his smile, but he didn't answer her, and continued: "Jade is not polished, it's useless! You are just a piece of beautiful jade, I want to cultivate it, but you don't have the heart to imitate it. It's a pity! Having received Xue Haoran's kindness, it is God's will that you have acquired Xue Haoran's Five Elements True Qi. Hehe, it's just that you are endowed with peerless supernatural powers and great talents, so why don't you want to use them. Think of your grandfather galloping across the battlefield, how heroic he is? But there is an unworthy descendant like you who has no ambitions. I am afraid that your ancestors of the Yun family will not be able to sleep well in the underworld."

Yun Chenxiao said in shock, "You... how do you know so much? Who told you?"

The strange old man said coldly: "Hmph, I want to know, isn't it easy? Xue Haoran's every move, how can I hide it from my eyes? Do you need others to tell?"

Yun Chenxiao frowned, but swallowed the words, staring at the strange old man.Shui Xinyou's heart shivered, and he bowed respectfully to the old man and said: "Your junior dares to ask senior, his name? I hope senior can give me some advice!"

The old man glanced at Shui Xinyou, smiled slightly, but ignored her.He then took out an iron box from his bosom and threw it to Yun Chenxiao, "For the sake of drinking with me, I'll give you one night, and I'll come to pick up the box tomorrow morning. Girl Yun, I'll give you a chance. Hmph, it's all up to you to get this chance!" After saying that, with a loud smile and a wave of his long sleeves, Shi Shiran disappeared into the night.

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Yun Chenxiao held the iron box of the mirror in his hand, and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes by the light of the fire.This time, she did not glance over like she did the first time, but looked at the details carefully, without missing a single detail.I saw that the iron box was square, the size of a brick, and the whole body was jet black. It seemed to be made of high-quality iron and was indestructible.On the surface of the iron box are some strangely shaped characters, some are curved, while others are horizontal and vertical.Moreover, these characters are not only on the upper surface, but also on the six sides of the iron box.Yun Chenxiao studied it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a clue, so she handed it to Shui Xinyou to continue reading.

Shui Xinyou also observed for a long time, and suddenly smiled and said: "Ah, the box can move, puppy!" As he spoke, he played with the mirror iron box.Sure enough, only a few "clicks" were heard, and the box seemed to be divided into several small pieces, which could be turned up, down, left, and right.

Yun Chenxiao nodded and said: "Yes, I also discovered this. Each surface is divided into sixteen small squares, so the whole iron box is divided into 64 small boxes. However, no matter how you turn it, it seems It doesn't help to open the box!" She took back the tin box and said with a frown, "The key now is to figure out what the messy symbols on the box mean! Sigh, this is the most troublesome thing."

Shui Xinyou patted Yun Chenxiao on the shoulder, and comforted her softly: "Hey, our puppy is so smart, these little things will definitely not trouble her! If you think about it slowly, there will always be a way! "

Yun Chenxiao took a look at Shui Xinyou, nodded and took Shui Xinyou's hand and said, "Come on, let's sit down and think together. Sigh, who wrote these ghost symbols? I'm really full." of!"

Shui Xinyou sat down according to the words, played with the Jingxu iron box and said casually: "This Jingxu iron box is said to have been passed down from Tianzhu."

After hearing this, Yun Chenxiao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Well, they all went to the west? Then tell me, did Master Xuanzang bring it back when he went to the west to learn scriptures? Or the Tathagata Buddha saw that Master Xuanzang had no body. If you don’t want anything, why don’t you just give him such a mirror iron box and ask him to use it for alms?”

Shui Xinyou violently pushed Yun Chenxiao's head away and said, "I'm telling you the truth, do you still want to interrupt? Huh, I won't tell you, you deserve it because you can't open the iron box! You were caught by that old monster !"

Yun Chenxiao giggled, looked at Shui Xinyou eagerly, and said in a flattering voice: "Oh, Xiao You'er, to be honest, if I was really caught by that old monster, what would you do?"

Shui Xin gave her a white look, and said: "What should I do? Sleep well, and eat three meals a day without worrying!"

Yun Chenxiao was bored, so she curled her lips, sighed resentfully, and looked sideways at Shui Xinyou in a daze.Shui Xinyou picked up the Jingxu iron box and shook it in front of Yun Chenxiao, angrily said: "What am I doing? Look at the box!"

Yun Chenxiao gasped, and murmured: "You look much better than this stinky box..." She turned her face away and played with the box.

After a long time, Shui Xinyou saw that Yun Chenxiao was still frowning, and he couldn't bear it, so he leaned over to pillow Yun Chenxiao's arm and said, "Oh, no amount of capable people can beat this box." Yes, you don’t have to be too reluctant. Don’t worry, there is no unparalleled road, God must love you, how could you be caught by that old man?”

Yun Chenxiao raised her head and sighed: "You can only speak nice things. Even if the old man doesn't make things difficult for me, I will be tossed to death by such a weird bastard."

Shui Xin smiled faintly, raised her head and said, "Then don't let it torment you. Come on, come on, show me the stars again."

Yun Chenxiao frowned and said, "Is there still time to spare?"

Shui Xinyou seemed to have already made up her mind, dragging Yun Chenxiao's arm and said angrily, "Smelly puppy, you are dishonest! Do you want me to torment you?"

Yun Chenxiao grinned helplessly, and was about to speak when Shui Xinyou waved his fist, Yun Chenxiao lost all confidence and nodded repeatedly.The two of them lay flat on the grass, and put the mirror iron box in the middle.This night the moon and stars are sparse, only a few scattered in the sky, but a round of bright moon is very bright and clear, the moonlight is cold and clear, and it is extremely peaceful and quiet.In the middle of the moon, the shadows are faint, and they are about to be exposed, but they are covered. It seems that the green hills are covered with daisy, high and long, and unsteady; it is also like a fairy dancing, graceful and elegant, attracting infinite reverie.

The two were silent for a long time, Yun Chenxiao was upset, looked at the moon for a while, then turned sideways, staring straight at Shui Xinyou in a daze.Shui Xinyou looked at the sky with her eyes, sometimes she had a smile on her lips, she was charming and beautiful, and sometimes her brows were sad, I felt pity when I saw it.Suddenly, Shui Xinyou giggled, stretched out his hand, and drew a few times in the air with his slender fingers, and said with a smile: "Look, puppy Yun, those stars in the sky are arranged like a turtle!"

Yun Chen was surprised, looked up, and saw those stars arranged in an oval shape, and there was a small star following behind, it really looked like a turtle.Yun Chenxiao chuckled, turned over and was about to speak, but Shui Xinyou pointed at her forehead and said, "It just looks like you!"

Yun Chenxiao took her hand and didn't refute it. She looked resigned and said with a smile: "The tortoise is the tortoise. It has a long life! Also, the tortoise is a great contributor to our Chinese culture! Xiaoyou You're flattering me, son! I thank you!"

Shui Xinyou leaned in front of Yun Chenxiao, pulled out his hand and pressed Yun Chenxiao's back and said, "Are you talking nonsense again? Well, I'll listen to your explanation, little turtle. If you justify yourself, that's fine. If you say Not good, this hero will slap your tortoise shell with one palm and make your back blossom!"

Yun Chenxiao said with a smile: "Hey, it's hard to say? Don't you know Hetu Luoshu? The dragon and horse floated out of the Yellow River, carried "River Tu" on their backs, and dedicated it to Fuxi. The tortoise floated out, carried the "Book of Luo" on its back, and dedicated it to Dayu. According to this, Dayu successfully controlled the water and divided the world into Kyushu. Therefore, it is said, "The river draws pictures, Luo publishes books, and sages follow them." Is it the tortoise's credit? What, our knowledgeable little Yuer doesn't know?"

Shui Xinyou snorted coldly, then withdrew his hand and said: "Who said I don't know? Hetu Luoshu is the source of Yin Yang and Five Elements, how could I not know? It was just a test for you! The answer is not bad .”

Yun Chenxiao bowed his head and said goodbye: "Okay, let me ask you, what are the numbers of the river map? What is Luo Shu talking about?"

Shui Xin said leisurely: "The river diagram implies the number of heaven and earth, the art of five elements, the number of Da Yan, and the number of intersecting heaven and stem. Luoshu is the source of number. To put it bluntly, it is a nine-square grid! That's fifteen."

Yun Chenxiao smiled slightly, and said: "Hey, I don't think you really have some knowledge. This Luoshu is indeed a nine-square grid. I liked playing this game the most when I was young, alas..." When she said this, she suddenly stopped , sat up with a groan, and murmured to himself: "Nine palaces, nine palaces?" Immediately, he grabbed the mirror iron box and fiddled with it back and forth, spinning back and forth non-stop.

Shui Xinyou's thoughts turned sharply, and he realized something in a moment: "You mean, this mirror iron box is a nine-square grid? As long as the numbers in the grid are turned correctly, this box can be opened naturally?"

Yun Chenxiao nodded and said: "That's right. Besides, I have read in books that Tianzhu's arithmetic has a long history, and its solutions are exquisite and profound, which is not inferior to my Chinese arithmetic. If this box really came from Tianzhu, it is very likely that it is based on Open the iron box using the principles of arithmetic. However, this is not a nine-square grid, but a sixteen-square grid, hehe, it turned out that it was going around and around, and it came to my old business."

Shui Xinyou was overjoyed when she heard that, but then said again: "But, what are the weird symbols on this box?"

Yun Chenxiao hugged the box and played with it for a while, then shook her head and said, "I'm not too sure about it. But according to my guess, this should be the number symbol of the ancient Tianzhu people."

"Numbers?" Shui Xinyou blinked, stared at the box for a long time and said, "But, we don't know what these numbers represent, and it's still useless in the end! This iron box has six sides in total. One face is a nine-square grid, if you don’t know the numbers on it, isn’t it a waste of effort?”

Yun Chenxiao chuckled, and said, "Silly Youer, look at you! I'm teasing you. I've said it all, arithmetic is my old profession. If I don't even know what the numbers are, then What else do you want to eat? I used to read the books of ancient mathematics occasionally, and I saw records of numbers and symbols like this. But I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, so I only remembered a rough idea. But whether it is successful or not, you have to try it Well, if it really doesn’t work, I’ll go home and look through my old books!”

Shui Xinyou nodded and stopped talking.Yun Chenxiao immediately picked up a stone and calculated on the ground without distraction.After counting for a while, he turned the mirror iron box a few times, sometimes beaming with joy, sometimes sighing.In fact, the deduction of the so-called "Nine Palaces" (here refers to the fourth-order magic square) is not a difficult problem for Yun Chenxiao, but the difficulty lies in these numbers.Sometimes I don't know what the number is, so I have to try one by one.From one to ten, from ten to a hundred, it's so cumbersome.If this is placed on someone else, I'm afraid it will already be one head and two big, and it will be abandoned halfway.But Yun Chenxiao was born fond of arithmetic, and her interest was insatiable. What others saw as boring, tedious and complicated things, she was fascinated and busy.

Even Shui Xinyou's head was swollen while watching, so he had to give up after a while, and lit the bonfire for Yun Chenxiao to make it brighter, lest she couldn't see clearly.After that, he just stared blankly at Yun Chenxiao doing the math. If he was right, he would giggle with her, and if he was wrong, he would frown along with her. The tenderness and love in his eyes burned like a bonfire.Against the background of the fire, the two of them just sat like this in this deserted mountain forest, which seemed to be a beautiful picture.Before you know it, the bright and bright moon gradually fades out, and in a trance, a new day will come again.

"Haha, Xiao You'er, it's done!" Yun Chenxiao laughed loudly, and greeted Shui Xinyou.

Shui Xinyou leaned over and said in a trembling voice because of excitement: "Then... open it quickly!"

Yun Chenxiao threw her hands back and said with a smile, "Guess first, what's inside? If you guess right, I'll give it to you, and if you guess wrong, it's mine!"

Shui Xin swayed Yun Chenxiao's arm and curled her lips, "Hurry up, hurry up, don't be fooled!"

Seeing Shui Xinyou's excited look, Yun Chenxiao laughed and said, "All right, just kiss me and I'll open it for you, okay?"

Shui Xinyou pointed at Yun Chenxiao's nose and said, "Smelly puppy, are you taking advantage of others?"

Yun Chenxiao looked at her with a smile, but said nothing.In the end, Shui Xinyou still couldn't hold her back, she lowered her head and said softly: "Well, you keep what you say?"

Yun Chenxiao patted her chest and said, "That's natural, I..."

Shui Xinyou didn't care to listen to her nonsense, before Yun Chenxiao finished speaking, she leaned over and bit her hard on the right cheek.Yun Chenxiao yelped in pain, but felt that Shui Xinyou's skin was as warm and moist as jade, smooth and tender, and her breath was like orchid, and her fragrance could be added.Yun Chenxiao's mind fluttered, after all, he was not willing to push Shui Xinyou away, and endured the pain forcefully, but there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, which was very rewarding.

Shui Xinyou chuckled, leaned on Yun Chenxiao's shoulder, reached out and rubbed the red tooth marks on her face, and whispered in her ear: "Big stupid dog, don't you know it hurts if you bite you?"

Yun Chenxiao froze for a moment, her face flushed, she smiled without saying a word.Shui Xinyou also smiled, and said, "Still opening the box?"

Only then did Yun Chenxiao come to her senses, match up all the numbers she had deduced, and then use all her internal energy to break it quietly.

With a sound of "啪啦", the outer shell of the Jingxu iron box burst open as if under a huge force.

Both Yun and Shui's hearts were beating wildly, they couldn't help but rubbed their eyes, calmed down, swallowed, took a deep breath, and then looked into the iron box together.But when they saw this, they all turned pale with shock, opened their mouths wide and couldn't utter a single word.

Dare to say that there is an iron box inside the mirror iron box.Yun Chenxiao picked up the box to have a look, and cursed: "What bird box? You're lying! Xiao You'er, we don't want it anymore!" As he said that, he was about to throw the box away.

Shui Xinyou hurriedly snatched it away, took a closer look, and found that it was okay this time, the writing on the box was in very small petite lowercase letters, which covered the entire box, and everyone could recognize it.The box can also be rotated back and forth, which implies a mechanism.Shui Xin said with a smile: "Do you give up when you encounter a little setback? This is not your Yun puppy's style, is it?"

Yun Chenxiao said dejectedly: "What? I'm afraid that in the end, this box is inside a box, and there's nothing inside. Aren't we just working in vain?"

Shui Xinyou shook her head and said: "No matter what, you have to do your best. Come on, don't be discouraged, let's take a look."

Yun Chenxiao sighed and looked at the small tin box.Although the words on the box are familiar this time, no matter whether they are read horizontally or vertically, they are meaningless when connected together.

The two of them thought about it for a long time, but at the same time they yelled "Ah".

Yun Chenxiao asked, "Did you think of something?"

Shui Xinyou nodded with a smile.Yun Chenxiao said with a smile: "Okay, tell me first, see if we both think the same or different?"

Shui Xinyou said: "No, let's write it out separately, and then exchange places to read, so as to save you from cheating."

Yun Chenxiao reluctantly agreed.The two wrote down their thoughts respectively, and then exchanged places.Seeing this, Yun Chenxiao slapped her thigh, and said joyfully, "That's right! Xiao You'er, you and I want to go together!"

The two smiled at each other, irresistible.It turned out that one of these two people wrote "Xuan Ji Tu", while the other wrote "Su Ruolan".

The author has something to say:

Note: The number symbols mentioned in the text are Arabic numerals.It was actually created by the ancient Indians, and then spread to Europe by the Arabs.Therefore, it is mistakenly called "Arabic numerals".It was introduced into my country in the [-]th and [-]th centuries.

The things recorded in the article were fabricated by myself, and the date cannot be tested. At that time, Arabic numerals had not yet been introduced, so the ancient books were fabricated by me.

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