Qi Ning sent Mrs. Tian to Tianzhai. After Mrs. Tian got out of the car, Qi Ning did not get off the car and said with a smile: "Madam, rest first when you go back. Don't think too much. Lend me this carriage to go back first."
Mrs. Tian hurriedly ordered: "Dali, take the Marquis back to his house."
The coachman agreed and was about to leave when Mrs. Tian hurriedly said: "Wait a minute." He took off his robe and brought it over. Qi Ning took it. Mrs. Tian hesitated and then asked: "Master Marquis, Will we just forget about it in the future?"
Qi Ning smiled and said, "Why, you don't want to be in the hospital business anymore?"
Along the way, Mrs. Tian has regained her composure, and the previous fear has disappeared a lot, and said: "There is business to do, how can you not do it? It's just that old pervert...!" At this point, her cheeks were slightly dizzy, and she felt resentful. He said: "I offended that old guy today, he... he will naturally not let us send medicinal materials again."
Qi Ning said: "Lang Cheng, a small Pharmacy Bureau, is able to control the Imperial Hospital, so Madam looks up to him. He offended Madam today, and the debt has not been settled yet. Madam has been staying at home these days, so she should You have all the medicinal materials that have been prepared, and within three days, I will keep them for you to deliver to the Tai Hospital."
Mrs. Tian was doubtful, but considering who Qin Ning was, since he said this, there was no big problem.
Seeing the carriage leaving, Mrs. Tian had mixed feelings in her heart. If Qi Ning hadn't stepped forward today, she didn't know how to handle the situation at that time. Thinking about it now, Qi Ning, who was honored in Jinyi, actually fell from the sky. The old pervert rescued her, but Mrs. Tian felt extremely grateful in her heart.
For any woman, when she is in the most critical moment, a man steps forward to protect her, which is enough to make her grateful for a lifetime. Mrs. Tian's situation is even more special. She is a widow, so for her There are many people who are salivating, but only very few of them really stand up for her when she is in trouble.
Her mood was complicated, and she suddenly thought of the previous scene in the car, where she was held in Qining's arms, and her cheeks felt slightly warm again.
Qi Ning sat on the carriage, just holding the robe in his hand. Although the robe had not been draped on Mrs. Tian for a long time, it was already stained with the fragrance of a mature woman from Mrs. Tian. This carriage was exclusively for Mrs. Tian. Although she had gotten out of the carriage, the smell still lingered in the carriage, lingering on the tip of Qining's nose.
At this time, Qi Ning also thought about the feeling of holding Mrs. Tian just now, thinking that this beautiful mature woman is really a stunner. Just hugging her soft and fragrant body made people feel excited. It seemed that she had finally I still don’t have much resistance to beautiful mature women with this kind of mature charm.
Returning to the Hou Mansion, Qi Ning drove the carriage away vigorously. Qining did not see Gu Qinghan, thinking that since Gu Wenwen had sent someone to inform him, Gu Qinghan naturally knew that the Gu family's crisis had been resolved and would not be too worried.
After coming back, the estrangement between him and Gu Qinghan still did not disappear. Qining knew that Gu Qinghan was very wary of him. Although he did have some thoughts about Gu Qinghan in his heart, he also knew that Gu Qinghan stuck to the bottom line and was really not easy to get close to.
To be fair, Qining admired Gu Qinghan even more for strictly sticking to the bottom line.
It's just that Gu Qinghan is distant and cold from time to time. This still makes Qining feel a little uncomfortable, but he can understand it.
Qi Ning secretly pursues Gu Qinghan, naturally without any psychological burden. He is Li Daitao Zong, and has nothing to do with Gu Qinghan. Even if something really happens with Gu Qinghan, Qi Ning will not feel any burden. He felt guilty, but he knew that Gu Qinghan thought that he was the real Jin Yihou, and the two of them were aunt and nephew. Of course, Gu Qinghan would not allow anything that shouldn't happen in such a relationship.
Although much of the life of the official class is corrupt and unknown things often happen without any scruples, Gu Qinghan is obviously not such a person.
Since Qining knew that Gu Qinghan didn't want to get too close to him, he simply stopped taking the initiative and behaved much more indifferently, lest Gu Qinghan always feel that he had fantasies about her.
After he entered the house, he didn't see Gu Qinghan, nor did he ask his servants. However, when General Manager Han saw Qining coming back, he hurriedly came over and said, "Master Marquis, Mr. Liao from the accounting office needs to see you."
"Mr. Liao?" Qining never asked about the accountant of the Hou Mansion, and he didn't know that the accountant's surname was Wang or Li. He asked, "What does he want from me?"
Mr. Han said: "Mr. Liao originally wanted to come over in person after he knew that the Marquis was back. However, the Marquis has been very busy these two days. Mr. Liao did not dare to disturb him. He told the old slave in private that if the Marquis was free, he would come Just come here, he said that before the Marquis went to Xichuan, he asked him to do something, and he has already done it."
Qi Ning just felt baffled, thinking when did he ask the accountant to help him? Gu Qinghan has always been in charge of the accounting room, and he has never interfered. He was confused and said: "Let him come over."
Manager Han immediately stepped back. Not long after, an old man in his early fifties wearing a black hat came into the hall, bowed and said, "Master Hou!"
Qi Ning took a look, had some impressions, suddenly remembered, stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Liao."
At this time, he had already thought that before he went to Xichuan, he really asked the accountant, Mr. Liao, to run an errand.
Zhuo Qingyang of Qionglin Academy was stabbed and his whereabouts were unknown. Before he disappeared, he left clues, allowing Qining to find a piece of bamboo tube behind the plaque. From the bamboo tube, he found an extremely strange scroll.
The scroll was full of strange words, among which there were three larger ancient words on the far left. Qining was as if he were reading a book from heaven and could not read a single word of the words on it.
He knew that the people in the accounting room in the Hou Mansion were quite knowledgeable, so he copied the three characters and asked Mr. Liao to identify one of them.
It's just that although Mr. Liao was not bad at learning, he didn't recognize it at the time. Qining only thought that this kind of ancient writing was indeed rare, so he casually asked Mr. Liao to check it. After that, he went to Xichuan, and put this matter aside. He also hid the scroll secretly. To this day, he almost forgot about it.
When I saw Mr. Liao at this time, I immediately remembered him.
Mr. Liao said respectfully: "Master Hou, I have already done what you asked me to do." He stepped forward and took out two pieces of paper from his sleeves. One of them was exactly the one that Qining asked him to identify the text that day. One piece, but the other piece was new paper. Mr. Liao gave the piece of paper to Qi Ning first and said, "Master Marquis, this is the character you gave me to identify that day. Is it correct?"
Qi Ning took it and saw that the text was simple and elegant. The font was actually very beautiful, but it was unusual and unusual. He nodded and said: "Yes, that's the word."
Mr. Liao said with a smile: "After the Marquis left, I looked up various classics, but never found this word. Not long ago, I was drinking with a few friends, and we were talking about calligraphy. It happened that there was a person who was slightly proficient in ancient characters. I I wrote this character for him to recognize, but he couldn't recognize it on the spot, but he took me to his house and found an ancient calligraphy book."
"Ancient calligraphy book?"
Mr. Liao nodded and said: "That is a hand-copied ancient calligraphy book, which is extremely rare. According to him, the character Hou Ye is not an ordinary ancient character. If it were an ordinary ancient character, he could tell it at a glance. The character Hou Ye is very rare. It may be the secret shadow character that has long since become extinct.”
Qi Ning was greatly surprised, wondering what the secret shadow character was
But he also knew very well that writing, as an important symbol of human cultural inheritance, has gone through an extremely long and complex evolution process.
Although this world is different from the history he knows, in the history he knows, during the Warring States Period, the writing methods of various countries were very different, and the same word was written in different ways.
This world obviously has such a period. Maybe there were all kinds of writings in history. The fittest survived. Many ancient writings slowly disappeared into history, and the secret shadow character in front of me may be one of the lost ancient writings.
"Where did this secret shadow character come from?" Qining asked, "How long ago was it?"
Mr. Liao explained: "Master Hou, in fact, the secret shadow character has never been widely circulated. According to my friend, the secret shadow character appeared less than two hundred years ago, circulated for less than twenty years, and then disappeared. .In fact, Secret Shadow Word is not widely used, only a very small number of people have used it.”
"How do you say this?" Qining became more and more surprised.
However, Mr. Liao shook his head and said: "The clouds break through the moon shadow, and the duckweed brings autumn. Mr. Hou, have you ever heard of the name of the layman Yingping?"
Qi Ning shook his head, and Mr. Liao said regretfully: "Master Yingping was a musical master less than two hundred years ago. The world's evaluation of Master Yingping is divided into two. Some people say that he is the master with the most profound attainments in music throughout the ages. In terms of music, no one can surpass him. But some people say that he is just a confused lunatic. His music is weird and gloomy, without the beauty that music seeks, and it is not worth mentioning."
Qining suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "There are also such weird things."
"What's even weirder is that there is also a legend that the layman Yingping is not one person, but a group of people. This group of people are all called layman Yingping, and they are all weirdos who share the same musical interests." Mr. Liao said: "There are different opinions, what is it? What happened, it’s hard to explain clearly now.”
Qi Ning asked: "Has Mr. Liao ever listened to the music of Layman Yingping?"
Mr. Liao laughed hurriedly and said: "How can I have such luck? As far as I know, although Yingping's music is unparalleled, there is no music score left. It is said that Yingping is unruly and unruly. He never sticks to the rules and travels all year round. Outside, he was either in the mountains or traveling across the ocean. At that time, many dignitaries invited him to perform, but he never accepted the call."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "This is an amazing person."
"So layman Yingping has offended many people." Mr. Liao said: "Some people say that he died in despair in the end, while others say that he traveled across the oceans and went to very far away places. What is the result, we can only I can tell it from hearsay.”
Qi Ning nodded slightly and asked, "What does this secret shadow character have to do with the layman Yingping?"