After returning to the Hou Mansion from the Black Scale Camp, Qi Ning did not rush to talk to others. He went back to his bedroom, closed the door and windows tightly, and then took out the Ksitigarbha scroll from the wall tiles.
Zhuo Qingyang left this scroll behind, and its whereabouts have been unknown ever since. Although Qi Ning knew that this scroll contained hidden mysteries, he had never understood what secrets it contained.
After arriving in Dong Qi, I unexpectedly learned from Ling Huxu, the Prime Minister of Dong Qi, that the music score in this scroll hid an astonishing secret.
Linghu Xu claimed that this scroll concealed the whereabouts of the Yingping Scroll, and that the Yingping Scroll was a peerless book comparable to King Wen's Bagua. It could understand the cycle of heaven and earth and know the past and future lives of humans and ghosts. Although Qi Ning found it a bit sensational, he thought about King Wen. Bagua is indeed full of mysteries. The Yingping Scroll from Hetuluoshu, which was published together with King Wen’s Bagua, is certainly a rare treasure in the world even if it is not as magical as Linghu Xu said.
Qining was relieved when he saw that the Ksitigarbha Scroll was safe and sound within the wall.
In fact, after Dong Qi learned the secret of the Ksitigarbha Scroll, he had been worried about it, worried that the Ksitigarbha Scroll would be stolen. Now that it was safe and sound, he was naturally relieved.
Opening the Ksitigarbha scroll and spreading it on the table, Qining lay on the table and looked at it carefully. After a while, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
The text in this Ksitigarbha scroll is the secret shadow character created by layman Yingping. Apart from the four words "Ksitigarbha music score" at the beginning, I don't recognize any of the text symbols at the end. This is music score, not to mention all the characters. Ning knew nothing about musical notation. Even if he had learned music notation in his previous life, the difference between ancient music notation and later music notation was huge, and it was difficult for him to identify this Ksitigarbha music notation.
Qi Ning knew that since there was such a big secret hidden in the music score, it would not be easily solved. If he wanted to unlock the secret, he must first understand the music score.
However, many people are salivating over this music score. Naturally, they cannot ask anyone for advice openly. They can only ask people around them to help find out the strangeness in this music score.
The first person he trusts around him is naturally Gu Qinghan. Gu Qinghan comes from a wealthy family and is also proficient in piano and chess. However, the last time Gu Qinghan read this score, Gu Qinghan's reaction at that time seemed to be that he could not play the music on this scroll, nor could he. Know whether to be modest or really unable.
Qining stared at the scroll and knew that if he could really discover the whereabouts of Yingping's scroll from the Ksitigarbha music score, it would be a great thing. When the time comes, getting the Yingping's scroll would be of great benefit to him. Although he still doesn’t know what kind of help the Yingping Scroll will bring to him, if Linghu Xu is not just talking nonsense, then of course it will only benefit him and not hurt him to get the Yingping Scroll that is comparable to King Wen’s Bagua.
He was unable to understand the mystery hidden in the music score, so he could only put the Ksitigarbha scroll away again, thinking that it was not advisable to act too hastily and to study it again when he found an opportunity.
Although Yuan Rong and Grand Master Yuan of the Yuan Mansion of the Ministry of Rites knew everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, it was naturally impossible for Qi Ning to ask for advice from the Ksitigarbha scroll.
Although Yuan Rong had a pretty good relationship with him, to find someone who could decipher the music score, he not only had to be proficient in music, but most importantly, he had to be trustworthy. Yuan Rong had a wide circle of friends and had contacts with many officials and officials in Beijing, and he had a free and easy temperament. Unruly, who can guarantee that after this guy knows about this, he will accidentally leak it out.
Zhuo Xian'er on the Qinhuai River is quite accomplished in music, but Qin Ning feels that there are too many people on the Qinhuai River, and it would be unsafe to go to the Qinhuai River with the Ksitigarbha scroll, unless Zhuo Xian'er is invited to the mansion for advice, but since Qin Huaihe brought a girl back to his hometown. Even if Zhuo Xianer was flawless, it would not be good if word spread about it.
While he was thinking, he put away the scroll and looked at the sky outside, which was getting dark soon, but he thought of Longtai's marriage.
Longtai wanted to keep the Shenhou Mansion within his sphere of influence, so he proposed that Qining marry Ximen Zhanying from the Shenhou Mansion. In fact, Qining was really hesitant about this marriage.
From an emotional point of view, Qi Ning will naturally not hate Ximen Zhanying, and now that he plays the role of Jin Yihou, at this age, it is natural for him to get married.
The most important thing is that although the Longtai marriage is to win over the Shenhou Mansion and become the royal sphere of influence, it is of great benefit to the Jinyi Qi family.
If we talk about the early years, the most powerful people in the court of the Chu State were naturally the four hereditary princes, and the marriage that the old marquis of Jinyi had with the Housu family of Wuxiang was, from a certain point of view, an alliance in itself. In order to stabilize the positions of the two major families in the court, but after the death of the old Marquis of Wuxiang, the influence of the Su family has declined. Su Zhen even broke off the engagement between the two families personally, so this marriage was naturally impossible. There is no room for maneuver.
The forces in the court today are naturally headed by the Sima family. The King of Huainan barely contends with the Sima family, while the Jindao Tantai family always looks like it has nothing to do with itself. Apart from these major forces, the rest The person with extremely high prestige and strength in the court is naturally none other than Ximen Wuhen.
Qi Ning naturally knows that Ximen Wuhen holds the Shenhou Mansion and controls the rivers and lakes in the Chu Kingdom. This is actually an extremely terrifying force. Both the Sima family and the King of Huainan are afraid that they all want to bring the Shenhou Mansion to the throne. Within the scope of one's own strength.
Today's Jinyi Qi family is actually in an extremely severe environment.
The reason why the Jinyi Qi family can still occupy a position in the court is simply because of his relationship with the young emperor, who tried his best to protect the Jinyi Qi family. Both the Sima family and the King of Huainan regard the Jinyi Qi family as their opponents, but These two forces are still fighting for the time being, and they have no time to put too much energy on the Jinyi Qi family. Once these two forces decide the outcome one day, the Jinyi Qi family will definitely face a person who comes out of a pool of blood. powerful opponent.
Qi Ning knew that the maintenance of the little emperor was naturally very important, but in order for the Jinyi Qi family to gain a firm foothold in Chu State, in the final analysis, they still needed to be strong enough to deal with any opponent.
Being married to the Ximen family is naturally one of the ways to strengthen the Jinyi Qi family.
Once the Shenhou Mansion and the Jinyi Qi Family come together, they will definitely become another huge force. Even if the King of Huainan and the Sima Family decide the winner one day, facing the powerful Jinyi Qi Family, they will not dare to act rashly. In the long run, Look, marrying Ximen Zhanying is naturally beneficial but not harmful to Jinyi Qi's family.
If it was just to strengthen the Jinyi Qi family without any personal feelings, Qining might not consider this marriage. However, this marriage is of great benefit to Qi Ning both publicly and privately, but Qi Ning has to carefully consider it. Think about it.
Ximen Zhanying has also reached the age of marriage and will leave the court sooner or later. From a personal point of view, thinking of Ximen Zhanying being held in the arms of another man, Qining is naturally very unhappy. He will never allow other men to get involved. Ximen Zhanying's body.
From the perspective of the Jinyi Qi family, once the Jinyi Qi family rejects this marriage, other forces will inevitably propose marriage to Ximen Zhanying in order to win over the Shenhou Mansion.
With Ximen Wuhen's position and identity in the Chu Kingdom, there are only a handful of people who can propose marriage to the Ximen family. What Qining is most worried about is that the King of Huainan and even the Sima family have the idea of Ximen Zhanying. With a prosperous population, selecting a young talent from his family to propose marriage to the Ximen family may not bring threats.
If Ximen Zhanying entered another family's house, it would naturally be a great threat to the Jinyi Qi family.
Qining felt a little guilty just because he wanted to marry Ximen Zhanying.
He made an oath with Eve in Xichuan and promised to marry Eve as his wife, but now he has to marry Ximen Zhanying, and he always feels a little guilty. Moreover, he and Chi Danmei are already married, and he married without telling her, but he also feels guilty in his heart. I feel sorry for Chi Danmei.
The most terrible thing is that he has been secretly launching an offensive against Gu Qinghan, hoping that one day Gu Qinghan will accept him. However, marrying Ximen Zhanying at this time will undoubtedly bring great obstacles to his relationship with Gu Qinghan. Gu Qinghan is not interested in this kind of underground relationship. The relationship didn't dare to go too far. After Ximen Zhanying passed by, Gu Qinghan could use this as an excuse to put a greater distance between himself and himself.
The more Qi Ning thought about it, the more upset he became. He just felt that his luck was not very good. In his previous life, he also read a lot of time-travel novels. After the protagonist in the time-travel, the women around him were extremely generous, and they were very affectionate towards each other. Falling in love doesn't seem to be the case here.
Of course, being surrounded by beautiful women is what every man dreams of, but Qining suddenly discovered that with more women, there were more troubles.
This matter must be explained to Gu Qinghan sooner or later. After all, Longtai gave three days. Once the time limit is up, the marriage edict will be issued directly.
One day has passed before the time limit. If the edict arrives and Gu Qinghan doesn't know anything about it, it will definitely be a problem. He wanted to tell Gu Qinghan about it yesterday, but what about Qining's mood yesterday? It's easy to say, it's getting late, and this matter can't be postponed. Although I feel a little unsure, I also know that it is better to explain this matter to Gu Qinghan sooner rather than later.
He put his hands behind his back and followed the path out of the yard. He was thinking about how he should explain this matter to Gu Qinghan later, and he was worried.
As he was thinking about it, he turned around a corridor and suddenly heard an "oops" sound. Qining felt the shadow in front of him move and stopped in a hurry. When he looked up, he saw a maid in front of him and almost bumped into her.
It was dark at this time, and there were no lights in this corridor. Qi Ning suddenly turned around, no wonder he almost ran into him. The maid saw Qi Ning clearly and said hurriedly: "Master Marquis, slave... I deserve to die... I was careless...!"
Seeing that the maid looked familiar, Qi Ning thought about it and asked with a smile: "Are you Su Lan?"
The maid was about twenty years old, with a pretty face. Although not extremely beautiful, she was very attractive. She was the Sulan girl that the weird man in black cloak cared about very much.
Su Lan was holding a lunch box in her hand, as if she was going to deliver food to someone. When she heard Qin Ning calling out her name, she was stunned for a moment, but immediately said: "In response to the words of the Marquis, my servant is Su Lan."
Qi Ning nodded slightly, and was suddenly startled when he discovered that there was a maid following behind Su Lan. After taking a closer look, she found that it was the Xiu Niang he had brought back from Dong Qi.