After Luo Heng finished feeding her and coaxed the girl to fall back to sleep, she locked the door and left the Sanwei Bookstore.
The weather has cleared up, and the small Linxi County town has become noisy again.
There are many merchants coming and going on the street.
This is the transportation hub between the north and the south, especially the dock directly across the river from the south of the city. Many goods sent to the north or to the south of the Yangtze River will be transited here.
Therefore, the business in the south of the city is very prosperous, not much worse than that of the capital.
It's just not as extravagant as the capital.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, providing all kinds of clothing, food, housing and transportation.
"Master Luo!"
"Oh, it's Mr. Luo, have you eaten?"
"Hello, Mr. Luo, please walk slowly."
"Ah, Mr. Luo, why are you out and about today?"
Along the way, the local merchants who lived in Linxi greeted Luo Heng one after another, showing great respect in their words.
Even though Luo Heng is young, due to his status as a civil servant, no one dares to call him by his first name anymore. They all call him "Master".
Luo Heng is very famous in Linxi County, and almost everyone knows it.
There is no way, who told Da Chu to be the only scholar who won the imperial examination at the age of thirteen after more than a hundred years of founding of the country?
Linxi people have always regarded him as proud.
After chatting with the merchants with a smile, Luo Heng slowly walked into a cloth shop.
"Master Luo? What brings you here? Please come in."
The cloth shop clerk welcomed Luo Heng in with a smile on his face.
The shopkeeper, who heard the commotion, hurriedly came out and accompanied him personally.
"Tear some pieces of cloth and plan to make clothes."
Luo Heng said with a smile.
The linen clothes on Mu Qingwan were almost torn, and his clothes were too big for a girl to wear.
Originally, Luo Heng could choose to go to a clothing store and buy clothing directly.
But he was afraid of leaving any mistakes.
After all, everyone in Linxi knew that after the old scholar died, he had no relatives in this world.
If a well-known "big shot" like Luo Heng suddenly goes to a clothing store to buy women's skirts, he is guaranteed to attract the attention of the embroidery guard.
After much deliberation, Luo Heng still felt that he would be able to have enough food and clothing by himself.
Anyway...he can also do acupuncture.
This was not something he learned from studying, but that he and the old scholar depended on each other and learned to mend his own clothes when he was a child.
To be honest, he was pretty good at needlework.
"Take half of this white piece."
"The cyan one too...oh, some of this tender green one too."
Luo Heng glanced around and already picked the target.
The shopkeeper hurriedly responded and signaled the clerk to cut the cloth.
They didn't think much about why Luo Heng, a grown man, wanted bright green cloth. They just thought that Luo Heng had other uses.
While the clerk was cutting cloth, the shopkeeper didn't want to miss the opportunity to get close to Mr. Luo, so he kept chatting with Luo Heng.
"Mr. Luo, do you know that something happened again last night?"
"Another death has occurred in our county, and it was the master of the Xiuyi Guard who died."
"Hey, what is this? One died during the day and was carried to the county office, and another died at night. All sorts of bad things have happened to us, Lin Xi."
"Our county magistrate is also having a hard time. I heard that he led the government officials to search the city early in the morning... Oops, he won't be here..."
While the shopkeeper was talking, several government servants appeared at the door.
Seeing that Luo Heng, Mr. Luo, was there, the government officials quickly put away their ferocious expressions and put on flattering smiles.
"Ah, Mr. Luo, are you here too?"
Luo Heng was a guest of their county magistrate.
In the past, the county magistrate would invite Mr. Luo to discuss poetry and articles from time to time.
All the government officials knew Luo Heng.
"I've grown taller recently, and my clothes are a little tight. Why don't I pull some cloth to make clothes?"
Luo Heng replied with a smile.
The yamen servants all apologized and said that Mr. Luo was becoming more and more charming.
Perhaps because Luo Heng was also there, the government officials did not disturb him too much. They simply asked the shopkeeper if he had seen a young woman with injuries before hurriedly leaving and heading towards other shops.
Looking at the backs of the government officials, Luo Heng showed a thoughtful expression.
As expected, Xiuyiwei had put more energy into the murderer of Deng Baihu.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to hand over the task of hunting down Mu Qingwan to the government officials in the city.
Everything is going according to the script he set.
good!
After taking the wrapped cloth from the clerk's hand and paying the money, Luo Heng said goodbye to the shopkeeper and left straight away.
Time has been bought, and he and Mu Qingwan will have a brief period of peace.
After the fight between the Xiuyi Guards and the Dragon Temple, the mission of capturing Mu Qingwan would probably be over.
After all, the only ones who want to capture Mu Qingwan are the third prince Xiang Yan and the master of Dragon Temple Xiao Yang.
The low-level executors may have long been bored with this inexplicable task.
The will of the top is one thing, but the thoughts of the bottom are another.
They are real people, not puppets.
…
After returning home, Luo Heng went to the backyard to take a look at Mu Qingwan and saw that she was still sleeping, so he did not disturb her.
He thought for a while, took out "Mencius" and continued reading.
After reading through "Mencius" last night, his proficiency level reached 999.
Just read it again and the golden book will contain "Mencius".
Luo Heng is looking forward to what reward he will get this time.
"Mencius met King Hui of Liang. The king said: You have come from a thousand miles away, and you will benefit our country..."
The clear sound of reading came from the pavilion in the atrium.
He was afraid that the sound would disturb Mu Qingwan, so he did not read in the backyard.
Afraid that Mu Qingwan would not know if she was too far away, she closed the Sanwei Bookstore in the front yard.
The full text of "Mencius" is nearly 40,000 words, and it takes a long time to read it.
Fortunately, nothing happened in the morning, so he had plenty of free time.
The person who adopted Luo Heng was an old scholar, although he had not made much achievements in the imperial examinations in his life.
But he has read the Four Books and Five Classics all his life, and he still has some attainments.
Luo Heng is a time traveler, and with the influence of old scholars, he now has a very solid foundation in Chinese studies.
He has read "Mencius" thousands of times.
It's just that only 999 times are counted as proficiency by the golden book.
Every time he recites "Mencius", Luo Heng will have new insights.
This time too.
He gradually became immersed in the book, without any distractions.
finally!
When the last word of the full text was read, a golden light flashed in his brain.
The golden book slowly unfolded.
[Read through "Mencius" 1000/1000]
[Including the Confucian classic "Mencius"]
[Acquire the body protection of Haoran's righteousness, and obtain the exquisite heart of seven orifices]
The message flashed through, and Luo Heng suddenly felt that his whole body was enveloped by an inexplicable force.
That power is extremely majestic, majestic, and magnanimous!
"Is this Haoran's righteousness?"
Luo Heng murmured softly, feeling the awe-inspiring righteousness covering his body.
how to say?
It's like wearing a layer of armor.
He touched his chest again.
The heart is beating vigorously and powerfully.
There was no feeling of discomfort.
Luo Heng thought for a while, closed his eyes, and his consciousness was immersed in his brain.
Two lines of information pop up.
[Haoran Zhengqi: ward off all evils, protect against all poisons, return to nature, and cover one's own realm]
[Seven orifices and Exquisite Heart: The heart is born with seven orifices, and the ears and eyes are sharp. Reading proficiency increases by 1-10 times when you concentrate on it]
