"There is a carp in this pond. There are four yellow scales on the left side of its abdomen, which are shining with golden light. It is quite strange."
When Qi Wenren saw Lu Jing asked about it, he didn't hide it.
"Tricky thing?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.
"It's not like that. I've been observing it these days, and I don't see any fixed behavioral patterns. It's just like other fish, just eating and drinking every day." Qi Wenren said.
Lu Jing didn't ask any more questions. It didn't matter why Qi Wenren suddenly fell in love with that fish. Anyway, he had already made up his mind to take both the fish and the fish away.
Well, at worst, the ten taels of silver left for Le Shaobai will be used as money to buy fish.
Lu Jing was thinking about it as he started to look for the carp with golden scales.
Although it was late at night and there was almost no moonlight, with Lu Jing's eyesight, he could still see the scene about three feet underwater. Unless the target had been hiding at the bottom of the pond, it was only a matter of time before he was found.
But just when Lu Jing was looking for fish on the bridge, he heard footsteps coming from behind him again.
Lu Jing held up the guardrail and fell directly to the other side of the wooden bridge.
He grabbed a raised plank and pressed his body under the bridge, intending to knock the man unconscious when he approached.
However, he later heard Qi Wenren whisper, "Leave this person to me, you just need to hide him."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young boy's voice sounded from the other side, "Teacher, what were you just talking about?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I just complained a few times because of my feelings. Why are you still up so late?" Qi Wenren said.
"I don't know why I felt uneasy tonight and couldn't sleep," the young man said, "so I decided to get up and walk around. I thought that the teacher would probably come here to see the fish, so I came over. Oh, by the way... …
"Teacher, I have already found out what you asked me to inquire about. That fish was given to my father by the Tongtu chieftain."
"Chief Tongtu, the one in Shizhou?"
Qi Wenren didn't pay much attention to politics, but it actually took him a while to remember that Chief Tong Tu was the one.
The young man continued, "Teacher, do you want to remind me that Tong has bad intentions?"
"Uh, this..."
"Although Chief Tong Tu is from the Shen tribe, he also has a good understanding of the culture of the Central Plains. He must have heard the story of a carp turning into a dragon, so he asked someone to give this fish to my father. This is clearly to alienate my Le family. relationship with the imperial court.
"What I don't understand is why my father wanted to accept this fish. With his strategy, how could he not see through this little trick? Especially after the northwest war broke out, if someone secretly reported this matter to the officials, even if the officials Now we won't pursue this matter because we want to use our Lejia to quell the rebellion, but when the war is over, they will definitely take action against us.
"…………"
This touched upon Qi Wenren's blind spot, so he could only remain silent.
The young man continued, minding his own business, "If possible, I still hope that you, teacher, can go and persuade my father. You are a scholar of heaven and know everything from astronomy to geography. You must be able to explain this." The reason why carps have golden scales.”
"I really can't explain this." Qi Wenren shook his head and said, "This fish of yours is different from other people's fish. According to what you said before, it only had one golden scale when it was first delivered, and now it has four. This is the first time I have seen this kind of thing."
"But I see, Teacher, you've been looking at it, haven't you discovered anything at all?"
"No." Qi Wenren said simply, "I came to see it just because it looks good."
"Is that so?" The young man was a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his mood and bowed to Qi Wenren, "I'm sorry, teacher, I took it for granted. I've been hanging out for so long tonight, right? It’s time to go back to sleep, so I won’t disturb you, teacher.”
"Okay." Qi Wenren nodded, holding a lantern and watching the young man gradually walk away.
When the latter's figure disappeared into the darkness, Qi Wenren turned around again, only to see Lu Jing standing behind him again, holding a carp that was struggling and wagging its tail in his hand.
The carp has four golden scales near its abdomen.
Qi Wenren was shocked, "How did you fish it out?"
"You want it," Lu Jingdao, "With it, you can go back to the academy with me."
"No, I can't go back with you yet. Next, I plan to meet the Tong Tu Chief."
"Because where did this fish come from?" Lu Jing frowned. He had also heard what Qi Wenren and the young man had just said.
"Yes." Qi Wenren said, "This fish is very important. I have to continue to investigate without delay for a day, so I can only ask you to tell the Yellow Prison and the others, and I will go to them after I handle this matter. "
Lu Jing looked at the fish in his hand again, but he still couldn't see what was so special about this fish, except for its four golden scales, that made Qi Wenren so fascinated.
Speaking of which, didn't this guy come to Liangzhou to investigate the secret realm? Why did he change to study fish halfway? Could it be that this fish has something to do with the secret realm where Luo Changshi lives?
Lu Jing thought of some possibility and couldn't help but look serious, and asked, "Is this fish related to the decline of the secret power that is happening now?"
"No. Until now, no one has been able to study what caused the decline of the secret power in the Qing Secret Realm, and I am no exception. Moreover, because my cultivation is too poor and I cannot enter the secret realm, it is naturally difficult to conduct research. .”
"Then you can't give up on yourself and come here to watch fish."
"I'm not watching fish..." Qi Wenren said, "You can't believe what you say. If you feel the fish in your hand carefully, you will know why I want to find Chief Tongtu."
Lu Jing closed his eyes in disbelief and focused on the carp in his hand as Qi Wenren said.
After a while Qi Wenren asked him, "Did you feel it?"
"I can feel it. This thing is quite sticky, and it makes me feel a little nauseous after holding it for a long time."
"…………"
"Didn't I let you feel the feeling of holding it," Qi Wenren said, "Apart from the touch, didn't you notice anything else?"
"What should I feel?" Lu Jing asked.
"Secret power." Qi Wenren looked like he hated iron, "Aren't you a disciple of the academy? You practice every day, so you should be very sensitive to the secret power. Why can't you feel that there is more secret power in the body of this fish than outside the body? ?"
Okay, this matter also touched on Lu Jing's blind spot. Because of the bug, he was born unable to feel any secret power from the outside world. But this is not the point. The point is that Qi Wenren's words made him a little confused.
"When you say that there is more secret power inside this fish's body than outside its body, you mean...does it have secret power stored in its body?"
