"I wonder what the girl asked me to do?"

Seeing the three of them coming in a hurry, Ning Wan asked.

"The two young masters are polite! The maid is ordered by the master to catch up with the two young masters, but in fact it is for these two things." Yanran bowed and acted appropriately. The two servants behind him respectfully handed the wooden box in their hands to Lin Xi and Ning Wan at the same time.

"This is a gift from my master to the two young masters. You might as well open it and take a look." Seeing the two of them looking confused, Yanran continued.

It seemed that they were ready, and the two servants holding wooden boxes walked to Lin Xi and Ning Wan respectively. With a "bang", before the two of them could take action, the wooden box was opened by two servants. Then an ancient sheathed sword and a green brocade were placed in the wooden box respectively.

The ancient sword in the wooden box in front of Ning Wan was the one in the wooden box. The ancient sword was hidden in the sheath, and the sword body could not be seen. It was just that the sword sheath was black gray, which seemed to be carved from some kind of precious wood, but the pattern was not complicated, but simple and simple. A green sword spike on the hilt of the sword shows that the sword was a literary sword, and was only used as decoration, not a martial sword used for fighting martial arts.

This sword is also extremely particular. The literati's swords are all equipped with sword spears, which are used to decorate and reflect their identity. The warrior's swords do not have sword spears, so this kind of sword is used for martial arts.

Lin Xi looked at the green brocade in the box. The brocade was delicate and luster, with patterns of auspicious clouds hidden on it. In addition to the different colors, it was the same as the fabric of the ancient costume worn by Li Zongdao!

This sword seems to be very different on the surface. The ancient sword is obviously much better. Although the brocade is expensive, it should be far inferior to the ancient sword. Lin Xi's face remains unchanged, but Ning Wan frowned slightly, as if he felt that Li Zongdao was a bit favorable to one and the other!

"Please accept the two young masters, so I can go back and report!" Yanran seemed to notice Ning Wan's expression, but did not explain. She just asked the two to accept the things.

The two looked at each other and took the wooden box from the two servants' hands. Ning Wan said again: "I would like to ask the girl to turn back to the city lord. I am grateful for this gift!"

"The two young masters are so polite. I must have brought the words. Then goodbye to you, the two young masters!"

Yanran bowed and turned around and left with the two servants. Seeing the three of them leaving, Ning Wan's eyes fell on the ancient sword in the box, while Lin Xi stared at the backs of the three of them thinking about...

Due to Yanran's delay, the sky became darker and darker. If it weren't for the moonlight shining in the sky, Lin Xi and Ning Wan would have had some difficulty walking.

Walking out of the city gate, Ning Wan suddenly said to Lin Xi: "Brother Lin, why did you agree to accept these two things?"

"Hehe, these two things should be valuable. Since it is a gift from the city lord, let's not let it go. Besides, if the teacher asked us to come, how could he not know what would happen? Since the teacher didn't say that we wouldn't accept the gift, why bother to take it down?"

Lin Xi smiled. But he liked the brocade in his heart. If his mother turned into a human form and made clothes with the brocade, it would be very beautiful, right? Lin Xi couldn't help but think.

Seeing Lin Xi say this, Ning Wan was at ease. The two walked quickly and soon returned to Zhang Moben's thatched cottage. At this moment, a faint light in the thatched cottage was swaying, and Zhang Moben was still waiting for the two of them.

"Meet the teacher, this is the gift given to the city lord Li Zongdao when he left."

Lin Xi and Ning Wan knelt on the straw mat, opened the wooden box in their hands, and said.

Now that the curtains in the thatched cottage have been rolled up, Zhang Moben sat opposite the two, glanced at the two things in the box casually, and then said calmly: "Since it is for you, just accept it. These two things have some origins!"

Sure enough, Zhang Moben spoke, and it was the same as Lin Xi analyzed. He did not object to the two of them accepting Li Zongdao's gift.

"I'll ask the teacher to explain the origin of the two things!" Ning Wan asked. It seemed that these two things were really extraordinary when the teacher commented on them. He couldn't help but become curious.

"This sword is called the 'Pine-patterned Ancient Sword'. It is named because its sword body is like pine-patterned. This object is mostly worn by princes and nobles and children of aristocratic families. Only the sword-making family "Ou Family" that has passed down the ancients can create this object. It is very valuable!" Zhang Moben said at the 'Pine-patterned Ancient Sword'. Although the evaluation is quite high, he only looks like he looks at something. It can be seen that although this pine-patterned Ancient Sword is precious, it is just an ordinary thing in Zhang Moben's eyes!

"As for this brocade... this brocade is called "Yunjin". It is woven by the unique skills of the "Zheng Family" in Jinling. "Yunjin" was originally a royal tribute, and Li Zongdao was willing to do so. However, the "Yunjin" in front of him is not the real "Yunjin". The "Zheng Family" in Jinling is also a family that has inherited the ancients. The ancestors of the Zheng family were originally hereditary "sewers". This "sewers" is an ancient official name, and is an official position in charge of sewing matters in the palace. The real ancient cloud brocade is gorgeous and colorful, like clouds in the sky, and the light flows. Now the "Yunjin" used as a tribute by the Zheng family is just a few defective products!"

Zhang Moben told the story, and his eyesight was extremely high in his words. Lin Xi was also slightly surprised that this "Yunjin" was actually a tribute. It seems that this item should have been given to Li Zongdao by the royal family, and now it has been given to him. In this way, the value of this Yunjin is not necessarily lower than that of the "Pine-patterned Ancient Sword!"

However, what Lin Xi thought even more was the aristocratic families mentioned by Zhang Moben. These aristocratic families are all inherited from ancient times and the highest skills in the world, and all the treasures of heaven and earth are in the hands of these great aristocratic families. However, these things are regarded as life roots by major aristocratic families and are never willing to share them. This has made most people in the world still use them as backward technologies.

Of course, Lin Xi was just thinking about it. He was not the kind of person who was worried about the country and the people. Deep down in his heart, he did not completely regard himself as a human being. The sufferings of the human people were not what he was worried about!

"Okay, you go and rest. Let's take a bath first tomorrow, then burn incense and calm down. Don't eat meat these days." After Zhang Moben explained the "Pine-patterned Ancient Sword" and "Yunjin", he signaled the two to go down and rest. But at this time, Lin Xi was still kneeling on the straw mat, without any intention of going out!

"Teacher, this time, the students discovered something strange in the City Lord's Mansion." Lin Xi said. Ning Wan, who had originally planned to get up and leave, knelt down and returned to the straw mat. He was also curious that everything was normal in the City Lord's Mansion today. What strange things would Lin Xi discover?

"speak!"

Zhang Moben just said a word lightly when he heard this, as if everything was just ordinary in his eyes.

"My brother Ning and I bid farewell to Li Zongdao, when we reached the city gate, the maid called Yanran suddenly called me and the two of them. These two things were also sent by this girl. The strange thing is this girl Yanran!"

Lin Xi whispered, his meaning was that the ordinary maid Yanran was strange.

Ning Wan looked at Lin Xi in confusion, while Zhang Moben still closed his eyes slightly and sat calmly.

"This woman is only twelve or thirteen years old, and everything is normal. She is indeed the same as an ordinary maid. However, the problem lies with the two servants who came with her in the end. Logically speaking, these two servants are both servants and Yanran, and their status should be comparable. But these two men showed respectful appearances in front of Yanran. Although they deliberately concealed, there was a clear gap in the momentum of the three of them. I guess Yanran was not a maid, but had a lot to do with Li Zongdao."

When Lin Xi finally saw Yanran and the other two, his perception that Yanran was not related to ordinary servants. When the two servants looked at Yanran, it was obvious that the servants looked at the master. Although Yanran's performance was not flawed, the two servants showed their flaws. Therefore, Lin Xi became suspicious of Yanran's identity!

"Oh, it turns out that's the matter! It's nothing. I guess Yanran is the daughter of Li Zongdao. It's rumored that Li Zongdao has a talented and quirky daughter, so it must be this girl!"

Zhang Moben did not find it strange after listening to Lin Xi's analysis, but instead seemed to take it for granted. It seemed that he also knew the Li family very well.

"Okay, go down!" Zhang Moben spoke again. This time Lin Xi and Ning Wan stopped stopping, and stood up at the same time to leave. Since the teacher didn't care about this, they naturally didn't need to think too much.

However, just as Lin Xi was about to withdraw from the hut, he suddenly stopped and asked again: "Students are brave, may I ask which ancient Taoist tradition has been passed down by the teacher?"

"Remember it well. The ancestor Zhang Yi was inherited from the ancient 'Guigu Saint'. However, our lineage is only good at maintaining the body and raising one's nature and erecting the traits. The military strategy, martial arts, and Qimen Bagua techniques of the 'Guigu Saint' are inherited from several other families. In the future, you can also be considered as subordinates of the 'Guigu Saint'."

Zhang Moben's voice came from the cottage, but this was the first time he told the two students about this. Lin Xi and Ning Wan also understood that from this moment on, Zhang Moben really recognized the identity of their two disciples. This disciple was different from ordinary disciples who preached and solved doubts, but passed on his legacy and truly inherited the Taoist tradition.

"Students give up!"

Lin Xi and Ning Wan bowed again. At this moment, the two of them were also a little shocked. They had become the inheritance of saints. The ancient "Zongheng Family" belonged to the "Guigu Saint". Although there was only such a saint in the Zongheng lineage, they were the saints after all, and the Zongheng lineage was good at power strategies and conversations, and they were also a larger sect among the hundreds of saints.

The two walked into a temporary straw shed next to the hut, which was where they lived for the past few days. Ning Wanhe lay in her clothes, and gradually fell asleep on the haystack. Lin Xi was used to sitting cross-legged and fell asleep like this.
Chapter completed!