Chapter 22 Learning From Nature

"Is this for me?" Rouge asked in surprise while holding the gouache in her hand.

Tang Jie smiled and said: "Yes, when I passed Jubaozhai today, I saw that this is a new product from Yahai, and I remembered that today is sister Yanzhi's birthday. Since my sister is called Yanzhi, this gouache is perfect for my sister. Just right A few days ago, my wife gave me some taels of silver, and after buying medicine for the second elder, there was still some left over, so I used it as a birthday gift, and I hope my sister will not dislike it."

In fact, she is not older than Tang Jie, but because of her status, the servants of the Wei Mansion usually call the wife's maid as sister.

Rouge rolled his eyes at him, and said with a smile: "You really have intentions, I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, but a deliberate one."

Tang Jie smiled but did not answer.

Of the six schools in Qixia Realm, Qianqing Sect and Tianyahaige have the most women, so Yahai Country's makeup powder has always been famous. This small box of gouache, even if it is just an ordinary one, doesn't cost seven or eight hundred dollars. Can't take it down, if it is said that Tang Jie was on a whim, Yan Zhi absolutely does not believe it, but because of this, she has a better impression of Tang Jie.

After receiving the gouache, Yanzhi looked at Tang Jie and said, "You are also a sensible person, not bad, do your job well."

Then he turned and left.

She didn't make any promises to Tang Jie, but Tang Jie knew that with this gift, at least Yan Zhi would not trouble him any more in the future.

Of course, the gift of Rouge must be given, and the relationship with other servants must also be good.

Fortunately, he is now ordered by the young master to play with the flower garden and make all kinds of flower statues. Although the previous flower statues have been made, children are greedy for freshness, so they usually have to change them every once in a while.

If you want to keep changing patterns, you need resources, wire shelves and other things. Tang Jie already has some power in his hands, but Wei Tianchong no longer pays attention to the process, but only pays attention to the results, so the small The servant took it back again.

Without supervision, Tang Jie can be greedy for some of the items, and even have a certain right to buy them. In order to be able to do the business of the Weifu, some merchants will also flatter him and give him some extra benefits, so this gray income But there are already, although it is not too much, but it is enough to buy those servants and win the relationship.

As for Tanmo... What kind of servant would you be if you weren't Tanmo?

The cadres all over the world who want to be promoted, as well as the long queues piled up in front of the civil servant examination room, are they all aiming at making decisions for the people?

After bidding farewell to Rouge, Tang Jie returned to his garden to continue working.

Although gardening has attracted the young master's attention, it has also greatly increased his workload, leaving him less time to study the formation.

For Tang Jie, if he can't complete the improvement of the lane as much as possible before entering the academy, he may not have much time to study in the future.

This also made him a little distressed.

Today, when he looked at the flowers and plants in the garden, his heart suddenly moved.

Why don't I use this garden to study the Dao?

During this period of time, in order to avoid being discovered, he has been doing pure theoretical research, and he has memorized the contents of the true explanation of the Taoism by heart, so it can be said that he has only a chance to practice.

Xu Muyang's Dao of Formation emphasizes learning from nature, which suits the current situation exactly.

Of course, this is the Wei family, and you can't set up fierce formations and killing formations, but some formations that transform into mazes are fine. If necessary, maybe he can make a maze for the young master to play with, but he needs to be careful with his hands and feet so that no one can see it.

This Wei Mansion also has spiritual masters, Tang Jie asked himself that if he wanted to hide it, he had to work hard at hiding it.

Different needs have different applications.

Formation is mostly used for defense. It is like the ancient city wall of the earth, and it is a barrier for some sects to rely on. But there are also some formations that require the master to lure the enemy into the forest, which requires the formation to be perfectly hidden.

Xu Muyang's idea of ​​learning from nature caters to the needs of concealment, so he is also very good at arranging hidden formations. At the beginning, he was able to set up the eight-door lock heavenly formation quietly under He Chong's pursuit. This is the reason for not being discovered by the other party.

That being the case, I should study the technique of this hidden formation carefully.

Xu Muyang has a special discussion on hidden formations in the True Explanation of Formation Dao, mainly talking about how to hide.

To hide the existence of formations, the formations must be naturally integrated into the environment at that time, so that every plant and tree can naturally build the needs of formations. role.

There are some natural Jedi in the world, and they often become natural formations because they unintentionally conform to the principle of the operation of spiritual energy.

What Tang Jie needs to do is to understand the nature and how of the aura of each of these flowers and plants, and then make them naturally combine through special arrangements.

However, it is not so easy to make the formation into the desired pattern and still have the effect. Even Xu Muyang's true explanation of the formation is not recorded. After all, he has never had the need for gardening, so Tang Jie only I can study by myself.

This research is more than half a year past.

During this period of time, he concentrated on the combination of gardening and formation, but nothing happened. The servants accepted his benefits and would not trouble him again. Even though Shimo Shimeng was dispatched by him last time, even though he was not retaliated, he was still upset. He wanted to teach him a lesson, but he didn't know how to do it for a while. . In addition, the young master also likes Tang Jie more recently, and has scruples about his actions, so this period of time has been calm.

Today Tang Jie is still busy in the flower garden, he is making a garden maze.

The plant maze is the most difficult formation to be found. Even if viewers get lost in it, they will often think that it is a natural magical effect, and will not think that it is the effect of the formation.

But it is not easy to combine the two. The natural labyrinth uses intricate roads as the source of confusion, while formations work through the effects produced by the operation of aura. The effects of the two are the same, but the principles of existence are completely opposite. The constitution of the law itself has nothing to do with the labyrinth.

For this reason, Tang Jie also racked his brains, but he never found a solution.

Today he was continuing to research and explore, when he suddenly heard a girl's voice: "Huh? What is this?"

Tang Jie looked back, and saw a pretty girl coming from afar, wearing a moon-white flowered jacket, gold embroidered shoes, and a green jade hairpin on her head. Hui, who is really pretty, is followed by two maids.

Tang Jie looked at the girl and quickly saluted, "Miss Four."

The Fourth Miss is Wei Qingsong's daughter, Wei Die, who is a cousin of Wei Tianchong, a few days older than Wei Tianchong, and is the fourth eldest among the seven children of Wei Danbai and Wei Qingsong, so they are called Fourth Miss. Tang Jie had also met him twice before, but they only glanced at him from a distance, so he had no chance to speak.

Seeing her Shi Shiran coming at this moment, Tang Jie naturally wants to greet her.

Wei Die looked at the garden full of plants and trees, and said: "You are Tang Jie, right? I have heard your name many times these days, and I have seen your handicraft a few days ago, and you are doing well. But what did you do this time, why can't you see it?"

Tang Jie quickly replied, "It's a maze."

"Maze..." Hearing this, Wei Die's eyes showed a trace of helplessness: "Isn't this Wei family itself a maze? Why bother to spend so much effort building it."

There was infinite resentment in his tone.

The two maidservants beside him coughed lightly together, but Wei Die didn't seem to notice it.

This little girl, who was about the same age as Tang Jie, seemed to be full of worries.

Tang Jie pretended he didn't hear it, and said with a smile: "The Wei family has a great career, so it's not an exaggeration to call it a labyrinth. My labyrinth is different from the small ones. If Fourth Miss is interested, you might as well give it a try." try."

"Forget it." Wei Die shook his head: "The roads extend in all directions. I feel dizzy when I look outside. I really want to go in. I don't know what to do. It's hard for you to think about it. I hope my brother will like it."

She looked at Tang Jie: "You've put so much thought into it, you think you're also interested in Xiyue Academy?"

Tang Jie bowed and said, "It would be best if I could go."

He didn't hide his desire, but Wei Die's eyes showed a trace of resignation, and he said bitterly: "Why...why are you servants able to fight for the fairy fate, but we women don't even have a chance to fight for it, what Miss Fourth, I'm not as good as a maid!"

As he said that, he stomped his feet and turned to leave.

Tang Jie looked at her leaving back and shook his head in his heart.

It turned out to be for this.

Miss is not even as good as a servant, no wonder she is angry and dissatisfied.

But Tang Jie felt that this was good for her, and Tang Jie understood a lot after being in the Wei Mansion for so long.

This Wei Mansion looks majestic on the surface, but there are so many cunning hidden behind it, if the Fourth Young Lady doesn't want to get involved in this messy water, it's better to stay away.

Maybe the old man of the Wei family also has such thoughts?

Just as he was thinking about it, Tang Jie suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and muttered in his mouth: "The surface is majestic, but the back is dirty..."

What Wei Die said before came to mind, "The roads extend in all directions, and I feel dizzy when I look outside..."

"Damn it, why didn't I think of this? I'm so stupid!" Tang Jie slapped his head and cursed himself.

He suddenly found that he didn't need to find a way to integrate the natural maze and formation.

The fusion of nature and formation is like the fusion of domestic ink painting and oil painting. No matter how hard you try, it is actually four different.

But think about it the other way around, what if another formation is set up in the natural maze?

Since they cannot be blended together, simply add them together.

The outside is a natural maze, and the inside is a maze formation. The outside is used to fool the bystanders, and it is used to block the real formation. The two are interdependent and naturally seamless. Why do they have to be fused together?

This is like hiding a bit of oil painting content in a certain corner of a large ink painting scroll, which can't be seen if you don't pay attention. If the ink painting itself has a thick and colorful description, it will be easier to hide.

hide!

Concealment is the truth, not true integration.

Sometimes, what I think is not complicated enough, but simple enough!

At this moment Tang Jie came to his senses, scolded himself for wasting time, and revised again, but this time he no longer insisted on blending, but used this natural maze to hide the real formation.

Since the area of ​​this formation is not large, its effect is only in a limited area. If you don't observe it with the method of measuring spirits, even a spiritual master may not be able to detect it.

Two days later, Tang Jie finished his work and took the young master for a walk in person.

Wei Tianchong got dizzy and couldn't get out of the maze. He was very interested in it, and kept saying it was fun, but he didn't realize that there was a spirit array working in the dark.

This is also the first time that Tang Jie has trapped a person in a real sense with the Dao formation, and he is also delighted in his heart. He feels that the Dao formation is also quite interesting, and he actually likes it a little bit.

I can't help but think of Xu Muyang's words, and secretly wonder, do I really have love for Dao without knowing it?

In the days that followed, Tang Jie kept changing his methods and formations, and Wei Tianchong never got tired of playing all kinds of weird mazes.

Of course, in order to satisfy the young master's mood, occasionally Tang Jie would secretly let Wei Tianchong out of the maze. Wei Tianchong didn't know that it was Tang Jie who released the water. My mood has been controlled by Tang Jie, if you want him to be happy, you will be happy, if you want him to be depressed, then you will be depressed.

When a person's mood is controlled by another person, it often means that this person has been controlled by him, and the young master treats Tang Jie differently, getting closer and closer to Tang Jie, which makes Shi Mo Shi Meng saw Tang Jie more and more disliked, and the hostility that had disappeared a lot gradually reappeared.

Tian Wei Tianchong had nothing to do this day, and decided to go to Yinglong Mountain for barbecue on a whim.

Tang Jie taught him the word barbecue. Sometimes when Wei Tianchong talked to Tang Jie, Tang Jie would tell Wei Tianchong some stories and tell some interesting things.

Modern young people often barbecue by themselves, so Tang Jie casually mentioned it.

At first, Wei Tianchong didn't care about eating kebabs by himself with a stove in the mountains and rivers, but this time he didn't know what to think, and he actually wanted to try it.

He decided to call Tang Jie too.