Sword comes

/p>After this turmoil, the snobbish owner of the big boat ran over immediately, saying that it was a private room on the second floor prepared for the distinguished guests, even if he brought the donkey into it, it would be fine, because his small boat was shaggy. Shenghui is right.There are also some high-ranking guests who come here because of their fame, and hang knives instead of swords, obviously to get close.Chen Pingan was not good at dealing with these things, but it was Lin Shouyi who came forward to help him decline. After all, he was a young man who grew up in the supervision of the government office. He talked and behaved impeccably.

The swordsman called "White Dick" by the old man is a well-known undisciplined cultivator in the south of Dali.According to legend, it was a wandering expert who went down the mountain to cultivate his mind. He sat in the wilderness and left the relics after dissolving soldiers. He was accidentally obtained by a white-robed swordsman. It's just that he doesn't like to be restrained by nature, so he wasn't recruited by the Dali government and the frontier army. not simple.

In the end, he couldn't even draw the sword out of its sheath, and was so humiliated and humiliated by being manipulated in the palm of his hand from beginning to end. Maybe even the heart of the sword would be covered with dust, and the sword's intent might be stained with dirt.Then how deep the family background of the Straw Sandal Boys and his group can be measured. Most of the people on board are well-informed literati, merchants, and heroes of the rivers and lakes. No matter whether their hearts are good or bad, there are not many fools.

Lin Shou rubbed his temples when he saw that there were no more people coming to greet him, and the young man was a little upset. If he hadn't been able to watch the green bookcase in Chen Pingan's hands, revealing its embryonic form little by little, during the rest period, With Lin Shouyi's naturally indifferent and indifferent temperament, I'm afraid he really couldn't help but give him a bad face.

Chen Pingan couldn't bear it, and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely make this bookcase to your satisfaction."

Lin Shouyi sat cross-legged, his face was full of exhaustion, he confided his heart for the first time, and said in a soft voice: "I really want to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and face the wall to practice alone. I just need to be a child in the mountains and let the world have been for thousands of years. But A Liang said that this This kind of mind-cultivation is called dry tomb. It is feasible, but it only belongs to Qi trainers who have reached a certain level. I have just started. Know."

Chen Pingan nodded, "You really need to be more careful."

Li Huai squatted aside with his cheeks on his hands, and said cheerfully: "Lin Shouyi, maybe Ah Liang is scaring you. I think Qidun Mountain is not bad. It is suitable for you to be a fairy. When you are bored, you can still talk to that Ask Wei Bo to chat with the land master, sit on a big tortoise, or ride a black snake and a white python, which is so majestic. But if this is the case, since you will not go to the Sui Dynasty with us, then leave this bookcase Give it to me? I can’t carry it now. In a few years, I’ll be taller and stronger. I’ll just replace the small bookcase with a big bookcase. you."

Lin Shou glanced sideways at Li Huai, who was playing tricks, and said with a sneer, "Even if I stay in Qidun Mountain to practice the method of longevity, I won't leave the bookcase to you."

Li Huai snorted, "Then you should continue to go to Tai Sui with me."

Lin Shou rubbed his brows, thinking that only A Liangzhi could win this Li Huai.

No, Li Baoping can do it, and Chen Pingan seems to do it too.

Could it be that he has nothing to do with Li Huai himself?

Lin Shouyi, who was not in a good mood, stared at Li Huai, looked at the latter with horror, and quickly expressed his loyalty: "What are you doing, Lin Shouyi, I actually want you to go to the Sui Dynasty with me. I'm just a little bit greedy for your bookcase, there's no way, it's bigger than mine, I don't deny this, but if you really want to disembark and return to Qidun Mountain, I'm definitely not happy, think about it, let's four Personally, you are the most sanctimonious person, and you are the worst. If you encounter bad people who don't have bad characters engraved on their faces, such as those who hide evil intentions, you must be the only one who can see through them at a glance, right, Chen Pingan, Li Aquarius?"

Li Huai looked around, looking for help.

Chen Ping'an bowed his head to build the bookcase, concentrating on it and turning a deaf ear to it.Li Baoping didn't know what strange questions he was thinking about, his mind wandered thousands of miles, and he had no other thoughts.

Lin Shouyi felt a little heavy, "Do you think it's easy for us to go to the Sui Dynasty to study? Apart from the dangerous mountains and rivers, there must be many other moths that we can't think of."

Li Huai blinked.

Lin Shouyi said slowly: "Our Dali is based on martial arts, and the influence of the Jianghu cannot be underestimated. Few scholars are expelled. Before the establishment of Mr. Shanya Academy, the entire East Aquarius Continent has been scolded as a place of barbarians."

Li Huai nodded and said: "I know this, Mr. Qi never shy away from talking about these things, and it's not like we haven't talked about our situation in Dali."

Lin Shouyi sighed: "I remember when I was young, Master Song, the supervisor, once said something, saying that in the early years, Dali managed to be admitted to Guanhu Academy by virtue of his ability as a scholar, but he suffered all kinds of criticism from all directions. Humiliation is not just as simple as verbal insults. According to Mr. Song, it should be that two scholars from the Gao and Lu dynasties of the Sui Dynasty jointly set up a series of bureaus, which broke the heart of our Dali scholar. , became crazy, and after many years, finally regained his senses, was stabbed severely in a relationship between men and women, and then threw himself into the lake."

"Because of this incident, the whole country was enraged by the ruling and opposition parties in Dali, and this started a big battle with the Lu Dynasty to bet on the national fortune. You must know that before that, the Lu Dynasty, which had the status of the Dali Shang Kingdom in the past, made many things difficult. Dali has always been able to endure. Now of course the situation has changed a lot. Now we have more and more scholars in Dali, and the Qi practitioners on the mountain have also begun to go down the mountain to serve the court of Dali and fight bravely at the border. .”

"This has created a new pattern, that is, the literati in Dali are very noble, and when scholars become officials, they will consider themselves superior to others. For example, the person who claimed to be the county magistrate of Wanping, most of them came from outside the capital. , a serious imperial background, so now I am worried that that man, after disembarking at the ferry under the jurisdiction of Wanping County, whether he is angry with a scholar or thinking about the three fires of being a new official, will choose to show us. "

Speaking of this, Lin Shouyi smiled and said: "Fortunately, he is a civil servant who was born as a scholar, but among us, there is also a 'mountain god' who has never shown up, who may be able to frighten him. After all, no matter how precious a scholar is in Dali, there is still a It’s not as good as a Qi trainer. But I’m afraid that the county magistrate is not smart enough, or even if he is from the capital, he has never really seen how powerful a Qi trainer is, then we will have a series of troubles.”

Worried, Li Huai turned around and slapped the white donkey lying on his side behind him, cursing angrily, "You little white donkey, a troublemaker! You treat yourself like a big girl, and lose your temper just by being touched? "

Li Baoping said suddenly: "Now that old man must be the guest of the Wanping County Magistrate, and they are complaining to each other. I believe that the higher the status of the old man, the better the swordsman's swordsmanship, and the Wanping County Magistrate will dare not On the bright side, my elder brother said that a scholar can't rebel for three years. As for making a small trip in the dark, we are not afraid. As long as that guy dare not use the power of the court, the soldiers will cover it up. Lin Shouyi is afraid What? Don't mess around!"

Lin Shouyi thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "It should be like this."

After Li Baoping finished speaking, he asked seriously: "Little uncle, right?"

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "I don't know how these scholars and officials are devious. Anyway, if you encounter trouble, you and Lin Shouyi can discuss it."

The last time the school horse master "tuogu" incident, several children were able to return to the town safely, and even made fun of the coachman who claimed to be the spy of Dali. In fact, it was Lin Shouyi's leader. In terms of direction, Lin Shou repeatedly checks for omissions and fills in the gaps in details, seamlessly, and precociously far surpasses his peers.

Chen Pingan suddenly stopped his movements, thought for a while, and even put the hatchet by his feet.

When the mind is restless, Chen Pingan will do nothing, preferring to let it go first, and never make mistakes easily.This is true for firing porcelain in the past, and it is even more true for practicing boxing now.

Li Baoping, Li Huai, and Lin Shouyi noticed something strange almost at the same time, and even Li Huai hurriedly corrected his sitting posture.

Chen Pingan saw three suspicious guys, and smiled wryly: "Why, I just thought of one thing, why are you so nervous."

Li Baoping said: "Little Martial Uncle, please speak out and listen."

Chen Ping said with a smile: "I just thought, in addition to learning how to read from you, should I also learn from you about books."

Li Baoping was stunned and said: "But what we have learned from Mr. is just an elementary school, there is no great learning, besides, we are only young children, how can we teach the little uncle. What's more, Mr. Lian Qi has a lot of elementary school. I asked casually about the sentence above, but my husband couldn’t answer it, so how can we teach it? Answering indiscriminately is not good!”

Li Huai murmured: "It's not that Mr. can't answer, it's just that he answered a little later, then you won't want to listen."

Li Baoping turned his head suddenly and punched Li Huai on the forehead.

In fact, Li Huai didn't feel much pain. He still hugged his head and shouted ghostly: "I can't live through this day! I also want to practice boxing. Li Baoping's strength is getting stronger and stronger, otherwise I will definitely be beaten by her in the future." dead."

Lin Shouyi asked curiously: "Chen Pingan, what are you doing with the things in the book?"

Chen Pingan said slowly: "I'm afraid that one day what I tell people will turn out to be unreasonable afterwards. So I hope that in addition to the truths taught to me by old man Yao and A Liang, I will learn from the books of you scholars. Go to school."

Li Huai was astonished, and said with a face full of shock: "Chen Pingan, you have already fought so hard, and you practice so hard every day, isn't it because you can be unreasonable with others?"

Lin Shouyi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Chen Pingan, I don't think there is a need to be reasonable in everything. After all, everyone in the world has their own path to follow. We just need to stick to our hearts, otherwise we will only get stuck in the mud. of."

Li Baoping's face was serious, "Little uncle, don't worry, let me think about it for a while, I think this is a big matter, I must take it seriously and think carefully!"

Qi Jingchun used to be in a small town school. Whenever Li Baoping asked some seemingly simple questions, he would fall into deep thought instead, and would probably delay for a few days before giving an answer.

Chen Ping'an became more and more helpless, and raised his head to look at the blue sky. After a while, he looked away, and for some reason, he suddenly smiled.

"The reason why I have to go to such trouble is actually selfish. It may be because you don't really practice boxing, so I don't have this feeling for the time being. After I got the boxing manual, I have always had this feeling, and I can't tell. I’m not afraid of your jokes, that is, whenever I am confronted with others, I only need to feel that I am right, whether I say it or not, as long as I feel that I am right! Then in my heart, it’s like someone is constantly telling me that this time you are out Fist, it can be fast!"

Next, the three of them seemed to see a strange Chen Pingan.

I saw this poor young man from Mud Bottle Lane, with high spirits, clenched his fists on his knees, never so confident, "Besides, next time I punch, I will definitely be faster! No matter who is standing in front of me , I, Chen Pingan, can throw this punch, no matter who it is!"

Lin Shouyi's eyes were dazed, and he murmured in a low voice: "It should not be regarded as practicing martial arts and walking into the fire demon. It's quite upright and awe-inspiring. It's really a bit like when Mr. is in a school... telling the most subtle points of those sages."

Li Baoping was busy thinking about the previous question.

Chen Pingan had picked up the hatchet again and continued to make small bamboo boxes for Lin Shouyi.

Li Huai looked a little dazed, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The Chen Ping'an at the previous moment made the child feel familiar.

Li Huai seems to remember once when he was a child, his mother, who was invincible in quarrels, was beaten by someone, and she was scratched all over her face, and rolled around at home. The father who was called a wimp by the neighbors was just bored Squatting on the threshold, he and his elder sister Li Liu cried together with his mother, who finally said that she was blind to find this spineless man, and that her mother-in-law would not be able to fart even if she was spanked.Li Huai's father never said a word, so angry that Li Huai, who had been closer to his mother since childhood, ran away.

When he got to the door, he kicked the guy hard on the back and said that he would never recognize him as a father again.Later, when his mother was tired from crying and her anger subsided, she took her son and daughter to sleep, pulled the man's ears and slapped him out of the door, saying that he would be punished to roll to sleep in the yard tonight, but then she closed the door and turned off the lights. So he asked Li Huai to open the door and called his father back to the house to sleep.Li Huai was reluctant, but couldn't survive his mother's urging, so he had to open the door. Seeing his father still squatting obediently in the yard, Li Huai was so angry that he almost turned around and left.

Then at that moment, the short and strong man stood up slowly, "Son, Dad is going to go out of the mountain overnight, tell your mother, and go home soon."

It's okay not to say this, no matter how bad Li Huai's face is, he still hopes that his father can go back to the house and sleep peacefully, but is he still a man if he hides from his mother and their siblings like this?As soon as Li Huai heard the frustrating words that these cowards would say, Li Huai immediately trembled with anger and cried, "What son, I am your father, Li Er!"

The man was not angry at all, and laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, you are indeed my Li Er's son!"

At that moment, Li Huai was a little demented. In his memory, his father would never talk to others like this, as if he would always be inferior to others, except for sleeping and snoring and thundering, he was just a boring gourd with no promise, even when he and his sister Li Liu were here. , and never looked like the head of the family at all, indeed, he was just a wimp who was afraid of the sky, the earth, people, ghosts and everything.

But that night, when the man left, he strode away, walking vigorously and resolutely, very much like the rich and honored lord on Taoye Lane on Fulu Street.

Li Huai didn't think much about it at the time, but he was just lucky, thinking that he might have gone to help his mother and scolded people in the street in the middle of the night.

But the next day Li Huai was very disappointed. The whole family of the woman who scratched his mother's face was still arrogant when they saw the three of them. After that, his father didn't show up for a long time. It should be He went into the mountains to burn charcoal and earn money to support his family. Li Huai felt that the so-called "going out of the mountains" must have been a slip of the tongue by his father.

But when he came back, the man seemed to be enlightened. He brought a fatty roast chicken home, not only bought a box of rouge powder for his mother, but also brought gifts for him and his sister Li Liu. The mother put one hand on her hip, He tapped his father's forehead with one hand, and said no, no, you, Li Er, still have a little conscience.After that, Li Er, who named his parents more sloppily than anyone else, was like "you come and scold me, and I'll retort that it's your job, come and beat me, and I'll count you if you beat me to death." It's a shame."

But for some reason, as Li Huai grew up, in the yard that night, his father's smile, tone of voice and walking posture before "coming out of the mountain" became more and more blurred, but more and more clear.

Li Huai suddenly said: "Chen Ping'an, we will return to the town later, I invite you to my house as a guest."

Chen Pingan asked suspiciously, "Didn't your parents and your sister leave the town? You said before that they will never come back."

Li Huai, who just remembered this, suddenly had red eyes, trembling lips, and was about to cry.

Chen Pingan had no choice but to comfort him: "Don't cry, don't cry, didn't you say that, your father promised you that as long as you really become a scholar, he will come to visit you."

Li Huai said aggrievedly: "But I am playful and can't bear hardships. When I study, I like to be lazy and sleepy. I am far behind Li Baoping and Lin Shouyi. I am afraid that if I can't be a scholar, my parents will never want me again." gone."

If it is said that Lin Shouyi and Li Baoping's age are young and young, they are still from a wealthy family, but Li Huai is really just a child. Like Chen Pingan, he came from a poor background, and he is a little timid, which is normal.Therefore, Chen Pingan's patience with Li Huai from the beginning to the end is considered the best person. Even in the time at Qidun Mountain, Li Huai stomped hard in the mud. Feel a little irritable.

Chen Ping smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense, if your parents don't love you, they will send you to school? Wouldn't it be better to let you work in the crop fields earlier and help the family herd cattle?"

Li Huai's mood improved a little, wiped his face, and said with a mournful face: "My family is poor, and I can't afford a cow."

Chen Pingan said softly: "Are you still poor now? Leaving aside the weirdness in the book "The Cliff of Broken Water", the book itself is worth ten taels of silver, okay?"

Li Huai smiled, turned his head and glanced at the white donkey, grinned and said, "I still have a donkey!"

Lin Shouyi's expression froze suddenly, and he lowered his voice and said to Chen Ping'an: "The yin god of the water told me that someone came to see us, but that person claimed to know A Liang, and said that the reason why A Liang entered the city early was to ask him Some questions. So the God of Yin asked us how to deal with it. Did they not allow them to board the boat, or? The God of Yin also said that the man was accompanied by a righteous river god, not surprisingly, it was the god who enjoyed the incense and sacrifices of all people on the Embroidery River. "

Chen Pingan was a little bit embarrassed, and finally said in a deep voice: "Let senior Yinshen stay by our side, actually, it doesn't make much difference whether we let people board the ship or not. Next, you should be careful, it's still the old rules agreed before, everything Let me deal with it first, it’s really not possible, Lin Shouyi, you can use those yellow paper talismans later.”

Lin Shou nodded and said, "Okay."

Lin Shouyi's mind moved slightly, and he whispered softly.

A moment later, the big ship driving on the water of the Xiuhua River shook slightly. If Chen Pingan and the others hadn't known about it in advance, most people would not have noticed the mystery.

Although they couldn't see the existence of the Yin God with their naked eyes, it was obvious that the bow of the ship was somewhat gloomy.

Then Chen Pingan found that not far from the bow of the ship, there was a young swordsman sitting cross-legged, with a long sword hanging horizontally behind his waist, and holding a long object wrapped in cotton cloth in his arms, like a sword.

After he got up, he walked to Chen Pingan's side, smiled slightly at the Yinshen who was hiding his figure, stopped moving forward, and said straight to the point: "I brought the customs clearance certificates of the four of you, and there is a certificate from the Dali Longquan County Government Office. The Zhuyin of Hufang, and the Zhuwen about your permission to travel abroad. As for who I am, it doesn’t matter. In short, I know Aliang, so I will definitely not be your enemy. As for the previous conflict on the boat, you Don't worry, the Wanping county magistrate will not delay your studies."

In the end, the young swordsman handed out his hands, looked at the little girl in the red padded jacket who was carrying a small bookcase, and said with a smile, "You are the Aquarius girl, right? This knife was given to us by A Liang, so it must be returned to you in its original form. "

Although Li Baoping was excited, he remained motionless.

Chen Ping walked forward alone, took the Xiangfu narrow knife from the young swordsman, and said, "Please trouble me, senior."

The young swordsman said with a hearty smile, "You are all friends of Ah Liang, I dare not call myself a senior."

Chen Pingan asked, "Is Ah Liang okay?"

The young swordsman's expression remained unchanged, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, it's fine."

This knife was sent out of the capital by the vassal king Song Changjing himself, and finally handed over to him. After returning the knife, the young swordsman felt relieved, "Then I will go to the second floor to say hello, everyone can rest assured that you will go on a long journey. All the way to the Yefu Pass on the border, as long as it involves the imperial court and the government, it will be unimpeded, but other than that, I, Dali, will not interfere in any way. Of course, if there are troubles and accidents, as long as you and the frontier army or The local government said hello, and the imperial court is also willing to do its best to help."

Chen Pingan looked into this person's eyes, nodded and said, "We know."

The young swordsman took out four customs clearance documents from his sleeve and handed them to the straw sandal boy. Finally, he swallowed the words that came to his lips, changed some polite words, and clasped his fists and said: "Then say goodbye, I will go to the second floor to say hello just go."

Chen Pingan clasped his fists awkwardly in return.

On the second floor, there was a high-class elegant room furnished with fine porcelain. The old man and the white-robed swordsman had dignified faces, while the soon-to-be magistrate of Wanping County, his wife and children were trembling, not daring to breathe, and everyone stood there.

There was only one uninvited guest sitting there drinking and drinking. He had a burly figure, with a green snake on his sleeve, and his breath was surrounded by white mist.

When the man saw the "young" swordsman, he immediately stood up, bent over and clasped his fists, without saying a word, but extremely respectful.

The young swordsman waved his hand, without looking at the old man and the famous swordsman in the south of Dali, he said to the Wanping county magistrate: "When we arrive at Wanping's jurisdiction, I will be your parents' official. Don't worry about today's matter." Talk too much, so far, the court can pretend that nothing happened, but if there is a slight disturbance, I may not come to you in person, but this Lord Water God of the Xiuhua River can screw your head off."

The young man didn't want to say anything, but smiled at the Xiuhua Jiangshui God who was still afraid to sit down: "Please help me to watch, I'll go back first."

Embroidered Jiang Zhengshen said in a deep voice: "Then the subordinate will not send you off."

After the young swordsman walked out of the private room, he came to the verandah and looked at the river, thinking of the words of the straw-sandal boy, he was quite touched.

In the end, the figure disappeared in a flash.

The reason why martial arts are inferior to Qi fighters is that the vast majority of pure martial artists at the foot of the mountain are the foundation of their lives, whether it is the boxing manual for boxing practice, or the swordsmanship for sword practice, eighteen kinds of martial arts and eighteen kinds of weapons, all It is habitually called martial arts and martial arts, but in the eyes of Qi practitioners on the mountain, it has nothing to do with the word "Tao".

Once martial arts never rises to the height of martial arts, it will be just rolling in the mud after all.

I'm afraid that the boy in the back alley doesn't know himself, his words from the heart, and his understanding of how to punch.

He should be at least a master above the sixth level of martial arts, so he would think deeply about the questions, ask himself, and need to ask and answer himself.

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On Qidun Mountain, there is an ordinary woman with an ordinary appearance. Under the secret instructions of her adults, she took a beautiful girl who was born as a boatman and began to climb the mountain on foot, heading north.

This was the girl's first time traveling far away, so she kept looking behind her along the way, reluctant to part with her.

The woman didn't say much, it's human nature, so there's no need to be harsh.

What's more, her lineage of Changchun Palace is rather strange, cultivating the heart and emphasizing affection, what ordinary qi practitioners regard as cumbersome and taboo, but it is her lineage's path to enlightenment, so it is a good thing for a girl to miss her hometown when she leaves her hometown.

But why did he take the girl across Qidun Mountain on foot? The adult didn't say anything clearly, and it was inconvenient for her not to ask the bottom line.

All the way through mountains and rivers, the scenery is pleasant.

The girl was innocent by nature, and although she was a little tired, she was in good spirits. As she walked, she picked a flower branch by the side of the road, swayed gently, and hummed a folk song passed down from generation to generation.

The Changchun Palace woman frowned, but said nothing.

In the distance, there is an extraordinary handsome young man, like a mountain ghost, walking slowly, always looking at the girl beside the woman.

The girl's voice is ethereal and melodious, even if the content of the folk song is very sad, it can be hummed in her mouth, with a unique charm, sad but not hurt.

The young man's voice softly blends with the girl's singing voice, the rhyme is slightly different, more mellow and sad.

Girls are like yellow warblers shuttling in the spring grass, and men are like old crows standing alone on the grave, one chirping happily and the other sobbing deeply.

Finally, on the lonely post road built with bluestone slabs on the ridge.

The girl suddenly raised her head, and found a young man in white clothes walking in the distance, his appearance couldn't be more beautiful.

The two met on the narrow post road, but the young man had already lowered his head, silently passing by.

The girl couldn't help but look back.

It was found that the man was standing in the distance, neither walking nor looking back, with his back to her.

The girl was a little strange, she shook her head, turned her head and continued walking.

(End of this chapter)