There were footsteps at the door of Song Jixin's house. Liu Xianyang was about to jump off the wall, but he didn't see him. He heard his voice first, and someone asked with a warm smile: "Is your kid from Baoxi Kiln?" Old Man Yao's apprentice? His surname is Liu?"
It's the kiln inspector wearing white clothes with a jade belt around his waist. He strode out of the threshold and looked towards the wall with a smile.
Liu Xianyang then stiffened, and found that he had no strength to jump off the wall. He laughed heartily and said: "Replying to your lord, it was me. When your lord went to our Long Kiln to open the kiln, the master asked me to do it." The master has demonstrated several tasks."
The man nodded, looked at the tall young man, and asked straight to the point: "Young man, do you want to go outside and join the army, and fight in battle? I promise. As long as you survive ten years, you can become a high official. Then I will personally serve you a drink in the capital to celebrate your victory. How about it?" Song Jixin, who was standing behind the man, had a gloomy face. Hold tightly the Laolong Buyu jade pendant presented by Fu Nanhua.
This scholar, who has been known as "illegitimate son" and "bastard" for many years, now knows the true identity of the man around him, so the young man understands the weight of the man's words even more, "Place the wine in person" "These four words will be the most powerful life-saving talisman of Da Li, and the longest Qingyun Ladder in the officialdom.
Liu Xianyang racked his brains to come up with some acid words, and stammered: "Thank you, Mr. Supervisor, for your kindness, I am very frightened... It's just that I have promised to be an apprentice in Master Ruan's blacksmith shop. , It’s really hard to regret it, I hope you don’t...don’t care..."
What the tall boy wanted to say suddenly got stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t remember whether he was alive or dead, and his face turned red with anxiety.
Song Jixin reminded him in a seemingly considerate manner: "It's the adults who don't remember the faults of the villains."
The man in white robe smiled and didn't take it seriously, "It doesn't matter, I'll wait for you. If you have the chance to leave the town one day, you can go to the nearest Danyang Pass and find a warrior named Liu Linxi. He said that Song Changjing in the capital recommended you to join the army. If he doesn't believe it, just tell him that the man named Song Changjing said that you Liu Linxi still owes him 30,000 heads of Sui Bianqi."
Liu Xianyang nodded and said: "Okay."
The man left with a smile, and Song Jixian gave it to him. When he reached the entrance of the hospital, he wanted to stop. The man seemed to have lost his mind and said directly without turning around: "Follow me to the Supervisory Office, and I will take you to see someone."
Song Jixin Liang With his feet rooted to the ground like nails, he said with a black face: "I won't go!"
That place with extremely high threshold for the people in the small town, for those who grew up listening to rumors year after year For a young man, it is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and a heart that cannot be overcome.
The man who always acted vigorously and resolutely outside was not as ignorant as the angry young man, nor did he stop, but he slowed down a lot: "According to the records of the spy's spy in the government office, you have already seen that surnamed man. Gao is the prince of the Sui Dynasty, right? Do you know that the Gao family of the Sui Dynasty and our Da Li Song family have had a mortal feud for thousands of years?The old enemy is also a prince, and he dares to come to this small town located in the hinterland of the enemy's country, Da Li. And you, Song Jixin, are also a prince, but you don't dare to go to a small official residence in the territory of your own family? ”
Song Jixin didn’t immediately ponder the profound meaning of these words. Instead, he instantly turned his head to look at Liu Xianyang. He saw the tall young man sitting on the wall rubbing his hands and knocking his legs, as if he had no idea at all. Hearing the man speak.
The corners of the mouth of the white-robed king of Dali turned up as he walked in the Mud Bottle Alley.
It is indeed our old Song family.
But when he thought that the boy was still the son of that woman, Song Jixin, who was the most powerful martial arts master in Da Li, felt a little upset and troubled. Gritting his teeth, he turned around and said to Zhigui who was standing at the door of the house: "I'll be right back when I go, don't worry about me for lunch. "
Song Jixin just walked out of the courtyard, turned around and said with a smile: "Take the pocket of money on my bedside and go to Du's shop to buy the pair of dragon and phoenix fragrant pendants. Anyway, we won't need them in the future. Saved money. "
Zhigui nodded and made a careful mute gesture.
Song Jixin smiled happily and left gracefully.
Wait until Song Jixin left Far away, Liu Xianyang, who was sitting on the wall, asked cautiously: "Zhigui, what is the relationship between Song Jixin and the supervisor? "
Zhigui looked at the tall young man with pity.
Liu Xianyang couldn't stand her gaze, "What are you doing? It's just to meet an official in charge of porcelain. It's amazing." ah? "
Zhigui twitched his lips, went back to the house to get food, and began to feed the old hen and the group of fluffy chicks.
Liu Xianyang had no reason to feel that Frustrated, he jumped off the wall and shouted into the house: "Chen, let's go to the blacksmith shop! I can't stand this cowardice anymore.
The girl turned her back to the neighbor's yard separated by a wall and said with a smile: "Buddhas compete for a stick of incense, and people compete for a breath. It's a pity that a wimp only has a belly full of wimps." "
Liu Xianyang's blood surged, and even his ears turned red. He walked to the yellow mud wall and punched the wall hard, "Wang Zhu! If you have the guts, say it again! "
The maid threw away all the corn and vegetable leaves, clapped her hands, turned around and said with a smile: "Who do you think you are, just tell me? ”
Liu Xianyang looked at the girl who was getting more and more beautiful and charming as she was drawing a strip. He was speechless and felt empty in his heart, like a porcelain bowl in his heart that fell to the ground.
p>Chen Ping'an was already standing at the threshold. After seeing this scene, he quickly walked to the yard and said softly: "Let's go. "
Two teenagers were walking side by side in the alley. The tall boy suddenly asked: "Chen Pingan, am I hopeless? "
Chen Pingan thought for a while and said seriously: "The neighbors in the alley said that my mother is very good, and they said that my father is famous for being boring, so I don't think I like anyone. It may not have much to do with whether you are successful or not. "
Liu Xianyang said with a sad face, "Then I will be even worse.Even if I build a dragon kiln by myself in the future, or learn all Master Ruan’s craftsmanship, wouldn’t she dislike me just as much? ”
Chen Pingan wisely kept his mouth shut to avoid adding fuel to the fire.
Chen Pingan was walking in a familiar alley when he suddenly remembered a scene where he followed Old Man Yao along the road in his early years. I followed the stream into the deep mountains and saw a young elk drinking water by the water. I was not afraid to see him. After it drank the water, it looked down at the stream and did not leave for a long time. In addition to the reflection of the elk on the water surface, there was another one in the water. The lingering fish.
Before leaving the ancestral home, Miss Ning suggested that since he had a locust leaf, he should leave the town as soon as possible. With the invisible protection of the ancestral locust leaf, he would not be in danger. If there is a big accident, it is best not to stay in the town for too long, because she doesn't know whether Liu Xianyang's incident will affect him, Chen Pingan.
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But Chen Ping'an insisted on seeing Liu Xianyang accepted as Master Ruan's apprentice before he could leave with peace of mind
Because without Liu Xianyang, he would have starved to death
Of course, Chen Pingan also hoped in his heart that Miss Ning could heal her injury at his home, but the young man did not dare to say it out loud at that time, for fear of being considered frivolous by her.
Chen Pingan suddenly asked. : "The treasured armor your grandfather left you will never be sold to outsiders, right? ”
Liu Xianyang said with a matter-of-fact expression: “Nonsense, of course I won’t sell it even if I die!” "
He punched the young man next to him on the shoulder and joked: "I'm not a money addict like you.
The tall boy held the back of his head with his hands, "Some things are not available for the time being and can be earned with money, but if some things are gone, they are really gone in this life." "
Chen Pingan said to himself: "I understand. ”
When he was about to reach the entrance of Mubo Alley, Liu Xianyang cursed. Chen Pingan then put away his thoughts and looked up, suddenly feeling heavy.
It’s a blessing. Lu Zhengchun, the eldest son of the Lu family in Lu Street, was the man who led a group of gangsters to block Liu Xianyang in this alley and almost beat him to death. If it weren't for Chen Ping'an running to shout those words, there would be no elders in the family. I'm afraid Liu Xianyang, a relative, was going to be thrown into a mass grave.
Song Jixin was squatting on the wall to watch the fun, and kept adding fuel to the flames. Later, he told Chen Ping'an, who was still worried. , Lu Zhengchun's behavior is called "being a knight for the sake of anger" outside the town.
Lu Zhengchun blocked Liu Xianyang's way and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to settle matters with you today. It's an old account, but..."
Liu Xianyang interrupted Mr. Lu's words, "Are you coming? If a good dog doesn't block the road, let me get out of the way!
Lu Zhengchun looked embarrassed, forced a smile and said: "Liu Xianyang, I really have something to discuss with you this time. About the matter last time, you ran away without waiting for us to finish talking." , This is not good. You should at least listen to the conditions I have given, right? To be honest, we two buddies don’t know each other even if we don’t fight each other, so there’s no need.It was such a tense situation, but those guests and I were very sincere!
Liu Xianyang tilted his head and said sarcastically: "Why, you are addicted to matchmaking, aren't you?" I was surprised. You said that you, Lu Zhengchun, are the grandson of the most wealthy family in our town, so why do you like to be a lackey for outsiders? "
Lu Zhengchun's face was livid, but he still had to maintain the smile on his face. He looked very funny. He almost begged: "Liu Xianyang, as long as you ask, no matter what you want, they will try their best to satisfy you." , such as copper coins? How about you tell me the number? For example...one hundred and fifty coins? Even... for two hundred coins, I can help you make a counter-offer. For two hundred coins, you can buy half a house on our Fulu Street. "
Liu Xianyang stared at the eyes and face of the person in front of him, and said disdainfully: "Two hundred guan, are you sending a beggar? Still sincere? I advise you to stop being silly here with me. I have to get down to business, so get out of here! ”
At the corner outside Mud Bottle Alley, a little girl carved in pink and jade is riding on the shoulders of a burly old man, and a boy wearing a bright red robe is being held by a woman. At an age that should be innocent, There was already a sinister look on his face that was inconsistent with his age, and he said in the language of his hometown: "Is this Lu family too stupid? What's the use..."
The woman shook her head and smiled softly: "To give kindness to others, you must know how to compare favors with enemies, and negotiate business. If you want to make the most profit, you should be like Lu Zhengchun. In this way, first test the bottom line of the other party's psychological price. ”
The child asked doubtfully: “Doing business with these natives and untouchables need to be so troublesome?
The woman smiled and said: "Human nature is complex and people's hearts are dark. They do not differentiate themselves based on their level of cultivation." People in small places, even if they are short-sighted, are not all fools. If you think this way, you will suffer a loss sooner or later. "
The child said oh, "Mom knows people's hearts well, why don't you just come forward to talk to me? "
The woman explained patiently: "Look at what we are wearing. No matter which store you go to buy something, as long as you are a slightly shrewd seller, you can't help but rip off customers. "
The child sighed, "It's just that we are so coy and uncomfortable.
The woman knelt down, held the child's cheek with both hands, looked at the face that resembled his father, and said seriously: "Remember, cultivating the mind is also one of the spiritual practices." Cultivation of strength in good times and mind in adversity are indispensable.
The child shook his head, broke away from the woman's hands, and said angrily: "It's so annoying to have this empty theory again." ”
The woman was a little helpless, but she did not continue to teach the truth with sincerity. She only felt that her child had good talents and good foundation, and had a family background with two surnames as a backer, so there was still a long way to go in the future. Although her temperament is a bit paranoid and gloomy, it can be simmered slowly, and the biggest mistake is to encourage others.
Listening to the boring conversation in the alley, the girl was a little sad, "Grandpa Baiyuan, what if?" That person is unwilling to sell anything, what should we do??
The old man with his hands up to his knees like an ape smiled and said, "Then let him die." The old slave came here just to deal with this worst-case scenario. Otherwise, the money would have been wasted without even a sound. However, the safety of the young lady will be a bit troublesome at that time, and it is estimated that she will have to be entrusted to the Song family or the Li family. ”
Apart from anything else, if he kills someone, although the old man will be expelled by the saint, but compared to floating in the water silently, it is like throwing a stone into the water, and there will be a splash at least.
But the old man would never do this unless he had to. After all, no matter how significant the Sword Sutra was, Zhengyang Mountain would regard it as a treasure, compared to the longevity of the young lady on his shoulders. After all, Daodao is far inferior, at least to the old man,
There are four surnames and ten clans in the town, headed by the Lu family.
But if you put it outside, On the contrary, the Lu family is actually at the bottom. It originated from a dynasty dominated by the Lu family. After it was destroyed by the two major frontier armies of Da Li, the Lu family's position in the East Aquarius Continent was already in jeopardy.
Across the alley, Liu Xianyang was particularly annoyed when he listened to Lu Zhengchun talking about high-ranking officials, generous salaries, rich wealth, and beauties, as if he were talking to a Song Ji salary who had dropped his bookcase. He stepped forward and pointed at Lu Zhengchun's nose said decisively: "That armor is the ancestral heritage of my Liu family and has nothing to do with money! Even if you let me move to your house today, from now on Lu Zhengchun calls me grandpa every day, and I won’t bother to care about you! Mr. Lu, do you hear me clearly? ! ”
Lu Zhengchun stood alone at the entrance of Mubo Alley, staring at the gangster in front of him. He made it clear that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The eldest son of the Lu family is determined to die here.
Before, I worked as a lobbyist on the covered bridge, blocking Liu Xianyang’s way to the blacksmith shop, but he ended up leaving the army
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p>Unfortunately, when I returned to the house on Fulu Street, my grandfather entertained those high-ranking guests and quietly called him to the secret room. He didn’t say any harsh words, nor did he say any big words about the family’s great business. Pointing to the corpse under the white cloth, "Zhengchun, grandpa has no other request. I just hope that your brother will not die with his eyes open. I hope that by the first seven days, you will have walked out of the town and just take a look at the outside scenery for him."
Lu Zhengchun's eyes suddenly became wet, and he choked and trembled: "Liu Xianyang, let me beg you, okay?" "
Liu Xianyang was stunned.
This well-dressed young man became increasingly fragile and helpless, his lips trembled, and he cried out: "Okay? I will kneel down to you and admit your mistake, okay? "
There was a plop.
Lu Zhengchun knelt firmly on the mud floor of Mubo Alley and began to kowtow.
There is gold under the man's knees.
The young man was kowtowing loudly, making a banging sound.
At the foot of the outer wall of Mud Bottle Lane, the little girl lightly kicked the old man's chest with her feet, thinking about this. Along the way, I'm in loveWhich peaks caught my eye, and I was thinking about which one to move back to my hometown.
The boy was a little gloating and asked casually: "Mom, is this person named Lu crazy? Are we really going to leave the town with a madman in the future? How embarrassing will it be?"
The woman had a complicated look on her face, remembering many strange people and strange things she had witnessed with her own eyes. She hesitated to speak, and finally shook her head and said, "No."
Liu Xianyang was a little at a loss.
The tall young man would never have imagined that Lu Zhengchun would do such a thing. The eldest grandson of the most wealthy family in a small town would just kneel at his feet and kowtow?
Liu Xianyang's face was tangled. At this moment, the straw-shoe boy who had been observing Liu Xianyang and Lu Zhengchun suddenly pulled his sleeve and shook his head gently.
Liu Xianyang couldn't bear it and said: "This is too outrageous..."
Chen Pingan's eyes were firm and self-evident.
The tall, carefree young man already showed signs of softening.
But in the eyes of the girl in black, the straw-shoe boy was a bad guy, but now he seemed extremely hard-hearted.
Chen Pingan's intuition told him that if Liu Xianyang agreed to the deal before Lu Zhengchun knelt down, he might suffer a little at most, but his life would be safe. But now Liu Xianyang has fallen into the same predicament he encountered before. If Mr. Qi hadn't intervened at that time, his fate would have been to kill Fu Nanhua and then be killed, either by people from Yunxia Mountain or Laolongcheng.
And what’s even more fatal is that according to the “rules” Miss Ning told him, if Lu Zhengchun himself is from a small town, Mr. Qi will most likely be unable to control him or the Lu family if they want to kill Liu Xianyang. .
Chen Pingan's mind changed. While Lu Zhengchun was still kowtowing desperately, he lowered his voice and said to Liu Xianyang: "If it doesn't work, just pretend to agree to him. Let's meet Master Ruan first and wait until you are accepted as a disciple." "
Liu Xianyang nodded and said to Lu Zhengchun: "Brother, you better get up and talk! What the hell are you doing?"
Lu Zhengchun did not stand up, but raised his head, his red and swollen forehead covered with mud.
Liu Xianyang said helplessly: "But you need to go back first, make a good calculation with them, and negotiate a fair price. Don't fool me anymore. I'm not a fool. What two hundred copper coins, and Don’t tell me whether I will lose money to my grandma’s family, but don’t you mind the price drop?”
Lu Zhengchun stood up slowly and said with a smile: “That’s right, as long as you are willing to let go!” , Liu Xianyang, I, Lu Zhengchun, will be your brother from now on! It doesn’t matter whether you recognize me or not, I recognize you anyway!”
Liu Xianyang walked over, put his arms around Lu Zhengchun, and walked toward the alley to comfort him. Said: "Lao Lu, I will take my brothers to enjoy the happiness together in the future. When this deal is finalized, I should treat you to a nice drink no matter what."
Lu Zhengchun wiped his forehead , while laughing happily: "Drinking is not easy, what's so difficult about it, and I'm here to invite you, how can I let youSpend money, that's it, otherwise I'll be angry, brother. ”
Liu Xianyang laughed and said: “I know you are a kind person, Lao Lu, so I will definitely mix with you in the future!” ”
Chen Pingan followed the two of them, leaning slightly to the side of the alley wall, staring at the movement at the entrance of the alley.
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The man in white robe took the young Song Jixin to the back hall of the Supervisory Office in the direction of the old steward.
The steward said that Mr. Li, who came from afar, was here. After waiting for half an hour, he said he was leaving to visit an elder from the Confucian school.
Song Changjing didn't say a word and just asked: "The assassin who died in the alley was found out. Which force’s chess pieces are there? "
The steward was a little hesitant.
Song Changjing frowned and said, "Huh? "
The old man quickly bent down and said in fear: "It's the Song family from Fulu Street. "
Song Changjing sneered: "I don't know how to give this king a little surprise! ”
The old steward was sweating like rain.
Song Jixin was silent and his eyes were hot.
In the school, Qi Jingchun gently put down his book and turned around. Looking up, there was a handsome young man standing at the door, wearing a high hat and a Confucian shirt, smiling without saying a word.
Qi Jingchun had a calm and unsmiling face.
In a small town. A bald man wearing strange clothes walked barefoot and looked haggard. He came to the iron lock well, looked into the deep well, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and whispered softly: "Buddha sees a bowl of water filled with hundreds of thousands of insects. ”
Outside the town, on the top of a mountain, someone stood on the thick branches of a towering ancient tree, looking at the outline of the town, with a tiger charm hanging on his waist and a long sword on his back.
Beyond the sky and the earth.
On a long road that slopes upward, it seems to reach the sky, surrounded by clouds and fog, and there is no view of the young people. A Taoist nun with a yellow crown, riding a white deer, climbed up slowly.
Beside her, there was a Taoist priest with a face like a crown of jade. His steps were as light as clouds and flowing water. There were two big fish with long beards, one red and one green. Surrounded by him, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and one family are about to gather in the small town. In the blacksmith shop by the stream in the south of the town, the father and daughter are forging iron. Sparks flew like a brilliant rain of fire.
The man held a sword and said to the girl with a ponytail who was swinging a hammer: "Don't go to the town during this period. "
The strength in the girl's hand immediately weakened a lot, and she felt that all the strength in her body had slipped away with the snacks in the town.
The man smiled angrily: "Outcome ! "
The girl turned her grief and anger into strength, and hit the red sword with a heavy hammer.
Under the bright sparks, the girl came to the world like a fire god.
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