After Ruan Xiu ran back to the blacksmith shop, she found that her father was the only one sitting on a bamboo chair under the eaves. She handed over the pot of wine and then sat on another chair. "Dad, have you finished talking about things?"
Ruan Qiong opened the wine pot and didn’t need to drink it. He just smelled it and felt a little headache. It was a peach blossom spring roast, but it didn’t require two taels of silver for a high-quality peach blossom spring roast. The cheapest spring roast cost eight coins a pot. From the corner of his eye, Ruan Qiong caught a glimpse of his daughter, who had a guilty conscience. She was twisting her clothes with her hands and her eyes were wandering. He was clearly afraid that he would expose her. Ruan Qiong sighed in his heart and could only pretend to be nothing. He didn't notice. He raised his head and took a sip of wine. He was really depressed and aggrieved. The man slowly said: "We're done talking. It's going well. I'll send someone to the kiln office to find the Dali official named Wu Yuan." , take the old and new mountain and river situation maps, I guess Chen Pingan will come to me to ask for them after he regains consciousness." Ruan Xiu felt relieved, smiled, stretched out his legs, and stretched out. Xifu stretched out and leaned against the smooth and cool back of the small bamboo chair.
Ruan Qiong thought that he was about to open up the situation here. Everything was difficult at the beginning. The omen was good, so he felt a little better. He rarely said a kind word to Chen Ping'an, "That boy from Mu Ping Alley has a simple temper." It's simple, but it's not stupid at all."
Ruan Xiu smiled happily: "Dad, that's called being as wise as a fool, do you know?"
Ruan Qiong chuckled and said nothing.
The man just complained in his heart, I know how smart a hammer is but how foolish it is.
Ruan Qiong looked at the stream in the distance, held the neck of the wine bottle with his fingers, and shook it gently, "There are some things that it is not convenient for dad to tell him directly, lest he think too much and make things worse. You can tell him when you see him tomorrow."
Ruan Xiu asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
Ruan Qiong was silent for a moment, picked up the wine bottle and took a sip. Lijiu, then said: "Just tell him, don't have extravagant hopes in Longji Mountain. Even some people with no roots in the upper five realms may not dare to say this. Such a big piece of Dragon Slaying Platform, Fengxue Temple He Zhenwushan spent a lot of effort, and with his father's current status, he managed to eat it. There are still many people who are secretly jealous and gnashing their teeth behind the scenes. Of course, you don't have to explain these twists and turns to Chen Ping'an. Tell him straightforwardly that there is no need to think too much about Longji Mountain. Moreover, the Dali court is selling the peaks at a low price. After all, there are only more than sixty peaks in total. He, Chen Ping'an, can only buy five peaks at most. No matter how many more, I am not happy. It's hard to protect him and his Shantou Zhouquan. Third, Dad has just made up his mind to ask for three mountains, mainly Shenxiu Mountain, from Da Li. When you ask Chen Pingan to check the situation map, pay attention to Shenxiu Mountain and Lantern. Dad is not an unreasonable person and will not let him spend all his money to buy the mountains and hills around Hengshan Peak. He only needs to spend half of the gold and copper coins. Having said that, if he is really smart. , buying more mountains surrounding your father is the right way. Finally, you can also tell him that if you can leave a few coins, you can buy a few shops in the town.There will be a lot of good shops that need to change hands, because many of the small town portals with connections outside will probably move out, so the prices will definitely not be expensive, and they will only cost you a copper coin if they are used up. ”
Ruan Xiu asked tentatively: “Dad, how about you buy the New Year’s shop?” Didn't you put away my two bags of copper coins? How about you give me back one first, just one?
Ruan Qiong said with an angry smile: "Don't even think about the copper coins that dad has saved here. I advise you to give up quickly." By the way, you can ask Chen Ping'an to pay for it. Now he is the rich man in our town.
Ruan Xiu said without hesitation: "How can that be done? He is so poor that he has to borrow more than ten taels of silver from others." "
The corner of Ruan Qiong's mouth twitched. He couldn't bear it any longer. He turned around and asked, "Oh, dad's money is not money. It's just Chen Ping'an, right?"
Ruan Xiu chuckled and said, "I'm not familiar with him." ”
Ruan Qiong almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. Isn’t this familiar? You’re not familiar with it, how can you unconscionably let your father drink this kind of rotten wine, and then line your own pockets just to lend money to that bastard? ? My daughter, how mature do you think it is? Ruan Qiong took a deep sip of the mediocre soju and stood up, "Anyway, Dad has said everything that needs to be said. You can choose some words and talk to Chen Ping'an tomorrow. "
The man strode away. In fact, he knew with his butt that what he should say and what he shouldn't say will be said by his daughter tomorrow.
The more Ruan Qiong thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. , the girl couldn’t scold the little bastard who was digging into the corner with a hoe, and couldn’t beat him, so the man had no choice but to curse in a low voice, walked to a deserted open space, and threw away the empty wine flask that he drank no matter how bad the drink was. , his body rose from the ground, and in an instant, he landed at the door of a shop selling peach blossom spring barbecue in the town. Of course, the shop was closed at this time. He knocked on the door hard, and soon a woman came out sleepily. He got up in the backyard and opened the door, cursing and saying things like "You are in a hurry to seek death and reincarnation", "Drinking in the middle of the night, why don't you drink urine, you don't pay for it", "You dare to knock on the widow's door at night, I am not afraid that I will break your three legs", You're welcome.
Ruan Qiong stood at the door with a gloomy face and said nothing.
After seeing that it was Master Ruan from the blacksmith shop, the woman took advantage of the moonlight and slashed. After taking a look at the muscular arm of the middle-aged man, his face suddenly changed, his eyes were as charming as silk, and he pulled the man's arm with great enthusiasm. It was really as hard as iron. The woman who had been in drought for a long time smiled even more eagerly and led the way. When she was walking, she staggered and was about to fall into the man's arms. Unfortunately, the blacksmith didn't understand the charm and gently held her shoulders. Finally, he dropped the money, took two bottles of wine and strode away.
The woman stood at the door, her face full of sarcasm, and she laughed loudly: "What a strong man, but he turns out to have the same last name! Master Ruan, oh no, Master Ruan, if you come to my shop to buy wine again, I will charge you double the price! If Master Ruan gets tough one day, I might not charge him a penny, and the wine will be in vain and the people will sleep in vain. ”
Ruan Qiong walked to the end of the street indifferently, his body flashed, and he did not return to the shop in the south of the town., but went to the north and came to a hill.
It was full of broken porcelain, piled up into mountains.
Ruan Qiong found a place to sit cross-legged thirty steps away from the hill.
A voice sounded not far away, "What a coincidence, you are here too."
Ruan Qiong nodded and threw a bottle of wine over.
The old man took the wine, weighed it, and said: "If you go to Widow Liu's shop to buy wine now, even a man will suffer a bit."
Of course Ruan Qiong doesn't. I was willing to talk about this, but asked: "Mr. Yang, who is the young man next to the new supervisor Wu Yuan? I can't tell the difference. On the surface, he is no different from ordinary people."
The old man is Old Yang from Yang's shop. He took a sip of wine and said, "I am unknown, but as the old saying goes, those who come are not kind and kind will not come, right?"
Old Yang finished speaking. After saying this, he looked up with a smile.
On the top of the Porcelain Mountain, there is a young man in a green shirt, standing with his hands folded in his sleeves, a mole between his eyebrows, and a springy smile.
The young man took out a hand from his sleeve and shook it, "First call someone when you enter the door, and worship the gods first when you enter the temple. I know the rules. I met Master Ruan first and then came to see Mr. Yang. , There is nothing wrong with the etiquette."
Old man Yang did not continue drinking. He found a rope somewhere, hung the wine bottle around his waist, took a puff of dry cigarette, and said with a smile: "Enter the mountains and rivers. The talisman is shocking. I just don’t know if you are drawing a ghost talisman or a fairy talisman?"
The young man put away his hand, leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile: "No matter how Mr. Yang and Master Ruan misunderstood, I This time, I promise that after I say hello to you two, there will be no more interactions. Well, if it is true, I am afraid that it is just the establishment of Chenghuang Pavilion. I will be responsible for it for the time being, and I will be slightly involved with you. As for Wenchang Pavilion. I have no control over the Wusheng Temple, I only have a Chenghuang Pavilion the size of a sesame seed and a mung bean.”
According to popular sayings, within the boundaries of a county, the county magistrate has full jurisdiction over all earthly affairs. The aloof clay city god is actually responsible for keeping an eye on the night and the underworld.
Master Ruan frowned. Is he a member of the Rites Department of the Dali Imperial Court? Or Qin Tianjian's Qi practitioner?
However, no matter whether the base is in the Ministry of Rites, the Qintian Prison, or somewhere in the Dali Palace, since he can stand on the top of the Porcelain Mountain so boldly, he must be at least one who stands in the middle five realms. The monks on the tenth floor at the highest point.
So this boy is definitely not a boy.
The handsome monk, whose brows were like a bit of cinnabar, looked at Old Man Yang and said, "Old sir, I have something to say first, be careful when sailing for ten thousand years."
Old Man Yang took a long puff of dry cigarette. , but in the end only an extremely thin wisp of smoke was exhaled, and it quickly and silently dissipated between heaven and earth.
The monk who looked like a handsome young man still had his hands in his sleeves, but the cuffs moved slightly, as if he was making a secret with his fingers.
Ruan Qiong sighed heavily, "For my sake, you two just give up, otherwise IThe three of us are fighting in a melee. Is it possible that we really want to destroy this place that is thousands of miles away? "
The young man immediately took off his sleeves with his hands and raised them high. He was very suspicious of changing the situation. He smiled and said: "I have no problem." "
Old Yang inhaled, and two wisps of imperceptible blue-purple smoke quickly flew into the old man's nose.
The old man sneered: "You know a lot.
The young man stretched out his hand and pinched his nose, "No more, no less, just right. For example, I only know how to call you Mr. Qing...Da, not Mr. Yang." ”
The young man deliberately missed a word.
It was not a joke or interesting, but at the moment when the word was about to blurt out, he truly felt the old man’s murderous intention, resolute and Decisive, so he chose to give in temporarily.
The young man leaned back and said with a smile: "Goodbye, I hope there will be no more goodbyes, Yangguan Road, single-plank bridge, or the gate of hell, everyone goes his own way. What a magical power. "
The young man in green shirt who fell backward was nowhere to be seen.
Ruan Qiong said in a deep voice: "It may be the upper five realms!
Old man Yang sneered: "What a fuss, you Ruan Qiong are also in the fifth realm." No matter how small Dong Baoping Continent is, it is still one of the Nine Continents. Not to mention the 11th and 12th floors, the qi practitioners on the 13th floor have no chance to show up. "
Ruan Qiong was not in a relaxed mood. He shook his head and said: "After all, I have only climbed to the eleventh floor for the first time, and my realm has not yet been stabilized. Although I am a military strategist, I am still good at attacking and fighting, but I can't. ..."
The old man shook his head, turned around and left, holding a cigarette stick and puffing out smoke, "Just be content, there are tens of millions of monks in the world, and the monks on the tenth floor are already rare, let alone those on the fifth floor. territory. After all, if you are afraid of that person, why shouldn't that person be afraid of you? When porcelain collides with jade, you two actually feel guilty. ”
Ruan Qiong thought about it. He was not the type to get into trouble, so he simply stopped worrying about the origin of that strange boy. It would be best if the two sides could avoid conflict, and harmony would make money.
< p>With a bang, Ruan Qiong soared into the sky, and after reaching the sea of clouds, he quickly fell to the stream.Old man Yang slowly swayed back to the town and smiled, "You are so young and energetic. "
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A young man in a green shirt was walking in the alleys of the small town, muttering: "There must be a night guard, and there must be a watchman. There must also be cities and towns, and everything is waiting to be revitalized. We, the county magistrate, are very busy. ”
The handsome young man with the mole between his eyebrows gently turned a bunch of old keys with his fingers and walked into an alley called Erlang Lane. It is next to Xinghua Lane. According to legend, two of his ancestors had He is an incredibly powerful person, but no one can tell who he is and what he did. As time goes by, he has become a topic of conversation among the old people under the old locust tree.
Now the old locust tree. As soon as the tree fell, the popularity of the town seemed to decrease a lot. The children were not impressed, but the young people felt that it was good to have a wide open space. Only the nostalgic old people occasionally sighed.There are no rich families living in Langxiang and Xinghuaxiang, but they are not as good as the previous ones, but more than enough. For example, the common people near Niping Alley, when they see these two alleys, most of them can’t raise their heads. Granny Ma and her grandson Ma Kuxuan live in Xinghua Lane, and their family background is considered very good in the small town.
The young man stopped at the door of a house. Two brand-new painted door gods were pasted on the door. The young man looked up at one of the silver-armored door gods holding a short halberd, majestic and with one foot raised. , the golden rooster stood alone, with the angry eyes of King Kong, the young man smiled and said: "Returning to the hometown in rich clothes, that's all."
The young man opened the door and entered. It was a small but exquisite house, with a square door above his head. There is a patio with a pool dug into the ground, which is very ventilated. There is a beauty chair on the second floor, which is suitable for stargazing at night and enjoying the snow in winter. The young man was very satisfied and said that it was good, it was a good place to cultivate one's health.
The young man moved a carved wooden chair and sat next to the pool. He shook his sleeves and a large pile of broken porcelain fell out, as big as a fist and as small as a grain of rice. Countless pieces of it. In the end, it was so full that even a basket could not fit in it, and it was all suspended above the pool under the patio.
This hand is worthy of the name.
The young man looked around, rubbed his eyebrows, and said to himself: "Where to start?"
"It's you." In the end, he was the most attractive. He picked up a maroon red piece of broken porcelain, and with a slight movement of his heart, it flew out from the pile of porcelain and quietly stopped in the air a foot away in front of him.
After that, pieces of porcelain continued to fly out from the hill, came to the young man, and were then gently placed somewhere by him.
It’s like piecing together a piece of porcelain.
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The next day, at the blacksmith shop, Ruan Xiu handed Chen Pingan two maps. One was old and the paper was yellowed. The mountains on the map were undulating, but only the tops of the mountains. The names are all A1, B3, etc., and in addition to the new map, which still smells of fresh ink, there are also less boring names such as Longji Mountain, Zhenzhu Mountain, and Shenxiu Mountain. Finally, There is also an additional "Dali Longquan County".
Ruan Xiu pointed to the place names and mountain names, explained and introduced them to Chen Pingan one by one, and finally reminded: "Although the two maps look like they are only offset by the size of a fingernail, when you enter Mountain, you will find that the gap may be several miles of mountain road, because after the Lizhu Cave sky fell on the ground of Dali, the surface shook greatly, and even some peaks with weak roots collapsed at that time. At that time, There will be many accidents on your way forward, so you must be careful."
Chen Pingan carefully put away the two maps, and finally picked up a backpack and carried it with Chen Ping. They were about to enter the mountain and apologized to Ruan Xiu: "This time I will try to walk to the Diandeng Mountain and Hengshan Peak areas on the map. It will take at least half a month and at most a month to return here."
Ruan Xiu said softly: "It's been so long, so how can you bring enough food?"
Chen Ping'an couldn't hold back his laughter, "I'm used to living in the mountains, eating wild game and fruits."You can eat them all and find them all. I promise you won’t starve yourself.
Ruan Xiu nodded and smiled: "My father promised to lend you a dozen taels of silver. I will definitely be able to give it to you after you come out of the mountain." ”
Chen Ping’an thought for a while and then told the truth, “Miss Ruan, please don’t wrong yourself. I can figure out a way with the money myself. You can’t really insist on it for ten and a half months.” Let's eat the snacks from the New Year's Eve shop, right? "
Ruan Xiu's face turned red and she couldn't understand how he knew the truth.
Chen Ping'an was helpless and smiled without saying anything. He thought that Master Ruan's bad temper would It's weird that you are willing to lend yourself money, so it's not that I'm blind, but Miss Ruan, your cover-up is really not good.
Chen Pingan saw that she was a little disappointed, and quickly comforted: "Miss Ruan, I'm kind. I appreciate it, thank you. "
Ruan Xiu pursed her lips and smiled.
She suddenly said: "I'll give it to you.
Chen Ping'an had strode away, turned around and waved his hands: "No, I know the road very well, I can walk with my eyes closed." ”
The ponytail girl said softly, and then waved goodbye to him.
After Chen Pingan walked out of Ruan’s shop, he ran upstream along the stream.
Chen Pingan is not interested in the hills near the town. Although it is not big and the price is not expensive, he does not want to buy it here. It is too close to the town. This kind of limelight cannot be achieved, and Master Ruan I have said a few hints before. In this area, including the peaks of "Jizhen Mountain" and "Yuanmu Peak", the foundation of the mountain tops was actually good. It is a pity that it has been almost hollowed out over the years, so there are only a few embroidered pillows. , he had to walk westward until he reached the Pearl Mountain.
Chen Pingan walked for a full day and night, during which he only rested for less than two hours, before finally climbing up a hill. On the top of the mountain, he took a deep breath, and his heart and lungs were filled with the fragrance of mountains and grass.
The straw-shoe boy puffed up his chest, stamped his feet, and said proudly: "This is mine!" ”