A total of seven wells were dug over the blacksmith shop. The water in the wells is sweet and the air-conditioning is strong.
It is rumored that Master Ruan, who once lived in Qilong Lane for a period of time, is an immortal who can make swords, and even the court respects him very much. The official of the Ministry of Rites and Mr. Xiao Wu have both visited in person. Therefore, Master Ruan's identity is not simple and cannot be faked. Many people wanted to put their children into the blacksmith shop, but unfortunately they were no longer hiring. However, Master Ruan once went to the town to buy wine and selected two children to be apprentices. The next day, the wine shop was overcrowded and everyone was busy. It was the adults and elders carrying their own children. The problem was that no one really bought the wine. They were all eagerly waiting for Master Ruan to take a fancy to whom. The children did not care about their future, they would run around and make a lot of noise.
In fact, before the appearance of the county magistrate Wu Yuan, the town only knew that he was a citizen of Dali, and that the Long Kiln was used to bake porcelain for the family of Emperor Dali. That was all. The other people in the town knew nothing about it. There is very little circulation. There is no such thing as visiting relatives, going on study tours, or marrying away from a foreign country. Books do not teach it, and the elders do not tell it. This has been the case for generations. People from the four surnames and ten clans who know some inside stories dare not reveal the secret.
Those lucky ones who were chosen by their natal porcelain were able to go out and enjoy the great rivers and mountains outside. Before the Lizhu Cave sky shattered and fell, they had no chance to return home in glory. This was a rule established by the saints from all over the town in the early years. one.
Now, according to the notices posted by the county government and the explanations of literate people, I know that it was because the mountain roads in Longquan County were too steep. Now the court has made great efforts to open the roads for the purpose of opening up the mountain. Those hills were to be given to some important people who were interested in the feng shui of this place. At the same time, a group of people headed by the county government officials began to explain various rules to the people in the jurisdiction and how to get along with outsiders.
For example, you are not allowed to point at strangers randomly, children are not allowed to collide with pedestrians on the street, and you are absolutely not allowed to touch the horses of strangers without permission, etc. If there is any dispute, people must report it to the Longquan County Government truthfully. , do not make your own decisions, the government will handle it impartially.
The four surnames and ten tribes did not show too much enthusiasm for this, and they did not mean to help the county government to do anything they could. They mostly just watched indifferently. As for whether they were waiting to see the county government make a joke, they just Only Wu Yuan and those old foxes knew clearly.
Ruan Xiu, who grew up in Fengxue Temple, the ancestral home of the military family, was not deeply touched by the huge changes in the town, or in other words, he did not care.
Ever since she met a certain short winter melon, she has been in a depressed mood.
The arrogant woman went to Chen Ping'an's house in a swagger, and broke the copper locks on the courtyard door and the house door. When she went to clean the two houses, she happened to Ruan Xiu was so angry when she bumped into the people who came to change the locks that she ran up to reason with her. Those people seemed to know her identity and apologized respectfully. But who was the culprit behind the scenes? She pretended to be Miss Ruan. Even if you beat us to death, you don't dare to say anything about it. That's it. Ruan Xiu wants them to hand over the old lock and the new one.New key, when I returned to the blacksmith shop, I met that short winter melon. She had the nerve to smile and said that she accidentally broke the copper lock.
Ruan Xiu also hired people to repair an uninhabited dilapidated house in Mupin Lane as agreed. The roof collapsed with a big hole, the beams were rotten, and the red paint was peeling off. Ruan Xiu asked the bricklayers who came from small towns to carefully repair and add bricks and tiles. In the end, he felt uneasy and watched them work for a long time.
Then there are the adjacent New Year’s Shop and Caotou Shop, both of which are named under Chen Ping’an’s name. The old shopkeepers of the two time-honored shops have gone out of business, so they have to hire other shopkeepers. She can’t Dare to choose some naughty people, so I asked the people in my sword shop to recommend some women and girls with good natures but clever hands and feet to help manage the business.
The New Year's Eve shop continues to sell all kinds of cakes and snacks, while the Caotou shop continues to sell miscellaneous items, including cultural toys, Qinggong, guqin, calligraphy and painting, and all kinds of things.
As long as the sword shop is not busy, Ruan Xiu will lie on the counter of a certain shop, lost in thought. Most of the time, most of the day will pass by like this. Anyway, she is not required to solicit business, and she is not good at bargaining with others. In fact, these two shops belong to Chen Ping'an's family. The girl in Tsing Yi wished that a piece of pastry could be sold for a few taels of silver, but she was a simple-minded girl after all. She was embarrassed to do this, but she was hesitant to help him find a few people who knew how to listen and help the shop make more money, but she was afraid that he would not like such people when he returned to his hometown.
Because he is not that kind of person.
Even pastries are not that greedy of a girl, so her originally round chin gradually became a bit pointy.
Just like a lotus showing its sharp corners, it is fresh and moving.
Ruan Qiong mentioned it several times. If she felt that the town was too boring, she could go to Hengshan Peak of Shenxiu Mountain for a walk. The scenery was pretty good. It's just that the girl couldn't bring herself to do it and kept procrastinating, so Ruan Qiong gave up. But the more confused the girl became, the more concentrated and energetic she became when forging iron and making swords, and her realm was rising rapidly. This made Ruan Qiong feel relieved. Since cultivation is a good thing, he would not point fingers.
Because the grave of an ordinary person has long been covered with green grass, and even the hair of his descendants has turned gray, but the accomplished practitioners of the same age are still as beautiful as women.
Ruan Xiu has been even more upset these two days, because every time she comes to the shop to be in a daze, someone will disturb her.
It was a young man with a vermilion flute on his waist. He wore brocade clothes and a jade belt, and a purple gold crown on his head. He looked very arrogant, but she had forgotten the appearance of this person, or maybe she had forgotten it. Never really looked at it.
Because Ruan Xiu has seen too many people like this since she was young. Because her father is Ruan Qiong, who is not only a great monk of Fengxue Temple, but also the leading swordsmith in Dongbaopingzhou.
But after arriving here, Ruan Qiong and herAs I said, I have already told the Dali court that within a period of time, Dali cannot publicize it to the outside world and use his golden sign of Ruan Qiong to plan anything. Once Ruan Qiong discovers it, they can discuss it, but Ruan Qiong will not guarantee the outcome. After Ruan Qiong fell under the cave world and became the territory of Da Li, the fighting not only caused the liver and gallbladder of the monks around him to burst, but in fact, even the Da Li court and the forces further up the mountain had experienced the temper of the saint Ruan Master. No one Those who are willing to risk their lives to reason with Ruan Qiong and dare to do so will either be beaten to death by Master Ruan on his own territory, or they will be dragged into the realm and beaten to death in a fair and just manner.
There is no need for Ruan Qiong to say it directly. The handful of real big shots in Da Li actually know very well that the true rebellion of this saint who separated from Fengxue Temple and established his own sect is His daughter who was recognized as extremely talented. If it weren't for Ruan Xiu, Ruan Qiong would never have left Fengxue Temple and taken over Lizhu Cave from Qi Jingchun, because at that time no one would regard being in charge of this small cave as a good job. The realm is suppressed by heaven, and it is the ultimate to be able to maintain the realm without falling and the body without decay.
Of course, Qi Jingchun is an exception, a big surprise.
Since Ruan Qiong’s lifeline is his daughter, Da Li is now deliberately helping to keep it secret and will never dare to mention Ruan Xiu’s name to the outside world easily.
So some people who didn’t know what was going on accidentally wandered into the grass shop in Qilong Lane of the small town. When they saw the girl with the ponytail, they were immediately shocked and thought about a shop. She's just a young girl, her status is too high to be high. With his appearance, conversation, and background, isn't it possible for him to fall in love with him at first sight and willingly become his slave, a maid who has been polished by his bare hands?
But after all, he has a family mission and comes here to buy mountains. Moreover, the town is now full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Not to mention the aloof and grumpy military saint, people from the Dali Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Prison are also here. , it is said that even the county magistrate is the favorite disciple of Grand Master Da Li, so this young master obeys the instructions of his father and goes to the small town with his tail between his legs. If he really gets into trouble, the family will not even collect the corpse. Therefore, he would never dare to act as recklessly as he did in the territory under his own jurisdiction. Besides, robbing civilian girls and so on, although he was familiar with it, it was really boring.
This self-proclaimed romantic young man probably never imagined that the silly-looking lazy girl had the surname Ruan.
He crossed the threshold again today, pretending to select his favorite items from the rows of treasure racks, then pretending to bargain with a woman, and finally spoke with a smile, talking to the little shopkeeper The girl in green said hello and gently raised the eye-catching writing stone in her hand. It was one hand high, but it looked like a beautiful woman with clouds and rain on her legs. The price was thirty taels of silver. He asked the girl if it could be cheaper, thirty taels. Silver is really too expensive.
In fact, to him, what does thirty taels of gold mean?
Ruan Xiu didn’t even raise his head and said calmly: “No.”
The man pretended to be cool.He shrugged and said that he bought the stone. Finally, he picked two more items and asked the girl that after buying so many things, it should be cheaper, right? And since he would live in the town permanently, he would definitely be a repeat customer, so he would frequent the business... Anyway, there was a lot of verbosity. Ruan Xiu at the counter felt upset, but she still didn't look up and said calmly: "You can buy things, take photos. Just pay the price and don’t say anything.”
The young man smiled instead of being angry. Haha, couldn’t you tell that he was still a rouge horse with a chaste temperament?
He was really not angry, he just felt that his desire to win was aroused. The purchase of the mountain was already a done deal, and he was just making a pledge to show his face for a wealthy family, so why not find something? Harmless fun? So he asked the woman to pack the three things, and before leaving, he said with a smile: "Girl, I will come again tomorrow."
Ruan Xiu finally raised her head and looked at him for the first time. , "Don't come here again."
The young man stared at the girl with interest. It was a face that he liked more and more the more he looked at it. It was definitely not comparable to the vulgar fans at home, so he smiled Said: "Why?"
Ruan Xiu's face was calm, "This shop is opened by my... friend, so I can decide which guests are welcome to come in and which guests are not welcome to be an eyesore."
The man pointed at his nose, and his smile grew wider, "I am an eyesore? Where did you start talking about this, girl?"
Ruan Xiu lay down on the counter table again, waving her hand, "You go Well, I don’t want to talk to people like you.”
A tall, muscular man stood outside the shop, his face full of displeasure and anger, looking coldly at the ungrateful city girl. .
The young man smiled and waved to the guard, his eyes telling him not to scare his plate of food. After paying the bill, he walked towards the door without forgetting to look back and say: "See you tomorrow."< /p>
Ruan Xiu sighed, stood up, walked around the counter, and said to the guy who had just stepped over the threshold and turned around to stand, "I advise you to listen to others more in the future."
The young man looked at the girl's stunning and graceful figure and sighed that he was really blessed this time.
As for what the girl said, he naturally heard it, but he didn't pay attention to it, let alone take it seriously.
The guard's body suddenly tensed up, and his scalp was numb, like a ray on his back. Just as he was about to make a move, he saw the girl in green and his young master rushing towards the wall opposite the Dragon Riding Alley.
He watched helplessly as the young master held his forehead with the girl's hand, and finally his entire head and back were embedded in the wall.
The young master lost consciousness instantly, bleeding from all his orifices, and a huge spider web was ripped out of the wall behind him.
The girl said to the man who rolled his eyes and fainted: "I will listen to my advice in the future. Do you understand? Huh? Still not listening?"
The girl raised her leg high. , kicked out with another swift kick.
The extremely pitiful young master’s body and the wall sunk together., very miserable.
The girl retracted her legs, turned and walked towards the shop, and said to the tall servant who did not dare to move at all: "If you carry them away, remember to repair the wall."
The servant of the fifth level of martial arts , swallowed, not even daring to say a harsh word.
He is just a personal bodyguard on the surface, the real pillar of the family. He is worshiped by a family with a foreign surname. Now he is the same as many forces. He went to the mountains and followed the Minister of Rites of Dali and Qin Tianjian. The back of Mr. Qingwu's butt is not only to communicate with the Dali court, but also to symbolically inspect the two mountains purchased with a lot of money.
It’s not that the fifth realm martial artist is a bad guy and can be bullied by anyone, it’s that the ponytail girl’s attacks are too terrifying.
You must know that your young master has already reached the fourth floor. Although he is not as good as the real geniuses of the Immortal Family Mansion, as long as he can finally reach the fifth floor, it is equivalent to possessing the qualifications to dominate. , after all, in the Great Li territory where warriors abound, Qi practitioners are much more popular than warriors. Therefore, those two hills will be the land of Longxing for my young master.
The fifth-level martial artist did not bother to announce his family name, to frighten the ruthless girl, and quickly flew to the wall opposite the alley. After a moment, the man with red eyes suddenly turned around, his face was ashen. He cursed: "You little bitch! Do you know that you have destroyed the foundation of my young master's cultivation?!"
Ruan Xiu had already entered the shop. Hearing this, he stopped but did not turn around. He just turned his head and said: "I know, I deliberately didn't kill him so that he could suffer the consequences."
The warrior was almost going crazy. Isn't this little girl a lunatic with a broken brain?
The girl smiled and said, "If you scold me, I won't argue with you, because I will settle accounts with your family. According to your routine, you usually beat the younger ones and take over the older ones, so you are the oldest You can call that guy's elder friends and ask them to come and cause trouble for me. Don't worry, I will wait for you here and won't go anywhere. If no one comes to seek revenge or apologize, say it in advance. "Okay, don't pretend that nothing happened."
The girl thought for a while, "If your ancestors or family helpers can really defeat me, then I will also move my father out. There is no other way. , I only have this kind of family."
The girl suddenly became happy for no apparent reason, and she smiled so much that she had to purse her lips to prevent herself from appearing so happy.
Now she seems to have an extra friend, the owner of this shop.
The warrior looked at the girl's "weird" smile with dumbfounded eyes, and he was sure that she was really crazy.
He did not dare to stay too long. The top priority was to preserve his young master's cultivation as much as possible. He carried his young master on his back and ran away in Qilong Lane. Being able to become a personal guard for important people was not a good idea after all. Fool, after he ran a certain distance, he immediately shouted somewhere: "My young master is from the Chu family in Fengcheng, and he is your distinguished guest from Dali! My ancestor is the deputy sect master of Raling Mountain!"
< p>But nothing happened.The warrior's heart suddenly felt cold and his whole body was filled with chills.
Those Da Li spies lurking in the dark chose not to save them!
This is absolutely unreasonable and against the rules!
Warriors are like mourning for their heirs. Could it be that my son has got into trouble with someone he cannot afford to offend? But didn't our ancestors clearly say that, excluding the two saints, the local gangsters who have been entrenched in the small town for generations have not achieved much? How come a girl from a small shop has such amazing strength?
In the distance, a young man sat quietly on the wall that obscured his vision. He held his cheek with one hand. After yawning, he sneered: "I, Da Li, really think that I am afraid of you, a Fengcheng Chu family." Ah."
Finally, he looked away and looked at the shop. He could no longer see the girl behind the counter, and chuckled: "She is indeed the most talkative girl in Fengxue Temple."
He quickly put away his smile and continued to monitor the surroundings. If there was any sign of trouble, he had the power to mobilize all the nearby Dali soldiers to kill people regardless of the cost or consequences, no matter who the opponent was.
But at the same time, he could also guess that this incident would not end here, and might involve His Majesty the Emperor, and of course the Saint Ruan Qiong. Because the Fengcheng Chu family could take this matter to the forefront, make a big fuss, and use the situation and public opinion to oppress the Dali court. Dali is now at the peak of its power and is not afraid of anything. It has always attached great importance to the opinions of scholars. This is the case for both the late emperor and the present majesty. They are very kind and tolerant of scholars.
The women and girls in the shop were all so frightened that they did not dare to breathe. How could you imagine that Xiu Xiu, a girl who is usually so good-tempered, would have such a side? Beat someone half to death as soon as you strike?
The girl lay on the counter and continued to be in a daze.
She suddenly remembered something and took out a small stone from the counter drawer and placed it on the table. Then the girl changed her posture, put her cheek on the table, stretched out her fingers and gently moved the stone. Watch it roll around.
A beautiful girl, beautiful and delicious.