After that, the waterway of Xiuhua River was safe and stable for more than two hundred miles.
When Chen Pingan and his party disembarked, Li Huai and Lin Shouyi both carried their book boxes. With Li Baoping, the study tour became more and more worthy of the name. The result was that the straw-shoe boy watched. , more like a young servant of a wealthy family. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't have imagined that the straw-shoe boy was a martial artist who could make the military secretary Lang next to the magistrate of Da Lishang County unable to fight back. When we got off the ship, we were still carried off on a stretcher.
Chen Ping'an had carefully read the map of Kanyu before going down. He did not plan to pass through Wanping County. After going south around the city, he would have to cross a majestic mountain range, which would probably take more than half a month of foot strength. Ping An asked the locals on the boat and found out that there was a mountain road that could be walked, but it was much more difficult to walk than the Qingshi Post Road in Qidun Mountain. It was not accessible by horse-drawn carriages and was mostly carried by donkeys and mules.
If you don’t take the mountain road, you must pass through a county. Lin Shouyi said that he has not yet understood the method of the Pure Yang Talisman, and cannot let the Yin God cover up the innate filthy air. Most of them cannot enter the city openly. According to A Liang, the Chenghuang Pavilion, Wenwu Temple and a general's residence in the county are probably innately repulsive to the Yin God. If there are experts in charge, it is easy to cause trouble.
The group of people asked for directions while moving forward. During this period, Chen Pingan also tentatively asked the villagers and women in the countryside whether there were any weird legends in those mountains and whether there were mountain ghosts. When the local people saw that the four children were not very young and were carrying book boxes on their backs, they regarded them as scholars from wealthy families who went out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. They smiled and told Chen Ping'an about the mountains and rivers there, even their names. No, they have never heard of these strange gods and monsters. In the end, most of them did not forget to recommend the River God Temple in the Xiuhua River to the four of them, saying that asking for fortune-telling there to pray to the gods was very effective, and that there might really be a river god. Every year, the county magistrate would lead people to worship by the river, with firecrackers flying all over the sky, and it was very lively.
Before the four people entered the mountain, it was noon. Li Huai stood at the foot of the mountain, bowed and bowed three times. He looked up and saw that Chen Pingan was not moving. He asked strangely: "Chen Pingan, come on." You worshiped me back at Qidun Mountain, saying you were worshiping the mountain god. Why are you lazy this time?"
Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "I used to go to the mountain with the old man. I learned a little bit about the ability to look at mountains and eat dirt. When the old man was in a good mood, he talked about the direction of the mountains and where the mountain god would put his golden statue. He was very particular about whether a mountain has a The mountain god is in the top position. If you look carefully before entering the mountain, you can see some clues. In addition, the locals have said that there are no such sayings here, and you can roughly determine that the mountain road we are going to take is not the territory of the mountain god.
Lin Shouyi's thoughts moved slightly, and he said: "Senior Yin Shen said that the number of landscape gods in a dynasty is limited. It is impossible to have gods everywhere, otherwise there will be flooding and disasters in the place." The chaos of luck, coupled with the dispute over mountains and rivers, is similar to the struggle for land and water under the mountains, but it is not good for the dynasty. Therefore, generally speaking, there is no clear record of the mountain god in the local county annals.If there is a temple, it is impossible for a mountain god to appear. ”
Li Huai was a little disappointed, “Oh, I want a few more painted puppets.” ”
It turned out that Qidun Mountain was a blessing in disguise, and he got a lifelike painted puppet for nothing. Li Huai looked forward to it very much. He wished he could walk over a mountain and get one. Then when he walked to Sui Academy, His small book box can be filled up, right? Otherwise, there will only be a puppet and a book in the bamboo box behind him, which will be too "houseless"
Lin Shou laughed angrily. : "How dare you say that Chen Ping'an is a money fan? "
Li Huai looked innocent, "I never said that, I only said that Chen Ping'an is a gentleman's wealth, and he should get it in a wise way. "
Lin Shouyi snorted coldly: "Flattery! ”
Li Huai was furious, “If I hadn’t begged you so hard, would you have had a small bookcase?” Lin Shouyi, can you have some conscience? "
Li Baoping said angrily: "Shut up. ”
Chen Ping’an would practice walking when there was no one around. Because he was carrying a large backpack and didn’t dare to make too much movement, he would restrain his strength and posture and walk as slowly as possible. After all, when A Liang taught the Eighteen Stops' luck method in Pillow Station, he said that the word "slow" is the essence of the Eighteen Stops. Chen Ping'an is now stuck between the sixth and seventh stops, unable to overcome this hurdle. I just happened to practice my hand with the walking sticks of Shanshanquan.
After walking on the mountain path for about two hours, Li Huai was out of breath, and so was Li Baoping.
Chen Pingan knew that this was the end of the so-called "breath", so he happened to choose a stream to rest next to. Lin Shouyi was worthy of being a one-legged mountain climber. He was calm and relaxed, but there was a slight sweat on his forehead, which was not as good as Chen's. It's just safe. Everyone found a place to sit down. Chen Pingan took out Li Baoping's knife from his backpack, a narrow knife that A Liang called "Xiang Fu", although A Liang said the word "bottom" at that time. , but Chen Ping'an is not a blind man, but a person who is used to using kitchen knives and hatchets. He even borrowed Miss Ning's skirt-pressing knife for a while. He knew that this knife must be extremely valuable, so as long as there is no one around, he will He took out the inexplicably extra small dragon-slaying platform and used it to carefully sharpen the blade.
After unsheathing the sword, Chen Pingan gently dipped the shiny black dragon-slaying platform in water. Squatting on the bank of the stream, he slowly began to sharpen the knife. His movements were slow and unhurried, as if he were treating the town's most cherished and fragile tribute, porcelain.
Chen Pingan likes to concentrate on one thing, especially if he can do it. If it's good, it will make the young man particularly happy.
Just like every time he goes to a place with a wide view of Hui Dang Ling Jueding and practices setting up a sword furnace, Chen Pingan will feel the most comfortable. Whenever he withdraws his mind, You will feel refreshed and at the same time have some regrets. You can't wait to study the boxing moves at the back of the boxing manual so that you can master them all at once and learn them all in one breath, making your punches more organized and faster. When Liang left Pillow Station, he stood up from the ground and turned into a rainbow.
But every time this time, Chen Ping'an would remain silent.Walk silently, suppress this restlessness bit by bit, tell yourself not to be anxious, to be calm, to be calm, to be uneasy, and to seek quickness will be just like firing porcelain and drawing embryos, but it is easy to make mistakes and fall short of the success. Occasionally, he could not calm down while walking around, so Chen Ping'an once looked through the maps of Kanzhou counties and accidentally found three carefully collected prescriptions, which were written by the young Taoist named Lu. Miss Ning said These words are written in a boring style, like a scholar's pavilion style, which is the most boring.
But now that Chen Pingan has something to do, he will take out three pieces of paper, take a look, and read them, and his heart will calm down a bit.
The little girl in the red cotton-padded jacket washed her face, and strands of hair were stuck to her forehead. After walking for such a long time, the little girl had tanned a lot, so her forehead, which was not covered by hair at this moment, looked particularly special. Smooth and fair. Li Baoping likes to watch the young master's uncle sharpening his knife with concentration. When the narrow knife is moved on the dragon-slaying platform, it seems that the young master's uncle is the only one left in the world. She never gets tired of watching it.
Of course, she likes Chen Ping'an's boxing practice while walking, standing in front of her and using his fists to reason with people, learning to read with them, and so on.
I just like it, like it very much, like it more, and like it the most.
Of course there are times when you don’t like it so much, but Li Baoping usually forgets it quickly.
But Li Baoping suddenly thought of the Hongzhu Town Pillow Inn and the letter he sent home, and the little girl felt a little gloomy.
Chen Pingan noticed something strange about the little girl and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, are you worried?"
Li Baoping sighed, "I don't know what's going on at home, Er. You are so bad, will you be bullied by your second brother in the future?"
Chen Ping'an said seriously: "Let's talk about it, I will definitely ask your second brother face to face in the future about instigating Zhu Lu to kill me. But having said that, your second brother should not be bad to your sister."
Li Baoping said with a bitter face: "How could Zhu Lu do this? How could she do this? She is already a warrior, and her father Zhu He, as long as he goes to the frontier army, everyone will fight for it. Is it difficult for her to fight for a royal status on her own in the future? Why does she really follow what my second brother says? Do it?"
Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "I can't understand this."
Not far away, Lin Shouyi's face was gloomy, "Everyone in the world is going to benefit. ”
Li Huai snorted: “Well, I think Zhu Lu, this fool, just fell in love with your second brother. The girl is pregnant with spring, and her love for love is budding. She got the promise of her sweetheart, which is better than the promise of Mrs. Gaoming.” The temptation may make her even more tempted."
Lin Shouyi sneered: "Then she is really stupid and bad, and there is no cure."
Chen Pingan sighed. He took a breath, glanced at the three people around him, and remembered the scenery over at Xinghua Lane in Ni Ping Lane, with chickens flying around, trivial things, women cursing, and bad words behind their backs. There was nothing missing, and he said: "You are scholars, you know a lot. , he is also a student taught by Mr. Qi, so he is very different from us.In this way, in fact, where I live, even many elderly people are similar to the county magistrate and the old man on the boat. They are unwilling to reason, or they are only willing to speak their own reasons.
Chen Pingan simply stopped sharpening the narrow sword and sheathed it with some emotion, "But these people, don't think they are unreasonable, but some people are very powerful and can make money by making porcelain and charcoal to support their families." , some people do better at farming than anyone else, so their life is actually not bad. There is also Granny Ma, who delivers babies and likes to burn talisman water to pretend to be a magician. She is very bad, but such a bad person is also very kind to her grandson Ma Kuxuan. She wishes she could give him all the good things in the world. His own grandson. "
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "So I want to read some books and figure out why. "
Li Baoping suddenly stood up and walked slowly beside the stream with a solemn expression.
Finally, the little girl in the red cotton jacket suddenly said: "Uncle Master, you I have been thinking about the issue on the boat last time, and now I think I understand it a little bit. Do you want to listen to it? "
Chen Ping'an held back his laughter, "I just learned the lesson of "listening all ears" from you, and I can put it to good use now. "
The little girl puffed up her cheeks angrily, and finally complained: "Little uncle! "
Chen Ping'an quickly smiled and said: "You say it, you say it.
Before the little girl started to reason, she was laying the groundwork for herself to find a way out, "I may have said something confusing. If you think it's wrong, little master uncle, just listen to it. No." Laugh at me. "
Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "I can reason with such an old man on the boat, why can't you? Just say it, my uncle is listening attentively.
Li Huai curled his lips and waved the painted puppet around like a general commanding thousands of troops, "Tell me, it never hurts to talk and argue, it only hurts to fight." "
The little girl first gave three explanations, which were somewhat similar to the enlightened principles of the Master's lectures, with an outline and outline, "I want to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, local customs and dynasty laws. ”
Li Huai immediately had a headache and focused on the exquisite painted puppet, thinking that one day it would come alive and chat with him to relieve his boredom.
Lin Shouyi smiled, holding his cheek with one hand, and looked at Li Baoping standing by the stream.
Only Chen Pingan listened attentively.
When he was a child. He often went to the corner of the school to eavesdrop on Mr. Qi's story, which made the straw-shoe boy always miss him.
"They correspond to gentlemen and virtuous people, ordinary people, and illegal bad guys." ”
“A gentleman and wise man will understand more truths after reading more, but he must remember one thing. As my elder brother said, morality is too high and too empty. After all, it cannot be regulated. Humans can only discipline themselves! Therefore, it is necessary to have a correct body to stand upright. If the body is correct, the name will be correct. If the name is correct, the words will be correct. If the words are correct, the success will be achieved. ”
“In addition, once you take care of yourself, if you want to benefit the world and educate the people, you can put your own moral knowledge into practice.Ask, like our husband, he accepts disciples in a school, preaches and teaches. "
"Ordinary people in the market only need to abide by local customs and rules. ”
“The dynastic law, which specifically targets violations of discipline, is a yardstick used to restrain bad people, and it is the lowest rope. It is also the lowest ‘rule’ in our Confucian etiquette. ”
Although Chen Pingan listened attentively, he felt that he understood everything he said, but the truth in the words never became his own truth.
No wonder A Liang said he should read more. .
I don’t know when Lin Shouyi was sitting upright, frowning and said: “That’s Legalism. "
Li Baoping faced the three people and said categorically: "The law must come from Confucianism! "
Lin Shou was stunned.
Li Baoping was furious when he saw the absent-minded Li Huai, and shouted softly: "Li Huai! "
Li Huai seemed to have returned to the days when he was a primary school student in the countryside. Mr. Qi called his name on him warmly again and again in class, and instinctively replied: "Here we come! ”
After discovering that Mr. Qi had been replaced by Li Baoping, who often beat him, Li Huai felt resentful and embarrassed, so he continued to play with the puppets.
Li Huai felt embarrassed. Baoping ignored Li Huai and continued: "Everyone has his own rules, live in peace and harmony, the world is clear and the world is peaceful! The king hangs his head and governs! Thus the saint dies and the thief stops! "
Lin Shouyi spoke again: "The saint is immortal and there are more thieves. This is a Taoist saying..."
Li Baoping's eyes sparkled and he said loudly: "One method can lead to death." All laws are universal, and the most fundamental truth in the world must be the same!
She seemed to have remembered something, and walked slowly in front of the three of them, "In my last class at the school, it was my husband who told me alone about the four words 'the principles of nature' and the principles of scripture are my Confucianism." The foundation of establishing religion..."
Li Huai finally said: "Sir, you didn't tell us this. Lin Shouyi, what about you? "
Lin Shouyi shook his head.
The little girl in the red cotton jacket crossed her arms across her chest and said angrily: "One of you doesn't like to listen to the truth, and the other doesn't like to ask questions when you talk. , Do you have to ask Mr. to stuff his knowledge into your heads? ”
Li Huai said with a playful smile: “If it’s possible, I don’t mind. Your husband is so knowledgeable, and I can use him for a lifetime.” This saves worry and effort and reduces detours. "
Lin Shouyi said to himself: "One method can lead to all methods... If this is true, you really need to find the one yourself. A Liang's point of pursuing the profound and abandoning the complicated is also true. "
Being interrupted by Li Huai, Li Baoping seemed to have thought of somewhere else and encountered a bottleneck. The little girl felt a little embarrassed and said to Chen Pingan: "Uncle, let me think about it again. Another problem came up to stump me. "
Chen Ping'an smiled and raised his hand and extended his thumb.
The little girl said happily: "Not bad? "
Chen Ping'an did not retract his thumb and said loudly: "Very good! ”
FourPeople didn't know that the Yin God who was secretly guarding not far away was like a poor man crawling out of a frying pan, trembling all over.
But blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.
This Yin God first listened indifferently to those immature "lectures", and then experienced a series of unimaginable situations. His mind was shaken, his soul was separated, and he had a thick and filthy aura that was proportional to his level of cultivation. It was like being cut by strong gusts of wind like a knife. The Yin Shen did not believe in this evil at first and was still unwilling to take a step back. In the end, it was really unbearable and he retreated again and again. It actually took him dozens of miles to retreat before he felt slightly better. , Yin Shen was unwilling to give up, and moved forward step by step against the invisible strong wind, like a small boat sailing upstream in the surging river.
It is said that the gentlemen in the seventy-two Confucian academies in this nine continents of the world have a little aura of awe in their chests, and the heaven and earth are thousands of miles away.
At the same time, hundreds of miles away from this mountainous area, there was a place as glorious as a prince's mansion. A graceful woman in red with a white face wanted to light a lamp. White paper lanterns are hung high, but once they are lit, they go out on their own.
This made her expression look a little ferocious.
The entire grand mansion is filled with ghosts and ghosts, and a sinister wind is blowing.
She discarded the lantern in her hand and slowly rose into the air, finally hovering higher than the eaves and looking around.