Chapter 130: Landscape Boy

When we meet by chance in the river of life, we often part ways after a while.

The blind old Taoist named Xuan Guzi was silent all the way, which made the little girl feel a little unaccustomed to drinking.

Although the lame boy was unwilling to hand over the snake gallstone, after hesitation and entanglement, he still took the initiative to hand it to the ill-tempered master.

The old Taoist took the fine-textured stone, held it in his hand and rubbed it carefully for a moment, then for the first time handed it back to the young man, "Keep it for yourself."

The lame young man took it in confusion. Shi Zi looked at Xiao Jiu'er, who also shook his head quietly, indicating that he couldn't guess the master's thoughts.

The old man said softly: "Little cripple, this is your fate. Master can't take it away. If you really take it, it will not be a good thing. Why do you think that young man named Chen Ping'an needs to use the inn to send letters? Back in Longquan County, Pindao estimates that if we were to be a teacher instead of taking out the stones with your own hands when we arrived at Tai Sui or Caotou Shop, our life there would not be easy. We might not be in trouble, but don’t think about it. Shundangdang can stand firm, let alone find a mountain to live under someone's roof."

The lame boy said, "He is not a person with a weak heart, and he is not good at thinking about these problems."

The blind old Taoist rubbed the little girl's head and said, "You two are so lucky."

Xiao Jiu'er had a more delicate mind than his brother and asked: "Master, are the life experiences of young lady and the others unusual?"

The old Taoist nodded and said: "That Longquan County was originally the Lizhu Cave Sky above the Great Li Dynasty. After it was broken, it took root on the ground. Cheng, there used to be a Confucian saint Qi Jingchun who was in charge of Yi Jiazi. Now these children are carrying book boxes, each one smarter than the other, saying they are going to Sui Academy for a long trip. So who do you think they are students?"

The blind old Taoist sneered: "Otherwise, Wei Jin, the swordsman of Fengxue Temple, was the first thing to break through. Just come to rescue? Besides, these children have a Yin God as a retinue, who can actually threaten the mountain roots and water sources of that fierce female ghost. None of these children is an old man."

She sighed with emotion: "The future is limitless, limitless."

The little girl was a bit belated and asked curiously: "Since master knows that they have masters to protect them, why bother telling them Sanzhi?" They don't have to worry about the situation of the mountain ghost."

The old Taoist pinched the little girl's cheek out of habit and said with a smile: "Silly girl, this is called favor without cost, just a copper coin. If you don’t spend it, you can be a good person, why don’t you do it?”

The little girl said timidly: “But if someone sees through Master’s thoughts, wouldn’t Master be superfluous?”

The old Taoist was speechless, shook his head and sighed, and finally patted the little girl on the head, "Master, I will treat you two better in the future. Master, for so many years, he always thought about picking up a big leak one day, and he could pick one up casually on the roadside. extremely talentedDisciple, I often dislike you two because they have bad backgrounds and bad backgrounds. Unexpectedly, looking back, it was the Master who was in the dark. "

The little girl was a little scared. Such an old Taoist was so unfamiliar, and her face turned pale. "Master, are you possessed by a ghost? You don't even recognize him after drinking."

The old Taoist laughed loudly and suddenly whispered: "Jiu'er, master promised not to collect the talisman spring within one year. Now I will discuss with you and change it from one year to half a year. How about it?" ? Think about it, Master’s mission to slay demons is really as good as the devil. Not only did he give the female ghost a severe beating, but not only were there missing four words on the banner, but he also gave away one. This is the "Soushan Picture" passed down by the master's ancestors. As disciples, don't you know how to feel sorry for the master and show some filial piety? "

The little girl was relieved. This was the master she was familiar with, so she said simply: "Half a year, half a year!" "

The lame boy carefully collected the stone and said dullly: "The stone is already mine. ”

The blind old Taoist was so popular that he yelled: “A dog can’t change its habit of eating shit!” ”

The little girl covered her mouth with one hand and laughed secretly.

The little cripple also laughed.

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Inaccessible At this point, the Yin God revealed his true form, but his face was still blurry, black smoke surrounded his body, and the Yin Qi was strong. He said hoarsely: "I couldn't protect you, and I even caused you to be kidnapped to the female ghost's mansion. I'm sorry. . "

Chen Pingan really didn't know how to comfort people. He held it in for a long time before he finally said, "Just try your best." "

Yin Shen smiled sadly, "Anyway, I can't escape the blame this time. Especially because I am greedy for personal cultivation, which has caused you to fall into this situation, I really have a bad conscience. If something happens to you, even if I destroy the mountain roots and water sources here afterwards and die together with the female ghost, it won't make any sense. ”

Li Baoping smiled and said: “When I was a child, my elder brother liked to tell me some weird things. Once he told a story about a city god, saying that the way to measure morality was different. I remember it very much. It is clear that if you have the intention to do good, you will not be rewarded, even if you do good, and if you have no intention of doing evil, you will not be punished. When your manpower is exhausted, if you try your best and do your best, you don’t need to feel too guilty. Otherwise, being a human being is tiring and being a ghost is also tiring. ”

Yin Shen was speechless, being taught the truth by a little girl. Even though she had shown a gentlemanly attitude before, it was still a bit awkward.

The little girl fell into her own trap again. Going into the world, he felt a little annoyed and punched his palms with his fists, "Big brother always said these weird things. At that time, I only listened to them as interesting stories. I should have known that I should be more attentive." "

Chen Pingan was about to speak but stopped.

Yin Shen looked at Chen Pingan and said with a smile: "Can we talk alone? "

Chen Ping'an nodded and let Lin Shouyi and the others go ahead.

Yin Shen waited until Lin Shouyi and the others were about half a mile away, and said: "I am Yang from the drug store. The old man arranged to protect Li Huai. ”

Chen Pingan scratched his head, “I thought you were here to protect Bao.”Ping or Lin Shouyi.

The Yin God smiled and said: "Li Huai's father, Li Er, almost killed the vassal king Song Changjing. He was very powerful." Once, Li Er came to Old Man Yang and said that his wife had been bullied. He wanted to go out to settle the accounts with the ancestors of that family and must leave Lizhu Cave. Old Man Yang was stubborn and had to agree. As a result, I heard that later on, there was a famous Xianjia Mountain Gate in Aquarius Island, and Li Er forcibly demolished the Ancestral Hall with his fists, and beat it all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. "

Chen Ping'an opened his mouth wide.

Don't they all say that Li Er is the most promising man in the west of the town? Even his son Li Huai has always thought so.< /p>

Chen Pingan asked in confusion: "Why didn't Li Er tell Li Huai? "

Yin Shen seemed to be in a much better mood after mentioning Li Er, "Li Er has a very bad temper, otherwise he would not have married Li Huai's mother as his wife.

Chen Ping'an laughed heartily and said: "After knowing the truth, Li Huai will be very happy." "

Yin Shen asked: "Aren't you going to tell Li Huai this? At the Pillow Station, you told Baoping the truth directly, even if A Liang advised you not to tell her in a hurry. "

Chen Ping'an walked forward slowly, "I think it's right about myself. Of course I can make my own decisions. But since Li Huai’s father is unwilling to tell his son, why should I, an outsider, tell Li Huai the truth? Is it just because I think Li Huai will be happier like this? This is not good. ”

Yin Shen nodded, thinking that it’s no wonder that Li Er didn’t think highly of those talented people back then, but instead valued this boy from Mud Bottle Alley more. He even broke the rules and wanted to kill that tail boy. The golden carp was given to Chen Pingan together with the Dragon King Basket

Chen Pingan suddenly stopped and asked: "Because I have good eyesight and was worried that you were a bad person at the time, so I remember it very clearly, Yin Shen. Senior, when you first appeared, the first person you looked at was me, and then you looked at Li Huai. Why is that? Was it just an unintentional move? If you don't want to answer, Senior Yin Shen can pretend that I didn't ask. ”

If Yin Shen was still alive, his mouth would be dry and he would be on pins and needles.

How could he have thought that Chen Pingan would be so attentive? It passed in a flash, and it was no longer hidden.

But when I thought about Chen Pingan's performance along the way, Yin Shen felt relieved again. This is probably why Chen Pingan was able to convince the public.

Even if Lin Shouyi has now reached the fifth level and become a real mountain god, Li Baoping will still not listen to him, and the same goes for Li Huai. As for the Yin Shen himself, I am afraid that Lin Shouyi will not be an exception. In his eyes, after all, he is just an extremely smart and well-qualified young man.

This feeling is very strange.

It seems that there is something about the boy from Mud Bottle Alley that can make him. People feel "at ease" and "it's natural".

If the young man says something is wrong, other people in the team will think that it is wrong.

If the boy says this is feasible, then he can do it.

But what’s even more strange is that the boy has never deliberately shown off any of his strengths.

On the contrary, he would humbly ask for advice on literacy and reading from the little girl who called him Junior Uncle. He never even regarded Li Huai as an ignorant child, and was willing to stay and chat with Lin Shouyi, listening to the latter talk about the world outside.

Yin Shen finally smiled and said: "I won't answer this question yet. Anyway, you don't have to worry, I won't harm you."

Chen Pingan trotted forward, turned around and smiled: "If I didn't trust senior, I wouldn't have asked this question."

Yin Shen slowly disappeared, sighed, and traveled far away with these children, feeling really tired.

In fact, Zhu Lu, the maid with a bad temperament, is considered a genius who cannot be underestimated among the ordinary members of the Yamashita Dynasty. It is a pity that in this team, she was thrown away from the beginning to the end. After traveling thousands of miles, no one can compare with him in every aspect.

Going further south, it seems that first there is Longxuxi River and Tiefu River, and then Xiuhua River, Chongdan River and so on. There are more water than mountains, but in the next day and a half, it is like "water transport" "It's all used up. It's hard to find even mountain streams. In fact, there is water, but it's all stagnant water pits that are undrinkable. Most of them are sickly willow seedlings, neither tall nor lush, and often crooked. , flying insects were everywhere along the way, making people always feel uncomfortable.

Li Huai was a little scared, because the blind old Taoist with a crow's mouth said that they would soon pass by a ghost place called Sanzhi Mountain. There were evil ghosts, and what kind of corpse could be the evil ghost? The little guy.

When he thought of this, Li Huai felt depressed. His painted puppets and clay figurines were too small. Even if they survived, they would still be capable of fighting. What's more, he couldn't survive the five small clay statues presented by the sword fairy in white. No matter how much he covered himself with heat, he couldn't be a liar. He didn't want to give himself good things in his heart, and he couldn't let go of the sword fairy's airs, so he deliberately Draw a big pie for yourself?

At dusk, Chen Pingan stopped to set up a stove to cook. Li Huai ran to pick up a large handful of dry branches, then squatted aside and complained to Chen Pingan: "Chen Pingan, I think Fengxue Temple in Wei and Jin Dynasties is not as good as A."

Chen Pingan ignored him.

Li Huai went to his bookcase and took out a painted puppet and a clay figurine. He used the puppet to bully the little clay figurine holding a sword, and then made the latter kneel down and beg for mercy, shouting "Ms. Ghost, spare your life, spare your life, I, Wei Jin, know I was wrong..."

Chen Ping'an couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to explain: "Wei Jin is a very good person."

Li Huai rolled his eyes, moved his hands wildly, and continued to let the painted puppet ravage the clay figurine.

Lin Shouyi was sitting on a stone not far away, looking through the "Soushan Picture". He raised his head and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Wei and Jin seem to look down on you, or in other words, I don’t like you the most.”

Now.Li Baoping, who silently packed the small book box, was furious, "Is there such a thing?"

Putting his butt on the ground, slowly lighting the firewood pile, Chen Ping'an squatted down and prepared to cook, " Does looking down on me have anything to do with whether he is a good person?"

Li Huai looked shocked, "Chen Pingan, how do you think that people who look down on me can be good people? He's not that good of a good person!"

Chen Ping'an got busy in an orderly manner and said to himself: "A man as powerful as Wei Jin is still called a land swordsman, but when he talks to us , are still kind and willing to tell the truth to us children. Do you think all the gods on the mountain are like this? No, before I left the town, I encountered people who only looked at their own moods and killed people. There are more than one immortal who speaks his own truth."

The young man downplayed the murderous past and did not want to say more, and continued: "If you want to be respected, you have to rely on yourself. If you do a good job, you can make porcelain and pull it well, you can go into the mountains to cut firewood and burn charcoal, you are the strongest, and you are not afraid of getting beaten in alleys for water, and if you dare to rush forward, you will naturally be respected."

Chen Pingan glanced at them and said, "This is in our hometown. In the future, when Aquarius arrives at Sui Academy, if he is very good at reading, there will also be Lin Shouyi, who will become a Qi practitioner at a young age. , of course you can make people look up to you, Li Huai... If you are older, don't worry now.

Li Huai is anxious, "Chen Ping'an, you are not anxious, but I am! ”

Chen Pingan asked: “Can you get up early every morning to practice walking and boxing with me?” "

Li Huai did not hesitate: "Of course I can't get up! ”

Chen Ping’an asked again: “Then I’ll teach you how to set up a sword furnace?” "

Li Huai looked disgusted and said, "Why should I learn that? I'm so young. "

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "Now you know that you are young? So why were you so anxious with me in the first place?

Li Huai was stunned. After thinking for a long time, he still had no answer. Finally, when everyone was sitting around eating, Li Huai picked up a piece of pickled vegetables and after taking a big mouthful of rice, he asked: " Do you think there is any shortcut method in the world that can be achieved overnight? For example, if you practice today, you will become a god tomorrow? A Liang said no. If I had known before Wei Jin left, I should have asked him if he had any. What if A Liang didn't have it? Then I will be prosperous. This time when I went to Sui Dynasty to study, I stepped on a flying sword, whizzing back and forth, faster than Chen Pingan walking on a pile, like the wind! Just follow me and eat dust! ”

Li Baoping asked with a straight face: “Who eats dust?” ”

Li Huai swallowed, looked at Lin Shouyi, and then silently turned to look at Chen Pingan. Finally, Li Huai felt a little sad, and suddenly an idea struck him, and he quickly picked up the painted bird from the ground. Puppet, "It Eats!" She is now my top general! I have no choice but to be the tallest, the prettiest, and the oldest with great merit. Follow me, Li Huai, to fight for the fourth time.Fang has the longest life, and after that the five dirty little clay figurines can only be ranked next to Yi, Bing, Ding and Wuji.

Lin Shou smiled and asked: "What about the little thing in the book "Broken Water Cliff"?" "

Li Huai shook his head and said: "Them? I don't really like it. ”

Li Baoping revealed the secret in one sentence, “Maybe it’s because you don’t like reading. You don’t want to see them because they require you to open the pages first.” "

Li Huai looked like I didn't hear what you said clearly.

Chen Ping'an raised his head and glanced at the slightly higher Sanzhi Mountain in the distance, and asked: "Way? After arriving at Sanzhishan, we arrived at the town market. Do you want to buy anything?

Li Baoping said excitedly: "Uncle Master, I want to buy some miscellaneous books. Mr. Qi said that hundreds of schools of thought besides Confucianism have their own classics. You might as well read more. Mr. Qi said The stone that crosses other mountains can be used to attack jade. "

"Chen Pingan, if possible, I would like to buy a set of chess, the cheapest one will be fine. "

"Where are you, Li Huai? ”

“Give me money and don’t buy anything, okay? I want to save up. My mother taught me that if you have money in your pocket, don’t panic! "

Chen Pingan asked: "What do you think?

Li Huai chuckled and said, "Isn't this just a fluke? What if your conscience, Chen Ping'an, finds out?" "

Chen Ping'an chuckled.

Li Huai's smile suddenly froze and he quickly changed the subject, "Didn't the old Taoist ask us not to go to Sanzhi Mountain as long as it gets dark?

Lin Shou shook his head and said: "I have discussed it with Chen Pingan and Senior Yin Shen. If we are traveling at night and the evil ghost comes out to hurt people, we will suppress it. At first, Senior Yin Shen will Stand aside and let me take action first, trying to use talismans and thunder to repel the enemy. The main thing is to let me experience it. If the ghost can't hide, forget it, and we will continue on our way. ”

As night fell, a group of people slowly climbed the mountain. Sanzhi Mountain is not high, but the mountain is gentle and the slopes are large. Chen Pingan also deliberately took a detour. There are large areas of mass burials on the mountain where no descendants have added soil. Of course, there are more graves where descendants pay their respects. They are neatly tidied up. There are monuments on the graves with words on them. Some paper money that has not been burned is scattered in front of the graves.

It took less than an hour. After crossing Sanzhi Mountain, there was nothing strange except for the slight cold night breeze.

Lin Shouyi felt a little regretful, but he would not force anything.

After that, The trip to Yefuguan on the border of Dali was smoother.

After passing a small town market, Li Baoping bought five or six miscellaneous books, including landscape travel notes, Buddhist and Taoist classics, and others. Literary Notes.

Lin Shouyi bought a chess set and taught Chen Ping'an the rules. He often played chess whenever he had time because Li Baoping couldn't sit still and wanted to drop seven pieces on the chessboard in one breath. With eight chess pieces, he always disliked Lin Shou for being too slow in playing chess. As for Li Huai, he was just too lazy to use his brain. However, it was the Yin God who played chess with Lin Shou the most.

Huai probably spent nearly ten taels of silver on a tattered book in Red Candle Town, but he didn't buy anything this time.

Although Chen Ping'an wanted to practice swordsmanship, except for occasionally taking out the locust wood sword in his backpack, he did not really start practicing swordsmanship.

In Chen Pingan’s view, the top priority is to practice boxing well first! Wait until you feel you can distract yourself from other things, then practice sword practice. Chen Ping'an has only practiced half of the luck method taught by Aliang, but by the sixth stop he really couldn't go on.

Although I can’t practice swords for the time being, A Liang said that the Eighteen Stops are something that many swordsmen have worked hard to figure out. Lay a good foundation for practicing swordsmanship. When Chen Pingan thought about it, he felt very motivated and full of strength.

Whenever I have free time, I can find myself on the big branches on the top of the mountain or on the edge of the cliff near the water.

A young man made a secret with his hands, set up a pile alone, and practiced silently facing the mountains and rivers. Look at the mountains when there are mountains, listen to the water when there is water.