Chapter 178 I look at a mountain

This time Chen Pingan entered the Dali Kingdom without passing through Yefu Pass. After walking out of the plank road and the valley, Chen Pingan and the others encountered a group of elite cavalry.

The two sides faced off in the wind and snow.

Most of the Dali border elites had turned their horses silently, but suddenly they rushed out and galloped to Chen Pingan's side. They had a young and determined face, full of vigilance and scrutiny. , deep in the eyes of this Dali border scout, there was a hint of determination that Chen Ping'an didn't understand at the time.

When this horse suddenly came out, the rest of the robes also gritted their teeth and followed, and for a while, snowflakes flew everywhere and rushed towards their faces.

Chen Pingan shouted in Dali Mandarin: "We are from Longquan County. We returned from Huangting Kingdom and entered the pass through Niuzhan."

At the same time, Chen Pingan came from Huaishan He took out the customs clearance document issued by the Longquan County Government. He traveled thousands of miles and was covered with official seals from various passes in various countries. Seeing the cavalryman about to dismount, Chen Pingan took three steps, trotted forward, and raised his hand high. As Gao passed over, the cavalry became more and more tense, and the entire team of scouts had their pupils shrunk, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

The scout bent down and took the certificate. After reading it carefully, he suddenly smiled brightly. The hand that was originally tightly holding the handle of the knife quietly made a safe marching gesture behind his back. The cavalryman still insisted on dismounting and handed back the document. After Chen Pingan carefully put it away, the young cavalryman smiled and said: "In such bad weather, if you encounter trouble, you can go to our Fengsui to stay and rest temporarily, prepare food, and wait until The wind and snow are lighter, so it won’t be too late to continue our journey.”

Chen Pingan felt the cavalryman’s heartfelt sincerity, and immediately clasped his fists and said with a smile: “It’s okay, I just took this opportunity to practice boxing. It’s hard to bear. , but he can still bear it."

Dali is a martial artist with a strong folk custom and is famous throughout the continent.

The straw-shoe boy was so tenacious that he quickly won the favor of the pair of elite cavalry scouts. Even an old border guard with a rough face and an unsmiling face could also smile.

The two sides said goodbye, the scouts continued to investigate south, and Chen Ping'an continued north to return home.

The captain of the side cavalry looked back at the three people returning from the north, suppressed his smile, turned around and reprimanded the cavalryman under his command: "Why are you trying to be a hero and risking your life?! Not to mention that How good is the young man? The two maids and boys in thin clothes beside him are obviously practitioners with strong Taoism. Otherwise, how would they be able to withstand the harsh weather? Just now we had a close encounter. Can't you tell that they look so good?

If the three of them are really spies of the enemy country, if you go forward to ask questions this time, it will not only destroy our entire army, but also delay the delivery of the intelligence!”

The young cavalryman groaned, still a little unconvinced, "Commander, we are the second-class border scouts. We are still in the territory of Dali. No matter where the Qi practitioners come from, they must also explain the rules of our border army." Right? If they really dare to kill us, they will not be able to bear the consequences after the interrogation, and they will step back and say, there is still the prince here, I believe who has the ability to fight with the prince."

Lao Wu, who has spent half his life in the militaryThe commander was so angry that he hit the young cavalryman with a whip, but it hit the empty space outside the shoulders of the young cavalry. The thunder was loud and the raindrops were small. He laughed angrily and said: "If it were the time when I first joined the army, you would have behaved like this. You know, provoking the Qi Master? You don’t even know how to die. If you meet a kind and honest general, he will help you get a few dozen taels of pension money at most. If you are not kind, it will affect your life or death!”

The second-class scouts who can become the Great Li frontier army are undoubtedly the leading warriors of the Great Li army. There are not many fools. The young cavalry quickly made up for it and said: "Old Wu, please calm down. We will fight against the Great Sui in the future." The old lair of the Gao family, I will use my military merits to exchange your old man for a wealthy woman with thin skin and tender flesh, so as to calm down the fire..."

The old corps leader laughed and cursed: "Get out of here, you only have so little military merits. I can't even squeeze my teeth into it, don't talk nonsense, keep patrolling! As you said above, be careful of Huang Tingguo's dog jumping over the wall. The more the weather is like this, the more careful you have to be. I'm not afraid that they will rush in and seek death, but after so many years of fighting, they can't do it. It's our horses' hooves that trample on other people's homes. There's no reason to let others step in our door."

The young cavalryman said with a playful smile: "I know, I know, I'll go ahead and keep it." Not even a fly can fly into the valley of the cow's back in front."

The young cavalryman took a deep breath, pulled up his slightly stiff and thick marten hat, shook off some ice shards, and ran forward slowly.

A middle-aged scout couldn't help but ask: "Captain Wu, there was so much commotion on the border between the two countries before. I heard that the sky in Huangting Kingdom collapsed and many people died, but there was no such thing here. What loss? Is there any reason for this? Commander, you have a lot of gossip. Many old men are now captains. I know that you had a drink with someone before. Is there anything you can tell me? "

The old team leader looked solemn and did not reveal the secret. He just grinned, his eyes were hot and his tone was sinister. "There is nothing to say, but we will have meat to eat soon, which is a good thing!"

Over there, Chen Pingan, who was walking in the wind and snow, said slowly: "I have seen the Great Sui cavalry before, escorting us from the border to the capital. Compared with our Great Li cavalry, , I always feel something is different... I can’t tell you specifically.”

The boy in Tsing Yi said lazily: “Master, it’s such a simple matter, the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty, the watchdogs kept in the deep courtyard. They only look powerful. Of course, if they really fight, they will probably be able to get by. But your Dali cavalry, especially the border cavalry, are just a bunch of wild dogs, biting people everywhere, and their teeth have been sharpened a long time ago. Huang Tingguo's border guards had already run away when they saw the three of us. How could they have the courage to step forward and ask questions?"

The boy in green yawned and said casually: "I used to be in Yujiang. I heard a secret story told by my Water God brother. More than ten years ago, there was a border army in the north of the Sui Dynasty. They had a conflict with a group of mountain qigong practitioners. The subordinate Wu Secretary Lang, under his command in the army, together with the army Qi trainers seconded from Pao Ze, hunted down the four perpetrators for more than 800 miles.Three of the Qi practitioners were killed by them. "

The girl in pink skirt said in surprise: "In Huang Tingguo, no matter whether it is the local army or the rivers and lakes at the bottom of the mountain, you don't dare to be angry with the Qi practitioners on the mountain. The reason why Mrs. Zhilan Cao spared no effort to cultivate her young son was because she thought that one person could achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, without having to rely on others everywhere. "

"The Hong family of Huang Tingguo is rotten from top to bottom. In future wars, there will be no match for Da Li Barbarian. "

The boy in Tsing Yi stretched out his hands out of boredom, condensing crystal clear snowballs again and again, and then threw them into the distance again and again, "The Dali frontier army was also broken into pieces, especially the Wu Most of Secretary Lang died in the battle, and the commotion was huge. His Majesty Long Yan, the Emperor of Great Li, was furious. He recalled the third-grade military general to the capital and demoted him to a low-level soldier in one go. Only then did the mountain gate behind the four Qi practitioners cool down. I just heard that within a few years, the battlefield warrior who guarded Beiguan appeared in Yefu Pass in the south, and soon resumed his original official position. The frontier army where he was previously was awarded the title of "Archid Cavalry" by Da Li. 'One of the honorary titles, the frontier army horses not only quickly returned to full strength, but also added many first-class horses and first-class warriors, and are now very prosperous. "

Chen Ping'an thought of the Cliff Academy in Sui Dynasty and said to himself: "Don't fight. "

The boy in Tsing Yi quickly threw a snowball high up, and then shot it away with the second snowball. The two sides shattered, "The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string. I see this destruction. There is no escape from the national war. The key depends on whether the Sui Dynasty lives up to expectations, but if Bai Yujing of Da Li is really as powerful as the rumors say, I think most of the mountain forces that originally dominated the Sui Dynasty will choose Mingzhe to protect themselves. After all, no one wants to be snatched away from Bai Yujing. The flying sword killed him instantly in the cave protected by the formation. That would really mean that he would die with his eyes open. Who is willing to try the killing power of Bai Yujing's flying sword? The higher the realm, the more cherished the life and fear of death the Qi practitioner becomes. Anyway, my water god brother said that as long as Bai Yujing Feijian is half as powerful as the rumors, he will voluntarily surrender. With the behavior of the Dali Temple, he may still retain his position as the river god. "

The girl in pink skirt looked confused, "What is Bai Yujing?" Will there be flying swords coming out? "

The boy in green laughed loudly, flicked his fingers, and a snowball hit the girl in pink skirt on the forehead, "Whoosh, a flying sword will fly out from Bai Yujing in the Great Lijing City, The sword wielding speed of the land swordsman of the above five realms can fly over thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant, and pierce the head of a silly girl like you. Isn’t it fun? "

The girl in the pink skirt covered her forehead with her hands and was very frightened.

The boy in green sneered and said: "With your meager skills, I still need to use Bai Jingfei to kill you. sword? It is true that you are a stupid girl, but the Dali court is not stupid. Bai Yujing has dozens of flying swords, and the Qi practitioners he is targeting now are all those old turtle bastards hiding under the water in the Sui Dynasty. I guess, among them, the handful of Qi practitioners from the Sui Dynasty who are qualified to be on the list. , someone must have quietly left the Sui territory, just to avoid its sharp edge. ”

Although Chen Ping’an never interrupted,, but regarding Yujiang Water Snake’s arguments and speculations, I felt that most of them were reasonable and well-founded, so I listened to them silently and kept them in mind. Therefore, Chen Ping'an couldn't understand more and more, how could such a smart guy who saw the problem very thoroughly, be willing to take the blame for the water god with ulterior motives in his hometown of Yujiang?

Is it dark under the lamp?

Chen Pingan did not ask. After all, this is the kid in Tsing Yi’s own business.

Chen Pingan began to walk silently, facing the wind and snow over and over again.

In the knee-deep snow, he had to move extremely slowly in the Shanshan Quanpu. Chen Pingan walked all the way from the cliff plank road here, expending energy and energy. The longer the time goes, the farther back he goes. It is ten times and a hundred times as much as usual.

All over his body, from the outside to the inside, Chen Ping'an was almost frozen into a block of ice, so much so that in the later stage, Chen Ping'an didn't need to deliberately run the Eighteen Stops Sword Qi to circulate, and the sword was like a fire dragon patrolling the hunting pass. The mysterious Qi movement will move quickly on its own, which invisibly helps Chen Pingan barely maintain a breath of Qi.

Every time I take a breath, it is a bone-deep suffering.

The lazy boy in Tsing Yi was confused and felt it was unreasonable. Isn’t it a good idea to just accept his fate if he has poor talent? Others are making rapid progress on their spiritual path, but you, Chen Pingan, are here every day with twice the result and half the result. How embarrassing.

The girl in the pink skirt was almost heartbroken to see it.

After half a month, the wind and snow gradually subsided, and the journey would not be too difficult.

The three of them bypassed two passes and dozens of large and small towering beacons.

Chen Ping'an still looks for trouble. After practicing boxing every day, he takes the initiative to compete with the boy in Tsing Yi, but is often punched by the latter and disappears into the deep snow.

But the second realm is still a pitiful second realm. Chen Pingan's martial arts advancement is really unbeatable.

The boy in Tsing Yi didn't know whether he was sad for his misfortune or angry at his inability to fight. Several times, he was hit hard and his master was so heartless that his kite flew out randomly and he had to struggle for a long time before he could stand up. , the girl in pink skirt who was watching the battle turned her head and couldn't bear to watch anymore.

On such a routine return home, the first snowfall of the year ended. The three finally arrived at a town marked as Fengya County on the map, because Chen Pingan chose a road leading to his hometown of Xishan. The return route will not pass through Xiuhua River, Hongzhu Town and Qidun Mountain.

Chen Pingan wants to travel to more unfamiliar places.

Read a few books, know more than a thousand words, travel thousands of miles, and practice millions of punches. This is Chen Pingan's current wish. In the end, it all needs to be achieved step by step. Chen Pingan returns home this time. During the trip, I had a fulfilling life every day, but of course I suffered a lot. Instead of rushing to study at Sui Academy, you can free up more time to strengthen your body through boxing, temper your soul with luck, drop water through stone, and swallow mud in its mouth, every bit is supplementary.

The kid in Tsing Yi will think he is wasting his time, but Chen Pingan canI can clearly feel the accumulation of a little benefit. This feeling is like the porcelain boy in Mud Bottle Alley. He works hard every day, which is equivalent to a few more copper coins in his account. The family wealth is quietly increasing. Outsiders find it boring, but Chen Pingan himself feels that it is not necessary. Great!

The New Year is approaching and we enter the bustling county market. Fengya Town is different from other cities in Dali Border Pass. The aroma of books is stronger because there are obviously many more bookstores. Of course, don’t expect solitary and rare books. It is a cheap and cheap privately-engraved edition with many typos and omissions. The boy in blue and the girl in pink skirt are both very visionary. One is rich and is used to seeing good things, while the other has been dealing with books by saints since childhood.

So only Chen Ping'an was serious about shopping in the bookstore, and couldn't put it down on the long row of twelve complete sets of "Yushan Snow Talk" on the bookshelf. Unfortunately, there was not much space in the backpack, and it could no longer hold such a book. It was a big book and the price was too high, so I had to settle for the next best thing and buy a copy of "Iron Sword Flick Collection" signed by Cheng Shuidong.

The elderly shopkeeper sincerely praised the young master for his good vision, and then explained that the old servant Huang Tingguo’s works were now in his pocket, and he would definitely make a profit, because there were rumors in the market that the man would soon be He came out of the mountain again and was invited to serve as the deputy head of a new academy in Dali.

In the night, Chen Ping'an, who had returned home after a full trip, chose a simple inn and asked for two adjacent rooms. The girl in the pink skirt slept in a separate room.

The boy in Tsing Yi followed Chen Pingan across the threshold. He immediately wrinkled his nose with a look of disgust and vigorously shook his palms in front of his nose to dispel the old sour smell. He was indeed a water snake who had become refined through cultivation. The odor that could not be eliminated no matter how hard it was wiped was driven out of the window by the boy in Tsing Yi.

After Chen Pingan closed the door, he spread out the map of the southern states and counties of Da Li on the table. Because these secret geographical maps have always been the exclusive property of the government, it is a serious crime for private individuals to keep them privately. Chen Pingan looked at the distance between Fengya County and Longquan County, which was only six hundred miles apart. Half of it was an official road that was convenient for business travelers, and the other half was a relatively difficult Chongdan River waterway. Compared with the long journey there and back, Six hundred miles away, it can be considered close at hand.

After Chen Pingan ate the food, he began to practice the sword furnace.

From time to time, a woman's curses and the innkeeper's begging for mercy could be heard in my ears.

It’s so similar to the scene at Xinghua Lane in Nibo Lane in my hometown.

It’s just that Gu Can’s mother was still there at that time, and the vicious-mouthed Granny Ma hadn’t passed away yet. Every day, the sound of reading in the school could be heard far away from the iron lock well.

When I go back this time, the old locust tree is gone, and the gatekeeper is no longer there. The door of the neighbor’s yard in Mubo Lane is destined not to have a brand new happy picture posted on New Year’s Eve. New Year couplets.

Chen Pingan sighed, put away the sword furnace stake, came to the window, took out the small silver sword embryo from the specially sewn pocket in his sleeve, and held it gently in the palm of his hand. , caressing slowly.

The boy in Tsing Yi shouted angrily for no reason, "Seeking death!"

Chen Ping'an heard the sound and turned aroundLooking over his head, he saw the boy in green holding a cloud of ethereal gray smoke with his fingers, and suddenly clamped it tightly. There was a slight crackle, the gray mist gradually dissipated, and there was a faint whine and hiss.

Seeing Chen Ping'an's puzzled face, the boy in Tsing Yi happily took credit and said: "Master, this little devil who doesn't know how to live or die has been crushed by me! He dares to come to your territory to run wild, sir, you are really alive." So tired!"

The boy in green pointed at the mist that was spreading everywhere, "It's called the Pillow Charm. , is one of the many evil spirits in the world. It likes to chase those vicious-hearted shrews. Whenever they move their lips, this kind of charm will secretly appear. It collects that trend and is most likely to alienate relatives, especially the relationship between husband and wife. , the so-called pillow style in the market is their specialty."

Chen Ping'an sighed and said with a smile: "If you encounter such spirits in the future, just drive them away, no need to fight or kill them. ”

The boy in green said oh, tilted his head and asked: “Sir, don’t you have a heart of Bodhisattva? How come you don’t follow the path of heaven when you encounter such evil spirits?”< /p>

Chen Pingan couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Why do you want to do justice for heaven? I'm not that capable..."

Chen Pingan quickly stopped talking and said nothing more.

The boy in Tsing Yi felt a little disappointed for no reason.

Because I didn’t hear the truth from the bad guy.

I used to find it boring and boring to listen to. After that time at Wusheng Temple, Chen Pingan didn’t talk about it again, and it turned out to be even more boring.

The child in Tsing Yi lay on the table for a while, feeling that he was very ill, so he climbed onto the table, then lay down with his arms and legs spread out, looking lifelessly at the ceiling, and saw a small picture with no owner sitting there. After looking at the spider web for a long time, the boy in green began to turn over the table.

The girl in the pink skirt had packed the bedding and mattress over there, and then came here to clean it up for the master. She did not forget to carry Cui Dongshan’s bookcase. From this we can see how much of a psychological shadow the young man in white had on her when he used his magical powers in Zhilan Cao's library.

Chen Pingan put away the "silver ingot" again and walked to the table. The boy in Tsing Yi quickly sat back on the stool. Chen Pingan took out the "Iron Sword Flick Collection" with the rich fragrance of ink from the basket on his back. ”, the boy in green clothes quickly brought the oil lamp and helped light the wick. The master and servant sat on three sides.

The boy in Tsing Yi didn’t dare to disturb Chen Ping’an who was reading. He smiled at the girl in pink skirt sitting opposite and asked, “Isn’t it very happy that you can eat a snake gallstone right away and reach the fifth level? "

With Chen Ping'an by his side, the girl in the pink skirt is much more courageous, "Don't try to take advantage of my snake gallstone."

The boy in green said with a smile: "Master. I told me privately that snake gallstones come in different sizes and grades. Silly girl, you have no merit or hard work along the way, so you are the most useless, so I only give you one.The smallest and worst ones, I accompanied the master to feed him so many times, so the two I got were the biggest and best, one was as big as ten of yours. "

The girl in pink skirt immediately turned to look at Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan turned over a page of the book and said with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense." "

The girl in pink skirt glared at the boy in Tsing Yi who lied about the military situation.

The boy in Tsing Yi slapped the table, "Rebellion? ! ”

The girl in pink skirt sat down next to Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan was accustomed to this, but he did not deliberately support the little fire python and always read quietly.

By the dim light of the oil lamp, Chen Pingan flipped through the reading notes page by page, and took out a remaining bamboo slip from Qidun Mountain and a small carving knife given by the owner of the hosta shop where he bought it. When I read some good sentences that stood out to me, I carved them on the bamboo slips one by one.

The boy in green put his cheek on the table and rolled his eyes, pretending to be a ghost.

Chen Pingan suddenly frowned and hesitated for a moment before asking: "Book." It is said that when one becomes rich and prosperous, roads and bridges must be built, but mansions and large tombs cannot be built. "

The boy in green sneered at this, but did not say anything and kept his half-dead posture.

The girl in pink skirt nodded and said softly: "Master, some scholars are so particular about it. I hope so." After making money, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, benefiting the village. ”

Chen Pingan was a little helpless. He originally thought that after returning home, he would immediately spend money to build a large tomb for his parents before the New Year. It would be grand and grand, without even a decent tombstone. No.

The boy in green couldn't help but said: "Master, you are not a scholar now, why do you care about these things? Besides, what do you really have to worry about? At worst, we will build roads and bridges. I will personally help when the time comes. Not only do we spend money, but we also contribute our own efforts. God will definitely have nothing to say. "

Chen Ping'an suddenly realized that the knot in his heart was soon untied. He turned to look at the boy in Tsing Yi, extended his thumb to him, and said happily: "Good job! That’s right! ”

The girl in the pink skirt became happy along with her master.

The boy in green clothes was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head and almost shed tears.

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Walking, passing through official roads and waterways, the one and two children in a harmonious atmosphere finally saw the outline of a slightly lonely mountain.

Chen Pingan. Stopping, he reached out and patted the head of the boy in green and the girl in pink skirt. Then he pointed at the mountain. He looked at the top of the mountain called Luolu Mountain with a smile. This time, Chen Ping'an couldn't be more ridiculous. Without being subtle, “We’re home! My home! ”

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The second volume of "Landscape Lang" ends.