When Chen Ping'an returned to his ancestral home in Muping Lane, a girl in a pink skirt was sweeping the yard with a broom. A kid in Tsing Yi was lying on the edge of a small water tank, opening his mouth wide at the water. They were still two feet away, but there was A water column flows upstream and is sucked into the mouth of the boy in green. This scene is like a dragon drawing water.
Chen Ping'an was sitting on the threshold. The girl in pink skirt noticed that her master was a little strange, so she was considerate and didn't bother him. In fact, the yard had been cleaned very well by Ruan Xiu a long time ago, but the girl in the pink skirt always felt that if she didn't do something, she would have a bad conscience and be sorry for the snake gallstone generously gifted by the master.
Chen Pingan was wandering thousands of miles, and suddenly remembered what Cui Dongshan had said about Song Jixin. He stood up, took out the bunch of keys that Song Jixin had secretly left in his yard when he left the town, and ran I went to open the courtyard door of the house next door, and sure enough I saw three stacked books on the study table, "Primary School", "Ritual and Music", and "Guanzhi".
Chen Pingan moved a chair and sat reading the "Primary School".
During the second half of this study trip, I traveled with Cui Dongshan and often listened to him recite classics. Only then did I realize that "Primary School" is not simple. Just looking at the title of the book, at first glance, I may think that This is a "very small knowledge", but according to what Cui Dongshan said during a chat, among secular schools and teachers, "Primary School" will never be regarded as a classic of elementary school. Probably only Mr. Qi can understand such a difficult subject. The obscure work of sages preached and explained things in such a profound and simple way that Li Baoping and the others never felt that the "Primary School" was that big.
Chen Pingan did not take the three books back to his ancestral home. After flipping through more than ten pages of "Primary School", he felt that with his trivial knowledge, he could not understand it even if he deliberately went there. Thinking deeply, I just feel that I look around at a loss, my head is swollen, like falling into clouds, and there is no place to stand.
Chen Pingan had no choice but to close the book, take out the silver sword embryo from his sleeve, hold it gently in his hand, and continue to sit on the threshold of his home in a daze as before.
Passing by the stone arch bridge twice, nothing happened. Chen Pingan realized that she would really disappear for a whole period of time, using half of the dragon-slaying platform to sharpen the edge of her sword. As for Dragon Slaying Platform, which had already been divided into three, and was divided between Ruan Qiong, Fengxue Temple and Zhenwu Mountain, Chen Pingan had no way of guessing whether she would cause trouble if she acted like this, let alone interfere.
On that snowy night in the cold winter, the girl fainted at the door of her courtyard. Chen Pingan rescued her, but she eventually became Song Jixin's maid, and was renamed Zhigui from Wang Zhu. He also followed Song Jixin, whose real identity was Prince Da Li, to the capital.
The kiln superintendent built the government office, the plaque on the covered bridge said "The wind is rising", the bottomless Suolongjing, the old locust tree with every locust leaf containing the ancestral shade, the ancient tomb of the immortal Porcelain Mountain...
Not to mention there are so many local snakes and river dragons in the small town.
What a mess.
No wonder Old Man Yang said that one day, Chen Pingan, you will discover how big this town is.
Think of that person who advocates fair buyingThe old man at the medicine shop, Chen Ping'an, looked gloomy and exhaled a breath of turbid air. He subconsciously clenched the sword embryo in his hand. After standing up, he hid the sword embryo in his sleeve pocket and left the house abandoned by Song Jixin. Back at his home, Chen Pingan gave the girl in pink skirt the keys to Liu Xianyang's house and asked the two of them to move there. After all, the house in Mu Bottle Lane was too small.
The boy in Tsing Yi had not finished drinking the well water. He stood up from the water tank and suddenly remembered something and asked: "Master, didn't you use an ordinary snake gallstone to replace it with me?" A lot of junk... Rare bottles, since you are so close to Miss Ruan, why don't you give her those Yunxia bottles and Yuehua bottles as gifts? Master, judging from my hundreds of years of experience in the world, there is nothing in the world. A woman, no matter how high your status is, you still like flashy things, nothing better than a broken bamboo slip?"
The boy in green said with a sly smile: "Why, is it because the master can't bear to part with those precious bottles? Are you willing to give it to Ruan Xiu? Then I have to boldly say something to you. Ruan Xiu is the only daughter of a military saint. If you give away all 10,000 bottles, it will still be a good deal!"
Chen Ping'an helped the girl in pink skirt carry the bookcase and said angrily: "Don't you see that Master Ruan doesn't like me?"
The boy in Tsing Yi carefully recalled the scene at that time, as if That sullen saint-like master was indeed lukewarm towards Chen Ping'an. The boy in green said, "He's blind, so he can't see that you have a bright future, master. Don't be angry, master. It's not worth your while to be so angry." When..."
I suddenly remembered that Ruan Qiong is the master of this world. Within his jurisdiction, like the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, he is the king of the world, so he has With so many unimaginable Taoist and magical powers, the boy in green quickly slapped himself in the face, "Children's words are unbridled. Children's words are unbridled. The saint fell asleep and didn't hear anything. Don't blame him if you heard it..."
The boy in Tsing Yi asked again: "But whether I send a bottle to Ruan Xiu or not, what does it have to do with whether Ruan Shengren likes the master or not?"
Chen Pingan explained casually: "I want to When giving away bottles, I will definitely give them all out. When Miss Ruan comes home with such a large number of bottles and cans, Master Ruan will probably find me, and I will be even more annoying, and he may even mistakenly think that I have bad intentions. It’s bad, and if Miss Ruan has a dispute with her father, it won’t be good after all.”
The girl in the pink skirt suddenly nodded and said, “The master is really thoughtful.”
Qing Yi. The boy's face was full of shock, "Master, what do you mean by misunderstanding bad intentions? Didn't you clearly have bad intentions towards Ruan Xiu?"
"What nonsense!"
Chen Ping'an slapped him He slapped the kid in Tsing Yi on the back of the head, causing him to stumble across the threshold. The kid in Tsing Yi ran into the courtyard and stood at the entrance of the courtyard. He turned around and said with a playful smile: "Master, please don't kill people and silence them. I promise to keep my mouth shut, even better than Li Baoping." Returning a bottle is better than returning a bottle around a beam!"
Chen Pingan put his hand on his forehead, feeling embarrassed to see others.
Female in pink skirtTong looked at the Mud Bottle Alley outside the courtyard gate, and once again felt that his eyes had been opened. The first time was to feel the abundant spiritual energy of Longquan County, the second time was to see with my own eyes the potential wealth of that Luolu Mountain, the third time was to see the extraordinary and handsome Wei Bo, and the fourth time was to walk into that building that could A beautiful bamboo building that embodies the fate of mountains and rivers.
Now for the fifth time, what fell into the eyes of the girl in pink skirt was an elegant scholar standing in a dark alley. At this time, the scene looked like the rising sun. .
The man in green shirt asked with a smile: "What's wrong with my treasure bottle?"
The boy in green shirt suddenly tensed up and turned his head stiffly. After seeing the young man, he looked around, There is no one else, full of suspicion. The scholar in front of me looks ordinary and unremarkable.
The girl in the pink skirt blinked hard. The fire python who grew up in Zhilan Cao's library found that the scholar seemed to have lost all his glory and magic in an instant. No matter how you looked at it, he was just an ordinary nobleman. man.
The boy in Tsing Yi learned a lot from the experience. Even if he didn’t see any clues about the young man, he still didn’t lie. He smiled and pretended to be stupid, "Li Baoping is my master’s best friend, so I admire that little girl, who are you?"
"Brother Li, why are you here?"
Chen Ping'an has solved the mystery and is afraid that the boy in Tsing Yi will make trouble. Out of trouble, I walked to the door of the courtyard.
Li Xisheng said with a hint of guilt: "I forgot to mention that in those books I gave you earlier, there were many comments and questions about my personal insights in the blank spaces of the pages. Mo Biao included some superficial annotations, and Zhu Biao wrote These are some questions that I really want to ask the sages face to face. The reason I came here is to tell you that you don’t have to worry about these words for the time being. If you can’t help it, don’t read it. Just read it. Don’t let my ideas cause you to misinterpret them. The original purpose and meaning of a book."
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "I've written it down."
Li Xisheng turned to look at the boy in green and said softly: "It's okay to joke, but remember that too much words will lead to mistakes. Every word in the world has power. Words are combined into words, words are connected into sentences, and sentences are combined into articles. The great road lies within."
The boy in Tsing Yi He raised his head and stared at the scholar who ran out for no reason. He was full of cynicism, but he didn't blurt it out. It was a bit hard to bear it. If you hadn't just suffered a lot at the blacksmith shop, the kid in green would want to ask you, you are such a good teacher, why don't you go to the Confucian Academy to become a saint?
Li Xisheng seemed to see through the thoughts of the boy in green at a glance, and even directly heard his thoughts. He smiled warmly and patiently explained: "Buddhism has a saying of steps, and Taoism has a step by step of the Bridge of Immortality, Climbing the ladder to heaven is a step-by-step process, but our Confucianism has a step-by-step rule, so I have to take the imperial examination first. As for whether I can become a Confucian saint in the future, it is too far away to dare to hope."
The boy in green is like a widower. , did not dare to look at the scholar again, just turned his head and looked at Chen for help.Ping An, with a bleak look on his face, and no one left to live with, he dared not say a word.
I feel like I am complaining to my master. This Longquan County is really terrible. A random person comes and sits on a bamboo chair, he is a military saint, and then he runs away casually. Standing in the alley, are you a Confucian gentleman who can read your own thoughts? A wise man?
Then next time, will someone casually punch me to death?
The girl in the pink skirt blushed, mustered up her courage, and asked loudly: "Sir, why do we often suddenly not recognize certain words when we are reading? Even if they are right under our noses , staying motionless on the page, but we still feel strange?"
Li Xisheng was slightly surprised, looking at the petite and cute girl in pink skirt, and he understood something in his heart, showing a hint of appreciation, this The scholar from the Li family bent down, blinked at her, lowered his voice slightly, and said half-truthfully: "Because at a certain time, certain texts were secretly borrowed by certain saints."
The girl in the pink skirt was a little angry. She had a special stubbornness when it came to books and knowledge, and she actually taught others a lesson for the first time, "Sir, if you don't know the correct answer, don't answer questions randomly. Where in the world is it?" There is such an unreasonable thing! Knowing it is knowing and not knowing is not knowing..."
As the time went by, the girl in the pink skirt became weaker and weaker, and her voice became lower and lower, until she finally became weak and weak. Fly, I'm afraid even she herself can't hear it.
Chen Pingan smiled and patted the girl in pink skirt on the little head, and said to Li Xisheng: "Brother Li, don't be angry, she is usually not like this."
Li Xisheng is cheerful and cheerful. He smiled and said cheerfully: "That's good."
Hearing that Chen Ping'an was going somewhere else, Li Xisheng followed him and left Mu Ping Alley.
Chen Pingan suddenly found a young man standing in the alley ahead with his hands behind his back... a swordsman?
On the waist of the swordsman close to Chen Ping'an and the others, a dagger slightly longer than a dagger hung on the waist, and on the other side, a sword that was much longer than an ordinary long sword hung.
The scabbard of the short sword is white, and the scabbard of the long sword is pitch black.
The young swordsman has a feminine side profile, and the corners of his mouth are naturally raised, giving the impression that he is smiling all the time, so that his appearance is quite like a fox. He narrowed his eyes at this time and stared at the old house that was far more complete than he imagined. This made the young swordsman not feel happy and happy, but rather unhappy.
The young swordsman turned his head, looked at Chen Pingan and his group with a smile, and said in a soft and warm voice: "Do you know who repaired this house?"
Chen Ping An's face showed no change at all, and asked: "What's wrong? The house is broken, shouldn't it be repaired?"
The young swordsman shook his head and smiled: "I won't say whether the repair is good or not, but' Is there any such saying in Longquan County of Dali?”
Although the young swordsman kept laughing, Chen PingAn didn't dare to take it lightly at all, and even felt a chill coming from her heart.
This young foreigner who seems to be easy to talk to is very dangerous!
Li Xisheng suddenly took a step forward, stretched out his hand to stop Chen Ping'an and the other three behind him, and said softly: "Stand behind me, don't say not to do anything next, just watch."
The young swordsman's smile became even stronger. He held the hilts of his swords of different lengths with both hands, shook his head, and tried to find Chen Ping'an behind the scholar in blue. He finally stood still and said, "Why, what a coincidence, I happened to meet you." My lord? As for you, what do you want to do, seek death?"
Li Xisheng smiled and said: "The truth is, don't unsheath your sword casually."
Young swordsman. Shrugging, with an innocent smile on his face, "But the truth is in the scabbard."
Li Xishengyun said softly, pointed at himself, and suddenly said: "It turns out that The drunkard's intention is not in the wine, but in me?"
The young swordsman smiled: "It's not as complicated as you think. I don't even know your name. I just saw you at first sight. , I’m not happy with it, and I’m even more uncomfortable after listening to your nonsense. I hit the right target, killing two birds with one stone. Isn’t it beautiful that you and the little guy were both taught a lesson?”
The young swordsman held his palm against it. He picked up the hilt of the dagger and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I, Cao Jun, seldom kill people when I use my sword."
Li Xisheng frowned and asked: "Is your ancestor Cao Xi, the swordsman?"
The young swordsman sighed and asked an unexpected question: "You scholar, why are you here? With my status as Cao Jun, even if I don't like the young man, how can I bully him? At most, it's just a beating. It’s just his little martial arts foundation, but you have to be the best in the end. If your ability is big enough, or if you are too small, it will be fine. If your ability is not good enough, you will only lose half a step to me. When the time comes, the young man will be defeated by me. Aren't you going to hurt him by venting your anger?"
After saying this, the young swordsman grinned, showing his white teeth, "Okay, let's not beat around the bush, tell the truth. I, Cao Jun, am extremely talented. I sensed some strange existence, such as...a piece of sword embryo. Everything else, including unauthorized access to my ancestral home and being an eyesore to a scholar like you, are all...but don't worry, I will pay for the sword embryo. Yes, and the price is definitely not low. Whether you think it is a forced sale is none of my business."
Li Xisheng asked: "Before you prepare to take action, can I ask? Tell me, what is your current state?"
"How can you ask this before a fight, but since you are so interesting, I really don't mind answering you." The young swordsman narrowed his eyes and sneered. Speaking out, he spoke frivolously and when he mentioned swordsmanship and realm, he suddenly became as precious as gold, "Sword, eight, nine, between."
Li Xisheng nodded, "I understand. ."
The sword embryo in Chen Pingan's sleeve gradually became hot. Chen Pingan put his left hand behind his back, twisted his wrist, and held it tightly.
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Ruan Qiong has been coming to the Longxu River from time to time recently, reaching into the water and weighing the weight of the Yin Qi contained in the river.
The long-browed boy often follows the man.
Ruan Qiong squatted by the river today, suddenly poured out the river water in his hand, and snorted coldly, "You dare to break my rules just because you have a good ancestor? You don't know whether to live or die."
The surface of the river Above, the confrontation scene in Mud Bottle Alley gradually emerged.
The long-browed boy looked at the young man wearing a long dagger and pointed, "Master, is it him?"
Ruan Qiong nodded and revealed the secret: "There was a swordsman named Cao Xi among his ancestors. Like your ancestor Xie Shi, he is considered to be one of the few figures in our Aquarius Continent. In other continents, he can establish a firm foothold, establish sects, and separate kingdoms. It's really impressive."
The long-browed boy didn't seem too interested in this and just stared at the scene on the river. "Master, what do you say? Do you want to stop that Cao family member?"< /p>
"Stop that!"
Ruan Qiong sneered: "When he hurts someone, I will beat him to death. This is the rule."
The long-browed young man asked about the reason for this conflict. After Ruan Qiong gave a rough explanation, the young man said in surprise: "Under your nose, master, Cao Jun dared to buy and sell by force when he saw wealth. Are all people so arrogant and unreasonable?" Ruan Qiong said with an expressionless face: "If you want heavenly treasures, you need worldly wealth. What's so surprising, since even I looked at that piece of sword embryo before. There is no mystery, but Cao Jun takes it so seriously, which shows that Cao Jun has unique vision, and that once the true appearance of the sword embryo is revealed, it will definitely be extremely shocking. If it were not here, Cao Jun would have restrained himself, let alone bid. Just kill someone and leave."
The long-browed boy, who had just started practicing and not long after climbing the mountain, felt that the world was too unbelievable and asked: "Master, how can such a wicked person become such a powerful Qi practitioner? ?”
“You haven’t read a book, so why talk about good and evil? Remember, this is not the case on the mountain.”
Ruan Qiong stood up and said a word. , the figure disappeared in a flash.
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In the Li family mansion, an old man teased the caged bird, but he was actually absent-minded. His eyes were full of expectant smiles, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, he murmured : "Fight quickly, fight quickly, with one go, the carp will jump over the dragon's gate, no one in the world will recognize you..."
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On the top of Piyun Mountain, white clothes are fluttering Wei Bo was sitting cross-legged on top of a cloud of mist, less than a foot away from the ground. Wei Bo was sleeping soundly, and his head would drop from time to time, like a chicken pecking at rice.
Under the clouds and mist, there were crowds of birds and animals, all hoping to get close to the clouds and mist, as close as possible to the white-clothed god with a golden ring hanging from his ear.
A figure fell heavily to the ground, and the top of the mountain was really like birds and beasts scattered.
Wei Bo was sleepy-eyed and confused. After spotting the man's figure, the clouds dispersed and he landed lightly, "Rare guests, rare guests, lucky and lucky.".
Ruan Qiong said in a strange tone: "I just want to remind you that Sword Immortal Cao Xi may come here in the near future. You can stand by and watch, but don't fan the flames." "
Wei Bo glanced at the small town's Mud Bottle Alley, "Is someone deliberately using Cao Xi to make an article about you and Dali? The Gao family of the Great Sui Dynasty? Guanhu Academy? Nanjian country? Or is there another expert? "
Ruan Qiong's face was solemn.
Everything else is fine. It's just that the soldiers came to cover up the water and the soil, fearing that they would target his daughter.
Ruan Qiong looked forward to it. Towards the small town, it was not the Mu Ping Lane where the battle was about to begin, but the Yang family shop.
Ruan Qiong came and went in a hurry. /p>
Wei Bo said plaintively: "I'm so annoyed, I keep scheming and scheming, and there's no end to it. ”
He also disappeared in a flash, and the next moment he came to the Luoluo Mangosteen Building, lying on the corridor on the second floor, and continued to sleep soundly.
The truth came out, and it turned out that the dragon was entrenched. The wind and grass moved. , is already watching with eager eyes.