Chapter 187 Old people in the New Year

This flying sword no longer looks like a vulgar silver ingot. Except for being extremely small, it is no different from a sword. However, it is between illusion and reality, crystal clear and full of fairy spirit.

Under the morning glow, the small and exquisite flying sword shone with layers of halo, making it dazzling.

Chen Pingan was stunned for a long time, and finally said: "What are you doing? It's New Year, you want to run out and take a breath? Why, you Feijian also pay attention to celebrating the New Year?"

Chen Pingan's heartstrings were tense and he was ready to escape at any time.

After it turned once, the tip of the sword was slightly raised and the hilt dropped, as if it was getting to know this somewhat strange world.

The sound of a child in Tsing Yi getting up and yawning was heard from inside the house. The flying sword swung past Chen Pingan’s eyebrows. The speed was so fast that its afterimage was still there, dragging in the air. A wisp of light as thin as a long rope appeared, far beyond Chen Pingan's imagination. There was no way to hide. The next moment, Chen Pingan felt a chill between his brows. He stretched out his hand to touch it. Not only did the flying sword not make a hole, Not even the slightest mark.

It is easy to enter the body and return to the acupoints.

It is like a land swordsman wielding his sword on the battlefield to clear the way, as if entering an uninhabited land.

Chen Pingan planned to go back and ask Miss Ruan whether all flying swords in the world were so mysterious.

On the other side of the door, an eager boy in Tsing Yi, holding a large bundle of bamboo tubes that he had prepared in his arms, stepped out of the threshold together with the sleepy girl in pink skirt. He kicked her lightly, pink. The girl in the skirt quickly patted it. These were the new clothes the master bought for her. Then she glared at him, "What are you doing?"

The boy in green stood in the yard and sighed: "Are you stupid? "As a fire python, you are innately proficient in fire magic, so why don't you quickly light up the firecrackers?"

The girl in the pink skirt blinked, so it turns out that fire magic can be used in this way?

During this trip, the master always lit the fire himself when cooking rice and soup, even on rainy or snowy nights, so she never thought of this.

Chen Ping'an never mentioned it, she never thought of it. The boy in green was probably too lazy to say anything.

With the partnership of two little guys, they lit firecrackers and bid farewell to the old year.

The sound of firecrackers was soon heard elsewhere in Mud Bottle Alley, echoing from afar.

The kid in Tsing Yi played endlessly, and the girl in pink skirt waited until the last bamboo knot was burned, then went to the house to get a broom and prepared to sweep the floor. Chen Pingan took the broom with a smile and pressed it against the wall. Turn the broom upside down. It turns out that according to the custom of Longquan Town, on the first day of the first lunar month, every household will stand on their broomsticks, indicating that they will not do anything today but rest.

Chen Pingan stood by the wall, looking at the deserted yard next door, with mixed emotions. He hesitated for a moment, then went to get an extra Spring Festival couplet and two blessing characters from his home, and went to the next door to paste them up.

The boy in Tsing Yi smiled and asked: "I am a very good friend of the master.? "

Chen Ping'an said softly: "I hope it's not an enemy. ”

Going back to his yard, Chen Pingan stood in the alley at the door, looking at the two painted door gods on the door, one civil and one military, holding a jade saber in the civil and an iron mace in the military. What did Chen Pingan think? It’s strange. In the past, the town sold paper door gods at the end of the year. There were various kinds of “gods” including civil and military door gods, as well as the god of wealth and door gods. But this year, all the door gods in the town are subject to this regulation. I heard from the shopkeeper that they are government officials. The rules established there, and the golden masters enshrined in the new Confucian Temple and Wu Temple in the town in the future are the two people painted on the paper.

Chen Pingan remembered what Old Man Yang said, The feeling became deeper and deeper.

Chen Pingan swept away the gloom in his heart and sat in the yard to bask in the sun without thinking about anything.

The girl in the pink skirt continued to sit on the bench and drink. The boy in green was holding melon seeds with his hands behind his back, walking in circles in the yard, full of ambitions, shouting that he would practice harder this year, and must impress the master and silly girl, so that by the end of the year, he would be able to walk sideways in the town, and again I'm not afraid of any bullshit sword cultivator in the ** realm.

At the end of the sentence, the boy in green smiled flatteringly and said, "Master, you just need to give me a few better snake gallstones. Don't mention it at the end of the year. I'll do it tomorrow." I can defeat invincible opponents all over the town. When the time comes, master, you will take me to the streets to bully men and women, and become the lawless local tyrant and evil gentry. When you see a girl from a beautiful house, you will drag me to Mud Bottle Alley. Hahahahaha, master. , does it make you happy just thinking about it? ! "

Chen Pingan grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the girl in the pink skirt, nodded and said: "As long as you are happy. ”

The longing smile of the boy in green suddenly collapsed, and he sat next to Chen Pingan with a long sigh. He and the girl in pink skirt were on the left and right, like two little door gods, but he felt that this year’s New Year’s Day One day, he didn't get off to a good start, so he took out an ordinary snake gallstone and chewed it, hoping to get a good start for himself.

That's it. At this time, Chen Ping'an suddenly took out two exquisite small bags from his sleeves, which were among the New Year's goods sold at his Qilong Lane New Year's Eve shop. He handed them to both of them and joked: "Take the New Year's money that the master gave you. ”

The boy in green didn’t think there would be any surprise, but when he opened it, his eyes couldn’t be more round. It turned out to be a snake gallstone of excellent quality, as colorful as the sunset.

The girl in the pink skirt had an excellent snake gallstone in her hand.

The boy in Tsing Yi could clearly see that except for **10 ordinary stones, Chen Pingan returned to this ancestral house. Finally, there were eleven priceless snake gallstones left in the package, and he gave each of them two at once, so four were gone. Now that he took out two more, wouldn't it be that half of them were gone at once?

Chen Ping'an, do you really think you are a good-lucky boy?

Although he held the snake gallstone tightly in his hand, the boy in green couldn't help but speak. He reminded: "Master, if you give away things like this, you won't be able to save a share."If you have a rich family, what should you do if you get a wife in the future? "

The girl in the pink skirt held the "New Year's money" in both hands, lowered her head and remained silent, with tears falling down her pink and white face.

The boy in Tsing Yi twisted. Nian Nian, feeling really unhappy, asked: "Master, aren't you afraid that if I eat these three snake gallstones, my cultivation will skyrocket, and as a result, Master, you will never be able to catch up with me in this life?" "

Chen Pingan asked back: "If you had a friend and he lived well, would you be happy? "

The boy in green nodded and said: "Of course I'm happy. The friends and brothers I make in this life are not the kind that I just talk about. ”

Chen Pingan asked again: “Would you be happy if your friend lived a much better life than you? "

The boy in Tsing Yi was hesitant.

Chen Pingan chewed the melon seeds and said with a smile: "I will be happier." "

At this moment, the boy in Tsing Yi felt a little dazed. He suddenly felt that the world he had been involved in for hundreds of years seemed to be completely different from Chen Ping'an. Was his world too deep? Or was it Chen Ping'an? The world is too shallow?

After Chen Ping’an said it, he didn’t think much about it. It was just a casual chat.

On the other hand, the boy in Tsing Yi was depressed and the girl in pink skirt accepted it. After the stone, there was also some silence.

Chen Ping'an felt a little regretful. Could it be that he gave the New Year's money to the wrong person?

Sadly. >In this Mud Bottle Lane, Song Jixin Zhigui, Gu Can and his mother left, but a new family appeared. Years ago, they took the initiative to take out a copy of the ancestral house deed and ran to hand it over. Longquan County Yamen, I want to do a careful inspection at the Yamen, because now the town has a lot of money, and I don’t know how many people from outside want to squeeze in. Even if they can’t buy a house, they are willing to rent a house here. Therefore, the county government office wanted to be cautious and not let cunning people take advantage of it.

But soon, he was promoted from the first county magistrate of Longquan County to the first prefect of Longquan County. Wu Yuan personally went to the county government to take over the matter.

Soon there was a young man named Cao Jun in Ni Ping Alley. His ancestors moved away from here and now they are working hard in their hometown. /p>

Cao Jun lives in seclusion and almost never shows up. Neighbors are quite curious about this. Because of the founding of the mountain and the establishment of the government, many local people in the town were involved, and there were regulations from the county government and the county government. It is announced that the people of Longquan have no choice but to believe that there are immortals in the world. At first, they also speculated that Cao Jun, who was handsome and different from ordinary people, could be one of the immortals. But when he looked back, he thought that he was an immortal living in Mu Ping Lane? Too worthless.

Then two strangers came to the Mud Bottle Alley today.

A rich old man with a green silk rope on his hand, and another with a long hair on his back. The young man holding the sword walked towards Mubo Alley together, walking in from the Gu Can family's house, so he passed by the courtyard of Song Jixin and Chen Ping'an's family. The courtyard walls were low. The old man glanced at the boy in green and the girl in pink skirt. The smile is a bit playful.

The girl in pink skirt.I was a little confused and didn't take it seriously. The boy in green looks careless, but he is actually praying silently in his heart. Is he another old god or monster?

The young swordsman smiled and stretched out his hand to say hello: "Chen Pingan, we meet again."

Chen Pingan stood up, opened the courtyard door, and asked with a smile: "You are here to follow us. I wish you a happy New Year?"

The young swordsman shook his head and said: "I have some things to deal with, but I can also wish you a happy New Year."

The old man said with a smile: "I heard it's you. The roof of my ancestral house was trampled by a monkey, and then you helped pay for the repairs?"

The family elder of Sword Cultivator Cao Jun?

Chen Ping'an's heart tightened and he apologized: "Old sir, I'm sorry, this is really my fault."

The old man waved his hand, "I know well, it's just that one building This broken house will definitely collapse if you don't repair it. It's our Cao family who should be thanking you. Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson... ...Haha, I forgot to say, Happy New Year, Happy New Year.”

At the end of the sentence, the amiable old man actually took the initiative to cup his fists and shake his hands slightly as a New Year greeting.

Chen Pingan quickly returned the gift.

The young swordsman frowned and took a step forward calmly, just standing between the old man and Chen Ping'an. He put his arm around the latter's shoulders, walked towards the courtyard door with a smile, turned to the old man and said: " Mr. Cao, you go home first, I will visit you later."

The old man narrowed his eyes and nodded, not caring about it, and slowly left alone. I don't know how many hundred years have passed. , finally revisited the old place.

The two painted door gods on the courtyard gate, after Chen Pingan and the young swordsman crossed the threshold, the little aura that could not be seen with the naked eye had disappeared. < /p>

Chen Pingan suddenly looked at the young swordsman. He seemed to say casually: "Just keep these details in your heart."

There were only three small benches in the house, so the girl in the pink skirt quickly gave up. When he came out, the young swordsman didn't sit down in a hurry and said with a smile: "I'm here on the first day of the new year. It's shameless to be empty-handed, so I'll just give you two small things."

He stretched out his hand and folded two small things in his palm. It is a jade plaque without words, but the four corners of the jade plaque are engraved with the unique cloud pattern of the Song Dynasty of Dali. "They are called Taiping Wushi plaques. They can be hung around your waist at ordinary times. They will be of some use to you two when you settle here in the future." . If you travel far away, it will be more convenient to travel in the territory of Dali."

The boy in Tsing Yi was a little greedy, because he knew how precious this thing was.

The girl in the pink skirt didn't know what was going on. She just looked at Chen Ping'an. Whether she would accept it or not would depend on her master's wishes.

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Take it."

The girl in pink skirt and the boy in Tsing Yi picked upAfter passing the hand, he bowed to the young swordsman and thanked him.

The young swordsman gave the meeting gift and immediately left.

Chen Ping'an didn't know how to retain her, so she had to send him to the gate of the hospital.

Over there in the old house of the Cao family, the rich man stood next to the pool in the house. On the opening of the roof patio, a red fox sat. Cao Jun tilted his head and sat on the chair, looking askance. My ancestor, he didn't even bother to say hello.

After the young swordsman walked in, the old man asked with a smile: "You have a good relationship with that young man?"

The young swordsman smiled and said: "With Mr. Cao's cultivation and status, You actually take action against a young man from a back alley?"

Cao Xi laughed and said: "It's just a small punishment. At most, it's just a year of bad luck that will haunt the family. It's nothing. It's just a little more ancestral shadow. Ordinary people with a stronger yang energy can withstand it. Besides, why don't you help the young man get rid of that disaster?"

The young swordsman shook his head and stopped talking. .

The world is so absurd. Xie Shi is also a big man who came out of Lizhu Cave. He has a loyal character and his reputation has spread to several continents. He is recognized as a master. He can be a master in Julu where swordsmen are everywhere and Taoism is in decline. Zhou, who stands out from the crowd, is expected to become a powerful heavenly king that even Xie Shi's hostile monks will admire. On the other hand, Cao Xi has an eccentric personality and a bad reputation. He is said to be mean and ungrateful. It is just because of the good opportunities that he has climbed up the ranks and is unstoppable.

However, Cao Xi, the swordsman born in Yeluzi, now chooses to stand in the same camp as Da Li, but Xie Shi is about to do something disgraceful.

Cao Jun stood up and said with a smile: "I know you are Xu Ruo of the Mo family. You have traveled around the world in the Divine Continent of Middle-earth for many years, and you are very famous. You are known as the dragon in the world. I think Aquarius Continent The reason why people from the Wei and Jin Dynasties have been hanging out in the rivers and lakes all year round and don't like to stay in the mountains may be because they imitated you when you were young."

The swordsman thought of the high-spirited young swordsman from Fengxue Temple, shook his head and smiled: " He didn't learn from me."

Cao Xi suddenly remembered something, jumped into the dry pool, and turned over a bluestone slab. There was a rusty ordinary copper coin hidden in it. This continent-renowned land sword. Immortal, laughed heartily, put the copper coin into his sleeve, and said: "Good sign, good sign."

Cao Xi raised his head and looked at the young swordsman, "Let me see, that copper coin was The broken natal porcelain was the fault of Dali and Longquan, which led to the mistake. However, Dali made compensation at the beginning and the other party accepted it. Logically speaking, this matter can be settled even if the account is settled for two days. It was cleared up, but now the buyer went behind the scenes step by step, and finally brought out the big Bodhisattva of Xie Shi to scare people. What he did was unreasonable and unscrupulous. In fact, it was easy to solve it. Beat Xie Shi to death in one go. I am here, you are here, plus the saint Ruan Qiong, the three of us join forces, Xie Shi will not only lose, but he will not be able to escape even if he wants to. Xie Shi is looking for death, and he cannot blame others."

The young swordsman asked. Said: "Even if Xie Shi is beaten to death, this broken and fallingLi Zhudongtian has been completely destroyed. What will we do in Dali?

Cao Xi stood talking without pain in his back, "The effect of killing a Xie Shi and knocking the mountain to shake the tiger is so good, it is no less than building a white jade capital." "

The young swordsman didn't say anything.

Cao Xi continued to confuse people, "Aren't you, Li, going south soon? After killing Xie Shi, look at the old bastards in the Ten Realms and the Upper Five Realms in Sui Dynasty. How many will be left by then? I bet it's never more than one hand. If I, Cao Xi, lose, all the extra old bastards will be dealt with by me. How about that? "

The young swordsman asked doubtfully: "You and Xie Shi have a deep hatred? ”

Cao Xi shook his head and said, “No, I’m just a fellow countryman. I’m not of the same generation as him. We’ve never met each other, and there’s no quarrel between our ancestors.” I just can’t stand Xie Shi bullying Dali based on his cultivation. He’s too forgetful of his roots. After all, he’s from Dali, so he doesn’t care about his upbringing. He’s still going against Dali. I, Cao Xi, can’t stand this kind of person. Not pleasing to the eye. ”

“Fuck your mother’s stinky fart!”

The flaming red fox on the roof revealed the secret and said with a sneer: "The mellow Chen family of Nan Posuo Continent was one of the branches of the Central Earth Divine Continent in those days. The real Chen family is the same as Taoism." If you don't deal with him all the time, beating Xie Shi to death is the biggest betrothal gift in the world. Not to mention marrying a pure-blooded daughter of the Chen family to Cao Jun, it doesn't matter if the Zhongtu family marries another woman to Cao Xi. ”

“You are such a lousy aunt. "Cao Xi smiled and cursed, raised his hand and waved his sleeves.

The flaming red fox exploded and turned into powder.

The time it took for it to return to its original appearance was obviously shorter than before when it was separated by Cao Jun's flying sword. The corpse is much longer.

It picked up a piece of tile and threw it at Cao Xi, as fast as thunder, and then turned around and ran away.

Cao Xi caught it gently. Throw the tile up and throw it back to its original position.

In fact, the tile is already in pieces.

The Mohist hero Xu Ruo rejected Cao Xi’s suggestion. “This kind of thing is not something I can decide on my own.

Cao Xi rolled his eyes and said, "Then who among you Dali can make the decision?" "

Xu Ruo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the vassal king Song Changjing, and the state counselor Cui Chan, these are the three.

Cao Xi said angrily: "Then one will come. You Xu Ruo is here and you just watch the show but don't take action. What's the point?" Since Xie Shi dared to come alone this time, he must have something to rely on. If anything happens, the three of us will let him run away. When the time comes, we will help him achieve his goal and let him run back to Juluzhou. When the time comes, the three of us will Poor bastard, including your Da Li Song family, they are all doomed! ”

Xu Wenqiang nodded and said: “It will come. "

Cao Xi fell silent for a moment.

Because he always likes to judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, he is very afraid that Da Li will deal with Xie Shi and then deal with himself.

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Besides, the Song family from Dali is not a gentleman.

A true gentleman, one who is more powerful than Cao Xi and Xie Shi.This guy is too dead to die anymore.

Die here.

Of course, it’s no wonder that the Dali Dynasty was not upright in this matter, and it’s no wonder that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was a coward.

But Cao Xi just felt that it was too unlucky and unlucky.

On the way here, he received intelligence from Da Li about Li Zhudongtian, which mentioned the collapse of his ancestral home for repairs, which made Cao Xi even more unhappy.

If Chen, a pure scholar, had not spoken out, he would not have been willing to be a dragon crossing the river at all.

Especially since Cao Xi still hasn't figured out where Qi Jingchun's fatal match lies, which makes him feel uncomfortable as soon as he enters Longquan County.

So he hopes that Xie Shi’s death can seduce him. Even if the worst outcome is guessed, there will still be the Song family of Dali, the saint Ruan Qiong, the Fengxue Temple behind him, and himself. The late Chen family, a pure scholar, and the Chinese native Chen family came to share the risks together.

Wealth is found in danger.

It’s the same down the mountain and up the mountain.

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The old residence of the Xie family is in Taoye Lane. The descendants of the family are not prosperous. By this generation, the family is actually in decline. After becoming Ruan Qiong's registered disciple, he had already reached the bleak point where he had to sell his ancestral home to make ends meet.

A middle-aged man started knocking on the door.

A young girl opened the door and asked: "Who are you?"

The man replied honestly: "I am your ancestor."

The pretty girl looks graceful, but in fact she has a fierce temper. She immediately said angrily: "On the first day of the Chinese New Year, why do you curse people when you open your mouth? Believe it or not, I will whip you with a broom?"

The man looked as usual. "Go and look through the genealogy and find the Jiaxu version. There will be a person named Xie Shi in it. That's me. The word 'Shi' is missing a little."

After a stick of incense, the Xie family Up and down, they all knelt on the ground outside the family ancestral hall.

Xie Shi ignored the trembling family members, pushed open the door of the ancestral hall without saying a word, went in and burned three sticks of incense.

Then he said in a deep voice: "The one with longer eyebrows than ordinary people can come in and burn incense. Everyone else should go back. Anyway, the ancestors will get angry when they see you and don't need you to burn incense."

A woman outside the ancestral hall was full of surprise and burst into tears with excitement. She grabbed the arm of her son beside her and covered her mouth with one hand to prevent herself from crying.

The long-browed boy took a deep breath. After his mother let go of her hand, he stood up, crossed the threshold of the ancestral hall cautiously, and walked towards the back figure step by step.

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On the post road outside the town, a carriage was driving slowly.

The coachman was Liu Prison, who had stopped a certain swordsman in Qidun Mountain. Sitting in the carriage was an elegant old man who looked like an old master, and a girl with naturally cold and sharp eyebrows.

Cui Chan, the national teacher, and Zhigui, the palace maid.

In other words, it is Lao Cui Chan and Wang Zhu?

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In the small courtyard, the child in green began to hold his head and cry again.

Why is this small town at the bottom of the mountain so annoying? It’s only the first day of the new year, and two powerful characters who can’t tell the difference are here again. Thinking about it with your knees and buttocks, you know what kind of person it is. A terrifying figure who can kill himself with one punch. The boy in Tsing Yi always felt that he had seen big winds and waves before, but now that he was here, he realized that the winds and waves before were nothing compared to the small puddle in Mud Bottle Alley outside his door.

He began to sincerely admire Chen Ping'an. It was not easy to live to this day! Sure enough, he would not be a simple person to be his master. No wonder he had such a cruel disciple by his side.

So the boy in Tsing Yi grabbed Chen Pingan's hand with tears in his eyes and said from the bottom of his heart: "Master, I will definitely treat you better in the future."

Chen Pingan pushed him away. He turned his head and said with a smile: "You are the most afraid of things, don't be embarrassed."

The boy in Tsing Yi looked at the heartless silly girl from the corner of his eye, feeling that he was quite embarrassed, and sat back silently The bench sulked.

The girl in the pink skirt was indeed more generous than him. She couldn't put it down while holding the delicate and gentle piece of Tai Ping Wu Shi.

Of course, the one who cares the most is their master Chen Pingan.

He moved out pieces of bamboo slips with words engraved on them and placed them on the low yellow mud wall between the two courtyards, so as to display the slips.