Chapter 408 Swordsmanship

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It is strange that Mao Xiaodong has clearly left, and the main hall of the Confucian Temple is not only still not open to the public, but has a sense of martial law.

In the back hall, in addition to Yuan Gaofeng and other Confucian temple gods who appeared in golden bodies, there were also two groups of distinguished guests and rare guests.

The Sui Emperor left the palace incognito. Standing beside him was a white-haired eunuch wearing a red python suit.

There are also two men. The old man is gray-haired and still dominates the world among the monarchs and saints of the Confucian Temple. There is also a relatively young and elegant man who may not think he is qualified enough to participate. Having secret affairs, he went to the front hall to pay homage to the statues of the seventy-two sages.

The old man is not from Aquarius Island. He calls himself Lin Shuangjiang. He only speaks the elegant dialect of Aquarius Island and the Mandarin of Sui Dynasty.

Lin Shuangjiang is probably a pseudonym. This is not important. What is important is that after the old man appeared in the capital of the Sui Dynasty, his magic skills reached the sky. However, there was no way to hurt the old man at all.

Lin Shuangjiang glanced at Yuan Gaofeng and the other two literati gods who appeared together to chat with Mao Xiaodong, and his expression was unhappy.

Looking away, some gods who were the founding Confucian generals, as well as gods who were civil servants in the history of the Sui Dynasty but established the country and expanded the territory, these two groups of gods naturally gathered together. Like a temple hill, there is an indistinct boundary between it and Yuan Gaofeng's camp with only a few people. Lin Shuangjiang's last gaze fell on the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, "Your Majesty, in the Sui Dynasty, both the military and the people's hearts are available. There are literary daring in the temple and military courage on the battlefield. The general situation is like this. Do we still have to bear the humiliation and bear the burden? If we say that when we signed the mountain alliance, the emperor It is true that the Sui Dynasty cannot stop the Great Li cavalry and cannot escape the fate of destroying the country, but now that the situation has changed drastically, does your Majesty still need to live in an ignoble way?"

Lin Shuangjiang sneered: "Do you want me, a foreigner, to give it to your Majesty? Let’s talk about the number of officials in the capital who resigned from their posts and the literati who went to the mountains and forests to escape meditation in the past few years. How serious was the decline in the luck of the martial arts temples in the capital and other places during the Sui Dynasty? Do you need to talk about it? It is said that it is a hundred-year covenant, and your majesty exchanges one man's infamy for a hundred years of peace for the people of the Sui Dynasty. But your majesty is really sure that even if the barbarians of the Song clan of Dali really abide by the promise, they will not use any soldiers in the Sui Dynasty. "But you, the Sui Dynasty, can really sustain it for a hundred years? Then you look at the sky, waiting for the sky to fall, and the Song family of Dali will destroy itself, and then let you, the Gao family of Geyang, pick the fruit?"

Lin Shuangjiang's face was cold, "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. What kind of virtue is the Song family of Dali? Your Majesty must know. Now the vassal king Song has a long mirror to supervise the country, and Wufu is in power. At that time, the Emperor of Dali even had the same relationship with the Gao family. The relevant gods of the Five Sacred Mountains were able to make calculations, and all their titles were revoked. Donghuashan and Dali in the Sui DynastyDoes the mountain alliance at Beiyue Piyun Mountain really work? I dare to say that it will not take fifty years, but at most thirty years, even if the Great Li Iron Cavalry is blocked in the Zhu Ying Dynasty, the successor to the Great Li throne and the embroidered tiger will successfully digest the entire northern part of Aquarius Continent. Ten years later, in the Sui Dynasty, from common people to frontier troops, to subordinates and minor officials, and finally to important officials in the court, they would all regard the Dali Dynasty as their dream home. "

Lin Shuangjiang said sternly: "When the people of the Sui Dynasty regarded foreign lands as better than their hometown from the bottom of their hearts, how could you, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, who single-handedly caused such disasters of national subjugation, have any face? Going to meet the ancestors of the Geyang Gao family? "

Yuan Gaofeng shouted angrily: "Lin Shuangjiang, you are so presumptuous! We, the Sui Dynasty, cannot tolerate your nonsense here! "

A great Sui Dynasty civil servant, who made Huang Tingguo a vassal state in one fell swoop by formulating national policies, said softly: "Your Majesty, think twice." ”

Lin Shuangjiang stopped talking.

The art of 捭昖 means opening, which means speaking. Closing means closing, which means silence.

After speaking The blank space shows that those who do not speak directly show their skill and are more able to confuse people.

When the back hall is silent, in the front hall, the man in the long gown with a handsome and youthful face is standing with Chen. As if it was safe, he looked at the statue of the seventy-two sages.

The Sui Emperor finally spoke: "It was only after Song Zhengchun died that the two gentlemen came to visit today, right? "

Lin Shuangjiang nodded and admitted.

The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty pointed at himself and said with a smile: "Then if I am beaten to death by a ten-level warrior one day, or by The Mohist ranger named Xu Ruo was stabbed to death with a flying sword, so what? "

The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty pointed to the top of his head, and then pointed to the front hall behind him, "If Xu Ruo kills the king indiscriminately, Xu Ruo, as a cultivator, will probably be killed by those over there. A certain saint punished Xu Ruo, an important figure in the Mohist family. The imitation Bai Yujing that a branch of the Mohist family helped build was destroyed. The main line of the Mohist family in China changed its mind and bet on the Dali Song family. Xu Ruo was most likely the key. character, so Xu Ruo may not necessarily be willing to take action, and the Moh family would be losing money. But Li Er killed me, a pure martial artist. It seems that according to the rules on your mountain, the Confucian saints will not care. "

Lin Shuangjiang said calmly: "That Li Er, as long as he has not reached the level of 'God' among the ten warriors, I can prevent him from even entering the capital of the Sui Dynasty. The premise is that your Confucian Temple arrives. I am willing to cooperate with me and activate the city defense formation.

Even so, the Sui Emperor was still not persuaded and continued to ask: "If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid that thieves will miss you. Will you be able to guard against thieves for a thousand days?" Could it be that Mr. Lin wants to stay in Sui Dynasty forever? "

Lin Shuangjiang frowned.

At this moment, a warm voice sounded in everyone's heart, "If Li Er dares to come to the Sui capital to kill people, I'm responsible for going out of the city to kill him. I can only guarantee this one thing, and I will not interfere with the rest. "

Yuan Gaofeng sneered and said: "Okay, from the Middle-earth Divine Continent.Qi practitioners are so powerful. Killing a ten-level martial artist is like a child squeezing a chicken to death. "

Lin Shuangjiang didn't say much, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Fan said

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If you can figure it out, you can do it. . "

The Sui Emperor smiled and said: "Seriously? "

The man in the front hall smiled and replied: "Businessmen have been handed down from generation to generation, and integrity is the foundation of their lives. ”

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Li Huai played the backgammon game according to the method Pei Qian said and lost completely.

After admitting defeat, he was furious. He wiped away the densely packed chessboard with both hands, "I won't play anymore, it's boring, this chess game makes me dizzy and hungry. ”

Listen to the crisp sound of the chess pieces colliding with each other.

Xie Xie, who was practicing at one end of the green bamboo floor corridor, his eyelashes trembled slightly and he was a little uneasy, so he had to Opening his eyes, he turned his head and glanced over there. Pei Qian and Li Huai were picking out the black and white chess pieces, and threw them back to the chess pot beside them.

Although the chess pot was made by the official kiln of the Sui Dynasty. , still worth dozens of taels of silver, but those chess pieces, Xie Xie knew they were priceless

If Cui Dongshan was still in this small courtyard before, Xie Xie would occasionally be dragged by Cui Dongshan to accompany him. He was playing chess, and whenever he made a move with a little force, Cui Dongshan slapped him, causing him to spin out and hit the wall. He said that if she broke one of the chess pieces, it would mean that his collection would be "incomplete." , became mutilated and damaged, she couldn't afford to pay for it even with her life.

The chess pieces in the world are just made of more beautiful stones for ordinary people, but for wealthy people, they are usually made of pottery or porcelain. The chess pieces from the Immortal Family on the Mountain are carved from special beautiful jade.

However, the two jars of chess pieces from Cui Dongshan have an astonishing origin. They are the "Colorful Cloud Pieces" that are envied by chess players all over the world. Thousands of years ago, they were made of chess pieces. It was the junior brother of the Lord of Baidi City and the master of Liuli Pavilion. It was made using a unique secret technique of "drop-making". With the collapse of Liuli Pavilion, the owner disappeared for thousands of years. The special method of "great refining and drip-making" , has been discontinued. There was once a middle-earth immortal who was addicted to chess. He got a jar and a half of Caiyun pieces. In order to make up for it, he offered a chess piece at a sky-high price. Then at this moment, the glazed chess pieces were no better than the stones on the ground in the hands of Pei Qian and Li Huai.

Thank you and sighed in your heart. Fortunately, Caiyunzi was worth the money, and the young and strong man used it. Even though he exerted all his strength, he could not break even though he pressed hard, but his playing sound became more and more powerful.

Li Huai was unwilling to play Renju, so Pei Qian suggested playing a country game of catching stones, and Li Huai immediately felt confident. Man, he was good at this. When he was in school, he often played with his classmates. The braid named Shi Chunjia often lost to him. At home, he and his sister Li Liu played catching stones and never failed!

Thank you for hearing about the comparison. The sound of the pendulum becomes clearer, and my heartHis liver trembled slightly, he just hoped that Cui Dongshan would not know about this tragic incident.

From time to time, one or two colorful clouds would fly out of the back of the hand, fall on the bluestone floor of the yard, and then be picked up by two little guys who didn't take it seriously.

Thank you. I couldn't express myself calmly anymore, so I simply stood up and went to my side room to read books.

Li Baoping walked out of the study room in the main room and squatted next to Pei Qian and Li Huai to watch the battle. Li Huai was still killed and lost his armor.

Li Baoping silently grabbed five black chess pieces from another chess jar and put the five white chess pieces back into the chess jar. On the floor, there were five black and white chess pieces each. Li Baoping looked at each other in disbelief. The two explained: "It's more interesting to play like this. You each choose black and white, and every time you grab a stone, for example, Pei Qian, you choose black. After grabbing seven chess pieces, if there are two white chess pieces inside, it can only be counted as grabbed. Three black chess pieces."

Pei Qian said timidly: "Sister Baoping, I want to choose white chess pieces."

Li Baoping nodded, "Okay."

Li Huai said angrily: "I also want to choose white!"

Li Baoping glanced at him.

Li Huai immediately changed his words and said: "Forget it, the black chess looks more pleasing to the eye."

Shi Rou's mind moved slightly.

This little girl in a red skirt always seems to have such strange ideas. Among all the people, Shi Rou was the most observant because of Chen Ping'an's obvious preference for Li Baoping. She found that this little girl's words and deeds could not be said to be deliberately old-fashioned. In fact, she was quite innocent, but there were many Ideas are actually both within the rules and beyond them.

Not long after Shi Rou secretly observed Li Baoping, the battle over there had ended. According to Li Baoping's rules, Li Huai lost even more miserably.

Pei Qian shook his head, weighing a few chess pieces in his hands, gently throwing them up and catching them again and again, "It's lonely, but is it so difficult to lose?"

Li Huai was very naughty, his eyes were turning rapidly, and he wanted to change things to regain his place.

Pei Qian lost the chess piece, picked up the hiking pole at his feet, and jumped into the yard, "Sister Baoping, my defeated general Li Huai, let me show you a trick. What does it mean to hold a long pole in your hand?" , Flying over the ridge, I haven't mastered my magic yet, so I can only fly over the wall! Be sure to watch!"

I saw Pei Qian retreating to the end of the wall on the side of the courtyard, facing the opposite wall, and taking a deep breath. With a breath, he ran away, and suddenly stabbed the hiking pole accurately into the gap between the stone slabs in the courtyard. Pei Qian's feet left the ground, and the long pole bent into a large arc. As the hiking pole suddenly straightened, Pei Qian was high. He jumped high, stretched his petite body in the air, stood firmly on the wall, turned around, grinned at Li Baoping and Li Huai, "Look!"

Li Huai was stunned. He shouted: "I want to try it too!"

Pei Qian jumped off the wall lightly, like a little wild cat, landing silently.

He threw the hiking stick to Li Huai generously.

Li Huai also imitated Pei Qian, retreated to the wall, and first ran forward in small, quick steps.He ran, then glanced at the ground, and suddenly poked the hiking pole into the gap between the stone slabs, and let out a light drink. After the hiking pole collapsed, Li Huai's figure rose up, but the final body posture and angle of exertion were wrong. , so that Li Huai's legs were in the air, his head was on the ground, and his body was tilted. After a few ouch, he fell back to the ground.

Yu Lu flew away in an instant, catching Li Huai and straightening his posture.

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Li Huai boasted: "We fell short by just a hair. It's a pity."

Pei Qian sneered. : "Then I'll give you ten more chances?"

Li Huai said seriously: "Although I, Li Huai, am extremely talented, I am a martial arts wizard who is not seen in a thousand or eight hundred years, but I If I don't have this ambition, I won't compete with you on this kind of thing."

Li Baoping took the hiking pole from Li Huai and came for once.

As a result, the little girl in the red skirt not only succeeded, but was so successful that she flew directly over the wall.

There was a slight sound outside the wall.

Li Baoping, who is familiar with this kind of thing, did not get hurt. He just landed unsteadily and his knees gradually bent. After squatting on the ground, his body fell backwards and sat on the ground. .

Li Baoping stood up, completely fine.

A rickety old man stood not far away with a smile, "Are you okay?"

Li Baoping said with a smile: "What can this do!"

Li Baoping rushed back to the yard.

As a martial arts master in the far-traveling realm, Zhu Lian had a sharp vision. Of course, he knew that Li Baoping would be fine, so he did not help.

Zhu Lian continued to walk around the courtyard.

Before Chen Pingan left the academy, Zhu Lian was listening to the conversation he had with Li Baoping not far away, and Chen Pingan did not deliberately hide anything from him.

Zhu Lian even felt sorry for Sui Youyou that he could not hear the conversation.

The four of them had not parted ways before. Over at the dusty medicine shop in Old Dragon City, the old man surnamed Xun, who had long admired the "Sword Immortal Talent" on the right side of Sui Dynasty, liked to go to the medicine shop and watch it all at once. Chess, Sui Youyou and Lu Baixiang were playing chess in the courtyard. The old man explained the art of swordsmanship in a few words based on the principles of chess.

Everywhere, vertically and horizontally, the move is in the right place.

The subtlety lies in the word cutting. This is swordsmanship.

The quality of the chess shape depends on two words: definition. Taking over the mountains to be king, separatizing feudal towns, and creating mountain and river barriers are all the intentions of the sword.

After the chess game and the replay, Sui Sui remained indifferent, which made the old man surnamed Xun very embarrassed. He even made fun of Pei Qian for a long time, boasted and used empty words to scare people. No wonder Sister Sui Unappreciative.

Only that night Sui Youyou went into seclusion to learn swordsmanship. He never left the house for one day and two nights.

Now Sui Youyou has gone to Tongyezhou, to go to the Jade Guizong who inexplicably became the leader of the Yizhou Immortal Family, and to become a swordsman.

Wei Xian ran away with Cui Dongshan.

Lu Baixiang wants to travel the mountains and rivers alone.

Zhu Lian was the only one who chose to follow Chen Pingan.

Chen Ping'an took action twice in the Lion Park, once against the evil monster and once against Li Baozhen, but Zhu Lian actually didn't think it was too impressive.

But it was the conversation between Chen Ping'an and Li Baoping that made Zhu Lian chew on it over and over again and admire it from the bottom of his heart.

Li Baozhen, Li Baoping, Li Xisheng, the Li family of Fulu Street.

The four are related by blood, and although Chen Ping'an is called Junior Uncle by Li Baoping, he is still an outsider.

How Chen Pingan handles Li Baozhen is extremely complicated. It is even more difficult to hope that no matter what the outcome is, Li Baoping will not be hurt. "Dead end.

If Chen Pingan concealed this matter, or simply explained the circumstances of the encounter between Lion Park and Li Baozhen, Li Baoping would definitely have no problem at the moment, and getting along with Chen Pingan would remain the same as before.

But once Chen Pingan kills Li Baozhen who is seeking death, even if Chen Pingan is completely reasonable, Li Baoping also understands the reason, but deep down in the little girl's heart, this will not hurt. Sad, not relevant.

This is the crux.

So there was that conversation.

Zhu Lian walked slowly and said to himself: "This is the swordsmanship of people's hearts, the cutting is extremely accurate."

What is cutting?

Chen Pingan kept his promise by not killing Li Baozhen once and fulfilled his promise to Li Xisheng, which is essentially similar to abiding by the law.

Li Baozhen also made a "pawn" with Li Baoping and the entire Fulu Street Li family with the family's ancestral belongings. This is reasonable and humane.

This separates Li Baozhen from the entire Li family on Fulu Street, just like Cui Dongshan's secret technique of using a flying sword to draw the ground into a prison, confining Li Baozhen alone in it.

Li Baozhen is Li Baozhen. The Li family behind Li Baoping and Li Xisheng is the Li family after Li Baozhen was taken out.

Chen Pingan made a circle drawing and definition.

And quietly, he pointed out a mental path for Li Baoping, providing an open-minded possibility that "no one is wrong, and everyone can take responsibility for life or death". Looking back later Look again, even if Chen Ping'an and Li Baozhen are separated in life and death, even if Li Baoping is still sad, he will never switch from one extreme to the other.

This is what the old man named Xun calls swordsmanship.

Chen Ping'an's sword-drawing fits this perfectly.

It is a subtle tug-of-war in the human heart.

So on that day, Chen Pingan was watching chess in the backyard of the medicine shop, and he also heard the wise words of the old man surnamed Xun. However, Zhu Lian dared to assert that even if Sui Youyou retreated to practice swordsmanship for one day and two nights, Sui Sui No matter how talented the person on the right is in swordsmanship, they may not be as good as Chen Pingan's understanding of the true meaning.

Everyone has big feetThe Tao is divided into far and near, but it is also divided into high and low.

I still remember Li Baoping taught Pei Qian two sentences.

With a bamboo box on his back, straw sandals and a million punches, a handsome young man is the most calm.

Carrying an immortal sword, wearing a white robe, thousands of miles away, I am the best little master uncle in the world.

Zhu Lian murmured to himself: "Xiao Baoping, your little master uncle, although he is not a sword cultivator now, the character of the sword immortal should have already taken shape, right?"

Zhu Lian suddenly stopped and looked at the end of the path leading to the small courtyard, squinting.

An old Confucian scholar accompanied by a white deer appeared over there.

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