Sword of Coming

When Chen Ping'an borrowed a few books from the Qintian Prison, he did not go back to Renyun Yiyun Tower or the inn. Instead, he went directly to the outer wall of the capital and saw a ferry hanging over the border of the capital. There were two boats on it. The dragon aura is extremely strong, the real dragon Zhigui, the lord Song Mu, is like two large lanterns swinging in the yard next to Mubo Alley in the middle of the night, and it is difficult to see them.

Chen Ping'an took another step and boarded the heavily guarded ferry. At the same time, he took out the third-class sacrificial plaque and held it high.

A military general wearing armor and holding a sword, and several monks who accompanied the ferry, had formed a half-moon-shaped encirclement. Apparently, the first priority was to expel the visitors. When they saw the "nothing" sign issued by the Great Li Xing Department, they did not take action immediately. .

The general asked in a deep voice: "Who is coming?"

The monk in front of me, wearing a green shirt and long coat, is calm and relaxed.

I always feel like I've seen it somewhere, but I just can't remember.

A kind-hearted old monk said: "Please trouble me to tell the immortal master your name. The ferry needs to be recorded."

With one hand in his sleeve, he quietly twisted a golden talisman, "As for whether the enshrined immortal master can stay on the ferry, I still can't guarantee anything."

The vassal king Song Mu, the prince Song Xu, and the minister of rites Zhao Yao are all on the ferry. Who dares to take it lightly.

Chen Ping'an's self-registration number: "Chen Ping'an from Luolu Mountain."

The general was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and asked: "Is it Master Chen who almost killed those turtles in Zhengyang Mountain?"

Chen Pingan was also stunned for a moment, smiled and nodded, "If there are no accidents, it should be me."

Zhengyang Mountain, this smoky mountaintop of the Immortal Family, only provides money and almost no real efforts, let alone people. Except for a handful of sword cultivators who went to the battlefield of Old Dragon City to show off, the rest of the so-called All the Sword Immortal embryos, Daqing, go down to the mountains to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Anyway, they go wherever they are safe. On the side of the Dali military, all the generals who lead the troops in the war have seen it clearly. Naturally, they look down upon Zhengyang Mountain. It's eye-catching, so the viewing ceremony at Luolu Mountain was very satisfying.

With a smile on his face, the general waved his hand and removed the encirclement of the ferry. Then he clasped his fists and said, "Master Chen didn't carry his sword today, so I didn't recognize it just now. It's my duty to guard the ferry, so I have offended many people. I will let you go now." I will go down and report to King Luo."

The place where Song Mu became a vassal was Luozhou, and the ancient Luoshui River was also one of the birthplaces of the later central river.

In fact, this military general is usually a boring gourd, but he never thought that he would have a lot of smiles today. He took the initiative to introduce himself, "My name is Liao Jun. I was once a subordinate of General Su. I was born as an infantryman. I am inferior to others, so I don't want to mention it. I am friends with Guan Yiran. , it’s a pity that I missed Shanzhu Chen when we were at Shujian Lake and couldn’t meet him. I often heard Yu Shanfang and Qi Qi mention Shanzhu Chen. He had an incomparable drinking capacity. After drinking a whole meal, in the end, anyone could sit down. If you drink it, it means Shanzhu Chen didn’t enjoy it to the fullest.”

In fact, it was a strange thing. Logically speaking, Chen Ping'an did not deliberately use any tricks when he boarded the ship. Since Liao Jun had seen that scene, he definitely should not have been unable to recognize the young mountain owner of Luoluo Mountain.

This is the result of Lu Chen's Taoism. Chen Ping'an has not completely digested the Taoism and Taoism at the moment, so that he is walking in this world now, like an empty boat with no ties, and the body and the world are not in conflict with each other. River water, so when it comes to "moral appearance", outsiders naturally look at things in the fog. When Chen Ping'an reported the mountain gate and name, in the eyes of others, it seemed that he remembered this person in an instant, otherwise he would never have been able to see the moonlight through the clouds. Earlier, Daozu visited the town on a bull ride, and this was even more true. Daozu didn't want people to know his whereabouts, so he didn't know where he was.

Chen Ping'an laughed from the bottom of his heart and said: "I have an average drinking capacity, but my wine is not bad. Unlike some people who make false moves, and their hands shake when they lift the bowl. Every time I leave the wine table, there are fish at my feet."

Liao Jun was very relieved and laughed heartily. He had suffered a lot at the hands of Guan Yiran. He gathered his voices together and whispered to the funny young swordsman: "I guess our doctor Guan is really interested." Because he was born in Chixiang, he naturally dislikes the taste of Shujian Lake's wine, which is not as good as the horse urine he is used to drinking."

Zhigui, who was wearing a snow-white robe, stood on the top floor of the ferry, squinting at the man in green shirt who had gone to Dadu Temple before.

She was annoyed by Chen Ping'an's approachability and kindness to others.

It seems that I can chat with anyone, and there always seems to be something beautiful in the eyes of such people.

If it's just a disguise, that's it. Not really.

Chen Ping'an raised his head and asked with a heartfelt smile: "As the newly promoted Lord of the Four Seas, it is now the responsibility of the Water God to guard the bodyguards. Are you not afraid of accountability from the Confucian Temple? If I remember correctly, the rank of the gods on the Dali Golden Jade Genealogy is now , it is not an iron rice bowl that is unbeatable."

After the discussion in the Confucian Temple, various measures were continuously spread throughout the vast nine continents through the Shanshui Di newspaper.

Only talking about the evaluation, promotion, and relegation of the gods of mountains and rivers, the secular dynasty at the foot of the mountain handed over part of the power of the gods to the Confucian Temple, which was more like a merit examination department of the imperial court. On the Dali side, the Tiefu River Water God Yang Hua fills the temporarily vacant position of Changchun Marquis. He is a level-level transfer, and his status is still third-level. It is somewhat similar to the imperial official transfer in the Shanshui officialdom. But being able to go out to take charge of a country and serve as a feudal official is considered important.

The old Jiao in the Qiantang River Fengshui Cave in Aquarius Continent has just filled the vacancy of Uncle Linli among the three princes of Qidu, and of course he has been promoted. Huang Tingguo Laojiao, whose real name was Cheng Longzhou, was transferred to the position of head of the Confucian Academy and went to Tongyezhou Dafu Academy to take up his post.

Each has his own destiny.

Zhigui sneered and said: "If I remember correctly, Master Chen Shanzhu did not serve in the Ministry of Rites of Dali. Could it be that during that meeting, the Confucian Temple discussed merit and rewards, and got a high position of real power that matches his cultural background? So he can manage it Is it so wide?”

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "After all, we have been neighbors for many years, so a reminder is not too much. I don't like the habit of listening to other people's advice. I will change it in the future."

"It's just that you have read a few books. You have to change your habit of being a teacher. If you ask me, you are more likeable than when you had never studied before."

Zhigui smiled and said: "It's still better than before. Being scolded in the iron lock well can make people angry for several days."

Both parties are from the "younger generation" of Lizhudongtian with simple folk customs. They only speak the same language and can be considered to be from the same ancestral hall.

Zhigui narrowed his golden eyes and asked in his heart: "Fourteenth realm? Where did it come from?"

She has reached the Ascension Realm.

As the only true dragon in the world, she is also an Ascension Realm monk who has the destiny of a dragon. Compared with ordinary mountain monks, she naturally has better eyesight.

Chen Pingan said: "I borrowed it from someone, and you happen to know that person."

Zhigui sneered, obviously not believing Chen Pingan's statement.

She suddenly narrowed her narrow eyes, "Lu... Taoist Priest?!"

I almost called him by his first name.

She seemed to have found an excuse and tapped the railing with her finger, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk tsk, everyone knows that the enemy has turned into a friend. They say that women have changed their appearance, but Chen Shanzhu has changed even more. She deserves to be the one who is often far away." Master Chen Shanzhu of You, it is true that a man is great once he has money."

Chen Ping'an didn't take it seriously and asked: "Do you know Mr. Sanshan Jiuhou?"

Zhigui smiled and said, "What if you know, but what if you don't know?"

One of her palms, as white as jade, had blue veins popping up on the back of it. It was obvious that she hated Mr. Sanshan Jiuhou with gritted teeth and was afraid to the core of her bones.

Zhenzhu Mountain is where the "Li Zhu" held by the real dragon Zhigui was in the past, and the water flow, which was commonly known as Longxu Creek by the local people and was later elevated to a river, is one of the veritable "Dragon's Beards", similar to the Xiaozhu Mountain. On the main street of the town, two dragon whiskers disappear and appear. In addition, Fulu Street and Taoye Lane are respectively a dragon's neck and a section of dragon's spine. In the entire Fulu Street, every mansion is a winning talisman, and every peach tree on Taoye Lane is like It is a trapping dragon nail, which works together to trap a real dragon with exposed muscles and bones in place, unable to move at all.

The town is home to dozens of dragon kilns where experts carefully search for the dragon's acupoints. It is said that the kiln fire has been burning for thousands of years. For Zhigui, it is like a non-stop fire cooking. Every time the kiln is fired, a pot of oil is dumped. Boiling water soup, karma fire poured into the soul.

Chen Ping'an reminded: "Don't forget who you were able to escape from the iron lock well and then walk freely in the world with human skin and body."

If one goes by the earliest rules established by the saints of the three sects of Lizhudongtian, this is an act of mercy outside the law and is also suspected of being an act of transgression.

Zhigui blinked his eyes, "Of course it's because Qi Jingchun's guarding is not good, otherwise what else can we do?"

Chen Ping'an put his hands on his sleeves, turned his head slightly, raised his ears to listen, and said with a smile: "What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly. Say it again?"

Zhigui lay on the railing and said with a smile, "Who do you think you are? If you ask me to say it again, you must say it."

After being a neighbor for so many years, she knew very well what kind of character Chen Pingan was.

As a bad guy like him, everyone can speak and act unscrupulously. Anyway, he has been a wretch who has been used to being stared at and stabbed in the spine since he was a child. There is no need to worry about him holding a grudge, let alone being retaliated against. Most people can even be rewarded for being good. He doesn't believe it, he prefers to believe that evil will be punished, and he has not been afraid of ghosts since he was a child. He is a coward who dare not do any bad things or have any bad intentions. He just doesn't cross the line on certain things.

When Zhigui saw Liu Xianyang for the first time, he didn't like him. The real dragon in the world was born with reverse scales. Because Liu Xianyang's ancestors were proficient in the techniques of disturbing dragons, trapping dragons and killing dragons, so for Liu Xianyang, who is a descendant of a dragon breeder, he didn't like him. Zhigui possesses a kind of hatred that comes from the heart of Dao.

At that time, Liu Xianyang was just a down-to-earth ordinary man. He was ignorant about this and was led by Tian Wan. He only thought it was because Zhigui disliked his lack of money.

Song Jixin walked out of the cabin, followed by Prince Song Xu of the Great Li, Zhao Shilang of the Ministry of Etiquette, and the young girl who had gained a lot from rummaging through boxes and cabinets. However, as soon as Yu Yu saw the green-shirted swordsman who liked to smile and kill people without batting an eye, he immediately went to the bitter melon. Face.

Although the person in front of him is not that person, that person is still him after all.

In those fights, he would drag her, turn around and hit her with an elbow, causing her blood to spurt out...or he would reach out to hold her face and pull out all her soul.

What's more, among the Dali Earthly Branches monks, she was considered to have a good end, but some were even worse.

When Yu Yu thought of these unbearable and unpleasant things, she felt that there was still too little wine on the ferry.

Song Jixin smiled and asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

Chen Pingan asked back: "Aren't you looking for something to do with me?"

Song Jixin nodded, "Then go inside and sit and chat."

Zhao Yao and the three of them all decided to stay, leaving the two neighbors in Mubo Lane to reminisce about old times alone.

In a room, Chen Pingan and Song Jixin were sitting opposite each other. Zhigui crossed the threshold without taking a seat and stood behind Song Jixin. She was a maid. In her hometown town, according to custom, most women did not eat. The person serving the table, and as long as it is a married aunt, she has no share in paying homage to ancestors and visiting the graves.

Song Jixin got straight to the point: "Don't kill people. This is my bottom line. Otherwise, no matter what the price, I will fight with you and Luo Luoshan."

Chen Pingan said: "Song Mu, you have to make one thing clear first. It's not me who is embarrassing her, it's her who is embarrassing me."

Zhigui smiled and said: "Young master, you are too worried. How can a good man kill someone? At most, he can just say a few words and teach him a lesson, and then he can go away."

Song Jixin stared at Chen Ping'an, shook his head and said: "Repay kindness with kindness, and repay hatred with hatred. Repaying kindness with hatred is a true villain, and repaying hatred with kindness is a hypocrite. This is not my principle, it is the teaching of the most holy teacher."

Chen Pingan turned to Zhigui and said, "Outsiders should not stay here."

Zhigui shook his head like a rattle and said: "First, I am not an outsider, and secondly, I am not a human being."

Song Jixin said: "Zhigui, please leave for a while."

Zhigui curled his lips and disappeared out of thin air.

Chen Pingan suddenly raised his hand and made a sword gesture with his fingers together.

The next moment, Zhigui was forced to leave the house and returned to the corridor on the top floor. She put her thumb on her cheek, and there was a faint trace of blood from the sword energy.

It really is the legendary fourteen realms!

Song Jixin poured two bowls of tea, put his finger on one of the white porcelain tea bowls, and gently pushed it towards Chen Pingan.

The tea set on the table comes from the Longzhou Kiln Supervision and Manufacturing Department.

Less than a quarter of an hour.

Chen Pingan returned to the bow of the ship.

There was only a lonely King of Li clan left, staring blankly at the tea bowl in front of him.

Zhao Yao waited for Chen Ping'an to return and asked in his heart: "The other two sword cultivators?"

In fact, when Zhao Yao went to see Chen Pingan for the first time, he was not without worries. He was inevitably worried that Chen Pingan would want to complete the immortal sword Taibai.

Chen Ping'an said: "Liu Cai, a swordsman, is wild and outstanding."

Zhao Yao frowned and said, "How can it be Fei Ran?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "I don't know. You can ask yourself in the future. Now he is practicing at Daxuandu Temple and is already a sword cultivator."

Zhao Yao smiled bitterly and said: "Now is the Jade Pu Realm. If you ask me to ascend to the Qingming world, it will be more practical to wait for Mr. Bai to return to Haoran."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Since I can make an exception to return home from the Colorful World, I might be able to travel to the Qingming World as an exception."

Zhao Yao choked on his words for a moment.

It's really uncomfortable to chat with this guy who likes to hold grudges.

Zhao Yao said politely, "Go back to the capital together?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "Go south and revisit some old places."

Zhigui looked indifferent, narrowed his golden eyes, looked down at Chen Pingan, and said in his heart: "You will be a disappointment now."

Chen Pingan put his hands in his sleeves and looked up at the woman. He didn't explain anything. There was nothing much to talk about with her.

But after hearing Zhigui's words, Chen Pingan smiled instead.

At least after these years of leaving her hometown and wandering around with Song Jixin, she still did not disappoint Mr. Qi after all.

During the war, she did not turn her back to the wild world. Instead, she took the initiative to leave the land and had a huge fight with Fei Fei of the old throne. She blocked the other party's water magic power that tried to flood the old dragon city, so that she was moved to the ground. Ancestor Zhu Yan gave him a few blows.

After the war ended, he did not rush back to Guixu, trying to establish his own business in the unruly and barbaric world.

He didn't fight with Mrs. Dandan of Lushui Keng for the title of Master of Water Transport. No matter what he thought, he didn't make a big fuss and break up with the Confucian Temple.

The most important thing is that she did not harm Song Jixin. Since she could steal the dragon energy from Song Jixin in Mubo Alley, now she can also feed the dragon energy back to the feudal king Song Mu.

Once she does this, it will affect the destiny of the continent, and it is very likely that it will lead to the Song family in Dali being divided into two countries, and eventually forming a confrontation between the north and the south.

Chen Pingan turned around, stretched out his sleeves, and said goodbye to the armored general.

Zhigui waited until the guy left and returned to the house. He found that Song Jixin was a little distracted. He sat down casually and asked, "Didn't we reach an agreement?"

Song Jixin didn't say a word and was silent for a long time. He stood up and said, "I won't go to the capital anymore. I'll go to the wild world."

Sui Cliff Academy.

Senior Brother Mao has resigned as the deputy mountain master, and after the meeting at the Confucian Temple, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Sui Dynasty is no longer the mountain master of the academy. A new mountain master from another continent has come.

Chen Ping'an appeared on the top of the academy's mountain called Dongshan. He stood on the top of a large tree and looked at the palace in the distance. The former prince Gao Xuan was already the new emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

Back then, the town was a mixed bag. The first bag of gold and copper coins that Chen Pingan got was, strictly speaking, the bag of money he got from Gao Xuan. Plus the two bags that Gu Can left for him, he just got three kinds of gold coins. Fine copper coins, one bag each for offering money, welcoming spring money, and winning money. In fact, these three bags of gold and copper coins are all opportunities that Chen Ping'an missed. The first was the loach given to Gu Can. Later, when he met Uncle Li, when they were negotiating the price, Gao Xuan was forced to give it to him on a first-come, first-served basis. Shengsheng rushed to buy the golden carp before Chen Pingan, plus a free Dragon King basket.

Later, this descendant of the Gao family in Yiyang County of the Great Sui Dynasty came to the Great Li Dynasty as a proton of the alliance between the two countries, and studied at Linlu Academy in Piyun Mountain for many years.

At Shanya Academy, Gao Xuan often fished with Yu Lu. In fact, I am very familiar with Baoping and Li Huai.

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but still did not go to the Sui Palace to find Gao Xuan. The new emperor, who had just ascended the throne, was busy criticizing Zhu in the imperial study.

The old eunuch who was secretly called the "internal prime minister" of the two dynasties by the Sui Dynasty officialdom was guarding the door, and then a monk who worshiped the emperor came to see His Majesty the Emperor. He seemed to be named Cai Jingshen.

Chen Pingan was not familiar with him, but Cui Dongshan and Uncle Li seemed to be very familiar with him.

After that, I just went for a short walk by the lake in the academy, disappeared again, and continued my journey.

A large-scale Xianjia Ferry is located on the border between Nanjian Kingdom and Guyu Kingdom. The ferry docking place is a large lake called Baochun Lake.

According to Zhang Shanfeng, in ancient times, there was a goddess who announced the spring and took care of the flowers, plants and trees in the world. As a result, a big tree in the ancient Yu Kingdom always failed to keep its season, so the goddess issued an oracle order to let This tree cannot open its orifices, so it is extremely difficult to refine it into a refined form, so there is a saying in later generations that elm knots do not open their orifices.

If Chen Ping'an remembers correctly, the scholar surnamed Chu in the south was indeed only in the fifth realm. This is indeed very inconsistent with its age.

The monks on the mountain have the theory of false years and one year old, which is different from the calculation of age down the mountain. So this ancient elm tree spirit is really a typical example of several thousand years old and one year old is not enough.

At that time, Chen Ping'an had little education and a shallow vision. At first, he mistakenly thought that the other party was a royal child of the Ancient Yu Kingdom. Otherwise, just based on the surname Chu, coupled with the allusions mentioned by Zhang Shanfeng, and the other party's claim to be from the Ancient Yu Kingdom, he should There is some speculation.

There are all kinds of monsters in the world. As long as the refining is successful, the real name is very important.

According to Zhao Ling Xu Fuzi's method of deciphering characters, the character "Chu" has a forest on the top and a foot on the bottom. The word "chu" is interpreted as "foot", two trees form a forest, and there are feet at the bottom of the tree. The national master of the ancient Yu Kingdom took this as his surname.

Chen Pingan looked up at the sky above the ferry.

Damao Mansion, ancient Yu country.

The national surname of the Ancient Yu Kingdom is also Chu, and the Ancient Yu Tree Spirit whose pseudonym is Chu Mao has been serving as the national advisor of the Ancient Yu Kingdom for some years.

Chu Mao was having a meal at the moment, with a large table of exquisite delicacies, a jug of fine wine brought as tribute from the palace, and two young maids waiting on him. It was like a god living the life of a god.

Judging from the thought he puts into his diet, you can tell that he is a particular person.

Of course, the Imperial Master was very polite back then. He was wearing a snow-white armor made of military armor pills. He slapped the breastplate in front of him vigorously and begged Chen Ping'an to punch here.

That was the first time that Chen Ping'an saw Bingjia Wan, which seemed to be the royal family's warehouse in the ancient Yu Kingdom.

Du Yu, the ghost ax palace whom Chen Ping'an later met in Luzhou, Beiju, was a heroic man of all kinds. One begged you to fight, and the other gave in to three moves.

Chen Ping'an stood at the door, looking a little like a monk.

Chu Mao grimaced and sneered: "The visitor is a guest, so why be so sneaky."

Without turning around, he continued to pick up food with chopsticks.

A monk in the cave realm is not low in level and courageous.

On the other side of the door, a man in a blue shirt appeared with his hands in sleeves. He smiled and said, "Master Chu, you are well."

Chu Mao frowned slightly and turned his head slowly, but when he saw the man's appearance, the Imperial Master suddenly broke out in sweat.

On the other hand, the two maids who were serving the Imperial Master's meal didn't know the importance yet.

I just thought that the man in green shirt who climbed over the wall and entered was very brave. Well, he looked really handsome.

Chu Mao had to hold the table with one hand before he stood up unsteadily, took a few steps back, straightened his clothes first, then took out a jade plaque from his sleeve, hung it by his waist, and finally bowed to the end and said: "Qi training in ancient Yu country Shi Chumao, I have met Sect Master Chen."

I'm not blind. I was very happy to watch the scene at Zhengyang Mountain, and I drank a lot.

As for Chu Mao's peace and quiet medal issued by the Dali Punishment Department, it was of course the lowest grade.

It’s just that Chu Mao couldn’t even guess with his brains that what could such an unattainable swordsman do in the small ancient Yu country?

Chen Pingan took out a piece of nothingness card from his sleeve, "What a coincidence, I have one too."

I never thought that such an offering card could be of many uses.

Chu Mao immediately changed his mind and said, "It's really unimaginable. I am lucky enough to be a Da Li enshrined monk like Chen Jianxian. Before that, I was still dreaming about being able to exchange for a second-class enshrined title. That would be fine. But now Da Li has become a monk." It’s a first-class medal for nothing, but I have to refuse it.”

Chen Ping'an raised his foot and crossed the threshold. With a twist of his wrist, the sword-raising gourd that looked like a vermilion wine pot appeared. He smiled and said, "You said it yourself. Whenever I pass by Gu Yu Country in the future, I must come to your side." It doesn't matter if I'm a guest, even if I go to the palace to drink. He also suggested that it would be best for me to choose a snowy night. We can sit on the roof of the hall and drink freely and enjoy the snow. Even if the emperor knows about it, he won't chase people away. "

At the beginning, Chu Mao claimed that he and the Chu Emperor had a relationship of mutual help and mutual wariness. In fact, looking back, it was a very conscientious and honest statement.

Chu Mao stood there, stunned and speechless, as if there were five thunders from the sky.

How could the green-shirted swordsman in front of me be the young man from back then? !

It’s only been a few decades? At that time, I had a narrow encounter with the young sword cultivator. The two sides were... fighting back and forth, right?

Besides, you, a master of swordsmanship in the fifth realm, can't you treat me, a little sea-viewing realm spirit, like a fart?

Why bother to get to the bottom of old scores and ruin the Xian family's magnanimity in vain?

Chen Ping'an moved a chair and sat down, and smiled with a maid: "Excuse me, miss, help me get a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Chu Mao was just about to reprimand the stupid goose who had no eyesight at all, but found that the swordsman was looking at him with a smile but not a smile. Chu Mao immediately said to the maid in a pleasant tone: "Remember to bring some more jars of good wine. "

After Chen Ping'an sat down, he asked casually: "You haven't had any contact with that Taoist Bailu yet?"

It's hard not to remember Taoist Bailu who was one of Chu Mao's allies.

Come quickly, run faster.

At that time, Chu Mao saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately called Qinshan God and Taoist White Deer to come to help. He never thought that Taoist Bailu, who had just landed on the veranda, touched the ground, tiptoed, and transformed a white deer with the dust in his hand. The mount came and went in a hurry, saying "Mother, sword cultivator!"

In fact, Chen Pingan at that time could not be considered a swordsman.

Whether a flying sword has its own magical power or not is the most important thing.

On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, as the two flying swords that have been with Chen Pingan for the longest time, until now, Chen Pingan has not been able to find his natal magical power.

Chu Mao became more and more worried and sighed, "Taoist Master Bailu, he was injured in the previous battle. Now he is traveling to other continents to relax. He said that after visiting Haoran Jiuzhou, he must go to the Great Wall of Sword Qi. While looking at it, to open his eyes, he thought it was shameless, and wanted to propose a toast to those sword immortals who died in the battle. The Taoist Master also said that he didn’t know how good the Great Wall of Sword Qi was before. After fighting the hard battle of dying, and killing a large area, I realized that the Great Wall of Sword Qi, which I thought had nothing to do with eight poles, turned out to have helped Haoran the world to maintain peace for ten thousand years. How courageous and difficult it is."

In fact, when he returned to the capital of the ancient Yu Kingdom, Chu Mao had sent a group of assassins, two pure warriors and two wild cultivators from the mountains and rivers, to assassinate the young swordsman. As a result, the mud cows fell into the sea, the meat buns beat the dogs, and none of them went. No reply.

So for so many years, Chu Mao has never gone to Rouge County in Caiyi Country to seek revenge. He has accepted his defeat and doesn't offend anyone but the sword cultivator.

Chen Ping'an asked with a smile: "With the master of Chu's Dao Dao, why didn't you take refuge in the wild monster clan back then?"

Chu Mao smiled and said, "It's a spirit, not a beast."

Chen Ping'an raised the wine bowl and said, "Take one."

Chu Mao quickly held the cup with both hands, waiting for the green-robed swordsman to drink first, then suddenly raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup.

Chu Mao filled up the wine again and hurriedly said some kind words without any expense, "If Chen Jianxian didn't have his own mountain top and couldn't get away from it, he wouldn't be as handsome as Wei Dajianxian of Fengxue Temple. Otherwise, he would go to the Great Wall of Jianqi. Chen Jianxian’s qualifications must be no worse than Wei Dajianxian’s.”

Chen Ping'an raised the wine bowl, leaned forward, bumped it with the wine glass in Chu Mao's hand, and said with a smile: "It's time to settle the grudges. After drinking today, let's just pretend that it's all over. But there is one thing, I have to thank you. .”

It means being a baggage house and picking up money is a good start.

The young swordsman didn't say anything, and Chu Mao certainly didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Finally, when the young swordsman smiled and left, Chu Mao still had the illusion that he was in another world.

On a secluded hilltop near a mountain god temple, the view is wide and suitable for enjoying the scenery. The three women spread a piece of Caiyi Country lichen and filled it with wine, various pastries, fruits and fruits.

As the old saying goes, the beauty in the mountains is either a ghost or a demon.

Of course, there is also the goddess who is most desired by the down-and-out scholar.

The girl was so happy that she rolled happily on the blanket.

Haha, it’s true that everything is difficult at the beginning, but everything is easy once you start.

After getting rich, I finally became prosperous, I finally became rich, and finally I no longer had to rely on others to look at their looks.

It was Wei Wei, the goddess of the mountain, who came here to drink with two maids from the temple.

In the years when I was just promoted to the Mountain Goddess, all my family wealth was spent on building ancestral temples. How could I see how wealthy and noble people were spending money? I had no experience at the beginning. I was one of the four evil spirits of the Shushui Kingdom who was used to cutting paths and robbing wealth. How could I know that? How to be the Mountain Goddess? It's not just a yellow flower girl sitting in a sedan chair, it's the first time, so I didn't even think about saving money.

It was so humiliating and outrageous that she had to temporarily borrow incense from the city god to maintain the scenery. Because incense had too much debt, the county god called her aunt when he saw her, which was even worse than her, saying that he had tightened his pants. She was not pretending to live a life with a belt, and she was indeed implicated, but the city god of the city was not kind enough. He closed the door and went to the Chenghuang Temple of the Yizhou Yinming Administration Office. Even any errand in the yamen could dump her. Face.

Landscape officialdom is really difficult to get along with.

When Wei Wei was still a female ghost, she once complained that in this world, it was difficult for people to live and to be a ghost.

I never imagined that it would be easy to become the goddess of the mountain enjoying incense, but I was still struggling everywhere.

Things took a turn for the better, after the visit from the blue-shirted swordsman, the mountain temple began to turn around.

So Wei Wei privately named the section of mountain road adjacent to the temple "Watershed."

Chen Pingan took advantage of Wei Wei's absence in the mountain temple and sat on the long bluestone slab outside the temple.

Listening to the Mountain Goddess and the two goddesses talking about the twists and turns of her trip to the capital, it was like listening to a storyteller.

It turns out that the three of them "carefully" selected a scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam. They really spent a lot of time and made people wait. If Chen Pingan hadn't warned them early, or if they had just stared at the reading seeds in their own mountain world, It is estimated that the mountain temple will be too strapped for money at this time.

In the beginning, the scholar didn't care about walking on mountain roads at all, and would only go around the mountain god temple. What to do, just follow Chen Ping'an's method, go down the mountain to dream!

According to Wei Wei's estimation, the scholar's ability in imperial examination preparation is not bad. According to his own literary fortune, he is from the same background as the Jinshi. As long as he does not act stupidly in the examination room, it is certain that he will be a serious candidate in the examination. It is a little bit uncertain that he will become a second-class scholar, but it is not completely impossible. If he adds the literary luck given by Wei Wei in one fell swoop and lights a red landscape lantern behind the scholar, he is indeed expected to become a second-class scholar.

But that scholar's appearance was really a little bit rough, and he was crooked.

Wei Wei's maid was reluctant at first. She thought the scholar was too ugly and said she really... couldn't keep her mouth shut.

Wei Wei was so angry that he grabbed her ears and scolded her for not being enlightened. She was just dreaming, and she was talking nonsense. It was not like he wanted you to have a romantic dream with him.

After a bad dream, it was fortunate that the scholar had encountered such a thing for the first time in his life, otherwise there would be many flaws. Wei Wei herself felt miserable. Later, she gritted her teeth and asked for a landscape genealogy. The mountain god came down from the mountain and tried his best to Departing from the waterway, we cautiously walked to the capital. The person Chen Pingan called "a certain important official in the temple" was not mentioned clearly, but both parties knew very well that Wei Wei was very familiar with this guy who had already been in power. When Wei Wei became the Mountain Goddess, the two parties had a tacit understanding to draw clear lines between each other.

That guy is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he doesn't care about old friendships. He goes around and around and makes official remarks, such as the imperial examination, which is a major matter of the country. It is not appropriate to interfere and break the rules.

Wei Wei, who was originally reluctant to mention Chen Pingan, had no choice but to use the sword fairy's name.

Okay.

Chen Ping'an is simply the best panacea in the world.

Although the guy only said "don't get your hopes too high" at the time. But Wei Wei still has some sophistication and sophistication. That scholar is a Jinshi, so he is a sure bet. As for first or third place, Wei Wei really didn't dare to expect it, as long as he didn't end up at the bottom among the Jinshi.

As a result, the scholar directly won the top spot. Of course, the scholar was just dreaming.

Wei Wei and the two maids, after hearing the great news, felt the same way.

As soon as the new scholar who was named on the gold list was free, without saying a word, he rushed straight to the mountain temple, offered incense and kowtowed, his eyes filled with tears, and he was extremely pious.

It was at that moment, watching with his own eyes the wisp of essence incense rising in the temple, that Wei Wei suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

It was as if he understood a series of truths in an instant, and truly understood how to serve as a landscape god.

Chen Pingan sat on the bluestone bench next to the ancient pine tree, holding a sword gourd and drinking slowly.

Wei Wei laughed loudly, saying that Mr. Chen, our loving and affectionate Mr. Chen, speaks those slang words more fluently than us. It’s true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance.

Then he casually talked about some of the deeds in the landscape travel journal, and Wei Wei burst into laughter.

Chen Pingan rolled his eyes.

Not familiar with her.

As expected, many fist-sized red lanterns were hung in the landscape surrounding the ancestral temple. These are small and exquisite symbols of the protection of the mountain god.

There are both big and small houses and some in the back streets.

A good karma, as long as it can really blossom and bear fruit, is likely to bloom.

Everything goes well and everything goes well.

On the border between the two countries, there are no longer the Four Evils of Shushui State who are causing trouble and harming people. It is a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers. It has both high mountains and ridges suitable for exploring the secluded areas, as well as easy-to-travel places for enjoying the scenery. Otherwise Wei Wei would not have chosen it. This place was chosen as the site for the ancestral temple. In addition, there are many strange stories and landscape stories here. There is also an official road within the boundaries of the ancestral temple. The world has become peaceful again, and scholars and women who go on outings and enjoy the mountains and rivers can come here. There are more and more people from the world of martial arts, wandering scholars, merchants and escorts, all three religions and nine streams, and there are more and more incense in mountain temples.

A devout Buddhist pilgrim came to the temple and donated a considerable sum of money for sesame oil.

So Wei Wei built a temple on his property. It was not large in scale, but he also specially invited the temple's blessings to renovate the dilapidated Buddha statues that had been collected early, either by gilding them or by painting them. In short, they were donated by the big pilgrim. Money, even a tael of silver, is not greedy.

The big pilgrims from that state made a special trip to burn incense on the 15th day of the first lunar month. They waited here on the 14th day. After seeing the temple, they were very satisfied. Rich people may be confused about other things, but making money and spending money are the two most difficult things to be confused about. So at a glance, I could see that the Shanshen Temple was very particular and generous, so I simply took out a large sum of money and donated it to the Shanshen Temple. It's a courtesy.

Wei Wei used to be a ghost. It's not like he has never seen money. Most of the people he dealt with all year round were fairy money, but the incense issue really couldn't be converted with fairy money.

The big pilgrim, who had an inconspicuous appearance, was just an ordinary man who earned real money from the mountain, but he said a sincere truth at that time, which left a deep memory in Wei Wei's memory.

"Actually, it's not me doing good deeds and giving money to others, but others giving good deeds to me."

Da Li accompanied the capital, Luo Jing.

His Majesty the Emperor has not yet visited the capital.

Liu Qingfeng, the old minister of the Ministry of Rites who accompanied the capital, was old and bedridden. He had not been to the government office for a long time.

In fact, many dynasties in the world have precedents of two capitals, three capitals, and even more.

Nowadays, officials in the yamen in Luojing, not only the Ministry of Rites, but also other yamen, have proposed that the northern and southern capitals should be combined into the imperial capital, without prioritizing the two.

There's an undercurrent surging.

Two thoughts, just one statement.

Today, the old man heard the long-lost call of "Mr. Liu". He opened his eyes and looked at the uninvited guest who appeared out of thin air. With a little effort, he nodded and smiled: "Compared with the restraint back then, I am more free to do whatever I want now. Yes." Good thing, sit down wherever you want.”

Liu Qingfeng sat up and took a pillow to lean on.

There is actually a maid over there at Nuan Pavilion.

Chen Pingan found a chair, held it gently, sat not far from the bed, put his hands on his knees, and said softly: "Mr. Liu, just lie down and talk."

Liu Qingfeng smiled and said: "You can lie down later, don't be in a hurry now."

Chen Pingan laughed dumbly.

Liu Qingfeng pointed to the desk, "It goes without saying that how a court governs corrupt officials is the most important thing besides war and military affairs, and our Dali has done a very good job in this regard. However, Well, the shortcomings of some upright officials' ways of serving as officials are relatively unobvious. It's difficult for me to write, so I have to take advantage of the fact that I'm still alive and still have the energy to dictate, and have someone write for me. Officials who do not seek wealth will be self-willed and act cruelly, which is not the golden mean taught by sages."

Chen Pingan nodded, "I once saw a similar statement in a small collection of travel notes, saying that corrupt officials only account for 30% of the disasters caused by the country, while honest officials must account for 70% of the disasters."

"That's not true, it's an exaggeration, but it's also a reasonable thing. If you don't say a few weird words and harsh words, who will listen and who will see."

"By the way, I read that booklet and helped a woman change her name. 'Cuihuan' is not as elegant as 'Huancui'."

Chen Ping'an smiled knowingly, nodded slightly and said, "It turns out that Mr. Liu has actually read it."

The sales volume of that travel diary was not large in Aquarius Continent, and it has long ceased to be reprinted.

This shows that Mr. Liu’s reading skills and memory are good. Perhaps this is the so-called profound knowledge, not to mention that the old man is not a Qi practitioner.

"The fastest target, but the person in the book helps this prostitute escape from the sea of ​​misery, both public and private, step by step, without leaking?"

Chen Ping'an still nodded, "As Mr. Liu said, it is true."

Liu Qingfeng smiled and said: "If you do a good deed so that the recipients don't have any worries about the future. Even if it's just something in a book, it will be a bit gratifying for you and me to read the book and reach this point."

Chen Pingan could only continue to nod obediently.

Liu Qingfeng was silent for a moment and said, "Liu Qingshan and Liu Boqi will be taken care of by Mr. Lao Chen from now on."

Chen Ping'an said: "Mr. Liu, just don't worry."

Liu Qingfeng smiled and said: "If there is some accident and you can't take care of me, there is no need to feel guilty. If you can't do this, just forget it. If we don't make things difficult for each other, you don't have to worry about it. I just won't let it go." Heart."

Chen Pingan smiled and said, "You can rest assured."

Liu Qingfeng glanced at Chen Ping'an and joked: "It's better to go up the mountain to practice and become a god."

Chen Pingan was about to speak but stopped.

Liu Qingfeng waved his hand, knowing what the young swordsman wanted to say, "A weak scholar like me can endure a little hardship, but it's a pity that I can't endure the pain. Tsk, tsk, the flesh and blood are peeling off, and the bones are broken, I just want to Just thinking about it makes me feel numb. Besides, I don’t have that idea either. Even if there is a shortcut to becoming a landscape god, I won’t take it. Others don’t understand, but you should understand.”

Chen Pingan stopped persuading anything.

After coughing a few times, the old man suddenly shouted "Chen Pingan".

Chen Pingan said: "Mr. Liu?"

The old man looked at the young-looking Mountain Sword Immortal. He flipped through the book and saw the most familiar page. He closed his eyes and murmured: "The world has been turned upside down, but my heart is extremely clear."