When he arrived at a lake, Chen Ping'an stopped rowing, put down the bamboo artemisia, and took out a dry food from the nearby objects to satisfy his hunger.

Liu Laocheng suddenly smiled and asked Chen Ping'an if he liked fishing, and said that there are three unique delicacies in Shujian Lake, all of which are delicacies at the banquet of the magnates of the Zhu Ying Dynasty, among which there is a kind of fish caught in winter, the more heavy the snow and the cold, the more delicious this fish called winter carp is. Liu Laocheng pointed to the bottom of the lake and said that there is one in this area, and before Liu Laocheng could say anything, Chen Ping'an had already taken out the fishing rod on Zizhu Island that had never had a chance to come in handy, and took out a small can of distiller's lees corn.

Liu Laocheng is the same, his movements are skillful, but the bait is slightly different, and the fishing rod is a special green bamboo that is verdant and overflowing.

In the end, Liu Laocheng fished a winter carp the size of a palm with three tails, Chen Ping'an harvested two tails, and harvested the rod almost at the same time.

One in the bow and one in the stern, each boiling fish.

Steaming, the two sat cross-legged, holding chopsticks in one hand and a wine jug in the other.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and began to chat while eating.

Intrigue and murderous opportunities, all of them are talking and laughing for the time being.

After laughing and talking, just after packing up the stove clay pot, Chen Ping'an patted the sword gourd, and the flying sword fifteen flew away, Chen Ping'an said in front of Liu Laocheng: "Go to Qingxia Island first to inform Liu Zhimao, just say that Liu Laocheng of Gongliu Island is with me, and I want him to open the mountain protection formation, and I will land alone." ”

Liu Laocheng asked: "Just give orders, no longer make up excuses?" Otherwise, wouldn't Liu Zhimao be suspicious?"

Chen Ping'an replied: "If you talk too much, he doesn't dare to open the formation." ”

Liu Laocheng nodded, "If you go straight with a single knife, you will either scare the opponent or tear your face, if you are suitable for people like Liu Zhimao, you can't give them any room for maneuver." ”

Chen Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Liu Laocheng smiled: "What, as soon as I say it casually, you will get something?"

Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "I only vaguely knew that I should do this before, but I didn't say it as thoroughly as Lord Liu, well, it's like Lord Liu put a ruler in front of me, I used to pursue personnel not to go to extremes, but Lord Liu taught me to deal with people like Liu Zhimao, on the contrary, to keep squeezing them to both ends." ”

Liu Laocheng nodded and expressed his approval, but at the same time said: "Seven or eight points of talking to people, don't throw all your heart away." Between you and me, or enemies, when will we be able to dig out our hearts and lungs? Have you misunderstood something?"

Chen Ping'an held the bamboo artemisia, "Two different things, if I blindly want you to live or die, I don't have to go to Gongliu Island at all." In the final analysis, I still hope that both parties will be happy, and Island Master Liu still gets that big benefit, I just want peace of mind, and I will not rush to make money with Island Master Liu. ”

Liu Laocheng was noncommittal and drank slowly.

Chen Ping'an smiled: "When I learn to play chess with others, I really have no understanding, I learn everything slowly, a formula that has been seen to death by my predecessors, I can ponder for a long time, and I don't know the essence, so I like to think blindly, just think about whether there is a chessboard, everyone can win, not only win or lose, but also let the two sides only win less and win more." ”

Liu Laocheng shook his head, "Don't talk to me about playing chess, I have a headache, I never like it." The level of chess skills has nothing to do with how good or bad things are done. ”

Chen Ping'an was about to speak, probably because he still wanted to talk to the old monk, anyway, Liu Laocheng himself said that what kind of master is the wind and moon in life, this trip back to Qingxia Island, the reason why he insisted on holding the boat and returning slowly was to understand more about Liu Laocheng's character, although the success or failure of the plan is in a bigger and higher place, but

Liu Laocheng raised his hand, "Shut up." Don't take an inch, be a school master, you are a good bookkeeper when you die. The ferry boat is so big, you are so nagging, I have to listen to it, I have to listen to it, I have to listen to it, if you want to be clean, I can only slap you into the lake. With your current physique, you can't stand any more tosses. Now that it is relying on a natal acupuncture point to die, if this mansion is shattered, your immortal bridge is estimated to be broken again. By the way, how did the Changsheng Bridge break before? I'm a little curious. ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "Back then, in the alley of my hometown, I interrupted a female cultivator on the mountain, but most of her still calculated for Liu Zhimao, the catastrophe was quite thrilling, Liu Zhimao was still in my heart at that time, if it wasn't for luck, I and the female cultivator estimated that it would not be clear until death, a confused fight, you mountain immortals, in addition to the vast powers, also like to kill people without blood." ”

This is the first time Chen Ping'an has told Liu Laocheng about his family affairs.

It's also a little sincerity.

Otherwise, Chen Ping'an was really worried that before he arrived at Qingxia Island, he would have annoyed the old monk with an unpredictable temperament.

Liu Laocheng seemed to be touched, "The monk on the mountain, I am very afraid of being contaminated with red dust, in Shujian Lake, I should be the most qualified to say this." That's why the soldiers and monks will be envied by the rest of the qi practitioners, no matter how they kill, they can not be afraid of cause and effect. Therefore, compared to the Legalists, Zongheng families, merchants, farmers, etc., they prefer to stay at the foot of the mountain and practice. Sword cultivation is difficult to haunt ghosts on the four major mountains, and it is also comfortable and has few restraints. ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "The Legalist monk, the Taoist priest of the sword room, I have seen them all, but the Mo family credit knife people have not yet been taught." ”

Liu Laocheng sneered: "I advise you not to provoke the knife man, that is the difficult ghost of the difficult ghosts, and it is simply a little ghost who guards the door for the king of Hades." ”

Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "I'll pay attention." ”

The road is long, and there will be an end.

The ferry passed through several vassal islands, including Sulu Island, and came to the boundary of Qingxia Island, and sure enough, the landscape formation had been opened by Liu Zhimao.

In Liu Zhimao's view, this will of course cause Liu Laocheng's displeasure, but he and Chen Ping'an are grasshoppers on the same line, once they refuse Chen Ping'an's request, they will have to suffer the corresponding consequences, and they can only take the lesser of two powers. And although Liu Zhimao couldn't think of why Liu Laozu was willing to accompany Chen Ping'an to return to Qingxia Island by boat, Liu Zhimao kept telling himself that Chen Ping'an did things and liked to talk about rules, no matter what Liu Laocheng wanted to do, people were brought by Chen Ping'an, and he might not be able to settle everything, but at least he would solve this mess with Qingxia Island, instead of staying out of the matter and patting his ass and leaving.

This is the so-called "good person", the invisible influence brought by it, such as the spring breeze sneaking into the night, moisturizing things silently.

Even if it is a bad guy like Liu Zhimao, who can be described as full of evil, he must admit it.

Liu Laocheng kept his promise and hovered over the lake outside the ferry.

Chen Ping'an tied the rope of the ferry boat and went to the mountain gate house, and after a while, the jade plate no longer absorbed the aura of Shujian Lake Heaven and Earth.

Chen Ping'an went to Zhuxian Mansion, but when he returned, he did not bring red crisp and returned to the ferry alone.

Liu Laocheng frowned.

Chen Ping'an said: "I don't want to see Hongshu die next to me with my own eyes, so I can only do nothing, this is the one I am most afraid of." ”

Liu Laocheng laughed heartily, stretched out his thumb to Chen Ping'an, rose into the air, turned into a rainbow and returned to Gongliu Island, and sent out a series of rumbling explosions like winter thunder.

Chen Ping'an stood at the ferry for a long time, waited until Liu Laocheng was completely away, raised his hand with relief, and reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

Liu Zhimao came to the ferry and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Chen, can you tell the truth, what kind of trouble is this?"

Chen Ping'an said: "On the way here, I have been chatting with Liu Laocheng and testing each other. I came to the conclusion that Liu Laocheng never seemed to have met with Su Gaoshan, the military commander of Da Li. ”

Liu Zhimao's face immediately changed slightly.

Both are smart people, those who speak have a heart, and those who listen will understand.

Su Gaoshan, the main general of the Dali Iron Cavalry, who has been killed in the land of Gyeonggi in Shihao Country, is a high mountain that Tan Yuanyi of Lisu Island can't cross, and the three of them formed an alliance in Hengbo Mansion to discuss matters, so they all feel that Liu Laocheng has taken the line of Su Gaoshan, so they don't bother to discuss major matters with Tan Yuanyi, a spy leader of the Green Wave Pavilion, and it is Gongliudao who directly passed through Su Gaoshan and got some kind of reply from the center of the Dali Temple, so he acted so domineeringly, completely ignoring the conditions offered by Liu Zhimao and Tan Yuanyi, if so, Liu Laocheng's current position is roughly on an equal footing with Su Gaoshan。

Now it seems that the three of them guessed wrong, or underestimated this monk of the Upper Five Realms, Liu Laocheng didn't even pay attention to the great general Su Gaoshan, Gongliu Island must have a higher and more hidden line, maybe he can directly talk to the Dali Song Clan, or even the Dali National Teacher.

Liu Zhimao's face was even more bitter, "Mr. Chen shouldn't judge the situation and abandon Qingxia Island to Gongliu Island, right?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "If you really do this, I won't tell you this." What's more, Lord Liu has a unique vision, and he must be able to see that Liu Laocheng and I seem to have a harmonious relationship, but in fact, it is not as good as the monk Jianhu imagined. I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, if it weren't for that jade plaque, which made Liu Laocheng jealous, Gongliudao would almost be my burial place. ”

Liu Zhimao said with a smile: "Then I can rest assured, if Mr. Chen chooses to join forces with Liu Laocheng, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out of Shujian Lake with two more legs." ”

Chen Ping'an joked: "After the New Year, after the beginning of spring next year, I may often leave Qingxia Island, or even out of the Shujian Lake boundary, Master Liu doesn't have to worry that I am sneaking around, carrying you and Tan Yuanyi to fend for themselves." But maybe I will meet Su Gaoshan halfway, and there is no need to suspect that Lord Liu will form an alliance with Hengbo Mansion, and I will only value it more than the two of you. But as I said in advance, if one of the two of you temporarily changes your hexagram and wants to quit, it is still a negotiable matter to tell me clearly. If anyone is the first to break their promises, I will make you unable to eat and walk around for whatever reason. ”

Liu Zhimao smiled bitterly: "I only dare to guarantee that once I regret it, I, Liu Zhimao, will definitely tell Mr. Chen in advance." As for Tan Yuanyi, I will give them these words in their original form. ”

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Liu Zhimao did not deny that when Liu Laocheng accompanied Chen Ping'an to Qingxia Island this time, the more straightforward and clear Chen Ping'an said, the more he cleared up the relationship with Gongliu Island, the more he Liu Zhimao's heart was swaying.

Because that's a "what if".

What if Chen Ping'an relied on his courage and impatience to have an extra choice, and in case Chen Ping'an himself was treacherous?

You know, he knows very well how the invincible little loach jumped into the fire pit, how it suffered, and how Chen Ping'an ended it.

Liu Zhimao suddenly regretted a little, shouldn't he have gone into Chen Ping'an's "rules" at all? Could it be that when things came to an end, he suddenly woke up one day and realized that he was already the same as the miserable end of that little loach?

Chen Ping'an clasped his hands in his sleeves, looked at the lake and mountains from afar, and said with a smile: "Island Master Liu, you have no choice, then don't be distracted, otherwise you can only increase your troubles, this is not the state of mind that a Yuanying monk should have." ”

Liu Zhimao said with emotion: "A word woke up the person in the dream, and I was taught again." ”

Chen Ping'an quipped: "Don't dare, I don't dare not, I'm not Mr. Master, I'm just a down-and-out bookkeeper on Qingxia Island, and I need more care from the owner of Liu's island." ”

Liu Zhimao also joked: "Occasionally, I will have evil thoughts, thinking about whether it would be better for Mr. Chen to kill someone with an inexplicable punch one day." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "Each other." ”

After Liu Zhimao left the ferry, Chen Ping'an returned to the house, picked up the sword fairy and hung it on the wall, took off the robe Jin Li, and only wore a thick cotton robe to barely keep out the cold.

Zeng Ye ran over and knocked on the door to greet him, after Chen Ping'an opened the door, he asked about the detailed progress of Zeng Ye's practice, after chatting, Chen Ping'an was quite satisfied, it is estimated that around the end of the year, Zeng Ye should be able to use his own body as a carrier of the Yin Soul and walk freely in the yang world. Cultivating diligently, maybe the speed of breaking through the realm will be extremely fast, even faster than the kind of yin poison sect fueled by pulling seedlings on Maoyue Island, and you can become a Dongfu realm monk who has crossed the first big threshold of the Middle Five Realms earlier.

Seeing Zeng Ye struggling, he seemed unwilling to leave.

Chen Ping'an asked: "Do you want to ask why you fought with Liu Laocheng not long ago, and now you can visit Shujian Lake together as if you were a New Year's friend?"

Zeng Ye was a little embarrassed and nodded.

Even if he firmly remembered that he had to see more and think less on Qingxia Island, this tall young man was really curious, so he couldn't hold back.

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "It's more complicated, and it's not something that can be used as a talking point or an interesting story." ”

Zeng Ye hurriedly got up and said, "Mr. Chen, I'm going back to practice." ”

Chen Ping'an said to him: "When you can talk about it one day, when you invite me to drink, I will tell you." ”

Zeng Ye closed the door gently, with a smile on his face, and said happily through the last crack in the door: "Mr. Chen, a word is a certainty!"

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Since then, many islands in Shujian Lake have not yet melted away from the snow, and they have ushered in another goose feather snowfall.

It's weird.

What happened this year, it hasn't been long since there were two consecutive heavy snowfalls that have not been seen in decades.

But no one is unhappy, which means that the entire Shujian Lake is already full of aura, and there is some tonics, which is called God's appreciation of food.

In the past few days, almost all the monks have been talking about the bookkeeper of Qingxia Island, and even the four lakeside cities of Chishui and Yunlou have not been an exception.

Yu Hui took the initiative to come to the mountain gate of Qingxia Island for the first time, sat on the side of Chen Ping'an's house for a while, and made a small deal by the way, selling a high-quality spiritual weapon at a low price to Chen Ping'an, whose rank is only a line away from the magic weapon, and the effect is similar to that of the "prison" Hades Palace, which is an attic that imitates the "Liuli Pavilion" of the White Emperor City in Middle-earth, although it can inhabit the "house" of ghosts and ghosts There are not many, only twelve, far inferior to the Hades Palace from the secret vault of Qingxia Island, but the house is in better condition, it is the spirit of the ghost cultivators carefully cultivated by the ghost cultivators of Zhu Xian Mansion, and it is more than enough to warm up it.

Chen Ping'an was a little helpless, the thing must be an excellent thing, but there is no money, so he can only owe it on credit to Crescent Island, Yu Hui heard it, he was happy, and said that Mr. Chen is not righteous, such a low price, and he has to pay an IOU, what is really embarrassing? Chen Ping'an smiled and said Sorry, so embarrassed, where do you need to be polite to the owner of Yu Island. Yu Hui was even happier, but friendship is friendship, business is business, pulling Chen Ping'an, asking Zhang Jing, the director of the secret warehouse, to make an IOU in the name of Qingxia Island, otherwise he is not at ease, and begged Mr. Zhang to help keep an eye on Chen Ping'an, and then he Yu Hui and the secret warehouse will be a pair of brothers in distress.

Zhang Jing smiled and nodded in agreement, and was unwilling to lend money to Chen Ping'an to pay for the small glazed pavilion, after all, Chen Ping'an already owed a debt to Qingxia Island, but Zhang Jing promised to write an IOU, Yu Hui was satisfied, and by the way invited Mr. Zhang to be a guest on Crescent Island.

Chen Ping'an ended up like an outsider.

The owner of Zizhu Island, beaming with joy, took a spiritual ferryboat and brought Mr. Chen the Zizhu of the ancestors of the three pole islands, and he was happier than receiving money. When I arrived at Chen Ping'an's house, I just drank tea and didn't even have a cup of hot water, so I left, and Chen Ping'an went all the way to the ferry, hugging his fists and sending him off.

There are also many Chen Ping'an who have eaten closed-door soup at the beginning, or traveled to the island but no island owner showed up, and they all made an appointment to visit Qingxia Island one by one.

The snow stopped.

Liu Zhimao came to the house at noon that day, knocked on the door but did not enter.

Chen Ping'an walked out with a charcoal cage, looking tired.

The two walked together.

Liu Zhimao gloated a little, "Do you want me to come forward and help you keep those guys out?" Just make an excuse and say that Qingxia Island is going to be closed." ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "No, I'm having fun in the bitterness and enjoying it." Dealing with these island owners, in fact, I can learn a lot of things, but tired is really tired, greeting people, saying some polite words, this has always been the thing I am not good at, just check and fill in the gaps, and cultivate the internal strength of being a person. ”

Liu Zhimao said with a smile: "Actually, everyone has to go through such a day. In the future, when you have your own mountain, you have to take care of all aspects, work harder, and get used to it early, which is indeed a good thing. ”

The two of them had already walked out of the mountain gate house for a long distance, Liu Zhimao glanced back and couldn't help laughing, "Chen Ping'an, your aunt walked out of the Spring Court Mansion and came to look for you." If I remember correctly, this is the first time she has gone out to see you since you moved out of the Spring Court Mansion, should we go back?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head, "Let's go again." ”

Liu Zhimao nodded and said, "If you are really as hard-hearted as our cultivators, in fact, where do you need to bend your intestines so much. ”

Chen Ping'an carried the charcoal cage and said with a smile: "Let's strive for a good gathering and dispersion." Even if the incense is gone, I still hope that the other party's life can be better. ”

Liu Zhimao said: "Some half-baked housework, whether it is a house in an alley, a mansion of a wealthy family, or a big mountain like our Qingxia Island, if you want to do something good, it is difficult to be a good person." Chen Ping'an, I advise you to say a word that you don't like again, maybe in a few years and ten years, that woman will not understand your good intentions now, and will only remember your badness, no matter at that time, whether she is good or bad, it will be the same. Maybe you have a bad time, but you will remember how much you are good, and the better you live, the deeper the resentment against you will be. ”

Chen Ping'an's expression was indifferent, "Does that have anything to do with me?"

Liu Zhimao laughed and said, "Yes." ”

Liu Zhimao suddenly laughed playfully: "Do you guess that Gu Canniang went out this time, did she bring one or two maidservants with her?"

Liu Zhimao quickly said: "It's definitely not fanning the flames. ”

Chen Ping'an thought for a while, "Is it possible to take the maidservants halfway through, and think it is inappropriate, and send them back to the Spring Ting Mansion?" This aunt of mine is very smart, otherwise it would be difficult to pull Gu Can up in Mud Bottle Lane back then, but ...... No, in Mud Bottle Lane, she did the best she could. ”

Liu Zhimao sighed: "Amazing!"

Chen Ping'an smiled: "Did you really guess for me?"

Liu Zhimao nodded, "When I walked out of the gate of Chunting Mansion, I also took the two most well-behaved and pleasing maids, I didn't go too far, I figured it out, this is not the posture of pretending to be pitiful and begging, and soon let the maids return, and by the way, let them take away the precious fox fur on their bodies, so let's go down again, when we go back, she will definitely have cold lips outside the door, trembling, and when she enters the house, most of the words will not be good." How about it, should we turn around immediately and not give her this really pitiful opportunity?"

Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "Go back." ”

Liu Zhimao smiled: "Actually, it's harder than I imagined." ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "Anyway, I know everything, why let her suffer more, being angry is the most boring thing." ”

Liu Zhimao asked, "Or do you go to Chunting Mansion like that time and go back together?"

Chen Ping'an said: "I don't need it this time. I don't have such a big face, I can work hard to drive the Lord of Liu Island again and again, and I don't worship Qingxia Island like this. ”

Liu Zhimao didn't insist, and disappeared in a flash, "Don't worry, I won't eavesdrop on your conversation, anyway, I can roughly guess what she will say." ”

Chen Ping'an returned to the house, the woman was frozen like a quail, her hands were wrapped around her shoulders, and when she could see Chen Ping'an from a distance, she hesitated for a moment and immediately let go of her hand.

She is a woman, and she can already see Chen Ping'an.

Of course, Chen Ping'an would only see her earlier.

Really.

After Chen Ping'an approached the mountain gate, he walked quickly, saw the woman, handed her the charcoal cage first, and said while opening the door: "Why is Auntie here? Let people say hello, I can go to Chunting Mansion." ”

The woman entered the house, sat at the table, spread her hands on the charcoal cage, and said with a smile: "Peace, the little loach is dead, and my aunt doesn't dare to say anything, but the little loach has been with our mother for all these years, without it, let alone the Spring Ting Mansion, it is only a thatched hut on Qingxia Island, and there may be no one alive." So can you give us back the body of the little loach and find a place to bury it? If this request is a bit excessive, my aunt will not say anything, let alone complain about you. Just like Gu Can has been nagging for so many years, except for me, who is a mother, in fact, you are the only one who really cares about him, in Mud Bottle Lane for so many years, it is just a bowl of rice, you have helped our mother and mother with so many things, big and small, what our mother has seen, what has not been seen, you have done ......"

Speaking of this, the woman hid her face and wept, whimpering: "It is fate to fall into such a field, my aunt really doesn't blame you, I really ......"

Chen Ping'an listened patiently until the woman couldn't cry and stopped talking.

Go to the bookcase, silently take out the big stove placed underneath, then go to the corner of the wall to open the big bag with charcoal, add charcoal to the stove, light the charcoal fire with a special fire fold, squat on the ground, and push it under the table where the two people are sitting opposite, so that the woman can rest her feet on the edge of the stove to keep warm.

After doing this, Chen Ping'an sat on the bench and never spoke.

The woman quickly wiped away her tears, and under the table, she gently raised her feet, stepped on the edge of the stove, and said with a miserable face: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, the little loach comes from the water, you don't have to be like us, you don't care about who dies, you must be buried in the ground." ”

Chen Ping'an's eyes were in a trance.

I vaguely remember.

Once in the alley, she protected her, and after the quarrel with those long-mouthed women, the two sat on the steps at the gate of the courtyard, she just cried silently, clutched the corners of the sewn and mended clothes with both hands, and didn't say a word, and after seeing her stubborn son swaggering in from a section of Mud Bottle Lane, she quickly turned her back, wiped her tears, tidied up her clothes, and combed her sideburns with her fingers.

Even now, Chen Ping'an still feels that the aunt back then is Gu Can's best mother.

She asked softly: "Ping'an, I heard that you went to Gongliu Island this time and met that Liu Laozu, is it dangerous?"

Chen Ping'an clenched his fists and rested lightly on his knees.

There is no extreme sadness, only helplessness.

Those who perceive the fish are ominous.

Chen Ping'an took a deep breath, let go of his fist, stretched out a finger, and pointed to his eyes, "Auntie, it's really a family, in fact, you don't need to speak, it's all here." When my aunt opened the courtyard door and brought me a bowl of rice, I saw it. After the quarrel back then, my aunt sat at the gate of the courtyard and looked at me, asking me to keep it a secret from Gu Can, so as not to let him know that his mother had been wronged, which made him worry and fear, and I also saw it. ”

The woman stopped talking.

Under the table, he clutched the handle of the bamboo handle of the small charcoal cage.

Chen Ping'an wanted to tell her.

"Auntie, you probably don't know yet, when I was in Mud Bottle Lane, I knew that for that little loach, Auntie, you wanted me to die, and I hoped that Liu Zhimao could kill me. ”

"Auntie, you may not know, that night you invited Liu Zhimao to the Chunting Mansion and asked me about the details, Liu Zhimao actually didn't drink the bowl of tea, but took away the water in the cup, in fact, he took away the tea with the secret method of echoing water, and then put it in a bowl, and put it on this table, but I shattered the ripples of the conversation between the two of you. ”

"Auntie doesn't know, take off the fox fur, the maid goes home, and even the small action of letting go immediately when I see me at the door before, the scheming in it, and the words I said when I entered the house, I know all the meanings, all of them are clear. ”

But these words, Chen Ping'an swallowed them back into his stomach word by word, and what he said in the end was just one sentence, "Auntie, the future Shujian Lake may be different from now, Auntie and Gu Can will no longer have to be so scared at that time, one day they will not be able to keep the family business, and one day there will be an assassin seeking revenge, and Gu Can will be killed again and again, but on that day, before it really comes, I still want to hope that my aunt can stay in the Spring Court Mansion as much as possible." ”

The woman nodded slightly.

Chen Ping'an looked at her and said slowly: "Shujian Lake will become very different, and then when that day really comes, I hope that Aunt will be like moving from Mud Bottle Lane to Qingxia Island, she can be careful and careful, and see how to help Gu Can make the family business of Chunting Mansion bigger." Since it is for Gu Can's good, then I think that I have eaten all the hardships of Mud Bottle Lane for so many years, and I have just eaten it for three years after I arrived on Qingxia Island. In the future, for the sake of Gu Can, my aunt will be able to stay up again? There will always be a day when she will come out of the day, just like when Gu Can was pulled up, and the little slugs ate and dressed, she was never half worse than the children of other neighbors, just like the ancestral house of Mud Bottle Lane became a Chunting Mansion, maybe it will be a whole island of her own in the future, not just a Hengbo Mansion bigger than Chunting Mansion, right? Not to mention Gu Can's father, maybe when he can come to Shujian Lake to see you. ”

The woman nodded vigorously, her eyes moist and slightly red and swollen.

Chen Ping'an stopped talking.

The woman sat down for a while, then said goodbye and left, Chen Ping'an sent it to the door, the woman was still reluctant to take away the charcoal cage, saying no, what is this bit of wind and cold, I haven't suffered anything in Mud Bottle Lane before, and I have long been used to it.

After Chen Ping'an saw her go away, he returned to the house.

The woman walked hard all the way without complaint.

When she approached the Spring Court Mansion, she immediately straightened her face and moved her lips slightly, but when the maidservant ran out quickly, the woman quickly laughed.

Chen Ping'an sat at the table, speechless, and muttered, "It's useless, right, Chen Ping'an?"

He rubbed his cheek, "Then do something useful." ”

Chen Ping'an lowered his head and bent over, moved the stove, stepped on it, still holding the charcoal cage, lying on the table, and taking a nap in a daze.

Half-asleep, like returning to his hometown.

The barking of the chaimen dog in the middle of the night, the cry of the child who disturbs the dream, and the pounding of the clothes of the old woman.

A lot of people get bored.

Chen Ping'an was the same in Mud Bottle Lane back then, so he could only bear it.

After all, it's all trivial.

And more and more I feel that it is a trivial matter, but now that I think about it, I feel a little nostalgic.

With a snap, the charcoal cage fell to the ground, Chen Ping'an came to his senses, picked up the charcoal cage, and put it on the side of the bench.

Went and went to sleep.

When I woke up, it was late at night, and I was woken up by a knock on the door.

Chen Ping'an went to open the door, and almost couldn't hold back and was about to scold.

turned out to be the owner of Zhuhai Island, Liu Chongrun.

Chen Ping'an opened the door, but did not give way.

Liu Chongrun raised his eyebrows, "Why, you won't let in the door?"

Chen Ping'an asked rhetorically: "Let you enter the door, how can I go to Zhu Xian's Mansion to see Ma Yuanzhi in the future?"

Liu Chongrun raised the porcelain vase in his hand, "Such an important matter, let's discuss it at this door?"

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "You did it on purpose?"

Liu Chongrun smiled and nodded.

Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "Island Master Liu, what are you thinking? This is not the rule of doing business, okay?"

Liu Chongrun smiled: "Don't reason with women." ”

Chen Ping'an was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It makes sense." ”

Get out of the way, Liu Chongrun walked into the house, Chen Ping'an didn't dare to close the door, but Liu Chongrun lifted a foot and kicked back, and the door was closed.

Liu Chongrun looked down at the large bluestone slab, glanced at the bookcase in the corner of the wall, and the six-pole purple bamboo split in half leaning against the wall, and finally returned to the bluestone slab, "Mr. Chen Da hides here all day long, just to tinker with these gloomy things?"

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Liu Chongrun walked to the table and glanced down at the stove, "This thing is rare." ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "The common people have seen the earth dragon in your rich portal, and they feel even rarer. ”

Liu Chongrun, as a Jindan Earth Immortal who deliberately hid from Shujian Lake, sat down and rested his feet beside the stove, "Yo, it's quite warm, I'll get one in Baoguang Pavilion when I go back." ”

Chen Ping'an asked, "Have you thought about it?"

Liu Chongrun was still looking around curiously, and said casually: "I have thought about it, a bookkeeper who can be escorted by Liu Laozu personally, how dare I be lazy, and I can't find death?"

Chen Ping'an said: "Our business may need to be put on hold for a while. ”

Liu Chongrun said angrily: "Chen Ping'an, what are you playing with me? Who went to Baoguang Pavilion to take the initiative to do business with me before, and now I will give you a personal answer, and you will start to put up a fight with me? Why, when you meet Liu Laozu, you want to raise the price? Okay, you make a price! I want to see if you have the face to say that you have both people and money." ”

Chen Ping'an stared at Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the deceased country, "If it weren't for the island owner who had come to visit Qingxia Island so many times before, if you went tonight, I wouldn't let you sit here and scold, but really draw a line with you, do you really don't know, or are you pretending to be confused? You can wait patiently on Zhuchai Island, you will only cause Zhuchai Island to fall into a whirlpool, once I fail, Zhuchai Island will not even be able to keep the current family business!" Liu Chongrun, let me ask you the same question again, what are you thinking?"

Liu Chongrun said with a smile: "The country is broken, I have survived, now there is no chance of the country being broken, at most it is a family death, what are you afraid of?"

Chen Ping'an's mind suddenly moved slightly, and he looked at the door of the house.

Liu Chongrun was slightly surprised, could it be that Chen Ping'an was really a rumored Jindan sword cultivator from the outside world? Otherwise, why could he have such a keen perception.

Because outside, an uninvited guest came, sneaky, like a pickled man who often eavesdrops on the roots of other people's walls.

Chen Ping'an winked at Liu Chongrun, and then said coldly: "Island Master Liu, let me repeat again, I will not accept the female cultivator of Zhuhai Island as a personal maid! This is not a matter of how much fairy money ......"

As a result, Liu Chongrun didn't pick up at all, but complained: "I didn't expect you Chen Ping'an to be such a negative person, I misjudged you!"

Liu Chongrun got up suddenly, opened the door, and swept away.

Chen Ping'an looked sluggish.

Standing up stubbornly, he came to the door, and after a while, Zhu Xianfu's ghost Xiu Ma walked over with a smile.

Chen Ping'an just wanted to explain, but Ma Yuanzhi was full of surprise and joy, and patted Chen Ping'an on the shoulder, "No need to explain, I know, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is deliberately angry with me, and wants me to be jealous, Chen Ping'an, this favor, I owe you, and in the future, I will marry Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and you will be the first hero!"

Ma Yuanzhi rubbed his hands and left laughing.

Chen Ping'an stood in place and said to himself, "This is okay?"

Chen Ping'an was amazed.

Walked to the edge of the ferry, squatted down, pinched a snowball, thought about it, and simply built a snowman, embedded a few grains of charcoal as a nose and eyes, and clapped his hands.

Chen Ping'an thought about it, and piled another one next to him, looking a little "slim and slender".

That's what I was satisfied with.

Regarding the love between men and women, Chen Ping'an really didn't understand the "truth" in the past, he could only think about what to do, even if he traveled twice, and there was a three-hundred-year flow of time in the lotus flower blessed land, but he was even more puzzled, especially the Zhou Fei in the lotus flower blessed land, and now Jiang Shangzhen of the Yugui Sect, which made him puzzled, why there are so many brilliant women in the lotus flower blessed land in the Spring Tide Palace, who are willing to die for such an amorous and almost indiscriminate man, and really like it.

Now I understand a little.

It's like one law and ten thousand laws.

The people around you are unreasonable, and the people around you have the strength to bully outsiders, but they will be very relieved.

In the market, in the temples and rivers, on the mountains and under the mountains, throughout the ages, even if one is added, there will be many such people.

The lotus flower blessed land, the spring tide palace Zhou Fei, is notorious in the rivers and lakes, why can so many women finally be able to give up, this is one of the reasons.

The world both hates and worships the strong.

This is one of the fundamentals of human nature.

It's not that all the women in the world, but just those women who are in the Spring Tide Palace, deep in their hearts, like an echo in the underworld, constantly reverberating outside their hearts, the bewitchment of that voice, like the most pious monks chanting, like the most hard-working Confucian students in the world. That voice kept telling them that they only needed to give their own one to Zhou Fei, and Zhou Fei could actually take more one from elsewhere. And in fact, it is only said that in the blessed land of lotus flowers, where the bottleneck of martial arts is not high, the truth is exactly this, and they are indeed right. Even if the Spring Tide Palace in the lotus flower blessed land is moved to Tongyezhou, and Zhou Fei becomes Jiang Shangzhen, it is also applicable.

Unless it was Jiang Shangzhen who provoked Du Mao and others, or left and right.

Just like what Gu Can did, he was able to completely convince himself, and even the people around him.

Gu Can's reasoning, on his side, was seamless, so even he Chen Ping'an, the people Gu Can cared about so much, couldn't convince him, until Gu Can and Little Loach met Liu Laocheng of Gongliu Island.

You like to be unreasonable, and you may be able to live an extraordinarily happy life within a certain rule, but the road is long, and there will be a day when no matter how big your fist is, there will be someone bigger than your fist who will kill you casually.

Chen Ping'an met Du Mao, there was accident and inevitability.

When Gu Can met Liu Laocheng, it was only inevitable, but that time, Liu Laocheng appeared early, and Chen Ping'an was caught off guard.

However, no matter what kind of heart it is, as Liu Laocheng said on the ferry, he doesn't know whether his fate with people is good or evil.

If Gu Can meets Liu Laocheng, it is inevitable.

So isn't it inevitable that Chen Ping'an came to Shujian Lake by himself, fell into a dead end, and begged for hardship?

The same is.

Even in the future, there will be all kinds of inevitability, quietly waiting for Chen Ping'an to face it, some good and some bad.

This is the so-called Taoist blessing and misfortune, but people call themselves.

It's just about the complicated matter of being unreasonable.

Chen Ping'an only recently realized that it was in the middle of the lake that day, knocked on the dishes and chopsticks, and the cool breeze was full of it, and he figured it out.

That is the most interesting thing in the world, there is no one who has the biggest fist, is the Holy Ancestor and the Rite Saint, the two of them happen to be the most reasonable people in the world.

At that moment, even if Chen Ping'an had a great disappointment in people's hearts after arriving at Shujian Lake, and then there were some dots of hope, but no matter what, at that moment, Chen Ping'an suddenly liked the world a little.

He wanted that one day in the future, if he had already been to Beiju Luzhou, and then been to the Inverted Hanging Mountain and the Great Wall of Sword Qi, after that, he must go to the Middle Earth Divine Continent, meet the old man Wen Sheng again, and talk to him about what he saw and heard after the separation, and the bittersweets, next time, he must accompany the old man to have a good drink, and no longer let the old man be lonely and greedy.

He even had to muster up the courage and ask the old gentleman if he could let himself meet the two older old gentlemen, of course, he could wait for the two saints to be free.

At the thought of this seemingly presumptuous and rude thought, the young bookkeeper smiled on his face.

How good or bad is the world? Does it matter? It matters.

Is it that important? Not necessarily.

In the night, Chen Ping'an squatted down, looked at the two snowmen side by side, smiled brightly, and grimaced at them: "That's right, the surname is Chen, and Miss Ning." Alas, you are talking, don't patronize Qingqing and me, I know that you like each other very much......"

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At the end of the year, it was already approaching the Chinese New Year's Eve, but the bookkeeper of Qingxia Island took a tall boy named Zeng Ye and began his third trip.

And directly left the boundary of Shujian Lake, crossed the southern pass of Shihao Country, and went north.

On this day, stay overnight at Lingguan Temple.