The atmosphere in the Patriarch Hall of Chunlupu is a little weird, some people are in a heavy mood, it is a few old people who live in a simple place, and there are a few worshippers and guests who practice in Chunlupu.

Some people look at the excitement and are not in a bad mood, such as Tang Xi, the owner of the Zhaoye Thatched Cottage who is in the last place, and the mentor of the ferry Jindan Song Lanqiao, this old woman glanced at Tang Xi, who had an indifferent relationship in the past, and both nodded lightly, with some faint smiles in their eyes.

Some people have mixed feelings, such as Tan Ling, who is sitting on the throne.

Because Song Lanqiao sent two flying swords to the Patriarch Hall in succession, the first secret letter was that there was a foreign monk with an unfathomable realm, the fairy appearance of a young man in white, who took the cross-continent ferry of the Phi Ma Sect to the Bone Beach, and smashed a magic weapon rainstorm to Jingguan City, and Gao Cheng and the Ghost Valley were not moved, and it seemed that he was quite afraid of this person. The second secret letter said that this person claimed to be a student of the young sword immortal, and kept calling the young man surnamed Chen as sir, with a strange temperament and difficult to guess.

Tan Ling handed over the two secret letters to everyone to circulate, and when the secret letters were returned to his hands, he gently put them in his sleeve and said: "I have personally sent a flying sword to the Muyi Mountain of the Phi Ma Sect to inquire about the origin of this person, but I have not replied to the letter for the time being. Ladies and gentlemen, is there a good way to deal with our Spring Dew Garden? We can't all hope for the Phi Ma Sect, because this person obviously has a good relationship with Muyi Mountain. Moreover, I guess that Mr. Chen is the sword cultivator who sacrificed the sword with Liu Jianxian of the Taihui Sword Sect in the territory of Fuhui Country last year. ”

There was silence in the ancestral hall, and the needle drop could be heard.

Chunlupu is also regarded as the top mountain in the second-rate immortal family forces in Beiju Luzhou, similar to the Thunder God Mansion and Lion Peak in Baby Mountain, with a good reputation, a wide range of friends, and a deep heritage. The embarrassing situation of Chunlupu lies in the fact that Tan Ling cannot break the bottleneck of Yuanying in this life, and is destined to have no hope of going to the Five Realms.

Now facing the pair of gentlemen and students, it seems to be very busy.

Tan Ling asked again: "Tang Xi, what do you think of that ...... What is Mr. Chen's temperament?"

This title made Tan Ling's face a little unnatural.

Tang Xi, who was sitting closest to the gate of the Patriarch Hall, stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the handle of the chair, carefully brewed the wording, and said slowly: "The cultivation is high and low, I can't see clearly, the origin of the identity is even more cloudy, but only when it comes to doing business, Mr. Chen pays attention to justice." ”

The Spring Dew Garden Patriarch Hall is deliberating, and today is the first time that Tan Ling has solemnly asked Tang Xi's suggestion.

The old woman smiled and said: "Chen Gongzi is a person, he is very polite, he is a very well-behaved young man, you may not have dealt with each other, I don't know very well, anyway, I like the old woman very much, Chen Gongzi took the initiative to visit twice, and the old woman accepted a spiritual weapon and a small Xuanbi tea cake in vain. Chen Gongzi himself said, 'It's not more than three, save together', but my wife and my family are thin, I don't know if it will be a spring dew garden, and the return gift will be shabby, and it will be a joke in vain. ”

The old woman's words, there are words in the words, and there are mysteries everywhere.

Tan Ling smiled a little more, "Senior Sister Lin doesn't need to worry about this matter, Senior Sister Lin can choose a passable gift from the Spring Dew Garden Ancestral Hall today." ”

The old woman smiled and said: "Senior sister, isn't this going to make our Spring Dew Garden break the bank? It's not suitable, isn't it? The old woman actually smashed the pot and sold iron, and then borrowed some fairy money from that unsuccessful disciple Song Lanqiao, she could also make up a magic weapon." ”

Tan Ling looked as usual, and said with a smile: "Don't bother Song Lanqiao, Song Lanqiao has worked hard for so many years, and it is not easy to take care of the ferry business for Chunlupu. ”

The old woman pretended to say suddenly: "Senior Sister Tan is a Yuanying Great Monk, and her memory is better than me, the unpromising Jindan Senior Sister, and the bad old woman almost forgot that she still has Song Lanqiao, a Jindan disciple who has been running around all year round." ”

The old foxes in the Patriarch Hall cheered up more and more, listening to the tone, this old woman wants to pull her disciples into the Patriarch Hall?

This is no small matter.

"Not to mention my hard-working disciple, this child was born without a blessed life. ”

I didn't think that the old woman would quickly change her words, and she didn't mention the stubble of adding seats to the ancestral hall, the old woman just turned her head to look at Tang Xi, and said slowly: "Our Tang worship is even more difficult than Song Lanqiao, not only hard work, but also great credit, how can you still sit in the most door-to-door position? Half of the business of the Spring Dew Garden, but it is in the night grass hall, if I remember correctly, the chair of the ancestor hall is still built with money and efforts in the night grass hall, we old things who live a stable life, we have to talk about a little conscience." If you want me to see it, it is better for me to change positions with Tang Xi, and I will move to the door and sit there, which will save Senior Sister Tan and you from embarrassing. ”

Tang Xi immediately got up, clenched his fists and bent over, and said in a deep voice: "By all means, Tang is a businessman, his cultivation qualifications are poor, and the business at hand, although it is not small, it can only be achieved by relying on the spring dew garden. To be able to discuss matters with you in the Patriarch's Hall is to be greedy for the merits of the heavens, how dare you think about it again. ”

The old woman broke her mouth and said: "Tang Xi, you are such a daughter, and now you are about to get married, the Wei family, the in-laws of the Tiemo Mansion of the Daguan Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor, don't you think about you Tang Xi in the Patriarch Hall of Chunlupu, not a doorkeeper? Those gossips, you Tang Xi has a wide heart, a large measure, and you can stand it, and I am an outsider who listens to it and feels uncomfortable, uncomfortable." The old woman didn't have any congratulatory gifts, so she could only change the seat position with Tang Xi, which was considered to be a little bit of a small effort. ”

In fact, there is an old ancestor who is in charge of money in Chunlupu, but Tang Xi is recognized as the god of wealth in Chunlupu, compared with the reputation of the former, Tang Xi is obviously more convincing to the public inside and outside Chunlupu.

The old woman took a bite of Tang Xi.

This is not disrespectful, but a clear intimacy.

An old man in charge of the treasury of the Patriarch Hall had a pale face and sneered: "Aren't we discussing how to deal with it? Why did we talk about the marriage of the daughter of Tang Enshrined? If in the future, this Patriarch Hall with strict rules can step on the watermelon skin and slide wherever it is, then should we talk about the gloomy tea in the Bone Beach, is it good or not? Do you want to prepare a few catties in the Patriarch Hall, next time we will drink tea while casually chatting about trivial matters, and talk for seven or eight hours?"

The old woman smiled and said: "On the side of the high-ranking senior brother Gao, the marriage of Tang Xi's only daughter, and the personal friendship between Chunlupu and the emperor of the Daguan Dynasty are of course trivial matters. ”

The old ancestor of Chunlupu, who was in charge of the money, stretched out his hand and pressed the handle of the chair heavily, and said angrily: "The surname Lin, don't confuse the public here!

The old woman snorted and sneered: "It turns out that it's not." ”

Tang Xi smiled slightly bitterly and began to hold his breath and concentrate, this new ally was still a little impatient. If he adds fuel to the fire at this time, the gains will outweigh the losses, so it is better to wait and see what happens.

Tan Ling waved his hand lightly, "These are naturally not trivial matters. When we solve this urgent need, we will talk, and it is today. First of all, we strive to determine the departure date of the other party, and secondly, during this period, how to solve the trouble smoothly, as for whether we can climb this incense, I talk about the mausoleum, or the spring dew garden, do not expect, do not force. In the end, who will come forward, you will sum up, give a candidate, is Song Lanqiao, or whoever it is, you can do it, I will also say the ugly words in front, no matter what the final result is, whether it is good or bad, Chunlupu should be credited to this person, once the result does not meet expectations, if someone dares to say irresponsible things afterwards, turn over old accounts, and talk coldly, don't blame me for talking about the tomb and moving out of the ancestral family law. ”

Speaking of this, Tan Ling smiled, "If you feel that you need me to talk about it in person, as long as it is the result of the discussion of the Ancestor Hall, I have no shirk of my responsibility to talk about Ling." If I fail to do a good job, you have some complaints, even if you are condemned in the ancestral hall in the future, I will accept it as the lord of a mountain. ”

After a stick of incense, Tang Xi took the lead in leaving the ancestral hall.

The rest of the people in the Patriarch Hall waited for news.

The old woman smiled to herself: "Who does things, who shrinks eggs, at a glance." ”

That's right

Tan Ling frowned.

The old man was furious, "Lin Saga, you say it again?!"

The old woman asked rhetorically, "Behind the ears?"

Tan Ling said in a deep voice: "Gao Song, Lin Sheng'e, shut up for me!"

The old man and the old woman smiled angrily, and finally stopped talking about the thimble.

Tan Ling sighed in his heart, these two brothers and sisters who had almost become immortal Taoist couples, the grievances and hatreds between them were unclear, and they were messy.

A Chunlu Pu Keqing suddenly said: "Talking about the mountain master, do you want to use the magic power of palm to view the mountains and rivers to check the signs on the other side of the Yuying Cliff? Once Tang Xi is self-defeating, we should prepare in advance." ”

The old woman smiled and said, "The one behind the ear is here, and the blind one is here again." ”

Tan Ling and the guest secretary both ignored Lin Saga's cynicism, Tan Ling shook his head, "This matter is not appropriate." The other party is at least an old Yuanying, it is very likely to be a senior of the Yupu Realm, Yuanying can say that if it is the Yupu Realm, no matter how careful I am, this person will detect the clues, then Tang Xi will go to the Yuying Cliff, and it will be in danger. ”

The old woman said in a strange manner: "Hasn't Tang Xi always been an outsider in the Spring Dew Garden? There are many people who covet his family business, there are many people in the Ancestral Master Hall, Tang Xi died in vain, and used Tang Xi's industry to destroy wealth and eliminate disasters, and settled the displeasure of Chen Gongzi and his students, maybe the Spring Dew Garden will still make money." ”

The guest smiled bitterly.

Tan Ling was extremely annoyed, stood up, and glared at the old woman who spoke harshly like a knife today, "Lin Saga, do you still want to help Song Lanqiao have a place in the Ancestral Hall?!"

The old woman smiled, "Don't say it, don't say it, it's not like my wife didn't talk in the past, it's rare for the sun to come out in the west today, so I can't help but say more." As long as my disciple can enter the Patriarch Hall, even if Song Lanqiao can only hold a small bench against the threshold and be a door god, I, Lin Saga, can guarantee here that how I was a dumb person in the past will still be how I will be in the future. ”

After the old woman said this, she looked out of the gate of the Patriarch Hall.

Tan Ling originally wanted to scold a few words angrily, lest Lin Sheng'e have to make an inch in the future, but when he saw the old woman's dry face, he was a little unbearable.

What's more, there should be a few people who are willing to really do things in the Ancestral Hall of Chunlupu.

Tang Xi of the Night Cottage, Song Lanqiao, who has been in charge of the ferry for many years, and Lin Saga, who has made a promise today, the three have formed an alliance, and the appearance of this small hill in the Spring Dew Garden, Tan Ling feels that it is not all bad.

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Tang Xi did not travel far away against the wind, but took a spring dew garden talisman boat and came to the Yuying Cliff.

Before putting away Fu Zhou, Tang Xi found from afar that the young sword immortal in a green shirt was actually touching stones in the stream with the young man in white, which was really leisurely and elegant.

Chen Ping'an heard that Song Lanqiao's ferry would arrive at Fushuidu tomorrow, so he waited with Cui Dongshan, returned to the stream, touched the stones in the water, picked and chosen, and listened to Cui Dongshan talk about this cross-continent trip.

After talking about the Bone Beach and Jingguan City, Chen Ping'an asked a question, Zhu Quan, the sect leader of the Phi Ma Sect, was stationed in that town, and with Gao Cheng's cultivation and the soldiers and horses of Jingguan City and the vassal forces, could he pull out this nail in one go.

Cui Dongshan did not hesitate, and said very simply, if Zhu Quan is willing to live alone, of course he can slip away and return to Muyi Mountain, but according to Zhu Quan's temper, ten out of ten is to fight to the death in the Ghost Snake Valley, fight for his own life and Qinglu Town's formation, but also let Jingguan City hurt his muscles and bones, so that the next generation of Muyi Mountain can grow up, such as Du Wensi, a Jindan bottleneck monk who has been stationed in Qinglu Town for many years, and a disciple of the ancestor hall, the young Pang Lanxi.

However, Cui Dongshan also said that Gao Cheng treated Zhu Quan a little differently, so he didn't want to tear his face.

Chen Ping'an smiled and asked, "How long have you been in the Bone Beach, and you know so much?"

Cui Dongshan said with a smile: "Seeing the subtleties is one of the few skills of students. ”

Then Cui Dongshan whispered: "Gao Cheng's roots in this life, the student's trip to Beiju Luzhou, a small harvest, coupled with the contribution of the Phi Ma Sect, now Gao Cheng's accurate birth date, hometown, ancestral tomb feng shui, have all been handed." These are originally indifferent things, and the immortal realm monks in Beiju Luzhou can't rely on these how to embarrass Jingguan City, and it's just a matter of tickling to die, but it's a pity that Gao Cheng met a student me, so it doesn't matter. ”

Chen Ping'an picked up a snow-white pebble, put it in the front pocket of the rolled up green shirt and gown, and said: "Doing things on Zhou Mili, Gao Cheng has done the most inauthentic thing. ”

Cui Dongshan nodded and said, "It's just not human." ”

Cui Dongshan immediately said: "Brother Gao is not a human being. ”

Chen Ping'an glanced at Cui Dongshan.

Cui Dongshan blinked, "Brother Gao now has a little brother, but it's a pity that the student didn't take it with him on this trip to the north. ”

Chen Ping'an asked, "It's similar to the scholar boy next to Mr. Li?"

Cui Dongshan nodded, "One is used to practice, and the other is carefully carved, which is a little different." ”

Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but still said: "If we can, we had better one day be able to really treat people as people." However, it is up to you to judge the trade-off, I am just saying what you think, not necessarily how you are. ”

Cui Dongshan's eyes were bright, more youthful than a teenager, and he smiled: "Since Mr. said yes, why can't the students." ”

The two of them noticed Tang Xi and Fu Zhou successively, so they stopped talking.

Tang Xi slowly came to the bank of the stream and saluted, "Tang Xi in the night cottage, meet Mr. Chen." ”

Chen Ping'an pulled a bag of pebbles in one hand, walked ashore, and greeted Tang Xi with a smile.

Behind him, Cui Dongshan had bigger pebbles in his front pocket, and he had to pull them with both hands, which looked a little funny.

Chen Ping'an and Tang Xi walked side by side, and the latter said bluntly: "Mr. Chen, there are some worries over there in the Spring Dew Garden, so I dared to invite a gong and took the initiative to come here to disturb Mr. Chen's Qing Xiu. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: " Tang Xianshi, you let Mrs. Tan just rest assured, my disciple and I will soon take the ferry of the Song seniors, and we need to go to the Bone Beach immediately, the two of us will never cause trouble for the Spring Dew Garden, otherwise it will be too kind to take revenge, from this Yuying Cliff, to the grasshopper shop on Lao Huai Street, and then to Tang Immortal Master and Lin Seniors, we have inherited too much love for the Spring Dew Garden, and when we arrive at the Muyi Mountain of the Phi Ma Sect, I will strive to talk to the acquaintances over there to say good things about the Spring Dew Garden, and I also hope that the Phi Ma Sect and the Spring Dew Garden, which already have an old friendship, can go further by buying and selling on both sides。 It's just that I'm soft-spoken, and I can't guarantee whether my words will be useful or not. If I have these beautiful words, I will make a silent drift on the side of Muyi Mountain, and I hope to visit the Spring Dew Garden again in the future, and don't close the door of Tang Immortal's Zhaoye Thatched Cottage, so let me have a cup of tea. ”

Tang Xi was relieved, and there was still a little sincere gratitude, and he thanked him again, "Mr. Chen's great kindness, Tang Xi remembers it in his heart!"

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "Over at the shop, the shopkeeper Wang Tingfang takes care of it very well, and Tang Immortal Master doesn't have to worry too much in the future, otherwise I will feel guilty when I hear it, and the shopkeeper Wang will inevitably be nervous." ”

Tang Xi nodded and said: "Since Mr. Chen has spoken, I will let Wang Tingfang go by himself, but Mr. Chen can rest assured, Chunlupu said that it is big and big, and it is small and small, if there is really the slightest mistake, I will beat Wang Tingfang's kid." is so comfortable to make money, if you dare to slack off for a moment, it is a problem with your conscience, it is because I have no way to discipline the night grass hall, and I have failed Mr. Chen's kindness, if this is the case, the next time Mr. Chen comes to my night grass hall to drink tea, I Tang Xi drank first and punished myself with three cups before I dared to drink tea with Mr. Chen. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled and nodded.

Tang Xi acted resolutely, said goodbye and left, and said bluntly, saying that he was going to return to the ancestral hall to make a difference.

This time, he didn't take a slow Fu boat, and left directly against the wind.

From beginning to end, Cui Dongshan did not speak.

Chen Ping'an turned his head to look at Cui Dongshan, "With you, it's rare for me to be a fox and a fake tiger." ”

Cui Dongshan said seriously: "Mr. scolding students is justified. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled angrily: "What's the matter." ”

When the two came to the pavilion, Chen Ping'an sat on the steps, and Cui Dongshan sat on the side, intentionally or unintentionally, one step shorter.

The two have piled together the pebbles that "can't eat and walk around".

Cui Dongshan leaned his elbows on the high steps behind him, leaned back, and looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance.

Chen Ping'an smoothed his sleeves and trousers, and kept his bare feet, his shoes were on the side of the gazebo behind him, and the tips of his boots were facing the bench.

Cui Dongshan's walking stick, leaning against the pavilion pillar.

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "When I was an apprentice in the dragon kiln, I looked at the soil everywhere I went, whether it was suitable for firing porcelain, and when I was a burden, I thought about making money everywhere I went, and whether I could accumulate my belongings." ”

Chen Ping'an sighed with emotion, "Rubbing that purple gold soil is a big deal." The matter of burning porcelain in the opening room is a major event in the big thing, the previous blank and glaze, even if it looked beautiful before, the back was fired wrong, it was not a top matter, as long as there was a little mistake, it would fall short, dozens of people, at least half a year's hard work, all in vain, so the opening of the room, has always been stared at by the old man Yao himself, even if it is a proud disciple like Liu Xianyang, he will not let it. Old man Yao would sit on the bench and watch the kiln fire in person. But Old Man Yao often said that the porcelain entered the kiln, whether it was successful or not, good or bad, good and better, and then it was the fire, after all, it still depended on fate. In fact, it is also the case, most of them have become fragments of porcelain mountain, at that time I heard that because it is the emperor's royal thing, rather lack than indiscriminate, a little bit of meaning, but also to fall to a sham, at that time, I feel that the old man in his hometown said that old words, what the sky is high and the emperor is far away, it is really very touching. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled, "But at that moment, I felt that the top of the old locust tree was very high, and the pointed head of the old porcelain mountain was also high." As for the ones that are not far away, they probably go to the mountains to chop wood and burn charcoal, that is, they are far away. At least it's much farther than going up the mountain to collect medicine when I was a child. ”

Cui Dongshan has been stunned.

Hearing this, Cui Dongshan said softly: "When I was a child, I was locked in the attic to study, I was not tall, I didn't feel it, I could only look into the distance through the small window. At that time, the most hated is books, I have a good memory, never forget, in fact, I remembered, at that time I swore that I would study with a teacher in the future, I must find a shallow knowledge, a small collection of books, will not manage people's husband, and then I found the old Xiucai who was starving in the alley, at first I really didn't think that the old Xiucai was knowledgeable, and later, I found out that I was looking for a gentleman casually, knowledge, in fact, a little high. Later, Lao Xiucai, who had not yet made a career, traveled all over the world, ate a lot of closed doors, and met many real readers, and when Lao Xiucai said that he wanted to go back to compile a book, he felt that he had gone a long way. Lao Xiucai swore at that time, saying that if this book was printed, it would sell at least 1,000 copies! It would definitely be sold to other states and counties. When he shouted this, Lao Xiucai had a loud voice, and I knew that he was empty-hearted. ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "She chose me because of Mr. Qi, and it had almost nothing to do with me Chen Ping'an at first." You beg me to be your husband with a dead face, in fact, it is the same as the old gentleman who apprentices to you, and it has little to do with me Chen Ping'an himself, at the earliest. ”

Cui Dongshan wanted to speak.

Chen Ping'an waved his hand and continued: "But it doesn't matter much, it still has a relationship, because at a certain moment, it is the one, the whatever, or even the one in ten thousand, which is very small, but it is the beginning of everything." This kind of thing is not new to me, and even for me, there is a bigger one, which is the whole of many things. For example, after my father left, my mother was sick, and I was the one of all, and if I didn't do something, I really had nothing, nothing. Back then, the door of Gu Can's yard and the bowl of rice on the table at their house were all one, and if they didn't open the door, Chen Ping'an in Mud Bottle Lane might be able to change their way of living, but Chen Ping'an, who was sitting here talking to you today, would definitely be gone. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ping'an clenched his fists lightly and knocked on his heart, "When we are very concerned about this world, we will live a very hard life." ”

Chen Ping'an turned his head and said with a smile: "But coincidentally, I'm afraid of everything, but I'm not afraid of hardship, I even feel that the more hardships I endure, the more I prove that I live in the world." There is no way, if you don't think like this, you will have to live a harder life. ”

Chen Ping'an looked at the young man in white, "Only in this matter, you are not as good as me, and the disciple is not as good as Mr." But this matter, don't learn it, it's not that it's bad, but you don't use it. ”

Cui Dongshan nodded.

Chen Ping'an leaned back, folded his hands under the back of his head, and said softly: "Pei Qian suddenly practiced martial arts because of Cao Qinglang." ”

Cui Dongshan snorted.

Pei Qian has already started to practice martial arts, which is guessed by the gentleman himself, why he practices martial arts, even more so.

Chen Ping'an said: "Then when I meet, I will tell her that she can miss her predecessor Cui, but she doesn't have to feel guilty." If Pei Qian nodded and agreed, but couldn't do it, it would be better. I'm sure she'll do the same. Pei Qian, you, me, we are actually the same, we all know the truth, but we can't get over that heart. So when I grow up, every time I go back to my hometown, whether it's thinking or walking, I have to worry about it, and the older I get, the more I can't see it. For Pei Qian, the down-and-out mangosteen building is her heart. Nan Yuanguo's heart, Senior Cui can take her over, Senior Cui is gone, the new heart is over, and I can't go through it in this life. But I feel that there are some heart difficulties, and I have stayed on the road of my heart for the rest of my life, and I can't erase it, so I can only sneak around it, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

Chen Ping'an finally said: "I'm most afraid that I feel that I have a clear conscience, I feel good conscience, I take it for granted, and I feel how I feel." ”

Cui Dongshan turned his head to look, and the gentleman had stopped talking, closed his eyes, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Cui Dongshan also closed his eyes, and his thoughts drifted away.

Only the sound of the water is murmuring, such as saying the word, the mountain is high and dangerous, but there is no word, such as the word Jie.

Cui Dongshan was a little relieved, so he also fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, Cui Dongshan suddenly said: "Seeing that the little treasure bottle and Pei Qian have grown up, how sad you are, sir." So how relieved Qi Jingchun was to see that his husband had grown up. ”

Chen Ping'an didn't speak, and seemed to be still asleep.

Cui Dongshan stopped talking, was silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking, "Sir?"

Chen Ping'an said softly: "Yes." ”