The night was deep, and after surviving the most sleepy time, Sui Jingcheng actually lost his sleepiness, there is a night owl saying in the romance, she feels that she is now herself.

The method of breathing recorded in that booklet is at noon, different solar terms, and the time of daytime practice is slightly different, and there are four words at the end of the volume that are extremely moving: The day is rising.

Previously, on the occasion of parting from the official road, the old squire took off the bamboo robe that was as thin as a cicada's wings, and gave it to his daughter Sui Jingcheng.

The man had been practicing the boring stake all the time.

Sui Jingcheng got up and went around to pick up some dead branches, and did the same, first baking them around the bonfire, dispersing the stagnant water contained in the dead branches, and not throwing them directly into the fire.

Over the years, her practice has stumbled and been very unsmooth, because there is no Master to guide the way, and the content contained in that booklet, except for a practical supernatural ability to control the golden hairpin like a flying sword, so that Sui Jingcheng has learned seven or eight percent, and the rest of the text is like a Taoist scripture The beginning of the meaning of the things is too outlined, volleying and empty, making it confusing, just like the person who casually said before, "The truth is inevitably false" , and no one helped her review and solve the obstacles, so even since she read and understood words, Sui Jingcheng has been pondering that booklet since she was a child, and she still feels that she has never been able to do it, so at the age of her early thirties, she is still a bottleneck qi practitioner in the second realm.

Sui Jingcheng was actually a little hesitant, whether to take the initiative to take out the bamboo clothes, the golden hairpin and the booklet three immortal things, if the sword immortal senior with great powers took a fancy to it, she actually didn't care, but she was afraid that the person would mistakenly think that she was shaking the little wit again, and she was self-defeating more than once.

Chen Ping'an stopped his fist, sat back by the bonfire, stretched out his hand and said, "Help you save a worry, bring it." ”

Sui Jingcheng carefully took out three golden hairpins from his sleeve, a booklet that was as bright as new and without the slightest wear, and the title of the ancient seal book was "Shangshang Xuanxuan Collection".

Sui Jingcheng said softly: "Senior, the hairpin is a little weird, since I was a child, I have been implicated since I was a child, others hold it, it will be burned, in the early years, there was a maid who tried to steal the golden hairpin, but the whole palm was burned, and the pain was rolling all over the ground, and soon alarmed the other people in the house, and then even if the injury on the hand was healed, the person seemed to have lost soul, sometimes sober and sometimes stupid, somehow." ”

"It's fine. ”

Chen Ping'an took the booklet with one hand, spread it out with the other, Sui Jingcheng lightly handed, three treasures of light flowing, colorful golden hairpin fell on Chen Ping'an's palm, the golden hairpin trembled slightly, but Chen Ping'an's palm was safe and sound, Chen Ping'an looked at it for a moment, and said slowly: "The golden hairpin is your natal object, the refining in the world is divided into three grades, small refining and turning into void, can barely be included in the monk's Qifu acupoint, but anyone can snatch it, after refining, you can open a fairy family magic weapon for all kinds of wonderful uses, just like ...... This nameless mountain, with mountain gods and ancestral temples in the town, the great refining is the natal object. The worldly master who gave you these three chances is a real master, and the Taoism cannot but be said to be very mysterious, at least the earth immortal is undoubted, maybe it may be a Yuanying monk. As for why this man gave you a mountaineering trail, but abandoned you for thirty or forty years......"

Sui Jingcheng, who had been listening with his ears up, said softly: "It's only thirty-two years. ”

The man smiled and said, "Do you want to talk about it in a few months?"

Sui Jingcheng looked embarrassed.

Chen Ping'an first put the booklet on his knees, twisted a golden hairpin with two fingers, and gently tapped the other palm of his hand, crisp as the sound of gold and stone, every time he struck, there was a circle of light rippling, Chen Ping'an raised his head and said: "These three golden hairpins are a complete set of magic weapons, which seem to be exactly the same, but in fact, they are named 'Lingsu Qingwei', 'Wenqing Shenxiao' and 'Taixia Serving Ghosts'." Most of them are related to the thunder law of the head of all laws. ”

Sui Jingcheng looked incredulous, and said with heartfelt emotion: "The predecessors are really well-informed and know everything!"

These are her heartfelt words.

No matter how you look at the three golden hairpins, there is no difference, and even the name can break the sky?

Chen Ping'an glanced at her, "There is an inscription on the golden hairpin, the words are extremely small, your cultivation is too low, so you can't see it." ”

Sui Jingcheng's face stiffened.

Chen Ping'an gently threw the three golden hairpins back to Sui Jingcheng, began to flip through the booklet with the strange name, frowned, and immediately closed it after only turning two pages.

The words on the page of this "Shangshang Xuanxuan Collection", when I opened it, the treasure flashed, even Chen Ping'an's eyesight and memory, I couldn't remember the general idea of a page of text, just like an originally orderly battlefield battle array, which instantly scattered by itself and became disorderly and chaotic. Don't think about it, it's another Sui Jingcheng natal object, it is very likely that Sui Jingcheng can only see the text when he opens it, even if Chen Ping'an asks her to turn the pages with the book, what the two see is still a world of difference.

Chen Ping'an beckoned Sui Jingcheng to sit beside him, and asked her to flip through the book and browse, Sui Jingcheng stared in confusion, just do it, Chen Ping'an quickly asked her to put away the booklet, and said: "This immortal family technique, the rank is not low, but it is not complete, the person who gave the book back then should have very high expectations for you, but it can't let you be a preacher and be your protector again, so this walk is more than 30 years." ”

Sui Jingcheng held the golden hairpin in one hand and the book in the other, with a smile on his face, and his heart was happy, which was even stronger than when she learned what kind of "Sui family jade" she was.

Chen Ping'an began to close his eyes and recuperate, and his hands gently held the golden thunder whip that was refined into a green bamboo.

On the "green bamboo", there is no text, only a series of notches, densely packed.

Sui Jingcheng suddenly asked, "That robe called bamboo clothes, do you want to take a look at it?"

Chen Ping'an opened his eyes, his face was strange, seeing her sincere and eager to try, Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "Don't look at it, it must be a good immortal treasure, a magic robe, it has never been precious, practice on the mountain, there are many fights, generally speaking, the qi practitioner will have two natal objects, one main attack and one main defense, since the master gave you three golden hairpins, most of the bamboo robes are consistent with the quality." ”

Sui Jingcheng was a little unconscious, his face was slightly red, and he no longer spoke.

After a moment of silence, the man no longer practiced boxing and walking, but began to concentrate like a monk, breathing long, faintly, Sui Jingcheng only felt that there seemed to be layers of brilliance circulating on his body, one bright as a lamp, and one soft as the moon. Sui Jingcheng only thinks that this sword immortal predecessor is a person who has attained the Tao, and the weather is myriad, even if she is a little bit of a Taoist, she can also see the clues, in fact, Sui Jingcheng is indeed a very qualified cultivator, and she can't see the golden hairpin inscription, which is limited by her eyesight, and she can see Chen Ping'an's vision at the moment, because she is talented, and her perception of the aura of heaven and earth is far better than that of ordinary monks in the Five Realms.

Sui Jingcheng suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a long time, and still felt that the matter was not small, so he had to ask: "Senior, the reason why Uncle Cao Fu Xiao traveled here at night, the reason why he acted in a twists and turns, and acted sneakily, in addition to not wanting to attract the attention of the Great Seal Dynasty and a certain emperor of a small northern country, was it the master who gave me the opportunity back then, they were also very jealous?" Maybe Master Cao Fu, what kind of Jindan Earth Immortal, as well as the Master and Ancestor of the Palace Master of the Golden Scale Palace, are unwilling to show up, and it is similar to when blocking the road, Cao Fu let the sword-wielding Jianghu martial artist take the lead in showing up, testing whether the predecessor of the Sword Immortal is hiding aside, is the same reason?"

Chen Ping'an opened his eyes again, smiling silently.

This Sui Jingcheng has a really good heart.

Chen Ping'an patiently explained: "The monks on the mountain, once they have a feud, it is easy to entangle them for a hundred years. This is the rules of the mountains and the rivers and lakes, and the rules of the rivers and lakes, Cao Fu Xiao and Uncle Xiao despise the rivers and lakes from the bottom of his heart, thinking that if he steps on the mountain, he can kick in the rivers and lakes to the end, all of them are small fish and shrimp, but they don't understand the taboos and complicated situation on the mountain, and their mastermind behind the scenes will also be clear, so there is such a thing. They are afraid of me now, and Cao Fu is just afraid of my flying sword, but the people behind the scenes, there is one more concern, that is, the wandering master you have already thought of, if your preacher is just a foreign immortal, after they weigh it, they don't mind making a bigger deal, but if the protector sent by this preacher for you is a Jindan sword cultivator, the people behind the scenes will have to weigh their own catties and family background, and whether they can withstand the joint revenge of the two 'Yuanying monks'. ”

Sui Jingcheng's eyelashes trembled slightly.

The man said bluntly and simply, and "hidden murder", Sui Jingcheng was originally a smart woman with a delicate heart, the more she thought about it, the more she gained, and she only felt that the magnificent mountain picture in her mind was finally slowly revealed.

Sui Jingcheng asked a word that did not conform to her previous temperament, "Senior, three immortal things, do you really want any of them?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head, "There is a way to take it." ”

Sui Jingcheng smiled knowingly.

Chen Ping'an suddenly asked, "Don't have any more ideas?"

Sui Jingcheng was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Chen Ping'an said: "Cao Fu used Uncle Xiao to transfer me away from the mountain at night, mistakenly thinking that he would win the game, stopped you on the path, and told you what happened after following him up the mountain, don't you feel terrible?"

Sui Jingcheng did have palpitations. What was refined into a living furnace by Master Cao Fu, and after being taught the Dao method, he cultivated with the old patriarch of the Golden Scale Palace......

Although Sui Jingcheng is dedicated to the Tao, he is not a poor puppet who can't help himself.

Chen Ping'an sighed, "Then have you ever thought about what was the original intention of the master who gave you the opportunity? Have you ever thought of a possibility, in case this person's cultivation is higher than that of Cao Fu's behind-the-scenes, his intentions are more sinister, and his calculations are more long-term?"

Sui Jingcheng broke out in a cold sweat.

Chen Ping'an stretched out his hand and pressed it twice, signaling Sui Jingcheng not to be too afraid, and said softly: "This is just a possibility, why did he dare to give you three heavy treasures, which not only gave you a great opportunity for cultivation, but also put you in danger invisibly." Why didn't he take you directly to his own immortal sect? Why didn't he install a Taoist protector by your side? Why are you sure that you can become a cultivator by yourself? What is the mystery of your mother's strange incident of the Oneiroi man holding a baby girl in her arms?"

Sui Jingcheng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, then put the back of his hand against his forehead, shook his head and said, "I don't understand." ”

Chen Ping'an nodded, "Most things in the world are like this, no matter how you think about it, you can't figure it out, and it's not necessarily a good thing to really think about it." ”

Sui Jingcheng looked dazed.

During this period of time, the upheaval is like a lost dog, the peaks and loops, the ups and downs, tonight's events, this person's words, but also made her mood ups and downs.

Chen Ping'an said: "I only told you this after you decided to go to Aquarius, that is, I want you to make another choice in your state of mind, how should you treat the wandering master who may not appear in this life, and may appear tonight." Suppose that the master has good intentions towards you, but at the beginning of your cultivation, he took too much care of you, so as not to pull out the seedlings to help you grow, but now he has not yet known about the affairs of the Wuling Kingdom and the Sui family, after all, the higher the realm of cultivators, the more they do not know the cold and heat of the world. Then you can go to Aquarius for the time being, but you can't rush to worship Cui Dongshan as a teacher. If that person had bad intentions for you in the first place, there would be no such concern, but after all, you and I are not sure of the truth of the matter now. What to do?"

Sui Jingcheng asked in a daze, "What should I do?"

Chen Ping'an laughed angrily: "What should I do?"

Sui Jingcheng wiped his face and suddenly laughed, "If it was before I met my predecessors, or if someone else saved me, I wouldn't care about anything, the farther I ran, the better, even if I was ashamed of the Yunyou master who was so kind to me back then, I would let myself try not to think about it." Now I think the predecessors of the Sword Immortal are right, the scholars under the mountain will protect themselves in trouble, but there must be a little compassion, so the cultivators on the mountain will flee in distress, but they must also leave a sense of gratitude, so whether it is the predecessor of the Sword Immortal, or the predecessor of Cui Dongshan, even if I can be lucky enough to be a disciple of one of you, I will only be named, until I reunite with the Yunyou master in this life, even if his realm is not as high as the two of you, I will implore the two of you to allow me to change the master and worship the Yunyou master as a teacher!"

Chen Ping'an nodded, "Right." ”

What's even more commendable is that Chen Ping'an can actually see that Sui Jingcheng's words are sincere or insincere.

There are words that need to be seen rather than heard.

This is the good thing about practicing on the mountain.

So Chen Ping'an sighed with emotion: "I hope that the previous guess was that I was too dark-minded, and I still hope that the master of Yunyou will be able to become a master and apprentice with you in the future, climb the mountain hand in hand, and enjoy the mountains and rivers." ”

Sui Jingcheng smiled secretly and squinted at him.

Chen Ping'an immediately understood the silent words in her eyes, and glared at her, "I and you, just the way we look at the world, are the same, but you and I have very different hearts." ”

Sui Jingcheng couldn't help laughing, it was rare for a child's heart, and began to look around, "Master, where are you?"

God knows if it will be like the Qingyi Sword Immortal predecessor who carried the bamboo box at the beginning, maybe far away in the sky, or it may be close in front of him?

Chen Ping'an laughed.

Of course, Sui Jingcheng's "master" did not appear.

After that, the two did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, but because Sui Jingcheng needed to practice at a fixed time during the day, on the way to Gyeonggi in Wuling Kingdom, Chen Ping'an bought a carriage and became a coachman himself. In addition, Sui Jingcheng is a layman, who has been practicing on his own for nearly 30 years, without any signs of illness, but with delicate skin and clear eyes, there should be no big difference.

This way, walk steadily, day and night.

Just like when they escorted Li Huai to the Great Sui Academy, there were not only bumps and bumps, but also more trivial fireworks.

Just like Li Huai every time he goes to shit and pee, he is accompanied by Chen Ping'an before he dares to go, especially in the middle of the night, even if it is Yu Lu who guards the second half of the night, Chen Ping'an, who is guarding the first half of the night, has been asleep deeply, and will be woken up by Li Huai, and then Chen Ping'an, who is sleepy-eyed, will accompany the guy who covers his crotch with both hands or holds his ass balls, and walks away together, all the way, it has always been like this, Chen Ping'an has never said anything about Li Huai, and Li Huai has never said a word of thanks.

But country children are indeed not used to saying thank you to people. Just like the reader, he really didn't want to say that I was wrong.

But after all, Li Huai is in his heart, so everyone can see that among the group of people back then, Li Huai cares about Chen Ping'an the most, even if he has been studying in the academy for so many years, Li Huai has his own friends, but he is still the same as Chen Ping'an The mentality of the nest and coward, really encountered things, the first person who thought of it was Chen Ping'an, not even his father and sister who were far away in other continents, but one is dependence, the other is attachment, different feelings, the same deep.

And although Sui Jingcheng is a half-hung cultivator, he still has never opened the valley, and he is a woman, so there is actually no trouble at all

Few.

So when Chen Ping'an bought a carriage in a prosperous county town, he deliberately stayed for an extra day and stayed in an inn, when he felt that Sui Jingcheng, who weighed one hundred and sixty pounds, was relieved, and borrowed some silver money from Chen Ping'an, saying that he was going to buy some things, and then put on a newly bought dress, and also bought a fence to cover his face.

is not deliberately taking care of Sui Jingcheng, in fact, Chen Ping'an himself is not in a hurry, and he already knows the general itinerary, and he will not delay in rushing to the country of Green Ying in autumn.

So one day in the twilight, on the side of a turbulent river stone cliff, Chen Ping'an took out the fishing rod to fish, the sediment turned to the boulder and did not move, and it was inexplicable to catch a snail green weighing more than ten catties, when the two drank the fish soup, Chen Ping'an said that there is a mountain lake in Tongyezhou, the snail green, the most miraculous, as long as you live for a hundred years, the mouth will contain a bluestone of different sizes, extremely pure, after crushing and exposing to the sun with secret techniques, it is the material that the monks of the Fu Sect dream of.

Sui Jingcheng was shocked when he heard it.

The two will also play against each other occasionally, and Sui Jingcheng finally determined that this sword immortal senior is really a stinky chess basket, with great hand power and subtlety, and then the more he plays, the more stinky he becomes.

When talking for the first time, Sui Jingcheng was very solemn, because she felt that the seniors must have been clumsy in the game in Xingting.

Later, Sui Jingcheng accepted his fate.

This senior is really just rote memorizing some preemptive formulas.

Fortunately, the senior didn't feel ashamed, ten games and ten losses, every time he reviewed the game, he would humbly ask Sui Jingcheng for some tricks, and Sui Jingcheng naturally didn't dare to hide his secrets. In the end, when I was visiting a bookstore in a county town, I picked out two chess books, one "Daguanzi Genealogy", which was mainly based on the theme of life and death, and the other was dedicated to recording the situation. At the beginning, her predecessors gave her some gold and silver in the county town and let her keep it for herself, so she bought chess games and still had a surplus.

On a night road, when passing by a wild grave, the senior suddenly stopped the carriage, shouted Sui Jingcheng to get out of the carriage, and then tapped lightly with two fingers on her eyebrows, so that she could concentrate on looking at a place, Sui Jingcheng lifted the tulle of the power fence, and saw a white fox carrying a skeleton on the grave, looking at the moon and worshipping. She asked why, and the seniors said that they didn't know, they had seen a lot of fox charms and transformed into beautiful figures, bewitching the bachelor, and worshipping the moon with white bones on his back, he still saw it first.

The carriage continued on its way.

Hearing the movement, the white fox carried the white bones in a flash, and after a while, there was a graceful woman scratching her head on the side of the road in front of her, Chen Ping'an turned a blind eye, Sui Jingcheng, who was sitting outside the carriage, was a little annoyed, picked the power fence, she showed her true face, the woman seemed to be split by thunder, muttering, scolding, turning around and leaving. Sui Jingcheng raised his eyebrows, put on a power fence, and hung his legs outside the car, swaying gently.

Chen Ping'an smiled: "What are you doing with a fox charm?"

Sui Jingcheng said: "Transform women and seduce men, no wonder people in the market like to use the saying of the fox, and when I cultivate the immortal law in the future, I must teach them a good lesson." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "The fox charm is not all like this, some are naughty but also kind-hearted. I also heard that in the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion in the Middle Earth Divine Continent, there is a Heavenly Fox to worship, and it is grateful that the Heavenly Master imprinted the Heavenly Master Seal on its fox skin to help her avoid the mighty Heavenly Tribulation that was among the Five Realms, so since then she has been sheltering the children of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and will even help to sharpen the Dao Heart. ”

Sui Jingcheng silently remembered this mountain incident that was even more unbelievable than Zhiwei, but his last thought was to think that the fox charm might not be as good-looking as himself.

One day in the evening, passed a local ancient ancestral temple, according to legend, there were many years of turbulent waves, so that the people have a boat can not cross the river, there are ancient immortals on the paper to draw symbols, there are stone rhinos jumped out of the white paper, jumped into the water to suppress the water monster, since then the wind and waves are calm. Sui Jingcheng and Chen Ping'an went into the temple to burn incense over there, and asked the incense shop at the incense shop, the shopkeeper was a young couple, and later came to the ferry, Sui Jingcheng found that the young couple followed the carriage, and for some reason began to bow down to them, saying that they were praying for the immortals to take a ride and cross the river together.

Chen Ping'an nodded in agreement, and finally, along with the carriage, Chen Ping'an and Sui Jingcheng, as well as the couple, crossed the river on a huge ferry, and after going ashore, the carriage slowly traveled for several miles, and the young couple asked to get off. Sui Jingcheng and the young couple sat in the carriage, slightly crowded, and found more strange things, the couple crossed the river with the carriage and ferry, sweating profusely, as if they would sink the boat and die at any time, the two snuggled up to each other, holding hands, and looked like they were dead. This made Sui Jingcheng worried, mistakenly thinking that there were spirits in the river that would overturn the ferry at any time, but when he thought that the sword immortal seniors were sitting outside, he was much more relieved.

After the young couple got out of the car, they knelt on the ground again, which was a big gift of three kowtows and nine kowtows.

Sui Jingcheng didn't say anything when he saw his seniors, just stood in place and accepted this great gift, but after the tearful young couple got up, the seniors said softly: "Ghosts and spirits, do good deeds and accumulate virtues, the Tao is impartial, and they will shelter." ”

Sui Jingcheng only felt that strange things were happening, and after the young couple heard this, they were like being amnesty, and it was like being empowered, and they were about to kneel down religiously.

It's just that this time the senior reached out and held the young man, "Let's go, the mountains and rivers are long, and the road is difficult, so I can do it myself." ”

The young couple did not walk on the official road, but walked out of the road, and in the distance the young woman stopped and turned around, one of them bent down, and the other gave a blessing.

Then when the carriage drove into a path, Sui Jingcheng, who was about to ask the couple about their roots, suddenly widened his eyes, only to see ripples, and a golden-armored god man with an iron spear standing on the road.

Chen Ping'an stopped the carriage, floated to the ground, clasped his hands into fists, and then asked, "We acted without permission, did we embarrass the water god?"

The golden-armored god with a solemn expression shook his head and smiled: "In the past, it was bound by the rules, and my duty was to let it go for personal gain." That couple should have this blessing, protected by the merit of Mr., and waited for a hundred years to cross this river. ”

The golden-armored god man stepped out of the way, stood sideways, and gently poked the ground with the iron gun in his hand, "The little god sends Mr. off for a long journey." ”

Chen Ping'an clenched his fists again, said goodbye with a smile, returned to the carriage, and slowly drove past the golden-armored god who was sitting in the river.

Sui Jingcheng was silent for a long time, and asked softly: "Senior, this is the success of cultivation, right? ”

Chen Ping'an answered the question, and said slowly: "You must know that there are not only Cao Fu and others on the mountain, but also Uncle Xiao in the rivers and lakes. There are some things that I tell you too much to go through on your own. ”

That night, the carriage stopped in a quiet and uninhabited place, and the sword immortal senior rarely spent some energy and time to stew a large pot of spring bamboo shoots and stewed salted meat.

As for why the previous spring bamboo shoots were so fresh in the middle of summer, and why they weren't taken out of the bamboo box, Sui Jingcheng didn't bother to think about it.

However, Sui Jingcheng just felt that after crossing the river, this senior who looked at the young man was still in a good mood.

Regarding the age of the Sword Immortal's predecessors, Sui Jingcheng asked this question before, and the seniors ignored it at first, but then she couldn't help but be curious, and asked twice before he said that he was probably more than three hundred years old.

Sui Jingcheng became more and more determined to the Tao.

On this day, I passed through a lively county town near Sasha Villa, and I happened to encounter a temple fair.

Every once in a while, there will be similar stalls, on the ground is full of clay dolls, small porcelain figures, a penny can be exchanged with the stall owner for a small bamboo ring, or two pennies a large folding willow ring, overcrowded, there will also be adults to help children throw bamboo rings, willow rings, as soon as there are adults in the set of those clay, porcelain villains, the children around them will be happy, hand in hand.

Chen Ping'an smiled at the time: "Are there so few people in the rivers and lakes of your Wuling Kingdom?"

Sui Jingcheng didn't know why he asked this question at first, but said: "Our Wuling Kingdom still has a more prosperous literary style, so after the emergence of a Wang Dull senior, the government and the opposition, even a civil official like my father, will feel honored, hoping to be able to meet Wang Yu's seniors through Hu Xinfeng." ”

It wasn't until the carriage drove out of a certain distance that Sui Jingcheng figured out the reason for the senior's problem.

If there are more martial artists, there may still be stalls like temple fairs, but there will definitely not be so many, because if one is unlucky, it is obvious that it is a loss-making transaction. It will not be like those businessmen in today's temple fairs, everyone sits and makes money, earning more and earning less.

Sui Jingcheng sighed.

Probably this is one of the hidden threads in the world.

If I hadn't met this senior, I might never have thought about these things for the rest of my life.

If you don't think about it, you won't lose anything, and if you think about it, it doesn't seem to have any immediate benefits.

No wonder that the predecessor also said that thinking about the context, reasoning, and scrutinizing the world has never been a worry-free thing.

Once, when passing by the melon field, the carriage stopped, and Chen Ping'an squatted beside the ridge, looking at the green and lovely watermelons in a daze.

Thinking about the town in the past, under the old locust tree, there were many people lifting the bamboo basket from the iron lock well, the old people told old stories, the children ate the cold watermelon, the shade of the acacia was cool, and the heart was also cool.

Sui Jingcheng jumped out of the carriage and asked curiously, "Would a mountain immortal like a senior also want to eat watermelon?"

Chen Ping'an was silent for a long time, and finally said: "If one day I can do whatever I want, I can steal a watermelon and run away, it means that I am truly successful in cultivating my mind, and the impact of that string of sugar gourds on my mood back then can be completely eliminated." ”

Sui Jingcheng felt that this was a strange sentence that was stranger than strange things, and he couldn't figure it out.

On a dangerous road near Gyeonggi, he encountered a group of strongmen who cut the path. Sui Jingcheng has to think that this guy who shows off his martial arts is really lucky......

Chen Ping'an let Sui Jingcheng casually show his hand, and a golden hairpin was like a flying sword, which scared them out.

Later, the senior took Sui Jingcheng to sneak into the vicinity of the cottage, and saw the simple house over there, the chickens and dogs barked, the smoke curling, and there were emaciated children flying a worn-out paper kite over there, one of the cut bandits squatted on the side grinning, and there was a short old man in a tattered green shirt standing next to him, scolding the man over there for not doing anything, and if there was no harvest in the account, the village would not be able to open the pot. The man scratched his head and said that that girl is amazing, most of them are a fairy mentioned in the book, if we don't run fast today, we will not starve to death, but be beaten to death.

Chen Ping'an left quietly with Sui Jingcheng, returned to the carriage, and continued on his way.

In the night, Sui Jingcheng didn't feel sleepy, so he sat outside the carriage, sat sideways, and looked at the woods beside the road.

Sui Jingcheng said to himself: "After watching their raids and robberies first, I want to kill them all, senior, if I really do this, is it wrong?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "That's right. ”

Sui Jingcheng asked again: "But if I meet them on the road after seeing their lives, if I throw them a bag of gold and silver, is it wrong?"

Chen Ping'an smiled: "It's not wrong, but it's not right either." ”

Sui Jingcheng suddenly felt a little weak.

Chen Ping'an said: "As I said before, I just borrowed your gold and silver, and I won't care what you do." So you stay secretly outside the stockade, don't worry about me being held accountable. ”

Chen Ping'an finally said: "The world is complicated, and it is not something that is said casually. The context I talked to you about looks at the lines of people's hearts, once there is a small success, it seems complicated but is actually simple, and the order of things, seemingly simple, is actually more complicated, because it is not only related to right and wrong, but also involves the good and evil of people's hearts. So I talked about the context everywhere, and in the end, it was for the sake of the order, but no one taught me how to go, and I just realized the method of cutting and delimiting the heart sword for the time being. These have been roughly explained to you, you have nothing to do anyway, you can use these three to take a good look at what you see today. ”

On this day, the sun was shining brightly, and the heat was very strong, even if Sui Jingcheng was wearing a bamboo robe, he still felt bored sitting in the carriage. I didn't expect it to be dark clouds soon, and then heavy rain poured down, and the mountain trails were muddy and difficult to walk.

Fortunately, there are mansions built by literati and scholars in the mountains and forests nearby, which can be used to shelter from the rain.

Sui Jingcheng knew the owner of this house, because he had some intersections with the Sui family in his early years, and was a chess master like her father, but he was not a big official, and the official returned to his hometown when he reached the military department, but among the children, there are many talents, both in chess skills are better than the blue chess edict, and there are two young children from Jinshi, who have now officially filled the vacancies as officials, so this originally infamous mountain began to have some meaning that the mountain is not high and there are immortals, even if the house is located in a secluded mountain, it is still a perennial guest and busy。

The old man in the concierge of this family, when he heard that the woman was born in the side branch of the Sui family and married away from home, and this time she was returning to her hometown to save her relatives, so he was very polite, and after hearing that she did not need to stay, he was a little disappointed. After all, the old squire of Sui is the pillar of Wuling Kingdom, and he is also a Yilin immortal like his own master, so the woman's Sui identity is not comparable to that of ordinary dignitaries and dignitaries.

During the period when Chen Ping'an and Sui Jingcheng were sheltering from the rain, even if Sui Jingcheng had not taken off the fence, the porter still asked his subordinates to bring tea.

I don't know if the maid leaked the news or what, soon a personable young man came and said some polite words, and asked some words that I don't know if the woman is proficient in hand talk, Sui Jingcheng coped with it well, the boy brother is also a sitting, he obviously has nothing to talk about, and he can find his own words, he doesn't feel embarrassed at all, even the young coachman in a green shirt can climb a few words, I heard that it is the family nephew who passed the family letter for this lady, he is very enthusiastic, and looks at the frame without the children of the family.

After the rain stopped, the family personally sent the two to the door of the mansion, and after seeing them leave, he smiled and said: "It must be a peerless beauty, in the mountains and wilderness, the empty valley is secluded, but unfortunately I can't see the beauty." ”

The old man in the concierge seemed to be familiar with the temper of this son-in-law, and joked: "Why didn't the second son personally escort him?"

The young man shook his head and walked back to the mansion to talk to a beautiful maid.

On the road, Sui Jingcheng sat next to the curtain of the car, picked up the fence, lifted it gently, and asked: "Senior, if the other party sees the lust and causes trouble, am I wrong? Will there be a little bit of fault after all, after all, my beauty is in the front, and when I am witnessed, I will have the heart of covetousness." ”

Chen Ping'an sighed, this is the trouble of the context and order, at first it is easy to make people fall into a messy situation, it seems that there are bad people everywhere, everyone has bad intentions, but evil people seem to have some truth.

If Chen Ping'an is really her preacher and protector, generally speaking, she will not say it directly, and she will think about it herself, but since she is not, and she is already smart, she has no worries, and said directly: "The order is not what you say, between heaven and earth, there are many rights and wrongs, especially after the conventions of one continent and one country, they are all condemned to death

, it's all undoubtedly wrong, it's not that you have money, it's wrong, it's not that a woman is good-looking, it's wrong. After knowing this, we can talk about the order and the size of right and wrong, otherwise, even if the women in the market scratch their heads and make gestures and swagger through the market, it is not a reason to rob women. It's just that the world is like this, and there are these helpless old sayings, just to exhort the good and the weak to be more careful. ”

Chen Ping'an turned his head and asked with a smile: "The world is like this, it has always been like this, right? I don't think so." ”

Sui Jingcheng's eyes were shining, "Senior Gaojian!"

Chen Ping'an turned his head and said with a smile: "This is also considered a high view? If the sage teachings in the book can be brought to life, I estimate that there will be countless little people in the stomachs of countless scholars in the world who will either be angry to death, or they will want to beat their bellies and run back to the book with long feet." ”

Sui Jingcheng cautiously asked, "Seniors have prejudices against scholars?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "Either you are a full-stomach poet or a reader, nor is it a person who has not read and is illiterate, so you are not a reader." ”

Sui Jingcheng was about to sigh.

Chen Ping'an has already said: "Don't talk about sycophants." ”

Sui Jingcheng couldn't help but say shyly: "The predecessor is really an unpredictable prophet. ”

Chen Ping'an turned his head.

Sui Jingcheng blinked, silently lowered the car curtain, and after sitting down, she endured it, but she still couldn't hold back the slight smile on her face.

Subsequently, when entering the land of Gyeonggi in Wuling Kingdom, the seniors would stop the carriage and take a look at the places of interest and historic sites everywhere, and occasionally carved some plaques and inscriptions on the bamboo slips.

Along the way, I also met a young girl walking the rivers and lakes, and the two horses galloped by, passing by the carriage.

The sleeves of the men's and women's shirts flutter in the wind along with the horse's mane.

I have also passed through rural villages, where groups of young children have played and frolicked together, jumping over a ravine one after another, and some of the weak girls have retreated a few steps and then rushed past.

A boy stood swaggering beside the ravine, and instead of running across the ravine, he shook his arms and tried to exert his strength on the spot, jumped over, and then fell into the ditch in the middle of winter.

At that time, the carriage stopped not far away, Sui Jingcheng saw the side face of the senior, and when he saw that scene, he squinted his eyes and smiled a little.

The carriage bypassed the capital of Wuling Kingdom and headed north.

Go straight to the first person in the rivers and lakes of Wuling Kingdom, Wang Dut, to sweep the villa.

Along the way, because he did not deliberately detour out of the county and county, he was involved in many things, so some news that has spread all over the government and the opposition have been heard.

Wang Yu is among the ten people on the new list, although he is at the bottom of the ten, but Wuling Kingdom still has a feeling of national celebration.

Because there are as many as five people in the Great Seal Dynasty alone, it is said that this is still hidden a few elderly grandmasters who have not appeared for a long time, and only Xiao Shuye is the ninth in the Qingci Kingdom, and there is no one on the list of the Jinqi Kingdom with strong folk customs and strong soldiers and horses, and Lanfang Country is even more don't even think about it, so even if it is at the bottom of the list, this is a great honor for Wang Dull seniors, and it is also the face of everyone in Wuling Kingdom who is "weak and heroic".

The emperor of Wuling State specially sent envoys to the capital and sent a pair of plaques.

Therefore, Sui Jingcheng guessed that today's Sprinkler Villa must be full of friends, and there is an endless stream of people congratulating him.

But I just don't know if Wang Yu's predecessors have seen the Emperor of the Zhou clan of the Great Seal, and then returned from the capital of the Great Seal by Xianjia ferry.

As for the news about Sui Jingcheng, the momentum is not lighter than Wang Yu's list, and it is very lively, especially when the people in the rivers and lakes mention this, everyone spits and splashes everywhere, and most of the women and women who are wandering the rivers and lakes on the side look displeased.

Sui Jingcheng would sneak a glance at him every time, either silently drinking and eating in the restaurant, or drinking the inferior tea that quenched his thirst and did not quench the heat at the tea stall.

This made her a little lost.

There are also mountains and rivers in the shape of the beautiful place, encountering a group of literati and scholars who drink.

Some people raised their glasses and shouted "In the forest for the giant tree, out of the mountain for the grass", with tears on their faces, everyone present was also concerned, and some people got up and danced the sword, which was probably impassioned.

The carriage passed slowly.

Sui Jingcheng said with a smile: "If it is a celebrity and a gentleman, do the seniors know which two kinds of people are the most indispensable?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and shook his head, "I've never participated, you can talk about it." ”

Sui Jingcheng said with a smile: "These literati gatherings, there must be a person who can write popular poems, and it is best to have a Danqing master who can draw the appearance of everyone. ”

Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "It makes sense." I will definitely say these words to a friend in the future, maybe he will write them in the landscape travelogue. ”

Sui Jingcheng wore a fence on his head, covered his mouth and smiled, turned sideways and sat outside the carriage, dangling his legs.

It was already close to the Sasao Villa, and in a county town, Chen Ping'an sold the carriage at a discount.

I asked for two rooms in the inn, near the county seat, there are obviously more people in the rivers and lakes, and they should all go to the villa to congratulate.

I have to admit that the incense in the rivers and lakes can also be run, just like many friends, and it can be drunk at the wine table.

Those who can mix into old-timers in the rivers and lakes are either extremely high in martial arts, it doesn't matter how bad their temper is, or they are heroic temperaments, or those second-rate martial arts but first-class old foxes and old oilers, the reputation is also very good, as for those younger generations who also know the number of rivers and lakes, they rely on staying up until the second-rate seniors are old and dead, and they have become the old-timers in the rivers and lakes sitting on the chairs, but this kind of getting ahead is a bit of a fly in the ointment. So those young people who are sharp have always been disliked by the old people in the rivers and lakes.

However, listening to Sui Jingcheng's statement, Wang Yu's predecessors are truly virtuous and respectable.

Chen Ping'an stood at the window and looked at the bustling street for a while.

Chen Ping'an went to the next door and knocked on the door, saying that he was going to sit in the county wine store and planned to buy a few pots of wine.

Sui Jingcheng put on the fence again, walked out of the threshold, a little apprehensive, she said that she wanted to go to the roadside to drink together, she had only seen it in the Romance of the rivers and lakes in the past, in the martial arts feast, the heroes gathered, eating meat and drinking in large bowls, she was very curious and wanted to try it.

Chen Ping'an didn't stop her.

The two arrived at the lively wine shop on the corner of the street, and only had a place after a table of people checked out and left, Chen Ping'an asked for a pot of wine and poured her a bowl.

Sui Jingcheng wears a power fence on his head, so when he drinks, he can only lower his head and uncover the corner of the power fence.

The tables of the wine shop are not far from each other, most of them are noisy, there are those who spend wine and make fists, and there are also those who chat about interesting things in the rivers and lakes, a man sitting on the bench behind Sui Jingcheng looked at each other and smiled, and then deliberately stretched out his hand to draw his fist, intending to knock down the power fence above Sui Jingcheng's head, but Sui Jingcheng leaned forward and just dodged. The man was stunned for a moment, and he didn't get an inch, but he couldn't bear it, this woman looked at the figure is really good, don't look at it is not a big loss, but not wait for them to make a move at this table, there is a new group of high-rollers, everyone is freshly dressed and angry, and they don't tie the horse after turning over and getting off the horse, look around, and see the pair of men and women sitting opposite each other, and there are two benches empty, and just look at the woman's sideways sitting posture, as if it is the best wine in this county, there is a burly man sitting on the bench between the woman and the man in green shirts, clasping his fists and laughing: "Help Lu Dayong in the lower five lakes, and his friends on the road give face, and he has the nickname of 'turning the river Jiao'!"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I have been looking up for a long time, and I am fortunate to be happy." ”

This Lu Daxia was accompanied by four people, and he grinned: "Don't you mind sitting together, right......?

It's just that as soon as he wanted to beckon the other three to sit down, naturally someone wanted to sit on a bench with the woman, such as himself, who had already stood up, planning to give up the bench under his ass to his friend and squeeze it with her. Jianghu people pay attention to a heroic, and they don't have the bad rules that men and women don't kiss.

I didn't think about it, and the young man smiled: "Mind." ”

However, Lu Daxia obviously didn't expect such an answer at all, and he had already stood up, and the burly man had already smelled a fragrance that was more attractive than the aroma of wine, so he wanted to sit on the bench generously.

It's just that the next moment, not only did the Jianghu hero stop his movements, but the spectators who had heard the word "mind" clearly before stopped laughing and secretly swallowed saliva one by one, and some people had already raised their buttocks, intending to slip away.

Because there was a delicate and small dark green flying sword, it hovered a few inches away from the burly man's eyebrows.

The young man smiled and said, "Now do you mind squeezing with me and drinking together?"

Don't mind?

Mind?

How did Lu Dayong feel that no matter how he answered, it was not right?

The three friends of the rivers and lakes behind Lu Dayong stood in place one by one, looking at their noses and noses, probably because they were not very familiar with Lu Daxia, who turned over the river.

Chen Ping'an waved his hand, and Lu Dayong and the three people behind him rushed away.

The rest of the drinkers also looked terrified, and they were about to run wildly.

I never thought that the legendary "Sword Immortal" who had never met in a hundred years said again, "It's not too late to settle the bill." ”

As a result, several tables of high-rollers threw silver ingots directly to the counter, and then left quickly.

Except for Chen Ping'an and Sui Jingcheng, there are no guests.

Chen Ping'an pretended to be exhausted, and after looking around, the flying sword hovering in the air was crumbling, dangling and falling on the table, and was quickly put into his sleeve.

The corners of Sui Jingcheng's mouth curled.

The old shopkeeper inexplicably made a large windfall, and after seeing that scene again, he smiled and said: "You sword cultivator on the mountain, are you really not afraid of causing greater right and wrong? The heroes of the rivers and lakes are very grudgeful, and they are good at holding groups, and they like to help relatives but not help, and help the weak but not the strong." ”

Chen Ping'an turned his head and smiled: "With a worldly master like the old shopkeeper sitting in the wine shop, it shouldn't be too much trouble." ”

The old shopkeeper smiled: "You kid has good eyesight." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "Each other." ”

Sui Jingcheng asked softly, "Can I take off the power fence?"

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Sui Jingcheng picked up the fence, and finally could drink quietly and leisurely.

The old man sighed, "What a handsome little lady, I have never seen a better-looking woman in my life, you two should be the so-called fairy Taoist couple on the mountain, no wonder you dare to walk the rivers and lakes like this." Okay, you just have to drink today, you don't have to pay for it, anyway, I have already made a lot of money thanks to you today. ”

Chen Ping'an was about to raise a bowl to drink, but after hearing the words of the old shopkeeper, he stopped his movements, hesitated, but still didn't say anything, and took a big sip of wine.

Sui Jingcheng has a pair of autumn water long eyes, full of subtle smiles.

The old man glanced at the distance, sighed, looked at the back of the young man in the green shirt, and said, "I advise you to let your lady wear a good fence." Now that Wang Lao'er is not in Zhuangzi after all, if there is really something, even if I help you for a while, I can't help you all the way, do you just wait for Wang Lao'er to return from the Great Seal Capital and have a relationship with him before you dare to leave? ”

Sui Jingcheng glanced at the face of the senior opposite, held back a smile, and explained to the old shopkeeper: "I'm just a registered disciple, we are not immortal Daoists. ”

The old man bent his fingers and pointed to his eyes, "When I'm blind?"

Sui Jingcheng turned his head to look at the other side, with a pitiful look that I couldn't help it.

But Chen Ping'an didn't seem to care about this at all, just turned his head, looked at the old man, and asked with a smile: "Senior, why did you quit the rivers and lakes and hide in the market?"

Everywhere in the streets and alleys, people kept gathering and pointing fingers at the liquor store.

The old man smiled: "Of course, the rivers and lakes can't get mixed up, so you roll up and get out of the way, you, a mountain man, are really a living immortal who doesn't know the suffering of the people." ”

Chen Ping'an asked again: "If I am a weak scholar and I haven't been able to meet my predecessors in the wine shop, then when I encounter today's incident, do I get up angrily and be beaten half to death, or do I endure humiliation and let others bully?"

The old man lay on the counter, took a sip of wine, scratched his head, gently put down the wine glass, and said, "Bear with me, as long as you live, there will always be a chance to make up for it from others elsewhere anyway, right?"

Chen Ping'an laughed, raised the wine bowl high, and drank it all.

The old man still drank in small sips, "But it's wrong." ”

Soon the rooftops near the restaurant were filled with spectators.

The legendary sword immortal, at a glance, can be told a lifetime of experience in the rivers and lakes.

However, although there are many visitors, no one really walks a few more steps to touch the mold. Although Na Lu Daxia called friends and hid in it, he did not lose his mind, but was elated, and told people that he had learned the demeanor of a sword fairy, and spat around, saying that the flying sword was less than an inch away from his eyebrows!

Chen Ping'an drank wine, and his predecessors were polite, but he was not polite, and he had no intention of paying for the bill.

just got up and clasped his fists and said softly: "I've seen Wang Yu's seniors." ”

The old man smiled and nodded: "I'll just say that you kid has good eyesight, what's the matter, don't you ask me why I like to wear a mask here and pretend to be an old man selling wine?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head.

The old man sneered and said: "I am among the ten people but I am at the bottom, I don't hide quietly, I drink a lot of wine to relieve my worries, do you want to be congratulated all day long, and I still have to laugh and talk about where and where I am lucky?"

Sui Jingcheng hurriedly got up and gave a blessing to the long-admired Wang Dull senior.

The old man waved his hand, "Although your man looks good, but you also need to practice well, there are really few good birds in the world, as long as something happens, they like to scold you for being a bad face." ”

Sui Jingcheng turned his head to look at the senior.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I have achieved success in cultivating my mind, and now it is not what it used to be." ”

It's just that he glanced at the fence on the table.

Sui Jingcheng hurriedly put it on.

Wang Yu said suddenly: "You two, could it be that foreign sword immortal and Sui Jingcheng, right? I heard that because of the relationship between that Sui family jade, the ninth Xiao Shuye died at the hands of a foreign country sword immortal, and his head was brought back to the Qingci Kingdom. Fortunately, I smashed the pot and sold iron to buy a copy of the Shanshui Mansion newspaper, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money. ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "Seniors have good eyesight. ”

Wang Yu sighed, bypassed the counter, and sat on the bench of the table between the two, "Sit and sit, don't be in a hurry to go, I, Wang Yu, to the monks on the mountain, I have been looking up for a long time, and I will be lucky." ”

(End of chapter)