The water is deep and silent, and the rain is mostly short.

Not long after Chen Ping'an and Ah Liang walked back to the tree, the rainstorm had turned into a light rain, and the raindrops continued to drip from the leaves. The little girl's face suddenly became bright, like an unexpected rainbow after the rain, so clean that it made people's hearts tremble. At this moment, Chen Ping'an suddenly felt a little guilty, but he didn't know how to speak for a while, and many words were blocked in his heart, so he had to silently practice the sword furnace pile.

After Ah Liang saw this scene, he smiled heartily, but Li Huai's words quickly dispelled Ah Liang's good mood, Ah Liang Ah Liang, I heard Chen Ping'an say that you went to the mountains to shit, because you don't have to wipe your buttocks. Ah Liang smiled and asked, is it really Chen Ping'an who said it? Li Huai glanced at Chen Ping'an, who was standing not far away, probably because he was afraid that Ah Liang would confront Chen Ping'an face to face, and he also learned Ah Liang's tone and smiled, saying that although Chen Ping'an didn't say it, I think he must have thought so, of course I think Ah Liang You are not such a person, I also specially explained to Sister Zhu Lu, patting my chest to ensure that you Ah Liang is not like this. Ah Liang gently tugged at Li Huai's ear, lowered his head and asked with a smile, Oh? Li Huai said bitterly, Ah Liang, it's all Chen Ping'an's fault, it's not a thing, do you want me to scold him for you? Ah Liang twisted the ears of this little bastard hard, when I was a good liar, right? Li Huai's ghost screamed, but unfortunately no one was willing to pay attention, Li Huai immediately saw the wind and turned the rudder, Ah Liang Aliang, I have a sister, called Li Liu, the name is a little ugly, the person is beautiful, this is definitely not lying to you, Lin Shouyi and Dong Shuijing are two color embryos, they all secretly like my sister, Dong Shuijing goes to our house to eat if he has nothing to do, every time I see my sister, I am a big person, and I blush, it is really disgusting. Ah Liang, I think you are much stronger than Dong Shuijing, handsome and good-tempered, can afford to ride a donkey and drink wine, do you want to help you and my sister get to know each other in the future?

Ah Liang hurriedly let go of Li Huai's ears, gently put his hands on Li Huai's shoulders, pressed down, and said with a smile, Let's squat down and talk slowly.

Chen Ping'an walked up to Zhuhe and Zhulu's father and daughter and asked, "Uncle Zhuhe, can you talk about it?"

The man grinned: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Then let's just take a walk, the rain is already very light anyway. ”

The two walked out of the unknown tree with the shade of a mountain side by side, and before Chen Ping'an could ask, Zhu He himself reported his family and roots, " Chen Ping'an, so many strange things happened in the town before, since you were able to survive under the hands of the Zhengyang Mountain moving ape, and became an ally with that foreign girl, it is estimated that you already know a lot of things, so I don't hide anything, after all, the safety of the young lady is the most important, our father and daughter are both sons of the Li family, that is, for generations as miscellaneous slaves, begging for a bowl of rice to eat in the master Li family, although it sounds very pitiful, in fact, it is not as miserable as you think, from the year to the end of the year, I can't see the ancestor a few times, to the head of the family, and then to our Miss Aquarius, no one treats our father and daughter as people, especially Miss and my daughter, in fact, their relationship is no worse than that of ordinary sisters. ”

When he said this, the middle-aged man turned his head and looked at his daughter who was standing under the big tree and looked away, it was the time when the girl's body was drawn, and she had not really grown, and she would be a real big girl in about another year, he felt that his daughter would not be inferior to any of the daughters in the capital of Dali, he had always been very proud of it, and firmly believed that his daughter Zhu Lu would definitely shine in Dali in the future.

It is necessary to know that Dali has always respected women, and women can't help but throw themselves into the battlefield to kill the enemy, and the first emperor of Dali even specially ordered the Ministry of Rites to set up a set of martial arts titles for female warriors and monks, opening a precedent for a continent, and was once led by the scholars and literati of Guanhu Academy, and lashed out and set off a big chaotic war, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the northern barbarian Dali Dynasty.

Zhu He said with a smile: After discovering that I had the talent to practice martial arts, I spent a lot of money to cultivate my Zhu He without saying a word, so I have the current skills, and my daughter Zhu Lu is almost the same, if it weren't for her own lack of strength, she fell short in the second realm of martial arts, and her future achievements will be higher than my father, only high and not low, after the ancestor found out that Zhu Lu is a good seedling of martial arts, he personally told me that Zhu Lu has the hope of walking to the seventh realm of the legendary martial artist, and my Zhu He is only worthy of the fifth realm. ”

Speaking of which, Zhu He was a little disappointed, the martial artist ascended to the realm, there was no equal fight against the enemy, there was no life and death grinding with his life hanging by a thread, and he was destined to not go far by relying on talent alone, and once he missed the opportunity and could not climb up in one go, he would become more and more demoralized, and then he would be exhausted, and the road to the top would be completely cut off.

Zhu He suppressed the haze in his heart and continued: "This time, we escorted the young lady out of Dali, firstly, we are the closest, our skills are okay, and we are the son of the Li family, I dare not say how high my ability is, at least loyal." Second, Miss is going out for the first time, and she needs a careful person to take care of her diet and daily life, and Zhu Lu is the right person. Third, my young lady is the most distressed younger generation of my ancestors, in fact, the person who really escorted the young lady on this trip was none other than the ancestor himself. It's just that Ruan's Fengxue Temple is the same door, after that Ah Liang appeared, the old ancestor returned to the town, because now that the town has no prohibition, he can accept the aura of heaven and earth without any scruples, which is equivalent to practicing in a cave blessed land, the old ancestor is about to break through the realm, and the opportunity will not come again, anyway, with Ah Liang as his personal servant, there should be no mistakes. ”

Zhu He thought for a moment and explained: "Our ancestor has a unique vision and a broad heart, although he loves to spoil Miss with his heart, but in the matter of Miss traveling far away to study, the ancestor not only forcibly kept Miss by his side and sheltered under his wings, but made it clear that the little girl not only wants to go to the Mountain Cliff Academy, but also the second half of the journey, she will go by herself, the descendants of the Li family, should have such courage." ”

Zhu He suddenly laughed, "It's just that speaking of this, the old ancestor has a sad look again, and he is talking about it in pieces, but our little treasure bottle is less than ten years old, and he is so angry, can he talk about it later." In the end, when the ancestor made up his mind not to follow quietly all the way, he turned back three times in one step, like an old child, for the first time. So Zhu Lu told me privately that the ancestor was really good to Miss. ”

Zhu He said gratefully: "Miss is good to my family Zhu Lu, Miss has liked to chat with Zhu Lu since she was a child, watching Zhu Lu practice martial arts, Zhu Lu can come to this day, in fact, Miss has made a great contribution." ”

Chen Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief, "Uncle Zhuhe, with you here, I am relieved." ”

On the other side of the town, except for Mr. Qi, Chen Ping'an couldn't trust anyone.

Even if it was Master Ruan, just like Chen Ping'an said to Li Baohua, what he believed was only the promise of a saint in this way, some of the rules that Mr. Qi had obeyed, not Master Ruan himself.

This is an indescribable intuition, it can be said to be innate, but more of it is boiled out, just like the medicine that the straw sandals boy gave to that Ning girl.

This was the case for Ah Liang and Zhu He before, and it was no exception.

Chen Ping'an is not worry-free about food and clothing, and he has never suffered hardships, so he is stupid and good to everyone. The hardships of life, the ugliness of people's hearts, the tribulations of poverty, and the lonely and helpless teenagers have long been engraved on their bones.

Zhu He patted the young man's slender shoulder, but under a pat, the bones were strong and tough, slightly beyond the expectations of this martial artist of the Five Realms, but he was quickly relieved, if it weren't for this, he would be able to carry the mountain ape head-on?

Zhu He was also a little curious, and asked with a smile: "Although I have never walked out of the town and don't know the rules of the rivers and lakes outside, my ancestor once said in a casual conversation that if you meet fellow Taoists in the rivers and lakes under the mountain, there are many taboos of one kind or another, such as monks who do not say anything about their fame and longevity, and they can ask the master, not the number of martial arts." But I'm really curious, how did you escape from the mountain moving ape, the chase in your town, I just heard the ancestor talk about it afterwards. ”

Chen Ping'an was a little embarrassed, "Actually, I've been running for my life, from Mud Bottle Lane to the mountains, if it weren't for Miss Ning, I would have died a long time ago." ”

Zhu He hesitated for a moment, and then reminded softly: "You must cherish these good fates, with that Miss Ning, and with Master Ruan...... Master Ruan's, you must be careful to maintain stability, don't break it. ”

Chen Ping'an was a little puzzled.

Zhu He sighed with emotion: "We are just the frogs at the bottom of the well in Lizhu Cave, the gap between everyone is limited, just like you and me, martial arts cultivation, supporting death is the difference between the five realms, as for identity, I am a child of a family, am I still qualified to look down on the innocence of the world? But the world outside the well will be very different, the farther you go in the future, the longer you mix outside, the more thorough you will understand." ”

Chen Ping'an said sincerely: "I didn't think that far. ”

Zhu He laughed and said, "You can think about it." ”

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Chen Ping'an has always cherished the kindness of others.

If you can't explain the malice of others to those people for the time being, then don't worry and never forget.

After all, there is still a long way to go.

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Under the big tree, Li Huai, who had just sold his sister Li Liu, now his waist was very thick in front of Ah Liang, and he said with a big grin: "Ah Liang, I will ask Chen Ping'an to make you a wine gourd when I go back, you can give me the little gourd on your waist, the family does not speak two words, and will never treat you badly, anyway, you look old and unworthy of my brother-in-law's identity!"

Ah Liangshen said mysteriously: "You know a fart, this gourd is called a sword gourd, it is a rare good thing in the world, it looks inconspicuous, it is very valuable, how many sisters do you have? Anyway, one killing is not enough!"

Seeing that Ah Liang rarely used such hard words to talk to himself, the little boy was a little drumming in his heart, looked at the little gourd greedily, raised his head reluctantly, and asked tentatively: "Otherwise, I will let my father and mother have more sisters?" This matter is easy to discuss, right?"

Ah Liang reached out and covered his forehead.

For no reason, I remembered that I walked down the hill with Chen Ping'an before, and the young man actually compared himself to the Zhu River in the fifth realm, Ah Liang let go of his hand, sighed, and picked up a dry branch and paddled it around on the ground.

Li Huai poked his head and saw that it was a crooked character, and the writing was really not as good-looking as his own Mengtong, and it was not as good as Lin Shouyi, who even Mr. Qi said was not cheesy.

The more Li Huai looked at it, the more embarrassed he felt, looked at Ah Liang's words, and then looked at the silver-white wine gourd on his waist, after a battle between heaven and man, Li Huai said: "Ah Liang, your writing is so ugly, I decided not to be your brother-in-law, my father and mother hope that my sister will marry a scholar in the future." ”

Ah Liang slowly raised his head, his face full of incredulity, "Is it ugly?"

Li Huai was in a heavy mood and nodded vigorously.

The child felt that if her sister Li Liu dared to grab something to eat with her next time, she would have to scold her for having no conscience, but she didn't even want to raise a sword for her.

Ah Liang looked at your young age and you were ignorant, and said with a smile: "How is it possible, it's not me bragging to you, in a place far away from here, I don't know how many people gave a thumbs up after seeing this word." ”

Li Huai was puzzled: "In person?"

Ah Liang smiled dryly: "I heard, I heard. ”

Li Huai said: "I'll just say, whoever has the cheekiness to tell you that he writes well in person, I will worship him as a teacher, and I guess even my mother can't scold him." ”

Ah Liang sneered: "If you worship others as teachers, they will accept you as an apprentice?"

Li Huai said seriously: "Don't accept it, he's blind?"

Ah Liang covered his forehead again, because the guy was really blind.

Ah Liang thought that he still didn't talk to this little bastard, raised his head and looked around, left and right, and finally saw the girl Zhu Lu, and said with a smile: "Zhu Lu, do you want to learn swordsmanship? I have some interest in swordsmanship now......"

Not far away, Zhu Lu was worried about his young lady.

The little girl in the red cotton jacket held her cheeks with both hands, looked at the direction of the little uncle's departure, and frowned.

After hearing Ah Liang's words, the girl said indignantly: "Go cool!"

Ah Liang's eyes were innocent and dazed: "It just rained so hard, you see I'm soaked." ”

The girl noticed her mistake, but she still sneered: "Hang Erlangdang, don't learn and don't know, not a good person!"

Ah Liang said angrily: "Little treasure bottle, Li Huai, Lin Shouyi, am I a good person?!"

Li Huai fell into the well, "Just like a good person." But if you are willing to give me a wine gourd, you are a good person. ”

Lin Shouyi said coldly: "Don't lie to me about drinking in the future, Mr. has long said that the literati have written a hundred poems about wine, all of which are fake." ”

Only the little girl in the red cotton jacket smiled secretly at Ah Liang, and Ah Liang's heart suddenly warmed, and he stretched out his thumb to her, taking the cynicism of the other two guys as the wind in his ears.

Ah Liang's rivers and lakes are not in vain after all.

When Chen Ping'an and Zhu He walked back, the group got back on the road.

When the Longwei River, which was originally in the southeast direction, went around due south and became the Tiefu River of the new Zhu Pi on the local county records of Dali, the river was surging and the water potential rose sharply.

The width of the river and the depth of the river are far better than the previous creek weather.

At Chen Ping'an's suggestion, take a break, cook rice here, and then hurry after lunch.

Li Huai stood by the river and said, "Ah Liang, have you ever seen such a big water before?"

Ah Liang, the white donkey of the former, glanced at the junction of the river and the river, then looked behind him, and finally smiled at Li Huai: "I have seen more rivers and rivers than you have eaten." ”

Li Huai was suddenly unhappy, "Ah Liang, are you uncomfortable if you don't brag for a day?!"

Ah Liang turned a deaf ear, walked to the young man who had built a simple stove, and said softly: "Let's go, walk by the river, I have something to say to you." ”

Chen Ping'an was stunned, so he asked Zhu Lu, the maidservant of the Li family, to help, Li Baohua has been able to help a lot along the way, and even helped Ah Liang feed the white donkey very well, so he helped Sister Zhu Lu cook together, and let her little uncle just go for a walk by the river, all wrapped in her playful appearance.

These days, the little girl always insists on carrying a basket on her back and trying her best to take care of everything by herself.

Every time a teenager punches and walks the pile, she often accompanies her silently, learning from her, cute and cute.

The two walked to the river, then downstream along the river.

Ah Liang said frankly: "I like this little girl of the treasure bottle very much, of course, you will only like it more than me." ”

Chen Ping'an looked back, the little girl was busy over there, and her legs were like wheels, comparing Lin Shouyi who did one thing and Li Huai, who didn't do anything, although Li Baohua was still young, but full of vitality, even if he just looked at her, it was like seeing a beautiful spring.

Chen Ping'an nodded.

Ah Liang said again: "But you always feel that something is wrong, don't you?"

Chen Ping'an snorted, "Since the last time she talked to me about martial arts, she has said a lot in one breath, but after that, it seems that she doesn't like to talk very much." ”

Ah Liang asked, "Did you tell her what you wanted, such as what kind of person you want her to be in the future?"

Chen Ping'an turned his head suddenly, his face full of shock.

Ah Liang probably didn't want to hurt people unintentionally, so it was rare to be careful with the wording, so he simply stopped, squatted by the river, and gently threw stones, after the young man squatted beside him, Ah Liang said softly: " Love is deep and long-lived, wisdom will hurt, ordinary people are naturally not qualified to apply these two statements, but Li Baohua is different, although it is still young now, the first point is of course a shadowless thing, but the second point, she has already applied, you Chen Ping'an as a dependent, so your unintentional words, an unintentional move, will make the little girl deeply in her heart, words this thing, very strange, will be one by one, sentence by sentence, fall on the heart of the pile, maybe you think my statement is more like half a bucket of water old pedant, Sour Xiucai, but that's really the truth. ”

Chen Ping'an exhaled softly, "It's my fault, I was afraid that she wouldn't have the confidence to go to the Mountain Cliff Academy, so I said that I hope she can become a female gentleman, a little master." ”

Ah Liang smiled, "'It's my fault'?" Chen Ping'an, you're wrong. ”

The boy was puzzled.

Ah Liang didn't look at the boy, just lazily looked at the calm river, "You just didn't do better, not wrong." ”

The boy wondered even more, these two statements are just different, but the result is not the same?

Ah Liang finally turned his head, seemed to see through the young man's mind at a glance, shook his head and said, "It's very different." Do you know why the good people in the world are more aggrieved than the other? For example, Qi Jingchun, the Mr. Qi you know, can obviously do things more happily, but in the end, he is just so aggrieved? When you look around, it seems that those bad people, but each one lives more chic and happy than the other, such as the two enemies you mentioned to me before, the Zhengyang Mountain Guardian Ape, and the Old Dragon City Fu Shao City Lord, after they return to their own territory, they will indeed live a very comfortable life, one has a high status and enjoys respect in the merit book, and the other is ambitious and ambitious in the north. ”

Ah Liang looked at the young man who was deep in thought, and said with a smile: "So, being a good person is a very tiring thing, you must not be a good person, not getting a reward, or just getting an unexpected reply, you feel that you have done wrong, let alone feel that you will never be a good person in the future." Such...... It's not right!"

Ah Liang's face was serious, his tone was serious, and he repeated the last sentence: "This is not right!"

Ah Liang laughed, and turned into the prodigal son who didn't care about everything again, "Of course, Li Baohua is very good, the little girl is just repaying you in her unique way, don't think about it." ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no." ”

Ah Liang nodded, "That's why I'm willing to tell you this." ”

He simply sat on the ground with his butt and put the bamboo knife on his knees, "You know, I rarely reason with people, my reason ......"

Ah Liang paused for a moment and patted the green bamboo knife on his knee, "I used to be in the sword, but now I am in this knife for the time being." ”

Even if it doesn't rain and the sun is not big, Ah Liang will wear that inconspicuous bamboo hat and he casually helped the hat, "If your character is not my appetite, even if the meaning of that hairpin is as great as I imagined before, even if you are the person selected by Qi Jingchun, I will not nag you these words, the big deal is to send you to Da Li, if you are in a good mood, just throw you directly to Da Sui, for me, what's so difficult about me?"

This hippie smiling man got serious, with a unique demeanor, and gently patted the bamboo knife with both hands, "For me Ah Liang, life is between heaven and earth, the road must be walked by oneself, words must be said by oneself, and people must do it by themselves." I think you Chen Ping'an should be like this, not necessarily all like me, but you have to have a straight waist, a big fist, a hard enough bone, and a high enough swordsmanship!"

Aryan laughed, "Don't forget, the most important thing is to live long enough!"

Chen Ping'an said honestly: "Ah Liang, although some of them understand and some of them don't understand very well, I will keep them in my heart, and I will take them out and think about them if I encounter anything in the future." ”

Ah Liang nodded and said with relief: "That's enough." ”

Ah Liang was the first to stand up, walked out a few steps, and suddenly turned his head and said, "Chen Ping'an, I've finished eating the dry food I brought." ”

After finishing speaking, Ah Liang walked away quickly, walked to Li Baohua Zhulu's side, and shouted: "Have you started eating, have you opened your meal?!"

Leaving behind a teenager who didn't come back to his senses.

Speaking of which, going around in such a big circle, this guy is just to eat and drink in the open?

Chen Ping'an followed with a smile.

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One evening, the group passed by a green mountain bamboo forest, and the little girl in the red cotton jacket pulled Chen Ping'an's sleeve, stretched out her hand to point there, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Xiao, the bamboo forest, it's beautiful, right?"

The young man who was busy on the road hummed and continued to bury his head in the road, because they were about to see Ah Liang's so-called post road, the official road of the Dali Imperial Court.

The little girl was silent, and turned the basket behind her, still following the boy closely.

Sleeping in the narrow cowhide tent set up by Zhu Lu at night, the little girl remembered something, pouted, and was a little aggrieved, and finally told herself that the little uncle was already very good. Then he fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the sleepy-eyed little girl did not dare to snooze, for fear of delaying the scheduled trip of the little uncle, so she quickly put on her clothes and put on the pair of straw sandals that the little uncle helped her make, but the little girl just got out of the tent, and the whole person froze.

Just outside the tent, there is a small green bamboo bookcase.

The little girl was stunned for a long time, and then burst into tears.

The young man who had been busy all night was asleep in the distance, and after being woken up by crying, he quickly got up and ran over, standing in front of the little girl, Chen Ping'an was a little at a loss for a while, touching his head and not knowing how to comfort her, I thought that the little girl would be happy when she saw the little bamboo box at dawn.

Seeing Li Baohua so sad, Chen Ping'an was really distressed.

The little girl cried for a long time with her eyes closed, and when she opened her eyes and saw Chen Ping'an, she stopped crying at once, ran to him quickly, hugged Chen Ping'an fiercely, and choked up: "Little uncle, I'm sorry!"

Chen Ping'an had no choice but to gently pat the little girl's head, "Don't cry, don't cry." ”

The little girl just cried, sad and broken.

Chen Ping'an said softly: "Don't like the small bamboo box? Is it because Uncle Xiao doesn't look good? It's okay, it's okay, you can change it next time, no way, Uncle Xiao has only seen a small bookbox once before, and then when I go to the lively place outside, I see a good-looking bookbox again, you tell Uncle Xiao ......"

The little girl looked up, her face full of tears, "I like it! I don't like it much more than this!"

But it seems that the more she likes it, the more the little girl feels that she has no conscience, and the more guilty she feels about her little uncle, squatting on the ground and sobbing, not daring to look at her little uncle.

Chen Ping'an thought of Ah Liang's words yesterday, and suddenly figured it out, squatted down, touched the little girl's head, and said softly: "Li Baohua, do you know? Uncle Xiao is really happy to be able to accompany you to study abroad, but I haven't told you before, so now Uncle Xiao told you, if you can still like this worthless little bamboo bookcase, then Uncle Xiao will be even happier, really, don't lie to you." ”

The little girl raised her head slowly, but her hands still covered her face, she only dared to show her fingers, quietly revealing her aura-filled eyes, and sobbed timidly: "Uncle Xiao doesn't lie?"

The young man's eyes were clear, and he nodded: "Uncle Xiao can also deceive people, but he doesn't deceive Li Baohua." ”

The little girl quickly took her hand away and smiled brightly.

It's the carefree and innocent little girl in the boy's impression again.

So the boy was also smiling brightly.

Some people's hearts are like flowers and trees, and they are all born to the sun.

This is especially true of the little uncle and the little girl.