The carriage given by Gao Xuan was late, in the late twilight, he rushed to Chen Ping'an's side, the groom was the white-faced bearded old man, who had followed the prince of the Great Sui Dynasty to Lizhu Cave Heaven, and Chen Ping'an had a two-sided relationship, but compared to Gao Xuan's enthusiasm and hospitality, the old man looked cold, and after handing over the carriage, he returned to the capital on foot, and the old eunuch looked back at Cui Yun more, Cui Yun was busy looking at the horse's abundance, and was amazed, and he was unaware of the old man's scrutiny.

Cui Yun jumped into the carriage, took the initiative to take on the duties of the coachman, and beckoned to Chen Ping'an: "Sir, the carriage is not moving, let's go on the road with peace of mind." ”

Cui Yun slapped himself, "What's on the road, it's too unlucky, hurry up." ”

Chen Ping'an looked around, the sky was dark, because of the night ban in the capital, the official road that flowed endlessly during the day seemed very deserted.

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "I just practice walking piles, you just drive, as long as it's not too fast, I can keep up." ”

Cui Yun knew Chen Ping'an's stubborn character, so he no longer wasted saliva, drove forward slowly, took a sip of wine, and said leisurely in a loud voice: "Everything is busy and worrying, in the end, everything is off, the weather is cool and it is a good autumn!"

Chen Ping'an silently followed behind the horse's body, constantly repeating the six-step piles of the Shaking Mountain Boxing Spectrum, and the two things of walking and standing piles have long been familiar with it.

In the middle of the night, Cui Yun kept talking nonsense, reading Confucian classics, poems, songs, and songs, all kinds of things, and his mouth was not idle.

In the end, even "I have an old donkey, never ride" also to the recitation, hearing this, Chen Ping'an, who has persisted for nearly an hour, spit out a breath of turbidity, stopped walking the pile, and said: "I'll get in the car and rest for a while." ”

got into the car and put the back basket in the carriage, Chen Ping'an found that there were bottles and cans piled up in the corner, but the light was dim, and he couldn't see what it was, Cui Yun, who was driving, said with a smile: "There are a few jars of good wine, there are Taoist pills for refining qi and healing, and even rouge gouache, this Gao Xuan is also fun enough, to be honest, don't talk about the enemy and my camp, it is also His Royal Highness, Gao Xuan is more ...... than your friend Song Jixin's own brother, that is, my former disciple Corporal Lixian?"

Chen Ping'an sat behind Cui Yun, sat sideways, hung his legs outside, shook his head and said, "Song Jixin has never been my friend. ”

Cui Yun dismantled the stage and said: "Then Song Jixin, who has now changed his name to Song Mu, is going to be sad." Before he left Mud Bottle Lane, Qi Jingchun gave Zhao Jian a seal of 'The World Welcomes Spring', and gave him six books for Song Jixin, three miscellaneous books, arithmetic "Subtle", chess score "Tao Li", essay collection "Shanhai Ce", three Mengxue books selected by Qi Jingchun, "Rites and Music", "Guanzhi", and "Primary School" , Song Jixin, your attitude towards Mr. is very complicated, he probably left the back three books on the table in the room when he left, the original intention was to give you Chen Ping'an, but the complexity of people's hearts lies in the fact that Song Jixin actually knows it, even if you get the key to the door in your yard, sir, you will never take the books privately, but you will not delay him Song Jixin's conscience past a small hurdle, sir, is this guy very smart?"

Cui Yun told a lot of secrets that no one knew, but there was one thing he didn't say.

He guessed that the matter of the book was actually expected by Qi Jingchun early on, and Song Jixin would look down on the three Mengxue books, and would choose to stay and give them to Chen Ping'an.

Playing chess, layout, and calculating, Cui Yun used to think that he was far better than Qi Jingchun, but now looking back, of course, it was a big mistake.

Chen Ping'an said in a low voice: "Song Jixin has always been very smart. ”

Cui Yun asked curiously: "You have such a stiff relationship with him, is it because he lied to Mr. You broke your oath?"

Chen Ping'an didn't speak.

Cui Yun said with a smile: "Don't blame me for talking too much, I don't mean to excuse Song Jixin, I just tell you a fact, whether it's right or wrong, Song Jixin has its roots in this matter, in fact, the reason is very simple, Song Jixin eats well, dresses well, lives well, everything is better than you, sir, and later there is a maid to serve and live, proficient in reading, playing chess and calligraphy, but the more this is the case, the bigger a certain knot in his heart will be." ”

Chen Ping'an finally spoke, "At that time, he was misunderstood as the illegitimate son of the superintendent, and he was poked in the backbone by neighbors since he was a child, and many people scolded him behind his back. ”

Cui Yun nodded and said: "So, when Song Jixin looks at a guy like you every day, Mr., he thinks, 'Why can you Chen Ping'an, a poor sour leg who almost starved to death, have a father and mother, but I, Song Jixin, don't? I don't even know my mother's surname and name?'"

Cui Yun shook his head, "The most unbearable thing for Song Jixin is that your life is so miserable, sir, but in the eyes of Song Jixin, a neighbor, it seems that he lives happier than him every day. So, if he is not happy, he wants you to be unhappy, he knows what you care about the most, and he wants you to lose something. ”

Chen Ping'an remembered that rainy night in Mud Bottle Alley, which was the first time he wanted to kill someone, when Song Jixin was almost strangled to death by him on the wall.

Liu Xianyang, who sneaked out of the kiln factory with him, may have been hiding in the distance and accidentally saw that scene, so in the next month, Liu Xianyang didn't dare to talk to him, which made Chen Ping'an depressed for a long time.

Cui Yun sighed to himself: "Some children's hearts and things involved are both terrible and ridiculous, and hateful and pitiful. Because it's not only children who have a child's heart, many powerful people will also be naïve and unreasonable in some big things. ”

Chen Ping'an put out the sword stove with both hands, did not practice, it was purely natural, and said calmly: "Of course I hate Song Jixin to death in this matter, but what really makes me dislike Song Jixin is not this." ”

Cui Yun was surprised, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "What do you say?"

Chen Ping'an said slowly: "The time when Liu Xianyang was almost killed, Song Jixin would squat on the wall, fanning the flames, wishing that Liu Xianyang would be beaten to death, such a person is very ...... Terrible. ”

Cui Yun was silent.

Chen Ping'an raised his head and looked into the distance, "There is a dialect in our hometown, which is called to see that those who carry burdens are not tired, I don't think it's anything, but if it's so bad that they add stones to people's burdens just because they think it's fun, how can this kind of person be a friend?"

Cui Yun quipped: "Song Jixin didn't add a stone to the burden on your shoulders, in fact, Song Jixin may be deep down in his heart and wants to be friends with you, because he is smart enough and knows very well who he should be friends with. ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "I don't like such people. ”

Cui Yun said a sincere word for no reason, a word of conscience, "People like you, there will be many people who don't like you in the future." ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "I want so many people to like what I do, one person can feed the whole family without worrying, and I don't want anything from others." ”

Cui Yun turned around and stretched out his thumb to Chen Ping'an, "Sir, you are called a wall-standing thousand, and if you have no desire, you are strong!

Chen Ping'an said softly: "I know that you are trying to explore something I don't know, but it doesn't matter, I feel much better after saying this." ”

Cui Yun said with a smile: "Sir, you are wise and foolish, and I am a great fool and wise, let's learn from each other, and if we join forces in the future, we will be invincible in the world." ”

Chen Ping'an suddenly asked: "Do you know Ah Liang? The old donkey part, Ah Liang has hummed before." ”

Cui Yun's face changed slightly, and he snorted, "I've known each other for a long time, earlier than Qi Jingchun recognized it, and earlier than Ma Zhanmao Xiaodong and the like, when I accompanied the old man to drink stuffy wine, they might not know where to play with mud." ”

The moon stars are scarce, and the breeze is blowing.

The white-clothed young man with a mole on his eyebrows, on his handsome and flawless face, there was a faint sadness, and he smiled bitterly: "After I left my hometown, I also traveled as far as you to study, but I went much farther than you, because of my arrogance, I finally lost my face, and in the last breath, I worshiped under the old Xiucai, who was not famous at that time, and his knowledge was also regarded as a heresy, so I was his first disciple." ”

"The surname Zuo, Qi Jingchun, these people have entered the old man's door one after another, and there are not many disciples in the room, in fact, Lao Xiu is a person who wants to explain everything clearly, teaching knowledge, a simple truth, he can explain it clearly in three words, he can speak all day, and he really doesn't have the energy to collect too many disciples who follow him closely. There are relatively more named disciples, and as for those who do not hesitate to call themselves the lackeys of the Wensheng Sect, they are mighty, like a carp crossing the river, and there are countless of them. ”

"As for Ah Liang, he met Lao Xiucai earlier than me. At the beginning, Ah Liang came to the door to beat Lao Xiucai, who is Lao Xiucai, that mouth is very powerful, every Jiazi session of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism debate, the most dangerous thing in the world, there is no one! Before I betrayed my teacher, I confidently put forward my own opinion, didn't I want to help...... Don't talk about this, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year. The fact is that Lao Xiucai is alone, and he has participated in two debates in history, and the key is that he won two quarrels, forget it, sir, you don't need to know this for the time being, anyway, the old Xiucai at that time, tsk, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the only one in the world, the kind of peerless style known as 'the study of a family, the bright moon is in the sky', not a reader, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate. Otherwise, do you think that the old man is just a poor Xiucai fame, and he can invite people into the Temple of Literature to offer him? What do you think?"

"In short, the old guy came and went, and he said that Ah Liang was confused, and the two enemies became the best drinking friends, the status of the old Xiucai is getting higher and higher, and Ah Liang's cultivation is getting higher and higher, the two complement each other, and the relationship has always been very good, Ah Liang and me, Qi Jingchun, and the surname Zuo, the relationship between the three people is the best, Ah Liang has a lot of toss for the three of us, especially for Qi Jingchun and the surname Zuo, it is called a world upside down, and the anger is restored!"

Speaking of this, Cui Yun smiled heartily: "Every time Ah Liang comes back to us, he will start bragging about it, what 'wipe your three rabbit cubs' butts are so fierce, my Ah Liang is really fierce', what 'You don't know, I will go to the sect to kill the Quartet today, those fairies only hate to cultivate not high enough, otherwise they must be eaten alive Ah Liang, alas, the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, you are young, you will not understand'." ”

Cui Yun took a sip of wine, "Ah Liang is a little good, he never brags when he speaks, unlike us scholars." ”

Cui Yun said so much in one breath, and finally turned his back to Chen Ping'an and smiled: "Okay, like you, I feel much happier in my heart." ”

Chen Ping'an had already closed his eyes and silently practiced the sword furnace pile, but it was obvious that all the words, the young man listened carefully and did not miss a word.

Cui Yun's face was flat, "I've talked openly, I'm still a bad guy after no delay, and you're still a good guy." ”

Chen Ping'an opened his eyes, "I'll go down and continue to practice walking piles." ”

Cui Yun laughed and said, "Okay." ”

After Chen Ping'an jumped out of the carriage, he continued to walk silently and quickly.

Cui Yun restrained his smile a little, freed his hand to drink the last sip of the wine jug, and was a little distracted, muttering: "Chen Ping'an, do you think that people like you are not terrible?"

A voice sounded from behind the carriage, "I hear you." ”

Cui Yun laughed, "Mr. has good ears, he is worthy of being a once-in-a-lifetime martial arts wizard, and he will dominate the rivers and lakes in the future, and he will be invincible in the world, just around the corner!"

The straw sandals boy angrily gave him a sentence, "I thank you." ”

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On the way home, I still walked through the mountains and the water.

The carriage had been sold with the carriage and the horse, and Cui Yun sold it for a high price of 1,500 taels, and then bought himself a beautiful bookcase and loaded all the valuable things in the original carriage.

Compared with the previous study trip, Chen Ping'an can spend more leisure time practicing Shaking Mountain Boxing, as well as the luck method of grinding with water to sharpen the eighteen stops.

As long as it is not raining heavily, twice a day in the morning and evening, Chen Ping'an's piling will be extremely slow, just like still carrying Li Baohua and Li Huai to practice boxing together.

There will be a young man in white standing beside him, boxing with him, fighting more smoothly and fairy-like than Chen Ping'an.

Whenever there are mountains and rivers, Cui Yun will recite the sage classics aloud, although Chen Ping'an is silent, but he will subconsciously follow and recite silently in his heart.

The two of them are no longer like the official road outside the capital of Da Sui that night, talking really from the heart, more often, they are speechless all day long, Cui Yun will occasionally quietly leave Chen Ping'an's field of vision, and when he comes back, he is in a good and bad mood, and Chen Ping'an never pursues it.

In this way, in the unhurried sound of the wheel, the nominal master and apprentice walked from autumn to winter in a bland manner.

The route is very different from when he came, it was chosen by Cui Yun, and Chen Ping'an had no objection.

The two also happened to have seen some bizarre anecdotes, either from a distance or in person, so that Chen Ping'an, who walked from Dali to Dasui, would still feel incredible.

In a big lake in the east of the Great Sui, the two of them traveled at night, under the moonlight, there was a group of elegant immortals who resisted the wind and volleyed in the distance, holding a huge iron chain in their hands, and finally the lake shook and set off a huge wave, and the immortals actually lifted a boulder from the bottom of the lake, as big as a mountain peak, so they pulled it up from the lake and moved to their own sect in the air.

Cui Yun explained that between the mountains and rivers, there are many things that gather with beautiful qi, and the immortal forces on the mountain, once discovered, have always liked to use supernatural powers to seize them and move them back to the sect gang, which is regarded as a forbidden body to help suppress the luck of the mountains and rivers. Cui Yun also smiled and said, that immortal power is still a little conscientious, choose to act at night, and willing to pay the capital, buy a high price of fine iron chains, if it is an ordinary immortal family, where to care about these, just buy a large number of cheap iron chains, as for the mountain peak fell to the ground halfway, whether there are mortals suffering, how dare the local government care, unless it is smashed in the big city, it is really impossible to hide, and in the end, most of the immortal forces symbolically lost money.

Between the majestic mountains at the junction of the Great Sui and Huang Tingguo, Chen Ping'an saw a large group of crucian carp-like fish, which were actually migrating along the mountain road, and the mud was not in the way.

Cui Yun said that those are the mountain carp, can come out of the water for half a month without dying, the mountain carp for the lake water quality requirements are extremely high, once the water quality of the old habitat deteriorates, it will not survive, will immediately take the initiative to move, the more abundant the water source, the better the reproduction of the mountain carp, and every 10,000 tails will be born a golden spiritual object, so the general mountain forces, are willing to raise this thing, in order to see the subtle knowledge, accurately determine the spiritual qi dispersion of the sect's mansion.

Then in a prosperous state city in Huang Tingguo, in the middle of the city, there were two young sword cultivators who actually controlled the flying sword, only half a foot from the ground, shuttling quickly between the crowds, as if they were competing for whose level of the sword was better, completely ignoring the chickens and dogs of the pedestrians on the street, and some ordinary people who could not avoid it were directly stabbed by the sharp flying sword, and fell to the ground and groaned.

When the sword cultivator passed near Chen Ping'an, an old woman was so frightened that she stumbled and fell, dodged left and right twice, and just collided with the sword cultivator who had deviated from the route.

If Chen Ping'an hadn't pulled an old woman, I am afraid that she would have been stabbed to death on the spot with a sword.

Instead of being grateful, the sword cultivator turned his head and glared at Chen Ping'an fiercely.

The two sword cultivators who were high up, one in front of the other, disappeared in a flash.

Although the people in the state city were terrified of this, no one wanted to investigate it, and even scolded and scolded, they only dared to lower their voices.

Cui Yun, who stood by and watched, said lightly, if it were other qi practitioners who had not yet entered the Middle Five Realms, they still wouldn't dare to be so rampant in a country and state city, because the qi practitioners in the world are the most precious and rare in sword cultivation.

After the grateful old woman left in a panic, Chen Ping'an turned to look in the direction of the departure of the two sword cultivators, and did not retract his gaze for a long time.

Cui Yun said indifferently: "I can't manage it, how can I manage it? Catch up and kill those two sword cultivators? Or do you want to reason with others and tell them not to be so nonsense in the future? Take 10,000 steps back and say, your fists are hard enough to force people to promise you, and when you leave, what can you do afterwards? ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "That's all I can do, I won't catch up." ”

"I hope that my husband will join in this fun, I, as a student, will eat and drink all the way, and I will feel guilty, so let me solve problems for my husband. ”

Cui Yun said cool words that he didn't like to hear, and when he saw that his husband didn't talk, he asked with a deep smile: "What if you have enough skills in the future?"

Chen Ping'an continued to hurry with the big bamboo basket on his back, "Then wait until that day." ”

Cui Yun hurriedly followed, and asked with a smile, "Sir, what day is that day?"

Chen Ping'an replied, "Anyway, it's not tomorrow." ”

Cui Yun's fart followed behind, "If it is the day after tomorrow, it will be good, students, I will have a bright face." ”

Chen Ping'an looked up at the sky, and suddenly remembered that when he returned to his hometown, it would be almost the New Year, so he wondered if he should buy a few Spring Festival couplets as soon as possible, and they didn't seem to have many of these things over there.

At this moment, Cui Yun raised his head, but he looked at a high-rise building, and sighed, the corners of his mouth curled, "Yohe, it's a little interesting." ”

Following Cui Yun's line of sight, Chen Ping'an saw a towering pavilion that seemed to stand alone in the city, the wind and clouds were dark nearby, and in the dark clouds higher up, there were faint electric lights, which was very different from the sunny scenery elsewhere, as if it was going to rain in this small area.

Cui Yun turned his head and smiled: "Sir, we must join in this excitement! Say in advance, if Mr. is unwilling to go, I will go by myself, and Mr. will wait for me at the city gate." ”

Chen Ping'an walked to the city gate without saying a word, and left a sentence, "If you haven't come out before the night curfew, I'll go by myself." ””

Cui Yun's face was sad and said, "Mr. is really ruthless." ”

Chen Ping'an turned his back to Cui Yun, raised his arm, and stretched out a middle finger.

Cui Yun immediately changed his face and waved goodbye to Chen Ping'an, "Mr. is getting more and more funny, I have a lot of credit for students!"

Chen Ping'an put away his middle finger and clenched his fist.

Cui Yun hurriedly said, "Sir, slow down!"