Chapter 188: Extraordinariness and trivialities

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The bamboo slips lay quietly on the courtyard wall, basking in the warm sunshine of early spring with their owners.

Then came an uninvited guest.

Dong Shuijing.

Dong Shuijing chose to stay in the town, while Shi Chunjia, the little girl with pigtails, chose to move to Dali Capital with his family.

The last five people who remained in Mr. Qi's school went their separate ways.

After seeing that it was Dong Shuijing, Chen Ping'an hurriedly asked him to go into the courtyard and sit down, the girl in the pink skirt moved out the snacks to eat with her hands and feet, Dong Shuijing was a little restrained, and a little embarrassed, like a Mengtong who made a mistake, sitting in the school and waiting for the punishment of Mr.

Chen Ping'an really didn't think that Dong Shuijing was wrong to stay in the town at that time.

On the way to travel, one night was called by the timid Li Huai to together, and listened to Li Huai chatting about Dong Shuijing's life experience, and said that the reason why he was named Dong Shuijing was because when his mother was pregnant with him, he went to the iron lock well with a big belly to fetch water, and as a result, Dong Shuijing was born as soon as he bent over, so he became the laughing stock of his classmates.

As for the fact that Dong Shuijing and Lin Shouyi both like Sister Li Huai, Chen Ping'an is even clearer, as for the truth or falsehood, Chen Ping'an is not very interested.

Song Jixin next door said early that guys as big as them in the town, the young masters on the Taoye Lane side of Fulu Street, have already had a room maid, and the matchmaker on the side of Xinghua Lane on Qilong Lane may have already helped find a partner, and it is normal to be a father when they are one or two years older. As for the poorest alleys at the bottom such as Mud Bottle Alley, it is possible for a man to beat a single until he is thirty or forty years old.

Dong Shuijing briefly talked about some things about the new school in the town, and Chen Ping'an followed up to say some interesting things about the study tour, but he didn't dare to say anything too bizarre, for fear that Dong Shuijing would think too much, after all, people are honest, it doesn't mean that they lack heart.

Dong Shuijing learned that the town would have its own post station in the future, so he asked Chen Ping'an for the address of the Dasui Mountain Cliff Academy, and the young man was very happy and said that he must write a letter to Li Baohua and the three of them. Chen Ping'an was a little hesitant, he knew that the post station sent a letter, it was a letter from home, and it was real money, Dong Shuijing was now lonely and helpless, and he might not be able to afford it, but Chen Ping'an didn't say anything in the end, just kept this matter in his heart silently.

Dong Shuijing left happily.

The little boy in Tsing Yi sighed: "This stupid big guy is not bad, I thought he came to the old man to eat and drink." If he dares to speak......"

He subconsciously looked at Chen Ping'an, swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and changed his words: "Then I will persuade him with good words, and I must reason with him well, saying that you must compare your heart with your heart when you are a man." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled and patted the little boy in Tsing Yi's head, "It's hard for you." ”

On the second day of the first lunar month, the custom of the town is to start visiting relatives for the New Year.

Chen Ping'an had no relatives to leave, so he simply took the two little ones to Luoluo Mountain.

Luoluo Mountain is located in the southwest of Longquan in Dajun, and the three nearby mountains are of different sizes, but the scale is far less than Luoluo Mountain, which are called Jumping Fish Mountain, Fushalu and Tiandu Peak, each of which was bought by the immortal forces other than Da Li, in order to create a unique mansion, before the Chinese New Year's Eve at the end of last year, it was still in full swing, day and night.

Today, when Chen Ping'an and the three of them passed by Tiandu Peak, the mountain peak was finally quiet.

In this year's time, the major mountains, mansions and palaces, pavilions, courtyards, high pavilions, mountain tops and viewing large flats, suspended in the cableway bridge between the two mountains, etc., everywhere strange luxury buildings, rise between the mountains and forests, which is breathtaking.

As for the opening of Luoluo Mountain under Chen Ping'an's name, because almost all of it is the established expenses of the Dali Ministry of Engineering, plus he, the mountain owner, there is no additional need for construction, so although the mountain is large, it seems to be relatively lonely, and there is a mountain god sitting in Luoluo Mountain, and this is still the case, so Baoqi Mountain, Caiyun Peak, and Xiancao Mountain are not to mention, lifeless, so that the monks who are responsible for supervising the work on the nearby mountain feel funny every time they look at their neighbors.

It is also ridiculous to have a lot of money to buy a mountain, but not a small amount of money to open a mountain.

After Chen Ping'an and the others approached their own mountain, Wei Yan appeared out of nowhere.

Chen Ping'an handed Wei Yan a small bag containing a high-grade snake gallstone, and asked Wei Bai to help give it to the fierce black snake from Qidun Mountain. Wei Yan accepted the New Year's money with a smile and said that it would be delivered, and he would never be greedy for ink.

Climbing the mountain together, Chen Ping'an asked Wei Yan about the school, Wei Yan of course knew more inside information than Dong Shuijing, and told the story, it turned out to be a family school opened by the Chen family in Longweixi, but it was open to everyone, and there was no charge, that is, many young Lu prisoner remnants could enter the school to study, which was equivalent to saving dozens of lives at once, otherwise those weak children could survive the cold winter of last year, it is really hard to say.

With the prosperity of Longquan County, there are a large number of families who have migrated from nearby states and counties, most of them are county families who are not short of money and people, and they buy houses and land in the town and its surroundings, and spend a lot of money.

In just one year, there were more than 100 students in the school, and the teachers were all famous writers and scholars.

Speaking of this, Wei Yan smiled and asked: "Do you think that you use a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens? Why are those scholars who usually have a huge shelf willing to leave their hometowns and come here to suffer hardships, and the objects of their preaching and teaching are only a group of children and teenagers?"

Chen Ping'an nodded and asked, "Is it the Longweixi Chen clan that spent a lot of money?"

Wei Yan laughed, waved his hand and said: "It's really not about money, among those gentlemen who read poetry and books, there are two sages, how can they try for money." They were looking forward to entering Piyun Mountain, because an interesting place called Linlu Academy was about to appear on the mountain. ”

The boy in Tsing Yi interrupted on the side and asked, "You said before that you lived in Piyun Mountain, could it be that you were a handyman from Linlu Academy?"

"Go, go, stay cool, I'll talk to your master about big things." ”

Wei Yan made a gesture of waving his sleeves to drive away, and then continued to say to Chen Ping'an: "In fact, the blind can see that Da Li has a great plan, and Lin Lu Academy is clearly going to sing against the Great Sui Mountain Cliff Academy. ”

"No way, if you want to show your ambitions and help the country, you have to have a chair in the temple. Otherwise, it's all on paper. Of course, if you can't squeeze into the officialdom, take a step back, if you are poor, you will be alone, and it is not bad to do a good job in learning, preaching and teaching in the local area, educating the people, and guiding the people's customs, but compared to the former, after all, it is lonely. ”

Outside the academy, the quota of one of the second Confucian seventy-two academies in Aquarius will inevitably fall on the head of Linlu Academy. ”

Wei Yan's words were light and light, and when he climbed the mountain, his two big sleeves swayed, like two white clouds floating to the top of the mountain.

Seeing the girl in the pink skirt carrying the bookcase, she couldn't take her eyes off it, and she imagined that her master would be so beautiful in the future.

Chen Ping'an suddenly asked, "Wei Yan, are you a mountain god now?"

Wei Yan smiled knowingly: "Chen Ping'an, I've been waiting for you to ask this question." ”

The boy in Tsing Yi pursed his lips, his face full of disdain.

Mountain gods?

I also have a brother who rules the river.

Wei Yan raised his hand and pointed to the side of Phiyun Mountain, "I am now the mountain god of Phiyun Mountain for the time being. ”

The boy in Tsing Yi, who walked side by side with the girl in the pink skirt, secretly shook his head and behaved as a monster.

Wei Yan added, "If there is no accident, Phiyun Mountain will soon be promoted to the Beiyue of Da Li." ”

Chen Ping'an stopped and asked, "Beiyue, isn't it Nanyue?"

Wei Yan shook his head, "It's Beiyue." ”

The girl in the pink skirt wowed, her eyes were full of admiration, Wuyue Zhengshen, that is really a big god, not to mention the Dayue god of the Dali Dynasty.

The little boy in Tsing Yi swallowed his saliva, moistened his throat, walked quickly to Wei Yan's side, looked up and smiled: "Immortal Master Wei, are you tired from walking, do you need to sit down and rest?"

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Yohe, why don't you raise the bar with me?"

The little boy in Tsing Yi said with a righteous face: "Wei Xianshi, you are my master's good buddy and good brother, I am a family with my master, so we are half friends, is it appropriate to say this, Wei Xianshi?"

Wei Yan reached out and twisted the cheek of the little water snake, and his strength was not small, "Naughty." ”

The boy in Tsing Yi smiled stiffly and did not dare to resist.

No way, if Wei Yan didn't deceive people, then now he and the old man are under the fence, even if Chen Ping'an has more mountains, as long as he is still in Longquan County, he still needs to look up to people. As a god of the mountains high above, a sneeze can make the peaks in the territory of the jurisdiction tremble, intercept the aura, dig the roots of the mountain, and other actions, and you can do it without knowing it.

Wei Yan smiled and asked: "Over there in Shenxiu Mountain, there is a lot of movement, even if the matter of opening the mountain has not been interrupted today, Chen Ping'an, do you want to take a few looks, it is very interesting." ”

Chen Ping'an was a little expectant, and nodded vigorously: "Okay, I've always wanted to see it before." ”

Wei Yan whistled, and soon there was a sound from the mountain, and the movement became louder and louder, and finally a huge black snake with a golden thread on its abdomen swam and appeared in their field of vision, the boy in Tsing Yi and the girl in the pink skirt were a little nervous, the dragon genus, cannibalism is normal, and this black snake is already a veritable up-and-coming, showing the qualification of walking the river and turning Jiaojiao.

The remnants of the dragon genus with a huge pedigree, many powerful demons who have cultivated their human bodies and entered the seventh or eighth realm, or even the ninth realm, do not even have the slightest sign of turning into a dragon.

The boy in Tsing Yi often said that their cultivation was not all an excuse for their own laziness, and he was at least half right.

Wei Yan threw the bag to the black snake, "Chen Ping'an gave you the New Year's money, don't be in a hurry to eat it." Next, you will take us to Shenxiu Mountain. ”

The black snake's eyes were extremely calm, without the slightest struggle to resist, and slowly lowered his head, showing enough meekness and kindness.

A group of four people stood on the body of the black snake, climbed over Luoluo Mountain, and descended from the northern foothills, during which the black snake carefully bypassed the mountain temple.

After leaving Qidun Mountain and arriving at Luoluo Mountain, the violent black snake had already restrained too much.

Obviously, Wei Yan's contribution is great.

Advancing rapidly all the way, Wei Yan, who was fluttering in white, pointed to a group of people at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and explained with a smile: "Those are the children of the Mo family who are proficient in mechanical arts, and there are a few Yin and Yang family warlocks who are good at Feng Shui, all of whom have been hired to come to the mountains of Longquan County. These two groups of people often appear together, cooperate seamlessly, and are the key people who must be used to establish a mountain and build a fairy mansion. ”

Later, halfway up the mountain, they saw several huge gray toads, with bulging bellies and snow-white, slowly moving towards the mountain.

It turns out that they are river swallowing toads that can hold tens of thousands of catties of river water in their stomachs, and when they reach the mountain, they only need to open their mouths to the dug pool, and the water source will continue to pour into the pond.

There is also a slightly smaller toad, known as the open toad, which has a tough belly and crawls all the way to a smooth mountain road of suitable width.

However, the young mountain-moving apes raised by the Dali Imperial Court that Wei Yan said could not be seen.

Then in the area of Huanghua Peak, Chen Ping'an and they met a group of Taoist priests, who were commanding a two-foot tall Yellow Turban wrestler, opening mountains and breaking ground and carrying boulders.

It turned out that to build a blessed land in the cave, it was almost impossible to bypass the Taoist Fu Gong sect monks, in their hands, a piece of rune paper turned into a puppet when it landed, and the spirit was slightly opened, and they could follow some of the most superficial and simple instructions, obey orders, and do not need to rest and sleep, until the aura was exhausted, it would automatically turn into a pile of rune paper ashes.

Wei Yan took Chen Ping'an to Wutong Mountain, even if it was seen from a distance at the foot of the mountain, it would still make people feel spectacular, because the entire mountain of this stretching mountain range had been flattened. When the black snake carried them to the dusty flat and listened to the introduction, they learned that this mountain flat covers an area of four or five miles, and it will become a "ferry" in the future, but the ferry of the people under the mountain is a boat and a water, and the ferry of the monks on the mountain is mostly a sea of sea and a sea of clouds. As for what the "big ship" is, Wei Yan deliberately sold a pass.

After Wutong Mountain, it is not far from Shenxiu Mountain, there is only a Baoqi Mountain hanging in the name of Chen Ping'an in the middle, and Niujiao Mountain bought by a monk of Nanjian Country, Niujiao Mountain is not high, the mountain is very thick, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, one building after another stretches in turn.

Wei Yan jumped off the back of the black snake, asked Chen Ping'an to come down, and then told the black snake to stay at the foot of the mountain and not move.

The archway at the foot of the mountain hangs the three-character plaque of "Burden Zhai", and the golden light is shining.

Wei Yan is an expert inside, and said as he walked: "This is both a pawn shop and an antique shop, there are no surprises, everything can be sold, everything can be bought, as long as the price is negotiated, one hand pays and the other hand delivers." The founder was a poor and sour cultivator at the beginning, and he could only carry a burden, pretending to be a bunch of rags and running around, buying and selling, earning the difference. Niujiaoshan is a branch of their family, and each building sells different types of antiques and treasures. Now that the building is almost built, it is only a small part of the goods that have been transported, and it should be a large-scale transportation only after the completion of the Wutongshan Ferry. ”

Up and down Niujiao Mountain, whether it is the real power manager of Baozhai or the scattered cultivators who have come here for sightseeing, after seeing this man in white who is about to become the god of Dali Mountain, he is respectful and polite to the point of flattery and humility. Therefore, the road was unimpeded, and Baobaozhai even walked out of a graceful woman and personally led the way for them, explaining the treasures of the treasure buildings.

Chen Ping'an opened his eyes, in the "one building", there is a special green word poetry jar in which it is shelved, the seal is engraved with the green word article from the Taoist classics, there are seven, the high one is about half a person high, the short one is also an arm long, it is said that there is spring water inside, all of them are drawn from the world's hundred famous springs, the spring water is clear as jade, flowing like a rainbow, the most suitable for boiling tea and entertaining guests.

"A man can go a day without grain, but not without water for a day, for water is the essence of food. Therefore, the so-called people in the world follow the local customs, drinking water first. ”

"We have a burden of fasting, there are special monks to accurately measure the spring water in various places, with a small silver square bucket, and a small scale, weigh its weight, light, clear, sweet, three have, in order to store in these green word jars, dare not say that it is the elixir and jade liquid, but can ensure that the spiritual energy is abundant, every catty of spring water, are never worldly. ”

Although the woman's appearance is not beautiful, her voice is gentle, like the tinkling of spring water, which is pleasant to the ear.

In the "Spectacular Building", they just stepped into the threshold, and saw a group of human-height picture scroll screens, painted with twelve stunning beauties, all of them are stunning beauties who choose a continent or a country, from the pen of the Danqing Holy Hand, more surprisingly, that is, those beauties are vivid, or bow their heads to stroke the piano, their sleeves are like flowing water, or they stare at with their cheeks, or hold a fan and flutter butterflies, delicate and moving.

At a glance, the screen is full of stunning colors, each with its own merits, and it is beautiful.

There is also a climate screen painted with 20 solar terms, that sting, that is, the scene of lightning and thunder, in the Qingming season, then the light rain is one after another, the full moon hangs in the air in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the brilliance is pure.

All kinds of whimsical ideas made onlookers can't help but be amazed.

Because Wei Bai was there, the woman made an exception and took Chen Ping'an and them to visit the private spiritual garden, where there were peasant monks with exotic flowers and plants working in the fields. The cultivation of the spiritual garden, in addition to being able to sell precious flowers and trees, can also retain the luck of the mountains and rivers, and at the same time can be pleasing to the eye, so it has always been favored by the immortal forces.

After seeing these unbelievable pictures, Chen Ping'an knew what it meant to be really rich.

Thanking the woman who had never reported her home, and walked down the mountain and out of the archway building, Wei Yan first asked Chen Ping'an to turn his head to look at Niujiao Mountain, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of his eyes, and said with a smile: "Look again, what's the difference." ”

Chen Ping'an looked intently and found that the entire Niujiao Mountain was shrouded in a layer of blue-gray mist, and from time to time a trace of snow-white electric light flew by.

Wei Yan explained: "This is the so-called mountain protection array, this formation of Niujiao Mountain, from the famous "Vapor Cloud Mengze" in the formation map, was originally a Confucian sage's landscape painting, and was later continuously deduced and perfected, and finally became a formation map, in addition to playing the role of sheltering the mountain and resisting the offensive, it also has the effect of placing feng shui stones, resisting evil spirits, and turning turbidity into clear gas. ”

Chen Ping'an sighed: "It's amazing. ”

Wei Yan smiled: "Do you feel that you are too poor all of a sudden?"

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "I don't feel poor, but I don't feel rich." ”

Wei Yan laughed heartily, and the group jumped on the back of the black snake again and continued to Shenxiu Mountain.

Wei Yan told Chen Ping'an that there was no real money in the mountain trading, but it was basically just a number. Because unless both sides have rare and rare square inches and close objects, it is too troublesome, and this magic weapon is 800,000 taels of gold, what can be done? Converted into silver, it is destined to be even more exaggerated. Therefore, for large purchases on the mountain, there will be special "coins".

They soon saw the Shenxiu Mountain up close.

Shenxiu Mountain is too high.

If there is not another Phiyun Mountain, this mountain is the most upright and handsome, enough to overwhelm the mountains.

Chen Ping'an asked, "Is Miss Ruan on the mountain?"

Wei Yan shook his head and said, "No." ”

There is a steep mountain wall in Shenxiu Mountain, and in the cover of the surging sea of clouds, there are four big characters engraved, "Tiankai Shenxiu".

Unless you fly against the wind, even if a qi practitioner looks up, I am afraid that he will not be able to get a glimpse of the true face.

Because of the rules that Master Ruan had set at the beginning, in the territory under the jurisdiction of Longquan County, no cultivator was allowed to resist the wind and sweep the sky without authorization. It makes the qi practitioners around Dali have a lot of trouble out of thin air, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are full of complaints.

At the beginning, in the far north outside the Aquarius Continent, the mighty sword cultivator went south, passing over the town at that time, and still lowered his altitude to show goodwill.

In addition to the recognition of the swordsmith Ruan Qiong, it is more about respecting the two words and rules of this vast world.

This invisibly added a layer of prestige to Ruan Qiong, and among the sword cultivators who went to the inverted hanging mountain, there was more than one land sword immortal, and it was still like this, so Ruan Qiong's status in the Dali Dynasty was rising, and some of the objections that were already loud disappeared completely.

In this world, once you become a mountain immortal, of course, you can be very free, and you can not abide by many secular etiquette.

But don't forget the existence of the three Confucian palaces, seventy-two academies, and nine majestic towers.

Mountains and seas demon sword immortals, nine male town buildings, nothing that cannot be suppressed.

Ruan Qiong's personal rules, even if he was born in Fengxue Temple and are not a protΓ©gΓ© of Confucianism, but as long as it fits the bigger rules and conforms to the purpose of Confucianism, then the ruling power of Confucianism, in turn, will be gifted to Ruan Qiong, and finally help Ruan Qiong's small rules to form a kind of silent deterrence, and the two sides complement each other and eventually complement each other.

This is the great rule of heaven and earth set by the Lisheng himself at the beginning.

You can't see it, you can't touch it, but it's everywhere.

Wei Yan did not climb the mountain, but let the black snake turn back the same way, sat cross-legged, and said with emotion: "Just like here, on the territory of any dynasty, there are many mountains, immortal mansions, and gang sects, in the mountains for the mountain chief, in the water for the dragon king. Some kings regard it as a dynasty and a vassal, and some emperors think in their hearts that they are separatist forces that listen to propaganda and do not listen to tunes. But in the final analysis, the fact that the mountains and the mountains are able to maintain a general peace and quiet is still due to the creation of the saints. ”

Chen Ping'an sat beside Wei Yan and said softly, "These are too far away from me. ”

Wei Yan smiled, "Say far, far away, say near very close." ”

Chen Ping'an looked back at Shenxiu Mountain and muttered, "That's it." ”

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In Mud Bottle Lane, a young girl in Tsing Yi stood outside Chen Ping'an's ancestral house, looking at the scene of the closed courtyard door, she looked at the Spring Festival couplets and the door god a few times, and planned to turn around and go home.

Then three women walked briskly, dragging two teenage children by their side, and when they saw the girl, they smiled and said, "Miss Xiuxiu is also here." ”

Ruan Xiu ignored it and ignored it, in fact, she was a little bored in her heart.

The women in the market didn't care, although they didn't know where the girl's father, the blacksmith master Ruan, was sacred, but they roughly knew that Master Ruan was amazing, there were many mysterious and mysterious gossip, and the county commander was on an equal footing with that man, anyway, they didn't believe it, but they were only willing to believe half of it.

It's just that I went to the two shops in Qilong Lane many times, and I dealt with the girl a lot, so I changed from the anxiety at the beginning to a peace of mind, I didn't think she was so good-tempered, she just didn't have a smile.

Ruan Xiu wanted to hold back and not speak as usual, but today she couldn't help it, looked at them, and said coldly: "You go to the shop to buy things for nothing, forget it, I don't have to tell Chen Ping'an, help you count it in my own account, but why do you still come to Chen Ping'an's house to make trouble?"

"Oh, my Xiuxiu girl, alas, don't you know our relationship with Xiao Ping'an, we are a few women, and when we were young, we had a good relationship with his mother, so after Xiao Ping'an's father and mother left, not to mention anything else, just two funerals, who of us didn't have the money to contribute, and the power to contribute? Later, Xiao Ping'an was alone, if it weren't for the help of our kind neighbors, then the big child would have starved to death, where is the situation of today's rich and noble......"

"That's it, Xiao Ping'an saw me, and had to shout a second aunt, when I was eating at my house, I was reluctant to eat my own big fish and meat, reluctant to eat my own baby, I had to clip it into the Xiao Ping'an bowl, this kindness is worthless, but now Xiao Ping'an is developed, not only have two so big shops, I heard that there are several even the mountain, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, right? Don't you think about our aunts, aunts, okay? That has to be without conscience to do it......"

"Miss Xiuxiu, we know that you are a big family, and we are also polite to you, you can't deny it, right? But Miss Xiuxiu, you really don't know the difficulties of our poor family, the baby wants to go to school, and the dragon kiln is in a recession, we are bitter, besides, we are not asking Xiao Ping'an for tens of thousands of taels of silver, this is not the New Year, for the children to Xiao Ping'an, who is the elder brother, to ask for dozens of taels of silver for the New Year's money, Xiuxiu girl, you touch your conscience and say, this is not too much, right?"

Ruan Xiu's face was cold, and she directly put down the next sentence, "I think it's too much." ”

The atmosphere in the chattering alley was suddenly extremely embarrassing.

A woman patted her thigh, "Miss Xiuxiu, you can't say that, after Xiao Ping'an left the town last time, Miss Xiuxiu asked someone to send us some thank-you gifts, and we didn't speak with a conscience, yes, how many things were collected, but those things can't be exchanged for copper money, poor people live a life, no money to buy rice, can't open the pot, how to live, we adults can forget it, but the child is still so young, Xiuxiu girl, you see, my son's arm is thin, not better than Xiao Ping'an back then, how can you bear it?" ”

Ruan Xiu nodded with a straight face: "I can bear it." ”

The women were stunned one by one.

A woman came back to her senses and said softly: "Let's not talk to her, let's find Chen Ping'an, if he is embarrassed to pick and search, we will poke his backbone to see if he has a reputation." ”

The other two women nodded, this method must be feasible, one of them danced with his eyebrows, lowered his voice and smiled: "Chen Ping'an is most afraid that others will say that his father and mother are not good, this is the most effective." ”

"Get out!"

Ruan Xiu stretched out a finger and pointed to the end of Mud Bottle Alley, and said expressionlessly: "Otherwise, I will kill you." ”

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