Chapter 77: The Fallen Heavenly Pride
The update of the Qianlong List is a very lively event for the entire Qingzhou County.
People are most interested in those who are unreachable and high-minded.
Especially the rich people who have a little family background, don't look at living in the city, in fact, they all try their best to drill into the sect.
"Third brother, in our Qingzhou County City, how many people are on the Hidden Dragon List?"
Chen Shaoan asked with some curiosity.
You must know that the concept of the Qianlong List is issued for all states of the entire Great Qian Dynasty.
It is equal to the popularity of this 100 people, and it is well-known in the entire Daqian.
Not only the Daqian Dynasty, but also such a genius, even the superior of the next dynasty will pay great attention to it.
Even the demon beasts in the major mountains often have people who send this information over.
"I don't know, but our Qingzhou boundary is not very good, it is estimated that there are only a few people, even if some were born in Qingzhou, they are not in Qingzhou now."
"I guess most of them are in Kyoto, where the sky gathers, and only when Kyoto has made a name for itself can it be said to be truly famous."
The third brother thought for a while and said, there is a mark of origin on the Qianlong list, but this is only a proof of the state of birth.
Like these geniuses, they are characters that every big state will woo, and they often send many benefits, just asking each other to stay in their big state.
It may sound like an exaggeration, but for the state lords, what they need is not for these geniuses of the Hidden Dragon List to do something for themselves.
Even if the Yuanying Realm cultivator who is the first on the Hidden Dragon List, even if he is far beyond his peers, he can reach ten or even dozens of people, but for the combat power of a large state, it is still a very small existence.
What they need is the luck that these people bring to their big state.
Luck seems to be very mysterious, and it does not refer to the population of the people, the degree of prosperity and excitement.
It's an extremely ethereal statement, but whether it's a cultivator or a dynasty, they are very convinced of luck, even because of some things, or people-related luck disputes.
Even if it is tearing the skin of the face and breaking the blood, it is not hesitated.
When Chen Shaoan heard the third brother talk about Kyoto, he couldn't help but pout.
Kyoto is the place where the most involution is made.
Even an ordinary ordinary person is terrible.
Hard work, struggle, for people in Kyoto, there is no point at all, because almost all of them are the hardest-working.
What is fighting there is completely a gap in talent.
Whether it's a cultivation sect in Kyoto or an academy like Kuniko-kimun, the huge pressure can make people breathless.
According to the latest statistics of Si Tianjian in the Di Bao, every year on the way to study and practice, people who go mad or mentally crazy are the most serious in Kyoto.
The number is far greater than that of other large states.
There, when the geniuses of ordinary big states passed, they felt that they were almost like mediocre talents.
Others are not only more talented than you, but they also have to work harder than you.
"The last time the second sister wrote a letter, it seems to be three years ago." Chen Shaoan said with some sighs.
The brothers and sisters in the family, because of their age, have a very good relationship.
After all, they all gather less and leave more, and people are in different places, so they naturally cherish these blood friendships more.
Hearing the fourth brother's question, the third brother hurriedly explained to him: "Your second sister didn't say that she didn't want us, but she is now in the Guozi Prison, and the pressure of studying is very high, and almost every breath is quiet in studying." ”
"If you don't write a letter, it doesn't mean that your second sister doesn't miss us."
"Last time you had an accident when you were building the foundation, the third brother didn't tell the second sister, and he kept it a secret, and the second sister didn't know about it at all."
Chen Shaojie's explanation was very clear, mainly because he was afraid that the fourth brother would misunderstand.
After all, the eldest brother also sent letters, but the second sister seemed to sink into the sea, and there was no news at all.
"It's a trivial matter for me to build a foundation, it doesn't matter much, the main second sister has not heard from her for three years, so she won't encounter any difficulties." Chen Shaoan asked.
Chen Shaojie shook his head and said; "It shouldn't be anything, the family still has some connections in Kyoto, and the eldest brother is also over there, if there is something, he will definitely say it."
"But next year, the second sister will be ten years old, and she should be about to finish."
Guozijian reads, in the official title, it is called sitting in prison, and this does not mean that you can read as long as you want.
The concept is similar to that of graduate students and doctoral students in the previous life, and only by constantly achieving better assessment results can they continue to study.
And ten years in prison is already the highest number of years in the country.
Guozijian students who have completed ten years basically need to hold official positions in the government after graduation.
The specific official position, this is more particular, and there are many directions to choose from.
For example, the second sister Chen Shao'an, the counterpart is some knowledge related to Si Tianjian.
After the graduation, Chen Shao'an's second sister can also get a position as a director in the Sitian Supervision Prefecture Department for the last time.
Chen Shaojie said here and said with a smile; "Second sister, she estimates that the most likely thing is to stay in Kyoto, and then see the development of the second sister, if it is not bad, I will write a letter to the second sister at that time."
"Let you also go to Kyoto, if you want to come to Kyoto to have the care of the second sister, with the intelligence of the fourth brother, you will definitely be able to mix well."
Chen Shaoan said helplessly: "Third brother, forget it, I don't want to go to Kyoto, living there is just a fatal thing." ”
"I've heard that promising monks and students in Kyoto are all facing the possibility of baldness in their hair, and I don't want to become bald when the time comes."
The third brother, Chen Shaojie, couldn't help but say, "Cultivator, why do you care so much about your appearance." ”
"Forget it, the second sister is next year's business anyway, whether you go or not when the time comes, it's up to you."
Chen Shaoan was just about to argue a few words, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the window.
Gossip and curiosity are the nature of the human race, and at the moment the brothers have a tacit understanding to open the window and see what is happening outside.
Outside, I saw an unkempt beggar with a wine gourd in his hand, staggering and staggering down the street.
The pedestrians next to him pointed and pointed, and there were even officials waiting nearby.
"Who is this?"
The brothers questioned almost simultaneously.
This guy's messy hair covers most of his face, and his clothes will be dirty, similar to a beggar.
But which beggar can still have a dedicated official to help take care of it?
At that moment, Chen Shaoan called the shopkeeper over and asked who the people on the street outside were going.
"The two sons must be the first time to come to our Qingzhou, this man who is on the street and now looks crazy, five years ago, was a well-known figure in our Qingzhou."
"It's a pity, it's a pity." The shopkeeper sighed and sighed, and then he didn't talk much.
Chen Shaojie was still waiting for the shopkeeper's next step, but Chen Shaoan had already seen the hidden meaning of the shopkeeper's flattering smile.
There are ten taels of silver bills in hand.
The shopkeeper who took the ticket smiled and hurriedly began to tell the story of the madman below.
This person is nicknamed Zhang Sanmad, his real name is Zhang Sanfeng, and he is a son of the local Zhang family in Qingzhou.
Hearing the name Zhang Sanmad, Chen Shaoan was still a little surprised, after all, he was very similar to a famous grandmaster in his previous life.
However, this 'madness' is not the other 'abundance', which can only be said to be a coincidence.
The reason why Zhang Sanmad is particularly famous is because he is the first person to enter the Hidden Dragon List with the Jie Dan Realm in the past 100 years.
Although there are many aspects of the ranking of the Hidden Dragon List, such as refining, alchemy, formation, prohibition, etc., will be taken into account.
But the main determining factor is still on top of its own strength.
The Tianjiao of every hidden dragon list is definitely the best of the same generation, which means that it can easily crush opponents of the same realm of cultivation.
Traditionally, the most inferior ones are all in the Jindan Realm.
Zhang Sanfeng was able to use the cultivation of the Jie Dan Realm to ascend to the Hidden Dragon List, which showed that he already had the strength to cross a big realm and crush the cultivation of the ordinary Jin Dan Realm.
A genius like this, once born, attracts much attention.
On the Qianlong list five years ago, Zhang Sanfeng became famous overnight.
The Hidden Dragon List is jointly calculated by Si Tianjian and Tianjimen, ninety percent of nine fidelity, at least for now, there is almost no mistake, even if there are some gratitude that does not match, most of them are hiding their own strength.
At that time, Zhang Sanfeng was hot.
Even the governor walked out of Qingzhou County and came to the Zhang family's mansion in person to meet him, hoping that he would be stationed in Qingzhou.
It stands to reason that such a genius, with the dual protection of the family and the government, is naturally on top of the clouds.
However, in less than a year, when it was updated in the second year, it was removed from the Hidden Dragon List.
Just because Zhang Sanfeng was already a cultivator of the Great Perfection of the Knot Dan Realm at that time, he felt that he had a strong foundation half a year later, so he hit the Jin Dan Realm.
Theoretically speaking, for a demonic Tianjiao like Zhang Sanfeng, impacting the Jindan Realm should be as easy and natural as eating and drinking, and it is as simple as a matter of course.
But at this time, something went wrong.
He's crazy.
Chongguan did not fail, his cultivation did reach the Jindan realm, but the person went crazy like this.
"How crazy you are." The third brother, Chen Shaojie, couldn't help asking.
The shopkeeper smiled a little embarrassedly: "Childe, I am the second child of a restaurant, I know all these things from the guests, how did I go crazy, I really don't know." ”
"But every year on the day when the Qianlong List is updated, Zhang Sanmad will come out to drink on the street, and he will wander around the county for seven days in a row, for five consecutive years."
Obviously, the information that Dian Xiaoer knows is also very limited, and even the truth of this information is difficult to say, after all, it is all hearsay.
But at this time when you are crazy about drinking, you naturally can't fake it.
Sending away the shopkeeper, Chen Shaoan said: "Third brother, why do I think this Zhang San is crazy, it's not particularly crazy." ”
Chen Shaoan carefully looked at Zhang San's crazy movements, and it seemed that he didn't look too crazy except after being drunk.
It is said that he is a madman, but he is more like a cultivator with a broken mind.
The third brother looked at it when he heard this, and said casually: "Everyone else has been crazy for five years, and it is estimated that at that time, it must have been seen by a lot of doctors." ”
"Since they all say it's crazy, they should be really crazy."
"But there are often crazy people, and many crazy people look no different from normal people, but when they start crazy, it's completely different."
"No matter where the madman is, there are very few who go crazy every day."
Listening to the third brother's words, Chen Shaoan nodded.
Mental problems have little to do with the physical body, and some mental hospitals in my previous life felt like the patients were normal when I first entered.
Only by understanding it deeply can we know what kind of mental state it is.
Seeing that Zhang San was crazy and walked away, there was nothing to see, so he was ready to close the window.
Just as he was closing the window, a cry with a sense of madness came.
"All have to die, haha, all have to die."
"Woo woo, you are all liars, all liars, you deceived me so badly!!"
"Ahhhh Don't come near me, quick! Fast! Stay away from me, stay away! ”
"Aha, I won't die, I won't die!"
"Run! Brother, run, 'they're coming, they're coming! ”
The sound was a little blurred behind it, and it could be seen that after a few sips of wine, the madness suddenly attacked.
The third brother Chen Shaojie heard these messy words, and couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, it's a madman, I'm afraid it's not hysteria, but it's a little similar to the previous fourth brother." ”
"But the fourth brother has always been clear-minded, but he was killed by a blind eye, which is completely different from this madman."
"Hey, fourth brother, why are you stunned?"
The third brother sighed, and when he saw that the fourth brother suddenly stayed there, he asked.
Chen Shaoan came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about such a character, and suddenly I went crazy, it's a pity." ”
The third brother, Chen Shaojie, nodded; "On the path of cultivation, there are too many things encountered, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be an endless abyss."
Chen Shaoan didn't listen much to the third brother's exclamation, and his heart was all in Zhang San's crazy words.
"If I couldn't see myself at the beginning, even if I survived, would I become like him?"
A question arose from Chen Shao'an's heart, especially for the 'them' in Zhang Sanmad's 'crazy words' just now.
Could it be that he is the same, can he 'see' it?
Thinking of this, Chen Shaoan couldn't help but want to meet Zhang Sanmad and chat.
He always felt that Zhang San was crazy, not crazy at all.
After telling the third brother that he went out for a walk, he went downstairs to greet the shopkeeper just now.
"Xiao Er, the foothold of this third madness, can you find out."
As he spoke, Chen Shaoan took out a bill with a face value of fifty taels of silver.
Xiao Er took it excitedly, and then patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I'll keep it for you." ”
This money is given too much, and even the title is different.
Less than an hour later, Chen Shaoan got the information he wanted.
Late at night.
Chen Shaoan came to a secluded courtyard.
And in the hospital, it is where Zhang Sanmad is.
The reason why he came late at night was that Chen Shaoan didn't want to attract too much attention to himself.
The door was ajar, overgrown with weeds, and it was so desolate that if it weren't for the lights in the house, it would have been uninhabited.
Chen Shaoan didn't knock on the door or anything, gently pushed it open, and walked in directly.
I walked all the way to the front of the house and pushed open the door.
Under the dim light, I saw Zhang Sanmad lying drunk on the dusty ground, sleeping soundly.
For Chen Shao'an's arrival, he didn't seem to be aware of it.
It stands to reason that cultivators are very keen, but at this moment, Zhang Sanmad's performance is like that of ordinary people.
Chen Shaoan stood in front of the door and said: "Chen Shao'an, Chen Shao'an, meet the three crazy brothers." ”
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