Volume 1 The Caged Sparrow Chapter 61 Crossing the River
As soon as the troublesome woman left, there was no spring scenery to see, and the crowd in Yang's shop quickly dispersed.
Zheng Dafeng shrank his head and ran to the eaves of the main house, squatting in the distance, not daring to get too close to Old Man Yang.
is also an apprentice, and he and Li Er are treated differently in front of this master.
Zheng Dafeng also complained about the master's partiality, but there were some things that he really didn't want to accept his fate.
Zheng Dafeng asked timidly: "Master, Qi Jingchun is determined to come according to the rules, where will we go then?"
The old man didn't say a word, smoking a dry cigarette, and a black cat didn't know when and where, squatting not far from the old man's feet, shaking his fur, and splashing a lot of rain.
Zheng Dafeng said worriedly: "That guy in Zhenwu Mountain actually asked the gods to come down the mountain, will there be trouble? After all, there are countless people staring at this side now." β
The old man still did not speak.
Accustomed to his master's taciturnity, Zheng Dafeng didn't feel embarrassed, he thought about it wildly, thought of Qi Jingchun again, and cursed: "Damn you, Qi Jingchun has been a grandson for fifty-nine years, and you still have a few days to work hard?
The old man finally spoke: "If you don't study, you're dead-headed." β
Zheng Dafeng was not ashamed, turned his head and flattered: "Do you want to rub your old man's shoulders and knock his legs for Master?"
The old man said indifferently: "I don't have a coffin book, so you will die of this heart." β
Zheng Dafeng said with a smile: "Master, what you said hurts people's hearts, I, as an apprentice, don't have much ability, but I am filial, where will I worry about that, I am not Li Er's daughter-in-law." β
The old man snorted and said, "You are worse than her." β
Zheng Dafeng's whole face was dark, his head drooped, as if he was beating an eggplant, and he didn't have any energy.
However, his face suddenly became full of surprise, and he realized that what the master said today, although it was still unbearable, had said so much, it was rare, and when he returned to the east room, he could drink a pot of wine to celebrate.
Zheng Dafeng was in a happier mood, and asked casually, "Senior brother can stop that guy?"
This time, without waiting for the old man to stab him, Zheng Dafeng slapped himself in the face, "Senior brother can't stop it, there will be a play, if you really stop it, you will really have to drink the northwest wind in the future." β
The old man asked inexplicably, "Zheng Dafeng, do you know why you don't have a big future?"
Zheng Dafeng was stunned on the spot.
I thought to myself, Master, that this question is very mysterious, and I must deal with it carefully and think about it.
I never thought that the old man had already given the answer to himself, "People are ugly." β
Zheng Dafeng held his head with both hands, looking at the rain splashing in the yard, such a big man, he wanted to cry without tears.
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The manager of the government office didn't need to pay much attention to what he said, he knew that he was not suitable to continue to stay, so he casually found an excuse to leave the house.
Chen Songfeng continued to bury his head in checking the archives, but compared with Chen's trembling when he was present, he finally recovered a little bit of the chic bearing of the children of the family, but the more this was the case, the more Liu Baqiao who looked at him from the side felt depressed, and he was aggrieved and unhappy, but it was one thing to be upright, and it was another thing to be open-mouthed, Liu Baqiao thought about going out for a walk, out of sight and out of mind.
Chen Songfeng suddenly raised his head and smiled: "Baqiao, you finally can't sit still?"
Liu Baqiao just lifted his butt from the chair, sat back after hearing the words, and said with a smile: "Yo, you're still in the mood to tease me, you kid can be open-minded." β
Chen Songfeng put down an old book in his hand and said bitterly: "Let you see the joke." I was upset just now, it's not that I don't know what to do, it's just ......"
Liu Baqiao couldn't stand the bitterness and sensationalism of others, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't don't, I just can't look down on your distant relatives who are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, I said a few words to her, purely because I can't control my mouth, you Chen Songfeng don't need to be grateful to Dade." β
Chen Songfeng leaned back, leaned back lightly on the back of the chair, and exhaled softly.
If this is at the door of the Chen family in Longwei County, with only this lazy sitting posture, once the elders find out, no matter the concubines, the children will be punished, and the adults will be trained.
The scholars of the wealthy family, although they are often ridiculed by the martial artists as sanctimonious and pretentious.
But the rules are the rules, from the birth of the mother's womb, they are on the established road, and the children of the scholars, large and small, without exception, have been exposed to it since childhood.
Of course, there is also the Nanjian country, which is rich in celebrities and absurd maniacs, and is famous for its words and deeds that are not confined to etiquette.
Liu Baqiao asked, "What is the relationship between you and Chen Zheng, and as for being so afraid of her, if it involves family secrets, I didn't ask." β
Chen Songfeng stood up, closed the door of the house, sat on the chair that was originally in charge, and asked softly: "The name of the young man surnamed Liu who bought porcelain, after several twists and turns, finally passed into the hands of my Chen family in Longwei County, don't you wonder why?"
Liu Baqiao nodded.
I'm afraid that the mountain moving ape can't even think of breaking his head, because the competitor of the sword scripture that moved when he heard the wind was not the sworn enemy Wind Thunder Garden, but the Chen clan of Longwei County, who was born out of nowhere.
Chen Songfeng's face was tired, it should have been a long-term depression along the way, and those who think too much will be tired, and finally can't help but find someone to spit out his bitterness, plus he is convinced of Liu Baqiao's character and temperament, so he said slowly: "Although our Chen family is closer to your Wind Thunder Garden, but the descendants of the Chen family abide by the ancestral teachings, do not mix with the grievances on and off the mountain, and have been sticking to it for so many years, can a sword scripture that is very weak for the children of the Chen family be able to make an exception for this? The Chen family is a scholarly family, not a family of cultivators, what is the point of wading into this troubled water?"
Liu Baqiao thought about it along this line of thought, "Is it that Chen Zheng's family who wants to take this sword scripture into his pocket? Could it be that her family is an unborn sword cultivator?"
Chen Songfeng shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Previously, you also mentioned that the Chen family in the town is divided into two branches, and Chen is the one who first moved out, and he went very thoroughly, and he simply didn't even stay in Dongbao Aquarius, and went directly to other continents. Of course, these news have never been circulated in Dongbao Aquarius, and our Longwei County Chen clan only knew the inside story because of a little relationship with them. β
Liu Baqiao sneered: "Is that girl bragging and not making drafts, or bullying me Liu Baqiao is uneducated?
Chen Songfeng stretched out two fingers.
Liu Baqiao rolled his eyes and said: "Hear clearly, I'm talking about the merit workshop, not the merit workshop!"
Chen Songfeng didn't put away his fingers.
Liu Baqiao was a little deflated, and continued to ask unconvinced: "That Xuegong Academy, can her family have it?!"
Liu Baqiao's so-called Xuegong Academy Fang is naturally the Confucian orthodox Sanxue Palace Seventy-two Academies, and it is by no means an ordinary academy of a secular dynasty.
There is a huge East Treasure Aquarius Island, but there are two academies of mountain cliffs and Guanhu.
Chen Songfeng slowly put away one finger, there was still one left.
Liu Baqiao pretended to get up, propped his hands on the handle of the chair, and pretended to be panicked: "I quickly apologized to that aunt and grandmother, I am obedient, just this kind of arrogant and unreasonable life experience, not to mention letting you Chen Songfeng flip through a few books, even if you let you be a cow and a horse, there is no problem at all." β
Chen Songfeng smiled but did not speak.
This is probably Liu Baqiao's unique charm, which can make the person concerned not angry at all.
Liu Baqiao twisted his buttocks, wrapped his arms around his chest, and said, "Okay, now that you know the scary origin of that ancestral grandmother, you can continue to get to the point." β
Chen Songfeng said with a smile: "Actually, the answer is also said by Steward Xue. β
Liu Baqiao had a flash of inspiration, "The ancestor of the young man surnamed Liu is the grave keeper of the Chen family that Chen left in the town?"
Chen Songfeng nodded and said, "The children can be taught." β
Liu Baqiao sighed, "No, isn't the ancestral sword scripture of the young man's family surnamed Liu from the traitor in Zhengyang Mountain?" Of course, he can be regarded as one of the ancestors of our Wind Thunder Garden, no matter what, if the time is not right, how can he become the tomb keeper of the Chen family?"
Chen Songfeng explained: "I can be sure that the Liu family was the tomb keeper of the Chen family at the earliest, and as for the sword cultivator who hid in your Wind Thunder Garden later, why did he finally come to the town, become the Liu family, and pass down the sword scripture, it is estimated that there are some obscure insiders." So in the end, the heirloom became two things, the sword scripture and the Qizi armor. As for Chen Zheng, she is not interested in treasures, but just to worship her ancestors. In addition, if the Liu family has descendants, no matter what her qualifications are, she will bring them back to the family to cultivate, which can be regarded as a reward for the tomb guarding of the ancestors of the Liu family. β
Liu Baqiao looked incredulous, "Such a big family, let a young woman come to worship the ancestors? and then almost was killed by the king of the Dali domain?" Chen Songfeng, I read a lot, although most of them are fat powder books where the gods fight in bed, but I do understand a lot of people's feelings and sophistication, so I think that girl must be a fake!"
Chen Songfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Then didn't you see my grandfather after seeing her, how ...... Polite. β
For His Holiness, Chen Songfeng really couldn't tell the truth, and could only be vaguely described by the word "polite".
The family opened the middle door for her, and the head of the family pushed her to the end, and the whole family treated her as a guest, and let her sit on the main seat at the reception banquet.
The impact of all this on Chen Songfeng can be imagined.
Liu Baqiao was puzzled: "Didn't the young man surnamed Liu almost be killed by that old ape's punch?"
Chen Songfeng sighed, "You said it yourself, it's a little bit worse." β
Chen Songfeng got up and came to the window, and the wind and drizzle outside the window were temporary, just looking at the sky, it seemed like it was going to rain heavily.
Chen Songfeng said softly: "That Ruan Shi, it seems that an elder with Chen is an old acquaintance, and he once walked the world together, and he is a good friend. β
Liu Baqiao asked tentatively: "Are you saying that Ruan Qiong can succeed Qi Jingchun and sit here, Chen has contributed to the family?"
Chen Songfeng said indifferently: "I didn't say anything. β
Liu Baqiao was amazed.
No wonder this girl can be so tough in the face of Song Changjing.
The prestige of the family far away in the sky, the protection of the saint in front of her, can she not be arrogant?
Liu Baqiao suddenly asked: "Talk about the natal porcelain and the porcelain buyers, I have always been very interested, but it's a pity that our Wind Thunder Garden is not prosperous, until this time I was forcibly pulled by the master to be a strong man, I have only heard about it, it seems that now we have a few famous mountaintop characters in Dongbao Aquarius, and they first walked out of this town?"
Chen Songfeng hesitated slightly, or chose to know everything, and leaked the heavenly machine: "Some similar to the worldly gambling stones, there are about 30 babies born in the town every year, 30 dragon kiln kilns according to the chair seats, in turn choose a child as their own dragon kiln 'porcelain', for example, this year the town gave birth to thirty-two children, then the top two dragon kilns, there can be two porcelain, if there are only twenty-nine newborns next year, the bottom of the dragon kiln, it means that it can only be confiscated for a whole year." β
"So the people who were born and raised in the town have their own natal porcelain, and now Cao Xi, who is in the limelight in this continent, is the two of them, a Taoist true monarch who is expected to become the monarch of heaven, and a wild cultivation sword immortal with infinite killing power, is no exception. Although the fish pond in the town is extremely easy to produce dragons compared to the outside, but the cost of turning dragons is huge, these 'porcelain', once successfully entered the middle five realms, do not ascend the five realms before death, it is destined to have no next life, the soul is scattered, life and life, everything is over, I am afraid that even the Taoist Buddha can not help it. And during this period, you will be caught by the porcelain buyer, and life and death will be controlled by others, no matter how you are a character like Cao Xi Xie Shi, the same. β
"Having said that, when you become a heavenly figure like Cao Xi Xie Shi, the person who buys porcelain will be eager to worship as an ancestor, where can he dare to claim to be the owner of porcelain. After all, it is a mutually beneficial thing, any family, can have Cao Xi Xie Shi's combat power, and can sleep steadily, the reason is very simple, usually trivial matters, please don't move their big driver, but when it comes to the survival of the family, they will definitely come to help, and they don't want to fight for my family, okay, then I will break your natal porcelain, and everyone will burn the jade together. β
Liu Baqiao listened to it breathtakingly, no wonder the Dali Dynasty rose rapidly in just two or three hundred years, and has formed a magnificent momentum of annexing the northern territory of a continent, Liu Songfeng listened attentively, and simply sat cross-legged on the chair, rubbed his chin with his palm, and asked:
"I know that the girl in the small town is six years old, and the boy is nine years old is a big threshold, and it is the same reason with our cultivation, at that time we can know the level of future cultivation achievements, if at that time, the porcelain buyers come to the town to take away the children of the Great Dao, then what about those porcelain that are not made into a product?
Chen Songfeng said softly: "It will be taken out of the dragon kiln, smashed and discarded on the spot, there is a porcelain mountain outside the town, which comes from here." β
Liu Baqiao was faintly unhappy in his heart and asked, "What happened to those children?"
Chen Songfeng shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, and it is estimated that it will not be much better." β
Liu Baqiao sighed, raised his hand and rubbed his cheeks fiercely.
This secret matter, which was personally finalized by the saints of all parties, was by no means something that his little Wind Thunder Garden Sword Cultivator could dictate.
But the young man just felt a little unhappy.
There was silence for a long time, and finally Liu Baqiao said softly: "In this way, everyone who walks out of here is a pawn crossing the river." β
Chen Songfeng followed and said, "Who is not on the path of cultivation?"
Liu Baqiao was concerned, nodded and said, "Yes." β
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The door creaked open, and the pale straw sandals boy tiptoed across the threshold, turned around and closed the wooden door gently.
I also learned that Old Man Yang brought a small bench and sat on the steps, the raindrops were as big as soybeans, and the sky was as dark as late at night, but for some reason, such a big rainstorm, there were not many raindrops under the eaves, the old man sat for a long time, and there was only a little moisture on his clothes, Chen Ping'an staggered his fingers, and quietly looked at the small pond formed by the water in the yard.
The old man smoked dry tobacco, and a large cloud of smoke filled the surroundings, but the smoke under the eaves and the rain curtain outside the eaves, and the well water interfered with the river water.
It is as if there is an invisible line between heaven and earth.
One of the biggest reasons why the old man doesn't hate this child is that no matter what the situation is, the child will not shout indiscriminately and will not disturb himself. If you can not speak annoyingly, you will never speak.
The child is very similar to his apprentice Li Er.
Zheng Dafeng is too far away.
Chen Ping'an said softly: "Grandpa Yang, thank you for so many years." β
The old man frowned and said, "Thank me, if I'm not mistaken, I've never helped you in vain, and when did you miss the reward?"
Chen Ping'an smiled.
Just like when the old man Yang promised himself to go up the mountain to collect medicine for the Yang family's shop, and then buy it at a low price, many herbs in the pharmacy were also sold to Chen Ping'an at a low price. It seems fair, but in fact, Chen Ping'an knows that this is the most practical help.
Also, a homemade bamboo cigarette pole is worth a few bucks?
But Chen Ping'an has been able to persist for so many years, and there is no disease and disaster all year round, to a large extent, relying on the breathing method taught by Old Man Yang back then.
The old man raised his head, looked at the sky, and sneered: "If others give a little favor, they can't wait to be a bodhisattva who saves suffering, especially if the big man picks out a little scum from between his teeth, he is especially grateful to Dade, and even he can be moved by his own pure heart, and he feels that he is grateful for his gratitude, so he is a mellow loyal minister, a proud protΓ©gΓ© of so-and-so, and the name of the scholar dies for a confidant, a group of bastards who forget their roots, they shouldn't have crawled out of their mother's womb in the first place......"
Chen Ping'an scratched his head, a little apprehensive, not knowing if Old Man Yang was talking about himself.
After the old man retracted his gaze, he said indifferently: "It's not about you. β
Chen Ping'an suddenly saw a familiar figure, so he was a little stunned.
There is a cloister eaves at the back door of the main hall, a middle-aged Confucian with frosty white temples came with an umbrella, holding an umbrella in one hand and a bench in the other, after passing through the side door, the bench was placed in the corridor, and after sitting down, the oil-paper umbrella leaned on the stool, and then patted his knees with both hands, sat upright, and finally smiled at the old man and the young man under the eaves of the backyard, and said softly: "Qi Jingchun of Mountain Cliff Academy, meet Mr. Yang." β
The boots on the Confucian's feet were soaked with rain and mud, as were the hems of his robes.
The old man was in a relaxed manner, and pointed at the sage with a cigarette stick, "The first day you came, I knew that you were unwilling, but after so many years, I didn't hear half of your complaints, which is also a strange thing, you Qi Jingchun is not like a self-inflicted character, so this time you are crazy, I guess I am a little confused outside, but I am not surprised at all." β
Qi Jingchun stretched out his hand and patted his stomach, and said with a smile: "There are complaints, there are stomachs, but I just didn't say it." β
Old man Yang thought for a while, "I don't know your ability, but your husband, just because he dares to say those four words, he can count this in my eyes." β
The old man held out his thumb.
Qi Jingchun smiled bitterly: "Sir, in fact, is more knowledgeable. β
The old man sneered: "I am not a scholar, even if your husband's knowledge is already greater than that of the Holy Master, I will not say that he is half a good sentence." β
Qi Jingchun asked, "Mr. Yang, do you think that the four words of our husband are right?"
The old man laughed and said: "I don't think it's right, it's just that all the well-dressed people in the world before believed in the previous four characters, and I was upset when I saw it, so when someone came out to sing the opposite, I felt relieved, that's all." You scholars fight in the ring by yourself, and the beating sweeps the floor and is full of chicken feathers, I am very happy!"
Qi Jingchun laughed.
Qi Jingchun was just about to speak, but the old man who already understood waved his hand and said: "Don't say polite words, I don't like to listen to it, we are not all the way, it has been like this from generation to generation, don't break the rules." Besides, you Qi Jingchun is now a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, I don't dare to make friends with you. β
Qi Jingchun nodded, got up and beckoned to Chen Ping'an: "Use the snake gallstone you sent, engrave two private seals, one official book and one small seal, and give it to you." β
Chen Ping'an ran through the pond-like yard in the rain, stood in front of Qi Jingchun, and took a white cloth bag.
Qi Jingchun smiled and said, "Remember to put it away." Later, when you see your favorite calligraphy and paintings, such as some mountains and rivers that you think are good, you can take out the seal and bet it up. β
Chen Ping'an nodded in a daze: "Okay." β
Old man Yang glanced at the bag in the young man's hand and asked, "What about the spring character?"
Qi Jingchun said with a smile: "I engraved a seal earlier and gave it to a child of the Zhao family. β
The old man smiled: "You Qi Jingchun is a good wealth boy?"
Qi Jingchun didn't care about the old man's ridicule, and said goodbye and left.
Seeing the young man like a wooden pestle in place, Old Man Yang laughed angrily: "Taking other people's things for nothing, I want to jump home and drill into the quilt to steal fun, I don't know how to send one to Mr. Qi?"
The young man hurriedly ran to the back door of the main hall, and the old man scolded with a smile: "Bring an umbrella!
Chen Ping'an borrowed an umbrella from the shopkeeper, followed Mr. Qi, and walked on the street together.
The old man always sat under the eaves and smoked dry cigarettes, which were full of smoke.
Thinking of the private seals of the two parties, although they were still in the bag, Old Man Yang could detect the clues, so he asked the word "spring".
Between square inches, the big is spectacular.
It didn't take long for the straw sandals boy to return to the yard, and Old Man Yang asked, "What did you say in the end?"
Chen Ping'an sighed and sat back on the small bench, "Mr. Qi said a word, saying that a gentleman can be bullied. β
Old man Yang said sullenly: "The old men standing in the Temple of Literature, their brains are broken, it is clear that someone is targeting the Mountain Cliff Academy and Qi Jingchun, and they have been standing by and watching, do they really think they are dead things of clay sculpture and wood carving?"
Chen Ping'an didn't hear clearly, and asked, "Grandpa Yang, what did you say?"
The old man was silent.
A good one, not a sage, a gentleman.