In the ancestral house of the Yuan family in Erlang Lane, Cui Yun sat on the chair covered in blood, his hands were knotted with treasure bottle marks, and it was difficult to protect this pair of skins from collapsing, not only because this pair of skins was extremely difficult to find, but also because this body was like a cage, locking his soul. A crippled person is really going to be reduced to a mud pond fish and shrimp at the bottom of the Middle Five Realms for the rest of his life, and those jackals, tigers and leopards who used to tremble and crawl under his feet are now easy to kill.

Although his body and mind were severely damaged, after Cui Qi spit out a mouthful of blood, he still held on to the chair handle, and stood up trembling with his hands and feet, he knew that the more this was the case, the more he couldn't fall in one breath, Cui Yun raised his head and looked at the patio, where the voice of Ruan Qiong, the sage of the military family, fell, but at this time, he had even lost the magic power of whispering with Ruan Qiong.

Cui Yun said hoarsely: "Come out." ”

A young man with a delicate and flawless appearance walked out of the side room with a frightened face, and walked in front of Cui Yun, at a loss.

Cui Qi trusted the spies under his command who were dormant in the town, but he only believed in their loyalty to his great teacher, but Cui Qi was not at all at ease with their strength, and he didn't expect them to escort him back to the capital safely, maybe before the town came out, Song Changjing or a certain chess piece planted by the woman in the four surnames and ten clans would wait for the opportunity to move.

So Cui Yun ordered the young man: "Go to the blacksmith shop to find Master Ruan, invite him to come here, and directly say that I, Cui Yun, have a request for him, and I am willing to make a big deal with him, it is about the edict of Shenxiu Mountain, don't forget, it is please." If Ruan Qiong refuses to come, you don't have to return to this mansion in the future, and the little yin soul in your body that was temporarily collected and placed by me can't withstand the washing of the yang qi and wind for a few days. ”

The young man's face turned pale and he nodded vigorously.

Cui Yun sat back in his chair and advised: "After going out, look natural, don't look like your father and mother are dead, otherwise the idiot will know that something is wrong with me." ”

The boy nodded timidly and walked away quickly.

But Cui Yun just closed his eyes, it was really funny, he fell into the situation of painting the ground as a prison, locked the exit of his soul, and now he even has to help sew and mend and be the sewing and mending of this cage.

A familiar sound of footsteps sounded, and Cui Yun suddenly opened his eyes, and was about to loudly scold this puppet who was not doing things well.

It's just that when he saw the uninvited guest next to the porcelain boy, Cui Yun immediately changed his face and smiled at the young man: "Go and move a chair for Senior Yang, and bring a cup of tea." ”

The old man smoked a dry cigarette, and after taking one hand, he looked around, didn't look at the miserable young national teacher, and said with a smile: "The ban here is arranged by you Cui Yun himself, and now I have quite someone who has broken into the door, and the master is still sleeping." Master Guoshi, are you in any trouble? Do you need my help?"

Cui Yun's face was as usual, and he shook his head and said, "No need." ”

The old man sat on the chair brought by the young man, he was in the east, and Cui Yun was sitting in the south and facing north, facing the plaque in the lobby of the Yuan family. The old man looked at the young man with a restrained and curious look in his eyes, and said with emotion: "For the matter of the divine soul, your attainments are really good. ”

Cui Qi asked, "Now that we are talking, can Ruan Qiong hear it?"

Old man Yang said with a smile: "What kind of temperament does Ruan Qiong have, he came to spy on your movements when he was full, if it wasn't for your three provocations and two times, do you think he would be willing to take care of you?"

Cui Yun said in a deep voice: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years!"

This sentence is the second time Cui Yun has said it to this Yang senior, and the first time is in Lao Porcelain Mountain.

The old man smoked a dry cigarette, "Makes sense." ”

Cui Yun waited for a moment, "Okay?"

The old man nodded slightly, "Cui Guoshi can speak freely." ”

Cui Yun wiped away the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and asked, "Should I call Mr. Big Mr. Qingtong Tianjun?" or the more famous ......?"

The old man interrupted Cui Yun's words expressionlessly, "Enough." ”

Cui Yun really didn't continue, and sighed with emotion: "I can't hide it, that war is fascinating to the younger generation." ”

Cui Yun laughed inexplicably, "I don't hate not seeing the gods, but I hate the gods not seeing me." This was the first time I came into contact with the heartfelt feelings behind the scenes when I was studying under my husband, and at that time, my husband criticized me for not knowing the height of the sky and opening my mouth. Now that I think about it, my husband was right and I was wrong. ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "Whether it's the masters and apprentices in your sect who turn against each other, or the brothers who are fratricidal, I'm not interested." ”

Cui Yun sneered: "Then you came here just to see my jokes?"

Old man Yang asked, "I'm a little curious, Song Changjing, the king of the Great Li Domain, a martial artist who aspires to the eleventh realm of martial arts, why are you so incompatible with him?"

Cui Yun shook his head and said: "It's not that I and Song Changjing want to fight to the death, but we have a powerful girl in Dali, and he can't tolerate him, when he broke Chen Ping'an's natal porcelain, it was her own behind-the-scenes planning, and there was no covetousness of the Xinghua Lane Ma family willing to make a move, and there were also Liu family and Song family and the like." In order to make it easier for her son to seize the opportunity, of course, I don't deny it, and then I used Chen Ping'an to target Qi Jingchun, which was to take advantage of the trend. It is indeed one of the few genius strokes in my life, Qi Jingchun's chess is high, I admit defeat, but I still don't think this move is bad. ”

Old man Yang spit smoke and squinted his eyes: " As soon as the natal porcelain was shattered, the boy in Mud Bottle Lane was like a candle flame, which was particularly eye-catching, and it was naturally easy to create a situation where a moth to fight the fire, the woman you said was expected, if it weren't for that, the girl who was condensed by the remnants of the true dragon's divine will and essence was originally running to Chen Ping'an with instinct, but when she escaped from the lock dragon well, arrived at Mud Bottle Lane, and staggered to the door of the two courtyards, she realized that there was a strong dragon aura in the original Song Jixin house, which was simply the most delicious food in the world for her, so she desperately wanted to knock on his courtyard door, but unfortunately she couldn't catch it and fell into the snowdrift at the door of Chen Ping'an's house。 Later, it was nothing more than Chen Ping'an who saved her, but after she woke up, of course she was unwilling to sign a contract with such an ordinary person with the naked eye, after all, it was tantamount to suicide, the short life of a layman was really not worth mentioning for her long life, only a moment of freedom, of course she was unwilling. So she claimed to be the newly arrived maid of the Song Jixin family, and Chen Ping'an stupidly gave away this greatest avenue opportunity in Lizhu Cave Heaven with both hands. Having said that, Chen Ping'an at that time, like the rebel son of a big clan and the rebel minister of a big country, was indeed invisibly suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and couldn't keep any good fortune. ”

When the old man said this, he shook his head, "I can see it, I can't touch it, I can't hold it." ”

After listening to the old man's story quietly, Cui Qi returned to the topic, "Even His Majesty the Emperor believes in his younger brother Song Changjing, and he has never been interested in the dragon chair. It's a pity that once, when Your Majesty asked me for advice on Go, the woman was also watching the game and giving His Majesty advice so that the game would not end early. ”

"Your Majesty suddenly asked me if he, the king of the battlefield domain, would one day suddenly lead his troops to the capital of Dali, and asked him for the chair with the knife in his hand. ”

"Of course, I answered honestly, saying that the prince would not do this. However, if one day, a large group of generals and warriors under the command of the prince have the idea of being the minister of the dragon, and then the prince has reached the tenth realm, or even the eleventh realm where the legend is in, and feels that life is very boring, and everyone around him is bewitching and instigating, it is better to wear a dragon robe and sit on the dragon chair, which saves the hearts of the soldiers. ”

After I said this, the Great Li Emperor laughed. In the end, His Majesty the Emperor turned his head and asked the woman beside him, 'What do you think?' The woman told her, "His Majesty the Emperor is not ambitious enough, half of the East Treasure Aquarius Continent can fill his stomach, Song Changjing is different, the higher his martial arts achievements in the future, the more he will want to go to a higher place." After listening to the woman's words, His Majesty smiled and said that the two of us are nonsense, heart-wrenching words, ruining my big pillar, and should be dragged down and beheaded, but today is a good day and an auspicious day, it is better to talk with your hands than with your hands, and leave your two heads for the time being. ”

Old man Yang said with a smile: "When Song Changjing met your two opponents, he really poured eight lifetimes of mold, a woman blows the pillow wind, and a henchman splashes dirty water." ”

Cui Yun asked bluntly: "What are you looking for me?"

Old man Yang said a strange thing with no beginning and no end, "We believe that there will be a kind of relationship, wealth and roots, and life and death." You don't believe it. ”

When it comes to this matter, Cui Yun did not back down, and he did not have the cowardice of putting life and death in the hands of others, and sneered: "Although I don't think it's any better now, I don't think you guys are any good things." ”

Old man Yang looked at Cui Yun, "Say, what did Qi Jingchun choose Chen Ping'an to do?"

Cui Yun smiled and said, "Guess?"

Obviously, Cui Han will never say the answer.

Because it involves his Dao heart.

Old man Yang asked, "Do you really think I won't kill you?"

Cui Yun nodded and said, "You don't dare." Even if I raise a dog myself, at this time, for the sake of a rich future, you may dare to kill me, but you don't dare. ”

Old man Yang smiled: "You are so smart, how could you lose to Qi Jingchun?"

Cui Yun leaned back in his chair and laughed at himself: "Qi Jingchun has a sentence that can answer your question." 'The things of the world are only with the heart of a child, and cannot be tempted. ’”

Old man Yang shook his head and said, "Look, this is the consequence of your unbelief, inexplicable, ethereal, cloudy, rootless and footless. ”

Cui Yun laughed, "What, my predecessors want me to go your way?"

Old man Yang asked rhetorically: "Don't want to reunite after breaking the mirror and return to the top? Not to mention that you respect the word merit, and its essence is not without common ground with us." ”

Cui Yun stretched out a finger, tremblingly pointed at Old Man Yang, almost laughed out of tears, and ridiculed: "Although I, Cui Yun, am not as good as the gentleman in my family, and I can't compare to Qi Jingchun, but for the so-called immortal golden body, I ended up being a lackey who took care of the family and nursing home, and was called by those guys who I originally looked down on, and I went away, am I crazy, or are you crazy? Senior, I didn't say you, did you rush to the doctor in a hurry? Or was it in the same situation as me, suddenly changed, and broke a long-term plan?"

Old man Yang said lightly, "Who do you think can call me around?"

Cui Yun suddenly narrowed his eyes, his face was solemn, and he was silent.

Old man Yang sat cross-legged, looking at the patio with a peaceful expression.

Everyone in the world says that there are gods in the first three feet.

Actually, it's long gone.

Cui Yun took a deep breath, "I advise you, if you have done anything to that young man, break it off as soon as possible." ”

Old man Yang shook his head and said slowly, "No." ”

Cui Yun said with a smile: "It is estimated that Qi Jingchun will also clean up all the heads and tails before he dies, plus you and I are clean, that is, except for the girl in Dali Capital, there may still be bad intentions, and Chen Ping'an will not have any worries about 'being high'." ”

Old man Yang suddenly said: "Since we can't be like-minded, it's okay, we can make a fair deal." ”

Cui Yun didn't ask, and said without hesitation: "I agreed." ”

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After walking for five miles, Chen Ping'an let the little girl in the red cotton jacket rest for a while, then four miles, and then three miles to stop and rest, the two sat on the smooth stones by the stream, and the two of them needed to make a detour for the time being, because they generally followed the direction of the stream, otherwise the mountain road would be difficult to walk, and Li Baohua would not be able to keep up at all. Although the little girl has outstanding physical strength, far surpassing her peers, she is an eight or nine-year-old child in the end, no matter how good her body and bones are, she can't compare to an adult after all, Chen Ping'an must not take the little girl with her own foot strength.

Li Baohua sat there with sweat on his head, and saw Chen Ping'an suddenly take off his straw sandals, roll up his trousers and go into the water, probably because the water surface of the stream is much wider, the stream is no higher than the knees, and many small cyan fish can be seen swimming around, flexible and abnormal, mostly the length of the palm.

Li Baohua walked into the creek for the first time in his life, and dreamed that he would be able to catch fish one day, but the swimming fish were much more cunning than crabs or green shrimps. Hooks, fishing lines and earthworms, she never could catch fish in the stream, the little girl often hid in the shade of the trees by the river, although she could squat and fish for an afternoon, but there was no harvest, others used several dog tail grass skewers full of fish, or small fish baskets were crowded with fruits, one by one happily went home to let her father, but the little girl still did not harvest.

Therefore, in the little girl's mind, Chen Ping'an, who goes into the mountains and waters, burns charcoal to collect medicine, fishes and catches snakes, seems to be omnipotent, but his image is actually extremely tall. She only told Shi Chunjia these secrets.

At this time, the little girl saw that Chen Ping'an first found a place near the shore, as if the swimming fish gathered to hide under the big bluestone here, and then he began to build a "dam" in the slightly upstream place, almost as long as Li Baohua's height, all made of large and small stones near the stream, there will still be flowing water flowing down through the cracks in the stones, Chen Ping'an is not in a hurry to block the gaps with gravel and sand, but to build two embankments, one horizontal and one vertical, and finally it is like building a small pond.

Li Baohua came to the shore near the pond and squatted, his eyes widened, watching Chen Ping'an start to sew up the holes, his movements were fast and full of beauty. At the same time, Li Baohua also found that when Chen Ping'an lowered his head to do things, his face was calm, his expression was focused, his mind was immersed in it, and he had no distractions.

Just like a little girl studying in a rural school, the first time she saw Mr. Qi writing with a pen, she felt a comfortable feeling that she couldn't explain clearly.

As the upper dam is almost tight and seamless, no water enters, and so does the side dike, the downstream dike, which is only used to prevent the fish from escaping, so the water level of this "fish pond" gradually decreases.

Li Baohua's little face was full of happiness, his hands were clenched into fists, and his thoughts were broken, which was more nervous than Chen Ping'an, who was sitting on the stone and resting for a while.

Chen Ping'an began to walk into the pond and scooped water out with both hands.

Li Baohua sighed: "Chen Ping'an, you are called Dry Ze and fishing, oh no, this is a derogatory term, it should be the bottom of the kettle!"

Chen Ping'an smiled and asked casually: "I used to see you fishing by the stream, and how long did you catch a fish at most?"

Li Baohua sighed, "The fish are so smart, I can only use a dog's tail grass to trick the crab out of the nest, and it is so difficult to fish." ”

Chen Ping'an couldn't help but smile: "Did you make the fishing rod yourself?"

Li Baohua nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, there is a purple bamboo forest in the corner of my backyard, it is said that my grandfather's grandfather planted it, my father and they are very guarded, as soon as I said that I wanted to make a fishing rod, I was rejected, I finally secretly cut one, and grinded it with scissors little by little, tired me to death." ”

The water in the pond is getting more and more turbid, and some fish have begun to escape, splashing water, Chen Ping'an is accustomed to this, raised his head and smiled: "That bamboo is not too thin in the first place, you still go to the head and tail?"

Li Baohua said blankly: "Yes." I'm afraid that the rod is too thin, and if the fish I catch is too big, what should I do if it breaks all of a sudden? If I go to the purple bamboo forest to find a fishing rod, even if my father doesn't beat me, I don't want to use scissors against those bamboos anymore. ”

Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "How can there be people who use bamboo sticks to fish? The fish in our stream are actually not big, and when the fishing rod is thick, you can't feel whether it is hooked or rubbing the bait, they will definitely not bite the hook when they lower their mouths a few times, the fish is not stupid, if you throw the fishing rod too early, you will definitely not be able to catch it." Fishing should be done with a good rod of moderate thickness, and it is also divided into seasons and sunny weather, you also have to find fish nests and fish nests, and pay attention to hooks and bait. ”

The little girl in the red cotton jacket listened to the book of heaven and opened her mouth wide. She was a little embarrassed, in fact, there was one more thing she didn't tell Chen Ping'an, the hook at the end of the fishing line hanging on the bamboo stick was bent and twisted by her embroidery needle at home, it may be a little bigger, and it is very difficult for those fish to swallow the hook.

Li Baohua told himself in his heart that it was okay, it was okay, he was young and ignorant, and it was understandable.

Chen Ping'an saw that the little girl was a little depressed, so he had to comfort: "But after so many years, you haven't caught a single fish, I think it's even more powerful." ”

Li Baohua's eyes lit up, and the little girl seemed to have opened the knot in her heart for many years, and she was suddenly energetic.

She asked curiously, "Why catch fish, we still have so much to eat." ”

Chen Ping'an explained: "You think, there is a saying that sitting on a mountain is empty, and the mountain can be empty, not to mention the two of us small back baskets." So save a little, the road will be long in the future. ”

Li Baohua thought so, and was eager to try: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, like this kind of thing, as well as cutting bamboo to make fishing rods and fishing for fish, you can teach me in the future." ”

And then. Chen Ping'an easily grabbed a blue and red slate fish, smiled and gently threw it to the little girl, looked at the busy Li Baohua, and said: "You are too young, just do what you can, you don't have to compare everything with me." I was originally going to take care of you to go to the Mountain Cliff Academy to study. ”

The little girl finally grabbed the fish with both hands, and said righteously: "Wrong, wrong, Mr. Qi said that we have to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." I only have five books in my basket, so the rest need to go to the academy library, but traveling thousands of miles is also a must for readers. Carrying a study tour, that is, carrying a bookcase, while traveling through the great rivers and mountains, while sharpening moral knowledge, the two are indispensable, otherwise it is a lame walk. ”

"You have a lot of dogtail grass around you, you can string it together through the gills, and if you are afraid of breaking it, you can combine two or three dogtail grasses. ”

While teaching her how to dispose of the spoils, Chen Ping'an asked: "Do you mean that you are carrying a bookcase on your back? Is that the kind that Chen Songfeng of Longwei County is carrying? In the future, if you pass by the bamboo forest, I can make one for you, just make a fishing rod, rely on the water to draft, and then go down, the water will be deep, and you can't catch fish in this way today. ”

The little girl squatted on the shore and strung up the slate fish that had been thrown ashore one by one, and when she heard these words, she jumped up with joy, "Really?!"

Chen Ping'an smiled: "What am I lying to you for?" Alas, be careful, don't jump, be careful to fall into the creek with people and fish." The fish can't run away, what should I do if the person catches a cold. ”

The little girl in the red cotton jacket squatted down and said with a bright smile: "Happy and happy, I finally have my own little bookcase!"

Chen Ping'an squatted in the almost dry stream, his head pressed against the stone, and reached under the stone slab to catch fish, "This kind of fish can be eaten raw when it is dried, if you don't like it, I will remove the internal organs, I didn't need it before." ”

After Li Baohua fought between heaven and man, he said timidly: "Otherwise, let's remove the internal organs, right?"

Chen Ping'an took out another slate fish and gently threw it into the grass on the shore, "It's all up to you, just wait for me to do it." ”

Li Baohua, who was holding three strings of fish in his hand, hurriedly said: "I'll come, I'll come." ”

Chen Ping'an nodded and continued to fish under the stone.

A moment later, there was a plop, and the little girl not far away stood in the stream, crying and crying.

Chen Ping'an hurriedly got up, ran over quickly, and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

The little girl cried so much that she cried so heartbreakingly, "There is a fish, I just took it off the dog's tail grass, and it looks like it is dying, but I didn't expect that as soon as it is put in the water, its tail wags, and it runs away with a swish! I can......'t catch it."

Chen Ping'an couldn't laugh, first bent down to help her roll up her soaked trousers, gently carried her to the shore, asked her to take off her shoes by herself, and said that the fish would be handed over to him to deal with.

The little girl obediently took off her shoes, but she still cried very sadly, and always felt that she had done something very sorry for him.

It just feels like the sky is going to fall.

Chen Ping'an skillfully disemboweled the fish on the side, squeezed out the internal organs, and held back a laugh very hard, thinking that it would be better not to sprinkle salt on the little girl's wound.

Chen Ping'an finally turned his head to the little girl and gently lifted the three skewers of cleaned fish.

Great harvest.

The little girl burst into tears and smiled, and said with a tear-stained smile on her face: "I ran one, and there are so many." ”

Chen Ping'an walked to her and sat down, handed her three strings of fish, and rubbed her head, "Yes, so don't be so sad when you encounter this kind of thing in the future." ”

The little girl lifted the three strings of fish high, put them in front of her eyes, and said happily, "Okay!"

Chen Ping'an said softly: "In the future, I will weave a few pairs of suitable straw sandals for you to ensure that you do not grind your feet." ”

The little girl's eyes lit up, "Is that okay?"

Chen Ping'an lowered his head and helped her twist the water in the trouser tube, "It's very simple." ”

The little girl sighed, "You understand everything, I don't understand anything." ”

Chen Ping'an said with a smile: "In the future, you can teach me to read and write, I don't know many words now, about five hundred." ”

As soon as Li Baohua heard this, he immediately pecked the rice and nodded: "A word is a certainty!"

The two sat side by side, looking at the slowly flowing stream, Li Baohua asked casually, "Do you know what this stream is called?"

"Dragon's Whisker Creek. ”

"How do you know this creek is called Dragon's Whisker Creek?"

"The last time I went into the mountains, I brought two maps, Master Ruan said that it was our situation map of Longquan County, and the map was marked as Longxu River, but after it flowed from the southeast to the south, the red line on the map gradually became thicker, and then it was renamed Tiefu River. ”

"In this way, then let me tell you, we have six departments in the Dali Imperial Court, among which the Ministry of Rites has three officials, including heaven, earth and man, among which the local officials are responsible for drawing these maps, but there will also be Qin Tianjian's earth master to help lead the way, walking the mountains and rivers together, which is equivalent to measuring the territory of a dynasty, one thousand miles and ten thousand miles, step by step with his feet, and then drawing it on the drawings inch by inch, Chen Ping'an, do you say those local officials and earth masters are powerful?"

"What, when you grow up, you want to be a local official of the Ministry of Rites, or a local master of Qin Tianjian?"

"Chen Ping'an, don't you know? Women are not allowed to be officials. And it's not just us Da Li, it seems to be like this all over the world. Like Shi Chunjia and I, it's okay to study, but I haven't heard of a woman who has become a teacher or is called a master. ”

"That's right. ”

"By the way, Chen Ping'an, you said that the hosta on your head was given to Mr. Qi by Mr. Qi's husband, and then Mr. Qi gave it to you. ”

"That's right. ”

"Chen Ping'an, then from today onwards, I will call you Uncle Junior!"

"Why?"

"After you become my little uncle, if I make you unhappy one day, and you plan to leave me alone, you will definitely ask yourself - I, Chen Ping'an, am Li Baohua's extremely beloved little uncle, of course, I want to share the weal and woe with such a good little girl. ”

"Can you not be a little uncle? Don't worry, I won't leave you behind. ”

"No way!"

"Then I won't make you small bamboo boxes and straw sandals. ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid. I'm going to call you Uncle Junior!"

"Huh?"

"How can there be a little uncle in the world who doesn't make me small bamboo boxes and straw sandals?!"

“......”