There was a sound of footsteps at the door of Song Jixin's house, Liu Xianyang just wanted to jump off the wall, but he didn't see him, he heard his voice first, and someone asked with a warm smile: "Are you the apprentice of the old man Yao at the mouth of the Baoxi kiln?"

It was the kiln supervisor wearing a white robe and a jade belt around his waist, striding out of the threshold and looking at the wall with a smiling face.

Liu Xianyang's body stiffened, and he found that he had no strength to jump off the wall, and said with a dry smile: "Back to the adult, it's me, when the adult went to our dragon kiln to open the kiln, the master asked me to show the adult a few things. ”

The man nodded, glanced at the tall young man, and asked straight to the point: "Young man, do you want to go outside to have a look?" For example, if you join the army and go into battle, I guarantee that as long as you survive for ten years, you can become a big official, and when the time comes, I will personally set up a wine for you in the capital to celebrate, how about it?"

Song Jixin, who was standing behind the man, had a gloomy face, and he clenched the old dragon cloth jade pendant given by Fu Nanhua.

This reading seed, who has been holding the titles of "illegitimate child" and "wild seed" for many years, now knows the true identity of the man around him, so the young man understands the weight of the man's words.

Liu Xianyang racked his brains to come up with some sour words, and stammered: "Thank you for the love of the superintendent, I am very afraid...... It's just that the little one has already promised to be an apprentice in Master Ruan's blacksmith shop, and it's really hard to regret it, and I hope the adults don't ...... Adults don't care about ......."

The words that the tall boy wanted to say were suddenly stuck in his throat, and he couldn't remember whether he was dead or alive, and his face was flushed with anxiety.

Song Jixin seemed to be empathetic and reminded: "It's the adults who don't remember the villains." ”

The white-robed man smiled and disagreed, "It's okay, when you have the opportunity to get out of the town one day, you can go to the nearest Danyang Pass and find a martial artist named Liu Linxi, saying that Song Changjing in the capital recommended you to join the army here, if he doesn't believe it, you can tell him that the person named Song Changjing said that you Liu Linxi still owe him 30,000 heads of the Great Sui Side Rider." ”

Liu Xianyang nodded stupidly and said, "Okay." ”

The man left with a smile, Song Jixin wanted to stop when he was sent to the gate of the courtyard, the man seemed to have killed his mind, and said directly without turning his head: "Follow me to the Governor's Office, and I will lead you to see someone." ”

Song Jixin's feet were rooted in the ground like nails, and he said with a dark face: "I'm not going!"

The place where the threshold is extremely high for the people of the town, for the teenagers who grow up listening to gossip year by year, it is a tiger's den in Longtan, and it is a heart barrier that cannot be passed.

The man who had always acted vigorously and resolutely outside did not annoy the young man's ignorance of current affairs, nor did he stop, but slowed down a lot: "According to the records of the spy eyeliner of the government office, you have already met the prince of the Sui Dynasty surnamed Gao, right? Do you know that the Gao family of the Sui Dynasty and our Dali Song family are thousand-year-old enemies who have a common hatred of the sky, and they are also princes, and he dares to come to this small town located in the hinterland of the enemy country, and you Song Jixin, who is also a prince, dare not go to a small official residence on the map of your own family?"

Song Jixin didn't chew the deep meaning of these words for the first time, but instantly turned his head to look at Liu Xianyang, and saw the tall young man sitting on the wall rubbing his hands and legs, as if he didn't hear the man speak at all.

The corners of the mouth of the white-robed vassal king who walked in the mud bottle alley curled, and the man reaped a little unexpected joy.

It is worthy of the species of our old Song family.

However, when he thought that the young man was still the son of that woman, and the powerful vassal king who was the first martial arts master of Da Li, he also felt a little upset and troublesome.

Song Jixin gritted his teeth, turned back to Zhigui who was standing at the door of the house and said, "I'll go back when I go, don't worry about me for lunch." ”

As soon as Song Jixin walked out of the courtyard gate, he turned his head and said with a smile: "Take the broken silver at my bedside and go to the Du family shop to buy the pair of dragon and phoenix incense pendants, anyway, we don't have to save money in the future." ”

Achi-kyu nodded, making a careful mute gesture.

Song Jixin smiled happily and left in style.

When Song Jixin walked away, Liu Xianyang, who was sitting on the wall, asked cautiously: "Zhigui, what is the relationship between Song Jixin and the superintendent?"

Ji Gui looked at the tall boy with pity.

Liu Xianyang couldn't stand her gaze the most, "What are you doing, it's just that you know an official who burns porcelain, it's amazing?"

Childe tugged at the corners of his mouth, went back to the house to get food, and began to feed the old hens and the fluffy chicks.

Liu Xianyang felt discouraged for no reason, jumped off the wall and shouted into the house: "The surname Chen, let's go to the blacksmith shop! ”

The girl turned her back to the neighbor's yard across the wall, and said with a smile: "The Buddha fights for a stick of incense, and people fight for a breath, but unfortunately there is only a belly of nests." ”

Liu Xianyang's blood surged, and even the roots of his ears turned red, he walked to the yellow mud wall and slammed his fist on the wall, "Wang Zhu!

The maid threw away all the corn and vegetable leaves, clapped her hands, turned her head and smiled: "Who do you think you are, let me say it?"

Liu Xianyang looked at the girl who was smoking a strip and was becoming more and more bright and moving, unable to speak, her heart was empty, like a porcelain bowl in her heart, which fell to the ground.

Chen Ping'an was actually standing on the side of the threshold, and after seeing this scene, he walked quickly to the courtyard and said softly: "Let's go." ”

The two teenagers walked side by side in the alley, and the tall teenager suddenly asked, "Chen Ping'an, am I very unproductive?"

Chen Ping'an thought for a while and said seriously: "The neighbors in the alley all say that my mother is very good, and that my father is a well-known stuffy gourd, so I think who I like or dislike may not have much to do with whether I have a good relationship or not." ”

Liu Xianyang cried with a sad face, "Then I'm even more miserable, even if I build a dragon kiln by myself in the future, or learn Master Ruan's craftsmanship, wouldn't she dislike me too!"

Chen Ping'an kept his mouth shut in amusement, so as not to add fuel to the fire.

Chen Ping'an walked in the familiar alley, and suddenly remembered a scene, in the early years, he followed the old man Yao along the stream into the deep mountains, and saw a little elk drinking water by the water, and he was not afraid to see him, after drinking the water, he looked down at the stream and did not leave for a long time. In addition to the reflection of the elk, there is also a lingering fish in the water.

Before walking out of the ancestral house, Miss Ning suggested that since he had a locust leaf, he should leave the town early, and with the invisible protection of the ancestral locust leaf, there would be no big accident, and it was best not to stay in the town for too long, because she didn't know whether Liu Xianyang's incident would harm him Chen Ping'an.

But Chen Ping'an insisted on seeing Liu Xianyang accepted as an apprentice by Master Ruan with his own eyes before he could leave with peace of mind.

Because there was no Liu Xianyang back then, he would have starved to death.

Of course, Chen Ping'an also hoped in his heart that Miss Ning could heal her injuries at his home, but the young man didn't dare to say it at that time, for fear that she would think it was frivolous.

Chen Ping'an suddenly asked, "Is the treasure armor that your grandfather left you absolutely not going to sell to outsiders?"

Liu Xianyang said with a natural face: "Nonsense, of course it won't be sold if you die!"

He punched the young man next to him on the shoulder and joked, "I'm not a money fan like you." ”

The tall boy hugged the back of his head with both hands, "Some things are not available for the time being, and they can be earned with money, but some things are gone, and they are really gone in this life." ”

Chen Ping'an said to himself: "Understood." ”

When he was about to walk to the mouth of Mud Bottle Alley, Liu Xianyang burst out with a foul mouth, and Chen Ping'an then put away his thoughts, looked up, and suddenly felt a little heavy.

It was Lu Zhengchun, the eldest of the Lu family on Fulu Street, who was the one who took a group of fox friends and dog friends to block Liu Xianyang in this alley and almost beat him to death, if it wasn't for Chen Ping'an running to shout those voices, Liu Xianyang, who has no elders and relatives at home, is afraid that he will really be thrown into a mass grave.

Song Jixin squatted on the wall to watch the excitement at that time, and kept adding fuel to the fire, and then said to Chen Ping'an, who had palpitations, that Lu Zhengchun's behavior was called "Qi Renxia" outside the town.

Lu Zhengchun blocked Liu Xianyang's way, squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to settle old accounts with you today, but ......"

Liu Xianyang interrupted the words of the Lu family's son, "Come back, good dog doesn't get in the way, get out of the way!"

Lu Zhengchun's face was embarrassed, and he forced a smile on his face: "Liu Xianyang, I really have something to discuss with you this time, last time, you didn't wait for us to finish speaking, and ran away directly, this is not good, you should listen to the conditions given by my side, right?

Liu Xianyang tilted his head and sneered: "What, you're still addicted to matchmaking, aren't you? I'm surprised, you say that you Lu Zhengchun, after all, is the grandson of the most generous family in our town, why do you like to be a dog leg to outsiders so much?"

Lu Zhengchun's face was pale, but he still had to maintain the smile on his face, and the whole person looked very funny, almost pleading: "Liu Xianyang, as long as you open your mouth, no matter what you want, they will try their best to satisfy you, such as copper coin......s? One hundred and fifty dollars? is ...... Two hundred, I can also help you bargain, two hundred, this can allow you to buy half of the house on our Fulu Street. ”

Liu Xianyang stared at the eyes and face of the person in front of him, and said disdainfully: "Two hundred guan, you are still sincere, persuade you not to follow me in this vain head, Lao Tzu is still busy with business, you get out of the way!"

At the corner outside Mud Bottle Alley, a little girl doll with pink carving rode on the shoulders of a burly old man, and a boy in a big red robe was held by a woman, who should have been innocent and beautiful, and his face already had a gloomy look that did not match his age, and said in the language of his hometown: "Isn't this Lu family too stupid......?

The woman shook her head and laughed softly: "Grace and people, if you want to know how to fight rice and raise rice hatred, talk about business, and want to make the most profits, you should be like Lu Zhengchun, first test the bottom line of the other party's psychological price." ”

The child wondered, "Do business with these natives and untouchables, and also need such trouble?"

The woman smiled and said, "Human nature is complex, people's hearts are dark, and they don't distinguish between high and low cultivation. Characters in small places, even if they are short-sighted, are not all fools. If you think so, sooner or later you will suffer. ”

The child sighed, "My mother is familiar with people's hearts, why don't you come out for an interview directly?"

The woman patiently explained: "Look at what we are wearing, no matter which store you go to buy something, as long as you are a slightly shrewd seller, you can't help but rip off customers." ”

The child sighed, "It's just that we're so squirming, it's too uncomfortable." ”

The woman squatted down, put her hands on the child's cheeks, looked at the face that resembled his father, and said, "Remember, cultivating the mind is also one of the practices. Cultivating strength in good times and cultivating the mind in adversity are indispensable. ”

The child shook his head, broke free of the woman's hands, and said angrily: "It's annoying to death to this empty reason again." ”

The woman was a little helpless, but she didn't continue to teach the truth, she only felt that her children were talented, had good roots, and had two family backgrounds as backers, so the road ahead was still very long.

Listening to the boring conversation in the alley, the girl was a little worried, "Grandpa White Ape, if that person is not willing to sell something, what will we do?"

The old man with his hands on his knees like apes smiled, "Then let him die." The old slave came here to deal with the worst-case scenario, otherwise the money would be like a waste, and there would not even be a sound. However, at that time, the safety of the young lady will be a little troublesome, and it is estimated that it will have to be entrusted to the Song family or the Li family. ”

Aside from everything else, if it is a murder, although the old man will be expelled by the saint, it is a little splash compared to a silent splash of water.

It's just that it is not a last resort, the old man will never make such a decision, after all, no matter how significant that sword scripture is, Zhengyang Mountain will regard it as a treasure, compared to the immortal avenue of this young lady on his shoulder, after all, it is far inferior, at least for the old man, he thinks so.

There are four surnames and ten clans in the town, headed by the Lu family.

But if it is placed outside, on the contrary, it is actually the bottom of the Lu family, which originated from a dynasty ruled by the Lu family, and after the two border armies of Dali were jointly destroyed, the Lu family's position in Dongbao Aquarius was already in jeopardy.

On the other side of the alley, Liu Xianyang listened to Lu Zhengchun say what high-ranking officials are generous, with thousands of dollars in their waists, and beautiful women like clouds, just like facing a Song Jixin who dropped the bookcase, he was extremely annoyed, took a step forward, pointed to Lu Zhengchun's nose and said categorically: "That armor is the ancestral heirloom of my Liu family, and it has nothing to do with money! Even if you let me move to your house today, from now on, you Lu Zhengchun will call me grandpa every day, and I won't bother to pay attention to you! The surname is Lu, do you hear clearly?!"

Lu Zhengchun, who was standing alone at the mouth of the mud bottle alley, stared at the bastard in front of him, who was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and the Lu family had the heart to die here.

Before he worked as a lobbyist on the side of the covered bridge, blocking Liu Xianyang's way to the blacksmith shop, but the result was unfavorable, and he returned to the house on Fulu Street, where his grandfather entertained those high-ranking guests, and quietly called him to the secret room, without saying anything cruel, nor did he say anything big about the family's great cause, just pointed to the corpse under the white cloth, "Zhengchun, grandpa has no other requirements, I just hope that your brother will not die blindly, I hope that on the first seven days, you have already walked out of the town, just take a look at the scenery outside for him." ”

Lu Zhengchun's eyes suddenly moistened, and he choked up and said in a trembling voice: "Liu Xianyang, I beg you, okay?"

Liu Xianyang was dumbfounded.

This young man in fine clothes and jade food became more and more fragile and helpless, his lips trembled, and he couldn't cry: "Okay, okay? I'll kneel down for you, I'll admit your mistake to you, okay?"

Plop.

Lu Zhengchun knelt firmly on the mud floor of Mud Bottle Lane and began to kowtow.

The boy had gold under his knees.

The young man kowtowed very indistinctly and banged.

At the foot of the outer wall of Mud Bottle Lane, the little girl's feet gently kicked the old man's chest, thinking about which peaks she had caught along the way, and which one to choose to move back to her hometown.

The boy gloated a little, and asked casually: "Mother, is this surnamed Lu crazy?

The woman's expression was complicated, and she remembered many strange things she had witnessed, and she wanted to stop talking, and finally shook her head and said, "No." ”

Liu Xianyang was a little at a loss.

The tall boy broke his head and couldn't imagine that Lu Zhengchun would do this, the eldest grandson of the richest door in a small town, just kneeling at his feet and kowtowing?

Liu Xianyang's face was tangled, and at this moment, the straw sandals boy who had been observing Liu Xianyang and Lu Zhengchun suddenly pulled his sleeve and shook his head lightly at him.

Liu Xianyang couldn't bear to say in his heart: "This is too unusual......"

Chen Ping'an's eyes were resolute, self-evident.

The tall boy with a big grin has already shown signs of soft-heartedness.

But in the eyes of the girl in black, the straw sandals boy who was a bad person looked extremely hard-hearted at the moment.

Chen Ping'an's intuition told him that if Liu Xianyang agreed to come down to this deal before Lu Zhengchun knelt down, he might suffer at most, but his life would be worry-free. But now Liu Xianyang has fallen into the predicament he encountered before, if it weren't for Mr. Qi's intervention, his fate would be to kill Fu Nanhua and then be killed, or the people of Yunxia Mountain, or the old Dragon City.

And what's even more fatal is that according to the "rules" told to him by Miss Ning, if Lu Zhengchun himself is a small town, if he or the Lu family wants to kill Liu Xianyang, Mr. Qi is very likely to be uncontrollable.

Chen Ping'an's mind turned, and while Lu Zhengchun was still kowtowing desperately, he lowered his voice and said to Liu Xianyang: "If it really doesn't work, pretend to promise him, let's see Master Ruan first, and wait until you are accepted as an apprentice." ”

Liu Xianyang nodded and said to Lu Zhengchun: "Dude, you better get up first, get up and talk!

Lu Zhengchun didn't get up, but raised his head, his red and swollen forehead was covered with mud.

Liu Xianyang said helplessly: "But you need to go back first, sum up with them, and negotiate a fair price, don't fool me anymore, I'm not a fool, what two hundred copper coins, not to mention whether I will lose to my grandmother's house, just say that those nobles don't like to drop the price?"

Lu Zhengchun got up slowly and said with a smile: "It's this reason! As long as you are willing to let go, Liu Xianyang, I Lu Zhengchun will be your brother in the future! It doesn't matter if you recognize me or not, anyway, I will recognize you!"

Liu Xianyang walked over, hooked his shoulders with Lu Zhengchun, walked to the alley together, and comforted: "Old Lu, I will take my brothers to enjoy happiness together in the future." When the deal is negotiated, I should treat you to a good drink. ”

Lu Zhengchun wiped his forehead and said with a smile: "It's not easy to drink, what's so difficult about this, and I'm here to invite you, how can I make you break the bank, just say it, otherwise I'll be angry, brother." ”

Liu Xianyang laughed and said: "I know that Lao Lu is a kind person, and it is right to mix with you in the future!"

Chen Ping'an followed behind the two, slightly leaning to the side of the alley wall, staring at the movement at the entrance of the alley.

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The white-robed man took the young Song Jixin and rushed to the back hall of the superintendent's office in the leading box of the elderly steward.

The steward said that Mr. Li, who had come from afar, had waited here for half an hour before saying that he would leave to visit a Confucian elder at the school.

Song Changjing didn't say a word about this, but asked, "The assassin who died in the alley, has you found out which force's pawn it is?"

The steward hesitated.

Song Changjing frowned and said, "Huh?"

The old man hurriedly bent down and said in fear: "It is the Song family on Fulu Street." ”

Song Changjing sneered: "I don't know how to surprise this king a little!"

The old steward sweated like rain.

Song Jixin was silent, his eyes blazing.

In the school, Qi Jingchun gently put down the book, turned his head to look, and there was a handsome young man standing at the door, with a high crown and a Confucian shirt, smiling without saying a word.

Qi Jingchun's face was calm and unsmiling.

In the small town, a bald man in strange clothes, walking barefoot with a withered expression, came to the iron lock well, looked at the deep well, folded his hands, closed his eyes and said softly: "Buddha view a bowl of water, 108,000 insects." ”

Outside the town, on the top of a mountain peak, someone stood on the thick branch of a towering ancient tree, looking at the outline of the town, with a tiger talisman hanging from his waist and a long sword on his back.

Outside of this world.

On a long road that slopes upwards and seems to lead to the sky, it is surrounded by clouds and mist, and there is no scenery in sight.

There is a young Huangguan Daogu, riding a white deer, slowly ascending.

Beside her, there was a Taoist priest with a face like a crown of jade, his steps were light and agile, like flowing water, and there were two long-bearded big fish, one red and one green, lingering and swimming around him.

Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the three religions are about to gather in the town.

In the blacksmith shop by the stream in the south of the town, the father and daughter are striking iron, and the sparks are splashing like a brilliant rain of fire.

The man held the sword embryo in his hand and said to the ponytailed girl who was swinging the hammer: "Don't go to the town during this time. ”

The strength in the girl's hand immediately weakened a lot, and she felt that all her strength slipped away with the food snacks in the town.

The man laughed angrily: "Out of breath!"

The girl turned her grief and anger into strength, and slammed it the red sword.

Under the bright sparks, the girl came into the world like a fire god.