Because of my friend Meng Ning's suggestion, I modified the plot of the fight, increasing it from more than 5600 words to more than 7500 words, so that Yang Ning's image is fuller, but Wednesday's update is gone, sorry, I also recommend Meng Ning's "Troubled Times--- Fengxiang Three Kingdoms", ISBN 35041.

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Yang Ning and Pingyan do not have a certain goal, so they go with the popularity, not long ago has arrived at the Confucian Temple, this Confucian Temple is built on the basis of the Eastern Jin Dynasty School Palace at the end of the previous dynasty, because it is dedicated to Confucius, so it is also called the Temple of Literature or Confucius Temple, Jiangning has hardly encountered Bing Xie over the years, and the Yue Guo Mansion repairs the Confucian Temple every year, so it is really solemn, magnificent and gorgeous, which makes people yearn for it at first sight, but the Confucius Temple has always been a Confucian forest, unless it is a scholar or an official noble, otherwise it is not possible to go in to worship the Master。 Yang Ning and Pingyan, one is a young man without a crown, the other is a woman, if you want to go in and have a look, I am afraid that I will be stopped by the sacrificial wine in charge of the Confucian Temple, if it is usual, the two will not have any scruples, in this world can stop the footsteps of the two people are only afraid that there is no one else except for the four great masters, but today the two of them do not want to be born right and wrong, so they just stop in the distance, only to see countless Confucian scholars with swords and swords walking into the Confucian Temple with a pious heart, which makes people admire the prosperity of Jiangdong's literary style.

Although Yang Ning learned about the situation of the Confucian Temple from Pingyan's mouth, he didn't know what the situation in front of him represented, so he just silently looked at the crowd coming in and out, although Pingyan was a born person, but after all, he was a disciple of Cuihu, and he knew a little bit about the general trend of the world, and couldn't help but sigh after looking at it for a moment: "Sect Master and Senior Sister Yan often mention the threat of Youji to the imperial court, in fact, in my opinion, Jiangdong is the biggest hidden danger of Da Chen, and Senior Sister is not obsessed with you, it is better to think about how to curb Jiangdong's power." ”

Yang Ning's eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "Since my debut, I have fought with Youji, Nanning, and Jiangning, if you talk about the strength of force, the first to recommend Youji, although Nanning is weak, but it is also united, only Jiangning belongs, intrigue everywhere, pretentious, prohibitive, why does Sister Yan say that Jiangning is the big Chen disaster?" Although he has a knot with Youji, he still subconsciously regards Youji as a belonging, so listening to Pingyan's words, saying that Jiangning is stronger than Youji, his heart is naturally a little faintly unhappy.

Pingyan said indifferently: "I'm afraid that Ji Sun's worries are not in the distance, but within the Xiao Wall, the court is all on guard against Youji, but the Duke of Yue Guo can sit in Jiangdong, the autocratic regent, and respond to every call, internal worries are naturally more harmful than external troubles, but these things have nothing to do with us, if Zijing doesn't want to worship the master, go to the Buddhist temple next to it." ”

Yang Ning shrugged his shoulders slightly, and immediately put aside the "internal and external troubles" that Ping Yan said, and said casually: "I heard that there is a Lanruo Temple here, and there are many murals left by the previous dynasty in the temple, which are vivid, Qingping originally wanted to come and see it, so let's go to Lanruo Temple." ”

Pingyan is also indispensable, nodding indifferently, Yang Ning asked for directions, and then Pingyan walked towards Lanruo Temple. Lanruo Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in the area of Confucius Temple, covering an extremely wide area, in addition to more than a dozen Buddhist halls, there are hundreds of side rooms can be rented to Jiangning to listen to the scholars who study and study, so it is the most lively, and it is said that the signature of Lanruo Temple is extremely spiritual, so the monks and women who come and go to the Confucius Temple around the incense are endless, the two are mixed in the crowd and move forward, Pingyan likes to be quiet by nature, and when he sees the crowd is chaotic, he can't help frowning slightly. In fact, the situation between her and Yang Ning is already very good, although the two of them are on foot, and there are no guards and maids, but Pingyan looks beautiful, and his demeanor is as cold as ice and snow, although Yang Ning has an ordinary appearance, he is also outstanding, walking in the crowd like a flock, plus the two of them have profound martial arts, although they try their best to restrain themselves, but that kind of indifferent and murderous atmosphere can still faintly affect the tourists around them, so as the two of them move in steps, the surrounding crowd unconsciously get out of the way, otherwise such a crowded place, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch for a long time。

After walking for a while, the mountain gate of Lanruo Temple was already faintly visible, and at this time, five or six eleven or twelve-year-old children quarreled somehow, one of them was powerful, and actually pushed it up in the crowd, and the other children did not show weakness, they all fought back, they were noisy, the crowd immediately set off ripples, the chaos was expanding more and more, the tourists around the two couldn't help but crowd over, Yang Ning's eyes flashed, and he opened his hands, as if he wanted to wrap around Pingyan's delicate body and not be collided by others, but his hands took the opportunity to shoot the heavy point on Pingyan's waist and back, in order to avoid people's eyes, he deliberately took away his graceful demeanor, and a simple and pleasing smile appeared on his face, the posture of opening his arms is even more like a young man who cares for his sister, leaving no trace at all.

Pingyan did not show weakness, deliberately stumbled under his feet, seemed to have tripped over someone, and fell straight into Yang Ning's arms, but his shoulder and elbow had already crashed into Yang Ning's chest, Yang Ning's arm moved slightly, and he had avoided Pingyan's attack, but it seemed to hold Pingyan's waist, a few wisps of finger wind silently went to it, but it was cut off by Pingyan, between lightning and thunder, the two had exchanged several rounds, Yang Ning originally had full confidence in hand-to-hand combat, after all, fifty percent of his martial arts were on these hands, and Pingyan has always been a sword, and there are not many women who are good at close attack, but this fight, he realized that Pingyan's personal attack was sharp and decisive, never under himself, and his experience was definitely better than himself, this is the experience accumulated over the years, and it is by no means made up for by talent and hard training. Yang Ning's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he caught a glimpse that the besieged child had already broken out of the encirclement, and was running towards this side with his head down, and he was about to rush out from the two of them.

Yang Ning and Pingyan's hand-to-hand combat skills are not far behind, and Yang Ning's finger "failed" , Naturally slowed down a move, he was already slightly weak, this time he was being seized by Ping Yan, an elbow hit his chest, although Yang Ning was lucky to resist in time, Ping Yan only felt that the skin under the elbow suddenly slipped his hand, and his strength was unloaded, but the remaining two points of true qi were enough to make Yang Ning suffer, a wisp of soft water, like the cold of ice, the continuous true qi penetrated into Yang Ning's meridians, Yang Ning's body was stagnant, Ping Yan knew that the fight between the two was already a little eye-catching, and when the chaos stopped, it would definitely be discovered, and he would chase after the victory, and his hand had fallen on Yang Ning's shoulder, just wait for the internal force to be released, and Yang Ning could be restrained, Unless Yang Ning uses his body to avoid it, it will definitely be difficult to escape, but if Yang Ning really dodges, he will definitely be noticed by others, and Ping Yan can succeed in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, the child who ran behind Pingyan suddenly stepped into the pit, fell down, and involuntarily reached out to the hem of Pingyan's skirt to grab, his fingers touched the moment, Pingyan suddenly paused, and the true qi around his body was injected into the ground like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, although his right hand had grabbed Yang Ning's shoulder, but he didn't have enough strength, Yang Ning gently forced, and he had broken free. Such a thrilling scene of hand-to-hand in the eyes of others, but it is just a pair of sisters and brothers supporting each other in the chaotic crowd, so as not to be scattered The normal behavior, and as soon as the situation calmed down, the two quickly let go of their hands, maintaining the etiquette of men and women, so it did not attract anyone's attention, I don't know, if it were not for the benevolence of Pingyan, this child would have lost his life nine times out of ten.

Although the incident only happened in a short moment, Ping Yan's heart had already turned a thousand times, and if she continued to make a move, the true qi surging around her body would definitely shatter all the meridian bones of the child's arm, so that the child would definitely cry out in pain, and Ping Yan would also leak a flaw. Of course, she also has a solution, that is, she simply shook the child to death silently, and most others would think that the child had fainted, as long as no one found out the truth before Yang Ning was defeated, Pingyan would be a sure winner. But although Pingyan's temperament is cold, he is not cruel and ruthless, unless he competes with a master like Yang Ning, he will not easily attack innocent people, this kind of thing will never be done, and after thinking about it, he can only let go of this good opportunity to win.

Yang Ning's cold gaze swept over the young man who shook his head and got up, a cruel light flashed in his eyes, and then glanced at Ping Yan, although his martial arts were slightly inferior, but he had already discovered Ping Yan's weakness, no matter what, this woman is the descendant of Cuihu after all, and there are always some moral constraints in her behavior, but she is different, just by this point, he already has seven points of certainty. At this time, the crowd had regained calm, and Yang Ning and Pingyan continued to walk towards Lanruo Temple, but Pingyan's eyes were as calm as ice, but there was already a faint unhappiness in them.

Since Yang Ning had already thought of a way to deal with Pingyan, his eyes kept passing over the crowd, and after a while, a cold glow flashed in his eyes, and he reached out and took out two copper coins from his waist, his movements were extremely slight, and Pingyan, who paid attention to him at all times, did not notice it, and when the copper coins started, he suddenly turned his head sideways and said to Pingyan: " Sister Yan, there is a problem that I only think of now, the agreement between you and me is that if I lose, I must commit suicide, but the descendants of this sect for generations, or some died in battle, but there are no suicides, I don't want to humiliate the sect, if you really win, I'm afraid I want you to give me a ride. ？”

Ping Yan frowned slightly, she didn't know how to answer, if it was a real confrontation, even if she killed Yang Ning, it would be a matter of course for her, and she would never be upset by it, but if she wanted to kill an opponent who refused to resist, she didn't think she had that kind of determination. When Pingyan was distracted, Yang Ning's copper coin had silently crossed an arc, sticking to the ground and cutting off the flagpole in front of a restaurant on the side of the road, the flagpole about two feet high and the wine curtain on it fell down, and the violent wind made pedestrians scream and dodge, and there was chaos around the two, and a vigilant light flashed in Pingyan's eyes, and he was about to dodge, but Yang Ning had already moved his body and blocked Pingyan's way.

Pingyan's eyes were slightly cold, and he was about to force Yang Ning back, but at this time, a strong man with an open placket suddenly pretended to be unstable, and actually reached out to Pingyan to hug him, with an obscene light in his eyes. But it turned out that the man was a famous scoundrel here, and he liked to entangle the little jasper at the temple fair, and today when he saw Pingyan, who was as beautiful as Hanmei Aoxue, he was already disillusioned, and he had been secretly following behind him, but Pingyan's mind was on Yang Ning, and he didn't pay attention to the tracking of this rogue man who could not pose a threat. But Pingyan didn't pay attention, but Yang Ning noticed him, although he didn't understand the love of men and women, but he understood the light in this man's eyes, in the past, anyone who leaked such a gaze to the two sisters was thrown into the lake by Zhongbo, and felt that the man's mind was always tied to Pingyan, so he gave the man a chance, and sure enough, the man was bold, thinking that he had got a good opportunity, and he took advantage of the crowd to get close to Fangze.

The moment the man approached Ping Yan, Ping Yan had already discovered his attempt, his cold eyes revealed a cold glow, and he didn't care about Yang Ning's attack, and with a flick of his hand, a wisp of feminine true qi silently pointed at the man's Zusanli acupoint, she didn't want to kill this scoundrel, but the main enemy was Yang Ning, so she just wanted him to stumble and fall.

Yang Ning seized a fleeting opportunity, stepped forward, reached out to level the waist of the cigarette, as if he wanted to separate her from the man, using both his fingers and palms, and even making killing moves, and even intercepting Pingyan's finger wind by the way, although the true qi converged in a very narrow space, the sound of wind and thunder was still faintly audible. Pingyan only has two choices, one is to fight back head-on, but Yang Ning's behavior is already the limit of not attracting everyone's attention, if she fights back head-on and wants to suppress Yang Ning, I am afraid that the truth that the two are fighting will be revealed immediately, and the other option is to retreat and avoid, but in this way, she will have to be hugged by the scoundrel, if she stains such a scoundrel with her identity, I am afraid that even if the Yangtze River water is cleaned, it will be difficult to wash away such humiliation.

A monstrous anger flashed in Ping Yan's eyes, not because of her own situation, but because Yang Ning actually used such a despicable means to deal with herself, but she couldn't think of any way to calmly take over the killer that Yang Ning did her best, and she could not expose this martial arts, whether she was humiliated or forced to make a move, Ping Yan made a choice almost immediately, his backhand was like electricity, and his finger was like a sharp blade, and it passed in front of the man's eyes, and the man was thinking about the ecstasy scene of nephrite warm incense, but he only felt a pain in his eyes, and then he couldn't see anything anymore, and then the severe pain hit his brain, and he couldn't help but let out a terrible scream, until he fell to the ground, He realized that he had been gouged out of his eyes, and the fear in his heart made his screams more and more poignant, and the whole person began to roll on the ground, and was trampled several times by passers-by who couldn't stop his steps, and he still rolled around.

Such a drastic change shocked everyone present very much, there are a few people with good eyesight, who have already seen that it was done by Ping Yan, although they did not see the move clearly, but they understood the horror of Ping Yan, under word of mouth, but for a moment, Ping Yan and Yang Ning's side has become empty, Ping Yan looked indifferent, standing not far from the scoundrel man with his hands, the posture of slaughter, which made people feel chilled at first sight, her bright eyes were like a sharp sword out of the sheath, looking at Yang Ning coldly, anger was rolling and burning in her eyes.

Yang Ning suddenly won, but looked at Pingyan suspiciously, in his expectation, that scoundrel man can hinder Pingyan's figure at most, he can take the opportunity to suppress Pingyan, like people of their level, once they fall behind, it is difficult to reverse, he has even thought about how to make a move to maintain his advantage, but he never expected Pingyan to admit defeat so simply, at this moment Yang Ning does not understand, a woman will regain her innocence of her body, the difference between men and women is still a vague concept for him, that is, the affection between him and Qingping, and he is still ignorant。

As soon as Pingyan's angry gaze touched Yang Ning's eyes, the fiery anger slowly extinguished, it was a pair of eyes that were as clear as ice, not dyed with worldly colors at all, as if she had a soul in her heart, she read Yang Ning's unspoken question, sighed lightly, and said lightly: "You won." ”

Yang Ning had already won, and he should have been satisfied at this moment, but somehow, he was intimidated by Pingyan's anger, and his heart was very heavy, standing opposite Pingyan, he was silent.

There was a riot here, and soon there was already an official in charge of the security here, and the originally arrogant messenger caught a glimpse of Yang Ning and Pingyan's appearance, and they all shuddered, although they didn't know Pingyan, they had all seen Yang Ning's portrait, and knew that Jinling had come to Jinling in the past few days to mess with a demon emperor, almost no need to discuss, the two messengers stepped forward and dragged away the big man who was still screaming, and during this period, they also looked at the two of them, lest Yang Ning had the intention to kill them all, and would blame them for their unauthorized claims.

However, Yang Ning and Pingyan didn't pay attention to these errands at all, and after a long time, Yang Ning said lightly: "Sister Yan, the victory and defeat have been divided, I don't dare to ask Sister Yan to stop coming to me for revenge, I just hope that Sister Yan will give me a few years, and when I have the confidence to fight against Sister Yan, Sister Yan doesn't want to look for me, and I still want to challenge Sister Yan?"

Pingyan looked up at the sky, she had expected this failure, she was originally forced to come, above the river, Xia Qian had fallen behind twice, she couldn't let go of her self-esteem and pity, how could she blame Yang Ning for pressing step by step, just that, the master is such a proud person, if he dies, how can he hope that others will avenge him, not to mention that he and Yang Ning will have a showdown after all, as Yang Ning said, even if he does not give up his hatred in the future, Yang Ning will come to find his own fight, this is the fate of the two. Thinking of this, his heart was slightly wider, and he said lightly: "Since you and I have already decided the victory and defeat in today's battle, this is probably the will of heaven, so that I will not lose your excellent opponent, the front is Lanruo Temple, accompany me to worship the Buddha." Although it was a questioning word, the tone was affirmative, leaving no room for Yang Ning to think, but Yang Ning was unwilling to refuse, somehow, he faintly felt that although he won this battle, he seemed to have lost something more important, nodded lightly, and walked side by side towards Lanruo Temple with peace smoke, the two of them were silent along the way, for some reason, Yang Ning's heart swelled with infinite melancholy, and he only felt that this road was too short.

Lanruo Temple is a number of Zen temples in Jinling, today is a temple fair, so the temple door is wide open, pilgrims are like clouds, the two of them walked into the Buddhist temple with the flow of people, Pingyan saw that there were many pilgrims in the main hall, so he walked around the main hall to the back, Yang Ning had no purpose, also followed Pingyan to go, the number of people behind the Buddha hall, almost all of them were bustling, the two simply continued to go inside, and went straight to a Buddhist hall at the back of the Buddhist temple, only to feel a lot quieter. Originally, this was a place for monks to retreat, and pilgrims were no longer accepted, and a few monks wanted to come over to stop them, but as soon as they touched the cold eyes of the two, they were frightened and avoided them.

The two walked into the Buddha hall, this Buddha hall is dedicated to Manjushri Bodhisattva, there are fragrant flowers and fresh fruits on the table in front of the Buddha, two ever-bright lamps are swaying, there is a copper incense burner in front of the table, a few bunches of incense curl up, there are four or five semi-new futons in front of the incense burner, the whole Buddha hall is dusty, only a faint fragrance is left, when the two walked in, they saw a black-clothed monk sweeping the floor there, and saw the two walk in, the monk looked slightly surprised, paused slightly, but did not step forward to stop the two, just put down the broom, tidied up his clothes and stepped forward to salute: "Poor monk Xuanhai, I have seen the donor, if the two want to enter the incense, you need to go to the front hall, here is the place where the monks of our temple are purifying, and they do not receive guests. ”

Ping Yan glanced at the monk, only to see that the monk was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate appearance, a fair complexion, and smart eyebrows.

The young monk's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "The donor is right, but the poor monk is stubborn." After that, he took two bunches of incense and handed them to Ping Yan and Yang Ning. Pingyan took the incense and bowed in front of the Buddha, but Yang Ning refused to accept it, just looked at the Buddha statue with curious eyes, and the young monk asked strangely: "Why does the donor refuse to worship the Buddha when he comes here?"

Yang Ning looked up at the Buddha statue and said indifferently: "It's just a clay wooden tire, why should I worship him." ”

The young monk was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that someone would speak disrespectfully in the Buddha hall, and blurted out: "Manjushri Bodhisattva has supreme wisdom and transcends all sentient beings, how can he not worship." ”

Yang Ning didn't answer, a rebellious look flashed between his eyebrows, but he didn't mean to bow down at all, but the young monk was also very stubborn, holding incense in front of Yang Ning, obviously if Yang Ning didn't bow down, he would not give up. At the time of the stalemate, Ping Yan had already said indifferently: "You and I are already immortal in this life, why don't you swear in front of the Buddha and make a decisive covenant, so as not to fight with the snipe and the clam and the fisherman to profit." ”

Yang Ning thought about it for a while, and also felt that Pingyan was reasonable, if he had to worry about Pingyan every day to seek revenge, wouldn't it be too hard, it would be better to agree on the war period, so he took incense and bowed down in front of the Buddha, but looked at Pingyan and said: "Since Sister Yan said so, then I will bow down, but I don't know how Sister Yan wants to make a contract?"

Ping Yan looked deeply into Yang Ning's deep and cold phoenix eyes, and said lightly: "Actually, you and I both know that you can't blame Master's death, you can only blame it on Heaven's will, before I came to look for you, I had already decided that if I killed you today, I would never use this reason to seek revenge for your life, but this hatred, I can't forget it, you and I are lifelong opponents, you enter the country quickly, presumably you will have the strength to fight with me in three years, and then I will come to you for a decisive battle, and the loser will be punished until the next decisive battle." ”

Yang Ning pondered for a long time and replied, "Okay, but I don't know what Sister Yan uses as punishment?"

Ping Yan's eyes lowered, and he said coldly: "Death is not the heaviest punishment for you and me, it is better for us to agree like this, before the next victory, every time the defeated person meets, no matter what the other party asks, he must obey his orders and not disobey." ”

Yang Ning couldn't help but look at Pingyan for a long time, he knew in his heart that this woman, like himself, could not bear to be driven, such a punishment was really the most suitable, of course, from another aspect, he and Pingyan did not have the habit of servitude to others, this punishment is not light, it is not heavy, it is the most appropriate, but somehow, he always felt that once he agreed, it seemed that he would lose something, but when he touched Pingyan's indifferent gaze, he still nodded silently and agreed.

Seeing this, Pingyan only felt that Fang's heart was broken, until this reunion with Yang Ning, she understood her true heart, I don't know when, Yang Ning's shadow has been deeply imprinted in the bottom of her heart, originally thought that it was the sympathy that this young man and his own temperament were born of, but I don't know when it has deteriorated, whenever I think of this noble and desolate young man, I feel a faint pain in my heart, even after learning the news of the death of my teacher, that kind of grief and hatred is mostly because of Yang Ning, not because of the hatred of killing the teacher. With her ease and knowledge, after such a long time, she naturally has figured out Yang Ning's last resort that day, and she understands her teacher's temperament better, and she will never want anyone to avenge her. But only by putting this young man in a hostile position can she completely cut off the wisp of affection in her heart. The avenue is ruthless, if you want to reach the peak of martial arts, all kinds of ties in the world must be cut off one by one, not to mention the private feelings of children.

In fact, her killing intent today is not strong, just because if she kills Yang Ning, I am afraid that the shadow of this young man can no longer be erased in her heart, but the agreement reached with Yang Ning at this moment is the key to drawing a gap between the two, both of them are generally arrogant, and they can never tolerate bending their knees to others, from now on, even if the two get along day and night, they will not be able to reduce the antagonism in their hearts, and such opposition will inevitably prompt the two to leap in martial arts. Only in this way, the only chance she could fall in love with someone in her life has been cut off, even if she achieves the avenue, she will leave eternal regrets, maybe in the years to come, she will accidentally think of a teenager who affectionately called herself "Sister Yan", but in a life as plain as water, it will be such a small wave.

Even though his intestines are soft, Pingyan is a determined person after all, once he makes a decision, he will not change easily, hide the turmoil in his heart, and bow three times in front of the Buddha with Yang Ning. After the oath was completed, after Pingyan got up, he said to the young monk: "I heard that the signature of your temple is quite effective, I don't know if the little master has a sign holder." ”

The young monk was wondering about the content of the oath between the two, hesitated a little when he heard the words, but finally walked out, and after a while, he came in with a lottery holder and handed it to Pingyan, who prayed silently for a moment, took a sign, and then handed the sign to Yang Ning, Yang Ning had also seen Qingping ask for a sign before, so he also drew a gourd in the same way, and prayed silently in his heart: "Sister Yan gave up seeking revenge against me, she must bear a lot of pressure, if the Bodhisattva really has a spirit, tell me if there is a day to completely resolve the hatred in Sister Yan's heart." ”

Picking up the wooden stick, Yang Ning took a closer look, but it was a Zhongping sign, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad, leaving the Buddhist hall, and going to the front of the monk to sign the document, Yang Ning opened it and took a look, there was only one sentence on it, "Looking back at the sea and mountains, thousands of miles together." Sigh the mountains and flowing water, and the strings are sad. (Note 1) "Yang Ning only felt a slight shock in his heart, and couldn't help but crumple the signature into a ball, turned his head to look at Ping Yan, but saw that Ping Yan had already crumpled the signature, and his expression was still indifferent, but the originally cold and cold eyes were already sparkling.

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Note 1: Xin Qiji's "Brahmin Citation"