Sword of Coming

This time, Chen Pingan entered the Dali Kingdom without passing through Yefu Pass. After walking out of the plank road and valley, Chen Pingan and the other two met a group of elite cavalry.

In the wind and snow, the two sides faced off.

Most of the Dali border elites had turned their horses silently, but suddenly a horse rushed out and galloped to Chen Pingan's side. It was a young and determined face, full of vigilance and scrutiny. This Dali border scout Deep in his eyes, there was a hint of determination that Chen Ping'an didn't understand at the time.

When this horse suddenly came out, the rest of the robes also gritted their teeth and followed, and for a while, snowflakes flew in all directions and rushed towards their faces.

Chen Ping'an shouted in Dali Mandarin: "We are from Longquan County. We returned from Huangting Kingdom and entered the pass through Niuzhan."

At the same time, Chen Pingan took out the customs clearance document issued by the Longquan County Government from his arms. He traveled thousands of miles and was covered with official seals of various passes in various countries. Seeing that the cavalryman was about to dismount, Chen Pingan made three moves. Taking a step forward, he trotted forward and handed it over with his hand. The body of the cavalryman became more and more tense, and the whole team of scouts had their pupils shrunk, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

The scout bent down and took the certificate. After reading it carefully, he suddenly smiled brightly. The hand that was holding the handle of the knife quietly made a safe marching gesture behind his back. The cavalryman still insisted on dismounting. After handing back the document, and after Chen Pingan carefully put it away, the young cavalryman smiled and said: "In such bad weather, if you encounter trouble, you can go to our Fengsui to stay and rest temporarily, prepare food, and wait until the wind and snow subside before rushing on. Not too late."

Chen Pingan felt the knight's sincerity from the bottom of his heart, and immediately clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just took this opportunity to practice boxing. It's difficult, but I can bear it."

Dali was adept at martial arts, and his folk customs were sturdy, making him famous throughout the continent.

The straw-shoe boy was so tenacious that he quickly won the favor of the pair of elite cavalry scouts. Even an old border guard with a rough face and an unsmiling face could also smile.

The two sides said goodbye, the scouts continued to conduct southward reconnaissance, and Chen Pingan continued to return north to his hometown.

The captain of the side cavalry looked back at the backs of the three people returning from the north, suppressed his smile, turned around and reprimanded the cavalryman under his command: "Why are you trying to be a hero, risking your life?! Not to mention how good the young man is, the two people around him are This thinly dressed maid and book boy is clearly a practicing practitioner with a strong moral character. Otherwise, how would he be able to withstand the harsh weather. Just now we had a close encounter, and he looked so good, couldn't you tell?

If the three of them are really spies from the enemy country, if you rush forward to ask questions this time, not only will our entire army be wiped out, but it will also delay the delivery of the intelligence! "

The young cavalryman groaned, still a little unconvinced, "Commander, we are the second-class border scouts. We are still in the territory of Dali. No matter where the Qi practitioners come from, they must also explain the rules of our border army." Right? If you really dare to kill us, if we conduct an interrogation afterwards, they will definitely be unable to eat and walk away. They will take a step back and say, isn’t the prince still here? I believe in anyone who has the ability to compete with the prince. "

The old captain, who had been in the army for half his life, was so angry that he hit the young cavalryman with a whip, but it hit the empty space outside the shoulders of the young cavalry. The thunder was loud and the rain was small, and he laughed angrily: "If it had been the time when I first joined the army, What you are doing is just provoking the Master Qi Practitioner, you know? You don’t know how you died. If you meet a kind and righteous general, he will help you ask for dozens of taels of pension money at most. If you are not kind, it will affect your life or death!"

The second-class scouts who can become the Great Li frontier army are undoubtedly the leading warriors of the Great Li army, and few of them are fools. The young cavalry quickly made up for it and said: "Old Wu, please calm down, and we will fight against the Great Sui Gao later." In your old lair, I will use my military exploits to replace your old man with a wealthy woman with tender skin and tender flesh, so as to calm down the fire..."

The old corps commander smiled and scolded: "Get out of here, your little military merit is not enough to put a gap in my teeth. Stop talking nonsense and continue patrolling! The boss has spoken, be careful of Huang Tingguo's dog jumping over the wall. The more the weather is like this, the more careful you must be. We are not afraid that they will rush in and seek death, but after so many years of war, our horses’ hooves are always stepping on other people’s homes, and there is absolutely no reason to let others step on our door.”

The young cavalryman said with a playful smile: "I know, I know, I will take the first step to ensure that not a single fly can fly into the cow's back valley ahead."

The young cavalryman took a deep breath, pulled on his thick and slightly stiff mink hat, shook off some ice shards, and ran forward slowly.

A middle-aged scout couldn't help but ask: "Captain Wu, there was so much commotion on the border between the two countries before. I heard that the sky in Huangting Kingdom collapsed and many people died. We didn't suffer much loss here. Is there any reason for this? What can you say? Commander, you have a lot of gossip, and many old men are now captains. I know that you had a drink with someone before, is there anything you can tell me?"

The old team leader looked solemn, and did not reveal the secret. He just grinned, his eyes were hot, and his tone was sinister, "There is nothing to say, but we will have meat to eat soon, which is a good thing!"

Over there, Chen Pingan, who was walking in the wind and snow, said slowly: "I have seen the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty before, escorting us from the border to the capital. Compared with our cavalry of the Great Li, I always feel that there is something different... …I can’t say specifically.”

The boy in green said lazily: "Master, this is such a simple matter. The cavalry of the Sui Dynasty and the watchdogs kept in the deep mansion compound just look powerful. Of course, if they really fight, they can probably make do with it. But you, the Li people, The cavalry, especially the border cavalry, are just a bunch of wild dogs, biting people everywhere, and their teeth have long been sharpened. If they were Huang Tingguo's border soldiers, they would run far away when they saw the three of us. Have the guts to step forward and ask questions.”

The boy in green yawned and said casually: "I heard my Water God brother tell a secret story in Yujiang before. More than ten years ago, there was a border army in the north of Sui Dynasty, and they had a conflict with a group of mountain Qi practitioners. In anger, the general mobilized 6,000 elite soldiers. Together with him and his subordinate Wu Secretary Lang, as well as the army Qi trainers seconded from Paoze, they chased and killed them for more than 800 miles. They killed three of the murderous Qi practitioners."

The girl in the pink skirt said in surprise: "In Huang Tingguo, no matter in the local army or in the rivers and lakes at the bottom of the mountain, you don't dare to be angry with the Qi practitioners on the mountain. The reason why the Zhilan Cao family spared no effort to cultivate their young sons is because they want one person to be able to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, without having to rely on others everywhere." "

"The Hong family of Huang Tingguo is rotten from top to bottom. In future wars, there will be no match for Da Li Barbarian."

The boy in Tsing Yi stretched out his hands out of boredom, condensing crystal clear snowballs again and again, and then threw them into the distance again and again, "The Dali frontier army was also destroyed in pieces, especially Wu Secretary Lang, most of whom were killed in the battle. In short, it was a big fuss. It was so big that His Majesty Long Yan, the Emperor of Great Li, was furious. He recalled the third-grade general to the capital and demoted him to a low-level soldier in one fell swoop. Only then did the Shanmen behind the four Qi practitioners calm down. But I heard that it didn’t take long. In 2008, the warrior who guarded Beiguan appeared in Yefu Pass in the south, and soon resumed his original official position. The frontier army he had been in before was awarded the honorary title of one of the new "Iron Cavalry" of Dali. , the frontier troops not only quickly returned to full strength, but also added many first-class horses and first-class warriors, and they are now very prosperous."

Chen Ping'an thought of the Sui Cliff Academy and said to himself: "Don't fight."

The boy in Tsing Yi quickly threw a snowball high up, and then shot it away with the second snowball. The two sides burst into pieces. "The arrow has to be fired. I think there is no way to escape from this war to destroy the country." .The key depends on whether the Great Sui Dynasty lives up to expectations, but if Bai Yujing of Great Li is really as powerful as the rumors say, I think most of the originally dominant mountain forces in the Great Sui Dynasty will choose Mingzhe to protect themselves. After all, no one wants to be robbed from Bai Yujing. The flying sword that comes out instantly kills people in the cave protected by the formation. It is really a matter of death. Who is willing to try the killing power of Bai Yujing's flying sword? The higher the realm, the more precious the Qi practitioner is in fear of death. Anyway, I The water god brother said that as long as the Bai Yujing Feijian is half as powerful as the rumors, he will surrender voluntarily, and with the behavior of the Great Li Temple, he may still retain his position as the river god."

The girl in pink skirt looked confused, "What is Bai Yujing? Will flying swords come out?"

The boy in green laughed loudly, flicked his fingers, and a snowball hit the girl in pink skirt on the forehead. "With a swish, a flying sword will fly out from Bai Yujing in the Great Lijing City. The sword was so fast that it flew across thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant, and pierced through the head of a silly girl like you, isn’t it fun?”

The girl in the pink skirt covered her forehead with her hands, feeling extremely frightened.

The boy in green sneered and said: "With your meager skills, you still need to use Bai Yujing's flying sword to kill you? You are a silly girl, but the Great Li court is not stupid. Bai Yujing has dozens of flying swords, and now he is the first to target him. The Qi Practitioners are all those old turtles and bastards hiding under the water in the Sui Dynasty. I guess, among the few Sui Qi Practitioners who are qualified to be on the list, some of them must have quietly left the Sui Dynasty. Just avoid its edge.”

Although Chen Ping'an never interrupted, he felt that most of Yujiang Water Snake's arguments and speculations were reasonable and well-founded, so he listened to them silently and kept them in mind. Therefore, Chen Ping'an couldn't understand more and more. How could such a smart guy who saw things very clearly be willing to take the blame for the water god with ulterior motives in his hometown of Yujiang?

Is it dark under the lamp?

Chen Pingan did not ask. After all, this is the kid in Tsing Yi’s own business.

Chen Pingan began to walk silently, facing the wind and snow over and over again.

In the knee-deep snow, he had to walk extremely slowly in the Shanshan Quanpu. Chen Ping'an walked all the way from the cliff plank road here. The energy and energy he expended, the longer the time went, the further back he went, which was ten times and a hundred times more than usual. So much.

All over his body, from the outside to the inside, Chen Ping'an was almost frozen into a block of ice, so much so that in the later stage, Chen Ping'an didn't need to deliberately circulate the Eighteen Stops Sword Qi. That mysterious Qi machine, like a fire dragon patrolling a hunting pass, would Wandering quickly on his own, invisibly helped Chen Ping'an barely maintain a breath of vitality.

Every breath and exhalation is a bone-deep suffering.

The lazy boy in green was confused and unreasonable. Isn't it a good idea to just accept his fate if he has poor talent? Others are making rapid progress on their spiritual path, but you, Chen Pingan, are here every day with twice the result and half the result. How embarrassing.

The girl in the pink skirt was almost heartbroken to see it.

After half a month, the wind and snow gradually subsided, and the journey would not be too difficult.

The three of them bypassed two passes and dozens of large and small towering beacons.

Chen Ping'an still looks for trouble. After practicing boxing every day, he takes the initiative to compete with the boy in Tsing Yi, and is often punched by the boy until he disappears into the deep snow.

But the second realm is still a pitiful second realm. Chen Pingan's martial arts advancement is really unbeatable.

The boy in Tsing Yi didn't know whether he was sad for his misfortune or angry at his inability to fight. He hit his master a few times too hard and beat him so hard that his kite broke and flew around. He had to struggle for a long time before he could stand up. The girl in pink skirt watched the fight from the sidelines. Then he turned his head and couldn't bear to look anymore.

On such a cookie-cutter journey back home, the first snowfall of the year ended. The three finally arrived at a town marked as Fengya County on the map. Because Chen Pingan chose a return route to his hometown of Xishan, he would not The route passes through Xiuhua River, Hongzhu Town and Qidun Mountain.

Chen Pingan wants to travel to more unfamiliar places.

Read a few books, know more than a thousand words, travel thousands of miles, and practice millions of punches. This is Chen Ping'an's current wish. In the end, it all needs to be achieved step by step. Chen Ping'an spent every day on this trip back home. It's fulfilling, but of course there's no shortage of hardships. Instead of rushing to study at Sui Academy, you can free up more time to strengthen your body through boxing, temper your soul with luck, drop water through stone, and swallow mud in its mouth, every bit is supplementary.

The boy in Tsing Yi would think that he was wasting his time, but Chen Ping'an could clearly feel the accumulation of a little benefit. This feeling was like that of the porcelain boy in Mud Bottle Alley, who worked hard every day, which was equivalent to a few more copper coins in his account, which improved his family's wealth. It is increasing quietly, and outsiders think it is boring, but Chen Pingan himself feels that it is not too good!

The New Year is approaching, and I enter the bustling county market. Fengya Town is different from other cities in Dali Border Pass. The aroma of books is stronger, because there are obviously many more bookstores. Of course, don’t expect rare and rare books, as most of them are shoddy and cheap privately-engraved books. There are many typos and omissions. The boy in blue and the girl in pink skirt are both very visionary. One is rich and is used to seeing good things, while the other has been exposed to books by saints since childhood.

So only Chen Ping'an was serious about shopping in the bookstore, and couldn't put it down on the long row of twelve volumes of "Yushan Burning Snow Talk" on the bookshelf. Unfortunately, there was not much space in the backpack, and it could no longer hold such a large set, and the price It was too high, so I had to settle for the next best thing and buy a copy of "Iron Sword Flick Collection" signed by Cheng Shuidong.

The elderly shopkeeper sincerely praised the young master for his good vision, and then explained that the old servant Huang Tingguo's works were now in his pocket, and he would definitely make a profit, because there were rumors in the market that the man would soon come back to work and be invited to serve as the chief minister. The deputy principal of Liyi New Academy.

In the night, Chen Ping'an, who had returned home after a full trip, chose a simple inn and asked for two adjacent rooms. The girl in the pink skirt slept in a separate room.

The boy in Tsing Yi followed Chen Pingan across the threshold. He immediately wrinkled his nose with a look of disgust and shook his palms in front of his nose vigorously to dispel the old sour smell. He was indeed a water snake who had become a master. No matter how he wiped it, it was difficult to eliminate it. The boy in Tsing Yi drove the smell out of the window.

After Chen Ping'an closed the door, he spread out the map of Da Li's southern prefectures and counties on the table. Because these secret geographical maps had always been the exclusive property of the government, it was a serious crime for private individuals to keep them privately. Chen Ping'an looked at the distance between Fengya County and Longquan County, which was only six hundred miles apart. Half of it was an official road that was convenient for business travelers, and the other half was a relatively difficult Chongdan River waterway. Compared with the long journey there and back, Six hundred miles away, it can be considered close at hand.

After Chen Pingan ate the food, he began to practice the sword furnace.

From time to time, a woman's curses and the innkeeper's begging for mercy could be heard in his ears.

It's so similar to the scene in Xinghua Lane, Nipin Lane, my hometown.

It's just that Gu Can's mother was still there at that time, and the vicious-mouthed Granny Ma hadn't passed away yet. Every day, the sound of reading in the school could be heard far away from the iron lock well.

When I went back this time, the old locust tree was gone, and the gatekeeper was no longer there. There was destined to be no new and joyful Spring Festival couplet posted at the door of the neighbor's yard in Muping Lane on New Year's Eve.

Chen Ping'an sighed, put away the sword furnace stake, came to the window, took out the small silver sword embryo from the specially sewn pocket in his sleeve, held it gently in the palm of his hand, and rubbed it slowly.

The boy in green shouted angrily for no reason, "Seeking death!"

When Chen Pingan heard the sound, he turned around and saw a boy in green holding a cloud of ethereal gray smoke with his fingers. He clamped it suddenly, and there was a slight crackle. The gray mist gradually dissipated, and there was a faint whine and hiss.

Seeing Chen Ping'an's puzzled expression, the boy in Tsing Yi happily claimed the credit and said, "Sir, this little devil who doesn't know how to live or die has been crushed by me! He still dares to come to your territory and run wild, I'm really tired of living!"

The boy in green pointed at the mist that was spreading everywhere, "It's called the Pillow Charm, and it has no entity. Wherever this little thing passes, the wind it brings is one of the many evil spirits in the world. I like it the most." Chasing those evil-hearted street shrews, whenever they move their lips, this kind of charm will secretly appear, collecting that trend, which is most likely to alienate relatives, especially the relationship between husband and wife. The so-called pillow trend in the market is their Good show."

Chen Pingan sighed and said with a smile: "If you encounter such spirits in the future, just drive them away. There is no need to fight or kill them."

The boy in green made a sound, tilted his head and asked: "Master, don't you have a heart of Bodhisattva? How come you don't do justice for heaven when you encounter such evil spirits?"

Chen Ping'an couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Why do you want to do justice for heaven? I'm not that capable..."

Chen Pingan quickly stopped talking and said nothing more.

The boy in green clothes felt a little disappointed for no reason.

Because I failed to hear the great truth of the bad guy.

I used to find it boring and boring to listen to. After that time at Wusheng Temple, Chen Pingan never talked about it again, and it actually made me feel even more boring.

The child in Tsing Yi lay on the table for a while, feeling that he was very sick, so he climbed onto the table, then lay down with his hands and feet spread out, looking lifelessly at the ceiling, and saw a small spider web that no longer had an owner. After looking at it for a long time, Tsing Yi The child began to turn over the table.

The girl in the pink skirt had packed the bedding and mattress over there, and then came here to clean it up for the master. She did not forget to carry Cui Dongshan's book box. She slept in the open air all the way, and she protected the book box all the time. It can be seen from this that , The young man in white who used his magical powers in Zhilan Cao's library had a huge psychological impact on her.

Chen Pingan put away the "silver ingot" again and walked to the table. The boy in Tsing Yi hurriedly sat back on the stool. Chen Pingan took out the "Iron Sword Flick Collection" with a rich ink fragrance from the basket on his back. The boy in Tsing Yi hurriedly sat down. He diligently brought the oil lamp and helped light the wick. The master and servant sat on three sides.

The boy in green didn't dare to disturb Chen Ping'an who was reading. He smiled at the girl in pink skirt sitting opposite and asked, "Aren't you happy that you can eat a snake gallstone and reach the fifth level of middle school right away?"

With Chen Ping'an by her side, the girl in the pink skirt felt much more courageous, "Don't try to take advantage of my snake gallstone."

The boy in green chuckled and said, "The master told me privately that there are different sizes of snake gallstones, and different grades. Silly girl, you have no merit or hard work along the way, so you are the most useless, so I only give you the smallest and worst one." , I accompanied the master to give him fists so many times, so the two ones I got are the biggest and best, one is as big as ten of yours."

The girl in pink skirt immediately turned to look at Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan turned over a page of the book and said with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense."

The girl in pink skirt glared at the boy in green who lied about the military situation.

The kid in green slapping the table, "Rebellion?!"

The girl in pink skirt sat over Chen Pingan.

Chen Ping'an was accustomed to this, but he didn't deliberately support the little fire python and always read quietly.

By the dim light of the oil lamp, Chen Pingan flipped through the reading notebook page by page. He also took out a remaining bamboo slip from Qidun Mountain and a small carving knife given by the owner of the hosta shop where he bought it. He read some The good sentences that stood out in front of my eyes were carved on the bamboo slips one stroke at a time.

The boy in Tsing Yi put his cheek against the table and rolled his eyes, pretending to be a ghost.

The girl in pink skirt didn't dare to look at him, so she stayed close to her master and watched Chen Pingan reading or carving.

Chen Ping'an suddenly frowned, and after hesitating for a moment he asked: "The book says that when wealth and wealth develop, roads and bridges must be built, and mansions and tombs cannot be built."

The boy in green sneered at this, but said nothing and kept his half-dead posture.

The girl in pink skirt nodded and said softly: "Sir, some scholars are very particular about this. They hope that when they get rich, they will do good deeds and benefit the village."

Chen Ping'an was a little helpless. He originally thought that after returning home, he would immediately spend money to build a large tomb for his parents before the new year. It would be grand and grand without even a decent tombstone.

The boy in Tsing Yi couldn't help but said: "Master, you are not a scholar now, why do you care about these things? Besides, what do you have to worry about? At worst, we will build roads and bridges. I will help myself when the time comes. Not only did we spend money , and also personally contributed, God will definitely have nothing to say."

Chen Ping'an suddenly realized that the knot in his heart was soon untied. He turned to look at the boy in Tsing Yi, extended his thumb to him, and said happily: "Well done! That's right!"

The girl in pink skirt became happy together with her master.

The boy in green clothes was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head, tears almost falling out.

After walking, passing through official roads and waterways, the one and two children in a harmonious atmosphere finally saw the outline of a slightly lonely mountain.