Sword of Coming

Chen Pingan looked up at the night and did not look back for a long time.

He stood under the eaves, holding a charcoal cage in his hand.

Gu Can cried heartbrokenly, like a wounded cub.

Even though Chen Ping'an had looked at Gu Can again, he still didn't speak, and just let Gu Can wail there, with tears and snot all over his face.

Gu Can kept crying until her body twitched. She cried until she ran out of energy. Then she started whimpering. After gathering some energy, she started howling again. It was like she had lost all her energy in crying.

Chen Pingan asked slowly: "Why don't you plead with me? Is it because you know it's useless? I don't want to lose the last chance, because by opening Tan Xue's mouth, I will not only be clean with the Spring Court House, but also with your mother." , it’s the same as you Gu Can, the last bit of the lotus root is broken and gone, is that it? I finally know that even if Tanxue is here, I may not be able to survive in Shujian Lake now. I will replace Tanxue with Chen Ping’an. , when you are the door gods of the Spring Court House, maybe you two can continue to live as before, but it is a little less happy, and you are not able to tell me confidently, 'I just like killing people'? But compared to what day, it is inexplicable Is it still profitable to give a monk who I have never met, to slap him to death with a slap in the face without any grievances, and to have the whole family run away to reunite under the ground?"

Gu Can didn't speak, didn't wipe the snot and tears on his face, and just stared at Chen Ping'an blankly.

Chen Pingan sighed, walked to Gu Can, bent down and handed over the charcoal cage in his hand.

Stepping on the snow, every step made a squeaking sound.

Gu Can didn't answer.

Chen Ping'an squatted down, faced Gu Can, and said, "Little slug, it's okay. Tell the truth. I'll listen."

Gu Can grabbed a handful of snow, turned around, smeared it on his face, then turned back and choked up: "Chen Pingan, you are the worst person!"

Chen Pingan laughed dumbly and hesitated for a moment, "In your Shujian Lake, I am indeed a good person. Either a good person is smart, or he is a bad person."

Gu Can's tears suddenly burst into tears, "You Shujian Lake, your Spring Court House, you two! Chen Pingan, you like to say such things, let's not do this, okay..."

Gu Can covered her face with the backs of her hands and sobbed.

Chen Pingan said: "Go back."

Gu Can punched Chen Pingan in the chest, causing Chen Pingan to fall into the snow.

Gu Can stood up and staggered away.

After running out for more than ten steps, Gu Can stopped without turning around and sobbed: "Chen Ping'an, you are more important than the little loach. It has always been like this. But from now on, it will no longer be like this, even if the little loach dies. , are better than you."

Chen Ping'an sat in the snow and looked at Shujian Lake.

The mind is as still as water.

Standing up and shaking off the snow flakes on his cotton-padded clothes, Chen Ping'an walked towards the ferry, waiting for the arrival of Tan Yuanyi from Lisu Island. With Liu Zhimao's resolute and resolute style, he would definitely send a message to Lisu Island with his sword as soon as he returned to Hengbo Mansion, but Suddenly thinking that the spy leader of Dali Luboting in the middle of Aquarius Continent would probably not arrive by boat, but would communicate with Liu Zhimao in advance and secretly sneak into Qingxia Island. Chen Pingan turned around and went directly to Hengbo Mansion. .

Spring Court Mansion.

The woman was wearing a snow-white fox fur and was waiting anxiously.

After looking at Gu Can's figure, he hurried over and asked, "How is it, where is Tan Xue? Didn't she come back with you?"

When the two of them were making dumplings together in the kitchen, Gu Can's expression suddenly changed drastically. He fell to the ground and covered his heart, as if he was seriously ill.

At that time, the woman knew something was wrong. It was probably Tanxue who had gone wrong outside the Spring Court House.

Gu Can raised his head and said in a daze, "Dead."

The woman was stunned, thinking she heard wrongly, "Cancan, what did you say?"

Gu Can repeated: "Dead."

The woman said sternly: "Dead? Just like that? Tanxue is a dragon in the Nascent Soul Realm, how could he die?! Apart from the old bastard named Liu from Gongliu Island, who else in Shujian Lake can kill Tanxue?" Snow!"

Gu Can looked at her mother's face and said, "And Chen Pingan."

The woman said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! How could Chen Ping'an kill Tan Xue, and what qualifications does he have to kill the little loach that no longer belongs to him? Is he crazy? This heartless little bitch, he was He should starve to death in Mud Bottle Alley. I knew he had no good intentions when he came to our Qingxia Island and suffered a thousand blows..."

Gu Can suddenly said: "Chen Pingan may be able to hear it."

The woman immediately closed her mouth and looked around in panic. Her face was as pale as the snow on the ground and the fox fur on her body.

Gu Can was silent.

The woman hugged him and cried, "My poor son."

Gu Can's face was expressionless. His body and soul were extremely weak now. After walking in the snow between Chun Ting Mansion and Shanmen, his hands and feet were already cold.

Returning to Hengbo Mansion again, Liu Zhimao hesitated and asked his confidant butler to invite Zhang Ding.

Then he went to the secret small sword tomb that was similar to a sword room, where the top-grade messenger flying sword was stored. After carefully considering the words, he sent the letter to Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island.

Finally, Liu Zhimao came to the lobby where there was a colorful lichen pavement, a national specialty. With a flick of his hand, he picked up a ball of water mist and sprinkled it on the ground. A picture of the entrance of Qingxia Island Mountain appeared.

The heavy snow has stopped, and the scene looks a bit dead.

Liu Zhimao lowered his head and stared at the scene of water mist.

During this period, he raised his head and looked out the door several times.

Liu Zhimao smiled helplessly. Among the nearly a thousand monks on Qingxia Island today, only one Zhang Ji dared to get the order from Hengbo Mansion. He still came here in a hurry and would never rush to control the wind. As for whether he, the island owner, could He has a grudge in his heart, but this old guy Zhang Ding never cares about it.

Liu Zhimao sighed.

Almost all of the old brothers who fought side by side for the first time died. They either died on the battlefield of opening up new territories, or died from endless sneak attacks and assassinations, or they were unruly and rebellious and were beaten by Liu Zhimao himself. Of course, most of them died of old age. In the end, only Zhang Ding was left, the last old man on Qingxia Island.

Liu Zhimao walked straight through the water transport scroll and came to the gate. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped out of the threshold and waited for Zhang Ding there.

As a monk in the Dragon Gate Realm under the Earth Immortal, in Shujian Lake, which has more than a thousand islands, even if he does not talk about his friendship with Liu Zhimao, he actually occupies the mountain as the king and is the owner of the island, which is more than enough. In fact, Liu Zhimao has spent the past two years After annexing more than ten large islands, including Sulin Island, using the method of making distant and close attacks, Zhang Qi, the Minister of Supporting the Dragon, had the intention to choose a large island as the place to open his mansion, but Zhang Qi declined twice. , Liu Zhimao no longer insisted.

In the early stage of meeting when both of them were in the sea-viewing realm, Zhang Jing, who was born as a genealogy master, was not only Liu Zhimao's friend, but also the strategist behind Liu Zhimao's advice. It can be said that Qingxia Island was able to survive the early stages of Qingxia Island safely. During the difficult time, in addition to Liu Zhimao leading a group of ministers who gathered around him, Zhang Tie's decision-making was crucial.

The reason why Liu Zhimao has always been very courteous to Zhang Zhi is not only the hard-earned love during the difficult years, but also the fact that after Zhang Zhi established a foothold in Qingxia Island, especially Liu Zhimao's progress in spiritual practice, Leaving him far behind, Zhang Ding never hesitated to say many things he thought he should say. He simply turned a founding figure who should have rested on the credit book and enjoyed it into a temple that was careless about life and death and annoying. Admonishing ministers, Liu Zhimao was really annoyed several times by Zhang Jing's lack of dignity, immediately attacking the country and dismounting to defend the country. Can the rules be the same? But Zhang Tie still went his own way. After Liu Zhimao became Yuanying, he became more and more alienated from Zhang Tie. He just let him be in charge of fishing and secret treasury. He acted as a capital official but did the things of a local official. Zhang's unpopularity is obvious, so it's hard to say that he has been in a difficult situation in recent years. However, compared to worshiping Yu Hui and other descendants of Qingxia Island who have infinite scenery, Zhang's opportunities to show up on Qingxia Island are becoming less and less. Many people celebrate their achievements. He did attend the banquet, but he never spoke. He neither flattered Zhenjun Jiejiang nor poured cold water on him.

As Liu Zhimao thought about these old things, he felt a sense of sadness that he had not seen for a long time.

Finally here.

When Zhang Zhi saw Liu Zhimao, he still walked slowly and leisurely.

Not only that, he even pinched a solid snowball in his hand. This shows how leisurely Zhang Ding walked on the way here, and how anxious the person who called him was.

The chief steward of Hengbo Mansion, who was also a monk in the Dragon Gate Realm next to him, was really upset when he went out to find Zhang Jing. But when he saw Mr. Zhenjun waiting outside the door, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately regretted it. The number of times I urged Zhang Ding along the way was really too many. Fortunately, I didn't complain, otherwise I would have probably fallen into trouble.

Liu Zhimao waved to the butler to stay away from the lobby, and the latter immediately bowed and left.

Zhang Qi cupped his fists and saluted, "I've met the island owner."

Liu Zhimao smiled and raised his hand and pressed it twice, indicating to Zhang that he didn't have to be so open-minded.

The two of them crossed the threshold one after the other. Zhang Ding looked at the scroll suspended above the beautiful lichen and remained silent.

Liu Zhimao got straight to the point: "It took you and the fishing house eight years to help me find the reincarnation of the golden elixir female cultivator. At that time, you advised me to detain her on Qingxia Island, but not on her body. In the future, once Liu Laocheng returns to Gongliu Island and finally breaks his face, he will tell the truth. With this move, maybe I, Liu Zhimao, can save my own life. I didn't believe it at the time, so you argued with me. You also said that you are a woman's benevolent and it is very ridiculous to speculate on Liu Laocheng's character. Now it seems that you may not be right, but I am definitely wrong. "

Zhang Jing said expressionlessly: "It's rare that the island owner is willing to admit his mistake. I wonder if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow morning."

Liu Zhimao stretched out his hand and nodded at the old gangster, and said with an angry smile: "With your bad temper and bad mouth, if it were anyone else, I would have killed him ten or eight times."

Zhang frowned, "Then I would like to thank the island owner for not killing him."

Liu Zhimao was about to speak when he suddenly pointed at the scroll and said, "Look carefully."

On the screen, Gu Can was kneeling in the snow outside the door.

After the accountant opened the door and said that sentence, he raised his head, holding the charcoal cage in both hands, and just looked up.

Liu Zhimao's face looked uncertain.

Zhang Jing said: "I advise the island owner to withdraw, but I guess it will be useless."

Liu Zhimao first stretched out a finger and tapped somewhere on the scroll, then waved his sleeve and really removed the scroll.

Liu Zhimao said: "What do you think of Chen Ping'an?"

Zhang Ding thought for a while, "It's terrible. If he is Shu Jian Hu Yexiu, there should be nothing wrong with the island owner."

Liu Zhimao nodded and said: "I won't tell you some of the secrets between me and him. It's not that I don't trust you, but it's probably better if you don't know. But there are some innocuous little things that can be treated as fun." , let me tell you."

Zhang Jing no longer deliberately used words to stab Liu Zhimao.

What Liu Zhimao calls trivial matters is definitely not trivial.

Liu Zhimao then detailed the conversation he had with Chen Ping'an after they left the mountain gate, and how they ate the winter solstice dumplings at Spring Court House together, and then went their separate ways and did their own things.

Liu Zhimao said: "Why do you think Chen Ping'an deliberately brought me along to scare the woman and give me a huge favor in vain? I have to hide the truth from the woman and let me, Liu Zhimao, be the good guy for once?"

Zhang Jing thought for a moment and hit the nail on the head: "It's not complicated. From the moment he moved out of the Spring Court House, Chen Ping'an has been drawing a clear line with Gu Can's mother-in-law, but the method is relatively gentle. Both sides have steps to avoid making trouble. It was too stiff, but at that time the woman would probably be relieved and could not guess Chen Ping'an's intentions. After that, Chen Ping'an would go to Chun Ting Mansion from time to time to have a meal to appease people's hearts, and the woman gradually felt at ease and was in a kind of Thinking that the most 'comfortable' state of mind, Chen Pingan would not kidnap Gu Can and cause Gu Can to 'go astray' and become a good person looking for death. Moreover, Chen Pingan still stayed in Qingxia Island, so he was considered a The amulet of Chun Ting Mansion was like having an extra door god watching the door. Of course she liked it. After that, Chen Pingan went to Chun Ting Mansion less and less without leaving any trace, because this accountant, It was indeed very busy, so the woman became even happier. It was not until tonight that Chen Ping'an roped in the island owner and sat together at the Spring Court House dining table eating dumplings. She finally realized that they were strangers. "

After Zhang Jing said these words that were almost the truth, he asked: "As an outsider, I just paid more attention to Chen Pingan, and I can see through it. Let alone the owner of the island, why do you ask? Why are you afraid that I will sit down?" She has been on the bench for so many years and has not used her brain all the time. She is no different from the woman in Chun Ting Mansion who likes to call herself the imperial wife. Is she rusty? Besides, my brain is not enough anymore. I help the island owner manage the secret treasury and fish. Two rooms is still barely enough, right? Is it because I feel uneasy with the secret warehouse in my hand, and I'm afraid that when I see Qingxia Island falling down, the hozens will scatter, so I roll up my bed and grease the soles of my feet, carrying a lot of The treasure has run away? Tell me which confidant you plan to hand over the secret warehouse to. Don’t worry, the island owner, I won’t stay there, but if the person is not suitable, I will throw cold water on the island owner for the last time.”

Liu Zhimao laughed and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense here!"

Zhang Ding said slowly: "What is that? It's not that I, Zhang Ding, look down on myself. I really can't be of much help in the current situation. If you ask me to be a dead soldier, I won't agree, even if I know My life is not long, but at least I still have a few years to live, which can be regarded as the life of an ordinary master. Over the years, I have enjoyed blessings and sufferings, and I have not eaten less. I don’t owe you and Qingxia Island anything."

Liu Zhimao did not answer Zhang's question, and sighed for no reason, "You said that if Shujian Lake was full of people like Chen Ping'an, we old and immortal guys would be scolded and worshiped at the same time. How can you be a bad person? How can you be so successful?"

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "Island Master, there are not many people like this."

Liu Zhimao turned his head and looked at this old monk from the Dragon Gate Realm, whose soul was decaying and drifting away, for a long time.

Zhang Ding just didn't speak.

Liu Zhimao said: "Zhang Ding, find a good and auspicious day, and then at the end of this year, don't wait until spring, quietly leave Shujian Lake, go farther, find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and spend the last sixty years peacefully." time."

Zhang Ding frowned and asked doubtfully: "Has the situation gotten this bad?"

Liu Zhimao hesitated for a moment and said frankly: "At present, it is not the worst, but things in the world are unpredictable. It is the general trend that the Song family of Dali will take over Shujian Lake. Once Dali gets a brain cramp one day, or feels... Liu Laocheng has divided too much, and if he wants to make up for it with me, Qingxia Island will be settled by Qiuhou. At that time, Da Li will find any reason to kill me, which will not only make Shujian Lake happy, but also gain more than a dozen big islands. If I were the one in charge of the affairs of Da Li, I would definitely make it, and I might start sharpening it right now."

Liu Zhimao patted Zhang Zhi's shoulder, "I'm not deliberately trying to win people's hearts. If you weren't Zhang Zhi, you'd be nothing but a mediocre Dragon Gate monk. Why would you need me, Liu Zhimao, to talk about this for a long time? In my free time, can’t I practice in seclusion? I accidentally cultivated into the Jade Pu realm. Damn it, Da Li still dared to sharpen his knife, and he was reluctant to kill the donkey. He was also in the Yu Pu realm, and Ruan Qiong, I’m almost going to praise the Song family of Da Li. I am only half a step behind Yuan Ying. Compared with Ruan Qiong, I am really half a step behind, which makes people mad.”

"Speaking of which, you taught me how to win people's hearts back then."

Liu Zhimao put his hand away from Zhang's shoulder, straightened his clothes again, and said with a smile: "I hope that one of the old guys around me will have a happy ending. Anyway, it's a small effort, so don't thank me. , otherwise it will be seen outside."

Zhang Jiang suddenly started to curse: "You old bastard, you will be beaten to death by Da Li or Liu Laocheng one day, and then I hide. Sixty years have passed, how can I catch up with you on the Huangquan Road and accompany you?" Are you talking?"

Zhang Ding shook his head and said softly: "I won't leave."

Liu Zhimao looked at this stubborn guy and said a digression, "You can be friends with our accountant. When you are smart, you are so smart that you don't even look like a good person. When you are stubborn, you can Like a fool who has lost his mind."

Zhang Jing said: "Your xinxing is not right now, and it is not conducive to practice. A person who has traveled a hundred miles is only half ninety. Now you fall in one breath. It will be difficult for you to get up again in your life. How can you reach the upper five realms? So many We have weathered the storms and waves, but don’t we still know that many of our opponents who died at our hands were just a matter of breath?"

Liu Zhimao exclaimed, "Zhang, that's okay. You've started teaching me lessons again, and you dare to talk to me about spiritual practice. Do you really think that we are still the two young people who were in the sea-viewing realm back then?"

Zhang Jing smiled and said: "When I entered the cave realm, I could be considered a fool. You, Liu Zhimao, were already quite old at that time. There was nothing you could do about it. You wild dog-eating wild cultivators in the mountains and swamps couldn't do anything. It’s just much worse than our Immortal Master Genealogy.”

Liu Zhimao laughed and said: "After working as a wild cultivator in Shujian Lake for so many years, in the end you are still willing to call yourself the Immortal Master of Genealogy?"

Zhang Dao murmured: "There is something that I have always kept in my heart and never told anyone. I followed that guy named Liu Zhimao. From the first day I came to Shujian Lake, I hoped that one day I could see it with my own eyes. That Liu Zhimao established a sect in Shujian Lake as a wild cultivator. So over the years, I often went to a place where Liu Zhimao and I first established a foothold in Shujian Lake, a small island with the same name as Hengbo Mansion. Hengbo Island, a land the size of a palm, was later given to an enemy of Jindan who was regarded as invincible at the time. He directly used his magic weapon to destroy it. I was really pissed off. At that time, I was carrying Liu Zhimao, who was not discouraged at all. A person rows a boat over there and weeps silently there. It’s painful to cry.”