Sword of Coming

After Zeng Ye finished buying the scattered items, Chen Ping'an told them a little interesting story. He said that the monk at the Longmen Realm who was more advanced in the shop chose the dull boy and the monk at the Sea Viewing Realm, but he chose the smart one. juvenile.

But these are small things in the eyes of outsiders.

Maybe for those two young men who are still ignorant, they will not understand until they actually start practicing in the future. That is a huge thing.

Just like when Sanqi and Xu Mao parted ways.

A young woodcutter who happened to be passing by accidentally tripped and fell. When he dug out the woodcutter, he saw what was underneath the snow, which frightened the young man half to death.

Perhaps it was God's will, and the young man, who was about to endure the hard life, gritted his teeth and plucked up the courage to dig up the piece of snow.

When he left tremblingly, the young man had a jade pendant that exuded warmth.

The piece of jade pendant that Han Jingxin used as a handpiece has three ancient seal characters "Yunxia Mountain" engraved on one side, and a Taoist poem about Yunxia Mountain engraved on the other side.

On the great road, blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable. A drink and a peck can make the difference between clouds and mud.

After that, Chen Pingan and his three riders continued on their way. A few days later, at dusk, on a relatively secluded road, Chen Pingan suddenly dismounted, walked out of the road, and walked to a snowfield with an extremely strong smell of blood about ten steps away. Inside, with a wave of his sleeves, the snow scattered, revealing a horrific scene inside. Not to mention the broken limbs, the chest had all its internal organs cut out. The death was miserable, and he should have died not long ago, at most a day ago. And there is no sign of this area that should be contaminated with evil and evil.

It was done by monks with unique secret skills.

Ma Duyi couldn't bear to look directly at him, and Zeng Ye even ran to the side and retched.

Chen Pingan buried the corpses a little away from the road. Before that, he tried to piece together the whole corpses of those poor people as much as possible.

After Chen Ping'an finished doing this and making sure that there was no one nearby, he took out the imitation glazed pavilion from among the objects nearby and invited a ghost who was a monk in the Dragon Gate Realm during his lifetime and was made into a ghost general by Yu Hui after his death.

Then the ghost general who kept his intelligence spent most of the day and took the three cavalry to an inaccessible mountain. At the border of the land, Chen Pingan collected Ma Duyi into the talisman paper and let the ghost general live in Zeng Ye.

We started climbing and finally found a cave in the mountain with the word "斫秋" carved on the cliff.

The pattern of the landscape itself is actually beautiful, and the location of the cave is even more of a finishing touch.

It's just that the monks who first opened up this monastic cave are no longer there, and then it was occupied by mountain spirits and ghosts.

Chen Ping'an and "Zeng Ye" stepped into it.

After more than a hundred steps, the sight suddenly opened up. It was a huge stone cave with bright lights. There were more than a dozen mountain monsters that had not yet fully transformed into human form, plus a mountain monster sitting high on the throne. If he stood up, He should be more than two feet tall, so he is as big as a small mountain. He is wearing a yellow robe and golden armor, with a crown on his head. There are two beautiful women in scantily clad clothes, leaning on the throne, being kneaded and beaten by the big demon. On the lower leg, next to the throne, there is a red sandalwood official hat chair, sitting on it is a man in blue shirt with a playful smile.

Whether they are humans or demons, they all seem to be waiting for two fools to throw themselves into a trap.

The big demon in yellow robes and armor, whose head is still the leopard head of his true body, leans lazily on the back of the chair, shaking a huge wine glass in his hand. When scarlet wine spills on the ground, it gently lifts its foot and steps on it. On the head of a charming woman, the latter immediately lay on the ground, licked the wine clean, and raised her head with a face full of intoxication.

The man in green shirt turned around, raised his thumb, and praised: "Your Majesty, you have the spirit of a general holding a cup to watch the snow fly!"

The big demon grinned and said: "Look at your mother's snow, where did the flying snow come from? Not to mention my cave, it hasn't snowed outside for a long time."

The man smiled and pointed at the plump breasts of a beautiful woman, "Your Majesty, you only need to lower your head to see it."

The big demon laughed.

The whole cave suddenly became noisy.

Chen Pingan asked: "Are you done talking?"

The overbearing demon narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you so anxious to get into the frying pan?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "We still have to hurry, it's quite urgent."

The man in green shirt smiled and said: "The world is so chaotic, why should you die early and be reincarnated?"

Chen Pingan nodded again, "That makes sense."

Half an hour later.

Chen Pingan and the real Zeng Ye left this cave.

The ghost general who chose to stay in this "Xuqin" mansion saw them off at the door.

As for the cave behind him.

The "big monster" in the sea-viewing realm with yellow robes and golden armor cannot die anymore. As for the man in blue shirt who is the military advisor, he is either a ghost or a human being. He died before the big monster, and his soul was taken by the ghost general. Swallowed up.

Two women who are both human beings. After losing the restriction of the secret law, one chose to attach herself to the new master's ghost general, and the other committed suicide by hitting a wall. However, according to the previous agreement with her, Chen Pingan collected her soul into the ghost general's house. Imitation Liuli Pavilion.

As for those mountain spirits and ghosts, some were killed, but some survived. They probably didn't even know why they survived.

Because Chen Pingan, a veritable accountant of Qingxia Island, actually spent less than half a stick of incense and half an hour from the time he started punching to the end, settling accounts.

Chen Ping'an said to the ghost general: "Before I leave Shujian Lake, I will come to take a look, and Zeng Ye will also come later."

The ghost general nodded and said: "I will practice here with peace of mind and will not disturb ordinary people. Nowadays, the world of Shihao country is so chaotic that there will be many evil ghosts that are difficult to find in ordinary times."

Chen Pingan asked: "What about ten and a hundred years from now?"

The ghost will be astonished.

Chen Ping'an said: "Go and seek the status of a mountain god, even if it is just a temple of obscenity that is not recognized by the court at first."

The ghost general bowed in admiration, cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Chen's great kindness, I will definitely remember it in my heart!"

Chen Ping'an didn't say anything, he just took Zeng Ye down the mountain and away.

Halfway through, Chen Pingan took out the talisman, and Ma Duyi was able to see the light of day again.

Immediately started chatting with Zeng Yereluo.

Chen Pingan shook his head helplessly.

After that, the horses continued to walk northward, but compared to the official roads in the southern part of Shihao Kingdom, Chen Ping'an and his three riders had begun to choose small roads as much as possible.

One day at dusk, three knights rushed to a state city before it closed. The heavily guarded city gate officers inspected the books and hurriedly entered the city.

Nowadays, this "scarred" important city in the north has become the possession of the Great Li cavalry. However, the Great Li did not leave many soldiers and horses to garrison the city. There are only more than a hundred cavalry. Not to mention defending the city, it is difficult to guard a city gate. It's not enough to see. In addition, there are only a group of civilian officials with the official title of Wen Secretary Lang, and Wu Secretary Lang who serves as the retinue and bodyguard. After entering the city, we walked almost half of the city and finally found a small inn where we could stay.

The reason is very simple. Once the war ended, there were heavy casualties. After that, assassins attacked and killed Dali civil servants. Secondly, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Nowadays, people's livelihood is in decline, and business has been deserted. In addition to the Chinese New Year, Chen Ping'an and the others are quite lucky to be able to find this inn.

The next day, Zeng Ye was possessed by a man's evil spirit and took Chen Ping'an to find a martial arts sect whose family business was rooted in the city. It was only a third-rate force in the entire Shihao Kingdom, but for those who were born and raised here For the common people in the city, he was still an unshakable behemoth. That Yinwu was one of the common people back then. His sister, who depended on each other for life, was favored by the legitimate son of the sect leader who was a local leader in the state. Together with her fiancé, a A shabby teacher with no reputation drowned together in a river one day. The woman was disheveled, but her body was soaked in the water. Who dared to take another look? The man's death was even worse, as if his legs and feet had been broken before he "fell into the river".

A young man spent all his family's savings and buried his sister and the man he had long considered to be his brother-in-law. He quietly left the city and then traveled all the way to Shujian Lake, where he became a servant at the Immortal Mansion. He had no qualifications to practice. He couldn't even practice martial arts, and then he died like his sister and brother-in-law back then.

"Zeng Ye" stood outside a gate whose plaque had been replaced.

On the way here, this yin creature was already in a state of despair, and now, his expression was even more dull.

The enmity back then happened thirty years ago.

This is nothing. Before leaving the inn, I asked the innkeeper for directions. The old man sighed and said that the men in that family and all the guns and sticks in the sect were all upright heroes, but it happened that his wife was not lucky. , absolutely dead. A martial arts sect with more than a hundred men swore to protect a gate in our state city to the death. After they died, there would be almost no men left in the house except for children.

"Zeng Ye" had a face full of pain, squatting on the ground, holding his head, and kept mumbling: "How could this happen, how could this happen..."

Chen Pingan squatted aside, even though "Zeng Ye"'s face became more and more ferocious, and his eyes became more and more gloomy, Chen Pingan remained quiet, just sipping in small sips, drinking wine silently.

After a while, "Zeng Ye"'s eyes gradually returned to clarity, and she began to sob. Finally, she put her hands on the ground, lowered her head, and gasped for air. She couldn't even cry anymore.

Chen Pingan then said: "I feel that when I was at my worst, I was similar to you. I felt like a dog, or even worse than a dog. But in the end, we are still human beings."

Chen Pingan smiled miserably, "Of course, I survived. Although I don't eat shit, I have had a lot of shit luck. I'm much better than you."

"Zeng Ye" took a deep breath, then sat down on the ground and stretched out his hand, "Mr. Chen, can you lend me a few sips of wine? I have never drank in my life."

Chen Ping'an handed over the sword gourd, "I'm afraid you can't drink enough if you have enough wine."

"Zeng Ye" raised his head, took a big gulp of wine, coughed and trembled all over, and was about to hand it back to the accountant.

But that man had his hands in his sleeves and was squatting there, just like one of those ordinary ordinary people in the market, basking in the sun on a warm winter day.

He shook his head and said: "Drink more and see. Maybe you can take a few more sips. Once you get used to it, you will know that drinking is good."

"Zeng Ye" really took another sip of wine, but frowned. After wiping the corners of his mouth, he shook his head and said, "It still tastes bad."

Chen Pingan then took the sword-raising gourd. After taking a sip of wine, he gently pinned it on his waist.

"Zeng Ye" sat on the ground and glanced at the mansion. His face was full of pain again. He wanted to speak several times, but he swallowed it back and covered his face with his hands.

Chen Ping'an turned his head and asked: "Why, do you want me to help write down the name of that family, and write it down together when we hold the Zhoutian Dajiao and the Water and Land Dojo in the future?"

Chen Pingan shook his head gently: "I won't agree. I will write your name, the names of your sister and brother-in-law, but I won't write any of those people's names. Because I don't know them, but I know them you."

"Zeng Ye" choked up and said, "Am I stupid?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "It's very silly."

"Zeng Ye" wiped his face with a firm look, "How can a loser like me have the shame to visit the graves of my sister and brother-in-law? Mr. Chen, can you help me burn incense and toast later? Anyway, I have already told Mr. Chen before. I won't go past the specific location of that tomb..."

Chen Pingan asked softly: "Have you really thought about it? You must know that there will be no chance of regret in this life."

"Zeng Ye" nodded, "I've thought about it."

Chen Ping'an hummed.

"Zeng Ye" suddenly said: "Mr. Chen, when you go to visit the grave, can you tell my sister and brother-in-law that you are my friend?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "No problem."

"Zeng Ye" finally said that he wanted to kowtow to Mr. Chen.

Chen Pingan refused.

But "Zeng Ye" insisted on doing this, otherwise he would not be able to go on the road with peace of mind.

Chen Ping'an looked at this man whose real name was "Zhou New Year" and was speechless.

On New Year's Eve.

On a hillside more than ten miles outside the city.

In front of a small grave, someone was offering incense and toasting.

The young foreigner wearing a blue cotton robe told the truth of the matter, even if it was about "Zeng Ye" asking him to pretend to be his friend.

Finally, Chen Pingan looked at the small tomb and said softly: "It is a great thing to have such a brother, such a brother-in-law, and I, Chen Pingan, to have a friend like Zhou Guannian."

Inside the Zhoucheng Inn, the night falls deep.

New Year's Eve.

The three guests didn't pay for a New Year's Eve dinner, and the innkeeper was a little disappointed.

Chen Pingan just asked the shopkeeper for a stove and a bag of charcoal. Ma Duyi and the depressed Zeng Ye sat with Chen Pingan until around midnight.

There was no night talk around the fire, nothing was said.

Afterwards, Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye returned to their rooms.

Chen Ping'an was in a foreign country and kept vigil alone until dawn.

A year has passed like this.