Sword comes

Chapter 448

The wind and snow were dangerous, and Sanqi went all the way to the hinterland of Shihao country.

Many tall and large cities where military strategists must fight are already devastated. On the contrary, most of them are rural areas, and most of them were lucky enough to escape the war.However, the refugees fled all over the world and left their hometowns, but they encountered three consecutive heavy snowfalls after the beginning of winter this year. On the roadsides of the official roads in various places, there were mostly dry and emaciated corpses frozen to death, including young and strong women and children.

Ma Duyi is kind-hearted, Zeng Ye is simple and honest, no matter human or ghost, he is not like a real Shujianhu monk, so when Chen Pingan passed by a county town and said that he would pay for the locals to help open a porridge shop and medicine shop, after finishing this This matter, they continued to leave, which made both Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye very happy.

Chen Pingan took out the Qingxia Island enshrined jade tablet, hung it on the other side of the sword, and went to the local government. Ma Duyi wore a veiled hat to hide his face, and put on a thick cotton coat with plenty of room to spare. Even the graceful figure of the fox-skin beauty was covered up.

Before that, they had already traveled through many counties and counties. The closer they were to the central part of Shihao Kingdom, the further north they went, the more dead people were, and they could already see more soldiers and horses. , Some soldier armors are brand new and bright, and at first glance, they look good.Zeng Ye felt that the soldiers of Shihao Kingdom who rushed to the northern battlefield might be able to fight against the Dali Iron Cavalry.

However, Chen Pingan knew very well that in the event of a war, these pawns wearing armor newly moved from various arsenals and holding equipment that has been dusty for many years and still as new as new will die very quickly. How did he die?" The new soldier gradually became an old soldier who "knows how to live".

In the long river of time in Ouhua Blessed Land, Chen Pingan witnessed many tragic battles that determined the fate of the four countries.

In Haoran Tianxia, ​​Chen Pingan has also seen with his own eyes the military appearance of the scouts of the Dali South Frontier Army, and he will understand why the Dali Frontier Army has the title of "Rongshang Athlete". The veteran soldiers who have come down from many battles, perhaps in the past hundred years in Dali, a 20-year-old young frontier soldier has fought more battles and seen more dead people than the 50-[-]-year-old generals with real power in Shihao Kingdom.

Chen Ping'an actually thought a little further. As one of the vassals of the Zhuying Dynasty, Shihao Kingdom did not mention Huang He and Han Jingling, but only said that the vast majority of this vassal state was like the prince Han Jingxin who died in his own hands. , dared to personally fight and kill the Dali scout with two monks accompanying the army, and the northern frontier army who was born in the Yinwu General Wei was directly wiped out. The emperor of Shihao Kingdom still tried his best to mobilize troops and horses from various border gates, and died. Blocked on the road to the south of Dali, now that the capital is trapped, it is still a posture of defending to the end.

Why is the Shihao Kingdom willing to act like this, at the expense of taking so many lives as a roadblock, and also to slightly hinder Su Gaoshan's Dali Iron Cavalry?

The literati said in the book that winter is suitable for dense snow and the sound of jade breaking.

Chen Ping looked up and saw that the road was snowing and the mountains were snowing, as if God had placed a heavy burden on the world.

Chen Pingan sighed, but he felt a little relieved when he thought of the clanking of iron armor in the Yelingguan Temple.

This journey northward, Ma Duyi is fine, he has been a genealogy immortal teacher, and he has also been a serious book slip Hu Yexiu. Grief is inevitable, but it is not too shocking, but seeing many purgatory-like scenes on earth, every day Day after day, even Zeng Ye, who often cried silently at first, became a little numb.

During this period, Zeng Ye was possessed by men's genitals again and again, some of them fulfilled their last wishes, and some only had regrets.

And the femininity of the women living in the fox skin talisman paper beauties, one by one, left the world, such as Su Xinzhai.There will be new female Yinwu constantly relying on talisman papers to walk in the world. A piece of talisman paper is like inns and ferries, coming and going, there are reunions mixed with sorrow and joy, and farewells separated by yin and yang. Their own choices, between words, have truth and concealment.

On this day, Chen Pingan brought Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye together to visit the governor's mansion, without hindrance.

The local sheriff is an obese old man who can hardly see his eyes. In the officialdom, he likes to smile when he sees people, and when he smiles, he can't see his eyes even more.

In the past year, the life of the old man has been a bit uneasy, and there has been a lot of chaos. In addition to paying a lot of money to hire a fairy master to go down the mountain to guard the fairy cave closest to the county, and to go to the doctor in a desperate situation, he also recruited two people who came from him. The unknown cultivator, to put it bluntly, was Ze Yexiu in the Lower Five Realm Mountain, who was not very eye-catching in the past, that Immortal Genealogy Master who was also in the Lower Five Realm, almost went straight back to the mountain in a fit of anger. Adding three snowflakes to the monthly salary, it was hard to keep the mountain god who didn't want to be with Yexiu. The extra expense of snowflake money is worth the money, because the immortal master of the genealogy is indeed a real immortal who is incomparable to wild cultivators. Once you get started, you will know that it is a "very open" treasure, which is definitely what the expert called At a glance, anyway, he recognized the first-class enshrined jade tablet on Qingxia Island, which was bigger than the sky. He was so trembling that he almost knelt down and kowtowed to the young fairy from Shujian Lake.

The next thing will be easier, the worship master who claims to be surnamed Chen, said that he will open a porridge shop and a medicine shop in the county town to help the people, and he will pay for it, but if the government is troublesome, the money still has to be counted. At that time, Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye finally saw the old sheriff's eyes, which were round and round, really not small.It should be because it is unbelievable that the genealogy immortal master next to the old county guard is not much better. A great virtuous man who was born in Shujian Lake is almost the same as the great demon who opened a mansion and claimed to be an immortal master.

On the contrary, the two seemingly respectful and cowardly Yamazawa Nooshu looked at each other without speaking.

After that, it made everyone feel more strange. The young priest surnamed Chen asked the old sheriff to invite a group of officials and subordinates in the government office who were skilled in household registration, taxation, and business calculations. Discuss the details, what is the price of rice and medicine in the market, the number of granaries stored in the government, the approximate number of local poor people and refugees, the location of the porridge shop and the medicine shop, how many people can be dispatched by the county government office without delaying the official work Spare manpower, and so on, every link has been carefully scrutinized, so that the veterans of the government office are facing the enemy one by one.

After the discussion was over, the County Sheriff's Office started to work that night, and the officials and subordinates scattered out one after another.

The three of Chen Pingan lived in the backyard of the government office, but in the middle of the night, the two Shan Zeyexiu came to the door secretly, not afraid of the "first-class priest of Qingxia Island" surnamed Chen, which was completely opposite to the obedience and prudence during the day. A wild cultivator, rubbing his fingers and thumbs, asked Chen Pingan with a smile if he should give some hush money. Will manage.

At that time, both Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye were still in Chen Ping'an's house, and it was rare for them to chat.

Because he was as dull as before, he couldn't figure it out. Mr. Chen was clearly doing what he wanted to do step by step. Although there would be ups and downs and imperfections, he would return without success again and again. Even if it was a small last wish, it still couldn't be fulfilled, but after all, there are still many ghosts and ghosts who appeared in Shihao Kingdom, just like Miss Su, and it is not so regrettable to leave.

Logically speaking, Mr. Chen's state of mind should be getting more and more relaxed.

But not so.

So Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye would sit with her on the premise of not disturbing Mr. Chen's thinking. Most of the time, she and Zeng Ye would chat nonsense, but Mr. Chen would never feel bored, but he was not very talkative. However, occasionally hearing the two of them arguing about things as small as sesame seeds and mung beans, or talking nonsense just to pass the time, Mr. Chen would smile, and Ma Duyi Zengye would often be baffled, thinking that each of them said something funny, and Mr. Chen would not respond , why some words that are not funny at all, but laughed

At this moment, one person and one ghost who were stepping on the small stove under the table and eating melon seeds, after seeing the cleverness of the two Yamazawa Nosuke, they all thought it was very funny.

Ma Duyi's eyes narrowed, curious about the accountant's response.

Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "Then how many snowflakes do you think the hush money is more fair?"

A field cultivator had already prepared a draft, "Little brother can imitate a piece of enshrined jade tablet from Qingxia Island, and even pass the test in front of a genealogy immortal master, which shows that it is a big deal. Tonight, I just opened a porridge shop A lot of real money was spent on the pharmacy, so this hush money should cost forty or fifty snowflakes. big money"

Chen Ping stretched out his hands and pressed the shoulders of the two Yexiu, "Since the two seniors have seen through, then I will kill someone to silence me, why bother to pay for the hush money, in case you take the money, go back and make a total, On the contrary, you want to make an inch of it, come and go, don't worry about it, maybe it will ruin my big business, why don't you do something simple, I don't know what you two think."

The two Shan Zeyexiu were terrified in their hearts. The pressing of their shoulders actually caused the Qi Palace to vibrate and the spiritual energy to stagnate.

Before the two could plead, Chen Pingan said with a straight face: "I have a big plan, you two may be able to help a little, but if you want to leave this county alive, you have to spend a sum of money to buy your life." , although you are only monks in the lower five realms, you should have 45 snowflakes anyway."

The two Shanzawa Yexiu, who were not rich at all, cobbled together 32 snowflakes, which was really gone.

Chen Pingan took the fairy money and waved his hand, "After you go back, calm down a bit, wait for my news, as long as you are interested, then the matter will be settled, and I will share with you a little leftovers, dare to move your mind, you are really worth some money The natal things are directly stripped from the key qi mansion, and when the time comes, you will regret your trip to the sheriff's mansion if you call it ineffective every day."

The two wild cultivators who finally did not give their peers the "golden belt for house robbery" were lucky to survive, and felt very happy that they could be blessed by misfortune. The two wild cultivators went back and counted. Slip, I also feel sorry for the more than 30 hard-earned hard-earned money, and I am worried about gains and losses for a while, and sighed.

Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye laughed happily.

Chen Pingan sat at the table, "When we leave the county, we will return the Xuehua money to them."

Then Chen Pingan turned his head to look at Zeng Ye, "In the future, when we go to the cities of prefectures and counties in the north, there may be things to do to open porridge shops and medicine shops, but we will do one every time we go. It depends on the timing and occasion. Let's not mention it, I have my own concerns, you don't have to think about it. However, if there is any matter about the porridge shop and drug store, Zeng Ye, I will let you handle it. You will deal with people from all levels of the government. During the process, you don't have to worry about making mistakes. Or fear of spending too much money wrongly, it’s not a big deal worth worrying about, and even though I won’t intervene specifically, I’ll help you take care of it.”

Zeng Ye nodded vigorously at first, but hesitated to speak.

Chen Pingan said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, but you have to start."

Zeng Ye didn't say anything more, feeling both apprehensive and excited.

It seems that it makes the young man feel more comfortable than cultivating Taoism.

Chen Pingan said again: "Whenever you feel tired or bored, remember not to be embarrassed to speak up, but tell me directly, after all, you are cultivating the Tao now, and you still focus on cultivating strength."

Zeng Ye nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Mr. Chen, don't worry, I will never delay my practice."

Chen Pingan smiled knowingly.

In fact, the teenager should only be more diligent and attentive.

Since then, the porridge shop and medicine shop with a well-selected location in the county city have been developed in an orderly and orderly manner. It is not only because the yamen is familiar with such things, but also because of the personal supervision of the county magistrate. As for the identity of the young man in cotton robes, the old county Shou's words are vague and vague, and he doesn't understand anyone, which makes people a little awed.

Three days later, Chen Ping asked Ma Duyi to quietly put the 32 snowflake coins in the room of the two Shan Zeyexiu.

Then Sanqi came to a congee shop near the gate of the city, stopped his horse far away, got off his horse, and Chen Pingan asked the Immortal Genealogy Master who had sent him all the way to help take care of it for a while.

At the porridge shop, Ma Duyi didn't want to be a "beggar" and Zeng Ye didn't feel that he needed to drink a bowl of rice porridge that was as bland as water. Counting the rice porridge with a little bit of "thickness" and two steamed buns, squatting on the side of the road outside the team, eating steamed buns with rice porridge, and the yelling of the subordinates from time to time, the subordinates would With the local poor people and the refugees living here, I told the rules loudly that we are not allowed to be greedy, and we can only divide the porridge according to the head.

Chen Pingan looked at the queues that looked like long queues. Many of them were well-dressed local young men, and some of them were leading their own children while eating candied haws.

Not far from Chen Ping's side, there was a group of local men gathered together, all pale and emaciated, complaining about the poor quality of pig food while eating and drinking.

Chen Pingan just chewed slowly, and his mood was calm, because he knew that the world is like this, and it is difficult to cherish things that don't cost money in the world. If you spend money, even if you buy the same rice porridge and steamed buns, maybe It will taste better, at least not cursing and complaining.

After returning the porridge bowl, Chen Ping walked towards Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye, and said, "Let's go."

Three ride out of the city.

Ma Duyi is thoughtful and thoughtful. He accompanied Zeng Ye often in the porridge shop and medicine shop these days, and found some clues. After leaving the city, he finally couldn't help but start to complain, "Mr. Those gangsters put it in their own pockets, I can see it clearly, Mr. Chen, why can't you see it, why don't you scold that old sheriff?"

Chen Ping just said, "That's it."

Ma Duyi was about to die of anger.

Zeng Ye was even more shocked.

The young man really didn't know, how could he see through these twists and turns of the officialdom.

When Ma Duyi saw that the accountant didn't have anything to say, he became more and more angry, "Mr. Chen, if you do this again, I won't help you next time. Let this stupid boy Zeng Ye do his own work, and see if he won't help you."

Chen Pingan thought for a while, and gave Ma Duyi an explanation that was not an explanation, and said slowly: "Since you are doing a good deed, the thing is roughly completed, and it is not satisfactory enough, so don't be too demanding. I am greedy for [-]% of the money. I was mentally prepared. In fact, my bottom line is even lower. It is acceptable for the officials in charge of this matter to fill their own pockets and steal [-]%. Whether it is [-]% or [-]%, let them do it. It’s really rewarding.”

Ma Duyi never expected such an answer, wanted to get angry, but couldn't, so he simply stopped talking.

Chen Ping smiled and said: "If you feel unhappy, as long as you are willing to help Zeng, my bottom line can be changed from [-]% to [-]%, how about it?"

Satisfied now, Ma Duyi began to ride the horse a little closer to Zeng Ye's side. She and the elm bumpy boy patiently explained each experience and trick one by one.

Chen Pingan suddenly slowed down the speed of the horseshoe slightly, and took out a long small wooden box from his sleeve. The script script was simple and simple. It was a small object presented by Tan Yuanyi from Lisu Island. It is a small sword mound of good quality, only one finger long, extremely small and compact, easy to carry around, and used to carry the messenger flying sword, but it is not as flexible as the large sword room, the rules are rigid, and it can only be sent and received at a time. Each of them has a flying sword for sending messages, and the spiritual energy consumption of the flying sword for warming and raising far exceeds that of the sword room, but even so, as long as Chen Pingan wants to, he can definitely resell a Gu Yuqian easily, so of course Chen Pingan will not refuse Tan Yuanyi's kindness.

Opening the small wooden box that had been trembling slightly, Chen Ping received a message flying sword from Qingxia Island. For Xia Island, just say, "Come back to Gongliu Island to discuss the price in detail."

Chen Pingan held a snowflake coin tightly, and the spiritual energy dripped into one of the sword pockets of the wooden box like water droplets, and then pressed a clever mechanism of the wooden box, the Qingxia Island Flying Sword flew out of the wooden box sword pocket, and disappeared in a flash. After passing away, return to Shujian Lake.

Zeng Ye stared intently.

Back then, he worked as a handyman in that humble sword room on Maoyue Island, but this was the first time he saw this small sword mound that he had only heard of but never seen.

Ma Duyi was not much better either.

Chen Ping put away the wooden box and put it into his sleeves, exhaled with his hands, it was great news.

As he himself said to Zeng Ye, everything in the world is difficult, and everything has a difficult beginning. It is very important whether you can take the first step and stand firmly.

Chen Pingan formed an alliance with Liu Zhimao, who was supposed to be an enemy, and Tan Yuanyi, the spy of Lisu Island Dali for no reason.

He ran to Gongliu Island again, personally involved in danger, and dealt with Liu Laocheng.

And take this opportunity to come to various parts of Shihao country and "make up mistakes one by one" to learn more about the national situation of Shihao country.

Naturally, there is something to ask for.

Chen Pingan had a conversation with Gu Canniang in the house near the mountain gate of Qingxia Island, but the woman might not be able to listen to it at that time. Many words that Chen Pingan said lightly, she probably won't think deeply For her and Gu Can, in Shujian Lake, where the weather suddenly changed, I hope that Chen Pingan can keep them safe, and I hope that the accountant can remember the old days. Love, don't let down the name "Ping An".

There are a few sentences in it, which involve "the Shujian Lake in the future may be different".

Women may not delve into it.

Chen Pingan has already been doing it.

Chen Pingan wanted to be careful at every step, and responded to the two half-truths and half-fake jokes Liu Laocheng said on the ferry, "I will do everything I can." "What a big ambition."

Because Liu Laocheng had already noticed the clues and guessed that Chen Ping'an wanted to really change the rules of Shujian Lake from the root.

Fake things take advantage of the situation and do our best.

Chen Ping doesn't talk about the good and evil of people first, but he is doing one thing, treating all people as chess pieces, and trying to draw a bigger piece of chess that belongs to him as much as possible, from chess pieces to chess shapes, and then to chess positions.

He hopes that among the big rules of Shujian Lake in the future, at least he can participate in it and formulate the rules

So Liu Laocheng asked Chen Pingan if he learned chess from Mr. Qi from Lizhu Cave.

That's why.

Between the words of the two sides, in fact, there has been a tug-of-war.

The undercurrents are surging, intrigues, on the chessboard, looking for the opponent's spoon, making unreasonable moves, and making immortal moves are all particular about each other.

Facing Liu Laocheng, a five-level monk on Gongliu Island, or even Yuanying Liu Zhimao, Chen Pingan actually relied on his fists to speak. Seeking death, since the disparity in realms is so great, not to mention that reasoning with words does not work, the so-called reasoning with fists is even more seeking death, and Chen Pingan has something to do, so what to do, he can only work hard on the matter of "cultivating the mind" , carefully speculate on the weight of all invisible potential chess pieces, their respective appeals, bottom line, temperament and rules.

If possible, Chen Ping'an would try to do business with the prince Han Jingling who escaped from Shujian Lake, the son of the frontier general Huang He, and even the general Su Gaoshan who was in charge of the general situation.

The difficulty is that, compared to making up for mistakes in order to seek peace of mind, and fulfilling their wishes for those ghosts and ghosts, the other chess game that Chen Pingan secretly planned at the moment is even more difficult. This is the first time Chen Pingan has tried to use chess To build a chessboard, the key is not to make a mistake in one move, and the whole game will be lost with one careless move, which is equivalent to Chen Pingan making the biggest spoon.

As for the former, let Gu Can, who doesn't want to know his mistakes, stop his mistakes, and then make up for them himself. Apart from wasting energy and money, Chen Pingan will not lose more, but he will not be walking on eggshells.

But the reason why Chen Pingan is so good at hiding his emotions is that even Zeng Ye had noticed the subtle ups and downs of Chen Pingan's mood before.

The reason is that after seeing Su Xinzhai and the others off, Chen Pingan had a bigger and seemingly inexplicable disappointment lingering in his heart, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

That kind of feeling was not in the slightly dark house on Qingxia Island before. At that time, all the ghosts had not been invited out. Just look at the Hall of Imprisonment on the table, and Chen Pingan would feel like It is outside the gate of the heart, there are countless ghosts crying and howling, knocking on the door hard, shouting grievances and cursing loudly.

After the farewell, Chen Pingan's disappointment came from a sudden discovery that among the names of those people who died in vain, the ones that made him feel most guilty, such as the Huang Lishan and Su Xinzhai, whom his teacher never forgot, just let go of their obsessions and chose to leave the world completely.On the contrary, many Chen Pingan felt less guilty at first than some of Su Xinzhai's certain names and certain fetishes. They had more appeals. There would be a lion's last wish, a greed that is common to all people and ghosts, and even more resentment after death. Many, many yin creatures are temporarily living in that Yan Luo Hall, imitation Liuli Pavilion.

In fact, after Chen Ping made up his mind before, he couldn't talk about too much guilt, but Su Xinzhai and the others made Chen Ping feel guilty again, even more and heavier than at the beginning.

That feeling also lingers outside the chaimen door, but they outside the door, they have decided to leave the world, without any complaints, without the slightest bit of abuse, but it seems that after knocking on the door lightly, the movement is very light, even like I was worried about disturbing the people inside, and then they just said the same parting words, "Mr. Chen, I'm leaving."

At this moment.

Chen Pingan suddenly clamped his horse's belly, accelerated forward, got out of the muddy official road, and detoured to a small hill.

Drive the horse hills and ridges, the road is uneven.

Chen Ping'an stopped the horse on the top of the hill.

Zeng Ye wanted to pat the horse and follow, but was stopped by Ma Duyi.

Chen Pingan looked around in a daze.

There is a sword gourd and a sword at the waist, and it can also ride a horse in the wind and snow of the rivers and lakes.

Actually.

All alone, with nothing to depend on.

Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye stopped their horses at the foot of Qiu Long for a long time, but there was no sign of Chen Pingan turning the horse's head.

Ma Duyi, who blocked Zeng Ye from going up earlier, was a little anxious, but Zeng Ye was still patient and calm.

Ma Duyi never saw this kind of "stupid people have stupid blessings" and "you don't know blessings when you are blessed", and said with an angry smile: "You are heartless, if you eat and drink enough, you will have nothing to worry about."

Zeng Ye was just a timid and stupid young man, so he didn't dare to speak back, and the most important thing was that he didn't think Miss Ma was wrong.

Ma Duyi was about to speak.

Chen Ping'an rode downhill, and fell into the eyes of Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye, it seemed that Mr. Chen looked different.

No longer worrying, but the haze cleared, and I was a little happy

Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye looked at each other.

Chen Pingan took off the Yangjian gourd and took a sip of wine, then smiled and said, "Continue on your way."

Three riders meandered all the way north.

The road was covered with heavy snow, and the snow melted very slowly. There was hardly any greenery in the mountains and rivers, but finally there was some warm sunshine.

Zengye has seen and heard a lot on this journey. He saw the legendary scouts at the Dali Border Pass, with bows and knives in old armor. The cavalrymen showed neither arrogance nor murderous look on their faces, like a river under ice, slowly and silently .The Dali scouts just looked at the three of them for a while, and then roared past, making the tall young man who had the courage to raise his throat, not dare to breathe normally until the team of scouts were tens of steps away.

I also saw hordes of wealthy convoys heading south in a hurry, endlessly.From the retinue to the coachman, and occasionally opened the curtain to peek at the faces of the three riders on the roadside, everyone was in danger.

Zeng Ye saw that Mr. Chen stopped by the road, and waited until the convoy had gone before continuing on his way. Then he saw a small box on the road that the owner had no time to take care of. Open one of the ancient books at random, there are several book collection seals on the seal, different dynasties, different fonts, and different scholars.Chen Ping hugged the box, looked back, thought for a while, but didn't return the abandoned book box, put it in the belongings for the time being, and continued on the road.

Ma Duyi had nothing to say, and jokingly said: "Yo, I didn't expect that you are still this kind of person, so you just take it for yourself."

It was rare for Zeng Ye to have the courage to say a word of injustice, "The things that others don't want are still books. Don't they just leave them in the mud and ruin them?"

Chen Ping shook his head and said, "They are fleeing for their lives. Even if you delay their journey for a moment, there will be unpredictable results."

Zeng Ye glanced at Ma Duyi.

Ma Duyi rolled his eyes.

Afterwards, a woman who lived in the fox skin beauty talisman, in a small county town that had not suffered from war, she used a slightly unfamiliar local dialect to ask people all the way, and finally found a noble mansion, and then A group of four found an inn to settle down. That night, Chen Pingan first put away the talisman paper, sneaked into the mansion, and then took it out to let her show up. Finally, he saw the handsome scholar who left his hometown to go to Beijing to take the exam. An old Confucian scholar who is nearly fifty years old, hugging a young son-in-law who is sleeping soundly, is exchanging cups with a few friends in the official circles. His eyebrows are flying, and the friends are congratulating him again and again, celebrating that this person is a blessing in disguise, and met a big Li The school captain was able to be promoted to the third position in this county. Friends joked about the old Confucian scholar who never forgets old friends after getting rich and does not wear brand-new official uniforms, and laughed.

The fox-skin woman's face was gloomy, as if she didn't recognize the scholar who was her childhood sweetheart, maybe it was because she was no longer young.

After leaving the mansion, the fox-skinned beauty Yinwu walked with Mr. Chen on the quiet street.

Chen Pingan suddenly said: "That kid looks more like his father, what do you think?"

The woman hummed, and suddenly became happy, "It seems to be alas"

After that, after leaving the small county town that the big Li iron cavalry didn't look down on at all, the three cavalry continued to head north.

In a small county town where he needed to stop his horse to buy sundries, when Chen Pingan passed by a larger gold and silver shop, he had already passed by, hesitated for a moment, turned around, and walked into it.

Among them were two old men and two young men, both shop assistants, each busy.

Chen Pingan took out a gold ingot with the official seal of Shihao State, and converted it into official silver and a pile of copper coins.

The masters in the two shops did not intervene, and let the young apprentices brought out by each one busy. The master led the door to practice in the individual, and in the market, the raised son would still look forward to the future retirement. The master should bring out the disciples, of course. A promising student who is smart in hands and feet and can help.Two teenagers of about the same age, one had a clumsy mouth, similar to Zeng Ye, and the other had lively eyebrows and eyes. As soon as Chen Pingan stepped over the threshold, the smart boy looked the guest back and forth twice from head to toe.

Chen Ping gave the gold ingots, and took official silver and copper coins at a slight premium according to the current market conditions in the Shihao Kingdom. When talking, he first spoke the official dialect of the Zhuying Dynasty. It was only then that Shi Haoguo's official words were spoken, and the transaction was smooth, and Chen Pingan left the shop.

Inside the shop, after the man in cotton robe left the shop.

The dull boy was still immersed in the joy of earning a sum of money for the store, and then kicked his good friend who grew up together. Following the latter's gaze, the dull boy realized that the two were bickering and arguing almost all the time. For the first time, their respective masters sat together and discussed things seriously.

After Chen Ping returned to Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye, Ma Duyi smiled and asked, "In such a small county town, there are two Qi trainers in the end."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "It should be selecting disciples, and each of them has taken a fancy to a young man."

Ma Duyi pursed his lips and said, "How good seedlings can be found by two old monks who have survived the cave."

Chen Pingan smiled and said, "I think it's about the same for me."

Ma Duyi snorted coldly.

Chen Ping hesitated for a moment, and said: "If I guessed correctly, one of the two old men should be a monk at the Sea Viewing Realm, and the other might even be a monk at the Dragon Gate Realm. It's just that the two old men have noticed you early, so they are very worried. He quickly hid his aura and deliberately made you think it was a cave man. As for why he didn't just pretend to be an old man in the market, he probably felt that in such a remote place where the aura is thin, two monks in the cave mansion were enough to scare us crossing the river. It's a dragon, but it's not too shocking, so it's all old Jianghu."

Ma Duyi's eyes lit up, and he said: "Mr. Chen, what if people think that we are going after them? For example, to poach their corners, Mr. Chen, I think it's inappropriate for you to walk into the shop."

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "So we foreigners, after buying the groceries, we immediately set off on our way. Also, we agreed in advance that when we leave the gate of the county seat, remember that no one should look around, just keep our heads on the road, so as not to save them Suspicious."

Ma Duyi was a little puzzled, because she still didn't understand why Chen Pingan walked into that shop. This was not the usual style of this accountant.

Chen Pingan asked Zeng Ye to go to a shop to buy things alone, and he and Ma Duyi led the horse to stop on the outside street, explaining softly: "If the two old people are not to collect disciples who enter the house, not only are they not some genealogical immortal masters, they are even Shan Zeye There are evil and crooked ways in the cultivation process, so I went to the shop and took a second look, it doesn't look like some evil cultivator with ulterior motives, as for more, since I can't see it, I won't care about it."

Ma Duyi sighed, with a smile in his eyes, and complained: "Mr. Chen, are you bored by thinking about so many things every day, but I feel bored after listening to it."

Chen Ping smiled and said: "Thinking about this, it won't bother me. But when I think of you slouching and refusing to return to the talisman paper every day, I have to wring my fingers every day to calculate how many extra snowflakes I spent, and I will get annoyed."

Ma Duyi said in embarrassment: "It's really boring."

Chen Ping put his arms around his sleeves and smiled without saying a word.

It wasn't until Zeng Ye finished buying the odds and ends that Chen Pingan told them a little interesting story. He said that over there in the store, the monk at the Longmen Realm with a higher level of knowledge picked the dull boy, the cultivator at the Sea Watching Realm, but chose the smart boy. juvenile.

But these small things in the eyes of outsiders.

Maybe for those two teenagers who are still ignorant and ignorant for the time being, they will not understand until they actually set foot in practice in the future, that is a big deal.

Just like when Sanqi and Xu Mao parted ways.

There was a young woodcutter who happened to pass by, and accidentally tripped over it, but when he dug it open, the scene under the snow frightened the young man half to death.

Perhaps it was God's will in the dark, the young man who was about to endure the hard life gritted his teeth, braved up his courage, and dug that piece of snow upside down.

When he left tremblingly, the young man had a warm jade pendant on his body.

Han Jingxin's beloved jade pendant was inscribed on one side with three ancient seal characters "Yunxia Mountain", and on the other side was engraved with a section of Taoist poems about Yunxia Mountain.

On the avenue, good fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, one drink and one peck, the difference between clouds and mud.

Afterwards, Chen Pingan continued on his way with three riders, and at dusk a few days later, on a relatively secluded road, Chen Pingan suddenly got off his horse, walked out of the road, and walked to a snowy field with an extremely strong smell of blood more than ten steps away. Inside, with a wave of his sleeves, the snow scattered, revealing a horrible scene inside, not to mention the broken limbs, the chest was completely dissected, and the death was miserable, and he should have died not long ago, at most a day ago, And there was no sign of this area that was supposed to be tainted with evil spirits.

It was done by monks with unique secret techniques.

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

Chen Pingan buried the corpses a little further away from the road. Before that, he tried to piece together those poor people into a whole corpse.

After Chen Ping finished all this and made sure that there was no one around, he took out the imitation glazed pavilion from among the things close at hand, and invited a ghost who was a monk in the Longmen Realm before his death and was made into a ghost general by Yu Hui after his death.

Then the ghost general, who kept his wits, spent most of a day's work to bring the three riders to an inaccessible high mountain. At the border of the land, Chen Pingan took Ma Duyi into a talisman, and let the ghost general live in Zengye.

I started to climb the mountain, and finally found a cave in the mountain with the word "Zaiqin" engraved 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 monk who first opened up this monastery cave is long gone, and then it was occupied by mountain spirits and ghosts.

Chen Pingan and "Zeng Ye" stepped into it.

After more than a hundred steps, the line of sight suddenly became clear and bright. It was a huge stone cave with bright lights and more than a dozen mountain spirits who had not yet fully transformed into human shapes. He should be more than two feet tall, so his body is as big as a hill. He was wearing a yellow robe and gold armor, and the crown on his head was tilted. There were two beautiful women in revealing clothes, leaning on the throne, kneading and beating the big monster. Next to the throne, there is a red sandalwood official hat chair, on which a man in green shirt with a playful smile sits.

Whether it's a human or a monster, it seems that they are all waiting for two fools who throw themselves into the trap.

The big monster in yellow robe and armor, whose head is still the leopard head of the real body, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, shaking a huge wine glass in his hand, when the scarlet wine spilled on the ground, it would gently lift its foot and step on it. On the head of a coquettish woman, the latter immediately lay down on the ground, licked off the wine, raised her head, her face was full of intoxication.

The man in the blue shirt turned around, raised his thumb, and praised: "Your Majesty, you have the air of a general holding a cup to watch Xue Fei."

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

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

The big demon laughed.

There was an uproar in the entire cave.

Chen Pingan asked: "The chat is over."

The domineering monster narrowed his eyes and said, "Just get off the frying pan in such a hurry"

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "I still have to hurry, it's in a hurry."

The man in the green shirt smiled and said, "The world is so chaotic, so die early and reincarnate early."

Chen Pingan nodded again, "It makes sense."

After half an hour.

Chen Pingan and the real Zeng Ye left the cave.

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

As for the cave behind him.

The "big monster" in the sea-viewing realm with yellow robe and golden armor died so badly that he couldn't die anymore. As for the man in the green shirt who was the military advisor, he was either a ghost or a human being. devoured.

Two women who are also human, after the restriction of the secret law, one chooses to be a ghost general with a new master, and the other commits suicide by bumping into a wall. However, according to the previous agreement with her, Chen Ping'an gathered her soul into the place where the ghost general originally lived. Imitation of Liuli Pavilion.

As for those mountain spirits and ghosts, some of them were killed, but none survived.

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

Chen Pingan said to the ghost general: "Before I leave Shujian Lake, I will come to see it, and after that, Zeng Ye will also come."

The ghost general nodded and said: "I will practice here with peace of mind, and I will not disturb ordinary masters. Now that Shihao country is in such a mess, there will be many ghosts and evil spirits that are hard to find in normal times."

Chen Pingan asked: "What about ten or a hundred years later?"

The ghost will be stunned.

Chen Pingan said: "Go for the status of a mountain god, even if it's just an obscene temple not recognized by the court at first."

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

Chen Pingan didn't say anything, just took Zeng Ye down the mountain and went away.

On the way, Chen Pingan took out the talisman paper, and Ma Duyi was able to see the light of day again.

Immediately started chatting with Zeng Ye enthusiastically.

Chen Ping shook his head helplessly.

After that, the horseshoes still kept going north, but compared to the official roads in the southern part of Shihao country, Chen Ping's three riders have begun to choose small roads as much as possible.

One day at dusk, Sanqi managed to catch up with a state city before it closed. The heavily guarded city gate guards inspected the registration and hurried into the city.

Now this "scarred" northern heavy city is already in the bag of Dali Iron Cavalry, but Dali did not leave too many soldiers and horses to garrison the city, only more than a hundred cavalry, not to mention defending the city, guarding a city gate Not enough to see, in addition to this, there are only a group of civil servants with the official title of Wen Secretary Lang, and Wu Secretary Lang who is the guard.After entering the city, he walked almost half of the city, and finally found a small inn to stay.

The reason is very simple. Once the war ended, there were heavy casualties. After that, there was a storm of assassins attacking and killing Dali civil servants.Secondly, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and now the people's livelihood is in decline, and the business was already deserted. In addition to the Chinese New Year, Chen Ping'an and the others were quite lucky to find this inn.

The next day, Zeng Ye was possessed by a man, and he took Chen Pingan to find a Jianghu sect whose family business was based in the city of Shihao. For the common people in the state city, it is still an unshakable colossus. That yin thing was one of the common people back then. A shabby schoolteacher with no fame, drowned together in the river one day. The woman’s clothes were disheveled, but the body was soaked in the water. Who would dare to look at the man’s death condition even worse, as if his legs and feet were broken before “falling into the river” .

A young man spent all his family's savings, buried his sister and the man he had already identified as his brother-in-law together, and then quietly left Zhoucheng. He failed in 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 had already lost his mind, and now, his expression was even more numb.

The enmity that year was 30 years ago.

This is not a big deal, before leaving the inn, I asked the shopkeeper for directions, the old man sighed, saying that the man of that family, and all those who played guns and sticks in the sect, were all heroes who stood up to heaven and earth, but it was hard to be lucky if they preferred others , died.A Jianghu sect, more than 100 men, vowed to guard a gate of our state city to the death. After death, there were almost no men in the house except children.

"Zeng Ye" was full of pain, squatting on the ground, hugging his head, and kept murmuring: "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 was still quiet, just taking small sips, silently drinking the wine.

After a while, "Zeng Ye"'s eyes gradually returned to clarity, and he began to sob, and finally put his hands on the ground, lowered his head, gasped for breath, and couldn't even cry.

Only then did Chen Pingan say: "When I felt the 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."

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

"Zeng Ye" took a deep breath, sat down on the ground, and stretched out his hand, "Mr. Chen, can you take a few sips of wine? I haven't had a drink in my life."

Chen Pingan handed over the gourd to raise the sword, "You have enough alcohol, I'm afraid you can't drink enough."

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

The man already had his arms covered, squatting there, just like the most ordinary ordinary people in the market, basking in the sun on a sunny day in winter.

He shook his head and said, "Let's drink again, maybe drink a few more sips, and once you get used to it, you'll know it's good to drink."

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

Chen Ping just took the Yangjian gourd, and after taking a sip of wine, he gently pinned it to his waist.

"Zeng Ye" sat on the ground, glanced at the mansion, his face was filled with pain again, he wanted to speak a few times, but he swallowed his stomach again, and stretched out his hand to cover his face.

Chen Pingan turned his head and asked, "Why, you want me to help me write down the name of that family, so that I can write it down together when the Zhoutian Dajiao and Water and Land Daochang are held in the future."

Chen Pingan shook his head lightly: "I won't agree. I will write your name, and 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 do. you."

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

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "Very stupid."

"Zeng Ye" wiped his face, his eyes were firm, "I'm such a wimp, I don't have the face to go to the grave of my sister and brother-in-law, Mr. Chen, you can help me to offer incense and toast later, is it okay? Anyway, I have already told Mr. Chen before." I won’t go if I don’t know the specific location of the tomb.”

Chen Pingan asked softly: "I really think about it. I know that there will be no chance of regret in this life."

"Zeng Ye" nodded, "Thought it out."

Chen Pingan hummed.

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

Chen Pingan nodded and said, "No problem."

"Zeng Ye" must make the accountant kowtow at the end.

Chen Pingan did not agree.

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

Chen Ping looked at him whose real name was "Zhou Guonian", and was speechless in a daze.

New Year's Eve this day.

On a hillside more than ten miles outside the city.

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

The young man from out of town, wearing a blue cotton robe, told the truth of the matter, even the matter that "Zeng Ye" wanted him to pretend to be his friend.

Finally, Chen Pingan looked at the small graveyard and said softly: "It is a great thing to have such a younger brother, such a brother-in-law, and me, Chen Pingan, to have such a friend as Zhou Guonian."

Inside the Zhoucheng Inn, the night was deep.

New Year's Eve.

The three guests didn't spend money to invite someone to cook a New Year's Eve dinner, so the innkeeper was a little disappointed.

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

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

After that, Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye returned to their rooms.

Chen Pingan was in a foreign country and kept vigil until dawn alone.

One year has passed.