Sword of Coming

Shi Rou stood up suddenly and looked up. Over there on the second floor, the barefoot old man held Chen Ping'an's neck in his hand. He gently lifted it over the railing and dropped it casually. Shi Rou hurriedly caught it.

The old man said: "This guy thinks too much and sleeps too little. Let him get enough sleep first. During this time, no one can disturb him."

Shi Rou quickly put Chen Pingan on the bed on the first floor, quietly exited, closed the door, and sat obediently on the bamboo chair at the door as a doorkeeper.

The old man walked down the bamboo building and came to the cliff. The clouds and fog were thick today, blocking his vision. The painting was magnificent, just like the wind shaking the sea tide. Being at the height of Luoluo Mountain, it felt like being in a marsh country. Slightly to the left, there is a mountain peak adjacent to Luolu Mountain, standing alone above the sea of ​​clouds, like an immortal walking on stilts. The old man waved his sleeves and easily dispersed the entire sea of ​​clouds, as if he were opening the door to the mountains and rivers.

Seeing this scene, Shi Rou's eyelids trembled slightly and he quickly lowered his gaze.

If a sleeve hits her immortal body, I really don't know if her soul will completely disappear.

Previously, Cui Dongshan, whom she was most afraid of, had visited Luo Luo Shan. He was on the second floor. Shi Rou had never seen Cui Dongshan who was so lost. The old man was sitting in the house and did not go out. Cui Dongshan was sitting in the corridor outside the door and did not Walk in, but call the old man grandpa.

From that moment on, Shi Rou knew how to deal with the old man. It was very simple. Try not to appear in the sight of the old man named Cui.

The old man stopped and looked into the distance.

A huge black snake with a golden thread on its belly and four claws quickly climbed the mountain along the wide mountain road from the mountain gate. After approaching the bamboo building, the black snake did not dare to come close. Pei Qian knew that it obeyed the rules and did not embarrass it. , fell to the ground, bowed and ran forward, followed by the girl in pink skirt, flying like pink butterflies, extremely cute. The boy in Tsing Yi seemed to be more listless. He slipped off the tail of the black snake and hung slowly behind the two guys. He was about to meet Chen Pingan. The boy in Tsing Yi didn't know why, but he still felt a little guilty.

When Pei Qian arrived at the bamboo house, Shi Rou quickly repeated the old man's words. Pei Qian was both disappointed and worried. He walked gently at the door of the bamboo house and tried to see the scene inside the house through the gaps in the green bamboo. Of course, he found nothing. She still refused to die. Xin walked a full circle around the bamboo building, and finally sat down on Shi Rou's bamboo chair, with her arms folded across her chest, sulking. After the master returned to his hometown, she was not the first one to see her. She was The role of the founding disciple who shouldered heavy responsibilities was not too generous or too particular.

Pei Qian secretly glanced at the girl in the pink skirt.

The girl in pink skirt understood immediately, ran to the barefoot old man, and asked softly: "Grandpa Cui, is my master okay?"

The old man nodded and said: "It's a bit troublesome, but it's not impossible to solve. After Chen Ping'an has had enough sleep, I'll give him a fist and I'll get it back."

The girl in the pink skirt looked pale.

Feed fist?

She knew how miserable the master's situation was back then.

The boy in green, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation, also looked worried. Poor old man, he jumped into a big fire pit just after returning home. No wonder it took him five years to come back on this long trip. If it were him, he might not dare to come back in fifty years.

Chen Pingan slept for two days and one night before waking up. When he opened his eyes, he sat up straight and walked out of the house. He found Pei Qian and Zhu Lian standing vigil outside the door, each with a small bamboo chair. Pei Qian leaned against the back of the chair. With her legs stretched out, she was already sleeping soundly, and was still drooling. For the Heitan girl, this probably meant that she was unable to do anything and was helpless in life. Chen Pingan walked lightly, squatted down, and looked at Pei Qian. After a while, she raised her arm, wiped her saliva randomly, and continued to sleep, whispering in her sleep, vaguely.

Chen Ping'an stood up and signaled Zhu Lian to follow him, and the two of them came to the cliff together, where they built a stone table with a chessboard carved on it and four simple stone benches with cloud patterns carved on them.

Zhu Lian lowered his voice and chuckled: "If Pei Qian sees the young master like this, he will be heartbroken."

Chen Pingan sighed, "It's already very good. I made the worst plan at the beginning, thinking that I wouldn't be able to escape from Shujian Lake within seven or eight years."

Zhu Lian nodded, "Although I don't know the specific reason, I dare not ask about some letters on paper, but it is a huge difficulty for the young master to live like a year like this."

Chen Ping'an took out two pots of Shujianhu Wuwei wine, and he and Zhu Lian each had a pot, and they knocked lightly. Chen Ping'an leaned against the stone table, rested one arm on it, took a sip of the wine, and said with emotion: "It's hard to describe in words."

"What is the strength of character? It is nothing more than the ability to withstand the hardships of heaven."

Zhu Lian turned to stare at Chen Pingan's side face, took a sip of wine, and whispered softly: "The young master looks haggard now, but I have been in love, and I know that the young master now is the most irritating to women." It's pity for people. When you go down the mountain to a small town or a county town, the young master had better wear a bamboo hat to cover up, otherwise he will make the same mistake as Ziyang Mansion, just giving a few more glances to the women on the street. Incurring several romantic accounts and cosmetic debts out of thin air."

The long-lost flattery.

Chen Pingan stretched out his hand to rub his cheek and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think those women are blind?"

Zhu Lian sighed and said: "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer a loss. Young master, just wait. When you get outside the mountain, sooner or later you will be killed by a woman..."

Chen Pingan waved his hand quickly, "Stop it, stop it, drink your wine."

Zhu Lian was heartbroken and said, "My loyal words are offensive to my ears!"

Chen Pingan smiled and said nothing, squinting and looking into the distance with the pure moonlight falling on the world.

Although he was looking south at the moment, Chen Ping'an's new family property would be north of Luolu Mountain.

In addition to the Niujiao Mountain where Baofengzhai originally "set up camp", the Cinnabar Mountain selected by the Immortal Family forces, including the Xu family of Qingfeng City, who saw an unfavorable opportunity and planned to jump off the "sunken ship" of Dali, and the rest include the Cheilfish Back, Sword Worshiping Platform, Weixia Peak and Huimeng Mountain, etc., except for the Sword Worshiping Platform, which is located in the far west, is in a single shape, and the mountain is not big, the rest are mostly located in the south among the mountains in the west, which happen to be not far from Luolu Mountain, especially Huimeng Mountain. The mountain occupies a vast area. The previous fairy family power has spent a lot of money, and with the hard work of a large number of Lu family survivors, it has built a continuous stretch of fairy mansions, just like a fairyland on earth. In the end, it was half sold and half given away. I gave it to the Dali court. I don’t know how I feel about it now. I think I must be regretting it.

The gold and fine copper coins that the Song family of Dali owed on credit in Laolong City were matched by Wei Bo, and then used by Chen Ping'an to buy the mountain, and then written off in one stroke, which was quite refreshing.

Especially the Niujiao Mountain, where a Xianjia ferry was built, is about to be taken over by Chen Pingan, but it must be named Wei Bo temporarily, otherwise the name will be unfair and the benefits will be too huge, and Chen Pingan will be taken over. Li's powerful people are jealous, but privately, this source of living water is full of fairy money, and Chen Ping'an and Wei Bo will split the dividends in half.

Back then, I helped Gu Can's family and others grab water from the fields countless times. I never thought that I would be able to guard such a "fertile field" with amazing harvests now.

Chen Pingan recovered his thoughts and asked: "Zhu Lian, don't you often compete with Senior Cui?"

Zhu Lian smiled and shook his head, "Senior has a very hard fist and has already reached the end of the martial arts that we warriors dream of. Who doesn't admire him, but I don't want to disturb senior's cultivation."

Zhu Lian leaned back and turned to look at the bamboo building, "Senior, you won't mind if I say this, right?"

Silence, no response.

Zhu Lian said with a smile: "Old seniors are generally reluctant to show up, except for occasionally holding a hiking stick, traveling in the mountains, and discussing knowledge with a few old masters from Linlu Academy in Piyun Mountain. Xianyun Yehe, that's all."

Zhu Lian remembered something and said: "I accidentally found a good seedling over there in the county town. It was the daughter of a wealthy family who moved to Longquan from Dali Gyeonggi. She was young, thirteen years old, and the same as ours. She is a loser, almost the same age. Although she has just started to learn martial arts now, it is a bit late, but she still has time. I have made it clear to her elders. Now I only need to wait for the young master to nod, and I will lead her to Luolu Mountain. Now Luolu Mountain is newly built. The several mansions are more than enough for us to live in, and are used to entertain people, and they are all made of silver from Dali, so we don't need to pay a single copper coin."

Chen Pingan nodded. Now that there are more people in Luolu Mountain, these shelters should indeed be built. However, after the contract is officially signed with the Dali Ministry of Rites and those hills are purchased, even if the several hills leased to Ruan Qiong are removed, it seems that It is no problem for one person to occupy a mountain top alone. He is really wealthy and powerful. By then, Chen Ping'an will become the largest landowner in Longquan County after Ruan Qiong, occupying 30% of the land in the western mountains. Except for the small and exquisite Zhenzhu Mountain, any other The mountain top is full of spiritual energy, which is enough for a golden elixir earthly immortal to practice.

Chen Ping'an asked curiously: "If you are willing to lead her to climb the mountain, of course you can, but in what capacity will she stay in Luopo Mountain, your disciple?"

If Zhu Lian is the first disciple recruited by Haoran, Chen Ping'an is really looking forward to her journey to climb up the martial arts ladder.

Among the four people in the picture scroll of Lotus Flower Blessed Land, Zhu Lian is now at the highest level and is a real far-reaching warrior. Although he took a shortcut, deep down in his heart, Chen Ping'an felt that Zhu Lian's choice seemed to be quick and quick, but in fact it was the right one.

Zhu Lian shook his head and said: "Old slave has no interest in being a master. Let her be a registered disciple of Luopo Mountain first. Whoever sees her talent in the future can just take it away. What the old slave did is nothing but I want the wealth not to go to outsiders. I want to add popularity to the young master's Luo Luoshan. Otherwise, it will be full of gods and ghosts, which is not very good. I always feel that it is not conducive to Feng Shui. Having said that, if this is a talented disciple like a girl in the Lotus Root Land, , just like I picked it up on the roadside when I went to a bookstore to buy books. But in my hometown, I guess it can make a lot of martial arts masters fight for it. ”

Zhu Lian crossed his legs, held the Xianjia wine bottle with his fingers, shook it gently, and sighed: "As expected of the world, there are many talents, and it is definitely not comparable to the Lotus Flower Blessed Land."

Chen Ping'an asked with a smile: "How do you convince the girl's family? It's no joke to learn literature and martial arts while being poor."

Zhu Lian chuckled and said: "The matter is not complicated. The reason why that family moved to Longquan County is that they can no longer live in Gyeonggi. Beauty is a curse. Young girls are stubborn and their parents and elders are also stubborn. They don't want to bow their heads, so they provoke When the local forces that should not be provoked were reached, the old slave helped to deal with the group of dragons that were chasing across the river. The girl was a family-loving person. There were two scholars in the family, so there was no need for her to support the appearance. Now that her elder brother and younger brother have been implicated, she feels very guilty. Thinking of being able to gain access to the power of the Xian family in Longquan County, she agreed without saying a word. In fact, she has no idea what learning martial arts is and how much suffering she has to endure. She is also a fool. Silly girl, but since you can take my fancy, you certainly don’t lack aura, and the young master will know at the first sight that she is similar to Sui Youyou, but not the same."

Chen Ping'an hummed.

Zhu Lian is still reliable in his work.

Zhu Lian suddenly turned his head and shouted, "You lose money, your master is going on a long journey again, and you are still sleeping?!"

Pei Qian fell down with the bamboo chair. In a daze, he saw that familiar figure and ran towards him. When he saw Chen Ping'an's appearance, he immediately burst into tears like raindrops and frowned. With a face as black as coal, the corners of his mouth were depressed, and he was speechless. Why did Master become like this? She's so dark and skinny, why should I imitate her? Chen Ping'an sat up straight and said with a smile: "How come I haven't seen you grow even after three years in Luopo Mountain? What's the matter, can't you eat enough? Are you just having fun? Have you forgotten to copy books?"

Pei Qian hugged Chen Ping'an, who was crying, very sad.

She had shamelessly followed the master back then. With her taking care of the master's food and daily life, no matter how clumsy she was, there would still be someone at Shujian Lake who could talk to the master and relieve his boredom.

Chen Ping'an glared at Zhu Lian, who was gloating at the side.

Zhu Lian picked up the jug and took a big sip of fine wine. Then while Chen Ping'an was comforting Pei Qian softly, Zhu Lian picked up the small jug with half a jug of Wuti wine left and stood up to leave.

It seems that the moonlight and time are reserved for the master and disciple who have reunited after a long separation.

Pei Qian finally cried and sat on a stone bench nearby.

She has grown slightly taller, but it is not obvious. For an ordinary girl of thirteen or fourteen, her figure should be as tall as a willow stick, and her face will be longer.

But Pei Qian seemed to be the same black charcoal girl when they parted ways in Hongzhu Town.

She chattered and told her master about her "great achievements" in Longquan County over the years. She would go down the mountain every once in a while to take care of her ancestral home on Mupin Lane. In the two shops in Longxiang, in addition to copying books every day, they also hold hiking poles and ride on the black snake to patrol the mountainous area to prevent predators from sneaking into the bamboo buildings. They also practice the six-step walk taught by Master every day. The pile, the sword energy has stopped at eighteen, Sister Nu Guan taught her the white ape back sword technique and the dragging knife technique, not to mention that she still has to perfect the crazy sword technique that is just a little bit close to reaching the peak... In short, she is very busy, There is no nonsense at all, no failure to do the right job, and the conscience of heaven and earth!

As for the little things like chasing dogs, fighting geese, and kicking shuttlecocks, she felt that she didn't need to nag her master. As the master's first disciple, these soul-stirring deeds and feats were her job and there was no need to show them off.

Chen Ping'an patiently listened to Pei Qian's embellished words and asked with a smile: "What didn't Senior Cui teach you?"

Pei Qian's eyes rolled, he shook his head vigorously, and said pitifully: "The old man has a high vision and looks down on me. Master, you don't know that the old man is very personable. As a senior in the world, he is even more immortal than the monks on the mountain." I really admire you for being honest. Alas, it’s a pity that I couldn’t catch the eye of the old man and let him give me some pointers on my crazy swordsmanship. In Luolu Mountain, this is the only thing that makes me feel right. Stay with Master."

Probably because he was afraid that Chen Pingan would not believe him, Pei Qian, who had already tried to please both sides with his words, slapped his fist with his fist and said with a clear sound, "I am the one who has embarrassed the master!"

Chen Pingan bent forward and hit Pei Qian on the forehead with a flick of his finger. The pain made Pei Qian cover his head and gasp.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "If you can't bear the hardship, just tell the truth. Who are you trying to fool if you have a high vision?"

Pei Qian rubbed his slightly red forehead, widened his eyes, and said with a look of astonishment on his face: "Master, didn't you learn the divine mind-observation skills during your trip? Master, what's the matter with you? How come you can learn it no matter where you go?" What an amazing skill! How come I, a great disciple, am still chasing the master? Am I going to have to sit on the master’s back and eat dust for the rest of my life..."

Chen Pingan pinched the toady's ears and said, "Hey, keep making it up. I'll see how long you can make it up."

Pei Qian grinned, but as soon as he saw his master's face, he started to cry again. He didn't even think about joking with his master and lowered his head.

Chen Ping'an sighed, patted his little head, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you good news. Soon, the mountains of Huimeng Mountain, Cinnabar Mountain, and Yubei Mountain will all belong to your master, as well as Niujiao Mountain. Master owns half of that Xianjia Ferry, and from now on you can collect tolls from all kinds of people coming and going with confidence."

Pei Qian was not very interested and said oh.

Chen Pingan held his hands in his sleeves and continued to look at the night scene south of Luolu Mountain. He heard that when the weather is clear, as long as your eyesight is good enough, you can see the outline of Hongzhu Town and Xiuhua River.

Pei Qian lay on the stone table, gently swiping his fingers along the engraved lines of the chessboard, looking at the master intently.

They were both speechless.

After receiving the news about Zhu Lian, the boy in green and the girl in pink skirt came together from the Xinjian Mansion. Chen Pingan turned his head, smiled and waved to them to sit down. Together with Pei Qian, they just had a table.

The girl in pink skirt ran over quickly, bowed to Chen Pingan, and said respectfully: "Master."

The boy in Tsing Yi also looked presentable. He bowed and raised his head with a bright smile, "Master, you are finally willing to come back, and you don't have a few beautiful little ladies with you?"

The girl in pink skirt glared at her, "No nonsense!"

The boy in green picked his nostrils and sat down on the stone bench opposite Chen Ping'an. He followed Pei Qian's example and lay on the table. He said with a confused look on his face: "Master, are you wearing a human-skin mask and walking around the world? It's late at night. , I’m timid, I’m looking at old people, so take them off quickly.”

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Does this mean you don't want the red envelope?"

The boy in green raised his head and looked left and right, "I didn't expect that after taking a closer look, the master looks more and more like a man."

Chen Pingan scratched his head, Luolu Mountain? Just change its name to Ma Pi Mountain.

Chen Ping'an then took out three things from within close proximity: the Nine Palace Treasure Box presented by the old monk at the ferry of Qianhe Country, an Old Dragon Cloth Rain Jade Pendant compensated by the Fu family in Old Dragon City, and only one fox skin left behind. The beauty talismans were given to Pei Qian, the boy in green and the girl in pink skirt respectively.

As soon as Pei Qian opened it, he saw a dazzling array of small objects, exquisite and unique. The key is the quantity.

The boy in Tsing Yi hesitated for a moment, but still took the priceless old dragon cloth rain pendant.

The girl in pink skirt was twisting the fox skin talisman paper and couldn't put it down.

Chen Ping'an smiled at her and explained: "In the future, you won't have to clean the house alone. After infusing the spiritual energy, you can ask a talisman puppet to help. The intelligence is the same as that of an ordinary girl, and she can also chat with you."

The girl in pink skirt stood up again and bowed to Chen Pingan to thank her, meticulously.

Chen Ping'an couldn't stop him either.

The boy in green suddenly said: "Isn't it more expensive?"

Chen Pingan joked: "The sun comes out in the west?"

The boy in green sighed and thought for a while, "I can't accept it. I happened to have heard about the rarity of this Old Dragon City jade pendant, and it's not a snake gallstone that involves the avenue. No matter how much you give me, I won't refuse anyone who comes..."

The boy in green put the jade pendant on the table.

Seeing his firm eyes, Chen Pingan did not insist on asking him to accept the gift, nor did he put it back in his sleeve. He picked up the Wuwei wine and took a sip of wine, "I heard that your brother Yujiang Water God came to our Longquan County?"

The kid in green clothes drooped his head, "No."

Chen Ping'an said: "Don't think you are stupid, it's because your water god brother is not smart enough. If he comes again in the future, just do whatever you want. If you don't want to see him, just name a place to retreat and let Pei Qian help you stop him. If you still want, If you like him, just continue to entertain him with good wine. If you don't have money to buy wine, you can borrow money or wine from me."

The boy in green had a strange expression on his face, "I thought you would persuade me not to see him."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It's a pity that we have been friends for hundreds of years and have broken up. However, friends continue to be friends. If you are busy and you can't help, just tell them directly that they are really friends and will understand you."

The boy in green muttered: "It's not heroic to hang out in the world and tell your brothers that you can't do it."

As soon as the boy in green said this, he felt even more guilty.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Okay, as long as it is related to money, even if you still want to be with the Water God Brothers and pretend to be fat, if you can't do it, you still have to say okay. It doesn't matter. You can still come to me when the time comes. Borrow money and keep it that you will still be the generous and heroic second-in-command in the river back then."

The boy in Tsing Yi was completely confused. He didn't care to address him as master, and called him by his first name: "Chen Ping'an, did you have your brain damaged during this trip?"

Chen Pingan sat there quietly, with his hands in his sleeves and the breeze blowing on his face, "One day when you figure it out for yourself, brothers are no longer brothers, even if they can't be friends anymore, you can at least have a clear conscience and admit that you have never been friends. I'm sorry brother. It's not like we can't afford to eat in Luopo Mountain, so as long as we have wine to drink, money is nothing. You don't have it, I have it. You don't have much, I have a lot."

The boy in green clothes grabbed the old dragon cloth rain pendant, wiped his face, and ran away without saying anything.

Pei Qian and the girl in pink skirt looked at each other.

Chen Ping'an actually had some words that he didn't say to the boy in Tsing Yi.

No matter what, Chen Ping'an didn't want the boy in Tsing Yi to be too disappointed with the world he had longed for.

Wei Bo suddenly appeared on the edge of the cliff and coughed lightly, "Chen Pingan, I have news to tell you."

Chen Ping'an stood up and asked, "What should I say?"

Wei Bo pointed to the mountain gate and said, "There is a good girl who visits Luopo Mountain at night."