Sword comes

After strolling around Guanshui Street, everything that should be bought has been purchased, and Chen Ping'an is about to go home. Unexpectedly, A Liang proposed to take a night boat tour on the Okinawa River. There were very few responses, and only Lin Shou nodded in agreement.

Chen Pingan didn't mind going to see the dangerous shoal after putting away his things, but Li Baoping tugged at his sleeve, Chen Pingan understood it, and weighed some money bags. The scattered copper coins were enough to buy candied haws.

Zhu Lu took his father Zhu He to visit the weapon shop, Li Huai complained that he was hungry, so A Liang asked Yicheng to take him back to the pillow station for supper.

The group parted ways.

Lin Shouyi walked side by side with the man in the bamboo hat, and asked softly: "Senior said that Li Huai was the most blessed. Is that newly engraved "Broken Water Cliff" the most valuable?"

A Liang nodded slightly, revealing the secret: "It's just looking at the new ones. It's been a few years, and the things written in the books are worthless. The water method practice is messy. It's deliberately used to mislead people, but the materials of the books are more precious. Storage There will be no moths for hundreds of years."

A Liang took off the small gourd and took a sip of wine, "And if I'm not mistaken, several silverfish have been born in this book, of course you can't see it with the naked eye, this thing belongs to one of the world's spirits , extremely tiny, swimming between the lines, just like live fish in rivers and rivers. Silverfish use the spirit contained in the words of the book as bait. But if you sell it to dignitaries who love novelty, you should have 3000 taels of silver, so it is one of the most valuable books in that bookstore."

The young man was tongue-tied.

A silverfish that can't even be seen can earn 3000 taels of silver by changing hands. Is money the least valuable in the world outside the small town?

A Liang seemed to see through the thoughts of the young man, and said with a smile: "When you really set foot in cultivation in the future, you will understand the gold and silver in the eyes of ordinary people in the market. That’s right. Having said that, since you have to spend money like running water, it means that the vulgar yellow and white things are very valuable.”

Lin Shou nodded.

Ah Liang smiled and said, "Tell Chen Ping about this, he may not understand."

Lin Shouyi shook his head and said, "It's about money, he must understand."

Ah Liang laughed loudly, and brought the boy to the riverside of Hongzhu Town. There was a lot of voices. The boy was used to the desertedness of his hometown town at night, and he was a little uncomfortable, especially every time he took a breath, he seemed to be able to smell the smell of powder. At first You will feel the fragrance is tangy, but if you smell it too much, you will feel a little greasy.

When the two walked through the alleys and came to the riverside, their vision suddenly became clear. Both sides of the river were full of thick bluestone roads. Yingying and swallows were laughing and laughing. Many beautiful women leaned against the railings of high-rise buildings, revealing their pink tenderness like white lotus root. Arms, women's dresses are so red and green, and a series of lanterns hang from the tall buildings, reflecting the radiance of those women, making them more coquettish and moving.

Painted boats of different sizes in the river slowly travel along the two banks, with bamboo curtains hanging. Most of them are two women sitting at the bow and stern of the boat, and one person rowing the boat.

Compared with the high-rise women's unrestrained posture, loudly soliciting business, those boat girls are happy in their clothes, but their demeanor is a little more demure,

Younger young women are like Xiaojiabiyu from the next door, and older women are like ladies from a great family.From time to time, some high-rise women will taunt and abuse those boat girls who are fighting for business, throwing fruits and vegetables. The latter are used to it and don't care about it.

Once there is a conflict between the boat girl and the brothel girl, there will inevitably be a burst of applause from the men, lest the world will not be chaotic.

Lin Shouyi felt his scalp tingle, "Senior Ah Liang, aren't we going to enjoy the scenery on the Okinawa River?"

A Liang said in a rascal way: "Since it is the confluence of the three rivers, then of course this is also the Okinawa River."

Lin Shouyi was speechless.

A Liang was squatting by the river, looking at the painting boats slowly passing by, every time there was a boatman's daughter giving him a glance, or saying hello with soft words, A Liang would silently take a sip of wine, Thinking about himself, Lin Shouyi squatted down, pricked up his ears to eavesdrop, and heard intermittently about guarding his body like a jade, a gentleman, and a knife on the head of the color word, etc. Lin Shouyi couldn't help laughing, come on, dare to love Senior A Liang more than himself Where is it going?

A Liang turned his head slightly, and looked at a small painting boat not far away. A plain-looking woman was sitting on the bow, looking around generously. She was not like a woman in the skin business, but rather like a wealthy family traveling at night. The noble lady, on the other hand, is the [-]-year-old girl who rowed the boat behind the lady, with a beautiful face.

A Liang stood up, and when the painting boat approached, he suddenly took out an eye-catching gold ingot, "Is it enough?"

The woman smiled softly, neither nodding nor shaking her head, while the girl rowing the boat had straight eyes, eager to take over the deal for the woman.

The woman looked around the man in the bamboo hat, stretched out her finger, and nodded to the young Lin Shouyi, "Young master, you can board the boat alone."

A Liang quickly put away the gold ingot, "This kid is poor, he has no money! Penniless!"

The woman said softly, "I don't need to charge him money."

The girl followed the direction of the woman's fingers, and saw a young man with a flushed face, red lips and white teeth, and a handsome demeanor. At first glance, he was a seed of reading, and she also smiled shyly.

The poor man in the bamboo hat who has money and can't spend it is left alone, his face full of incredulity, thinking that this woman is blind, or has a bad appetite, a man as handsome and young as himself, can't see Among them, Lin Shouyi fell in love with Lin Shouyi, who was like a thin bamboo pole?If according to this tune, the thinner Chen Ping'an is brought over, then she still has to pay the money?

A Liang murmured: "I hurt my feelings."

The woman looked at the young man with a smile. For some reason, the plain and pretty woman had a bit of flirtatiousness, "Aren't you going to get on the boat?"

Lin Shou shook his head.

Ah Liang sat on the steps and took a sip of the wine, "Boy, hurry up and get on the boat, the worst thing is that you won't have to drink gourd wine in the future. Is there any wine in the world that tastes better than Huajiu. You mustn't Miss it."

Lin Shou didn't move at all, but looking at the back of the man in the bamboo hat, the boy rolled his eyes.

Huafang had no choice but to move on, and the colleagues behind him had already begun to urge them.

The woman still turned her head and smiled back at the boy.

The boy was indifferent and looked at her coldly.

Painting boats swam past the two of them constantly, surrounded by fat, swallow and thin boatmen, like pictures of ladies.

Lin Shouyi asked softly, "Ah Liang, are you waiting for her specially?"

A Liang supported the bamboo hat, shook his head and smiled, "It's just a whim, I just want to know how big this fishing net is."

The young scholar sat beside him, looking openly at those blond women.

On the stone road along the river, there are children running around with baskets in their arms, and their clear voices are selling apricot flowers.

Ring once, from the west.

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Zhu Lu wanted to pick a dagger for himself. While the blade was sharp, he also hoped that it would look better.It never occurred to me that the weapons shop was closed, and the girl stood at the door sullenly, without saying a word.

Zhu He comforted: "Come back tomorrow."

The girl leaned against a hitching post outside the shop and looked up at the night sky.

Zhu He asked softly: "Is there something on your mind?"

Zhu Lu shook his head.

Zhu He carefully asked: "On the last part of the journey away from Mount Qidun, Miss offered to take the same mountain turtle with you, did she ask you to say something?"

Zhu Lu hummed, and said listlessly: "Miss wants me to be more polite to everyone."

Zhu He heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Miss is not wrong, when you are away from home, you should make money with peace."

Zhu Lu said in a low voice: "It's okay for that Ah Liang, after all, he came from Fengxue Temple. Although he is not at all like the gods I imagined before, gods are gods, and no matter how annoying they are, I can bear it. But Lin Shou Yi and Li Huai are nothing, but because they have been classmates for several years, they don't regard themselves as outsiders at all. The bastard son of a lowly maidservant, a useless son, why should he be equal to our lady? Especially that... "

Seeing that she didn't want to continue talking, Zhu He took over, "Chen Pingan?"

The girl pursed her lips.

Zhu He sighed, "There are no outsiders here, what Dad said next may be a bit unpleasant..."

The girl's spirit suddenly brightened, and she interrupted the man's words, "Father, the young master wrote me a lot of essays in the family letter he sent to the young lady. The running script and regular script of the young master are getting better and better. I talked about the ups and downs of him chasing and killing a group of horse thieves in person, that he met a grandson of the Zhu Kingdom of the Chen family, and the scene of the Taipinghuo, saying that Dali Capital is full of wonders, and there are people riding on the street. Snakes, pythons, and cranes swaggered through the city, and the people in the capital had long since seen the strange things. The young master also said that there was a living golden-armored door god on the left and right of the north gate of the imperial city of Dali, which was said to be a gift from a Taoist sect. The ceremony for the founding of the country is four or five feet tall, Dad, do you think it’s fun or not?”

Zhu He said helplessly: "It's safer to address the second son." The girl smiled and said, "The eldest son is not here, not to mention the eldest son is so simple and honest, even if he hears it, he won't be angry."

Zhu He shouted lightly: "Don't be rude!"

Zhu Lu's eyebrows were lowered, and his eyelashes moved slightly.

Zhu Lu whispered: "Young master, um, it was the second young master who once said to us servants that people with good fate can enjoy happiness while lying down, and those with bad fate will suffer if they come to this world once. Li Huai's life is good, and Lin Shouyi's life is good too. If you become a student of Shanya Academy, you will probably become famous in the future. Take a step back and say that being a rich man with a lot of money is more than enough."

The girl slowly raised her head, "That Chen Ping'an's fate is not bad, at least he doesn't need to call other people Miss or Young Master."

Zhu He didn't dare to meet his daughter's gaze.

Family-born children, the reason why they are family-born children, is that they start from the mother's womb.

Zhu He hesitated to speak.

The girl's eyes were firm, and her tone was firm, she said: "Father, it doesn't matter. The second son said that when we arrive at the capital of Dali, there are some ways to get out of the lowly family. Besides, the border army of Dali is willing to recruit female warriors. If you have accumulated enough military achievements, you may be able to To be the lady of the imperial court."

Zhu He looked at the girl with a different look in front of him, he was a little strange, but also a little relieved, nodded and said: "When the time comes, our father and daughter will join the army together, and we can have a support. Now the second son has a firm foothold in the capital, Try to let him help us choose a better frontier army, so that there will not be too many bad battles, and the military achievements should not be too difficult to obtain. In short, before we leave the lowly status, we must not insult the family tradition of our Longquan Li family, even if we really set up our own family in the future , but also to be grateful to the Li family..."

The girl laughed, stepped forward quickly, took Zhu He's arm, and pulled him back to the pillow station, teasing: "I know, I know, when did you talk so much, Dad?"

Zhu He rubbed his daughter's head, hesitated for a moment, and decided to say, "If you have a chance, say sorry to Chen Pingan. No matter what the original intention was in the battle on Qidun Mountain, if you do something wrong, you will If you make a mistake, then you have to apologize, and you have to make up for it.”

Zhu Lu was silent for a moment, maybe because he was in a good mood tonight, he smiled brightly and said, "Okay!"

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Hongzhu Town follows the Dali Ritual System and has two temples, Wen and Wu. The large-scale Wenchang Pavilion and Wusheng Temple respectively enshrine a statue of a civil servant holding a jade wat in his hand, and a statue of a military general wearing an armor and hanging a sword and stepping on a civet cat.

The two temples in Hongzhu Town were built in the south of the city, and the two sides were not far apart, about five or six hundred steps away.

In the dark night, the two god statues shook almost simultaneously, dust fell from their bodies, and pale golden ripples swayed on the surface of the god statues.

At the same time, the two statues of clay sculptures and golden statues in the Jiangshen Temple on both sides of the Xiuhua River and the Yuye River are similar.

On the Qidun Mountain in the north of Hongzhu Town, there is a man with a bare chest and an exposed belly, holding a flagon in his hand and three flagons hanging from his waist. , One step is five or six feet long, walking on the mountain road, like walking on flat ground, he quickly came to the top of Qidun Mountain, hiccupped, and stomped his feet heavily.

Wei Bo, the land master of Qidun Mountain, appeared not far away.

The man glanced at the handsome young man holding the green stick, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, I have finally broken through the magic restraint on my body, not to mention recovering the real body of the land, and I hope to become a mountain god by myself. chance."

Wei Bo's face was gloomy, "Say what you have to say."

The man wiped his mouth and asked directly: "How strong is that swordsman named A Liang?"

Wei Bo remained silent.

The man said indifferently: "The matter is of great importance. I am not in the mood and have no time to spend with you. If you don't speak, I will smash your golden body, and there is no chance for you to recover from the ashes."

Wei Bo asked, "Before I answer, can I know the reason?"

The man nodded and said: "That man killed two of our top dead soldiers in Dali, Li Hou from the seventh realm of warriors, and Hu Yinglin from the eighth floor Qi trainer, both are A-level masters of the Zhuye Pavilion under the command of that empress, Your Majesty After hearing the news, I was very upset, thinking that this person broke the rules first, so Da Li wanted to ask him for an explanation."

Wei Bo's heart was heavy.

The man's tone was dark, and he sneered, "I advise you not to meddle. It's best to pick yourself clean. If you can't pick yourself clean, you might have to go to the Okinawa River to take a bath again. But I'm sure, I won't do it this time." There will be people who are willing to fight their souls to lose their souls, but still help you pick up the pieces from the bottom of the river, put together a golden body piece by piece, and finally secretly bring you back to Qidun Mountain. Right, the Beiyue Zhengshen of the Shenshui Dynasty?"

Wei Bo smiled miserably.