Sword comes

After that, the more than 200-mile waterway of the Xiuhua River was safe and sound.

When Chen Pingan and his party got off the boat, Li Huai and Lin Shouyi both carried their bookcases on their backs. With the addition of Li Baoping, the study tour became more and more worthy of the name. If the young servant hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be impossible to imagine that the straw-sandal boy was a practicing family man who could make Secretary Wu, who was next to the county magistrate of Dalishang County, helpless. They were carried down on a stretcher.

Chen Pingan had carefully read the maps before going off, and did not plan to pass through Wanping County. After going south around the city, he had to cross a majestic mountain. It would take more than half a month of footwork. After passing, there is a mountain road to walk, but compared with the Qingshi post road in Qidun Mountain, it is much more difficult to walk. There are no horse-drawn carts, and most of the loads are donkeys and mules.

If you don't take the mountain road, you have to pass through a county town. Lin Shouyi said that he has not yet realized the method of the pure yang talisman. According to Ah Liang, the Town God's Pavilion, Wenwu Temple, and a general's mansion in the county town may all have an innate rejection of the Yin God.

A group of people walked forward while asking for directions. During the period, Chen Pingan also tentatively asked the rural men and women whether there were any strange legends about those mountains, and whether there would be mountain ghosts haunting them.The local people saw that the four children were not very old and carried book boxes on their backs, so they regarded them as reading boys who went out to visit the mountains and rivers from rich and noble families. No, they have never heard of the gods and monsters.In the end, most of them did not forget to recommend the Jiangshen Temple on the Xiuhua River to the four people, saying that it is very effective to ask for lottery and worship the gods. Maybe there is a master of the river god.

Before the four of them entered the mountain, it was at noon. Li Huai stood at the foot of the mountain, bent over, and bowed hard three times. He looked up and saw that Chen Pingan was still. I prayed, said I worshiped the mountain god, why are you being lazy this time?"

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, but still replied: "I used to go to the mountains with the old man often, and learned a little bit of the ability to see the mountains and eat the soil. When the old man was in a good mood, he said something about the direction of the mountain, and where would the mountain god be?" The place where the golden body is placed is very particular. Generally speaking, if there is a mountain god in the top position on a mountain, you can see a little sign if you look carefully before entering the mountain. In addition, the local people said that it is here Without those sayings, we can roughly confirm that the mountain road we are going to take is not the territory of the mountain god."

Lin Shou moved slightly with his thoughts, and said: "Senior Yinshen said that the number of landscape gods in a dynasty is limited, and it is impossible to have gods everywhere, otherwise there will be floods, which will make the local luck messy. The struggle between mountains and rivers is similar to the struggle for land and water under the mountains, but it is not good for the dynasty, so generally speaking, if there are no mountain temples clearly recorded in the local county annals, it is impossible for mountain gods to appear."

Li Huai was a little disappointed, "Oh, I still want to have a few more painted puppets."

It turned out that in Qidun Mountain, it was a blessing in disguise, and I got a lifelike painted puppet for nothing. Li Huai looked forward to it very much. I wish I could get one as soon as I walked over a mountain. Then when I walked to the Great Sui Academy, my small bookcase would be full. isn't it?Otherwise, in the bamboo box behind me, there are only a puppet and a book in the end, which is too "barren".

Lin Shou laughed angrily: "What shame do you have to say that Chen Ping'an is a money fan?"

Li Huai looked innocent, "I didn't say that, I just said that Chen Ping'an is a gentleman's fortune, and he got it in a proper way."

Lin Shouyi snorted coldly, "Sycophant!"

Li Huai was furious, "If I hadn't begged so hard, would you have a small bookcase? Lin Shouyi, do you have a conscience?"

Li Baoping said unhappily: "Shut up."

Chen Ping would practice walking piles when no one was around. Because he was carrying a big back basket, he didn’t dare to make too much movement, so he let himself hold back his strength and posture, and walked as slowly as possible. The eight-stop luck method, I said a slow word, is the essence of the eighteen-stop. Chen Pingan is now stuck between the sixth and seventh stops, and he can't get over this hurdle. Pile to practice hands.

After walking the mountain road for about two hours, Li Huai was out of breath, and so was Li Baoping.

Chen Pingan knew that this was the end of the so-called "breath", so he just picked a stream to rest.Lin Shouyi was worthy of being a mountain-climbing god with one foot, he was calm and relaxed, but sweat was dripping slightly from his forehead, he was no match for Chen Pingan.Each found a place to sit down, and Chen Pingan took out Li Baoping's knife from his back basket. A Liang called it a "Xiangfu" narrow knife. Although A Liang mentioned the word "bottom", Chen Ping'an Ping An is not blind, but a person who is used to using kitchen knives and hatchets. He even borrowed Miss Ning's skirt knife for a while. There is an inexplicably extra small dragon-slaying platform, which is used to carefully sharpen the blade.

After drawing the knife out of its sheath, he first dipped in water on the shiny black Zhanlong Terrace. Chen Pingan squatted by the stream and began to sharpen the knife slowly. Tribute porcelain.

Chen Pingan likes to concentrate on doing one thing, especially if he can do it well, it will make the boy very happy.

Just like Chen Ping'an would feel the most comfortable every time he went to the place where Ling Jueding had a wide view and practiced the stake sword furnace. Study the boxing moves at the back of the boxing manual in depth, and you can master them all at once, and learn them all in one breath, making your boxing more organized and faster. That momentum.

But every time at this time, Chen Pingan would walk silently, suppress the restlessness little by little, and tell himself not to rush, to be calm, to be calm, to be restless, to seek quickness, and to be confused with the porcelain burner. The same, but it is easy to make mistakes and fall short.Occasionally, he could not calm down, so Chen Pingan once went to look at the maps of Kanzhou County, and unintentionally found three prescriptions that were carefully preserved. They were written by the young Taoist surnamed Lu. Miss Ning said These words are written in a dull and tasteless manner, like a scholar's pavilion style, the most boring.

But now that Chen Pingan has nothing to do, he will take out three pieces of paper, look at them, read them, and he will be able to calm down a bit.

The little girl in the red padded jacket washed her face, strands of hair stuck to her forehead. After walking for such a long time, the little girl got a lot of tan, so at this moment, her forehead was not covered by her hair, and she looked extraordinarily smooth and fair.Li Baoping likes to watch the young master concentrate on sharpening the knife. When the narrow knife is moving on the Dragon Slaying Platform, it seems that the only one left in the world is the young master. She never tires of watching it.

Of course, she likes Chen Pingan practicing boxing while walking, using his fists to reason with people in front of her, reading characters with them, and so on.

Just like it, like it a lot, like it more, like it the most.

Of course, there are times when I don't like it that much, but Li Baoping usually forgets it very quickly.

But Li Baoping suddenly thought of the pillow station in Hongzhu Town, and thought of the letter he sent home, the little girl was a little gloomy.

Chen Pingan noticed the strangeness of the little girl, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, do you have something on your mind?"

Li Baoping sighed, "I don't know what's going on at home, the second brother is so bad, will the eldest brother be bullied by the second brother in the future?"

Chen Ping said seriously: "As far as the matter is concerned, I will definitely ask your second brother face to face in the future about instigating Zhu Lu to kill me, but having said that, your second brother should not be bad to your sister."

Li Baoping said with a bitter face: "How could Zhu Lu be like this, how could she be like this! Since she is already a warrior, and her father Zhu He, as long as she goes to the frontier army, everyone will rush for it. She will go by herself in the future." Is it difficult to fight for a commanding status? Why does she really follow what my second brother says?"

Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "I don't understand these things."

Not far away, Lin Shouyi's face was gloomy, "The world is bustling, and it's all for the benefit."

Li Huai snorted and said, "Fuck, I think Zhu Lu is a fool, but he just fell in love with your second brother, the girl Huaichun, with a spring heart, and got his heart."

The promise of a man might be more tempting to her than the temptation of the imperial wife. "

Lin Shouyi sneered and said, "Then she is really stupid and bad, there is no cure."

Chen Pingan sighed, looked at the three people around him, and thought of the scenery on the other side of Xinghua Lane in Niping Lane, chickens flying and dogs jumping, trivial things, women swearing, bad words behind their backs, everything is missing, and said: "You are scholars. , knows a lot, and is a student taught by Mr. Qi, so it is very different from us. In fact, in the place where I live, even if many elderly people are similar to the county magistrate and the old man on the boat, they are unwilling to talk about it. Reasonable, or only willing to speak their own truth."

Chen Pingan simply stopped sharpening the narrow knife, put the knife back into its sheath, and felt a little emotional, "But these people, don't look at them as unreasonable, but some people are strong, and they can make money by burning porcelain and charcoal to support their families. Everyone is good, so life is actually not bad. For example, Granny Ma, who delivers babies and likes to burn talismans and pretend to be gods and ghosts, is very bad, but such a bad person treats her grandson Ma Kuxuan very well. Very much, I wish I could give all the good things in the world to my grandson."

Chen Ping smiled and said, "So I want to read some books to understand why."

Li Baoping stood up suddenly, pacing slowly beside the stream with a solemn expression.

Finally, the little girl in the red padded jacket suddenly said: "Uncle, I have been thinking about the question you asked on the boat last time, and now I think I understand a little bit. Would you like to listen to it?"

Chen Pingan suppressed a smile, "I just learned to listen attentively from you, and it's just right for me now."

The little girl puffed up her cheeks angrily, and finally complained, "Little Master!"

Chen Ping quickly laughed and said, "Say what you say."

Before the little girl started to reason, she paved the way for herself to find a way out, "I may have said something messy, but if you think it's wrong, little uncle, just listen to it, don't laugh at me."

Chen Ping shook his head and said, "I can reason with such an old man on the boat, why can't you? Just talk, my uncle is listening attentively."

Li Huai pouted, and waved the painted puppet wildly, like a general commanding thousands of troops, "Let's talk, talking and quarreling never hurt, fighting only hurts."

The little girl first gave three explanations, which were somewhat similar to the enlightened principles of the master's lectures. They outlined the key points, "I want to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, local customs and laws, and the laws of the dynasty."

Li Huai immediately had a headache, and put his mind on the exquisitely painted puppet, thinking that one day it would come alive and chat with him to relieve boredom.

Lin Shouyi smiled, resting his cheek with one hand, and looked at Li Baoping who was standing by the stream.

Only Chen Ping pricked up his ears and listened attentively.

When I was young, I often went to the foot of the wall at the school and eavesdropped on Mr. Qi's storytelling, which made people miss him a little bit.

"Respectively correspond to gentlemen and sages, ordinary people in the market, and forbidden and bad people."

"Gentlemen and sages, after reading more, understand more truths, but you must remember one thing, as my elder brother said, morality is a thing, too high and too imaginary, after all, you can't discipline others, you can only discipline yourself! Therefore, one needs to be upright in one's body, one's name is upright if one's body is upright, one's name is upright when one's words are right, and one's words are right then one's deeds will come true."

"In addition, once you are alone, if you want to benefit the world and educate the people, you can use your own moral knowledge to accept disciples in schools like our husband, and to preach and teach."

"Ordinary common people in the city only need to abide by the rules of the village."

"And the law of the dynasty is specifically aimed at violating discipline. It is a yardstick to restrain bad people, and it is the lowest rope. It is also the lowest 'rule' in our Confucian etiquette."

Although Chen Ping listened attentively, he felt that he could understand everything, but the truth in the words never became his own.

No wonder Ah Liang said that he should read more books.

Lin Shouyi sat upright at some point, frowning and said, "That's the Legalist."

Facing the three of them, Li Baoping said decisively: "The law must come from Confucianism!"

Lin Shouyi was stunned.

Li Baoping saw Li Huai, who was absent-minded, and got angry, and said softly, "Li Huai!"

Li Huai seems to have returned to the days when he was a child in a rural school. Mr. Qi called his name again and again in class, and instinctively replied: "Here!"

It turned out that after Mr. Qi had been replaced by Li Baoping who often beat him, Li Huai felt annoyed and felt quite ashamed, so he continued to play with the puppet with his head down.

Li Baoping ignored Li Huai, and continued: "Everyone has their own rules, and there is nothing wrong with each other, the world is clear, and the world is peaceful! The king bows down and rules! So the saints die and the robbers stop!"

Lin Shouyi said again: "Saints are immortal and thieves are more than one, this is the Taoist saying..."

Li Baoping's eyes sparkled, and he said loudly: "One law leads to all laws, the most fundamental principles in the world must be the same!"

She seemed to remember something, and walked slowly in front of the three of them, "In my last class at the school, it was Mr. who told me the four characters 'natural scriptures, truths' alone, and the scriptures and righteousness are the foundation of my Confucianism..."

Li Huai finally said, "Sir, you didn't tell us about this. Lin Shouyi, what about you?"

Lin Shou shook his head.

The little girl in the red padded jacket put her arms around her chest and said angrily, "One of you doesn't like to listen to reasoning, and the other doesn't like to ask questions after speaking. Do you have to force him to stuff his knowledge into your heads?"

Li Huai said with a hippie smile: "If possible, I don't mind. Sir, if you are so knowledgeable, it will be enough for me for a lifetime. This saves worry and effort, and avoids detours."

Lin Shouyi said to himself: "One method leads to all methods... If this is the case, I really need to find that one by myself. What A Liang said about pursuing the profound and discarding the complicated can also be matched."

Interrupted by Li Huai, Li Baoping seemed to have thought of something else, encountered a bottleneck, the little girl was a little embarrassed, and said to Chen Pingan: "Uncle, let me think about it again, there is another problem that came out and stumped me." gone."

Chen Pingan smiled and raised his hand and extended his thumb.

The little girl jumped up and said, "Isn't that a bad story?"

Chen Pingan didn't take back his thumb, and said loudly, "Very good!"

The four of them didn't know that the yin god who was secretly guarding not far away trembled like a poor man crawling out of a frying pan.

But fortune and misfortune depend on each other.

This yin god first casually listened to those immature "lectures", and then a series of unimaginable situations, his mind was shaken, his soul was separated, and his body was filled with a thick and filthy aura proportional to the level of his cultivation, as if being swept away by strong winds. It was like cutting off with a knife, Yinshen didn't believe in this evil at the beginning, and he was still unwilling to take a step back. In the end, he really couldn't bear it. He retreated again and again, and it took dozens of miles to get better. Yinshen didn't want to let it go , against the invisible strong wind, move forward step by step, like a flat boat in the turbulent river, going upstream.

According to legend, in the nine continents of the world, the gentlemen in the 72 Confucian academies have a little arrogance in their chests, and the world is full of joy.

At the same time, a hundred miles away from this mountain range, there is a place as splendid as a prince's mansion. A woman in red with a graceful figure but a snow-white face wanted to light a white paper lantern and hang it high. , but once the light is lit, it goes out by itself.

This made her look a little hideous.

The entire magnificent mansion is filled with ghosts and monsters, and the wind is blowing.

She discarded the lantern in her hand, slowly lifted into the air, and finally hovered at a place higher than the eaves, looking around.