Sword comes

Once sleeping in the wilderness, the night watch is indispensable. Before the pillow post in Hongzhu Town, it was Chen Pingan who kept watch on the eve. When the river left, it changed to Lin Shouyi guarding the night before and Chen Pingan the night after, trying to keep the bonfire alive to prevent accidental invasion.

Chen Pingan is no stranger to this. Burning a porcelain kiln and staring at the kiln fire are matters bigger than the sky. Chen Pingan has been an apprentice kiln worker for so many years. Porcelain firing skills, but because Chen Pingan does the rest of the drudgery, there are almost no mistakes, so Chen Pingan is too familiar with the vigil that competes with patience and perseverance.

In addition, I can also take advantage of the night vigil, and in the dead of night, alone, I can walk and stand up and back to practice Shaking the Mountain, and occasionally weave straw sandals, or take out the small dragon-killing platform to help Li Baoping sharpen the narrow sword. Dao Xiangfu.

With the gradual improvement of the sword furnace pile, especially the qi machine fire dragon in the body, two qi palaces were finally selected as the habitat. Breathing out again and again, slowly immersed, the whole person will fall into a mysterious state of half asleep and half awake, even if the spring cold lasts for a long time this year, and the summer heat will not come, but every time Chen Pingan stays in the middle of the night, even if the bonfire Even if it was accidentally turned off, Chen Pingan still wouldn't feel any dampness or chill. Every time he put away the sword stove, got up and stretched his muscles and bones by walking, his whole body was warm, and he was on the road during the day without any fatigue.

Tonight, Chen Pingan continued to sit cross-legged by the bonfire, practicing the sword furnace diligently. The aura in his body quickly followed the Qi Palace at the dantian, like a carp swimming against the current, and rushed towards the dragon gate little by little.Then stop for a while at the acupuncture point where the sword energy left, like a traveler resting in a post inn, or like a mountain climber taking a breath at half his waist, and then he will continue to sprint and circle to the back of the neck in one go. Finally straight to the brow.

After Chen Pingan opened his eyes, he let out a foul breath, stood up, jumped a few times, turned his head quickly, and saw Yu Lu getting off the carriage, walking slowly, holding some insignificant things in his arms. Dry branches, squatting by the bonfire, imitating Chen Pingan to build a "stove", adding firewood carefully instead of throwing it away, the fire quickly grew.

Yu Lu stretched his hands close to the fire, rubbed his hands gently, turned his head and said with a smile: "Chen Pingan, can I participate in the night watch in the future? If you want to practice this boxing method, you'd better not be distracted. My body is actually fine, trust you I can see it too, so if you are willing to believe me, you can give me the two hours before dawn."

Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "Yu Lu, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need you to watch the night yet."

Yu Lu knew what Chen Ping'an meant, but he was still worried about putting everyone's safety on Yu Lu.The tall boy didn't become angry from embarrassment, nodded and said: "When you need it, you can tell me, I also want to do something for everyone, otherwise I will feel sorry."

Chen Pingan looked at the face illuminated by the fire, with sharp edges and corners and bright eyes, which could make people feel his kindness clearly.

Chen Ping smiled and said, "Okay."

Yu Lu said casually: "According to the time, it is already summer now, but the weather is still like late spring."

Chen Pingan echoed: "This year is a bit strange."

After chatting for a few words, Yu Lu got up to leave, and Chen Pingan watched the tall boy leave.

According to Lin Shouyi's private statement, Yu Lu's game of chess seems to have little lethality, and his strokes from innocence are actually more powerful than the girl Xie Xie who opened and closed with blood splattered everywhere.

Chen Ping'an had long discovered that Yu Lu was extremely careful in his work and did not leak water. Lin Shouyi said that Yu Lu's work was more stable than the most experienced and skilled old subordinates in the government office.

Chen Pingan has a deep understanding of this. For example, after seeing him weave straw sandals once or twice, Yu Lu will soon be able to weave them by himself. When Ping An was fishing, Yu Lu would often stand aside and watch silently, watching when and in what water section Chen Ping hooked, how to throw and lift the pole, how to walk the fish when he caught a big fish, and let the fish catch a big fish. The head is above the surface of the water, how to carefully swing the head off the hook when the big fish sees the light for the first time, wait, and so on, one time later, when Chen Pingan has something to do other things, Yu Lu will ask if he can let him Try it out, after taking over the fishing rod from Chen Pingan, Yu Lu, who has never had any fishing experience, turned out to be quite good.

Regarding all of this, Chen Pingan didn't say anything, just saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart, thinking that if this tall boy who didn't even know his name was a good person, he would be very good, and if he was a bad person, Chen Pingan It is unimaginable.

All night.

Except for the smaller bonfire around Chen Pingan, a lamp was lit early in the far car, and it lit up all night. I don't know what book the young man in white was reading, so fascinated.

It was dawn, and Chen Pingan began to hold his breath, and came to the widest view of the halfway up the Hengshan Mountain. With the rising sun, he began to punch, and Li Baoping and Lin Shouyi joined in one after another. Huai, ran away after hitting for a while.Yu Lu and Xie Xie are not surprised by this. Today, the white-clothed boy raised the curtain and stood on the carriage, watching them punching. At the earliest time, he would scoff at them, glance sideways and never watch them again. It's just that as time goes by , the young national teacher stood by from a distance for longer and longer.

After breakfast, the group began to walk along the mountain road to the top of the mountain, passing by the Qingniangniang Temple recorded in the local county annals, and the old cypress tree that was dependent on the small temple. It is already comparable to the locust tree in Lizhu Cave.

Lin Shouben thought that Chen Ping'an would continue on his way, but he didn't expect that Chen Ping'an went to the temple to have a look, and then called him and Li Baoping and Li Huai in. In the clay statue of the shrine, Li Huai raised his head and looked nothing like the female ghost girl who played chess with Lin Shouyi last night. Lin Shouyi had dealt with the Yin God the most during his journey, and knew a lot of inside stories, so he explained it to Li Huai heard that the common people in many places are grateful to the apparition gods who protect one side. The golden body that stands up to worship and enjoy the incense is often distorted, and may not even resemble the real appearance, but this will not affect the worship of the gods.

incense.

It took less than half an hour to clean up the small temple before Chen Pingan and the others continued to leave. Before leaving, Lin Shouyi stood alone near the futon at the foot of the altar, and presented this young lady who had given him a lonely chess book , bid farewell.

At the same time, the young man in white led Yu Lu across the threshold. Cui Chan looked around, then walked to the altar, and saw the small incense burner covered with ashes. With the precipitation of a hundred years, the surface of the copper furnace is bright and shining.The incense burnt to the end of the furnace is densely clustered together, which shows that the small temple here, even if it has not been included in the Huangting Kingdom's mountain and river genealogy, is actually a prostitution temple that should be banned in the strict sense. Considering the size of the small temple In other words, it can already be said that the incense is at its peak.

The boy in white suddenly said, "Yu Lu, when you meet a temple or a shrine, you should pay your respects. This is a good thing to do with mountains and rivers."

Although Yu Lu didn't understand the reason, he bowed his head symbolically and bowed three times.

The girl Xie stood outside the door with the bamboo flute already tied around her waist.

After leaving the boundary of Hengshan, the team came to a county town in Huangtingguo. Fortunately, Chen Pingan and the others had seen the majestic scenery of Yefuguan before, and the red candle town where the three rivers converged was also prosperous enough. Town, already somewhat mentally prepared, but Li Huai is still a little restrained, and even the painted puppets that are often held in his hands are secretly hidden back in the small bookcase.

The household registration records of Chen Ping'an and others belonged to Longquan County of the Great Li Dynasty, and the procedures for entering the city were particularly smooth and fast.Although Huang Tingguo's upper kingdom is the Gao family of the Sui Dynasty rather than the Song family of the Dali Dynasty, as the Dali annexed the vast territory in the northern part of Yizhou, the trend of going south is a foregone conclusion. , has always been treated preferentially, but he was not enshrined as a living Bodhisattva passing by. After all, maybe one day the land of Huang Ting Kingdom will become the land of a state of the Great Li Dynasty.

As the overlord of the northern territory of Aquarius Continent in the past, the Lu Dynasty's dynasty is now not only broken, but even the royal family members are all degraded as prisoners and pariahs.

Before Chen Pingan entered the city, he carefully asked the local people what scenic spots were there inside and outside the city.Because Chen Ping hoped that Li Baoping and the others could see as many famous mountains and rivers, Taoist temples and ancient city ruins as possible on the premise of ensuring personal safety during their study tour, instead of just looking at flowers on horseback. In fact, I haven't seen anything in the academy, only eating and sleeping in the open and hurrying on the road.

For example, if you enter the city this time, you will visit the Temple of the City God, which is known as the oldest in Huang Tingguo. The murals there have scenes of eighteen layers of hell.

A group of people asked the way, and walked along a wide street to the Town God's Temple.

There was a sudden commotion behind the crowd. Chen Ping turned his head and looked a little shocked. He saw a novel scene that would never appear in the territory of Dali Kingdom. There was a group of handsome young men and women, about seven or eight people, Everyone's clothes were elegant, and under the leadership of a white-haired old man, they walked through the streets swaggeringly. Some people actually rode a huge black tiger as a mount, some followed a two-foot-long scarlet snake behind them, and some carried a huge black tiger on their backs. Horn bow.

The bustling street, which was full of people, quickly avoided to the sides. Some children who didn't know their severity were directly dragged away from the street by their parents half-hand and half-dragging, and hid in the shops on both sides.The big bright red snake, which was not intentionally restrained by its owner, shook its head and tail, and was covered with scarlet armor at the head and tail, which made the spiritual pet raised by the fairy on the mountain even more powerful.It didn't move forward in a straight line, and would swim towards the shop from time to time, occasionally stopping, with its head held high, showing off its might to the trembling citizens of the county.

Among them was a timid child, under the close gaze of the big snake, he was so frightened that he cried loudly, and his parents hurriedly covered his mouth in fright.

The big snake continued to move forward, but suddenly flicked its tail and hit the face of the man who had already heaved a sigh of relief. The man spun a few times in the air and fell heavily to the ground. After vomiting a mouthful of blood, he struggled to get up, with a snow-white face. His wife and children fled in a hurry.

Standing in the distance, Chen Pingan saw passers-by around, some were gloating, some were trembling, some were amazed, but no one thought there was anything wrong with the beast's hurtful behavior.

Lin Shouyi took out the talisman in his sleeve and stood beside Chen Pingan, while Li Baoping and Li Huai stood close to the shop.

Under the control of the coachman Yu Lu, the carriage that the boy in white was riding on also deviated from the original road and stopped near the roadside.

The group of fairy masters on the mountain in the eyes of the people at the foot of Huang Tingguo Mountain soon came to Chen Ping's group. The old man's lips moved slightly, and then all the young people looked over together, with provocative and curious eyes. same.However, the owner of the red snake finally shouted softly and called the unscrupulous beast to his side. Obviously, the elders of the sect who were in charge of this trip down the mountain had just reminded them that they met a fellow man at the foot of the mountain The forces on the mountain should not be too arrogant and unreasonable.

When the old man passed by Chen Pingan and the others, he smiled gracefully and nodded to the young Lin Shou.

The two sides separated in peace and harmony, and the well water did not violate the river water.

The young Cui Chan walked out of the carriage, kicked Xie Xie who was not in the way, jumped off the carriage, and said calmly in a voice that Chen Pingan could hear, "It's all like this outside of Dali."

After Chen Pingan saw that the group was far away, only the officials with swords came out to maintain order. In fact, it was just a show.

Chen Pingan asked: "Does the imperial government not care?"

Cui Chan smiled and said, "Either you don't want to take care of it, or you don't dare to take care of it, or...you can't wait to do something for the immortal masters on the mountain."

Chen Pingan turned his head to look at Li Baoping and Li Huai, and said softly, "Continue on your way."

Cui Chan stopped riding in the carriage, and walked slowly between the four of them and the carriage.

The young man is dressed in white, with cinnabar between his brows and fluttering sleeves, and looks like a fairy.