Sword comes

The old woman was busy in the kitchen. Seeing Chen Ping'an's figure, she was a little surprised. A gentleman stays away from the kitchen. This is a sage's teaching. Although there is also a particular emphasis on eating and eating, it doesn't mean that gentlemen and sages will cook by themselves. kitchen.But the old woman was relieved very quickly. The young man in front of her was traveling far and wide, eating and sleeping in the open air, and she didn’t look like a child from a scholarly family. However, the old woman really didn’t think Chen Ping’an could be of great help, so she asked him to help with cooking. Work, by the way, helped to watch the heat of the stew, Chen Pingan didn't insist on anything, just helped to do chores, and finally in the warm stove room, the crisp sound of an old woman skillfully chopping vegetables came out from the chopping board, aggressive, Chen Pingan sat in the small The spring bamboo shoots are peeled on the bench, with a fresh herbal fragrance.

The old woman asked casually, "Mr. Chen, what happened to your left hand?"

Chen Pingan glanced at his left hand wrapped in cotton cloth, and said with a smile, "I accidentally fell down, it's okay."

The old woman seldom had anyone to chat with herself, so she smiled and said: "It's raining and the ground is slippery, which hurt the young master. Our house has been around for some years, and it was a difficult situation before where tigers and wolves looked around, let alone dare to make a big deal out of it. The seams of the courtyard walls were mended, and lanterns were rarely hung at night. For so many years, I was afraid of frightening the common people, so I dared not invite bricklayers to help. , even leveling is not considered, if this is in the door of everyone in the big city of the county, not to mention that your own family is intrusive, if it is seen by other family members, you will be laughed at, and you must chew your tongue behind your back, what kind of ugly words There will be, fortunately, Master and Madam never care about this, this is my blessing."

The old woman's tone was gentle, like still water flowing deep, a hundred years, joys, anger, sorrows, joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, all settled in her heart little by little.

This is my blessing.

This should be the final conclusion of the old woman's own life.

Chen Pingan said softly: "It's also a blessing for the couple to have an old lady in the house."

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then with a smile, she turned her head and joked: "You child, looking at your simple and honest duty, how can you be so good at talking?"

Chen Pingan had already put all the peeled spring bamboo shoots in a clean bamboo basket, looked up and said, "Grandma, I'm telling the truth."

The old woman looked at the young man's clear and energetic eyes, hummed, turned around, smiled more on her face, and said casually: "Mr. Chen, do you have a girl you like? Our Caiyi Country Rouge The girls over there in the county are famous for their good looks. If you don't rush on your way, you can go to the temple fair or something, and you might have a good marriage. Besides, son, although you are not in the martial arts realm, you can A small place like Yanzhi County with no upright gods and no immortals is really not bad. If you are willing to take root here, you will be more than enough to be a general and captain. Pretty good too."

Chen Ping'an was a little shy, and he didn't dare to talk about this topic.

The old woman turned her head, glanced at the handsome young man, smiled knowingly, and said softly: "I know, Mr. Chen must have a beloved girl."

Chen Ping held back for a long time, and asked with a blushing face: "Old woman, if the girl I like once asked me if I liked her, I said I didn't like her at the time, but now I go to her and tell her that I like her." , do you think she thinks I'm a liar?"

"Young Master Chen, what you said is really convoluted."

The old woman couldn't help laughing, the pot of dishes was boring, she sat on the small stool next to the stove, and asked with a smile: "Then why didn't you say you liked her at the time? She was timid and embarrassed, but she still nodded and said yes. I lost face in front of him, so I deliberately acted like a hero."

Chen Ping thought about it confidently, and gave a sincere answer, "I'm stupid."

The old woman was really amused now, and her old face softened with a smile, "I think the girl you like shouldn't be angry. If a girl is liked by someone, and that person likes it completely Clean, whatever is a beautiful thing.”

Chen Pingan was a little distressed, and brought a bamboo basket of spring bamboo shoots to the stove, "But that girl told me that she only likes the Great Sword Immortal"

The old woman suppressed her smile, "Hey, that's really hard for you, the Great Sword Immortal, after all, he should be an immortal of the sixth realm, my son is so talented, he used to practice in the heavenly paradise as high as the Shengao Sect, and he has never been among the gods. Middle five realm, reach the legendary Dongfu realm, Mr. Chen, mother-in-law gives you a suggestion, you can discuss it with that girl, see if you can't change the request of the big sword fairy into a small sword fairy, ordinary sword fairy is like Dongfu realm It's too high, how about the four realms and five realms? One must know that sword cultivators in the world, no matter how low their realm is, are still very popular, and the four realms and five realms are already very remarkable."

Chen Pingan hesitated.

Miss Ning's so-called Great Sword Immortal must be at least the twelve realms.

Even if Ning Yao is really good at negotiating and agreeing to let him go down, he must be in the sword fairy realm of Wei and Jin in Fengxue Temple.

Chen Pingan sighed, and suddenly reminded: "Mother-in-law, the dishes are ready."

The old woman hurriedly got up, lifted the lid of the pot, and soon a dish of mountain delicacies with delicious flavors and flavors came into the dish, and asked Chen Pingan to take the plate of wine and dishes to the lobby of the main room in the Sanjin courtyard, and asked him to finish it You don’t need to come back for this dish, just eat and drink there, and then she comes to serve the food and wine. Chen Ping ran back and forth, seeing the old woman pretending to be angry, Chen Ping asked with a smile: “The old woman , I’m here to get the wine, and I’ve greeted Master Yang, and he promised to give me a drink.”

Having said that, Chen Pingan took off the wine gourd, shook it, and said with a bright smile, "Fill it until it's full."

The old woman took out a wine spoon from an old red-painted cupboard, then smiled and pointed to a few large wine jars at the base of the wall, "I moved one of the jars without opening it, and there is a jar next to it that was sealed with mud. Half a jar of self-brewed local shochu, you can put it in a wine gourd, it's enough for anything."

Afterwards, the old woman ignored the young man who was squatting in the corner and spooning wine into the gourd, and continued to cook. Finally, Chen Pingan said hello and left the kitchen with a wine jar in his hand.

The old woman smiled and turned her head to look. The scarlet wine gourd on the young man's waist is old and ordinary, not inconspicuous. This child is a drunkard at such a young age.

I don't know whether after seeing the girl I like, it will become a gourd wedding wine, or a heartbroken wine.

But of course the old woman still hopes that the young man can get his wish and become a master and wife like the young lady.

Entering the main room of the courtyard three times, it is enjoyable.

The host and hostess of the old house, Yang Huang, a ghost, and Yingying, a tree charmer, sat on the left. After Chen Ping served the food and wine, she started to drink freely, and the female ghost became a little funny. The extremely long tree roots spread from the side of the embroidery building like ivy, and walked around the door into the main hall. In order not to spoil the fun, she deliberately brought A thick veil concealed his features.

The bearded swordsman asked earlier whether there was any fairy magic that could help the poor girl regain her appearance. Yang Huang smiled wryly and shook his head, not hiding the truth, and explained the reason in detail. The Qingci Baogao, a heretical array secret technique, and the wood core of the elm tree, the ancestor of the ancient elm country, are extremely messy. The most important thing is that the ancient house array is integrated with the ancient elm core, and it cannot be moved. The mountains and rivers here are hundreds of miles away. It was originally a mass grave. Caiyi Kingdom encountered a terrible plague 200 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of people died of the disease. Most of them were buried here in Yanzhi County randomly. The emperor of the country hopes to change the feng shui of this place, but even if a Taoist god who was in the sea-watching state traveled through the Caiyi country, he was summoned by the emperor to visit this place in person, and many arrangements were made. Ten thousand taels of silver, but it is a pity that after a few years of recovery, it returned to the miserable scene of miasma and ghosts wandering around. It is really helpless for the gods.

The roots are still above the feng shui of this land. It is not only the life-saving medicine for the female ghost, but also like drinking poison to quench thirst. One day, she will fall into the evil ghost. This point is blunt by the ghost Yang Huang, and the female ghost is also calm. It turns out that the couple The two had already made an appointment, and when that day really came, they would both commit suicide so as not to harm the people of one side.

In fact, the ancient elm wood core is naturally clean, but he was anxious to replace the soul of Yingying, the female ghost, and then went to the doctor in a hurry, so that her soul could only deteriorate step by step. If she can continue to absorb the spiritual energy of the world, In fact, she is expected to restore her spirituality, and even feed back the local luck, becoming an existence similar to the mountain god of the lewd temple, but her divine nature, because of the relationship between the ancient elm tree, must be completely different from that of the surnamed Qin. It may be a rotten landscape.

In the end, Yang Huang said with an open-minded smile that in another 30 years at the most, this house will have no one, no wine and no food, so I hope Xu Yuanxia and the three of us, it is best to come here more before then, so that we can have a clean house. The quilts in the wing room are used as a place to rest, and they can still talk to each other like this night.

When it comes to the huge luck of hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers in one place, the bearded swordsman and Taoist Zhang Shanfeng are speechless, and they really can't come up with an effective way, because only ten-level Qi practitioners are qualified to deal with it." It is an unwritten rule that the ten realms can be called holy. It was first flattered by the secular dynasty, because the gods of the upper five realms are too rare, but the ten realm monks need to firmly occupy the aura-rich cave. Over time, he accumulated his cultivation, fought against the wall, and occasionally dealt with the emperors and generals at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, Confucian saints, Taoist land gods, and Buddhist golden arhats, these common names are all listed here.

It's true that Chen Pingan likes to drink now, but he doesn't drink too much every time. The big bearded man has a personality of drinking big bowls and eating meat. After Yang Huang and Xu Yuanxia persuaded him twice, they drank half a bowl and half a bowl in one gulp, so that Chen Pingan only dared to pour him a little shochu each time. Even so, the young Taoist priest with the mahogany sword on his back was still staggering and blushing. , The voice of speaking is also much louder, chatting with the bearded man about the world, and talking about poetry with Yang Huang, a ghost from the gentry, is very happy.

The old woman would bring a plate of dishes every now and then, and when she saw that the jar of wine was empty, she went to bring another jar.

The guests of honour.

When the second jar of wine was about to bottom out, a howl suddenly sounded, "Brother Chu, where have you been? Don't leave me here alone!"

Soon there was another cry, "Little Taoist, surnamed Chen, why did you disappear? Did you get caught and eaten by evil spirits? No, monsters in the house, if you want to eat people, eat them together!" , don’t eat me alone in the end”

At that time, the old woman was bringing a plate of food, and she was about to appease the official son surnamed Liu and explain the reason.

Chen Ping quickly got up and said that he would go, and the old woman was right after thinking about it, if she went, the poor scholar would probably faint from fright.

When the scholar surnamed Liu was dragged by Chen Pingan into the third courtyard, his legs trembled and his lips were livid. After seeing the bearded man, he got better a little bit, but when he saw the horrible tree roots that went around the main hall by the back door, his eyes closed. As soon as he turned white, he almost fainted, but Chen Pingan grabbed his arm with more force, and immediately woke up from the pain. The scholar complained with a mournful face, "Just let me pass out."

Chen Ping said in a bad mood: "If it's really not possible, just drink to strengthen your courage, and you will be drunk to death, you should have the courage."

The scholar surnamed Liu said bitterly: "Can I not?"

Chen Ping angrily laughed, and said firmly: "No."

Carefully looking at the young man's face, he didn't look like he was doing something for a tiger, the scholar surnamed Liu sighed, and cheered himself up: "Drink as much as you want, even if you drink it, it's still wine."

At the wine table, the scholar surnamed Liu bowed his head, not daring to meet anyone, and just drank.

The bearded swordsman smiled and asked: "You scholar, why are you so unlucky, you made such an unreal and weird friend and traveled all the way to play in the mountains and rivers, tricking you to come here, but you can live until now, with us Drinking together is also considered a great fortune for you, judging by your clothes, you are the son of a rich family in Caiyi Country"

The scholar surnamed Liu tremblingly said: "My father is the prefect of Yanzhi County, but the family really has no money, so he can't be regarded as a son of a rich family."

The bearded man couldn't laugh or cry, "Why, I, Xu, look like that kind of robber"

The scholar raised his head and glanced at the bearded man, thinking he couldn't be more like him.

The bearded swordsman no longer frightened this frail scholar, and suddenly became worried, "Brother Yang, that old Taoist will really solve the problem, will the mountain god let go on purpose and stay to disgust you?"

The man shook his head and said with a smile: "Since the Master Fu is watching this matter, the outer sect of Shengao Sect will definitely investigate it to the end, not to mention that every group of outer sect disciples goes down the mountain to train, and the final result of the inspection and evaluation is extremely rigorous. , we cannot tolerate Zhao Liu's arbitrariness."

Yang Huang's face suddenly changed slightly, "I'm only worried about the backing of the mountain god in the temple. If Zhao Liu bends his guts and pretends that he doesn't want to bully others, he discusses this matter with senior state and county officials. It is estimated that it will be suspended in private. Once Zhao Liu finally persuades the court and the Ministry of Rites of the Caiyi Kingdom to ask to keep the obscene temple, or even simply turn into an orthodox mountain god and become an upright god of mountains and rivers, it will be very difficult. Although Caiyi The God of the Five Sacred Mountains of the Yi Kingdom is not comparable to their counterparts in the great kingdoms and dynasties. It is only the cultivation of Qi practitioners of the Six Realms who can display the strength of the Sea Viewing Realm on their own territory. As long as Zhao Liu acts as a hindrance and helps him obtain the emperor's imperial order, he may have the strength of the cave realm. The emperor of Caiyi Kingdom will carefully weigh a few words from the immortal master from Shenxuanzong. "

After saying this, the bearded man, Taoist Zhang Shanfeng and Chen Pingan looked at the trembling scholar almost at the same time.

The scholar was a little at a loss. He couldn't understand any of the righteous gods of the Five Sacred Mountains, the mountain gods of the obscene temples, or the caves and the sea. I have never heard of it, so he can’t help.”

The bearded swordsman smiled and said: "Don't worry, I don't want your father to help, but just to prevent him from being too helpful. I will accompany you back to Yanzhi County City early tomorrow morning, and go to see the governor of the county. Don't let that Zhao Liu I believe that as long as Zhao Liu sees me, Mr. Xu, in the county guard's mansion, he will know what to do, and know that his abacus will not work, even if it does, we must be careful when we go to Shengaozong to make trouble, just like the common people Shouting grievances and beating drums at the gate of the official yamen, shouting that Lord Qingtian wants to be the master of the people."

At the end, the bearded man laughed to himself.

The ghost Yang Huang stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Then thank Brother Xu first."

The bearded swordsman suddenly had a strange expression, took a sip of wine, and said sullenly: "Brother Xu, I am too old to be your grandson at my age."

Yang Huang laughed and said, "A hero doesn't care about his background, and a friend doesn't care about his age."

Even that female ghost, there was a slight smile leaking from behind the veil.

The frail scholar, who had managed to gather up a little courage, turned pale with fright at the "sorrowful and lingering" laughter.

That night, the young Taoist drank too much, and the scholar named Liu Gaohua didn't dare to open his drink, for fear that he would never see the sun again tomorrow morning after being so drunk.In the end, the four of them lived together in the second courtyard, with Chen Pingan and Zhang Shanfeng in the next room, and the scholar and the bearded man became neighbors.

All night.

At dawn, Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng got up and opened the door, and saw that Chen Pingan was already practicing walking piles in the yard. Compared with the first time we met, it seemed that he was getting slower and slower.

After eating the breakfast prepared by the old woman, the four of them bid farewell and left together. Because the sun was high and the host and hostess of the ancient house didn't like the sun, they didn't go out to see them off. They stood at the embroidery building and waved from a distance.

The bearded man yawned, squinted at the increasingly dazzling sun, and lazily said, "It's another new day."

The Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng was chatting with the scholar Liu Gaohua about the local conditions and customs of Yanzhi County. After Liu Gaohua walked out of this ancient house, his whole spirit changed completely. We had a great time chatting.

Chen Ping suddenly turned around and walked to the threshold, and said softly to the old woman: "Old woman, if, I mean, if there is any trouble, you can send a letter to the northernmost Dalilongquan County, and send it to a person named Wei in Piyun Mountain." People from Berberis said that brother Yang Huang is my friend, and that Chen Pingan owes you a lot of wine."

The old woman nodded with a smile. Although she didn't take it seriously, she still didn't refuse the kindness.

Some kindness is like the sunshine in the cold spring. Although there is not a big difference between being present and not being present, why refuse it?

Chen Pingan stretched out his hand and handed over seven or eight snowflake money, "Dali Longquan and Caiyi Country are far away, this is the money for you to send a letter when the time comes."

This house has already exhausted all of Yang Huang's family assets and is stretched everywhere, so even the wine is self-brewed, and the dishes are picked by the old woman from afar.

The old woman hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the few snowflake coins.

Sending a letter to the Great Li Dynasty in the northernmost part of Aquarius Continent cost a lot of money, but it definitely didn't need to be an exaggeration of spending seven snowflakes.

But as soon as the young man handed over the coins, they were like copper coins in the market, just a small handful, no more, no less.It seems that they refused, or deliberately accepted a few less, a little unreasonable, or hypocritical, even if they accepted it generously, they would not owe a huge favor.

The old woman sighed for a while, at such a young age, she knew how to take care of others, and she didn't know how much suffering she had suffered when she was a child, to be able to do so properly.

Taoist Zhang Shanfeng greeted with a smile: "Chen Ping'an, let's go."

Chen Pingan sighed, bid farewell to the old woman, and after running for a certain distance, suddenly turned to look at the Xiulou, and shouted loudly: "It's said in the book, I hope lovers will get married in the end."

On the other side of the embroidered building, the ghost and female ghost looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Although the husband and wife are no longer "human beings", what does it matter?

The young man with the sword box on his back and the gourd hanging on his waist just ran backwards, and waved goodbye to the old woman again, "Grandma, the stir-fried pork with spring bamboo shoots is delicious, I will come again next time."

The old woman stood at the door with a warm smile, looked at the young man bathed in the sun, and sighed softly.

A group of people arrived at the prefect's mansion in Yanzhi County. The prefect was dealing with government affairs in the official hall. The bearded swordsman and Taoist Zhang Shanfeng sat in the simple and simple living room, drinking the tea brought by the maid, and Liu Gaohua took Chen Pingan all the way. Going to his father's study, like a thief, because Chen Pingan asked him for a map of Yanzhi County, and it must be the kind of map stamped by the imperial court. Although Liu Gaohua didn't know it, he thought he could Or leave the old house, and have seen ghosts and ghosts with his own eyes, and sat at the same wine table with her to drink wine. Thinking of this, Liu Gaohua became full of pride, and he patted his chest and agreed to help Chen Pingan stole a map of Yanzhi County in Caiyi Country, but Chen Pingan gave him 50 taels of silver without saying a word. Yin Ding, suddenly felt that if you hurt your feelings, you should hurt your feelings. Anyway, the chance of meeting again in the future is not great.

Liu Gaohua tiptoedly led Chen Pingan to the study room. After closing the door, he rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and finally pulled out an old scroll. Of the situation map drawn by Qin Tianjian, there are two selected maps, one must be hung in the lobby of the government office, and the other will be kept by the local generals. Only this alternate map will be put up to eat dust.

After Chen Ping confirmed that it was correct, he nodded and said, "This is it."

He wants to spend 50 taels of silver to buy a very small possibility.

Mr. Qi once said that if you see a comfortable situation map, you can take out the pair of landscape seals and cover them up without ink pads.

After Chen Ping asked the location of the scholar's old house on the map, he found an excuse and asked Liu Gaohua to go to the bookshelf to pick out some books about landscape travel. A pair of antithetical seals that look like "Lands and Rivers Meet" were carved by Qi Jingchun in seal characters, and the seal texture is the best Lizhu Cave Snake Gallstone.

Chen Ping took a deep breath towards the two seals, then spotted the location of the ancient house, and pressed it down lightly.

Then Chen Pingan rolled up the situation map, put it under his arm, and said to Liu Gaohua: "Okay, let's go quickly, lest your father find out, I don't care about it when the time comes, I have already given you the money. I won't pay you back, you were beaten half to death by the county sheriff, and I will pay for the medicinal materials at most."

Liu Gaohua casually took two books and threw them to Chen Pingan, and they left the study together.

Chen Pingan sighed softly, feeling that the plan in his mind probably won't work, but it's normal, how can a random seal be able to change hundreds of miles of feng shui luck, and he is not a fairy.

It's just that Chen Ping'an miscalculated a little.

Of course he is not a fairy.

But the teacher who carved the seal.

He is the god among the gods.

As a result, for hundreds of miles around the ancient house, the mountains and rivers were turned upside down, the filth receded, and it turned into a clean spirit.

The mountain temple where the mountain god of Yinci Temple was located collapsed in an instant, and the golden body of the mountain god surnamed Qin was shattered.

Even if the old Taoist of Shengaozong had let him go, met him privately, and taught him some tricks, the mountain god was overjoyed, and felt that he was really lucky, and that he was finally going to have great luck. Immediately, he will become an upright god with the full support of the gods of the Shenzong sect

So when his golden body was shattered, he didn't want to understand the reason, but just sat on the altar in a daze, and disappeared like that.

Shen Gaozong Zhao Liu was leaving the town with a group of young ancestors at that time, and instantly felt the strange change of color in the world.

The old Taoist Zhao Liu was stunned.

Could it be that the golden boy of the Zongmen came out in person?

I'm afraid the golden boy may not have such supernatural powers now.

The rest of the Shen Gaozong juniors were even more panicked.

Only the little Taoist priest who seemed to be terrified lowered his head, his eyes were full of smiles, and the child was secretly laughing, "Damn it, let me just say it, that guy lived for hundreds of years!" My old bastard, he must have done this, haha, when I go back to the mountain gate to see Master, I must brag to him, this time I met an immortal from the upper five realms."

On the other side of the Embroidery Tower, Yang Huang, the ghost ghost, didn't care about the sun shining brightly and burning his soul. He quickly flew to the roof of the Embroidery Tower. Looking intently, the surroundings were full of vitality, and spiritual energy gathered from all directions. The man's face was full of shock and ecstasy.

The female ghost directly broke through the roof, allowing the ugly body under the dress to be exposed to the sun. She took a deep breath. For the first time in a hundred years, she felt her heart was fresh and her breathing was smooth.

Yang Huang's eyes were red, and he said excitedly: "There must be a sage to help. Maybe it's because of the appearance of Master Fu. The scene here fell into the eyes of an old god of Shengaozong, so he gave him a big favor. No matter what, this is God. It’s a great thing, something you can’t even dream of.”

The man choked up, woke up suddenly, knelt down, and kowtowed three times in all directions.

The female ghost couldn't kneel down, so she bowed reverently to all directions.

The old woman standing in the courtyard of Sanjin also bowed to heaven, earth and all directions.

The old woman who has almost never drank in her life has no reason to think of pouring herself a bowl of wine. If it tastes bad, it will taste bad. If she has lived long enough in this life, it is already someone else's two lives.

The old woman went to the foot of the stove wall, holding the wine bowl in one hand and the wine spoon in the other. The spoon poked into a wine jar that had been opened and sealed with mud. It didn't make sense why there was only so little wine left.The old woman was stunned, a little puzzled, then frowned, and finally her scalp became numb. The old woman dropped the wine bowl and spoon, stood up abruptly, and murmured: "How is it possible, how is it possible?"

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, laughed suddenly, went to scoop half a bowl of wine again, then walked out of the kitchen, sat on the bench in the veranda, looked at the sunshine quietly falling on the ground of the yard, and the old woman sipped Liquor, the white-haired old woman, is rare to be so leisurely and at ease, with nothing on hand and nothing on her mind.

On such a sunny day before, there was a young boy from the north named Chen Pingan, carrying a wooden box, trotting backwards, smiling and waving goodbye to the old woman.

A small vermilion gourd is hung around the waist, which contains wine, swords and rivers and lakes.

It turned out to be a drunkard sword fairy young man.

The old woman was drinking, thinking with a smile, such a good young man, then the girl he likes must be such a good girl