Sword comes

This month's update can only be guaranteed to reach 12 words, no less than the first month of Jianlai's upload, that is, on average, about [-] words per day, the number of leave will definitely be more, please forgive me.

Nothing happened overnight at the inn.

Chen Pingan lived alone in the room at the end of the corridor. Before going to sleep, he practiced the six-step walking pile and the sword furnace pile for an hour each, and finally took out the porcelain bowl with the true shape of the Five Sacred Mountains and the ebony that was burnt like charcoal. , tossing and turning, studying carefully for a long time, but did not see the slightest clue.

Hoping that the two things could be worth one or two hundred snowflakes, Chen Pingan put away the heavy ebony, poured the earth-burning spirits in the gourd of the sword into a small white bowl, and looked at the two pieces Liu Gaohua gave him under the lamp. In this landscape travel diary, I have a few sips from time to time, but it is also interesting.

After turning off the lights and going to bed, Chen Pingan closed his eyes, and began to reminisce about the fight with Ma Kuxuan in the small street, reflecting on the pros and cons of each punch, and the few boxing techniques taught by the barefoot old man. How dare Chen Pingan hide his secrets at that time, the battle was smooth, Life and death are always on the line, so I have to spend all my money, and I have a deeper understanding of the few boxing techniques including the iron cavalry chisel formation.The most regrettable thing is that only fifteen punches are played in the god-man beating drum style. Chen Ping's intuition told Chen Pingan that if he allowed himself to punch twenty more punches in one breath, it would be like an ancient house dealing with a tree demon scholar wearing Jiawan Guangming armor. Xuanji might have to admit defeat early on.

However, after thinking about it, Chen Pingan felt that it was the best choice for Ma Kuxuan to think that he was winning by a narrow margin.

However, with this proud son of Zhenwu Mountain, it was barely a tie. Chen Pingan actually didn't have much feeling other than winning or losing. Xuan hated Chen Ping'an in Niping Lane, and Chen Ping'an hated his peers in Xinghua Lane.

There is indeed a lot of fate between people. Some people will feel good when they look at it, just like the sunshine in the cold spring and winter, such as Mr. Qi, Li Xisheng and Zhang Shanfeng; No matter how you look at it, it is dazzling, just like Ma Kuxuan, Fu Nanhua from Old Dragon City, and Mrs. Xu from Qingfeng City.

Chen Ping's thought at the moment before he fell asleep was that the god-man beating drum pose must be the most powerful punch he has at the moment, but he doesn't know if he can punch fifty or one hundred punches in one breath, will a big river be crushed? Cutting off the middle, splitting the road, will a mountain be forcibly opened into a canyon

At daybreak, Chen Ping got up and practiced six-step walking in the house. Not long after, he found someone reading aloud in a courtyard with rockery and green trees. The cadence is high and low, and what you read is the teaching of the sages.

Chen Pingan continued to practice boxing, and as expected, soon there were residents from various rooms in the inn, who began to yell at each other. Some of the grumpy gangsters simply jumped out of the bed naked, took the drinks and dishes on the table and pushed them away. Go to the window and smash it down.The scholar surnamed Liu also had a stubborn temper, jumping around and dodging, and the voice of reading the sage classics in his mouth became louder and louder, which immediately angered the crowd, and many guests who were useless to cover their heads with bedding , swearing and swearing, got dressed and got up, and started to deal with the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the scholar named Liu at the window.

Chickens and dogs jump.

After burning incense, Chen Pingan and the bearded man were sitting in Zhang Shanfeng's house, while the young Taoist priest was helping the scholar Liu to bandage his head.

The innkeeper had just walked out with a dark face, gnashing his teeth angrily. There was such a bastard guest at the stall who couldn't be beat or scolded. After all, he was a distinguished guest brought by the son of the sheriff.The problem is that the identities of the people staying in this inn are not simple. They are not wealthy businessmen from all over the world, or heroes from all walks of life. They are all dragons who should not be underestimated. What should I do if I want to be a repeat customer?

The scholar with the surname Liu was named Liu Chicheng, a native of Baishan. When the scholar introduced his hometown, he emphasized the six words "near the Guanhu Academy", as if this was more honorable than the prefix of the Chen family in Longweixi.

Afterwards they had nothing to do in the inn, Liu Chicheng would still sneak out, no need to think about it, it was also a tryst with Liu Gaohua's sister for a spring break, the bearded man took Chen Pingan and Zhang Shanfeng to the places of interest in the county town, the Wenwu Temple was a must He also went to the gathering in Chenghuang Pavilion in Yanzhi County. When Xu Yuanxia came back, there was some haze between Xu Yuanxia's brows.

This time, when disembarking at the Nanjianguo Ferry, and going southward, the Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng is going to Laolong City, and along the way with Chen Pingan, the bearded man is going to Qingluan Kingdom in the southeast of Aquarius Island, as if he is escorting a friend Dongxi, that friend met in the rivers and lakes, and they hit it off very well, and they are on the same road for the time being. As for when the two parties will part ways, it depends on where the ferry at the next Xianjia Ferry will go.

I waited for three full days in Yanzhi County, but I didn't wait for the old and young immortal masters of Shen Gaozong who went down the mountain to experience, but I did wait for the old woman in the ancient house. She found the county guard's mansion all the way, met Liu Gaohua, and then Liu Gaohua led the way When I came to the inn, I reported the good news to everyone. I don’t know why the mountains and rivers around the ancient house seem to be turned upside down. The dirty air has been replaced by the clean air. Falling into an evil ghost, the body and skin began to heal. After Yang Huang, who was a ghost, began to warm up his soul along with the male master. The realm gradually climbed, and there was a glimmer of hope to break through the bottleneck and enter the middle five realms. It is a good thing Again and again.

As for the reason, the old woman only guessed that it was a secret move by an ancestor of Shen Gaozong.

The bearded man and the young Taoist felt that there was no reason other than this.

Chen Pingan listened from the beginning to the end, although his stomach was full of turmoil, but his expression was as usual.

Before leaving, the old woman said that she helped Chen Pingan carry a jar of good wine bought on the road, and the two returned to Chen Pingan's room. As soon as Chen Pingan closed the door, the tearful old woman was about to kneel down. Holding the old woman by the arm, life or death will not accept this great gift.Because at that time, Chen Pingan deliberately leaked the secret because of the relationship between putting wine into the gourd in the kitchen at that time, so it is not surprising that the old woman knew some inside information and had some speculations.

The old woman didn't ask any more questions, and Chen Pingan didn't say much either.

Before leaving, the old woman took out a bag of things wrapped in silk, carefully placed it on the table, and explained softly: "The golden body of the prostitute mountain god surnamed Qin was completely shattered, and this scourge will no longer exist in the world." The gods of mountains and rivers in one place are of course a great thing. My master rushed to hear the news at that time, and before the group of gods and immortals arrived, he secretly picked up half of the golden body fragments of the mountain god surnamed Qin, totaling eight pieces in size. According to the master, there should not be so many relics of the golden body of a lewd temple mountain god. I think that the surname Qin also had some strange chances during his lifetime. No matter what, these golden body fragments are good things, which are hard to come by. , even a country’s court secret treasury may not have too many treasures, Mr. Chen just accept it, it can be regarded as the three of us, master and servant, repaying the favor.”

Speaking of this, the old woman's eyes were red again, "Actually, the young master's great kindness and virtue, how can there be a few pieces of golden body to repay, but the house has no real estate now, so my wife erected a memorial tablet for Chen Gongzi, I implore you, whenever you pass by the Caiyi Kingdom in the future, you must go and sit in the mansion."

Chen Pingan could only nod.

The old woman finally whispered: "The madam is now equivalent to half a deity in the shrine. Looking at the weather in Yanzhi County from a distance, I found that for the past two days, there are always wisps of cloudy air rising in the city every night, which makes the madam restless. The young master left the city early, no matter how powerful the young master is, the master often said, on the way of practice, be careful when sailing for thousands of years, don't get involved in everything, even if there is no danger every time, it will inevitably delay the practice after all, it is always not beautiful. "

Chen Ping agreed without hesitation.

Sending the old woman to the door of the inn, the old woman said with a smile: "I hope your son's long journey will be smooth and safe."

From the beginning to the end, the old woman did not look at the vermilion wine gourd on Chen Pingan's waist.

Chen Pingan watched the old woman disappear into the sea of ​​people, turned around and trotted back to the bearded man's house, and called Zhang Shanfeng. Chen Pingan explained to the old woman that the weather in Yanzhi County was strange.The man held the handle of the knife at his waist, nodded and said: "This is also what I am most worried about. I didn't tell you earlier, because I was afraid that you two young people would get hot blooded and insist on wading in this muddy water. If it is really a demon, dare to openly The murderer in the county town does not pay attention to the three gods including Chenghuang Pavilion and Wenwu Temple. The county town, such a large territory, often hides dragons and crouching tigers, and there are even masters sitting in it. If we really want to fight, we may not have no chance of winning. In the final analysis, it depends on the relationship between the Caiyi Kingdom court and the mountain."

Chen Pingan asked: "How far is the nearest river water god and mountain god from Yanzhi County City? Something happened. Can they arrive in the first time?"

The bearded man thought about it for a while, and calculated, "The Water God is three hundred miles away, and the Nanyue Zhengshen is about seven hundred miles away. It's just that the mountain gods of Caiyi Kingdom don't have a high level of cultivation, after all, the territory is too small. It is far inferior to those dynasties with a vast territory, and I am afraid that it will be the Dongfu Realm in the fifth middle realm."

Zhang Shanfeng frowned and said: "Then once you leave the mountain boundary, wouldn't your combat power be equivalent to that of a Qi trainer at the fifth level?"

Xu Yuanxia said helplessly: "The rules of heaven and earth are like this, there is no way."

Zhang Shanfeng asked: "Can you inform Liu Gaohua's father, at least he is the prefect of the county city. The former general Ma, who was stationed near the county city, seems to be a practitioner. If he had prepared early, he might not be able to let the lurking The demons and demons retreated when they knew the difficulty."

Xu Yuanxia sighed, "It's not that I'm scaring you, and it's definitely not me, Xu, who is greedy for life and afraid of death. This matter is very difficult, not to mention that the county will definitely not believe it, even if the prefect and general believe it and are willing to take the risk. Facing the huge risk of lying about the military situation and being removed from the official title afterwards, he quickly notified the court, then do you know that the news from the county town was transmitted to the capital of Caiyi Kingdom, and then to the review of the six yamen, the decision of the imperial study, and finally to the The imperial court issued an imperial decree to secretly order the gods of mountains and rivers to rescue the county. Let’s take a step back and say how long it will take during this period. After the imperial decree is issued, the Qi practitioners on the nearby mountains and the gods of mountains and rivers will leave the site and come. Let the demons with profound Taoism act in advance, loot and leave, and then in the end, after the autumn, the score will be settled, whose account will be settled."

Xu Yuanxia pointed to the young Taoist priest and the wooden box boy, "Believe it or not, the three of us will be regarded as colluding with demons to expose and impeach us. It's either Junshou Liu or General Ma, and the result is even worse. It's because the monsters had other plans from the beginning, and they wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain. When the time comes, our side will be calm, and a certain sect of the immortal family, or a big city in another state and county will turn upside down. I'm afraid the three of us don't need others to expose it. , you will be reduced to Caiyi Kingdom's unforgiving thief on the spot."

The Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng looked dull, and he couldn't believe it.

Xu Yuanxia poured a glass of wine and said with emotion: "Don't think I'm scaremongering. I have not only seen such a thing that makes people want to cry, but also experienced it personally. Several friends died because of the word "good intentions." top"

Xu Yuanxia pointed to the burden not far away, and said indifferently: "I won't talk about the specifics. Anyway, among the four friends, only one Xu Yuanxia survived in the end, and one of them didn't even have a corpse. The other two can still let me help Now to collect the corpse, one of the two urns has been given to his family, and the other is the reason why I went to Qingluan country this time."

No wonder the bearded man told Zhang Shanfeng and Chen Pingan to leave the old house twice.

Chen Ping suddenly asked a question, "Master Xu, do you regret that choice?"

The man lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, raised his head, and twitched the corners of his mouth, "I don't know about the dead. Anyway, the living ones are about to regret it to death."

This may be the first time this heroic swordsman has been so lacklustre.

Chen Pingan did not bluntly say to stay or leave.

Back then, when he took Li Baoping and the others on a study tour in the Sui Dynasty, Chen Pingan made every decision because he was required to do so, and he was not allowed to show the slightest cowardice and hesitation.

Now that he is traveling alone in the rivers and lakes, there is no need for Chen Pingan to do anything for others.

Zhang Shanfeng was obviously helpless, looked around and asked, "What should I do?"

Xu Yuanxia fell into silence, drinking continuously.

Chen Pingan asked again: "If we stay here, if something happens, the three of us force ourselves to come forward. Is it very likely that our self-protection will become a problem?"

Xu Yuanxia carefully considered her words, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the other party will cooperate internally and externally. If it is me, I will definitely try to suppress the gods of the civil and military temples. What's more, it seems that the civil and military gods here are affected by the formation of the ancient house. The influence of the Temple of the Mountain God has long been weak, and it is easy to make mistakes. Fortunately, I went to the Temple of the City God and watched its incense, architectural layout and weather, and it seems not bad.”

Chen Pingan asked: "Can we find this City God directly and explain the matter to him clearly? Responsibility, but this City God is closely related to the safety and security of the county. The first one targets the local City God, so the City God must be more concerned than the officials."

The bearded man's eyes lit up, he slapped his thigh heavily, and said in a deep voice, "It's possible"

Taoist Zhang Shanfeng smiled and gave Chen Pingan a thumbs up.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. After Chen Pingan opened the door, he saw the scholar named Liu and Liu Gaohua's siblings looking panic-stricken. After Liu Gaohua sat down, he poured a full glass of wine, "Do you think it's strange? Just now, most of the statue of the Heavenly Official at the City God's Pavilion was cracked, and blood was oozing out all over the floor. Not only that, inside the City God's Temple, there were snakes, rats and scorpions all over the ground, it was disgusting, and now my father has passed away. Send people to close the gate of the Town God's Temple, so as not to scare the common people."

The bearded man looked solemn and kept silent, looking at Chen Pingan and Zhang Shanfeng.

Chen Pingan asked, "What's the situation with the Wenwu Temple?"

Liu Gaohua was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that. We locals don't like to go there, there's nothing to see."

Facing Chen Pingan, the woman was still a little uncomfortable, so she dared to sit next to Liu Lang, who was farthest away from Chen Pingan, and said in a soft voice: "One time when I served tea and water, I heard my father mention it to an old Taoist priest who came to the house by chance. , although the incense in the two temples is at its peak, but it belongs to someone who enshrines it and no one eats it. The old Taoist leader is also quite helpless, saying that the court really has nothing to do about it, Caiyi Kingdom only has such a small share, it is impossible to have another mountain Zhengshen sits here, and said that if there is a seed of reading in Yanzhi County, and successfully enters Guanhu Academy, the feng shui here may be improved. My father sighed and shook his head, saying that such a seed of reading, where is it? Rouge County can ask for it."

Liu Chicheng looked puzzled, and said puzzledly: "What are you talking about, Wenwu Temple, Mountain Zhengshen Guanhu Academy, I am familiar with it, it is on the border of our Baishan country, and I have visited it several times, so can I count it?" Don’t worry, Miss Liu, a half-seeded scholar, Guanhu Academy recruits a scholar from Baishan Kingdom every year, which is regarded as preferential treatment for Baishan Kingdom, maybe someday I, Liu Chicheng, will be able to do it.”

Liu Gaohua rolled his eyes and said: "You can pull it down, the little ink in your stomach is not much more than mine."

Liu Chicheng resentfully stopped talking.

His messy miscellaneous knowledge is useful for women, but not for scholars.

After chatting, the two siblings left. Before leaving, Liu Gaohua remembered something and reminded him: "At the Chenghuang Pavilion, according to my father, martial law will start in Yanzhi County starting tomorrow. It is easy to leave the city and difficult to enter the city. But if the security is not complete, it will be difficult to even leave the city the day after tomorrow, so Liu Chicheng plans to leave today. The three of you have agreed in advance that if martial law is really enforced, General Ma will definitely intervene in person. At that time, I, the son of the county guard, will not I can help you guys make a difference, if you want to leave, you will leave tomorrow at the latest."

Liu Chicheng had already taken Liu Gaohua's sister out of the house, biding farewell to Zhang Shanfeng's house, but fortunately Liu Gaohua was waiting by his side, the young couple didn't dare to love each other very much.

After Xu Yuanxia closed the door, she tapped her finger on the table, "Nine out of ten problems have already occurred in the Town God's Pavilion. It seems that this group of demons and heretics have a lot of plans, but they don't know that the City God in Yanzhi County is currently in decline. , people were restrained in the Chenghuang Pavilion by means of lowly means, and they have been completely poisoned. The situation is bad now, but it is becoming clearer. The county guard's mansion and the nearby garrisons should be vigilant. If we report the news at this time, it will be credible will be much higher.”

The young Taoist priest looked at Chen Ping'an, and asked tentatively, "Otherwise, let's inform the sheriff's mansion before leaving the county town."

Chen Ping nodded and said: "Then you and Daxia Xu will follow Liu Gaohua and the others, and go to his house together. I will go to the Chenghuang Pavilion to find out the truth. The sooner we know the truth, even if it is only a small part, it will help us make the right decision. decision."

Zhang Shanfeng didn't wonder why they parted ways, but wondered why he didn't replace Chen Pingan and went to the crisis-ridden Chenghuang Pavilion.

Chen Ping explained with a smile: "One of you and Daxia Xu needs to use a sword, preferably a gust of wind, so as to show your demeanor as a master, and the other needs to fly around with a mahogany sword to show that you are the one who is best at subduing demons in Longhu Mountain." Heavenly Master Zhang, what am I going to do to show the prefect?"

The bearded man laughed, and Zhang Shanfeng figured it out, saying he wanted Chen Pingan to wait a bit, then he got up and went to the house to take out three talismans. With evil spirits, the yellow paper will burn by itself.The one at the bottom is a magical amulet, also known as the armored horse talisman, which pours spiritual energy or true energy, and within a stick of incense, it can gallop like a horse and walk against the wind without consuming physical strength.

Chen Pingan did not refuse, put the three talismans into his sleeves, and joked, "I'm not afraid that I'll just run away."

The young Taoist stared and said, "Chen Pingan, you can't run away!"

Chen Ping hurriedly waved his hand.

Zhang Shanfeng laughed to himself.

If Chen Ping ran alone, Taoist Zhang Shanfeng would feel sorry for the expensive magic amulet, but what he felt most distressed was that he lost a good friend.

The three separated at the entrance of the inn. Xu Yuanxia took Zhang Shanfeng and followed Liu Gaohua to the sheriff's mansion to the west of the county city.

Chen Pingan happened to follow the scholar named Liu who was heading east out of the city, but one went straight to the east gate of the city, and the other went to the Chenghuang Pavilion in the northeast.

Without the presence of Ms. Liu, the scholar surnamed Liu would not have the psychological burden of a scholar. He bowed his head and followed Chen Ping'an, curiously asking: "Mr. Chen, are you the legendary martial arts master? That's great, you come from a famous family, so you are already one of the few masters in the arena, so that slap that night was so illusory, I didn't even see your shot, there was no fireworks at all, is it true? Yuhuajing"

Chen Ping said helplessly: "As long as you are a martial arts practitioner, if you hit you with a punch, you won't be able to see the opponent's strike."

The scholar surnamed Liu felt that he had been greatly insulted, "It's impossible, Mr. Chen, you must be a master of the rivers and lakes who hides in the market. If I want to guess, maybe you are the sword god of the Caiyi country who is famous in several countries, and you are his old man. Disciple, otherwise, who would carry two swords when going out? One of them is the saber Zhuyang of the sword god who walked the rivers and lakes back then, please touch it for me, right?"

Chen Ping admired this man's imagination, and he didn't want to entangle him endlessly. He nodded with a straight face and said: "Yes, yes, it is Zhuyang, you have to be careful, the scabbard is full of fierce sword energy, as long as you pull it out The scabbard will be cut to pieces by the sword energy immediately, are you afraid?"

"Not afraid."

Liu Chicheng shook his head and said, the hands that originally wanted to touch the sword box had been placed obediently behind his back at this moment.

After the two separated, Liu Chicheng continued to walk along the street to the city gate. The frail scholar suddenly raised his head and glanced at the figure standing on the tower. It was the old fairy on the high platform in the middle of the lake. There was also standing General Ma in armor, and two unfamiliar faces who were not young, and the old fairy was pointing at the county town.

Liu Chicheng clicked his tongue and said, "You have led a thief into your house without knowing it."

Over there, Chen Pingan soon arrived at the square outside the Chenghuang Pavilion, and looked intently, because he was not a Qi practitioner, so he couldn't see any signs of the weather, but purely a warrior's intuition, told Chen Pingan that the building with red walls, green tiles, dragons, etc. Compared with the quiet and peaceful time of the previous tour, the Town God's Pavilion with the fire glass roof is more bloody and gloomy, just like someone throwing a piece of charcoal on the ground in a snowy day, ordinary passers-by may not notice it, but as long as the pedestrian's eyesight Good enough to be seen, and undeniably eye-catching.

At the gate of Chenghuang Pavilion, there are soldiers from the Yamen's Office to guard quickly, and pilgrims are no longer allowed to enter.

Chen Pingan took a deep breath, looked around, looked for a relatively secluded high wall, walked quietly, and at the same time twisted out an evil ignition talisman.

When he got there, while there was no one around, with a little tiptoe, Chen Pingan jumped over the wall, turned over and landed inside the wall, and the talismans on his fingertips burned out as soon as his feet landed.

It was obvious that there was no need to test the truth, it was already the work of a real demon.

Chen Ping took off the Yangjian gourd with one hand, and took a big gulp of shochu.

After turning his head with one hand, he patted the wooden box behind him. The pagoda wood sword was named Demon Elimination, and the one made by Master Ruan was temporarily named Subduing Demon.

No matter how the boy in Tsing Yi and the girl in the pink skirt looked down on them, saying that the street was so vulgar, Chen Pingan still felt that the names of the two swords, Subduing Demons and Expelling Demons, were very good.

Since I have chosen such a good name, I can't live up to it.

Chen Ping lightly kicked away the scurrying poisonous snake, seemingly lightly, the poisonous snake was already smashed into pieces in the air.

Chen Ping paid more attention to the two clay sculptures and painted statues of heavenly officials standing outside the vermilion lacquer gate in the distance. The scorpion standing on the head or arm of the idol, the whole body is as black as ink, showing off its power, and there are even mice crawling in and out from the abdomen and cheeks of the broken statue, extremely bold.

For no reason, Chen Pingan thought of the bleak scene in his hometown of the Immortal Grave, and suddenly became furious. He walked slowly along the wall, trying to keep his mind clear and his breathing steady. The degree of anger has nothing to do with half a copper coin.

Chen Pingan said silently in his heart while walking: "Chen Pingan, if you are sure you can't beat him, you have to run fast enough."