Sword comes

According to the records of the Immortal Book Shan Hai Zhi, there are many mountain gods and monsters in Tongyezhou, which is indeed the case.

Even though most of the time Chen Pingan has deliberately avoided those places full of spiritual energy, or the filthy and dangerous places that are daunting, sometimes he still gets his way. For example, Chen Pingan saw a lamp in the middle of the night. Chen Pingan didn't have a map in the glorious small town. He thought he needed to supply food, so he followed the lights all the way, because maps have always been banned by dynasties and countries, and they are more strictly controlled than weapons.

There was no night ban in that small town, but there were soldiers at the city gate checking the customs clearance documents. When Chen Pingan entered the city smoothly, he found an inn that was not closed to check in, but the shopkeeper shook his head and waved his hands, saying that the money given by Chen Pingan was wrong. It is normal for countries to have standard copper coins of various countries, but it is a bit weird that they do not even accept real gold and silver. Fortunately, the shopkeeper pointed the way and said that there is a place where gold and silver can be converted into their money. Come back to the inn to stay after you are done.

So Chen Pingan found a shop with a very high counter, almost one and a half people high. Chen Pingan did as the Romans did, stepped on a small bench, said it was for money, and gave a few silver ingots in exchange for a pile of Tongbao copper coins and a set of coins. A stack of banknotes, heavy copper coins, full of fineness, on the banknotes, Chen Pingan saw the serious imperial court and Yinzhuang Zhuyin on the banknotes, so he didn't think much, went back to the inn, paid the money, and showed it again The customs clearance document was issued, and the shopkeeper meticulously recorded it in the case for inquiries by the household subordinates of the local yamen.

The next day, Chen Pingan was about to go out, but the shopkeeper was still there planning the market. He reminded Chen Pingan with a smile that there is a folk custom here. Wan said no, otherwise he would be sent out of the city, no wonder he didn't remind.

Chen Ping kept it in his heart. After thanking him, he went to buy daily necessities, rice, oil, salt and two sets of clothes. When he came back to eat at the inn, he felt that the food was bland and tasteless. After leaving the town, after walking for dozens of miles, he could vaguely see the outline of the city. , encountered a sudden heavy rain, Chen Pingan stood in a dilapidated gazebo on a mountain to hide from the rain, had nothing to do, walked slowly and practiced boxing, and saw an amazing scene. The city at the foot of the mountain was like a beach. Like mud, melting in the heavy rain.

Chen Pingan quickly took out the things he bought in the small town, as well as those copper coins and banknotes, and his scalp felt numb.

It turned out to be all cut from white paper, like something that a living person burns paper for a dead person in the underworld.

As if amused by Chen Pingan's embarrassment, someone laughed inside the pavilion wall, and the voice echoed through the wall and inside the pavilion.

Before, Chen Pingan was just amazed at the incredibleness of the small town, but he was not really afraid of these gods and ghosts, so when someone pretended to be a ghost in the small pavilion in the mountain, Chen Pingan quickly calmed down, and just sat on an old wood in the deep mountain. On the bench at the foot of the wall, looking at the pale wall opposite, drinking silently.

Unless one is extremely unlucky and encounters a Shanze monster or a giant monster who is good at disguising, he is probably a person with shallow knowledge.It is not difficult for that thing to scare ordinary people, and it is not difficult for Chen Pingan to slap it to death.

That one still didn't know that he had hit the iron plate, so he played tricks and pretended to be more gloomy, "You are not afraid of me"

Chen Pingan kept the sword gourd on his waist, stood up, walked slowly towards the wall, slapped it, and pasted a pagoda demon-suppressing talisman directly on it, and immediately there was a crying begging sound inside, which seemed a little childish , Chen Pingan did not take off the yellow talisman paper, and asked with a smile: "Do you think I am afraid?"

The guy yelled, "I'm scared, I'm so scared, I'm almost alive"

"Come out, hide and hide again, I really want to be rude to you, tell me what's going on in that small town."

Chen Pingan took off the demon-suppressing talisman, put it in his sleeve, and sat back to his original position.

A young boy with lingering fears came out from the wall. There was an official patch embroidered on the front and back of his body, but it was not as colorful as the secular imperial court, only black and white. The fairy master not only bowed, but also sang in a strange way, and reported his identity. He turned out to be a land lord granted by the previous imperial court. The body, the already meager morality, became more and more humble.

Before he was alive, he was the beloved young son of a feudal official. Before his death, a wandering fairy passed by and entered the mourning hall to help his father in some operations. He became a land lord with low rank. The incense was very strong, so that he could protect the feng shui of the family's ancestral grave, but later the mountains and rivers changed color, and everything became a passing cloud.

Looking back, it was not a big deal, but quite interesting. Chen Pingan asked the land lord who had lost the orthodox court some more about the origin of the paper man town. He died in a huge man-made disaster that seemed like a natural disaster. In order to prevent people from panicking, the imperial court ordered the surrounding states and counties to block the news, and invited Buddhist eminent monks to perform a ritual, so that it did not turn into a dangerous and sinister place.

Chen Pingan asked what the town would do after the rainstorm, and the boy said with a smile that it's okay, as long as the weather is sunny for a few days, it will return to its original state.

Chen Pingan squatted on the ground, facing the town, and burned the paper money and clothes in the kiosk.

The boy squatted aside and sighed: "This fairy master, I never thought he would be a good person."

Chen Ping laughed it off.

By the way, I asked the boy about the situation of mountains and rivers in a radius of thousands of miles, whether there is a fairy family or a ferry, and the boy answered them one by one, without hiding anything.

It said that about [-] miles to the north, there are indeed demons haunting the mountains and occupying the mountains as kings.It's not often that they do the act of kidnapping woodcutters and mountain people. The mountain and the mountain are still relatively safe, and there are few rumors of people suffering. When the momentum was at its peak, many Qi practitioners on the mountain had to detour, but there was an accident later. , Then it fell silent, I heard that there were only three or two kittens and puppies, which was out of the ordinary.It’s hard to say what the truth is, there are various rumors outside, some say that the immortal master of the Fushi sect finds it an eyesore, and some say that Buddhist practitioners settled there, and some goblins have no eyes, which provoked the eyes of the Buddhist master Vajra. doomed.

Chen Ping'an was a little surprised. Chen Ping'an still couldn't let go of the mountain road where the ghost in wedding dress appeared in Dali territory.

There are some dead branches in the pavilion. With the help of the boy, they gathered together and lit the fire folder. One person and one monster squatted beside the campfire.

Although the boy looked at his immature face, he had actually lived for 500 years, so he explained the reason to Chen Pingan, "The reason why the monsters on the top of the mountain know that rabbits don't eat grass by the side of the nest. Except for the relatively gentle temper of the king of the mountain, his subordinates There are also many violent people, of course they don't have the heart of a bodhisattva, but if one side is divided, they are most afraid of getting a bad reputation, which will change the color of people talking about it. My son, what should I do if I covet the secular fame of slaying demons and eliminating demons?"

Chen Pingan nodded.

The boy approached the fire with both palms, and said with a chuckle: "To kill or not to kill, kill the young one and get the big one, kill the big one, and then get the old one. Even if you have the ability to kill two, one pair, and three, all will be killed." Light, they were all killed, and there was a big fuss. The local government reported it to the court. The emperor felt ashamed, so why don't you go and ask the immortal master to come out of the mountain?"

The boy said helplessly, "It's the most annoying."

Chen Ping smiled and said: "If it weren't for this, it would have been a mess long ago. How can the people at the foot of the mountain still live? Just say that in that small town, more than [-] people died. What would their relatives and friends in other places think overnight? People are gone like this, and those who are alive will also be afraid."

The boy froze for a moment, as if he had never thought about this question.

Later, the boy talked about some anecdotes about the neighborhood, most of which came from his hearsay. After all, it has been hundreds of years, and it is necessary to have some fun to pass the time.

After the heavy rain stopped, Chen Pingan bid farewell to this little land and continued on his way.

Only the boy was left standing outside the pavilion and muttering to himself.

During Chen Ping'an's period, he also passed by a deserted tomb, and a group of underprivileged scholars who had gone to Beijing to take the exam stood in front of a large tomb, showing embarrassment and amazement.

Then I saw two snow-white foxes jumping out from between the tombs, bowing like others.

There are also a few younger foxes lying on the tomb, secretly smiling, their brows and eyes are a little spirited, full of longing and shyness, they don't look like vicious monsters at all, but like greedy children.

Those scholars returned the gift one after another.

Seeing Chen Ping'an was amused for a while, knowing that it must be the fox monster who is bewitching people's hearts, but Chen Pingan didn't worry too much. In the world, fox monsters, no matter which continent they are in, often do not commit cruel acts. They have been born to be close to the human race since ancient times. , more to break the emotional barrier, improve the realm and cultivation base.

That's why Chen Pingan didn't expose it on the spot, and let those scholars discover that the so-called luxurious house in front of them was actually just a tomb.

Chen Pingan just quietly stood by the grave.

Sure enough, the next day, those scholars left that wealthy mansion safely. Everyone was overjoyed and felt that it was such an affair that this life was worthwhile.

Chen Ping left with a smile.

Three hundred miles later, Chen Pingan came to a small country called Northern Jin Dynasty. When passing by a city, he happened to come across a market. Chen Pingan bought two bunches of candied haws. I heard that Ruqu Temple in Northern Jin Kingdom is very famous. Big, there is a big stone, which is said to be one of the enlightenment places of a Bodhisattva. It is called Stone Lotus Terrace. The huge stone is five feet wide and can accommodate hundreds of people.And one person can make it shake, and no one can explain the principle.The emperor of the Northern Jin Dynasty toured the west, and after trying it himself, Longyan was very happy, which made Ruqu Temple famous.

But when Chen Pingan asked several people, everyone said that he didn’t know how to go to the temple. Only then did Chen Pingan remember that when the boy talked about this, it should have happened 200 years ago. 200 years in the world are enough to change Many customs.

Chen Pingan hesitated for a moment, but he still persevered until he asked someone about the ruins of the Ruqu Temple. After a visit, the grass was overgrown, neither popular nor evil, and he was gloomy. In the sunset, Chen Pingan found the A boulder, there is nothing strange about it.

After Chen Ping ate the last candied haws, he threw away the bamboo stick and turned to leave.

After Chen Pingan walked out of the dilapidated gate of the Tathagata Temple, on the top of the boulder, a little man poked his head out of the stone.

It sat on the stone, silent.

It turns out that the fact that this lotus platform can shake is because a "little lotus man" with earth and stone charms was born. It likes to hide and giggle. Swing to the right, the boulder will sway with it, which is misleading.

But one day, it felt a little boring, and the shaking of the stone lotus platform began to be "timely and ineffective", and finally "moved like a mountain". It turned out that it left the stone lotus platform and wanted to find companions in the distance. A year of being alone, it feels lonely.

Finally, it found two partners one after another, a snake spirit, a deer spirit, and a little lotus man with a pure heart. They were tricked by them respectively into a small arm of "cloud roots and earth spirits" Yellow lotus leaves.But it always insists on finding a partner.Finally, it found a flower spirit who didn't ask for anything from it. It took her back to Shiliantai, played and teased those tourists together, but finally when it woke up one day, it found that the aura of Shiliantai was all gone. No more, nothing left, and the flower essence is gone.

The stone lotus platform that lost its spirituality was once again neglected, and was completely forgotten in the end, leaving only a one-armed little spirit who often sat on the edge of the stone platform, humming folk songs, and gently shaking his feet.

It occasionally feels a little sad, because it doesn't know if the three partners are doing well now.

If you are having a bad time, why don't you come to see yourself, it will comfort them.

If life is good, why don't you come to see yourself, it will be happy for them.

It doesn't understand.

The little guy turned his head suddenly, and found that the foreigner in a snow-white robe was sitting on the other side of the stone, drinking wine facing the setting sun.

Finding his sight, he smiled at it.

The little guy was so scared that he got up quickly, jumped up and down, and sank directly into the boulder.

Chen Pingan laughed loudly, jumped off the rock, and really left the Tathagata Temple, no longer teasing that little spirit.

The little guy hid among the rocks for a long time before he dared to appear sneakily. He looked around to make sure that the person was no longer there. Then he came to the place where the person was sitting. His eyes widened suddenly and he found a piece of spiritual energy. Lingering coins.

Most of the spirits in the world like the fairy money on the mountain and feed on it.

Putting down a piece of snowflake money, Chen Ping'an just did it casually.

But when Chen Pingan left the city, walked out of the official road, and just entered the mountain, he found a tearful little thing standing in front of the path, holding the snowflake money in both hands, looking at Chen Pingan, the little thing seemed both disturbed and happy .

Chen Pingan walked over slowly. The little guy was timid by nature, and disappeared on the road in an instant. After repeating this several times, the little guy followed Chen Pingan for nearly a hundred miles of mountain road.

Chen Pingan didn't take the initiative to approach it, and let it follow him neither far nor near.

One big and one small go together like this.

Arriving at the deep mountain and old forest that the boy mentioned, the mountain was really steep. When Chen Pingan was about to walk out of the mountain top, he met a little goblin who seemed to have gone crazy, dressed in rags, staggered, and murmured repeatedly Sad words: "This kind of heart, how to become a Buddha, how to become a Buddha"

The little guy was so scared that he didn't care about anything, he ran all the way and hid at Chen Pingan's feet.

After that, the little guy lost all vigilance, either jumping around beside Chen Pingan, or squatting on Chen Pingan's shoulder.

Later, Chen Ping took this new partner who could not speak, through a country where wars continued, and the people were devastated, forcing a group of heroes to fall into bandits, occupy the mountain as king, and set up a big banner.

Chen Pingan heard all the way, all the heroic deeds of these 36 heroes, how heroic and superb martial arts, each one of them is so powerful.Naturally, Chen Pingan didn't believe it all, but he also thought that if he had the chance, he would go to that mountain to see the hero, even if he might not be willing to drink with him at the same table, it would be good to get a taste of chivalry from a distance of.

As a result, Chen Pingan went there admiringly, and came across a black shop selling steamed buns with human flesh. Seeing several traveling merchants fainting, Chen Pingan pretended to be unconscious. On the chopping board, a shop clerk walked towards them with a boning knife and yawned.

In a nearby state city, the executioner was about to execute a big bandit. Dozens of people robbed the court, especially a big man with a double axe. Whether it was the people watching the excitement or the officers and soldiers, they were all cut in half with an axe.

There was a dark man with a short stature who taught him a lesson, and then he resignedly gave up, his brows drooping, and his anger disappeared.

The dark man glanced at the strong man, waved him away, the man looked around, his face was tired, but more pleased and happy.

Just now, when he reprimanded the strong man with two axes, he spoke harshly, but now he looked at the back of this confidant general, and there was a smile in the corner of his eyes.

This group of people successfully rescued people in the execution ground, prepared their horses not far away, galloped wildly, and left the chaotic city of Zhou quickly.

The officers and soldiers dared not go out of the city to pursue them.

When everyone got off their horses, they walked into their shop one after another amidst loud laughter, only to find that there was no familiar couple in the shop, only a young man in white clothes, and a long sword was placed on the wine table in front of him.

The sword is strong.

After a while, Chen Pingan left the shop.

In the shop behind him, there were people who died and people who lived. They were all heroes in the eyes of the world. Indeed, almost everyone died unambiguously. When death was imminent, they were still proud.

On the contrary, the group of people who survived were mostly taciturn from beginning to end, or took the initiative to stop after being injured a little bit. They neither uttered wild words nor showed much desire for revenge in their eyes.On the contrary, there is a kind of daze, as if to say, life is already like this, and it can only be like this.

Chen Ping doesn't care about this.

Leaving the shop, he found a crowd of fine horses on the side of the road. After thinking about it, Chen Pingan pulled a tall horse from the side of the road and turned it on the horse.

First it was dangling, and then it was galloping around the rivers and lakes.