Sword comes

It was the same woman surnamed Fan. At first glance, she was dressed in a simple and elegant way, but if you looked closely, you would find that the clothes were embroidered with wishful water and cloud patterns. Under the light of the moonlight in the sky and the lights in the city, it was faintly visible.

But at this moment, she should be covered with a face, only half or six of the previous appearance, so that it won't cause too much sensation in the market.

She still stared at Chen Pingan vigorously, but Chen Pingan put down the bowl and chopsticks and had to ask, "You have something to do with me?"

She suddenly reached out and rubbed her forehead, looked around, and frowned.

There was a dispute between diners at the next table, they started to swear, they slapped the table and stared aggressively, they pointed at each other's nose and scolded the old bustard and whore in your family, it's just three things, no matter how dare you talk about it, I'm going to open a brothel directly at your house.

The two sides were arguing, and the strong accent of the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom was both ugly and messy.

The woman gently kneaded her temples with her fingertips, and she returned to her normal expression. With the condensed voice of a martial artist, her eyes were full of curiosity and longing, and she asked, "My lord, you are an exiled immortal."

Chen Pingan couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said: "I'm just a foreigner, I came to Nanyuan country to travel, I'm not the exiled fairy that the girl said."

The woman felt a little regretful, and apologized: "I have bothered you so much, my lord, forgive me."

Chen Ping waved his hand, "It's okay."

She hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: "Recently, the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom is not peaceful. You are a dragon and phoenix among people, and you are easy to be targeted by others. I hope you will be more careful."

Chen Pingan clasped his hands together, "Thank you Miss Fan."

Fan Guan'er is not one to procrastinate, so she just left this bustling midnight snack market, and some green-skinned hooligans want to take advantage of the opportunity, but every time they make a move, she always just dodges, swimming like a fish. Among the water plants and rocks.Chen Pingan was a little puzzled. According to the old man of Zhulou, the talent of a martial artist depends on whether he can develop the most brilliant boxing intention from a poor boxing frame. This was one of the reasons why he chose Chen Pingan back then.

However, the old man surnamed Cui wanted to save face, and he didn't want to admit that the Mountain Shaking Fist actually had many merits, and Chen Pingan just didn't want to expose it.

This strange woman who has never masked her face but has come to her twice, according to the previous chats between the old man surnamed Ding and the Ya'er and Hairpin Lang Zhou Shi, she is probably the famous Fan Guan'er who was left in her hometown. Aquarius Continent is the status of He Xiaoliang, the crown daughter of the Divine Emperor Sect.

Fan Guan'er clearly meant to be "short-cut". Why, with his martial arts cultivation, he seemed to be crushed by a ten thousand catty boulder and couldn't make it up for a long time.

One's aura can be hidden, and one can return to one's original nature, but after a long time, the inner spirit cannot deceive people. The pace of every breath, the charm of raising hands and feet will often reveal the secrets.

The old man surnamed D, who was wearing a silver lotus crown before, stepped into the main hall of Baihe Temple seemingly casually, and Chen Pingan immediately noticed the vision of heaven and earth.

Chen Pingan came out of the Lizhu Cave, and he has seen many people on the top of the mountain. It is not easy to make Chen Pingan feel "very powerful".The person who feeds the fist in the Bamboo House of Lost Mountains was once a martial artist at the peak of the tenth realm, and the person who feeds the sword on Osmanthus Island is also an old golden elixir.

After Fan Guaner's figure disappeared, Chen Pingan thought about it and left this busy city.

The capital of Nanyuan Kingdom is divided into 81 squares, large and small. The general layout is similar to that of many dynasties and vassal states that Chen Pingan passed by. This city is known as the best city in the world. The north is Guizhou, the south is poor, Dongwu is western, and Baihe Temple is located in Xicheng. , Most of them are the mansions of middle-level civil servants and wealthy merchants, and ingenuity can be seen everywhere.

At this time, Chen Pingan was walking on a stone arch bridge. In the dead of night, Chen Pingan lightly jumped onto the railing and walked to the railing on the other side of the arch of Qingshi Bridge. Chen Pingan looked at the small river under his feet, gurgling and flowing. It is not uncommon for a water town beast to look like a dragon.

In many bustling cities of Aquarius Island, there are such water-suppressing beasts used to subdue the spirits in the water.But Chen Pingan didn't notice that this ancient water-suppressing beast had a wisp of remnant aura, as if it was just a decoration.

While Chen Ping was staring at the water in a daze, Fan Guan'er, a fairy from Jingxin Pavilion, met His Royal Highness, Wei Yan, who was supposed to return to the palace city of Nanyuan Kingdom.

Although this person is an aristocrat, he is a young master who hides his secrets. His martial arts mentor is an older generation master who exiled from the northern Great Wall to Nanyuan Kingdom. As Wei Yan said, he is That is a small group of people in the world who are closest to the top ten masters.The master of the crown prince Wei Yan has a mortal enmity with the Chuihuamen, one of the three sects of the Demon Sect. Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is respected by this status, is also considered by the Hushan Sect and Jingxinting to be a person in the right way and has hope. To become the next generation leader of the rivers and lakes, Jing Xinting even intends to support him as the next Nanyuan Kingdom monarch.

And the Ya'er who belonged to the Demon Cult was secretly supporting Wei Yan's younger brother Wei Chong.

Fan Guan'er and Wei Yan were scattered in the quiet night, Wei Yan said softly: "Fairy Fan, you don't need to hide from me if you want to see that person, he was able to hide in the main hall of Baihe Temple, and he never let us know from the beginning to the end." I noticed that he is definitely not an ordinary gangster, what if something happens to you if he is a member of the Demon Cult, what should I do?"

Fan Wan'er didn't want Wei Yan, the future emperor of Nanyuan, to feel bad, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, do you feel that you and Wan'er, and that Qing Ya'er who doesn't know his real name from the Devil's Cult, the hairpin flower of Chunchao Palace Lang Zhoushi, together with the other six young masters of the same age, there are a total of ten people, echoing the top ten masters in the world, among the ten of us, who has the highest martial arts?"

Wei Yan already knew this well. Apart from having a good master, he is also the prince of a country. His espionage eyes are all over the world. Come on, "It's hard to say who will be the leader, but the top three have already been determined. In the battle of life and death, once they meet on narrow roads, whoever lives and who dies depends on who is better at fighting for the general trend in the dark. Whoever has more wins."

Speaking of this, Wei Yan glanced behind the woman. Fan Guaner was not carrying a weapon when he was going out tonight. Learning, inclusiveness, of course can be ranked among the top three, my master has sincerely praised the fairy, with or without a sword behind his back, it is two Fan Guaner."

Fan Wan'er smiled and said, "Your Highness is absurd."

With one hand behind Wei Yan, he lightly tapped the jade belt around his waist with the other hand, "That crow from the Demon Sect, she just entered the capital back then, she was so proud and arrogant, she dared to go to the national teacher's side, and even ate a kind of national teacher. The world thinks she is lucky to be able to be wounded and not die, but my father told me, the national teacher once said, that little girl, with high talent in martial arts, can be called Lu Fang among girls."

"The last person should be that Feng Qingbai whose origin is unknown. In the past ten years, he has been born out of nowhere. There is no trace of his life experience or teacher. He likes to travel around and constantly challenges all kinds of masters. This person has made rapid progress, and if you look at the selection of his opponents, you will find that he has grown from a layman who knows a little about three-legged cats to a top-notch master in the world in just ten years."

After saying this, Wei Yan turned his head and asked, "Fairy Fan, among the other seven, there is someone who hides deeper."

With his hands behind his hands, Fan Guan'er walked on a small, quiet bridge, approaching the railing, patted the head of the small stone squatting lion carved on it time and time again, and shook his head, "Even if there is, at least Jing Xinting and I don't know about it." .”

Wei Yan smiled warmly. He never thought that Fairy Fan was still so playful, but for a moment he looked at those moist eyes, feeling a little dazed.

Men only look at women's faces with inferior eyes, their figures with middle eyes, and women's spirit with high eyes.

What's more, Fan Guan'er has all three, and they are the most romantic in the world.

How can we make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Nanyuan Kingdom, whose eyes are higher than the top, not be tempted, a gentle lady, a gentleman, and Wei Yan's favorite for her, whether it is speech or sight, is neither naked and presumptuous, but never deliberately hidden. .

Wei Yan stopped, then quickened his pace, and walked side by side with her, wanting to reach out to hold her slender hand, but unfortunately he didn't have the courage.

Fan Wan'er stopped, turned sideways, looked into the distance, and said slowly, "The reason why I'm talking about this is because I want to talk about a strange thing that I still can't figure out."

Wei Yan asked curiously, "Tell me about it."

Fan Guaner rubbed the center of his brows, Wei Yan said worriedly: "What's the matter, but what insidious tricks did that white-robed swordsman use?"

She shook her head with a smile, "His Royal Highness, have you heard of the Banished Immortal from your master?"

Wei Yan said with a smile: "My master is a reckless man, don't mention this. His old man doesn't like literati and poets the most. He always says they are for helpless women. When he was young, he learned martial arts from his master. As long as we chat, I say If you have to be a little more polite, you will be beaten. So I can only appreciate the demeanor of the exiled immortal from the poems."

Since Wei Yan had no clues here, Fan Guaner was unwilling to talk about it, and changed the subject. After seeing someone in one place, I always feel a little familiar.”

Wei Yan nodded, "Yes, why not."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found it interesting, and asked with a smile: "Does Fairy Fan also believe in the reincarnation of the Buddhist family?"

Fan Guaner shook his head.

On Guniu Mountain outside the capital, there were seven or eight people standing there tonight, among them Yu Zhenyi of the Hushan School, who looked childish, looked dignified, overlooking the outline of the capital in the night.

The scruffy man who smelled of alcohol even gave his sword to the woman in the wine shop. His name was Lu Fang.

Zhong Qiu, the national teacher of Nanyuan Kingdom, is a thin man with a serious and elegant temperament. It is hard to imagine that he will be the best in the world.

one person left,

Yu Zhenyi's voice was as immature and clear as his appearance, and he slowly said, "Except for Ding Laomo, Chunchao Palace Zhou Fei, ranger Feng Feng, and Jingxinzhai Tong Qingqing, there are four of them, we may have to kill one more person." .”

Lu Fang laughed at himself, "It can't be me."

Zhong Qiu glanced at him coldly.

Lu Fang spread his hands and said helplessly, "You can't even make a joke."

In addition to the three of the four great masters, there are some people on the top of the mountain who absolutely shouldn't be here.

But without exception, they are either one of the top ten masters on the list, or a master of martial arts like Master Wei Yan.

Guniu Mountain tonight, and the capital city of Nanyuan Kingdom tonight, are destined not to talk about good and evil.

Yu Zhenyi fixed her eyes on a certain place in the capital, and said softly: "Lu Fang, you and your friend should solve the biggest accident first. I don't care whether to kill people together or alone, but only success is not allowed. , Within three days, bring the head of that person, and all the objects on his body, the old rules, the murderer will get it."

Lu Fang touched the back of his head and sighed.

Someone in the distance smiled sinisterly, eager to try.

Chen Pingan did not return to the house, just like a lonely ghost, wandering the capital alone at night, during which time he sneaked into the library of a scholarly family and flipped through books.

Before dawn, he left quietly again, and sat in on the lectures of those masters at the Guozijian in the capital. He didn't go back to Zhuangyuan Lane until noon when the sun was shining brightly, deliberately avoiding the old man surnamed Ding and the hairpin man Zhou Shi. that house.

There are a few cramped and small bookstores in Zhuangyuan Lane. Besides selling books, they also sell some of the Four Treasures of the Study that can’t be called clean and simple. Fortunately, the prices are not high. After all, the buyers here are all those who came to Beijing to catch the exam. Poor scholar.Chen Ping bought a few landscape travel notes with loose writing in a shop, and he definitely won't read them in the near future, he just wanted to let Luobashan collect more books.

When Chen Pingan walked back to the alley of his residence, that handsome little guy just came back from get out of class. The two of them were walking in the alley together.

Chen Ping pretended not to see it, and went back to the house. Dinner was at the same dining table with the child's family. According to what was agreed when renting the house in advance, this family would charge Chen Ping an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks for an extra [-] yuan per day. Wen Qian, the old woman vowed that there must be fish in every meal. In fact, Chen Pingan often went out, either leaving early and returning late, missing the time for eating, or simply not being seen for a while, the old woman was very happy.

There was not much oil and water on the table today, the old woman smiled and apologized, saying why didn't Mr. Chen say hello earlier today, so that he could prepare the ingredients.

Chen Pingan smiled and said that it is enough to eat enough.

The old woman asked Ming'er what she said, and when she heard Chen Ping'an said that she was going out tomorrow, the old woman sighed and complained that Mr. Chen was too busy and it was so difficult to eat a home-cooked meal. In fact, her daughter-in-law's cooking skills were not bad. Yes, I dare not say how good it is, I will definitely have dinner.

The woman who kept her head down to cook rice and didn't even dare to pick up more chopsticks raised her head slightly and smiled honestly. The mother-in-law praised herself, which was unprecedented.

After eating, Chen Pingan moved a small stool and went to the corner of the street where the child's grandfather often played chess with others. It was a rare street paved with bluestones. People who have lived here for generations lived there. Watching people come and go, chatting with the neighbors about family affairs, can relieve boredom, if you see a rich kid galloping by on horseback, or a well-known brothel girl walking by slowly, it will make the whole day feel happy. The street lights up.

Chen Pingan sat not far from the chess stand, surrounded by a lot of people, and suddenly found that the child also moved a stool and sat beside him.

I had already taken off the "Sword Qi" and put it inside the house, enjoying the cool in the street, and carrying a sword on my back, which is outrageous.The gourd of the raising sword was with him, but he let the more obedient Feijian Fifteen stay in the yard so that no one could steal it. Now that the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom is not peaceful, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, everyone must get up soon .

Sensing the child's awkwardness, Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "I have something on my mind."

The child who knew some rough etiquette after going to school lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen."

Chen Pingan said softly: "How do you say?"

The child sat on a low bench, clenched his hands into fists and put them on his knees, not daring to look at Chen Pingan, "My mother often went to dig through Mr. Chen's things when Mr. Chen was not at home."

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment. He thought it was the old woman with mean words who often went to his room to "stop by" and search for things. He never thought it was the mother of the honest looking child.

The child's heart became more and more heavy, "After Mr. Chen left for a long time, my mother stole the books that Mr. Chen put on the table and gave them to me. I couldn't help it, so I flipped through the books and peeked at them. I knew it was not good. "

Chen Pingan wanted to say an understatement of "it's okay", but quickly swallowed it back and said, "It's not good."

I was wandering around the capital before, and one day at a noisy temple fair, I saw a pair of rich and dignified ladies, followed by a group of slick-eyed attendants behind them. The five or six-year-old child saw a beautiful sister picking things at the stall, He ran over and pulled the girl's sleeve, the child was not malicious, it was just to attract the attention of the adults, the girl ignored him at first, but the child came from a high-ranking family, seeing that the elder sister ignored him, he felt a little bit Annoyed, the strength in her hands became stronger and stronger. The girl was impatient with being entangled, but she was also educated and reasonable. She didn't care about the ignorant child, so she looked up at the child's mother standing not far away, and the latter shouted Get the child back and stop him from messing around.

If this scene at that time stopped here, it would be fine for Chen Pingan to have seen it.

But the woman with a luxurious temperament said something that made Chen Pingan hard to let go, but he couldn't think of the crux of it.

The woman who must have walked out of Zhongming Dingshi's home taught her children the words, "You see, my sister is angry, stop being naughty."

At first glance, there is no problem.The woman's demeanor has always been worthy of the word "graciousness", she looks at her son with kindness and doting, and her attitude towards the girl is absolutely not bad at all.

It wasn't until this moment that Chen Pingan chatted casually with the child that he understood the reason.

The tragic disaster related to the old man Song Yushao of the Shushui Kingdom is similar but different.

It is wrong for a woman to teach her children in this way.

Could it be that the child can behave like this if the girl at the stall is not angry?

Compared with the tragic incident of Song Yushao's predecessor, this kind of "innocuous and trivial matter" in the market seems to be serious. If you really want to go on and on, it will definitely make people feel unkind.Maybe the woman felt that she was trying to be unreasonable and not forgiving, and that taking her family name was really insulting, and even the young girl might not appreciate it.

Chen Pingan took out the bamboo slip, looked at the left and right ends, and kept moving his eyes towards the middle.

There are many imprints engraved on it.

The left and right index fingers of Chen Ping's two hands rested on the two ends of the bamboo slips that looked like a ruler, hanging in the air, turned his head and smiled at the uneasy child: "Your mother must have done something wrong, do you know it is wrong?" It’s still not quite right to change, but after knowing this, you have to understand that things in the world are divided into big and small, and in life, apart from right and wrong, right and wrong, after all, it’s about human feelings. For example, why did your mother do this? , I want you to study more, so that you can become a child student, a scholar, a master of juren, and even a person who can endure hardships like your mother who has passed the Jinshi exam. Is it because of the glory of your ancestors, because of her well-dressed and well-dressed clothes? I just want you to have a good life in the future, right? If you understand why your mother did such a wrong thing, you don’t have to think too much about it. You already know her faults and her kindness to you. Next It's your turn, you have read the book and learned the principles of sages and sages in the book, and you will know the propriety, so if time goes back and you are given another chance, what will you do?"

The child has been listening very carefully, because Chen Ping'an explained the truth in a shallow way, and he is a smart child, so he understood it. After thinking carefully, "I should put the book stolen by my mother back to Mr. Chen's room silently." , and then openly borrow books from you, is that right?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I can only say that on my side, it is already right. If you are someone else, you may have to think more."

The child jumped up and said, "Master Chen, then you won't blame my mother, will you?"

Chen Ping rubbed his little head, "Some mistakes can be made up for, and you just did it."

The child nodded vigorously, "So the master told us that knowing our mistakes can make a big difference."

Chen Pingan, who never spoke a few words to others, even talked to a child so much today, even he himself was surprised, but his mood became a little calmer, and he felt that even if he went to walk and practice immediately There is no problem with the sword.

Chen Pingan put away the bamboo slip and put it back into his sleeve, then simply said a few more words.

"You have to eat every day in order to survive."

"Under the premise of not worrying about food and clothing, reading and reasoning is not necessarily for being a sage, but for making yourself better. Of course, it may not be better, but the classic teachings of Confucian sages have been passed down from generation to generation. The good words of gentlemen and sages, at least the least, give us the possibility of the most correct, telling us that life can be lived in this way, and it makes people feel at ease."

The child said in a daze, "Mr. Chen, I don't understand these things."

Chen Ping said with a smile: "I have a lot of things, but I don't really think about it thoroughly. It's like building a house, but with a few pillars, it's far from being able to shelter from the wind and rain, so you don't have to take it seriously. Listen It’s okay if you don’t understand, if you don’t understand any questions in the future, you can ask Mr. Xueshu.”

The child stood up with a smile, took the small bench, bowed to Chen Pingan, and said that he was going home to copy and write. The teacher is strict, and he will be punished if he is lazy.

Chen Ping smiled and waved: "Go."

Without turning around, Chen Pingan said, "Throw away the stone in your hand."

A childish voice sounded from behind, oh, and then there was the sound of a stone falling to the ground, as if the stone was not small.

A skinny little girl clapped her hands, swaggered up to Chen Ping'an and squatted down, then turned her head and asked, "Can you lend me the stool?"

If Chen Ping didn't hear anything, he took off the Yangjian gourd and started drinking.

The little girl asked again: "You are so rich, can you give me some? Didn't you just say that you have to eat every day so that people don't starve to death."

Chen Pingan didn't look at her, and asked instead: "How did you find me here?"

In the dialogue between the two, the bull's head was wrong.

The little girl said pitifully: "I know you are not short of money, you don't feel bad if you give me a few taels of silver, but I can buy a lot of dry biscuits and meat buns. In winter, many old beggars will freeze to death in the capital every year. The tattered clothes on their bodies, I want to take a lot of effort to take them off, you see, the one I'm wearing now, that's how it came about. If I have money, I can definitely get through it. "

Chen Pingan still didn't look at her, "This one must be so good, but last time it was worn by that little girl who secretly took it out and gave it to you. Why don't you wear it today, just to see me?"

The little girl seemed innocent and didn't understand what Chen Ping'an was saying. She said with a charming smile, "In summer, the clothes are a little torn, but it's cooler. I usually don't want to wear the one she gave me. It's winter." Take it out and wear it on your body, it’s very warm.”

Chen Ping stood up suddenly, looked left and right at the ends of the street, but said to the squatting little girl, "Go and stand against the wall, no matter what happens next, don't make a sound."

The little girl is very active and secretly observing Chen Pingan all the time, so she glanced at Chen Pingan's line of sight early, then muttered and complained and got up, and was about to run to the wall to take refuge when she suddenly heard The man said, "Take the bench."

She was not happy anymore, "Why do you take it for you? You are my wild father who has been lost for many years."

Chen Pingan said bluntly: "Ten coins."

"Okay, Dad." The little girl immediately burst into a smile on her dark face, picked up the small bench and ran away.