"For thousands of years, immortals have descended from heaven and consecrated gods. Twelve heavenly beings have set up a demon-suppressing division in the north of Beicheng to guard the Central Plains for thousands of years... This is called the "Devil-Suppressing Calendar"

The gentle and elegant teacher holds ancient scrolls in his hands and speaks eloquently, as do the scholars in the audience.

Outside the private school, the young man walked out in disgrace. He was very skilled in driving. Every day when the teacher of the private school read, he always looked intoxicated. I don’t know if that was the case, but this created a way for the young man to escape.

By chance, there is a small vegetable garden in the backyard of the private school, which is connected to the back door of the private school. The wooden door has not been repaired for a long time. If you push it quietly, the sound is not loud, at least for the immersed Confucian scholars, it is very small.

In the backyard, there are only a few vegetables that are easy to grow, and the rest are almost dead, and I don’t know why. Watering and fertilizing are not necessarily less, but even if they will die, naturally the private school teachers don’t care about them. It seems that

What does it mean... "To rule by doing nothing, this is even the words of the sage and sages."

It was noon today, and the young man was jumping up and down, holding a wooden sword in one hand and a candied haws in the other. He really looked like a wandering swordsman in the world.

There are not many people in the town. There are only some dying people who have women to take care of them and children who are no more than ten years old. Tianyong is close to Lin'an Prefecture. Lin'an was originally divided into three prefectures and eighteen counties, but Emperor Gaozu introduced a new system. The world is like this.

It was changed to Thirteen Prefectures and Thirty-two Counties. It was just to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. The country was weak and had to be like this. Those young and middle-aged men were very popular in the Ning Dynasty, which had only been in power for nearly a hundred years. Originally, the world

There are more than a hundred states and counties. After all, there are groups of warlords, and ten dynasties have attacked each other. I don’t know who the bastard came up with the idea of ​​"building a wall to keep out horses."

He is about to die, not to mention the manpower and material resources spent by the Ning Dynasty to rule the world, cities and thousands of resentful souls.

There are thousands of ravines in Tianyong Mountain, and this small town is just an outskirt of Tianyong. Sometimes some hunters go into the deep mountains and old forests to hunt wild beasts. It is very convenient to make money in this way, but life and death are determined by fate. Moreover, the weather has changed over the years.

Well, no one who went into the mountains came back. Maybe it was because the wild beasts in the mountains have gone crazy over the years. Sometimes you can still hear the roars of monsters late at night, shaking the mountains and rivers to pieces.

Since the founding of the Ning Dynasty, the country has been established by force. Martial arts are very popular. Every day, there are records of suppressing demons. The Three Books and Five Classics are the virtues of Confucian gentlemen. The first one is the records of suppressing demons. Everywhere in private schools, academies, and mountain gates, you can see the records of suppressing demons.

Si's figure.

Since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty in Yongning, Emperor Yongning has attached great importance to Confucianism, ennobled Qingci as prime minister, and established Bailudong Academy in Taining City. Confucianism has been passed down from the emperor's master.

"Master."

The clear water flowed down, reflecting the rising sun, and a canoe slowly swam by. The old man in the coir raincoat, full of interest, gently caught the carp and then released it gently. Everything was pleasant and harmonious.

"You kid, I know you are not the type to study in Ansheng. The teacher at the private school has told me this several times."

The young man chuckled, looking careless.

"Master, Tianyong Mountain is so boring today. Books always talk about immortals who fly like clouds and ride cranes and live a happy life. I also envy them."

The old man smiled and said: "Do you think my teacher is not like the immortal you said?"

The young man laughed and said, "Master, he is not as good as that old Mr. Chen."

The old man chuckled, stepped ashore and stood with his hands behind his back, and said gently: "There is nothing good about the immortals in this world. Maybe they are not as good as the peaceful life I can live in this three-quarter acre of land."

The young man frowned tightly, with an expression clearly in disbelief: "Master is lying. The book says about wielding a sword to the end of the world, wearing a white horse in green clothes, which is much more interesting than studying and growing vegetables every day."

"Oh, I will be happy with the common people's food for the rest of my life. Disciple, in Tianyong Mountain, people outside can't get in even if they want to, but you are in a hurry to get out. If the world knows this, why don't you laugh at your ignorance?"

The young man shook his head vigorously, his brows full of determination, "Master, I still want to go out!"

Tianyong Mountain is located in a paradise in the north of Lin'an Prefecture. Strangely enough, the Tiansi Yamen of the Zhenmo Si generation was at the foot of Tianyong Mountain, and later generations moved to the imperial capital. There are still some ruins from that time at the foot of the mountain.

The old man stood with his hands behind his back, walking along the autumn water, like mist on the water, seemingly invisible and invisible.

"The dignified Emperor Ping Qian, the sixth generation of Confucian sages, is hiding in a barren land, like a fly in a dog's camp. It's so miserable."

There is no trace of autumn water, and in an instant the small courtyard becomes rippled and broken. If you look at it from a distance, you will be surprised. The sky and the earth are like the water and the moon in the mirror. I don't know if it is a mirror or reality.

"Hey, Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. The emperor's master is nothing to me. The ancestral religion has given me virtue, not fighting in the court. The Ning Dynasty has ruled the country for hundreds of years, and the Demon Realm is ready to move. This Demon-Suppressing Division has long been inferior to the Nine Dynasties. It's time, you and I both know it, the chessboard of power in the world should come to a halt."

"If you don't change the imperial court, how can you change the world? What can Confucianists do with their awe-inspiring spirit? Didn't Mr. go to the imperial court to purge the imperial court, which allowed the empire to have millions of soldiers and a warehouse full of silver and grain? Why can't I do the same for the world? Supreme minister, the ultimate limit, why can’t I do it? You are of the bloodline of the Holy Saint and can become a Confucian saint. Why can’t I do it if I am the most powerful minister in the world? Why!!”

The autumn colors are shining at dusk, and the small town of Tianyong Mountain is still lively. After all, winter is coming, so it is time to gather food. Tianyong is close to Lin'an Prefecture. Lin'an Prefecture itself was a major grain-producing state in the past, and it was connected to mountains and waterways, so There are many generations of clans in the town who have come to do business. It is better to say that it is to do business than to lay the foundation for entering the imperial capital. There are four major families in the town, all of which were wealthy families that were very prosperous at that time. The changes in the main roads are really mysterious. , a wealthy family lives in such a small town.

Ye Qing didn't like to live in a quiet house, but he went out to play wildly after a while. The only good thing in the town was iron smelting. Looking from a distance, there were many blacksmith shops, full of the sound of forging iron. I heard that there were still people here in the past. There was a military store left by the Tang Dynasty, and a large mine. However, after the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty, all the criminals were transferred from here in the final battle, and the place was abandoned. Tianyong was not suitable for farming. Instead, he smelted refined iron and became famous far and wide.

There are two things that Ye Qing loves very much. One is being a gentleman among soldiers. When he was young, he always had a different feeling with a green sword hanging on his waist. The other is the candied haws of old man Chen from the east end of the town. Old man Chen also said Passed: "I, Old Chen, have never done anything else big in my life, but I am very good at holding candied haws on a stick. I have worked hard for more than twenty years, do you know?"

Mr. Chen has no children. His only wife was abducted during the war and became the spirit of a warlord. She has been regarded as a loser by wealthy people in her life, but she still often buys candied haws.

Ye Qing was not familiar with worldly affairs. Whenever he heard about old Mr. Chen, he would only regard it as a sad story, and he still bought candied haws without any thought every day.

The old man, dressed in green clothes, crossed the threshold of the hut. The old man, Chen, who was nearly seventy years old but still strong, was lying on a chair, bored and slowly blowing out some breeze with a cattail leaf fan.

The old man escaped with three coins and took out a candied haws, "This candied haws has a special taste, Master Chen."

Old Boss Chen ignored him and hummed a little tune, looking quite nourished.

"Hey, the world is uneasy and the layout is far-reaching. Please protect my disciple. I have finished the third volume of the Confucian Classics. As long as you agree, I can give it to you now."

Mr. Lao Chen suddenly stood up, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's not like you. Why have you been so grand these days?"

"It's a long journey, and God's destiny is great. I don't know if I can come back from this trip. I have to ask that boy to take care of my house."

Old Mr. Chen chuckled and said: "That's all, your three volumes of Confucian classics, Mr. Lianxi, have been given to me a long time ago. I owe you a Confucian favor, but the world owes me everything. You, my disciple, have counted it three times before.

The road is unknown, destiny is connected, countless red threads are involved, life is extremely short, life is absurd, how can I take risks?"

The old man still said calmly: "Then just ask the seniors to keep the fortune of Confucianism for three years. Confucianism is no longer the Confucianism that the Holy Saint and I expect."

"It's easy to talk about."

After the chat, the old man's figure gradually disappeared.

Old Mr. Chen was not surprised and said softly: "As deep as the mountains are, there is a temple on the mountain."

The next day, Ye Qing still washed and practiced his sword every day, and then went out to earn some money to buy candied haws.

The most profitable business in the town is the Lu family's blacksmith shop. Old Man Lu has a fierce look and a head full of white hair, but he still has no signs of aging. Moreover, each of the weapons he forges costs dozens of taels of silver.

, the clan also swallowed their anger and did not dare to lower the price.

Ye Qing also came here to find a job, but he didn't catch the eye of Mr. Lu. On the contrary, Liu Jixi, who was always making trouble and fighting, fell in the eye of the old man. He had never had an apprentice in his life, but he was unprecedented.

Accepted Liu Jixi.

Strange to say, Liu Jixi's family is peaceful but peaceful, but since Liu Jixi was born, his parents have passed away one after another, and because of his proximity to Suolongjing, people in the town have thought that he was an evil dragon from the deep water in his previous life, and that he was reincarnated in this place today.

The laws of heaven were not in harmony and a heavenly punishment was imposed. Even this small town would suffer such a catastrophe and be ostracized by the villagers. However, Ye Qing never believed in the theory of ghosts and dragons.

Ye Qing and Liu Jixi were not close friends at first, nor were they neighbors. Their ancestral homes were quite far away from each other. Liu Jixi was once a notoriously bad boy in the town. Perhaps he told the people in the town that he personally killed his father.

His mother was angry because before his grandfather passed away, there was still an elder in charge of the family. After his grandfather died of illness, the boy who was as tall as a young man at the age of 12 or 13 became a troubled devil in the neighborhood.

People are afraid of entering a tiger, fearing that it will bring disaster to their families. Later, for some unknown reason, Liu Jixi angered a group of Li family descendants, and ended up being blocked in a small alley and beaten severely.

, the opponents were all young men in their prime, and they never considered the severity of their attacks. Liu Jixi was quickly beaten until he vomited blood. The more than ten families living in the alley were probably the lower-class households in the small town begging for food.

Who dared to mix in this muddy water? It was only after Ye Qing tried his best to block it that the two parties finally gave up. Strangely enough, the two of them had the right temperament and formed a good friendship.

The two of them stole Lao Yangtou's sweet potatoes together, went to the mountains to catch an injured tigress together, and were finally let go by Ye Qing. It can be said that the two of them have a very good friendship.

The world was completely silent. Ye Qing heard an ear-piercing sarcastic laugh and stopped. Sure enough, he saw that person of his own age squatting on the wall, grinning, not trying to hide his contempt.

This man is an old neighbor of Ye Qing. I heard that he is the illegitimate son of the Li family master who once received a handful of Ruyi jade from the emperor. Back then, the Li family was not like this. He was also a powerful official like the Minister of Household Affairs.

The elder was afraid of Qingliu's criticism and asked for impeachment. Finally, he returned to the capital alone to report on his duties, and handed over the child to the successor official with whom he had a close friendship to help guard him. Now that the situation in the town is not good, he himself is too busy to take care of himself.

, there was still room for the illegitimate son of a political comrade, so he left some money and rushed to the capital to settle the relationship.

Unknown to people and unknowingly, the young neighbor who has become an abandoned son is still living a leisurely life. He carries his extraordinary-looking folding fan and a long sword hanging from his waist all day long.

Showing romance. Wandering around in and out of the town, doing nothing all year round, but it was okay, and I never had to worry about money.

The loess courtyard walls of every house in the town are very short. In fact, the neighbor boy does not have to stand on tiptoes to see the scenery of the yard.

The scenery is beautiful, but every time I talk to him, he just likes to squat on the wall.

Although Ye Qing doesn't like to read books, he is still very interested in some great principles. Sometimes he reads some good books and listens to the great principles, which makes his moral character higher. No matter whether you are a so-called gentleman or a great scholar, you are now

You can consider yourself a scholar.

Ye Qing didn't pay much attention to the young man, he was just practicing his sword and doing his own thing.
Chapter completed!