When they arrived at a lake, Chen Pingan stopped rowing, put down the bamboo shoots, and took out a portion of dry food from nearby objects to satisfy his hunger.
Liu Laocheng suddenly smiled and asked Chen Ping'an if he liked fishing. He said that Shujian Lake had three unique features, which were all delicacies at the banquets of the powerful people of the Zhu Ying Dynasty. Among them was a kind of fish caught in winter fishing. The more snowy and cold it is, the more this kind of fish is called
The fish of winter crucian carp are more delicious. Liu Laocheng pointed to the bottom of the lake and said that there is one in this area. Before Liu Laocheng could say anything more, Chen Pingan had already taken out the fishing rod from Zizhu Island that had never been put to use.
Take out a small can of distiller's grain corn.
The same goes for Liu Laocheng, who moves skillfully, but the bait is slightly different. The fishing rod is a special green bamboo that is verdant and overflowing with spiritual energy.
In the end, Liu Laocheng caught three winter crucian carps as big as the size of a palm, and Chen Ping'an caught two. They closed the pole at about the same time. After that, both parties showed off their own skills, including chopping boards, stoves, clay pots, firewood, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, sugar, etc.
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One person is at the bow and the other is at the stern, each cooking fish.
It was steaming hot, and the two of them sat cross-legged, holding chopsticks in one hand and a wine bottle in the other.
The two looked at each other, smiled, and started chatting while eating.
Intrigues and murderous intentions are everywhere, but for the time being, they are all just talking and laughing.
After the joke, Chen Pingan had just packed up the pots for the stove. He slapped the sword gourd and flew away with the flying sword fifteen. Chen Pingan said in front of Liu Laocheng: "Go to Qingxia Island first and inform Liu Zhimao.
Just say that Liu Laocheng is with me on Gongliu Island, and if I ask him to activate the mountain protection formation, I will land alone."
Liu Laocheng asked: "Just giving orders and not making up excuses? Otherwise, wouldn't Liu Zhimao be suspicious?"
Chen Ping'an replied: "If you talk too much, he won't dare to activate the formation."
Liu Laocheng nodded, "Go straight to the point and either scare the opponent or break his face. This is suitable for people like Liu Zhimao, so you can't give them any room for maneuver."
Chen Pingan's eyes lit up.
Liu Laocheng smiled and said, "Why, you get something from me just by saying something casually?"
Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "I only vaguely knew that I should do this before, but it was not as thorough as Island Master Liu said. Well, it's like Island Master Liu put a ruler in front of me. In the past, when it came to personnel matters, I
The pursuit is not to go to extremes, but Island Master Liu taught me how to deal with people like Liu Zhimao. On the contrary, I must keep pushing them towards both ends."
Liu Laocheng nodded to express his approval, but at the same time said: "You should only speak with others at the same time, and don't throw away your whole heart. We are still enemies between you and me. When can we show our hearts and souls? Have you misunderstood something?"
Chen Pingan supported Bamboo Hao, "It's two different things. If I just want you to die, I don't have to go to Gongliu Island at all. In the final analysis, I still hope that both parties will be happy, and Island Master Liu will still get the big benefits. I just want peace of mind.
I won’t compete with Island Master Liu to make money.”
Liu Laocheng was noncommittal and drank slowly.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "When I was learning to play chess with others, I really had no understanding and was slow to learn anything. I could ponder a formula that has been regarded as dead by my predecessors for a long time without getting the essence, so I like to think blindly.
I just wonder if there is a chessboard where everyone can win, not just victory or defeat, but also where both sides can win less and win more."
Liu Laocheng shook his head, "Don't tell me about playing chess. I have a headache and I never like it. The level of chess skills has nothing to do with how well you do things."
Chen Ping'an was about to speak, probably because he wanted to have a little chat with the old monk. Anyway, Liu Laocheng himself said that if you have leisure in life, you will be the master of the world. The reason why he insisted on this trip back to Qingxia Island was
The boat returned slowly because I wanted to know more about Liu Laocheng's character. Although the success or failure of the plan lies in a bigger and higher place, but
Liu Laocheng raised his hand and said, "Shut up. Don't push yourself too hard. You're not a school teacher. You're just a bookkeeper with a good abacus. The ferry is only so big. I have to listen to your nagging. No.
You have to listen. If you want to be clean, I can only slap you into the lake. With your current body, you can't stand any more torture. Now you are relying on a natal acupoint to hold on, this mansion
If it breaks once, your Immortal Bridge will probably be broken again. By the way, how did you break the Immortal Bridge before? I'm a little curious."
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Back then, I was interrupted by a female monk from the mountain in an alley in my hometown, but she was mostly plotted by Liu Zhimao. That disaster was quite thrilling. Liu Zhimao was still tampering with my heart at that time.
, If it weren’t for our good luck, the female cultivator and I would have been confused until our deaths, and we were involved in a confusing fight. You mountain gods, in addition to having great magical powers, also like to kill without blood."
This is the first time that Chen Pingan tells Liu Laocheng about his family affairs.
It's a bit of sincerity.
Otherwise, Chen Ping'an would really be worried that he would have offended the old monk with unpredictable temperament before he even reached Qingxia Island.
Liu Laocheng seemed to be touched, "The monks on the mountain are very afraid of being stained by the world of mortals. In Shujian Lake, I should be the most qualified to say this. That's why military monks are envied by other Qi practitioners. No matter how they kill people, they are not afraid.
They are entangled in cause and effect. Therefore, they prefer to stay at the foot of the mountains to practice compared to the Legalists, Strategists, Merchants and Farmers. Sword cultivation is difficult to deal with ghosts on the four mountains, and it is also comfortable and less restrained."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "I have seen both the Legalist monks and the Taoist priests in the Master's Swordsman's Room, but the only ones who have not learned about it are the Mohist Sword Masters."
Liu Laocheng sneered and said: "I advise you not to mess with the knife loaner. He is the most difficult ghost among the difficult ghosts. He is simply a gatekeeper for the King of Hell."
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I will pay attention."
The journey is long and has an end.
The ferry passed several vassal islands, including Sulin Island, and arrived at the boundary of Qingxia Island. As expected, the landscape formation had been activated by Liu Zhimao.
In Liu Zhimao's view, this will of course arouse Liu Laocheng's displeasure, but he and Chen Pingan are inextricably linked. Once he refuses Chen Pingan's request, he will have to suffer the corresponding consequences.
The lesser of the two is the harm of power. And although Liu Zhimao couldn't figure out why Liu Laozu was willing to accompany Chen Pingan by boat back to Qingxia Island, Liu Zhimao kept telling himself that Chen Pingan likes to follow rules when doing things, no matter what.
Whatever Liu Laocheng wants to do, Chen Ping'an brought him here. He may not be able to settle everything, but at least he will work with Qingxia Island to solve this mess, instead of staying out of it and walking away.
This is the intangible influence brought by a so-called "good person", such as the spring breeze sneaking into the night and moisturizing things silently.
Even a bad guy like Liu Zhimao, who is full of evil, must admit it.
Liu Laocheng kept his promise and used the wind to hover on the lake outside the ferry.
Chen Ping'an tied up the ferry rope and went to the mountain gate house. After a while, the jade tablet no longer absorbed the spiritual energy of Shujian Lake.
Chen Ping'an went to Zhu Xian Mansion, but when he returned, he did not take Hongsu with him and returned to the ferry alone.
Liu Laocheng frowned.
Chen Ping'an said: "I don't want to see Hongsu die next to me and have to do nothing. This is the contingency I am most afraid of."
Liu Laocheng laughed heartily, stretched out his thumb towards Chen Ping'an, rose into the air, turned into a flash of rainbow light and returned to Gongliu Island, making a series of booming explosions like winter thunder.
Chen Pingan stood at the ferry for a long time. When Liu Laocheng was completely gone, he raised his hand in relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Liu Zhimao came to the ferry and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Chen, can you tell me the truth and what is going on?"
Chen Ping'an said: "On the way here, I kept chatting with Liu Laocheng and tested each other. I came to the conclusion that Liu Laocheng seems to have never met the Dali general Su Gaoshan."
Liu Zhimao's expression immediately changed slightly.
Both of them are smart people. The speaker has a heart and the listener understands.
Su Gaoshan, the general of the Great Li cavalry who has reached the capital of Shihao Kingdom, is a mountain that even Tan Yuanyi on Lisu Island cannot climb. When the three of them formed an alliance to discuss matters in Hengbo Mansion, they all felt that Liu Laocheng had already caught up with Su Gaoshan.
line, so he didn’t even bother to discuss important matters with Tan Yuanyi, the leader of the Green Wave Pavilion spy. It was Gongliu Island who passed directly through Su Gaoshan and got some kind of reply from the center of the Dali Temple. That’s why he acted so domineeringly and completely ignored Liu Zhimao and Liu Zhimao.
If the conditions offered by Tan Yuanyi were like this, Liu Laocheng's current position would be roughly on the same level as Su Gaoshan.
Now it seems that all three of them guessed wrong and underestimated this monk in the upper fifth realm. Liu Laocheng did not even pay attention to the general Su Gaoshan. Gongliu Island must have a higher and more hidden line.
Maybe you can talk directly to the Song family of Dali, or even the Grand Master of Dali.
Liu Zhimao's face became even more bitter, "Mr. Chen, shouldn't he have sized up the situation and abandoned Qingxia Island and gone to Gongliu Island?"
Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "If you really do this, I won't tell you this. Besides, Island Master Liu has a unique discernment, and he can definitely see that Liu Laocheng and I seem to have a harmonious relationship, but in fact, it is not as good as the monk Shu Jianhu imagined.
It's so good, but it's not like we feel like old friends at first sight, and we hate meeting each other later. I'm not afraid of your jokes if I say it. If it weren't for that jade plaque that made Liu Laocheng jealous, Gongliu Island would almost be my burial place."
Liu Zhimao smiled and said: "Then I can rest assured. If Mr. Chen chooses to join forces with Liu Laocheng, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of Shujian Lake even if I have two more legs."
Chen Ping'an joked: "After the New Year, after the spring of next year, I may leave Qingxia Island often, or even go out of Shujian Lake. Island Master Liu doesn't have to worry that I am sneaking around and making a living on my own behind your back with Tan Yuanyi."
.However, we might meet Su Gaoshan along the way. Island Master Liu also has no need to be suspicious. I will only value the alliance between Hengbo Mansion more than the two of you. However, we have agreed in advance that if one of you changes your mind temporarily and wants to withdraw,
, just make it clear to me, it is still a matter that can be discussed. Once anyone breaks the promise first, no matter what the reason is, I will make it difficult for you to go around."
Liu Zhimao smiled bitterly and said: "I can only guarantee that if I regret it, I, Liu Zhimao, will definitely tell Mr. Chen in advance. As for Tan Yuanyi, I will send these words to them in Lisu Island."
Chen Pingan nodded.
Liu Zhimao did not deny that when Liu Laocheng accompanied Chen Pingan to Qingxia Island, the more straightforward and clear Chen Pingan was and the more he distanced himself from the relationship with Gongliu Island, the more he, Liu Zhimao, became upset.
Eight times, my heart is swaying.
Because that's just a "what if".
What if Chen Pingan relies on his courage and intolerance to have the possibility of a choice? What if Chen Pingan betrays his trust? Is he more ruthless than Liu Zhimao and Tan Yuanyi?
You know, he knows very well how that arrogant little loach jumped into the fire pit, how it suffered, and how Chen Ping'an ended up.
Liu Zhimao suddenly felt a little regretful. Shouldn't he have walked into Chen Ping'an's "rules" at all? Could it be that when things came to a head, he would suddenly wake up one day and realize that he had actually been with that little loach?
To be continued...