Chapter 48: Putting the Paper Kite(1/3)
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The straw-shoe boy often delivers letters home to Taoye Lane on Fulu Street these days. Almost every doorman knows this messenger, so it doesn't seem out of place. In addition, the boy looks calm and trots along the bluestone street as usual, even if
Pedestrians would not take it seriously if they saw it. Chen Pingan was approaching the door of a house. There was a stone statue in front of the door to suppress evil. It was half a man tall and looked like a military general. Chen Pingan knew that this was the Li family's mansion.
, on the wealthy Fulu Street, almost every household has a different way to ward off evil spirits. Even the door gods posted on the door are divided into civil and military ones, so it is easy to distinguish them.
He quickly looked around and continued to move forward. Beyond the Song family was the Song family. After the Song family was the Kiln Supervisor Office. On the outer wall of the junction of the adjacent mansions of the Li and Song families, there was a locust tree growing.
The dry branches and luxuriant leaves are not as good as the vicissitudes of the old locust tree in the town, but it is still impressive at first sight.
According to the older generation, this locust tree and the towering old locust tree in the center of the town are said to be of the same origin. That tree is called the ancestral locust tree, and the one in front of the young man is called the descendant locust tree.
The reason why Chen Ping'an came to the Li family and not to the Lu family in the small town where Lu Zhengchun lived was because when the boy left the government office, the old steward who was seeing him off had some casual conversations about the family's quarrels and why Zhao Zhao on this street
The scholar in the family, Zhao Yao, has left the town and is destined to be the number one scholar in the future. Why, there is a young lady from the Song family next door. When she reaches the age of marriage, she can't even be a female celebrity. She only likes to wield swords and guns.
, how does it look like a rich lady, do you think it is funny or not? The old man mixed in a lot of trivial anecdotes with a piece of trivial news. A distinguished guest has just arrived at the Li family house, and the little girl is very pretty.
Zhuo, it's like a piece of royal porcelain. From now on, as long as another girl changes her age, she will definitely be a handsome beauty. I don't know which family will be lucky enough to marry such a daughter-in-law into their family.
On the way out of the back hall of the government office, the young man who did not listen at first walked very slowly, intentionally or unintentionally, and was always carefully observing the architectural layout of the government office. Finally, he occasionally asked one or two off-topic questions, like a pauper.
Curious about the wealth of those wealthy families, the old steward knew everything and talked about everything. He used the Song family next door and the Li family further away as examples to explain to the young man the layout of the courtyards and various rules of the wealthy families.
The young man knew the real intention of the steward.
It's just that Chen Ping'an never wanted to act according to their wishes from beginning to end.
At this time, Chen Ping'an was jogging slowly along the street. Seeing no one around, Chen Ping'an suddenly exerted his strength, suddenly quickened his pace, ran straight towards the old locust tree, jumped, and stepped on the trunk of the tree one after another.
After four steps, there were no signs of falling. However, at that time, the strong young man had reached out to grab a branch of the locust tree. In an instant, the young man, who was as nimble as an ape in the mountains, sat on the branch.
Then he stood up steadily and continued to climb forward. In the blink of an eye, Chen Ping'an was squatting on a sloping locust tree branch, which was higher than the two-foot-high courtyard wall. The young man's body was hidden among the lush locust leaves.
After that, I held my breath and focused my attention, squinting my eyes and looking around, not in any hurry to sneak in.
On the way back to the town from the covered bridge with Ning Yao, Chen Pingan asked many questions.
For example, how fast can the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain run and how high can he jump under normal circumstances in the small town? How tough is his body? What kind of copper skin and iron bones is he? If I punch him
Hitting it is like scratching the old ape's itch. So if you switch to a slingshot or a wooden bow, how much damage will it cause at a distance of twenty steps and forty steps respectively? The so-called "old ape" of Zhengyang Mountain
"God", does it have fatal flaws, such as eyes, crotch, and throat? If my opponent tries to get hurt but still kills with all his strength, will I definitely die?
At that time, Ning Yao was almost asked by the young man and only wished that he was not deaf and mute.
According to the girl in black, whether it is a Qi practitioner or a pure martial artist, the more advanced a practitioner is, the greater the pressure will be on this place, just like an iron cavalry knocking at a pass and can only hold on, relying on one continuous breath.
It is absolutely supported, and once it opens, it will suffer the same damage as the sea water pouring back. Imagine facing the rapid flood, and then you try to open a small opening on the dam?
But in the end, Ning Yao's conclusion was that if the young man and the old ape from Zhengyang Mountain were to fight each other, Chen Ping'an would not have the slightest chance of winning.
In the shade of the locust tree, the young man had firm eyes and a cold face, and muttered silently: "Don't let the old ape get closer than ten steps. Ten steps, at least keep this distance."
Ning Yao said that as long as the old ape doesn't jump over the wall in a hurry, he has a chance to survive.
But Chen Pingan replied that he just wanted to force the old ape to kill him, otherwise it would be meaningless.
The old ape of Zhengyang Mountain must be forced to become angry and make the old ape use the true energy in his body, so that he can truly destroy the cultivation he has accumulated over thousands of years. Perhaps the old ape thinks that small town people like him and Liu Xianyang,
Life is not valuable at all, but Chen Ping'an wants to know if the old ape will feel distressed when he sees those disappearing cultivation practices, and whether he thinks it is worth anything.
Of course, the premise of everything is that you don't want to be punched to death by someone who meets you.
The young man looked down at the people in the mansion passing through the corridors and murmured: "Even if you can't run away, you must take a few more punches."
Chen Ping'an never thought about killing the old ape, let alone that he could survive.
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In the Li family mansion, the little girl from Zhengyang Mountain, as the granddaughter of the ancestor of the Tao family, was worshiped as a Bodhisattva by the Li family. In addition to arranging a number of first- and second-class maids in other courtyards, these people as
The girl who gave birth to a child in the family has clean hands and feet. The most important thing is that she knows her roots well and has a clean life experience. She may have been loyal to the Li family since her ancestors.
This villa is centrally located and not adjacent to Fuk Luk Street.
The little girl's name is Tao Zi, nicknamed Tao Zi, and she is the pistachio of the ancestors of the sword immortals in Zhengyang Mountain. Of course, it is not her innocent and cute appearance, but her future swordsmanship that makes her qualified to let Zhengyang Mountain.
Investing massive resources at a low cost.
Over the past five hundred years, Tao Zi's four things, talent, temperament and luck, have been ranked among the best among the ancestors of the major peaks of Zhengyang Mountain in the past. To put it simply, the little girl Tao Zi will be a long-term
The board is very long, but there is no magical existence of any short board.
This is truly a once-in-a-hundred-year event, not just a polite compliment.
The little girl is now without the mountain-moving ape by her side, and is alone in a completely unfamiliar place. It is not to say that she is afraid of strangers or has stage fright, but is just a little bored and a little regretful. From what Grandpa Ape said, it seems that there is no way to move from here.
Walking up a mountain. This made the little girl very discouraged. Sister Su of Zhengyang Mountain, when she entered the fifth level, she was given a mountain as a gift by her ancestor, and it became Sister Su’s private territory. That mountain peak
, it was Grandpa Ape who personally carried it back to Zhengyang Mountain all the way and placed it in the northeast of Zhengyang Mountain. Although it is not big, the little girl has always been envious of it.
She felt that the study was a little stuffy, so she walked to the main hall, put her hands behind her back, and looked up at the plaque for a long time in an old-fashioned way.
The little girl was always followed by two pretty maids. One of them was discovered by the Li family to have a good talent since she was a child, so she was specially trained to become a martial arts practitioner with little success. In fact, for the direct lineage of the Li family, this kind of behavior is similar to
Raising flowers, birds, fish and insects is no different, but I don’t hope that the girl will become a martial arts master in the future. Within the high walls of a wealthy family, it is not uncommon for slaves to bully their masters, not to mention that the vision of slaves and slaves is too great.
High, the potential is too great, which may not be a good thing for the inheritance of the next generation of the family.
The little girl walked to the gate and jumped around in the yard. She did not leave the yard without permission and make things difficult for the servants. Grandpa Yuan had reminded her that the people from Fengleiyuan had also arrived in the town. She should not leave this place until he settled things.
Courtyard. Although the little girl is young, she has been exposed to the treacherous clouds and dangers surrounding the mountains since she was a child, and her upbringing is very strict, so she is not the kind of naughty child who makes her elders worry.
The bored little girl finally lay down on the stone table. There was a birdcage on the table, which contained a bird that seemed to be called a snake eagle. It had its head drooped, sickly, and its feathers were gray and gray.
It looked good. No matter how much the little girl teased her before, the snake-catching eagle ignored her, so she found it boring. Now she just wanted to find something to do, so she whistled at the flat-haired beast.
Inside the cage are two porcelain bird food jars privately made by Li Jialong Kiln. They are small and exquisite. One is plain and elegant for water, and the other is bright for food.
It's just that after the snake-catching eagle was captured, it has been almost two days without water or rice.
In small towns, snake eagles are rarely caught. Occasionally, no matter whether it is a young chick or an adult snake eagle, they all die of hunger strike.
No matter how you feed it, you can't feed it, let alone become a falcon for people to drive.
When the little girl who whistled saw that the snake eagle still didn't respond, she finally lost her patience, stood up, turned around and left.
Loud bang.
A bird food can inside the birdcage was violently shattered.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, and then almost instinctively grabbed a tall maid and asked her to stand in front of her.
The tall and plump maid felt as if her wrists were tightly tightened by iron wires, and she almost screamed in pain.
On the other hand, the shorter maid, with sharp eyes, immediately stood in front of the little girl and quickly looked around.
The second bird food can in the cage exploded again, like a firecracker sound on the table.
"There is an assassin on the roof of Qingxinyuan!" The maid, who was accomplished in martial arts, finally caught the figure this time. There was a half-crouching figure on the roof of the courtyard next door.
The maid started to run. The wall of the other courtyard was not high, so she stepped up. After grabbing the edge of the wall with both hands, she quickly climbed up the wall with her outstanding physical strength.
For a moment, she was in trouble. This villa was not far from Qingxinyuan across the street, but the assassin was on the roof of the main building of Qingxinyuan, and Qingxinyuan was close to Fulu Street. The man could easily climb out of the wall. So.
She made the decision almost instantly. Instead of jumping off the wall and running towards the Qingxin Courtyard, she ran along the wall and jumped onto the roof of her own courtyard. During this period, the maidservant was always paying attention.
The assassin's sneak attack.
Strangely, the assassin neither hindered her steps nor had any intention of retreating immediately.
There is a distance of about three feet between the eaves of the two courtyards.
While staring at the movements of the assassin, the maid quietly retreated on the eaves. Finally, she took a deep breath quickly and prepared to run.
The maidservant was shocked. The assassin confronting her was actually a thin young man wearing shabby clothes?!
There were two small bags tied around the young man's waist. There was no murder weapon in his hand, so it must have been hidden. The maid thought it was most likely a slingshot.
She was also very confused. If it hit her head, she wouldn't say she would be killed on the spot, but the injury would definitely be serious. With the boy's almost terrifying accuracy, he deliberately smashed the bird food cans twice, and he really couldn't hit herself or that person.
A little girl from Zhengyang Mountain?
In the yard, the little girl said angrily: "Idiot! Be careful of the plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain! Come back quickly!"
Of course it is important to catch the assassin and torture him to extract a confession, but it is even more important to protect his life in case of an unexpected incident.
To be continued...