The Huaihuang Kingdom was a small country in the north. It was a barren land and both the government and the public were so poor that the king could not send officials to worship the gods of the Five Mountains on time, so there was a saying that officials from the two departments of ritual and household did not go to the mountains.
It may be that the imperial court did not pay enough respect to the Lord of the Five Mountains. In addition, local temples were sparse and incense was not popular. Demons often appeared in the towns and countryside of Huaihuang State, so there were often real people and eminent monks from other countries traveling around the mountains and rivers to save the people from fire and water.
However, these local high-ranking people could never enter the real dignitaries of Huaihuang Kingdom. Later, they simply avoided the capital to avoid getting into trouble.
On this day, at the border pass between the Huaihuang Kingdom and the Yinping Kingdom in the south, there was a scholar in white wearing a bamboo hat. He handed over the customs clearance document, entered the border town, wandered around, and sat on a bamboo box at a market overpass.
, gnawing on the scallion pancakes I just bought, chatting with the local people and some businessmen who did not do much business, and listening to the storyteller telling some strange stories about gods and gods. The storyteller is old and has never thought of getting angry.
Quezu, who could raise his voice loud enough to make a loud noise, and spitting everywhere, said that a very ferocious monster had appeared in Buyao County before, entrenched on the top of the mountain, and turned into black smoke at night and sneaked into the county, specifically to abduct the yellow-flowered girls.
, the government could not stop it at all, but the old man who was invited by a county magistrate set up an altar, which attracted thunder. In the middle of the night when the moon and stars were sparse, there was a sudden heavy rain and thunder, and the big demon hid in the miasma-filled place.
At the top of the mountain, there was a crack, and there was a lightning strike deep into the mountain. Afterwards, a brave woodcutter followed the movement into the mountain and saw that it was a big snake as thick as a well that was killed by the thunder. It was a pity for those yellow flowers.
My dear daughter, in the mountain col, there are skeletons everywhere and jagged bones. From the looks of it, they should all be those unfortunate women.
Everyone who listened gasped, their hair stood on end, and their spines felt chilly.
The traveling scholar in a snow-white robe was also startled along with the others.
Ding ding dong dong, some listeners took the lead to give the reward, and people from behind took out their pockets one after another and threw some copper coins in the big white bowl. The storyteller glanced at the harvest in the bowl, stroked his beard and smiled, it was enough to buy two jugs of wine.
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Finally, the storyteller told that there are also demons and lawless people in Yuhu County. Unfortunately, the prefect of this county is a miser. He has no connections and is unwilling to spend a lot of money to hire real people. The immortal masters will go down the mountain to subdue the monsters. The people of Yuhu County are really pitiful.
, was entangled to death. Fortunately, although the evil demon was unscrupulous, it was fortunate that he was not of high moral character and was far inferior to the Buyao County snake demon who was killed by thunder. Otherwise, it would be a tragedy in the world.
What the common people like is excitement, so a man asked who the monster of Yuhu County was, and the storyteller told him that there was a hanged man in white clothes in the county, who liked to scare the watchman and knocked on people's doors late at night, causing the county to lose sight of people at night.
No one dares to go out, and there are foxes and rabbits in the wilderness. There are often voluptuous women with beautiful flowers, who like to seduce men and absorb the essence. There is also a group of fierce ghosts who have driven away the temple monks, doves occupy magpie nests, and a girl in green at the ferry.
, using the river as his home, making waves.
Some people don't believe it, saying that the Yinping Kingdom and our Huaihuang Kingdom have always been stable, and there have been no monsters and evil spirits for hundreds of years. How come they are suddenly popping up all over the place? Could it be that they are stuffed guys who are deliberately pretending to be evil and defrauding people of their money?
The storyteller puffed his beard and stared, saying that he had seen with his own eyes the corpse of the snake demon in Buyao County and the pale face of the green water ghost at the ferry.
The audience laughed in disbelief.
The ancient old man looked around, and finally looked at the scholar in white who had just finished eating scallion pancakes. He raised his hand and said, "This scholar who traveled far away from home must have read a lot and has a wide range of knowledge. Ask him if there are any ghosts or ghosts in the world."
. Scholars, even if you have never seen it with your own eyes, what you have heard of it counts."
Everyone looked at the young man wearing a bamboo hat. The man shook his head and said, "I have never seen it, and I have never heard of it."
There were boos everywhere.
When the storyteller saw something bad, he hurriedly put away the big white bowl and closed the stall. None of his damn scholars are good at it. It's fine if they don't support money.
I don't have the slightest hope of being named on the gold list.
As soon as the stalls were closed, the audience and spectators dispersed.
The storyteller glared fiercely at the foreign scholar who was on a study tour.
Chen Pingan smiled, stood up, and put the bamboo box on his back. The sword fairy, sword gourd, and jade bamboo fan had been put into the bamboo box before. The only thing in his hand was the green hiking stick.
Along the way, the hiking staff has been refined. At the same time, he has hidden a few yellow paper talismans made of ordinary materials in his sleeves. They are Yang Qi Lantern Talisman, Dust Cleansing Talisman and Barrier Breaking Talisman, which are common in the "Authentic Alchemy Book".
Introductory talisman.
Chen Pingan walked to the old man and said, "Old sir, I'll buy you a drink. Do you want to drink it?"
The storyteller looked at him sideways and his hands were weak. He didn't look like a gangster who was robbing houses. It's just that the road was not easy to walk. God knows where on the road, looking at a small puddle with very shallow water would make someone sprain their feet, so
Even though he was really greedy, he swallowed hard and refused with a smile: "No, no, I appreciate this young master's kindness. I have to hurry on, cross the border and go to Yinping Country to make a living. The inns here in the city charge like death."
Pigs, sleeping on the street will cause trouble, why not just pass the customs and sleep in the wilderness, no matter what the heaven or the earth."
Chen Ping'an said regretfully: "Okay, then I won't keep the old gentleman, I'll just save myself a pot of Bishanlou's fly whisk wine."
The ancient old man's eyes lit up, and the alcohol bug in his stomach began to rebel. He immediately changed his face, looked up at the sky, and laughed: "Looking at the sky, it's too early, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, and let the Silver Screen Country
Brothers Kong Fang, please wait a little longer. I will not refuse the young master’s hospitality. Let’s go to Bishan Tower. I haven’t tasted this fly wine yet. Thanks to the young master, I can have a good drink.”
Chen Pingan nodded and said with a smile: "Old sir, why don't you invite your apprentice to join you?"
The old man looked angrily, turned around and waved, calling the guy who threw the money into the bowl first, and said in a low voice: "Young Master has a good eye."
When they arrived at the largest restaurant in the city, the three of them sat down on the second floor under the guidance of the attentive waiter. Chen Pingan ordered a table of dishes and three pots of wine. The old man waited until the three pots of wine were served, then silently placed the scholar on the table.
The bottle of wine beside his disciple was placed silently in front of his eyes, and he said with a smile: "I just forgot to tell you that my disciple doesn't know how to drink. It's a waste of money for you, it's a waste of money."
Chen Ping'an suddenly said: "Then I'll ask the waiter to remove the extra wine, it's only twenty taels of silver."
The old man quickly put his arms around the two jugs of wine and said, "Don't worry, sir, there's no reason to take away good wine after it's been served. Isn't this just asking a beautiful woman to undress and get on the bed and then get out? It's a huge disgrace to the scenery. How can it be like this?"
Chen Ping'an opened the mud seal, poured himself a bowl of wine, and asked with a smile: "Isn't the old gentleman from Mengliang country?"
The old man shook his head and said: "I come from the Qingjing Country in the far west. I have been a storyteller since I was twenty-six years old. I have traveled to more than ten countries, and I have been to Mengliang Country once. It is a place that is rare to find in the world.
Utopia, I was thinking of a place to retire in the future, so I chose Mengliang Country. Anyway, I no longer have any relatives or worries in my hometown. If my apprentice can live up to his standards and earn real money, I can be buried in my hometown after I close my eyes.
there."
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Then just drink."
Chen Ping'an could only see that the storyteller in front of him was a third-level qi practitioner, but this meant that the old man in front of him was either a real lower-level monk who traveled around, or his cultivation level would be far higher than that of Ye.
Ye Han and Fan Weiran are two golden elixirs. In the territory of more than ten countries, apart from the two masterminds behind the scenes, Ye Han and Fan Weiran are the well-deserved "top of the mountain" monks.
One day before, ripples of spiritual energy on the borders of more than a dozen countries shook, like spring thunder, which made Chen Ping'an feel something in his heart. He immediately raised his sword into the sky and saw an extremely long golden line suddenly appearing on the ground, and then burned like ashes.
It should be one of the great monks who removed the restriction on magical powers that was locked up in the enclosure. He was probably the man behind the Mengliang Kingdom who obtained the rare treasure from Suijia City. As for the other great monk, who is only named Xia Zhen for the time being, he has never shown up yet.
, is looking for trouble for himself. Logically speaking, this is very wrong. Fan Weiran's Baodong Wonderland, Ye Han's Huangyue City, and all the mountains headed by the two forces are most likely caged birds and fish in the pond raised by this person.
With such a huge damage and no movement, there are two possibilities. The lion is fighting the rabbit with all his strength. Xia Zhen is waiting for him somewhere now, or... Jiang Shangzhen has secretly been waiting for him before he showed up in Suiji City.
After cleaning up the mess, Xia Zhen was either dead or had a chance to escape, but his vitality was severely damaged and he was unable to deal a fatal blow to himself.
If the storyteller in front of him was really the master of Mengliang Kingdom who came all the way to see him, Chen Pingan would be too lazy to argue with him and just roll up his sleeves and fight.
The old man smiled and said: "Why, the young master has an acquaintance in the Mengliang Kingdom? Are they sworn enemies or worried relatives and friends? If it's the latter, after I finish the Yinping Kingdom, I will travel to the Mengliang Kingdom with my silly apprentice.
I can send a message to the young master, that is..."
The old man smiled and stretched out two fingers to gently twist.
Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "There is no deep grudge or big grudge. I just admire the extraordinary methods of an expert from the Mengliang Kingdom. He is meticulous and flawless. I really want to sincerely invite him to drink a pot of wine. Anyway, the overall situation is now
It was decided, just like the review of the chess game. This expert made the first move in the past, with great power and calmness in the middle game. At the end of the game, he made so many wonderful moves, but no one understood it and cheered a few times, just like you, old gentleman.
When telling a story, if the whole place is silent and silent, even if you get a large bowl of copper coins in the end, wouldn't it still be a big pity?"
The old man took a sip of wine and said, "Although I don't know what the young master is talking about, it sounds reasonable. Then let's go one by one?"
Chen Pingan picked up the wine bowl, touched it with the old man, and drank each other.
It's not just drinking wine with like-minded people that makes you feel good.
In the light of swords and shadows, fighting with flies and dogs, looking at each other as enemies and enemies, and murderous aura flowing in the cups and bowls on the wine table, this is also practice.
As for the strange phenomenon that is happening in this small northern country, Huaihuang Kingdom, the sudden increase in demons is also related to the flood of spiritual energy pouring into the territory of dozens of countries from the outside. Without the existence of the thunder pool that shocked all things, people are naturally jumping for joy, as if they were awakening.
Afterwards, snakes and insects were ready to move and burst out of the ground.
It's just that Chen Ping'an doesn't plan to quarrel with the master of Mengliang Kingdom and the monk behind the scenes named Xia Zhen for the time being. Above the golden elixir, Nascent Soul is okay, and he can still run away if he can't be beaten, but as long as there is a Jade Pu realm, he can still run away.
There is no need for both of them to be a huge trouble for themselves. Chen Ping'an doesn't have the right time, place or people. If the other party really wants to kill him at any cost, with the temper of the monk from Beiju Luzhou, there will never be any hesitation.
.In Luzhou, Beiju, where the Sword Immortal is exclusive, there were more than one or two foreign monks with backgrounds and backers who died suddenly.
Otherwise, if Chen Ping'an is more ruthless, he can use the sage's jade token to collect these spiritual energies that are pouring into the upper reaches of the river like a tide. However, using this jade token across continents will make Liu Laocheng jealous in Shujian Lake.
Taking it out and using it in Juluzhou would be a different story. It would be very taboo, and it might lead to resentment and accountability from Yizhou Academy.
The two people behind the scenes, compared to Xia Zhen, Chen Ping'an was more afraid of the great monk who was involved with Mengliang Country. They planned carefully and planned every step. There was no need for the man to take action himself. He just sent two of his subordinates to obtain the casual item.
In the end, if he had not broken through the formation at the Cangjun Lake Dragon Palace, the Golden Body Realm warrior who deliberately became the grandson of the Qi Practitioners of Mengliangfeng would have continued to hide.
If you see Du Yu, you will have a rough idea of ​​the situation of Ghost Ax Palace. If you see the master of Shaoxi Canal and Mrs. Zaoqu, you will have a rough idea of ​​the customs and customs of Cangjun Lake. If you see Yan Qing, you will know the general situation of Baodong Wonderland.
This is the principle behind Huang Yuecheng's style. Of course there will be errors. However, the longer we get along and the more monks we see, the closer we will be to the facts and the truth, and that eventuality will become smaller and smaller.
Sometimes, you can still see the whole picture at a glance, that is, the Chenghuang Lord, Fan Weiran and Ye Han who accompanied the city, because they are all heads of the family, and the family tradition is often decided by them.
To be continued...