Chen Pingan left the ferry midway and went to Qinghao Country, which was located in a remote corner of Luzhou in Beiju.
During the journey of thousands of miles, Chen Ping'an chose the mountain roads and traveled day and night, as fast as thunder.
He soon found the state city, and just as he entered the narrow Dongxian Street, the door of a house opened, and a slender man wearing a Confucian shirt walked out, smiling and waving.
Chen Pingan looked up, looking a little dazed.
Put away your thoughts and walk quickly.
Li Xisheng walked down the steps, Chen Ping'an bowed and said, "I've met Mr. Li."
Li Xisheng smiled and bowed in return.
Young Cui Ci stood inside the door, looking at the two fellow countrymen who had reunited after a long separation outside the gate. Especially when the young man saw the smile on his husband's face, Cui Ci became happy.
After arriving at Beiju Luzhou, my husband would always frown and think about something. Even if he relaxed his brows, there seemed to be many things waiting for him to think about. Unlike this moment, my husband seemed not to think too much about anything, just having fun.
Li Xisheng walked into the house with Chen Pingan, turned around and said with a smile: "I almost didn't recognize him."
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "I guess I will feel the same way next time I see the little treasure vase in the academy."
When we arrived at Li Xisheng's study, we found that the room was not big, there were not many books, and there were no extra supplies, calligraphy or painting artifacts.
Li Xisheng asked Cui Ci to study by himself.
Li Xisheng moved out the chair behind the desk and sat opposite Chen Pingan, who had just taken off his bamboo hat and bamboo box.
Li Xisheng nodded and said: "Very good, I feel more settled."
Chen Pingan scratched his head.
Li Xisheng smiled and said: "There are some things that were not suitable to talk about before, but now it's time to talk to you."
Chen Pingan, who was already sitting upright, became more upright and said, "Mr. Li, please speak."
Li Xisheng said: "As a person, I have always been unclear about myself."
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, "That's the same."
Li Xisheng smiled and shook his head, "It's very different."
Li Xisheng continued: "Do you still remember that I wanted to give you a peach charm?"
Chen Pingan nodded lightly.
Li Xisheng said: "Before that, I had a fight with swordsman Cao Jun in Mud Bottle Alley, right?"
Chen Ping'an laughed: "Sir, Cao Jun was very helpless."
Li Xisheng said slowly: "It is very difficult for a Qi practitioner to practice in Lizhu Cave, but I broke through the realm very quickly. When I was almost there, Ma Kuxuan of Xinghua Lane who walked out of Lizhu Cave was nothing compared to me.
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Chen Ping'an said nothing and quietly waited for the next chapter.
Li Xisheng revealed the secret with one word, and he kept saying it without surprising, "I also deduced it repeatedly afterwards to figure out the reason. The luck that originally belonged to you, or the chance of the great road, fell on me. Just like you, I
I have always felt that everything in the world is about a balance, you gain and I lose, and every single thing, big or small, will never disappear or increase out of thin air, not even at all."
When Chen Pingan was about to speak, Li Xisheng waved his hand, "Wait until I finish speaking."
Li Xisheng said: "You and I think about things in the same way, and do things in the same way. You know, you have to do something to feel at ease. Although I didn't know in advance that I had your destiny, but since my realm has risen subsequently, my chess ability
Gradually, I pushed back step by step and calculated a clear result. Now that I know it, of course I can't accept it calmly. Although the peach charm, even if I still don't know its roots for the time being, no matter how I calculate it, it doesn't count.
There are no results, but I know very well that for me, the peach charm must be very important, but it is precisely the importance that I wanted to give it to you at the beginning. As a kind of exchange of mood, I will subtract and you will add, and the two parties will return to balance.
.During this period, it’s not that I, Li Xisheng, was in a slightly higher state than you at that time, or that the peach charms were very precious, so I should give you something in exchange. It shouldn’t be like this. I have obtained your share of the Taoist foundation, so I should
I will give it back to you based on my own Dao foundation. This is the real one for one. But you were unwilling to accept it at the time, so I had to take a step back. That's why I told Senior Li Er of Lion Peak that I might as well give him a talisman.
, whether it’s drawing talisman for the Bamboo Tower, if you come to see me, Li Xisheng, because you are grateful, it will only add trouble to you and me, and make the mess even worse, so it would be better not to see me at all.”
Chen Pingan looked calm and nodded gently.
Li Xisheng smiled and said: "As for the authentic alchemy book and some talismans, they are not included here. As Li Baoping's elder brother, I just want to thank you for protecting her all the way."
Chen Pingan still nodded.
Li Xisheng suddenly looked a little lonely and said softly: "Chen Ping'an, aren't you curious why my younger brother is called Li Baozhen, and the name of Xiaobaoping also has the word treasure in it, but I am the only one who is different?"
The three children of the Li family on Fulu Street are Li Xisheng, Li Baozhen and Li Baoping.
Chen Pingan shook his head, "I have never thought about this."
The little girl in the red cotton jacket talked about everything when she was with her junior uncle. Chen Pingan heard that her mother seemed to favor Li Baozhen more towards her two sons, but was not so close to her eldest son Li Xisheng.
As for the family affairs of these little treasure bottles, Ping An, as he said, would just ignore it and would not delve into it.
Li Xisheng stood up, walked to the window, and looked into the distance.
During the Spring Festival in the Li family, there is an unwritten family custom. The mother of the three brothers and sisters will ask the maids and servants in the house to say some idioms and poems with the word "Li", such as the beautiful peach and plum without words.
Xia Zi Cheng Qi, the touching Taozhi Yaoyao, the very lovable Li Xia, even if one of the children accidentally said the phrase "ordinary peaches and common plums" that was not a compliment, their mother was not angry, and remained the same
She was given a piece of New Year's money, but when she heard the words "reciprocate a favor", her smile became much less intense. Then after hearing the saying "a peach represents a Li Jian", she was always an amiable woman to any servant.
, Unprecedented, unable to hide his angry face.
Li Xisheng was still a young man at the time, and he happened to be standing at the corner of the Chaoshou Arcade not far away when he saw that scene and heard those words.
Li Xisheng didn't understand it at the time, so he just buried his curiosity deep in his heart. He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but felt vaguely uneasy.
Since ancient times, poems and sentences have always been like peaches and plums.
Li Xisheng turned his head and said softly: "The family surnamed Chen lives across the street. There is a Confucian disciple who is a few years older than Li Baozhen. His name is Chen Baozhou. If you meet him, you will understand why I am the only one."
Li Xisheng is lucky enough to succeed you."
In fact, there is no need to go see him.
When Li Xisheng said this, Chen Pingan understood everything.
Li Xisheng suddenly smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Beiju Luzhoudongxian Street, Chen Xisheng.
Aquarius Island Li Zhudongtian, Li Baozhou.
That's how it should be.
This also explains why the Chen family's ancestral grave in the deep mountains grew a regular script tree, which symbolizes the birth of a sage.
Because this Mr. Li should have been named Chen.
Li Xisheng sighed softly: "There are many things that I still can't figure out. It's like there are many obstacles and obstacles on the road of life. Only with a higher level of cultivation can you cross each one."
Chen Pingan stood up and said, "Mr. Li should be sad, but it doesn't seem like he should be that sad."
Li Xisheng laughed, his eyes clear and bright, "These words are very comforting."
Chen Pingan laughed accordingly.
Then Li Xisheng suggested that the two play chess.
The two of them played chess and chatted casually.
Chen Ping'an plays chess slowly. In the final stage, he only says one or two sentences after each move.
"Before I came to Beiju Luzhou, I was actually quite scared. I heard that there were many swordsmen here, and people on and off the mountain were doing things without scruples, so I thought about coming here to follow Kuan Xin, and then I realized that as long as you don't keep your heart in mind, you can do whatever you want.
Traveling far away in the wind, your feet are in the mud."
"I was also afraid that I would go from one extreme to another, so I took on the pseudonym Chen Haoren. It was not a fun thing, but a reminder to myself. When I come here to experience, I can't really act unscrupulously and follow the crowd."
"Probably deep down in my heart, I have been secretly thinking that it would be great if I could be a truly good person."
Li Xisheng didn't speak much. After hearing this, he said: "I admit that I have selfish thoughts, but I can always do good. Chen Pingan, do you know what this is?"
Chen Pingan shook his head.
Li Xisheng picked up a chess piece, placed it gently on the chessboard, and said: "This is what our Confucian sages have been thinking about. Be careful about being alone, restrain yourself and return to etiquette."
Chen Pingan shook his head and didn't think so.
Li Xisheng didn't say anything more, just looked at the chess game, "It's just a stinky chess basket, it's a really stinky chess basket."
Chen Pingan said: "I really don't have any talent when it comes to playing chess."
To be continued...