Finally leaving the bottomless blessed land of lotus flowers, the first thing Chen Ping'an did after the old Taoist left was to ask about the current year of the Northern Jin Dynasty. He was really afraid that the so-called "one year in the mountain" in the book meant that it had been thousands of years in the world. Otherwise
He has been tricked by the old Taoist for ten or more decades, and without the Changqi Sword, he probably won’t be able to find anyone to take revenge.
Fortunately, after asking the merchants on the official road of the Northern Jin Dynasty, I breathed a sigh of relief. The six years of Guangxi last time has become the seventh year of Guangxi. It is also autumn in Tongyezhou now, which is the same as the solar term of Ouhua Blessed Land.
It's roughly the same as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Chen Ping'an already had a psychological shadow on the Northern Jin Dynasty. He did not dare to stay any longer and headed north. He had heard about the name of Taiping Mountain for a long time and wanted to take a look at it from a distance. Now he has no such idea. In addition,
His relationship with Chunchao Palace Zhou Fei, Bird's Eye Peak Lu Fang and Ranger Feng Qingbai, the group of relegated immortals, is not good. Chen Ping'an now wants to find a fairy ferry and go straight to Aquarius Continent.
Although Old Man Yang had warned him not to return to the town within five years when he left his hometown, there were still many places to go, such as Laolongcheng where Fan Er was, Qingluan Country where Zhang Shanfeng and Xu Yuanxia traveled, and Laolong City.
The Sword Master Song Yushao's Shushui Kingdom, Gu Can's Shujian Lake, and the Sui Academy where Li Baoping and others studied, there are many places.
In short, it is not advisable to stay in Tongyezhou for a long time.
Chen Pingan put away the oil-paper umbrella he had brought casually from the blessed land, and the two of them walked along the official road. The skinny little girl kept looking curiously, "Where is this? Isn't it our Nanyuan Kingdom?"
When Chen Pingan asked someone before, she couldn't understand a word he said.
Chen Pingan nodded. The presence of such a small oil bottle was also the reason why Chen Pingan wanted to leave Tongyezhou immediately. Taking her with her was no longer the same as before when she traveled with Lu Tai. Once she encountered Shanzeye Xiu who was robbing his family, it would be very difficult.
Trouble. But when he thought of Lutai, Chen Pingan's heart became even more gloomy, that man selling candied haws.
Qi practitioners on the mountain, especially those who have reached the rank of Immortal Queen, can often see the mountains and rivers from the palm of their hand. Although they are not as omniscient and omnipresent as the old Taoists in the Lotus Flower Blessed Land, it is not something that makes people feel relaxed. About this magical power
Regarding immortality, when you return to your hometown in the future, you must ask the old man surnamed Cui or Wei Bo carefully about the methods and techniques, as well as the taboos and restrictions.
Pei Qian continued to ask: "Is it your hometown? Where the gods live?"
Chen Pingan laughed dumbly and shook his head, "It's not my hometown, nor is it some fairyland."
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Pei Qian stopped asking further.
She raised her hands and rubbed her eyes.
Chen Pingan asked: "What's wrong?"
Pei Qian raised his head and smiled brightly, "I always feel weird, but I can't remember anything. I was cleaning the yard at Cao Qinglang's house just now, and he came here all of a sudden."
Chen Pingan glanced at her.
Pei Qian immediately changed his words and said, "After cleaning the yard, I sat on the bench and ate melon seeds."
The two of them had walked more than twenty miles, and the little girl was so tired that she was panting like an ox. Her face was wrinkled and she said she had blisters on the soles of her feet.
Chen Ping'an rented a carriage next to a post station, negotiated the price, and headed north. He made an appointment in advance to stop at the border county of the Northern Jin Dynasty, which was about two days away.
The Northern Jin Dynasty in Huafudi was very different. There had been no war for a long time. Both the post road management and customs clearance documents were very relaxed. As long as there was money in the pocket, even if they were not officials, they could stay in the post house.
It was Pei Qian's first time riding a carriage. It felt very fresh. Sitting in the carriage, swaying and swaying, it was very comfortable. From time to time, he would lift the curtain and look out at the scenery. After autumn, not far from the official road, he could often see
The sight of the golden persimmon groves made her drool. She wished that Chen Pingan would ask the coachman to stop the carriage quickly and let her steal a fortune.
Chen Pingan took out the four scrolls while she was looking outside. The scroll heads were all different. One was made of beetle-proof rosewood, one was white jade, and the other two were made of unknown materials. The four figures in the scrolls were lifelike.
Wei Xian, the founding emperor of the Nanyuan Kingdom, has an ordinary hanging portrait of an emperor in a sitting posture, wearing a golden dragon robe, but his figure is not burly, but rather thin, and the loose dragon robe makes it look a bit out of place.
On the right side of Sui, who failed to ascend, he is holding a sword and looks heroic. The person in the painting seems to be looking at the viewer.
The leader of the demon sect, Lu Baixiang, wears bright red armor and holds a knife in front of his body with both hands. He looks more like a human monarch than Wei Xian.
Madman Wu Zhu Lian, who died at the hands of Ding Ying, had a stooped figure, his hands behind his back and his eyes narrowed, like a little old man from the market.
These four scrolls only eat Grain Rain coins? The question is, how many Grain Rain coins do the people in a scroll have to eat if they want one of them to come out? Furthermore, the concept of loyalty is open to question. Take ten thousand steps back.
It is said that Chen Ping'an is a pure martial artist, and even his golden robe, infatuated heart, and Ting Xue are regarded as external possessions by him.
Fortunately, this time he was led by an old Taoist to travel around the world in Ouhua Blessed Land. Chen Ping'an learned more about the world and people. Invisibly, he understood the "general trend of the world" in Aquarius Continent, as well as Li Zhudongtian's situation and status in the Great Li territory.
They all began to look at it in a different light, and their thoughts on "external objects" were no longer so extreme. Otherwise, according to his previous temper, these four paintings might have been sold directly by Chen Pingan at a sky-high price.
Pei Qian stretched his neck to look at the portrait on Sui's right and said softly: "This sister is so beautiful."
Chen Pingan ignored it and gently put away the four scrolls. He did not put them into square objects in front of Pei Qian. He temporarily put them at his feet. He sighed in his heart that these four ancestors were too difficult to raise. How could there be Chuyi and Chuyi?
Fifteen good, there is a gourd to raise a sword, let alone Guyu money. We have been together for so long, fought side by side many times, and have not spent a cent of snow. There is no need for Chen Ping'an to spend any thought on refining the sword or raising the sword.
In fact, Chen Ping'an owns a dragon-slaying platform, which is the best grindstone for practicing flying swords in the world. However, Chen Pingan is not willing to take away any part of the dragon-slaying platform with "Zhenzhen" and "Ning Yao" engraved on it. Fortunately, on the tenth day of the lunar month,
Regarding this matter, Wu has never lost his temper with Chen Pingan, but he plans to return to Longquan County in the future and try to buy a small dragon-slaying platform from Saint Ruan Qiong. He cannot treat them badly.
Chen Pingan will not save this expense, even if it may not be Guyu money, but gold and copper coins.
Chen Pingan looked at her.
Pei Qian also looked at him, worried, fearing that he would kick her out of the carriage. She was not familiar with the place, so why should she be bullied to death? In the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom, she was familiar with the family, what kind of things could be done?
She had a small calculation in her mind about which children's belongings she could steal, who she couldn't mess with, and who she needed to please. When she got here, winter was about to begin, and a heavy snowfall fell, and she would starve to death.
She had seen with her own eyes many old beggars and little beggars who had not survived the heavy snowy weather. They looked very ugly when they froze to death.
Pei Qian knew that Chen Pingan didn't like him.
Just like she knew that Chen Pingan liked Cao Qinglang very much.
She doesn't want him to like her, as long as he takes care of her food and drink, it would be best to give her a lot of money. As for whether she likes her or not, how much is it worth?
The coachman is an old man in this industry and is familiar with the road. Chen Pingan and Pei Qian stayed in a posthouse for the night. The coachman himself spent the night in the carriage. Chen Pingan asked for two low-class houses. Pei Qian lived next door. Chen Pingan lived next door.
I bought some food from the inn and put it in a package so it could be carried cross-body. I also put some ordinary books in it. Otherwise, when I go out, I would be empty-handed and it would be too conspicuous.
After giving Pei Qian a piece of food, Chen Ping'an went to his room, took off his sword, lit the oil lamp on the table, took out a carving knife and a small green bamboo slip, and began to write down in small letters the experiences of his trip to the Lotus Flower Blessed Land.
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There was a knock on the door. Chen Pingan went to open the door. Pei Qian stood outside the door and said timidly: "It's so dark, I'm a little scared."
Chen Ping'an found it a bit funny, thinking that if you are brave enough to climb on the back of a lion to sleep in front of a rich man's house, how would you be afraid if you live in a house?
However, Chen Pingan still let her enter the room. She closed the door obediently. Chen Pingan motioned her to sit across the table and said slowly: "This is called Tongyezhou. It is a big place. We are going to Aquarius Island, my hometown."
Just north of Aquarius Continent, starting from tomorrow you will start learning the Yayan of Aquarius Continent and the Dali Mandarin of my hometown."
Pei Qian smiled brightly and nodded vigorously: "Okay!"
It's not that she wants to learn some bullshit mandarin, but the implication of the guy in front of her is that he clearly wants to take her to his hometown. Doesn't this mean that she can eat and drink and have no worries about food and clothing along the way?
But Chen Pingan's words below were like cold water on the head, making the skinny little girl's face look gloomy and filled with slander and complaints. Chen Pingan picked up the carving knife and continued to carve words on the Qingshen Mountain bamboo slips presented by Wei Bo, lowered his head, and
With one stroke of the pen, he carved meticulously, and at the same time he said to Pei Qian: "Starting from tomorrow, in addition to teaching you elegant Chinese and Mandarin, I will also teach you literacy. If I think you learn well, you will have enough to eat and learn to read."
If it’s not good, just eat less.”
She grimaced, "I'm stupid."
Chen Ping'an said, "Then I can save money."
Pei Qian glanced at Chen Pingan secretly. It didn't look like she was joking. She immediately smiled and said, "I will study hard."
Having said this, she lay on the table and asked in a low voice: "Can you buy me some clothes?"
Chen Ping'an didn't even raise his head, "When it gets cold, I'll put on thicker clothes for you."
She muttered: "It's autumn, the weather is already very cold, and if you look at it, my shoes have holes in them. Really, I kid you not. If I accidentally get sick, you still have to take care of me. It's very troublesome."
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Having said this, she raised her feet. The shoes were really worn, and her dark toes were indeed exposed.
Chen Pingan put down the carving knife and gently wiped away the tiny invisible bamboo fragments with his fingers. "Go back to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow and go on the road."
Pei Qian said nothing more, silently stood up and left the room. After returning to the next door, he closed the door, immediately smiled, immediately straightened his face to prevent himself from laughing, threw himself on the quilt, rolled happily, and finally looked at the ceiling,
After kicking off the worn shoes on her feet, she remembered Chen Ping'an's appearance and imitated him in saying "go back to sleep" silently. She did not dare to say it out loud, and then made a face.
Before going to bed, she jumped out of bed, lit the oil lamp on the table, and then fell asleep until dawn.
If you don’t light the lamp, it will be useless.
This is what rich people should do.
In the next room, Chen Ping'an wrote a densely packed "Travel Notes on Landscapes of Lotus Root Flower Blessed Land" on three bamboo slips. He blew out the lamp and began to practice six-step walking and various sword-holding gestures in the formal swordsmanship.
Still holding it empty.
The steps are silent, like a fish in water, with all the fist intention and spirit restrained. Compared with when Chen Ping'an was boxing by the Longxu River, with the fist intention flowing throughout his body, it is a huge difference.
To be continued...