The river water flowed by outside the window, and it lasted for eternity. Chen Pingan lay on the window sill and squinted for a while, and his spirit relaxed a bit. This was a rare thing. Chen Pingan had not slept soundly and soundly, it had been too long, too long.
Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi have not returned yet, and Chen Ping'an is still a little worried.
As he expected, he saw the tip-off letter Zhang Ding, returned to Shujian Lake and then left Qingxia Island. This time he entered the Meigla Kingdom from Liuliuguan. He was indeed shadowy along the way, and there were people following him from a distance. He was extremely high-level and extremely hidden.
It was so deep that Chen Pingan only had a slight feeling in his heart occasionally. Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi were kept in the dark from beginning to end. Chen Pingan did not reveal anything, so that they would not be worried and easily expose their flaws and cause unnecessary trouble.
Even if the other party didn't show any kindness or hostility, it still made Chen Ping'an feel like he was carrying a light on his back.
In the past, there were only a handful of monks who could do this in Shujian Lake. Liu Laocheng, who was in the Jade Purity Realm, disdained such a thing, and Liu Zhimao, an old Yuan Ying, would not do such a thing.
The Song family of Dali was unwilling to cause trouble. Moreover, Chen Ping'an was a Dali family after all, and Lu Baixiang and others had all joined the Dali edition. Even the senior officials of Dali besides Cui Cheng were ready to make a move, such as the palace official.
The empress's confidant spies would never have the guts to interfere in the chess game of Shujian Lake, because it was under Cui Han's nose, and Cui Han acted according to the most important rules. Of course, Dali's rules, from the temple to the military
, and then to the mountain, almost all of them were formulated by Cui Chan.
Chen Ping'an can almost conclude that that person is one of the foreign monks on Gongliu Island, the top one. It is impossible. Shujian Lake is of great importance, otherwise he would not take action to suppress Liu Zhimao.
This requires him to personally sit on Gongliu Island, so it should be the second and third leaders among the dragons who have crossed the river to keep an eye on him and wait for the opportunity. Fortunately, the other party is not trying to kill him directly. It seems that he is still
I haven't come up with a foolproof strategy that leaves no hidden dangers, but once I take action, it will definitely be thunderous.
For this, Chen Ping'an was still somewhat grateful to Liu Laocheng. Instead of making suggestions for him, Liu Laocheng did not even watch the fire from the other side. Instead, he secretly reminded himself once and leaked the secret. Of course, there is another possibility here, that is Liu Laocheng.
Having already told the other party about the jade tablet enshrined in the Confucian Temple of the Saint, the foreign monks were also worried that both the jade and the stone would be destroyed, which fundamentally ruined their overall plan for Shujian Lake.
However, Chen Ping'an vaguely felt that Liu Laocheng was a...wonderful person, and the former was more likely.
It's a pity that Liu Laocheng is not the person who finally decides the trend of Shujian Lake. The chessboard that he worked so hard to build, and the two chess shapes with Liu Zhimao, Tan Yuanyi, and Liu Laocheng were destroyed in one day. Chen Pingan had to admit that this situation
The chessboard was just short of being overturned to the ground. Now Su Gaoshan, the general of Dali, was playing chess with a group of foreign monks at Yishujian Lake. Everyone, including Chen Ping'an, had to step aside.
But if you say that all your hard work and hard work will end up being a waste of time, Chen Ping'an doesn't think so.
Do you want to accept your fate? You need to know your fate before you accept your fate. Just like when Chen Pingan wanted to see Su Gaoshan and received a rather domineering reply of "fuck off", Chen Pingan was able to accept it calmly, because during a trip to Shihao Country, he could see the person with his own eyes.
Hearing it with his own ears, as well as the previous summary of Liuxu Island's newspapers, Chen Ping'an dared to say that he had a relatively good understanding of Su Gaoshan's temperament. He was born in the Han clan, had gone through hardships, and relied on his outstanding military exploits as the foundation of his career. This kind of
Because he occupies a high position, he is extremely tough and his heart is as solid as a rock. His state of mind has long been similar to that of a great monk. It is impossible to say that Cui Chan and Song Changjing, even if there is no shortage of instructions and accountability for their actions, they must be feeling sorry for Su in their hearts.
How much respect does Gao Shan have?
But accepting your fate, after all, it is a hard work, but the work is fruitless, and of course there will still be disappointment.
This point is actually no different from Zhang Ding who appeared in Falcon Mountain.
Chen Ping'an wanted to touch the sword gourd and take a sip of wine, but then he remembered that he had given it to Ma Duyi and hung it on his waist. He sat back at the table, thought for a while, and simply took out the calligraphy treasure of the bookish county captain.
, spread out the copybooks one by one, and enjoy them. You may like them however you like.
One breath at a time, hearty and unrestrained.
How is this different from a martial arts punch?
The spirit is moving and moving, and everything is in line with the Tao.
How is this different from the sword fairy drawing a sword?
There are always some similarities in the world's principles.
Each copybook has a different private seal of the young county captain printed on it. Most of them are printed on one calligraphy and one on each calligraphy, but rarely on two copies.
One of the copybooks has a great content: "If you hold my post and take a photo of yourself by the water, don't be afraid that every word will turn into a dragon and walk away. If you hold my post and go out at night, it will teach ghosts and gods that they can't escape."
There are two seals printed adjacent to each other, "Young Jiao Qi is strong" and "Slender dragon is fat".
In another one, three seals were stamped on the copybook one after another. Chen Ping'an was particularly impressed by the actions of the young county captain at that time. His face was as bright as a calligrapher banishing an immortal, laughing loudly like a young prince.
"When I meet a fool who sells my immortal name with immortal wine, I am so happy!" The seal reads "Kaiyuan Changshu Mochi Immortal".
Chen Pingan put them away one by one.
From now on, it must be kept in Luopo Mountain for collection. No matter who asks, no matter how high the price is, it will not be sold. It must be passed down as a family heirloom!
When he thought of this, Chen Pingan couldn't help but smile.
Chen Pingan stretched his waist, put his hands in his sleeves, and turned his head to look at the river.
There was once a beautiful poem excerpted from a book and carved on a bamboo slip. A small bamboo slip carries such a huge artistic conception.
The sky is far and wide, and the moon is clearly visible along the Chengjiang River.
The magnificent river view outside the window unknowingly opened my mind.
Mr. Qi, there is a saying that, after working hard, I may have done what I couldn't do in Daoxuan Mountain now.
After Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi came back, Zeng Ye was very excited. He said that he actually met the water god of Chunhua River. He was wearing a hairpin and embroidered clothes. He was very kind. When he met them, he even made a special trip to show up and took them for a stroll in person.
A circle of water temples.
But Ma Duyi rolled her eyes and said that the old man's eyes were uncomfortable and leering. When he looked at the sword gourd on her waist, he also looked at her waist.
Chen Ping'an couldn't say much about this.
The Chunhua River is the largest river in the Meigla Kingdom, and the Meigla Kingdom has always respected the water god. As the leading river god, the Chunhua River Water God is certainly not simple.
In fact, Chen Ping'an has seen quite a few landscape gods. The earliest Wei Bo from Qidun Mountain was considered half a wedding ghost of a landscape god. Later, the embroidered river god military general Tong Yezhou appeared next to Gu Can's father.
Over there, the Goddess Burying the River Water, on the way north from the Daquan Dynasty, encountered a pair of rival gods fighting against each other, shaking the mountains and rivers. Of course, there was also the person in the Ziyang Mansion of Huang Ting Kingdom who met Chen Pingan.
Baihu River Water Goddess.
I just don’t know what the relationship between the boy in green and his friend from the rivers and lakes, Yujiang Water God, is like on the other side of Luolu Mountain.
Wei Bo and Zhu Lian sent a Feijian summons to Qingxia Island. The letter more or less mentioned this matter, but they didn't say much. They only said that the river god of Huang Tingguo got a piece of peace and nothing happened, and personally
After a visit to Longquan County, the boy in Tsing Yi greeted him at Luo Luo Mountain. Finally, he invited the water god to a farewell drink in the town. After that, the boy in Tsing Yi no longer mentioned this important relationship and righteousness.
A good brother.
Chen Ping'an was a little worried. He only relied on the few words in the letter and couldn't tell the boy in Tsing Yi anything casually.
In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Ping'an never resents the almost childish loyalty of the boy in Tsing Yi. In fact, in his eyes, it is precisely the most valuable thing about the boy in Tsing Yi.
It is much better to be a little stupid than to be shrewd and not smart at all.
At least in Chen Pingan's Luolu Mountain, this is very important and crucial.
Because this is Chen Pingan's small world, and the rules are determined by him. Chen Pingan's own personal likes and dislikes are like watching an old Taoist in a Taoist temple. He is "God" in a blessed land of lotus flowers.
Outside the delimited scope, many people's shrewdness in dealing with people is different from the way everyone strives to be the first. Chen Ping'an also recognizes it. It's not even that he doesn't like it. On the contrary, he also feels that there are many advantages, such as sitting on a whole hundred miles outside Laolong City.
Sun Jiashu of Changjie, the young head of the Sun family, was not only shrewd, but also had unique wisdom in life. But in the end, Chen Ping'an and Sun Jiashu, as well as the Sun family's ancestral home, had no choice but to part ways, but in the end
, when taking the ferry to leave Old Dragon City, Chen Ping'an's impression of Sun Jiashu had already deepened.
The same rice can feed hundreds of people.
If you are willing to see more of other people's good qualities, you will not get into trouble.
You also need to know more about the differences between others and yourself, only then will you know why others live well or poorly.
Think about it and think about it a thousand times.
Just like the cursive calligraphy of the young county captain, the scrawling was so crazy that Zeng Ye couldn't recognize a single word at first glance, but in fact, down to the root, it wasn't even a single word?
But when it comes to observing calligraphy and appreciating the miracle of calligraphy, I don’t have to know the calligraphy, and the calligraphy doesn’t recognize me. I just need to take a rough look at the momentum. It doesn’t matter if I don’t look at it. But when everyone lives in this complicated world, you don’t understand the various rules and regulations of this world.
Constraints, especially those rules at the lowest level that are most easily ignored. Life must teach people how to behave. This has nothing to do with good or evil. The road is selfless, the seasons pass, and time passes. After suffering, no one can say, "I had known better."
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Chen Ping'an was a little worried. The Shaohuo Taoist boy carrying the golden sword gourd had said that he would move to another world. Doesn't it mean that the Lotus Flower Blessed Land would also be taken to the Qingming World? The national master of Nanyuan Kingdom
What should Qiu and Cao Qinglang do? Is there any chance of meeting again? The flow of time in the blessed land is under the control of the old Taoist. Will Chen Pingan be able to return to the blessed land next time? Zhong Qiu has already been a man in the south
Yuan Guoqing, the ancient who received a great posthumous title? What about Cao Qinglang?
Chen Pingan has always thought deeply about Cao Qinglang, a kind-hearted child, and has never forgotten him.
Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi were sitting at the table chatting and eating melon seeds. Unknowingly, they noticed that Mr. Chen seemed a little sad again.
Fortunately, this sadness is different from the past. It is not heavy. It is just the melancholy of thinking of someone or something. It is like the green ants floating on the surface of the wine, and it has not turned into the sadness of old wine.
But the accountant never said anything about his joys, sorrows and joys, and always suffered them alone.
This made Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye feel a little disappointed.
There was a knock on the door, and another copy of the Xianjia Di newspaper compiled by Mei Glaze Kingdom came to this Xianjia Inn built on the riverside. It was freshly baked and filled with the long-lasting fragrance of ink unique to the Xianjia.
After Chen Ping'an thanked him, he flipped through the book, browsed both sides, handed it to Ma Duyi, and said helplessly, "Su Gaoshan has begun a large-scale attack on the Mei Glaze Kingdom, and all the border lines near the left pass have been lost."
There is a detailed record of this matter in the Di Di newspaper.
Zhou Mi, one of the three navy commanders of the Mei Glaze Kingdom, was responsible for garrisoning the upper reaches of the Chunhua River. He had already defected to the Great Li cavalry, intending to lead his army to rebel, and secretly contacted Da Li. As a result, the Emperor of the Mei Glaze Kingdom, who had been aware of it for a long time, sent him to
Several monks worshiped by the royal family worked together to kill. At that time, three of the Dali monks who were accompanying Zhou Mi were killed in the battle. Among them was a Jindan Earth Immortal from Dali. Su Gaoshan was furious and ordered his three generals to issue a military order.
Within a month, they must attack three places in the Meigla Kingdom, form a circle around the stubborn capital of the Meigla Kingdom, and threaten to cut off the head of the emperor of the Meigla Kingdom and use it as a wine flask, and use it to toast at the grave during the Qingming Festival next year.
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Zeng Ye just watched the excitement and couldn't understand it anyway. He just felt that the Great Li cavalry was so powerful and domineering.
Monks on the mountain often don't have very deep feelings about their home and country. The longer they practice and the longer they leave the secular world, the more indifferent they become.
Stand by and watch with cold eyes.
Otherwise, if you have not cultivated enough and have never really stood on the top of the mountain, you will still be trapped by the general trend and have to go down the mountain.
That's why the middle-aged Taoist he met by chance in the stream took the initiative to go down the mountain and help people in distress at the foot of the mountain. This made Chen Ping'an respect him. It's just that he practices Taoism and has demons in his heart. The suffering and confusion in it are hard to describe to outsiders.
Chen Ping'an doesn't think that middle-aged Taoists must strengthen their true intentions and do good deeds and accumulate virtue in the world. This is the right path, otherwise they will fall into the lower realms.
Ma Duyi saw further than Zeng Ye and asked doubtfully, "Why is Su Gaoshan so anxious and must quickly capture the Meigla Kingdom? Although I am not familiar with military affairs, I have walked through the Meigla Kingdom and I also know the consequences of the Meigla Kingdom."
The waterways are criss-crossing and are not suitable for the galloping force of the Great Li Cavalry."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "We say it's the Great Li cavalry, but it's not really just the cavalry. It's just that the Great Li cavalry is famous for its iron cavalry. It's easy for people to think that the Great Li frontier army only fights on foot. What's going on all the way south?
The dynasty and vassals of the dynasty and vassals have never learned that it is the general trend for Da Li to capture the Mei Glaze Kingdom. However, you are right. If you are so anxious to capture the Mei Glaze Kingdom, you will definitely have to pay a higher price than conquering the capital of Shi Hao Kingdom.
Both sides of the Great Li and Mei Glaze Kingdom will lose more troops and horses. The mystery behind this may only be clear to Su Gaoshan himself. I believe there should be someone urging Su Gaoshan and Cao Ping, such as the real backbone of the Great Li Cavalry.
, the vassal king Song Changjing."
Ma Duyi hesitated for a moment, "Why doesn't Sir seem to care much about the battlefield? Are the soldiers on the battlefield not as concerned about the life and death of the soldiers as he is about the common people?"
Chen Ping'an thought for a while and drew a circle on the table with his finger, "There is a saying in my hometown that if the earthen pot is not broken far from the wellhead, the general will inevitably die in battle. Joining the army and fighting on the battlefield is equivalent to tying his head to his belt.
. Just like the general in Lingguan Temple, do you think that after his death, he will regret sacrificing his life for the country? There are also those stragglers from the Shihao Kingdom who are fighting for food with the people in the small county. That young soldier, even if he dies
If you have gained so much wealth, how can you really be willing to draw swords on the common people?"
Chen Pingan drew a larger circle, "You may not know that in Shihao Country, I stopped a mountain spirit boy who wanted to kill someone at a dog meat shop in a county town, and gave him a
...Fairy money. But if the monster tribe invades the world in large numbers, one day, even if I know that among the monster tribe, there will be the fox spirit from the ancient temple in the early years, and there will be this strange young man who finally gave up killing, but when I face the vastness
There is a large army in front of them, and I am the only one standing in front of them. Behind me are the city and the people. What do you think I should do? Go to the battle formation and ask the monsters one by one why they want to kill people, and whether they are willing or not.
kill?"
Chen Ping'an said calmly, "Since I chose to stand there and block the road, it means that I have prepared to die. Since the other party has fought there, it should be the same. When a military sage sits at the ancient battlefield site, he is sitting in heaven and earth.
For example, if a Confucian sage sits in an academy and a Taoist true king sits in a Taoist temple, why is the right time, place, and people so favorable? Perhaps this is part of the reason. When they are among them, outsiders have to follow the local customs."
Chen Pingan asked, "Can you understand what I said?"
Zeng Ye shook his head honestly.
Ma Duyi asked, "I understand the general truth, but there is another problem. What if outsiders can forcibly break through the saint's world? Does that mean the original truth, right?"
Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "This shows that you have not thought clearly about why the saint can rule the world. This is the foundation. This is the thread of the thread and the beginning of the sequence. After that, let's wonder why it was still destroyed by external forces.
The seemingly unreasonable outsider beat the reasonable one with fists. As for why I say "seemingly", it is more complicated. I will explain it to you in detail when I have the opportunity to encounter real things in the future, otherwise you
It will only become more and more confusing, and everything seems to be reasonable, but in the end everyone is being unreasonable."
Ma Duyi nodded, "Okay, we'll see."
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "But I hope I won't have that opportunity."
Ma Duyi became increasingly confused.
Chen Pingan said slowly, "We have seen with our own eyes the misfortunes of the Shihao country. Only the poets and heroes, the voices of the country's subjugation, the words of grief and indignation, and those civil servants and military generals who perished and died for the country are the easiest to be remembered in history books.
We have also passed through the Mei Glaze Country, and most of them are hard-working people and grumbling literati, living a fairly stable life. Which one do you think is luckier, the Shihao Country or the Mei Glaze Country?"
The answer is obvious.
After all, dying generously is a last resort. No regrets does not mean no regrets. Living well, even if it is not so comfortable, is always the simplest wish of the world.
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "We don't know many simple truths, and it's difficult for us to empathize with other people's sufferings. But isn't this our luck?"
No matter how good a person is, he cannot truly empathize with the heart-wrenching suffering of others.
Back then in Rouge County, Caiyi Country, the little girl who was protected by Zhao Shu, a young man holding a hatchet, was only willing to believe in Chen Ping'an, because children are often more sincere, more sensitive to suffering and more difficult to resist, that
The little girl nicknamed Luan Luan felt the same joys and sorrows in Chen Pingan, who was in a much closer situation. It was not because in the eyes of the child at that time, Chen Pingan was definitely better than the girl next to her who was also a good person.
At this moment, Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye looked at each other.
Chen Ping'an finally looked calm and said, "But where do these blessings come from? Shouldn't we know and cherish them? When no one wants to delve into the matter, when disaster strikes, don't complain.
If you cry out for injustice, God will not listen, right? That’s why there is a Bodhisattva sitting upside down on that altar, right? However, I still think that scholars should take some responsibility at this juncture. After reading, they should be more responsible than ordinary people.
If you have many books, have fame, shine on your family, and enjoy greater blessings than ordinary people, you should shoulder more burdens."
Chen Pingan put his hands gently on the handle of the chair.
When everyone's sitting posture is not straight, they will not be able to feel comfortable, the joints will be loose, and the chairs will shake, and the world will not be peaceful. That's why Confucianism pays attention to academic study and self-cultivation. It is necessary to sit upright and be cautious in being alone.
After watching Shujian Lake, I was so disappointed.
But when Chen Pingan left Shujian Lake, walked more roads, and thought about more things, he was no longer so disappointed.
After a short two-day rest, they left the Xianjia Inn and headed to the southernmost territory of the Meigla Kingdom.
On the way south, Chen Ping'an met a down-and-out scholar whose conversation and dress showed his good family background.
At that time, the scholar from the Meiji State was disillusioned with his official career and had no shortage of money, so he hired chariot and horse servants to accompany him on his travels through dangerous mountains and rivers. However, one of them became interested in making money and teamed up with the other two to seek wealth and murder.
He almost pushed the scholar who liked to recite poetry noisily off the cliff plank road. If a kind-hearted porter hadn't stopped him desperately, the scholar would have disappeared before Chen Pingan could take action, and the family might not even be able to find his body afterwards.
After Chen Ping'an stopped him, he asked the scholar how to deal with the carriage and horse servants. The scholar was also a strange person. Not only did he give them the salary they deserved, and let them take the money and leave, he also said that he had remembered their household registration, and he would only need to do so in the future.
If you dare to do evil again, if you let him know about it, you will have to settle the old and new accounts together. It will be a capital crime for you to lose your head. The scholar only left the porter.
Then I had to go with Chen Pingan, change the route, and go south together.
The scholar fell in love with Ma Duyi at first sight.
Chen Pingan was not blind, even Zeng Ye could see it.
Moreover, the scholar's show of kindness was a little too lame. When he had nothing to say, he deliberately talked to Chen Ping'an and pointed out current affairs. Otherwise, he just recited poems and composed poems in front of the extraordinary mountains and rivers, expressing his regrets.
Ma Duyi was very annoyed. For the first time, she wanted to ask Mr. Chen to put away the fox-skin paper talisman and put it in his sleeve, so that he could be out of sight but out of sight, and out of ear and out of mind.
If it weren't for the fact that the scholar, who was still too polite to study, had no nerve to announce his family status and show off his family background, Ma Duyi would have cursed loudly and asked the scholar to put away his complaints as soon as possible.
The scholar is obviously a descendant of the Mei Glacier family. Otherwise, the pride revealed in his words is not that he won the top prize in high school at a young age, but that after three years of training in the Hanlin Academy and the Hubu Yamen in the capital, he was sent to another place to serve as an official.
Various measures to combat officialdom abuses within a county.
I really want to be a good official and gain the reputation of a great master.
It's a pity that after leaving office, let alone being an umbrella for the people, he only got a bad reputation. The subordinates of the county government secretly called him pedantic, did not know how to get some benefits for the government, and only patronized them to find fault. The local gentry also scolded him.
He was not familiar with common affairs, and the people also scolded him, scolding him for seeking fame and reputation, wasting money and wasting people.
One day when he talked about his sadness and drank too much, the scholar's eyes filled with tears and he no longer bothered to pretend to be a literary figure with Ma Duyi.
Chen Ping'an didn't say much.
I only talked about my rough views on honest officials and good officials, and briefly talked about the benefits of the former and the difficulties of the latter.
After hearing this, the scholar was very drunk and very angry. He said that it was already unacceptable to be harmonious in the officialdom. If you still want to be a scholar, what kind of official should you be? A real scholar should rely on his true talents.
Practical learning, it is important to get to the center step by step, and then cleanse the turbid energy. This can be regarded as self-cultivation and governing the country. Otherwise, just stop being an official. I am sorry for the sages and principles in the book.
Chen Pingan smiled and said it made sense.
Not a single word of advice.
It wasn't that Chen Pingan felt that the truth didn't make sense, or that the scholar's ideas were too childish and naive.
It's the troublesome thing about this type of scholar.
Chen Pingan has seen it with his own eyes.
Wu Yuan, who holds the title of a disciple of the Imperial Master, first served as the county magistrate in Longquan, but encountered obstacles everywhere. If you want to talk about the big families, aren't they afraid of Cui Cheng?
But it was the soft nails with pleasant looks that were secretly buried inside and outside the government office, which made Wu Yuan very anxious and frustrated in his official career. In the end, he had to "move out" of the town to make room for his legitimate sons named Yuan and Cao. As Longquan was promoted from county to county
County, of course Wu Yuan was promoted from county magistrate to county governor, but Chen Ping'an dared to assert that Wu Yuan's impression in Dali Chaotang had fallen to the bottom. With a background and a backer, it was not difficult to go smoothly for a while, but
It is destined to never be a smooth life, and it will be difficult, whether it is rich people or children of powerful people, they will still feel miserable and suffer.
In fact, back then, Wu Yuan did say something from the bottom of his heart to a certain kid from a wealthy family in the capital, and made it clear to the civil secretary that he wanted everyone to write a plaque for the Wenwu Temple, or to help the family break the deadlock in Longquan.
Difference and love will be used up not only with friends, but also within the family, so don't use them indiscriminately.
If today's Chen Ping'an hears about this matter and these words, he might want to sit down with Wu Yuan and have a good drink. This sentence alone is enough for a pot of good wine.
In the blessed land of Lotus Roots, Chen Ping'an has seen many officials and eunuchs from generation to generation. When they became officials in local places, they thought they could do it. In fact, many people went from being prosperous to dejected to completely silent. During this period, they also took shortcuts that broke the rules.
, after a temporary gain, local officials also pinched their noses and admitted their losses, but they often rebounded silently, becoming more and more hostile to those officials' children from the capital, becoming more sophisticated and insidious, and teasing and teasing them like fools.
Therefore, Chen Ping'an is now wary of Su Gaoshan, who has turned from a mud-legged man into a general in the army, but he will not underestimate Cao Ping, who has a noble surname and is uniquely endowed in the early stages of officialdom.
Ma Duyi was so angry that he couldn't bear it for a long time. When he couldn't bear it anymore, he wanted to speak, but Chen Pingan shook his head to signal not to speak.
Chen Pingan can actually understand the scholar's plight.
It was exactly the same as his own situation in Shujian Lake.
Does he want to seek the skin of a tiger and become an ally with Liu Zhimao, who is a life-and-death enemy and should never stop fighting to the death? Let's work together to formulate rules for Shujian Lake? If he doesn't do it, he will naturally save worry and effort. If he does it, if nothing else is said, he will have it in his heart.
Unhappily, sometimes, in the dead of night, I have to ask myself whether my conscience is lacking, and whether one day, like Gu Can, I will make a wrong step and never look back. Unknowingly, I will become...
The kind of person I didn't like the most back then.
Chen Pingan respects the scholar's choice.
Maybe if you don't serve as an official anymore, you have both the talent of the No. 1 scholar and a family background. You have devoted yourself to studying for decades and have a country full of students. Isn't it a better way to break the situation?
Too.
That wonderful possibility lies in front of the scholar's path.
Chen Ping'an couldn't bear to say one more thing, scholar, you are wrong. You should be a scholar with a guilty conscience for the sake of the welfare of the people of this time and place. There is one more good official in the temple, but the country has lost one real person.
Sir? Chen Pingan dare not make any hasty conclusions about the trade-offs, gains and losses.
All these twists and turns are what Chen Ping'an saw and thought about from reading and reading.
There were many words that I only knew were good principles, but I didn’t know what the goodness was. Mr. Qi’s, A Liang’s, Old Man Yao’s, on bamboo slips, all kinds of people, the words of truth they left to this world
, it becomes clearer and clearer, as if the beginning and end of the thread have been picked up by future generations, pure and clear, really clear.
When we get together, we disperse.
Even if the scholar likes Ma Duyi no more, even if he no longer cares about Ma Duyi's indifference and alienation, he still has to return to the capital and enjoy the mountains and rivers. After all, this is not the true occupation of a scholar.
When parting, he told him about his family background, because in the future, if Mr. Chen came to see him for a drink or asked for directions, he would have to have an address.
It turns out that the scholar is the direct grandson of Mei Ji, the Minister of Industry and Industry.
When we meet, we drink together, and when we are apart, we might as well make a date again. This is probably a good world.
Zeng Ye actually still didn't quite understand why Mr. Chen was willing to waste time with such a sour scholar, and accompanied the scholar on a journey of more than a hundred miles through the unexplored landscapes.
Even if the scholar is the direct grandson of a minister, so what? Zeng Ye doesn't think Mr. Chen needs to deliberately make friends with such a human figure.
Not worth it.
Not to mention Mr. Chen, he was Zeng Ye, a wild cultivator in Shanze who had not yet entered the fifth level of the middle school. It had nothing to do with whether he was a monk on the mountain or not. It had nothing to do with whether he was a monk on the mountain or not. It was because Zeng Ye met the same people and the same thing, and he was exhausted.
After saving people and drinking wine, they dispersed.
But when he thought that it was Mr. Chen, Zeng Ye was relieved. Didn't Ma Duyi say Mr. Chen to his face that he was unhappy? Zeng Ye actually felt the same way, but he was slightly different from Ma Duyi. Zeng Ye thought that Mr. Chen like this was quite good.
Yes, maybe in the future, when I have Mr. Chen's current cultivation level and state of mind, I will meet that scholar again and chat more with him?
Tucked in
The heart of cultivating Taoism is invisible. From the beginning, I must hold on to Mr. Chen's sleeves tightly and live. Even if I leave Mr. Chen in the future, I must live a more enjoyable life. With Mao Yuedao and even the entire letter,
The senior wild cultivators in the lake all live a different life.
For example, should we be more patient with the ordinary masters at the foot of the mountain?
Zeng Ye must not have thought clearly enough now, but he finally started to think about it.
The tall young man probably doesn't know that the boy from Mud Bottle Alley back then walked the same way and became the accountant he is today.
After separating from the scholar, Sanqi came to a city called Jingzhou in the southernmost part of the Meigla Kingdom. The largest official there was not the prefect, but the owner of the Water Transport Chief Officer's Office. The Chief Officer was second only to the Water Transport Officer.
Chen Ping'an, one of the governor's senior officials, stayed for ten years. He found that the place was full of spiritual energy, far better than ordinary local towns, and was conducive to Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye's practice, so he chose a large inn near the water for them to stay.
He practiced with peace of mind, while he wandered around the city. During this period, he heard a lot of things. The commander-in-chief had an only son, who was mediocre in academics, had no hope of taking the imperial examination, and had no intention of pursuing an official career. He lingered in brothels all year round and was notorious, but he never bullied men.
The domineering girl only has one quirk. She likes to let her servants catch large numbers of cats, dogs, foxes, and the like, break their legs, hold them backward, and watch their larvae for fun.
As a result, a horrifying statement soon spread in the General Military Officer's Office. The only son of the Chief Military Officer had his hands and feet cut off, and ended up with the same fate as the cats, dogs and foxes that suffered in his hands. His mouth was stuffed with cotton cloth, and he was thrown into the hospital.
On the bed, the young man who had been consumed by wine and sex was obviously seriously injured, but he was not killed. The commander-in-chief was furious. After confirming that it was a demon, he spent a lot of money to invite two immortal masters from the Immortal Cave to come down the mountain to succumb to the demon.
Of course, he also wanted to cure his crippled son with immortal magic.
At that time, Chen Ping'an happened to be walking along the Cao Canal and saw with his own eyes a group of mountain immortals entering the city on an immortal boat.
The leader standing at the bow of the boat was actually a Dragon Gate monk.
For a vassal like the Mei Glaze Kingdom, it was a big deal to hire someone from the Longmen realm. It seemed that the general's residence was indeed extremely wealthy.
In addition to facilitating Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi's practice, there was actually a more hidden reason why they chose to stay in Jingzhou.
According to the records of the Xianjia Di newspaper of the inn by the Chunhua River, the woman in green and the boy in white who appeared out of nowhere once intercepted the Zhu Ying Dynasty man who was known as "one kick in the Yuan Dynasty" above Jingzhou.
In addition to this confrontation, there were a total of three more "stop-and-go" fights before and after Jingzhou. In the end, the sword cultivator was killed at the border between the Mei Glaze Kingdom and the Zhu Ying Dynasty.
Chen Pingan guessed that Cui Dongshan and Miss Ruan Xiu were "fishing" to lure one or two Nascent Soul sword cultivators to leave the mountain and lose the protection of the landscape formation. Then they rushed to the territory of the Mei Glaze Kingdom regardless of the situation and rescued the Daodao Daoist.
Hope, the golden elixir sword cultivator, which is the most important weapon of the country.
Otherwise, with Cui Dongshan's Nascent Soul cultivation and magic weapon, there would be no need for trouble to deal with a Golden Core Sword Cultivator.
It is very possible that the military strategist Ruan Qiong or the Mo family Xu Ruo are hiding near the border of Meigla Kingdom. Even if both of them are there, Chen Pingan will not be surprised.
The genealogical master who is worthy of being a monk in the Dragon Gate Realm gathered with another group of less powerful colleagues and cured the powerful disciple. However, he will be slightly lame when walking in the future and is destined to be unable to lift heavy objects. The immortal masters on both sides
, using the secret treasure of the Immortal Family and a spiritual creature respectively, following the clues, they found the monster that dared to attack the General Soldier's Mansion that night. In a bloody battle in the city, the group of immortal masters were more aggressive than the other, and the monster had always been just
Take detours to avoid dangers.
In fact, being able to torture the commander-in-chief's only son in such a human way, sneak in quietly, and leave quietly means that it is easy to kill that young man, but for some reason, the monster did not kill people, but only hurt people.
In the night, Chen Ping'an kept watching from the top of the city and stood aside.
If the monster hadn't been stupid and intentionally or unintentionally chosen a route that was not conducive to long-distance escape, there would have been heavy casualties in Jingzhou City tonight. It's not that the demon-hunting monsters were wrong, but the Immortal Genealogy Master's repeated attacks were really careless.
as a result of.
In the end, the monster escaped from the city.
Immortal masters flew over the city like butterflies, leaving behind those water transport officers and soldiers who could only wave flags and shouts, and continued to chase and kill out of the city. The officers and soldiers in the city must have broken their heads and thought that the two groups of immortal masters went out to pursue the city with a fierce momentum, but in fact they stopped very quickly.
After falling down, even though there was no trace of the monster, the spiritual weapons still deliberately came out one after another, and continued to smash into an open space, which was extremely gorgeous.
At the same time, the old immortal master of the Dragon Gate Realm who had not tried his best from the beginning to the end, changed his direction when he left the city and quietly left the demon-catching army.
Chen Pingan jumped down from the top of the city and followed him from a distance.
In the mountains more than 20 miles away from Jingzhou City, Chen Ping'an stood on the branch of a big tree, watching the old monk fight and successfully bind the demon with a silver-white magical rope.
Stopped the fox that showed its true form.
The old monk succeeded and used the demon-binding rope to drag the bloody snow-white fox to the vicinity of Chen Ping'an and asked with a smile, "What, do you want a share of the pie?"
Chen Ping'an fell to the ground and said with a smile, "The old immortal master has done a good job. Disciples, go back to the General Military Officer's Office and say something about the big demon that is untamable. Anyway, everyone in the city has seen what you have done, and you will do your best."
, it’s so dazzling, I think that the feudal official has trouble sleeping and eating, and he has to hand over a large amount of fairy money. I beg the old immortal master to catch the monster to the end. Here, the old immortal master secretly captured the monster, and then you can do whatever you want.
Find the fox spirit that has just transformed into a human form, and hand it over to the general officer's office. Everyone will be happy."
The old monk stroked his beard and smiled, "You young man has good eyesight. Among my dull disciples, there are a few idiots who are not enlightened. You just took a few glances to know the joints.
"
Chen Ping'an joked, "Isn't the old immortal master planning to kill people and silence them?"
The old monk laughed loudly, "I'm not that crazy wild cultivator. For the sake of money, I don't have to admit my father, mother, master and disciple. Let me tell you, you make a price. If the price is fair, it will be a well-deserved accident for you."
A horse cannot grow fat without a night of grass."
Chen Ping'an asked, "I wonder what the old immortal master would do with this thing after he captured it?"
The old monk raised the rope that tied the monster in his hand, and the monster wailed, "After all, it is a monster that has worked hard to reach the sea-viewing realm. After taking it back to the mountain gate, I trained it to get rid of its aggressiveness and used it as a mountain protector to enshrine and cultivate it. I am not boasting.
This is also one of its great blessings.”
Chen Ping'an nodded and said with a smile, "I don't care whether it is true or false. However, I still advise the old immortal master to think carefully and not to catch me with that demon-binding rope."
The old monk's eyes were dark and unclear, "You, a young man, really don't know what is good and what is good. You judge a gentleman with a villain's heart. Are you really not afraid that good things will turn into disasters?"
Chen Pingan put his hands on his sleeves and suppressed his smile, "You actually have to be grateful to this monster, otherwise you had committed too many crimes in the city before, and now you would be half dead."
The old monk in Longmen Realm seemed to have heard a big joke and laughed loudly. The leaves shook and fell rustlingly.
Chen Ping'an sighed, "It's a good idea to make money, and what you get is the ill-gotten gains of the water transport officials. I feel good about it. But in order to make money, I don't care about the lives of the people. Now I have to join forces with others and wait for them to find out.
When the news comes, catching monsters and killing people, eradicating the roots, is not very good."
The old monk looked at the young man who at first glance was just a sick man.
The more I look at it, the more something seems wrong.
He became even more fearful.
Once a cultivator really makes a grudge, it will easily end with the death of one party, or it will end up being a tangled grudge that lasts for hundreds of years.
Chen Pingan said, "How about I pay to buy it with you?"
The old monk hesitated.
Chen Ping'an threw a jade plaque.
Qingxia Island’s first-class offering.
The old monk didn't dare to reach out and catch it. The secret skills of monks are so strange that no one dares to take them lightly.
Chen Ping'an did not return the jade token early, and let it hover in the air, letting the old monk of the Longmen Realm look at it carefully, and then threw out a Grain Rain Coin, "Now our Qingxia Island is a little chaotic, the momentum is not as good as before, and you are a
Mei Glaze Elementary School's famous genealogy master, otherwise you would be dead right now, and this magic weapon, the demon-binding rope, would also be in my bag. After taking the money, just calm down, otherwise you will be with me for the rest of your life.
Disciples, let’s hide on the top of the mountain and practice Taoism with peace of mind.”
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Of course, the price of a Grain Rain coin is definitely not fair, but the price is fair. Is it worthy of this jade token? Isn't that right, old immortal master?"
Chen Pingan raised a sword gourd in one shot.
Two flying swords flew out and disappeared in a flash.
The old monk's eyelids were trembling. He waved his sleeves and pushed the jade token back to the young "Sword Immortal" wearing a blue cotton coat. Then he accepted the Grain Rain Coin, slapped his head, and said with a smile, "I won't do it if you don't."
We are acquainted. If you are trustworthy, fellow Taoist, you can come to our Longpan Mountain as a guest in the future."
Chen Ping'an put away the jade tokens and snatched back the sword gourd on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. He smiled and said, "Old immortal master is so good at doing business, I don't dare to come and give money."
The old monk laughed heartily, shook the demon-binding rope, and the snow-white fox fell to the ground. He put away the magic weapon and said a few tougher words, "As long as Qingxia Island can still stand firm in Shujian Lake, little
Xiaolong Panshan can only give money, but dare not accept gifts. It is too hot. If Qingxia Island disappears one day, I hope we will not meet again, otherwise it will hurt our feelings."
The old monk didn't hesitate, and after finishing his words, he left as soon as he said it.
Chen Pingan climbed up the branch, and after a moment, he landed floating on the ground, and he was really gone.
The snow-white fox curled up on the ground, while healing its wounds, stared at the young monk with wide eyes.
Is he really a swordsman?
After she came down from the mountain, she didn't dare to show off in the city. She didn't see many monks on the mountain, so this was the first time she saw a sword cultivator in her life.
Chen Pingan waved his hand, "Let's go, don't show weakness to the enemy. I know that although you can't fight with others, you can walk without any hindrance. Remember not to appear in Jingzhou territory again in the near future."
She blinked.
Chen Ping'an joked, "Why, blame me for delaying your good fortune in Longpan Mountain?"
She said with a clear voice, "Longpan Mountain has a very scary evil python. It is a real mountain protector and worshiper. It likes to eat spirits. So the old bad guy just lied to you. You must be careful in the future."
Chen Pingan nodded, indicating that he would pay attention, and then did not move forward, but squatted down on the spot, "Are you curious why I am a wild cultivator from Shujian Lake, and why should I save you?"
She quickly shut her mouth and didn't say a word.
Chen Ping'an smiled and threw a small porcelain bottle, rolling it down in front of the snow-white fox, and said, "If you are worried, you can keep it for now."
She finally couldn't help but said, "What do you want, young master?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, in order not to hurt innocent people, you were almost caught in the city. What are you trying to do?"
She smiled and narrowed her eyes. She acted like a raccoon fox and looked like a human woman, so it was very fun. She said in a coquettish voice, "Sir, are we of the same mind?"
But she soon became sad and a little apologetic.
I always feel that I feel sorry for this benefactor by saying this.
Because these guys who are lucky enough to be born as human beings, when they curse others, there is a saying that they are worse than animals.
Chen Pingan was noncommittal and waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go, people's hearts are full of ghosts and it's very scary. Don't play around with the world just because of your cultivation. You have already won the battle with heaven and earth, and that's why you have the cultivation you have today."
Because, you must cherish it more. But when you fight with others, who are the opponents of those Shanze Yexiu and Genealogy Master? Let's go. Even if you can't help but come to the human world again and wander around the market, you must be careful.
Be careful. Also, don’t think that you will meet people like me every time in the future. How do you know whether a good person today will become a bad person in the future?"
She gently raised a paw, "covered her mouth" and said with a smile, "How can someone who can say that become a bad person? I don't believe it."
Chen Ping'an squatted there with his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile, "If you don't believe it, believe it or not, it's up to you, but I can remind you that the old bad guy from Longpanshan might regret it and kill him after meeting the other immortal masters.
I’ll catch you and make you a meal for that evil python.”
The snow-white fox hesitated for a moment, quickly put away the porcelain vase, and swooped out. After only ten steps, it turned its head, stood on its two feet, and bowed goodbye like the other people.
The young man kept squatting there, but he didn't forget to wave to her.
After the little guy left, Chen Ping'an stood up and walked slowly towards Jingzhou City, treating it as a night tour in the mountains and forests.
When he thought about losing another Grain Rain coin, Chen Ping'an sighed and said that he would not be so wasteful next time.
It's just that the accountant probably forgot that he seemed to have reminded himself this way after giving away a small sum of money at the dog meat shop.
Chen Ping'an completely forgot about this incident. While walking, he looked up and forgot about the secular world...