Sword of Coming

Since then, many islands in Shujian Lake have experienced another heavy snowfall before all the snow has melted.

It's so strange.

What happened this year? Not long after this, there were already two consecutive heavy snowfalls that were rare in decades.

However, no one is unhappy, this means that the entire Shujian Lake, which is already full of spiritual energy, has been replenished, which means God will give it a good meal.

In recent days, there has been a lot of discussion. Almost all the monks are talking about the accountant on Qingxia Island. Even the four big lakeside cities of Chishui and Yunlou are no exception.

Yu Hui took the initiative to come to the mountain gate of Qingxia Island for the first time. He sat for a while in Chen Pingan's house and made a small business by the way. He sold Chen Pingan at a low price a high-quality spiritual weapon that was only one step away from the magic weapon. , the function is similar to the "prison" Palace of Hell, which is a pavilion modeled after the "Liu Li Pavilion" of the White Emperor City in China. Although there are not many "houses" that can inhabit ghosts and ghosts, only twelve, it is far away. It is not as good as the Palace of Hell from the secret treasury on Qingxia Island, but the building is in better condition. It is more than enough for the soul-calling banners and ghost generals carefully cultivated by the ghost cultivators of Zhu Xian Mansion.

Chen Ping'an was a little helpless. The things must be very good, but he had no money, so he could only borrow money from Yueyue Island. Yu Hui was happy when he heard this, saying that Mr. Chen was unjust and had to issue an IOU for such a low price. It was really embarrassing. ? Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't need to be polite to Island Master Yu." Yu Hui was even happier, but friendship was friendship, and business was business. He dragged Chen Ping'an and asked the secret treasury manager Zhang Jing to issue an IOU in the name of Qingxia Island. Otherwise, he was worried and asked Mr. Zhang for help. Keep an eye on Chen Ping'an. By then, Yu Hui and Mi Kufang will be brothers in need.

Zhang Dao smiled and nodded in agreement, but refused to lend Chen Pingan money to pay for the small Liuli Pavilion. After all, Chen Pingan owed a lot of debt to Qingxia Island. However, Zhang Dao agreed and wrote an IOU, and Yu Hui was satisfied. He also casually invited Mr. Zhang to visit Crescent Island when he had time. Zhang Ding nodded and agreed without any reluctance, and directly made an appointment with Yu Hui.

In the end, Chen Pingan seemed like an outsider.

The owner of Zizhu Island was beaming with joy. He took a spiritual ferry and brought Mr. Chen the Zizhu from his ancestors on the three major islands. He was happier giving money than receiving money. When they arrived at Chen Pingan's house, they just drank tea and didn't even have a cup of hot water before leaving. Chen Pingan met each other all the way to the ferry, holding each other's fists.

There were also many people who had been rejected by Chen Pingan, or who had visited the island but no island owner showed up. They all visited Qingxia Island one by one, as if they had made appointments.

The snow stopped.

Liu Zhimao came to the house at noon that day, knocked on the door but did not come in.

Chen Pingan walked out carrying the charcoal cage, looking tired.

The two took a walk together.

Liu Zhimao was a little gloating, "Do you want me to come forward and help you keep those guys out? Just find any excuse, just say that Qingxia Island is going to be closed."

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "No, I am enjoying the hardships and enjoying it. I can actually learn a lot from dealing with these island owners, but I am really tired. Chatting with people and saying some polite words, this has always been the case. The thing I am least good at is checking for leaks and filling in the gaps, and cultivating my internal skills in dealing with others."

Liu Zhimao smiled and said: "In fact, everyone has to go through such a day. When you have your own mountain in the future, you have to take care of all aspects, work harder, and get used to it early. It is indeed a good thing."

The two of them had walked a long way out of the Shanmen House. Liu Zhimao looked back and suppressed a smile, "Chen Ping'an, your aunt walked out of the Spring Courtyard and came to see you. If I remember correctly, this is when you moved out of the Spring Courtyard. After the house, it’s her first time to go out to see you, should we go back?”

Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "Let's walk again."

Liu Zhimao nodded and said: "If you are as hard-hearted as us Taoists, there is no need to be so stubborn."

Chen Ping'an held the charcoal cage and said with a smile: "Let's try to have a good get-together and a good break. Even after the love is gone, you will still hope that the other person's life will be better."

Liu Zhimao said: "There are some half-baked housework, whether it is a house in a shabby alley, a wealthy mansion, or a big mountain like our Qingxia Island. If you want to do something good, it is difficult to be a good person. Chen Pingan, let me advise you again. If you say something unpleasant, maybe in a few years or ten years, that woman will not understand your good intentions now, but will only remember your bad intentions. No matter whether she lived a good or bad life at that time , it’s all the same. Maybe if I live a bad life, I will remember the good things about you at the beginning. The better my life, the deeper my grudge against you will be."

Chen Pingan looked indifferent, "Does that have anything to do with me?"

Liu Zhimao laughed and said, "Yes."

Liu Zhimao suddenly said with a playful smile: "Do you think Madam Gu Can took one or two maids with her when she went out?"

Liu Zhimao quickly said: "I am definitely not fanning the flames."

Chen Ping'an thought for a while, "Is it possible that he took the maids half way and felt it was inappropriate and sent them back to the Spring Court House? My aunt is very smart. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to take care of Gu in Mud Bottle Alley. Can Lala Da, but... no but, she has indeed done her best in Mud Bottle Alley."

Liu Zhimao clicked his tongue and said, "Awesome!"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Did you really guess it correctly?"

Liu Zhimao nodded, "When I walked out of the gate of Chun Ting Mansion, I brought two of the most obedient maids with me. Before I walked too far, I figured out that this was not the way to pretend to be pitiful and beg for help, so I quickly let the maids We returned and asked them to take away the precious fox fur she was wearing. So if we continue walking, when we go back, she will definitely be outside the door with her lips turning green from the cold and shivering. When the time comes, she will probably have nothing to say when she enters the house. It's not easy to say. What do you think, should we turn around immediately and not give her this really pitiful opportunity?"

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "Go back."

Liu Zhimao laughed and said, "The center is actually harder than I thought."

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "I know everything anyway, why should I make her suffer more? Being upset is the most boring thing."

Liu Zhimao asked: "Should we go back to Spring Court Mansion like that time and go back together?"

Chen Pingan said: "There is no need for this time. I don't have such a big face to be able to help Island Master Liu again and again, and I don't want to be worshiped by Qingxia Island."

Liu Zhimao didn't insist and said in a flash, "Don't worry, I won't eavesdrop on your conversation. Anyway, I can roughly guess what she will say."

Chen Pingan returned to the house. The woman was as cold as a quail, with her hands on her shoulders. When she could see Chen Pingan from a distance, she hesitated for a moment and immediately let go of her hands.

She is a woman, but she can already see Chen Ping'an.

Of course Chen Pingan would only see her earlier.

really.

After Chen Pingan approached the mountain gate, he walked quickly and saw the woman. He handed her the charcoal cage first and opened the door while saying, "Why is aunt here? Let me say hello. I can go to the Spring Courtyard." From the government."

The woman entered the house, sat at the table, spread her hands on the charcoal cage, and said with a forced smile: "Ping An, the little loach is dead. Auntie didn't dare to say anything more, but after all, the little loach has been with us and my mother for these years. Without it, let alone Chunting Mansion, even if it only occupies a hut on Qingxia Island, there may be no living people. So can you return the body of Little Loach to us and find a place to bury it? If this request is made, It's a bit too much. Auntie won't say anything, let alone blame you. Just like Gu Can has been nagging for so many years, except for me as a mother, in fact, you are the only one who really cares about him. In the clay bottle For so many years, we have been just a bowl of rice. You have helped us two with so many things, big and small. You have done everything we have seen and not seen..."

At this point, the woman covered her face and cried, sobbing: "It's all fate that puts you in this situation. Auntie really doesn't blame you, really..."

Chen Pingan listened patiently until the woman burst into tears and stopped talking.

Go to the desk, silently take out the large stove placed underneath, then go to the corner to open the big bag with charcoal, add charcoal to the stove, light the charcoal with a special fire stick, squat on the ground, and push the two of them to sit opposite each other. Under the table, the woman could put her feet on the edge of the stove to keep warm.

After doing this, Chen Pingan sat on the bench and remained silent.

The woman quickly wiped away her tears. Under the table, she gently raised her feet and stepped on the edge of the stove. She said with a sad face: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't work. The little loach comes from the water. It doesn't matter who dies like us. He must be buried in peace."

Chen Pingan's eyes were in a daze.

Vaguely remember.

Once in the alley, he protected her and after the quarrel and fight with those loudmouthed women, the two of them sat on the steps at the door of the courtyard. She just cried silently, holding the mended dress tightly in her hands. Jiao didn't say a word. After seeing his naughty son strutting in from Mud Bottle Alley, he quickly turned his back, wiped his tears, straightened his clothes, and combed his temples with his fingers.

Even now, Chen Pingan still feels that the aunt back then was Gu Can's best mother.

She asked softly: "Ping An, I heard that you went to Gongliu Island this time and met that Ancestor Liu. Is it dangerous?"

Chen Pingan clenched his fists and placed them gently on his knees.

There is no longer any extremely miserable emotion, only helplessness.

It is unlucky to see fish in the abyss.

Chen Ping'an took a deep breath, unclenched his fists, stretched out a finger, and pointed at his eyes, "Aunt, we are really a family. In fact, we don't need to talk, we are all here. Auntie opened the courtyard door and brought me a bowl I saw it during dinner. After the quarrel, my aunt was sitting at the door of the courtyard and winked at me, asking me to keep it a secret from Gu Can, so as not to let him know that my mother had been wronged and make him worried. I also saw it. arrive."

The woman wanted to speak but stopped.

Under the table, he tightly grasped the bamboo handle of the small charcoal cage.

Chen Pingan wanted to tell her.

"Aunt, you probably don't know yet. When I was in Mud Bottle Alley, I knew that because of that little loach, Aunt, you wanted me to die and hoped that Liu Zhimao could kill me."

"Aunt, you may not know that that night you invited Liu Zhimao to the Spring Court House and asked me about my details. Liu Zhimao didn't actually drink the bowl of tea, but took away the water in the cup. The secret method of the mountain of water, I took away the tea, put it in a bowl, and put it on this table, but I shattered the ripples of the conversation between the two of you."

"Auntie also doesn't know. She took off her fox fur and the maid returned home. She didn't even know the little gesture of letting go of me immediately when she saw me at the door. The scheming in it, as well as the words she said when she entered the house, all the words behind her words. I know all its meaning, and it’s all clear to me.”

But Chen Pingan swallowed back these words word by word. The last thing he said was just one sentence, "Auntie, Shujian Lake in the future may be different from today. Auntie and Gu Can will meet again when the time comes." There is no need to be so afraid. One day we will no longer be able to keep the family business, and one day assassins seeking revenge will appear, and Gu Can will need to kill them again and again. But until that day comes, I still want to hope that my aunt can stay in Chun as much as possible. Court House.”

The woman nodded slightly.

Chen Pingan looked at her and said slowly: "Shu Jian Lake will become very different, and when that day comes, I hope that my aunt will be as careful as she moved from Mu Bottle Lane to Qingxia Island. Let’s see how we can help Gu Can make the Chun Ting Mansion’s family business even bigger. Since it’s for Gu Can’s good, then I think that after so many years of suffering in Mud Ping Lane, I have just arrived at Qingxia Island. Years, I also ate it. In the future, can Auntie endure it again for Gu Can? There will always be a day when she can survive, just like when Gu Can was brought up, the food and clothing of the little slug were never better than those of other neighbors. The child is almost like changing from the ancestral home in Mubo Lane to a Chun Ting Mansion. In the future, it may be an entire island of its own, instead of just Hengbo Mansion, which is bigger than Chun Ting Mansion, right? What's more, Gu Can’s father, maybe he can come to Shujian Lake to meet you sometime.”

The woman nodded vigorously, her eyes moist and slightly red and swollen.

Chen Ping'an stopped talking.

The woman sat there for a while, then said goodbye and left. Chen Ping'an walked to the door. The woman was still unwilling to take away the charcoal cage, saying no, the cold was nothing, she had never suffered anything in Mu Ping Alley before. , I have long been used to it.

After watching her go away, Chen Pingan returned to the house.

The woman had a hard journey without any complaints.

When she approached the Spring Court Mansion, she immediately put on a straight face and moved her lips slightly. However, when the maid ran out quickly, the woman soon started laughing.

Chen Pingan sat at the table, speechless, and murmured: "It's useless, right, Chen Pingan?"

He rubbed his cheeks and said, "Then do something useful."

Chen Pingan lowered his head and bent over, moved the stove, stepped on it, still holding the charcoal cage, lying on the table, and took a nap in a daze.

Half asleep and half awake, it's like returning to my hometown.

The barking of the Chaimen dog in the middle of the night, the cry of a child disturbing the dream, and the sound of the old woman's hunched figure pounding her clothes.

A lot of people get bored.

Chen Ping'an was the same in Mubo Alley back then, he could only suffer.

It's all little things after all.

And it feels more and more like a trivial matter. Now that I think about it, I feel a little nostalgic.

With a bang, the charcoal cage fell to the ground. Chen Pingan woke up, picked up the charcoal cage, and placed it on the side of the bench.

Went for a nap.

When I woke up, it was already late at night, and I was woken up by a knock on the door.

Chen Ping'an went to open the door and almost couldn't hold back and cursed.

It turned out to be the owner of Zhuchai Island, Liu Chongrun.

Chen Pingan opened the door but did not give way.

Liu Chongrun raised his eyebrows, "Why, you won't even let me in?"

Chen Ping'an asked back: "How can I go to Zhu Xian's Mansion to see Ma Yuanzhi after I let you in?"

Liu Chongrun raised the porcelain vase in his hand, "Why don't we discuss such an important matter right here at the door?"

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Liu Chongrun smiled and nodded.

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "Island Master Liu, what are you thinking about? This is not the rule of doing business, okay?"

Liu Chongrun laughed: "Don't reason with women."

Chen Ping'an was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "It makes sense."

Getting out of the way, Liu Chongrun walked into the house. Chen Ping'an didn't dare to close the door, but Liu Chongrun lifted his foot and kicked him back, causing the door to be closed tightly.

Liu Chongrun lowered his head and glanced at the large bluestone slab, then glanced at the bookcase in the corner and the six half-split poles of purple bamboo leaning against the wall. Finally, his eyes returned to the bluestone slab, "Mr. Chen Da has been hiding here all day. To tinker with these spooky things?”

Chen Pingan nodded.

Liu Chongrun walked to the table, lowered his head and glanced at the stove, "This thing is rare."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "The common people feel even more rare after seeing the earth dragon in your wealthy family."

Liu Chongrun, as a golden elixir earthly immortal who deliberately hides his clumsiness about Shu Jian Lake, sat down and put his feet next to the stove, "Hey, it's quite warm. I'll get one in Baoguang Pavilion later."

Chen Pingan asked: "Island Master Liu has thought about it?"

Liu Chongrun was still looking around curiously, and said casually: "I have thought about it. I have a bookkeeper who can be escorted by Patriarch Liu himself. How can I dare to neglect him or seek death?"

Chen Pingan said: "Our business may need to be put on hold for a while."

Liu Chongrun said angrily: "Chen Ping'an, are you playing with me? Who went to Baoguang Pavilion to do business with me before? Now I'm here to give you a personal answer, and you start to put on airs with me? What, you're getting close to me? Ancestor Liu, you want to raise the price? Okay, you raise the price! I want to see if you have the nerve to say that you have both people and money."

Chen Ping'an stared at the eldest princess who had lost her country, "If it weren't for the fact that so many island owners had come to visit Qingxia Island before, I wouldn't have asked you to sit here and curse at others during your trip tonight. Have you drawn a clear line? Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be confused? You can wait patiently on Zhuchai Island. Your superfluous behavior will only cause Zhuchai Island to fall into a whirlpool. Once I fail, Zhuchai Island will Not to mention moving out of Shujian Lake, I can’t even keep my current family business! Liu Chongrun, let me ask you the same question again, what are you thinking about?”

Liu Chongrun smiled and said: "I have survived the destruction of the country and the destruction of my family. Now there is no chance of the destruction of the country. At most, it will be the death of my family. What are you afraid of?"

Chen Pingan's mind suddenly changed slightly and he looked towards the door of the house.

Liu Chongrun was slightly surprised. Could it be that Chen Ping'an was really a golden elixir sword cultivator rumored by the outside world? Otherwise, why would he have such keen perception?

Because there is an uninvited guest from outside, sneaking around like a dirty guy who often eavesdrops on the walls of other people's homes.

Chen Ping'an blinked at Liu Chongrun, and then said coldly: "Island Master Liu, let me reiterate, I will not accept the female cultivator from Zhuchai Island as a personal maid! This is not a matter of a lot of immortal money..."

As a result, Liu Chongrun didn't answer at all, but complained plaintively: "I didn't expect you, Chen Ping'an, to be such a heartless person. I misjudged you!"

Liu Chongrun stood up suddenly, opened the door, and rushed away.

Chen Ping'an looked dull.

He stood up bravely and came to the door. After a while, Zhu Xianfu's ghost horse Yuanzhi came over with a smile.

Just when Chen Pingan was about to explain, Ma Yuanzhi's face was full of surprise and joy, and he patted Chen Pingan on the shoulder vigorously, "No need to explain, I know that Her Royal Highness the Princess is deliberately angry with me and wants me to be jealous. Chen Pingan, I owe you this favor. From now on, I will become a Taoist couple with Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, and you will be the number one contributor!"

Ma Yuanzhi geared up, laughed and left.

Chen Ping'an stood there and said to himself: "Is this okay?"

Chen Ping'an clicked his tongue in surprise.

I walked to the ferry shore, squatted down, pinched a snowball, and after thinking about it, I just made a snowman, embedded a few grains of charcoal as noses and eyes, and clapped my hands.

Chen Pingan thought for a while and piled another one next to it. It looked a little "slimer".

Only then was I satisfied.

Regarding the love between men and women, Chen Ping'an really didn't understand the "reason" in the past. He could only think and do whatever he wanted. Even though he traveled twice, including a three-hundred-year-old trip to the Lotus Root Blessed Land, he became even more confused, especially That Zhou Fei of Lotus Flower Blessed Land, and now Jiang Shangzhen of Jade Guizong, puzzled him even more. Why are so many outstanding women in Spring Chao Palace in Lotus Flower Blessed Land willing to give up their hearts to such a passionate and almost amorous man? , really like it.

Now I understand a little bit.

It’s similar to how one method can help all methods.

People around you are unreasonable, and those around you have the ability to bully outsiders, which makes you feel particularly at ease.

There will be many such people in the streets, temples, rivers and lakes, in the mountains and under the mountains, throughout the ages, even if one is added.

The blessed land of lotus root, Spring Chao Palace Zhoufei, is notorious in the world. This is one of the reasons why it can finally make so many women give up.

The world both hates and worships the strong.

This is one of the fundamentals of human nature.

This does not mean all women in the world, but only those women who are in the Spring Chao Palace. Deep in their hearts, it is like there is an echo in the dark, constantly echoing outside their hearts. The bewitching of that voice is like the most pious. The monks chanting sutras read like the most diligent Confucian scholar in the world. That voice kept telling them that as long as they dedicated their oneness to Zhou Fei, Zhou Fei could actually take more oneness from elsewhere. In fact, just saying that in Ouhua Blessed Land where the bottleneck of martial arts is not high, the truth is exactly like this, and they are indeed right. Even if the Spring Chao Palace in Lotus Flower Blessed Land is moved to Tongye Continent, and Zhou Fei becomes Jiang Shangzhen, the same applies.

Unless Jiang Shangzhen has provoked Du Mao and his like, or someone around him.

Just like what Gu Can did, he was able to completely convince himself and even the people around him.

Gu Can's reasoning was perfect on his side, so even Chen Ping'an, the person Gu Can cared about so much, couldn't convince him until Gu Can and Xiao Nili met Liu Laocheng of Gongliudao.

You like to be unreasonable, and you may live a very happy life within certain rules, but the road is long, and one day, no matter how big your fist is, there will be someone with a bigger fist than you, who will beat you to death casually. .

Chen Ping'an's encounter with Du Mao was both accidental and inevitable.

When Gu Can met Liu Laocheng, it was inevitable. But that time, Liu Laocheng showed up early, so early that even Chen Ping'an was caught off guard.

However, no matter what the human heart is, as Liu Laocheng said on the ferry, he does not know whether his fate with others is good or bad.

If Gu Can meets Liu Laocheng, it is inevitable.

So isn't it inevitable that Chen Ping'an himself came to Shujian Lake, fell into a dead end, and asked for trouble?

Same thing.

Even in the future, there will be various inevitable consequences, some good and some bad, quietly waiting for Chen Pingan to face them.

This is the so-called Taoist saying that there is no door to blessings and misfortunes, only people call for them.

It's just about the complicated matter of being unreasonable or not.

Chen Ping'an only realized it recently. It was when he knocked on the dishes and chopsticks that day in the middle of the lake where the boat was parked and was filled with the cool breeze that he finally figured it out.

That is the most interesting thing in the world. The people with the biggest fists are the Holy Master and the Li Sheng. They happen to be the most reasonable people in the world.

At that moment, even though Chen Pingan was very disappointed with people's hearts after arriving at Shujian Lake, and then had some little bits of hope, regardless of that, at that moment, Chen Pingan suddenly fell in love with this world. .

He wanted that one day in the future, if he had already been to Beiju Luzhou, and then to Daoxuan Mountain and Sword Qi Great Wall, after that, he must go to the Middle Earth Divine Continent to see Mr. Wen Sheng again and talk to him Let’s talk about the experiences, joys and sorrows after the separation. Next time, I will have a good drink with the old gentleman, and no longer let the old gentleman be lonely and greedy for drinks.

He even had to muster up the courage to ask the old gentleman if he could meet the two older gentlemen. Of course, he could wait until the two saints were free.

When he thought of this thought that seemed very presumptuous and rude, a smile appeared on the young accountant's face.

How is the world going? Is it important? Very important.

Is it that important? Not necessarily.

In the night, Chen Ping'an squatted down and looked at the two snowmen side by side. He smiled brightly and made a face at them: "Right, the one named Chen and Miss Ning. Huh? You guys are talking, don't patronize them. Dear me, I know you like each other very much..."

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At the end of the year, it was almost New Year's Eve, but the accountant of Qingxia Island started his third trip with a tall young man named Zeng Ye.

And he directly left the boundary of Shujian Lake, passed the southern border pass of Shihao Country, and headed north.

On this day, stay overnight at Lingguan Temple.