Sword of Coming

After seeing the hilltop of his home, Chen Ping'an started running wildly, no longer caring about walking or standing, and he didn't have the slightest sentimentality of being close to home. Chen Pingan just kept running, taking up most of the bags of soil in his backpack. The layers of soil were piled on top of each other, rustling with the ups and downs of his shoulders.

The boy in green and the girl in pink skirt followed behind. The former looked around. In fact, as they approached the boundary of Longquan County in Dali, they had already noticed a strange aura and felt comfortable. The big building that fell into their eyes at this moment The top of the mountain made this water snake keep swallowing its saliva, as if it was seeing a large table of the most sumptuous meal.

The boy in green had mentioned inadvertently before that for people like them, eating clouds and drinking dew was only a low-level method of cultivation, and progress was slow. Only by melting the roots of mountains and swallowing water was the right way to advance bravely and diligently.

It's a pity that the famous mountains and rivers full of spiritual energy are either separatist by the Xian family and regarded as forbidden places, or they have long established temples to gods and goddesses enshrined by the imperial court. Don't dare to get involved easily. Once it comes to enlightenment and immortality, especially ghosts and spirits, let alone friends and confidants on the path of cultivation, I am afraid that even your parents will not recognize you.

On the other hand, the fire python, who has been imbued with the aroma of books since childhood, is much more reserved than the boy in green. It is obvious that they are both members of the dragon family, and the opportunities for their enlightenment are very different.

Approaching the foot of Luolu Mountain, Chen Pingan slowed down. With his excellent eyesight, he found many places on the mountain filled with dust. This made Chen Pingan feel nervous. Logically speaking, there was a saint, Master Ruan, to help look after Luolu Mountain, so there shouldn't be any accidents. Wei Bo, the landowner of Qidun Mountain, had promised to build a bamboo building on this mountain before, but a small bamboo building should be completed after all, and then Wei Bo should go back home. It will never last long. Stay, why is Luolu Mountain still looking weird like a lot of construction work at this moment?

Could it be that the black python refused to change its bad habits and chose people to eat on its own mountain, which angered the county government and sent people to the mountain to encircle and suppress them?

Chen Ping'an was about to hurriedly ask the boy in Tsing Yi to transform into his true form so that he could quickly climb the mountain. Suddenly he remembered a sentence he had recently read in a book, which was about the principle of not panicking when encountering difficulties. After reading it twice, Chen Pingan felt a little less tacky. He had even carved it on the bamboo slips before, so Chen Pingan immediately took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and silently told himself, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, the book What I’m talking about is actually the same as porcelain firing.”

Just as he was about to start climbing, Chen Ping'an's eyes blurred. He looked closely and saw an acquaintance in white standing at the foot of the mountain with a smile and blurted out: "Wei Bo!"

The girl in the pink skirt couldn't help but let out a wow. Silly girl was doubly surprised. This was the second immortal figure she had seen in her life after the young Cui Han. He was so handsome that he was so handsome that she immediately blushed and hid behind him. After the death of Mr. Chen Pingan.

The boy in green was stunned on the spot, then turned around and asked angrily: "Master, is this guy trying to grab territory?"

"of course not."

Chen Ping'an shook his head and smiled. He looked at the Earth Master, who had a more elegant temperament than in Qidun Mountain, and asked curiously: "Why are you still in Luolu Mountain? Don't you, the gods of mountains and rivers, not be able to leave your own realm for too long?"

Wei Bo smiled and said: "What a coincidence, now I have moved to Piyun Mountain and become your neighbor, Chen Ping'an, I must take care of you in the future."

Speaking of this, the righteous god of Beiyue of Shenshui Kingdom who fell from the altar in the past and is now about to become the co-lord of Beiyue of Dali, even gave Chen Ping'an a bow as a joke.

Chen Ping'an was not embarrassed to accept this bow, so he turned away and asked with a smile: "Is the bamboo building finished?"

Wei Bo straightened up and nodded: "It's done. No corners were cut in the preservation. It's on Luolu Mountain. I'll take you to take a look. I originally picked a geomantic treasure land where it would be easiest for it to take root, but it was taken over by the mountain temple in Luolu Mountain. I had to change the site, but it’s not bad, the view is wide, the sky is high, the scenery is beautiful, I will go there to stay if I have something to do this year, but you are not allowed to cross the river and burn the bridge in the future, or drive me away. "

The girl in the pink skirt thought that the guy in front of her was good-looking and had a good temper. Then the little girl felt a little proud. Her husband was so awesome, even the friends he made were so cool and unrestrained.

The boy in Tsing Yi looked more and more guilty. Suddenly, without any warning, Wei Bo in white bared his teeth and claws and made an intimidating gesture towards him. The boy in Tsing Yi was so frightened that he jumped back ten feet. Wei Bo laughed heartily and said, "In addition to the mountain That black python, our Luolu Mountain is going to be lively."

Chen Pingan corrected him sternly: "Luoluoshan is not yours."

Wei Bo said helplessly: "Yes, yes, you, Chen Ping'an, are the master, and I am just a guest, okay?"

The group started to climb the mountain, and Wei Bo explained to Chen Ping'an considerately: "Nowadays, these large and small hills to the west of the town are all owned by famous people. They are all breaking ground and busy with mountain opening. In addition to opening roads on the mountain, There are also building pavilions and so on.

A place with a mountain temple like Luo Po Mountain is even busier with tasks. The Ministry of Industry of the Great Li Dynasty is responsible for spending a lot of money. In addition to the nearly 10,000 prisoners and refugees of the Lu Dynasty who can be driven without money, the two official offices of Longquan County and County Yamen, We have also hired many of your local youths to help build fairy mansions, and they will never stop creating a fairyland on earth, which is a bit of a waste of people and money. "

Wei Bo pointed to the wide loess floor, "In the future, this place will be paved with stone slabs transported from other places. Anyway, it is not inferior to the bluestone floor in Taoye Lane, Fulu Street."

Chen Pingan asked carefully: "You don't need me to pay for it myself?"

Wei Bo smiled and pointed to the sky, "As long as you don't want to build a rope bridge in the sky and get involved with other mountains, then there is no need to spend a single copper coin."

Chen Ping'an was shocked and said: "Did someone do this?"

Wei Bo nodded and said: "Yes, there are more than one or two families. Among several mountains in the north, families have been dispatched to worship, or they have paid a lot of money to hire Qi practitioners who specialize in building Dongtian Paradise, and have begun to build long bridges. One of them is not yet It is an iron cable plank bridge, but a stone bridge. I heard that the stones were all salvaged from the lake. I estimate that it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from beginning to end. But the effect is definitely not good, walking on the stone On the bridge, the smoke is lingering and the sky is ethereal. Watching the sunrise and sunset with rolling clouds makes my heart beat."

Chen Pingan clicked his tongue and said, "So they are so rich."

Wei Bo joked: "If you are willing to sell a Caiyun Peak or Xiancao Mountain, you will immediately become the richest man, and you can be so extravagant."

Chen Pingan said angrily: "What are you thinking about? What do I want with those flowery arrogance? The mountains are the foundation of my life."

Wei Bo laughed.

Money addicts are still money addicts.

The second realm is still the second realm.

The straw sandals have been changed into pairs, but the boy is still the same boy.

The boy in Tsing Yi hates Wei Bo so much that he wants to kick that guy in the ass and kick him till he eats his shit!

Along the way to the mountain, I saw several groups of prisoners and survivors of the Lu Dynasty, some old and young, some young and some women. Most of them were haggard and looked haggard. However, the Dali soldiers who were supervising the work should have received instructions from the imperial court. Without deliberately creating difficulties for these subjugated people, some old and weak people who fainted were helped by their relatives and friends to the burning stove and fed a few mouthfuls of hot water.

Wei Boyun said calmly: "The situation was not so good at the beginning. There were as many as 100 Lu prisoners who died from exhaustion, freezing and falling, and of course some were beaten to death or committed suicide due to unbearable humiliation. In just two months, there were as many as More than 600 people, including Wu Yuan, who was later promoted to Longquan County Sheriff on the spot, submitted a memorial to the court at the risk of losing his official title, and this stopped the sharp decline in the number of refugees."

Chen Ping'an asked doubtfully: "The county guard?"

Wei Bo stretched out his hand and drew a big circle, "It used to be that the vast territory of Lizhu Cave was thousands of miles in diameter. Even now, the border areas are occupied by neighboring states and counties. They are robbed and bloody. They each find people in the court to help them speak and plead, and then divide them up." We have gone some distance, but if Longquan is still just a county, it still cannot be controlled. Even if it is upgraded to Longquan County, it is still a bit far-fetched."

Chen Pingan nodded. Along the way, he had a clear understanding of the size of the territories of states, counties and counties in various countries. After all, it was measured step by step. He asked: "The black python in Qidun Mountain has arrived here. , Didn’t you cause any trouble?”

Wei Bo shook his head and said: "It has been practicing diligently in Luopo Mountain and has never hurt anyone. Now even if it goes out to find water and is bumped into by someone on the way, it is no longer strange and it is safe. Some bold local youths "Zhuang, I dared to throw stones at it from a distance, but it still endured it."

Chen Ping'an frowned and said, "This is not okay. I have to find someone to make it clear. Wei Bo, do you know who is responsible here? Regardless of the outcome, I have to make it clear first. There is no reason to bully others like this."

"Where is the bullying of 'people'? It's a mountain python that has just awakened."

Wei Bo burst into laughter at first, and then joked: "Besides, the black python has rough skin and thick flesh. Even if someone cuts it hard several times, it doesn't hurt or itch. Chen Ping'an, you don't need to make a fuss. Besides, if I remember correctly, you are right The black python is not a good one, so why are you starting to favor it now that you have just returned to Luopo Mountain?"

"If the black python dares to hurt someone first, I will hire someone to kill it this time. I am willing to pay money to do so."

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "But if it doesn't, then it doesn't matter whether it is in Luolu Mountain or not. In any place, as long as the black python goes up and down the mountain peacefully, and then there are people who actively provoke it, it doesn't matter at all. It’s funny, this is called seeking death. If I dared to do this, I would have died a hundred times in the mountains.”

"That makes sense."

Wei Bo narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Looking back on this matter, I just want to say hello for you. I am familiar with the relationship between these mountains."

The girl in pink skirt put her hands on the rope of the bamboo box in front of her, full of curiosity.

Such a huge mountain, and after walking for so long, I haven't even reached the halfway point yet it actually belongs to my master.

The master is indeed not bragging, he is really rich!

The kid in green clothes felt a little refreshed after listening to the long-lost truth. Of course, it wasn't that he thought what Chen Pingan said was reasonable, but that he refuted the white-clothed immortal who couldn't tell the difference, which made the boy in green feel very excited.

Chen Ping'an asked seemingly casually: "Wei Bo, do you know Ruan Xiu? She is a girl from the blacksmith shop by the Longxu River."

Wei Bo pretended to be thinking, and then suddenly realized: "You are talking about the daughter of the saint Ruan Qiong. I have seen her several times from afar. The Shenxiu Mountain in her home was built with the greatest efforts by the court flowers of Dali. She went to the mountains several times to see the progress, and she would visit the tops of mountains such as Baolu Mountain and Caiyun Peak. Before the bamboo building was built, she also came to Luolu Mountain once. Behind her hands, she just looked at me in the bamboo building. They were busy on the roof, and they asked me if I wanted to help, but I didn't agree, so the little girl just looked up for a long time, which made me feel embarrassed, and finally she quietly left without knowing when."

Chen Pingan turned to the girl in pink skirt and the boy in Tsing Yi and smiled: "Miss Ruan is a very good friend of mine. I have two shops in the town and she helps me take care of them. When you see her, just call her Sister Ruan.”

The girl in pink skirt nodded immediately, "Okay!"

The boy in green clothes was a little reluctant, "At my age, I have no problem being her ancestor. Why should I call her sister? I have lost eighteen generations in vain..."

Chen Ping'an glanced at her indifferently, and the boy in green immediately beat his chest with both hands, like beating a drum, and said righteously: "Master, I can call her mother!"

Chen Pingan was very happy. It was rare for him not to be stingy. He said richly, "I will give you two an ordinary snake gallstone later."

The girl in pink skirt cheered and jumped up and down.

The boy in green clothes asked in confusion, "Master, if I call her Madam, can you give her one more snake gallstone?"

Chen Pingan rubbed his forehead, "When the time comes, Miss Ruan will beat you to death, and I won't stop her."

The boy in Tsing Yi was startled, and suddenly remembered the "sage Ruan Qiong's daughter" that Wei Bo had mentioned succinctly. Regarding the behavior style of Saint Ruan Qiong of Zhenwu Mountain, Huang Tingguo and Yu Jiang had long heard about it. It was really domineering and unreasonable. Where could it be found? A saint who drags people into his own territory and then kills them on the spot?

The boy in Tsing Yi immediately laughed dryly and said: "I will be polite and respectful to Sister Ruan. I will also help the master keep an eye on the silly girl, so that she will not accidentally use inappropriate words and annoy Sister Ruan. When the time comes, Come and kill yourself, and finally make it difficult for you, Master..."

Chen Pingan tried his best to hold back his laughter, and deliberately did not introduce the girl's gentle temperament. Instead, he hummed with a straight face and nodded: "When you meet, you must be polite and courteous."

After going around and around, Wei Bo finally took the lead and walked on a bluestone path, laughing at himself: "I temporarily paved the path under our feet. I collected some rocks from the mountain stream. Chen Ping'an, you might as well change them later."

Chen Ping'an walked on the solid and neat gravel road and said with a smile: "If you don't change it, it's good."

Everyone's vision suddenly opened up, and they saw a two-story bamboo building. It was green in color and exquisite in appearance. The key was that the bamboo building faced the beautiful mountains and rivers.

On the ground floor of the bamboo building, there are several cute little bamboo chairs with small thatched futons on them.

Chen Ping'an's eyes were dull and his mouth was wide open. He was extremely shocked.

I thought that Wei Bo promised to build a bamboo building for himself. In my imagination, it would be good if it was not crooked.

How could I have imagined that it would be so good.

After Chen Pingan came to his senses, he asked softly: "Is it mine?"

Wei Bo smiled and said, "Of course."

Chen Pingan clasped his fists and said, "Wei Bo, Luopo Mountain will be half of your home from now on. You can live wherever you want."

Wei Bo smiled and said, "Hey, are you changing your tune now? Who said Luopo Mountain was not 'ours' before?"

Chen Ping'an chuckled and said, "Wei Bo, you are a majestic landowner from Qidunshan, but you have a lot of experience and low prices like me."

Wei Bo laughed loudly, stretched out his hand and tapped the boy, "After all, there are some changes. This trip to study is not in vain."

After that, Wei Bo watched the first and second children running to the second floor of the bamboo building, and then they lay down side by side on the railing and looked up into the distance. A taller big head and two shorter little heads looked from Wei Bo's side. , in fact, it looks quite like a hill.

"Master, the scenery here is so beautiful. Can we live here in the future?"

"Of course."

"Master, please give me this place. I can save one ordinary snake gallstone. How about that?"

"no."

As if infected by their joyful mood, Wei Bo, who was no longer the land lord of Qidun Mountain, turned around and looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance with a smile.

Living with good people is like entering a house of orchids, which will become fragrant over time.

Chen Pingan took them down the mountain to the town. Wei Bo appeared and disappeared, and the boy in Tsing Yi whispered: "You are sneaky, and you are not a good bird at first sight! Master, don't deal with that guy in the future. This is a mature and prudent opinion of mine.”

Chen Pingan ignored him.

They walked over the mountains and ridges with familiar roads. When the three of them saw the houses in the west of the town in the distance, Chen Pingan sighed softly.

Having climbed up the inconspicuous Pearl Mountain before, Chen Pingan had already looked over his hometown and pointed out the approximate locations of many places to the two guys around him.

For example, the Mu Ping Lane where my ancestral home is located, the school where Mr. Qi taught, Qilong Lane with two shops, Fulu Street and Taoye Lane where most letters are delivered, the blacksmith shop outside the town, the Shenxian in the east Tombs and the northernmost Lao Ci Mountain, etc.

Only the stone bridge that had returned to its original appearance, Chen Ping'an just glanced at it from the corner of his eye when he looked at the blacksmith shop. Not only did he not introduce any details, he didn't even notice an obvious pause in his eyes.

I have seen with my own eyes the dangers and strangeness of the world outside, so I must be careful and cautious.

The boy in Tsing Yi said arrogantly: "Master, let's go to Qilong Lane first to see the straw shop and the New Year's shop?"

Chen Pingan said softly: "Go to my parents' graves first."

The three of them did not go through the town, but walked downstream along the river.

Silently walking across the stone bridge with no old sword strips, passing by the blacksmith shop with low thatched huts and tall sword furnaces, and finally coming to the small grave, Chen Pingan took off his backpack and took out Those cotton bags, no bigger than fists, added soil to the graves.

On the young man's dark face, there was neither a sad look or a look of returning home in rich clothes.

The young man who has walked through mountains and rivers and traveled thousands of miles, the first thing he did after returning to his hometown was to silently open those bags and add a handful of soil to his parents' graves.