Sword of Coming

After shopping around Guanshui Street, all the items that needed to be bought were purchased. Chen Ping'an was about to go home. Unexpectedly, A Liang suggested taking a boat at night to swim in the Danjiang River. Only Lin Shou nodded in agreement.

Chen Pingan didn't mind going to see the dangerous shoal after putting away his things, but Li Baoping tugged on his sleeve. Chen Pingan understood and weighed some money bags. The scattered copper coins were enough to buy candied haws.

Zhu Lu took his father Zhu He to visit the weapons shop. Li Huai complained that he was hungry, so A Liang asked Yi Cheng to take him back to Pillow Station for a midnight snack.

The group parted ways.

Lin Shouyi walked side by side with the man in a bamboo hat and asked softly: "Senior said that Li Huai is the most blessed. Is the copy of "Duoshui Cliff" that seems to be brand-new and engraved the most valuable?"

A Liang nodded lightly and revealed the secret: "It's just that it looks new. It has been a few years old. The things written in the book are not valuable. It is a mess of water method practice and is deliberately used to mislead the disciples. However, the material of the book is relatively precious and should be stored in it." There won’t be any insects for hundreds of years.”

A Liang took off the small gourd and took a sip of wine, "And if I read it correctly, several silverfish have been born in this book. Of course, you can't see it with your naked eyes. This thing is one of the charms in the world." , extremely tiny, swimming between the lines, just like live fish in a river. The silverfish uses the spiritual energy contained in the words in the book as bait. When it grows up, its largest size is no more than the thickness of a hair. There are many types of silverfish in the world, but the species in that book are ordinary. But if you sell it to a dignitary who likes novels, you should get three thousand taels of silver, so it is one of the most valuable books in that bookstore."

The young man was speechless.

A silverfish that can't even be seen can earn three thousand taels of silver by changing hands. Is money the least valuable in the world outside the small town?

A Liang seemed to have seen through the young man's thoughts and said with a smile: "When you really start to practice in the future, you will understand that gold and silver in the eyes of the people in the market can be piled up into mountains and spent by you, but things can be done with a snap of a finger. After all, since you have to spend money like water, it means that the yellow and white things that are vulgar are actually of great value. "

Lin Shou nodded.

A Liang said with a smile: "If you tell Chen Pingan this, he may not understand."

Lin Shouyi shook his head and said: "It's about money, he must understand."

A Liang laughed loudly and took the boy to the river bank of Hongzhu Town. There was a lot of people. The boy was used to the deserted night life of his hometown town and was a little uncomfortable. Especially every time he breathed, he seemed to be able to smell the smell of powder. At first You will find the aroma tangy, but if you smell it too much, it will feel a bit cloying.

When the two of them walked through the alley and came to the river, their vision suddenly opened up. Both sides of the river were covered with thick bluestone roads, with birds and birds singing happily, and many beautiful women leaning on the railings of high buildings, revealing their pink and tender lotus roots. The arms, the red and green colors of the women's dresses, and the series of lanterns hanging from the tall buildings made the women's faces radiant and more charming.

Painted boats of different sizes in the river slowly move along both sides of the river, with hanging bamboo curtains. Most of them are two women sitting at the bow and stern of the boat, plus one person rowing the boat.

Compared with the women from high-rise buildings who behave carelessly and loudly solicit business, the women from the boat family are dressed in a happy mood, but their demeanor is a bit more demure.

The younger women are like the little girl next door, and the older women are like ladies. From time to time, some women from high-rise buildings would ridicule, curse, and throw fruits and vegetables at the boatmen who competed for business. The latter took it for granted and did not care about it. Unless they were hit on the spot, they would rarely get up and glare at them.

Once a conflict arises between a boatman's girl and a brothel girl, there will inevitably be a burst of loud applause from the men, fearing that the world will not be in chaos.

Lin Shouyi felt a little numb, "Senior Aliang, aren't we going to go to the Danjiang River to enjoy the scenery?"

Ah Liang said in a rogue manner: "Since it is the confluence of three rivers, then of course this is also considered as the Danjiang River."

Lin Shouyi was speechless.

A Liang squatted by the river, looking at the boats passing by slowly just a few feet away. Every time a boatman's girl made a secret glance or greeted him with soft and waxy words, A Liang would silently take a sip of wine and feel himself. While he was thinking to himself, Lin Shouyi squatted down, pricked up his ears and eavesdropped. He heard intermittently something like "Shou Shen Ru Jade", "A Gentleman", "Sex" with a knife on his head, etc. Lin Shouyi couldn't help laughing, "Okay, I dare to love Senior A Liang better than him". Not much better?

A Liang turned his head slightly and looked at a small boat not far away. A plain-looking woman was sitting on the bow of the boat, looking around openly. She didn't look like a woman in the flesh business, but like a wealthy family traveling at night. The lady is actually a twenty-year-old girl rowing behind the woman, with a pretty face.

A Liang stood up, waited until the boat approached, and suddenly took out a dazzling gold ingot, "Is it enough?"

The woman smiled softly and neither nodded nor shook her head. The girl rowing the boat had straight eyes, eager to take over the business for the woman.

The woman glanced around the man in the bamboo hat, stretched out her finger, and tapped the young man Lin Shouyi, "Young master, you can board the ship alone."

A Liang quickly put away the gold ingots, "This guy is a pauper, he has no money! He is penniless!"

The woman said softly: "I don't need to take any money from him."

The girl followed the direction of the woman's finger and saw a young man with a flushed face, red lips and white teeth, and a handsome demeanor. He looked like he was a good reader, and she smiled shyly.

The poor man in a bamboo hat who had money but couldn't spend it was left aside, with a look of confusion on his face. He thought to himself that this woman was blind or had a bad appetite. A man as handsome and handsome as himself in his thirties could not see it. Instead, he fell in love with Lin Shouyi, who was as thin as a bamboo pole? If she follows this plan and brings over the thinner Chen Ping'an, then she still has to pay for it?

A Liang murmured: "It hurts my feelings."

The woman looked at the young man with a smile. For some reason, the plain-looking woman seemed a bit flirtatious, "Why don't you get on the boat?"

Lin Shouyi shook his head.

A Liang sat on the steps and took a sip of wine. "Boy, hurry up and board the ship. The worst thing is that you won't have to drink gourd wine in the future. Is there any wine in the world that tastes better than flower wine? You must not Missed it."

Lin Shouyi didn't move at all, but when he looked at the back of the man in the bamboo hat, the young man rolled his eyes.

Huafang had no choice but to continue moving forward, and his colleagues behind him had already begun to urge him.

The woman still turned her head and looked back at the young man with a smile.

The young man was indifferent and looked at her coldly.

Painted boats kept passing in front of the two of them, surrounded by plump and thin boatwomen, spread out like pictures of ladies.

Lin Shouyi asked softly: "Aliang, are you waiting for her on a special trip?"

A Liang held up the bamboo hat, shook his head and said with a smile: "It was just a whim. I just wanted to know how big this fishing net is."

The young scholar sat next to him and looked at the rosy and pink women openly.

On the stone pavement along the riverside, there were children running around with baskets in their arms, and the clear voice of selling apricot flowers sounded once in the east and once in the west.

Zhu Lu wanted to pick a dagger for himself. While the blade was sharp, he wanted it to look better. Unexpectedly, the weapons shop was closed, and the girl stood at the door, silent.

Zhu He consoled him, "Just come back tomorrow."

The girl leaned against a hitching post outside the shop and looked up at the night sky.

Zhu He asked softly: "Are you worried?"

Zhu Lu shook his head.

Zhu He asked carefully: "On the last stretch of the journey away from Qidun Mountain, the lady took the initiative to ride on the same mountain turtle with you. Did she say something to you?"

Zhu Lu hummed and said listlessly, "Miss wants me to be polite to everyone."

Zhu He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Miss is not wrong. When you go out, you should be harmonious and make money."

Zhu Lu whispered: "Forget it about A Liang. After all, he comes from Fengxue Temple. Although he is not like the gods I imagined before, gods are gods. No matter how annoying they are, I can tolerate it. But Lin Shou Li Huai and Li Huai are nothing, but because they have been classmates with the lady for several years, they do not regard themselves as outsiders at all. Why should an illegitimate son born of a cheap maid, a useless son, be on an equal footing with our lady? Especially that... "

Seeing that she didn't want to continue talking, Zhu He took over, "Chen Pingan?"

The girl pursed her lips.

Zhu He sighed, "There are no outsiders here. What dad says next may be a bit unpleasant..."

The girl suddenly brightened up and interrupted the man's words, "Dad, the young master wrote a lot of essays for me in the letter he sent to the young lady. The young master's running script and regular script are becoming more and more proficient. The letter contains the following I told him about the ups and downs of his personal pursuit of a group of horse thieves, that he met an eldest grandson of the Chen clan Zhuguo, and about the scene of the Taiping Fire. Snakes, pythons, and cranes swaggered through the city, and the people in the capital had long been accustomed to it. The young master also said that at the north gate of the imperial city of Da Li, there was a living golden-armored door god on the left and right. It was said that it was a gift from a Taoist sect to Da Li. The founding gift of the country is four to five feet tall. Dad, do you think it’s fun or not?”

Zhu He said helplessly: "It's safer to call you Second Young Master."

The girl smiled broadly and said, "The eldest son is not here. Besides, the eldest son is so honest and honest. Even if he hears it, he won't be angry."

Zhu He shouted softly: "Don't be rude!"

Zhu Lu's eyebrows were lowered and her eyelashes moved slightly.

Zhu Lu whispered: "Young Master, well, it was the Second Young Master who once said to us servants that people with good fortune can enjoy happiness even while lying down. People with bad fate will suffer when they come to this world. . Li Huai’s life is good, Lin Shou’s life is good, and he becomes a student of Shanya Academy. He will probably become famous in the future. To say the least, it will be more than enough to become a rich man with a fortune. "

The girl slowly raised her head, "That Chen Pingan's life is actually not bad. At least he doesn't have to call others Miss or Young Master."

Zhu He didn't dare to look at his daughter.

The reason why children are born in the family is that they are born in the mother's womb.

Zhu He started to speak but stopped.

The girl's eyes were firm and her tone was firm: "Dad, it doesn't matter. The second young master said that there are many ways to escape from the humble status when we get to the capital of Da Li. Moreover, the border army of Da Li is willing to recruit female warriors. If you accumulate enough military merit, you might be able to do so." Becoming Mrs. Gaoming."

Zhu He looked at the girl with a different look in front of him, feeling a little strange but also a little relieved. He nodded and said: "When the time comes, we, father and daughter, will join the army together, and we will still have someone to take care of us. The second young master is now firmly established in the capital. Try to get him to help us choose a better frontier army. There won’t be too many bad battles, and the military merits won’t be too difficult to obtain. In short, before leaving the humble family, we must not insult the family tradition of our Longquan Li family, even if we really set up our own business in the future. , I must also be grateful to the Li family..."

The girl laughed, stepped forward quickly, took Zhu He's arm, pulled him back to the Pillow Inn, and teased: "I know, I know, Dad, when did you talk so much."

Zhu He rubbed his daughter's head, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to say, "When I have the opportunity, I want to say sorry to Chen Ping'an. Fighting on the top of Qidun Mountain, no matter what the original intention is, if you do one thing wrong, If you make a mistake, then you have to apologize when you need to apologize, and you have to make up for it when you need to.”

Zhu Lu was silent for a moment, perhaps because he was in a good mood tonight, and said with a bright smile: "Okay!"

Hongzhu Town follows the Dali ritual system and has two civil and military temples, the Wenchang Pavilion and Wusheng Temple, which are not small in size. They respectively enshrine a statue of a civil official holding a jade tablet in his hand and a statue of a military general wearing armor and hanging a sword with a civet cat on his feet.

The two temples in Hongzhu Town were built in the south of the city. They were not far apart, about five or six hundred steps apart.

The night was dark, and the two statues shook almost at the same time. Dust fell from their bodies, and waves of pale golden ripples rippled on the surface of the statues.

At the same time, the two clay golden statues of the River God Temple on both sides of the Xiuhua River and Yuye River are in similar condition.

In the Qidun Mountains in the north of Hongzhu Town, there is a man with bare chest and belly, carrying a wine bottle in his hand, and three wine bottles hanging on his waist. Although he is drunk and staggering, he steps out every time. , the distance in one step was five or six feet, walking on the mountain road was like walking on flat ground. He soon came to the stone flat on the top of Qidun Mountain, burped in wine, and stamped his feet heavily.

Wei Bo, the land lord of Qidun Mountain, appeared not far away.

The man glanced at the handsome young man holding the green staff and said with a smile: "I'm glad that I have finally broken the shackles of magic on my body. Not only can I restore my true form to the land, but I can also hope to become a mountain god on my own. It seems that I have recently received a great blessing." opportunity."

Wei Bo's face was gloomy, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

The man wiped his mouth and asked directly: "How strong is that swordsman named A Liang?"

Wei Bo remained silent.

The man said calmly: "It's a very important matter. I'm not in the mood and I don't have the time to waste time with you. If you don't speak, I will smash your golden body and you won't have a chance to come back to life."

Wei Bo asked: "Before I answer, can I know the reason?"

The man nodded and said: "That man killed two of our top warriors in Da Li, Li Hou from the seventh level of martial arts, and Hu Yinglin from the eighth floor Qi practitioner. They were both masters of the A word from Zhuye Pavilion under the empress. Your Majesty has After learning the news, he was very unhappy and felt that this person had broken the rules first, so Da Li wanted to ask him for an explanation."

Wei Bo felt heavy.

The man's tone was stern and he sneered: "I advise you not to get involved. It's best if you can pluck yourself cleanly. If you can't pluck yourself cleanly, you might have to go to the Danjiang River to take a bath again. But I'm sure that I won't do it this time." There will be people who are willing to risk their lives to help you pick up the fragments from the bottom of the river, piece together the golden body piece by piece, and finally secretly bring it back to Qidun Mountain for you. Right, the Beiyue Zhengshen of the Shenshui Dynasty?"

Wei Bo smiled miserably.