Chapter 669 Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow
Chen Pingan found A Liang at the corner wine shop.
A Liang was hooking up with a swordsman, saying, "Why are you sad? Nalan Caihuan has your heart, so what, can she get your body? It's impossible, Nalan Caihuan doesn't have this ability."
.The man didn't feel any better, but he wanted to drink more and more. He reached out unsteadily and picked up the wine bottle on the table. It was empty. A Liang quickly asked for another bottle of wine. Hearing boos from all over, he saw
Mrs. Xie twisted her waist and walked around the counter. She looked out of the restaurant with a smile on her face. A Liang turned around and saw that it was Chen Ping'an who was here. In the Great Wall of Sword Qi, we scholars are still precious, and we will suffer wherever we go.
welcome.
After Chen Pingan sat down, he smiled and said: "A-Liang, I invite you to have a meal at Ning Mansion. I will cook it myself."
Mrs. Xie put a pot of wine on the table, but did not sit down. Ah Liang nodded and agreed to Chen Ping'an's invitation. Now he looked up at the woman. Ah Liang's drunken eyes were hazy, and he looked left and right, "
Xie sister, what’s going on, I can’t even see your face anymore.”
The woman sneered and said: "Are you going to talk about how you can see two upside-down mountains every time you are drunk? There is no new explanation. Ah Liang, you are old. Look through the Second Shopkeeper's Jianjianxian Seal Book more, that's the answer
A scholar should have something to say."
Xie Meizi likes the new and hates the old, which makes A Liang a little sad.
The two left, and after Chen Ping'an walked some distance away, he said: "When I looked through old files at the summer palace, I only said that Xie Yuan was seriously injured. After that, Mrs. Xie made a living selling wine."
A Liang shook off the smell of alcohol and slapped his cheek, "It's wrong to call her Mrs. Xie, and she's never married. Xie Yuan was born in Yangliu Lane and has excellent sword training qualifications. He stood out at a young age. Compared with Yue Qing, Mi
Hu is younger, and is a sword cultivator of the same generation as Nalan Caihuan. Together with Cheng Quan and Zhao, the woman whom I have longed for, they were the most outstanding young girls on the Sword Qi Great Wall back then."
A Liang said with emotion: "The light rain was falling, the sky and the earth were hazy, and the handsome scholar suddenly saw a woman walking with an umbrella. She was dressed in green clothes. She held the umbrella like flowers blooming on the street, and the person was like a willow leaning against the spring rain. She was absolutely beautiful."
Chen Ping'an said: "Remove the 'handsome scholar' and leave only the woman, and the picture will be really beautiful."
A Liang smiled and said: "Without that handsome scholar seeing it with his own eyes, how can you know this beauty?"
A Liang continued: "Xie Yuan exchanged a natal flying sword with a junior sister of Sword Immortal Shou Chen on the battlefield, and each of them shattered. Then, she was seriously injured and had no time to evacuate, so Shou Chen rushed to her and replenished her.
One sword strike. If Xie Yuan had not suffered this calamity, it would be easy for Xie Yuan to ascend to the fifth realm. Therefore, Xie Yuan and Wen Hai are closely related and have a sworn hatred. You beat up the Jia Shen Zhang Liu in vain.
Half dead, Xie Yuan is naturally grateful to you."
A Liang gloated and said: "For this kind of thing, when you meet in person, you can just say thank you. Why make an exception and not charge money."
Only then did Chen Pingan understand that A Liang would not ask him to go to a wine shop for a drink for no reason.
It turned out that he was trying to untie the knot for Xie Yuan, and of course Ah Liang also drank for nothing.
When they arrived at Ning Mansion, Chen Pingan went to the kitchen to cook. Aunt Bai helped, and the two chatted about trivial matters.
A Liang was in the wing of Chen Ping'an's residence, flipping through the thunderous book of Jianjianxian seals. There were many blank fans and plain seals made of plain materials on the table, but it looked like he didn't know how to write or write.
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Ning Yao sat aside and asked: "What's going on with the demon outside the sky? Isn't it possible that the White Jade Capital can't completely suppress it?"
Haoran Tianxia has never had a precise explanation of the origin of the demon that transformed from the outside. As for the sword cultivators of the Great Wall of Sword Qi, they don't care at all.
A Liang only gave a general idea: "It's not the trouble caused by us cultivators. We can't clean our own butts, so we can only deceive ourselves and others and let it go. Year after year, floods are rampant, and Qingming's world can only use
The stupidest way is to build a dike to block the water, build a dike to contain the water, and raise it higher and higher. Over time, it will become a dangerous scene of "flood above the head, hanging high in the sky". It cannot be entirely blamed on Bai Yujing's stinky nose for not treating the symptoms.
Treating the root cause and tracing back to the source, every Qi practitioner has the responsibility. It is said that Dao Lao Er’s senior brother has been committed to finding a way to cure the root cause. Dao Lao Er and Lu Chen actually have their own corresponding strategies, but they are just one of them.
It is deliberate, cruel and easy, but Lu Chen's method is too casual. I guess the Taoist ancestors are not very satisfied with it, so more hope is placed on the eldest disciple."
The three masters of Bai Yujing are the three patriarchs of Taoism in the world of Qingming. However, the title of Taoist patriarch is self-proclaimed by the Taoists, and of course the various schools of thought will not recognize it.
A Liang said with a smile: "Don't blame me for being vague. I don't mean to be estranged from you. It's just that the speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention. Once a cultivator has the intention, it is often a big obstacle, especially the external demon. When dealing with it, it is difficult to overcome
The more powerless a genius is. Of course, nothing is absolute, there are always exceptions, and you, Ning Yatou, are the exception. But once I tell you, it is inappropriate, so it is better to just let nature take its course."
Ning Yao nodded.
The reason why she asked about the demon outside was that she was still worried about Chen Pingan's future ability to form a golden elixir and give birth to a Nascent Soul.
As for herself, she doesn't seem to have any hidden worries. She has reached the Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul Realm, or even the Yupu Realm, which is just a stone's throw away. As long as Ning Yao wants to break through, it will not be difficult.
A Liang revealed another secret, "The Taoist priests in the Qing Ming world are busy and not relaxed. It is a different battlefield from the Great Wall of Sword Qi, but the level of tragedy is similar. The Buddhist countries in the West are similar. Under the nine springs, the innocent souls
Fierce ghosts gather like a sea, who do you think is to blame?"
Ning Yao said: "Human?"
A Liang said: "Learning about literacy begins with worries. Then once a person practices Taoism, of course he will have more worries and hidden dangers."
Ning Yao said doubtfully: "A Liang, you should talk to Chen Ping'an about these words, he can answer them."
A Liang smiled and said: "I won't put any more burden on him. Ning Yatou, you will forget what you have heard, so it is only right to talk to you."
A Liang twisted a plain jade-like seal in the palm of his hands, with no words or inscriptions, and said slowly: "Practice is ultimately overcome by the great road of heaven and earth. In addition, on the road of practice, I am used to having to gain without losing.
If you take things without giving them away, if you only take them in but don’t let them go, the consequences will be endless. The sages practiced mountain climbing and drank poison to quench their thirst, but they couldn’t do it without drinking. We, the younger generation, are just greedy and think about what we think. The ancients and the present are really two people.
That's why there is such a saying, people in ancient times were externalized but not internalized, and people today are internalized but not externalized. This is the heartfelt words that the old people can't help but curse when they are really angry. But the old man
Deep down in our hearts, we actually hope that the young people in the future can prove that their angry words are wrong."
A Liang put away the seal, put it back in its place, and said with a smile: "No matter what, you have to recognize the characters, read the books, cultivate the Tao, walk the road, and even eat the food.
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Ning Yao said: "Don't persuade Chen Ping'an to drink."
A Liang stood up and said: "Have a drink, I promise not to drink too much, but you have to drink. The person who sells alcohol must be the shopkeeper if he doesn't drink."
Black heart, I have to help the second shopkeeper prove his innocence."
Today in Ning Mansion, there are four people at a table eating together, all with home-cooked food.
Chen Pingan can only drink one bowl of wine.
A Liang was not polite, sat on the main seat, and asked with a smile: "You are the senior brother on the left and right, but you have never been to Ning Mansion?"
Chen Pingan said helplessly: "I mentioned it before, senior brother said that Mr. Ning has never been a guest in Ning Mansion. He, a student, came to show off first. What's going on? After a question and answer, during the sword practice at the top of the city, senior brother came out with his sword.
It's more serious, I should be blamed for being ignorant."
A Liang took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "You are also stupid, don't you know how to tell me, when the time comes, you will vacate the main seat for the old scholar? The old scholar has taken his seat in advance, he, a student, dare not to sit down
Accompany me, sir. Even if you are not by your side, you must be in your heart."
Chen Pingan felt that it made sense and felt deeply regretful. With the temper of his senior brother, he believed that as long as he moved out of his husband, it would work whether he was present or not.
A Liang is worthy of being a veteran, but he still lacks a lot of skills.
Aunt Bai complained: "My uncle is an honest person, and he doesn't have as many crooks as you, A Liang."
A Liang quickly raised the wine bowl and said, "Miss Bai, I'll punish myself with one drink, and you can drink with brother A Liang."
Bai Lianshuang glared at A Liang and ignored him. She just helped Ning Yao and Chen Pingan pick up a chopstick of vegetables.
She is a bad old woman. Is it fair to call someone a girl in front of her uncle?
Ah Liang looked at the gray-haired old woman and felt a little sad.
I remember that when I first met Bai Lianshuang, she seemed to be a slim young girl. A woman who was purely a martial artist was not as good as a female qigong practitioner, so she was at a disadvantage.
The sword nun in the Great Wall of Sword Qi, it is difficult to tell her true age just by looking at her appearance.
Nalan Yexing, who is the steward of the Ning Mansion, when he first met the girl Bai Lianshuang, he actually did not look old. He looked like a man in his early forties. However, later on, Bai Lianshuang first changed from a girl to a young woman, and then to a man in his early forties.
He had white hair, and Nalan Yexing also fell from the immortal realm to jade, and his appearance suddenly looked older. In fact, when Nalan Yexing had the appearance of a middle-aged man, in A Liang's words, Nalan brother
You are quite pretty, and in the world of Haoran, you are a first-class and in-demand commodity!
Bai Lianshuang, who was very beautiful when she was young, was born as a maid of the Yao family, but in the Great Wall of Sword Qi where there were many swordsmen and warriors were rare, she had no worries about getting married in the early days.
It's just that Bai Lianshuang has great vision and excellent martial arts qualifications, and he doesn't like any swordsman. Year after year, the little girl turns into an old girl, and the old girl accidentally becomes an old nanny.
A Liang smiled and said: "Miss Bai, you may not know that Nalan Yexing and Jiang Yun's grandfather is the one whose name is Jiang Chu and is nicknamed Shizi. He is about the same age as you, and there are several others who are still there today."
Single drunkards, when they met you in the early years, even though they were all scared to death, they didn't dare to speak. Later, they met each other in private, and each of them called each other shameless. Jiang Chu especially liked to call Nalan Yexing
You are so old. No matter how old you are, your seniors will behave obediently. Nalan’s ability to fight at night is really poor and miserable. Fortunately, he is good at fighting. I once saw him with my own eyes in the middle of the night while Jiang Chu was asleep.
So he sneaked into the Jiang family's mansion and beat him with a sap. He knocked him unconscious with one stick, and then hit his face with a few more sticks, all in one go. The stick would not break until the person left. Every time Jiang Chu woke up, he didn't know why he was bruised and swollen.
Yes, and later he bought several evil-exorcism talismans from me."
The old woman laughed it off, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of an empty seat near the door.
Ning Yao was a little worried and looked at Chen Pingan.
Chen Pingan shook his head gently, telling her not to worry.
In some words, Aunt Bai is the elder in the family, and Chen Ping'an is just a junior after all, so it's hard for her to speak.
It is only appropriate for A Liang.
A Liang and Bai Lianshuang talked about some old memories again.
Aunt Bai didn't say much, she just listened.
She is indeed still unclear about many people and things related to her, because she has never cared about them before, and perhaps because she is only in this mountain.
Chen Ping'an found that Ning Yao also listened attentively, and felt helpless.
A Liang suddenly asked: "Chen Pingan, in your hometown, there are not many women of your own age who you miss or like you?"
Chen Ping'an said without thinking: "No. I'm too young to understand this. Besides, I went to Long Kiln as an apprentice very early. According to the old rules in my hometown, women are not allowed near the entrance of the kiln."
A Liang said: "That's not right. I heard from Li Huai that there is a family next door to your house in Mud Bottle Lane. There is a little girl in the family who is very clever. This is what the book calls childhood sweethearts. Their relationship can be so bad.
Where to go? Li Huai said that you got up early every morning just to help carry water. He also said that there was a hole dug in the wall of your house, except that there was no window left."
Your uncle every day.
Chen Ping'an cursed in his heart and said: "Liu Xianyang likes her, but I don't. Also, when Li Huai met you, A Liang, he had never been to Mu Ping Alley. Li Huai's family had never gone to the iron to collect water.
The lock well is too far away. The two walls of my house are adjacent to each other on one side and no one lives in it. The other side is adjacent to Song Jixin's house. If Li Huai tells lies, whoever believes them will be stupid."
Ning Yao said: "I've seen her, and she's quite good-looking. She's just not tall. When I looked at Chen Ping'an's yard from the yard next door, if she didn't stand on tiptoe, I could only see half of her head."
A Liang rubbed his chin, obviously wanting to talk more, Chen Pingan raised the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, "After drinking, I'm going to eat."
During this meal, A Liang was mostly bragging about his past deeds in the world, the interesting mountain gods and narcissus he had met, and the ghostly creatures and spirits he had met. He said that he had once seen a ghostly scholar who "eat words and became fat." He really knew how to eat books.
, eating books can really improve your cultivation. I was lucky enough to attend a mountain banquet euphemistically called the Banquet of the Hundred Flowers God, and met a little girl who was hiding and crying. It turned out to be a banana spirit, complaining
Scholars in the world said that Bajiao was rarely written about poetry in the world, which made her low-level and not welcomed by her sisters. A Liang was very indignant and followed the little girl to scold scholars for being nothing, and then A Liang was flooded with literary thoughts.
, wrote a few poems on the spot, inscribed them on the leaves, and planned to give them to the little girl. As a result, the little girl didn’t take any of the leaves or poems, ran away, and cried even harder for some reason. A Liang also said that he once had a relationship with
Several skeletons in the tombs in the mountains looked at the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the mirror. He said that he recognized the fairy among them, but no one believed him.
Once on a small bridge in the market, he met a mountain woman who was famous for her coldness as ice. When she saw no one around, her skirt turned around. She was so cute. He also met a woman on a mountain path overgrown with weeds.
A group of female ghosts with long tongues frightened me to death. I once met a lonely little girl in a dilapidated graveyard. She was so confused that when she saw him, she shouted "Ghost" and bumped into her while running around.
, submerged into the ground, and then popped out, but could not leave the vicinity of the tomb no matter what, A Liang had to explain to the little girl that he was a good ghost and did not harm anyone. In the end, the little girl regained her consciousness little by little.
, he felt sad for A Liang and asked him how long it had been since he had seen the sun. Later, before A Liang left, he built a small nest for the little girl.
The man, who had been in high spirits until he said this, lost his smile and took a sip of wine. "Then I passed by again and I went to look for the little girl to see if she had grown up. I couldn't see her. I asked and found out that she was.
The immortal master who passed by would kill the demons without asking the reason. I remember when the little girl said goodbye to me happily, she said to me, haha, we are ghosts, and I will never have to be afraid of ghosts again.
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A Liang picked up a peanut, put it into his mouth, and chewed it carefully, "If I think more, even just a little bit, for example, I won't feel like a little ghost, and I will do something in the wilderness, who can
Do you care? Why do you have to be taken by me to settle down with a certain mountain and water god? If you move your home, get some incense, and get a sense of stability, will the little girl become less happy? You shouldn’t think too much about it.
, I thought too much about things that I should have thought about more, such as the monks on the mountain who asked questions wholeheartedly and never thought about it too much. There are so many things in the world, but I didn’t think about it too much. "
A Liang murmured: "Many years have passed, and I still want to know whether such a helpless little girl will actually remember such a swordsman when she completely leaves the world.
Want to have a word with that guy? If so, what would she say? I’ll never know.”
When A Liang said this, he looked at Chen Ping'an, "What nonsense did I tell you about not caring about anything? You didn't listen to me. That's good. This is the Lizhudong Tianni Legs I know. What I saw in my eyes
, are all big things. I don’t think A Liang is a swordsman anymore, so why bother to let go of such a trivial matter, which is not worth mentioning, and bring it up again at the wine table."
A Liang raised the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
The separation of life and death of the strong still has a sense of grandeur, while the joys and sorrows of the weak are silent, and you can't even hear the whimpering.
Ning Yao and Aunt Bai left the dining table first, saying they wanted to sit together at the Zhanlongya pavilion. Ning Yao asked Chen Pingan to accompany A Liang to drink some more, but Chen Pingan said that he would clear the dishes later.
After the two finished drinking, Chen Pingan sent A Liang to the gate.
Chen Ping'an suddenly remembered that Ah Liang seemed to be on the Great Wall of Sword Qi and had never had a serious place to stay.
All I know is that every time A Liang finished drinking, he would hang out with his sword and live in any of the idle private houses left by the sword immortals outside the city.
Over there at the top of the city, he could also lie down and sleep.
A Liang said: "In the next six months, you won't be able to go to the city to fight anyway, so plan well for yourself, raise swords, practice boxing and refine things, and you will be busy. There is a worried mania at the summer palace, and Yin Guan is here.
Even if a few young outsiders leave, the sword cultivators of the Pulse Channel can fill the vacancies and continue to perform their respective duties. Chunfanzhai and Yan Ming cannot miss the point. Let me give you a suggestion. You can do more
I walked a few times to the old deaf man's prison. If I had nothing to do, I went to experience the suppression of the great demon in the Immortal Realm. It's a pity that the head of the Ascension Realm was pulled out, otherwise the effect would be better. I will fight with the old deaf man.
I’ll say hello and help you keep an eye on it, so there won’t be any surprises. You can take this opportunity to sharpen your natal magical power as a bird in a cage and your bottleneck as a martial artist in the Seventh Realm.”
Chen Pingan was about to speak but stopped.
A Liang said: "We can't delay it any longer, and there's no need to delay it any longer. It's only half a year, which is enough for the boss, Sword Immortal, to arrange a retreat."
Chen Pingan nodded.
A Liang smiled and said, "I've been here for the past six months."
A Liang suddenly said: "The boss swordsman is a kind man. He has good swordsmanship and good character. He has kind eyebrows and big eyes, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He has a strong back and a strong waist. He has a majestic appearance..."
Chen Pingan was confused, wondering why A Liang's flattery was so blunt, and then Chen Pingan found himself on the top of the Great Sword Qi Wall.
Near the hut, either the old swordsman or the great swordsman was around.
The tomboy Yuan Zaixuan once gave them the top ten swordsmen in the minds of these children.
The eldest swordsman, Dong Sangen, A Liang, Lord Yin Guan, Chen Xi, Qi Tingji, left and right, Nalan Shaowei, the old deaf boy, Lu Zhi.
At this moment, Chen Ping'an's senior brothers were already in Tongyezhou, replaced by A Liang who had returned to the Great Sword Qi Wall.
As for Lord Yin Guan, he is still there, but he has been replaced by Chen Pingan from Xiao Xun.
For some unknown reason today, ten people need to gather at the top of the city.
The old swordsman Chen Xi took the initiative and smiled at the young hermit official, and Chen Pingping returned the favor with fists.
Chen Qingdu put his hands behind his back and asked with a smile: "Master Yin Guan, you are the only one here who is not a swordsman."
Chen Pingan nodded helplessly.
Nalan Shaowei looked sideways and smiled.
Chen Pingan turned a blind eye and listened but did not hear.
Ah Liang and the old deaf boy put their arms around each other and started talking to each other. The old deaf boy bowed his head, twirled his beard with his fingers, glanced at the young man for a few times, and then nodded vigorously.
Chen Qingdu said: "After we finish talking about things, let's all disperse."
Most of the sword fairies returned with their swords.
Even A Liang didn't say anything and walked away with the old deaf boy.
Chen Pingan was stunned on the spot. What?
Chen Qingdu waved his hand and said: "Bring your kid over here just to make up the numbers."
Chen Ping'an had no choice but to use his talisman boat and return to the city confused.
Earlier, I saw the Fengxue Temple Sword Immortal practicing sword practice at the northern city wall. He said hello and said that the Wei Da Sword Immortal was enjoying the sun.
Wei Jin looked at the boat going away with a smile on his face, and a look of pity that was no different from that of the boss swordsman. He felt stupid, a bit stupid.
When I returned to Ning Mansion, I only saw Aunt Bai in the pavilion, but not Ning Yao. The old woman just smiled and said she didn't know where the young lady was.
Chen Pingan had nothing to do for a while and didn't know what to do, so he went to the summer palace with his sword to find something to do.
Ning Yao is sitting in his room, writing the word "Chen" seriously.
After I finished writing, I lay down on the table in a daze.
On the table, next to the landscape travel notes presented by Chen Pingan, there were several books. Chen Pingan's name was written on every page, and only his first name was written on it.
Write Chen today, Ping tomorrow, and Ann the day after tomorrow.
Only write one word a day, and a Chen Ping'an every three days.
She is different from Chen Pingan. After Chen Pingan met her, he traveled thousands of miles and had many stories.
After she and Chen Ping'an reunited in Daoxuan Mountain, her story seems to be that there is only one Chen Ping'an.