After Jingtan layman finished speaking, Jiang Ran, Tang Huayi and Ruan Yuqing who were present all fell silent.
Even Mr. Da, who had been writing beside him, couldn't help but look up at Jingtan layman.
Seeing that his eyes were filled with memories and begging for permission, he sighed softly and murmured in a low voice:
"It's true that people are obsessed with themselves if they are not charming."
Jiang Ran glanced at him and suddenly patted his knee:
"not good!"
Everyone present was shocked.
Jingtan layman also looked around, thinking that the Blood Sword Hall was making a comeback, but he was still wondering, how could it come so fast?
Then I heard Jiang Ran say:
"I was careless and forgot that Mr. Big is still here.
"I'm afraid this old man has remembered all the past events that senior just mentioned."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Da quickly covered his notebook, fearing that Jiang Ran would come and snatch it away.
Jingtan layman shook his head gently:
"It doesn't matter...it's not a shameful thing at all."
"That's right, the layman is a sensible person, but he is much better than a certain junior!"
Mr. Da glanced at Jiang Ran and touched his beard:
"But now, I understand.
"Why did you have that battle seven years ago...
"At that time, I was quite far away from where you were, and I was wondering that although you two had some entanglements with each other, there seemed to be no enmity. This fight came about for no reason.
"It turns out that the root cause is actually Guan Jinqiu."
Jingtan layman nodded slightly:
"These old memories were originally meant to be kept in my heart for the rest of my life.
"If it weren't for the fact that this time I wanted to borrow the Jiaowei Qin from Jiang Shaoxia, and it ended up being my last wish, I wouldn't have told him frankly.
"Please also ask Mr. Da to keep it secret for me."
Mr. Da nodded:
"It's easy to say... I will include the whole story in the Centennial Pavilion. Counting from the time of joining the Pavilion, it can only be made public after a hundred years.
"As for what was said in the Legend of the Golden Cicada, it's just an excuse.
"In the future, future generations will be able to get a complete picture of today when they read history and combine it with each other."
Jingtan layman thought for a moment and nodded.
A hundred years later, he has long since passed away, and no matter what happened at that time, it has nothing to do with him.
Finally Jingtan layman looked at Jiang Ran:
"Young Master Jiang, I have made it clear to you the whole story.
"I wonder how the young hero decides?"
"Let's keep it this way..."
Jiang Ran said: "We will make a decision after the tea tasting and piano appreciation meeting is over. By then, if the Jiaowei Qin is still in Jiang's hands, it must be lent to the layman."
Jingtan layman knew that this was the limit that Jiang Ran could reach.
He immediately stood up and cupped his hands:
"Thank you, Young Master Jiang."
"Don't dare."
Jiang Ran didn't want to accept this gift and stepped aside slightly.
Jingtan layman said:
"In addition, I have another unkind request..."
"Senior, please tell me."
Jiang Ran waved his hand gently.
“Since we have to wait until the eighth day of October, there is still some time left from this place to Sunset Ping.
"I plan to stay with Young Master Jiang... so that I can take care of him."
Since Jiang Ran agreed to borrow the piano, there must be no mistakes in the piano at least before the eighth day of October.
Although judging from the martial arts Jiang Ran displayed today, it was already extraordinary.
But people are unpredictable, and martial arts is the foundation of one's life, but it is by no means everything.
It's always safer to have more than one person around to look after you.
Jiang Ran didn't refuse when he heard this, and even if he declined, wouldn't Jingtan layman not follow?
What else can be done then?
killed?
Not to mention that Jingtan layman's reason for following him was to help him protect Jiao Weiqin.
Even if he wasn't, he was still on the right track. He didn't have a name on the wanted list, so killing him would just be a waste of time.
It will also ruin your own reputation.
Jiang Ran was supposed to be a knife hunter, but he ended up on the wanted list for killing innocent people indiscriminately... That would be a big deal in the world.
Now that we have said yes to each other, the topic has gradually changed.
Jingtan layman is very knowledgeable and knows a lot about astronomy and geography. Although he is aloof, once we talk to him, he is quite interesting.
Jiang Ran saw that what he had said about the blood-piercing formation was clear and logical, so he asked for advice.
When Jingtan lay people ask for something from others, they know everything they need and tell them.
I gave him an evaluation on the formation method, but he still got the same four words: bullshit.
He shook his head slightly:
"The idea of combining the four phases and five elements is certainly good, but the combination is extremely rough.
"Xuanyuan Yida is not good at learning skills, and he shows off everywhere. If he encounters someone who doesn't understand, he can just pay it back.
"It's absolutely okay to fool people.
"Once you meet someone who knows the key, it won't work.
"I took action earlier because I saw the flaw in his formation.
"He wanted the four phases and the five elements to complement each other, but unfortunately there was always a moment when they did not interfere with each other even though they did not restrain each other.
"The Four-phase Sword couldn't kill me, and the Five-Element Lost Trap couldn't trap anyone. Naturally, I captured it in one fell swoop."
He immediately named the key points one by one.
Although Jiang Ran thought it sounded obscure, nine times out of ten he didn't understand its meaning.
But he listened attentively.
There are many people in this world who know how to arrange formations.
Among the five major sword sects, Danyang Sword Sect and Liuyun Sword Sect, the combination of the two formations is extremely difficult even for people like Shi Pingzhang to break.
The enchanting ghost wall of the Ghost Palace is also based on the formation, with enchanting orders written on the wall.
It makes people trapped in the formation and unable to escape, and they can only be affected by the enchanting order all the time.
If it weren't for the protection of the Zhengxin Sutra, once he stepped into it, even if Jiang Ran could suppress the confusion in his heart for a while, he would definitely get lost in it over time.
Then there will no longer be that kind of good thing like jumping out of the range of the formation.
Between emotion and reason, Jiang Ran felt that he should understand a little better.
Now when I listen carefully and think carefully in my mind, I have some vague insights.
After Jingtan layman finished speaking, he said:
"In my humble opinion, if it is as the elders said, it is better to separate the four phases and five elements.
"Although the Five Elements lacks the sword, it still has its own power.
"And the attack of the four elements is powerful, but if it is carried out for a while, although it is not as difficult to defeat as the five elements, it will definitely be more powerful.
"It's better than constraining each other and having someone see through our weak points."
"That's exactly the truth."
Jingtan layman nodded repeatedly: "It's a pity that Xuanyuan Yida couldn't see where this joint is, so he thought he was smart."
Jiang Ran sighed:
"The younger generation just makes an evaluation based on the current situation. It's not me who is smart, but the seniors who are smart.
"Otherwise, if it were this junior himself, he would have no choice but to rely on his martial arts to forcefully break the formation."
"Young Shaoxia Jiang is interested in fighting skills?"
Jingtan layman looked at Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran nodded: "I am indeed interested, but it's a pity that I have no way to study."
Jingtan layman heard this and a smile appeared on his lips. He dug into his sleeves, took out a bamboo slip and handed it to Jiang Ran.
"This is?"
Jiang Ran took it subconsciously.
"Young Master Jiang agreed to lend me Jiaowei when we first met, which shows that we are worthy friends.
"Since you are curious about the battle method, I happen to be involved in it.
"This book [Hundred Formations Diagrams] is a collection of essays that I have studied along with the formations over the years.
"There are both simplifications and profound methods. Although it is not formal in itself, I think it can also help Jiang Shaoxia understand the changes in the formation.
"Now I will give it to Jiang Shaoxia to create a good relationship."
Jingtan layman chuckled and spoke, but his tone was sincere.
Jiang Ran smiled slightly, knowing that Jingtan layman said this because he was actually worried that he would break his promise and gain weight in the future.
Now he agreed to the other party and accepted the other party's favor.
After the eighth day of October, it will be really difficult not to borrow it.
He immediately smiled:
"In this case, this junior will be disrespectful."
Seeing Jiang Ran accept the bamboo slip, Jingtan layman breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was more than half settled.
Looking around again, except Ruan Yuqing who was still listening, everyone else was asleep.
Even Mr. Da was leaning against the tree trunk with his pen in his mouth and snoring loudly.
In the end, Ruan Yuqing waited until the middle of the night before finally falling asleep completely.
Jiang Ran and Jingtan layman talked all night.
When dawn broke in the east, everyone woke up and found that Jiang Ran was still there talking to Jingtan layman about the formation.
Ruan Yuqing shook his head:
"You are still chatting..."
When Jingtan layman saw them waking up, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty:
"Great...it's dawn, shouldn't it be time for us to set off?"
Jiang Ran glanced at Dongfang with some disappointment and sighed:
"Unfortunately, I still have many questions that I haven't asked."
"Ask again tomorrow."
Ruan Yuqing smiled and said: "It's still some time before Sunset Ping. During this period, Jingtan laymen are with us, so there is plenty of time for you to study."
Jiang Ran nodded when he heard this:
"Indeed, the art of formation is indeed profound and profound, and it cannot be achieved overnight.
"From now on, I will trouble the lay people."
Jingtan layman regretted his proposal to go with Jiang Ran and the others yesterday.
This night, he was tortured deeply.
Jiang Ran has good qualifications, high understanding, and the ability to draw inferences from one instance to another.
As he said, this Tao is vast and profound, and ordinary people may not be able to understand it all even if they spend a lifetime of energy.
Although Jingtan layman claims to be a master, he cannot be proficient in everything.
However, although Jiang Ran was a beginner, he got started quickly.
The questions asked are tricky and weird, some of which even Jingtan layman himself has never thought of. How can there be an answer to this?
In order not to show any cowardice, I talked to him from left to right.
At the end of the night, there are too many things to list.
This made Jingtan layman feel miserable.
And as a senior, naturally you can't lie.
And since Jiao Weiqin's matter has not yet been settled, we can only muddle along like this.
It's really extremely unbearable.
I finally made it to daybreak, but when I thought about how Jiang Ran would be entangled with all kinds of tricky and weird questions in the next period of time, I felt a bit desperate for a moment.
How do other people know the suffering of Jingtan layman?
Tang Huayi even patted Jiang Ran on the shoulder:
"Jingtan layman is a senior, a scholar and a man of heaven. I am very pleased that you have such an opportunity.
"You must study hard and never let down this good relationship."
"..."
Jingtan layman secretly thought, please stop saying a few words...
Then Jiang Ran nodded repeatedly:
"It's natural."
Jingtan layman: "..."
Ruan Yuqing looked at Jiang Ran in surprise.
If 'Li Tianxin' talked to him like this, he would never stop talking in the past, but today in order to learn the formation, he was so obedient.
Although his martial arts skills are so high, he can still learn humbly and don't even bother to quarrel with 'Li Tianxin'.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but secretly admire him.
After everyone woke up, they cleaned up each other, while Luo Qingyi prepared breakfast, and everything was done easily.
After eating, Jiang Ran and others gathered the people from the Blood Knife Hall together and dug a big pit to bury them.
After death, people should still be buried in their graves.
There are ferocious beasts in this forest. Someone was there last night. If they leave today and leave the body alone, there is no guarantee that they will not fall into the belly of the beast.
In line with the gentleness that is rare in this cold world.
Jiang Ran collected the bones for them.
After everything happened last night, everyone was on their way again.
However, when Jiang Ran was about to take up the prestigious title, Jingtan layman took the first step to help Jiang Ran take it up.
By the way, I asked what happened to Man Shengming.
Jiang Ran said casually, while Jingtan layman was a little surprised.
See Jiang Ran and the others were ruthless in killing people yesterday, and even robbed the dead of their belongings.
I never expected that such an act of saving lives would happen.
The journey was peaceful for the time being, but Jiang Ran felt that it was not okay to rush along like this.
Previously, I planned to go sightseeing all the way, so I never rode a horse.
But now that there were many injuries, he couldn't carry it like this all the time. Jiang Ran planned to buy a carriage and a few horses in the next town, so that everyone could save some energy when moving.
It takes half a day to walk like this.
Jingtan layman and Gu Xizhi have known each other for many years, and they really understand each other extremely well.
Gu Xizhi, who left last night, followed everyone early this morning as he said.
He paid no attention to anyone, just like a normal person.
Jiang Ran asked him to go with him, but he just said: "If we have different paths, we should not work together."
Jiang Ran stopped arguing with him.
Half a day later, Jiang Ran and others arrived at a town that looked quite dilapidated.
Tang Huayi raised his head and glanced at the mottled wall, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Can there be carriages for sale in this place?"
"You won't be so poor that you will be in that kind of situation..."
Jiang Ran smiled: "Go in and take a look before talking."
As soon as they stepped into the town, everyone felt that sights were coming from everywhere.
Some are ordinary people walking on the street, some are beggars begging on the roadside, there are also customers talking loudly in restaurants, and there are also women posing in front of the windows of brothels.
Ruan Yuqing frowned slightly:
"Be careful, this town is not right."
Tang Huayi sneered:
"Another desperate person comes to our door."
"Please be patient and don't be impatient."
Jiang Ran smiled:
"Let's go, find a place to eat first."
Jingtan layman sighed in his heart, Jiang Ran still has a big heart.
This town is obviously extremely weird, and he still has time to eat first...
Just as he was about to say something, he saw Ruan Yuqing, Tang Huayi and others nodding their heads.
I was a little confused for a moment.
He didn't understand Tang Huayi's disguise as 'Li Tianxin', but Roushuijian's reputation was still very high.
Since we can see that there is something weird in this town, shouldn't we advise Jiang Ran not to cause more trouble and leave as soon as possible?
Why are you messing around with him?
But since I'm new here, I can't speak casually.
I could only follow Jiang Ran, watching him pick and choose from behind, and finally arrived at a rather dilapidated restaurant.
"In the whole town, this is the only restaurant that I can look at.
"We'll make do with it for a while, have a bite and then we'll go."
Jiang Ran asked everyone to sit down and shouted again:
"Where's the waiter?"
"I'm coming."
A young man who looked extremely thin trotted all the way to the crowd:
"I've met a few guests...what would you like to eat?"
"Is there any wine?"
Jiang Ran asked.
"have!"
The younger brother suddenly smiled: "Your Majesty, you are here. Our restaurant has nothing like running on the mountains or swimming in the water. But we can manage enough good wine... You don't know. Our shopkeeper
I have a jar of 30-year-old Nuerhong!
“This is the treasure of our store!”
"Thirty-year-old daughter's red wine?"
Ruan Yuqing was stunned for a moment:
"this……"
The so-called daughter's red color is often buried deep in the ground when a daughter is born.
When you are old enough to get married, you will take it out to entertain your relatives and friends.
It usually only lasts for more than ten years...
The treasure of the store is the daughter of thirty years. Doesn't it mean that the shopkeeper's daughter is still unmarried at the age of thirty?
In this day and age, if she hadn't wandered around the world, she could definitely be called an old girl.
Even among those who are wandering around the world, there are only a few who are still unmarried at the age of thirty...
Luo Qingyi blinked:
"Then the daughter Hong of these thirty years is probably worth a lot of money, right?"
"That's certainly extraordinary... How many of you will come?"
The waiter at the shop looked at the money bags around the waists of Jiang Ran and others.
Jiang Ran casually took out an ingot of gold and said softly:
"Give me a jar."
"okay!"
When the second brother saw the money, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He wiped it in his hand, took another bite, and then hurried to get the wine.
As a result, Jiang Ran called him back before he could even take two steps.
I also ordered a few side dishes to go with the wine, as well as staple food such as steamed buns and sesame seed pancakes.
The second brother's legs were like hot wheels, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Jingtan layman said softly:
"There's something not right about this restaurant, Young Master Jiang...it's best not to drink this wine."
Jiang Ran nodded:
"Senior, don't worry, I'll drink less."
As he spoke, he took out the wine gourd from his waist and drank several sips.
"..."
Jingtan layman felt that he had said it in vain.
Just these few mouthfuls would make most people drunk.
I sighed, didn't want to say anything more, and decided to wait and see.
After a while, the second brother came over from behind with a wine jar with mud on it.
Place it gently on the table, turn around and walk away again.
When I came back this time, I had a big tray in my hand.
It has both pork and mutton, as well as stir-fried and cold dishes, and the combination of meat and vegetables is very good.
The second brother happily put the tray on the table and said with a smile:
"The dishes are ready, please use them slowly..."
Jiang Ran nodded and picked up the chopsticks as if to pick up vegetables. But just when the chopsticks were about to fall, they suddenly turned sharply and made a ding, but they were caught on a dagger.
The waiter who was stabbing Jiang Ran in the eye with a dagger was stunned for a moment, his face full of ferociousness:
"die!!"
Use all your strength to press the dagger, trying to pierce Jiang Ran's heart.
Unfortunately, it didn't move at all.
As soon as Jiang Ran pressed his chopsticks, there was a bang, and the second brother fell to his knees on the ground involuntarily.
He knelt so hard that the bluestone floor cracked.