Sword of Coming

Chen Ping'an suddenly became a temporary apprentice in the blacksmith shop. According to Master Ruan, someone needed to take over Liu Xianyang's work. Manpower was needed to dig wells, build houses, and dig canals. He had no reason to feed Uncle Liu in vain.

So Chen Pingan became the busiest person in the shop. As long as it was hard work, the straw-shoe boy was really not inferior to any young and strong man. During his break from work, Chen Pingan went to the house to visit Liu Xianyang, a tall young man who had wandered around the ghost gate. , I don’t know whether it is because I still have lingering fears after escaping from death, or because the punch from the mountain ape hurt my vitality and spirit. I have become a little taciturn and sickly. I often lie in bed and stare at the ceiling in a daze. Except for Chen Pingan, I can follow him. Apart from the few words he chatted with, Liu Xianyang hardly talked to anyone, and Chen Pingan was helpless. Fortunately, Liu Xianyang was seriously injured, but the wound on his chest healed much faster than Chen Pingan's left hand.

Ning Yao still lives in the house in Muping Lane. The man she calls Master Ruan unexpectedly agrees to make a sword for her. What’s even more surprising is that Master Ruan also said that if she is lucky, it will be finished in half a year. , if you are unlucky, you may not succeed even if you wait for ten years. Ning Yao was very tolerant about this. He smiled and said that his luck was always good, and he would wait for the first half of the year.

Although Ning Yao lives in Chen Pingan's ancestral home every day, the medicine jars and other items have been moved to the shop to save Chen Pingan from running back and forth. Chen Ping'an lives in Liu Xianyang's house, mainly because he is afraid that the house will be robbed. Chen Pingan went to the stream to touch for stones in the middle of the night, but in the end nothing was found. Even in the deep pit on the back of the green ox, he could not find snake gallstones. According to Ning Yao, snake gallstones are similar to human beings. , you must have the spirit of spirit. Without it, even an ordinary wealthy family can only use it as an inkstone. But with the spirit of spirit, it is almost like a person wearing a dragon robe. The difference between the two is only one day. One place.

This makes Chen Ping'an unable to help but sigh every time he walks by the stream.

Ning Yao brought back a bunch of old keys to Chen Ping'an, saying that someone had left them in the yard. Then she tried it and found that they were indeed the keys to Song Jixin's house next door. From the courtyard door to the house door to the room door, everything was there. Can be opened. Chen Ping'an couldn't guess what Song Jixin wanted to do. Logically speaking, with his lavish style, he shouldn't have thought of asking him to help clean the house. After all, with Song Jixin's temper, he probably wouldn't let him if the house collapsed. Outsiders enter his family's territory.

Chen Ping'an knew Song Jixin better than anyone else.

Song Jixin was a very generous man. Whether it was for himself or for his young maid Gui, he would throw out all the ten coins he had in his pocket. At the same time, Song Jixin is also a very stingy person. As long as it is something he hopes to monopolize, he is not willing to give away any money. In short, it means that Song Jixin wants to give whatever he wants. Spending a lot of money is just a drop of money, but others take the initiative to follow him. Whatever he asks for, he will definitely not be happy with it. If he is in a good mood, he is willing to do something good for anyone, but no matter whether he is in a good mood or not, Song Jixin will not give him help in the nick of time.

Or did Zhigui deliberately throw the key to his house?

Chen Ping'an thinks it's unlikely.

During this period, when Chen Pingan heard Ning Yao say that she took the key to open the door, he was stunned and hesitated to speak.

So Ning Yao narrowed her eyes, and her long and narrow eyebrows were particularly imposing. She just stared at Chen Pingan.

At that time, Ruan Xiu was watching this scene not far away, secretly eating the broken pieces of food bought from the small town by Chen Pingan.

In the end, Ning Yao was the first to turn around and leave. That day, she didn't let Chen Ping'an cook the medicine. She took the clay pot to the open space behind the blacksmith shop and worked for a long time. Not only did the girl turn into a big painted face from the smoke, but she also cooked it. A large jar of black charcoal. A girl in green with a ponytail passed by from afar, eating melon seeds with relish as she walked.

Ning Yao squatted on the ground and stared fiercely at the jar of medicinal materials. He felt that this was much harder than practicing sword practice. The girl's face was full of anger. Is there anything in this world that I, Ning Yao, can't do well? It seems that there should be no such thing as decoction in the world!

Chen Pingan silently walked to her side and helped her re-decoct the medicine with skillful movements.

Ning Yao's lips moved slightly, but he still didn't stop him. He just wiped his face while Chen Pingan wasn't paying attention.

The boy squatted next to the medicine jar, staring at the fire carefully, folding his hands on his knees and resting his chin on his arms.

Ning Yao snorted coldly, "Laugh if you want to!"

Chen Ping'an didn't laugh at her. He still stared at the gently swaying green flames and whispered: "I don't think Miss Ning will do anything bad, but the key belongs to someone else after all. No matter why it was left in our yard, it's not easy to get it." Go and open the door. Even if Song Jixin and Zhigui never return to the town in this life, the next door will still be his yard after all, and we are all outsiders."

Ning Yao curled his lips, "A bad person, a dead brain, a poor person, a nagging person!"

Chen Pingan and Ning Yao turned their heads almost at the same time and saw a young man with a slender figure and elegant temperament. At first glance, he was a foreigner and a scholar.

Chen Ping'an found that this person looked at him in a very strange way. He was not like Zhengyang Mountain Moving Monkey or Laolongcheng Fu Nanhua, who thought he was superior to others, nor was he like Lu Daochang and Miss Ning. The young man's gaze was very complicated and contradictory, seeming to contain pity and appreciation, mixed with a hint of disgust.

The young man finally chose to leave in silence.

Ning Yao frowned and said, "At first glance, I'm here for you. What's going on?"

Chen Ping'an was also puzzled and shook his head: "I don't understand."

After being interrupted by the inexplicable stranger, the anger between the boy and girl, which was not even a matter of estrangement, quickly disappeared.

But the man quickly left and came back, accompanied by a young woman with extremely long legs, and for some reason Ruan Xiu.

Ruan Xiu explained: "They couldn't speak the small town dialect, so they asked me to help. Chen Ping'an, this sister is the one who saved Liu Xianyang. Her surname is Chen like yours, but she is not from Dongbaopingzhou. Sister Chen The person next to you is the eldest grandson of the Chen family in Longwei County. His surname is Chen and Songfeng. I heard from Sister Chen that Chen Songfeng seems to be a distant relative of your Chen family hundreds of years ago. As for Sister Chen, even if I go to It doesn't matter if it's a thousand or two thousand years ago. Sister Chen came here to worship her ancestors this time, but in this town, from the construction supervising government office to the big families in Taoye Lane on Fulu Street, no one knows about her ancestors. Where is their family's grave? Liu Xianyang talked about you, saying that you are now the person in the town who is most familiar with the surrounding landscape. It is right to find you. Sister Chen said that if you can help, she can pay you, a bag of Gold and copper coins, I think you can agree..."

When she said this, the girl in green clothes secretly put her fingers together and shook them at her waist. In addition, her mouth shape was also "two bags".

Ruan Xiu obviously wanted to remind Chen Ping'an that even if the lion opened his mouth, otherwise there would be no store like this after passing this village.

After Chen Pingan thought carefully, he smiled and said: "I thought of a place that might be the place she wants to find. As for the reward, forget it, it's just a matter of walking a few steps."

Ruan Xiu was a little anxious.

Ning Yao had already taken a step forward and said in the orthodox Dongbaopingzhou dialect: "It's okay to let Chen Ping'an take you to find the tombs to worship your ancestors, but you have to come up with two bags of gold and copper coins. There's no negotiation! He's He is seriously injured now and it is not easy to travel long distances. You also know that Mr. Qi is asking people to leave the town quickly. Chen Pingan is just an ordinary person, but he must hurry up. A bag of money is not enough."

In fact, when Chen Dui and Chen Songfeng saw the girl for the first time, their eyes lit up.

See it and forget the customs.

For example, in a barren rice field, you can see a Zhilan plant, standing tall and graceful.

Chen Zhengda Guangming looked at the girl in front of him. She was dressed in green robe and had a sword hanging on her head, which was pleasing to the eye. Chen Dui's dull mood also improved a little, and he smiled and said: "As long as you can find my ancestral grave, I will give you two bags of money. But let's start with this, if you can't find it, I won't give you a bag, how about it?"

Ning Yao said in a deep voice: "It's a deal!"

From beginning to end, it seemed that nothing happened to Chen Pingan.

Ning Yao stared at Chen Ping'an, his eyes full of "Don't nag me, or I will really kill people."

Chen Pingan held back his smile, thought about it seriously, and said to Ruan Xiu: "Please tell them, I need to help Miss Ning fry the medicine first, it will take about two quarters of an hour, and then I will go and talk to Liu Xianyang. Finally, I want Miss Ruan to help me tell Master Ruan that whatever I missed today, I will definitely make up for it tomorrow."

After hearing that there was no way to leave immediately, Chen Dui looked a little unhappy. She looked at this ignorant straw-shoe boy with a gloomy expression on her face.

Chen Ping'an did not hesitate to retreat.

Ning Yao crossed his arms over his chest and smiled coldly.

Chen Dui endured his unhappiness, silently recited the sentence "The overall situation is the most important thing", and smiled at Ruan Xiu: "Xiuxiu, tell him that we will wait for him at the covered bridge for half an hour at most. If no one is seen by then, Let this guy face the consequences.”

Ruan Xiu hummed indifferently.

Chen Dui and Chen Songfeng left hand in hand.

Ruan Xiu smiled and said, "I'll go tell my father."

After Chen Pingan finished boiling the medicine for Ning Yao, he went to find Liu Xianyang.

In the room with a strong smell of medicine, Liu Xianyang, who was lying on the bed, heard the footsteps and turned around. His face was still not rosy, but it was much better than the previous paleness.

Liu Xianyang forced out a smile and said hoarsely: "Has the woman named Chen Dui been looking for you?"

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I will take them into the mountain later."

Liu Xianyang thought for a while, "I will leave with her and go to a place that is said to be bigger than our Dongbaopingzhou."

In fact, Chen Dui had approached Liu Xianyang once before, but after that, Liu Xianyang was not very interested, and he had no intention of talking to Chen Pingan about what she said.

Liu Xianyang twitched his lips, "Actually, I don't even know what Dongbaopingzhou is."

Chen Ping'an bent down to help him straighten the quilt, and said with a smile: "You think I know?"

Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you know what I'm most worried about?"

Chen Pingan shook his head.

Liu Xianyang turned his head and looked at the roof again, "Here, at least you can help me get out of bed, and then you can grit your teeth and solve the problem yourself. What should I do if I poop and pee along the way after leaving the town? Do you want me to tell them, Hello? , who of you, come to help me?"

Chen Pingan sat on the stool and could only scratch his head.

Liu Xianyang suddenly laughed, "I just thought again, I've even died, why are you still afraid of this?"

Chen Pingan said: "The days are getting better and better after all. Don't worry. Didn't Old Man Yao say that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good luck in the future."

When talking about Old Man Yao, Liu Xianyang felt a little sentimental: "Old Man Yao has never said a few good words in his life, but he has said a lot of depressing words, bad words, and curse words."

Ning Yao stood outside the door and she didn't speak.

Chen Pingan covered Liu Xianyang with the quilt again, stood up and said, "I'm going to take them into the mountains. You have a good rest."

Liu Xianyang nodded, "Remember to be careful."

Chen Pingan walked out of the house gently, and Ning Yao walked side by side with him. Chen Pingan asked curiously: "You want to go up the mountain too?"

Ning Yao frowned and said, "I can't trust those two people named Chen."

Chen Pingan nodded and said: "That's right, it's always right to be careful."

The two of them walked quickly by the stream. Ning Yao said, "The outsiders on the other side of the town are walking in a hurry."

The spring thunder shook, and the stinging insects fled in fright.

The two groups met at the south end of the covered bridge.

Except for Ning Yao and Liu Baqiao, the sword cultivator from Fengleiyuan who came to join in the fun, the other three were Chen Dui from Bizhou, Chen Songfeng from Longwei County from Mainzhou, and Chen Ping'an from Niping Lane from the small town.