Sword of Coming

The heavy rain hit the bamboo strips and bamboo hats of the two people, making a crackling sound.

Chen Pingan said in a deep voice: "This hairpin is very ordinary, just an ordinary jade material."

A Liang stared at the serious boy, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. He bared his teeth and finally managed not to laugh out loud, "What you said doesn't count."

Sweat dripped from Chen Pingan's forehead, but it was quickly washed away by the rain splashing on his face. He looked at the man and asked, "Then what do you want?"

Aliang asked with a smile: "Do you think you are going to die?"

At this moment, Chen Pingan suddenly felt desperate.

Because Master Ruan has been here and left again.

And the man in front of her was still standing in front of her.

Ah Liang is still the smiling Ah Liang, holding the green bamboo knife across his body.

The man looked at the young man with a smile. He was not tall, wore thin clothes, sturdy straw sandals, and of course the finishing touch of the jade hairpin.

If he remembered correctly, there were eight beautiful small characters engraved on the hairpin.

Chen Ping'an's lips were livid and he asked in a trembling voice: "Can you let them go?"

A Liang didn't speak.

Chen Ping'an lit up the lamp and stayed up late the night before leaving, trying his best to imagine all the difficulties. It was not that he had never thought that he would encounter big and small obstacles on the way to study at Shanya Academy this time, because just being his enemy, on the surface, There are Yunxia Mountain, Laolongcheng and Zhengyang Mountain. Without exception, they are all immortals on the mountain, but they all have a life-and-death feud with him. Therefore, Chen Pingan is very worried that because of himself, the little girl in the red cotton jacket will be implicated. path to study.

That day, he told Li Baoping about the ups and downs of going into the mountains when he was a child. It was not that the young man wanted to complain or show off his power as a junior uncle, but that Chen Pingan wanted to tell the little girl one thing, that is, the mountain they went to had already been moved. Going to the academy in Sui Dynasty must be farther than when he went to the mountains to collect medicine. If one day he is gone and unable to stay with her, and Li Baoping hopes to go there to study just because she has no confidence in herself, then Chen Pingan hopes that she can go into the mountains like that time and take a few more steps. Just keep walking, maybe we'll get there.

But when these words came to his lips, Chen Pingan suddenly felt that it was unlucky and unlucky to say such words for two people just starting to travel far away, so he only said half of the words, swallowed the other half, and changed it to wishing her Can be the first little wife, female teacher. It's not only to seek good luck, but also fulfills Chen Ping'an's expectations for the little girl.

A Liang said with a smile: "To say the least, that hairpin is an ordinary scholar's ornament, and it does not belong to you. To say the least, I don't believe that the hairpin that Qi Jingchun has kept seriously for so many years has no hidden secrets. For example, it is actually a small unknown cave, or a geomantic treasure land with the qualifications to become a blessed place. If you just take a step back, it would be even more powerful. It may be a token of cultural heritage passed down from generation to generation. Like the tokens of the leader of the three main branches of Taoism, a peach charm, a feather coat and a Taoist crown. If true, the hairpin is really Mr. Qi Jingchun’s token. Chen Pingan, do you think it is appropriate to wear it on your head? "

Chen Ping'an didn't answer as he asked: "A Liang, can you let Li Baoping, Li Huai and the others go?"

Aliang asked with a smile: "How are you sure that I promised you and will not regret it later?"

Chen Pingan's toes moved slightly.

A Liang crossed his arms across his chest and said with a smile: "Young hero, don't be impulsive. We are trying to reason. It won't be too late to take action until the reason doesn't make sense."

Chen Pingan was silent and looked pale.

A Liang looked the boy up and down and said, "It looks a bit similar."

Ah Liang stopped joking and stretched out his hand, "Hand over the hairpin, I won't kill them."

Chen Pingan's fingers trembled.

A Liang said slowly: "This is Qi Jingchun's husband's relic. This can also be regarded as Qi Jingchun's relic."

Chen Pingan raised his arms and stretched them above his head.

A Liang smiled and said: "If you break the hairpin with your own hands, I won't kill you. I never lie to others."

Chen Ping'an suddenly stopped, took a deep breath, and stepped back with his kick, as if he were starting to fight.

A Liang asked: "Do you think that I will let Li Baoping and the others go no matter what if you die, so even if you die, you have to try and see if you can protect this hairpin with your ability?"

Chen Ping'an said nothing, stepped heavily on the ground, rushed to A Liang, and punched out.

The next moment, Chen Pingan suddenly found that A Liang was no longer in front of him.

Chen Pingan turned around stiffly, and sure enough, the man in the bamboo hat was standing there, but there was an extra hairpin in his hand.

A Liang sighed, as if he wasn't very interested in the hairpin at all. He stretched out his hand and handed it to the boy, "Take it back."

Chen Ping'an cautiously walked forward a few steps and took the jade hairpin from him. In an instant, the young man felt his head sink. It turned out that the man in the bamboo hat gently pressed his hand on his head. The two stood side by side, but The two are facing opposite directions. The man who always acted like a fool sighed, "Chen Ping'an, don't do stupid things in the future. Is there any dead thing in the world that is more important than human life? You must live, even if you can't live well, you must live. , there is no greater truth in the world than this.”

The man in the bamboo hat patted Chen Pingan's head, looked up at the dark sky, and said with a smile: "You have to know, no matter how valuable this hairpin is or how meaningful it is, since Qi Jingchun is willing to give it to you, he must believe it. You, so whenever you need to make a life-or-death decision, you must choose life, not death. Die heroically, die impassionedly, die romantically, but death is death."

The man in the bamboo hat took back his hand, "Qi Jingchun is disappointed with the world. That is his business. You, Chen Ping'an, are you. Don't imitate him. You haven't really seen the good and bad of this world. If you don't live a hundred years, you should always cherish a thousand years. Worry, that’s a matter for their scholars. I, A Liang, am not a scholar, and neither are you, Chen Pingan, for the time being, so..."

In the end, the man did not say the original content after "so", but said softly: "Chen Ping'an, believe my vision, you can go a long way in the future, even further than Qi Jingchun."

The young man asked softly, "Why?"

The man gently rubbed the handle of the bamboo knife with his palm and said with a smile, "Because I am A Liang."

The two finally walked down the top of the mountain in silence.

Chen Pingan asked: "The two people on the hillside over there?"

A Liang thought for a while, "Dead person?"

Chen Pingan hesitated to speak. After thinking about it, he decided not to get to the bottom of this issue. He changed the subject and asked, "Why didn't you take away the hairpin?"

The corner of A Liang's mouth twitched, and he lamented: "After I got the hairpin, I realized that the worst-case scenario was that it would only take ten thousand steps back. What's more, it was literally tens of thousands of steps back. It was really just a broken hairpin." , then what do I want it to do?”

The boy was speechless.

A Liang shook his head and said: "Real scholars are all poor, you will understand later. I should have thought of it a long time ago. According to the temper of the old man Daodelin and Qi Jingchun, it is normal for such an ordinary hairpin to be passed down. "

A Liang suddenly smiled and turned his head, "You know, you took something that I thought was in my pocket. Do you know how many injustices I have gone through for this?"

The bamboo hat was wet with rain, and the boy was confused.

A Liang snorted angrily: "I even carved a word somewhere, but in the end, when I ran away, the result was such a bleak situation, so you have to thank me for not killing. ah."

Ah Liang thought to himself and said: "If you don't have the ability to carve two or three words there in the future, I won't cut you off."

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "Aliang, can you say something I can understand?"

"sure."

A Liang laughed and said: "My name is A Liang, a kind-hearted Liang."

Chen Ping'an helped him finish his next sentence, "I am a swordsman."

At this moment, A Liang raised the corner of his mouth and slapped the young man on the shoulder, "Then it's settled!"

Chen Ping'an was even more puzzled, "Huh?"

A Liang has already put aside the topic, "I have to say goodbye after a long journey. I will send you to the border of Dali and leave. I believe that by that time, you kids will be able to travel to study in peace and quiet. There will be no more for the time being. It's a messy thing, so after that, you have to ask for your blessings. Whether you can take them to Da Sui Cliff Academy, and whether you can return to Da Li Longquan County alive depends on your own ability."

Chen Pingan suddenly said: "Thank you."

From the first time they met, until now, the young man began to completely trust this man who called himself Aliang.

A Liang shook his head and said: "It's okay. I'm just making up for my debt. It has nothing to do with you."

Many years ago, there was a young scholar named Qi. After getting tired of studying, he said that he wanted to travel with him in the world. That time, the swordsman named A Liang did not agree.

The man felt that if he had been a little more patient at that time, the boy would not have reached this stage.

A Liang finally said: "Chen Pingan, do you know?"

The young man said: "What?"

A Liang said sincerely: "From now on, you must respect a peerless master like me from the bottom of your heart."

The young man asked curiously: "Can you beat Zhu He?"

A Liang had a headache.

I think this guy is even more annoying than Qi Jingchun back then.