Sword of Coming

Decocting medicine is a delicate job like threading through the eye of a needle. Chen Ping'an did it meticulously and deeply, and the young man exuded an inexplicable joy.

However, the girl in black is not a patient person. In fact, apart from practicing swordsmanship, the girl is not very interested in anything. She left her hometown at a young age and traveled alone, living a rough life. She didn't feel any discomfort in the small house. In fact, she had been living in the open air too much. The wind and rain came and went, and a person who was originally exquisite and refined would become very ungrateful.

The girl asked: "Is your left hand okay?"

Chen Ping'an, whose left hand was bandaged with cotton strips, was holding a bowl of medicine with both hands. After the girl took it, he smiled and said: "It's okay. Before I returned to the alley, I found some herbs, mashed them up, and applied them to the wound. I used to think that The kiln workers at that time used this recipe for injuries caused by falls and cuts. It has proven to be effective. It was a secret recipe told to me by an old man in Yang's shop a long time ago. However, I promised the old man not to spread the word. Otherwise, Miss Ning, if you travel all over the country, maybe you can use it. Come on, if you want, I can go find the old man at Yang's store and ask him for help. But I was in a hurry to go to the drug store today, and I didn't see the old man. I just hope he left temporarily. "

When the girl drank the medicine, her long eyebrows, which were not like willow leaves but like narrow knives, frowned slightly, but she still drank the medicine soup without changing her expression. After returning the porcelain bowl to the boy in straw sandals who was waiting aside, she murmured: : "What a bad guy. No wonder he is so poor. He deserves to be bullied."

Before the boy could react, the girl added, "Don't mind, I am a straightforward person."

The girl probably didn't know that the following words were even more hurtful.

Chen Pingan was about to speak but stopped.

The girl in black wiped off the residue of the medicinal soup from the corner of her mouth with her thumb, then sat upright and said seriously: "The saint who is sitting in this world now, that is, the Mr. Xuejuan you mentioned, although he has the intention to help you finish it, so that You will have no worries about your life from now on, but you have to know that manpower will eventually be exhausted, even saints are no exception. What's more, Mr. Qi's situation is not very good. It's a bit like a clay Bodhisattva who cannot save himself when he crosses the river. Just be afraid. He will not care about your life or death from now on. I, Ning Yao, will conduct himself as a human being and repay every drop of kindness with a spring of water. If you glare at me, you will repay me with wrath!"

When the manpower is exhausted, springs will spring up to retaliate, the wrath will be repaid, and the clay Bodhisattva will cross the river...

At this time, the girl's heart is full of unknown pride. Listen, are my words very knowledgeable?

It's a pity that next door to Chen Ping'an lived a very knowledgeable scholar. Almost twice every day in the morning and dusk, the neighbor would read the books of sages to clarify his aspirations. According to Song Jixin's own words, "I am good at cultivating a noble spirit." Therefore, Chen Ping'an has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away. He is no stranger to the literary sayings of scholars. Even if there are some obscure words, he can guess them roughly through the context.

The girl stared at Chen Pingan, trying to find the shock, admiration and confusion on the young man's face, but Chen Pingan just had an "I understand, girl, please continue" expression on his face.

The young girl was very discouraged. Her original high-spirited spirit was sharply reduced, and she said angrily: "For example, if you save my life, I will help you kill Fu Nanhua from Old Dragon City or Liu Zhimao from Shujian Lake afterwards. , but if you want to kill both of them and avoid future troubles, you have to spend money to eliminate the disaster, because we meet by chance, but we don’t have such a deep love, so you need to use a bag of gold and copper coins as reward."

The girl quickly pointed at the bag of Spring Festival coins and said, "For example, I like this bag very much. The other two bags of copper coins for offering money and winning money are not good-looking, and the inscriptions are not pleasing to the eye."

Then the girl raised her chin slightly and said, "If you are willing to pay me two bags of copper coins in addition to completing this deal, I will help you settle Old Dragon City and Yunxia Mountain. Of course, if I die early at the hands of Liu Zhimao Here, don’t mention anything. After all, my current cultivation level is not high. I have just reached the sixth level of the ninth martial arts realm. As a pure martial artist, my physical toughness is not yet great. As for the fifteenth floor of mountain climbing, the fifteenth floor of the mountain. , and I have only reached the Dragon Gate realm in the middle five realms. In the alchemy room, I have six patterns, but I have not yet succeeded in adding the finishing touch, nor have I made the goddess fly into the sky..."

Now Chen Pingan was really confused and confused.

The girl suddenly became angry with embarrassment. She had always been ashamed of her low level. Chen Ping'an's demented look of "girl, please explain to me again" undoubtedly hit the girl's saddest point.

Seeing the young girl's gloomy face, Chen Ping'an, even a fool, knew that the situation was not good, so he quickly changed the subject, "Miss, why were you injured so badly before, but now you seem to be mostly healed?"

The girl lowered her eyebrows slightly, folded her hands across her chest, and said in a hoarse voice: "I was indeed about to die at that time. If Director Lu hadn't saved me, I would have... Anyway, I owe you a huge favor, and I shouldn't take advantage of it. I asked you to take out three bags of gold and copper coins. My life, Ning Yao, is nowhere comparable to that of Liu Zhimao and others, so it’s my fault. Just treat me as if I didn’t say anything. After I leave the town, I will I will try my best to help you solve those worries, but I have to say something ugly ahead of time. I, Ning Yao, will only do what I can, and will not risk my life with others even though I know I will die... in exchange for my life."

Probably because it was so rare for a girl to bow her head and admit her mistake, she felt extremely disappointed.

Chen Pingan asked: "Which bag is the donation money from?"

The girl pointed at one of the golden embroidered bags.

Chen Pingan took out three copper coins from it, held them in the palm of his hand, pushed the three bags in front of the girl with his arms, and said with a smile: "These are for you."

The girl was stunned. After recovering for a long time, she asked: "Chen Ping'an, when you were a child, your brain was caught by a door panel?"

Chen Pingan said helplessly: "No, when I was helping people herd cattle when I was a child, I was often swung by the tails of cattle."

The girl suddenly became furious, slammed the table, and asked: "Do you like me?!"

Chen Pingan was dumbfounded.

The girl grinned, extended her thumb towards Chen Ping'an and said, "Good taste!"

Then she bent her thumb, pointed at herself, and said brightly: "But I will not agree. The man I, Ning Yao, like must be the most powerful swordsman in the world, the world! The most powerful! Great swordsman! What kind of Taoist ancestor?" Buddha, no matter how Confucian the sage is, must bow his head and give way before he strikes a sword!"

Chen Ping'an blushed, scratched his head and said, "Miss Ning, you misunderstood, I don't like you..."

The girl raised her eyebrows and thought for a moment. She leaned forward, squinted her eyes, raised her hand, leaving an inch between her thumb and index finger, and asked guiltily: "You don't like me even a little bit?"

Chen Pingan said resolutely, "No! Miss Ning, don't worry!"

The girl took back her hand, sighed heavily, and said pitifully: "Chen Pingan, even if you are lucky enough to marry a wife in the future, she will probably be a heartless person."

Chen Pingan sat across the table and said with a happy smile: "As long as she is nice."

The girl was unconvinced.

If you just eat and wait for death, you will be rich and prosperous, just like her mother said, because everyone has his own fate, and there may not be a distinction between superior and inferior.

It's just that her father also has different opinions on this. In life, you should never force anything. Not forcing doesn't mean you don't ask for anything. You still have to ask for something. If you still don't get it in the end, that's another matter.

Of course, her father would never dare to say these words to her mother face to face.

Chen Pingan asked casually: "Miss Ning also came to our town to seek opportunities?"

The girl didn’t have anything to hide, and replied: “I spent all the money I saved from my adventures, plus a favor, to get this place to enter the town, but I am different from those people, I don’t ask for any chance. Regarding Qi, I just want someone to help me forge a sword, preferably one that suits my liking. As for whether it is sharp or not, and whether it can carry a massive amount of sword Qi, that is a very secondary matter."

Chen Ping'an asked doubtfully: "Forging a sword?"

The girl said: "That's Master Ruan, the blacksmith. He has a great reputation here. He also has a rule that 'iron cannot be struck'. Only one sword can be made every thirty years. The reason why he is willing to come here to replace Qi Jingchun is that I think this place is suitable for making swords, so I'll try my luck to see if he is willing to forge swords for me. If it doesn't work, I can't do anything, just consider myself to be unlucky."

Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Good people are rewarded."

The girl said weakly: "No way."

She glanced at the boy and said, "Doesn't your left hand hurt?"

Chen Ping'an was stunned, "It hurts."

She doubted: "Then why don't you look like it?"

Chen Ping'an said matter-of-factly: "Even if I roll on the floor and yell, it won't stop the pain."

The girl slapped her forehead and said, "It's really hopeless. I have the same virtue as my father, but your ability is far inferior to him."

Chen Pingan smiled and stopped talking, looking quietly at the yard outside the house.

The girl pushed the three bags of copper coins back, "I don't want them."

Chen Ping'an looked back and said softly: "Miss Ning, have you ever thought that it may not be a good thing if I keep them. After meeting Mr. Qi, I am even more sure of this."

Once the girl decides on something, she will never change it again. She shakes her head and says, "That's your business and has nothing to do with me. I have thought about it. I will repay the favor of saving my life and I will definitely repay it in the future, and I will never cut corners. You must be worthy of the name 'Ning Yao'! But you must take good care of yourself in these years, and don't die accidentally. As long as you get through this period..."

The young man who had always been very talkative took the initiative to interrupt the girl for the first time, "It was Director Lu who saved you, Miss Ning, so you don't have to feel that you owe anything. If I hadn't felt that I was dead at that time, I would have asked Director Lu to help me. Mom and dad, please do more, otherwise I won’t open the door at all.”

The girl snorted coldly: "That's your business!"

The boy smiled and repeated her words: "That's your business."

Big eyes stare at small eyes.

The girl was the first to be defeated, and she said with a headache: "If you like me, I really can't promise you."

Chen Pingan held his head in his hands.

He had no idea what to do with such a strange, single-minded girl.

At this time, someone climbed into the courtyard from the courtyard wall. The person who would do this must be Liu Xianyang. He trotted behind the threshold and was about to scream, as if someone suddenly strangled his neck, unable to say a word. .

Chen Pingan quickly stood up, came to Liu Xianyang and whispered, "Can I stay with you for the next two days? This girl may want to live with me."

Liu Xianyang pushed Chen Pingan's head away, rubbing his hands like a fly rubbing its claws, and said attentively: "Girl, my house is big and everything is complete. If girl doesn't mind, how about staying at my house?"

The girl in black, who turned her back to the two of them, said calmly: "Disgusted."

Liu Xianyang bared his teeth, looked at the slender figure with a sword on his back, and said without giving up: "Girl, you don't know, there were two groups of people blocking my way on the covered bridge before, crying and begging me to give away the ancestral treasures." I didn't even agree to sell it to them. It was so unlucky that I was almost scolded to death by Master Ruan because of those people. I see, girl, you are also a foreigner who came to the town to try your luck. Although I, Liu Xianyang, may not sell to you, but It’s definitely okay to let the girl go through it and open her eyes!”

Ning Yao still said indifferently: "No need."

Liu Xianyang sat on Chen Pingan's original seat. After seeing the appearance of the girl in black, his eyes lit up and said: "Girl, don't be so outspoken. Chen Pingan and I will just squeeze in this shabby house. Girl, you After you go to my big house, you won't feel restricted anymore, it seems like you don't even have room to put your hands and feet."

Ning Yao replied with a straight face: "Thank you for your kindness, please go and cool down!"

Liu Xianyang didn't feel embarrassed, so he stood up and said, "Come on, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own straw nest, I understand."

Liu Xianyang pulled Chen Ping'an outside the threshold and nudged the boy with his elbow, "What's going on?"

Chen Ping'an wondered: "I won't be able to tell for a while. Just tell me if I can live with you?"

Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes and said, "There's nothing you can't do, but you have to promise me to help me keep an eye on Zhigui. Don't let that little beast Song Jixin forcefully destroy her. When the time comes, you have to help me keep my future wife." of innocence!”

Chen Pingan said without hesitation: "Don't even think about it!"

Liu Xianyang patted Chen Pingan on the shoulder and said seriously: "Just treat it as your promise."

The girl in black clothes in the room suddenly turned her head and said: "Do you know that you are a born swordsman? The reason why the porcelain buyer didn't take you out when you were nine years old was probably because he wanted you to absorb more skills here. Reiki. This choice is the right one. So when you are with Master Ruan, you must seize the opportunity and let him accept you as a disciple. Remember, at least it is a disciple who enters the family, and preferably a direct disciple. As for the disciple who closes the door, don't have extravagant expectations. , your basic talent is not as good as that exaggeration."

Liu Xianyang smiled and nodded vigorously, saying okay, okay, then turned back to look at Chen Pingan, pointed at the girl in the room, and then pointed at his head.

Chen Pingan said: "She is telling the truth, don't take it seriously."

Liu Xianyang stopped smiling, fell silent, and whispered: "I think something is not right. There are two groups of people on the covered bridge. Who do you think is leading the way? It's Lu Zhengchun on Fulu Street! This is not a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken. Well, I don’t care about money. Why should I do business with them? Besides, that armor is an old item left by my family from generation to generation. I want to sell it. I will dream about my grandfather in my dreams in the future, so I can’t give it to him. Curse me half to death!"

After hearing all this, Chen Ping'an felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, "You have to be careful, Lu Zhengchun and those foreigners are not to be messed with!"

The young man turned around and asked, "Miss Ning, do you know the origins of those people?"

The girl in black nodded and said: "The old man and the baby girl are from Zhengyang Mountain. They are considered to be a well-known and decent sect in your Dongbaopingzhou. The old man is inhumane... In short, he is a hundred times more powerful than Fu Nanhua or Cai Jinjian. The woman and the girl are from Zhengyang Mountain. His son is not simple either. In fact, those who can go into a small town together are certainly not ordinary rich people. That woman is very rich, and the little boy does not seem to be a kind-hearted person, so I advise you, friend, Hurry up and let Master Ruan recognize you as a disciple, it is like having a life-saving talisman close to you. In this small town, no matter how high the backing is, no matter how rich the background is, no one dares to compete with a saint."

Chen Ping'an asked Liu Xianyang again, "Are you sure you can be Master Ruan's apprentice?"

Liu Xianyang was a little confused and hesitantly said: "On the first day I went to work as an apprentice helper, Master Ruan looked at me in the same way as Old Yao did. He probably wanted to observe me for a while before making a decision whether to accept him as an apprentice or not. .only……"

Chen Pingan glared fiercely.

Liu Xianyang said with a smile: "It's just that Master Ruan has a precious daughter who is very good at eating. I was shocked, so I joked a little bit. Unexpectedly, when the girl was striking iron, she picked up the hammer. She was so fierce and domineering. , but she is usually very shy. How could I have imagined that she would be so incapable of making jokes, so I made her cry at that time, and she happened to be bumped into by her father. The way she looked at me was wrong. I recognize my apprentice. I'm sure he's gone, but anyway, I don't want to work as an apprentice for others. Serving a weird old man Yao is enough for us. I just want to make a living in the blacksmith shop. Let’s eat…”

Chen Pingan raised his head with a dark face.

Liu Xianyang, who was more than half a head taller than the straw-shoe boy, lowered his head and did not dare to look at the boy.

This scene made Ning Yao feel a little confused.

This was also the first time the girl saw Chen Ping'an really angry.

Chen Pingan asked in a low voice: "When you passed the old locust tree, did you find that there were some extra locust leaves on your body for no reason?"

Liu Xianyang shook his head and said, "No, it was the fortune teller who always liked to peek at women and said some unlucky words to me. I almost smashed his stall."

Chen Ping'an's face changed slightly, his brows furrowed, and he turned to look into the room and asked: "Miss Ning, in exchange for three bags of gold and copper coins, is that okay? And, will it get you into big trouble? , please make sure to make it clear in advance.”

The girl in black thought carefully, "It's a big trouble, but it's not a big problem. But you must be careful these two days to keep your friends from running around in the streets. After all, my current situation is not good."

She added: "Two groups of people, two bags of money. Let Master Ruan accept his apprenticeship, and another bag of money. In short, if you accomplish a few things, I will receive a few bags of money. Don't worry, since I agreed, I will get a guaranteed two bags of money." Bags of harvest.”

Chen Pingan ran into the house and quickly pushed the two bags of money, including the Spring Festival money, to the girl, "Take it."

The girl was not a sloppy person, so she did not refuse. After putting away the two bags of copper coins, she said with a smile: "There are many people in the world who want to put money in their pockets, and there are also people like you who like to be a money-splitting boy. of?"

The young man did not refute this time, nodded and smiled: "Money is very important, very important, very important."

Liu Xianyang, who had been kept in the dark, said angrily: "Chen Ping'an, are you crazy? Why did you give her the money? How long will it take you to spend two full bags of copper coins?"

Chen Ping'an said angrily: "Are you in charge of my money?"

Liu Xianyang said confidently: "Isn't your money my money? Think about it, if I borrow money from you, would you have the nerve to demand repayment from me?"

Chen Pingan said nothing and fell into deep thought.

Liu Xianyang also realized that his gag was inappropriate and kept silent.

The atmosphere in the room felt a little heavy for a while.

Chen Pingan asked: "Miss Ning, you really won't do this..."

The girl in black glanced at the long sword with a white sheath on the table, nodded and said, "No problem!"

After that, she couldn't help it anymore and said, "Mother-in-law, are you annoyed? You still say that you are not a bad person?"

Chen Pingan smiled.

Liu Xianyang thought for a while and said nothing.

The tall boy finally hid his words in his stomach, thinking to himself, girl, you probably haven't seen the other side of this guy.

Chen Pingan rarely has a hard time speaking, but once he does, Chen Pingan becomes really hard to talk.

Liu Xianyang had seen him.

I should have seen Song Jixin next door.