According to the customs of the town of Lizhu Cave Heaven, on the first day of the first day of the New Year, every household should be on the broom upside down, and it is not advisable to travel far away.

Chen Ping'an asked Ma Duyi to guide Zeng Ye's practice. After spending time together during this period of time, Chen Ping'an considered it, at the end of last year, he handed over the paper that recorded the secret method of ghost practice to Ma Duyi and let her browse. If she had any doubts, she could ask Zeng Ye. People who are also practicing Taoism have different qualifications. At a glance, Ma Duyi quickly became a latecomer in the practice of this secret technique. In less than a month, he could give Zeng Ye a guide and solve the crux of the problem.

Fortunately, Zeng Ye became accustomed to this. Not only did he not feel discouraged, lost and jealous, he practiced more and more attentively and became more determined to make up for his own skills with diligence.

This made Chen Ping'an feel a little relieved. He was able to accept his fate but not his fate. This is an extremely valuable temperament for those who practice Taoism. As long as they persevere and achieve great things late, it is not a luxury.

Today, Chen Ping'an was basking in the sun in the inn's lonely yard, opening the book box left in the muddy and snow, recording books. He thought that if he had the chance, he would ask Zeng Ye to exchange it for the original owner in the future and seal the private seals of the book sealed on the pages of the book. He would have two seals of "Water and Clouds" and "Round Old Old". He would follow the clues in the future and find the scholarly family that moved south to escape.

At noon, Chen Ping'an received another message from flying swords from Qingxia Island, saying that it was a flying sword from Piyun Mountain from Dali Longquan. Since Chen Ping'an was not in Shujian Lake, he had to stay in the sword room of Qingxia Island for the time being. Liu Zhimao asked Chen Ping'an how to deal with it with the flying sword. Chen Ping'an replied and told Liu Zhimao that the current stopping place of the three cavalry. He asked Master Liu to go there personally and bring the iFlytek sword.

On the night of the first day of the New Year, Liu Zhimao rushed to Zhoucheng Inn and personally brought the iFlying Sword from the North Mountain of Dali to Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an did not open the Piyun Mountain Flying Sword in front of Liu Zhimao. A Yuanying Earth Immortal, especially an old Yuanying who is expected to reach the fifth realm, has endless magical powers. Both sides are just allies who gather for profit, not friends, and their relationship is not that good.

The two sat opposite each other in the inn.

Liu Zhimao said straight to the point: "According to Mr. Chen's instructions before leaving Qingxia Island, I have quietly removed the Hongsu ban of Zhuxian Mansion, but did not take the initiative to send him to Miyajima to show his kindness to Liu Laocheng. Now Liu Laocheng and Mr. Chen are also allies, even if their friends are not necessarily friends, but our relationship between Qingxia Island and Miyajima has benefited from Mr. Chen, and has eased. Tan Yuanyi made a special visit to Qingxia Island, and obviously he has become more respectful to Mr. Chen, so I personally ran an errand in this trip. In addition to bringing Mr. Chen the Dali iFlytek Sword, there is also a small gift, which is regarded as a spring greeting gift from Qingxia Island to Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen should not refuse. This is the rule of Qingxia Island for many years. In the first month of the year, everyone will have a share of the island."

Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "The size of Qingxia Island is old and the rules are so clear about me, so even if Master Liu doesn't give it to me, I will remind Master Liu."

Liu Zhimao took out a slightly sparse walnut bracelet, which looked like a long time ago and was not well kept. A small number of walnuts were left, leaving only eight walnuts carved with gods such as Rain Master, Thunder God, and Electric Mother. The size of each thumb is full of ancient charms, and there are ancient gods, lifelike. Liu Zhimao smiled and said, "Just pick it and throw it on the ground, you can order wind, rain, lightning, and fire to blow it separately. The power of a walnut after it explodes is equivalent to the thrust of an ordinary golden elixir earth immortal. However, each walnut will be destroyed after being used up, so it is not a good magic weapon. However, Mr. Chen's body and spirit are damaged now, so it is not suitable to fight with others frequently. This thing is just right."

Chen Ping'an gently put him in his sleeve and thanked him: "It's true, Master Liu Dao is intent."

Liu Zhimao smiled and said, "Three things have happened recently, which shocked the Zhu Ying Dynasty and all vassal states. One is the Nine Realm Sword Cultivator lurking in Shujian Lake. He was chased by a woman in blue and a boy in white for more than a thousand miles, and finally killed him. The Nine Realm Sword Cultivator was the nameless monk who destroyed the Furong Mountain Ancestor Hall during the previous period of the Liaodao Alliance. It is rumored that her identity is Dali Jiangan Lang. As for the white-clothed boy who emerged from nowhere, his Taoist skills are all over the sky, and his magic weapons are all over the place. He chased him all the way, as if he was strolling in a leisurely garden. The Nine Realm Sword Cultivator was very embarrassed."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhimao looked at Chen Ping'an with a smile.

Chen Ping'an asked: "What do you say about Huangli Island?"

Liu Zhimao said: "After the Earth Fairy couple on Huangli Island learned the news, they visited Tan Yuanyi that day and prayed for asylum, which was considered to have completely surrendered to Dali."

Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "It's good news."

Liu Zhimao continued: "The second thing is that General Su Gaoshan threatened that he would break through the capital of Shihao Kingdom before the Lantern Festival of the first month of this year. Those who do not want to be buried with the Han family in Shihao Kingdom only need to have someone in the family to serve in the official position in the first month. As long as the statues of the two door gods of Dali Yuan and Cao were posted, they could avoid the disaster of war. If the powerful door gods of Dali were not posted when the Dali Iron Cavalry broke the city, they would be regarded as a sin of Han family. After the city was broken, within three days, the Dali Gate God would be replaced by all the troubles. Three days later, there would be no large and small houses with Dali Gate Gods hanging on the Dali Gate Gods, and they would be recorded in the book for the calculations after the autumn."

Chen Ping'an whispered: "The temple is the first priority, and the attack on the heart is the best."

Liu Zhimao's eyes were amused, "As for the third thing, if it is a peaceful and prosperous era, it will be quite a bit of movement, but at this moment, it will not be very conspicuous. Han Jingxin, the prince of Shihao Kingdom, the most doting emperor, died suddenly in a wilderness in the local area. His body was incomplete, and the royal family worshipper Mr. Zeng was missing. Hu Han, the first martial arts man in Shihao Kingdom, was also cut off his head. It is said that Xu Mao, the poet with two heads, used as a sign of the title, presented it to Su Gaoshan, the chief general of Dali on a wind and snowy night. He was promoted to the fourth-rank official of the Dali Dynasty. It can be said that he has reached the sky in one step. Now, the military merits of Dali are really not easy."

Liu Zhimao took out two wine bowls and placed them on the table. Chen Ping'an took off the sword gourd and smiled. Liu Zhimao put away one of them tactfully. Even though he knew that the accountant opposite would not use his wine bowl, he still had to have such a few rules on the table. Chen Ping'an poured a bowl of wine for Liu Zhimao, and he drank with the sword gourd.

Then Chen Ping'an took a sip of wine and said slowly: "Lord Liu Dao, no need to doubt it. I killed the people. As for those two heads, they were cut off by Xu Mao. I will not kill Xu Mao. He will help me block the disaster and get what they need."

"Sure enough."

Liu Zhimao smiled heartily and said, "Shihao Kingdom is not big or small. If you can hit Mr. Chen's sword, it should be that Han Jingxin will never be the emperor in his life. But to be honest, among the princes, Han Jingxin was most proud of the emperor of Shihao Kingdom, and his personal scheming was the deepest, and the chance was the best. It's a pity that this little guy was seeking death by himself, so there was nothing he could do."

Chen Ping'an asked, "Master Liu Dao, I can't understand one thing. Why do so many vassal states in the Zhu Ying Dynasty choose to fight to the end with the Dali Iron Cavalry? In Baopingzhou, as a vassal of the Great Dynasty, it should not be so decisive, and it should not be above the temple. The opposition was so small. From the Great Sui Dynasty Huangting Kingdom to the north of Guanhu Academy, the entire northern territory of Baopingzhou..."

Chen Ping'an tapped the table with his finger, "It's only here, it's unreasonable."

Liu Zhimao hesitated for a moment, raised his wine bowl and drank a sip of wine, and slowly said, "All schools of thought have their own bets. Although Baopingzhou is small, Dali can get the main lineage of the Mo family, Yin and Yang family, Baopingzhou military ranks headed by Zhenwu Mountain, etc. They all chose the Dali Song clan. As the most powerful Zhu Ying Dynasty in the middle of Baopingzhou, it is reasonable to have the support of the big lineage of the various branches of the sects and hundreds of schools of thought. As far as I know, there are strong support from the branches of the farmer, the medicine family, the merchant, the Zongheng family. The Zhu Ying Dynasty has many sword cultivators, which is very prosperous and close to Guanhu Academy. It is not surprising that the Dali Iron Cavalry is blocked here."

Chen Ping'an suddenly realized in his heart, raised the sword gourd, Liu Zhimao raised the wine bowl and drank wine.

Liu Zhimao was dressed in a plain white dress, which seemed simple. He was like a mountain hermit who lived a bitter and cold life. If he looked closely, he would have a unique immortal style.

Chen Ping'an suddenly sighed: "Unclearly, I almost forgot that Master Liu Dao is a Nascent Soul monk."

Liu Zhimao drank slowly and felt at ease. Through the window, the roof was covered with snow. He smiled and said, "Unclearly, I almost forgot that Mr. Chen was from Nipin Lane."

Chen Ping'an suddenly leaned forward and handed over the sword-raising gourd. Liu Zhimao was stunned for a moment and gently knocked it with a wine bowl.

Chen Ping'an drank a sip of wine and said seriously: "I was wrong earlier. You and I can indeed be considered half of the confidant, and it has nothing to do with being an enemy or a friend."

Liu Zhimao took back the wine bowl and did not rush to drink. He stared at the young man in a blue cotton robe. His body and spirit were withered and deepened. Only his eyes, which were once extremely clear and bright, became more and more faint, but it was not the kind of turbidity or the kind of undercurrent that was swelling. Liu Zhimao drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and stood up and said, "It won't delay Mr. Chen's business. If Shujianhu can be good, you and me will not expect it. I just hope that we can meet again in the future. We can have a chance to sit down and drink, and we will have a few chats after drinking, and we will have a breakup when we meet again in the year, that's all."

Chen Ping'an shook his head: "After the Shujian Lake parting, once Lord Liu enters the upper five realms, there is another world, but he may not have this state of mind."

Liu Zhimao smiled and said, "Mr. Chen will cultivate his mind for a long time, and he may not have the same state of mind as he is today."

The two of them said in unison: "It's a confidant."

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After Liu Zhimao left, Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye came over to sit down tremblingly.

Liu Zhimao neither used the magical powers of the earth immortals to isolate the small world, nor did Chen Ping'an talk to him deliberately.

So Ma Duyi and Zeng Ye could still vaguely hear the conversation and laughter here.

Ma Duyi's eyes are complicated.

Zeng Yeze looked puzzled.

Chen Ping'an did not explain much, but asked some of the obstacles in Zengye's practice, and explained them thoroughly and meticulously to the young man. In addition to being meticulous, he occasionally pointed out the topic and solved the problem. Although Ma Duyi and Zengye were able to help Zengye solve the problem, he was still slightly lacking compared to Chen Ping'an. At least Chen Ping'an felt so. But those words that Chen Ping'an thought were ordinary fell into the ears of Ma Duyi, who had better qualifications than Zengye, and he opened his huts everywhere.

It was like an immortal pulling a waterfall, but she and Zeng Ye could only stand under the waterfall, and used basins and bowls to quench their thirst.

It was only after Ma Duyi and Zeng left that Chen Ping'an opened the ban on the flying sword of the Dali Piyun Mountain.

It's unexpected news.

A minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty of Dali visited Longquan County. In addition to patrolling the Wenwu Temple in Longquan County, he secretly visited the mountain god Wei Bo and put forward a new suggestion.

The Dali court recently "redemptioned" many hills that the immortal forces gave up, and planned to make a big deal with Chen Ping'an. Dali owed Chen Ping'an the remaining gold and copper coins that Chen Ping'an had owed Chen Ping'an to credit, and Chen Ping'an could buy those "mature" hills that even the Immortal Mansions had been opened and the mountain protection formations were ready-made. Once Chen Ping'an agreed to this, plus the existing hills including Luopo Mountain and Zhenzhu Mountain, Chen Ping'an would occupy nearly 30% of the mountain territory in the west of Longquan County. Not to mention the amount of spiritual energy raised by the hills, but only the scale, Chen Ping'an, the "big landlord", can almost compete with the saint Ruan Qiong.

Wei Bo admitted in the secret letter that this is a great good thing, but there are quite a hidden dangers. Chen Ping'an's entanglement with the Song clan of Dali will become deeper and deeper. In the future, it will not be as simple as Xu clan of Qingfeng City before. Seeing that the situation is not good, he will just sell the mountain to others. The Dali court also had a statement first. Once Chen Ping'an has such a large territory in Longquan County, which was demoted from the cave to a blessed land, he would need to sign a special contract, with the Northern Yue Piyun Mountain as the target of the alliance, the Dali court, Wei Bo, and Chen Ping'an, jointly signed a mountain alliance belonging to the second highest rank of the dynasty. The highest mountain alliance is the god of the Five Mountains at the same time. Emperor Dali also needs to seal the jade seal and form an alliance with a certain monk. However, the standard alliance can only make Dali mobilize such a large number of troops if the monks in the upper five realms involve the Song clan's destiny.

Wei Bo admitted that whether you believe me or not, whether you can sign this alliance with you Chen Ping'an can be considered, but the weight should not be too heavy.

When it comes to the great way, you must be very cautious.

At the end of the secret letter, Wei Bo also said that he was not in a hurry to do this. He could help delay it for half a year to a year and think about it slowly. Even if the situation in Baopingzhou was clear by then, the Song family of Dali had broken through the Zhu Ying Dynasty and continued to go south. At that time, whether it was Wei Bo, the middleman or the buyer Chen Ping'an, he would just be shameless and signed with Dali with a stern face. On the mountain, business should be like this, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

Chen Ping'an opened the small wooden box and sent the exclusive small sword tomb to which the flying sword sent to Liu Zhimao. The island owner helped send Piyun Mountain. He only needed to reply two words in the letter, "Yes".

After Chen Ping'an finished all this, he came to the window. Xu Mao, the general of Shihao Kingdom, and the capital of the heroes, would have a great possibility of rising in troubled times. Once Dali can conquer the Zhu Ying Dynasty and go south, Xu Mao, who is now a middle-level military officer of Dali, can command and dispatch a Dali elite cavalry, which is like adding wings to the tiger. On the way to the south, a lot of military merits are waiting for him to seize. The key is that Xu Mao's character and skills are far superior to the prince Han Jingxin. Xu Mao is nothing but a natural identity.

Su Gaoshan is said to be from the Han clan of the border, which is exactly the same as Xu Mao, Shihao Kingdom. I believe Xu Mao can be promoted exceptionally, which is related to this. If it were Cao Ping, the chief general of another army, Xu Mao surrendered to this general with one of the surnames of the Shangzhu Kingdom. He would also receive a reward, but he would definitely get the fourth-rank general directly. Perhaps he would be reused in the future, but Xu Mao would definitely climb a little slower in his official career in the army.

This time, Chen Ping'an traveled through many prefectures, counties and counties. Su Gaoshan's iron cavalry was naturally unscrupulous. However, the many rules of the Dali border army can still be seen vaguely. For example, in the dilapidated prefecture city where Zhou's hometown was located in the New Year, a fierce conflict occurred in the dilapidated prefecture city where the family members of the Shihao Kingdom risked their lives to assassinate Wen's secretary Lang. Afterwards, Dali quickly mobilized a group of elite cavalry to assist the prefecture city and joined forces with the monks to accompany the army. Afterwards, all the arrested main culprits were executed on the spot. One head after another was suspended from the top of the city. The accomplices in the prefecture city, including the governor, all the local officials of Shihao Kingdom, who were of great rank, were imprisoned and waited for their deceased. The family was confined to the mansion, but there was no unnecessary involvement. During this period, something happened, allowing Chen Ping'an Su Gaoshan looked at him most, that was, a young man touched the head of the city on a snowy night and stole one of his mentors' heads. He was discovered by the martial arts soldiers on the Dali City. He was still for the martial arts young man to escape. However, he was quickly intercepted by two martial arts secretarys. This matter was big or small, and it was an isolated case on the way south. He reported it layer by layer, and finally alarmed the general Su Gaoshan. Su Gaoshan asked someone to take the young man out of the Shihao Kingdom to the commander's tent. After some talk, he threw a large bag of silver to the young man, allowing him to bury his master's entire body. However, the only requirement was to ask the young man to know that the real culprit was Su Gaoshan. He was not allowed to trouble the Dali border army, especially civil officials, in the future. If he wanted to take revenge, he would come to Su Gaoshan directly if he had the ability.

This incident has been widely circulated in the officialdom and the world in the heart of the central part of Shihao Kingdom.

Then there is the first major event that Liu Zhimao said.

A woman in green, a boy in white.

Chen Ping'an smiled.

His mind moved slightly, jumped onto the windowsill, his toes slightly dripped, and he jumped onto the ridge, walking slowly, aimlessly, just walking on the ridges.

The sword-raising gourd was still placed on the table, and the bamboo sword and the big imitation gust yellow sword were not carried.

Do whatever you want without breaking the rules.

The sky is great and the earth is great, and you can go.

Finally, Chen Ping'an stopped, stood on the eaves of a roof, closed his eyes, and began to practice stakes of sword furnaces, but soon he stopped insisting, listening with his ears on his ears, and there seemed to be a sound of snow melting between heaven and earth.

A secretary of Daliwu who was stationed in this city, and a monk who was accompanying the army who didn't know which mountain in Dali came from, of course, might also be Zhenwu Mountain, one of the ancestral courts of a continent.

He was a young man in light armor. He was walking on the ridge of the roof. He had nothing to do today and was not in the army now. He was holding a pot of wine burned on the stove in the house in his hand. He stopped outside the eaves dozens of steps away. He smiled and reminded with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you want to enjoy the scenery, it doesn't matter if you want to go to the city of Zhoucheng. I just happened to come out to relax and can accompany you."

This is a very kind and kind word. As the Dali iron cavalry is like chopping bamboo, under the crushing of horse hooves, all outsiders are naturally foreigners and vassals. However, the words of young monks also have a warning in their words.

Chen Ping'an smiled and shook his head and said, "No, I'll go back soon."

The young monk was stunned, then laughed and raised the wine pot high. It turned out that the young man in the blue cotton robe spoke in the most proficient Dali Mandarin.

So the young secretary Wu, who had been in military service for nearly ten years, said loudly: "Yizhou Yun is in the county, Guan Yiran!"

Chen Ping'an looked hesitant and was not suitable for registering for himself, so he had to hold his fists at the man and smile apologetically.

Guan Yiran laughed and said, "If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can find our Dali Iron Cavalry. Wherever the horse's hooves come, they are all my Dali territory!"

Chen Ping'an looked dazed and didn't know how to answer.

Then on the third day of the first lunar month, Chen Ping'an and his three cavalry left the city and continued to go north, constantly approaching the northern border of Shihao Kingdom.

The heavy snow melted.

The spring light urges the willows, and the sun is colorful and the locust smoke is filled with smoke.

Along the way, I picked up a lot of good things, such as the Shihao General General's Seal Seals, which were engraved with "Li Cao" in seals. Many antique treasures thrown by the road as bottles and jars. Most of them are large and small objects, scattered all over the place. It is estimated that those that are not big or small in shape and suitable for carrying are probably selected by the fugitives. In fact, they are expensive objects worth dozens of gold and more than a hundred gold in peace and prosperity. Now they are abandoned as waste. There are also some precious calligraphy, paintings, copybooks, or treasures on the road that have been soaked in mud and almost destroyed. They are sold to pawn shops in counties and counties that have not been affected by the war. I never thought that Ma Duyi was still a fan of money, and once entrusted them with more than 100 yuan.

Yes, every time I set up a porridge shop in the local area, whenever I have free time, the two of them will go to pick up the bargains. I have borrowed it twice from Chen Ping'an. The money was not much, and the sum was twelve snowflakes, but they were only converted into gold and silver from secular dynasties. It was not easy. I had to go to the Xianjia Ferry or the Shenxian Inn. Fortunately, a woman in the fox beauty talisman was born in the first-class Shihao Kingdom but not the top immortal cave. After Chen Ping'an fulfilled the wish of the woman's evil object, he exchanged some gold and silver with the immortal family for the immortal money and handed it to Ma Duyi and he once tucked herself in order to deal with it. Ma Duyi also pestered Chen Ping'an to build a large bamboo box specifically for placing gold and silver.

Chen Ping'an had no objection to this. As long as they did not delay their respective practices and work, they would let them go.

On that day, in a small county town near the border, Chen Ping'an was responsible for taking the lead with the local government. Zeng Ye and Ma Duyi, who were familiar with each other, began to be busy with the setting of porridge and medicine shops. They did not dare to be vague about this. Only after finishing their daily affairs, did they dare to go to major pawn shops to find bargains, because although Mr. Chen did not interfere in specific matters and almost never spoke, the two had been with this accountant for so long that they had known Mr. Chen's style of conduct. Mr. Chen would see everything, and he could only see more profoundly than them.

As for the antique treasures they came from taking credit to Mr. Chen, they went to the pawn shop to pick up bargains, and they were temporarily stored in Mr. Chen's close friend.

This is due to the fact that Ma Duyi was born into a noble family. During her lifetime, she was a small manager at Zhenbaofang, where she was located. Her eyesight was far from comparable to that of a young man.

Later, Chen Ping'an was worried that Ma Duyi would also misunderstand. After all, most of the items they bought were miscellaneous. From the wealthy gates of stone hair countries, there were many strange things. He invited a ghost of a Zhongwu Realm monk living in the imitation Liuli Pavilion to help Ma Duyi and Zeng tuck his palm. As a result, the one that was refined into a yin object that was in charge of the ghost general by Ma Yuanzhi of Zhuxian Mansion. He became addicted all of a sudden. He first belittled the objects that Ma Duyi and Zeng tucked from the vacant Liuli Pavilion to be worthless. Then he insisted on showing up and leaving the imitation Liuli Pavilion to help Ma Duyi.

He once tucked these two idiots to buy real good things, but for this, he actually appeared in the world with the face of a woman with fox fur talisman paper. An old man who had a cultivation level in the Guanhai Realm during his lifetime was able to make such a great sacrifice. It seems that Chen Ping'an's record in the account book is not a false statement. He is indeed a fool who is obsessed with collecting antiques such as the "dirty goods" in the eyes of the Jianhu monk. The account book also records a comment from a certain earth immortal monk in his early years, saying that if this Guanhai Realm monk who has been stretched for many years, if he did not spend money on those objects, he might have entered the Longmen Realm.

Chen Ping'an also let the old monks go. Every day, he looked like a graceful beauty, but he would pose as a bold sitting position as a golden sword horse. Anyway, Chen Ping'an had seen similar scenes. To be honest, in the scene at that time, a "Du Mao" was squeamish all day long, and when he walked, his slender waist was twisting, which was actually even more disgusting.
To be continued...