Chapter 934: I am the host (4)
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Sword of Coming
- Beacon Drama Prince
- 9700 characters
- 2022-01-02 10:48:57
The top of Beiyue Piyun Mountain.
The ancient pine is towering, and there is a man in Panasonic.
Wearing a snow-white robe, stepping on a cloud shoe, tied a ribbon on his waist, and a gold ring around his ear.
God, fairy, ghost, beautiful and picturesque.
It is rumored that the five mountain monarchs of Aquarius Island have their own romantic affairs.
Zhongyue Jinqing is the oldest and very ancient. Fan Junmao, the female mountain monarch of Nanyue, is the most heroic.
The monarch of Dongyue Mountain is immortal, and the monarch of Xiyue Mountain is more chivalrous.
Weibo of Beiyue, among the five mountain monarchs on a continent, is recognized as the best in appearance, so he is the most energetic.
According to a certain high-powered little Erbaoshen from Luopo Mountain, the only people in Beiyue's realm who are looking forward to hosting a night banquet are those immortal children who have genealogical identities. At the banquet, they just look at Wei Shanjun, who is drunk and blushing slightly, and they will be drunk even if they don't drink.
Upon hearing this, Chen Pingan was about to fight against Wei Shanjun, so he asked the millet grains, who was the gossip.
The millet grains are said to be Bai Xuan, but Bai Xuan seems to have heard it from Jing Qing.
Moreover, Jing Qing once slapped Bai Xuan, and must attend the next night banquet to suppress Wei Bo's limelight, lest our Wei Shanjun raises his tail and becomes too swollen.
At this moment, Wei Bo opened a pair of pure golden eyes, sat up, smiled and said, "Where is Xiaomo?"
Nice to ask.
Chen Ping An angrily smiled and said, "I advise you to avoid Xiao Mo's idea!"
Wei Bo smiled and said, "Do you know my mood now?"
Would the idea of persuading you to avoid hitting my few bamboos in the Luopo Mountain?
Wasn’t the millet grains in those days instigated to come to me often to count bamboos?
Standing beside Chen Ping'an, Qingtong looked at the majestic mountain monarch through the power fence gauze. He only said that the matter of going to a banquet next night today has almost become synonymous with Weibo in the Piyun Mountain.
It is said that the Great Mountain Monarch of One Continent was once the remnant of the Shenshui Kingdom of the ancient Shu land boundary, and was relegated to the Lord of the Land. For some reason, he was favored by the state teacher Cui Yun and was promoted to the mountain monarch of the Dayi Dynasty.
The ups and downs of this junjun encounter are breathtaking.
Today, Aquarius Island and Beiju Luzhou, both the north and the south, are well known. Phiyun Mountain and Luopo Mountain are good allies who wear a pair of trousers.
But it is interesting to say that the young mountain owner in front of him set foot on Piyun Mountain for the first time in his life. When he was an apprentice as a young kiln worker, he waited until Weibo entered the mountain and served as the king of Beiyue Mountain, and Chen Ping’an also became The owner of Luopo Mountain, only after that, most of Wei Bo went to Luopo Mountain as a guest, and Chen Pingan never took the initiative to climb Piyun Mountain.
It wasn't until Chen Ping'an traveled through the wild world last time and returned to his hometown that he took Xiao Mo to climb the mountain together. The gift of meeting was so rich that Wei Bo would look forward to seeing him next time.
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "I won't talk nonsense with you."
After Wei Bo learned of Chen Ping’s intentions in this dream, he nodded without hesitation and agreed, but couldn’t help but sigh:
I knew that you had snatched the abundant water transport from the Luluo River. I thought you would retreat. For a period of time, if you are lucky, if you stay for hundreds of years, maybe you will have the opportunity in the future to help you fight for the seat of the world's'water law number one'. I don’t even have merit."
The five thunder rectification methods of Longhushan Tianshifu, the fire method of Huolong Zhenren, and the native method of Aiaizhou Weishen, all can be said to have reached the highest level.
It was the reminder from Wei Bo for the first time that Chen Pingan really realized that his avenue was hydrophilic.
Wei Bo said: "The two mountains of Baopingzhou, the east and the west, may not be willing to nod. If you don't make up one continent and five sacred mountains, it will eventually be a dish of loose sand, and the effect of mountain incense will be greatly reduced."
When dealing with the gods of the mountains and rivers, the difficulty lies in the fact that
the great advantage is not the way
. The hustle and bustle on the road below the mountain is a benefit, but the Shinto on the mountain is not.
Just like Wei Bo was willing to agree to this matter, how could he just covet that merit? Once his desires were sour, it would be a problem to say that Wei Bo's mountain monarch was not golden.
After all, there is a major premise here. The gods of all walks of life who ignite a stick of incense still need to sincerely recognize Chen Ping An himself.
Therefore, Chen Ping'an is the most crucial "man who delivers incense with mountains and rivers."
Chen Ping'an nodded and smiled: "I'm mentally prepared to eat closed doors, so I will come to you first to ask for a good sign of a good start."
Wei Bo said, "Would you like me to say hello to those two bureaucrats?"
Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "Forget it, there is no big difference whether you have that letter or not."
Wei Bo nodded. It is true. The five sacred mountains are of the same rank and rank. No one can control who. Besides, Wei Bo has no strong friendship with the two sacred mountain monarchs, and there is no personal friendship between them. Correspondence is nothing more than an official business.
Chen Pingan asked, "Has Ye Qingzhu changed her mind? Did you visit your Shanjun Mansion today and voluntarily request to withdraw the official document of her resignation from the Yuye River God of Water?"
Wei Bo shook her head and said: "You are wrong. On the contrary, Ye Qingzhu did rush to Piyun Mountain, but she didn't cry and quarrel with me and hang herself. She became more and more determined in her previous intentions. Relocating to another place, do not expect to be flat, can be degraded and appointed, she has photographed a few rivers, the only thing in common is that she is far away from the Luopo Mountain. She is also angry with me, saying that if Beiyue is not allowed to do this, she I'm going to the capital to file a court case. My eyes are red when I speak, and tears are shining, so pitiful."
Chen Ping'an rubbed his chin, "I can't, I was at the Yuye River Water Mansion, and I had a good chat with the God of Water Empress, and I was honest about it.
Wei Bo smiled and said, "Even if she can believe your words, she believes more in her instincts."
Chen Pingan was silent.
Wei Bo restrained his smile and said with a serious face: "This means that you have to be careful of your Taoism in your future retreat. The image of the state holder and the person in the mirror is actually a small thing?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said, "I will pay attention."
This is a friend of mine.
Wei Bo took out something from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Ping An, "This is a gift to celebrate the next sect. Take it."
Chen Ping'an glanced at the gift, "Can I have a face?"
It turned out that the two semi-celestial soldiers sent by Xiao Mo earlier, among them the Huang Yuyue that can suppress water transport, was used by our Lord Wei Dashan to be generous.
At this moment, it was the sword box presented by Wu Yi, and it stayed on Xiaomo's side, otherwise Chen Ping'an would take it out and ask Wei Dashanjun how ashamed or ashamed.
Wei Bo smiled and squinted, and asked tentatively, "Forget it then?"
Chen Pingan waved his hand and looked at Wei Shanjun, who was insincere, and the pocket jade yue that disappeared in his sleeves. Using the mantra of Pei Qian's back then, it was a pain in his brain.
Wei Bo looked at a monk wearing a green robes. Since he couldn't see the depth of Taoism, at least he had started in the fairyland, and asked, "What is this Taoist friend?"
Chen Ping’an didn’t bother to use his heartfelt words, and said:
The Taoist name is Qingtong, the owner of the town’s demon building in Tongyezhou, is adjacent to the Taoist Temple of Donghaiguan, and his true body is a phoenix tree. This time he dreamed of traveling to the three continents. The young fellow Daoist has helped a lot, so I don’t know if you don’t fight."
Qing Tong sighed faintly, and just told his own details. The Hidden Officer didn't talk about the morals of the rivers and lakes and the taboos of the landscape.
This gentleman is very charming and charming, but after closer inspection, Qingtong feels that he is still inferior to the noble son Zhu Lian of the lotus flower blessed land.
Wei Bo bowed his head and bowed his hands in a salute. He was quite polite, and said with a gentle voice: "Wei Bo in Piyun Mountain is fortunate to have met the seniors of the same youth."
Qingtong took off the power fence above his head, and after saluting, he smiled and said: "Qingtong has seen Jun Wei Shan."
Wei Bo smiled and said, "Senior Qingtong, it is easy to get on and off the thief boat. From now on, we will be regarded as difficult brothers and hard brothers."
Qingtong smiles far-fetched.
After holding his hands, someone climbed high and looked into the distance, busy admiring the scenery, and said with a smile: "Talking shallow and deep is a big taboo, Wei Shanjun stays a little longer."
Qing Tong was a little envious of the friendship between the two, one and one immortal, complementing each other, it is no wonder that Piyun Mountain has been prospering over the years, and it has become the first of the five sacred mountains.
Chen Ping'an also talked about the rise of Xiaoluan's deity in Baihu River and the relocation of Tiedianhe Gaoniang to the temple to Yunzhou. In fact, the only difficulty is that Wuxi, located in the territory of Yunzhou in Huangting State, is more unusual. After all, there is a dragon palace site hidden. Such a mountainous and abundant land belongs to the rare fertility in the officialdom of Shanshui, and Wuxi The Ximei River, one of the water sources, has never been a water in the history of Huang Tingguo, not even the river Pohebo. To put it simply, when the Dragon Palace site is opened, water transport will naturally overflow, then levelling to the Ximei River, where water transport has skyrocketed, as the first river is a kind of promotion. In addition, as long as the river Properly managed, it is easy to get an excellent test in the Shanshui Evaluation of Lili Department and Shanjun Mansion.
Wei Bo thought for a moment, and said, "I'll run it. You just let Xiao Luan and Gao Niang wait for the news. The letter can be more blunt. They can now prepare for the raising and gilding of the golden statue in the temple. ."
Chen Pingan asked, "I really don't need me to say hello to the Dali court?"
For the title of Water God of Ximeihe River, no accident, there must be a few candidates for the Dali court.
Just like back then, in order to fight for the position of the Iron Talisman River God of Water, the few Shangzhu Kingdom surnames in Dali did not fight secretly.
Wei Bo shook his head and said, "The rank of the thin eyebrow river is not too high, and it is in the hinterland of Beiyue, not a few steps away from Piyun Mountain, so I can make a decision in one word."
Chen Ping'an said: "When you look back, remember to hit Gao Niang, so that he won't forget about his sudden wealth, or bring the habits of Ziyang Mansion to Yunzhou."
Gao Niang stepped down from the Jixiang Temple on the Tiezhen River and moved to the Ximei River. After that, he attracted the incense of the jurisdiction and gathered the mountains and waters. Chen Ping'an was not worried about getting along with the local city gods and Wenwu temples.
Because this old river is very good at "being a man", but Gao Niu is too familiar with the way of life, for a water god, after all, it is far from enough.
Wei Bo laughed and said, "I don't have a good gentleman in Shanjun Mansion."
Afterwards, we chatted for a few more words. When Wei Bo saw Chen Ping'an, he was about to leave. He really left after and his trousers?
Qingtong feels complicated. After this trip, he has become more envious of the monarch Weibo and the great dukes like Yang Hua and Cao Yong, each of whom is in charge of such a large landscape site, the key is the excitement. If there are a few able-bodied staff members who are skilled in general affairs, wouldn't they be able to be as leisurely as when they first met Wei Bo?
Wei Bo called to Chen Ping'an, and smiled and said an anecdote, "Your second guardian of the Luopo Mountain, Daoist Chief Xianwei, has not been idle for a while. At this moment, he has secretly collected an anonymous disciple. Young casual cultivator, because this person admires the hermit, even if he knows that you will not collect any disciples in thirty years, he still rents a house in the small town. It seems that he intends to live for a long time. Cha Wu went to the mountain gate and wandered around. Seeing that he was eager to ask for the truth, Daoist Xianwei was eager to cherish his talents. "
Cao Qingqing, Yuanlai, and Millet used to watch the door at the gate of the mountain one after another, but they were all part-time jobs.
Chen Ping'an heard loudly for a while.
Previously, through the Shanshui Mansion on the Piyun Mountain, I helped Luoposhan to declare something to the outside world. Within 30 years, the Luopo Mountain was shaped like a mountain, and it would neither receive outsiders nor collect disciples.
Regarding this matter, Chen Ping’an just opened a very small opening to allow the members of the Ji Sefeng Genealogy to collect direct disciples in private. Xianwei took advantage of it without thinking about it.
Chen Ping'an reluctantly said, "What is the prose character?"
Wei Bo said: "Tough heart, average aptitude, Jiazi years, or Dongfu realm, not Jianxiu. I checked his roots and feet, and his life is innocent, he is from the old Qianzhou of the Hoarfrost Dynasty. , Yixin catechumen, once a small Taoist temple in Qianzhou, said that the Taoist temple was destroyed in the war. After the war, he repaired it as new with his own power, and then began to wander northward until he saw the seal. After the report, I wanted to come to Luoposhan to settle down and practice, but he was not the kind of opportunist. I didn't want to use Luoposhan as a shortcut to win fame, but simply felt that our young hermit in Aquarius was unique in the world. The hero of China wants to consult with Master Chen Shan, who is in the realm of swordsmanship, boxing, learning, and talisman."
Chen Ping’an remembered the scene of his first meeting with Xianwei in Dali Capital. Even if Xianwei’s other identity was aside, even an old river like himself was almost shocked by the other party’s nonsense, and he was relieved for a while. There was grief, nodded and said: "I am not a Qing white man, and I will not be deceived by Xianwei Keng."
Chen Pingan asked with a smile, "Listen to it, do you want me to acquiesce in this matter?"
Wei Bo replied, "This Taoist priest seems to have Su Hui, named Lin Feijing."
The reason why Chen Ping'an went through the house and did not enter was that the so-called cowardice of being close to hometown was just an excuse. The real reason was that he did not want Qingtong to see the new janitor of Daohao Xianwei too early.
It was just that after arriving at Piyun Mountain, Chen Ping'an changed his mind instead, and did not stop Qingtong from looking at Qiluopo Mountain, so he waited until Qingtong saw the Taoist Immortal Wei at the gate of the mountain.
Qingtong was more shocked than seeing the old master who imitated Bai Yujing.
I saw that at the foot of the Luopo Mountain, there was a hairpin on the head of someone.
At the same moment, Qing's face was pale and colorless, silently raised his hand, and re-worn the power fence to cover his face.
Is this the true foundation of Luopo Mountain?
The first "Taoist" in the world.
One of the top ten in the ancient world!
At the gate of Zhongyue Mountain.
The verdant color of the mountain is from top to bottom, pouring all the way to the foot of the mountain like flowing water.
At this moment, Qingtong's Daoist heart has gradually returned to calm, and he teased in his heart: "No wonder this mountain monarch has a blue character in his name."
Chen Pingan reminded: "Jin Shan is not a joke, you will listen more and talk less later."
In a hidden dojo near the mountain temple, I saw the Zhongyue Mountain Jun Jinqing who opened the door to welcome guests. Chen Ping’an opened the door and said:
On the side of Xiandu Mountain of Xiazong, two anonymous worshipers, Shao Po The immortal and the maid Meng Long, they are about to establish a country on the border of the Rinhe River in the middle of Tongyezhou. His eldest daughter, Wu Yi, the founder of Ziyang Mansion, will have an identity similar to that of a true protector of the country. Since I am a matchmaker in this matter, I will definitely not be the shopkeeper."
Not surprisingly, the mountain prince once again faced the south and bowed his head.
Jin Qing smiled and said, "I don't know anything."
Chen Pingan nodded and said, "I didn't say anything."
Originally, this knot was a dead knot between the Song family of Dayi and Jinqing in Zhongyue.
Jin Qing, as the Dayue Mountain Monarch, can be regarded as the largest former elder of the old Zhuying dynasty, not one of them.
Therefore, Jin Qing will be very sincere with this stick of heart incense, because it is considered to be one, but his wish is with the fate.
Emperor Dayi really wanted to be held accountable afterwards. Jin Qing didn't care when he came, and didn't take it seriously, because it wasn't a cross-border move. After all, until today, Jin Qing has never come into contact with the "Shao Po Immortal". Moreover, Jin Qing is not too worried about the sequelae. Anyway, it is the deal with Chen Pingan that you have the ability to find the hermit in trouble?
However, I believe that with the disposition and magnanimity of the current emperor, he is not so careless.
After all, after this, Jin Qing can concentrate on becoming the Zhongyue Mountain Monarch of the Dali Dynasty.
This is actually something that a national teacher of a country can do and can do.
Jin Qing touched his sleeves and said with a smile: "Chen Shanzhu is about to establish the next sect. Unfortunately, due to his identity, he is destined to not be able to come to congratulate him in person. The congratulatory gift... has to be delayed for a few days."
Because Jin Qing remembered it was in the other party's dream.
Unexpectedly, Chen Ping'an smiled: "Jin Shanjun only needs to contemplate, and the gift that has been prepared for a long time can be changed from imaginary to real."
Jin Qing thought about it a bit, and as expected, he drew out a tablet from his sleeve, which collected all of Zhongyue's cliff-cut list books. There were more than two thousand pieces, and there are many original monuments that have been lost.
Jin Qing said heartily: "This is the only one, cherish it more."
Generally speaking, the inscriptions on the inscriptions are mostly gifts given to each other by the gentlemen below the mountain. For the cultivators on the mountain, it looks like a gift of courtesy and affection.
However, Chen Ping'an solemnly took over the heavy rubbing.
Because for Chen Pingan at the moment, this is a well-deserved charity.
This is an urgent need for the practice of Chinese characters.
Just like the four plaques commonly known as Crab Square in my hometown, after being copied several times by officials of the Ministry of Rites, they gradually lost their spirits, because the pure Dao-qi contained in the words was quietly transferred to those rubbings. The plaque on Crab Fang seems to have the same text, but it is "pale and weak" in the eyes of the Taoist scholars.
If the text is extracted from the books engraved by the market bookstore, and used to refine the text, it is the most inferior after all, and the quality of the refined text is low. The most excellent method of refining characters, of course, is based on those or records, or seal inscriptions on special materials, the kind of "Dharma is not lightly transmitted" Taoist golden rules, green chapters, and handwritten scripts of Confucian sages, Buddhist dragon elephants, The scriptures copied and annotated by the Taoist monks are just these words, which can not be found, and once they are refined, they are a kind of damage to the great road and irreparable. It is equivalent to a source of water. Once Chen Ping’an refines it, it will become fragments, which will produce a series of immeasurable movements and dispersal of qi, and even lead to future qi practitioners who practice this fairy formula. , The words in the heart tend to be blurred and cannot really prove the truth, just like a common master, when he flips through a book, he occasionally finds that he does not recognize a certain word.
The text of this rubbing is just somewhere in between.
Before that, Chen Ping'an was on the Qililong side and "borrowed 300,000 words" with a group of old and new books on both sides of the Qiantang River. It really just won by quantity.
There are many repetitions in the text of a poem, but this type of repetition can also be refined into one character, just like the iron, the more tenacious, the greater the density, so the more the overlap, the more weight the text. Among them, the rhyme of Taoism is more important.
As for the sword box sent by Wu Yi, which secretly carried the more than 60 words of the treasure urn, it belonged to the first situation of "can be met but cannot be sought".
Chen Ping'an said: "In this way, Zhongyue Dao Qi will inevitably be compromised."
Jin Qing sneered: "Then you pay me back?"
This mountain monarch just didn't say a word, if you get cheap here, you still sell well.
Chen Ping'an promised: "Besides trading, I will repay Zhongyue when I vacate my hands in the future."
Jin Qing said half-truth and half-truth: "In the future? Why in the future, Master Hermit can serve as Zhongyue's honorable guest officer today. As long as I nod my head, I immediately ask the Department of Etiquette to send out a beautifully worded landscape report."
Chen Pingan shook his head and declined the matter. He really wanted to agree to be the guest of Zhongyue, but Wei Shanjun must not jump and scold others?
From beginning to end, Jin Qing did not ask who the monk next to Chen Ping was.
Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "That Huangshan Jianzong hasn't held the opening ceremony yet?"
Jin Qing said: "Zhengyang Mountain has been scared by you. Wherever you dare to mention something'Next Sect', I found myself a step down, changed the word Zong to faction early, and named it Huangshanjian. Pie, looking at the posture, I completely give up, and I don’t think there is any chance to create the next clan. As for the date of the celebration, it was set in the spring of next year at the beginning. Pick a lucky day. According to the current situation, it will be the end of next year at the earliest."
Not to mention Chen Ping'an and Liu Xianyang, who were jointly questioning the sword, only the sword fairy Miyu, and the female grandmaster Pei Qian, who were both found out in their identities, were two mountains that could not be crossed by the monks of Mount Zhengyang.
At the foot of Zhengyang Mountain, which was temporarily named "Huangshan Sword Sect" by Emperor Bamboo, Jian Xiu Yuanbai, one of the "Double Bi" of the old Zhuying dynasty, finally did not break away from Zhengyang Mountain's genealogy and did not serve as Zhongyue Guest Qing. She just returned to her homeland and served as the first head of the Huangzhu Sword Sect, and the Qingwufeng female cultivator Ni Yuerong, who has jumped several levels in a row, was promoted directly from the treasurer of Guoyunlou to the "downhill" of Zhengyang Mountain. God of Wealth.
Chen Ping’an said,
I’m still self-righteous. It’s okay, when good things come, I’ll be a little bit more happy.
At the beginning, Zhengyang Mountain felt that the next sect would be something in the bag, and became the first sect in the history of Aquarius to have the next sect, with a great momentum of "let me and others".
Now I feel that the next incident is destined to be a literal mirror image, but I don’t know that the Dayi court has arranged for the Huangshan Sword Sect. Even if Zhengyang Mountain and the mountain lord Bamboo Emperor do nothing, they are still destined to be promoted. It is the first martial art of Zongzi.
Jin Qing smiled and said, "Is this the road to heaven?"
Nowadays, the entire Aquarius Mountain and Shanshui officialdom are particularly fond of watching the jokes of Zhengyang Mountain.
And the unintentional words of Shanjun Zhongyue are actually very chewy on Qingtong's side, and the aftertaste is endless.
Chen Ping'an smiled and did not comment, but just asked: "After becoming the sword sect of Huangshan Mountain, following the old rules of the Confucian Temple, there must be a monk from the upper five realms as the suzerain, so Yuan Bai can't be the suzerain. What will happen then? Is to return again? Zhengyang Mountain, or come to Jin Shanjun to be a guest Qing?"
Jin Qing said: "It still depends on Yuan Bai's own intentions. Going to Zhengyang Mountain means that you are old-aged. From time to time, you have to be negotiated by the Patriarch Hall. With Yuan Bai's temper, he has already repented once, so he is unlikely to come to my mountain. Since the monarch’s palace has practiced, most of them will choose to stay in the next sect.
Chen Pingan said sincerely in his eyes: "Then bother Jin Shanjun and Yuan Bai say hello, Tongyezhou's first kendo sect, Xiandushan Qingping Jianzong, look forward to it, waiting for your ride."
Jin Qing laughed loudly and said, "Dare you dig the foot of the wall?"
Chen Ping'an said with a serious face: "I implore Mr. Shan to tell this matter to Yuan Bai, and it is best to help persuade one or two."
Jin Qing was a little surprised, "Do you value Yuan Bai so much?"
Yuan Bai had reached the end of the road to the dead end, and in this life he had no hope of entering the five realms, and completely missed the word sword immortal, and it was almost a foregone conclusion.
Speaking of ordinary sects, even the Middle-earth Divine Continent, who was born in large numbers that day, is naturally willing to pay tribute to a Yuan Ying Realm sword repairman who has stopped moving.
But for Chen Ping An, who has the title of "Hidden Officer," what sword repairman hasn't seen in the Great Wall of Sword Qi?
Chen Pingan said solemnly: "There are high and low levels of swordsmanship, but the pure two characters do not distinguish between high and low."
Jin Qing said, "When something is really done, I can talk about it and let Yuan Bai decide where to practice."
Before Chen Ping'an left the Jinqing Dojo, he gave out a green bamboo folding fan and said with a smile: "It's not a respect to show your heart."
Jin Qing took the folding fan and knew it was a veritable "disrespectful". He smiled and said kindly, "If the hospitality is poor, please bear with me."
When Chen Ping'an and the entourage left Beiyue, Jin Qing opened the folding fan, and there was an inscription on the fan.
Thousands of mountains embrace the mountains, Baishui Huiting, the country gate Hao Cui, the giant spirit guards the mountain, the sword lies in the frost fight, ten thousand years of brewing this majestic Quidditch.
The master of learning, his ties, national spirit, chivalrous, righteous and courageous, using the fortunes of seclusion, the sun and the moon, and the heart of the veterans.
With a smile on Jin Qing's face, he closed the folding fan, firmly grasped it in the palm of his hand, looking at the mountains and rivers, and whispered softly: "Those who have the Tao will help."
After that, Chen Pingan took Qingtong to Dongyue and Xiyue.
The two mountain monarchs were quite polite, opening the door to welcome guests, and even held a banquet in honor of Chen Ping An.
It's just that after hearing about the young hidden official's intention, the final result is two terms, one meaning.
A relative euphemism, that Dongyue Shanjun, said with a smile that this matter was against his original intention, and could only let Chen Yinguan go away for nothing.
And Mr. Xiyue Shan said that Tongyezhou, whose heart is sparsely populated, is simply a pool of mud that can't be supported. Who has ever seen Lord Chen who would put a stick of incense in the mud?
Qing Tong murmured: "The mountain monarch of Aquarius One Continent, even so, I didn't let you eat closed doors when I died. I entered the mountain gate anyway. Please have a cup of tea, but the five mountains in the middle earth, the five mountain monarchs, It will only be bigger, what should I do?"
Compared with the last time Qingtong was led by the nose, Chen Ping'an and Qingtong made it clear about where to see who was going to meet in the mountains this time.
Wearing a blue shirt is like dancing in the void, surrounded by a dreamlike glazed glaze, is a wonderful view that can only be found when wading in the long river of time.
Chen Ping'an calmly said: "The boat goes to Qiaotou Road to look for the mountains, and take a step to see what else can be done."
Qing Tong asked, "Don't you feel aggrieved at all?"
Chen Ping'an couldn't help being amused by this question, and gently rubbed his face with both hands, "Qing Tong, you have been on the top of the mountain for too long, except for the thought of Jian Xiu, which will make you feel useless.
If you are willing, I can help to say hello to the Confucian Temple and allow you to travel across continents. I don’t have the skills, but let you leave the town’s demon building and travel anywhere on the continent. I’m still a little sure. of. "
"If I had this idea, I wouldn't tell the Confucian Temple myself?"
"I have a friend who said that people should not be led away by face."
"Furthermore, don't think that the Most Sacred Master has once been in the Demon Tower of the Guest Town, you can really do it."
"The Shanshui officialdom is also a public practice. There are many rules and different ways. The county official is not as good as the current one. It is the same. You can't fake the imperial edict and talk nonsense with the Confucian Temple. Say that the Holy Master agreed to this matter? Then tell yourselves. If you don’t talk about the three masters and deputy heads of the Zhongtu Confucian Temple, Xuegong Jijiu, and Siye, you must be unfamiliar with them, and you have never seen them before. Then just talk about Tongyezhou Dafu and Tianmu. There are three local academies in Wuxi, plus the sages who sit in the sky, which one do you know? So let alone make an exception for you and say good things, it is estimated that there are some ambiguities that are feasible or not. It will only be a failure."
"I took the initiative to speak just now. You are just a trivial matter of nodding your head along the way, but if you bypass me and be rejected by the Confucian Temple, wouldn't you lose the face?"
"Humans, whether you practice on the mountain or discuss life under the mountain, you just want to go out and have face everywhere, but you can't just live for face, don't take care of the firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea at hand. Isn’t this the reason why you can go down the mountain easily?"
Qingtong was speechless.
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "At this moment, avoid the cold, you can keep up with the phrase'something makes sense' again."
Qing Tong said, "Do you like reasoning so much?"
Chen Ping’an smiled and said,
That’s a friend you haven’t met me with. By the way, he will attend the next ceremony, and he should be in Xiandu Mountain now. When I ask you to come to your house as a guest, you will treat it as a My face?"
Qing Tong asked: "Who?"
God knows who you will let as a guest.
Chen Ping’an said:
It’s Liu Jinglong, the Sect Master of Taihui Sword Sect, a man who is good at reasoning and likes to drink. He said in advance that my friend has an invincible amount of alcohol. Is there a lot of immortal wine stored in the town’s demon building?
There are few sword repairmen in the world who don't drink, Qing Tong said: "I heard of this person, it seems that he is not high in realm now, is he just a sword repairer in the Jade Pure Realm, right?"
Chen Ping'an tut: "Isn't the realm high?"
If Liu Jinglong is a local swordsman of the Great Wall of Sword Qi, it is estimated that the eldest sword fairy will teach swordsmanship himself.
Just talking about Liu Jinglong's natal flying sword, it will definitely be rated as the "A top" of the Summer Palace, because the highest rank is only the top one.
I have to admit that it has been a long time to get along with Qingtong, the great mountain monk, and it seems to be quite easy.
Let’s look at the other ones, Guan Dao Guan Old Guan Zhu, Bai Di Cheng Zheng Zhong, Sui Chu Gong Wu Shuang Jiang...
If they had the identity of a fourteenth-level cultivator, then even the ascending-level swordsman Pei Min, and the sudden rain asking about the sword, the pressure that Pei Min brought to Chen Ping'an was incomparable.
Regarding Liu Jinglong’s visit, Qingtong neither refused nor agreed, but just thinking of the janitor at the foot of the mountain, Qingtong still couldn’t hold back it, and his uncontrollable voice trembled slightly and asked a weird question. , "Is he really him?"
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "Guess."
Qingtong gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, not daring to ask questions.
Jian Xiu Jian Xiu, speaking and doing things, is really cheaper than the other.
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "Why do you curse?"
Qing Tong's face was gloomy, "You can already hear my heart?"
Chen Pingan smiled and said, "Guess again."
Qingtong was angrily, "It's enough!"
Chen Ping'an smiled and fell silent for a moment, before asking for no reason: "Where did all the words we spoke, you said?"
Probably not expecting any answers from Qingtong. Chen Ping'an asked and replied: "Could it be like a comparison of two mirrors?"
Nanyue.
At the time when the drizzle was hazy, the rain was continuous and the mountain roads were muddy and difficult to navigate.
The female mountain monarch Fan Junmao looked around, and was actually in the pavilion where she was last time. "It is said that thinking of the day leads to dreams of the night. What's the matter?"
Fan Junmao folded his hands and surrounded the blue shirt. He smiled and said, "It's good for you to dream of others by the gods of mountains and rivers. Come on, see me, what do you mean by sneaky things?"
Fan Junmao glanced at Qingtong slantingly, "This man? Is it unnecessary for her to appear here?"
Fan Junmao pretended to say suddenly, "Understood, it's just that Mr. Hidden tastes a bit heavy."
Chen Ping'an was expressionless, "Done?"
Fan Junmao restrained his joking expression, stopped, sat on the bench, and asked: "The vision of the world that originated in Bai Yujing earlier is related to you, right?"
Chen Ping'an nodded without denying.
Fan Junmao was amazed, saying that the country is easy to change and the temperament is difficult to change. This guy is really a good wealth boy.
The only difference is the identity. The taxi should treat each other with admiration for three days.
The younger brother Fan Er is always foolish.
Fan Junmao leaned against the railing, leaned his legs, and placed his hands horizontally on the railing. Originally, he was tired and lazy. After hearing Chen Ping’an’s business experience, Fan Junmao suddenly looked vigorous. He was fair in business and made a small profit!
Whoops, never thought that today is the 30th of the New Year, and a good year can be had?
As for the monk Mili in Biyi who dared not see anyone, Fan Junmao didn't need to look straight, because she could see through the humble and inferior origin of the other party at once.
After all, Fan Junmao had a more concealed origin in addition to the identity of the mountain monarch on the table.
What if he is an ascended cultivator? It's just a little bigger ant.
Just like Na Zhigui, how can it be a real dragon? In the ancient years ten thousand years ago, it was still a long reptile.
The supreme person back then found Fan Junmao, who had already opened his mind and remembered his former identity. Just because Fan Junmao said something wrong, the other party almost cut her to death with a sword, but Fan Junmao was still happy.
You must know that Fan Junmao was in the ancient heavenly court, and in fact, the status was not low, and it was regarded as the existence of the second highest position.
Qingtong secretly swallowed, because she vaguely recognized the person's roots and feet. It was not Qingtong's unique vision, but after Fan Junmao became a female mountain king, she intentionally or unconsciously restored part of her former true face, which happened to be Qingtong once. I have seen her once from afar, and I have a deep memory.
It may also be a human monk in the ascending realm, who is "younger" than Qingtong, and even has a lower cultivation base and lower killing power. They look at the remnants of the gods like "Fan Junmao".
, It will be a completely different perspective.
Chen Ping'an looked at Fan Junmao and smiled: "This is the look in his eyes ten thousand years ago, and it will still be the same after ten thousand years. Then this life has worked so hard to temper the golden body of the gods, what is the picture?"
Qingtong was on Chen Ping'an's side. He was used to playing dumb riddles and destructive speech. For a while, he was moved a little bit, and he was a little uncomfortable.
Fan Junmao stared at this unassuming young sword repairman, her eyes were cold and her face was uncertain. After a while, she suddenly smiled and nodded frequently and said: "The official of the hidden official, whoever is the official has the final say."
Fan Junmao made a complete cut from the previous moment, and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to call Fan Er over?"
Chen Pingan seemed to be in the same situation, shaking his head and smiling, "No, I will definitely find him for a drink when I return home from Tongyezhou."
Fan Junmao looked playfully, "Drinking flower wine?"
Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "Two big gents, just drinking flower wine, what can be the problem."
Amidst the yingyan flowers, I am sitting in distress, isn't it more determined.
Fan Junmao obviously didn't believe it, and sneered, "Really? Leave me here and get a fat man with a swollen face?"
As a mountain monarch, I have heard many deeds of the second treasurer of the Great Wall of Jianqi.
Chen Ping'an said: "What's false about this."
The sword repairman of the Great Wall of Sword Qi, who doesn't know, I, Chen Ping'an, drink when I want to drink, and I will return whenever I want to return to Ningfu.
Ning Yao stopped once? Ever said half a sentence? Absolutely nothing.
You outsiders know a shit.
In fact, Chen Ping'an had already honestly reported with Ning Yao about the meal that he had missed for so many years.
Said that he had passed by Old Dragon City for the first time, and met with that Fan Er. In addition, he was young and ignorant. At that time, he couldn't hold back the stunner of Fan Er, and promised him to drink flower wine.
Of course, the so-called flower wine, at most, is that there are women playing the piano from the side.
Fan Junmao asked casually: "Have you been to the Eastern and Western Mountains?"
Needless to say, Wei Bo in Beiyue is a family with Chen Pingan. In addition, the Fengyuan ferry from the Xuanmi dynasty of Luoposhan will dock at the Zhongyue Ferry, which means that Chen Pingan and Jin Qing also Hooked up.
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "None."
Fan Junmao gloated and said, "Shan Lord Chen is so guilty that he has the status of a hermit who can frighten people. Otherwise, with the temper of a certain mountain monarch, he must make an order on the spot."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "You gave me the status of a hidden official?"
Fan Junmao laughed loudly, raised his hand, and a jug appeared in his hand and shook it gently.
When the two sides first saw each other, they were taking the Longdao route under the ground. The two ferry boats staggered past, and they were once played by Fan Junmao.
To be precise, both sides thought that each other was a fool at the time.
Chen Ping'an said, "I won't drink the wine anymore, I'm going on my way soon."
Fan Junmao didn't mean to keep guests, but said, "Don't give up so many merits. This move is tantamount to a little profanity."
Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "Take it from the heavens and the earth, and return it to the heavens and the earth. You think it's a profanity, I think it's..."
Hedao.
It's just this vocabulary that Chen Ping'an said when he reached his lips, and he swallowed it back. The meaning was too big, and it was a bit unclear.
Oh, if the old cook, Cui Dongshan, Pei Qian, and Jia Sheng were around, I guess they would have followed the flattery.
When Chen Ping'an left, Fan Junmao was still sitting in the pavilion. She showed a look of sadness, raised her head and took a sip of wine, then turned her head and looked out of the mountain.
The mountains and rivers have no fixed master, and they have changed the world. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, without the old colors.
Drinking one hundred and one thousand kinds of Xianjia fermented wine is full of the bitter taste of coptis.
Fan Junmao threw the empty wine jug out of the pavilion and plunged into the sea of clouds. Eventually, it slammed on the ground, and there was no sound after a sound.
Can it really be hard to come by?
God knows. God knows?
During the sleepwalking in the long river of time, Qing Tong asked: "Next is to go to Zhongtu Sui Mountain?"
I have long heard that the request for a visa over there is very good, and the plain noodles are delicious, and Qing Tong is looking forward to it.
Chen Pingan rarely hesitated. He temporarily changed his mind and muttered to himself: "Old rules, when you arrive at the Middle-earth Shenzhou, you must have a good start."
Just like in the Qingfufang, Mr. Hong's house, there is a bonsai on the table that looks like a small dojo. The little guys don't say "Gongxi Get Fortune", and I don't think I have crossed the threshold.
Zhongtu Shenzhou, the territory of the Dayong Dynasty.
The two sides showed up at a mountain gate, Qing Tong looked up at the plaque, and said in doubt: "Jiuzhenxian Pavilion? Pavilion owner Yun Ye is not a mountain god."
Qingtong only heard that during the discussion at the Confucian Temple, Chen Ping'an had a big fight with this immortal on Yuanyangzhu's side, and he was about to be born and died.
Could it also be the kind of "no acquaintance" relationship?
Chen Ping’an explained:
Wei Zi, the Taoist companion of Yunbei, is also an immortal. It is mainly this female cultivator who owns the broken secret realm equivalent to most of the blessed land. As long as he respects the incense and is sincere, it can be counted as a mountain incense.
That’s why Chen Ping’an only went to his lotus root blessed land before. In fact, the Dragon Palace Xiaodongtian in Luzhou, North Ju, can also ignite a stick of water. It’s a pity that Li Yuan and Shen Lin, the two great dukes, are no longer in the cave. Inside. As for the Qingtan blessed land of Aquarius God Sect Sect, Chen Ping'an had no incense relationship with Sacred Sect Sect and Tianjun Qi Zhen except for knowing Han Zhoujin, who was born in the blessed land. As for the cloud cave blessed land of Yuguizong Jiang from Tongyezhou, Chief Zhou is not there, so there is no need to go.
Chen Ping'an instantly dissipated his spiritual consciousness, and quickly shrank the mountains and rivers one step at a time, and went straight to a small Xie near the water.
This is the forbidden place of Jiuzhenxian Hall. Only Yunbei and Wei Zi, a couple of gods and family members, can come here to visit and relax.
The immortal Yunya happened to be dealing with the sect affairs in the water pavilion at the moment. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the two uninvited guests by the water. After seeing the face of one of them, he quickly moved his fingers together and gently pushed aside a heavy treasure, Yun He just picked up the whisk on the table, took it with him, got up immediately, and walked out of the water pavilion quickly.
Qingtong saw the immortal of the Jiuzhen Immortal Hall, with a face like a crown jade, white clothes surpassing snow, holding a snow-white whisk in his hand.
Yunbo's appearance and tolerance are all very good, but it seems to be a bit inferior to Shanjun Weibo.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you, the Taoist friend Yunya still has the same demeanor."
Yun Ye forcefully resisted the horror in his heart and bowed, but he remained silent and didn't know how to address the other party.
As for how to be dragged into this place, Immortal Yunya is both strange and not strange.
It is strange why the other party is willing to take the initiative to find himself.
It is not surprising how the other party did this.
Chen Pingan exclaimed: "Be careful and cautious, better than casual cultivators."
Liu Zhimao once said that in terms of mental means, those immortal genealogists, in the eyes of Shanzeyexiu, are young children who do nothing more. But there are a handful of immortal genealogists who talk about the degree of cruelty and the concealment of harmful methods. We Shansawaye Xiu knows those inside stories, and I am afraid we will be ashamed.
Yun Yao quickly put away the whisk that has always been used to save his life, his face was ashamed, and he whispered: "Mr. Zheng laughed."
Since Mr. Zheng is willing to bring that unpredictable monk with him, it must be a confidant.
Qingtong has removed the power fence, a middle-earth sect that he knows, at best, is two fairyland, even if it is not in Chen Ping’an’s dream, visiting the Jiuzhenxianguan by himself is not a leisurely garden. Take a walk?
After hearing the name "Mr. Zheng", Qing Tong was a little confused.
Could it be that Chen Pingan traveled to the Central-Earth Continent, and then used a pseudonym surnamed Zheng?
Chen Pingan said: "Whether Wei Zi is in the mountains, I want to take a trip to the secret realm, and I need you to light a stick of incense each."
The immortal Wei Zi is proficient in ghosts, and her way of proving is exactly the place where the evil spirits are strong.
Yun Yao quickly called her over to Shuixie, Taoist companion Wei Zi, looking at the face of the 28th girl.
Chen Ping'an then roughly said the reason for this trip, and both Yunya and the Taoist couple did not hesitate, and they readily agreed.
As for those two merits, Yun Ye was actually unwilling to accept, but he dared not refuse.
Wei Zi then opened the door of the secret realm and led the city lord of the Baidi City into that secret dojo together with a female sister who was most likely to be an ascendant realm.
In the land of thousands of miles, the evil spirits are rising, the smoke is billowing, and there are tens of thousands of lonely ghosts floating around, but there is no sense of filth, and there are even several cities in which ghosts and ghosts live, and they are extremely prosperous. It is a kind of Tongxuan handwriting that seems to recreate Yang Jian.
Chen Ping'an and his party are now standing on a high platform that looks like the center of the sky and the earth.
Qingtong's realm is enough, staring at the seemingly filthy but clear-spirited heaven and earth, he said to Chen Ping'an with his heartfelt voice: "As long as these immortal and humane couples are not arrested here, they are gathered around and lost their sacrifices. The ghosts of, are a merit in themselves. And seeing that those ghosts can maintain a little real spirit, they seem to have a'going place', so the latter is more likely. It is very likely that this is a link between the sun and the underworld. The bridge crossing the river, um, yes, this female cultivator should be the kind of legendary mountain "barman". I really underestimated the Jiuzhen Immortal Pavilion, this Middle-earth God Continent, there are indeed many strange people and strangers."
Seeing that Mr. Zheng did not speak, Yunya and Wei Zi looked at each other.
Wei Zi also joked before, if the other party is a guest at the Jiuzhen Immortal Hall, how will the husband behave himself.
Now Yun Yao wants to say something with a smile, would you still doubt the identity of the other party?
The prohibition on the landscape of the Nine Realms Immortal Pavilion is not something that a random Ascendant can come and go freely.
Mr. Zheng's identity is naturally true and there is no doubt about it.
Besides, just to mention that Mr. Zheng's entourage, the condensed Dao Qi, is not more astonishing than the old soaring of Nan Guangzhao and his ilk?
Wei Zi said with a coquettish voice: "It's been a long time since the cooking is broken, and the fish is raw in the cauldron. This kind of clumsy trick will only laugh generously in the eyes of the Taoist."
Chen Pingan shook his head, "You are interested."
Yunya whispered softly: "It's a pity that this secret realm is firmly connected to the ancestral mountain of our Jiuzhen Immortal Hall and cannot be moved."
If this is not the case, otherwise Yunya really plans to relocate this place to Tongyezhou or Fuyaozhou.
Chen Pingan was silent.
Because at this moment Chen Ping'an even has a conjecture that he feels very...horrible.
Only a handful of mountain monks would guess that Zheng Juzhong had actually been among the fourteenth realms.
Then only a handful of monks knew that Zheng Juzhong had not only entered the fourteenth realm, but also had one person and two fourteenth realms.
Then is there a possibility that Zheng Juzhong still has a third clone who has been practicing quietly in that dark place for many years?
Chen Ping'an calmed his mind and asked casually, "Is the sect that Nan Guangzhao stayed in, the Jiuzhen Immortal Hall almost digested?"
Yun Yao bowed his head and clasped his fists to thank him, "Seven or eight, it's already something in the belly."
Nan Guangguang was decapitated by the criminal officer Haosu, and this Mr. Zheng in front of him was the last hermit of the Great Wall of Jianqi.
Isn't it simple and easy?
If it weren’t clear that Zheng Juzhong wouldn’t mind this misunderstanding of
just wrong
, Chen Ping’an would have slapped Yun Ye’s head with a slap, would he have a degree of wonder?
With a strange mood, Chen Pingan left the Jiuzhenxian Hall with Qingtong.
Inside the water pavilion, Wei Zi asked in his heart: "What do you think Mr. Zheng did this way?"
Yun Ye fell to the dust and smiled and said: "Why should we be mediocre and count the hearts of the heavens? Just watch from the sidelines and wait and see."
Mr. Zheng's conspiracy must be beyond imagination.
Wei Zi covered his mouth and smiled.
The husband is self-conscious, and never thought that there would be a day when he would willingly call himself a "Mediocre".
On the long journey, in the Qingtongxin Lake, there are turbulent waves.
Finally came to the aftertaste.
Who could be that Yunya and Wei Zi, a pair of immortals, who are like gods from the bottom of their hearts, and whose surname is Zheng?
Putting on Mi Lei’s Qing Tong again, he raised Mi Lei again, turned to look at Chen Ping’an, with a timid expression, cautiously said:
Before many offenses, I hope Zheng... Mr. Chen has A lot, don't worry about it."
Since he is afraid of the embroidered tiger Cui Yang, how can Qingtong not be afraid of the other chess player in the tenth game of Caiyun, the lord of Baidicheng Zheng?
Chen Ping'an said helplessly, "Do you and Yunya use the same brain?"
Qingtong felt that he was not stupid, and he wondered if it was so. Who on earth is Chen Ping'an, and his true identity, became more and more confused.
Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years. I would rather believe it if you have it than if you don't believe it, and treat it as that person.
Before leaving Tongyezhou, the master of Bixiao Cave of Guandao Temple had a farewell to Qingtong.
Lao Guanzhu also had a comment on the pros and cons of the world's heroes, such as Fu Lu Yu Xuan, the pure Yang Taoist Lu Yan. Heavenly Master Zhao Tianlai, Ai Aizhou God of Wealth Liu Jubao, and the real person of the Fire Dragon on Difeng, should have been a 14th level but missed Wei She. Swordsman Pei Min. Taoist Liang Shuang...
As for Huaiyin and his ilk, they don't seem to be worthy of being brought to the table by the old master.
Among them, of course, there is the awe-inspiring Demon Dao giant, Baidicheng Zheng in the middle.
You don't need to be too jealous of the people Zheng in the center, the whole world, at most one hand.
In addition to the word "too much", the key is that the old view master also added two words, "now."
If it were not for this small chat with the old Guanzhu, Qingtong would really not be so afraid of a great monk from the Middle-earth Divine Continent.
The big deal is that the water in the well does not invade the river.
Besides, both sides are ascending to Consummation, and Qingtong is happy to be quiet, and only needs to stay in the town demon building, and will not take the initiative to provoke Baidi City.
In the end, the old master gave a conclusion.
In the future, it will be as long as two or three hundred years, and as long as a thousand years. When the five worlds are added together, the mountain monks with at most hands can try to break their wrists with Zheng Juzhong.
If there is a brand new one of the world's top ten.
There must be a place for Zheng in the middle.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "Since you are so in awe of Chengzhu Zheng, do you want to understand a truth, a person who cultivates the Tao needs to cultivate his strength and his mind."
Qing Tong nodded vigorously and said: "The most reasonable!"
Chen Ping'an couldn't laugh or cry, really felt a bit useless.
I have a hard questioning, and I have to add Xiaomo's questioning sword. It turns out that it is not as effective as a "Mr. Zheng"?
On the way to Sui Mountain in Zhongtu, Qingtong has been carefully looking at the green shirts around him from the corner of his eye.
Finally found that the other party had a smiling face, as if thinking of a happy thing, with gentle eyes.
At the age of fourteen, after leaving his hometown for the first time, Chen Ping’an traveled a long way, drank many kinds of drinks, and saw many people and things, but every year he walked, he would have to go more. Haven't eaten moon cakes in a year. How many times have you eaten? Chen Pingan is actually not very sure, because there are vague memories, it seems that there were only two times before the fifth age?
Even if the Luopo Mountain became more and more lively and there were more and more people later, Zhu Lian managed to keep things dripping, and Xiao Nuanshu was careful, but this matter was forgotten.
Chen Pingan made up his mind that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, in Luopo Mountain, must enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a bright moon, rich and poor, which is very comforting.