Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 157 The world's talented people, only you and Eleven

"As long as the Gu God is not dead, there will be no more saints."

Zhou Ping looked at the words on the paper from more than 9,000 years ago and felt somewhat puzzled.

What is the Gu God?
As long as the Gu God doesn't die, the Saint will never stop?

When Zhou Ping obtained the things in the storage jade, it was like learning history.

Before the human race there was the demon race, and before the demon race there was the devil.

Now he got two more sentences, but Zhou Ping was too ignorant to know what these two sentences meant.

Zhou Ping couldn't figure it out, so he simply gave up. He could live forever, so he would have plenty of time to think about the mysteries of this world.

After Zhou Ping finished studying the items on the storage jade, he began to count the supplies on the three men in black who had been killed.

The bodies of the three men in black have been dealt with, but a lot of equipment was also found on them.

The first is silver.

A total of more than a thousand taels of silver were looted from the three people.

According to their wealth, it should be more than a thousand taels. However, the three of them were warriors, and they exchanged the money for elixirs, magic tools, etc.

So the three of them didn't have much money.

The second is the magical instrument.

The mists of the three people were two knives and a sword.

In addition, one of them also left behind a short dagger, which was a good magical weapon as it could cut through iron like mud.

Then there were some bottles and jars, some of which contained elixirs and some of which contained poisons.

Zhou Ping counted the spoils and put them all in the storage jade.

"Look at the memories of these three people and see why they came to find me." Zhou Ping heard them say that it was Master Zhao who sent them to find him, but he didn't know why they came to find him.

Could it be that he disliked me because I didn't enter the secret realm? Or was the secret of my storage jade leaked?

Zhou Ping began to look at the memories of the three people.

These three men were originally three robbers. After they were caught by the government, they were supposed to be executed, but they were rescued by Song Tixia.

Song Tixia saw that the three of them were seventh-grade warriors with considerable strength, so he accepted them as his thugs.

Normally, whenever someone needs to be killed, these three people are the ones who do it.

The three of them were doing dirty work for Tixia Song!
Since the three men followed Song Tixia, they have committed many crimes, including murder, arson, and kidnapping of women.

With the help of the three people's perspectives, Zhou Ping saw Zhao Tiancheng giving orders to Song Tixia.

"Sure enough, he wants to kill me because he doesn't like me." Zhou Ping sighed secretly. He had been low-key and careful enough, but he didn't expect that he would still be targeted.

When Zhou Ping read novels before, he didn’t understand why the villains were so stupid and had to offend the protagonist.

Now he understood that it was just an obedience test. The villain wanted others to obey him, and obedience made him happy.

On the contrary, he becomes unhappy if others disobey him.

So Zhao Tiancheng was unhappy, so he wanted to make himself happy. Song Tixia wanted to make himself happy, after all, what was a small escort.

Not to mention a small escort, even if someone else offended Zhao Tiancheng, Zhao Tiancheng would take revenge on him.

After reading the memories of the three people, Zhou Ping wrote Zhao Tiancheng down in his death note: "This kid was able to enter the secret realm, but his cultivation is not high. Find a chance to kill him, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

The killer sent by Zhao Tiancheng is already dead. If Zhao Tiancheng knew about it, he might send someone to cause trouble for Zhou Ping. Instead of doing that, it would be better to kill him as soon as possible.

Killing a person is easy, but the hard part is not letting others know that it was Zhou Ping who killed him. Zhou Ping already had a plan in mind!
"Although I am a coward, since I have offended someone and you have sent people to kill me, there is no reason for me to keep you." Zhou Ping's eyes flashed with cold light. He didn't want to be a saintly bitch.

the next day.

Zhou Ping stretched and went out.

"Zhou Ping, you're back." Liu Ruyan said with some surprise while hugging Xiaobai.

Xiaobai jumped out from Liu Ruyan's chest and then leaped up. However, when he jumped onto Zhou Ping, Xiaobai turned into a cat-eared girl: "Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping."

Xiaobai rubbed his head against Zhou Ping affectionately.

Zhou Ping was originally planning to hold a kitten, but he didn't expect to hold a girl with cat ears.

After not seeing her for a few days, Xiaobai had become even whiter and more tender. He couldn't help but glance at Xiaobai's chest and said, "You've grown up."

Liu Ruyan didn't understand, so she smiled and said, "Yes, she has grown up. I feel that she has become smarter recently and can speak several words now."

Xiaobai's evolutionary path is different from Xiaoqing's.

Xiaoqing first transformed from a demon into a human, but Xiaobai ate the transformation grass by chance and turned into a human directly, so her IQ is not high.

He Yunqing also saw Zhou Ping when she went out. She stepped forward and helped Liu Ruyan up: "Mom, I told you, Zhou Ping is fine, you are still worried."

Liu Ruyan's face turned slightly red.

He Yunqing then said to Zhou Ping: "Zhou Ping, after you entered the secret realm, mother was very worried. I couldn't sleep at night, always thinking that something bad would happen to you."

Liu Ruyan coughed dryly: "Yunqing, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Ping also sensed a strange aura, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

Zhou Ping didn't know yet that because of his song "Spring River Moon Night", many girls in Qinghe County wanted to marry him.

Not only in Qinghe County, but just yesterday some matchmakers from Qingyuan County came with portraits of many young girls to propose marriage.

Matchmakers not only matchmake young girls, but also widows.

Before these matchmakers came to Zhou Ping, they first went to Chen Lishi. According to Chen Lishi, Zhou Ping did not like young girls, but young women.

So the matchmakers started to think about it and began to look for a widow or something like that for Zhou Ping.

"By the way, Yunqing, I have a brother named Chen Erdan. He wants to work in a pharmacy. I wonder if you have a suitable job for him." Zhou Ping saw that the atmosphere was not right and quickly changed the subject.

He Yunqing smiled and said, "That's no problem. Half of the industries in Qinghe County are related to drugstores. Many people have jobs in drugstores. Just let him come."

Next, He Yunqing introduced the situation of He's pharmacy to Zhou Ping.

The He family's business has seen explosive growth in the past two months.

First of all, the medicinal herbs on Yaowang Mountain have grown back.

Secondly, herbalists began to appear on Qinglong Mountain. Many of the herbs on Qinglong Mountain are of good age and can be sold at a good price.

Furthermore, because of the emergence of the secret realm, many outsiders came to Qinghe County. These practitioners actually made a lot of moves, so the business of the medicine shop was much better.

"The revenue of the pharmacy in the past two months is equivalent to the revenue of the whole of last year." He Yunqing said with shining eyes.

Zhou Ping nodded, but didn't respond. He was also happy to see the He family's good business.

In a sense, Zhou Ping is a shareholder of the He family.

"Zhou Ping is back." Fan Shiyi also walked out of the room. Xiaoqing jumped from Fan Shiyi to Zhou Ping's shoulder. One of her eyes was a little red and swollen.

Fan Shiyi asked in surprise: "What's wrong with your eyes?" Xiaoqing said angrily: "You are still the ghost bride!"

It turned out that when Zhou Ping came back yesterday, Xiaoqing knew that Zhou Ping was back, so she wanted to find Zhou Ping to absorb some Yang energy.

Who would have thought that the ghost bride actually set up an illusion in the room.

In the illusion array, Xiaoqing had a fight with the ghost bride, but she didn't gain any advantage and even had one of her eyes injured.

Fan Shiyi laughed loudly: "This is the consequence of snatching food from other people's bowls!"

Zhou Ping didn't expect that Xiao Qing would actually fight with the ghost bride. He knew that the ghost bride had activated the magic array, but he didn't hear any movement.

It seems that the ghost bride has become stronger again!

"What do you mean by taking food from someone else's bowl?" Xiao Qing was immediately unhappy. "There has to be a first come first served rule, okay? I saw Zhou Ping first."

If we go by who absorbed Zhou Ping's yang energy first, then Xiaoqing is indeed ahead of the ghost bride.

Fan Shiyi stopped talking and looked at Zhou Ping: "Zhou Ping, I'm leaving, please see me off."

Zhou Ping was a little surprised, but not much.

Zhou Ping began to send Fan Shiyi off.

According to Fan Shiyi, the imperial examination will be held in three months.

This exam is an exam for scholars.

The examination for scholars was held in various prefectures and counties, and the examination for Qianzhou County was held in Qianzhou City.

The scholar examination was held by Qianzhou Academy, which was under the charge of Meng Jiusheng.

In addition to Qianzhou Academy, Dawei Academy will also send someone to invigilate the exam. Fan Shiyi is the invigilator this time!

When the two of them went out, Zhou Ping saw a group of matchmakers waiting at the door.

"Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping, do you want a wife or not?"

"Zhou Ping, I have three daughters in my family, you can pick any one of them. If you don't want a dowry, I will pay for it."

"Zhou Ping, I don't want a dowry either. I only have one daughter in my family, and I don't want you to be my son-in-law. If my daughter marries you, all my family assets will be yours in the future."

"Zhou Ping, I'm from Qingyuan County. You can choose any girl from Qingyuan County. I've also prepared a few young women and widows for you. You can choose which one you like."

Zhou Ping was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to hide in. Who spread the news that he liked young women?
Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi finally squeezed through the crowd and arrived at the tunnel entrance.

Qinghe and Qingyuan counties are remote counties in Qianzhou County. If you want to go to Qianzhou County, you have to pass through Qingyuan County first.

"Do you want me to give you a ride?" Zhou Ping said with a smile while looking at the tunnel.

Xiao Qing leaned out and said with a smile, "Yes, Zhou Ping likes walking in this kind of narrow and dark tunnel the most."

Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi's expressions changed slightly. What a speeding car!

Fan Shiyi shook his head and then asked, "Do you have any poems?"

Fan Shiyi looked at Qinghe County. She came here because of Zhou Ping's Quiet Night Thoughts. She has been here for more than a year and has experienced a lot.

For a moment, Fan Shiyi felt a little reluctant to leave. He didn't know whether he was reluctant to leave this place or the people here.

During this year, Fan Shiyi was most impressed by Zhou Ping's growth. Zhou Ping had transformed from a small escort to a poet!
But Fan Shiyi felt that Zhou Ping was strange.

For scholars and poets, they always take the initiative to write poetry and want to write a good poem.

But Zhou Ping is different. Zhou Ping's poems are all forced out. Zhou Ping can only write good poems when others force him to do so.

Zhou Ping thought for a moment and said, "No feeling."

Fan Shiyi was slightly disappointed, but not much: "You and Shiyi are the only talented people in the world."

Although this sentence was very literary, Zhou Ping understood it. Fan Shiyi was praising Zhou Ping, saying that both Zhou Ping and himself were talented people. And they were talented people of the same level.

Xiao Qing said, "Zhou Ping, you have to know that there are so many talented people in the capital, and Fan Shiyi has never told anyone about this game."

There were many talented people in the capital, but Fan Shiyi didn't like any of them.

Simply put, in Fan Shiyi's eyes, if his poetry writing level is 10,000, then others are 1,000, and no one can even touch Fan Shiyi's shadow.

But Zhou Ping did it.

It was like climbing a mountain. Fan Shiyi always felt that there was no one around her and she had a feeling of being alone. But when Fan Shiyi turned a slope, she suddenly saw a figure.

The back figure is exactly Zhou Ping's.

"Am I famous?" Although Zhou Ping had witnessed the grand occasion of the matchmaker introducing him to a girl, he still didn't know how famous he was.

Fan Shiyi rolled his eyes at Zhou Ping and said, "This poem of yours, Spring River, Flowers, Rain, and Night, will make all the scholars in Wei know you. I am too lazy to tell you how good this poem is."

Fan Shiyi was speechless. She didn't understand how Zhou Ping could write such a good poem.

"Being famous doesn't seem to be a good thing." Zhou Ping sighed. He wanted to keep a low profile, but he didn't expect to become famous.

Fan Shiyi said with a smile: "It's a good thing to be famous. When you go out into the world, tell others that you are the owner of Spring River Flower Rain Night. Who knows, they might let you go."

"The Great Wei values ​​culture over military power. If you write this poem, you will become a key protected person in the Great Wei and the academy. If anyone does something bad to you, you can escape to the academy and the academy will protect you." Fan Shiyi said.

Zhou Ping's eyes turned. He didn't expect that Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye would bring him such a good thing.

"You wrote a poem called Quiet Night Thoughts, which made it possible for people all over the world, even those who couldn't read, to memorize a few lines. That's why my father wanted to take you as his disciple."

"Now there is another poem called 'Spring River Moon Night'. This poem may have added a few more points to the literary context of the world. As long as you don't do anything against your moral character, even if it means rebellion, my father will probably protect you."

Fan Shiyi said with a smile.

Zhou Ping was stunned. He didn't expect that a song "Spring River, Flowers, Rainy Night" would be so powerful. He also didn't expect that Fan Zhongfu would be so powerful that he could protect himself even if he rebelled.

Fan Shiyi seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly added: "My father is a person who values ​​character. If you have bad character, he will not look down on you even if you write good poems."

Fan Shiyi has been with Zhou Ping for a year, and overall, she thinks Zhou Ping's character is acceptable. Although he doesn't have a chivalrous heart, he is not a villain either.

"If someone dislikes me and wants to kill me, but I kill him, will the academy protect me?" Zhou Ping thought for a while and said, "It's not my fault, it's someone else's fault."

Fan Shiyi immediately said with a smile: "The truth will prevail in the world. Even if it is the current emperor, if he does something wrong, you can kill him, and the academy and my father will protect you. As I said before, you can't do anything against morality!"

Zhou Ping nodded.

Fan Shiyi and Zhou Ping were talking about this matter, and Xiaoqing stayed above Zhou Ping's head and absorbed his yang energy fiercely.

Zhou Ping's face turned visibly pale.

The ghost bride couldn't bear it anymore, so she appeared beside Zhou Ping and grabbed Xiaoqing's weak spot.

Xiaoqing struggled desperately.

Fan Shiyi looked at the ghost bride and said enviously, "I hate myself so much!"

Zhou Ping looked at Fan Shiyi's expression, and suddenly a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "Do you like it? I'll lend it to you for a while."

(End of this chapter)