On the Avenue

"Tianqing!"

A voice came, Chen Shi and Li Tianqing looked over and saw seven or eight young men, dressed like scholars, bright but not ostentatious, all full of vigor and youth, waving to Li Tianqing from afar.

Li Tianqing responded and whispered: "They are from my Li family. The one who called me is Li Jun, the second son of my fourth uncle, who takes good care of me. They probably called me for something, so I'll go over."

Chen Shi nodded.

Li Tianqing ran over, and Li Jun smiled and said, "Tianqing, we brothers have just arrived in Xinxiang. We are unfamiliar with the place and have many inconveniences. We don't know where to play. After all, you have been here before, so why don't you take us around?"

Li Tianqing said in embarrassment, "I went to the countryside last time and never to the county town."

Li Jun said, "It's nothing more than finding a place to enjoy the view and drink tea. The person you just talked to, is he a local? Just go and ask him."

Li Tianqing ran back and told the story. Chen Shi said, "I was visiting the night market a few days ago and passed by the Qingqu River in the city. I saw a pleasure boat in the river. Most of the time, you can enjoy the view and drink tea. But Tianqing, I see that they call you here and there, and they don't treat you as a brother, but as a servant. "

Li Tianqing said: "I'll tell you when I come back."

He hurried over and told Li Jun and others about the painting boat. Li Jun asked the other brothers and sisters what they thought, and they all laughed and said: "It's nothing more than a new place, enjoying the scenery, and looking for a secluded and elegant place. Let's go on the painting boat."

Li Jun nodded and said: "Thank you Tianqing. Was that your friend just now? Let's call him together. It will save some trouble if there are locals leading the way."

Li Tianqing said yes, came over to call Chen Shi, and led everyone to Qingqu River.

Li Tianqing whispered, "I am a concubine's son in the Li family. I have no status. My status in the mansion is not as good as that of a favored maid. If I hadn't discovered the Ming treasure ship and made a contribution this time, I'm afraid they wouldn't even bother with me."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Then what's the point of staying in the Li family? Why don't you go to Ganyang Mountain with me? At least you can be a mountain king. No one dares to say anything in the village."

Li Tianqing sighed, "Born in a noble family, you can't help yourself."

While talking, they came to the Qingqu River Wharf and called a pleasure boat. The river water was clean. There was a wind symbol painted on the pleasure boat, which could be activated to make the pleasure boat go with the wind, which was very convenient.

The boatman was a father and daughter. The father was at the helm, and the daughter was busy and helped to make tea. She was very attentive.

The young masters of the Li family saw that the girl was pretty and flirted with her. Unexpectedly, the girl was hot-tempered and talked a lot of dirty and vegetarian things, which made the young masters of the Li family blush.

Everyone laughed and watched the pleasure boat sail into the Qingqu River.

"Why is the water so clear? Because it has fresh water from the source."

Li Jun sighed with helplessness in his voice, saying, "This Ming Dynasty is picturesque, but it's a pity that the government is weak and the people in power are mostly drunkards. They are in collusion with each other, so that evil spirits are rampant, which has failed this picturesque country and the people. In this world, how can there be a clear canal? Without a clear canal, how can there be fresh water? Without fresh water, how can there be fish and dragons dancing?"

When he said this, everyone was also quite touched.

Chen Shi couldn't help but look at him, thinking: "This young master Li Jun can see the current problems clearly."

Li Zhengqing is the fourth son of Li Xiaozheng, and said: "Second brother is right. But the world is like this. Although you and I have the heart to reform the problems, we have no power and influence, what can we do?"

They sighed.

Li Jun chanted: "In vain, my hair has turned white! I want to kill the thieves, but I can't do anything! It's a pity, it's a pity! If I can enter the court, I will sweep the world, eliminate the stubborn diseases of the court, promote the ancient law, and return a bright world to the world!"

Everyone praised him, and Chen Shi also praised him, saying to Li Tianqing: "The Li family has many knowledgeable people, which is admirable. They are much more powerful than the Zhao family."

He killed many members of the Zhao family and knew the character of the Zhao family's children very well.

Li Tianqing smiled but said nothing.

On the painted boat, everyone was passionate and sang sad songs, lamenting how hard life was in this world, and how the court was full of ruthless people. They sighed that they were powerless and could not change the current situation.

Chen Shi admired Li Jun and others more and more. At this time, Li Jun asked the boat girl, "Do you have skinny horses in this city?"

The boat girl wondered, "What do you mean by skinny horses?"

Li Jun was slightly embarrassed and whispered, "It means young prostitutes."

The boat girl smiled and said, "So the young masters want to visit prostitutes. You said it so righteously just now, I thought the young masters didn't plan to play, so they didn't go to the brothel. Our boat goes directly to the brothel, but most of them go there at night, and very few during the day. Young masters, wait a moment, let me turn around. Dad, they are not serious scholars, turn around and go to the brothel."

The painted boat turned around and headed for the brothel.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and talked and laughed. Occasionally, he would say something about current problems, but he would be quickly distracted. Everyone started talking about skinny horses again, and there was no lack of vulgar words in his words.

Chen Shi only felt that it was weird and could not connect these people with the generous and tragic people just now.

When they arrived at the brothel, the boatman moored the boat, and saw a group of girls in fancy clothes opening the windows upstairs, looking down, dressed neatly, singing and dancing, and waving handkerchiefs to ask the master to go up.

Everyone was so sexy that they hurriedly went ashore, holding the corners of their clothes.

The boat girl hurriedly said, "The boat fare has not been paid yet!"

"Tianqing, you pay!" Li Jun was the first to rush into the brothel and shouted loudly.

Everyone rushed into the brothel, hugged the beauty and drank happily. After a while, I don't know what nerve they touched again, criticizing the government, worrying about the country and the people, and then put their hands into the beauty's arms, enjoying the pleasures of life.

Soon after, everyone ran out of the brothel in a panic, and the madam and the pimp chased after them and scolded them, "Why go to a brothel if you don't have money? Go home and have fun by yourself!"

Everyone was ashamed and angry, and ran away.

Li Jun said, "Tianqing, do you have any money on you?"

Li Tianqing shook his head and said, "I only have a few taels of silver every month, how can it be enough?"

The Li family sons returned to the pleasure boat in shame and left in a huff. In the end, Chen Shi paid the boat fare.

Li Tianqing also planned to go ashore. Chen Shi shook his head and said, "Boatman, start the boat."

The two came to the bow of the boat. Chen Shi looked at the people on the shore. After a long time, he suddenly laughed and laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

Li Tianqing was very embarrassed, but he laughed out loud right after that.

"This is the Qingliu, who are good at discussing but have no ability, and are mostly good at talking."

Li Tianqing said with a smile, "If you go to the provincial capital, no matter which of the fifty provinces, there are mostly such Qingliu. You just said that they are knowledgeable people, I know you have never met them, so I didn't respond."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Now I have seen it. If there are many people in the world like this, then I can not only go back to Ganyang Mountain to be the master, but also the master of the entire Xiniu Xinzhou!"

He felt a sense of heroism in his heart.

What kind of ability is it to go back to Huangpo Village to act arrogantly?

If you have the ability, you can be the master of the whole world!

Li Tianqing shook his head and said, "Although there are many such good-for-nothings in the aristocratic families, there are also those who work hard and strive for strength. Is it so easy to be the master of Xiniu Xinzhou?"

Chen Shi glanced at him and said with a smile, "Are you the one who strives for strength?"

Li Tianqing said indifferently, "After I returned home, I devoted myself to cultivation and made great progress. Finally, I cultivated the golden elixir a few days ago. After the golden elixir is completed, no one in the Li family will care about my purple jade divine fetus. From now on, the sky will let birds fly and the sea will let fish jump."

Behind his head, the shrine was shining brightly, and a divine fetus sat in the center. It opened slightly, and a green divine elixir flew out, shining, and the air around was like clear water, rippling with light, and the pleasure boat seemed to shuttle in the water.

Chen Shi was as fierce as a tiger, staring at him and said, "Tianqing, you are ambitious, I can hear this from your words."

Li Tianqing was thin and smiled, "I was born a man, so I should have ambitions. Xiao Shi, although you are both civil and military, you will definitely pass the exam this time, but you don't have a divine fetus. Even if you can get a divine fetus, I'm afraid you will be remembered by others. You can't escape this disaster, but I can take the lead and walk ahead of you."

Chen Shi smiled slightly: "Golden elixir? Although I don't have a divine fetus, I have cultivated it."

His breath suddenly surged, and the Danyuan Palace in his body was rising with a sea of ​​fire. The golden elixir was like a sun, shining on the internal organs, refining the meridians, qi, blood, essence, bones, marrow, form, and spirit, seven returns, eight changes, and nine returns.

Li Tianqing looked at him as if he was looking at a rising sun rising from the sea.

His golden elixir made the pleasure boat seem to be sailing under the water, and Chen Shi was the rising sun!

Li Tianqing's body trembled slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief, and he lost his voice and said, "How did you cultivate it?"

Chen Shi was very proud: "Do you think that you can climb ahead of me if you cultivate the golden elixir? I used my body as a divine fetus to cultivate the body of a holy fetus, and finally broke through, and the blood in my body refined the mysterious elixir!"

Li Tianqing snorted: "Side door! I have one more divine fetus than you, which means I have one more realm than you!"

He took a step, took a step, landed on the water, and his feet did not stop, running as fast as flying, and actually stepped on the water!

"Xiao Shi, come, let me show you the authentic golden elixir!"

He cultivated the golden elixir, and he was full of vigor and spirit. He actually challenged Chen Shi and ran more than ten feet in an instant.

His golden elixir was suspended above his head, and the divine light in the elixir reflected, pressing the water surface slightly, sinking down, but lifting his body up, walking on the water, as if walking on flat ground!

Seeing this scene, Chen Shi couldn't help but admire in his heart: "As expected of a noble family, they are indeed much better than me in the practice of golden elixir!"

He was about to jump onto the river, but was suddenly grabbed by the boat girl's sleeve: "You haven't paid yet!"

Chen Shi laughed and threw down a tael of silver.

"No need to change!"

He took a step forward, his footsteps landed on the river, the golden elixir in his body was practiced, and the blood and qi poured into his legs. When he landed on the water, the water surface exploded!

Chen Shi rushed out like an arrow from a bow, and saw a figure like an arrow, and the water surface continued to explode wherever it passed, and went straight to Li Tianqing!

Li Tianqing ran on the water, and suddenly turned over like a wild goose, and six invisible jade wheels flew out from under him, up and down, left and right, fast and slow, rushing to Chen Shi!

Chen Shi made a sword gesture with his hands, which changed continuously, and invisible sword energy cut off the six jade wheels. With his other hand, he punched out. The river surface was stormy, and the strong wind rolled up the waves and rushed towards Li Tianqing!

Li Tianqing's golden elixir protected his body, and he passed through the waves, breaking through the waves, and the jade wheels around his body rotated to meet Chen Shi's punch.

The two of them were full of energy and blood, and the waves on the river surface suddenly exploded. In the waves, Chen Shi passed through the water curtain, turned over and landed on the stone bridge. Looking down, he saw the river water was leisurely, and Li Tianqing was standing on the river, floating downstream with the water flow.

Chen Shi encouraged the golden elixir and was about to rush down from the bridge, but he saw a small boat in the Qingqu River tilting from east to west, and the boatman and the boat girl cursed loudly, which was very unpleasant. He quickly gave up the idea and left whistling.

Li Tianqing was about to respond to his charge, but he saw Chen Shi walking away as if he didn't recognize him. He was surprised when he saw a small boat swaying past him. The old boatman on the boat shouted at him: "You stupid guy, your ancestors fell into the water! Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb a big turtle!"

His words were in a rural accent, and Li Tianqing didn't understand them for a while. When he came to his senses, his face flushed and he hurriedly went ashore.

He was about to look for Chen Shi, but he saw his fourth uncle Li Xiaozheng and others walking towards him, so he had to give up the idea of ​​competing with Chen Shi.

After the civil and military tests, you have to wait for the results to be announced, which will take a few days. After the results are announced, the gods will descend to offer sacrifices.

Chen Shi had nothing to do in the city, so he simply returned to Huangpo Village.

"Xiao Shi is back from the exam? Did you pass?"

Old lady Wuzhu was standing by the road. Seeing Chen Shi, she couldn't help but smile flatteringly and called out, "Xiao Shi, come to the field to eat watermelon."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "The results will be announced in a few days."

Old lady Wuzhu kicked the watermelon back to the field, as if she didn't see him.

Chen Shi returned to the village and came to Huangtugang to see Zhu Xiucai. Zhu Xiucai hurriedly asked about the exam questions, and Chen Shi told him the truth.

"I've talked about this question!"

Zhu Xiucai said excitedly, "Guaranteed to pass, guaranteed to pass! Don't worry, it's a sure thing!"

Chen Shi was also very excited and said, "I think it's a sure thing too! I just burned incense for grandpa, and smoke was coming out of grandpa's grave!"

He thought about it, and hurriedly took out the incense to worship his godmother. After burning incense, he was about to talk to Zhu Xiucai, when suddenly the light on the stone tablet flowed like water, and a stream of light shot out from the tablet and sank into the back of his head!

Chen Shi's eyes were dark and he couldn't see anything.

He knew something was wrong and opened his eyes quickly, but he saw that it was still pitch black all around, and he was the only one standing there alone.

Willow tree, godmother, Zhu Xiucai, dog, Huangpo Village, Ganyang Mountain, all disappeared!

"Have I encountered an evil spirit?"

Chen Shi was surprised, "How dare an evil spirit encounter me now?"

At this time, a ray of light gradually appeared in front of his eyes.

He waited quietly, but saw the light gradually expanding like white ink in the darkness, but the light still had a sandy texture, as if the space in front of him was composed of white and black sand.

In this strange space, there was a temple.

The temple was not big, there was no yard, and there was a lonely hall, about 17 or 18 feet high and more than 20 feet wide. There were three steps in front of the door and two vermilion pillars, which showed the old and simple style.

The roof was covered with glazed tiles, layered, and there were no immortals, beasts or dragon heads on the ridge.

When Chen Shi arrived, he saw words on the pillar, divided into left and right sides, which read:

According to heaven and imitating the law, the appearance of heaven and earth are all my images

My nature is self-sufficient, it is better to rely on myself than to rely on gods or ghosts