low-key warlock

Say goodbye to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and celebrate the new year in the auspicious year.

While Su Chunfeng was reunited with his family, chatting happily, and watching the Spring Festival Gala to watch the new year, in Dongwangzhuang Village, more than a dozen miles away, in the east house of Wang Qimin's house burning briquettes, the old and the young were also present. Wrapping dumplings, watching the Spring Festival Gala being played on the old black and white TV screen.

One old, one young, dressed plainly, sitting at a small low table.

On the small table are short rolling pins, panels, and basins... In the open dustpan next to it, there are neatly wrapped dumplings, which are still slowly but continuously increasing.

On the cabinet with the head of the Kang against the wall, there are two sets of newly bought clothes for the Chinese New Year.

The outer set is the kind of clothes from top to bottom, including shoes, which can be bought for 100 yuan. It’s just such a cheap new clothes. This winter, Diao Ping followed Dongwangzhuang Village every weekend and after the winter vacation. An adult earned more than 700 yuan by digging lotus root in the ground, and then went to the town to buy it. His own clothes and shoes cost a total of 98 yuan. Three hundred and sixty.

After making the dumplings, Wang Qimin sat on the kang, lit a cigarette, and looked at Diao Ping's work kindly: "Pingwa, it's Chinese New Year again..."

"Well, I will be 15 years old after the Chinese New Year." Diao Ping cleaned up the table and dumplings and other things, went to the stove to take the kettle off, took the tongs to replace the briquettes, and said, "Master, I am thinking about how to get rid of the briquettes after the Chinese New Year." I might as well drop out of school in [-], anyway, my academic performance is not very good, and I really can't keep up, so it's better to go out to work with the adults in the village to earn money, which can support us without delaying my practice."

Wang Qimin, who looked good, smiled, and said gently: "Frugal on food and expenses, my little salary is enough for us to spend. If you practice hard, you still have to go to school. No matter how bad you are, you still have to graduate from junior high school."

Diao Ping hadn't gone to school for a few days since he was a child. During the days when he lived at Gong Hu's house in Xishan County, he was forced to enter the fifth grade follower by Gong Hu's trustees. Although Wang Qimin helped with homework, he was considered an old man. Diao Ping felt ashamed among the kids in the class.Later, when Wang Qimin and Wang Qimin returned to Dongwangzhuang Village, Wang Qimin borrowed elementary school books and tutored him at home to make up for half a year of cultural courses. , Diao Ping entered junior high school through the back door.

It's a pity that Diao Ping couldn't keep up with his studies anyway.

Bad grades.

In fact, Wang Qimin knew in his heart that this kid Diao Ping was extremely smart. If he really studied hard and did not delay his practice, even if he didn't get very good grades, he wouldn't fall in the bottom ten of the whole grade every time he took the exam. several.The reason why Diao Ping didn't study hard, besides the fact that he had no intention of learning cultural knowledge and was only focused on practicing spells, was mainly that the child deliberately wanted to use his poor academic performance to persuade Wang Qimin to drop him out of school, so as to get rid of the troubles in Diao Ping. Seems like a waste of time.

Diao Ping's talent in spells and spell practice is absolutely rare in a hundred years after breaking through three levels in one year and entering the fourth level.However, since the end of spring and the beginning of the body purification, it will be the Chinese New Year. A few days ago, Diao Ping barely entered the middle stage of body purification with the help of his master. Qi environment, not allowed to enter the rivers and lakes.However, the further one goes in the practice of magic arts, the more difficult it is to improve one's realm. If the progress of one's current cultivation base is so slow, when will one be able to enter the Qi Refining Realm, and when will one be able to enter the rivers and lakes to avenge one's parents?

So he doesn't want to go to school anymore.

"Master..." Diao Ping hesitated for a while, then said helplessly, "I'll listen to you."

"I know you're anxious." Wang Qimin beckoned Diao Ping to come up to him kindly, then stroked the short stubble on his head, and said, "Your technique cultivation has improved so fast that it has been surpassed in the Qimen Rivers and Lakes of the past dynasties. In the middle, it is extremely rare to say that it has advanced by leaps and bounds. Thinking about how old a teacher is now, it is only in the middle stage of qi refining. Of course, you don't have to worry, the master is not as good as your talent, and you will definitely be able to enter the qi refining state before the age of 20. "

Diao Ping lowered his head and said: "Last time I heard from Uncle Gong that Su Chunfeng killed a veritable master of Qi refining in the capital, which means that he has already entered Qi refining."

"That's right, he's only 20 years old after the new year." Wang Qimin smiled and said, "But you are better than him."

"Really?"

"Hmm." Wang Qimin waved his hand, as if he didn't want to mention Su Chunfeng, and changed the subject: "Master let you go to school, in fact, he hopes that you can spend the cleansing period in school safely, because even if you drop out now, But when the cultivation base stabilizes in the middle stage of body purification, and then enters the late stage of body purification, the body will inevitably be extremely weak, even if you want to go out and do hard work to earn money, you can't do it."

Diao Ping said: "Then I will practice in closed doors at home until I break through the pure body and step into the solid Qi?"

"People's words are terrible." Wang Qimin said softly: "I retire and live at home. If you drop out of school and don't go out to work to earn money, we, the old and the young, will just hang out at home and wait to die. What do you think the villagers will think? we?"

Diao Ping showed a surprised look.

"You are young……"

"Oh."

Wang Qimin suddenly smiled and said, "Stop talking about this, Pingwa, are you homesick?"

"It's at home, don't think about it." Diao Ping scratched his head, showing a simple and lovely expression of a young man, and then his expression darkened, and said: "In my memory, there were only parents and sisters in the home when I was a child, but they are gone. , I don’t have much thought about that family anymore, as for the matter of revenge, I don’t want to think about it when it’s Chinese New Year.”

"Good boy."

Wang Qimin took a deep breath of cigarettes, looked at the old house with slightly cloudy eyes, and finally fell on the window, as if he could see the dark night outside, and the Qimen Jianghu a few years later—from this ordinary to Diao Ping, who walks out of the shabby farmyard, is bound to set off turbulent waves and bloody storms in the Qimen rivers and lakes covering the whole country.

The legendary trick, the inheritor of the trick, will surely shake the world!

Unstoppable!

History will be rewritten in the hands of Wang Qimin, the inheritor of trickery who is Master Diao Ping!

At this point in his thoughts, Wang Qimin's heart was a little excited, and tears flickered in his cloudy eyes—he thought of his master, the old man who showed helplessness before he died and sighed his last breath.

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On the first day of the new year this year, the number of households where Su Chunfeng and Li Zhichao went out to pay New Year's greetings was much less than in previous years, about [-]% to [-]%, right?It's no wonder that many years after graduating from junior high school, many friendships that were not strong in the past will gradually fade away, and it comes from the forgetting of both parties.

So at ten o'clock in the morning, Su Chunfeng and Li Zhichao had already driven to Dongwangzhuang Village.

The two first went to Zhao Shangang's house to pay New Year's greetings to his mother, then Li Zhichao stayed there chatting with Zhao Shangang, and Su Chunfeng walked alone to the alley where Wang Qimin's house was.

The gate of the courtyard is dilapidated and has not been replaced, only the posted Spring Festival couplets are full of new ideas.

In the small courtyard, it was kept very clean, not even a trace of snow.

Su Chunfeng walked into the yard: "Is Teacher Wang there?"

"Here." Wang Qimin's answer came from inside the room.

Su Chunfeng walked to the door of the main room, opened the thick cotton curtain and walked in. In front of the main table facing the door, a piece of sack cloth was placed on the floor paved with red bricks, so that people who came to pay New Year's greetings would not get dirty when kneeling. Dirty pants.Wang Qimin came out from the back room, with a kind smile on his face: "Chunfeng, it's fine if you come, you don't need to kneel."

"Once a year, it should be." Su Chunfeng respectfully knelt down on both knees, leaned over, and kowtowed!

Just like last year, we really kowtow to celebrate the New Year!

"Get up, get up..." Wang Qimin quickly reached out to support Su Chunfeng, and led him to the back room: "Go to the back room to warm up."

In the house, only this inner room has a stove, which is used for both heating and cooking.

When Su Chunfeng walked in, Diao Ping, who was wearing a dark blue jacket, black trousers, and black snow-padded shoes newly bought during the Chinese New Year, was standing at the small table under the window sill, busy cutting vegetables and meat.Fragrant hot air is constantly evaporating from the gaps in the lid of the large pot on the stove, presumably there is rich food such as chicken, duck and fish inside.

"Pingwa is very sensible." Su Chunfeng sat on the edge of the kang, and casually praised Wang Qimin as if chatting with Wang Qimin.

"Yeah, years ago I followed the villagers to dig lotus roots, and I earned some money and bought me this dress." Wang Qimin is like most old people, who likes to show off how filial his juniors are in front of outsiders. While talking, Lao Huai raised his hand to feel for the dark coat he was wearing in a comforting manner.

Su Chunfeng nodded, looked gently at Diao Ping who had turned to look at him, took out Yuxi cigarettes and handed Wang Qimin one, and the two lit each other, Su Chunfeng put the whole pack of cigarettes on the side of the kang.

Diao Ping's eyes were sharp, he stared at Su Chunfeng without the slightest timidity, and suddenly said: "I will definitely be better than you in the future!"

Su Chunfeng almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Why does this sentence sound so similar to a commercial line on TV?He nodded calmly, and said in harmony: "Do your best."

"Pingwa, you're rude!" Wang Qimin scolded.

Diao Ping lowered his head.

Su Chunfeng waved his hands indifferently, and said with a smile: "Pingwa's talent is excellent, but her cultivation is progressing too fast, it's time to suppress it, and haste makes waste."

"Yeah." Wang Qimin nodded, and said, "Your progress is also very fast."

"At least the mood can keep up."

"I heard something about you in the capital, and it's unbelievable." Wang Qimin looked puzzled, and said, "Aren't you worried about being noticed?"

Su Chunfeng thought for a while, glanced at Diao Ping, and said, "Did you tell him everything?"

Wang Qimin said seriously: "Yes."

"Pingwa." Su Chunfeng looked straight at Diao Ping, and said, "I don't treat you like a child, so now I want to ask you, how do you view the techniques and masters you practice?"

It seemed that Su Chunfeng's words about not treating him as a child made Diao Ping feel very comfortable. He raised his head, his expression was no longer hostile, but he still maintained a sharp look, and said, "The deceit is the most important thing!" Qiang, the first goal of my practice of magic is to take revenge, and the second is to respect my teacher’s order, fulfill my moral responsibility, and justify the name of trickery in the Qimen rivers and lakes! Let all those who have prejudices, evil thoughts, and evil thoughts about trickery Unruly people know the power of tricks, and know that the inheritors of tricks are not so easy to bully! I want to carry forward the tricks!"

Su Chunfeng nodded expressionlessly, and said: "No matter what you do in the world in the future, I will not stop you if it does not affect my interests, or if it does not threaten my friendship or family relationship, etc. .”

"You'd better not stop me from doing things." Diao Ping sneered.

Su Chunfeng wanted to warn Diao Ping again that no matter what happens in the future, he must respect his teacher unconditionally under any circumstances, but thinking of what Wang Qimin said to him last time, he suddenly felt that this seemed unfair to Diao Ping.For example, if in the future Wang Qimin wanted to kill Diao Ping himself in order to justify the trickery in the world... Diao Ping, who was taken advantage of, couldn't fight back to protect himself for the sake of respecting his master?

Thinking about this, Su Chunfeng chose to remain silent.

Diao Ping said with sarcasm and contempt: "Su Chunfeng, you are a coward!"

Su Chunfeng tilted his head, not angry, but looked at Diao Ping in surprise.

"Since you have practiced trickery, you refuse to be the inheritor of trickery. This is ungrateful, rebellious, and against the teacher! If your master is still alive, then I will look down on him together. If he has passed away, then I'm really sorry for him, to accept such an apprentice like you." Diao Ping seems to have been influenced by Wang Qimin's ideological education, and he has extreme beliefs about this kind of thing. Inheriting trickery and carrying it forward is the obligation and responsibility of the inheritor, and it is also the morality! Su Chunfeng, you are afraid that as the inheritor of trickery, you will be rejected or even hunted down by the whole Qimen Jianghu, so you dare not bear the responsibility. Moral responsibility, for this reason, I will not hesitate to be ungrateful and disobey my master... And I am better than you in one thing now, that is, you dare not be the inheritor of tricks, I dare! Don't worry, I will obey the master's order and do it for you Keep this a secret, but I will let you see with your own eyes, how I made the tricks famous in the Jianghu, and how I made the inheritors of the tricks stand upright in the Qimen Jianghu!"

Su Chunfeng was still not angry, and did not interrupt Diao Ping's impassioned speech. After listening to him quietly, he looked at Wang Qimin with a smile and said, "The apprentice you chose is really good."

Wang Qimin nodded, with a kind expression on his face. He didn't stop his apprentice's accusation and criticism of Su Chunfeng, let alone scold him, nor did he respond to Su Chunfeng's appreciation for Diao Ping.Because he knew that the so-called goodness in Su Chunfeng's mouth did not only refer to Diao Ping's talent and determination, but the decisiveness of his personal philosophy-once he reached the end of that road in the future, Diao Ping might really Some people will lay a cornerstone without complaint or regret.

"Ping Wa, listen to your master, remember that haste makes waste..." Su Chunfeng said gently: "Since you want to shoulder the mission, you must know how to endure."

Diao Ping snorted coldly.

Su Chunfeng got up to say goodbye, took out another pack of unopened Yuxi cigarettes from his pocket, and put them on the kang together with the previous pack: "I don't smoke very much, I will keep it for you all the time."

"Let's stay for dinner, it's already noon." Wang Qimin said politely.

Su Chunfeng declined and walked outside.

Diao Ping didn't move, and Wang Qimin didn't blame him and ordered him to see off the guests. Instead, he sent Su Chunfeng out alone, and said after going outside the courtyard: "In half a year, there were two life-and-death fights, and they all leapfrogged to kill the opponent. There will be more such things in the future." Now, it’s hard for you to hide the secret of your practice of trickery, so you have to be more patient and careful when you are outside in the future.”

"I see."

"Chunfeng, whether you like it or not, you are now a member of the Qimen Jianghu..." Wang Qimin said seriously: "I don't ask you to make a name for the trick yourself, at least in the future Qimen Jianghu, you can Express your attitude from a fair perspective, say something for tricks, for the inheritors of tricks."

Su Chunfeng frowned and said, "Is that why you trust and think highly of me?"

Wang Qimin stood on the steps of the door, turned his head and looked at Diao Ping who came out of the house and stood in the courtyard, then turned his head and said to Su Chunfeng: "As long as your identity as the inheritor of deceit is unknown, you must be a strange man in the future." One of the countless masters in Jianghu, and your network resources are much wider than ours."

Su Chunfeng sighed, and said softly: "Thank you for your trust in me. I will definitely do my best in the future, but the premise is that Pingwa should not go too far in the world... otherwise, no one can protect him."

"His mission is to make a name for trickery, and there is no need to protect it."

"You don't care, he will kill indiscriminately?"

"How can there be no life and death in the rivers and lakes? Those who step into the rivers and lakes cannot be said to be innocent or not. If they are innocent, how innocent are the inheritors of trickery for thousands of years?"

Su Chunfeng shook his head helplessly.

Wang Qimin said: "Chunfeng, you have no choice."

"As I said, I practice tricks, but I am not a trick inheritor."

"But in the eyes of others, your thinking is nothing more than self-deception."

"Is your attitude considered a threat?" Su Chunfeng narrowed his eyes.

Wang Qimin said indifferently: "Don't talk about age, don't talk about your status as a teacher and student, just take the respect of the elders of the art of tricks, how can you complain when I say these words to you? For the inheritance of tricks This is the responsibility and obligation you should shoulder. Not only will I not force you to do things that endanger your personal safety for tricks, but I will do my best to help you cover up the secret of practicing tricks. Under such a premise, if you still refuse to make some small contributions to trickery, it is tantamount to disobeying the master, and I will definitely disclose your identity as the inheritor of trickery."

Su Chunfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Goodbye."

"Let's go." Wang Qimin turned around, entered the courtyard without looking back, and walked to the main room.

Diao Ping stood in the courtyard, looked at Su Chunfeng standing in the alley through the open courtyard door, then tilted his head and said, "Wait, I will challenge you!"

Su Chunfeng ignored him, turned and left.

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ps: Recently, I have been running back and forth between my hometown and my home by train, so I won’t say much about explanations, please forgive me, there is no way… bow down!

But I still have to shamelessly ask for a monthly ticket, alas~~