Yingcheng, also known as Pingdingshan, is located south of Luoyang and southwest of Xuzhou.
There are "lots of talented people" on the Green Forest Road. In this hinterland of the Central Plains, there are naturally a few heroes on the road.
Among them, there is a pair of sworn brothers who are quite famous.
His elder brother is the head of Meijiazhai, Mei Chiyang, who is known as the Five-Huan Knife of Yingcheng; his younger brother is also nicknamed Zhu Chao, Tai Sui of Moving Mountain, and he is a lone tomb robber.
You have to say how high the martial arts of these two people are... No.
Although Mei Chiyang's sword skills are not bad, he is not a first-rate master. He definitely doesn't know how to use "inner power to transmit sound" like Shen Youran, otherwise he wouldn't be able to rely on his fleshy voice to do it. Yelling on the road.
Not to mention Zhu Chao, a grave thief does not need to practice too much martial arts fighting with living people. It is more practical to practice some bone shrinking skills and turtle breathing techniques.
Just like these two people, they have managed to get into the first level of "earth" in the "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" of the land green forest road. It can be imagined that they do not rely on good kung fu, but "morality".
Don't forget that all the people on Green Forest Road are "thieves". There is a saying that thieves also have their own rules. They are so meticulous about their rules and particularities. You can write a separate book about them.
Even in this world of martial arts, Green Forest Road has its own system outside of the "Jianghu".
Among them, the "thirteen" incisions have been mentioned before and will not be repeated here. Let's talk about something else today...
Let’s talk about the personal level positioning of these “heroes” on the Green Forest Road.
First of all, many people should have heard of the "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", but most people don't know, what is "Xia" and what is "Yi"?
These titles are actually used to classify grades... roughly divided into seven grades.
The lowest grade is called a "strong man": he is five big and thick, has big arms and round waist, and has divine power. Three or five people can't easily get close to him, but he doesn't know kung fu. If he meets someone who knows martial arts, anyone can do it. This kind of man is called a strong man.
The second level is called "warrior": the difference between a warrior and a strong man is that he knows martial arts and can use weapons, eighteen kinds of weapons, such as swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes and axes, hooks and forks, sticks, sticks, whips, maces, hammers, etc. Kidnapping Meteor... If you can do anything, at least know a few things, you are called a warrior.
The dynasty mahan Zhang Long and Zhao Hu in "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" are the "warriors".
Let’s talk about the third level, called “Righteous Warrior”: To put it simply, if a brave warrior can go to the palace, he is a righteous warrior. That is to say, a righteous warrior is stronger than a warrior in terms of internal strength and Qinggong.
Chinchilla Bai Yutang and his four sworn brothers are all "righteous men".
The fourth level is "Xia Ke": a righteous man who has a precious sword is called a knight. For example, Nan Xia Zhan Zhao wields a giant sword, and Northern Xia Ouyang Chun wields a seven-treasure sword. These are all called knights; In terms of endurance, there may not be a big difference between a righteous man and a knight. Some righteous men are even more powerful than knights. However, because they have precious weapons, knights usually have the upper hand in head-to-head fights, so they are positioned at a higher level.
The fifth level is called "Swordsman": A swordsman has no weapons, and there are too many to explain, so you can figure it out yourself.
The sixth level - "Sword Demon": The Sword Demon uses "fake weapons", such as fans, handkerchiefs, fallen leaves, flying flowers, embroidery needles, lime... uh... no lime powder, anyway, the ones used are not normal. weapons.
The highest level is called "Sword Immortal": What is Sword Immortal? It's just nonsense and nonsense. You can talk about it whatever you want. Draw a circle on the ground so that others can't get in. Pull out three hairs to make three dummies. A somersault is 108,000 miles away. ...that is the sword fairy.
Yes, according to this setting, Sun Wukong should be the sword fairy.
The above seven levels are the basic settings of the Green Forest Road in the storytelling that focuses on "short combat" (it is generally believed that short combat means there is no horse fighting); therefore, our Green Forest Road in Dashu divides the combat power levels of the characters on the road. , I think we can follow this approach.
In the future, I will not use the so-called "first-rate and second-rate" in the world to position the characters on Green Forest Road. Instead, it will be more interesting to use these seven levels to describe them.
So which level do Mei Chiyang and Zhu Chao belong to? In fact, they can all be considered "righteous men", that is, they have some light skills and internal strength, but they don't have precious weapons.
On weekdays, although what they do is robbing, killing, and robbing graves, from a "moral" point of view, they are also under the banner of robbing the rich, giving to the poor, and doing justice to heaven.
For example, those who are corrupt officials and those who are unkind for their wealth will go to the government to do something for them... If the other party still has some semblance of a human being, they will let them live; if they are particularly evil, they will kill them. However, women and children should not be killed. They should be released if necessary. They must not commit adultery or kill them without mercy.
These are all "rules"; by following the rules, you can be respected on the Tao, and you can go up all the way to Huang, Xuan, Earth, and Heaven. Those who don't follow the rules are nothing more than ordinary bandits, just like Ma Si in the previous article. Most of them don't last long, and any more powerful knights and knights can treat you as a reputation monster.
So what happened today when Mei Chiyang was looking for Shuangxi?
In fact, Huang Donglai had already guessed it...if nothing else, Mei Chiyang's adopted brother Zhu Chao was deceived by the fake Sun Yihe and the fake Huang Donglai.
About five or six days ago, the real Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were still in Luoyang City at that time, but their reputation and deeds had spread in all directions with Luoyang as the center; and the two impostors also started from Luoyang. That’s when I started to be active outside.
Zhu Chao was very unlucky. He was the first victim of the two impostors.
That day, he had just finished robbing the tomb of a wealthy family. When he came out of the robbery cave, it suddenly started raining outside. Youdao: It was an autumn rain and a cold, plus he had just "labored" in a place with thin air for a long time and was tired when he came out, so he braved the rain and ran back to the city from the wilderness. It is indeed a bit too forced.
Therefore, Zhu Chao wanted to find a place to hide from the rain first, and by the way, he could re-count the "harvest" just now in a bright place.
In ancient times, where were there many? Temple.
Du Muyun - "There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, and many towers are in the mist."
During the Southern Dynasties, Buddhism flourished and there were many temples. By this time, the emperor was more fond of Taoism, so there were more "broken temples".
Zhu Chao was heading to a dilapidated temple at the moment.
Many tomb robbers have their own unique habits, and Zhu Chao also has it - he is used to starting in the morning, finishing and leaving in the afternoon, and then rushing away from the tomb he just robbed before dark; anyway, he robbed all For the larger "hidden tombs", you don't have to worry about encountering grave visitors during the day.
This morning when he was carrying the crime tools to the tomb, he caught a glimpse of a ruined temple along the way. He still had some impression of it, so at this moment he used the remaining energy and hurriedly and slowly remembered it. Went to that ruined temple.
Gradually, the rain became heavier and heavier, and Zhu Chao finally saw the shadow of the temple.
I think you must have had this experience, that is, when you go out and suddenly have a stomachache, and you are struggling to find a public toilet... Suddenly, you see such a one, and at that moment, your spirit will suddenly change. This kind of excitement will bring up your last willpower and restraint, allowing you to break through your physical limits to a level that you can't even imagine.
Zhu Chao felt like this at the moment. When he saw the ruined temple from a distance, his already heavy steps suddenly became a little lighter, and his mental state also recovered a lot. When he thought about it, he would be able to do it right away. He relaxed and took shelter from the rain, and he was suddenly walking as fast as flying.
However... when he was only a few dozen meters away from the ruined temple, he slowed down.
Something is wrong.
There was actually a smell floating in the air, and it was the smell of meat.
The tomb robber had a sharp nose. Zhu Chao knew as soon as he smelled it that there was already someone in the temple, and they were stewing meat.
"Hmm...chicken...wild vegetables, pepper oil, coarse salt..." Zhu Chao told him all the ingredients used in the dish while smelling it.
As he spoke, his mouth was full of saliva and his feet took steps again.
When they reached the entrance of the temple, Zhu Chao did not show up. Instead, he quietly poked his head in and took a look. He saw that someone had lit a fire in the ruined temple and was cooking wild vegetables and chicken on a small stove. .
Zhu Chao took a closer look at the two people. They were both in their twenties, of medium build, and dressed in smart clothes. They looked like people from the martial arts world. One of them had a strange weapon that looked like a dung fork beside him.
Zhu Chao looked at the weapon and thought, "Huh? Could it be that they are..."
Obviously, the deeds of Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai had already spread throughout the surrounding areas of Luoyang. As a hero on the green forest road, Zhu Chao had also heard about it; now that he saw the "trident", he Combining the grade appearance of these two people, it is speculated that these two people are Sun Huang.
What a pity... He bumped into "Li Gui".
The book here implies that the two impostors, one named Sun Ling and the other Huang Jun, are two ruffians in Ruyang County.
Originally, their family backgrounds were just fine. They were classmates in the same private school when they were young and had studied for a few years. However, neither of them studied well, and they seemed to flock to each other... When they were fourteen or fifteen, they ran away. After taking classes at school, he would hang out in small gambling stalls on the roadside every day. When he was older, he would dare to steal money from the family and go to the brothels.
Within a few years, the debts the two incurred from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling piled up. The creditors came to the door and drained the blood of their family. They forced their parents and family to death, and their relatives were also angry. They stayed away.
These two people were shameless and had no intention of introspection. From then on, they simply became full-time rogues. They blackmailed people, made money, cheated, and committed petty crimes every day. Then I went to the Yamenkou to stay for a few days.
Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two of them listened to the storyteller on the street telling the story of Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai's DaPoTianQi gang in Luoyang City. Then Sun Ling and Huang Jun thought: one has the same surname of Sun and the other has the surname of Huang. , look at this person, and then see how well we two can get along? We are still a few years older than them, how come we are hungry and full every day, and are treated like street rats? How come we are young heroes?
As long as this kind of bad person doesn't know how to find fault in himself, if you let him see the good in others, he will rely on you for no grievances or grudges.
As Sun Ling and Huang Jun were chatting, they suddenly had an idea...
"Brother Huang, I think you have thick eyebrows and big eyes."
"Haha, Brother Sun, your little eyes can be called four eyebrows."
These two guys thought of going together - let's just be an imposter.
In those days, there were no photos or anything like that, so we relied on descriptions to describe a person's appearance, such as "square face", "long face", "big eyes"... how could such things be accurate?
But there is one thing to say, Sun Ling and Huang Jun are indeed somewhat similar to Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai. We can even say...their appearance and figure are slightly more handsome than the original version.
After the two scoundrels made up their mind, they took out the little money they had and put together two outfits that looked like Jianghu costumes. Then they went to get a dung fork and burned it red. Afterwards, he banged it randomly with a hammer and made some changes, and finally made a strange-looking copycat "trident".
After getting all this done, their journey of deception begins...
But they definitely couldn't cheat in Ruyang County. Everyone there knew them, so they walked all the way west, and the first stop was near Pingding Mountain.
They happened to be walking in the wilderness that day. Seeing that the weather was about to change, they ran to this ruined temple to rest.
The chicken they are stewing right now was stolen by them when they passed by a farmer's house... These two guys are very skilled at this kind of sneaky thing.
The wild vegetables were picked by them in the mountains. Considering that they often had to "find food" to eat by themselves, it was normal for them to have such skills; as for the oil and salt, they brought them in their carry-on luggage.
Sun Ling and Huang Jun were eagerly waiting for the chicken to come out of the pot, when suddenly...
"You two, you're polite." Then Zhu Chao came in.
Sun Ling and Huang Jun were shocked by him. These two scoundrels didn't know martial arts, but Zhu Chao had Qing Gong. In addition, the rain outside was already heavy. He walked all the way to the front of the temple and was stunned. Discover.
"I'm moving the mountain, Tai Sui Zhu Chao, and I'd like to ask for advice..." Zhu Chao said this because he had already prejudged that the two people in front of him were Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai.
As for Sun Ling Huang Jun, when he saw the other party's dress, figure, and the way he introduced himself, he immediately reacted...
"Heh..." Sun Ling cupped his fists and smiled, "I, Sun Yixie, have met Brother Zhu."
Huang Jun also added: "Huang Donglai, I have met Brother Zhu."
When Zhu Chao heard this, he felt quite happy and said to himself: "Look, with our sharp eyesight, we saw it right."
Because he was the one who made the judgment first, he had no doubts about the identity of these two people... and after identifying that these two people were double harmonies, Zhu Chao also let down his vigilance.
He thought to himself: I am a green forest hero, and you are young heroes. One is a green forest road, and the other is a righteous road. We are all on the road, and the water in the well does not interfere with the river. Besides, I heard that both the Sun and Huang families are rich, so There is no such thing as "black eating black".
Just like that, Zhu Chao carried a big baggage that he had just stolen from the tomb, walked inside, sat down there, and started chatting with the fake Sun Huang...
