When Chunxiang entered Nanjing, Chang Yu was repairing an unknown lake a few miles west of Lai'an County. After running all night, most of the soldiers were tired and ordered to rest by the lake.
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Lai'an County is under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili Chuzhou. A few dozen miles to the southwest is Chuzhou City. There is the famous Langya Mountain. This is the place where Song Lian wrote about his visit to Langya Mountain in the early Ming Dynasty, but Chang Yu didn't have the enthusiasm to explore it. When looking for ancient things, I just looked at the few hills on the other side of the lake in trance. The local villagers said that they were Flagstaff Mountain and Bashi Mountain. They were all wild hills with no impressive scenery.
"It's still more than a hundred miles from Nanjing. Even if we don't stop, it will be late at night before we get to Nanjing. Moreover, the sun is hot enough today and we can't walk fast during the day... Instead of doing this, it's better to have a good sleep here. "Let's wait until it gets cooler before leaving. We'll arrive in Nanjing early tomorrow morning." Li Muchian came over and whispered.
Chang Yu thought for a while and it made sense. It was hot and sunny during the day, and he was so tired that he rushed to Nanjing and entered the city. He might as well sleep, so he nodded in agreement. Kuang Ren gave the order to move freely and the soldiers left. We were tired after a long night's journey, so we each found a comfortable place to fall asleep.
Chang Yu was so energetic that he couldn't sleep. He saw a village by the lake and walked there. Li Muxian followed behind and muttered: "I saw that monk entering the village. I guess he cheated him with some pretense."
Tsk tsk, Chang Yu looked back and said, "You said you've been on this road forever, and you're always gossiping here. What's your ability? If you have the ability, go directly to Haihong and point his nose at him. At worst, we'll have a fight!"
Ever since Chang Yu cooperated with Li Muxian to criticize the Shaolin Temple yesterday, Li Muxian has regarded him as a close sister. He has not stopped arranging Buddhism all the way, talking endlessly about doves occupying magpie nests, pretending to be gods and ghosts to fool all living beings, and lamenting The Taoist sect that has been in existence for thousands of years was almost forced to lose its inheritance by foreign monks several times...
"Pindao is not afraid of him even in a fight. I really think that Shaolin Temple's martial arts are invincible. How can I, a Taoist with thousands of years of foundation, not have self-defense skills?" Li Muxian's expression was very proud: "Pindao actually just wants to ask you, sir, we have thousands of years of experience. Isn’t his Taoism better than that foreign monk’s sutra recitation?”
Chang Yu nodded. It is undeniable that China's five thousand years of civilization has been deeply influenced by Taoism, both in thought and life. The earliest astronomy and calendar evolved from Taoism's Yin and Yang Bagua Qimen Dunjia, as well as traditional Chinese medicine. , even chemistry…
When it came to chemistry, Chang Yu couldn't help teasing Li Muchian: "Crows don't call pigs black. Buddhism has its own dregs of deceiving the world and stealing reputation, and Taoism is not clean either. You are even worse at pretending to be gods and ghosts. At least Buddhism is not like your Taoism." What kind of bird elixir are you refining? Look at what they are!"
Li Muxian couldn't help but blush. Not long ago, he offered pills to Chang Yu and was scolded. It was still embarrassing to mention it now.
Both Buddhism and Taoism have their own strengths, so why do we have to differentiate between them? To put it bluntly, it's all about attracting customers, but Chang Yu has no religious beliefs, so he doesn't want to get involved in the fight between them. Although he prefers Taoism in his heart, after all This is the stuff of our ancestors. There are still many good things in it after the Taoist sect has eliminated the waste and cunjing.
The two of them walked towards the village while talking. From a distance, they saw Monk Haihong talking to the people at the entrance of the village. Li Muchian couldn't help but yell: "It's so hypocritical. If you ask for food, you have to pay him back." It's just a beggar, it's not as upright as that beggar."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, only to find that there was an unkempt beggar squatting under a big tree at the entrance of the village, nibbling a piece of cake. His eyes swept over the monk, and then he saw a young man and a Taoist priest walking towards him. He frowned and stood up. Looking towards the lake in the distance, I saw many war horses drinking water and eating grass, and my expression became more and more confused.
"Is there a military master passing by over there?" The beggar stood up and asked Chang Yu who was passing by. Chang Yu grunted and passed by, while Li Muchian frowned with disgust on his face: "Do you want to beg for food? Stop begging." A beating."
"Hey, military men are so generous, how can they hit people?" The beggar smiled, but after saying this, he squatted under the tree and continued to eat the biscuits. Li Muxian was a little curious when he heard what he said: "Military You are so generous, why should I reward you with gold or silver?"
"I don't have any gold, but I was rewarded with silver." The beggar stretched out his hand and took out two silver ingots, totaling ten taels. This shocked Chang Yu and Li Muchian. Ten taels of silver was a huge amount of money at this time, and it actually appeared. In the hands of a beggar.
Could it be an evil beggar? The two looked at each other and thought it was impossible. Evil beggars usually do evil in groups, just like thieves, and they rarely work alone.
"I'm afraid it's not fake. Can I show it to Pindao?" Li Muxian stretched out his hand. The beggar didn't worry that he would take it away. He threw it casually. Li Muxian took it and raised his eyebrows. He saw that it was still official silver.
"Did the military master really give it to him? I'm afraid he didn't steal it," Li Muchian smiled half-heartedly and threw the silver to the beggar.
The beggar took it and put it in his arms: "I never do that kind of thing like chickens crowing and dogs stealing. I met some military lords a few days ago to help me a little and I was rewarded by them."
Chang Yu felt a little strange when he heard the beggar's unusual talk, so he looked carefully and saw a dog beating stick placed at his feet. He bent down to pick it up and looked at it again. Suddenly he stared at the beggar and said, "You killed someone in the mountains the day before yesterday." people!"
The beggar was startled: "Master, don't frame me falsely!"
"How did you know that I am a military master?" Chang Yu shouted sharply, and the beggar raised his hand and pointed: "You must have been with those military masters when you came from there, and there were attendants behind you. Maybe you are still a general. ".
Chang Yu turned his head and looked around, and saw Qiao Sanxiu and several personal guards walking this way dozens of steps away.
"Don't change the subject, let me ask you if you have killed anyone recently. You still have blood marks on the head of the stick, and you still dare to quibble." Chang Yu sneered, and the beggar turned pale with shock: "This, this is not the blood of a murderer, this is the blood left on a mad dog." It's..."
"How dare you speak so harshly?" Chang Yu shouted angrily, and then winked at Li Muchian.
Li Muxian understood, and raised his foot to kick the beggar. The beggar ducked sideways and before he could turn around, he felt a strong wind coming. However, Li Muxian unsheathed his long sword and stabbed him in the throat. The beggar was shocked, lowered his head to avoid, and suddenly With one kick, he reached out to grab the wooden stick in Chang Yu's hand, and then he turned his carbine and hit the tip of Li Muchian's sword.
The sword was inserted into the stick a few inches, but Li Muxian could not thrust it in or pull it out. For a moment, the two of them were in a tug of war.
At this time, Qiao Sanxiu and others also rushed to the scene, drew their swords and surrounded the beggar.
Seeing this battle, the beggar frowned: "He killed someone, but he was not a good man. He just helped the officers and soldiers kill thieves. They can bear witness for me!"
Chang Yu stroked his palm: "Okay, your marksmanship is good, but this one shot of the carbine has already shown its essence. You don't need those people to testify for you about the murder, I can testify for you!"
The beggar's face was full of doubts and confusion. Chang Yu stared at him carefully, then cupped his hands and said, "Is this gun technique passed down from Shi Jingyan's Shijia gun?" The beggar was startled and nodded: "This military master is... …”
"It doesn't matter who the governor is. In this case, the most respected person is Kunshan Wu Shu."
Coincidentally.
This beggar was Wu Shu who was walking along the mountain road with Chunxiang. When a thief was trapped, Chunxiang took action. After leaving the mountain, Chunxiang was in a hurry, so he made an appointment with Wu Shu to meet in Nanjing. After all, a person with two legs cannot run with four legs, and It was a hot summer day, and Wu Shu was walking in the direction of Nanjing. He happened to be begging in this village today, and he met him like this.
After hearing that they were the descendants of Shi Jingyan, Li Muxian and Qiao Sanxiu unexpectedly moved forward to make friends. Jianghu people relied on their worldly connections. As the saying goes, there are many ways to make friends. Wu Shun never expected that he would meet a young eunuch here. He himself I thought it was just an ordinary troop passing through the border, but there was an unexpected surprise.
Wu Chen has a withdrawn and aloof personality, even eccentric. He is not the kind of person who likes to make friends with others, so he only nodded to Li Muxian and Qiao Sanxiu's overtures, and instead focused on Chang Yu. He is a martial arts hero who pays attention to state affairs. Naturally, he has heard too many rumors about young eunuchs. Now that he suddenly stands in front of him, it still feels so unreal. Is he a eunuch? Why are you so young? Does he really know how to fight? How did he do it?
A series of questions popped up in his mind one after another. He wanted to ask but didn't know how to ask. Although he had thought about what to say when he saw the little eunuch one day, he suddenly said that he didn't know what to say. He looked so stupidly holding the dog beating stick for a moment, but Chang Yu couldn't help but laugh secretly. He had a certain understanding of Wu Shu from historical data. This man was not only strange but strange, he could even be said to be a little neurotic. actual.
For example, he was the first to divide martial arts into realms.
First of all, he proposed the six grades of guns. He said: "The first is deification, the second is subtlety, the third is proficiency, the fourth is law-abiding, the fifth is long, and the sixth is fighting." Although these "six grades" are due to the gun It was proposed that, since the spear is the king of weapons, Wu Shu also believed that spear skills and various weapons and boxing skills could be used to teach martial arts. Therefore, Wu Shu's "sixth grade", in addition to spears, could also be used as a warrior to practice various martial arts. The sequence and fruition status.
To put it simply, the lowest level is to rely on brute force to fight, and the highest level is to be a celebrity. With a raise of hands and feet, you can make your opponent fly into ashes while talking and laughing. This kind of magical skill sounds a bit like a magic spell. It's true, but if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible. As long as a person's martial arts reaches the peak of his cultivation and he can handle the enemy with ease, he will have a cool and unrestrained attitude, just like a Go master playing chess with a novice who has just started. Is the master like Ji Ji? The gods, like Wuzhong next to Chang Yu, and Sujing, the night demon, also have this attitude when they are fighting with people.
"Sir, is it possible that you want to recruit people under your command again?" Li Muxian looked at the two of them looking at each other and muttered behind Chang Yu.
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Then we have to weigh his ability first, and it also depends on whether he is willing." As he spoke, he suddenly pulled out the waist knife of a guard next to him and slashed at Wu Shu.
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Book friends, take a walk
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