When he came to the county town, everything was a new beginning. He went to a private school every day to study literature and watched the disciples of the bow club practice martial arts. Xiao Ning lived a normal life. But there is always something unusual amidst the ordinary, and that is the deerskin bag.
After his father left that day, he actually opened the leather bag and looked at it. Apart from the silk picture, there were a few books, some odds and ends, and a lot of gold and silver, but there was nothing else inside.
Needless to say, the books were about some martial arts, which he couldn't understand at this time, and he didn't know what to do with the rest except gold and silver. With this question mark in his mind, he could only bury this secret in his heart for the time being.
In fact, when he got here, his favorite thing was to go to the Gong Club's martial arts arena to watch the disciples practice martial arts and draw bows. It was said that the Gong Club was not just teaching bows and arrows. On the contrary, because Wang Wei was a member of the martial arts community, he had some intention of recruiting disciples.
On this day, Xiao Ning came back from private school and was watching his disciples practice martial arts. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting from behind: "Ning'er, it's time to eat."
Xiao Ning turned around and saw a woman in her thirties with lightly swept eyebrows and a blue blouse. She was holding a basket in one hand and holding a little girl of three or four years old in the other. The little girl was making a gesture towards Xiao Ning. grimace.
When Xiao Ning saw her, she hurriedly saluted and said, "My aunt is well, how dare you bother her to deliver food to Xiao Ning? It's Xiao Ning's fault."
The woman smiled benevolently and said, "It's okay. Your uncle has a few guests today and has cooked some dishes in the kitchen. I'll bring some for you."
After saying that, he handed the basket over. Xiao Ning had just taken it, and Yu Fangzhou also happened to turn into the martial arts field. When he saw it from afar, he laughed out loud: "I know that my brother and sister will never forget Ning'er, haha, I just happened to come too." One bite."
That woman was Wang Wei's wife, Mrs. Hu. She had lived in the Wang family since Xiao Ning. Mrs. Hu also liked him very much. Mrs. Hu had a son and a daughter. Her eldest son, Wang Chuxing, was sent by Wang Wei to the "Heavenly Medicine Sect" to study. Only her daughter Wang Chuyue, who is three or four years old, is still with her. She always brings Xiao Ning something delicious.
At this moment, Mrs. Hu saw Yu Fangzhou coming and said, "I've seen my uncle before. Why didn't uncle go to the front hall instead of coming here?"
Yu Fangzhou waved his hand, made a face at Xiao Chuyue, and said to Mrs. Hu: "I can't talk to a group of country squires and masters, so I might as well come to Ning'er."
Mrs. Hu knew that he was born in the army and had lived in the wilderness. He didn't get along with those squires, so she didn't say much, just smiled and left.
Without bothering to take care of the disciples in the courtyard, Yu Fangzhou pulled Xiao Ning into the room and put down the wine and meat in his hands. Xiao Ning also took out two plates of vegetables and two cakes from the basket.
After pouring himself a bowl of wine and taking a sip, Yu Fangzhou said, "Ning'er, do you want to learn martial arts?"
Xiao Ning was stuffing cakes into his mouth. He was stunned when he heard the sound and didn't know how to answer.
He stretched out his hand to tear off a chicken leg and put it in front of Xiao Ning. He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. Seeing that Xiao Ning didn't wait for a reply, he had to smile again and said, "You don't have to hide it from me. When it comes to learning martial arts, your eyes light up." , I’ve seen it a long time ago.”
"But my father won't let me learn." Xiao Ning took the cake and lowered his head.
"What's the matter?" Yu Fangzhou put down the wine bowl, "A man should have the ability to protect his family and his life while he is alive. Let's learn it secretly. As long as you don't delay your studies, how will he know? He will still take the exam to be the top scholar when the time comes. With both civil and military skills, your father can still be unhappy."
"Yes," Xiao Ning's eyes lit up and he raised his head, "Uncle Yu, will you teach me."
"Well, I can teach you..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone outside the window say, "Brother, no."
As he spoke, Wang Wei pushed the door open and entered.
"Uncle Wang." Xiao Ning stood up to salute, but Wang Wei came over and helped him sit down.
"Why are you here? Have you finished dealing with it up front?" Yu Fangzhou glanced at him and asked.
"A bunch of squires came to ask me to donate money again and asked me to send them away."
"Why can't I teach Ning'er martial arts anymore?" Yu Fangzhou glared at his junior brother with dissatisfaction and asked again.
Wang Wei sat down next to Xiao Ning. He didn't answer him first. He just reached for the wine bowl and took a sip and said, "You know how to choose. This wine is good."
Yu Fangzhou glared at him again, took another bowl and poured himself another bowl, "You really have a reason why you can't."
Wang Wei glanced at him sideways, "Senior brother, don't think I'm offended if I tell the truth."
"You said, I want to see what can offend me!" At this time, Yu Fangzhou seemed confident.
"Okay," Wang Wei also put down his wine bowl, "You and I are the three brothers and sisters. Back then, you were the only one who had the martial arts passed down from the family, and could be regarded as the master of martial arts. That's right, right?"
"Yeah." Yu Fangzhou couldn't help but feel secretly in his heart after hearing this.
"Now that the three of us have been martial arts for many years, what are we doing with our martial arts skills?"
Hearing this, Yu Fangzhou covered his face and stopped talking.
Wang Weichuo walked over to the wine jar and poured himself another bowl of wine. He sipped it slowly and said: "Three senior brothers, when it comes to hard skills, senior brother and I are not as good as you, but that is the martial arts inherited from your Yu family. Master What about the swordsmanship and boxing skills you left behind?"
When Yu Fangzhou heard what he said, his temper also rose, "Then I will teach him hard skills. The Yu family still has some skills!"
"Really?" After hearing this, Wang Wei also put down the wine bowl, his eyes shining, "Back then, you said you would bring your ancestor's skills into the coffin. Are you really willing to teach me now?"
"Nonsense, why don't you teach me what to say, but I can't just teach you. You have to come up with something useful." Yu Fangzhou said, slamming the wine bowl on the table.
"Well," Wang Wei twirled his short beard, "My senior brother and I are far behind in swordsmanship, but I can still use the through-arm boxing technique left by my master. How about that?"
"Okay!" Yu Fangzhou slapped his thigh, "That's it!"
"Let's make an agreement first. Teaching is teaching. We won't let Ning'er become a disciple for now. Now the senior brother is the head of the sect. I have to inform the senior brother about the entrance."
"Okay!" Yu Fangzhou picked up the wine bowl and drank a bowl with Wang Wei. Both of them felt very refreshed.
Xiao Ning hadn't finished a piece of cake yet. Hearing what the two of them said, he was laughing so stupidly.
From then on, Xiao Ning also became tired. He studied literature in private school in the morning, practiced martial arts at Wang's house in the afternoon, and had to use the breathing method taught by Wang Wei to adjust his breathing at night.
A few days passed in a blink of an eye. The private school was on a break that day. Yu Fangzhou was greedy for wine and secretly led Xiao Ning to a nearby tavern.
There were no seats in the private room, so the two of them had to sit at a table separated by a screen in the hall. After being served wine and food, Yu Fangzhou was drinking by himself. There was also a table outside the screen, with seven or eight people, and he was sitting down while he was being served wine and food. Next, I heard someone say: "Senior Brother, it's been a long time, what else can I find out?"
"Yeah, it's a waste of time. The corpses have already gone into the yamen. What else can you look at?"
"Hey, junior brothers, don't sigh. The master uncle asked me to come and take a look. We should take a break and relax." This time it was the senior brother who spoke.
"Hey? Senior brother, do you think Cui Qianmian ran away or was killed this time?" the first voice asked again.
Xiao Ning was stunned when he heard the words "Cui Qianmian" and quickly perked up his ears.
"It's hard to say. This time, the Northern Shenyin Cult is said to have sent several masters to the Central Plains. It is said that among them are direct disciples of their leader, the 'White-Headed Immortal' Yue Changhai. Only five corpses were found on the official road of Qingshui River. , I don’t know if it was Cui Qi who took care of him, or if he took the lives of four people and tried to kill Cui Qi.”
"You said that the Shenyin Sect is far away in Daliao, with a dog's nose that has a ghostly nose, and Cui Qi, the 'thousand-faced thief', who has unparalleled disguise skills in the world. How did you let them find it?"
"The Shenyin Sect is known as the largest martial arts sect in the North. It is better than Longtan Tiger Cave on Dulong Cliff. It has been eyeing the martial arts in the Central Plains for many years. A few years ago, the 'White-Headed Immortal' even went to the Central Plains to challenge the leaders of the Shaolin and Chunyang sects. Although There is no victory but no defeat. There are two great protectors in the sect, and the four envoys are all first-rate warriors. How can we guess the details behind them?"
"Yeah, that's right. Hey, senior brother, you said that the Shenyin Sect is so famous, how could Cui Qianmian still dare to confront me and ask me to hand over the 'Four Saints Secret Map' to save his own life. "
"You think that Cui Qi is just an ordinary person. Besides, I heard that due to the sudden serious injury of Yue Changhai, no one except his eldest disciple has fully learned the skills, and the one who came this time is not even a master." Senior Brother It seemed that while drinking, he said something to the man.
"Elder brother, tell me, why is Traiqi so special?"
At this time, after a few cups of yellow soup, the senior brother also started chatting, "It is said that Cui Qi was originally a disciple of the Kunlun Sect in the Western Regions, but he did some sneaky things. Most of the elders and disciples in the sect did not like to see him. Later, I don't know why. What happened? I went to steal Paili's "Yunlong Da Ba Shi" secret book and found out about Kunlun. This incident also made a big fuss in the world back then."
"Elder brother, then Kunlun is also a big sect. It dominates the Western Region, so just let a disciple run away like this?"
"How could that be possible? At that time, Kunlun also sent many people to chase him to the Central Plains, but Cui Qi didn't know where he got the ever-changing disguise technique. From then on, his name was only heard in the world, and no one could recognize him anymore. It’s someone else.”
"Yes, I've also heard about the 'Thousand-Faced Thief'. I dare not say that the word 'Thousand-Faced Thief' is worthy of the name, but the word 'Thousand-faced' is unmatched." There was a new voice. said.
"Well, it is indeed true. Alas, it's a pity that the Divine Music Sect blocked it this time."
Xiao Ning was so absorbed in listening on the screen that he forgot to eat for a while. Yu Fangzhou gave him a strange look but didn't say much.
After eating and drinking, the table next door had already left. Yu Fangzhou also led Xiao Ning back to Gongshe. On the way, Xiao Ning pulled Yu Fangzhou's sleeve with one hand, feeling worried.
When they arrived at Gongshe, the two of them slipped back into the house through the back door. Yu Fangzhou gave him a few instructions and turned to leave. However, Xiao Ning grabbed his sleeve again and said hesitantly: "Uncle Yu, let me show you. thing."
"Huh?" Yu Fangzhou frowned and followed Xiao Ning towards the back room with questions in his mind.
Entering the back room, Xiao Ning took out a deerskin bag from the corner of the bed and handed it to Yu Fangzhou. Yu Fangzhou was a knowledgeable person. When he opened it, he gasped. He turned around and closed the door and asked, "Ning'er, where did you come from?"
Xiao Ning told Yu Fangzhou the truth about what happened by the Qingshui River. Yu Fangzhou secretly broke into a cold sweat and said to himself, What a guy! How many people were staring at these things. Fortunately, Ning'er didn't show her bottom at that time. Otherwise, if brother Xiao didn't know the depth and fell out on the spot, his father and son would not have made it to Qingshi Town with their lives.
At this moment, he looked around carefully and made sure that no one was around before he pulled Xiao Ning to sit down at the table and said: "These things must be hidden in the future. No one can tell, including your father and your Uncle Wang. This is all It's a fatal thing, if one of us fails, several of our families will die without a burial place." As he spoke, he placed the items in his bag on the table.
The first pile was four books. Yu Fangzhou pointed at him and said, "Good luck, your uncle Wang said earlier that I wasn't good at martial arts, and he was afraid that I might miss you. Now that I have these, let's see who of us is the best at teaching!"
As he spoke, he picked up a book and said, "I'm just telling you why you listened so carefully in the tavern. It turns out that these are all in your hands. This is Kunlun's unique skill "Yunlong Da Ba Shi". It's the most powerful technique in the sect. You have to learn how to survive in the world."
He flipped through it and put it aside, and then looked at the remaining three books, "Wutai Mountain Jialan Temple's "Wind Kick Technique"? A hundred years ago, the world was known to have the four unique skills of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. The word "wind" came out. Here, this is an undisclosed secret of Jialan Temple, where did he steal it from?"
""Eagle Claw Skill"? The Eagle Claw Sect has been destroyed! The few remaining people who also eat the Gongmen meal are a bit inferior, but this is a hard skill, no!" Yu Fangzhou was flipping through it casually. I was shocked again, "You even have mental skills! Wasn't this lost a long time ago?"
""Vibration Power"?" Yu Fangzhou picked up the last book, picked up the flower seeds, and tapped his head and said, "What a familiar name, where did it come from?"
Before Yu Fangzhou could figure it out, he heard someone outside the room shouting: "Is the coach here? If something happens, I'll call you over."
Yu Fangzhou shivered, and quickly pulled the things on the table into the deerskin bag and handed it to Xiao Ning, saying, "I know, I'll go right away."
When he was about to go out, he turned around and whispered: "Put it away. I'll come over and take inventory with you in the evening."
Watching Yu Fangzhou leave, Xiao Ning clutched the deerskin bag in his hand and suddenly felt as heavy as a mountain.
