Be filial to your son, loyal to your ministers, and righteous to your brother. My father taught me this when I was four years old.
At that time, my father had a prosperous official career. He was promoted from Huang Menlang to the governor of Huaxing County and became a respected official in the frontier.
I thought: This is the result of my father always adhering to the path of his family and country.
Everything was completely silent. I sat on an unknown small stone bag in Chisong County, watching the oil lamp in the Erniu Tent slowly extinguishing, and thought to myself: As a human being, it is better to be more responsible.
Four years ago, the eldest brother's grandfather, Liu Xing, extorted and forcibly acquired the land by the Daling River. In the end, Liu Desheng arranged a few tables of wine for the officials in Qingyin Pavilion and gave some gold and silver, but he ignored the matter. I clearly remember that day, my father was alone in the room, drinking wine, and said to me drunkenly, "If you become a high official in the future, don't be as incompetent as your father. At the very least, you must be as strong as the sun." , fight for a truth for the common people."
At that time, I replied like this, "Dad, killing people on the battlefield, cannibalizing people in the officialdom, being worldly, thick-faced, sinister, trying to figure out the ways of the world, and taking orders. Children can't learn this kind of wanton attitude."
At that time, my father seemed a little disappointed but also a little pleased. He touched my head and nodded, "It's up to you!"
That year, when I was nine years old, I decided to give up literature and pursue martial arts, determined to become a great hero with a single sword strike!
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The two-part bright moon is desolate, and the mystery of the red pine trees is far more desolate than that of my hometown.
After wiping out the third wave of bandits, in order to effectively guard against enemy night attacks, I took the initiative to take over the task of guarding the area late at night.
The small stone under the buttocks is already slightly cold. For the person who watches at night, this moment is the most difficult to endure.
I had to think of something to cheer myself up.
Ten months ago, in the Battle of Yanshan, it was the first time in my life that I killed someone. During the fighting, I didn’t notice anything. After I calmed down, the thick blood stuck to my body, and the sword was filled with the smell of blood. In my dream, the dead souls were looking for me. Come here, the feeling is indeed different from killing chickens and dogs.
But I understand that what eldest brother did is right;
I also understand that if you want to open up a new vision, some people have to die;
I understand better that when I learn swordsmanship, in addition to shocking the world with one strike, I also cleanse away the filth!
Thinking about it, I yawned.
It’s over! Sleepy again! How can this be done?
Feeling helpless and tired, I suddenly drew my sword, danced the sword in the air, and pulled out the "Stone Whale Sword" that I had already memorized by heart.
The bright moon is halfway up, and the sad wind is thousands of miles away. It is also good to play with the sword in your hand and pay respect to the old friends below!
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The road ahead was extremely dangerous. On the second day, the eldest brother decided to use a false shot to change his plan of going north to Fuyu City, the governor's office of Chisong County, and changed his route to the east. He first went to Tianchi to hunt for piano insects, and then waited for Boss Xia there before rushing together. Buyeo Castle.
My brain is not as bright as my elder brother's, but I can see things like making a fuss about things, okay!
With no food on the ground, no birds in the sky, and no water in the rivers, Chisong County even built a branch road, which seemed very extravagant.
We, a group of us, have just arrived and are unfamiliar with the place. Without a road, we have no direction.
A group of us waited and waited. It was not until noon that we begged an old scavenger on the spot. After several pleas, the old man accepted the money and agreed to be our guide and lead us on a journey. It is a winding road that no one has ever set foot on. On both sides of the lower road, apart from the Tuozuo Wasteland, it is a wasteland.
The eldest brother initially suspected that the old man had evil intentions. The old man explained that "there is no road to Tianchi", so the eldest brother did not continue to ask questions.
The old man's clothes were shabby, he had white hair and yellow teeth, he was slightly fat but not obese, he was taciturn, and he walked as if there was wind at his feet. Along the way, I looked at it carefully. The more I looked at the old man, the more he looked like a heroic warrior fighting in the mortal world. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Living in a place like Chisong County, people become resolute and become sharp in hardships. This is absolutely true.
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The journey was uneventful, and our group also slacked off a little. When we were free, some things about the love between children came into our eyes.
Qiao Miaoqing is interested in her eldest brother, as those of us who hang around him all day long know.
I don’t know if the eldest brother is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, but he has not been able to feel the thoughts of this rich young lady for a long time.
Look at this journey, this Joe just barely has his eyes on his eldest brother!
I secretly glanced at Qiao Miaoqing's eyes, which were as bright as apricot blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River all day long. My heart felt numb and goosebumps covered my body. I hurriedly touched the sword in my hand: Damn it! damn it! Tenderness that lasts until death. The Sword God does not need a woman. I have a sword in my hand and am not afraid of aging.
According to the old man who led the way, the place where we are is three to four hundred kilometers away from Changbai Mountain Tianchi. Calculated by traveling fifty miles a day, it will take six or seven days to reach it.
Alas, it looks like another boring journey!
However, after just one day, this feeling of laziness was immediately dispelled by me.
After Yang Liu left, there was no one else but me on this damn night patrol mission.
I fully understand my elder brother's arrangement. Qiao Miaoqing and Wang Dali need to be in top condition at all times, and Erniu is responsible for all the dispatching of the Chinese army. There is no way to arrange for me to be on night patrol, and I can't help it. I am happy to sharpen my sword in the quiet night, and lie on the horse during the day and sleep soundly.
The chill brought by the night became more and more severe, but I kept dancing with my sword, and my body became warmer and warmer.
It is a rare opportunity to obtain a top-grade unique copy of "Stone Whale Sword". I cherish every moment of training time. If I can achieve some success in swordsmanship, I will be able to spy on things within a three-mile radius with just the first move of Mad Whale Probing the Sea. Make yourself invincible.
After all, only when a dog is a dog among dogs can he become the best among men! Ha ha!
After using brute strength to perform three moves with the Stone Whale Sword, I collapsed on the ground exhausted and without any thoughts. I wanted to do something cool and insert the long sword into the crack of the stone, but I was not strong enough and the sword flew out far away. Only a string of silver remains.
I smiled awkwardly, luckily I was the only one here, otherwise I would have been embarrassed and thrown into my grandma's house.
I was lying flat on the deserted land, with a campfire behind me, reflecting the stars. Three months ago, I was lying alone on a frozen soil bag in the Lingyuan Mountains. I was there again, three months ago. A story about practicing in the Lingyuan Mountains seems like yesterday.
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Last winter, I accidentally heard that my eldest brother's great-grandfather, Liu Huo, had been enlightened in the Lingyuan Mountains for twenty years. After leaving the mountain, he became immortal and became very interested. He packed up his bed, brought dry food, left a hastily written letter home, and set off alone. Entering the Lingyuan Mountains, which are still crisscrossed by ice roads.
On the first day, I regretted it!
Cold rice, cool quilt, cool ground. In the cold weather, I am helpless in the mountains. I am just a stupid boy sleeping on a cold kang, all relying on strong firepower.
I barely slept until midnight. The cold winter was so intense that I couldn't sleep. So I got up and used my sword as a knife and split wood as a wall. By the early morning of the next day, I finally built a building on a high hill. Simple wooden house.
I didn't have time to rest, so I hurriedly dug some wood to make a fire. After starting a bonfire in the house, I reluctantly gnawed on a cold, hard noodle pancake to replenish my strength.
I continued to light the fire, walked out of the wooden house, searched along the ditch, and finally dug up a frozen wild deer at a corner. I happily carried it back, skinned it, made clothes, and dismantled the bones to stew the meat. , after a delicious meal, they found some hares and wild foxes in the nearby ice ditch. After skinning them according to the previous method, they spread the furs on the ground, buried the frozen meat in the snow, closed the door, and lay down. A deep sleep.
As soon as I woke up, I looked up at the sky. It was almost dusk. I quickly stoked the fire in the house, went out and chopped dry wood, and lit another fire at the door. I lay down among the moon steps and the earth, admiring the sky and the stars.
The sky was high and the forests were dense. At that time, I sighed in my heart: Regarding the eternal universe, I was like a mayfly walking between heaven and earth, just like a drop in the ocean. Even the last form of the top-grade unique "Stone Whale Sword" where a group of whales soared over Kyushu was just a flash in the pan. , but if you can really understand the Tao, breathe the same breath and share the fate of heaven and earth, how free it will be.
Suddenly, my enthusiasm for sword practice became strong. I rolled up, drew my sword and looked around. In the vast snow, I struck, flicked, flicked, and swept, and the sword flowers danced one after another. It boiled in my chest, and there was a hint of brokenness. When I was in a critical situation, the direction of the wooden house said "It's so delicious", which broke all my heartstrings.
People who practice martial arts are most afraid of being disturbed by external objects. With just three words, my feeling of breaking through completely disappeared.
I was furious, withdrew the sword and turned around, ran to the bonfire, pressed the sword to the man's neck, and scolded incoherently, "Ah, ah, ah, ah! Who are you? How dare you disturb my Qingxiu? Do you know? I almost broke through!"
"Haha! In life, freedom is the most important, and realm is not that important." The Taoist wearing a Taoist robe smiled at me, "What I eat is a real deer, but you are a dream fish."
"Fart! Fart!" I stuck my sword in the snow, snatched the deer leg, and said angrily, "You eat my food and mess with my mind. You, you, you, are you still reasonable? Stinky Taoist priest."
I stood up from the Xiaodao, and by the light of the fire, I saw a pretty face with bright eyes, a face like a crown of jade, and eyebrows like curved willows. With this appearance, at least she was the top oiran in the brothel.
I snorted coldly, "Bah, look at you, you are neither a man nor a woman, you pretty face! There are almost no people in Lingyuan Mountain, but you come here to travel alone, you are not a good thing at first glance."
As soon as I finished speaking, Xiaodao took advantage of my unpreparedness, lifted his leg and rolled me directly under the mountain. Then, he squatted by the bonfire, "Bah! Why don't I just eat a piece of your meat, Lai Lai?" Jiji, I look a little more handsome, but in your heart, you are like a little girl, very effeminate, right? Little lady? Hahaha!"
I laughed angrily, stood up and attacked with my fist, "Junxiu? I want you to be handsome!"
So, the two of us started fighting like shrews in the street. You were doing bastard boxing while I was using my crotch-raising hand. We were beating from inside to outside the house, from the mountain to the ravine, from the east of the moon to the west of the moon, until our nose was bruised and our face was swollen, and we no longer had the strength to do anything. 33
Seeing that the little Taoist priest was very difficult to deal with, I snorted softly and went back to the house to fall asleep. This shameless person actually followed me in and asked me to add more wood to the fire. I fell asleep and cursed. He said, "Just wait, I will definitely beat the shit out of you tomorrow!"
The little Taoist laughed and said, "I'm scared to death!"
Silly sounds at night.
Some people died, but not completely...
