Wang Hong, who is nearly sixty years old, has a square face with Chinese characters and looks very upright. At this moment, he is slowly practicing health-preserving boxing in the backyard. There is no hint of old age on his energetic face. People's twilight.
When he saw the housekeeper approaching, he ignored him and continued to punch slowly.
It wasn't until after half a stick of incense had passed that Wang Hong finished his work that the housekeeper dared to step forward.
"What's the matter?"
The housekeeper reported back: "Yesterday evening, Young Master Seventeen had a visitor. Early this morning, Young Master Seventeen took the two strangers and went out. Looking at the direction, they should be heading towards Guangzhou Mansion."
Taking the wet towel handed over by the maid next to him, Wang Hong wiped his face without saying a word.
The housekeeper said hesitantly: "One of the two people showed his face, and the servants recognized him. He was suspected to be the person who was posted on the notice outside Guangzhou a few days ago."
Having been in charge of the Wang family's business for thirty years, Wang Hong was very strict in running the family. In this three-acre land of the Wang family, there was no news that could be hidden from Wang Hong.
Hearing this, Wang Hong turned his head and stared at the housekeeper, threw the towel aside, and said in a calm tone: "Old Seventeen usually doesn't do his job properly, and he doesn't do well when he is asked to take charge of the family's property. Now he is getting more and more courageous. You dare to go with the Revolutionary Party, are you afraid that Li Shizhen will have no reason to attack my Wang family?"
The butler's body bent further subconsciously. Having served Wang Hong for thirty years, he knew that Wang Hong was angry.
"Send someone to pass the news to Li Shizhen. What happens next has nothing to do with my Wang family."
Hearing Wang Hong's instructions, the housekeeper responded, and then asked carefully: "Then Young Master Seventeen..."
"For my sake, Li Shizhen will at most give him some physical pain, and his life will be fine."
"yes."
On the other side, Wang Yigu's carriage galloped all the way, and soon arrived at Yongxing Gate in the south of Guangzhou City. Hu Tianshui slightly opened the curtain, and he could see that there were many government officials at the city gate checking people coming in and out one by one. There was a long queue outside the city gate.
Hu Tianjiu turned around and signaled to Song Xing, ready to force his way into the city if something went wrong.
The government officials took the wanted notice, checked their waistbands, and recognized the person from the portrait on the notice. Wang Yigu and the others soon arrived.
"Snapped!"
The driver who was driving the car expertly used a whip to pull back the Yamen's hand that was about to reach for the car curtain.
"I've blinded you. Didn't you see that this was the carriage of the Wang family? It hit the noble man. Can you bear it?"
The groom perfectly explained what it means to be arrogant and scold someone with open mouth.
The officer who didn't notice the clan emblem on the carriage at first, changed his expression after hearing this, and quickly said with a smile: "Oh, I didn't see it, I'm sorry, let me go, let me go quickly."
Everything was as Wang Yigu expected. The Yamen did not dare to stop the Wang family's carriage. Instead, he accompanied the smiling face and let the carriage drive slowly into Guangzhou Mansion.
After the carriage passed through the city gate, it began to speed up on the main road. Entering Guangzhou Mansion was only the first step. Hu Tianzhu and the others needed to find a hiding place to hide as soon as possible to avoid the search by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Qing army.
"Zixiao, thanks to you this time, let's find a place with few people and let us get off the bus."
Hu Tianchun thanked Wang Yigu gratefully.
Before Wang Yigu could speak, there was a burst of rapid running towards the carriage, making Song Xing and Hu Tianshui's expressions change.
"get off!"
Song Xing gave a low shout, grabbed Wang Yigu's collar with one hand, and jumped out of the carriage with Hu Tianchun in the next second.
"Wow!"
The moment the three of them landed, a figure had already rushed to the roof of the carriage, stepped down with his feet in the air, and the strong wooden carriage began to deform and crack under the force.
The strong horse pulling the cart neighed loudly, and under the influence of a huge force, he and the groom fell to the ground, dizzy from the fall.
After Song Xing landed, he first protected Hu Tian by his side and turned his peripheral vision towards the direction of the carriage.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou has become an important maritime port. A city shipping envoy was set up to manage foreign trade, and large residential areas and commercial areas appeared around the city.
Although it was mostly damaged in the wars of the past dynasties, due to its important geographical location, the New Dynasty repaired it many times. By the end of Guangxu, the commercial market was extremely prosperous, and the population increased to 2.4 million. The built-up area far exceeded the city wall. outside.
After Song Xing and the others entered the city gate, they were stopped after a short time of running. They were still in the outer city, but looking at the surrounding buildings, they were overcrowded and the excitement was no less than that of the bustling streets of other capitals.
Seeing a fight in the street, people gave way and the street was cleared for a while.
Among the broken wood and debris in the sky, stood a tall man, with a rugged face covered in dust, and a pair of dark gray eyes with a hint of ferocity.
"As expected, I'm hiding here. Now it's my turn to make a contribution."
Fierce eyes swept across Hu Tianju's face, and a hint of a wanton smile appeared on the man's face.
The person who came was none other than Ai Shifei, a master of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who accompanied Wayne Ming to the south. He was originally searching for Hu Tianjiu's whereabouts at the South City Gate. Later, he was summoned that Hu Tianjiu entered the city from Yongxing Gate. He relied on his quick legs and feet to pursue him first. Come over.
While Ai Shifei was speaking, Song Xing took a step forward, tiptoed with his left toe, and the thick broken crossbar on the shaft of the cart had already flown into the air.
Song Xing shook his shoulders and punched the base of the crossbar. One end of the crossbar, which was as thick as an adult's thigh, exploded under the terrifying force, and the remaining half shot towards Ai Shifei like a sharp arrow.
Ai Shifei didn't expect Song Xing to be so violent. If he didn't check for a moment, the crossbar had already flown in front of him. He had no time to dodge, and with a low roar, a short iron-clad stick appeared in his hand and hit the crossbar.
Blocking the danger of a headshot from the crossbar, Ai Shifei exerted force on his legs and his whole body bounced to the left. When he had no time to escape, he dodged Song Xing's punch to the heart.
Song Xing stretched out his right foot, and a piece of debris from the underground carriage suddenly flew up, blocking Ai Shifei's sight. At the same time, he used his strength to cut towards Ai Shifei's right hand holding the stick.
Ai Shifei screamed strangely, and his left foot moved from bottom to top at an incredible speed, colliding with Song Xing's right palm.
Since ancient times, Chinese martial arts have been divided into southern boxing and north kick. The southern martial arts is stronger than the boxing, while the northern martial arts is stronger in the legs. Because of the cold living environment, compared to southerners, northerners are taller and have longer legs, and are physically stronger. They have outstanding advantages in strength and pay more attention to the skills and application of leg techniques.
What Ai Shifei learned was the most famous kick in the North Leg.
Stab kick is a northern boxing technique that mainly focuses on leg and kick skills. It is said that it originated in the Song Dynasty. Wu Song drunkenly beat Jiang Menshen. The jade ring step and mandarin duck kick used by Wu Song were the kick techniques of jab foot.
Legs are good at kicking. The main kicking techniques include kicking, teasing, floating, and point. It also emphasizes the use of both hands and feet. Therefore, in the north, those who can practice kicking to a very advanced level will always have a place among the top martial artists. .
Ai Shifei studied under Zhao Canyi, a famous northern kick master. He started training when he was thirty years old. With his leg and kick skills, he defeated invincible opponents in Hebei. Later, he was recruited by Wayne Ming and entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve the Qing court.
Last time he witnessed Wayne Ming defeating the guards around Hu Tianchuu and cutting off half of the man's arm, which wasted his efforts.
That's why when we caught up with Hu Tianchuu this time and saw that there were only two young men around him, we thought that capturing Hu Tianchuu was easy.
But Song Xing's attack immediately made him feel the pressure. With one move, he had to use his best skills to deal with it.
