Xiang'er walked to the southeast corner of the yard, waved to Jiang Shuo and said, "You need to start practicing from the Eastern Qinglong."
Jiang Shuo followed and saw that there was only a straight line on the ground connecting two round stones, with "Jiao 1" and "Jiao 2" engraved on them. Xiang'er stood with his feet separated on two dots and said, "Spica means dragon horns." , the head of the seven places of the Eastern Blue Dragon, and also the head of the twenty-eight places. The dragon horn is the first charge of the battle, and it starts from here."
Saying that, Xiang'er began to wander among the white dots in the east. Spica was divided into "Jiao", "Pingdao", "Tiantian", "Zhouding", "Jinxian", "Tianmen", "Ping" and "Ku". "Lou", "Zhu", "Heng", and "South Gate" are eleven star officials and forty-five stars in total. Each star official is a type. Among them, the "Jiao" official is the least, with only two stars, which is the Qi type. The other stars are Each officer has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. When walking down a set of "Spica" steps, the twists and turns are indeed similar to those of two dragon horns.
Xiang'er walked through Spica in a short time, then walked in a bow shape, and said: "This is the seven-star official of Kangsu, which is the throat of the dragon."
Then he made a long reverse bow and said: "This Disu Eleven Star Officer is the neck of the dragon."
Then he walked through the four places of "Fang", "Heart", "Wei" and "Ji" in order, among which the Wei place is the longest and the Heart place is the shortest.
The thin lines connecting the various star positions carved on the ground are all straight lines, but Xiang'er's walking path does not fit the thin lines on the ground. His body movements are circling and looping endlessly, really like a swimming dragon. However, although the walking path is complicated, The body technique is still the basic footwork derived from Jiugongbu.
Xiang'er went from the southeast to the northeast corner and said: "It was the Qinglong Qisu just now, and now it is the Xuanwu Qisu in the north. It is said that 'the blue dragon is curled up on the left, the white tiger is fiercely occupying the right, the red bird is flying in front, and the turtle is circling behind. ', this Xuanwu is in the shape of a spiritual snake hugging a turtle, so the steps are different."
After saying that, he walked "dou, ox, female, empty, room, danger, wall". Sure enough, his footwork was as steady and steady as a tortoise, and then as agile and moving as a snake.
After walking through the seven places in the north, Xiang'er turned to the west again, walking the seven places of the white tiger in the west: "Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Gong, and Shen". The footwork changed again, like a leaping and rising tiger.
The last one is the Southern Zhuque Qisu "well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, Yi, Zhen". The footwork of this Zhuque Qisu is the most complex, especially the wings and star officials interweaving back and forth like a bird combing its feathers, Xiang'er's body The graceful posture is like a divine bird dancing.
After Xiang'er finished walking, he smiled at Jiang Shuo and said, "There are a total of one thousand one hundred and thirty-six steps. Xiao Jianglang, who has a photographic memory, do you remember it?"
She just said that no matter how good Jiang Shuo's memory was, he couldn't remember everything just by reading it once, and now he might have forgotten even the starting poses, so she teased him. Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuo thought for a while and said, "I'll try. " Then he stood on the position of the two stars of Spica and started walking. His steps were very clumsy, not as elegant and unrestrained as Xiang'er, and the four gait changes in the four directions were completely wrong. He stumbled and walked more than a thousand steps. Jiang Shuo stood at the end of Zhensu and scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Xiang'er, I'm so ugly now that I'm gone. I don't have your grace at all."
Xiang'er's eyes widened, she twisted his collar with one hand and pointed at him with the other hand: "You must have learned, who are you talking to and where are you?"
Jiang Shuo said: "Good Xiang'er, I have never learned this before. Today is really the first time."
Xiang'er shook his head and said repeatedly: "Impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible! One thousand one hundred and thirty-six steps, you only missed more than a hundred steps... How can anyone in the world have such a good memory? "It was extremely painful for her to learn this step by herself just by reciting the star positions. It took her three months to memorize them accurately, but she still had to make mistakes by about a hundred steps. It took three years of continuous practice before she could make no mistakes. . During this period, Aye punished him a lot. Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuo remembered almost everything on the first day of school.
Jiang Shuo asked, "Where was the mistake in that hundred steps?"
Xiang'er waved his hand and said, "That's not important. What's important is that you remember a thousand steps! Are you still a human being?"
Jiang Shuo said: "I don't know why. Anyway, I just remembered it. You see my steps are so clumsy and I keep looking down to find the stars. How can I have practiced it before?"
Xiang'er tilted her head and thought for a moment, then let go of Jiang Shuo's collar and said, "That's right. Without the formula for raising the mind that I, Ye, Ye, taught me, even if I memorized the star positions, I would definitely not be able to learn them." The art of penetrating the stars."
Jiang Shuo said: "Good Xiang'er, please teach me. I also want to be as fluent as you."
Xiang'er said: "Of course I want to teach you, but since you are so ugly, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk as handsome as me."
Jiang Shuo could only say yes after hearing this.
Xiang'er then passed on the formula of Spica to Jiang Shuo. It turned out to be a song, called "Bu Tian Ge", which included the order of the "crossing stars" star positions and the corresponding steps of the Nine Palaces. Jiang Shuo wrote down this large section. Of course, there was no problem with the chants. He only had to recite them a few times and he had memorized them without any mistakes. The difficulty lay in the footwork and gait. Xiang'er taught him carefully step by step. In the evening, he only learned a rough outline of the four-five stars of Spica. .
Jiang Shuo said: "It turns out there are so many bright halls behind, but I only learned one Spica in one day, and these twenty-eight constellations have more than a thousand stars..."
Xiang'er was afraid that if he said it was too difficult and she wouldn't learn it, then she would have fewer playmates. She was even more afraid that Jiang Shuo wouldn't help her write if he didn't learn kung fu. He said hurriedly: "Don't be afraid, Kung Fu is practiced step by step like this. How can one reach the sky in one step?"
She didn't know that although Jiang Shuo was a young man, he was very competitive. He used to only treat practicing martial arts as playing, but now seeing so many bright halls aroused his competitive spirit. He said to Xiang'er: "I met Mr. Li Bai when I was a child." The old woman by the stream was grinding a needle with an iron pestle, and she realized that as long as she worked hard, nothing would be difficult. From then on, she studied hard and finally achieved success. I will not give up halfway, no matter how difficult it is, I will continue to learn the art of 'piercing the stars' , never give up halfway.”
Xiang'er patted Jiang Shuo on the shoulder with pretense of approval, but Jiang Shuo said, "I still have a question. We have learned these four days and eight nights. Where are the three walls in the middle?"
Xiang'er said: "The circle outside is called the Four Elephants, not the four surroundings. The four elephants are the green dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the red bird in the front, and the Xuanwu in the back. Each elephant has seven constellations, making a total of twenty-eight constellations..."
Jiang Shuo said: "I know, I'm asking about Sanyuan in the middle..."
Xiang'er is still young and hasn't learned Sanyuan's Kung Fu yet, so she naturally refuses to admit it. She just failed to get through, so she had to say: "Okay, you can't bite off more than you can chew. You're tired after studying all afternoon." , Ye Ye will be back soon to check my homework, you should also go back early, don't get hit by Ye Ye."
It turned out that the two of them had been practicing for a long time, and before they knew it, it was almost dark. Jiang Shuo was in awe of her Aye and did not dare to say goodbye to Xiang'er and go back to the backyard.
From then on, the two of them stayed together every day. Jiang Shuo practiced breathing and breathing every morning. At noon, he helped Xiang'er write the sand table calligraphy as fast as he could. They practiced the Star Walk together. In fact, the Star Walk originated from the star track in the sky. , practicing it also has the effect of guiding Qi. Jiang Shuo's internal energy has been condensed, but he doesn't know it.
Jiang Shuo even discovered that his eyesight and ear tone were much better than before the injury. When he looked at every brick and tile and tree and leaf in the courtyard, he felt that everything was completely different from before. There were many couplets in the villa, and he could read the words written on them clearly from a distance. When he was practicing breathing alone on the couch in the house, he could clearly hear the sound of a leaf falling to the ground outside the door. He gradually became able to distinguish the footsteps of different people. He didn't need to see people and just listened to the footsteps to know who they were. Xun Ni was still Xiang'er, or another servant girl.
As for his memory, he has also improved a lot. Although his memory was good, he could not remember a thousand steps after reading it once. It seems that after escaping from death this time, his senses in all aspects have become much sharper and smarter, but he can't explain the reason.
Xiang'er had a ghostwriter, so her calligraphy skills naturally stagnated, but Jiang Shuo made her handwriting more beautiful every day, which showed that she was making rapid progress, and was often praised by Ye Ye. Half a month passed like this, and what Jiang Shuo copied that day was: "Back and facing Luo, Floating Wei and Jing. The palace is gloomy, and the towers are flying." Xiang'er looked aside with his chin in his hands and asked: "Brother Shuo, what are you doing?" What does this mean?" Jiang Shuo asked, "Didn't your father tell you?" Xiang'er said, "Of course I did. I wrote it all down. Now I'm going to test you. I'll see what you say about the two-phase confirmation." It’s neither right nor wrong.”
Jiang Shuo knew that she must have been distracted again in the morning and did not pay attention to the lecture, so he did not expose her and said, "Do you still remember what I wrote yesterday about "the city of China, the east and west capitals"?"
Xiang'er said: "The second capital, Luoyang in Tokyo, and Chang'an in the west."
Jiang Shuo said: "Yes, these two sentences are written after the "East and West Two Capitals", which means that Luoyang is backed by Mang Mountain and faces the Luoshui River; Chang'an is close to the Wei River and far to the Jing River. The two capitals There are so many palaces, and the towers and palaces are so high that they look like they are about to fly in the sky, which is frightening to see."
Xiang'er nodded feintly and said, "Well, not bad, not bad. Although I didn't hit the mark, it's not far off."
This was probably what she was saying to evaluate her. Jiang Shuo couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw her shaking her head. Xiang'er didn't take it seriously and continued to put his elbows on the desk and said: "Brother Shuo, do you think Erjing is really such a scene? Can someone from a high-rise building be scared to death just by looking at it?"
Jiang Shuo thought to himself that there was nothing scary in this article, but he did not argue with her, saying: "The Thousand-Character Essay was written by Zhou Xingsi of the Liang Dynasty. This was an ancient man two hundred years ago. Today, the two capitals are probably more powerful than that." At that time, the Second Capital was much more magnificent. Moreover, Zhou Xingsi was from the Southern Dynasties, so he probably had never seen what the Second Capital looked like."
Xiang'er said in a daze: "Hey, I really want to go to Gyeonggi to see the Luo River, the Weishui River, and those scary palaces that are so high."
Jiang Shuo said in his heart: "There is nothing scary in the original text." But this sentence also touched his heart. He said gloomily: "I want to go too, I want to go to Mr. Taibai. I heard that Pei Yaoqing opened up the main pillar Shanshui After the road, there is no longer a shortage of food in Guanzhong, and the emperor's carriage is no longer in the east capital. At this moment, Mr. Taibai is probably in Chang'an City."
Xiang'er said happily: "Then let's go together?"
Jiang Shuo frowned and said, "How are we two kids going to get there? We don't have any money and we don't know the way."
Xiang'er said: "Oh, you are so boring. I just thought about it. What's wrong with the child? I can do what adults can do."
Jiang Shuo retorted: "You can't write..."
Xiang'er said anxiously: "Oh, Brother Shuo, don't slap people in the face. Besides, not every adult is as literate as me. If you tell me another skill, I will definitely know it."
Jiang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Can you ride a horse?"
