There is also suffering without merit. Is this really the case? Not really.
If you win, hard work is the cornerstone of credit. If you lose, hard work is just a waste of time, energy and resources. Since it is a waste and has no value, there is no need to exist.
Eagle King Iron Stone appeared on the Dragon Slaying Club and lost the competition. The Dragon Slaying Club members complained a lot along the way, and the Eagle King felt very uncomfortable. After walking a mile or two on the mountain road, I said goodbye to Ximen Qing, Gui Haiming and others, and walked alone through the mountains and forests. After walking a mile or two, I was about to stop to adjust my breath and relax my internal injuries. Unexpectedly, a man emerged from the bushes and blocked the way.
The man was about forty years old, tall and tall. He was wearing a military uniform. He looked like a general of the local garrison. When Eagle King Tie Shi approached, he asked loudly: "Tie Daxia, how did you go about the matter that you were asked to do?"
Tie Shi sighed slightly and replied with a bitter taste: "General Fan, Tie is not talented and has let you down."
General Fan Shen had no joy on his face: "The Eagle King has been in the martial arts world for more than ten years without encountering an opponent. Today, he fell into the hands of a kid. Couldn't he have done it on purpose?"
Tie Shi smiled apologetically and said: "General, you really know how to joke. Serving the imperial court is Tie's lifelong wish. How dare you do it deliberately."
Fan Shen snorted and said, "You know my lord's temper. It's okay if you don't do it on purpose."
Tie Shi felt depressed, sat down on the spot, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "General Fan, there is something I don't know about Tie, I don't know whether I should ask him or not?"
General Fan Shen saw that Eagle King Tieshi's expression was extremely ugly, so he also sat down and replied: "Ask the right ones, and don't ask the wrong ones."
Tie Shi took a breath and said softly: "As far as I know, the Dragon Slayer Guild has always worked for the imperial court and helped the court deal with the heroes of the world. Why did you act out of character today and become an enemy of the Dragon Slayer Guild?"
General Fan said: "Eagle King, there are only permanent interests, and there are permanent friends. You also saw today that the Longwei Escort escorted the tribute silver handed over to the court by the Quzhou Prefecture, and the Dragon Slayer Guild actually came to rob it. King Muwu Fa is no longer the obedient and obedient dragon-slaying club of the past. As a local governor, if you don’t take this matter seriously, you won’t be burdened by it once the court knows about it in the future.”
Tie Shi felt that it was reasonable, but still couldn't figure it out, and whispered: "But General Fan, your Excellency did not get the instructions from above and rashly attacked the Dragon Slayer Association. It is inevitable that the Dragon Slayer will not retaliate in the future."
General Fan said: "Tie Daxia, you are worrying too much. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, harming an official of the imperial court is like treason. If Slaying the Dragon is not in a hurry to rebel, how can he dare to extend his knife to the Lord? I just didn't expect that Ximen Qing and Gui Haiming These two worthless cowards are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they don't have the guts to compete with the Longwei Escort Agency. They are so angry." The words were full of regret.
Tie Shi seemed to be disapproving and retorted: "General Fan, according to Tie, there was no big fight between the two of them today. It's not that Ximen Qing and Gui Haiming gave in. It seems that someone tipped them off and put them on guard."
General Fan said: "It's impossible. Until now, only I know what your lord thinks."
Tie Shi said: "If they hadn't deliberately guarded us, they shouldn't have stopped fighting. The Dragon Slayer Association has gathered so many people here. They are here for the official silver escorted by the Longwei Escort Bureau. How come they didn't even touch the escort silver? It just disperses automatically."
Although General Fan Shen couldn't understand this, he felt that he couldn't understand it with his brain, and simply didn't bother to think about it. He asked softly: "That guy Bai Yutian can be merciful to you, how can you align with Zuo But?" Are you going to kill him with one palm?"
Tie Shi was also a little confused: "I was also extremely puzzled at the time. Qi Zuo is the housekeeper of Zhengyi Villa. Longwei Escort wants to make a difference in the Central Plains, and it will inevitably deal with Zhengyi Villa in the future. How can that kid not know how powerful it is. Really It’s a bit confusing.” Wei Wei shook his head and got up.
Fan Shenjiang stood up, patted the dust on his butt, and said: "The situation has become like this, and there is nothing more to say. It is better to rush to see the Lord. See if he has any good remedies." Walking towards the forest in front, the Eagle King is walking beside him.
The two of them walked through the mountains and forests for a meal, and saw the prefect Song in a flat pine forest. After going up and saluting, they sat next to several people from the world and received the noodles from the officers and soldiers. The jug is used to eating and drinking.
The Lord Magistrate took a closer look at Eagle King and asked softly: "Iron Hero, judging from your energy, those two groups should be in peace?"
Eagle King Tie Shi quickly took a sip of wine, swallowed it quickly along with the flour cake in his mouth, cleared his throat, bowed his head and answered: "Tie has failed your entrustment, please forgive me."
Master Song, the prefect, said softly: "According to logic, it shouldn't be done. Do you know the reason?"
Tie Shi replied with embarrassment: "Tie is stupid and I really can't figure out the reason. I hope you can forgive me."
The Lord Magistrate's face changed slightly, as if he was displeased: "Then there are some things that you can figure out?"
Tie Shi was reminded and his face became happy: "Sir, let's not talk about it. There are two things that Tie feels are a bit unreasonable."
The prefect replied calmly: "Tell me about it."
Tie Shi said happily: "Sir, for some reason, that boy Bai Yutian killed Qi Zuo with one palm. Seeing that boy's attack was clean and without any scruples, he clearly didn't take Justice Villa seriously."
The Lord Magistrate snorted slightly: "What else?" But his heart was already full of contempt for Eagle King Tieshi, and he thought, even a pig like you can figure it out. If he, Bai Yutian, hadn't killed Qi Zuo, once word spread about the Dragon Slaying Society's robbery of tribute silver, Jiang Yulang of Zhengyi Villa could easily get away with it.
Eagle King said: "After Master Mingzhi defeated Ximen Qing, he threw two books to Ximen Qing. Ximen Qing's attitude towards Master Mingzhi immediately changed. Previously he called him by his first name, but later he called him "Senior Li" instead of "Senior Li". Non-stop.”
The prefect was more than surprised. He slowly stood up, took a few steps, sat back down, and said calmly: "Two books? Did you read it wrong?"
Eagle King Tieshi smiled and replied: "Sir, we martial arts students don't dare to say anything else, but our eyesight is enough. It's just two books."
The prefect asked himself: "What kind of books are those two? Ximen Qing is a killer of the Dragon Slayer Guild and has done all kinds of bad things. With Old Man Li's temperament, I'm afraid he won't even look at Ximen Qing, so what kind of books are they giving to me?"
A middle-aged man put down the wine bottle in his hand and continued: "Sir, Ximen Qing is a reckless man with no ideas. He knows nothing about classics, history, classics, and collections. Except for martial arts secrets and other books, you just use your money to buy him I don’t think he would be willing to study, let alone be grateful to Li Yiru.”
"Yes, yes, yes! Those two books must be martial arts secret books. How could I forget that you martial arts people value martial arts attainments the most, and you are eager to climb to the peak of martial arts." The prefect's face was filled with joy, and his words were full of joy. He was so happy that he touched everyone around him.
Tie Shi said: "Sir, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be! Li Yiru studied in Songshan, Ximen Qing studied in Emei, practiced Zen in Mount Song, and practiced Taoism in Emei. One Buddha and the other have been fighting for thousands of years. As the saying goes, one is declining and the other is growing, and the other is declining and the other is growing. How could he, Li Yiru, who is rich in knowledge and knowledge, not understand this truth?"
An elder couldn't help himself and asked, "What if those two martial arts secret books are from the Emei Sect?"
Tie Shi said: "How is this possible!"
The elder chuckled: "Old man, there are so many impossible things in the world. Don't forget, the reason why Li Yiru is not favored by people in the martial arts world is not because he is not a monk, a Taoist, or a Confucian. I always think about the unity of the three religions, neither the three nor the four, neither fish nor fowl."
Tie Shi said: "Old ghost, Li Yiru has always ignored Jianghu affairs, so he went there to obtain two Emei sect's martial arts secret books."
"There are rumors in the world that the Emei sect's heroine cultivates her mind and martial arts, and people in the world call her the Sword Fairy. Li Yiru admired her so much that he was astonished to be a heavenly being. He accompanied her to all corners of the world. It can be said that love flourished all over the world, and infatuation flourished as far as three rivers." When the old ghost said this, he smiled sweetly and continued, "Although Xiu Xinwu didn't commit herself to him, he could still depend on him for life and death. Later, he went crazy, and he didn't forget to invite Li Yiru to give her the last moment. Procedure."
Fan Shenjiang interjected: "Old ghost, are you saying that the two martial arts secret books that Li Yiru gave to Ximen Qing were given to Li Yiru by the Sword Immortal Xiuxinwu for safekeeping?"
Tie Shi said: "That's true, it's possible. Li Yiru handed it back to Ximen Qing today because he felt that he was getting too old, and he might not know that his end would be coming that day." After finishing his words, he felt something was wrong again, "Since this book will be published sooner or later, Returning to the Emei sect's descendants, it would be enough if she directly passed her Ximen Qing and Gui Hai Ming's cultivation skills on, so why bother leaving Li Yiru in the hands of others."
The Lord Magistrate was as quiet as a dry well, but his eyes were shining with light, as if he was saying: "She Xiu Xinwu is willing to risk being embezzled and hand over the secrets to others for safekeeping. Could it be that this martial arts secrets were directly passed on to Ximen Qing and Ximen Qing? Will Gui Haiming and the others bring trouble? What kind of martial arts secret book will cause trouble? By the way, either this martial arts secret book is a supreme treasure book, and everyone wants to take it for themselves when they see it; or Ximen Qing and Gui Haiming practiced it at that time Because it is not enough, it is not suitable for practicing this technique."
Eagle King Tieshi saw that the magistrate was unconscious and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
The Lord Magistrate regained his composure, unable to hide the joy in his heart, and smiled faintly: "Nothing." After a moment, he asked softly: "I heard that the swordsman Xiu Xinwu died young before he was forty years old. , but what serious illness did you get?"
The old ghost replied: "If the rumors in the world are true, the swordsman Xiu Xinwu should have gone crazy and died."
The prefect was extremely surprised: "Did you go crazy and die?"
The old ghost said: "I heard people talking about it, it seems that it is caused by practicing a profound martial arts, haste makes waste, and goes too far."
The magistrate asked: "Why is it so difficult to practice martial arts that even she, the Sword Immortal, is afraid of it?"
The old ghost hesitated for a moment: "It seems to be called Yin Yang Liuhe Palm. It's all hearsay, so I can't do it accurately."
"I heard from hearsay that I can't be sure." The magistrate stood up, looked around, and said loudly: "Has everyone eaten?"
Everyone replied in unison: "It's ready."
"Okay. Let's set off then." The prefect stepped forward and walked towards the north.
General Fan followed and asked in a low voice: "Sir, are you going back home?"
The magistrate turned around and said sternly: "Why go back home? The Dragon Slaying Society has already collaborated with the enemy and treason, and secretly assisted the Party members in the northwest border to deal with the Song Dynasty. If these evils in Qinglong Hall are not eradicated as soon as possible, once they are allowed to go north, they will definitely harm the family. Country." He got on his horse and galloped away. Fan Shen will be infected by it and lead the army to follow.
Eagle King Tieshi, Lao Gui and other people in the world who were obsessed with fame have always been accustomed to killing indiscriminately. Since they were invited and wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, there was no reason not to follow closely.
