Everyone in Biluo Lake walked out of the courtyard. Feng Wanli received such courtesy from his master. Although he was extremely disappointed in his heart, he could not find any hatred. When he couldn't bear to hate it, he chose his own path and took his own destiny. It was probably because he didn't have the heart to hold grudges. How could a knight who was regarded by others as a dignified knight casually die at the hands of such a traitor seeking glory? I thought to myself, even if I lose, I should still show my integrity and struggle to survive.
Seeing Zhang Yuan and the others approaching step by step, Feng Wanli felt overwhelmed and knew that he would inevitably die. He asked the words that had been sealed in his heart for a long time: "Zhang Guoshi, are you the one who pulls the string between my master and Xixia?" A bridge?"
Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "I am the matchmaker? When I was a Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty, your master was already a guest of the Xixia King."
Feng Wanli said angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Feng Wanli, your master is a mortal, not a god. He has devoted his whole life. If he wants to make a difference, the best way out is to cultivate martial arts and deliver it to the emperor's home."
Feng Wanli said coldly: "Even so, he will not betray his ancestors and regard a thief as his father! What's more, he is already famous in the world of martial arts. He is revered as a martial saint by martial arts people in the world. He has reached a height that is difficult for ordinary people to match. Biluo Lake is recognized as a holy land of martial arts, so it’s only right to be in peace.”
Zhang Yuan raised his head and laughed loudly, "The mountain is not high, but the human heart is higher than the sky." After that, he turned to Feng Wanli and said, "Feng Wanli, you are a person who has read books. You should know what the world thinks of a ranger." Look."
Feng Wanli said: "What does it look like?"
Zhang Yuan replied: "Han Feizi said that chivalrous people use martial arts to violate the ban, and Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law. Sima Qian said in "Historical Records: Biography of Rangers" that although the actions of today's rangers are not in line with justice, their words must be believed and their actions must be fruitful. , I have promised to be true, but if I don’t love my body, I will go to the soldier’s troubles.”
Feng Wanli said: "These are all facts, there is nothing to say."
Zhang Yuan said: "Ban Gu's "Book of Han·Biography of Rangers" said: 'Establish momentum, create prestige, and establish personal relationships to stand in a strong world. Those who suppress the knights are led by the four heroes. So he betrayed the public and his best friends. The agreement is settled, and the obligation to keep one's duty is abolished.'"
Feng Wanli said: "Based on the words of Han Feizi and Tai Shigong, Ban Gu's definition of a ranger is very pertinent, and there is nothing wrong with it!"
Zhang Yuan said: "Even you, as a ranger, think that Ban Gu is right. Rangers are the source of destroying social order and causing turmoil in the country. What about the emperor sleeping in the palace! As the creator and executor of social order , how could you not think so."
Feng Wanli asked: "Is there anything wrong with thinking so?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and replied: "There is nothing wrong. But how can you allow others to snore next to the bed? Your master said that he is just a commoner, but he dares to hide in the rivers and lakes and claim to be a martial saint. He has his own order and resists the imperial court. He will Zhao Where did the majesty of Emperor Song go! With such reckless behavior, how could your master not be used in the Zhao Song court and live under the rule of Zhao Song forever?"
Feng Wanli said: "Even if my master has a great reputation and is incompatible with the imperial court's ruling order, he only needs to seek the imperial court's appeasement. There is no need to seek refuge in Xixia and act as an accomplice, betray his ancestors, and harm his compatriots."
Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "Feng Wanli, you really don't speak like adults. Let's not mention that the Zhao and Song Dynasties valued literature and suppressed martial arts. If a ranger can be recruited by the court as soon as he becomes famous, wouldn't everyone in the world have to imitate it? , the world of Zhao and Song will no longer have peace."
Four other men came forward, and one man said: "Master, he is a dying man, there is no need to talk nonsense to him."
Zhang Yuanchao looked at Feng Wanli's whole body and said: "Feng Wanli, I think your ability is extremely rare. As long as you are not proud of being a subject of Zhao and Song Dynasties and are willing to serve Daxia Kingdom sincerely in the future, I, Zhang Yuan will not only let you go today, but he is also willing to ask the Emperor of Daxia to help you get an official position and enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of your life."
Feng Wanli slightly cupped his hands and said: "Master Zhang, Feng understands your good intentions. However, before reaching an agreement, Feng has a question that he would like to ask. I wonder, Master Zhang, can you tell me directly?"
Zhang Yuan replied: "Since you have this intention, just ask. However, whether you can tell me directly depends on whether you should ask or not."
Feng Wanli said: "Zhang Yuan..."
"Bold! How dare you call the Imperial Master by his name..." The man next to Zhang Yuan who had just spoken shouted loudly. Seeing Zhang Yuan wave his hand slightly, he stopped talking, and together with the other three, he unsheathed the sword at his waist. , aiming at Feng Wanli.
Zhang Yuan said softly: "Feng Wanli, you and I are our own masters now and have equal status. If you have any questions, just ask."
Feng Wanli said: "Zhang Yuan, why did you betray your ancestors and become Li Yuanhao's eagle dog?"
After hearing this, a man became angry and shot out a palm in the air, directly towards Feng Wanli's chest. Feng Wanli caught it with his palm, and the two of them took two steps back at the same time.
Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said: "I, Zhang Yuan, have studied hard since I was a child. I have acquired various skills for decades. I have the talent to run a country and help the world, but I have become a dispensable person in the world. They say Thousand-mile horses are always there, but bole are not always there. I am full of ambition and cannot stretch my ambitions. I can admit it, but I was unlucky at that time. But for a man of seven feet, to still be bullied by others, it is unbearable!"
Feng Wanli said loudly: "Zhang Yuan, even if you have the talent to run a country and help the world, you can't surrender to the enemy and treason and kill your own people! You have to know that if our ancestors didn't pour their life's wisdom into books, , teach me with all my money, even if you study hard for decades in a cold window, you can go there to acquire this unparalleled literary and martial arts. Borrow the wisdom of your ancestors and harm the descendants of your ancestors. If you repay your kindness with enmity, you will not be afraid of thunder from the sky, forever. Not allowed to be reincarnated."
Zhang Yuan was stunned and couldn't calm down for a long time. He suddenly woke up and shouted: "Feng Wanli, looking at you like this, have you never planned to serve the Great Xia Kingdom?"
Feng Wanli laughed and said: "Zhang Yuan, I, Feng Wanli, have only known about the Great Xia Kingdom established by my Chinese people throughout my life. I have never heard of the Great Xia Kingdom established by the Dangxiang people. Do you want me to follow you?" In the same way, if you use the skills you learned from your ancestors to harm the descendants inherited from your ancestors, you can give up this intention."
Zhang Yuan chuckled: "Okay." He turned around and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard. Four men stepped forward and rushed towards Feng Wanli.
Feng Wanli touched his waist and found that his sword was not there, so he hurriedly shot around. Seeing a horizontal knife standing upright behind the stool where Dong Xiaowan was sitting, she quickly jumped over, picked it up, drew the knife to block the enemy's sword, stepped forward to the left, stabbed to the right, and stepped back half way. Stepping forward and slashing diagonally, the three moves were executed in one breath among the lightning and flint, forcing the enemy at the front to retreat.
The man had heard that Feng Wanli was highly skilled in martial arts and had superb swordsmanship, but he didn't expect that Feng Wanli could be so neat with a knife. He was careless and failed to take the credit, but was stabbed in the abdomen by Feng Wanli. He had to withdraw from the battle circle to check the wound, and temporarily let Feng Wanli go.
Seeing Feng Wanli's sharp sword skills, the other three people did not dare to rush forward to challenge alone. But Feng Wanli was already destined to die, and not killing him would be dereliction of duty, so they had to look at each other, hoping to advance and retreat together, and share the credit equally, so that no one would take advantage of the other.
After reaching a tacit understanding, the three of them flashed their swords, attacked, and fought with Feng Wanli. It was hard to tell the winner for a while.
After more than a dozen gestures, the injured man saw that Feng Wanli was starting to move a little slowly, and felt that his injuries were too minor, so he quickly joined the battle circle, just to get a piece of the action. If it weren't for the waist injury, wouldn't it be in vain? .
For Feng Wanli, he was not afraid of anyone present one-on-one. One can fight four, and the opponents advance and retreat at the same time. There is no loophole between offense and defense, and it is inevitable to gradually feel guilty. It is because of being restless that the opponent can take advantage of him. One failed to defend in time and was hit by a sword in his left arm; the third failed to defend in time and was hit by a sword in his right arm; the third failed to defend in time and was knocked back several steps with a palm.
Seeing that Feng Wanli's situation was over, the four men had the idea of grabbing credit again.
I saw a man stabbing Feng Wanli in the chest with his sword. As long as Feng Wanli didn't have quick eyesight and quick hands, he would definitely die.
Fortunately, Feng Wanli's defeat with that palm just now was a deliberate attempt to defeat, just to paralyze his opponent.
Zhuangzi once said: "If you are a sword, you should use it to show its weakness, open it to gain advantage, use it later to draw it out, and use it first to reach it."
The meaning is obvious. When competing in martial arts, once you are evenly matched, or defeated, but you have to decide the outcome, or have to fight to the death, you have to work hard mentally. And this kind of skill is nothing more than deliberately revealing the weakness to the opponent, making the opponent feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, luring the opponent to attack, and at the same time hitting the opponent first, so as to preemptively attack the opponent.
The man was so eager to seize the victory that he forgot the principle of "what is empty is what is true, what is true is what is false". When the sword thrust out with all his strength, Feng Wanli flashed to the left, and then Feng Wanli stepped forward with the steel knife in his hand. After being stabbed and stabbed in the chest, I realized that I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. In order not to give up his life in vain, and for the fame and fortune that he could not let go of, the sword turned into a steel knife and slashed Feng Wanli's head diagonally.
Since Feng Wanli dared to hurt him, he had already been prepared for such a move. He quickly drew out the steel knife and jumped back.
One of the four men was killed and the other injured, and their combat power immediately declined. The other three living people looked at me and I looked at you. After finally reaching an agreement, they rushed towards Feng Wanli together, adding swords to each other. They no longer asked who took the credit for killing Feng Wanli.
Feng Wanli saw that the three men were attacking and defending in unison, and it was difficult to find an opportunity to take advantage of them. He thought of a plan and jumped left and right, just to open up the battle circle. I thought to myself that even if those three people had one mind, they still had three bodies. Even if they could catch up with me at the same time, they would not be able to attack at the same time.
When the three men saw Feng Wanli's arm holding the knife dripping with blood, and saw Feng Wanli retreating steadily, they really thought that Feng Wanli was at the end of his rope. So he pursued boldly, attacked boldly, and took action when he had the opportunity. He just wanted a quick victory to avoid feeling uneasy.
Seeing that the strategy of luring the enemy deep was working, Feng Wanli also seized the opportunity to dodge the attacks of the two uninjured men, met the attack of the man who had been stabbed in the waist before, and stabbed him with lightning speed. The man's chest made him pay homage to Tathagata Buddha in pain.
The remaining two men, who had seen their two companions die and felt guilty and at a loss, were very happy to welcome Zhang Yuan and Zhao Mingxiu. In order to show his bravery, he quickly stepped forward to duel with Feng Wanli, but was quickly defeated by Feng Wanli and went back to wait quietly.
