"Tai Chi? Isn't that something for self-cultivation?"
Zhang Zixuan smiled and said: "Brother Xiaolong, you are a layman. Taijiquan is a high-level fighting skill, not inferior to Bagua Lianhuanzhang."
I thought about it for a while, and decided to learn sixteen-way grappling hands! Why choose this? It's very simple, because when beating zombies, zombies don't feel pain at all. If I learn the grappling hand, and my hands turn into flames, it will definitely have a miraculous effect! Close combat can burn zombies to death faster!
And if it is used to deal with living people, it is also a very good choice. Grabbing the hand can make the opponent lose the ability to resist without hurting the opponent. If the gossip chain palm is as fierce as it is shown on TV, it is easy to kill people. In this society ruled by law, if you kill someone, you will go to jail, so the best choice is to catch the hand...
In the evening, Zhang Zixuan set up a banquet, and invited Ma Dehua, the master of sixteen-way grappling hands! He is a gray-haired old man. Although he is seventy-one years old, he walks very calmly. He does not look like an old man in his seventies. Since I have already worshiped a master, I cannot worship another master, so He respectfully called him Senior Ma.
Ma Dehua also agreed to teach me grappling hands. This night, I drank a little too much, called my mother and Xu Xiaoling in a daze, and then went to sleep.
I slept in one of the rooms in Zhang Zixuan's villa.
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The next morning at about three o'clock, I woke up, rubbed my head, got dressed and went out. Senior Ma asked me to wait for him at the door at four o'clock this morning, and taught me the sixteen-way grappling hand.
One hour before the agreed time, I jogged for a while, and then returned to the yard of Zhang Zixuan's villa, facing the east, lit three sandalwood sticks and inserted them into the rice bowl, then knelt down, burned three Yang talismans, kowtowed on three heads, and then sat on the ground , with eyes slightly closed, body upright, tongue touching the upper palate, and then put both hands at the lower pubic area in a ball-like shape, exhaling and exhaling with three exhalations and one inhalation.
After breathing for a while, I heard footsteps approaching. I opened my eyes and found that it was Ma Dehua.
To say that Ma Dehua's name is really awesome, as powerful as my master Niu Jintao's name! It is estimated that the skill is not much worse.
He said appreciatively: "Young man, very hardworking, not bad."
"Thank you, Senior Ma, for your compliment. This junior gets up at three o'clock every morning to do morning exercises, and I have already developed a habit."
"Well, I see that you were breathing just now. Could it be that you are practicing internal strength?"
"Practice whatever you want."
The old man Ma glanced at the rice bowl on the ground, and then said seriously: "Zhang Ershao cured my chronic illness, he has done me a great favor, but I have never had a chance to repay it, and now he asked me to teach you Sixteen-way capture master, in order to repay the kindness, I will definitely teach you all!"
"Thank you, senior."
"You don't need to be too polite." Old man Ma said, "Xiaolong, I have seen your walking posture, and found that your arms are swinging unnaturally. If I guessed correctly, you must be carrying heavy objects on your arms, right?"
"Senior, you have good eyesight!" As I said that, I took off my tracksuit, revealing the lead weight on my arm.
"Well, then I will start teaching you grappling hands now. In fact, the sixteen-way grappling hands are very simple, but if you want to master them, it will take a certain amount of time. What you have to do is to thoroughly understand this set of martial arts and become My instinctive reaction, of course, I will assist you." The old man Ma said: "Now, try to attack me..."
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The sixteen-way grappling hand is more powerful than I imagined. It is easy to learn and powerful. The old man Ma asked me to attack him with all my strength. If you try your best, you will be subdued by the old man Ma! This sixteen-way grappling hand is amazing!
Old man Ma's martial arts is passed down from family. It is said that he started practicing at the age of six, and now he has practiced for more than sixty years.
Because of my strong physical fitness and quick instincts, it only took me two hours to learn the eight-style grappling hand. Compare.
At six o'clock, Zhang Zixuan also came out and moved his body. We were chatting, and suddenly we talked about the "plague incident" in Qingtian City a while ago. His family sent people there, but no virus was detected. Later, the plague The incident stopped inexplicably.
I smiled, and briefly talked about what happened in Qingtian City a few days ago, and they sighed after hearing it.
In the morning, Zhang Zixuan took me to the pharmacy, grabbed some ingredients by himself, and then came to the back of the pharmacy. There were several small stoves on the grass. Zhang Zixuan said that only by using the stoves can the full effect of the medicine be brought out.
He actually wanted to decoct medicine for me himself!
So, none of the children of these aristocratic families are simple, all of them are well-established in the city, and they are very good at buying people's hearts. While showing a moved look, I thought to myself, what exactly is he trying to recruit me for? In terms of martial arts, I can't compare to old man Ma's hand, and I don't know anything about firearms. All I know is exorcising ghosts and subduing demons. Could it be...
Although I'm not a smart person, I'm not stupid either. Of course I won't let Zhang Zixuan decoct the medicine for me, but let him guide me and fan myself.
During the chat, Zhang Zixuan gradually got to the point, and I finally understood his intention of soliciting me.
Zhang Zixuan said casually: "Brother Xiaolong, I saw some interesting news a few days ago, saying that a small village in Dongning City became rich overnight because an archaeologist went there to investigate, but saw several The child played with mud in a blue and white porcelain bowl of the Ming Dynasty, and the archaeologist almost lost his eyes. After living there for a few days, he found that almost every farmer’s house had several antiques, and asked them where they got them. It is said that it was passed down by the ancestors, but this is strange. It is just a poor small village. Why are there so many well-preserved antiques passed down? Once the news spread, many antique collectors, small traders, and big families rushed over, wanting to To uncover this layer of mystery, hehe, I also want to see it in the near future.”
The blue and white porcelain bowls of the Ming Dynasty are well preserved? Needless to say, it must not have been handed down from the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, after hundreds of years of history, this bowl would have been broken long ago! So according to my speculation, I am afraid that it is a funerary object, which has only been excavated in recent years, so it can be preserved so completely.
Zhang Zixuan must have thought of this too, that's why he recruited me. But I was puzzled, Zhang Zixuan, as a direct descendant of the Zhang family, had money to spend, so why did he have such a strong interest in tomb robbery
Besides, I promised the heroine that I would never rob tombs again.
But what Zhang Zixuan is interested in is my Taoist status. If I don't agree, I will be too ungrateful. Alas, life is really full of difficult choices.
In order to cure the disease, it is an expedient measure, let's compromise for the time being, and go there to see the situation first.
So I said casually: "Since brother Zhang is very interested in this matter, why don't you go and find out for yourself?"
Zhang Zixuan pretended to sigh: "Oh, I want to go too, but I lack talents in this field. The last time I went on an adventure with the Chen family, I can see the horror of ancient tombs. The strong yin energy can kill people , What's the use of bringing a group of martial arts masters?"
I said 'sincerely': "If brother Zhang can trust the younger brother, the younger brother is willing to go with brother Zhang and do his best to protect brother Zhang Zhouquan."
"Okay! Brother Xiaolong is indeed very loyal. Since this is the case, we will go to visit soon, so as not to be caught first. What do you think of Brother Xiaolong?"
"All according to Brother Zhang's arrangements." I smiled and said...
After dinner, when I was learning sixteen-way grappling with Ma Dehua, my phone rang suddenly. I took it out and saw that it was Xu Xiaoling calling. I answered the phone: "Miss Xiaoling, do you miss me?"
"No, I made a wrong call."
She was trying to annoy me on purpose, so I said with a smile: "Miss Xiaoling, didn't anything happen today?"
I mean, did the gangsters come to seek revenge? Xu Xiaoling is very smart, of course she knows what I mean, she said: "It's okay, with the eldest sister by my side, I feel an unprecedented sense of security."
"No way, Miss Xiao Ling, you must have misconceptions, you are the safest when I am by your side."
"Okay, no kidding, let me tell you something serious, I'm going on a business trip for a while, maybe when you come back, I won't be back yet."
"Business trip? Where are you going? It will take so long?"
Xu Xiaoling said: "Some time ago, a lot of antiquities appeared in a small village, almost every farmer's household had them. Our curator will also send a few people to collect the antiquities, bring them back and put them on display in the museum."
I was speechless for several seconds, until Xu Xiaoling called several times on the phone: Xiaolong? Dragon
I just asked, "Sister Xiaoling, do you believe in fate?"
"Why do you ask this?" No matter how clever Xu Xiaoling was, he couldn't guess why I suddenly asked this question.
"you answer me first."
"Well... I believe a little bit."
I smiled and said, "Miss Xiaoling, the place you mentioned should be a small village in Dongning City, right? If I tell you that I will also go there for business in the next few days, do you feel that there is something between us? Is it really fate?"
"Ah? Really?" Xu Xiaoling asked in surprise.
"Of course, why lie to you? When are you going to leave?"
Xu Xiaoling said: "It should be the train tomorrow afternoon. It will arrive in Dongning City in the morning the day after tomorrow. It is estimated that we will reach that small village by noon."
"The day after tomorrow? Sister Xiaoling, ask the eldest sister to take you to the train station tomorrow afternoon. After the train leaves, let the eldest sister go home to protect my parents. We will meet in Dongning City. With me by your side, you will be very happy." It's safe." I smiled and said, "Okay, I'll call you later, I'm a little busy now..."