Wudang Mountain has a relationship with Xu Fengnian, and it is also Xu Fengnian's blessed place. This is already recognized by Beiliang. It is said that Xu Fengnian, the king of Xinliang, can become the number one in the world. Only then did the amazing scenery of the rapid progress in the martial arts realm, and now the Xixiang Pond on the side of Wudang Mountain has become a holy place for new martial arts. The stone house behind the waterfall is crowded with warriors from all over the world every day. Just to get a taste of the immortal spirit of the invincible man in the world, someone would fight every now and then to fight for a place. This disturbed the few young Taoist priests on the mountain who were in charge of daily cleaning of the elephant washing pool, and often complained to their master After delaying his practice, he desperately begged for another job. Later, the head teacher Li Yufu asked his apprentice Yu Fu to take over the burden. However, although Wudang opened the Elephant Washing Pool to the outside world, the small hut and a small vegetable garden not far from the deep pool have always been hidden under the instruction of the Northern Liang Palace, and no outsiders are allowed to approach. The little Taoist priest Yu Fu occasionally went to the hut. While playing, the originally deserted small vegetable garden also saw greenery again.
After being separated from the Yan family, Xu Fengnian followed Li Yufu to the Xixiang Pool, and revisited the old place. When Xu Fengnian saw the bustling scene of a large group of people getting out of the tents and going to the pool to wash with cotton towels on their shoulders, Xu Fengnian couldn’t laugh or cry. , turned to Li Yufu and asked, "Is it like this all year long?"
Li Yufu nodded and smiled and said: "Yes, these martial arts practitioners generally don't make trouble, and take care of their own food, clothing, housing and transportation. Except for going to the square to practice boxing twice a day, they practice here. Wudang Mountain is always hard to drive people away. I don't know who spread the story of my little master's wooden sword cutting the waterfall. In the past half a year, there have been more than a hundred broken wooden swords that were fished out of the pond. Later, there was another saying that the reason why the prince's magical skills Dacheng found a martial arts secret book from the bottom of the pool, so many people, even if they were landlubbers when they went up the mountain, are now very familiar with water skills. There are hundreds of cobblestones scattered here and there. Later, when they combined, they found a handy craftsman at the foot of the mountain, polished a set of high-quality chess pieces, and gave them to Wudang Mountain. , In this way, it will be even more difficult for us Wudang to say anything."
Xu Fengnian was speechless, the world he knew well was like this, the lower the city, the more pitiful and lovely. He found a space to squat on the edge of the elephant washing pool. He was surrounded by two Jianghu men who were still wearing old single clothes in the cold spring season. Xu Fengnian knew that this was not a state of invulnerability to cold and heat, but just a swollen face to pretend to be fat. , in the arena, it is important to be a loser but not loser. In winter, if you wear mink fur to keep warm, I will grit my teeth and wear unlined clothes. What's worse, I'll just be shirtless. This is the same way as the literary circles. In the midsummer, there are many madmen and madmen who wear fur and sing songs for fame and fame. Xu Fengnian squatted and picked up a handful of cold water to wash his face. The burly man on the left glanced at him, a little surprised why a young man who looked like a scholar came to join in the fun, and asked in jargon: "New here? Is there a mountain?" ?”
Xu Fengnian nodded, "Shantou?" Qingliang Mountain should barely count as one, right? Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "A lot of people are crowded here, not to mention eating and sleeping, even farting and shitting is not comfortable. Dare to ask this senior, is it true that someone is here to break through the realm?"
The guy took it very seriously, probably because he thought this kid was on the right track, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Why not, two days ago, there was a buddy who broke through the threshold of the third-rank realm overnight. , As a result, after breaking the realm, a sword flower in one hand is called a splashing water. Before that, there was an old Lingzhou senior who came here to enlighten the Tao for more than 20 years, but he sat here for only three years For a month, I was stunned by him. I heard people say that after the senior became a little master, he was full of vigor and vigor. For half an hour, it was like thunder, do you think it is mysterious?"
Xu Fengnian held back his smile, nodded solemnly and echoed: "Let's just shout for half an hour, it's hard for us ordinary people to make a cup of tea, and we must be dumb for a month. After half an hour, the inner strength must be strong, and the little master can't escape the realm."
The hero on the right hand washed his face in cold water and shivered secretly, rolled his eyes and said: "Little brother, don't listen to Kong Xiaomao's blah, what clear and long howling, what half an hour, it's nothing to see, who is full I kept yelling for half an hour because I had nothing to do, and besides, the old man is not afraid of disturbing the sleep of Wudang gods? I, Xu Shiying, do not accept any small martial arts masters, but only obey the Taoist priests on this mountain. My grandpa's grandfather had personally seen Mr. Huang, and my grandfather had also received the favor of Mr. Wang. Back then, Mr. Wang pointed to break the river, and my grandfather was watching from the riverside. Now Mr. Li is also a Expert, just looking at his boxing posture, I am convinced and stick out my thumb."
The man whose real name is Kong Dahu but was teased as Kong Xiaomao turned his head and glanced at the buddy who gave the thumbs up, and said with a smile: "Pull you down, Xu Shiying, you have been bragging about your relationship with the King of Beiliang all day long, except for Xu Shiying. The word Xu is homonymous, you are one heaven and one earth, and you are half a copper coin!"
Xu Shiying slammed the cotton towel on his shoulder, staring and said: "My grandfather was the first old soldier to follow the general to Beiliang, and I still have the armor and the Eight-Double bow passed down by my grandfather..."
Kong Dahu laughed loudly and said: "If your grandfather is really a foreigner like the general, then why do you say that your grandfather has met Huang Manshan, the ancestor of Wudang, and did not make a good draft for bragging?"
Xu Shiying felt guilty for a while, and then became angry from embarrassment: "Anyway, my grandfather was born in the second batch of Liaodong old-style battalions. Shooting and pulling the eight-dou bow, eight out of ten shots, step shooting six-dou bow can hit seven out of ten shots. Grandpa said that even the general himself praised his archery skills, and said that when he came to Beiliang, he would let the barbarians of Beimang know. Liaodong athletes are amazing."
Kong Dahu sneered and said: "I heard that people say that a good archer is a hundred shots and a hundred hits or something. Your grandfather Xu Shiying only hits seven or eight shots out of ten, and he can be praised by the general? Xu Shiying Ah, Xu Shiying, aren't you afraid to choke yourself to death by talking big?!"
A layman watching the excitement and an expert watching the way, Xu Fengnian immediately admired Xu Shiying, because in the early days of the Liyang court, there was a "Testing the Horse Art Industry to Become an Official Law" issued by the Liyang court. Shiying did not mention that it is more true to shoot through the Yang with a hundred shots, a hundred hits and a hundred steps.
Xu Fengnian asked: "Brother Xu, why didn't you enlist in the army?"
Xu Shiying sighed and said sadly: "When my father was young, he wanted to study for fame. My grandfather didn't like it, saying that studying was useless. My father couldn't hold back my grandfather, so he had no choice but to join the frontier army and work in the Xianli Ranch. I am a small official, but I somehow annoyed the big man above him. The big man's backing is even bigger. It seems that the general of Huaihua, Zhong Hongwu, only had half his life left when he came back. My grandfather is a person who wants to save face. I didn't say anything, but I just wanted to let my grandson study, unfortunately, I am not a material for studying, I just want to practice martial arts, so that I can accumulate some military merits like my grandfather, and add a pair of armor to the family for future generations Be a family heirloom."
Speaking of this, Xu Shiying grinned, "I also have an older brother who joined the army on the border of Youzhou. He returned home during the Spring Festival last year. I heard from him that he will soon be an official crossbowman. My older brother follows my father. , Reading and practicing martial arts are all amazing."
Xu Fengnian asked curiously: "Your father was wronged at the border, why did you let your brother join the army? What's more, Beiliang's literary style is getting better now, and reading can have a good future. Besides, the northern barbarians are coming, and it's uneasy to be a soldier." ah."
Xu Shiying, who always gives people the impression of being foolish, said sincerely for the first time: "I don't know what my brother thinks, at first he really didn't want to be a soldier, but after a few years, he didn't want to study at home." Fortunately, there is still a young lady who misses him in my hometown, and she is about to become an old lady. But last year, my brother made a promise with that future sister-in-law, saying that as long as he becomes the most difficult one in our 300,000 frontier army in Beiliang Crossbowman, next time I go home, I will definitely marry her. As for my father, when he just came home from the border, he knew how to drink all day long. Less, I don’t say anything crazy, especially after the Spring Festival, I quit drinking. The last time I went to grandpa’s grave with my brother, when my father toasted... "
Xu Shiying stopped talking, lowered his head, and washed his face vigorously.
Although Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying make fun of each other on weekdays, they actually have a good friendship. The warriors from Beiliang who came to clean the elephant pool are also divided into three religions, and there are many hills. Little people like them who have no family background, let alone go to the stone house behind the waterfall to meditate Facing the wall, even the site with better feng shui by the pool can't squeeze in. Some well-known sect disciples hug each other, and everyone's eyes are higher than the top. Not to mention the big fish and meat every day, there are many young girls here. Xia leaned against it, tossing around in the tent every night, and every morning when he woke up, his face was radiant. Like Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying, he could only be greedy from afar. Not afraid of being beaten black and blue by well-known and decent young heroes.
There was a commotion behind the three of them. It turned out that someone recognized Wudang's head teacher Li Yufu and his apprentice Yu Fu, and they all stepped forward to greet each other almost politely. Li Yufu was famous for being kind to others on the mountain, and he didn't put on airs with anyone. On the surface, it is the spirit inside, which is also the "Qi" of Wudang. Regardless of seniority or Taoism, Wudang Taoists have homework for ordinary people on the first and fifteenth day of the new year, and even write letters for them. , Since Lu Zu, there has been an unshakable rule. Huang Manshan has signed and written letters to others, Wang Chonglou is like this, Hong Xixiang is like this, Li Yufu is the same, and maybe that little boy Yu Fu will be the same in the future. In Wudang practice, to cultivate immortals first cultivate people, to cultivate Taoism first cultivate oneself, this is the real energy of Wudang Mountain.
The three of Xu Fengnian turned their heads to look at the young head teacher. Kong Dahu introduced softly: "This is Wudang head teacher Li. He is the apprentice that the old god Yu Xingrui accepted in the East China Sea in the early years. Li head teacher has the best temper. There are rumors that he killed an evil dragon in Difei Mountain, the most blessed place of Taoism, and his cultivation is unpredictable. Some people say that the king of Beiliang made a special trip to write a letter to the imperial court for Wudang Mountain, requesting that Wudang be the ancestral home of Taoism. I think This matter is reliable. In the past, I didn’t have a good impression of the prince. Later, Chen Bing refused the imperial decree to enter the Beiliang realm, and he was very happy. He killed the domineering old army leader Zhong Hongwu in Lingzhou, and I felt new cool. The king did not disappoint. This time the northern barbarians called, and I heard that the prince went directly to the border, and did not hide in Qingliang Mountain at all. This matter was relieved! Otherwise, he would have become the best in the world. Still hiding at home, it's too embarrassing for Beiliang, those of us who travel the rivers and lakes, don't we lose face when we leave Beiliang?"
Xu Fengnian smiled helplessly.
Xu Shiying said softly: "If there is a fierce fight on the border, I will ask my brother to introduce a way to kill the barbarians. If you kill one, you will get your money back, and if you kill two, you will earn money."
Kong Dahu couldn't help but sarcastically said: "With your flamboyance, if you go there, it will definitely be a loss-making business. You really treat yourself like a barbarian? Those barbarians have lived with bows and horses since they were young, and their archery and equestrian skills are really good. You go It's also useless."
Kong Dahu suddenly sighed for no reason: "Your Majesty, there is something out of the ordinary. He sent all the good things in Tingchao Pavilion's arsenal to the leader of the martial arts in Huishan. It seems that the woman who likes to wear purple clothes should be as beautiful as the rumored one." As beautiful as a fairy, otherwise our prince would not be so lavish. After all, it’s okay to leave some leftovers for us martial arts practitioners in Beiliang. Don’t say anything about high-quality secrets. Let's do one or two books."
Xu Shiying snorted, "You, Kong Xiaomao, want to become a peerless master? Even if the prince gives you a bunch of cheat books, it's just a dream!"
Kong Dahu was not angry either, he smiled and said, "You Xu Shiying has a lot of backbone, can you give me a few catties?"
Xu Fengnian rounded things up with a smile: "Wu's unnamed boxing method that everyone can learn at that time has a lot of profound meaning, and it contains Hong Xixiang's understanding of Dao practice. I dare say that even if you only learn this set of boxing for the rest of your life, no matter if you practice boxing before. Practicing swords and knives can be beneficial for a lifetime. Let's not talk about proving the Tao and ascending to the top, what a master of the first rank, it depends on personal luck after all, but let the boxing practitioners strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives. It will definitely take a few more years for the prince to ask for more time. In my opinion, listening to Chaoge's one hundred secret books that have been shelved in the cabinet is not as good as that set of boxing techniques that everyone can learn."
Kong Dahu doubted: "Little brother, is this boxing technique really so good?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "It's like an article written blindly, looking very talented, but in the eyes of everyone, it's just that. The harder it is, the higher the threshold, and it may not be good martial arts."
Kong Dahu smiled and said: "This theory sounds good, but it may not be reasonable. In the world, there is no martial art with a low threshold? Little brother, do you think it is difficult to learn the two-sleeved green snake of the old sword god Li Chungang? How can anyone learn it? What? The new sword god Deng Tai'a's swordsmanship, a posture at random, is even more difficult for the little grandmaster to understand."
Xu Fengnian, who was refuted, laughed and said: "This is the brilliance of Wudang's boxing method, and it is also the true meaning of Hong Xixiang's Dao. In the eyes of the world, the unattainable way of heaven is like the dangerous road on the top of Huashan. Although there are footsteps on the trail, there are few people, but the avenue of Hong Xixiang is a flat road in the world, everyone can walk, as long as you persist, even mediocre talents can go far."
Kong Dahu was stunned for a moment, pointed at this buddy and smiled, "It sounds like nonsense, but it still makes sense."
Xu Shiying patted Xu Fengnian on the shoulder solemnly, and said, "Little brother is savvy, and he will definitely become a famous master in the future."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "I would like to borrow your good words."
After the three got up, Li Yufu, the head teacher of Wudang, was still surrounded by many people and couldn't get away. The little boy who went up the mountain during the heavy snow in the middle of winter last year stood outside, carefully looking at Xu Fengnian. The mysterious man whom the master attaches great importance to, was a little unreasonably awed when I first met him, but soon there was an obscure intimacy in my heart. But it was always more fear than respect, so the child hid behind the master from the beginning to the end, and didn't say a word to this guy. Just when Xu Fengnian met the eyes of Xiaodaotong Yu Fu and the latter hurriedly turned his head, a man from a family in brocade and sable fur crept up to Xu Fengnian, he dared not step forward five or six steps away, his fists clenched Holding hands, palms full of sweat, followed by a group of friends who were just full and came to Wudang Mountain to enjoy the wind and moon. The official circles of the old three states, as well as the descendants of the official circles, have undergone earth-shaking changes in their perception of a certain person, especially after the group of young people who competed with that person to see who is more rich and prodigal, they have reached a consensus , I think the most manly thing in the world is that the prodigal son will never change his money!
After the disbelieving young man stopped, he said timidly and tentatively, "Under Liu Yukun, my father is Liu Gongquan, the governor of Danyang County in Lingzhou."
Xu Fengnian smiled, "Your elder brother is Liu Yushan, the captain of the Dragon Elephant Cavalry? At that time, he drove straight in with the commander of the Dragon Elephant Army and captured twelve heads alone?"
Liu Yukun, who was the most domineering in the eyes of his colleagues, suddenly had moist eyes, trembling all over, as if struck by lightning.
Mr. Liu was about to kneel down, but he saw the man in front of him shaking his head lightly, and suddenly straightened his already bent knee abruptly, at a loss for what to do.
In the farce in the Lingzhou officialdom last year, many meritorious generals were forced to remove their armor by a young man with the title of General Lingzhou under the watchful eyes of everyone, revealing scars all over their bodies. Liu Yukun was watching from a distance, and at first he didn't feel that The scene was so shocking, but when he saw his elder brother who had returned from the border, he had always looked down on his elder brother, because his father, who was a civil servant, made a few cynical complaints at the dinner table, and almost broke with his father and the whole family. His younger brother drank wine together for the first time, talking intermittently about the war on the border, how his comrades died in battle calmly, and he, Liu Yukun, began to understand the heavy meaning of that share. That's why Liu Yukun climbed Wudang Mountain in the chilly spring, just wanting to know how the Xinliang King practiced martial arts back then.
Xu Fengnian didn't want to reveal his identity here, so the chat with Liu Yukun came to an end, and then he said goodbye to Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying, gave Li Yufu a look, and walked towards the hut with Lu Chengyan.
After he left, Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying looked at each other, why did this guy get involved with the majestic governor? Looking at the worst situation, a person whose family background is on the same level, how can he still be patient and talk to the two of them for a long time? The corners of Xu Shiying's mouth twitched even more. At that time, he pretended to pat that buddy's shoulder, for fear that those aristocratic family members who heard that they like to hide knives in their smiles would turn around and attack him. People put on sacks and sink into the elephant washing pool. Liu Yukun had the courage to observe for a long time before, and saw the king of Beiliang squatting and chatting with two poor warriors for a long time, and they were talking and laughing, so he hurried forward and made a move. He gestured with the cup and took the initiative to approach him: "Brothers, brothers, I am Liu Yukun from Lingzhou. It is fate to meet each other. I have wine there, the most authentic green ant wine. How about the three of us drink one together?"
Kong Dahu asked stupidly: "Young Master, you don't take money?"
Liu Yukun smiled helplessly and said, "Slap me in the face?"
Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying went to Liu Yukun's extravagant silk tent in a daze, drank the hot green ant wine in a daze, and there were a group of playboys in bright clothes looking at him with adoring eyes. The eyes of several young and beautiful women are even brighter.
When the two finally learned the identity of the man, they were dumbfounded.
In the fourth year of Xiangfu, Xu Shiying, a Liangzhou cavalry soldier, died at the border, after his elder brother who was the leader of the crossbowmen.
In the sixth year of Xiangfu, Kong Dahu, a pawn in Youzhou, died in battle in Baoping Prefecture, Beimang.
The two laughed before they died, and both died without regrets.
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On the mountain road leaving the hut to Xiaolianhua Peak, Xu Fengnian and Lu Chengyan met the youngest of the Yan family again. Such a fate made the old patriarch Yan Song feel quite strange, and the conversation became a little bit shallow. Deep scruples. If you add Yan Song's job in Liyang before the Great Chu was destroyed when he was young, the old man can be said to have been through the officialdom, and he has seen the four reigning emperors of the two courts of the Great Chu and Liyang. In fact, the new emperor Zhao Zhuan who has just ascended the throne in Liyang I've seen him a long time ago, but when Yan Song was serving as the Minister of Rites, Zhao Zhuan was just a young fourth prince who was not outstanding in all aspects. Seeing that the old man who often went to the diligent room to teach, he also had to perform student rituals. With Yan Song's sharp eyesight, he naturally wouldn't regard Xu Fengnian as an ordinary pilgrim from Beiliang. Later, Wudang headmaster Li Yufu's hospitality further confirmed the old man's opinion, but both parties knew each other well, and neither needed to put it on the table The above is too open. As for who this young man is the seed brother of Beiliang, Yan Song, who has already seen the scenery at the highest point of Liyang Temple, has nothing to do with Beiliang, let alone worry about it. When the two were chatting on the mountain, they unknowingly talked about the chief assistant of Bi Yaner. For Zhang Julu, Yan Song, who was standing in the opposing camp, felt regretful, saying that Zhang Julu was half a step away from a saint, and he had achieved the goal of helping the world , Unfortunately, he failed to be alone.
Yan Song said worriedly: "Princes, relatives, eunuchs, generals, and civil servants. If these five types of people are not upright, they are the most likely to cause chaos in the world. I am a virtuous queen, and my relatives have never been good. It is a great blessing in the world. The eunuchs were successively led by Han Shengxuan, Song Tanglu, and the two chief inspectors of ceremonies. They don’t talk too much about their character, but they are all loyal to the emperor of the Zhao family, and they are also very cautious about power. The eunuchs in our dynasty strictly abide by their duties, so there is no need to worry about eunuchs interfering in politics. The first emperor, with the help of Zhang Julu, vigorously cut down the vassals, and quietly suppressed the military, combining strength and softness, which was quite effective. Among the several vassal kings who could be said to have broken the borders of the previous generation, King Zhao Sui of Jiaodong had already lost all vigor, King Zhao Ying of Huainan Even to the point of dying in battle, the new king of Jing'an, Zhao Xun, is also devoted to his country wholeheartedly. The king of Guangling, Zhao Yi, has no ambitions, and you Beiliang is restrained by Beimang. The Emperor Zhao Bing is here, and there is naturally no big enemy in southern Xinjiang, Zhao Bing can slowly gather momentum, this must be a serious problem for our court."
Then Yan Song laughed at himself: "As for us civil servants, if a scholar fails to rebel for ten years, the emperor should send him off. Wenzheng after his death has always been the highest pursuit of a literati in his life. Even if he can't be a master, there are so many Second-rank and third-rank officials can be appointed, and posthumous titles, besides Wenzheng, there are also a lot of them that can be brought into the coffin. Taking a step back, being an official is worthless, but you can pass it on to the world and leave a name in history, so I say that we civil servants are the most Those who are ambitious are also the least promising. But!"
Yan Song paused suddenly, with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "After Zhang Julu has set an example for the world's scholars for 20 years, it's different!"
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "That Jin Sanlang, who is rising straight to the sky, rarely said a big truth that pierced the window paper. The people are more important than the king. This is what Zhang Julu taught him. It is also the sentence of Jin Lanting handed over to the new emperor. The certificate of nomination made the first emperor make up his mind to bestow the death of Lord Shoufu."
Yan Song said bitterly: "That little bastard, you can't be a son of man! You can't be a courtier! Tan Tanweng fought well!"
Xu Fengnian seemed to laugh it off, but Lu Chengyan intuitively sensed that he showed a hint of murderous intent.
Yan Song sighed, "Almost all of the civil servants and ministers in the spring of Yonghui are good at repairing Qi Zhiping, and they can't find any major faults, but after following Zhang Julu for many years, once they lose the spirit of Shoufu, they will If there is a result that is too late, the more peaceful and prosperous the world, the easier it is for the dispute between gentlemen to become a battle of will, and the frightening thing is that even the emperor will be helpless. I have many students, and the number of my favorite students also has a lot of hands. I am not boasting It is true that I have always followed the teachings of the saints, there is no distinction between teaching and learning, and I can't see anything in the first ten or twenty years. When the old man is about to retire, there will be a world of difference. The ministers are capable officials, and they are well-governed, but except for a few two students who have achieved a good start and a good end, the others are more or less corrupt, but those with good family backgrounds eat much better, and those who suddenly become powerful are ugly. The old man was also puzzled, after thinking about it, it was one of the underprivileged students who had no sense of accomplishment, and they were afraid of being poor, and they were afraid of being poor, even if they didn't think about themselves, they still wanted to save money for their children and grandchildren."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Actually, this is also human nature."
Yan Song shook his head and said: "As an official, it is human nature to let the children and grandchildren have no worries about food and clothing, but let the children and grandchildren sit on mountains of gold and silver for ten lifetimes, and it will be over."
Yan Song took a deep breath, forced a smile and said: "Maybe this is just the old man's peeping."
Yan Song said bitterly: "The year before last, there was a student who was expected by the old man to become an important minister one day. He was almost fifty years old. After the Dongchuang incident, he knelt outside the old man's study for several hours. The old man wanted him to die. , but as long as he thinks of his young face and those clear and clean eyes when he was discussing with me, the old man can't help but let him lose his job in the end. I heard that now the new emperor As soon as he ascended the throne, his thoughts came alive again, and he ran wildly in the capital, trying to recover. You must know that the object of his spending a lot of money happened to be the family member Xungui who he radically considered as the country's biggest rat and moth. Alas, I still remember that the old man exorcised him back then. coming."
Xu Fengnian asked: "Successful?"
Yan Song laughed at himself very much: "With a lot of money to clear the way, and I, Yan Song, as the student of the chief and auxiliary political opponent, it is naturally successful. The official worships the doctor of the Ministry of Rites. Afterwards, he wrote to my teacher, saying that he will inherit the mantle. , to be the servant of the Ministry of Rites."
Xu Fengnian clicked his tongue and said in amazement: "This guy is not thin-skinned! It would be great if he came to our Beiliang."
The old man asked suspiciously, "Why?"
Xu Fengnian joked, "Just with his thick skin like a city wall, he can help block tens of thousands of Beimang troops."
Yan Song burst into laughter immediately, and the Yan family's children beside him also laughed.
The mountain road is long and has an end. At noon, they came to the top of Xiaolianhua Peak and had a bird's-eye view of the distance, feeling relaxed and happy.
Yan Song sighed sincerely to Xu Fengnian who was standing beside him: "To be honest, the reason why I came to Beiliang was invited by someone, and he happened to be one of my students. A good place for turbid air. The old man doesn’t believe it, but that guy wrote eight letters in one go, and the old man was very annoyed. He thought that it would be good to go to the Northwest frontier before he died, and write graceful and graceful poems all his life. At the end of the day, can you still write one or two frontier poems handed down from generation to generation?"
The grandson of the old man beat him up and said: "Grandpa's green poems are brilliantly written, and the late emperor was full of praise. Back then, even the top three Huanglong scholars in the spring and autumn admired them! How can there be half a smudge!"
The old man in a good mood smiled and retorted: "Fart, what admiration, don't put a high hat on the old man, he Huang Longshi just commented on the six words 'weak, but still'."
Although he retorted with his mouth, it can be seen that the old man is still a little proud of this harsh comment that sounds more positive than negative.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "It's really not easy for Huang Sanjia, who never praises others, to say that."
The old man squinted his eyes and stroked his beard and said: "That's right, Mr. Xu, an outsider, can accept these words calmly. Flattering by my grandson is nothing."
Lu Chengyan smiled knowingly, this old man is also a wonderful person.
Lu Chengyan hesitated for a moment, and said: "The old man said that Beiliang among the feudal lords is powerless, and the young lady disagrees."
Yan Song turned his head, "Oh?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Chengyan just said something that was suspected of being bull-headed and horse-mouthed, and asked back: "I secretly thought that as long as the general is there, the world will not be chaotic. The northern mang dare not go south, the western Chu dare not raise troops, and the southern border still needs to fight." Continue to hibernate, what does the old man think?"
Yan Song was silent for a long time.
Yan Song sighed lightly as if in a daze, nodded lightly and said: "So that's it, the old man has been taught."
Lu Chengyan hurriedly said, "Don't dare."
The old man shifted his gaze with a complicated expression, and looked at Xu Fengnian, "If I remember correctly, you once threatened to do something for the people of the Central Plains in Tai'an City?"
Xu Fengnian asked: "How did Mr. Yan guess it?"
Yan Song calmly said: "A woman who has such insight must be a daughter of everyone and has a Qingzhou accent. It just so happens that the old man and Lu Feichi, the backbone of the Qing Party, worked in the Communist Party of China for many years, so her identity , your identity will naturally come to light."
The old man let out a cold snort, and turned around to leave first. Most of the Yan family's children didn't know why the old ancestor's face suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, but they just went down the mountain nervously.
Lu Chengyan apologized softly, "It's me who superfluous."
Xu Fengnian touched her cheek, and said softly, "Don't worry, our Master Beiliang Daoist's benefactor is actually planning to stay in Beiliang."
Lu Chengyan laughed and said: "A pillar of the country who is not a cabinet minister but is better than a cabinet minister, defected from the Central Plains and entered Beiliang, this is not good news for the Liyang court."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Yan Song is going to Liang for a scholar to end his official career."
Lu Chengyan blinked, "Song Dongming is very smart."
Xu Fengnian stretched out his finger and tapped her forehead, "Not as smart as you."
Lu Chengyan smiled.
Xu Fengnian explained: "I didn't just come to the mountain with you to burn incense and pray for blessings. This is my blessed land. To be precise, this is my territory. At that time, I fought with Wang Xianzhi. If Wudang Mountain didn't do its best to put down a real martial arts I don’t even have a chance of winning in a big battle. Since I was born, because of this identity, fortune and misfortune depend on each other. The blessing is me, and the misfortune is my family. After I practiced martial arts, I have had many life-threatening battles, but every time I didn’t die, and even if I lost my vitality, I can make up for it afterwards. I was surprised at the beginning, but after I gradually climbed up on the martial arts, I realized a truth, called the shop bully. I’m like a person who goes to a restaurant Customer, although you have a special status, you can often eat delicacies from mountains and seas, but you still have to eat whatever the store gives you. Huang Longshi once leaked the secret, saying that I probably have to eat a meal in the past few years. After a meal, there was no next meal. This is probably the fate of "that me" in this life, guarding the northwest gate, but died in battle, Beiliang is gone, and 300,000 cavalry are gone. There are some fragments of words in the history books that I don’t know how to praise or criticize, and then this page will be turned. What happens to me in the future depends on how God writes the book.”
Xu Fengnian's eyes were determined, "But since I practiced swordsmanship, I never thought of accepting my fate. At that time, I was a son of a bitch, and I was rushing to avenge masters like Master Liu Hao, Yang Taisui. Later, on the top of the mountain, I was rushing to kill dragons." I went to kill heaven and man, and now I am rushing to keep Beiliang. I am not happy to eat that bowl of rice with severed heads. So you can see that God is not easy to negotiate, and Beiliang soon appeared. The worst situation of reckless third-line pressure, this may be the so-called cycle of retribution from heaven."
Lu Chengyan held Xu Fengnian's hand tightly.
The cold wind blew away Xu Fengnian's forehead. He smiled and said, "You must have suffered a lot to marry me."
Lu Chengyan stood shoulder to shoulder with this man, "There is joy in bitterness, the aftertaste is endless, enough for me to eat for several lifetimes."
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Li Yufu brought his apprentice Yu Fu to the top of the mountain. There are several thatched huts here, all cleaned up, simple but not messy. They only saw Xu Fengnian standing on the side of the cliff, and Lu Chengyan was weak and could not withstand the strong wind on the mountain, so they went Rest in a room.
Li Yufu walked to Xu Fengnian's side, but Xiao Daotong dared not approach them, and was several zhang away from them.
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Don't worry?"
Li Yufu looked back at his apprentice and said with a smile, "It's more worry-free than I imagined. This kid admits to death, and likes to break the casserole and ask the end. A few days ago, Poor Dao unwrapped an old man who came to burn incense on the mountain. It's the next sign." , grandson is going to die in the frontier. This apprentice complained about my actions at that time, and I have been sulking with the poor for several days."
Xu Fengnian asked curiously, "How did you solve the lottery?"
Li Yufu replied: "Pindao didn't tell the old man the truth, he just said that he won the lottery, good luck and bad luck, it depends on luck."
Xu Fengnian asked: "What is that child complaining about?"
Li Yufu said helplessly: "I should either not lie, or I should be a good person to the end and 'change the lottery' for the old man's grandson."
Xu Fengnian thought for a while, and didn't say anything more, he is not Yu Fu, a young boy, so he naturally understood the complicated way, and said with emotion: "It seems that the little junior at the old head teacher Wang Chonglou's booth must have suffered a lot. "
Li Yufu smiled and said nothing.
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "I have squandered all the aura of Wudang Mountain, I'm sorry."
Li Yufu, whose Taoist robes were fluttering slightly, shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, there are people in the mountains and rivers, and there are spirits."
Xu Fengnian asked: "Isn't there a fairy who is a spirit?"
Li Yufu smiled and said: "Huang Longshi said that there were immortals in the world, and then there are no immortals around.