"It's okay, fortunately, during this period of time, it is targeted to nourish yin. This second level is the highest level of Jade Crane Kung Fu. It takes five years for ordinary people. I shortened the five years to such a short time. It’s a lot more burdensome to get started.”
He carefully felt the state of his body in his heart.
Although weak, but much better than before.
It seems that his recuperation during this period is indeed effective.
call... .
Take a long breath.
Lu Sheng felt that the circle of internal air between his chest and abdomen had changed from one airflow as thick as chopsticks to nine airflows.
The nine air streams are combined together, which is much thicker than before.
Jade Crane Kung Fu has reached the second floor, and the feeling is obviously different from the previous one.
Lu Sheng breathed in and out, feeling full of energy, and his reaction was much faster than usual.
"According to the records of the second level of Jade Crane Kung Fu, it should have the effect of prolonging life and quickly stopping bleeding."
"Let's try to see the effect of inner strength tomorrow. Contact Duanmu Wan and see if I can get new inner strength from her."
Since the Jade Crane Kung Fu is true, the other internal skills may also be true. He wanted to see how a few internal exercises would react when they practiced together.
It stands to reason that as long as internal strength is not of conflicting types, it can be integrated.
Thinking of this, Lu Sheng lay down to rest again.
Just as he lay down, he heard footsteps coming from outside the yard, as if someone was walking away.
Listening to the rhythm, it is very similar to the sound of Lu walking lightly.
Lu Sheng shook his head and ignored it. During this time, Lu Qingqing went out for a stroll in the middle of the night almost every now and then.
I don't know what clues were found.
At the beginning, he followed carefully all the way, but found that his footwork was far inferior to Lu Qingqing, and he lost it after a few strokes, and then he stopped wasting effort.
Early the next morning, Lu Sheng took the bank notes he had prepared and went straight to the Wanfu Inn where Duanmu Wan was staying.
"What? Checked out?"
Lu Sheng stared at the innkeeper and frowned.
"When did this happen?"
"About half a month ago, Miss Duanmu was invited by some young masters to go out of the city to visit Honglian Temple, and then sent someone back to say that she had checked out."
The shopkeeper is also very concerned about Duanmuwan.
After all, this girl was born beautiful, plus there were so many sons and brothers who came to pursue her, and she spent a lot of money herself, so she naturally left a deep impression on him.
"Red Lotus Temple...."
Lu Sheng frowned.
He intuitively felt that Duanmu Wan should not be in Honglian Temple.
Checking out suddenly is just an excuse.
"Forget it."
He walked out of the inn waving his folding fan, and two guards waited outside the door.
"Young master, how is it? Have you found Miss Duanmu?" The guard Xiaosong has a close relationship with Lu Sheng on weekdays. He is also the one who cleans up the venues for Lu Sheng when he practices martial arts, and occasionally even goes to the field to practice duels. Martial arts are okay.
"No, she's gone." Lu Sheng shook his head.
"Where do we go now?"
"Where are you going? Go home."
Lu Sheng couldn't find the cheat book, and felt a little unhappy.
The three of them got into the carriage and drove all the way back to the mansion. When they got to the mansion, they saw a yellow carriage parked at the gate.
There is a big letter engraved on the side of the carriage.
"The Zhang family?"
Lu Sheng's expression changed, the Zhang family had been killed for so long, and they finally came to the door.
He was not afraid, let Xiaosong and others leave, and walked into the gate alone.
Looking in from the gate, one could just see Lu Quanan in the lobby, accompanied by a martial artist, greeting the person from Zhang's family.
Only one person came from the Zhang family.
He is a man in his thirties with thick eyebrows and thin eyes.
"... How could my son do such a thing? The Zhang family must have misread it!" Lu Quanan sat on the main seat with a calm expression.
"Many people saw it with their own eyes at the time! Can this be fake?!"
The man's chest was hot with anger.
"I don't care how powerful your Zhang family is in Zihua City, this is Jiulian City, not your Zihua!
Your Zhang family is amazing, and my Lu family is not vegetarian! If you frame this guy again, don't blame me, Lu Quan'an, for being rude! "
Lu Quanan shouted coldly.
The man was shaking with anger.
Pointing at Lu Quan'an, he couldn't speak anymore.
"Okay, okay!! Patriarch Lu is so bold. I will definitely keep the words intact, and pass on the original words to Patriarch Songxi! Farewell!!"
He turned and strode towards the door.
Lu Sheng met him on the way, and this man didn't know Lu Sheng, and he still walked out angrily.
Lu Sheng was not surprised. Now that the Great Song Dynasty is weak and divided, not to mention that it is far away in the north, the city lord and local forces are local bullies.
Even in the Central Plains, people like the Lu family were mostly obedient and obedient, and there were many troubles.
Zhang's family thought they were in Zihua City, but they actually came to Men Xingshi to question him.
The man passed by Lu Sheng, got into the carriage angrily and left.
Lu Sheng walked into the lobby and saw his father Lu Quanan sitting on a chair with a dazed expression on his face.
"Dad, are you done with your work?"
He said softly, motioning the guards around him to go away, and he and his father talked alone.
Lu Quanan sighed, seeing that it was Lu Sheng, a smile appeared on his face.
"Xiao Sheng, you have to take care of your sister, don't let her wander around the city all the time."
"I can't control her." Lu Sheng shook his head and smiled wryly. "Father, have you found what the higher-ups asked us to look for? Are you looking for something or someone?"
"It may be a thing, or it may be a person. I can't tell!"
Lu Quanan shook his head and lowered his voice.
"The prefect's headache now is the Xu family's case, and the Wangjiazhuang outside the city's well throwing case. Especially the well throwing case, so many arrests can't find any clues, what can your sister do alone? Turn her back and let her stay at home stay."
"She went to investigate the Wangjiazhuang case?" Lu Sheng was taken aback.
"You don't know? The arresting head of the yamen saw that girl in Wangjiazhuang. She will catch two wanted criminals or suspects and send them to the yamen every three days. Everyone in the yamen will know her soon."
Lu Quanan said helplessly.
"That's it." Lu Sheng frowned. "I've been busy collecting martial arts recently, and I haven't had time to take care of her."
"Collecting martial arts... your expenses are already close to five thousand taels, how is the result?" Lu Quan'an asked casually.
"I have already collected several books. I will sort out the booklets I get and build a scripture library at home. It will be convenient for our Lu family to train good people in the future."
Lu Sheng said seriously.
"I can probably guess what you think. It's a time of troubled times. It's not enough for us to rely on the dozens of people in our family. We need to train more masters belonging to our Lu family. This is why I heard you After collecting martial arts, I spared no effort to support it."
Lu Quanan said seriously.
"There are a total of 86 guards in the family who can be transferred at any time, but because they have to guard the mansion, only about forty of them can be transferred outside."
Lu Sheng calculated.
"These forty people are responsible for the safety of our Lu family's thirteen Zhuangzi and sixteen shops, which is simply not enough."
"Of course I know it as a father, but... It's hard to find such reliable people..." Lu Quanan sighed.
"What about adopting orphans? There are many homeless children outside the city, right?" Lu Sheng suggested.
"This... After all, we have to consider the ideas of several other companies...."
Lu Quanan hesitated.
"We don't have enough manpower. Why do we need to worry about other companies? It's not okay to develop in secret?" Lu Sheng judged.
"This is a sensitive topic, and it will affect the whole body. If other families find out, they will definitely reprimand our Lu family for being ambitious and too conspicuous."
Lu Quanan shook his head slightly.
Lu Sheng tried a few more words of persuasion, but it still didn't work.
He knew in his heart that Lu Quan'an no longer had the drive he had when he was young. At that time, he had nothing and no worries, so he acted resolutely and responsibly, creating a huge family business for the Lu family.
And now... .hesitating and indecisive.
Lu Sheng could see that Lu Quanan supported him in collecting martial arts because he wanted to expand.
But when he really wanted to start doing it, he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.
After saying a few words, he stopped persuading, and only mentioned some things about the health of his family members.
Then he quit.
Lu Quanan stood alone in the lobby, frowning, still hesitating.
Lu Sheng no longer wanted to rely on this old man.
In such troubled times, if one's own strength is not enough, sooner or later one will become a piece of fat in the eyes of others.
He left the lobby and continued to practice martial arts in the school grounds.
After Jade Crane Kungfu reached the peak of the second level, he was full of energy throughout the day, even if he was busy from morning to night, he didn't feel too tired.
When you feel a little sleepy, sit down and rest for a while, then you will be active again and move for several hours at a time.
On the school grounds, he practiced swordsmanship until evening.
Then he took a shower drenched in sweat and rushed to dinner.
At the dinner table, Lu Quan'an, Er Niang, and Lu Sheng sat at the same table, and the rest of the relatives sat at another big table.
This is the rule.
Lu Quan'an is the head of the family, Lu Sheng is the future head of the family, and the second mother is a close relationship between Lu Quan'an and Lu Sheng in the past. She also manages the maids and maids in the backyard on weekdays.
These three people are the three with the highest status in the entire Lu family.
After that came Sanniang, Siniang, Wuniang, Lu Qingqing, Lu Yingying, Lu Chenxin and other family members.
Although the Lu family belongs to the first generation of upstarts, they still imitate the same rules as the big families in many places.
Like eating without speaking and sleeping without speaking, is one of them.
When two tables were eating, there was only the occasional collision of bowls and chopsticks, and there was no other sound at all.
"Xiao Sheng."
Lu Quan'an, who seldom talked at the dinner table, suddenly spoke.
As soon as he spoke, the whole family slowly stopped and listened to him. This is also etiquette. After all, she would not talk at the dinner table unless it was something very important.
"Dad, what's the matter?"
Lu Sheng put down his chopsticks and looked at Lu Quanan.
"You said that Jiulian City can't collect martial arts anymore, do you want to go to Yanshan City?"
Lu Quanan said seriously.
"Yanshan City?"
Lu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect his father to ask him to leave Jiulian City.
"Yes." Lu Quanan nodded. "There is an old friend of mine. He mentioned in a letter a few days ago that there are famous masters from the Central Plains along the mountain city who open their doors to teach. Great martial arts."