Chivalrous Song Dynasty

But he asked back: "Isn't this the timely rain in Bianjing? It is said that you were hijacked, how can you still appear outside the gate of the Yuquan gymnasium? It's really strange."

Chapter 214 The New Apprentice

When the war is about to break out, everyone's thinking is different.

Some people are determined to serve the country, while others try to avoid disaster.Cao Zheng, the swordsman, is the latter kind of person.

Live a good life, but what kind of Xixia are you going to fight?Anyone who likes to fight will fight, anyway, I will not fight.This is the ideological realm of people like Cao Zheng.

Originally, he didn't want to fight and no one forced him to fight, so he didn't have to think too much, since the sky was falling and there was a tall person to support it.

But since Lin Chong was arrested and dispatched to Cangzhou, the situation took a turn for the worse.

Because Yuquan gymnasium is allocated by the court to participate in the battle, the imperial court requires that the entire Kaifeng prefecture of the capital must have at least 25 people participating in martial arts. [-].

What are you practicing martial arts for?In addition to strengthening your body, you should protect your home and country. Otherwise, why do you practice martial arts?Want to rebel?It’s okay to practice secretly at home and no one will know about it. Gathering people to pass on the practice must be banned!

Lin Chong is the representative of the elite warriors of the Yuquan Gym, and he is the coach of the 80 Imperial Guards. Originally, it was only natural for him to lead the disciples of the Yuquan Gym to participate in the martial arts.

Lin Chong himself also expressed his willingness to go. If he did not participate in the war, he would not be able to obtain military merit. Without military merit, he, the instructor of the 80 imperial army, would never be able to be promoted or raise his salary.

The only worry is whether the imperial court will disqualify him from taking part in the martial arts because he is an active military officer. However, through some inquiries and feedback, it seems that the imperial court has not stipulated that active duty low-ranking officers are not allowed to participate in the martial arts, because these low-ranking officers are originally There is no martial arts fame.

There are not a few people who think like Lin Chong.Originally, if one wanted to support one's family with martial arts after learning martial arts, there were a few ways out.

The first is to join the army to serve the country and receive payment; the second is to open a museum to teach apprentices to collect tuition fees, but this second requires a high level of martial arts; the third is to earn some hard money by performing on the streets; Getting rich, robbing families, occupying mountains and becoming kings all belong to the fourth category.

Therefore, Lin Chong and those who think like Lin Chong have already filled up the 25 places, and Cao Zheng has nothing to do without him.But Lin Chong's crime has changed. Uncle Zhao has already said that Lin Chong's vacancy will be filled by Cao Zheng.

So what should we do?Cao Zheng is not a timid person, and he is not afraid to fight with others, but it is worth fighting hard. Cao Zheng feels that it is not worthwhile to work hard for the so-called emperor and Song Dynasty.

Because even if he went to serve as a soldier and survived his life, he would not gain any benefits when he came back.To be bullied by Gao Yanei as a petty official like Lin Chong?It's not as good as myself, who kills pigs and sells meat, to live well.

Speaking of which, being a butcher in this era seems to be an extremely noble profession. Otherwise, how dare Zheng Tu call himself the town of Guanxi?Otherwise, how could Cao Zheng be successful in the capital?For example, Hu, the father-in-law that Fan Jin feared the most in his life, was also a butcher when he was hit by Ju Ren and went crazy.

Therefore, Cao Zheng saw that the situation was not good, so he arranged a way out for himself. He found Wang Fu's younger brother, Wang Mu, and borrowed a huge sum of money. Xu Yizhongli planned to sneak out of the capital and go to Shandong in the next few days.

As for the hidden dangers caused by this, I am not afraid, Wang Fu's younger brother will take care of him, and no one will investigate him for running away. Besides, he is not a soldier who escaped on the battlefield, but just avoided the martial arts exam with an excuse.

But in any case, this kind of thing must not be told to the people in the Yuquan Gym before the trip, so he was very frightened after hearing Bai Sheng's question, and he didn't even have time to think about whether Bai Sheng knew Lin Chong. Directly satirize Bai Sheng in turn.

Bai Sheng smiled and said: "That's right, I was arrested by a group of people, but after they arrested me, I mentioned to them that Lin Chong is my eldest brother, and they let me go. It's really righteous! It's not like you For some people in Yuquan Gym, the tea gets cold as soon as they leave, and Brother Lin’s letter of recommendation is ignored.”

When he said this, Cao Zheng felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly looked at the juniors: "Where is my master's letter?"

The man holding the letter hastily presented the letterhead and the envelope with both hands. Cao Zheng took it over and glanced at it, and said, "It is indeed my master's handwriting, but when did Brother Bai become friends with my master? Why didn't you hear him say this?" thing?"

As soon as Cao Zheng confirmed Lin Chong's handwriting, Bai Sheng could not forgive others, and said with a serious face: "Brother Cao, you have to pay attention to what you say, I call you brother because I am about to enter Yuquan as an apprentice. Hall. But I am commensurate with your master brother, how can you call me brother? Isn't this messing up the seniority?"

There is nothing wrong with what he said, Cao Zheng was embarrassed immediately, blushed and bowed to salute, "I am being reckless." But he refused to call Bai Sheng as an elder.

After all, Bai Sheng looks much younger than him, so it would be extremely awkward to call him uncle.

Bai Sheng didn't pursue it, and continued: "Are the rules in your Yuquan gym different from other places? Does it mean that senior Zhou Tong needs to tell me who he usually associates with? Brother Lu and Brother Lin? Or is it about me, Brother Lu and Brother Lin?" What do you usually do that need to be reported to Senior Brother Cao?"

Cao Zheng was even more embarrassed. He naturally knew that Big Brother Lu was Lu Junyi, the jade unicorn from Hebei, so he replied, "Of course Master Lu and my master will not tell me everything they do, but I have followed Master for many years, and I have never seen Master interact with you."

Bai Sheng snorted coldly: "You mean, things you haven't seen are not true? Let me ask you, do you know that Senior Zhou has accepted an eight-year-old closed apprentice in Tangyin?"

Cao Zheng shook his head and said, "I really don't know about this."

Bai Sheng sneered and said, "That's right, I knew about it! Could it be that if you didn't know about it, your master's closed apprentice would no longer exist? In the same way, it is necessary for me to invite you to drink with your master." Are you there?"

Cao Zheng was sweating profusely from Bai Sheng's words, and he quickly stretched out his hand, "If that's the case, then come in with me, I wonder if you have practiced martial arts before?"

"I haven't practiced."

"Then I can only arrange for you to be an introductory disciple. You can only learn and practice with my juniors. To be honest, if my master hadn't written a letter to recommend you, we would not accept apprentices like you."

Bai Sheng couldn't help being disappointed when he heard the words.

Of course, he didn't know what kind of teaching mode the Yuquan Gym was, let alone who taught people to practice martial arts, but he guessed that even Cao Zheng couldn't practice Lin Chong's level, so he asked: "Our Yuquan Gym Is there any master who is stronger than my elder brother Lin to teach boxing?"

Cao Zhengdao: "No, there are two masters, both of whom don't teach boxing. Now the disciples in the gym are all taught by me, but since you haven't practiced martial arts, you can't learn from me for a while. You have to practice the basics first."

Bai Shengxin said that even if he learns from you, he can't learn anything, let alone learn from your juniors?If he didn't have the thought of being able to see Zhou Tong occasionally, he would have turned around and left.

So he asked: "The martial arts of those two seniors must be extremely high, right? Since they are seniors, they are my brother Lin's seniors, why don't they teach them?"

Cao Zheng hurriedly made a silent gesture, lowered his voice and said: "You don't know about this, one of these two masters is the current prince of the East Palace, and the other is Prince Yun, both are disciples who are under the sect of the master. Martial arts are actually pretty average, but think about it, how can my master be their senior brother?"

Bai Sheng couldn't help being curious, this prince of the East Palace must be the future Song Qinzong Zhao Heng, and who is Prince Yun?So he asked, "How does their martial arts compare to yours?"

Cao Zhengdao: "The prince is here just by name, and he basically doesn't come to the museum, so it's okay to say that he doesn't know martial arts. Prince Yun comes to practice kung fu every day, which is about the same as my kung fu. Prince Yun is practicing martial arts in Erjin's courtyard right now, so you have to be careful with what you say."

Chapter 215 Little Red Fist

Yuquan gymnasium is a courtyard with nine palace structures, including nine courtyards in total, from north to south, divided into three entrances inside and outside.

The southernmost is the outermost three courtyards from east to west, where the disciples with the lowest seniority practice martial arts.The east front yard is used to practice stances and fists, and the west front yard is used to practice bows and arrows and weapons.

The courtyard in the middle is usually unused. From the gate of the pavilion, a bluestone road leads to the inside. There are no people in the courtyard, which looks mysterious and profound, giving people a feeling of being as deep as the sea when entering the Houmen.

Cao Zheng said that the courtyard in the middle has three entrances and is transparent, and it is used for practicing riding, archery and horse skills. However, because there are no horses, it is usually idle, and it is only used as a venue for martial arts competitions when someone kicks the gymnasium.

But looking around the world, who would dare to play in the Yuquan Gym?Even Zhan Renlong, who had challenged Zhou Tong three times, did not dare to do such a feat, so the three courtyards in the middle have almost never been used. It is said that only Lu Junyi, Shi Wengong and Lin Chong practiced horseback kung fu here. .

Cao Zheng brought Bai Sheng to the east front yard, and Bai Sheng saw that there were nearly a hundred teenagers here, most of whom were around [-] or [-] years old, practicing Mabu punching boxing.In front of the Centuries, an older guy was shouting the password.

Seeing Cao Zheng coming in, the boy stopped shouting, then saluted Cao Zheng and called him Master.

Cao Zheng nodded in reply, pointed to Bai Sheng and introduced: "This is a new disciple, Xun Si, you should take him to practice the basic skills of the sect first." After finishing speaking, he nodded to Bai Sheng and left .

In today's Yuquan gymnasium, besides King Yun, Cao Zheng has the highest status, and as a talker, he is naturally entangled in trivial matters.

When Bai Sheng saw Xun Si calling Cao Zheng his master, he realized that Cao Zheng and Cao Zheng's junior disciples outside his sect were not the lowest-ranked disciples.

Unlike Cao Zheng's juniors, Xun Si's four generations of disciples don't seem to have any natural resistance to Bai Sheng.Although Cao Zheng didn't introduce Bai Sheng's relationship clearly, so they didn't show any extra respect to Bai Sheng, but these people obviously didn't mean to deceive others.

Xun Si asked Bai Sheng to stand in the last row of dozens of disciples, first instructed Bai Sheng to squat, then explained the essentials of punching, and gave a little demonstration. Seeing that Bai Sheng nodded to indicate that he understood, he returned to the front and continued. practise.

"Let's hit this seventh move three times, the world of mortals will roll!"

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