After the banquet began, Fan Wencheng stood up on the main seat and saluted everyone with fists. "Seniors, distinguished guests, and all the boxers present, good evening. His greetings were like ordinary words, but they were sufficient in the middle of the day, and they came out from afar, suppressing all the noise on the scene.

"First of all, thank you all for taking the time to come tonight to celebrate my 51st birthday, and I would like to give you a drink. Fan Wencheng said, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

The crowd cheered and toasted.

"Famenquan has been inherited for hundreds of years, relying on the concerted efforts of the majority of fellow sects, and fortunately with the care and support of the vast number of martial arts channels, so that this martial arts line can be carried forward in Jiangxi and benefit the people. For that, I would like to toast you again. Fan Wencheng said that he drank it all again.

The crowd was still cheering, but it was not as enthusiastic as before, and most of the guests drank along. But there were also people whispering and talking about it. "Master Fan's performance today seems to be a little unusual, huh?"

"That is, could it be that there is something difficult to decide in this sect that needs to ask for help from all factions?"

"Otherwise, if it is difficult for even Master Fan to decide, it may not be of any use for us to make a move. ”

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Just as the sound of whispering and discussion gradually rose, Fan Wencheng spoke again. "Twenty years ago, I began to preside over the Fa sect, but I just recruited a wide range of disciples and devoted myself to passing on the arts. I also uphold the ancestral teachings and have repeatedly warned my disciples that in today's peaceful world, the practice of this kung fu is based on physical fitness, taking into account self-defense and practicing justice. Do not get involved in grievances. Nowadays, this door is prosperous, and everyone abides by the rules and strives to pass on the art. Here, I would like to give you another glass. ”

This time, everyone quietly drank the wine and waited for Fan Wencheng's later words.

"My Fan Wencheng virtue can be limited, and in the past 20 years, I have not innovated in this field, but I am fortunate to have no great fault. He is 51 years old this year, and for those who practice internal boxing, this is the golden age when they can face breakthroughs in their cultivation. However, Wen Cheng is indifferent by nature, and he has a sense of exhaustion for the mundane affairs of the rivers and lakes. On this birthday, it is also the time for me to wash my hands with my gold plate. ”

There was an uproar at the banquet. Everyone felt that Fan Wencheng's expression was different today, but they didn't know that such a bombshell news would be released at this moment!

"Wash your hands on the gold plate, it's impossible, it's time to make a difference. ”

"So who will be the next generation of parents of the Fan family?"

Everyone felt a little at a loss, but at this time, Fan Nanjiang unconsciously gathered some brothers and fellow disciples from other sects. Everyone knows that this is the best candidate to succeed Fan Wencheng.

"Please be calm and listen to me. Fan Wencheng waved his hand and said, "I have discussed it with my senior brother. In order to carry forward the Fa sect, it cannot be limited to being held by the descendants of the Fan family; therefore, from today onwards, the head of this sect and the head of the Fan family are no longer limited to the same person. ”

As soon as this remark came out, there was another uproar. Although the times have changed, the inheritors of traditional martial arts of various factions have long abandoned the view of the door, and no longer have one family name passed down from generation to generation. However, in many family sects, the heads of successive generations are still traditionally held by the descendants of their own clans.

However, Fan Wencheng has a very high prestige among the Fa sect. And since this matter has been agreed with the fellow disciples, it is difficult for others to say anything. In the end, the head of this faction was served by Yang Jijun, Fan Nanjiang's second junior brother, and Fan Nanjiang inherited the responsibility of Fan's parents.

Yang Jijun is a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, young and frail and sickly. His parents were in business in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and met Fan Wencheng because of their business dealings. He then ordered Yang Jijun and his sister Yang Yingying to worship Fan Wencheng as a teacher to practice Kung Fu. Although the two sisters and brothers were not physically strong, they were extremely talented in martial arts. Although the entry was a few years later than Fan Nanjiang, by the year of Fan Wencheng's retirement, it was already quite a latecomer.

Yang Jijun took over as the head of the Fa sect, so he didn't know the secret of the Fan family's hidden treasures. After the birthday banquet that day, Fan Wencheng took Fan Nanjiang to open the cellar of the ancestral house, and after instructing him to protect the treasure, he quietly left with his aunt and has not been heard from since.

The year my uncle left was 1996, although it has been many years since the reform and opening up, the Fan family began to do business in the early years, and the accumulated industry is not small. But for Fan Nanjiang, who grew up in his hometown and countryside, pure yang ink iron is still an immortal treasure, and the responsibility of care cannot be taken lightly. However, after many years, the traditional business of the Fan family gradually declined due to intensified market competition, and finally closed down because it could not keep up with the pace of development. Even Fan Nanjiang, a parent, had to move to Dongdi at home to make a living by running a food stall. And now that technology is changing with each passing day, he doesn't know whether he should use modern technology to solve the mysteries in pure yang ink iron. This secret was a responsibility and a burden for him. So he has been looking for his uncle, hoping that the old man can show him the way.

Fan Nanjiang also visited the famous calligrapher and painter Shen Wanzhou many times in Dongguan, and the old man was very enthusiastic about this old man. However, when asked about his uncle, he had no clue. The old man regretted that he could not attend Fan Wencheng's last birthday banquet in person.

The uncle has never been found, but the difficult thing has finally come.

At the end of last year, the village party secretary brought a real estate developer who is said to be one of the top 10 in the country to inspect Yunsheng Valley. The developer intends to invest in the construction of Yunsheng Valley Resort here, and intends to use the old residence of the Fan family as the central building of the resort, and other buildings such as hotels, shopping malls, entertainment facilities and other buildings are all designed in accordance with the style of the old residence of the Fan family. The developer offered 10 million to buy the Fan family's old house. Although the scale of this house is not small, it can be said that 10 million yuan to buy a rural house is also a sky-high price. The Fan family didn't know the secret of Pure Yang Motie except for Fan Nanjiang, but with the legacy of their ancestors, the people who guarded it at home didn't dare to make their own claims. After asking Fan Nanjiang's opinion, he rejected the developer.

The village party secretary obviously has a lot of benefits in it, and constantly puts pressure on the Fan family. On several occasions, he has assisted in organizing demolition teams to forcibly occupy the old house, but without success. Although the Fan family is a Kung Fu inheritance, in recent years, all the young and middle-aged people have left their hometowns to make a living, and their families are full of old and weak women and children. Now facing the uneasiness of the ancestral home, some young adults take the initiative to go back to protect it. It's just that the demolition team organized by the other party is stronger and stronger every time, and there is no shortage of Jianghu characters who are familiar with kung fu in the next two or three times. What's more, the Fan family is now different, and now that they have encountered strong enemies, quite a few people have begun to encourage their parents to see that the price is expensive, so it is better to sell everyone for money.

Hearing this, Lin Chuyi was silent for a long time, in fact, when he talked about Fan Wencheng's pair of brothers and sisters surnamed Yang, he remembered Yang Yi's mother and daughter at the Ruomuqiu Hotel. Judging from her age, Yang Yi's mother should be about the same age as Fan Nanjiang, and judging by her demeanor, she is also a master of kung fu.

"Is there any contact between the younger brothers and sisters of the Yang family in recent years?" he asked Fan Nanjiang.

Fan Nanjiang said with a wry smile: "In this kind of society, although the friendship between teachers and disciples is still deep, they all come from all over the world, and each has its own livelihood. When the Fan family was still strong, as a parent, I often went to discuss the practice experience with the master, and of course the head of the family also gathered the brothers and sisters from time to time to share friendship. However, in the past ten years, the Fan family has declined, and the concept of the sect has become much weaker; So there has been no contact for more than ten years, and it is said that the Yang family has spread out in the Chaoshan area, but it has carried forward its own kung fu well. ”

Lin Chuyi: "I recently met a customer, a woman surnamed Yang, and her kung fu cultivation is not low. From Chaoshan, her mother is about the same age as you, and her surname is Yang. But I don't know if it will be your junior sister Yang Yingying. ”

So he described the appearance of the mother and daughter, the owners of Ruomuqiu Hotel, to Fan Nanjiang.

Fan Nanjiang was surprised and said: "From what you said, it is really possible that Yang Yingying." Before and after her uncle's 51st birthday, her brother had been following her uncle in the sect to deal with the aftermath, but her sister had not shown up for the past two or three years. After all, it is a private matter, and the master will not ask about this kind of gossip. It's just that both mother and daughter are surnamed Yang, and the daughter doesn't know who her biological father is, which is a bit strange. I never heard her brother mention this later. ”

Lin Chuyi: "My sister has this kind of thing, no matter what, it's not glorious, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to be an elder brother." ”

Fan Nanjiang nodded silently, quite suspicious, and had no clue, so he had the right to say that he was reasonable. He suddenly spoke: "Next time, if you have the opportunity to meet Yang Shi's mother and daughter, can you help me try to make an appointment." After all, I haven't been in touch for more than 20 years, so I don't want to pay an abrupt visit. ”

Of course, this is a trivial matter, and Lin Chu should accept it one by one, but in Fan Nanjiang's family past, the more important thing is Fan Wencheng, the head of the family back then. The so-called smiling pride of the old family owner and his wife seems to be more appropriate to say that they are missing, and it is the same as Han Yunshen and his wife three years ago. It was the couple who abandoned their family and children, and they have not been heard from since.

"I have a friend whose brother and sister-in-law also left their family and children three years ago and are still missing. Lin Chuyi, "She suspected that her brother and sister-in-law had disappeared in Dongguan, so one of my purposes in Dongguan was also to help this friend find her missing brother." ”

So he told Fan Nanjiang how Han Yunshen worked in Shenzhen, how he met Zhang Fang and retreated to Dongguan, how he went home to give birth to a child and finally disappeared.

"Such a coincidence?" Fan Nanjiang said, "Actually, when my uncle abandoned his home, I also suspected that he had come to Dongguan." ”

"Why?" Lin Chu said, "just because someone with a Cantonese accent sent a couplet?"

This is just one of them, the key is that the master of calligraphy and painting who sent the couplet, Shen Wanzhou, is a celebrity in Dongguan. And in the couplet, there is a sense of consolation and invitation. ”

Lin Chuyi touched a glass with him and Fan Chaogui, took a sip of wine at will, and muttered: "I think that the purpose of which developer wants to buy the Fan family's ancestral house may not be as simple as building a resort?"

Fan Nanjiang deeply agrees with this, "How can a pure developer take the initiative to consider the significance of this house to a traditional family in the rivers and lakes when they want to expropriate an old house? Besides, on the bright side, who can see that we are people from the rivers and lakes." If these are not considered, a rural old house of about 300 square meters, the maximum bid of real estate developers may not exceed 2 million. The other party directly offered to buy it for 10 million yuan, obviously its ambition is not in the house itself. ”

After a pause, Fan Nanjiang continued: "So I'm willing to tell you this secret now, and it won't be considered a violation of the ancestral teachings. Now that the other party knows, your friends and relatives might as well know two more. ”

"I think your uncle's disappearance back then has something to do with the fact that developers come to buy houses today. Lin Chu said, "Of course, I'm not saying that he will turn his back on the ancestral teachings. ”

"You have to know your uncle's whereabouts before you can talk about it. Fan Nanjiang sighed. Unconsciously picked up the wine glass and took two sips of wine.

Lin Chuyi picked up the holster beside him, pulled Tailing out of the holster, and handed it to Fan Nanjiang to see.

Fan Nanjiang didn't answer, since the button of the holster was opened, and a burst of colorful light flowed leisurely, he was already dumbfounded.

"This is my sword, called Tailing" Lin Chuyi, "Although it doesn't look like it, I practice swords with her." This material doesn't look like your pure yang ink iron?"

Fan Nanjiang suddenly woke up when he heard the words, still didn't say a word, and carefully took Tai Ling with both hands and looked at it carefully. He watched it for more than ten minutes before handing Tai Ling back to Lin Chuyi.

"Like, very much like. Fan Nanjiang said a little dazed, "It's not like it at all." ”

"What do you say?" Lin Chuyi's contradictory answer didn't seem strange, but he still asked.

Fan Nanjiang said: "This seems to be much purer than pure yang ink iron, and in the colorful streamer, it seems to imply the spirit of all things." We can't see through her with our naked eyes. And as the name suggests, you can feel the pure yang qi hidden in it with your tentacles. And your Tailing, I feel that it is neither yin nor yang, it seems to be something born from nature. ”

Lin Chuyi put away Tailing and said, "Brother Nanjiang, we are not outsiders anyway, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Well, I'm overthinking. Fan Nanjiang said, "Brother Mo Yu, if your treasure falls into the eyes of people who know the goods, it will inevitably be guilty, I'm afraid it's better to find a place to keep it properly." ”

"Don't worry, I'm in control. Lin Chu smiled and said, "Let's talk about your old mansion, since your family's opinions have been divided, it is impossible for the other party to be unclear." What's the situation now?"

Fan Nanjiang said: "There have been several conflicts, and the other party has not been able to get any benefits. So we were given a two-month deadline to gather our people to discuss. But listen to the tone, after two months, they are bound to win. ”

Lin Chuyi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that the other party is still reasonable, in recent years, I have watched a lot of news such as demolition conflicts, and it is rare to be good." It's not easy to deal with. ”

Fan Nanjiang shook his head and said: "I don't think so, the other party may not be able to concentrate on dealing with us for a while, otherwise how can it be that after a few evenly matched fights, even the main owner has not appeared." ”

After chatting along the way, in fact, Lin Chuyi already had a doubt in his heart, Fan Wencheng, as the head of the previous generation, even if he wanted to deal with the ancestral treasure, he only needed to show up and discuss with Fan Nanjiang, and the problem was not complicated. As for today's situation, the brothers and sisters of the Yang family may not be able to get rid of it. It's just such an obvious thing, Fan Nanjiang doesn't say it, and he doesn't want to mention it, so as not to provoke the suspicion of the same family.

As for Fan Nanjiang, he asked him to meet the mother and daughter of the Yang family, or he wanted to investigate in person, but this is not something that he should ask as an outsider.

was thinking about it, but heard Fan Nanjiang change the topic and said: "Little Brother Mo Yu, you help that friend find her brother, if there is a place where there is a need for manpower, don't be polite." My uncle and nephew, I can't do anything else, but it's okay to deal with some wicked people. The guest you brought that day was full of murderous aura, and it could be seen that he should also be a member of the public family. ”

Lin Chuyi hurriedly toasted his uncle and nephew, and said, "Then thank you Brother Nanjiang first, there have been some things recently, and there is indeed a bit of a shortage of manpower." When the matter here is over, if it is convenient, I might as well travel with Brother Nanjiang to your hometown in Jiangxi. It is also a good thing to be contaminated with a little bit of Fan family's martial arts chance. ”

The uncle and nephew drank very happily this night, and the three of them had half a catty of liquor in their stomachs before they knew it. Lin Chuyi took advantage of the wine and also partnered with Fan Chaogui. As a result, it was found that although his skill and experience were quite different from Fan Nanjiang, his bone spirituality seemed to be especially above Uncle Nai.

Lin Chuyi had the heart to give more guidance, and from time to time he worked his shoulder blades, waist and hips, knees, heels and other joints while rubbing his hands and turning in circles. This method is called "feeding strength" in internal boxing training. The general boxing of internal kung fu is simple and unremarkable, and the practice is all conscious and internal strength, paying attention to the combination of intention and qi, and qi and strength. The shelf is easy to learn, and the inner things, in addition to requiring a certain amount of talent and unremitting hard practice, also require constant feeding and correction between the master and the same disciple. After all, there is such a thing as fist intent and strength, and many times it can only be understood but not spoken.

Using Lin Chuyi's cultivation to feed him strength, Fan Chaogui can directly perceive the shortcomings of his own skill boxing, some of which can be corrected at the time, and some of them can't, because of insufficient skills. This requires hard training in the future, according to the experience at the time. But this kind of hard training after feeding the strength can get twice the result with half the effort compared to the usual silent insistence alone.

After nearly twenty minutes, Fan Chaogui was already sweating profusely, his hands and feet were sore, and he couldn't hold on. Lin Chu laughed and withdrew his hand. "How old are you?"

"In half a month, I will be 17 years old. Fan Chaogui gasped and said, "Brother Mo Yu, how do you practice kung fu?"

"Don't worry, there will be more time in the future, and we can learn from each other often. "Lin Chuyi. He knows the rules of the rivers and lakes, after all, people are families, and if the parents don't speak, he doesn't dare to teach other people's children and nephews lightly.

Fan Nanjiang sighed with emotion: "Little Brother Mo Yu, although you don't seem to be a few years older than him. But kung fu cultivation, even among the predecessors of our Fan family, I am afraid it is nothing more than that. If Chaogui is fortunate to worship under your door, it is not only the luck of his life, but also the luck of my Fan family. ”

Lin Chuyi hugged his fists and said, "Since Brother Nanjiang said so, I am not welcome." In this lineage, I myself am not considered a beginner, so I will discuss the matter of apprenticeship later. How about I accept your little brother as my first protégé?"

The uncle and nephew were pleasantly surprised. What is surprising is that with the high level of Mo Yu's kung fu, it is still the realm of entry among the sects, what kind of sect must it be! I am glad that Fan Chaogui has such a master, and he will be able to take on the great responsibility of the Fan family in the future. As soon as this was decided, Fan Nanjiang immediately proposed to set up a box in Huatian Dragon Court on a certain day, feast Lin Chuyi with his nephew, and hold an entrance ceremony first.

Lin Chuyi doesn't like this kind of red tape, but Fan Nanjiang's family tradition insists on being grand, so it's not easy to shirk. The date was chosen on Fan Chaogui's 17th birthday, which happened to be a weekend night.