11. Undercurrent
If a person is obsessed and determined to find something, then she will most likely succeed in the end.
It's just that the time spent in the meantime is a little difficult.
Half a month passed, Shen Huan wandered the streets and found nothing. Hanxiang no longer follows her, only sits in the teahouse every day, snorting melon seeds and listening to people's stories, and when she comes back from shopping somewhere, the two rush home together.
Shen Huan didn't say where he went, and Hanxiang never asked much. This is a somewhat dull girl, Shen Huan feels that this bit of stupidity is the most valuable benefit of her.
The sun is so bright that it's impossible to look up at the sky, and in the middle of summer, the streets are far fewer people than usual.
But the smell of people and sweat in the air became stronger and stronger, Shen Huan frowned, walking in the place where the displaced people in the capital gathered. Facing the three religions and nine streams, the crowd shuttling back and forth is a kind of storage zΓ i that she has never seen or come into contact with.
The official gentlemen have their own romantic tastes, and the low-level people also have their own lively joys.
In front of you is surrounded by three layers of inner and outer three layers, surrounded by a group of art stalls, from the shouting can be heard that the performers are practicing is a set of popular boxing in the north, Yanqing boxing.
Shen Huan picked a stone lock not far away, stood on it, and looked into the field with his increasingly tall figure.
After watching it for less than a moment, she had lost interest, and remembered that when she watched Gu Cheng practice boxing in the early morning, her belly slander was just a fist embroidered leg.
Dazed, he withdrew his gaze and unconsciously swept towards the crowd. Slowly, she is attracted to an old man who wanders on the sidelines. The man was dressed in a short beat, and his clothes were shabby, as if he wanted to stop and watch, but he didn't bother to stop, and only walked slowly around the crowd.
Shen Huan stared at him closely, and soon noticed that when he walked, the rhythm of his legs seemed to be different from that of ordinary people, and as he walked, there seemed to be muscles under his trousers contracting rapidlyβnaturally this came from her speculation, relying on the sensitivity and intuition of a martial artist.
The old man walked around a few times and walked away. Shen Huan immediately jumped off the stone lock, followed him, and walked all the way towards the cramped alley.
Passing through several noisy houses, the noise of children, the laughter of women, and the vulgar scolding of men converge together, almost encompassing the joys and sorrows of the world.
Shen Huan turned a deaf ear and stared intently at the person in front of him, his hands behind his back in a leisurely posture, as if he didn't notice that someone was following behind him.
Suddenly, a yellow dog burst out of the oblique thorn, barking wildly at Shen Huan, she was not afraid of this beast, but she was angry that it blocked the way, dodged away, and then searched, and disappeared the old man's figure.
Hurriedly ran a few steps, turned this street intersection, and a quiet alley suddenly appeared in front of him, and he felt familiar in his mind, just like the scene when he punished Hu Dalang that day.
Suddenly, a chill broke down her spine, and the hairs on her neck stood up, and she almost immediately realized that it was the man who had gone around behind her.
"You've been with me for so long, are you from the Huo family in Shanyin?" The voice sounded, with a bit of a good and wandering taste.
Shen Huan turned around slowly and saw the person opposite, his appearance was kind and good, his expression was lazy and tired, just an ordinary old person.
She stood still, kept a distance of five steps from him, and shook her head and smiled, "No, what is the Huo family in Shanyin?" β
The old man narrowed his narrow eyes, "The current descendants speak too unruly, you are not from the Huo family, they will not send a kid who has not grown all his hair to deal with me." β
Shen Huan looked at him with a shallow smile, "I really, I don't know any Shanyin Huo family." β
The end was about to fall, and his body jumped up, followed by a palm to hit the old man's door. The old man didn't dodge or dodge, he didn't care about the palm momentum, he suddenly stretched out his arm and hit him straight up.
Shen Huan judged that his fist was coming towards his palm, and he subconsciously wanted to hit him, but he didn't want the fist to change direction at the moment when it was about to touch his hand, as if it would turn, bypassing her arm and coming towards her right eye.
She was taken aback, her left leg hurriedly retreated, and she stepped a little down, and her body fluttered backwards to avoid the punch.
"Will your fist turn?" She stood firm, and she didn't have time to calm down, "That move just now, it seems to be a move of Xingyi?" β
The old man rolled his eyes, "Junior, do you know the name of Xingyi?" Snorted, "Your internal strength is from the Daomen, like the middle generation of Shu, are you from the south?" β
Shen Huan shook his head, the old man looked at it for a moment, and praised it, "Your internal strength is very pure, whether it is light work, and your reaction is even faster, it is not easy to do this at a young age." β
Saying that he was going to take a step, this meant to go, Shen Huan hurriedly stopped, "Your kung fu is better, I want to apprentice." β
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "It's really rude enough to say that you are rude!" After a pause, he said, "Have you heard of Xingyi, but haven't you heard the rules of this kung fu?" β
Shen Huan frowned, "I can abide by any rules." β
The old man was disdainful, "The shape is stingy, there are no more than three true masters in one class, and the rules are not for you to abide by, but for me to abide by them." β
Shen Huan was surprised, "What kind of rule is this, if you catch up with the apprentice's qualifications are not good, a martial art will be extinct sooner or later." β
After thinking about it, he discussed it from another angle, "You didn't say anything about the Shanyin Huo family, that's your enemy?" You hid here to avoid pursuit, taught me, and I will help you to retreat from the enemy together. β
The old man smiled, "The Huo family is not my enemy, it is my master, and I am the fourth apprentice in this sect to get the true inheritance." β
So to be hunted down? Shen Huan couldn't understand the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and couldn't help but sneer, "No wonder my friend can't learn the real skills, your teacher is too ungenerous." I'm already suffering from it, so why do I have to abide by this rule? β
The old man was unmoved, "You don't understand, you have to follow the rules of one door when you enter the door, everyone is against it, and the world will be chaotic." Walking again, he sighed slowly, "Even if the martial arts are amazing." When the world can't take care of the afterlife, they can only watch the road in front of them and under their feet. β
Shen Huan chased after a few steps and shouted, "I have a blood revenge to avenge!" β
The old man turned around, "After you have learned, the Huo family will also kill you, are you not afraid?" β
Shen Huan smiled proudly, "Don't be afraid, if you learn better than the master, no one will be able to kill." β
The old man's eyes narrowed, and his face was stunned, "The young man speaks domineeringly, you have a murderous aura, I won't accept such an apprentice." β
"Okay, if you insist on refusing, then let's compare again." Shen Huan stepped forward more and more, his hands were shaking, and suddenly his body was short, and he was about to kneel on the ground.
This is to force the old man to accept her salute, and if he receives the salute, he must at least pass on his kung fu.
Her arms were tightened, as if she had a thousand pounds of weight, so that her knees couldn't move, she secretly lucked, and tried again and again, her body was still two points lower, but she couldn't kneel.
The old man sincerely admired, "What a good seedling!" β
His arms were bounced away, Shen Huan took three steps back, and stood firmly, "Aren't you practicing boxing?" How can the internal forces be so strong? β
"Boxing is internal strength, and practicing boxing is practicing internal strength." The old man smiled slowly.
This can be regarded as a nod to her, Shen Huan had a flash of inspiration, "Then I don't learn deeply, I only learn basic boxing theory." You also said that I am a good seedling, in case I realize that you will be killed by the Huo family in the future, I will avenge you, and I can also make a name for you. β
The old man couldn't help laughing, laughed, put his hands behind his back, and turned around, "The worldly life is lively, I haven't played enough, be a master, and ask for trouble." The conversation turned, and his voice drifted, "Didn't you just see that punch?" β
Shen Huan recalled that Lingtai was suddenly clear, and no longer stopped the old man from leaving, and heard laughter floating from a distance, "Your kung fu is from the Daomen, you have to find the master again, go to the Shimen to find it." β
Standing in place, feeling a breeze blowing on my cheeks, a burst of joy in my heart, for that punch, for this sentence. Shen Huan laughed silently, for a long time, turned around and left the alley.
At dusk, the wind is getting stronger, the sky is rolling up, and the small courtyard is full of joy, which is to wish my mother to turn out the old wild goose kite. When Hanxiang saw it, he immediately shouted to put it, and said that he would give his wife to go to the root of the disease.
Shen Huan was in a good mood, walked out of the West House, and stood under the porch to watch. Hanxiang held the kite string, didn't put it up for a long time, turned his head to see her, and begged with a smile, "Come on, girl, I can't let it go." β
In the past, I didn't see the girl flying a kite, and the three brothers also took her to play together. Shen Huan took the line, his fingers trembled lightly, and with the help of the wind, the wild geese swayed and flew towards the sky, along with her memories of the past.
When Gu Cheng entered the door, he saw the girl in white Shengxue, her posture was like a pavilion lotus leaf, and the white flowers on her sideburns were reflected pink by the sunset, and the treasure light flashed and flowed all over her body.
He didn't bother to look up at the wild goose, only to see the hand holding the kite string, the sleeve tube slid down, the forearm was like a mutton fat jade carving, and a small mole on the wrist seemed to have a little ink on the snow-white rice paper.
An undercurrent suddenly surged up in his lower abdomen, with a tingling sensation, and he rushed open a door, unleashing unprecedented power that made his body tremble.
"The third master is back." Zhu Mom walked out of the kitchen and looked at him with a smile.
Can't look any further, Gu Cheng retracted his gaze and gritted his teeth, his gums were already sour, and they were so soft that they were a mess.
Chong Zhu's mother nodded, left the yard as if fleeing, and dropped a sentence, "I'll go and see my wife." β
Looking at the back, it is indeed a desert and fled. Shen Huan didn't turn around, the corners of his mouth raised slightly. As soon as he let go, the geese greeted the sunset and flew into the sky.
Before returning to the house, there was a terrible cry of a child through the gable, as if he was choked by the neck, and Hanxiang heard it furiously, "Whose child?" What's wrong, don't do anything. β
Zhu Mother walked down the steps, listened to it, and said with a smile, "Where is the child crying, it's the cat!" In front of the little girl, the grandmother didn't shy away from it, "It's called/spring, spring and summer stalls, a common thing." β
"It's so ugly, it's heart-scratching, it's scary." Hanxiang complained.
"Or like a child crying. The child is also like this when he is hungry, crying like a mother's heart. Zhu Mom smiled, her voice was not high, "This thing can't be hidden, just like men like women, you can know it by looking at it, you can't hide it." β