Lu Gang found that the old man often walked to the top of a hillside on the side early in the morning, so that he just smiled, and walked briskly without stopping, until he came down more than an hour later, and then closed the door in the house for another hour, and Wu Tianhao called him out to eat breakfast every day, and after talking to Lu Gang and them, he sat on the stone bench and played the piano without moving, as if no one was around.

This is the whereabouts of the old man in the morning, and it is not until noon that after eating is the old man's free time, and at this time, the old man will start to talk freely with Lu Gang.

It's like this every day, except for changing dressings, eating, and sleeping here, it's boring.

One day, Lu Gang got up early in the morning, he quietly slipped out of the house, and looked around, it was still dark outside. He gently brought the door to the door, and ran softly to a small bamboo grove opposite the old man's door, and waited there for him to come out, and then followed him up, wanting to see what he was doing when he often went up the hillside.

Soon he saw the old man's door open.

I saw the old man move up in front of the door, turned around and closed his door, and went to the left.

Lu Gang tiptoed out of the bamboo heel, and when he just stepped on the edge of the hillside, he suddenly heard the old man's voice coming with a fresh mountain breeze: "Boy, don't be sneaky, if you want to come, hurry up." Lu Gang was stunned for a moment, and then ran up in a few steps. But I didn't see the old man for a long time.

When he was looking, there seemed to be a wind swirling around him, and a hand behind him was on his shoulder, out of instinct, he stretched out his backhand to the back, but he fell into a void, the hand had reached the right, and then grabbed another empty, Lu Gang had to jump forward and leave the place, turned around and looked back and still didn't see the figure of the old man, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Obviously, I saw the old man come out, and I obviously heard the old man's shout, and I obviously felt that there was a hand on my shoulder, but why did I come and go without a trace? He began to look nervous, could it be that he was dreaming? He shook his head violently, and touched his injured shoulder with his right hand, and it hurt a little, it wasn't a dream.

He couldn't help but exclaim: "Old man, is that you?" Where the hell are you? ”

"Boy, don't mess around, I'm here. Hahaha. It was the voice of the old man, and as soon as the words fell, Lu Gang felt a wind coming towards him, and a black shadow had steadily stopped in front of him.

"Superior, really superior." Lu Gang was amazed in his heart.

"Boy, what are you following me for?"

"Sir, it's just that I'm curious about you."

"To me? I'm just doing my thing, what's wrong with me that makes you curious? ”

"Old gentleman, the medical skills are excellent, we have seen the healing in the past few days, and it is getting better quickly."

"Don't be complacent, if the bullet is not taken out, it is a hidden danger."

"You've saved our lives, it doesn't matter if you take the bullet or not."

"Let me tell you, and that Geng battalion commander, I can promise to take it out, but I don't dare to promise you Xiaolin's, his is in the chest."

"Can my sister's bullet be taken out?"

"Your sister was injured by a bullet, but"

"But what?" Lu Gang was a little nervous.

"I'm afraid she'll hurt, hahaha. Well, here it is. Do you stay or go back. ”

"Sir, since I'm here, you can let me stay."

The old man didn't make a sound, but still smiled and took off his coat. By this time, the sky was hazy. Lu Gang saw the tendon on the old man's body and sighed in his heart. He understood that the old man was a man who often practiced martial arts. He stood to the side and watched the old man practice one move at a time.

Tricks and routines that he had never seen before, the martial arts that his father taught him were completely different from the old man in front of him.

Crisp and neat moves, fast as lightning like the wind, strong and powerful arms, feet on the ground with a loud sound, moves into force, style with ease, when to close and release, the rhythm is clear, across the flash sensitive, free to perform, waiting for the opportunity, calm and condensed, majestic momentum, repeated body shape, changeable movements, dizzying, so that Lu Gang is pleasing to the eye, his heart is amazed that there is such a fist and foot routine outside the world, he opened his eyes, he wants to worship the old man as a teacher, and his decision has been decided.

When the old man finished the last set of movements, after condensing his qi and closing his fists, he saw Lu Gang take a step forward, kneel forward, and raise his fists with both hands above his head: "Old man, please accept me as an apprentice, right?" ”

The old man did not feel any great strangeness. When he watched Lu Gang kill Xidao on the mountain, he didn't have this will, but he didn't say it in the past few days, he hoped that Lu Gang could realize it, and if this kid really had this heart, when he came out to follow him in the morning, he noticed a shadow behind the bamboo and guessed that it was Lu Gang, and it was really, he was overjoyed in his heart, pretending not to see him.

Seeing Lu Gang kneeling on the ground, he laughed out loud, did not let Lu Gang stand up, he stroked his snow-white beard and said: "Tianhao is not sensible, he only knows how to kill devils every day, and he is not good at practicing. I watched you kill devils that day, and I knew that you had skills, did you learn martial arts? ”

"Yes, Master."

"Uh, wait, who's your master? I haven't said yes yet. Hahaha. Shouting. Who taught you kung fu? ”

"My dad."

"Is he safe?" The old man asked with concern.

"Killed by devils." Lu Gang felt his eyes as red as sand.

"Get up."

"You haven't promised me yet."

"Boy, how can it be so simple, get up, go back. Hahaha. After speaking, he turned around and took his coat and left alone, leaving Lu Gang there wondering what the old man meant?

At this time, the sun came out, and the sunlight left a trail of light in the forest.

When Lu Gang came down the mountain depressed, the old man had long since disappeared, and Lu Gang probably hid in his house again and didn't know what to do. As soon as I walked to the pingli, I met Long Tianhao and the monkey.

"Master." The monkey shouted, "I didn't see you when I came together, so where did I go to see the beautiful woman so early?" ”

"Monkey, we don't have a beautiful woman here, there is only one beautiful woman, and that is your master's sister, isn't it?" Long Tianhao laughed after speaking, probably because he had been with his adoptive father for a long time, and he also laughed imperceptibly.

"Monkey, what about Brother Geng and Xiao Lin?" Lu Gang ignored them and entered the house, but he didn't see anyone inside.

The monkey said, "Over there, you see, I just came over there, and they're looking at the river." I didn't know what to see, so I came back with Long Tianhao. ”

When Lu Gang turned his head and was about to go to Geng Zitang, a bell suddenly rang: three slow knocks.

Following the prestige, I saw the old man standing under the eaves, holding a long rope in his hand, and unhurriedly rang the bronze bell. Long Tianhao looked at the old man, touched his head and muttered, "What is my father going to do again?" He cried out again, "Daddy, what are you going to do?" ”

The old man did not speak, but sat down on the stone bench with a straight stride, and was silent for a long time, when suddenly his hands stroked the piano, and only listened to the rapid sound of the piano echoing in the air above the ping. After a short pause, the hand dances up and down like a double butterfly, like a swallow shuttling between the strings, and like a snowflake floating in the notes slowly melting away, as if the spring breeze is blowing, frustrating and suppressing, meandering, tactful and long, refreshing, and very pleasing to the eye.

Long Tianhao said to Lu Gang: "My father is only afraid that something happy will happen today. It's been a long time since I've heard him play such a nice tune. Lu Gang asked him if he could play? Long Tianhao said that he didn't like it, and he couldn't play it after playing it twice.

Lu Gang smiled. At this time, Geng Zitang, Xiao Lin, and Lu Wei came over, and they were all attracted by the sound of the piano. More than a dozen people came from all sides of the mountain, dressed as mountain people, and Geng Zitang said: "These people are the people who came to bury the body that night. ”

"What are you doing today, old gentleman?" Lu Wei asked his brother strangely. Lu Gang didn't answer, and seemed to have some premonitions in his heart.

The sound of the piano ceased. The old man raised his head, slowly stood up, looked at the mountain people in front of him, and said in an excited voice: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, excuse me, today I want to solemnly announce a major event to you. He looked around at the people in front of him, glanced at Lu Gang who was standing aside, and then continued: "I want to accept an apprentice." Lu Gang, come here. ”

As expected, Lu Gang did not guess wrong. There was a burst of joy and a burst of nervousness in my heart, accepting apprentices will accept apprentices, no, there will be such a big movement. He went up. Lu Wei looked at his brother's back and asked Camp Commander Geng, "Brother Geng, what's going on?" The old gentleman wants to take my brother as an apprentice? Geng Zitang said: "The old gentleman has taken a fancy to your brother. The monkey continued, "Then I have to call the old gentleman my master." Isn't it? Seeing that no one was paying attention, I went to ask Xiaolin. Xiao Lin said, you go and ask your master.

"Tianhao, take the piano away." When the old man saw Lu Gang coming, he sat back on the stone bench and looked at Lu Gang kindly and called Long Tianhao. Long Tianhao was smart, took the piano, put the incense burner again, and then gave the old man three lit incense candles, and Lu Gang also had three.

The old man got up and came to Lu Gang, touched his head, and closed his eyes. After reciting the words in his mouth, he opened his eyes and looked at the crowd in front of him and said: "Old man, I have never officially accepted apprentices, and I never wanted to have the idea of accepting apprentices, but today the old man wants to open the ring and accept Lu Gang as my apprentice." I don't have an ancestral hall here, nor do I have the spiritual position of the ancestors, here I first worship the spirits of heaven and ask them to allow my sincerity. ”

After speaking, he stepped forward and inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner. Then he turned around and said: "Today I accepted Lu Gang as an apprentice in a humble way, because of his courage and pride, because of his hatred and indignation for the little Japanese devil. Lu Gang, incense. Then he sat on the stone bench and looked at Lu Gang.

Lu Gang stepped forward and put incense, bowed three times, and then knelt down on the old man's knees and bowed three times. took the wine handed over by Long Tianhao and went to the old man to send it away: "Master, please use the wine." The old man took it and drank it down. Lu Gang also took a glass of wine from Long Tianhao's hand, put his hands to his mouth, and the wine glass also bottomed out.

Then the old man laughed and stretched out his hand to signal Lu Gang to stand up, at this time, the cheers of the mountain people rang out, and Geng Zitang and they all laughed happily.

"The monkey greets the master." The monkey rushed forward, knelt down next to Lu Gang and called out. The old man smiled and asked what was going on? Lu Gang said, he is my apprentice. When the old man heard this, he laughed and said: "Interesting, interesting, I didn't expect to accept an apprentice and pick up an apprentice, okay, get up." Dinner. ”

After becoming the old man's apprentice, Lu Gang practiced hard with the old man every day. From the mouth of the old man, this set of boxing is "Tang hand boxing", which has been handed down for hundreds of years, and is spread in the area of Tianmen and Jingshan in Hubei. Both offense and defense, free shots, combination of movement and static, clean and neat. The emphasis is on the simultaneous use of fists, legs, and elbows, moving and flashing, precise and accurate, rolling shoulders with the crotch, attacking with hands and feet, stomping and roaring, pronunciation urging, Diao Fu and slashing, splitting and rolling fans, palm-based, dragging and hitting, grabbing and grasping, and hitting with take.