Volume 2 The Wind Rises in Jiangdu Chapter 23 A Visitor in the Middle of the Night

The life experience is also simple, I can't remember my hometown, I was orphaned because of the war at about 3 years old, and I begged everywhere for a living.

One day, when I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, I saw an old man sitting in a roadside tea shop resting his feet, and there were some pastries on the table, so he quickly stepped forward and grabbed it and began to devour it.

The old man looked at his clothes and knew that he was a beggar, although he looked very hungry, but he did not forget to look around left and right when eating, his eyes were bright, and his alertness was abnormal, so it can be seen that it is not a fluke to survive so far.

Follow the old man back to his quarters, a large courtyard at the foot of the mountain, where there were many children like him.

The old man's surname is Du, let the child follow his surname Du, and give him the word "machine", and the child will have a name - Du Ji.

The old man surnamed Du did not tell his name, and the children called him Grandpa Du.

Grandpa Du told them that the emperor of the Liang Dynasty was mediocre, abused the people's power, provoked wars, and caused many orphans like them.

If you want to survive in this world, you must be strong yourself, and this Yang has the ability to help others, so he taught them a set of palm techniques and footwork, which are called: "Broken Wind Palm" and "Chasing Wind Step".

For most of the time after that, Du Ji practiced martial arts more at home.

Grandpa Du is often not at home, and when he comes back, he always brings some street children back.

Du Ji also occasionally goes out with Grandpa Du, but there are not many opportunities.

That is, some time ago, Grandpa Du said that the imperial court sent an envoy from Si Litai to inspect Jiangdu, this person deceived his superiors and subordinates, corrupted the law, and was a heinous corrupt official. With such people, the people will not have a good life, and I don't know how many people will live in misery because of the existence of such people.

When Du Ji heard this, he asked what we could do, Grandpa Du sighed, and said helplessly for a long time: "It would be good if this kind of person died." ”

In this way, Du Ji quietly left the house, planning to wait for the opportunity to assassinate the dog official.

After looking around, he learned that the dog official would pass through Liuquan Lake, so he lurked in the water in advance, and when his boat passed by, he touched the boat.

Unexpectedly, there were so many guards of the dog officer, and many of them were masters, and they couldn't fight for a long time, and when they were exhausted, they were stabbed in the center by a sword and rolled down the river.

Sorting out Du Ji's memory, his life experience is monotonous and lackluster, and there are commendable points in the broken wind palm and chasing the wind.

These two sets of exercises can be said to be both offensive and defensive, advancing and retreating can be defended, and the broken wind palm is practiced to Dacheng as fast as lightning, and can break wood and gravel; Chasing the wind is a set of light body kung fu, and the body is as light as a swallow in the later stage of practice, stepping on the snow without a trace, and it is as silent as the wind.

Since then, Jiang Nan has begun to try to integrate the broken wind palm and the wind chasing step with the original Baji boxing and large and small splitting palms. There is a fusion of speed and power, as well as simplicity and change.

With no relatives and in a strange world, it is always good to have multiple means of self-preservation.

In this way, the days in Jiangnan are also peaceful, catching some fish every day, selling them for a few pennies, buying some food, and then practicing martial arts.

Until one night, Jiang Nan lay on a simple wooden bed made by himself, recalling the experience of coming into this world.

A string of heavy footsteps came, and he hurriedly rolled over and fell to the ground, hiding by the door, ready to wait for the opportunity.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, Jiang Nan held his breath and listened carefully.

There seemed to be quite a few people outside, the steps of the people in front of them were vague and heavy, compared to the steps of the group of people in the distance, which were much more steady and light.

Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, someone had already knocked open the door, and Jiang Nan hurriedly stepped forward to catch him.

"Shhh, I'm being chased and killed, please don't make a noise, and after the thief leaves, I will give you a hundred taels of silver as a reward." Jiang Nan was about to interrogate, but the person who came put his index finger in front of his mouth, twisted his body and begged anxiously.

By the moonlight shining into the house, Jiang Nan looked at this person, about forty years old, dressed in a brown brocade suit, with a piece of white jade hanging from his waist, a round-faced goatee, I don't know how long he had been running, his forehead and cheeks were covered with sweat, and the handful of goatee was shaking when he spoke.

Jiang Nan also wanted to ask a few words to discern whether what he said was true, and the people behind had already caught up.

"Big brother, it seems that people have entered the hut in front." One shouted at a loud voice.

"A few of you, go around and control the wind, and the rest of the people will surround this hut for me." The leader commanded in a deep voice.

Through the cracks in the huts, there were about a dozen people, dressed in night clothes, holding bright steel knives, everyone answered "yes", and four of them went to the wind not far away.

The leader and the rest of the ten people quickly surrounded the thatched hut in Jiangnan.

Seeing this, Jiang Nan's heart couldn't help but start to beat a little drum.

Although according to the memories of Wu Chaozu and Du Ji, it should be relatively simple to deal with these people, but after all, they have not personally fought in actual combat, and the only actual combat is only to deal with two people who block the road and rob them, one of whom is still barehanded.

The people who came couldn't allow Jiangnan to think, and with a gesture from the leader, two people came to the door, ready to break through.

Seeing this, Jiang Nan hurriedly hid the man in brocade clothes under the bed, opened the door alone, and walked out.

"What did you guys do when you guys broke into my house in the middle of the night?" Jiang Nan slowly walked to a position a few meters away from the leader and stood still, raised his eyes and glared at him, shouting, Yu Guang did not forget to be vigilant against the sneak attack of the people next to him.

"Little brother doesn't know, my men have seen the person to be arrested hiding in your house, and I hope you can make it convenient for the brothers to go in and search for it. If not, my brother will not linger, turn around and leave, how about it? ”

The so-called older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are, and the leader has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he knows the truth that people cannot be disguised. Seeing that Jiang Nanshen was alone in the middle of the night in the face of more than a dozen people with steel knives, he was still so calm and calm, without the slightest panic, he must have relied on it, and asked cautiously.

In such a small house, the only place where people can hide is that bed, if you are allowed to go in and search like this, as long as you are not stupid, you will definitely be able to find people.

It's not that the reward of one hundred taels is Tu, but since people are desperate and ask for themselves, there is absolutely no reason to refuse. A gentleman does something and does nothing, saving people from danger, even if he can't do it and dies here, it is not in vain in this life.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Nan decisively refused: "If you want to search my home, I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." ”

After saying that, he put on a posture and was ready to do it at any time.

The face of the leader and the warm was instantly clouded, and the narrow eyes were narrowed, and the fierce light was revealed, no one had spoken to me like this for a long time, was it because I was old or this kid didn't know how thick the sky was.

"Then my brother has no choice but to offend!" The leader looked up.

As soon as the words fell, a group of subordinates rushed up.

Jiang Nan is also looking for an opportunity to test the actual combat effect of the fusion of several martial arts.

It was too late to say that it was too late, and one of them was already coming at him. Jiangnan quickly pasted it, avoided its edge, and punched out, with a "click" sound, and the person flew out upside down.

Then he performed a wind-chasing step, dodging left and right, quickly shuttling back and forth in the crowd, meeting people is a punch or a palm, and in a moment ten people were beaten to the ground by Jiangnan and wailed. Only the leader stood there, his face cloudy.

Seeing Jiang Nan turn around and look at him, the four people who had the wind also heard the sound and ran back. The leader hesitated whether to go up and fight, looked at the ten little brothers lying on the ground, weighed it for a moment and hugged his fists and said: "There is a meeting in the mountains and rivers, we will have a period in the future, let's go!" ”

With that, the leader left quickly.

When more than a dozen younger brothers saw that the eldest brother was gone, they didn't stay, and chased after them with their legs covering the injured parts.

Jiang Nan saw that the person was walking away, turned around and was about to go back to the house to inform the person who was being hunted down, but saw that he walked out at some point, and was looking at him with wide eyes and a look of surprise.

Seeing him coming, the man in brocade clothes who was reborn after the catastrophe hurriedly stepped forward and bowed with his fists and said, "The hero is a boy!" Thank you to the hero for drawing his sword to help him repel the thief, please accept Yao's worship. ”

Jiang Nan was very uncomfortable with worshipping and worshipping at every turn, and when he saw this, he hurriedly dodged and avoided it, raised his hand and said, "I can't stand it!" The person chasing you is gone, so you should hurry up and leave. ”

The man in the brocade suit froze gratefully, his face showed bitterness, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "Yao has a reluctant request, and I hope the hero will agree." ”

"You say."

"Will you allow me to stay at your house for one night, and then leave tomorrow morning after dawn?" After speaking, he stared at Jiangnan with a look of hope.

Seeing him like this, after a little silence, Jiang Nan understood his concerns, and what he said just now was indeed inappropriate.

As soon as the group left, they were ambushed on the way back if they couldn't say anything. At this time, letting him go is tantamount to sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth and putting him in danger.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nan nodded in response.