The Romance of the Famous Marshals of the Early Tang Dynasty Li Jichuan

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Wei Ying Travels the Canal

After a while, the servant set up six dishes on the dining table, and the housekeeper Wei Wen walked up to Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and introduced: "Young Master Xu, this dish is sauce plum meat lotus leaf cake, this dish is sweet and sour carp, and this dish is quail eggplant."

The white-haired old lady interjected and asked with a smile: "Grandson, this dish is quail eggplant, your mother's favorite food, have you ever eaten it?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Grandma, I have eaten this dish, it is made with quail meat and round eggplant, sometimes when there is no quail meat at home, my mother sometimes uses lean pork and round eggplant."

The white-haired old lady asked with a smile, "Grandson, do you often eat quail eggplant in your family?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Grandma, my family doesn't often eat quail eggplant."

The white-haired old lady asked with a smile, "Grandson, do you like to eat quail eggplant?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Grandma, I like to eat quail eggplant.

The white-haired old lady instructed the housekeeper Wei Wen: "Butler, bring the dish of quail and eggplant to Xu Maogong (Li Ji),

Butler Wei Wen responded: "Yes." "Serve the dish of quail eggplant next to Xu Maogong (Li Ji).

Wei Ying said: "Grandma, I am also willing to eat the dish of quail eggplant."

The white-haired old lady instructed the butler Wei Wen, "Butler, go and get another plate."

Butler Wei Wen answered: "Yes." "Turn and leave.

The white-haired old lady then introduced the dish to Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and said: "Grandson, this dish is small crispy pork, this dish is Dingxiang steamed pork, and this dish is Taiwanese mushroom and oily pork.

At this time, the housekeeper Wei Wen took a plate and came to the white-haired old lady.

The white-haired old lady instructed the butler Wei Wen: "Butler, divide half of the quail eggplant dish into this plate and put it next to my granddaughter."

Butler Wei Wen responded: "Yes." He walked to Xu Maogong (Li Ji), put the empty plate in his hand on the dining table, picked up the plate containing the quail eggplant, dialed half of it into the empty plate, put the plate containing the quail eggplant back in its place, and then picked up the plate that had half of the quail eggplant dish and put it next to Wei Ying.

The white-haired old lady smiled and said, "The dishes are cold, let's eat them quickly."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) took a mouthful of quail eggplant, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

The white-haired old man smiled and asked, "Grandson, what art of war have you learned?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Grandfather, I mainly learned "The Art of War" and "The Art of War".

The white-haired old man asked with a smile: "Grandson, have you studied the three wars of "Wu Zi", "Taigong Liutao", and "Sima Fa"?

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Grandfather, I have also learned these three art of war."

The white-haired old lady said: "Grandson, the year before last, your mother wrote to say: You have been studying martial arts for ten months, and you have injured three adult pimply men.

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said with a smile: "Grandma, my grandson is a lucky victory

Wei Rui smiled and asked, "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), how old were you at that time?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "Brother Wei Rui, I was thirteen at that time

Wei Rui opened his mouth wide, with an envious look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), tell me in detail."

Wei Ying sneered and said, "What's the big deal, look at your spirit."

The white-haired old lady said, "Grandson, tell me how you injured three adult pimply men?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Grandma, I have been studying martial arts for ten months, I went home to visit my mother, passed by the woods of five miles of the county seat, and saw three men pulling two women.

I covered my face with the sleeves of the housekeeper Xu Quan's big hexagram, only my two eyes were exposed, tied at the back of my head, and rushed over, I shouted loudly: Let the three splash skins, let the two women go,

The two splashes continued to pull the two women, and the black-faced and thin skinny splashes rushed towards me with a big knife, and I jumped off my horse, took the whip, and met them.

The black-faced and thin skinny splash raised his big knife and slashed at my face,

The horsewhip in my right hand hit the "Lingdao" point on the wrist of the tall man with a black face. The big knife in the hands of the black-faced, thin, and high-profile skin fell to the ground with his hand.

I put the index finger and middle finger of my left hand together, and hit the Zhangmen acupoint of the black-faced and thin skin, and the black-faced and skinny skinny skin remained motionless.

Wei Rui smiled and asked, "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), can I also learn to point points?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "You can too, as long as you work hard, anyone can learn it.

Wei Rui put the index finger and middle finger of my left hand together, clicked twice into the air, and asked with a smile: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), after I learn to point acupoints, can I also point an adult playful man motionless?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied with a smile: "As long as you point at the acupuncture points, you can also point the adult ploppy man motionless."

Wei Rui smiled happily,

The white-haired old lady said, "Grandson, then why did you hurt the other two adult men?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) continued: "Humpty Dumpty walked around behind me, and the yellow-faced Splash stood opposite me, and the two of them attacked me back and forth.

The yellow-faced face stabbed me in the chest with a sword in his right hand. I dodged the two swords stabbed by the yellow-faced splasher, but the masked towel on my face was grabbed by the yellow-faced splasher's left hand.

I hurriedly stretched out my left hand to cover my face, panicked, shook off the horsewhip with my right hand, and pumped it towards the door of the yellow face.

Wei Ying asked, "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), what are you panicking about?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied: "The moment I showed my face, one of the two women who was pulled recognized it, and my master didn't let me show off my martial arts in front of people, so I panicked.

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) continued: "The yellow-faced and skinny left eye was whipped by Xu Maogong's horsewhip, the blood flowed, and I didn't care about wiping it, holding the sword in my right hand, stabbing at my waist, I dodged the sword that the yellow-faced face-splashed skin stabbed to the waist, and it happened that behind me, Humpty Dumpty, holding a big knife, slashed at the back of my head, and this sword was stabbing Humpty Dumpty's abdomen.

Wei Rui showed an envious look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), your kung fu is really high,

Wei Ying said: "What's the big deal, the three big men can only do three-legged cat kung fu, and they are not three martial arts masters."

The white-haired old man said with a smile: "Grandson, martial arts are indeed very high, although the three big men can only do three-legged cat kung fu, but they are all holding knives and swords, fighting with all their might, and my grandson does not hold a blade, and it is still great to win easily,

Wei Ying said: "Grandpa, Xu Maogong (Li Ji) is holding a horse whip in his right hand, how can you say that he didn't hold a blade?"

The white-haired old man replied with a smile: "The horsewhip in my grandson's right hand was collected most of the time, and it was only whipped at the last moment, and the right hand shook off the horsewhip and whipped it towards the yellow-faced face.

The white-haired old lady said, "My eldest daughter is really amazing, she raised such a good grandson,

After dinner, the housekeeper Weiwen arranged for Xu Maogong (Li Ji), the housekeeper Xu Quan, and Xu Mouse to rest in the guest room.

After breakfast on the sixth day, Xu Maogong (Li Ji) was talking to Xu Mouse in the guest room.

When someone knocked on the door, Xu Rat walked to the door and opened the door, Wei Rui walked in and asked with a smile: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), teach me a few tricks and acupoint techniques, okay?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said with a smile: "Wei Rui, okay, after speaking, Xu Maogong (Li Ji) stood up, put the index finger and middle finger of his right hand together, and just pointed.

Wei Rui hurriedly said: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), let's go to the backyard to practice,

After speaking, he walked towards the door, pushed open the door and walked out, Xu Maogong (Li Ji) and Xu Mouse followed, turning around and coming to the backyard.

Wei Rui, Xu Maogong (Li Ji), and Xu Mouse had just stood still, when a person suddenly came out from behind a big tree, and the voice of the person said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), I am looking for you,

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) fixed his eyes and looked: it was Wei Ying.

Wei Ying took a step forward and asked, "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), I heard that the Black Otter Sword is in your hand?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) replied: "Ten years ago, I came to celebrate my grandfather's birthday, and my grandfather gave me the Black Otter Sword, and now my mother keeps it.

Wei Ying said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), the Black Otter Sword is an heirloom of the Wei family, give it back to me,

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "I just said, the black otter sword is in my mother's hand,

Xu Rat interjected and said, "Miss Ying, my young master said that the Black Otter Sword is in the hands of our wife, and our lady's surname is Wei."

Wei Ying said: "Xu Rat, Xu Maogong (Li Ji)'s mother, was surnamed Wei before he got married, but he is now Xu Wei's family.

Xu Mouse said: "Miss Ying, you will get married in a few years, and you will not be surnamed Wei.

Wei Ying pulled his younger brother Wei Rui and said, "His surname is Wei, he has been surnamed Wei all his life, return the Black Otter Sword to him."

After speaking, he grabbed Wei Rui's left wrist with his right hand, raised his hand and stretched out his hand in front of Xu Maogong (Li Ji), and said loudly: "Return the ancestral Black Otter Sword to us,

Wei Rui said in a low voice: "Brother Xu Maogong (Li Ji), this matter is not my idea,

Wei Ying raised her right leg, kicked Wei Rui lightly, and said, "Brother, don't be afraid, how can our family's Black Otter Sword be allowed to be occupied by outsiders?"

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) asked, "Sister Wei Ying, how can it be said to be a usurpation?" The Black Otter Sword was given to me by my grandfather.

Wei Ying tilted her neck and said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), then I don't care, anyway, you don't have the surname Wei, and taking the Wei family's heirloom is to occupy it."

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Sister Wei Ying, what do you say?

Wei Ying said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), I don't want the Black Otter Sword, but you have to go and tell your grandfather, let's go to the canal,

Xu Rat said: "Miss Ying, you go and tell your grandfather yourself,

Wei Ying said: "Xu Mouse, my grandfather said: I am young, and I am a girl, so I am not allowed to go far away.

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Sister Wei Ying, let me say, you are still young, are you still a girl?"

Wei Ying said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), you just go and tell your grandfather, saying that your mother wants to see the dragon and phoenix fetus, but she can't come.

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said: "Sister Wei Ying, my mother said: Your uncle wrote a letter saying: I gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus, let me take a look for my mother, I didn't say that she wanted to see a dragon and phoenix fetus, it's not good to lie like this,

Wei Ying said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), if you don't say so, return the Black Otter Sword,

Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said with a sigh and said, "Sister Wei Ying, okay, I'll try to say it, but can I say so."

Wei Ying said: "Xu Maogong (Li Ji), grandpa likes you, and you are a distant guest, so it's okay to say so.