Then again. Pingyu Street will hold a temple fair in Xita Temple on March 18 every year, Chen Daxi is 13 years old this year, and he also goes to the temple fair with people to see the excitement. Seeing that the water in front of the West Pagoda Temple was surrounded by water, he squeezed forward. It turned out to be an old man and a little girl of the same age who were dancing with guns and sticks, Chen Daxi felt that this person's martial arts were too powerful, and he liked it very much. In the days that followed, Chen Daxi would come here every day to watch. Once, when the old man put down his weapon to rest, Chen Daxi squeezed over. stepped forward and lifted the weapon (meteor chain hammer) and danced a few times. This dance didn't matter, but the old man was secretly surprised.

It turned out that this weapon weighed forty or fifty pounds, and the old man had to rest for a while when he danced. But Chen Daxi is young and weak, but he wields a tiger and a tiger!

At the end of the performance, Chen Daxi was very happy and diligent to help the old man clean up the venue, and the old man was very satisfied. After cleaning up, the old man asked him, "Would you like to learn martial arts?" Unexpectedly, Chen Daxi was noncommittal, but he knelt directly on the ground and shouted: "Master! Since then, Chen Daxi has officially apprenticed to learn martial arts.

And this old man is a member of the Tianli Sect, whose surname is Tai Ming Mountain, and the people of the rivers and lakes are respectfully called "Old Taishan". In 1813, after the failure of the Tianli Sect in Hebei against the Qing uprising, he lived in the rivers and lakes and came all the way to Guangzhou. Just as Lin Zexu was investigated and removed from his post for banning smoking, Yishan surrendered to foreigners, Lao Taishan left Guangzhou, and met an eleven or twelve-year-old girl wandering outside. Then he asked about his family history. It turned out that the little girl's name was He'er, her father was a soldier of the Qing Army's naval division, and she died in battle with the British army, and her mother also died, leaving the little girl alone. Lao Taishan saw that the girl was helpless, so he accepted her as a righteous daughter, taught martial arts, and roamed the rivers and lakes together. All the way north to Runing Mansion, there was a temple fair on Pingyu Street, so I came here to perform.

Let's talk about this Chen Daxi. The eldest brother Chen Wen and the second brother Chen Shuangxi. Although his home is in Chenjiazhai, he is destitute. Helplessly, their parents took them to Wangzenglou Village to rent the land of the landlord Feng Laosi's family to make a living. Since childhood, Chen Daxi's brothers have been familiar with farm work and are well aware of hardships. He lived in Wang Zenglou for two years, and his father died of illness. The family could not make ends meet and had to move back to Chenjiazhai. Fortunately, Chen Daxi is talented, intelligent, diligent and studious, and has spread all over the township. The private school teacher Chen Huiru (Uncle Chen Daxi) accepted him as a disciple for free and named him "Taihe". Chen Daxi has only been in private school for three years, but he can read a lot of poetry and books, and his grades in the school have always been the best.

Besides, this old Taishan accepted Chen Daxi as a disciple. Because of the temple fair, the private school has a three-day holiday. Daxi was deeply attracted by the martial arts of Lao Taishan, so he had the idea of abandoning literature and following martial arts. The next day, Lao Taishan came to Chen Daxi's house and told Chen Daxi's mother about the benefits of learning martial arts. Chen's mother also believes that in the troubled times, there are martial arts, one can save one's life and the other can make money to make a living. is much better than reading (Chen Huiru has repeatedly taken the top exam, but in the end he didn't even get a show, so he had to open a museum to teach apprentices to barely make a living). So, with tears in his eyes, he packed up a few clothes and let Daxi follow Lao Taishan to the rivers and lakes.

Leaving Chenjia Village, they headed east to Yingzhou Mansion in Anhui Province. At this time, the martial arts in Yingzhou Mansion are very strong, what do you say? It turns out that there are many twists here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the birthplace of twists. Here, Lao Taishan taught Chen Daxi and He'er martial arts. While fighting hotly with the twisted party. Or maybe Lao Taishan himself is from the anti-Qing background of Tianlijiao, and naturally he is similar to the same anti-Qing twister. When Lao Taishan is fine, he likes to tell the twisters about his experience in the rivers and lakes. The corruption and incompetence of Qingyan and the fish and meat township of the official Haokun are clearly and thoroughly. Later, as soon as Lao Taishan spoke, dozens of people surrounded him and listened carefully. It's like a storyteller!

And Chen Daxi, his ears and eyes are smoking, combined with his family's experience. The seeds of hatred sprouted in his young heart. As for the twisters, although they went out in groups to rob the government and the landlords, the money they got was divided equally and given to the poor. But most of the twists are vulgar, and they act and speak like hooligans. This made Chen Daxi feel very dissatisfied (after all, he had read the sage book for three years), so Chen Daxi was not closely related to the twister. The politeness on the surface is just because they want to eat in their territory.

In the blink of an eye, five years have passed. Chen Daxi has grown from an unreasonable hairy boy to a handsome and burly young man. In the past few years, Chen Daxi has practiced martial arts day and night, and has obtained the true inheritance of Lao Taishan. Lao Taishan taught Chen Daxi and He'er two kinds of kung fu. One is to embroider the legs, which is very good-looking and suitable for street performers, but it is okay to fight three or five or even a dozen ordinary people. The other is the kung fu of going into battle, recruiting people to die, only allowed to practice on weekdays, and must not be used, only when they go into battle to kill the enemy or encounter a very emergency can they be used. Of course, Chen Daxi's relationship with the local twisters at this time was also much better, and many twisters respected him as a big brother or a virtuous brother. After all, street performers can't make much money, and it's even difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing. But in the past few years, he followed Lao Taishan to "piggyback" around with the twist, although he also got some money, but it was only enough for the three of them to spend their usual expenses. Of course, with the twist of the house and robbery, it is also a kind of rebellion against the Qing court.

However, a subsequent battle made Chen Daxi famous.