Chapter 13: Brotherly Worship

After Chao Gai and his party returned to Dongxi Village, they took out some of the collected property and handed it to Mr. Chen's dart head of Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, as for whether it was their original dart, it was unknown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Chao Chong understood that in this era, information was blocked, and reputation was very important to a person, so he took out a few clever and lively teenagers from the bow and arrow platoon, gave them some silver taels to coil, and asked them to go around to publicize the battle of Chao Gai to kill the dragon Rulai.

And the content of the talk, Chao Chong and Wu Yong discussed the version as follows: Erlong Mountain Thief is the first to descend to Long Rulai, who is strong in martial arts, does all kinds of evil, is hated by the rivers and lakes, and the people are afraid. likes to rape and kill women, and eats people's hearts raw. At the request of friends in the rivers and lakes and the surrounding people, Chao Gai, the king of Tota, decided to eliminate the harm for the people, and went to Erlong Cottage alone, and asked loudly at the foot of the mountain why the dragon Rulai did evil? The dragon descends to the face of shame. He was afraid that Chao Gai would go up the mountain, so he ordered people to release arrows, and the bandit archers felt that Chao Gai was righteous and awe-inspiring, and refused to let go of cold arrows to hurt the king. The dragon descending Rulai was furious, beheaded the archer, used the three checkpoints of Erlong Mountain to guard, Chao Gai bravely broke through the three levels, killed the top of the mountain, and fought a decisive battle with the dragon Rulai, and took his life within eight moves. Beckoning the people under the mountain to go up the mountain to take property, there is a sense of the century-old temple of Baozhu Temple, can not bear to burn down, chant Buddha in the temple three times before going down the mountain.

This version of the story quickly spread throughout Yuncheng under Chao Chong's Cao Zong, and then spread to the rivers and lakes. Chao Gai's reputation once again resounded all over the rivers and lakes. Yuncheng Song Jiang, the bearded man Zhu Tong, and the winged tiger Lei Heng were the first to congratulate Dongxi Village.

Chao Chong, who has been practicing martial arts in the village and enhancing his strength, rarely goes out, let alone sees the heroes in the Water Margin. Because he felt that if a person was not strong enough, it would be impossible to convince the heroes with his father's prestige or his own mouth.

And Song Jiang, Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng often come to the village because they often come to the village, Chao Chong has met a few times. It is enough to maintain a kind of respect for them Chao Chong, and he has not deliberately made friends, can he perform well enough to make these uncles bow down and be included in his command?

If the time is not right and the status is insufficient, these fantasies will simply not be realized. So let's honestly improve our strength and cultivate our own henchmen.

Chao Gai hosted a banquet to entertain these brothers and let Chao Chong accompany him. Wu Yong has gone back to the rich man's tutor in Yuncheng because of something. After Song Jiang, Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng congratulated them at a banquet, they talked about a gambling contract two years ago with a joking tone.

Chao Chong naturally will not forget that the duel with Thunder is the goal he has been working hard for the past two years.

Chao Gai was very confident in his son's strength, and the two sides agreed to fight it out in the Song family manor in Song Jiang's hometown near the county seat a month later. Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng served as witnesses. After this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the grievances between the two sides were written off.

That night, Chao Gai called Chao Chong to the martial arts training ground and taught Chao Chong the sword-cutting style of the Eight Styles of Swordsmen and Soldiers.

Chao Chong also has the heart to learn a few more tricks, but he also understands the truth of being greedy and chewing too much, there is only one month, instead of learning eight tricks and everything is sparse, it is better to learn only one trick and practice it to the point where he is handy, and when the time comes, it will definitely make Thunder busy.

Of course, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Chao Chong asked Chao Sheng to take his two younger brothers to the county seat to monitor Lei Ting around the clock, and recorded his every move, even going to the toilet several times a day, as a reference for himself.

Chao Sheng said with a smile: "The young master's prudence is like a good keeper hidden under the nine earths, which makes me admire it a lot, but like this, is it a big fuss!" ”

Chao Chong slapped him on the head and said, "Nothing else has grown, and his mouth is getting more and more powerful." I tell you, never underestimate any opponent, we can despise the enemy strategically, but tactically we must pay attention to the enemy. Thunder was much better than us two years ago, and for the sake of shame, he is afraid that he has also made desperate progress in the past two years. I don't want to be turned over by him! ”

Chao Sheng touched his beaten head and said, "Okay, okay, I know the young master." ”

Chao Chong continued: "Recording his daily itinerary and interacting with people can show his character. Recording his daily training process can tell the extent of his martial arts progress. Recording how many times he went to the toilet can give you an idea of his recent physical condition. Keeping a record of when he sleeps gives you an idea of how hard he's trying. You go to a few more people, watch them in groups, and don't let him find out. ”

Chao Sheng responded and left.

Chao Chong continued to study his Longtao combat skills, and the two-handed knife technique was deficient in flexibility, so he needed footwork to make up for it. Similarly, the two-handed knife technique has an advantage in power, and if you use a coherent skill, the power can be doubled. And Long Tao's combat skills are to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses, urging his body with a fast and coherent pace, and slashing wave after wave to completely suppress the enemy, as long as the enemy retreats, he is doomed to failure.

A month passed in a hurry, even if Chao Chong practiced hard, but Long Tao's combat skills were only able to achieve Long Tao's seven slashes, which was still much worse than Chao Gai's Long Tao Nine Slashes.

According to Chao Sheng's monitoring of Thunder, the weapon used by Thunder is also a heavy weapon, the long-handled Pu Dao, that is, Thunder does not have an advantage in speed. As for strength, Chao Chong doesn't think he's going to lose to anyone. The only thing to worry about is Thunder's combat skills. In the end, his martial arts are better, or Thunder is better. You can only see the battle of the time. Chao Chong didn't think he would lose, and after experiencing a life-and-death struggle, he was already more confident.

I still remember that when I first crossed into this era, it was the summer of the second year of Zhenghe, the fourth day of the seventh month. Now two years have passed in a hurry, and it is already the seventh day of the seventh month of the fourth year of Zhenghe, and the duel with the thunder is also today.

Early in the morning, Chao Gai led Chao Chong, Chao Yang and Chao Sheng rode one of the few horses in the village and headed to Songjiazhuang, thirty miles away. Although it was Chao Chong who fought the duel, Chao Gai planned to let Chao Yang and Chao Sheng see the world more so that he could better assist his son. Chao Chong's riding skills are not good, but they just sit on them and don't fall off, which is more than enough.

Half an hour later, when they arrived at Songjiazhuang, Chao Chong's buttocks had been rubbed with a layer of skin, but fortunately, he had the effect of a golden finger and recovered quickly. Such a result made Chao Chong secretly swear that after the competition, he must learn riding skills, and if he wants to become a general in this era, it is absolutely impossible to not know how to ride.

When they arrived at Songjiazhuang, Song Taigong, Song Jiang and Song Qing came out to greet them, and the group entered the grass hall of the manor and sat down.

Chao Chong saw this red-faced Song Taigong, and felt very magical, this person was dignified, with a wide face and wide ears, and a rich and noble appearance, but his hair was a little gray when he was old, and he had been on crutches. On the other hand, Song Jiang is short for people with a black face and a short body, and he is about 1.6 meters in the Celestial Dynasty, and he is nicknamed Xiaoyi Hei Saburo. This is too far from his father, could it be that Song Jiang's appearance follows his mother?

Name: Song Jiang (timely rain)

Health: 1460/1460 (officialdom petty official, big brother)

Commander-in-Chief: 74

Force: 41

Intelligence: 81

Politics: 88

Glamour: 99

Affinity: Favorability

Trait: Strong luck (strong luck, there are nobles to help you wherever you go)

Intoxicated with fame and fortune (some strong desire for fame and fortune)

Seeing Song Jiang's personal attributes, he is indeed a big brother-type character. Not only is the luck against the sky, but the charm is about to burst.

Looking at Song Qing again, he is also handsome, although he has been farming at home, he is still whiter than Song Jiang. Compared with Song Jiang, who is familiar with people, talks about people when he sees people, and talks about ghosts, Song Qing is honest and wooden, and he is not good at words, are they really brothers?

Looking at the entire Song family manor, it is an ancient house, and it is rumored that the Song family owns five or six hundred acres of land, which can be regarded as quite wealthy.

Song Taigong's family is happy, if you talk about the only disharmony, maybe it is that the Song family has no female dependents.

Song Taigong didn't say it, his wife died early, and the two children were raised by him.

Song Jiang is now thirty-five years old, and in addition to having a concubine in the county seat, Yan Poxi, he has not married a wife.

Song Qing also seems to be thirty years old, and he has not married.

Chao Chong remembered that there was a record in the Water Margin, saying that Song Jiang fled after killing Yan Poxi angrily, and the government went to Songjiazhuang to arrest him. As a result, Song Taigong took out a piece of paper, saying that he had severed the father-son relationship with Song Jiang a few years ago. This may be the retreat that Song Jiang thought of in advance for his family, or maybe Song Jiang really committed disobedience, which made the old lady angry, and the inability to become an official to glorify his ancestors is a reason, is Song Jiang's refusal to marry a relative?

I remember that in the era of the Celestial Empire, an old man was interviewed and said, what is the law against not going home? It is illegal not to marry at the age of 30, and it should be sentenced! It can be seen how much parents should complain about their children's marriages!

What a quirky family. Chao Chong thought.

Soon after, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, and the other protagonist Thunder arrived this time. After some greetings, getting ready, Chao Chong and Lei Ting both entered and stood opposite each other.

Now Chao Chong is seventeen years old, with a height of about 1.8 meters in the Celestial Dynasty, holding a hundred knives in both hands behind his back, standing with his head held high. Lei Ting is also seventeen years old, but half a head taller than Chao Chong, according to the measurement of the Heavenly Empire, he is a big man with a height of one meter nine, Lei Ting's young face has grown a beard like steel needles, wearing a short-sleeved hero shirt, revealing two muscular knotted arms, holding a long-handled Pu knife in both hands, unlike ordinary Pu knives, this knife handle is four feet long, the blade is four feet long, the blade is four feet long, the spine is wide, and the weight is afraid of more than 30 catties.

Name: Thunder

Health: 2430/2430 (Strong)

Commander-in-Chief: 14

Force: 85

Intelligence: 22

Politics: 7

Glamour: 26

Affinity: Hostile

Trait: Born with great strength (the talent he brought from a young age makes him have more strength than the average person)

What a gifted boy. The force attribute is almost the same as his own. It's just that the intelligence is much lower than himself, but the intelligence of 22 points is already a smart person who is much higher than ordinary people.

Chao Chong is not afraid of him, he has a golden finger that can quickly recover his strength, as long as he is not killed in seconds and fights a protracted battle, the longer the time, the greater his advantage.

Chao Chong took off the long knife from behind his back, held it with both hands, and posed in a starting pose. "I remember when you didn't use a hammer two years ago? ”

Lei Ting snorted coldly and said, "My family has been striking iron for generations, and the thirty-six road Dayan hammer is used to hone the muscles and bones of the flesh. The weapon I started practicing two years ago was the Pu Dao. Haven't you heard that the first Pu Dao master in Yuncheng is my brother Lei Heng? ”

Chao Chong said unhurriedly: "Is this strange knife made by yourself?" ”

Lei Ting continued to hate and said: "Yes, I have heard people talk about your reputation as a martial arts madman, so I dare not slack off in the past two years. I hope you can afford to wait for me for these two years. ”

Chao Chong chuckled, "As you wish!" "Leap forward, strike in a fast straight line, and stab straight at the mouth of the thunder.

Thunder took a half-step back with his left foot, and dual-wielded the Pak knife to hit the opponent's blade.

Chao Chong took a step forward and stood in a T-shape, the blade of the knife pressed down like a loach, avoiding the Pu knife called by the other party. The toes hit the ground, the center of gravity pressed on the front feet, and the burst out "Get up!" With the power of the earth, the blade quickly flew from the bottom up, and the target was the wrist of the thunder knife.

Thunder seemed to have anticipated Chao Chong's upward pick, and jumped to the left with both feet, raising his knife high with both hands to avoid Chao Chong's powerful blow. The man slammed into Chao Chong's head in mid-air.

One blow did not hit the target, his strength and moves have been used up, the opponent jumped to the side and slashed, and then counterattacked It was impossible, so he had to raise the knife horizontally to defend, and with the help of the moment of blocking, he also jumped back and jumped out of the battle circle.

In the first meeting, neither side took advantage. But the Thunder seem to be more experienced and have a slight advantage.

Next, both sides were much more cautious, and fought each other for more than a dozen rounds, without a win.

Looking at the table tennis knife between the two in the field, Song Jiang and Song Qing watched it with relish, and Song Jiang couldn't help but say: "Both of them are young heroes, and their strength is extraordinary!" ”

Lei Heng frowned and said: "Hmph, it's like a child playing at home, fighting knives with each other like this, except for damaging the knife and wasting physical strength, it has no effect." ”

Although Song Jiang has also practiced martial arts for many years, he has devoted more attention to power and art, and his martial arts are mediocre, so he can't see too many problems, and asks: "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Lei Heng said: "The two of them are like buffaloes with brute strength, they have no strength, but they can't use it. If you meet a real master, the other party will design a trap to trick them into making a knife, and then seize the opportunity to kill them with one move! ”

Chao Gai said happily: "They are still young, and it is normal for them to be inexperienced. I think the two of them have the intention of fighting each other's physical strength, and want to use fast attacks to consume strength, and win when the opponent's physical strength is exhausted and the moves become slower. ”

Zhu Tong next to him is also a master of using a knife, but he uses a long-handled Guan knife. He said: "Young people are vigorous and always want to beat each other in one aspect. Since the reaction speed of the two is almost the same. That can only be a fight in physical strength. With their fast knife speed, the winner will be known in less than a hundred rounds. ”

Chao Yang and Chao Sheng originally thought that Chao Chong was very colorful, who knew that listening to these masters, it seemed that they were very naΓ―ve and would only use brute force, and it seemed that there were still many things to learn.

Chao Chong and Thunder in the field didn't have time to think about it, both sides used heavy long knives, and every time they went down, they were squandering their physical strength, but Chao Chong had a golden finger that would win, that is, his physical strength would recover quickly, while Thunder's physical strength would decline over time, and when Thunder's physical strength was exhausted, it was the time for him to win.

After a hundred knife fights, Thunder's breathing became a little short, Chao Chong tried his best to fight with him every time, Thunder also had to admire Chao Chong's not burly body that contained such a great power, as time went by, Thunder felt that his hands were getting heavier and heavier, and his steps were a little scattered.

Sensing Thunder's weakness, Chao Chong decided to launch a final attack. He slashed down with all his might, and Thunder raised his sword to block, but the sheer force made him take half a step back. Can I finally knock you back half a step? The opportunity finally came, Chao Chong used the knife type of Aoyi Longtao, turned around and chopped, and chanted "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven!" Seven slashes! The body rotated like the wind, a slash is better than a slash, a slash is faster than a slash, a slash is heavier than a slash, and finally in the final blow of the seventh slash, the retreating thunder tiger's mouth will be cracked, and the long-handled Pu knife will fly out of his hand.

Thunder, who lost his weapon, stood on the spot, he was defeated again, how could this be, he was obviously working harder than before, he obviously suffered from the unimaginable suffering of others, how could he be defeated again, and he was knocked away in a head-on confrontation, the weapon in his hand was dmn, the other party is obviously just a person who has only been practicing martial arts for two years! Why, why?

Everyone on the sidelines was also shocked by this wind-like combo, and the winged tiger Lei looked at Chao Gai and said, "Brother Chao, you actually handed over your fame stunt to the child so early, you are really ...... We have nothing to say about our defeat! ”

Chao Gai was also very proud, touched his beard and said nothing. This is really not the time to continue to stimulate Lei Heng's fiery temper.

Song Jiang and Zhu Tong saw that the victory and defeat had been divided, and they were ready to announce the results, and then persuade the two families to reconcile. At this time, Chao Chong in the field inserted the Baipi knife in his hand into the ground and entered the ground one foot. Xiang Thunder said, "Are you ready to admit defeat?" ”

Thunder raised his head in pain and glared at Chao Chong without speaking.

Chao Chong took a step forward and said: "The thunder in my impression is a young man, anxious for justice and righteousness!" ”

Take the second step: "My impression of Thunder is tenacious and indomitable!" ”

took the third step to five feet in front of the thunder and said: "The thunder in my impression will never admit defeat even if his head is broken." I have always admired the courage of you to win that night, even if you hit your face all over the place. Why, now that you have become a wretch, you don't have the courage? ”

Thunder was furious and roared, "What do you want? ”

Chao Chong clenched his fists and said, "Put aside the weapon, use you and my meat to fight the victory!" Do you dare? ”

Thunder roared, "Why don't you dare! Pick up! After saying that, he smashed his fist. Chao Chong didn't dodge, he swung his fist to meet him, the two of you punched me and I punched, the fist hit the flesh, no one dodged, fighting for physical strength, Jing Shen toughness.

Zhu Tong wanted to stop him, but Chao Gai stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "This is the hot dish of youth, let them go!" ”

Lei Ting has been talented since he was a child, with infinite strength, plus perennial iron training, his body is very strong, and his strength is difficult to match, even his brother Lei Heng, speaking of strength alone, is not Thunder's opponent. But now, Thunder felt the gap, and Chao Chong on the other side could only be described in one sentence, that is, this guy is not a human! How is it possible to maintain such a great power all the time!

Throw in the towel? No way! I have already lost in weapons for a while, this is the only chance, I must not lose again! Thinking of this, Thunder gritted his teeth and decided to desperately defend his honor.

Chao Chong's physical strength has always been at its peak, which is a bit of a bully. But this secret he will not tell, in order to end the battle as soon as possible. He took a strong punch from the thunder, advanced forward, and twisted his arms around the thunder's arms, and the two were entangled together, just like the night two years ago, Chao Yang dealt with the thunder.

Because his physical strength was too weak two years ago, Chao Chong didn't make a move at that time. Today, we have to make up for this regret. At that time, Chao Yang and Thunder fought each other, Chao Yang lost, and Thunder persevered to the end.

Chao Chong's head slammed into Thunder's nose. This time, we want to avenge Chao Yang! Thunder's nose is up, and the ferocity is also up. I also went back with my head. The two of them suddenly hit the bar, you top me and I top you. The mind is dizzy, the teeth are gritted, and the nose is direct. But neither of them threw in the towel.

Song Jiang looked at the drenching scene, and said a little unbearably: "Is this really okay?" But seeing that Chao Gai and Lei Heng had no intention of stopping it, they stopped talking.

This is a contest of physical strength and willpower, and Thunder's performance makes Chao Chong admire him very much, and this will to win is so strong that Chao Chong almost lost with a golden finger. But in the end, it was the thunder who fainted first. Chao Chong won.

The results were separated, and the people on the sidelines were no longer calm. Lei Heng hurriedly ran over to check on his brother's injuries. Chao Gai, Chao Yang, and Chao Sheng also went to support Chao Chong. Especially Chao Yang, seeing Chao Chong avenging himself in this way, he was moved and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Thunder woke up, looked at the situation around him, and knew that he had lost again, and his mood was even more lost. Chao Chong stepped forward, stretched out his hand to Thunder and said, "People say that heroes need heroes by their side. Am I qualified to be your friend? ”

Lei Ting looked at Chao Chong's outstretched hand, hesitated for a moment, but saw Chao Chong's smile full of kindness, and finally held the outstretched hand tightly.

After this duel, Chao Chong excitedly asked Chao Gai about his evaluation of this battle, and Chao Gai only gave a so-so comment, which made Chao Chong depressed. Then after hearing Chao Gai's detailed comments, Chao Chong also realized that his combat experience was too little, he had brute force and speed, but he would not be flexible, this was not something that could be practiced by training, and he needed actual combat to improve.

After this battle, Chao Chong and Lei Ting's relationship also became close, and after several exchanges, it was found that this big man was actually very easy to get along with, and Chao Yang and Chao Sheng's prejudice against him disappeared. At Chao Yang's suggestion, the four decided to become brothers.

At the beginning, this matter was opposed by the winged tiger Lei Heng, on the grounds that Lei Heng and Chao Gai are commensurate with each other, and Lei Ting is his younger brother, if Chao Chong and Lei Ting swore to him, he would have descended out of thin air in front of Chao Gai, how can this be made!

When Chao Gai found out, he said, "They speak of theirs, and we speak of ours, why not!" Zhu Tong also took the opportunity to pout, and Lei Heng had nothing to say.

Chao Chong, Thunder, Chao Yang, and Chao Sheng chose a good day and auspicious day, and worshiped in the Chao family manor, and the ceremony was very grand, and finally Chao Chong was the eldest brother because he was a month older than Thunder; Lei Ting is one year older than Chao Yang and is the second brother; Chao Yang is two months older than Chao Sheng, and he is the third brother; Chao Sheng's youngest is the fourth brother.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhenghe, he learned Chao Chong, who had learned the mysteries of Chao Gai's eight moves, and decided to walk the rivers and lakes to make up for his lack of combat experience. At this time, there is only more than half a year left before the robbery of the Birth Gang.