Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

Father Gao Liang believed that swordsmanship was the art of self-defense, which should be concise and practical, and there should be no mistakes. Therefore www.biquge.info his instructions are strict and standardized, and there is no room for mistakes, because mistakes and omissions in training often lead to mistakes in actual combat, and mistakes in actual combat will cost lives. So, he asked me to practice defending first. Because only a tight defense can stabilize the position and enhance confidence; in order to disintegrate the opponent and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. As long as you can defend it tightly and don't miss a move, your opponent will be self-defeating. After a month of hard study, I thought I had learned the kung fu of my father, so I asked him to start teaching me how to attack. Although I agree with Yafu's theory of defense, I believe that the ultimate way to defeat the opponent is to attack.

In the evening of that day, I took Father Takara to the woods and clearings by the school village and the riverbank, handed him a long sword for practice, and asked him to teach me how to attack. This sword is a special sword for learning swords, which is the same as the real sword, but there is no sharp edge on the head and edge of the sword, so it is not easy to hurt people. Ah Father picked up his sword and said, "If Childe can fight me for twenty rounds, I will teach Childe the art of attacking." When I heard this, my heart was overjoyed, and I put on a stand and fought against my father, Gao Liang. Father Takara is a generation of grandmasters of Gakumura swordsmanship, and I naturally can't compare. Not to mention 20 rounds, I'm afraid I'm going to lose before I reach 10 rounds.

Gao Liang smiled kindly and said, "What does Childe think?" I was embarrassed to say, "Long Hua didn't know the height of the sky, he thought he had learned the sword art of his father, and after his father's teachings, he knew that his sword skills were really thin, and he was ashamed." Father Takara said, "The way of swordsmanship is to replace defense with offense, attack instead of offense, attack and defense together, and there is no trace." "I seem to have woken up," what Gao Liang's father said was extremely reasonable, which reminded Longhua of the sword competition between the owner of the village and the captain. The owner of the village defeated the captain with a tight defense. It can be seen that defense is also attack. Gao Liang nodded and said, "I often hear Gongzi ask about the subtlety of swordsmanship, and the old man thinks that it is subtle to be able to skillfully use the simplest and most common skills. If Childe looks closely, you can see that most of the two swords are won by simplicity and skill, so the magic of swordsmanship can be simple and practical, simple and practical can also be proficient, and proficient is the way to win in swordsmanship. I was not without admiration for Father Takara, "Father is nothing more than saying that the simplest is the most practical, and the most practical is the most important." "This is the simplest and most important philosophy of life. I said, "Long Hua started with the simplest and most basic." The father said, "This is a shortcut to learning the sword." ”

This morning, I had slept late with the scholars the previous night to talk about the palace, so I got up late. After breakfast, I went to the school village and the grove by the river to start practicing my sword. At this time, the spring breeze has warmed, and the grass by the small river has bloomed everywhere with fresh grass and wild flowers, which is very fresh and bright. Some boys and girls of eight or nine years old, dressed in slightly thin clothes, were playing freely on the riverside grass under the golden clear sky. The blue sky and white clouds are lined with their colorful clothes and innocent childlike fun, making the scenery in the late spring season appear clear and bright, full of aura. Looking at the spring scenery in front of me, a refreshing and long-lost sense of intimacy suddenly reflected in my heart, as if a long-dreamed feeling of life is waking up in the brightness.

When a flock of beautiful chickadees flew past the forest across the valley, the sun shone on the meadow of the river beach, reflecting a dazzling red. At first, I thought it was just a flash of inspiration and bright spots in my thoughts, but when I stared at it, the red color turned into a dreamy color. It turned out to be a beautifully dressed and graceful girl, who was riding a horse along the path between the valleys, and the bright red clothes flowed under the transparent clear sky, and the clear green valley was suddenly alive and beautiful. I held my breath and stared intently at the woman with such a dazzling eye, I had never seen a woman with such striking eyes.

Gradually, the beautiful girl approached and beckoned me with a smile. I was stunned for a moment, and then my heart trembled suddenly, it turned out that the woman on the horse was actually the princess and the maiden. I threw my sword down to the edge of the woods, and immediately trotted toward the princess. He came to the princess's horse and helped her to dismount. The princess was dressed up very beautifully today, not only changed into a spring dress, but also painted a faint peach on her face, her wonderful eyes were shining, and she was extremely beautiful, as if she was more beautiful and lovely than she had seen in the palace in the past. I bowed respectfully and admiringly, "I haven't seen you for many days, but the princess has always been good?" The princess curled her mouth coquettishly and said with a little unhappiness, "The son has become a father, and he is only a scholar in his chest, how can you remember me as a little woman?" "Actually, if I don't miss her, I don't know how many times she has appeared in my dreams in the days when I left the palace, but I dare not go to the palace because of the bad things of the captain. Hearing the princess's strange tone, I said, "It's not that Longhua doesn't keep the princess in mind, it's just that Longhua can't enter the palace to meet because of his busy affairs, please don't blame the princess." ”

When I said this, the princess's resentment immediately vanished, and her cheeks showed a sunny joy. She looked at me with that kind of concern, and chattered and complained, "Childe should not be too tired and exhausted, so as to incur sickness. I said again and again, "The princess is worry-free, Longhua knows." "I led the horse and walked side by side with the princess along the river. After a while, the crisp bell rang on the side of the school village, which was beckoning the children back to the school. When the children heard the bell, they jumped and ran towards the school village. I thought that the princess had come all the way from the palace alone, and there was no one to escort her, and that there must be some important matter, so I said, "What must be the matter for the princess to come all the way from the palace?" The princess said, "There is nothing important, but I have come to visit the prince who has been coming to the palace for many days." "The princess was both grateful and ashamed to say this, and I had said that I would go to the palace every three or two days to visit the princess, but I did not go to the palace for dozens of days, but I let the princess come from a long way to see me, which made me so embarrassed, but it was not easy to explain to the princess.

We walked by the river for a while, and then we came to the clearing on the edge of the forest where I had just practiced swordsmanship. Seeing the long sword stuck in the ground, the princess said, "The concubine only knows that the son is talented in literature, but she doesn't know that the son is also proficient in martial arts. I said, "As a man, Long Hua is not good at swordsmanship and martial arts, and he is ashamed to be a man, which also makes the princess lose face." Therefore, Longhua lived in the school village for a long time to learn from the teacher. The princess said very seriously, "I just saw the son wielding a sword and practicing, and he was heroic." Childe may have a rehearsal for the concubine? I said, "Longhua is a beginner, and his swordsmanship is mediocre and naïve, which may make the princess smile generously." The princess said, "Today is young, he will be proficient in the future, and the son should be self-reliant, not self-indulgent." I smiled embarrassedly at the princess and said, "In this way, Longhua has no choice but to make a fool of himself." ”

So, I grabbed my sword and began to perform one move at a time. My sword skills have never been as smooth and smooth as they are today, with dozens of movements that are compact and coherent, all in one go, and without leakage. The princess couldn't stop clapping her hands and cheering, and she was very excited. Not to mention the princess, even I myself was surprised and surprised. After the exercise, I put away my sword, bowed to the princess, and said, "Let the princess smile." But the princess said, "Childe's swordsmanship is extraordinary, and I often practice swordsmanship, but that's it." I knew that the princess was praising me, so I said, "The princess has won the award, Longhua knows that the sword is not as good as Duwei, but Longhua vows to surpass Duwei, otherwise, Longhua can't defend himself, how can he protect the princess?" The princess looked a little excited, and said, "The prince is ambitious, and he is deeply admired by the concubine." I hope that Gongzi will practice his sword carefully and grow in the future, so that he can compete with the captain holding the sword. ”

(Please pay attention to Zhang Baotong's signed work "Poetic Emotion" documentary, short prose, life essays and short stories, and is uploading "Good Habits Are Better Than Ten Thousand Family Properties")