Chapter 54: Hua Tuo's Letter
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Although Zhang Hu was hit by Pan Feng's internal air wave, the power of that wave was really small, and Zhang Hu also wore armor on the outside and soft armor on the inside, so he was not too seriously injured.
Soon after Ling Yan returned to his residence, You Heng and Kuai Liang hurriedly came in and asked Ling Yan about the battle.
Ling Yan told them what had happened.
After hearing this, You Heng thought for a while and said, "The enemy army must have had a change in such a hurry. β
Kuai Liang nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "In good opinion, it must be the rear of the enemy army that is in turmoil." β
Ling Yan asked, "What's the mess?" β
Kuai Liang thought about it and said, "Either another army has intercepted their back road, or an army has attacked their city, or there are rebels within them. β
Ling Yan nodded, feeling that what Kuai Liang said was very reasonable.
Kuai Liang arched his hand at Ling Yan and said, "If General Yan doesn't listen to the words of the judge, he is likely to defeat the enemy army." β
Ling Yan frowned, and said with a slight embarrassment: "I also know that it is a good opportunity, but ...... But General Wang Wei is in their hands, and if I act rashly, they will kill General Wang Wei. β
"Then exchange one for one victory, what if?" Kuai Liang asked.
Ling Yan's brows furrowed even tighter, and he replied without thinking about it, "Then how can it be done?" How can I casually exchange the orders of a general for victory in a battle! β
Kuai Liang's body bowed lower: "I made a mistake, please General Yan to calm his anger." β
Ling Yan didn't mean to blame Kuai Liang, and said with a smile: "General Kuai is also a good intention, I don't blame it...... Now that the trial has been judged, at least for the time being, he will not come to attack the Great Victory City again. β
You Heng said: "Even so, you need to be careful. β
"Hmm." Ling Yan agreed, but thought in his heart: The trial should not be the kind of person who does not believe in his words.
After You Heng and Kuai Liang left, Ling Yan pondered alone. As soon as he thought of Pan Feng's internal qi waves, he suddenly realized a problem: "Although I have a pistol now, and I also have some internal qi in my body, which is more than enough to deal with ordinary soldiers, but most of the generals I meet now seem to be more or less able to use internal qi, and it seems that my advantage in this little thing is not too great...... Moreover, when I fought today, Pan Feng actually dodged my first punch......"
Thinking of this, Ling Yan suddenly remembered the injury on his back. Originally, if he was hit by that axe, not to mention his life, at least he was seriously injured, so he had to be recuperated for ten days and eight days, but if Ling Yan hadn't remembered the battle, he wouldn't have forgotten about this injury at all, let alone whether it hurt or not.
Ling Yan touched it with his hand, and the wound had already healed, leaving only a hard scar.
Ling Yan was overjoyed in his heart: The internal qi that my grandfather passed on to me is really powerful! If it weren't for this internal qi, he might have been half-crippled a long time ago!
While Ling Yan was happy, he also realized the importance of strengthening his body, so he hurriedly went to bed and sat down to cultivate.
In the next few days, there was nothing to do, and the trial did not lead the troops to attack again. In addition to cultivating diligently and accompanying Cong'er, Ling Yan spent his spare time thinking about the styles of weapons he needed.
After thinking about it for a long time, Ling Yan finally drew the drawings of the weapon, looked at it repeatedly, and felt very satisfied, so he took the drawings to the blacksmith shop and asked the blacksmith to make a weapon according to his drawings.
As soon as Ling Yan returned to the general's mansion, a messenger soldier rushed over and handed Ling Yan a letter.
Ling Yan saw that it was sent by Lu Tiecheng, so he hurriedly opened the letter, only to see that the letter said: General Yan, Lu Gong's injuries have healed, I heard that General Yan led the troops to fight in Dajie City, and insisted on going, and has now set off. In addition, if an enemy soldier comes to attack, he is only allowed to defend, not attack, and the military law is violated!
After reading the letter, Ling Yan was happy and sad: happy that Lu Gong had recovered from his injuries and would be able to see him soon; Sadly, Ling Yan didn't understand why Lu Tiecheng always didn't let him lead his troops to attack, was he afraid that the defeat would affect his morale, or was he afraid that he would make military achievements? Ling Yan felt that Lu Tiecheng was always deliberately targeting him.
However, Ling Yan was still happy in general, secretly thinking that the messenger should go out of the city with Duke Lu before and after, the messenger had already arrived, so Duke Lu should be almost there. So after sending the messenger, he hurriedly sent troops out of the city to meet Lu Gong.
Sure enough, not long after, a soldier came in with Lu Gong.
As soon as Duke Lu saw Ling Yan, he immediately knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "The last general, Duke LΓΌ, see General Yan!" Hearing that the general had returned to the city to resist the enemy, the last general was restless, so he immediately rushed over day and night......"
Ling Yan was extremely moved in his heart, and hurriedly went over to help Lu Gong up: "General Lu, get up quickly!" β
Lu Gong stood up and couldn't wait to ask Ling Yan, "General Yan, what is the war?" β
Ling Yan smiled: "I have repelled the enemy soldiers and kept the city." β
Lu Gong breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
"General Lu, how are your injuries?" Ling Yan asked with concern.
"Thank you General Yan for your concern, the last general's injury is no longer serious......" Lu Gong was a little excited, "The last general's life was given by General Yan, and the last general swore to be loyal to General Yan forever!" In the future, if the general has any drive, he will never give up! β
Ling Yan hugged Lu Gong's shoulders tightly with both hands: "Thank you, General Lu!" The general was so concerned about me that he rushed here regardless of his own safety, and I was so moved! β
Lu Gong hurriedly clenched his fists: "The end will be late, and you should be punished!" Thanks to the general's love, he sent troops to meet the last general, and the last general was sincerely afraid and grateful! β
Ling Yan said with a smile: "General Lu doesn't need to be like this, General Lu sent troops to report, and I learned that the general has come." β
Lu Gong was stunned: "General Lu sent a letter to inform the general?" β
"Yes, otherwise how would I have sent troops to meet General Lu." Ling Yan said with a smile.
Lu Gong's face changed, and he looked at Ling Yan with some embarrassment: "General Yan, what ...... General Nalu also said...... Anything else? β
Ling Yan was puzzled: "No...... What's wrong? β
Lu Gong snorted, but never spoke.
Ling Yan gave up his seat to Duke Lu: "General Lu, it's okay to talk about it, don't worry." β
Lu Gong didn't sit down, hesitated for a long time, and then hesitated to Ling Yan and said: "General Yan, the last general will not dare to leak this matter at will, but it is about General Yan, and the last general has to say ......"
"What's the matter, General Lu just said it directly." Ling Yan was even more suspicious.
After the general left, General Lu went to General Hua Tuo and asked him to teach him how to heal his wounds...... General Hua Tuo refused, so General Lu threatened him with words...... These are all the things that the last general saw and ......heard with his own eyes outside Hua Tuo's door when he went to General Hua Tuo's residence and wanted to thank him in person" Lu Gong said intermittently, his tone full of grief.
"What!" Ling Yan was shocked, "General Yan, are you telling the truth?" β
Lu Gong hurriedly clenched his fists: "How dare the last general deceive General Yan!" β
Ling Yan gasped for several breaths before he could barely stabilize his emotions: "That'...... And what about later? β
Lu Gong said nervously: "Later...... The later events were all told to the general when General Hua Tuo came to find the general...... General Lu learned that General Hua Tuo really didn't have any internal qi in his body, so he asked General Hua Tuo why the internal qi in his body disappeared, General Hua Tuo didn't say, and General Lu asked General Hua Tuo to teach him that...... General Hua Tuo did not agree to the method of internal qi pranayama healing...... In a fit of rage, General Lu imprisoned General Hua Tuo in his room......"
Ling Yan's hands trembled slightly.
Lu Gong continued: "General Hua Tuo took advantage of the evening to find me and told me this...... Moreover, let the last general tell General Yan and say......"
Ling Yan asked in a deep voice, "Tell me." β
"General Hua Tuo asked the last general to tell General Yan that he had no intention of staying in Suke City or traveling around the world......"
"What!" Ling Yan couldn't help but exclaim, "General Hua is leaving Suke City?" β
"Yes......" Gong Lu looked at Ling Yan in fear and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "General Hua also asked the last general to hand over a package and a letter to General Yan......"
"What...... Give it to me......" Ling Yan said hurriedly.
Lu Gong carefully took out a package wrapped in blue coarse cloth and a letter from his arms, and hurriedly handed them to Ling Yan.
Ling Yan tore open the envelope and looked at it.
The letter said:
Xiao Yan, since you left, General Lu has been working hard with me, coercing me to teach me the secret method, and threatening to say that it will be convenient for you to disadvantage. I had gone away, but I had not yet taught you the method of healing, and after thinking about it repeatedly, I decided to give you the work I had studied for many years, and attached a mantra to memorize it. The method of healing and cultivating is really complicated, but if you can keep the essentials in mind, and cultivate diligently, you may not be able to get most of it. You are very talented, and if you can get nine points of my inner qi without any abnormal feeling, you will know that you are indeed the material for cultivation. I hope you can work diligently and be good at saving people to comfort your grandfather's wishes.
Grandpa handed this letter to General Lu along with the cultivation method, and asked him to pass it on to you. When I saw the letter, my grandfather was far away from Suke City, and he traveled all over the world, exploring strange flowers and plants, and he was already at ease when he thought about it!
Xiao Yan, when you see this letter, don't think about me, if there is a time in the future, I will go to see you. Don't blame General Lu, it's not his fault, it's just that I have already granted you the secret method, and you can't teach it to others. You just need to be cautious at all times, don't be reckless and impulsive, and if you are unfortunately injured, treat them promptly. Don't be careless, after all, internal qi is not like good medicine.
Remember Grandpa's words: Keep in mind the method of doing it, and it will be of great benefit to your cultivation. There is also a method of healing, which is complementary to each other, and cannot be separated and learned.
This concludes the letter.
Ling Yan's face was full of tears, and he choked up and muttered, "Grandpa...... I remembered...... I'll listen to you......"
"General Yan......" Lu Gong whispered nervously.
Ling Yan closed his eyes tightly, and after a long while, he opened his eyes again, wiped the tears on his face with his hand, slowly raised his head to look at Lu Gong, waved his hand, and then put down the letter and went to open the package.
Inside the package, there was only a worn-out book with a few words written on it: "The method of gathering vitality and gathering qi".
Ling Yan held the book tightly in his arms, clenched his teeth, and let the tears flow out silently.
"General Yan, the last general will retire first......" Lu Gong said softly.
Ling Yan looked at Lu Gong with tears in his eyes: "Okay...... General Thank you for forwarding this letter to me......"
"What should the last general do......" Lu Gong hesitated and then said, "General Yan, don't be so sad, take care of your body." β
Ling Yan smiled reluctantly: "Thank you, General Lu...... I know. β
Lu Gong clenched his fists and retreated.
Ling Yan exhaled and closed his eyes again.
"Report."
Ling Yan opened his eyes and saw a messenger standing in front of him.
"What's the matter?"
"General Lu has a letter to be forwarded to General Yu Yan." The Messenger said.
Ling Yan held back his anger: "Give it to me." β
The messenger handed the letter to Ling Yan, Ling Yan opened it and looked at it, and the letter said: General Yan, when I heard that the general was injured, General Hua Tuo used internal qi to heal you, but I accidentally learned that General Hua Tuo had no internal qi in his body at all, somehow? When I asked General Hua, he refused to say that General Wangyan had told or persuaded him to teach him the method of healing his wounds, and that this matter was of great importance and should not be neglected.
Ling Yan laughed sadly and said to the messenger: "Please go back and tell General Lu that General Hua is just an ordinary person, please don't force General Hua...... Also, let him stop looking for General Hua again. β
"Yes...... Please also ask General Yan to write a letter, and I will wait for it to be forwarded. The messenger said.
"If you don't write it, you just have to say it to General Lu." After speaking, Ling Yan waved his hand.
"Yes." The messenger retreated.
Ling Yan's mind was in a mess, he knew that his grandfather had already made up his mind, and it was only a matter of time before he left, and he couldn't blame Lu Tiecheng entirely, but he just couldn't figure it out.
Ling Yan walked out of the General's Mansion in a trance and came to the market. It was an unintentional move, but after a little contemplation, he walked towards Le'er's residence.
Le'er was very happy to see Ling Yan coming, but seeing that Ling Yan was preoccupied, she felt strange again, so she asked, "Brother Ling, what's wrong with you?" Is there something on your mind? β
Ling Yan nodded, sat on the stool, and then asked Le'er directly, "Le'er, do you know General Lu Tiecheng very well?" β
Le'er didn't understand why Ling Yan asked this, and after thinking about it, she said, "Hmm...... I don't know much about it, but General Ling sometimes mentions him to me. β
"What did General Ling say?" Ling Yan asked.
Le'er poured Ling Yan a cup of tea, and then sat opposite Ling Yan: "General Ling said that he and General Lu are very good friends, and he also praised him for his intelligence and high martial arts...... Most of them seem to say that General Lu is very good at fighting. β
Ling Yan sighed: "Le'er, what do you think of General Lu?" β
"Brother Ling, why are you asking me this question?" Le'er fluttered her eyes and looked at Ling Yan in confusion.
Ling Yan smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a casual ask...... What is your impression of him? β
Le'er pouted and thought about it, and then said with some hesitation: "My impression of him...... You alright! It's just that I feel he's ...... It's not good for the people. β
Ling Yan smiled faintly: "I have already issued an order to reduce the tax." β
"Really?" Le'er was happy, but then she looked worried, "But...... General Ling doesn't know if he will agree with you to do this. β
"I'll tell him and he will understand that I'm doing it for his good." Ling Yan said.
Le Er heard Ling Yan say this and smiled happily.
"I still have some business, so I'll go back first," Ling Yan smiled lightly at Le'er, "I'll come to see you when I'm free." β
Le'er hurriedly said, "Brother Ling, let's leave after eating!" β
Le'er's cooking skills are indeed good, but how can Ling Yan have the heart to eat now? Then he said, "No, next time." β
Coming out of Le'er's residence, Ling Yan felt even more confused.