Chapter 9: The Seed I
It's already late at night!
Xiong Da Hammer left the bamboo garden before the Luoyang City Gate closed. Because he still has to go back, and the family still needs him to be in charge.
Wang Zheng chatted with Zheng Shi'an for a while, and then rested separately.
The bamboo garden was quiet, with the occasional chirping of autumn cicadas, but they disappeared without a trace.
The bright and cold moonlight, through the gaps in the bamboo leaves, sprinkled in the bamboo forest, as if laying a layer of hoarfrost on the ground.
Syllable!
A crisp sound sounded, Zheng Yanqing withdrew his palm, looked at the trembling bamboo stem, and twisted his brows into the shape of the word 'Sichuan'. Mao Xiaonian squatted in the distance, holding a towel in his hand, and was looking at the pensive Zheng Yanqing stupidly.
Suddenly, the two seemingly extremely light blows of the husky made Zheng Yanqing and Pei Xingyan lose their ability to resist.
This greatly touched Yan Qing and made him start muttering.
He could feel that the husky was not an ordinary person, not even a normal man. But his such a strong method made Yan Qing extremely shocked in his heart. Such a person with strong martial arts suddenly appeared in Luoyang City, did he have other intentions?
The husky said that he had a small business in Luoyang.
Zheng Shi'an had never heard of this person, and Male Sledgehammer had not heard of this person. His origin is inevitably a little weird.
Yan Qing remembered some of the words Duo Duo said when he first learned martial arts: The level of martial arts can also be regarded as the degree of use of strength. The force is divided into three ways: bright energy, dark energy and chemical strength. Most of the ordinary people responded with clumsy force, and their strength failed to achieve strength...... The bones of the limbs are as strong as gold and stone, and they weigh more than the mountains. Or can be light as a feather, or can be as heavy as Mount Tai. At this time, the bones are at the beginning of the year, the force is turned into strength, the body rotates smoothly but not obediently, and the hands and feet rise and fall neatly but not scattered. The intention is born and vigorous, fierce and uncasting, the momentum is terrifying, and it is bright and energetic.
To this day, it is said that Yanqing has already changed his bones, but he has not yet turned his strength into strength.
Because he hasn't figured out how this intention and force, force and qi are combined. Looking at the husky's shot, it is clear that the use of power has reached a magical realm. Yan Qing didn't dare to say that he had the strength of a thousand catties, but with all his strength, he could still reach a few hundred catties. As for Pei Xingyan's strength, it is better than Zhiyanqing.
Yan Qing could even feel that Pei Xingyan might have combined his intention and force, and Ming Jin was just born.
But even so, the husky was able to easily separate the two...... Yan Qing began to feel panicked, and was determined to comprehend the mystery of this 'energy' as soon as possible.
The bamboo trunk is straight, hollow and straight, curved but not broken. Yan Qing stood in front of this bamboo stem, and from time to time he punched out, but he couldn't discount the bamboo stem.
It was already late, but Zheng Yanqing was not sleepy.
Still standing in the bamboo forest, carefully pondering the gains and losses of every punch he had just thrown.
Mao Xiaonian didn't understand what was wrong with his young master, so he kept hitting the bamboo stem. But she could faintly feel the panic and restlessness in Yanqing's heart. Seeing that it was almost time, Zheng Yanqing was still practicing.
Xiao Nian wanted to persuade, but he didn't know how to persuade.
Speaking of which, the young master of his own family has read a lot of books, is smart, and has a careful mind. He can't even figure out the problem, what help can he give him? Since you can't help, it's better to just sit aside and watch quietly.
When the young master can figure it out, it will naturally be fine!
The late autumn wind is soft, but it is also very cool.
In the second half of the night, the temperature drops sharply.
The wind began to grow stronger, swaying the bamboo stems and making a rustling sound. Zheng Yanqing sat on the ground, quietly watching the tall bamboo stem swaying in the wind, but it never broke. He seemed to have an understanding, but he couldn't understand it.
Mao Xiaonian stepped forward lightly and draped a big piece on Yanqing's body.
"Young master, it's late, let's go to bed early. There are some things that can't be rushed, so if you can't figure it out, let go first, don't think about it. Didn't you say that everything goes its course. When you should understand, you will naturally understand, don't force yourself too much. ”
Yan Qing closed his eyes and felt a little tired.
What Xiao Nian said is not wrong, there are some things that cannot be forced...... He stood up, and was just about to turn around to leave, when a bamboo leaf fluttered on his face, took it off casually, and threw it aside.
Unexpectedly, the bamboo leaves did not fall to the ground, but fluttered again with the wind.
Zheng Yanqing suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Xiao Nian, "What did you just say?" ”
Mao Xiaonian was startled, subconsciously took a step back, and said timidly: "The slave said, it's late......"
"It's not this one, the one behind!"
"Everything goes with the flow, and if you can't figure it out, let go of ...... first"
Yan Qing turned around and looked at the bamboo stems swaying in the wind. As if he understood all of a sudden, he took two quick steps, rushed to a bamboo stem in the blink of an eye, and raised his hand to blast out a punch. On the surface, the strength of his punch was far inferior to his earlier punch, but the moment the fist landed on the bamboo stem, there was a soft click.
The bamboo trunk with the thickness of a fist was discounted by his punch.
Yes, that's how it feels!
The Tao Te Ching says: To the void and keep quiet. In the final analysis, it is said to be quiet, which means to return to life; Returning to life is said to be normal, and knowing is often said to be clear...... The same is true of the use of power, the more forced, the more clumsy.
Zheng Yanqing couldn't help laughing, shouted, stepped forward and punched out again, and a bamboo immediately snapped off. He constantly felt the change in this power, punching again and again, and in the end, the fist hung a gust of wind and whirring.
After discounting seven or eight bamboos in a row, Yan Qingshan retreated.
In the bamboo garden, there was a mess, and more than a dozen bamboos were lying on the ground.
Wang Zheng and Zheng Shi'an were awakened and walked out of the bamboo building in their clothes. Seeing this scene, Wang Zheng couldn't help but clap his hands again and again, smile and nod.
He didn't know anything about clumsiness and strength, but he could feel Yan Qing's growth at this moment.
This child is really a good spiritual surname, and when he waits for the future, he doesn't know what he will grow up to. It's a pity that I don't know if I have the opportunity to see that day coming.
―――――――――――――――――――――――――― joy after the breakthrough is undoubtedly huge!
But again, there is pain. The method of Chu Ming's strength, the use of this 'strength' is not mature, so that after waking up the next day, Zheng Yanqing's hands were red and swollen like buns. Mao Xiaonian rubbed it with medicinal wine, and Zheng Yanqing, who was in pain, kept baring his teeth. Xiao Nian kept snickering, because at this moment, she would feel that Yanqing was a child.
A day later, Dou Fengjie followed his father Dou Rail and left for Ziyang.
Yanqing sent Dou Fengjie to Luoyang Shili Pavilion, and the two of them were reluctant to say goodbye with tears. Dou Liang didn't say anything to Yanqing, but after Dou Fengjie got into the carriage, he bowed his hand towards Zheng Yanqing and bowed slightly on the horse.
This is a violation of etiquette, but it also represents Dou Liang's deep gratitude to Yanqing.
If it weren't for Zheng Yanqing's words that night, I am afraid that he would ignore his family relationship with his son in his life. Speaking of which, Yan Qing saved a father-son relationship for him, even if it violated the etiquette system, Zheng Yanqing could accept it calmly.
Seeing Dou Fengjie and his carriage drifting away, Zheng Yanqing stopped for a long time in the Shili Pavilion...... On the sixth day of winter, the first snow came.
Snowflakes fell from the sky, dyeing the land of Heluo into a vast snow-white overnight.
Yang Guang began his northern tour in the spring, from Luoyang to Zhuo County, from Zhuo County to Yulin County, and then to the court of Qimin Khan. From Wangting Nanfang, passing through Taiyuan, Hanoi, and the first day before the winter snow, Luoyang.
It's really strange to say, Yang Guangying built the eastern capital, on the one hand, because Heluo was rich, and on the other hand, because he wanted to deter Shandong Shima. But this Luoyang City has been built, and the beautiful West Garden has been built, but Yang Guang seems to be unwilling to stay in Luoyang. It is said that on the first day of returning to Luoyang, he issued an edict to tour the west after the beginning of spring.
It is said that even the distance has been chosen, just waiting for the ice and snow to melt in the spring.
This doesn't seem like an imperial emperor, but more like a celebrity who likes to travel in the mountains and rivers. Of course, the Western Tour is not without reason, in the third year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang of Sui sent Xue Shixiong to the Western Regions, defeated the Tuyuhun people, and set up four counties.
At this time, when he went out on patrol, he naturally had the intention of promoting martial arts and pacifying the northwest.
But you, an emperor, don't stay in Yanjing all day, after all, you are suspected of not doing your job.
Zheng Yanqing pushed open the bamboo window, and a cold wind carried snowflakes in his face, causing the temperature in the bamboo building to drop sharply.
"Brother Yanqing, have you heard of it?"
Zheng Hongyi sat in the room, playing backgammon with Xu Shiji, and turned his head to look at Zheng Yanqing with a smile.
Dou Fengjie is gone, but it doesn't mean that Zheng Yanqing can be quiet here.
Seeing that the New Year was coming, Yan Shigu had not returned home for many years, so he had the idea of going home to worship his ancestors. This is human nature, and it is impossible for Zheng Renji to stop it. It's just that as soon as Yan Shigu leaves, Zheng Hongyi and Xu Shiji's studies will be delayed.
Xu Shiji is thirteen years old, and he may enter the official school in the coming year, which is the most critical time.
Later, Mrs. Cui said in private: "Mr. Yan wants to go home to worship his ancestors, which is also a big thing, and it can't be stopped."
Hongyi and Xu Shiji's studies are not easy to delay...... Why don't you let them go to the bamboo garden? ”
Since Zheng Yanqing took the initiative to come to the door before, Mrs. Cui sent someone to ask Zheng Yanqing to write a pair of words, and the relationship between the two sides has eased a lot.
In fact, there is no unsolvable grudge between the two sides.
At the beginning, it was Zheng Shi'an who blocked Mrs. Cui's financial path, which made Mrs. Cui unhappy. Now, Zheng Shi'an has returned to the sect, and he is still Zheng Renji's uncle in terms of generation...... Coupled with Yanqing's reputation, Zhuyuan has not relied on An Yuantang for half a cent since Zheng Shi'an's ancestors and grandsons moved in. There is no entanglement of interests, and Zheng Hongyi is extremely affectionate to Yanqing, so that Mrs. Cui gradually lost her resentment. Before, she asked Yan Qing for words, but she was not very sure, Yan Qing would give her this face. How do you know that people agreed without saying a word, and Mrs. Cui has face to the outside world.
Zheng Renji didn't agree at first, not because he looked down on Zheng Yanqing, but because he was afraid that Yanqing would be too young and several children would get together, which would delay his studies.
Mrs. Cui said: "Although Zheng Yanqing is young, he is very steady in doing things, and he is like a little adult.
Have you forgotten what happened to the majestic sea earlier? You didn't do it, but people kept quiet, and the big things turned small.
If you want me to say, there is nothing wrong with Hongyi in the past. With Zheng Yanqing there, Xu Shiji will work harder, don't you say? ”
In this way, Zhuyuan became the nursery of the Zheng family.
Yan Qing shook his head and asked, "What did you hear?" ”
"The barbarians of the Japanese slave country are really ridiculous, and they are actually written in the national letter: It is said that the source of the Son of Heaven is written to say that the Son of Heaven is unharmed everywhere...... I heard that His Majesty was very unhappy after seeing it, and rebuked Hongluqing fiercely, and did not even summon the envoy of the Japanese slave country. ”
"Overseas barbarians, I don't know what to call it!"
Regarding this paragraph of his book, Yan Qing vaguely remembered that he had seen it in the Zizhi Tongjian. It seems that Yang Guang is very unhappy, and said: If you are rude, don't hear about it.
In the future, don't let me know about a national letter like this!
Zheng Yanqing could hear that Xu Shiji looked down on the Japanese slaves.
In fact, in the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty, especially in Luoyang City, how many people can afford it?
"And then?"
Xu Shiji said: "Two days ago, I heard from Uncle Zheng that His Majesty is going to send people to go overseas with those barbarians, and the right to return the favor. ”
"Oh?"
"I've heard that I've been rewarded with a lot of good things."
The corners of Zheng Yanqing's mouth twitched, revealing a cold smile.
Xu Shiji saw Zheng Yanqing's sneer, and asked suspiciously: "This is to promote my bearing of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yanqing, you don't seem to think so?" ”
"I was thinking, if I were a barbarian, I would come to the book too."
"Oh?"
"If you think about it, as long as you submit a piece of national credentials, kowtow a few times, and say a few nice words, you can get a large reward, and this business is really cost-effective. It has been like this since the Han Dynasty, but I didn't expect it to be like this now.
In the past, the Xiongnu occupied Shuofang, and rushed over when they won the war, and the benefits of not winning were more.
Hundreds of years later, our Han people were slaughtered to ten rooms and nine emptiness, and they were nicknamed 'two-legged sheep', and they were slaughtered by barbarians. This was true hundreds of years ago, and it will be like this again hundreds of years later. If you want me to say, it is better to win the battle than the vanquished. ”
Zheng Hongyi didn't understand it, but it didn't mean that Xu Shiji couldn't understand it.
He was stunned at first, and then thoughtful.
After a while, he asked softly: "How can the Japanese slave country be compared with the Xiongnu, Yan Qing's words are inevitably a little alarmist. ”
"When Huo Hu rode to attack Hu Qianli, did we ever think that one day we would be slaughtered by the Huns?"
"This ......"
The Wasu State is now a Wano State, and it looks weak and docile; But can you guarantee that they will not be a scourge in the future? Huo Qu's illness killed the Huns so much that the blood flowed like a river, and everyone in the world thought that the Huns could not become a climate.
But when the Five Chaos was in China, weren't the first to raise the butcher's knife those Huns?
Zheng Yanqing knew that he couldn't change anything at this time. It was impossible for him to pass on his voice, and it was impossible for Emperor Yang Guang of Sui to change his mind. But he hopes to influence the people around him. Whether it's Zheng Hongyi or Xu Shiji, slowly influence...... Xu Shiji said that he must be a generation of military gods in the future, and I hope he can have some effect.
"Hongyi, you help me take a look at the slender waist and four eyes, and pick them up."
Zheng Hongyi agreed and ran down the bamboo building.
Yan Qing sat opposite Xu Shiji, "Today, I am said to be a teacher of the Japanese slave country, and I seem to be gentle and obedient. In my Great Sui court, I want to be benevolent and virtuous. But as everyone knows, there is a popular saying among the people, called: The apprentice was taught to starve to death.
I'm not saying that we should close the door and think we are strong, Pan Ming said: Gou said new, said new, and said new.
The world is always changing and developing. We should educate the whole world while we continue to develop. But this indoctrination is not to be touched by any benevolence, I have always believed that the indoctrination of foreign races can only be effective when iron and blood are used...... Benevolence is only an auxiliary means, but it must not be used as a leading factor in education. ”
Xu Shiji listened silently, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "Yanqing, why are you talking to me about this." ”
"Because I think you will definitely do great things in the future!"
"Huh?"
Xu Shiji couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Zheng Yanqing suspiciously.
He even felt that Zheng Yanqing was making fun of him. He is older than Zheng Yanqing, but his talent and knowledge seem to be far inferior to Zheng Yanqing. However, when he looked directly into Zheng Yanqing's eyes, he found that there was no sarcasm in those eyes.
These words of Yanqing come from the bottom of my heart!
Xu Shiji couldn't help but be moved in his heart, Zheng Yanqing valued him so much, and even made him feel the urge to die as a confidant.
"If one day I say, I can really do what Yanqing said, and make great achievements...... Never die and celebrate today. ”
When Zheng Yanqing heard this, he couldn't help laughing!
Today, I will sprinkle a seed, but I don't know what kind of face it will bloom when it takes root and sprouts? He believes that as long as he can keep sowing seeds, one day, there will be a vast forest. And this is exactly the result he wants.
(To be continued)