This morning, Lian Zining was feasting in Sihailou, and invited the cadres who were in Shuntian Mansion to drink and reunite.

This is the second time he has gone to Sihailou, and the last time he went, he was just a small general banner of the Chenzi Hundred Households in the suburbs of Beijing, but now, he is already a dignified super-grade uncle. And of those, it's less than a year. Looking at the song on the wall of the Four Seas Tower, if he only saw it for the first time, Lian Zining only felt like a dream, and there was a kind of vicissitudes like an old man.

However, the banquet is tasteless, and because of his current identity, he is either restrained or welcomed, only Qiu Shaoqin and Ning Zixuan are still the same, but it makes Lian Zining a little close, and several people talk in detail.

A few people said speculation, and they drank a lot of wine, and even Zining met at the end of noon, just now Amber washed up and changed his clothes and took a nap, and he heard that Yanagi Zongyan was coming.

For this sword saint who left a great name in the history of Fusang, Lian Zining was also very curious, so he got up to meet him.

The result was that he was disappointed, this celestial sword saint who was boasted by the history books of Fuso was just an ordinary middle-aged man with an ordinary complexion, short stature, and a humble smile on his face.

But thinking about it is also a relief, these days, no matter if you are learning martial arts, you pay attention to a thought to be accessible, to put it bluntly, it is to understand the world and practice human feelings. Take the scholars as an example, but all the great Confucians in the world, there are few who are dead readers, they all read the books alive and thoroughly, they are officials in the court, and they are also individual elites. Those who practice martial arts are also in the same way, they will never be pedantic people who work behind closed doors.

Liu Sheng Zongyan and the others waited a little anxiously in the front court, and when they saw a group of guards surrounding a handsome young man in civilian clothes coming out, they knew who this was, and immediately took the sixty or seventy disciples to make a five-body bow to the ground, and said loudly: "The people outside the world, Liu Sheng Zongyan, with sixty-seven disciples, have seen Uncle Wu Yi!" I wish Uncle Wu Yun and prosperous Fortune, step by step! ”

Lian Zining couldn't help but smile, waved his hand and said, "Liu Sheng, everyone, get up!" ”

Liu Shengzong was so strict that he praised everyone, and he knew that Lian Zining at least had no prejudices against himself.

Lian Zining didn't let them into the house, but said: "Everyone, Liu Sheng, since you are willing to come from Fusang thousands of miles to the sea, it means that you are sincerely serving this official." In this case, the official will not procrastinate, as long as you can pass the test of the official, the official will give you the title of official and give you a reward! Got it? ”

Yanagi Zongyan nodded and said, "Adults are quick to talk, so good!" ”

Lian Zining nodded, and said to Shi Dazhu: "Dazhu, take someone to the treasury to get sixty-seven puppets for us to practice targeting." ”

Shi Dazhu nodded, led people down, and after about a cup of tea, sixty-seven puppets were brought in by soldiers and placed in the vestibule. These dolls are all specially created by Lian Zining in order to let the firecrackers adapt to the newly created flintlock pistols and improve the hit rate, they are made in imitation of real people, but they are larger than real people, about one meter and nine high, and they are all made of hard elm, which is quite strong.

This is to withstand the shooting of flintlock pistols, these work of the Arsenal Bureau has not been idle, Lian Zining made Gonzalez the official officer of the Ming Dynasty, this move greatly stimulated the active surnames of the Franc mechanics of the Arsenal Bureau, in order to complete Lian Zining's goal as soon as possible, and also promoted to become the superior people of the Ming Dynasty, they are almost not working in vain or black, even in the process of marching north to the capital, the sound of clanging can be heard outside their tents at night. In addition, Lian Zining recruited a group of blacksmiths for the Ordnance Bureau, so that the number of blacksmiths in the Ordnance Bureau increased to 600, so that the number of flintlock pistols produced by the Ordnance Bureau reached 50.

These flintlock pistols have been fully equipped with the 1,000th household of the infantry army, and the soldiers have responded very well, and the failure rate of the flintlock pistol is very low, the firing range is long, the rate of fire is fast, and the power is also great.

Lian Zining pointed to those puppets and said: "This official has heard that Fusang's swordsmen and samurai practice swords, and they all practice swords with living people, and when they practice knives to the end, they can cut off the head with a knife, and they can split the enemy in half from head to crotch!" The bones of the human body are extremely hard, especially the skull, and if you can do this, it must not be difficult to split this puppet! ”

"Everyone, Liu Sheng, this first test is to test you and your disciples, one by one, let's start!"

Yanagi Zongyan's face remained unchanged at all, and he bowed to Lian Zining, and then casually found a puppet and slowly pulled out the katana at his waist.

What made Lian Zining slightly different was that the blade of this knife was only half left, about two and a half feet long, and it seemed to be broken off at the top. The blade is not shiny, but faintly dark.

Liu Sheng Zongyan's feet slowly accelerated, first a small broken step, and then a big stride jumped up to a height of one and a half meters, a non-fancy head split, only a soft click was heard, the knife flashed, and the puppet slowly split in half from it. The fracture was extremely smooth, and it was obvious that the dusty knife in Yanagi Zongyan's hand was also an extremely sharp weapon.

Lian Zining's face didn't move, if Yanagi Zongyan didn't even have such strength, what kind of sword saint did he deserve?

Liu Shengzong Yan put away the knife and said to a group of disciples: "Everyone, calm down and show your true strength." ”

As soon as he spoke, those disciples who were originally a little eager to try and full of excitement suddenly showed a thoughtful look on their faces and became calm.

Yanagi Zongyan nodded, they all bowed in unison, each chose a puppet, and then moved like Yanagi Zongyan, trotting, then accelerating, and then jumping high, swinging the knife and splitting down!

The movements are very consistent, worthy of a disciple taught by a teacher. Moreover, Yagyu Soyan's genre obviously pays more attention to actual combat than performance, and their movements are simple, clumsy, and effective.

There was a crackling sound, and sixty-seven puppets became one hundred and thirty-four.

Lian Zining couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, the strength shown by these disciples of Yanagi Zongyan is very amazing, these puppets of elm are quite hard, and they can cut one knife in two, which shows that these disciples of Yanagi Zongyan have the strength of top swordsmen.

They are definitely not good at fighting, but if they are used as personal guards, they can exert their combat effectiveness to the greatest extent on a small battlefield, and if they are not in a formation, the combat effectiveness of these people is only worth five hundred elite soldiers.

Lian Zining clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Very good, very good, everyone in Liu Sheng really lives up to their reputation, and the disciples they teach are also outstanding." The first test is over, so let's move on to the second one! ”

Liu Shengzong Yan said respectfully: "Please give me advice." ”

"The word teaching, the official doesn't dare to be it, the official's martial arts are sparse and ordinary." Lian Zining waved his hand with a smile, stretched out his hand and pointed at a person among the disciples of Liu Sheng Zongyan, and said, "You, yes, it's you, out of the ranks!" ”

The disciple named by Lian Zining hurriedly stepped out, bowed to Lian Zining with a katana, and said in a strange Chinese tone: "Iga Sanmao has seen uncle. ”

Lian Zining nodded and said to Jiang Li Ye Nai: "Ye Nai, you go down and try with him." ”

Lian Zining's eyes are very poisonous, he really saw it just now, this Iga Sanmao's movements just now were a little sluggish, and the knife splitting the puppet was not so fast and crisp, obviously the force on the knife was smaller, and it should be the weakest among these people. From him, you can also see the true combat power of the Yan's disciples of the Yanagi Sect.

Ye Nai obeyed the order, since it was a competition, naturally he couldn't really use a knife and a real gun, so as not to hurt the harmony, Lian Zining took a wooden knife and a wooden big sword and divided them between the two.

The two stood three meters apart, performed the traditional etiquette of Fusang to each other, and then took their own steps, testing each other's offensive.

As soon as the so-called connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, and Iga Sanmao saw Eri Nona's steps, and knew that she was also from a famous kendo master, and Ben's slightly disdainful look also became solemn.

The two of them circled each other a few times, and Jiang Li Ye Na suddenly made a clear sound, full of indomitable momentum and bravery, and with a big stride, the big sword in his hand slashed fiercely towards Iga Sanmao.

Iga Sanmao hurriedly waved his sword to resist, but he didn't expect that Erinno Na was extremely powerful, the swords intersected, and the wooden knife was directly flew, and then the next moment, the big sword was chosen on the top of Iga Sanmao's head.

If it was a real battle, Iga Sanmao would already be a dead man at this time.

"I won!" Eri Nona put away the sword and said lightly.

"It's me who lost!" Iga Sanmao said with a face full of shame, bowed deeply to Yanagi Zongyan again, and said a sentence with a calm face that made Lian Zining's eyelids jump suddenly: "Master, the disciple has lost your face, please allow the disciple to become Bodhito." ”

Becoming Bodhi is the same meaning as the seppuku of later generations.

And Yanagi Zongyan also said lightly: "You go!" ”

The expressions of the two were indifferent, as if it was not a person but an ant who was going to die.

Lian Zining is a little puzzled by this kind of Fusang habit, how big is it? Why are you looking for death and life?

He laughed: "Everyone Yanagi, Iga Sanmao, your current surname is mine, and this official won't let you die, you can't die!" ”

Yanagi asked cautiously, "Uncle, what do you mean?" ”

Lian Zining nodded: "Your strength, the official has already seen it, and it can still be used, so let's stay!" ”

"As for you, everyone Yanagi, what this official has said will definitely not be lost." Lian Zining smiled slightly: "This official will make you a hundred households in the pro-military camp, and lead his disciples, fifty taels of silver every year, one hundred stones of polished rice, ten pieces of cotton cloth, five ends of brocade, and a number of rewards during the New Year's Festival." In a later time, the official will seal the letter to you. ”

(To be continued)