Chapter Twenty-Three: Wave After Wave
Waiting for the old blacksmith to tell the truth, Zhong Wuregret was a little hesitant.
Training Doulan is not a problem, the key is that the revenge of the Dou family is a great crime of killing the king! And he is an accomplice in the same sin.
Although he sympathized with the plight of the Doubo family, he could not implicate the "Luming Garden". What's more, the Dou clan still holds great power in the Chu State, will they wait for their revenge and sacrifice him as a scapegoat in order to please the new monarch?
Or, what if Doulan fails in his assassination attempt and is captured, he can't stand the torture and confesses himself? In this way, all the people in the "Heron Ming Garden" will be put in danger.
Zhong Wuregret has seen too many modern murders, assassinations, and other treacherous conspiracies in novels, TV, and movies, and he doesn't understand why the old blacksmith only wants to take revenge with one or two miracles.
How did he know that at that time, people were still extremely simple in thinking, and they did not even have an understanding of the "trickery" of military conduct, let alone a series of complex conspiracies designed to carry out assassinations. Moreover, except for the old blacksmith man, no one knew about the flying knife at all, and within a certain distance, he suddenly shot at a great success rate.
Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. After calming down, Zhong Wuregret realized that his head was hot. What to do? Zhong Wuregret and didn't want to break his promise to Doulan.
The old blacksmith dared to tell him the truth, that is, Zhong had no regrets and had two ways to go. One is to help him, the other is to refuse, depending on the situation in front of him, if he takes the second path, Zhong Wuregret will not be able to get out of this door today.
"Guestβofficerβ" the old blacksmith shouted in a long voice.
Zhong Wuregret knew that he was impatient.
In a hurry, Zhong Wuregret had a flash of inspiration, which could not only help the old blacksmith, but also protect the "Luming Garden", that is, the "return of the prostitute thief"!
In front of the public, Zhong Wuregret must reappear as a "lewd thief" who is scolded by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people, and continues to mingle with Doosan and Doufeng all day long in Fengyue places, with the demeanor of "lewd thief", competing with others and being jealous, fighting, playing with wives and daughters, and so on.
For the famous "lewd thief" in Chu State, everyone already knows its roots, and many humiliated families are eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, who would believe that the "female public enemy" who is so inferior in character and whose martial arts are dominated by escaping will train superb beauty killers?
Of course, this is not without risk. In the eyes of the world, "lewdness is the first of all evils", Zhong Wuregret is likely to be hunted down by knights because of his actions. But in this way, the risk only falls on oneself, which can effectively protect the "Luming Garden" and one's own family.
This matter can only be explained to Cao Yun'e alone, and even Lingxiang has to hide it.
Historically speaking, Zhong Wuregret knew that after the death of King Mu, it would be King Zhuang who ascended the throne, and he didn't care about his efforts to push the boat down the river in history. Thinking of this, Zhong Wuregret resolutely said: "I promise you!" β
It wasn't until the old blacksmith man smiled that Zhong Wuregret felt that the suffocating pressure he was facing gradually subsided.
"I have a reluctant request." As soon as the old blacksmith saw Zhong Wuregret's surprised expression, he continued: "Before Yicheng, please protect Doulan." β
Thinking of the blood feud of Doulan's whole family, and her sister also died because of her predecessor's sin, and now there is only such a lone seedling left, Zhong Wuregret accepted it without hesitation.
The old blacksmith said to Zhong Wuregret: "You have made too many enemies now, and your swordsmanship is not enough to protect yourself." Against a strong enemy, those sword moves of yours, in my eyes, are just small skills of carving insects. From now on, I will go to the 'Luming Garden' very secretly, and teach you what I have learned, as long as the great revenge can be avenged, I have nothing to ask for in this life, and it is useless to keep a body of martial arts, what do you think? β
Zhong Wuregret's dream is to find a good teacher to learn art, and the great good things are sent to the door right now, how can it not be allowed? He had seen it before, if it wasn't for the old blacksmith to stop him, he wouldn't have been able to dodge Dou Lanyang's sword at all.
"There were gains and losses in this deal, but overall, it was still profitable." Zhong Wuregret returned to the "Luming Garden" with a complacent mood.
He did not go directly to the village, but did an investigation around the "Luming Garden". Not long after he bought his "Heron Garden", he has felt the importance of security since the haunted incident. He cannot take lightly the strong enemies he has already established and the strong enemies of the future.
There is a dense forest not far from the village, if you want to sneak attack the "Heron Ming Garden", it is indeed an excellent place to hide soldiers. Zhong Wuregret hadn't gone anywhere to check yet, he was going to go in and have a look, to see if he could use his modern knowledge to set some traps and install some alarm settings inside.
Zhong Wuregret walked slowly inside, making some marks on some rocks from time to time. When he came to a smooth boulder erected, he was suddenly stunned as if he had been electrocuted.
On that big stone, there is actually a gossip map engraved.
"Gossip Diagram!" Zhong Wuregret blurted out unconsciously.
"Huh!" A surprised voice suddenly came from behind Zhong Wuregret. Zhong Wuregret turned around, only to see a thin old man in a green robe standing in front of him, holding a bronze sword in his hand, his eyes were shining, and he was not angry but mighty.
"You know this gossip map?" The thin old man asked.
"What's so difficult about this, Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui." Zhong Wuregret said casually.
"Wizard, what a genius. Since this gossip map was made by King Wen, it is extremely rare for people to know it. Speaking of this, the thin old man looked Zhong Wuregret up and down and said, "Presumably you are the genius swordsman known as the second sword in the world?" β
The so-called "genius swordsman of the second sword in the world" was mentioned in front of Qu Rong on the day when Zhong Wuregret and Cao Yun'e got married.
As soon as the old man spoke, Zhong Wuregret knew that Qu Rong's master was here. He now has the old blacksmith as his teacher, so his willingness to apprentice has weakened a lot, but now that Qu Rong's master has appeared, he still wants to take this opportunity to see how the old man's martial arts are.
"You are Qu Rong's master?" Zhong Wuregret hit two haha in a row and said, "Good master!" β
The thin old man looked at him coldly: "Draw your sword." β
"Drawing the sword is a must," Zhong Wuregret looked at the old man's calm as Gu Song, and could not see a trace of vomiting, knowing that he had met a master, he continued to smile and step down for himself: "There are two ways to compete in martial arts, one is to stop at the point, and the other is to fight with his life, and never die." Qu Rong is my sister-in-law, his master is my master, don't dare to be disrespectful to your old man, let's stop there! β
"Draw your sword!" The old man didn't talk nonsense.
It seemed that it would not work if he didn't fight, so Zhong Wuregret slowly pulled out his sword.
"Good sword!" As soon as the sword came out of the sheath, it was praised loudly by Master Qu Rong.
Although the sword is a good sword, he didn't expect that as soon as his sword was unsheathed, the old man's attack came. His continuous sword moves are not far from the vital points of the human body everywhere, the sword momentum is like a wave hitting the sand, the front is not exhausted, the rear momentum is coming, the bell has no regrets, and he is in a hurry, all by relying on the "sword interception road" of hard understanding, he can avoid the old man's killing moves.
Stinky sweat and dust, Zhong Wuregret was as embarrassed as he wanted, the robe on his body had been cut and full of holes, and wisps of blood began to appear on his skin. He was also beaten out of real fire, and he couldn't help shouting angrily: "If you don't stop it, I'm going to use a killing move!" β
The thin old man didn't make a sound, but still attacked with his sword.
I saw a flash of white light, and the thin old man swung his sword, and with a "poof", the flying knife was inserted into the tree behind the thin old man. The old man's sword momentum stagnated slightly, Zhong Wuregret quickly jumped away, put the sword into the sheath, stood still with a look of seeing death as home, and said: "I said that I wanted to compete with you, but I actually wanted to provoke you to meet."
The seniors are strong in martial arts, just like the moon in the sky, and the juniors are just a little bit of light on the buttocks of fireflies, if you kill me, it will only disgrace your old man, and it will also make your beloved female disciple hate you for a lifetime, do it, I want to frown, and hang the bell upside down. β
His nonsense words, how can the thin old man understand immediately, but the "beloved female disciple" has not missed a word, the old man thinks he is light, the sword moves, Zhong Wuregret's clothes and robes are destroyed, except for a body of white meat, only the flying knife tied to his waist remains.
"Huh!" This is the second different voice of the old man.
Zhong Wuregret hurriedly covered his lower body with his hand and said, "My thing is the same as yours, only the difference in size, nothing to look at, you won't mind if I put on clothes." β
Zhong Wuregret dared to be rude in front of the old man because in the contest of martial arts, he had already seen that the thin old man had no killing intent.
He didn't care whether the old man agreed, picked up his robe by himself, and wrapped it around his waist indiscriminately, covering at least the key point of the three-point style.
The old man ignored him, turned around and came to a flying knife that he had picked up earlier, and took a closer look, the blade of the knife had entered the tree, and only the handle of the knife was left outside.
After watching for a long time, the old man nodded, and turned to face Zhong Wuregret.
"You provoked me to compete in martial arts in order to worship me as a teacher?"
"Not bad, not bad." Zhong Wuregret was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Qu Rong's master to be so open.
"Do you know that if I pass on what I have learned to you, I will exchange it for you?" The old man said.
"I don't know."
"I passed on what I have learned to you to exchange Pan Chong's head with you."
"Ahh This time it was Zhong Wuregret's turn to be dumbfounded. Pan Chong is the master of King Chumu! "Could it be that the purpose of his teaching to me was to make me a killer?" Zhong has no regrets.
"Will you say yes?"
"This ...... This...... You'll have to tell me why you killed him. "It was hard to come up with an excuse.
Do you know how King Cheng died? The old man looked a little sad and indignant.
"Know...... Uh, I don't know...... "Zhong Wuregret can't say that he learned this history in history textbooks."
"The old man Xiong's name was originally the first guard of King Cheng. Back then, it was the thief who instigated King Mu to kill his father and killed King Cheng. The old man seemed to be immersed in sad and indignant memories: "It was a winter evening, and before the time came, it was already dark, and the thief and the merchant said that there was a change in the palace, and led the army to surround the palace. It was this thief who personally led dozens of warriors to run into the inner bed, defeated King Cheng's guards, and then broke into King Cheng's face. β
"You didn't fend off their attacks?" Zhong asked tentatively.
"Nonsense, if I am in the palace, I am alone, I don't want anyone to hurt my king, but it's a pity, it's a pity, the king is kind to us, but when he is in danger, I am not by his side." Xiong Ke said, a few tears unconsciously flowing from his eyes.
"Then you are ......"
"Go home and mourn. There was a sudden change in the family, and both parents died. Later, I found out that maybe it was the thief who did it on purpose. If I don't kill the thief in this life, I won't be blind to death. Therefore, I searched everywhere for potential disciples, hoping that after my death, I could kill the thief. β
"So you took a fancy to Qu Rong?"
The old man shook his head silently and said, "Although she has the talent to practice martial arts, she is a girl after all, and it is difficult for her to learn my true tradition." Rather than sending her to death, it would be better to let her become a generation of famous heroes. It's just that his Qu family is kind to me, and he gave her martial arts so that the Qu family can protect herself in the event of a disaster in the future. β
Zhong Wuregret heard what he said, but he didn't dare to delve into the reason. He couldn't help but secretly shout bad luck in his heart: "Why did you find me?" One wants to kill the king, the other wants to kill the Taishi, any of them is a big crime to destroy the clan and destroy the family! β
He now has a beautiful wife and family, and it will not be difficult to make money with his modern knowledge in the future. After thinking about it, Zhong Wuregret decided to stay away from these grievances and hatreds and live his own little life.
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