Chapter 9: Tournaments
After listening to the story, Li Wen felt that his eyelids were so heavy, and he fell uncontrollably. Unconsciously, his eyelids were hugging each other, and Li Wen woke up with a thrill, and his eyes widened before he was a little refreshed.
Grandma glanced at Li Wen with pity, and then gently patted his feet with a pu fan, and said softly after chasing away mosquitoes: "Wen'er, Wen'er, you have to grow up well, study hard, get a reputation in the future, marry a good daughter-in-law, give birth to a few children, and our Li family will rely on you!" ”
"Tomorrow you're going to be enlightened! One day, if you can take the first Jinshi exam in Quanqingwan, my ancestors will probably jump up with joy under Jiuquan! Grandma was looking forward to it.
Li Wen listened in a daze, and nodded in confusion.
"Wen'er, it's time to sleep! I'm going to go to your Uncle Chen Chao's house early tomorrow! Li Xing saw that it was not early, so he carried his sleepy son to the bed.
Li Wen slept on a shelf bed, with four corner columns, three sides of the hoarding at both ends and on the north side, and a cover on the top called Chengchen. The four pillars, the hoarding, and the dust bearing are all carved with delicate and gorgeous flowers and landscapes, fairy birds and beasts, all of which are painted with tung red and shiny. This is many times better than the humble bed of his companion Li Jiansheng's family, which uses two benches and one horizontal, a few wooden planks, and a straw mat.
Li Wen lay on the bed with his face facing inward, his eyes still not completely closed fixed on the red bed hoarding like a bronze mirror, and his little head was thinking about some messy things.
Thinking about it, Li Wen slowly fell asleep. In a trance, he felt that he had entered a dark red chaotic world, surrounded by darkness and emptiness, and in front of him there was only a large ball slightly taller than him, and on the other side of the sphere stood a small person who was about the same height as him. The villain's face was blurry and difficult to see, and he didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile instead of a smile. Li Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Here we go again!" ”
This scene has been around for nearly three years, and every night he has been thinking about it after staring at the red bed and looking at the blurred shadow of himself on the board, and then he enters this scene the moment he falls asleep. He didn't know where he was, and he seemed to have entered the red plank. The next thing was to play with the villain pushing the big red ball to each other, and the wooden ball rolled between the two, but the two never talked. When Li Wen woke up, it was the next morning, and all that remained in his mind was some small fragments of it.
Undoubtedly, after these days of dreaming, Li Wen's brain has been exercised. When he was in the toilet, Li Wen would habitually think about things
Even if he comes, he will be safe, Li Wen is an open-minded person, and there are many days in this situation tonight, and he is still vaguely active in his dreams as usual.
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I don't know how long it took, Li Wen saw the villain wave to him for the first time before leaving.
"Are you saying goodbye to me?" He couldn't open his mouth in his dreams, he could only think about it.
"Lazy worm, get up! We have to get to your Uncle Chen's house early. Li Wen's ears suddenly sounded his father's call.
"Have you been dreaming last night?" Li Wen was confused and squinted his eyes, but what caught his eyes was his father's smiling face, and it was also bright outside the window.
"What's wrong with you, haven't you woken up yet? Look at how confused you look! Li Xing asked.
"Uh, uh! It's nothing! The situation was really difficult to explain to his father, so Li Wen squeaked a few times and hurriedly dressed and washed.
What Li Wen didn't know was that last night was the thousandth and last night of his dream, and the villain never appeared again from now on.
On the rural road in Qingwan, Li Xing's father and son rode a horse together and slowly marched along the Qingshui River, and the two surprisingly did not talk. And the beautiful scenery of the early morning in the countryside is only passing by in front of their eyes, and there is no ripple in their hearts, in addition to being commonplace, more because they are each immersed in their own thoughts.
What Li Xing thinks is: Do you want your son to suffer some more grievances today, but tomorrow he is going to participate in the enlightenment ceremony, and I am afraid it is unsightly to have a bag on his head. It's just that the competition between Wen'er and Feng Lan is a must-have program for the relationship between the two families in recent years, and that kid has been hit a little bit, and now his body is changing faster in the normal direction.
What Li Wen thinks is: Although I don't care about failure and injury, I am very unhappy every time I look at her disdainful look, and today I want to turn my unhappiness into monstrous anger. I must remember to be angry, angry, I want to teach that stinky girl a lesson.
The two turned a hill bend, and Li Xinglema stopped on a small wooden bridge, and on the left side of the bridge was where the Qingwan Township Bazaar was located. Two straight to the main street, twenty or thirty houses is the rural market center of Qingwan Township, if it is a market day, this will be very lively, the villagers gather here to buy what they need, sell the rest.
The crowing of chickens and dogs in the houses in the ruins brought Li Xingcong back to his senses. He felt the freshness of the breeze, smelled the earthy grass fragrance, and tasted the implied morning breeze of the light flower dew, and his heart suddenly became relaxed.
Li Xing patted his son, pointed to a large courtyard not far away, and said, "Son, tomorrow you will go to school in Nameng Academy." Study hard, and don't forget that you promised your grandmother that you would become the first Jinshi in the township. ”
"It's a piece of cake, and no matter how difficult it is, it's a piece of cake." Li Wen also came back to his senses and replied to his father heartily.
"If that's the case, it's enough for the father to have your son in this life!" When Li Xing heard his son's confident answer, he couldn't help but laugh heartily, and urged the horse to quickly head towards Shenyun Village downstream.
It didn't take too long, and the two walked into Shenyun Village and headed straight towards Chen Chao's house. Mo said that the two often come, even if they are strangers, it is easy to find Chen Chao's house. Because its house occupies the most extensive area, it is surrounded by a large circle with red walls, and the main house is the tallest, and there is a huge and exquisite kissing beast on the high roof. If you look at it from afar, you can find out the mansion of the richest man in the village at a glance.
It is said that the old nine cheeks kiss of the nine sons of the dragon are considered by the folk to be a fire-avoiding beast, and they are often placed on the roof, which has the meaning of eliminating disasters and extinguishing fires. But it is not installed by every household, Shenyun Village, as the second largest village in the township, there are only three or five families who can have this beast on the roof. Of course, Chen Chao's family is the largest and most exquisite, and it is also the highest.
Li Xinglema looked at the vermilion lacquer copper nail gate of the Chen family, and said to his son after a little hesitation: "Wen'er, we will go to your Uncle Chen's house, if you don't want to compete with Feng Lan, then we won't compare." Tomorrow is the initiation ceremony, and it is not very elegant to put a bag on your head. ”
"Daddy! Being defeated by that Chen Fenglan and being a little injured is a little bitter. But it made me feel more ugly and made me train harder. The bag on my head, others laugh at me, and I won't lose a piece of meat, I just know that my body is becoming more and more obedient now, and it's good to have this. So, I didn't care all the time! ”
"This is my good boy! Remember that in the future, whether you are walking martial arts or learning literature, you will always encounter times of obedience and disobedience, and you can maintain a non-arrogant and discouraged attitude, which will definitely make you go to the next level and be better than others. So, let's meet her Chen Fenglan again today. ”
"It's good! Dad, I might have a surprise for you today! Li Wen rarely showed a firm gaze on this matter.
The Li and Chen families have been in contact with each other a lot, and the two families are very familiar. Li Xing returned from afar this time to explore, and Chen Chao's family was warmly welcomed. After a lively time, a few hot teas were in the stomach, and after a long period of gossip, taking advantage of the time before lunch, the Li and Chen families started the routine program: "On Martial Arts"
In the wide martial arts arena in the backyard of the Chen family, a pair of children stand opposite each other on the flat and tamped ground, one carrying a bamboo sword and the other holding a wooden knife, which is the daughter of the Chen family who Li Wenhe married him - Chen Fenglan. On the Taishi chairs on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table on the sidelines sat Li Xing and Chen Chao, and behind the two stood Chen Long and Chen Hu, two men of the Chen family in strong suits. Behind the two brothers are four or five rows of weapon racks, and all eighteen kinds of weapons are complete.
Chen Chao picked up the teacup, moistened his throat, looked at Li Xing, and said to the two people in the field: "Let's start, the old rule, attack freely first." Feng Lan, pay attention, don't hurt Wen'er this time. ”
Hearing this, Chen Fenglan raised her eyebrows when she mentioned the bamboo sword, the tip of the sword pointed at Li Wen from afar, the index finger of the other hand merged with the ring finger, and the remaining three fingers were held in a sword-like shape and pointed forward.
"If after another ten or eight years, Feng Lan slowly made this move under the sunset, chanting the name of this sword style 'Willow Tops on the Moon, People About After Dusk', what a beautiful picture it would be!"
"Yes, I hope that after all these years, the two of us will be able to appreciate their competition so much."
"I don't know who created this set of literary rhyme swordsmanship that Feng Lan learned, 72 Chinese styles have a poetic and picturesque style, but its literary meaning is in line with the sword intent, presumably this master must also be a powerful and elegant person."
In order not to affect the two people on the field, Li Xing and Chen Chao leaned on the table, and talked softly with interest.
"Wen'er is weaker and will only be on the defensive. Feng Lan's next formula should be to launch the first wave of attacks with 'Ling Bo Microwave, Luo Socks Dust'! ”
Before these words fell, Chen Fenglan said: "Stinky boy, be careful!" He exerted his strength on his toes, but only touched the ground with his toes, and quickly attacked Li Wen with broken steps.
"The essence of this style of footwork should be dense and fast-changing, the meaning is easy and floating, and it is difficult to grasp its position and speed. This type of attack can be as fast as thunder, and it can be as small as drifting. The master should be lucky at the arch of the foot, and the toe landing is violent instantly, but it can be front and back, left and right. Touching the ground quickly and densely, the force is fierce and the feet are full of tiger wind, and the ground will be dusty, which is just in line with the artistic conception of this style name 'Ling Bo Weibu, Luo Socks Dusty'! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! ”
As soon as the words fell, Chen Fenglan was already close to Li Wen, only to see her small hand trembling, the body of the sword fluctuating, turning into a spirit snake that swam and chose people to devour and hit the other party.
Li Xing hurriedly said: "This style of 'the wind rises and wrinkles a pool of spring water' looks not difficult to crack, let you be dazzled, just look at the position of your arm, not be confused by the tip of the sword, and block the middle and back positions of the opponent's sword body." I've been thinking about it lately, and it's not just a simple way to distract the eyes. If the top master comes, with a flick of the wrist, the steel sword moves with the waves, and it will shake out a sharp sound that captures people's hearts. This sound is like a magic sound outside the sky bursting into the enemy's ears, and those who are slightly inferior in skill are only afraid that they will be defeated by this move. This 'wind rises, blowing a pool of spring water' should be both chaotic and more accentuated! ”
"Brother Xing is high, but I'm afraid that this is the case. But to be able to send that gripping magic sound, how to luck, how to exert force, how to shake, I'm afraid it's not easy to master! Chen Chao's eyes lit up.
Although the speed of the two adults off the field is fast, it is not as fast as the changes on the field. Before the two finished talking, at this moment, Li Wen had already turned into the first attack, and Chen Fenglan relied on the momentum to launch a series of sudden attacks.
"This style of 'waves crashing on the shore, rocks collapsing into the air' is swept horizontally enough, and the stabbing is ruthless enough."
"This style of 'car is like flowing water, horse is like a dragon', it is really a sword shadow like flowing water, and people are like a humvee! I didn't expect such a poetic swordsmanship to have such a violent move. ”
"After the attack, use this style of 'the angry waves gradually subside, the wind rises' both rigid and soft, and can take advantage of the enemy's busy situation to steal his lower road, Feng Lan does have the talent to learn martial arts."