Tong Yuan looked at the two children coldly and said, "Give me a reason to take you in!" ”

"This..."The two children hesitated, and one of the older children stood up and said, "We want to be stronger, we don't want to be bullied anymore, we want to protect our village from bandits!" ”

"What about protecting the village?" Tong Yuan asked, "If your village is saved, what are you going to do?" ”

"Huh?" The two children looked at each other, they wanted to gain strength to protect the village because they had killed many people because of the robber invasion of the village, and now they were asked what they would do after protecting the village. It's like a person who has been hungry for a long time finally sees the hope of having a full meal, but before he has time to eat the bowl, someone asks him what he wants to do after he is full. Although it was a little ridiculous, the two children knew that Tong Yuan must have a purpose in asking this.

"I'm going to kill all the robbers in the world!" The younger child said viciously, "These damned robbers only rob, they all deserve to die!" ”

The older child hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know." ”

In fact, Tong Yuan's question was unanswered to the two children, and he just wanted to see the surnames of the two children. After glancing at the two children, Tong Yuan decided to be more cruel and asked a question that could almost make the two children turn against their goals: "I only accept one apprentice, which of you will stay?" ”

"Only... Only one..."The two children were a little lost, they didn't want to leave them all.

"I'll go!"

"I'll stay!"

Two different voices rang out, the older one choosing to leave, while the younger one choosing to stay. If it was someone else, he would naturally leave the little one, but Tong Yuan smiled and pointed to the child who chose to leave and said, "You can stay..."

"Why?" The young child was unconvinced and said, "I chose to stay, and he chose to leave, why should he stay, but I want to leave..."

Tong Yuan did not answer the child's question, but asked rhetorically, "What is your relationship?" ”

The young child was stunned for a moment and said, "We are brothers who have played since childhood in a village, and he is half a year older than me!" ”

"Yes! Giving up a God-given opportunity for my brother, how can I miss this kind of righteous person? Only such a person is worthy of being my disciple! Tong Yuan smiled and asked, "Do you understand?" ”

"I—" The young child's face turned pale, and he understood that it was his selfishness that made him miss this opportunity. If he chooses to leave like the older children, he can stay instead!

"Sir, you let Brother Lan stay!" The older child also understood that that choice was just a test, so he knelt down and begged Tong Yuan.

"Master! I think these two are good, so you can take them! Liu Zhang stood up and said: "The child is young, and his heart is inevitably unstable, since he left the eldest brother, the younger one, you will reluctantly accept it as a registered disciple." If his heart is really unbearable, it will not cause much trouble. If it's just that the young heart is unstable, doesn't the master have another beloved apprentice? As the saying goes: things gather by like, and people are grouped. With a famous teacher like you, and so many of us with noble conduct, even the most heinous people can be moved, let alone a teenager? ”

"You! In that case, I'll give you this face! I'll take these two boys for the time being! Tong Yuan turned his head to the two children and said, "You are also strong-willed people, although the younger ones have a slight flaw, but your senior brother helps you speak, I will temporarily accept you two." But if I find out you're doing something wrong with what I've taught, don't blame me for clearing the portal! ”

"Thank you, master! Thank you, brother! The two children kowtowed to Tong Yuan nine times on the ground, and then kowtowed three to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang hurriedly avoided and helped the two of them up: "We are senior brothers, and we will be a family in the future, why do we need to do this?" ”

"Zhang'er doesn't need to say more, these three heads, they don't lose anything!" Tong Yuan pointed at Liu Zhang and Zhang Ren and smiled at the two children: "These two are your senior brothers Zhang Ren and Liu Zhang, and you still don't report your names?" ”

The older child hurriedly saluted and said, "Boy Zhao Yun, a native of Zhaojia Village, has seen two senior brothers!" ”

Afterwards, the young child also saluted and said: "Boy Xiahoulan, I have seen the two senior brothers, thank you for the virtue of the second senior brother's intercession!" ”

"Second Senior Brother?" Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "I am the third senior brother, your second senior brother is named Zhang Xiu, and he is now in Xiliang!" ”

For the three words of the second senior brother, Liu Zhang rejected it from his heart. The main reason is that in later generations, the second senior brother refers to Zhu Bajie. Before he crossed over, Liu Zhang always scolded those stupid brothers and said: "You are so smart, you have a fight with the second senior brother!" So Liu Zhang gave the nickname of the second senior brother to Zhang Xiu very unrighteously.

With the addition of Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, this dilapidated mountain actually has vitality. Every morning, six children of about the same age practice martial arts on the top of the mountain, learn the art of war in the afternoon on the flat ground, and chat and rest together in the evening. Originally, Tong Yuan was going to give each of them a room, but Liu Zhang proposed the idea of a chase shop, which was approved by a group of little guys, and Liu Zhang, who lived in a chase shop, faintly had the feeling of a student dormitory back then.

Time flies, five years in a flash. In the past five years, Liu Zhang and the six have formed a deep friendship. Under the teaching of Tong Yuan, Liu Zhang not only learned the Hundred Birds and Phoenix Gun, but also gradually gained a comprehensive understanding of Taijiquan. In his previous life, Liu Zhang just regarded Tai Chi as a health boxing method, even if there were many strong techniques used in fighting, he didn't pay attention to it. But through Tong Yuan's explanation, Liu Zhang finally understood why Taijiquan is an internal boxing. Because it can not only strengthen the body, but also change the physical fitness, Liu Zhang even felt that there seemed to be an internal qi in his body.

Tong Yuan was really good to Liu Zhang's apprentice, and in order to change his physique, Tong Yuan went around collecting elixirs. What thousand-year-old ginseng, hundred-year-old He Shou Wu, Tong Yuan got a lot of high-grade medicinal materials for Liu Zhang's body. However, Liu Zhang didn't care. In order to treat Huang Xu's illness back then, he knocked a lot of good things from Liu Hong.

Liu Zhang has an elixir bubble body, and several other boys have also taken a lot of cheap. Especially Zhang Ren, originally he made the hundred birds and the phoenix gun feel that his strength was insufficient, but now he was able to fight with Zhao Yun to a draw. Of course, this is because Zhao Yun didn't kill him, otherwise ten Zhang Ren would not be enough for Zhao Yun to kill.

On this day, Tong Yuan summoned Liu Zhang and others to the court and said, "You have been on the mountain for more than five years!" Let's go back! ”

"Where do we go back?" Liu Zhang and the others were a little dumbfounded.

"Where did you come from, where did you go back?" Tong Yuan smiled: "It's been five years, and I have taught you everything I can teach you!" Martial arts are used to kill the enemy, and no matter how close you are, you can't improve too much, don't go down the mountain to practice, and it's time for the teacher to find my martial arts! ”

"Master!" Liu Zhang and Zhang Ren took the lead in kneeling in front of Tong Yuan and said, "We haven't repaid the master's great kindness to us, how can we leave just now?" It's not that the master is angry with us, if we do something wrong, please ask the master to punish us. ”

"You are all proud of the teacher, but there is really nothing to teach for the teacher!" Tong Yuan was also a little reluctant to Liu Zhang, but if the young eagle stayed under the eagle's wings, it would never be able to take off! Tong Yuan said with a smile: "There is no banquet in the world, and when you make a name for yourself on the battlefield, the teacher will naturally know." You have to maintain your reputation as a teacher, and take it as your duty to love and protect the people, go! ”

"Master!" Liu Zhang's eyes are red! He looked at Tong Yuan's slightly pale temples, his eyes were not only a little moist, but Zhang Renben was an orphan adopted by Tong Yuan, he was even more reluctant, and he couldn't cry anymore.

"Don't be a daughter!" Tong Yuan turned around and said, "You have to cry and stay away, as the teacher said, a man will not shed tears when he bleeds." Since you refuse to go, then go for the teacher! ”

Tong Yuan returned to the room, wrapped his big gun in cloth, picked up the things he had packed up with the big gun, and went down the mountain like this. Liu Zhang and the others couldn't help but be a little stunned when they looked at Tong Yuan's figure leaving.

"The master is gone!" Zhang Ren sat limply on the ground.

"What are we going to do?" Xia Houlan was a little overwhelmed.

"The master wants us to love and protect the people, so I naturally obey the master's orders!" Liu Zhang stood up and said, "I won't let the master down!" I'll go back to Jixian County to reorganize the troops, and kill all those damn Karasuma people first! ”

"I'll go with you!" Zhang Ren, who was paralyzed on the ground, suddenly jumped up and said: "The master wants me to follow you, I naturally have to obey, Zhang Ren to see the lord!" ”

"Big brother!" Liu Zhang hugged Zhang Ren and said, "You are my brother, how can you be like this!" ”

"The teacher's order cannot be violated!" Zhang Ren said with a smile: "The master has one more thing for me to do, if you bring disaster to the country and the people, I will get rid of you!" ”

Liu Zhang laughed and said: "The master is too worried, will I bring disaster to the country and the people?" Big brother, look, I will be the first person to save Sheji! ”

"I'll see!" Zhang Ren smiled slightly and stood behind Liu Zhang.

"Zilong, Brother Lan!" Liu Zhang turned to Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan and asked, "Why don't we senior brothers work together?" ”

"This..."Zhao Yun and Xiahoulan hesitated, Zhao Yun said: "I still have my brother and sister in Zhaojia Village, and I can't go to Youzhou for the time being!" ”

"It's easy, just take your brother and sister to Youzhou together!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Even if you want to move Zhaojia Village to Youzhou, it's just a matter of saying hello!" ”

"Then let's go back to Zhaojia Village first, and then go to Youzhou to find you!" Liu Zhang's words made Xia Houlan's eyes light up, he knew that Liu Zhang was everyone's son, but he didn't know Liu Zhang's identity. Because Liu Zhang has never revealed his identity, and his identity is only known to Zhang Ren.

"Why bother!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Let's go to Zhaojia Village to pick up people, and then go to Youzhou together!" Zilong and we are brothers, his elder brother is our elder brother, and his younger sister is our younger sister. If we are not united, won't the master be disappointed? ”