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Chang'an Heavenly Prison!

Du He was in a spacious and bright cage, and in front of him was the southern hero Zhou Zhenwei. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As a felon, Zhou Zhenwei was originally a capital crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans, but because he received special attention, he was spared death and sentenced to imprisonment. Originally, the cage was a relatively wet and cold water prison, but now it has been changed to a cell that can let in sunlight, and this treatment has also been upgraded by one level.

All of this is also the credit of Li Yifeng and Zhou Lingling's apprentices. Of course, Li Shimin's open-mindedness is also indispensable.

There are few emperors in the world who can accommodate their enemies like Li Shimin. For example, Wei Chi Jingde in the late Sui Dynasty, Wei Chi Jingde turned out to be Liu Wuzhou's subordinate, brave and good at fighting. In the second year of Wude, Liu Wuzhou took Wei Chi Jingde and Song Jingang as the vanguard, broke through Li Tang's Longxing land Laochao Taiyuan, and then led the army south, defeating the Tang army, Li Xiaoji, Dugu Huaien, Yu Yun, Tang Jian and Liu Shirang, the head of the march, were all captured by Wei Chi Jingde, and Li Yuanji, who was brave and good at fighting, hugged his head and ran away.

In the end, it was Li Shimin who went out to subdue Wei Chi Jingde, and let him continue to command the 8,000 people of the old department, and participate in the battalions. Maybe Wei Chi Jingde was too brave, and there were few generals in the Tang camp who were not afraid of him. The marching marshal Shi Qu Tutong was afraid that Wei Chi Jingde would repeat it, and mentioned the matter to Li Shimin many times, but Li Shimin had complete trust in Wei Chi Jingde.

Wei Chi Jingde has an extreme personality and does not pay attention to improving relations with other generals, and they are very stiff with each other. When Li Shimin attacked Wang Shichong in Luoyang, because the Tang army was about to be attacked by Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, some of Liu Wuzhou's old generals defected and fled one after another. Wei Chi Jingde, who was already untrustworthy, immediately aroused suspicion, and the vast majority of the generals thought that Wei Chi Jingde would rebel, and made his own opinions, and imprisoned him in the army.

After Li Shimin learned about it, he did something unexpected. He knew that Wei Chi Jingde had been wronged, so he loosened his bonds, and in order to avoid this incident, he directly expressed his attitude. If you want to, you stay; If you don't want to, you can let you go and pay the fare.

It is not easy to have complete trust in the rebels, but it is even more difficult to do so. Throughout history, I can't find a few people.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

Wei Chi Jingde was an invincible general second only to Qin Qiong at that time, no matter who he took refuge into, it would be a great danger to Li Tang. But Li Shimin was unwilling to wronged Wei Chi Jingde, so he let Wei Chi Jingde go without hesitation.

Wei Chi Jingde chose to leave, and Li Shimin did not stop him as promised.

Later, Li Shimin, a bold guy, only led 500 soldiers to inspect the battlefield, so that Wang Shichong's 10,000 people surrounded, and Wang Shichong's general Shan Xiongxin approached Li Shimin. Wei Chi Jingde didn't know where he came from, and directly broke into the encirclement of 10,000 people single-handedly, killed Shan Xiongxin in seconds, and saved Li Shimin.

If it weren't for Li Shimin's open-mindedness, how could Wei Chi Jingde, a fierce general with bad conduct, bow down to him and dedicate his life?

It's the same now, although Zhou Zhenwei committed a capital crime, he still chose to forgive. This move won the gratitude of Li Yifeng, Zhou Lingling and others, and more than a dozen people from top to bottom exterminated those black sheep for Datang.

Li Shimin has now improved Zhou Zhenwei's treatment, naturally acknowledging the contributions made by Li Yifeng and Zhou Lingling's apprentices to Datang over the years.

Zhou Zhenwei said: "It's easy to practice double swords, it's easy to practice double swords, and it's easy to practice double guns." But it is difficult to practice the unity of swords. ”

Du He listened carefully.

It has been a month since he returned to Chang'an.

In the past half a month, he has spent almost all his thoughts on official business. He had been gone for nearly four months, and the three places under his jurisdiction had accumulated some trivial matters, large and small, that required his decision. The affairs in the army can still be handed over to Luo Tong and Xue Rengui to deal with, but the Academy of Science and Technology and Shangshu Province are not so easy. Especially in Shangshu Province, there is Old Man Du, and there can be no laziness.

Shangshu Province has six departments, and it is just right to know the major events in the world from the big and small things.

Du He will be away from the archives of the past few months, flipping through them one by one, and the current situation of Datang is clear. The development of the South has gradually moved towards stability. In particular, the formation of two-crop rice has attracted a large number of farmers to move in. The twice-a-year harvest is so attractive that more and more people are moving into Jiangnan.

Liu Renliang, the assassin of Suzhou, has asked Li Shimin to use the local garrison of Chongzhifu to reclaim the wasteland in the south with the help of local troops to meet the shortage of manpower.

Li Shimin has planned Jiangnan as the first granary of the Tang Dynasty, and readily agreed to this proposal, ordering the local Chongzhi Prefecture to gather troops from all over the country to open up the wasteland, and now it is to reclaim thousands of hectares of wasteland.

When Du He got this news, he was also very happy in his heart, there were more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land, and if the wind and rain were smooth in the coming year, the certainty of conquering Xue Yantuo would be greater.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Du He began to study the technique of sword integration.

Only then did he realize that it was not easy to study a new skill. The unity of swords and swords is not as easy as he imagined, this truth is like drawing a square with the left hand and a circle with the right hand, drawing one with one hand is naturally easy, but it is difficult to draw with both hands at the same time. Just like he is now, it is easy to kill the enemy with a left sword and a right sword, but when the sword is used together, it will be chaotic and become chaotic, but it is not as powerful as a single sword against the enemy.

He couldn't figure it out for a while, and while hesitating, he thought of Zhou Zhenwei in his heart.

Zhou Zhenwei's experience is the same as his.

However, on the contrary, Zhou Zhenwei likes swords and does not like swords, but he is in a family of swords, and the "Zhou Gong Kuai Sword" handed down by the ancestor Zhou is one of the top swordsmanship in the world. In order to learn the sword, he worked hard to practice swordsmanship, and in the year of the weak crown, he defeated his father with the long sword in his hand, and traveled abroad to learn swordsmanship. Worship the world's first heroic bearded guest as a teacher, ten years later, the knife is a great success. After another ten years, he combined his swords and became a peerless master on the rivers and lakes who can be compared with bearded guests.

Zhou Zhenwei has learned swords for ten years, learned swords for ten years, and integrated swords for ten years. So, I started to study the arts.

Although Du He has lived in Datang for four or five years, some ideas of later generations have always existed. He doesn't have any idea of a portal, he asks if he doesn't understand, and he learns if he doesn't understand.

He has no intention of apprenticeship, but he has the heart to learn stunts.

Zhou Zhenwei listened to Du He's intentions, and he was also interested.

He has also been looking for successors over the years, although Li Yifeng is his most profitable disciple, and his swordsmanship is deeply inherited, but he has no interest in swordsmanship, and he cannot inherit his true mastery of left and right swords, and several other apprentices are not suitable, and he has been looking for suitable candidates all these years. It's just that the East Window incident happened, he put him in prison, and he was worried that he couldn't pass on the mastery to future generations, and Du He's appearance made his eyes light up.

Du He learned swordsmanship in later generations, and his attainments in swordsmanship were not inferior to Zhou Zhenwei, but he was inferior in swordsmanship. However, he has internal strength, a solid foundation, and a high level of understanding, and has a demon-level talent for martial arts.

Zhou Zhenwei is not one of those old stubborns who can't eat the ancients, and he doesn't have any views on the portal, he hopes that his mastery can be spread more than it is lost, and he points out Du He's skills with a try-and-see attitude.

Du He learns seriously, and Zhou Zhenwei also teaches happily.

Within a few days, Zhou Zhenwei faintly noticed that Du He had already entered, and the cooperation of his left and right hands was already in shape.

On this day, I was going to teach him something practical.

Zhou Zhenwei said: "Manpower is limited, if you want to use two things, and truly exert the power of the sword at the same time, you need to reach a realm." ”

"Realm?" Du He was puzzled.

Zhou Zhenwei nodded and said: "I call him 'nothing' in this realm, which is to maintain all the spirit in a spotless and impurity-free environment." It can also be said to forget, forget everything, forget all all the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and sorrows, have no desires, no desires, no fears, and no regrets. ”

Du He said: "I seem to understand that the human heart is like a pool of lake, if there is the slightest sound, the lake will be turbid and rippling, and it cannot reflect things: only by throwing away all distracting thoughts, can the lake return to its original pool of clear water and see the appearance of all beings." Martial arts can not be stuck in the impression of external objects, and give full play. ”

Zhou Zhenwei was stunned when he heard this, and then stroked his palms and laughed: "Yes, that's it." General Du's comprehension really surprised Zhou, Zhou always thought that my big apprentice was already a peak in understanding, and he didn't expect the general to be better. In this way, as long as you reach this realm, not only your eyes, ears, mouth and nose, but also the skin of your whole body are also in a state of high alertness, and every movement of the enemy around you, raising your sword, raising your ge, and waving your shield, the enemy's desire to move forward and retreat, even if you are out of sight, you can also know it in your chest. Even though the martial arts are the same, the effect will be different depending on the user's state of mind. The so-called warrior's heart is like this, not staying in one place, in order to see the overall situation. If the mind is attracted to something, it cannot control everything. Just as you said that you don't stay in external objects, you can use martial arts as you like, and the same is true for the unity of swords and swords. ”

These are Zhou Zhenwei's 60 years of martial arts experience, and Du He can't fully grasp it now, but he still benefits a lot.

Duhe has always felt that he is at the top of a bottle, but he doesn't know how to break through. He had discussed this matter with Xue Rengui, and Xue Rengui felt the same way as him. Each other's martial arts have reached a certain level, and it is difficult to improve, but they both feel that there is still room for improvement.

Now Zhou Zhenwei's words are like an initiation, which makes him sober up.

The level of martial arts depends not only on strength, not only on skills, but also on mood. When a person is irritable, his own ability can only be exerted half, and when a person is extremely angry, his strength will increase unreasonably.

That's the relationship of mindset.

Only by controlling your mood perfectly can you give full play to your strength.

The top of his bottle is not limited to physical quality and skills, but his state of mind, the heart of a warrior.

Only by breaking through this bottle top can he really be regarded as a master.