Chapter 18: Apprenticeship
In the next few days, in addition to learning martial arts with Lu Bu and Zhang Liao every day, Ao Lie and Cai Yan asked Ueda Chou and his wife to go to the market together. It can be said that it is the most leisurely and comfortable time since I was reborn. In the past few days, the relationship between Ao Lie and Cai Yan has also heated up sharply, limited to the fact that the two are still young, so it is impossible to make any too intimate moves, but between each other, it has reached a real lingering that is not seen for a day.
On this day, Ao Lie and Cai Yan ran out to play alone, enjoying the scenery on the street while saying some considerate words. Ao Lie suddenly had a straight face, but he said with nonsense: "Lady, you see that there are children who sell clothes and hats over there, why don't we go and buy a few for future use." Cai Yan was stunned at first, and then blushed and said, "It's not serious!" Even the relatives have not yet decided, so I want to buy children's clothes and hats, where do you still have a little bit of the vanguard of the army? ”
Ao Lieha laughed a few times, and continued to tease Cai Yan: "Lady, if your husband and I are like on the battlefield every day, do you still dare to sleep next to someone?" Cai Yan was ashamed, stomped his feet and said: "You, if you are bullying me, I, I will ignore you for half a day, no, a day!" ”
Just as the two were laughing and playing, a sergeant ran over quickly and saluted Ao Lie with a fist: "Young General, Lord Taishou has returned from his class, and the advance troops have entered the city." Ao Lie put away his playful look and asked the sergeant who came to report the news, "Is my father safe all the way?" The sergeant replied, "Don't worry, the young general, Lord Taishou has a safe journey." ”
Ao Lie nodded and said to Cai Yan: "Yan'er, you go back to the house first, and go out of the city to meet your father." Cai Yan agreed softly. Ao Lie instructed the sergeant, "You escort the young grandmother back to the house first." The sergeant hurriedly nodded yes.
Bidding farewell to Cai Yan, Ao Lie rode his horse to the city gate and saw that Liu Yu's army had arrived not far from the city gate. Ao Lie hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and stood aside respectfully, waiting for his father. His own sergeant stepped forward and helped Ao Lie hold the reins of the snow dragon horse in the night and followed behind Ao Lie.
A moment later, Ao Lie saw his father's figure. At this moment, Liu Yu was dressed in military uniform, riding on a tall horse, and commanding the army into the city. From time to time, he whispered to an old man beside him, and the two occasionally let out a burst of laughter. Approaching the city gate, Liu Yu immediately saw Ao Lie's figure, stopped his horse, pointed at Ao Lie with a horsewhip, Liu Yu asked loudly: "Look, who is that?" The soldiers who followed Liu Yu into the city saw Ao Lie standing with his hands down in the direction Liu Yu pointed, and immediately shouted eagerly: "Pioneer general! Vanguard General!! ”
Liu Yu responded loudly: "Not bad! He is the vanguard general of my army! He is the young hero who killed the Xiongnu Zuoxian King! However, he didn't do enough! Far from enough! Ao Lie, out of the ranks! ”
Ao Lie heard his father's call, stood in front of the queue with his chest straight, and replied loudly: "The last general Ao Lie, see Taishou!" Liu Yu asked in a deep voice: "Pioneer General, what do you think you should do to be an excellent Han general?" Ao Lie shouted without thinking: "For the generals, you should follow the example of Huo Hussar and expand the territory for my Han Dynasty!" Liu Yu nodded slightly, and then asked, "What do you say, how to expand the territory?" Ao Lie replied again: "We should also follow the example of Huo Hussar, so that the Huns will not have a good life, and the wives will have no color!" ”
"Hahaha, good ambition, good ambition!" The old man who followed Liu Yu's side, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu said with a smile.
Ao Lie glanced sideways at the old man, and was suddenly a little confused, isn't this the old man who sat on the stone bridge to block him on his way back to the army a few days ago? How could you be with your father?
Liu Yu raised his horsewhip and whipped it in the air, raised his head and said, "Not bad! As elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty, guarding the border, we want to fight against the Huns, so that the Huns will not have a good life, and the wives will have no color! Thousands of sergeants followed and shouted: "Let the Huns have no rest in the six animals, and the wives have no color!" ”
After the shouting of the army stopped, Liu Yu waved his hand and shouted: "Enter the city!" The onlookers on both sides of the road have been inspired by the dialogue between Liu Yu's father and son and the chanting of thousands of soldiers. Men, women, and children all clenched their fists and shouted one after another.
"The Han army is mighty!"
"Liu Taishou is mighty, and the major general is mighty!"
"Everyone is very fortunate to have such a big man!"
Amid a cheer, Liu Yu led the army into the city. On the same day, a celebration banquet was held in the Taishou Mansion, and Liu Yu announced the rewards for the soldiers in public. Among them, Ao Lie, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, who had made great contributions, because of their great achievements, Liu Yu could not reward them with official positions without authorization, so he wrote to the court to ask for merit for the three of them.
At the celebration banquet, Liu Yu called Ao Lie to his side, pointed to the old man who was sitting on the side and entered the city with Liu Yu and said, "Lie'er, do you know Lu Dao, who is this?" Ao Lie first nodded, then shook his head, and then said: "The child met this old man on the way back to the army a few days ago, but he never asked the old man for his name. The old man smiled and said: "The old man's name is Wang Ao, and he recently followed the precedent of Zhang Liang, the public of Huangshi, and deliberately tested the young general, and I hope the young general will forgive me." ”
Test? Zhang liang? Huangshi Gong? What's going on? Zhang Liang is an important minister of the founding of the Han Dynasty, and Ao Lie is also very familiar with Zhang Liang's apprenticeship. When Zhang Liang had not yet taken refuge in Gaozu Liu Bang, he once met an old man named Huang Shigong on a bridge, who deliberately threw his shoes under the bridge and asked Zhang Liang to retrieve them. Zhang Liang obediently helped Huang Shigong pick up the shoes, but Huang Shigong threw the shoes under the bridge again and asked Zhang Liang to pick them up again. Three times in a row, Zhang Liang helped Huang Shigong retrieve his shoes without complaint. After the most Huangshi Gong accepted Zhang Liang as an apprentice, and taught Zhang Liang the "Taigong Art of War", Zhang Liang relied on the "Taigong Art of War" learned from the Huangshi Gong, to help Gaozu Liu Bang to set the world, and was later named the prime minister by Gaozu Liu Bang, a very human minister.
Suddenly, Ao Lie felt a burst of shock. Although the Han Dynasty is now declining, but not everyone dares to compare themselves to Huang Shigong, the master of the founding prime minister Zhang Liang, could it be that he inadvertently met another great power? He turned his head to look at his father with great effort, but saw that Liu Yu's face was full of unconcealable pride at the moment: "Lie'er, this is the world-famous spear god in the past, Wang Ao Ancestor." A few days ago, Wang Ao Ancestor came to our army and said that he intended to accept you as an apprentice, which is your blessing, why don't you hurry up and meet the master? "Gun God? The gun god in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, isn't it Zhao Yun's master Tong Yuan? Why did you become Wang Ao Ancestor now?
Ao Lie was confused, and couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the old man if he can recognize Youzhou Tong Yuan?" Wang Ao and Liu Yu glanced at each other, and they both laughed. Wang Ao Ancestor smiled and said to Ao Lie: "You kid, do you think that my name as a spear god does not live up to my name?" Everyone in the world knows that the gun god is Youzhou Tongyuan, so you will say something to tempt the old man?" Ao Lie replied without changing his face: "As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose their masters, teachers choose apprentices, and apprentices also choose teachers." Liu Yu laughed and said to Ao Lie: "Lie'er, what you think is wrong. Now the world-famous spear prodigy Yuan is the younger brother of Wang Ao Laozu, one thing, you must know that the martial arts of the gun prodigy Yuan are all taught by Wang Ao's ancestor. Wang Ao's ancestor lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests 20 years ago, so his reputation is not obvious now. ”
Wang Ao stopped laughing and looked at Ao Lie seriously: "Senior Brother Tong Yuan's martial arts were taught by me instead of my master, but the marksmanship practiced by the two of us is not the same. Don't talk about this, the old man asks you, now, are you willing to worship the old man as a teacher? "Holy. Ao Lie secretly thought in his heart, it turned out that this person in front of him was the senior brother of the spear prodigy Yuan, or the kind who taught the art on behalf of the teacher. It's really luck that can't be stopped, I didn't expect that because of my momentary kindness, I actually got such a bullish master, is this the rhythm of spending two dollars to buy a lottery ticket and winning a five-million jackpot?
At that moment, Ao Lie did not hesitate, took two steps forward and knelt in front of Wang Ao Ancestor, and said respectfully: "Apprentice Ao Lie, please meet the master, please forgive the apprentice for the rude just now." Wang Ao Lao Zu was full of joy and said with a smile: "There is nothing rude, it is too late for the old man to rejoice." ”
Liu Yu saw that the master and apprentice were happy, and hurriedly ordered the attendants around him: "Quick, serve tea, and let Lie'er pay a big salute to the master." The attendant hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to Ao Lie. Ao Lie raised the teacup with both hands, respectfully handed it to Wang Ao and said, "Please drink tea, Master." ”
Wang Ao Old Ancestor put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "There are originally a few rules for entering my door. A few days ago, the old man tested you, and the old man is still very satisfied with your character, but there is one thing, you must keep it in mind, you must not kill each other with the same brother, otherwise, the old man will definitely abolish your martial arts with his own hands and expel you from the division. ”
Ao Lie thought in his heart: "In the previous life of Wudang Mountain, I already knew this rule. He replied, "Remember the teachings of the master. Wang Ao Lao Zu smiled again, reached out and took the tea cup in Ao Lie's hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip, and then said, "Get up." In a word, it shows that he has officially accepted Ao Lie as a disciple.
In the following days, Ao Lie said goodbye to a comfortable life. Without him, it's just because Ao Lie has a very strict teacher. Every morning, before dawn, Wang Ao Laozu asked Ao Lie to run more than 30 miles on foot to a river in the suburbs, and then let Ao Lie dive to the bottom of the river with a big stone weighing dozens of pounds, and then float up from the bottom of the river, and did it ten times in a row. After that, the master and apprentice took advantage of the rising sun, climbed the highest mountain in Jiuyuan County, and practiced the method of tuna under the rising sun, Ao Lie told Wang Ao Lao Zu about his practice of Wuji Jiuyang Gong, Wang Ao Lao Zu after seeing Wuji Jiuyang Gong, praised Ao Lie's master Ziguang Sanren in his previous life, so in the time of the rising sun every day, Ao Lie can practice Wuji Jiuyang Gong by himself.
After that, under the teaching of Wang Ao Laozu, Ao Lie practiced the marksmanship on which he became famous - Bagua Swimming Dragon Spear on the mountain peak. This is the most difficult time of the day, because Wang Ao Lao Zu adheres to the concept of strict teachers and high apprentices, and every time he teaches marksmanship, it is taught through actual combat, compared with Wang Ao Lao Zu, who has been immersed in gunplay for decades, Ao Lie's use of marksmanship is undoubtedly still in the adolescent stage, although Ao Lie's concept is already at the level of giants. Therefore, Ao Lie was often beaten to the ground by Wang Ao Lao Zu mercilessly.
When it was almost noon, the master and apprentice returned to the county guard's mansion, Wang Ao Laozu would soak a vat of herbs with his own hands, and then let Ao Lie jump into the vat naked, and then light a fire at the bottom of the vat in a "cruel" way, so that the medicinal properties of the herbs could drill into his body along Ao Lie's pores. It wasn't until Ao Lie was almost cooked that Wang Ao Ancestor would stop. After boiling water and herbs, it was finally time for lunch, Ao Lie looked forward to a morning of free time, but was also ruthlessly deprived by Wang Ao Laozu, lunch must be in accordance with the medicinal diet prepared by Wang Ao Laozu, and can not sit during meals, but is replaced by Zamabu.
After lunch, the master and apprentice would practice the method of breathing under the scorching sun for an hour. After that, Wang Ao Laozu gave Ao Lie a little easy thing to do, that is, to practice the art of war. Wang Ao Lao Zu explained to Ao Lie various art of war, the way of training and the art of arranging and breaking the formation since ancient times, of course, in this process, Ao Lie will not sit and listen, still use Zama step to replace, this process will last for an hour. Let Ao Lie pay a huge amount of physical strength while running his brain rapidly.
The next hour was a period of free practice that Wang Ao Lao Zu specially set aside for Ao Lie. Originally, there was no such time in Wang Ao Laozu's planning, but since Wang Ao Laozu knew that Ao Lie would integrate and refine the Tai Chi marksmanship taught by his master Ziguang Sanren in his previous life with the eighteen slashes taught by Lu Bu in this life, and finally combined the two marksmanship into one, and created a Tai Chi eighteen slash marksmanship, Wang Ao Laozu changed his mind, so he set aside this hour for Ao Lie, so that Ao Lie could comprehend the Bagua Youlong marksmanship by himself, and try to integrate with the Tai Chi Eighteen Slashes again. In the words of Wang Ao Laozu, the moves that the master gave to the apprentice were all comprehended by the master, and only the moves that the apprentice comprehended by himself were the apprentice's own. This statement also surprised Ao Lie, this is completely the best interpretation of teaching according to aptitude in later generations!
At this hour when Ao Lie comprehended on his own, Wang Ao Lao Zu was not idle, and would go to the military academy to instruct Lu Bu and Zhang Liao on their martial arts. The martial arts of these two people are also becoming more and more sophisticated. At the same time, it also made Lu Bu and Zhang Liao admire Wang Ao Ancestor more and more. There is also one point to be mentioned here, Xiang Lu Bu, a person with amazing talent and strong physical fitness, I am afraid that there will be no second one in the world, so Ao Lie has no way to teach the Nine Transformations Heavenly Dragon Technique to Zhang Liao, so he has to take out a very popular set of eight-stage Jin refining method in later generations and hand it to Zhang Liao, so that he can practice it on his own.
When it was time for dinner, he was still walking on his horse, eating the medicinal food that Wang Ao Lao Zu had tailored for himself, and Ao Lie accepted it all painfully and happily.
After dinner, at dusk, Wang Ao Laozu began to train Ao Lie's riding and archery skills again, under the dazzling afterglow of the sunset, Ao Lie faced the sunset, pulled out the hard bow in his hand again and again, and shot sharp arrows. Once you miss the shot, you will immediately be shot by Wang Ao Laozu, no arrow shaft, although there is no arrow, but if you shoot on the body, it will also hurt very much! As a result, Ao Lie had to shoot arrows while dodging the cold arrows shot by Wang Ao Laozu, so Ao Lie not only had a great increase in his ability to shoot arrows on horseback, but also had great progress in dodging hidden arrows.
At night, in Ao Lie's own small courtyard, Wang Ao Lao Zu would train Ao Lie to hear and distinguish the position of the night combat skills, and the master and apprentice would hold bows and arrows, of course, the kind without arrows, or blunt instruments such as stones and scabbards that could not cause damage to the body, and shoot at each other. As a result, it was often Wang Ao Laozu who received one or two blows at most, but Ao Lie was beaten into a sieve.
After the night battle of listening to the sound and distinguishing the position, Ao Lie's pain is not over, and Wang Ao Lao Zu will let Ao Lie jump into the vat again and enjoy the treatment of boiling water and herbs.
When all this was over, it was already the dead of night, and Ao Lie was able to drag his tired body, crawl to the bed like a dead dog, and enjoy the rare three hours of rest of the day in a comatose unconscious.
PS: Hometown customs, the ninetieth birthday on the ninth day of the first month, so Da Kun Ao rushed out two chapters in the middle of the night and hurriedly sent them out.