readx(); Xing Renju's father, formerly known as Xing Boqiu, a native of Hebei, joined the Boxers in his early years, and later met Tang Yuanhua, who was called the eight-armed Arhat in the Boxers.

Tang Yuanhua is the second batch of iron coffins that were re-excavated after a hundred years, and ancient Persian was found from them, and it was found that the Helian family was the descendant of the cast iron fairy, and took the cast iron fairy to hide the secrets of the cargo chaser.

After Tang Yuanhua found the secret, he poisoned thirty porters in his company, and later poisoned the merchants of the Western Regions and all his entourage who interpreted the ancient Persian for him, in order to protect this secret, but because of the improper use of poison, the venom invaded his body, causing great damage to his body, and he was unable to continue to look for it.

So, Tang Yuanhua decided to accept apprentices, but the rules of Zhangrong chasing the master to accept apprentices are not the same as the general chasing masters, generally speaking, only one apprentice is accepted in a lifetime, but you can accept more than one disciple, but the definition of a disciple is actually similar to a domestic servant, although he is also called a master, but the master cannot teach the disciples in person, the disciples need to see with their eyes and listen with their ears in their daily life, and they must be self-taught.

At that time, there was a Boxer Rebellion, and the rise of the Boxer Rebellion, there were different opinions, some said that it originated from the White Lotus Sect, some said that it originated from the Great Dao Society, and some said that it originated from the Jianghu Sect, so at that time, many capable people and strangers participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and Tang Yuanhua also took the identity of the Broken Golden Gate to join the Hebei Boxer Rebellion with a group of disciples.

At that time, Xing Boqiu participated in the Boxer Rebellion, completely to learn boxing, his ancestors were all filial piety for five generations, the treasure protector, but when it was his turn to be his generation, his father died early due to illness, just told him what he needed to do, but he was not taught what he should have been taught, so Xing Boqiu could only go to the Boxer to find his father's junior brother, hoping to learn a martial arts and go back to fulfill his duties as a treasure protector.

But what Xing Boqiu never expected was that his father's junior brother was killed by a foreign gun in a battle, and before he died, he left him a set of Xingyi boxing for him to learn by himself.

Xing Boqiu practiced hard every day according to the teachings on the boxing book, but there were also many things he didn't understand, even if he sought help from other masters who knew Xingyi Boxing, those people only gave simple instructions and did not teach the real thing, which is also the main reason why Chinese martial arts have gradually declined for thousands of years and almost disappeared later.

Xing Boqiu met Tang Yuanhua at this time, and the reason why Tang Yuanhua noticed Xing Boqiu was because he found that although this kid had a boxing book in his hands, in the process of self-study, he began to make up for some defects in Xingyi Boxing by himself, and changed some routines to be more practical, coupled with the situation of the Boxers at that time, Xing Boqiu did not stick to only using eighteen kinds of weapons, but transformed the routines in the boxing book into routines that could be used by other "weapons", even if it was a bench, it could become a weapon with great lethality in his hands.

One day, Tang Yuanhua watched Xing Boqiu practice boxing in the courtyard, and after watching him practice for a morning, Tang Yuanhua just smiled and shook his head and left, Xing Boqiu wondered, stepped forward to stop Tang Yuanhua with his fist, and asked: "This master, please advise." ”

Tang Yuanhua didn't have to look at Xing Boqiu squarely, but just asked, "What does it mean to teach?" ”

Xing Boqiu said modestly: "Please also ask the master to give me a lesson or two, the juniors really don't understand why the laughter was before?" The younger generation understands in their hearts that I have not learned my boxing skills. ”

Tang Yuanhua finally raised his eyes to look at Xing Boqiu, and said: "Okay, let's compete once, I only use one move, if you can catch it, I will advise, if you can not only catch it, but also fight back, then you can teach me anything." ”

Xing Boqiu was overjoyed, this was the first time he had been in the Boxer for so long, and the first time he heard someone say this, he immediately retreated to his original position, bowed with his fists, and pulled out of his stance.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Yuanhua raised his hand, his disciple took out a short foreign gun from his baggage and handed it over.

Xing Boqiu was immediately dumbfounded when he saw the muzzle of the black hole.

Tang Yuanhua raised his head and said, "What?" To fight or not to fight? ”

Xing Boqiu shook his head: "If you don't fight, no matter how strong I am, I can't be faster than the lead bullet of a foreign gun, aren't you the same?" ”

"That's good!" Xing Boqiu threw the foreign gun to Tang Yuanhua, "You use the foreign gun, I use my fists and feet." ”

Xing Boqiu took the foreign gun and shook his head: "Still don't fight." ”

Tang Yuanhua asked, "Why?" ”

Xing Boqiu raised the foreign gun and said: "If you dare to give me the foreign gun, it means that this gun can't be used, I'm not so stupid." ”

Tang Yuanhua finally smiled: "You can be taught, it seems that you are one of the few sober people, you know that no matter how high your kung fu is, you can't stop the lead bullet of a foreign gun, and you also know how to see through the enemy's tricks, of course, you still have a little more to learn." ”

"What?" Xing Boqiu didn't understand the meaning of Tang Yuanhua's last sentence, Tang Yuanhua stretched out his hand and motioned for Xing Boqiu to return the foreign gun to him.

When Tang Yuanhua got the foreign gun again, he pulled the trigger on the small tree next to him, the gun rang out, and the small tree broke off in response.

Xing Boqiu was dumbfounded again, Tang Yuanhua smiled and said: "You have to remember, the road is one foot high, the demon is one foot high, everything has a game within a game, a plan in a plan, if I want to kill you, you will already be dead." ”

Xing Boqiu immediately understood, and knelt down: "Please accept me as an apprentice." ”

Tang Yuanhua sighed: "I can accept you as an apprentice, but the first condition is to leave the Boxer Rebellion and become a traitor, are you willing?" ”

Xing Boqiu was silent for a long time and nodded.

Tang Yuanhua asked again: "Are you really not afraid of being a traitor?" ”

Xing Boqiu said: "You are not a foreigner, I worship you as a teacher, what kind of traitor are you?" I just don't want to waste my time staying here. ”

"How?" Tang Yuanhua stood there, expecting Xing Boqiu's answer.

Xing Boqiu said: "No matter how fast the fists and feet are, they can't be as fast as the foreigners' bullets, the most important thing is that we are always just being used by the imperial court, let's not say whether we can really defeat the foreigners, whether it is necessary to fight with the foreigners at this time, even if we win the foreigners, the final result is just to be exterminated by the imperial court as a thief, I don't want to be killed by the foreigner's bullets, let alone be put on the hat of an anti-thief by the imperial court." ”

Tang Yuanhua nodded with satisfaction: "Great, I finally met a really sober person here." ”

From that day on, Xing Boqiu officially became Tang Yuanhua's big apprentice.

But Xing Boqiu knew in his heart that Tang Yuanhua alone might not be able to complete the task after that, because he had acted alone before, and there was no one to help, which was too difficult, so he pondered accepting another disciple, although there are so many people in the whole of China, but it is more difficult to meet the right person than to ascend to the sky.

And this disciple must not only be as sober as Xing Boqiu, but also smarter and more cunning than Xing Boqiu, and he must be good at finding out the news, because in terms of finding out the news, Xing Boqiu is not good at it at all.

After thinking about it, Xing Boqiu decided to focus on two sects, one was the most powerful of the civilian intelligence organizations, and the other was the beggar gang.

But it is even more difficult to recruit disciples from within the Underworld, because the people in this organization are more powerful than the Commanders of the Merchants, and they never get together, and they have no fixed dwelling, so they have to give up.

So, after Tang Yuanhua left the Boxer Rebellion, he took Xing Boqiu all the way south to the Jiangnan region, which was relatively rich at that time, to try his luck, and even let Xing Boqiu find a way to blend into the beggar gang.

Xing Boqiu tried his best in Hangzhou, inquired around, and finally found the rudder of the beggar gang in Hangzhou, and after being introduced, he worshiped the rudder and joined the beggar gang, when Xing Boqiu happily went back to find Tang Yuanhua, Tang Yuanhua listened to his narration, and just said coldly: "You have been deceived." ”

Xing Boqiu was surprised: "Why? ”

"The beggar gang never accepts people who are not down-and-out, and they will not take a person they just met to divide the rudder for no reason, this is the rule of the rivers and lakes, you are still too immature." Tang Yuanhua thought for a while, "Let me ask you, what is the name of the person who took you to the rudder?" ”

Xing Boqiu said: "He claims to be Zhang Molu. ”

"What does it look like?" Tang Yuanhua asked again.

Xing Boqiu recalled for a while and described Zhang Molu's appearance, and from his description, Tang Yuanhua could tell that this was a middle-aged man with a mediocre appearance and an age of about forty.

Tang Yuanhua thought for a while and asked, "In this way, you say that I am your uncle, and I want to invite him to drink, you let him come, and I will set up a table of wine in Hejulou." ”

Xing Boqiu realized that there was a problem in this, and also understood that Tang Yuanhua reminded him in his words that this Zhang Molu was probably not so simple, maybe he had other plans, so according to the instructions, he went to Zhang Molu and told him that his uncle invited him to drink, Zhang Molu immediately promised, and he made an appointment to Hejulou that night.

When Zhang Molu arrived at the restaurant, Tang Yuanhua looked at his face, and immediately smiled, the deep meaning in his smile, Zhang Molu also understood, and he didn't sit down, he stood in front of Tang Yuanhua and hugged his fists and said: "Senior, it's me Zhang Molu who has no eyes and no beads, and I have offended, please forgive me." ”

After speaking, Zhang Molu turned around and left the restaurant, Xing Boqiu was very puzzled next to him, and asked, "Master, what is going on?" ”

Tang Yuanhua poured himself a glass of wine: "This person may be a disciple of the Beggar Gang, but he should belong to the lowest level, he should have been a charlatan before, but he is also a sensible charlatan who knows how to advance and retreat, and he can also disguise himself." ”

"Transfiguration?" Xing Boqiu didn't know why, "But he didn't change his face?" ”

Tang Yuanhua smiled: "Think about it carefully, how many times have you seen him?" ”

Xing Boqiu calculated: "With this time, there are five times in total." ”

"Five times, do you think he's all the same?" Tang Yuanhua asked again.

Xing Boqiu recalled carefully: "It's just that the dress is different, and there is no change in the face." ”

"Yes." Tang Yuanhua said, "You didn't observe carefully, when I asked you in the morning, when Zhang Molu looked like, you said it in detail, you can recall it carefully now, what is the difference between seeing him in the morning and seeing him now." ”

Xing Boqiu thought about it carefully and said: "The cheekbones are higher, the ears are rounder, the hair is less, the eyes are more convex, and the walking posture is also different. ”

"That's right, he is gradually diluting his image in your heart, instead of changing it instantly, if you drastically change your appearance, on the contrary, you will be recognized, so step by step to gradually change, in the end, you can't remember what he looks like at all." Tang Yuanhua drank a glass of wine and said, "This is what is called 'Nian Yang' in the northern deception, that is, the meaning of using words to talk to others, confusing others, and then setting up a chain of deception, Zhang Molu is called 'slippery' in the north, which is a kind of high-level deception." ”

Xing Boqiu realized that he was in the middle of the scheme, but he had tried and investigated many times, and he didn't find any problems with the other party, he really didn't understand how they targeted him and how to set up a game.

Tang Yuanhua explained, Nian Yang does evil mostly by the chain bureau, it is a gang, this group of people will be scattered in a certain place, in the crowd to observe the people with oil and water, after Xing Boqiu came to Hangzhou, four dozen beggar gangs, they must have been targeted, plus Xing Boqiu has three meals a day, and the money is stable, plus the inn where he lives is also considered to be better in Hangzhou, so they believe that Xing Boqiu must have oil and water to fish, so they deliberately pretended to be a beggar and acted on the street to attract Xing Boqiu's attention.

Of course, the drama used is "the beggar gang to save the orphan girl", first let a woman pretend to sell herself, and then let the accomplice pretend to be a bully to deceive the woman, at this time pretending to be an accomplice of the beggar gang disciples, that is, Zhang Molu came to the rescue again, and fought with those bullies, and finally when the bully called for manpower, Zhang Molu claimed that he was a disciple of the beggar gang, so that the bully pretended to know that it was difficult to retreat, and further made the onlookers Xing Boqiu believe that Zhang Molu was indeed a disciple of the beggar gang.

Then, Zhang Molu began to do something similar to what the beggar gang disciples would do, go to some places where the beggar gang disciples might go, and even pretend to be mysterious, during this period, Zhang Molu had already changed his appearance once, but it would still be recognized by Xing Boqiu.

After going back and forth, Xing Boqiu finally took the initiative to find Zhang Molu and said his request, in fact, at this time, Xing Boqiu also told a story and reason for joining the beggar gang according to Tang Yuanhua's teaching, and let Zhang Molu introduce him.

Zhang Molu said that it was not that simple, but in this process, he continued to gradually change his appearance, and he did not cheat money, until he brought Xing Boqiu to join the so-called beggar gang.

Xing Boqiu asked puzzledly, "Then how will he lie to me?" ”

"According to my speculation, they should be going to deceive you with charlatanism." Tang Yuanhua thought for a while, and said, "This bureau will be very big, and the time will be very long, let you try to fully believe that he is a good person, your brother, and even play a scene to save you a few times, and then at a critical moment, say that he is in trouble and needs money to rescue, and the money must be a large sum, if you can take it out, it's okay, if you can't take it, they may set up another bureau, drag you into the bureau, and use you to deceive others. ”

Xing Boqiu nodded: "Master, then why didn't he change his face at the beginning, and wait until he was done deceiving me, and then take off his disguise, so that I can't recognize who he is?" ”

Tang Yuanhua explained: "There is a trouble with the disguise technique, that is, it is very troublesome to make a mask, and at the same time, the various potions used are toxins, which will damage themselves, they have a long layout time, if you hang that kind of mask for a long time, you will be slowly poisoned and die, in addition, he changes his appearance little by little, and in the end, when his face is completely changed, what you can remember is his last face, and you can't remember, when he first knew you, that real face, this is also the cleverness of this deception, The same goes for others in his accomplices. ”

Xing Boqiu suddenly realized: "Then what now?" ”

"Go after him, he should be out of the city, after the slider is recognized, he will definitely not stay in the place where the bureau is set up, he will definitely leave Hangzhou, they are superstitious, they think that the bureau is broken, and they have to go to the east, that is, the direction of the rising sun, commonly known as the sun." Tang Yuanhua motioned to his disciple and poured himself a cup of tea, "After you catch up with him, don't say anything, fight with him, if his kung fu is above you, you apologize and let him go, if it's you, you bring him back, I will accept him as an apprentice." ”

At this time, Xing Boqiu didn't understand why he let Zhang Molu go if he lost, but he had to stay if he won the battle?

Tang Yuanhua meant to do this because he wanted them to make up for each other and restrain each other.

Tang Yuanhua believes that his apprentices must first be sober-minded, be able to recognize the situation clearly, and will not blindly follow those non-governmental organizations to coax, let alone join a certain religious group because of a few words, which is extremely stupid in his opinion.

Secondly, Xing Boqiu is talented in martial arts, and he is honest and honest, but he is not smart, so his second disciple can at best have self-defense skills, but his mind must be smart, so that in the future career, the two brothers will not have infighting, and long-term cooperation will make them inseparable from each other.

Only in this way can these two people be twisted into a rope that will not be easily broken, allowing outsiders to take advantage of it, and at the same time, it can also make the two brothers more loyal to themselves and not betray themselves.

Xing Boqiu chased all the way out of Hangzhou City, and finally found Zhang Molu, who was resting there and still scarred, by a small river outside the east of Hangzhou.

Zhang Molu saw Xing Boqiu chasing after him, and asked him: "Are you here to kill me?" Your uncle has said he'll let me go! ”

Seeing that he was injured, Xing Boqiu thought for a while and asked, "Are your accomplices going to kill him?" ”

Zhang Molu shook his head: "They won't kill me, they just beat me according to the rules, that's all, the rules are the rules, you and your uncle also have to talk about the rules." ”

Seeing that Zhang Molu's life was not in danger, Xing Boqiu didn't say a word, jumped over the river, and fought with Zhang Molu.

In less than twenty rounds, Zhang Molu fell into the wind, but Xing Boqiu actually only used less than fifty percent of his strength, if he used ten percent, it is estimated that Zhang Molu would not be able to last three rounds at all, and he might be beaten to death by Xing Boqiu.

After Xing Boqiu restrained Zhang Molu, he directly knocked him unconscious, and carried Zhang Molu back to Heju Building.

When he returned to Hejulou, after Xing Boqiu released Zhang Molu, Tang Yuanhua patted his face: "Don't pretend, wake up, I'll ask you, are you willing to be my apprentice, follow me from now on, don't do evil again." ”

Zhang Molu turned over, didn't speak, took the dishes and chopsticks, and began to eat.