Chapter 18: Martial Arts

Although it is autumn, the climate of Jinling is still refreshing and pleasant.

Outside the window, the birds were chirping on the branches, the fallen leaves of the treetops were falling to the ground one by one, and the little boy in the courtyard was holding on to a broom, sweeping all the fallen leaves aside.

Inside the house, Ruan Qiguang took another sip of tea, and looked at Ruan Tingge sitting by the window with a headache, the girl was smiling and looking at the birds outside the window, the autumn morning sun shined through the branches and leaves, speckled on her fair face, which looked very beautiful.

"Apprenticeship?" Ruan Qiguang shook his head categorically, "No." ”

"Why not?" Ruan Qinge turned his head to look at Ruan Qiguang, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Those who learn from good skills have been like this throughout the ages, why not?" ”

"Because you are the daughter of the Ruan family of Chen Liu County, and I am the lord of the Wangfu of Fenyang, if you recognize the guards as teachers, it will be unavoidable."

"But I have made up my mind in my heart that I must learn martial arts from them." Ruan Qinge's mouth pursed, and his eyes looked at Ruan Qiguang tightly.

Ruan Qiguang put down the teacup, his face was slightly solemn and asked, "Are you serious?" ”

Ruan Tingge nodded.

Looking at his sister's determined expression, Ruan Qiguang still took a step back, "It's definitely not possible to apprentice, but I can ask Jiang Qing Jiangbai if he can teach you a trick and a half." ”

Ruan Qingge knew that this was Ruan Qiguang's last bottom line and the result he wanted, so he happily accepted it, and said with a smile, "Then the big brother will ask earlier, and I will come back to you in the afternoon." ”

With that, she stood up and walked away.

Ruan Qiguang's face was slightly dark, and he felt as if he had fallen into Ruan Tingge's trap.

In the afternoon, Ruan Qinge met Jiang Qing and Jiang Bai.

The two brothers don't look alike, the elder brother Jiang Qing has an indifferent temperament and is taller than the younger brother.

He has a slender figure like a benchmark, a healthy complexion of wheat color, shaved eyebrows, a high nose bridge, thin but tight lips, a pair of dark eyes flashing a hint of dark green light from time to time, and a trace of cool air hidden in the world.

But Jiang Bai always had a smile on his face, and his temperament was gentle, which made people feel very close and comfortable.

Jiang Bai's clear eyes shone brightly, and he and Jiang Qing saluted Ruan Qingge together, and then asked, "I heard that the county lord wants to learn martial arts moves, I don't know if he has any foundation before?" ”

Ruan Tingge shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know anything about martial arts moves, and I have never been exposed to them. ”

She thought about it again and said, "I have read ancient books, and I have studied the internal strength and mental method by myself, and I don't know if there is anything wrong. ”

Jiang Bai's face was a little surprised, he glanced at Jiang Qing, and asked with a sense of confirmation, "Is the county lord saying that he has taught himself internal skills?" ”

Ruan Tingge nodded without changing his face.

Jiang Bai picked up a long sword from the weapon rack next to him, handed it to Ruan Qingge, and picked up a sword himself, saying, "Please hold the sword in your right hand and stab at your subordinates with the force in a posture that you feel comfortable." ”

Ruan Ting took the long sword, and when he heard the words, he clenched the hilt of the sword and stabbed straight at Jiang Bai's chest.

Seeing Ruan Tingge's undisciplined sword posture, Jiang Bai smiled, intending to casually remove the sword that Ruan Tingge stabbed over.

As soon as he touched Ruan Qingge's sword, he felt a strong force coming, and he suddenly felt bad, and immediately changed his skills and threw the long sword to his chest.

"Ding" The sound of metal colliding sounded, Ruan Qinge couldn't help but take a few steps back before standing firmly, her right hand was numb for a while, if she hadn't been holding the long sword tightly, the long sword would have fallen from her hand to the ground at this time.

She raised her sword and looked at it, and found that the end of the long sword in her hand had been broken, and a small corner was missing.

"Xiao Jiang's guard is really strong." She couldn't help but sigh.

Jiang Bai looked at Ruan Qingge's shining eyes, the roots of his ears were slightly red, and he still said honestly, "My subordinates never thought that the county lord's strength was so great, and when he took the sword just now, he was slightly negligent, and he used seventy or eighty percent of his strength in a hurry, but fortunately he didn't hurt the county lord, otherwise his subordinates would really be to blame." ”

"It's okay, Xiao Jiang's guards don't need to blame themselves." Ruan Tingge said disapprerovitically.

She shook her right hand, feeling that the numbness of her right hand had passed, so she asked, "Did Xiao Jiang's guard think about it in his heart just now?" Can I learn some suitable swordsmanship or martial arts moves from Xiao Jiang's guards? ”

Jiang Bai thought for a moment, "Please forgive the subordinates for not being able to teach the county lord the martial arts taught by the master, but the subordinates of some commonly used martial arts moves in the rivers and lakes still know a little bit about it, and I don't know if the county lord is willing to learn?" ”

Ruan Tingge nodded happily, a little eager to try, "I don't know what type of martial arts I am suitable for learning now?" ”

"I think that although the county lord has made achievements in internal strength, he has no foundation in the body method, why don't you learn the light power body method first?" Jiang Bai thought for a while, "My subordinates have a set of "Walking on the Moon", which was given by a friend, although it is not the best light skill, but it is much better than the light skill circulated among the people in the rivers and lakes, and it is especially suitable for women to study. ”

"Then I will completely follow what Guard Jiang said," Ruan Tingge's eyes curved slightly, and he looked at Jiang Bai with a glint of expectation, "I have been taught by Guard Lao Jiang." ”

Jiang Bai looked at Ruan Tingge, who was smiling with picturesque eyebrows, his eyes couldn't help but glance down slightly, and he was not too embarrassed to look at her directly, "The county lord is polite." ”

"There are 18 steps in this light exercise, and each step has 36 small steps. The county lord needs to memorize the footwork before starting the actual drill. ”

"Usually it takes more than half a month to memorize these 18 steps, and then it takes more than a month to become proficient in this light footwork. Therefore, if ordinary people want to learn this light skill initially, it will take at least two months. ”

Speaking of martial arts, Jiang Bai's face became slightly serious, and Zhengse said, "And what I mentioned above just means that ordinary people can spend two months memorizing this light skill, but to say that it really depends on personal talent." ”

"The most important thing in light work is the change of footwork and the depth of internal strength. We will not mention the depth of internal strength for the time being, but the change of footwork requires martial arts practitioners to flexibly use the footwork they have learned, and cannot just rely on rote memorization. ”

Ruan Tingge nodded slightly and asked, "Then my top priority now is to write down the footwork first?" ”

Jiang Bai's jaw headed, "Yes, when the subordinates of the meeting will hand over the "Moon Step" to the county lord, after the county lord is familiar with the footwork, he can come to his subordinates to start the actual practice." ”

Before Ruan Tingge could wait long in the martial arts training ground, Jiang Bai handed over a slightly three-finger-thick book wrapped in oilskin cloth to Ruan Tingge.

Ruan Ting singer returned to his hall with the book in his hand, opened the light skill book with some novelty, and flipped through it roughly.

The book appears to be original, not quite a new transcription, with a slightly yellowed paper and slightly torn corners.

She looked at the martial arts cheats book with gentle movements, and found that most of the content in it was pictures, with some fly-sized text attached to it, which needed to be carefully examined to see clearly.

She turned to the first page and began to memorize the contents of the book in her mind.