Chapter 50: Xiling Learning the Sword (I)
It is rumored that in the Xiling of Shu Kingdom, there are many poisonous insects and beasts, and bandits and road tyrants are rampant, but Shu'er did not see any bandits and road tyrants when he crossed Shu ten years ago, as for poisonous insects and beasts, except for the pheasants and hares in the forest and the bear's paw prints on the muddy ground, she has not even seen a poisonous snake.
Shu'er and Zhuge calmly entered the realm of Shu, only to see that the strange-shaped stone ten years ago was still in the realm of Chen Shu, but compared to ten years ago, it was not as big as Shu'er remembered. The stone is still engraved with four big red characters of "Chen Shu's Boundary", but a new line of small characters has been added at the bottom: "Shu Road is difficult, be cautious to enter Xiling, poisonous insects and beasts, bandits are rampant, look forward to the return of Jun, and fight wine and prosperity." ”
Shu'er pointed to those small words and said: "I think this is the pampered Chen Guoren's alarmist words, when I walked Xiling ten years ago, I only remember that the mountain road is winding and rugged, there are no people for hundreds of miles, and the scenery is beautiful, how can there be any poisonous insects and bandits?" ”
Zhuge smiled calmly: "Boss Yan said this, he must have been extremely lucky back then, not only invited a Shu guide who was familiar with the road, but also happened to meet the time when I took the Xiling bandits' den. ”
Shu'er was surprised: "How do you know? ”
Because the first sixteen words of these small words, every word, are all true. Boss Yan, you are also very lucky this time, you met me and entered Xiling with you, otherwise Shu is dangerous, and you may not be able to walk on the ground as last time. ”
Shu'er bowed calmly to Zhuge and deliberately said respectfully: "Then thank you Young Master Zhuge for sacrificing his life to accompany him." ”
Zhuge calmly saw that this Boss Yan looked like he was not afraid of tigers, so he reluctantly rode a donkey around the strange rock, pointed to the back of the strange stone and said, "You look at the side towards Shu, the writing is also interesting." It turned out that the back of the stone was also engraved with four large red characters, but the font was slightly different: "The boundary of Shu Chen." The next line of small characters reads: "Strange flowers and plants, peerless peaks, in the Yaowang Mountain, come back to life, go to the mortal world, Mo Nian Tiangong." ”
Shu'er smiled: "I don't know who is fighting on both sides of this big stone, but there was no one ten years ago." ”
Zhuge said calmly: "Those who dare to engrave words on this official stone must be sent by King Chen and King Shu." Three years ago, a caravan of ten people from the Chen Kingdom disappeared after entering Xiling, and even the bones were not found, and it was rumored that it was swallowed by the giant python of Yaowang Mountain. King Chen specially sent a letter of state to ask the king of Shu about this, but the king of Shu was only perfunctory, and the king of Chen was angry and wrote twenty-four words, and ordered to engrave on the stone of the boundary of Chen Shu, in order to humiliate the Shu country. The king of Shu ordered someone to extend the words of King Chen back to him, and after reading it, he also personally wrote twenty-four words to pay tribute to King Chen. ”
Shu'er sneered: "I didn't expect that two kings who had never been in touch with each other would fight on a stone. ”
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However, on the third day, the two had entered the boundary of Xiling Territory. In the Xiling, stretching and bumpy, the mountain road is winding, and the people are inaccessible, naturally there is no restaurant inn, and the two can only fish and hunt, pick wild vegetables, make a fire and barbecue, and live in a cave.
Shu'er brought the seasoning of his own restaurant, and the taste of the fish and pheasant was very outstanding, and after a few days, the red-haired little fox whose wound gradually healed was actually raised to eat Shu'er's boiled or grilled food, and ignored Zhuge calmly.
Zhuge calmly and helplessly looked at the bad fox who came to Boss Yan's feet and greedily looked up at the chicken leg in his hand, and sighed: "Boss Yan is a good cook, and he actually hooked my bad fox's stomach!" This little thing with no conscience, I worked hard to raise it since I was a child, but it turned its face and followed you without recognizing anyone! ”
Shu'er tore a piece of chicken thigh, squatted down and handed it to the little fox's mouth, looked up and looked at Zhuge calmly: "Who told Young Master Zhuge to grill fish by the ice lake that day, but he didn't give it a bite to eat, causing it to run away and meet a fierce beast in the forest again." It must have remembered that I saved it to be so affectionate to me. But Young Master Zhuge , since I accidentally kidnapped your beloved little fox, it is better to leave the errands of cooking vegetables and boiling water, plugging fish and roasting meat to me along the way. ”
"Boss Yan doesn't have to be so polite. I should thank you for helping me find the little fox and feeding it so round. Don't you want to let me show me a few swordsmanship before meeting King Shu? Why don't we finish eating and rest for a while and then begin. ”
Shu'er said happily: "Okay! ”
In the evening, Shu'er picked up the Huaiwang sword, recalled the swordsmanship taught to her by her brother Liu Jing when she was a child, and began to calmly practice for Zhuge one move at a time. She hadn't practiced for a long time, and at first she was still a little unable to show it, but later, all she could remember in her mind was the scenes when she practiced martial arts with her brother in the White Jade Palace of the Song Kingdom......
The elder brother said: "Master taught me a set of 'Liuyun Sword' of the 'Yue Ren Sword School' in Chudi today, I think it is light and smooth, soft and rigid, so I want to come back and teach you, in the future, you will practice this set of swordsmanship, it must be very good-looking." ”
The elder brother said: "Look at it, this is the 'chivalrous sword' of the country." Chivalrous swordsmanship has no way and no school, it has been spread in the patriotic people for hundreds of years, and has evolved through the evolution of folk masters in the past dynasties, and it is a kind of swordsmanship that wins the strengths of others and quickly drives away the enemy. This move is 'swimming in the dragon and playing in the water', the sword flowers are staggered, a sword is not leveled, and a sword rises again, but the emphasis is on the blazing eyes, so that as soon as the enemy sees you, he thinks that you are a martial arts master, and he is timid. ”
My brother said: "In our Song Dynasty, there is a kind of 'Pegasus Step' that specializes in training basic skills. If you practice more, the swordsmanship of the upper body will be agile in the future, and the footwork of the lower game will be able to keep up. ”
The elder brother said: "If you only learn the moves, and don't practice the basic skills diligently, it's just a fist and embroidered legs, if you really want to practice martial arts, you have to get up early in the morning, follow me to Zama Bu, stretch your muscles and bones, and ......."
Shu'er didn't learn many martial arts moves, all of them were taught to her by her brother Liu Jing. More than ten years have passed, and she can't remember the whole set of swordsmanship formulas, and many postures have been forgotten, so she has to twist and writ and pass by.
She wanted to practice the last few forms of the "Liuyun Sword" again, but she couldn't remember it anyway, so she had to hold the sword in a daze and stop. Every time she thinks of the happy days in the White Jade Palace when she was a child, Shu'er will practice the martial arts moves that Liu Jing taught her. Slowly, I don't miss it so much anymore, and I don't remember all the swordsmanship formulas. She thought that she could live more freely by forgetting, but now with the sword in her hand, she realized that the time she missed the most was when she couldn't remember it anymore.
Zhuge calmly looked at her stunned, gently took the sword in her hand, and said, "Boss Yan has learned a lot of things, and he must have not practiced for several years, and his moves are already rusty. I don't know who taught Boss Yan's kung fu? ”
Shu'er sat down on the ground and sighed: "I don't have a serious master, my brother learned it from his masters and taught it to me. He would have been disappointed to know that I had forgotten to be like this. ”