Wine and cigarettes must be good friends of men, especially when the Spring Festival is about to usher, it seems that the taste of cigarettes and alcohol has also become stronger.

I am a native of Wanzhou, of course, when I was born, it still belonged to Sichuan, and Wanzhou at that time was still called Wanxian City, but this is a county and a city, and it is very awkward to shout in the mouth, so people at that time called this place Wanxian.

I put one foot on the arm of the sofa, picked up the half-drunk bottle of Shancheng beer, and said while swiping my mobile phone: "The current New Year's flavor is not as good as before, I think that back then, the family wrote Spring Festival couplets, filled sausages, made new clothes, did New Year's goods, and set off firecrackers, which was to make the New Year lively." You see, it's like the two of us now, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, brushing the circle of friends in our hands, and clicking a few likes is even if it is the New Year! The more he talked, the more he felt panicked, so he simply took a big sip of beer and threw his phone aside.

Tang Zhenguo was wearing his slightly smaller home clothes, still staring intently at his phone, taking a puff of cigarette in his mouth from time to time, and ignoring me.

I leaned my head on the back of the sofa, looked sideways at Tang Zhenguo and asked, "Zhenguo, you said that your hometown is from Kaixian (now Kaizhou), so will you go back for the Chinese New Year?" ”

Tang Zhenguo was still staring at his phone, just shaking his head perfunctorily.

"Hey! What are you looking at, and your eyes are about to fall into your phone? I asked impatiently.

"Look at the circle of friends yourself, many people are forwarding!"

"There are less than 30 people in my circle of friends, they are all dazzling New Year's goods, and there is nothing to see."

"Then I'll forward it, you see mine."

I picked up my phone slowly, only to see Tang Zhenguo reposting an ad that collected likes. The title is 'Red Sun Circus New Year Reward, Collect Praise and Watch for Free'.

I thought to myself: This Hongyang Circus is where Tang Zhenguo once stayed, he was still a popular star in this circus at that time, but during a performance, he accidentally made a mistake and mistakenly killed his partner with a flying knife, and his partner was his wife.

I opened this link, and the introduction inside was extremely exciting, and it seems that the Red Sun Circus has also stepped out of the shadow of a year ago and is going to shine again.

Of course, the program I pay the most attention to is the flying knife performance, and in the introduction, it really made my eyes light up. This new flying knife hand claims to be a disciple of the Tang Sect, and the flying knife stunt inherits the secret technique of the Tang Sect, and there is no false hair.

I know this Sichuan Tangmen very well, because I am obsessed with traditional Chinese martial arts, which is also an important reason for me to study boxing.

Most people will think that this Sichuan Tangmen only exists in martial arts novels, but I have a different opinion about Tangmen, and this Tangmen is inextricably linked with Laowan County.

The earliest mention of the Tang Sect is a non-fiction martial arts masterpiece, that is, the contemporary martial arts master, the third generation of the natural patriarch Wan Laisheng recorded in the "Martial Arts Collection": "There are also those who practice the 'five poison divine sand', which is the iron sand practiced with the five poisons, and it can be achieved in three years, and it can be achieved in the human body, that is, it is poisoned, numb all over the body, unable to move, hanging up the body skin, and the pus and blood will not stop for life, and there is no medicine to treat." Such as Sichuan Tang's sister-in-law! According to Ye Hongsheng, a contemporary martial arts literature researcher, "This sister-in-law of Tang really has her own person, that is, a native of Kaixian County, Sichuan (now Kaizhou, Chongqing)." ”

There are many historians who have researched that the Tang Gate in Shuzhong, the Tang Gate in Sichuan, and the Tang Gate in Xiajiang actually refer to the Tang family boxing in Kaixian County, Sichuan (now Kaizhou, Chongqing), which is a family of its own with boxing and bamboo darts, which has been passed down from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the present day. In my opinion, this should be the prototype of the Tang Gate.

The earliest historical records are in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. According to Li Qianlu, a disciple of the Tang family's martial arts, "Kaixian Tang Gate Examination", after Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of the eight kingdoms, entered Sichuan from Shaanxi, set up an ambush in Huangling City, Kaixian County, and annihilated the main force of the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan in one fell swoop, and then conquered Kaixian County. At that time, some of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were stationed in the area from Laoguanzui to Nanhe outside the city, and some sergeants crossed the Nanhe River to Sanzhong Village to cut sugarcane to eat, and had a quarrel with a person surnamed Tang who guarded the sugarcane forest. Although this person is a long-term worker, he is a member of the Tang Sect, he used a hoe to hook the left and the right to block, and within a few rounds he handed over the weapons of several soldiers. The sergeants who fled back from the desert were held by the commander of the army, and invited the Changgong surnamed Tang to learn martial arts. Unexpectedly, the dignified general army could not compete with the enemy. admired and recommended under the account of the Eight Kings, but this person was unwilling to join the army and leave home, so he was made a local military attaché. There is a cemetery of the martial artist in Fuhou Village, a suburb of Kaikai County (now Kaizhou), and there is a title on its tombstone.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Lingji, the acting chairman of Sichuan Province, was stationed in Wanxian County (now Wanzhou), and set up a national art museum in Wanxian County (called "Tangjiabao" in later martial arts novels), and invited Tang Xingchang, a martial artist of Tangmen in Kaixian County, and his apprentices to set up a museum in Wanxian to teach his officers martial arts. For a time, in addition to the officers and soldiers of the royal department, there were people who practiced Tangmen martial arts in all counties in eastern Sichuan, as well as in Xuanhan, Wanyuan and other northeastern Sichuan regions.

Of course, this period of history was due to the fact that Kaixian and Wanxian were both inland underdeveloped areas at that time, coupled with the influence of war and later martial arts novels, Kaixian Tangmen gradually faded out of people's sight.

So whether the Red Sun Circus is a little too exaggerated in the promotion of the knife hand, I am in a reserved attitude. At the same time, I jokingly asked Tang Zhenguo: "Zhenguo, you are also surnamed Tang, and your ancestral home is Kaixian, could it be that you are also the descendant of the Tang Sect of Kaixian?" ”

"Yes!" Tang Zhenguo's answer was very crisp and direct.

"I went, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!" I stood up in surprise and said.

Tang Zhenguo looked at me and said, "I didn't expect that you would actually know about the opening of the county Tang Gate." ”

"Now the Internet is very developed, and many partial and wild histories can be traced on the Internet."

Tang Zhenguo let out an 'um' sound, buried his head again, and stared at his phone screen.

I held my phone in my right hand, patted it on my left palm and said, "How about we go and see this circus too?" ”

"Don't go!" Tang Zhenguo's answer was very resolute.

"I don't know how this Tangmen kid compares to your flying knife skills?"

"Humph!" Tang Zhenguo's answer was contemptuous.

"Hey! The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach! ”

"You don't have to provoke me, I won't go." Tang Zhenguo's attitude is still resolute.

"I still remember that the killer said before that you were framed, I wonder if you can find the clues left a year ago in the Red Sun Circus? I can't guarantee that I can find anything for the others, and as for my detective Ouyang Jie, maybe it will be a different matter. As I spoke, I glanced at Tang Zhenguo, who was bowing his head.

Tang Zhenguo was silent for a while, and said: "Then you can give me a thumbs up, my daughter has to spend money to see a doctor, and it can save a little." ”

"Howler!"

I liked Tang Zhenguo in the circle of friends, and I found out that this collection of likes required 58 likes, I shook my head, saved all the forwards, and honestly paid for it!

On weekends, although the sky was gloomy, the people who came to watch the circus were enthusiastic and crowded, and the Peace Square was flooded.

The circus's canopy is built on the Peace Square, with the entrance in the middle and the Jizan ticket exchange office on the left, where there is already a long queue, and Tang Zhenguo is crowded in it. On the right is the ticket office, there are obviously a lot fewer people here, I can easily buy a ticket, and the ticket price is reasonable, only 30 yuan.

When I found Tang Zhenguo, it was estimated that he would have to wait in line for more than ten minutes, so I simply entered the greenhouse first.

The greenhouse is very gorgeous, full of lights, neon flashing, cheerful music echoing in the ears, and the clown is already jumping around in the stadium to warm up. I was amazed that it was a first-class circus in the area.

I sat down at random and stared at the clown with the big red mouth, and I didn't know why I thought of the big villain in Batman.

"Hey, if there is any accident in today's performance, then there will be something to see, I was at the scene when the knife accident occurred last year, and the woman was stabbed to death on the spot, which is exciting."

"For the New Year, don't talk nonsense, otherwise I'll ignore you!"

"Good daughter-in-law, good daughter-in-law, I won't say it!"

The conversation of a young couple next to me made me feel a little uncomfortable, but fortunately Tang Zhenguo didn't hear this conversation, otherwise, I don't know what he would think?

I looked sideways at the door, and coincidentally, I happened to see Tang Zhenguo looking left and right, and I didn't know if he was looking for me or looking for a seat.

I stood up and waved to him, and he quickly saw me and walked through the crowd to sit down next to me.

I didn't plan to talk to him, because others came here just to have a lively and happy life, but Tang Zhenguo probably didn't have the mood to be happy and happy. As for what I said about looking for clues here, that's also nonsense. It's been a year, what clues can be found in this kind of temporary greenhouse? Unless you have access to the members of the circus, you may be able to ask for something famous.

The two of us didn't have anything to say, he sat solemnly, as if he was coming to see a play, more like he was here to be tried.

I took out a cigarette, and before I lit it, the little girl who was talking just now patted my arm and said, "Uncle, can you not smoke?" ”

I glanced sideways at the little girl and put the cigarette back in the case. Her little boyfriend was the first to say thank you.

The lights around the stands slowly dimmed, and the lights in the center of the arena grew brighter and brighter.

The first show to appear was actually a knife show, I smiled, this circus is really good at gimmicks, ranking last year's accident show first, which made the audience worry and desire at the beginning, and instantly mobilized the audience's emotions.

Of course, it was Tang Zhenguo who was most mobilized in this emotion. I looked at him sideways, and he was still sitting upright, his eyes staring intently ahead, his fists clenched tightly, and his forehead seemed to be faintly sweat stained under the illumination of the colored lights.

I kind of regret that I tricked him into coming to see this circus.

The sexy and charming female assistant spun on the turntable, and the young and handsome knife hand threw the bright knives one by one to the female assistant.

"Bang bang bang"! The sound of the knife hitting the turntable was simply loud, and it was indeed unusual.

With a rapid sound of drums, the knifeman blindfolded himself with a black cloth, and the turntable spun faster.

The drumming stopped, and the knife left his hand, sending a cold light. "Bang"! My whole body trembled.

"Wow"! The audience applauded, and I was so excited that I stood up and applauded vigorously. Tang Zhenguo, who was on the side, was not as straight and straight as he was just now, and his hands were spread out, feeling a sense of relief.

"Wow! It's really wonderful, this flying knife technique is worthy of being a disciple of the Tang Sect, Zhenguo, it's not worse than you! I sat down and said with a smile.

Tang Zhenguo didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth raised, not knowing whether to laugh or disdain.

Then there were some taming, magic, fire and antics which, in my opinion, were much worse than the knife stunt at the beginning.

The last to come on the stage is the pillar show of the Red Sun Circus, the trapeze. Back then, it was even more famous than Tang Zhenguo's flying knife.

The performers were three young and beautiful girls, and they drew cheers from the men as soon as they appeared. The breath of youth, the graceful figure, and the peugeot face are indeed the best way to attract the attention of men. The little girl next to her was covering her little boyfriend's eyes at this time, and the two were flirting and scolding, so unhappy.

Before my eyes could be shifted to the stage, I heard a heart-rending scream, followed by screams and screams, and the scene was chaotic, and the audience sitting in front of me fled frantically.

I could see a very eerie scene, a trapeze performer hanging upside down in the air, spinning uncontrollably. Some filth erupted from her mouth.