Chapter 46: Tai Chi
Xiangyang has been a prosperous place since ancient times, especially during the Southern Song Dynasty, the hero Guo Jing and his wife Huang Rong led the world's martial arts masters and beggars to guard Xiangyang, which made the city of Xiangyang extremely prosperous.
However, the Southern Song Dynasty has been weak for many years, and the Mongols are menacing, and they will lose if they defend for a long time, Xiangyang City fell after a bitter battle, and Guo Jing and Huang Rong and his wife were both martyred.
When the city was about to be lost, Guo Jing and Huang Rong asked the craftsmen to cast the "Xuantie Heavy Sword" given to the Guo family by Yang Guo and his wife into "Yitian Sword" and "Dragon Slaying Knife", and hid the instructions "Nine Yin True Scripture" and "Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending Palm" in the "Yitian Sword"; "Wu Mu's Testament" is hidden in the "Dragon Slaying Knife", leaving "Martial Arts Supreme, Treasure Sword Slaying Dragon, Command the World, Don't Dare to Disobey, Leaning on the Sky and Not Out, Who Fights!" and hope that future generations will restore the country with this.
After the fall of Xiangyang, the Mongols in order to retaliate against Guo Jing and others for defending Xiangyang, resulting in heavy losses to the Mongol army, so they launched a brutal massacre, and Xiangyang also declined, and the events of that year were also because of the Yuan Dynasty's efforts to conceal and smear for so many years, so that no one knows about the feat of the hero Guo Jing on the rivers and lakes today.
Now Ye Xuan came to the outside of Xiangyang City, looking at this once extremely brilliant Xiangyang City, where countless patriots had shed their blood and dedicated their lives, but at this moment Xiangyang looked particularly dilapidated and desolate.
"Alas!"
Ye Xuan sighed, originally after he handed over the Jiuyang Divine Skill to Zhang Sanfeng, he learned Taijiquan, and finally asked Zhang Sanfeng to resign, hoping to travel the world, when he got Zhang Sanfeng's consent, Ye Xuan hurried to Xiangyang.
Speaking of the way to Xiangyang, Ye Xuan burst into tears.
Nima! What Lu Xun said is indeed right, there is no road in this world, but the road formed by people walking a lot, Ye Xuan is deeply aware of this on the way to Xiangyang.
This ancient road condition is completely incomparable with modern times, and there is no GPS, etc., if you are not familiar with the road conditions, I am afraid you are really difficult to walk.
Along the way, Ye Xuan was looking for people to ask for directions while walking, and the road was not very peaceful during the period, you must know that this was the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was not peaceful, and the people were not happy, like those robbers who robbed homes and houses, and underground forces sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Along the way, Ye Xuan said that he encountered five or six roadblocks and robberies, but it was also considered that they were unlucky, and when they met Ye Xuan, all the kind of people who did nothing evil were sent to the underworld to play mahjong with the king of Yama.
"But where is this Bodhisattva snake?"
Ye Xuan said to himself, he only knew that this Pusqu snake was near the sword mound where Dugu was seeking defeat, but Ye Xuan really didn't know where it was.
But what is certain is that it is not far from Xiangyang, but Xiangyang City is so big and the surrounding area is wide, how to find this thing?
"Headache!"
Ye Xuan held his forehead and said with a painful face, but he still led the horse towards Xiangyang City.
At this time, the city of Xiangyang was sparsely populated, and because it was the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the life of the people was even more difficult, and even some merchants and shops in the city were closed.
Ye Xuan walked around the city for a long time before he finally found an inn restaurant that had not yet closed - Yuelai Inn!
"Hey! Guest officer, please inside. ”
As soon as Ye Xuan stepped into the Yuelai Inn, a young man wearing a cloth shirt and a shrewd appearance walked over.
"Guest officer, are you sharpening or staying in the hotel?"
The shopkeeper looked at Ye Xuan leading a horse, although Ye Xuan's face was dusty, the clothes and fabrics on his body were all fine silk, and he knew that he had met a big customer.
You must know that the world is not very peaceful now, and those who dare to come out single-handedly are either martial arts masters who are very confident in their skills, or noble sons with amazing forces behind them.
Obviously, the shopkeeper thinks Ye Xuan is the latter.
"Of course, it's a hotel."
In many movies, as soon as a guest enters those inns, the store asks you whether you are staying in the hotel, and the tip is asking you if you are temporarily resting and eating here; The hotel is asking if you want to stay here.
"Open me a good room first, then warm me a pot of good wine, and serve me a table of good food that you are good at."
As he spoke, Ye Xuan threw out a yellow and clear gold ingot from his arms and threw it to the shopkeeper.
And the shopkeeper saw that Ye Xuan actually took out such a big ingot of gold so generously, as if he saw a rare treasure, the eyes of a peerless beauty were shining, and she stared at it motionless without blinking.
"Come on! Guest officer, please. ”
But soon, the shopkeeper returned to normal, his tone was more respectful, and his body was unconsciously arched, looking flattering.
Ye Xuan handed over the horse he was holding to the shopkeeper to feed, and he found a vacant seat near the window in the Yuelai Inn and sat down slowly.
The environment in this Yuelai Inn is still very good, giving people a taste of ancient style, the only pity is that there are too few people.
The entire inn plus Ye Xuan was just a few people bustling, looking deserted.
"Guest officer, you want wine, plus a few cold dishes!"
The shopkeeper held a pot of wine and a few side dishes, and said respectfully to Ye Xuan.
"Thank you!"
"Speaking of Xiao Er, why is your inn so deserted, it seems that there are not many people!"
Ye Xuan poured himself a glass of wine, put it in his mouth and sipped it, feeling that the taste was not bad, sweet and sour, there was a feeling of drinking rice wine.
But think about it, in ancient times, distillation technology had not yet been invented, and high-grade liquor naturally did not exist, and the alcohol in ancient times was not much different from the degree of modern beer at most, but it still tasted good.
"Alas! The way of the world now, a word is messy! ”
"There are rebels everywhere, and now there are basically few in the entire Xiangyang City that are still open for business, like our Yuelai Inn is also holding on at a loss."
"But in a few days, our inn may also be closed."
The shopkeeper looked melancholy, and said with a sigh.
"Also, the Yuan Dynasty was unpopular, expropriated violently, brutalized the people, and regarded the Han people as two-legged beasts, so what use did the court want?"
Ye Xuan muttered to himself, in history, in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, only the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were ruled by foreign races, but the Qing Dynasty would find a fig leaf for itself and treat the Han people not so cruelly.
But in the Yuan Dynasty, it simply didn't treat the Han people as people.
The Yuan Dynasty divided people into four classes, the first class was naturally the Mongols, the second class was the Semu people, the third class was the Han people, and the fourth class was the Nan people.
According to the law of the Yuan Dynasty, if a Han killed a Mongol, he would be fined 40 taels of gold, but if the Mongols killed the Han Chinese, they only needed to compensate for the price of a donkey.
This is also the reason why during the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people were called two-legged beasts.
Thinking of this, Ye Xuan's heart was even more determined to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, rather than simply to complete the task of the system promulgation.
However, the most important thing at the moment is to find the sword shrine of the Bodhisattva and Dugu first.
So for the next period of time, Ye Xuan went out to look for the Bodhisattva Snake and the Sword Shrine during the day, and stayed in the Yuelai Inn in Xiangyang City at night.