Chapter 47: The Rivers and Lakes
There may be blindness, but most people are actually pretending to be blind, and behind the other party is the governor of Liangguang and the feudal officials, who would say it so unsightly?
In addition to a Wudang elder, there were three men and one woman who accompanied him behind this Xibei Gongzi.
Soon, some old disciples who had walked the rivers and lakes and seen some big scenes recognized three of them.
The only woman is as glamorous as a peach and plum, and her every move shows her mature style, and the coquettishness that inadvertently exudes between her eyebrows and eyes is also very popular, which also makes some young people in the Wudang faction look at them with dry mouths and red faces.
On the contrary, those old disciples looked solemn, and they were faintly afraid of this woman.
"Don't be fooled by her beauty, this woman's name is Zhu Tao, and the people in the rivers and lakes give her the nickname 'Zhu Yeqing', hehe! The mouth of the green bamboo snake, the tail needle of the wasp, was carefully eaten alive by her with the belt bones. ”
An old disciple lowered his voice and said, and then his eyes fell on the other three men, except for a red-robed monk who didn't know the roots, the thinner old man among the other two was Tan Jiugong, the "soul chasing leg", and the fierce man was Deng Bingkun, the "tablet opener".
Whether it is Elder Wudang, or Zhu Tao, Tan Jiugong, Deng Bingkun and others are all good players who have been famous for a long time in the rivers and lakes, and those monks can keep pace with the four of them, and they are obviously not idle people.
But these five good hands followed closely behind the prince of Na Xibei, firmly guarding her in the center like a guard, and under the leadership of an elder, they walked into the Zixiao Palace without hurrying.
"Governor of Liangguang?!"
Song Mingjing retracted his gaze and raised his eyebrows.
The position of the governor of Liangguang is not low, he is one of the nine highest-level feudal officials of the Qing court, in charge of the military and civilian affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
However, at this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still strong, and the military and political power of Liangguang was only nominally under the jurisdiction of the governor of Liangguang, but in fact there was a general of Guangzhou to supervise and balance.
The generals of Guangzhou have always been held by Manchus, and although their official rank is equal to that of the governor of Liangguang, their status is still above the latter, and the green camp and the eight banners of the whole province must be controlled by him.
The people from the Liangguang Governor's Mansion visited Wudang Mountain, and Song Mingjing could guess a few points about the reason.
This is not the real world.
In real history, no matter how skillful the martial arts are, at best, they are only ten enemies, which is already extremely rare.
Such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Lu Bu, who are heroes who cut the army and break generals, it is a rare encounter in a thousand years, and it is made up of legendary interpretation.
As for breaking into the palace at night and assassinating the king, it is all a romance novel, and it can't be true.
But in this "Fang Shiyu world", flying eaves and walking on the wall, taking one as a hundred, exploring the imperial city at night, and capturing the king and thorn dragon, all of this is not a lie, but has a great possibility.
After all, this is a martial arts world after all.
At the moment when the Qing court suppressed firearms, all kinds of strange martial arts represented the most advanced productivity and combat effectiveness in this land.
The court and the rivers and lakes have never been distinct, the boundaries between them have long been blurred, you have me, I have you.
It is impossible for the Qing court to ignore the energy of the people in the rivers and lakes, and the army of the imperial court is assembled, and thousands of troops and horses are charging in unison, which is indeed vulnerable to any master.
But there may be a few fools among the hundred people in the rivers and lakes, but most of them will not be stupid enough to go head-to-head with the army, and with the means of the good players in the rivers and lakes, once they intentionally hide, it is a needle in a haystack, even if the power of the court is mobilized, it is difficult to track down.
Even if it is finally captured, the manpower and material resources consumed in this often outweigh the losses.
For this reason, the Qing court's attitude towards the forces in the rivers and lakes became ambiguous, and it was changed to suppression, division, co-optation and inducement.
Bai Mei also defected to the Qing court in this situation, he needed to use the power of the Qing court to confront Shaolin, and the Qing court also needed the name of the Wudang faction to clamp down and suppress the rebellious Jianghu forces.
The two hit it off, and over the years, many of the disciples of the Wudang faction have joined the Qing court, or have been the guards of dignitaries, a typical example is that Li Bashan became the commander of the guards of the scholar Chen Wenyao, or served as a military officer - although there are not many people who sit in high positions, but the Wudang faction is also rooted in the Qing court system.
The arrival of the Liangguang Governor's Mansion opened up new ideas for Song Mingjing.
This is the "Fang Shiyu world", but it is not just Fang Shiyu, Fang Shiyu's story is just a small fragment of this sky, why should he limit his eyes to Wudang, Shaolin, this acre and three points of land?
The most useful thing for him in this world is undoubtedly the martial arts of various sects, but if he uses the power of one person to sneak and abduct, how can he control a big force quickly?
After about a stick of incense, a long-bearded elder hurriedly walked out of the Zixiao Palace, shouted and ordered many disciples to gather to the martial arts training ground, and said: "Sun Gongzi of the Governor's Mansion has come to my Wudang Mountain, and intends to select some disciples from the sect to serve as guards, and the head of the sect has agreed to this matter. ”
The elder stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Sun Gongzi picked out twenty people from your senior brothers, and gave up five places for you new disciples, the disciples who have obtained the quota, the old man does not expect you to have merit, but if you ask for no fault, it can be regarded as a trip down the mountain to experience and polish!" ”
In the Wudang faction, basically those who have been in the field for less than five years are counted as newcomers, after all, just practicing a pile of skills, it will take ordinary people at least a year and a half to achieve something.
This long-bearded elder Zhang usually teaches a group of disciples, and he knows the disciples' kung fu well, and as he spoke, he named three disciples, all of whom are the best among a bunch of disciples.
"There are two spots left, who among you is interested?" Elder Long Beard looked at the disciples and asked.
Hula!
Elder Longbeard's voice fell, and the crowd surged, and dozens of people poured out of his brain, crowding in front of him.
There are no fools in the audience, if you can become the guard of the Liangguang Governor's Palace, you may be able to climb it, no matter how you look at it, it will be a broad road.
Only some disciples who had not yet started kung fu had a gloomy face and sighed.
Elder Longbeard seemed to have anticipated this scene and waved his hand, "Okay! In this case, everyone set up the ring, competed fairly, and the two who won in the end won the quota. ”
"What if I'm going to challenge the three of them?"
A voice suddenly floated over, and all the disciples looked back and saw that the speaker was "Zhang Yunxu", and they were all stunned, and then a few people couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Although Zhang Yunxu has only been in Wudang for three months, he is not a stranger in the eyes of a group of new disciples, because this guy likes to be publicized too much, and he did not change his habits when he arrived in Wudang, and within a few days, he brought a group of hatred and was beaten by several disciples.
After Song Mingjing destroyed his corpse and destroyed it, he replaced it, and then devoted all his energy to cultivation, and he had no interest in avenging him.
"Nonsense!" The long-bearded elder also frowned, "Zhang Yunxu" has only been in the beginner for three or four months, what kind of kung fu can he learn?
Song Mingjing was noncommittal, walked straight to the front, and casually pointed to one of the three disciples: "It's you!" ”