Chapter 16: The Death of the White Clothes XVI
Jintai also knew that he was dying, so he wanted to tell his two apprentices what he was thinking as soon as possible. In fact, Jintai has already regarded these two apprentices as his own children, and sometimes he even cares about them more than his own daughter. It's a pity that none of them can stay by their side, Wang Jin pays too much attention to fame and is unwilling to stay in the villa to live a dull life. Zhou Tong is a naturally good material, and it needs to be constantly polished to become a talent. Jintai couldn't delay Zhou Tong's future for his own sake, so he had to let Zhou Tong go out.
may be because Jintai is dying, and Jin Feng, the daughter, told her father what she was thinking about for the first time. Jin Feng doesn't like to fight and kill on the rivers and lakes, and she doesn't want her husband and children to live this kind of life all day long. So Jin Feng has already had his own sweetheart, he is just a scholar who doesn't know kung fu. Jin Feng also wanted to train him, and wanted him to be looked down upon by his father Jin Tai, but this scholar was really not suitable for martial arts. Jin Feng was worried that his father would not look down on this scholar, so he kept it a secret from his father. Now that Jintai is dying, Jin Feng has no choice but to bring this favorite sweetheart to meet his father, hoping that Jintai will agree to this marriage.
Jintai doesn't necessarily have to be his son-in-law to be a person in the rivers and lakes, he already has two apprentices, and he doesn't need any son-in-law to be in charge. It's just that Jintai doesn't like the weakness of readers, and is worried that the reader's physique is not good, and his daughter Jinfeng will be widowed in the future. After Jintai saw this scholar, he left him alone for questioning, and Jin Feng waited outside for news accompanied by Mrs. Jintai. There are only Jintai and scholars in the room, and there is Zhou Tong who is serving Jintai on the side.
Through the dialogue, Jin Tai is more satisfied with this son-in-law, although this scholar does not know kung fu, but he is more upright. After Jintai explained a few words, after the scholar left, Jintai repeatedly asked Zhou Tong to take care of this brother-in-law in the future. Soon after, Jintai announced that he would immediately hold a marriage for his daughter Jinfeng. This is a folk custom, and it is also a healing earthwork. In ancient times, people followed filial piety, and when their parents passed away, their children had to keep filial piety for 27 months, and they could not marry during this period. Jin Feng is not young, and this marriage was promised by Jintai's father, so it must be held before Jintai has no breath. Otherwise, it will delay Jin Feng's good life, and in addition to accidents, it will ruin the happiness of Jin Feng's life. Besides, this kind of marriage held when relatives are seriously ill is also called "Chongxi", which is very likely to wash away Jintai's illness.
Jintai's daughter is about to get married, which is of course a big thing. As the eldest in the family, Wang Jin not only has to preside over the overall situation, but also has to serve as the master of ceremonies, and he is busy with everything. Zhou Tong was very relaxed, in addition to preparing wedding dresses for the bride and groom, he spent more time discussing his experience with his master Jintai. Jintai told Zhou Tong everything about his experience, which was equivalent to making Zhou Tong take a detour for more than ten years. Zhou Tong gradually figured out the direction of his future under the teaching of his master Jintai, if he didn't have to take care of his master Jintai and hold a marriage for his sister, Zhou Tong really wanted to find a place to retreat as soon as possible.
A few days later, Jin Feng's wedding was solemnly held, and Jin Tai, as the owner of the villa and the father of the bride, was the most honored person here. Everyone held a wedding for Jin Feng lively, and Wang Jin presided over the wedding scene as the master of ceremonies from beginning to end. Zhou Tong also acted as the woman's representative and organized the wedding for Jin Feng. When the daughter and son-in-law knelt down and saluted the Jintai couple, Jintai was really happy. Wang Jin and Zhou Tong are also happy for their sister Jin Feng, they have finally completed the responsibility of being an elder brother, and this responsibility will be handed over to their brother-in-law in the future.
The day after Jin Feng got married, Jin Tai's body suddenly took a sharp turn. Jintai called all four children to his side, and finally explained what happened to him. Wang Jin lived in officialdom, so Jintai gave Wang Jin almost all of his official rewards, including gold medals and weapons given by Song Jun, as well as various gifts and armor from ministers. Jintai left his experience and miscellaneous notes to Zhou Tong, hoping to help Zhou Tong improve his realm. Jintai gave the villa to his daughter and son-in-law, which means that the owner of the villa will be his son-in-law in the future.
In the afternoon of the same day, Jintai finally closed his eyes, and the villa had just finished a happy event and had a funeral to do. The guests didn't have time to leave the villa, and they came to pay their respects again. Wang Jin and Zhou Tong, together with Jin Feng and his wife, wore linen and filial piety together, and held a funeral as the descendants of Jintai. After the imperial court learned of this incident, it also sent people to mourn the great hero of Jintai. Because Wang Jin has an official status, and Jintai is not Wang Jin's biological parents after all, Wang Jin only left after seven days of filial piety in the villa. Because Zhou Tong was free, he decided to keep filial piety for his master Jintai for 100 days, and completed the entire funeral as a son and nephew.
After Jintai was buried, Zhou Tong still did not leave, and he built a straw hut next to Jintai's tomb. While keeping filial piety for the master Jintai, who is as kind as a mountain, he felt his experience beside the master Jintai. After three years, Zhou Tong finally read all the experiences left by his master Jintai and fully comprehended them, and Zhou Tong finally truly entered the realm of the grandmaster.
After Zhou Tong went down the mountain, he traveled all over the north and south of the river, while traveling through the famous mountains and rivers, and at the same time learning from teachers everywhere. He once lived alone in the primeval forest, he once walked alone through the boundless desert, he once trekked through mountains and rivers alone, and he also crossed the sea alone. Along the way, it not only broadened Zhou Tong's knowledge, but also released Zhou Tong's mind again. Zhou Tong gathered the strengths of hundreds of schools and created exercises based on Jintai's self-created boxing method.
After Zhou Tong returned to the villa, while helping his brother-in-law manage the villa, he began to officially accept apprentices to teach boxing. He teaches each student the most suitable way to develop according to their own characteristics. This not only creates a new teaching method, but also gives full play to the Confucian concept of "teaching students according to their aptitude". Among them, there were many later famous figures, including "Jade Qilin" Lu Junyi, "Walker" Wu Song and others.
At this time, Wang Jin was already the head of the forbidden army, and he thought that his kung fu was about the same as that of his junior brother Zhou Tong, or even a little higher than Zhou Tong. So he wanted to find an opportunity to compete with Zhou Tong to see who was better at kung fu. Zhou Tong actually doesn't need to compare, just from the momentum and form, you can see Wang Jin's cultivation, Wang Jin is not Zhou Tong's opponent at all. For the sake of Wang Jin's face, Zhou Tong repeatedly avoided and was unwilling to fight Wang Jin. Wang Jin didn't understand the meaning, and thought that Zhou Tong didn't dare to fight with him, so he insisted on competing with Zhou Tong. As a result, Zhou Tong agreed to compete, but the two of them competed behind closed doors, and no matter who won or lost, they couldn't tell the outside world. As a result, Wang Jin came out not long after, and never mentioned the matter of competing with Zhou Tong again.
Because Zhou Tong has reached a certain realm, he takes the victory and defeat very lightly, and he is no longer competitive, so he rarely competes with others. But when it comes to the dignity of the country and the safety of the people, Zhou Tong will not sit idly by. One year, the warriors of the Khitan, Jin and Western Xia countries jointly came to the Northern Song Dynasty, and they had to have a martial arts competition, just like the Jintai competition that year. However, this time after Zhou Tong learned the news, he did not wait until the last day to make a move. Zhou Tong single-handedly beat all the warriors, letting these people who looked down on the Song people know how powerful the Song people were. After Zhou Tong became Jintai, there was a great boxer, but Zhou Tong did not accept the reward of the imperial court like his master Jintai, but drifted away alone. Although Zhou Tong's behavior was slandered by some people as looking down on the court and the emperor, Zhou Tong's reputation became even louder.
Time waits for no one, many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and at this time, Zhou Tong is already old, and he has been exiled to a small place with his granddaughter. Because several apprentices joined Liangshan's relationship, Zhou Tong was monitored by some local governments. In order to let his granddaughter grow up healthily, Zhou Tong had to take his granddaughter to move around, and finally decided to be a private school teacher in a small place. It was here that Zhou Tong met Yue Fei, who couldn't afford to read, but had great ambitions. Seeing that Yue Fei was a manufacturable material, Zhou Tong finally couldn't help but accept the apprentice. As soon as this apprentice was accepted, he became Zhou Tong's last apprentice, and Yue Fei also became Zhou Tong's apprentice who spent the most energy to teach.
Under the guidance of Zhou Tong, Yue Fei became a talent with both civil and military skills. Zhou Tong taught Yue Fei his best stick method, which concentrated the essence of the "Two Holy Sticks" and the "Secret Sword", and was specially taught by Jintai to the two apprentices. Zhou Tong passed the stick method to the "Jade Qilin" Lu Junyi, and passed the fist and foot kung fu to the "Walker" Wu Song. Both of them have become one of the best masters in Liangshan, which shows that Jintai's kung fu is really not simple. According to his own understanding, Yue Fei evolved the stick method into marksmanship and founded the Yuejia marksmanship. Of course, Zhou Tong also passed the "Secret Sword" and "Yuan Gong Sword" passed to him by his master Jintai to Yue Fei.
After Zhou Tong's death, Yue Fei guarded the spirit of his master Zhou Tong while studying the boxing experience left by Zhou Tong. Yue Fei created the Yue family's marksmanship, the Yue's swordsmanship, and the Yue's loose hands and so on. In particular, it should be mentioned that the Yue family is free, which is no longer just a boxing method, but also a kind of kung fu that integrates grappling, fighting and so on. It is not only simple and effective, but also easy to learn, lethal, and suitable for military use. The Yue family's swordsmanship is based on the "Yuan Gong Sword", and a few simple and easy-to-learn "secret swords" are added, which are not only powerful but also convenient for hand-to-hand combat. Coupled with the Yue family's marksmanship, it can be said that it is a trinity of short and medium distance, close range, and empty-handed, no wonder Yue Fei is almost a winning general on the battlefield.