Chapter 9: The Death of the White Cloth IX

Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi is even less human than his elder brother Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and he asked the four major families to make the final decision. Regardless of whether the trick is related to the treasure or not, the four major families have to make a decision. Either hand over the trick and announce that the family will no longer practice the trick, or leave completely with the trick and go to live the life of the people of the rivers and lakes. The meaning is very clear, if you want to maintain your current status and power, you must completely give up practicing kung fu. Either you have to hand over all your property and become a homeless wanderer.

There are nearly 10,000 people up and down the four major families, which is not a small number, and no one can decide everything for everyone. As the head of a big family, you can't just think about yourself, and you can't not take care of your family and children. The property of the four major families was only obtained by everyone's slaves for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to say that you don't want it. Although the family will be bullied and embezzled after losing the trick, it will not be all gone all at once. No matter how bad it is, after the family is separated, let everyone find their own way, so that they will not all starve to death together. For the sake of the family and the continuation of the family, the four major families made almost the same decision, and they all decided to hand over their tricks.

When the swordsmanship of the four major families was handed over to Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong, Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong felt disappointed. It turns out that this trick that he has long been thundering about is not a secret, it is just a relatively in-depth "Yuan Gongjian". It's just that this set of "Yuan Gongjian" has undergone the evolution of the four major families and has more changes. Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi did not practice by himself, but handed over this set of swordsmanship to his cronies to practice. Because this set of swordsmanship has an extraordinary origin, and only Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi's cronies and guards practice, this set of swordsmanship is no longer called "Yuan Gong Sword", but "Secret Sword".

In order to make swordsmanship more suitable for military practice, some people changed the content of it without authorization. Since then, "Yuan Gong Sword", like "Yue Nu Sword", has become a swordsmanship practiced by soldiers, but it is nearly a thousand years later than "Yue Nu Sword". However, not all people have learned the "Secret Sword" adapted from "Yuan Gongjian". "Secret Sword" is divided into three parts, the first part is the basic chapter, which is basically used by the guards of Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong, and the second part is an intermediate chapter, which can only be learned by Zhao Kuangyi's cronies of Song Taizong. The third part is the final chapter, which can only be studied by high-level samurai. It is said that this is the highest secret of the "secret sword", and the people who learn it are all super-first-class masters in the rivers and lakes.

These people who practiced the "secret sword" became the trump card in the hands of Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong, not only protecting the safety of Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong, but also killing many opposition forces for Zhao Kuangyi of Song Taizong. But soon after, there was a problem with this team practicing "secret sword", it turned out that Song Daozong had been obsessed with Taoism for a long time after ascending the throne and had no descendants, ** was controlled by Liu E, the queen. Later, upon the recommendation of the Eight Sages King, Song Daozong chose a prince to succeed him as his son and made this child the crown prince. When Song Daozong died, Liu E tried to control the government and even abolished the prince, but fortunately, the ministers tried to ensure that the new monarch ascended the throne. Song Renzong was able to successfully ascend the throne and become emperor, and this was the Northern Song Dynasty behind. At that time, Liu E not only controlled **, but also controlled the guards who could use the "secret sword", and was about to control the situation when Yang Jiajun and the ministers appeared. The battle-hardened Yang Jiajun paid five times more casualties than the "Secret Sword" guards with several times the strength of the "Secret Sword" guards, and finally defeated the guards and captured Liu E. After Liu E's death, it was of course impossible for this group of guards to stay, but everyone felt sorry for the trick of the "secret sword". Since then, the imperial court and the army no longer practice "secret swords", and no one will teach "secret swords".

Is the "Secret Sword" really lost like that? No, the "Secret Sword" has not been lost. The next story is related to a big hero, he is the famous general Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, he still has to talk about a few people before saying that, because they are important people related to the inheritance of the "Secret Sword", and they are also cattle people. The first thing to talk about is the big boxer Jin Tai, this person is a very important person, and it is also the key to the inheritance of the "secret sword".

Jintai was not originally surnamed Jin, he should be surnamed Bai. His father and a man surnamed Kim were good brothers, and the two of them were almost on better terms than brothers. The surname Jin is relatively old, so he is the elder brother, and the surname Bai is the younger brother. The surname Jin originally had his own son, but he was abducted since he was a child, so the couple surnamed Jin fell seriously ill. In order to give hope to my brother's family and my brother's future, the younger brother surnamed Bai gave his own son who had just been born to his brother. Since then, the son surnamed Bai has been surnamed Jin and has become a child of the Jin family. Jintai was pampered by four old people since he was a child, and the folk of the Northern Song Dynasty were good at martial arts, so he invited martial artists to teach kung fu at home since he was a child. Although the martial arts skills invited are not very high, the ability to coax people is not small, which always makes Jintai feel that his kung fu is powerful enough.

At this time, Jintai's adoptive parents and biological parents passed away one after another, and Jintai was less restrained at a young age. Coupled with the instigation of the martial artists, Jintai began his absurd martial arts career. Jintai is looking for people everywhere to compete, and he pays for someone to fight. The opponent is either inferior to him, or wants to get his money, so they all let Jintai go. Jintai became not only arrogant, but also even more unsightly. In the end, he finally lost all his family property, and then he realized that his kung fu was not very good, and the people he usually looked down on were all better than him. In the end, Jintai finally couldn't bear it anymore and killed a martial artist who usually pretended to be a martial artist by mistake.

Because Jintai killed people and ate the lawsuit, everyone felt sorry for Jintai. The Jin family and the Bai family also went to the door for Jintai, hoping that Jintai would be sentenced lightly and not lose their lives. In the end, the local officials were fair, and in view of the fact that the dead martial artist had repeatedly instigated Jintai, Jintai had killed the martial artist by mistake, so he did not sentence Jintai for homicide. According to the standard of killing the opponent in the ring, Jintai was lightly sentenced to ten years of military service in the frontier. This was already a relatively light trial at that time, so Jintai and others did not disagree. At that time, if a criminal wanted to be assigned to the army, he had to be tattooed, which was called "assassination". According to the crime of wounding people to death, Jintai tattooed a tattoo on his face, which became a stain that Jintai could not erase for the rest of his life.

Before leaving, the old housekeeper of the Jin family came to see off Jintai, and the old housekeeper finally said what was in his heart, and he asked Jintai to remember this lesson and be a useful person to the country and the people. Jintai finally understood why his parents had such expressions when they were dying, and finally understood what adults expected of him. Jintai vowed to change his way and no longer be a competitive warrior.

Jintai was sent to the frontier to serve in labor, and Jintai recalled his past experiences while working. The kung fu taught by the martial artists is not completely useless, but Jintai did not study it well, let alone lay a good foundation. Jintai took the opportunity of serving hard labor to practice basic skills and boil his body every day. At night, when no one is around, practice all kinds of boxing techniques that have been abandoned. Although Jin Tai has not fought against anyone in the past few years, he knows very well that his strength has made great strides. However, he is no longer the original Jintai, not only will he not boast about his skills, but no one knows that he can do kung fu.

Once I met Jintai by chance, I saw a strange person, although this person was old, but his strength was not small. This strange man not only eats an amazing amount of food, but also has a lot of kung fu in his hands. Jintai took the initiative to approach this strange man, and later offered to learn from the teacher many times. Although this person did not agree to Jintai's request, he also taught Jintai some kung fu. Jintai's biggest benefit is a saying from a strange person, "If you want to work hard, grind the iron pestle into a needle." "Practice makes perfect, and it is the same thing to punch a hundred times. Jintai re-practiced the past boxing methods, and found that under his many practices, he gradually discovered the differences and flaws, and Jintai continued to improve the boxing techniques from these differences and flaws, and created a new way of boxing. After absorbing and understanding the essence of various boxing techniques, Jintai transformed them into his own characteristic boxing techniques, laying the path for his future generation of grandmasters.

At this time, the imperial court encountered a problem, and the Liao State sent a team of warriors to the Northern Song Dynasty. Under the guise of "meeting friends with force", the other party's purpose was to humiliate the court and the common people of the Northern Song Dynasty. Although he knew that there was a problem inside, for the sake of the dignity of the country, the imperial court had no choice but to accept this invitation. The Liao State was prepared for the competition, and the Northern Song Dynasty court was helpless to face the battle, of course, there was a big difference. Although the Northern Song Dynasty fought locally, this was not a war but a competition, and it could only be fought by one person, not by everyone. Although the Northern Song Dynasty was good at martial arts, it was inferior to the Khitans in terms of physique and explosiveness. The Khitan people who came to the Northern Song Dynasty to compete were not only masters, but also veterans in the army, and they were more familiar with the atmosphere of the scene with their skills, not ordinary warriors. In contrast, the masters of the Northern Song Dynasty are either boastful, or they have not really seen blood, and what they lack is not only experience, but also lack on-the-spot performance. After a few battles, not only did the Northern Song Dynasty lose badly, but almost no warrior could retreat.

The Liao State explained that in Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, for a hundred days, if all the Khitans were defeated, the Liao State would lose. On the contrary, if the Northern Song Dynasty did not defeat all the Khitan warriors within 100 days, it would be considered a defeat for the Northern Song Dynasty. The Liao State wants the Northern Song Dynasty to lose, and if the Northern Song Dynasty loses, it will not only lose face, but also lose the support of the people. Song Jun knew that this martial arts competition was very important, so he organized people to constantly compete on stage, and at the same time issued a holy decree, requiring martial artists from all over the country to come to Beijing to participate in the competition. In order to increase everyone's interest, Song Jun gave a big reward. Any martial artist who can defeat the Khitan warriors can be exempted from all past punishments in addition to being rewarded by the imperial court. That is to say, as long as they can contribute to the country, even criminals can participate in the competition, and as long as they win the Khitans, criminals can also become officials.