Although Wang Zhongquan's qi and blood are declining at this time, and his physical condition is not as good as before, these eight words are still sonorous and powerful.

"It's better to be broken than to be complete!"

These eight words fell into Su Ming's heart, like Hong Zhong Da Lu, sonorously sounding and shaking his heart.

This is the voice of a warrior, but also an unyielding temperament. Su Ming suddenly understood why, until later generations, although the national art declined, the style of martial arts has been circulating among the Chinese people, and even intensified.

This is a venerable elder, but also a true warrior. Su Ming respectfully bowed to this generation of eight-pole masters and withdrew.

On the second day, Su Ming packed up the package and came to bid farewell to Wang Shuxuan.

Wang Shuxuan looked at Su Ming and said, "Once you leave this time, I don't know if there is a chance to see you again." I have practiced martial arts for many years, and I have some experience, so I will give it to you. After that, he took out a thin booklet, handed it to Su Ming, and said, "After I go, say hello to my uncle on my behalf." ”

Su Ming was also reluctant to hear this, but put the booklet in his arms, said goodbye to Wang Shuxuan, and turned to leave.

Even though it was 1919, transportation was still very inconvenient, and trains were only available between major cities. Su Ming went to Cangxian County, all the way on foot. Especially now that law and order are chaotic and the road is very dangerous. But fortunately, Beijing is not far from Cangxian County, and normally speaking, according to Su Ming's physical fitness and foot strength, it can be reached in a few days.

In the early days of the Republic of China, although the Beiyang warlords were in power, they could not really command the localities, and the people were especially serious in banditry, but it was difficult to exterminate. Since the late Qing Dynasty, there have been constant conflicts between the government and foreign armies, peasant armies, revolutionary parties, and hui parties. The warlords after the Republic of China divided their territories and fought many times, which was also an important source of bandits. At that time, news of armed robberies and even confrontation with the government was common in local newspapers.

The banditry was so serious that the government was powerless to eradicate it at that time, so the people had to contribute their own money and efforts to organize militia groups and arm themselves against the bandits. The so-called "militia group", also known as "group training", is in the same vein as Zhujiazhuang and Zengtou City in "Water Margin", and is organized by local squires and landlords to ensure the peace of one party. It's just that the heroes of Liangshan used swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and the bandits in modern times replaced them with guns and artillery.

All kinds of circumstances constituted a peculiar social environment in the Republic of China era. In big cities such as provincial capitals, there are governments and warlords on the surface, and gangsters and gangs are also indispensable in the secret. In the subordinate districts, counties, townships, and other places, there is a blank area for the government and warlord forces, that is, militia groups, security brigades, bandits, and other forces are intertwined. The situation is different and complex from place to place.

Su Ming was cautious along the way, but he didn't encounter any trouble. On the road during the day, at night, spend the night at a farmer's house in the countryside. Cangxian County is located in the south of Beijing, only more than 200 kilometers away from Beijing. Most of the area is still under the control of the Beiyang warlords, and the law and order is not as bad as expected.

Along the way, I really got to know the peculiar era of the Republic of China. In the city of Beijing, he had seen student marches with great momentum and excitement. I also practiced selflessly in the Eight Extremes Martial Arts Gym and didn't care about anything. Now on the road, I see the suffering of the people again. He seemed to see the different states of life, tasted all kinds of tastes of life, and his soul seemed to be more fulfilling.

In the step-by-step walking, it naturally cooperates with the fist shape of the Bajiquan Liangyi pile and the small shelf. When walking on the road, they are also together. Gradually, Su Ming seemed to have forgotten those formal actions and essentials, leaving only a little bit of the true meaning of each action in his heart.

Ordinary people, even through exercise, walking about 30 kilometers a day is almost the limit. Su Ming's current physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and he will not get tired after walking seventy or eighty kilometers a day. Su Ming had heard that there were boxing masters during the Republic of China, and he set off from Tianjin in the morning, walked to Beijing to visit friends, and then walked back in the evening. Sometimes people arrive before the train even arrives. For a real boxing master, it is not difficult to let go of his hands and feet, walk at night, not let people see, and walk hundreds of miles.

On the ancient battlefield, military orders were like mountains, and some soldiers who did not know martial arts could also go out of incredible distances in one night. Competing for foot strength is an extremely important part of martial arts.

Su Ming can't compare with those boxing masters now, but it is not a problem to let go of his hands and feet and walk 100 kilometers a day. However, when he walked, he used the kung fu of the two instrument piles and the eight pole small frames, and naturally walked much fuller than usual. At the end of the day, it's only forty or fifty kilometers. However, walking like this allowed him to slowly integrate the practice of Bajiquan into the most ordinary walking, living, sitting and lying in life, and his kung fu was a little deeper.

After walking for five or six days in a row, I arrived in Cangxian County. Luotuan Village is known to almost everyone in Cangxian County, but after a little inquiry, you will know the way. Su Ming spent another hour or two before walking to Luo Tuan Village. Li Shuwen is not from Luotuan Village, but his master Zhang Jingxing is from Luotuan Village. Now that the master is in his grade, Li Shuwen often lives in Luotuan Village to take care of the master.

After entering Luo Tuan, Su Ming saw that every household, regardless of adults and children, seemed to have some foundation of Bajiquan on their bodies, especially when they saw many little boys and girls, bouncing around practicing Bajiquan's Liangyi piles and small shelves, although they were not standard, they were very serious and full of energy.

"Sure enough, it's the hometown of the Eight Extremes." Su Ming secretly sighed in his heart, inquired all the way, and arrived at the place where the patriarch Zhang Jingxing lived. At first glance, it is a courtyard house, the gate is open, the courtyard inside is very large, and some people practice boxing in it.

Su Ming knew that Zhang Jingxing, the ancestor, and his senior brother Huang Sihai played a role in the history of Bajimen, cultivating Wang Zhongquan, Li Shuwen, Zhang Yuheng, Han Huachen, Ma Fengtu, Ma Yingtu and many other famous disciples, so as to carry forward Bajiquan. In particular, this patriarch is also good at Zhou Yi divination and feng shui, and he is skilled in human feelings, and has the talent to break and punch bottles, and has a great influence in the southeast of Cangzhou, and the villagers are honored as "Zhang Sanye".

Su Ming knocked on the door to greet him, but saw a little boy, about ten years old, running out like a gust of wind and asking, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Su Ming hurriedly said, "I'm here to meet Master Li Shuwen." ”

The boy pretended to be a little adult, looked Su Ming up and down, and said, "Your name is Su Ming?" ”

Su Ming felt strange in his heart and asked, "I'm Su Ming, how do you know?" ”

The boy grinned and said, "I won't tell you, come with me to see Master." ”

Su Ming was helpless, but he hurriedly followed. When he entered the hall, he saw a man in a robe and coat with his back to him. Although he is less than 1.7 meters tall, he has a kind of Yue Zhi Yuan's bearing, which is impressive. The lively and agile young man just now stood aside and said loudly: "Master, the Su Ming that the master said has arrived. ”

Su Ming's heart was beating wildly, he finally met the most famous ancestor in the history of Bajiquan! His boxing skills are so high that they are enough to rank among the pinnacles of martial arts throughout the ages! He was a bright and upright person all his life, vicious and hateful, with the pinnacle of boxing and marksmanship, suppressing evil, resisting foreign insults, and promoting his prestige with martial arts, and his reputation at home and abroad. Because of the marksmanship and boxing skills that are unparalleled in the world, it has won the reputation of "Gang Boxing Unique, Divine Spear Li Shuwen"!

This legendary figure in the history of the Eight Extremes Gate and a generation of giants turned around and asked, "You are Su Ming?" ”

The person in front of him, with thick eyebrows and black beard, is not pretentious, but he has a momentum that is not angry but powerful. Su Ming couldn't help but think in his heart: "I once read in the book that boxing has reached the peak of strength, and there is a fighting style called witnessing, and you can even surrender without moving. I've never believed it, but now it seems to be true......"

Hearing Li Shuwen's question, Su Ming hurriedly said: "The junior is Su Ming, and there are letters as proof. He took out Wang Zhongquan's handwritten letter from his bosom and handed it over.

Li Shuwen looked at the letter and said, "Senior brother wrote to me before, telling me that there is a person who can pass on my mantle, and I don't want to arrive now." However, I see that you also have the true meaning of two instrument piles and small frames while walking, and the practice can already be called a hall and a room. When you first arrive, you stay and wait for two days before you go to the apprenticeship. "Wang Zhongquan and Senior Brother Li Shuwen have a deep friendship, and Li Shuwen naturally will not doubt the person recommended by Senior Brother.

Su Ming naturally said yes, but when he saw the little boy next to him, his eyes were rolling around, and he didn't know what the hell he was thinking.

Li Shuwen patted the boy's head and said, "Yunqiao, you go and take him to settle down." ”

At that moment, the boy took Su Ming with him. Along the way, Su Ming's mind was dizzy, he saw Li Shuwen now, and he was going to become his disciple?

The boy took Su Ming to a room and said, "This is your room." ”

Su Ming suddenly asked, "Master called you Yunqiao just now, so what is your surname?" ”

The boy raised his head and said, "My surname is Liu!" ”

Su Ming was shocked when he heard this, in addition to Li Shuwen, his three disciples had also played a strange role in the drastic changes in modern Chinese history.

The eldest disciple Huo Diange served as a martial arts teacher and guard officer of the last emperor Pu Yi until the puppet Manchurian.

The younger disciple Liu Yunqiao served in the GMD government garrison and served as an instructor of the guard team and a guard of Jiang Zhongzheng.

At the same time as Liu Yunqiao, Li Jianwu, who was with Li Shuwen Bajiquan, served as a guard for the founding leader.

In this way, the three disciples of the legendary Li Shuwen have appeared on the support points of the changeable power layer in Chinese history, which shows the strength of Bajiquan. can also see Li Shuwen's unfathomable profundity from these three people.

And the little boy in front of him is actually Liu Yunqiao. After Li Shuwen's death, he joined the army to serve the country, served as a guard for Chairman Chiang Zhongzheng, and even joined an intelligence organization, and went deep behind enemy lines to assassinate many times. In the end, he went to Taiwan and overlapped the mantis boxing and the baji boxing to form the distinctive style of "Taiwan mantis bajiquan". It has played a great role in the promotion of Bajiquan in Taiwan, and can be called a generation of grandmasters!