Chapter XXIV
The assassination by the pond shocked the entire high-level of Hongning City, although the assassination was not successful, but because the assassination target was too special, this time the turmoil spread from Hongning City to the surrounding areas like a hurricane. According to the records of later generations, on the night of the same day, Zhao Wu, the lord of Fumian Mansion, was punished by his master and father-in-law to kneel for a whole night. Some people even bit their ears and said that Zhao Wu slapped himself no less than 50 times that night. These studies by later generations of scholars have not found any evidence in the official historical records. But there is one thing that can be examined, that is, there was a pig-like scream in Hongning City that night, which really made the people of the whole city tremble. The next morning, Zhao Wuqin led 200 warriors to launch a search, and then the screams in the city changed from solo to chorus, and after two days, there was no sound. This incident led to the famous "July Bloodshed" in history, in which more than 1,000 people, including Zhao Shuang, the Jiangbei lord of Fumian Prefecture, were arrested under the direct intervention of Zhang Yuzhang, and more than 600 people were finally executed.
In later generations, many scholars made a living from the study of the "July Bloodshed" and wrote countless papers discussing the great historical significance of this event. One of the most famous, "The Causes of Slave Emancipation in the Context of the July Bloodshed," profoundly analyzed the causes of Lingwu's growing emphasis on the role of slaves, and was accepted by all mainstream historians, and was translated into hundreds of languages and widely circulated on the mainland.
These are all afterwords, in fact, Lingwu spent the night in tears. The young Lingwu had never seen such a cruel fact, it was his relatives who wanted to kill him, and all who were killed were his loyal guards.
Zhang Yuzhang and Zhao Wu conducted a long analysis and came to a conclusion:
As a spiritual cultivator, he should be with a powerful protector, not too far away, and he must teach the spiritual warriors the exercises that they should master as soon as possible.
From then on, Zhang Yuzhang no longer allowed Lingwu to leave him too far. Lingwu's personal guards increased from 100 to 500. Lingwu's guard increased to 10,000 people, led by Lu An, and ensured that the distance between the guard and Lingwu should not exceed five miles.
Lingwu himself has a different opinion, he thinks that the warrior of the samurai and above is the key force for the victory, but his own guard is only one samurai. The absence of this key force in the escort was the main reason for this dangerous incident. In addition, it was because of his lack of strength that so many people died, so he practiced meditation every day, and under the teaching of his grandfather, he practiced spiritual attack and defense.
Now Lingwu knows that the exercise that his mother taught him to practice is called "Spirit Dance", but his mother only learned the most basic knowledge. This exercise has been passed down for a long time, and there are a total of three levels of cultivation realm, corresponding to the spirit master, the great spirit master and the spirit venerable. As long as the talent is sufficient and the cultivation is diligent, there will be a guide for lifelong cultivation with this exercise. The cultivation method of the spirit warrior, the spirit martial arts has only laid some foundations at all. Now Lingwu can be regarded as truly starting the path of spiritual cultivation. The exercises are divided into three chapters, namely Heaven and Earth Induction, Spiritual Dialogue, and Spiritual Attack and Defense. He knew that if he had learned the first layer of Spirit Dance's spiritual sense attack and defense a few days ago, he would have been able to deal with those assassins alone, and the guards would not have died so much. It's not easy to be a spiritual priest!
In addition, he took Xia Yu and others to visit He Jian every day. He Jian was slashed in the back with a knife, and was kicked again and knocked on a stone and fainted, seriously injured. Under the careful treatment of the doctors, He Jian slowly got better. On this day, Lingwu saw that He Jian was in good spirits, so he chatted with him.
"A few days ago, thanks to your sacrifice of life, I was able to save my life, but too many people died."
"Work hard for the master, as it should be, even if you are not afraid of death."
"I always think these days, there are more than 100 of us, and 10 of them can only be bullied, and only two of us survive. It's a wretch! ”
"Little master, don't be angry, where are we people who are the opponents of the samurai, since ancient times, the samurai have been high, and the number of samurai determines the size of the strength. There are too few samurai around the little master, and it's normal that they can't beat them. It would be nice if the little master could have more samurai by his side. Does the little master still remember what Yue Shan said? ”
"Remember, what Yue Shan regrets the most is that there are too few samurai. But samurai are very precious, even my father doesn't have many samurai, but only a few hundred, not to mention the great samurai. If there are tens of thousands of samurai and great samurai, where will the world go? There were few nobles in the first place, and even fewer could become samurai. ”
"Yes, only nobles have the practice of martial arts, where to find a lot of samurai. But the little master just protects himself, but he doesn't need too much, just a few of them, it shouldn't be difficult. ”
"It's not hard to find a few samurai, but it's hard to find the faithful. Who would have thought that his own brothers would murder me? ”
"Little master, although I He Jian has no ability, I am willing to go to the soup for the little master and never give up."
"You have to take good care of your body, just now you said that the matter of Yue Shan reminded me, wasn't his warriors taught by him? That Yue Shan is a slave, where did he get the exercises? The samurai he taught were also slaves, right? ”
"The little master doesn't know, Yue Shan was not a slave originally, he was the son of a lord of Hongning Mansion, because he offended the lord of the mansion, the lord of the mansion Hu Feng killed his whole family. Yue Shan was the only one who fled to the mountains, and he mingled with the fugitive slaves for a long time, and became acquainted with many slaves, and operated with them on the edge of the mountains. Over time, they formed a deep friendship and became brothers who shared life and death. Except for him, those warriors were all slaves, and they were actually all apprentices of Yue Shan. In order to deal with the threat of wild beasts and the pursuit of nobles, Lord Yue Shan had no scruples in that situation, and taught his own exercises to several of his brothers in life and death. Later, the slaves of Hongning Mansion could not bear the tyranny of the lord of the mansion, and they rioted one after another, and Yue Shan also came out. Too many people responded, and soon the climate formed. It's just that the number of samurai is too small, and in the end they can't protect themselves. ”
"He has a way to do this, there are many slaves, and as long as he has exercises, he can teach a lot of samurai. Or if he summed it up by himself, he was too anxious, and his strength was not enough to accumulate. ”
"Little master, don't think like this, only nobles are qualified to cultivate in this world. Slaves were lowly, similar to cats and dogs, and were only assigned to their masters. Where is the qualification to practice the exercises, it is not a big mess in the world. Besides, who dares to teach? Who dares to learn? ”
"yes, who dares to teach? Who dares to learn? "Lingwu also knows how powerful this is, this is not a joke.