Chapter VII Xuchang

Master Huishi carried the sword into the backyard, and it was inconvenient for us to watch, so we stayed in the living room and waited.

After waiting for about half an hour, the door was pushed open, and a person came in, the same person who had just come in to greet Huishi.

His face was expressionless, and he carried a kettle to pour water for us in turn. The four sons of Wudang were very polite to this person because they had a request from Huishi, and they all stood up and bowed to thank him.

When the man came to pour water for me, he stumbled at his feet, shouted "ouch", and with a wave of his hand carrying the kettle, a jet of water poured into my door.

I didn't panic, I punched in front of my face, and used the "spinning Qiankun" in the Bodhidharma Vajra boxing, the fist wind was agitated, and the water column folded towards the silver cup in mid-air, and all fell into the silver cup.

The four sons of Wudang cheered together, and the cheering did not stop, but they saw that the man threw the entire kettle over.

I slapped the table with my right hand, the teacup in front of me rose to the sound, not a drop of water was spilled, my right index finger flicked the silver cup, and the silver cup flew quickly towards the kettle.

With a "dang" sound, the silver cup is embedded in the kettle, eliminating the momentum of the kettle, and the kettle falls down. I took a step forward and grabbed the handle. He looked at the man with a grin.

The man let out a "snort" in his nostrils and turned to go out the door.

At this moment, Huishi came in from the backyard with four swords in his hand.

The four sons of Wudang surrounded one after another, took the sword, looked at it on the contrary, and admired Huishi's skills in continuing the sword, which was perfect, ingenious, and reached the peak. Hui Shi said: Don't talk about my ability to continue the sword as a god, if the sword forged by swordsmiths like Gan Jiang Mo Ye and Ou Yezi is broken, I won't be able to continue it.

I asked Huishi why that man had attacked me just now.

He sighed and sat down. Wudang and I also sat down, and the four sons clutched the swords tightly with both hands, for fear that the swords would fly.

Huishi said in a deep voice: That person's name is Erniu, and he came here eight years ago to worship me as a teacher, but I refused. My skill in smelting weapons is a secret of Shaolin. Although I am a lay disciple, I can't break the rules of Shaolin and pass them on to outsiders. How do you know that Erniu built a grass hut in my courtyard and couldn't leave. Every day, before the rooster crows, he kneels in front of my church, and at night, he goes back to the house to cook and rest. For a whole year, day after day, every day. Erniu's secret weapon kung fu is very good, in the summer, grasp a handful of fine sand, within a radius of five zhang, mosquitoes can not approach. They were all shot in the air by him with sand. I once secretly peeked, and I shot more than 100 times in a day, but all of them failed. To know that the smaller and lighter the hidden weapon, the more difficult it is to master the accurate head, and the use of sand to shoot mosquitoes, the internal force and the hidden weapon technique can be imagined. I was so strong for a moment that I told him to get up, and promised him that if he could shoot me with a hidden weapon, I would take him as a disciple and teach him the art of smelting. In the past seven years, he has attacked me countless times, but my ear power is beyond the reach of ordinary martial arts people. Every time he sneaks up, I always hear the movement in advance and avoid it in time. He didn't give up, and he did it every chance he could, year after year, day after day. People with such perseverance are indeed rare.

I whispered to Huishi: So he was the one who attacked Uncle Shi on the roof today?

Huishi nodded, and continued: Today, he hid on the roof in advance, did not make any sound, and suddenly sent out a secret weapon while we were talking, which was already a great success, but you broke his secret weapon. So, just now I wanted to punish you with a little hand. Depending on the situation, he wasted his efforts again.

When he finished speaking, the four sons stood up together and thanked him for the grace of the sword. Changchunzi politely took out a silver ticket with a face value of five hundred taels from his arms and handed it to Huishi.

Huishi did not shirk, took the silver ticket easily, and called: Erniu.

Erniu answered and pushed the door in, obviously he had been eavesdropping outside just now.

Huishi handed him the silver ticket and said, "Go to the town and find two masons to mend the roof."

Erniu took the silver ticket, bowed, and went out.

The fourth son of Wudang and I saw that it was not early, and got up to say goodbye.

As I left, Uncle Huishi whispered in my ear: "When you came, there were six people's footsteps, and one of them did not appear. Listen to the footsteps, this person is also practicing Wudang internal skills, be careful on the way.

I thanked my uncle and walked out with the four sons of Wudang.

We chose a mountain road to the south, walked about a stick of incense, and saw that we came to a fork in the road, and the four sons of Wudang decided to go back to the Wudang faction in the southwest direction, and I planned to go back to Shenqiu in the southeast direction.

On the occasion of separation, Changchunzi repeatedly pulled me enthusiastically, asking me to go to Wudang as a guest when I was free, and he was the east. I said a few perfunctory words, and I wanted to leave. I didn't know that Changchunzi took my hand and didn't mean to let go, and the other three sons also looked at me with blank eyes.

I thought about it for a moment and said, "I won't tell anyone about your broken sword."

Changchun Zi let go of my hand and laughed and waved goodbye to me.

I looked down and saw Huishi's blacksmith's shop, which was now five miles away and looked the size of an ant.

In a few days, I walked to Xuchang, which is a metropolis with busy traffic and pedestrians.

I looked at both sides with great curiosity, there were herb shops, clothing stores, jewelry stores, restaurants, pawnshops, and rouge shops...... There are many kinds, dizzying, and after a while, I saw a building called Yihong House on the right, and I was curious, so I looked at what it was selling.

Who knew this probe was immediately seen by the two girls standing in the door.

The two girls were full of smiles, one of them grabbed me and walked in, one of the girls applied a little powder, it looked very beautiful, she smiled: The guest officer is not like a local, where are you coming from, where are you going?

I was held by their arms, blushing, trying to break free of my hands, but I faintly felt the soft and warm soft fat and smooth skin on their arms, and then smelled the refreshing fragrance of their bodies, I felt like I was drunk, I didn't know where I was, and I didn't answer the girl's question.

Walking into the lobby, a middle-aged woman dressed in gold and silver greeted her.

The woman smiled and asked me, "Has the son eaten?"

I bowed my head and said no.

The woman smiled again and asked: Does the son want Xiaocui or Xiaohong to serve you dinner?

I pointed to the girl who had asked me earlier and said, "She."

The woman smiled and said, "Childe has good eyesight, our Xiaocui is new." Xiaocui, you help the guest officer upstairs.

I followed Xiaocui up the stairs in a daze, and heard many girls laughing and talking below: This time it's cheap Xiaocui, this is obviously still a chick.

I was pulled into a room by Xiao Cui, who helped me sit down at the small round table, poured me a glass of water, and looked at me with a smile.

I held a glass of water, looked at her stupidly, and couldn't help but say: You are so good-looking.

Xiaocui touched her cheek shyly and asked softly: Do you like it?

In a trance, I remembered what the abbot said about the woman to avoid it, and I woke up suddenly, and hurriedly got up and said, I have to go.

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly heard a loud gong outside, and someone shouted in a thick voice: Everyone come and see, Shaolin monks and prostitutes!

When I heard this, I was startled, and hurriedly stepped to the window, pushed the window, and saw that many people poured in downstairs, and the upstairs opened one after another, and many people were asking: Where is the monk, where is it?

Xiao Cui frowned and said: "The beautiful scenery of the good day, why should the officials waste time watching the excitement of the monks?

I said to Xiaocui: I'm sorry, I'm the monk.

Xiao Cui stood up, her eyes widened, and said, "What?

Suddenly, I heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and in the blink of an eye, I was so anxious that I wandered around, and Xiaocui pointed to the bottom of the bed. I took a step under the bed, and I saw that there was a baffle about a foot wide along the edge of the bed, so I inserted my fingers into the cracks of the planks under the bed, slowly lifted myself, and pressed against the bottom of the bed, shrinking behind the baffle.

Just then, the door was pushed open. Xiao Cui shouted: Who is so bold?

I hung my head and counted, five feet, one cane.

I saw a limping man come out, and I heard him say: The girl doesn't know me? I'm a newcomer, right? In Zhang Zhentian, Xiahuai'an, known as the one-legged god catcher, is now transferred to the Xuchang Yamen, where he serves as the chairman of the Discipline Association, and is in charge of discipline and public security.

Someone took a step forward and said: In the lower road number Xuanming, the head of the Xuchang branch of Wudang, the leader of the martial arts alliance, is in charge of the insulting affairs of the martial arts.

Someone else said: In the lower Dao, he is drunk, the head of the Taishan faction, and the current president of the Taoist Association.

Xiaocui asked: What are you in charge of?

Drunken Xuan said: As long as it is a Taoist priest's business, I will take care of everything.

Xiaocui said: Then what are you doing when you come in?

Drunk and said: Was there a monk here just now?

Xiaocui said: You are a piper, what does the monk's business have to do with you?

Drunken Xuan sneered: Of course it has something to do with it. Since a Shaolin monk is a monk, he cannot do things at home. Why shouldn't a monk take care of the affairs of the monks?

Zhang Zhentian was a little impatient and said: "Monks and prostitutes, it is our joke in Xuchang to tell it, what face will our prefect have in the future to meet colleagues in other places? I advise you to call the monk out, so as not to embarrass your mother."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged woman I saw before who was dressed in gold and silver hurriedly walked in from outside the door, and said with a smile: Lord Zhang said that he was joking, we in Yihong Mansion have always abided by the four principles of non-reception in the yamen -- no reception for people in the martial arts, no reception for people from other places, no reception for officials, and no reception for the elderly, children, sick and disabled. The monks of Shaolin Temple are martial arts people, and we will never receive them.

At this moment, a voice came from next door: Lao Zhang and Lao Xuan, you two ran out before the matter was over, do you want to come over?

When I heard this, I wondered in my heart: Isn't this Zhentiansi not accepted all of them?

Zhang Zhentian said with a smile: Where did mom say it, let's just come over to watch the excitement and tease this little girl.

Zhang Zhentian turned his head to Xuan Ming and said: Let's go.

After saying that, he walked out of the door with Xuan Ming, and after a while, there was a sound of the door closing next door.

The woman named "Mother" asked the drunken Taoist again: What about you?

The drunken Taoist chief snorted and said: The monk's business is related to our Taoist.

After saying that, he also walked out. After a while, there was the sound of footsteps descending the stairs.

"Mom" asked Xiaocui in a low voice: What about others?

Xiaocui said: Threw down five taels of silver and jumped out of the window and ran.

"Mom" snorted and said you take the silver first. Family matters. You are ready to prepare, and someone will ask you to do so.