Text: Seven and a half disciples
"I understand, if that person is really as the predecessor said, it is to stay with Zhang Liang, then, Deputy Jing Ke... Qin Wuyang's existence is entirely possible. Not only that, but both... Am I right, senior?" Yuko Nan stared at the old man word by word.
Old man: "Yes, that's exactly what the old man guessed!"
"The seniors said that I am not, a person from the Radiant Family, I seem to be able to remember, I don't like civil and military affairs since I was a child, and I have been idle, every time my father checks my practice results, I am from my sister to learn a few tricks to make up for it, I have also wondered, my father has not found out every time! and let me do so for more than ten years. ”
"It's hard to think about this, teaching you martial arts is just to hide people's eyes and ears, so that outsiders don't have suspicions, if you don't want to learn it yourself, you will follow you, anyway, you are not your own son!" Jing Na said with a clear eye.
Nie Xingyi pushed Jing Na and looked at You Zinan with a little apology: "Hehe, Brother Zinan, my junior brother has always been straightforward and fast-talking, you... Don't take it personally!"
"It's okay, I suddenly remembered a lot... It's a lot of things from the past..."Yuko Nan said as she suddenly choked up. Uncontrollable for a moment, he turned around and faced out the window, letting the tears flow quietly. In his heart, he was shouting, "Youzi Nan, Youzi Nan, not only do you not learn and have no skills, but you are also an orphan under the fence, eighteen years... Hehe, you've lived in a masked house for eighteen years... Alas... Should you say lucky or unlucky!"
"You two, come out with the teacher, let him stay alone for a while, just because the teacher has something to order!" "Yes!" Nie Xingyi and Jing followed the old man out of the door.
Two hours later......
"Brother Zinan, Brother Zinan!" Nie Xingyi walked excitedly from outside the courtyard gate to Youzi Nan's guest room.
Yuzi Nan heard that it was Nie Xingyi shouting, scrubbed his face with wet wipes, sorted out his mood, and walked out the door. Seeing Nie Xingyi's face radiant, he wondered in his heart: "Why did this kid" suddenly look so good?"
"Zinan, come with me, Master is waiting for you in the hall and has something to explain to you!" Nie Xingyi.
"Confess... Give me....?" Yuko Nan asked curiously.
"Hehe, don't ask yet, you'll know when you go, let's go" said, and pulled Yuko Minami to the hall.
As soon as the two entered the hall, a plaque in the middle of the hall attracted the attention of Youzi Nan, and the plaque was inlaid with a painting: in the center is a gossip, and its east, west, north and south palaces occupy a white tiger, a green dragon, a vermilion bird, and a Xuanwu respectively.
"Hehe, Zinan, come and sit first. The old man smiled.
Yuzi saluted and sat down next to Nie Xingyi. But there was no Jing Na in the hall.
"Senior, is this painting the origin of the Sixiang Bagua Gate? Yuko Nan asked curiously.
Old man: "Yes, there are five of these paintings, and there was one in every branch hall back then. ”
"Forgive the juniors for taking the liberty of hearing the seniors mention the origin of the Sixiang Bagua Gate before, and then something seems to have happened... Could it be....?"
The old man looked out of the door, his eyes seemed to be a little empty: "That's right, it was the battle twenty-six years ago, the death of the senior brother in charge and the master of the Bagua Sect laid the groundwork for the internal strife of our faction later, but, think about it, how can the leaderless gossip and the four elephants still stand on three legs, and fight between the halls, the purpose is not only the false name of the head of the house, but also the coveting secret skills of each hall hidden in the headquarters." ”
Nie Xingyi silently said, "Qinglong... Secret Technique..."
The old man nodded. continued: "The old man is the master of the Qinglong Hall, although he has no intention of being in charge, but it is his duty to protect the secret technique of the Qinglong. The ideas of the other halls are not the same, and the hateful thing is that the Suzaku Hall and the Bagua Sect secretly colluded, wanting to combine the secret skills of each hall and the position of the head of the sect. I led my cousins to fight in the headquarters for a whole night, and although I finally succeeded in regaining the secret technique, all the masters of the main hall were destroyed, and the old man was fortunate enough to escape from the Suzaku Hall and the Bagua Gate, and barely protected the two damaged meridians with the qi of the green dragon before he was able to escape. Since then, he has traveled far away to this remote Lingnan land, and finally settled in this Foshan town. ”
Yuzi Nan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard it.
The old man smoothed his beard: "The green dragon is hidden, the white tiger is in the dust, the Vermilion Bird is falling, the Xuanwu trapped beast, and the gossip is in the heart." ”
Nie Xingyi asked puzzledly, "Master, why did you read the poems?"
"This is the Providence Walker's comment to the old man!" replied the old man.
"Providence Walker... Comment..."Yuko Nan said silently.
Nie Xingyi was taken aback: "Heavenly Will Walker, this is the Taoist who said that he only has one side of the relationship with Master in this life. ”
"That's right, the old man has always believed that man will conquer the sky, and things are man-made. When I fled to Foshan town to settle down, still have the heart of the door, so I asked a close friend to inquire about the news of this faction, during which there has been a correspondence, one day, I went out to practice and collect qi, in the mountains and forests to meet a person, I saw this person cloth clothes and shoes, quite an immortal posture and have the heart to talk to him a few words, in the words, this person knows everything about my origin, I was shocked, suspecting that he is the eyeliner of those remnants. ”
But in the conversation that followed, I knew that he was a wandering Taoist priest of the Mingjing Sect, a Taoist of Heavenly Will, and he said that he and I only had one side in this life, and since we met, he would answer two questions about me, regardless of the past or future. I was curious and wanted to see if he was accurate, so I asked two questions: "things and myself". ”
Yuzi Nan: "Things and yourself?"
Old man: "Things are things outside of me." About the ending of the Four Elephants Bagua Gate!"
The two nodded in unison, and the old man continued: "This person only thought for a moment and blurted out: "Qinglong hermit, white tiger falling into the dust, Vermilion Bird falling into evil, Xuanwu trapped beast, gossip to the heart." "I wanted to ask for an explanation, but this man said it clearly, and I should not ask more. But fortunately, these few sentences, the mystery is not difficult. A few years later, these few sentences were exactly the same as those mentioned in the letters of close friends about the current situation of the Sixiang Bagua Gate. ”
"Is it really that amazing?" Yuko-nan meditated in disbelief.
"Master, what about your own words?" Nie Xingyi asked.
The old man immediately smiled and pointed at Youzi Nan: "Zi Nan, this second question is related to you!"
"Ahh I... Senior, no, he can still count the seniors who can see me today? Forgive me for being unreasonable... I roughly believed what my predecessors said before, but this incident made me suspect that my predecessors were in the next "trap", and that my predecessors were beating Qin Wuyang's idea, right? The matter between Qin Wuyang and Zhang Liang is simply fake, alas'... Yes... I really can't think of a conspiracy! Senior!" Yuko Nan looked directly at the old man, and the expression on his face was indescribably complicated.
I only heard someone in the courtyard ask loudly: "Who wants to trap you, and will plot against you, Brother Zinan!" Everyone saw that Jing Na was carrying some things to the hall, he entered the door and put the things on the round table in the hall, and said to the old man with a cracked smile: "Master, wine and high-quality beef, your old favorite!"
Yuzi Nan woke up and didn't eat all the time, his stomach was already buzzing, looking at the wine and beef that Jing Na brought back, but his heart was even more unpleasant, and he didn't know how to answer Jing Na.
"Hahaha... Hahaha! Little rabbit cub" The old man was happy for a while, and when he was young, he calmed down and asked: "Zinan, after you listen to the following things, it's not too late to question again!"
"Okay, you... You say!" Zinan replied coldly. Nie Xingyi couldn't cry or laugh in general, and it was difficult to sit still.
The old man said: "The second question, "self", is a matter of self. The old man was unmarried, had no wife and no children, and after the battle to seize the book, the cousin was killed and wounded, so to speak... Alone, life and death have no worries. But the old man's ability is not agreed, and the old man loves talents all his life, if this green dragon secret technique is lost from now on, the old man's sin will be great. ”
The old man closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then continued: "So, regarding the question of "self", the old man asked if he would have an apprentice in this life!"
Everyone listened intently.
The old man continued: "This providential walker, seeing that I was at a loss, patted me on the shoulder and said, yes, there are quite a few, two and a half. When the old man had finished speaking, he walked away, and he had never seen him again. ”
Youzi Nanwen was quick to hear the words, "two and a half", and immediately looked at Jing Na and Nie Xing in the hall. Youzi Nan probably understood, and silently thought in his heart: "Look at this situation, am I the half?"
Jing Na smiled and looked at the old man: "It turns out that the master has this meaning to ask the disciples outside the courtyard about Zinan's character!" Then he turned to Youzi Nan: "Congratulations, Brother Zinan, the master is going to accept you as an apprentice!"
Nie Xingyi looked at Youzi Nan: "Brother Zinan, I don't know what you think, are you willing to worship in the Blue Dragon Gate?"
Yuzi Nan secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Whew... I almost misunderstood my seniors.,It turns out that the senior's second question is like this.,I'm scared to death.。 Not only did he receive the grace of saving his life, but he also revealed a layer of life experience, he didn't learn and didn't know, and this old man didn't dislike it..."My heart was happy and grateful and guilty to the old man. Immediately knelt in front of the old man: "I'm sorry... Senior, I just misunderstood. ”
The old man smiled and said: "How can the old man be as knowledgeable as you little cub, but it depends on your good qualifications and character, and it is okay." But don't you wonder why it's half an apprentice?"
Only then did Youzi Nan remember that he was talking about "half", and after thinking about it, he couldn't understand how to "half" the method. Hurriedly shook his head: "I really can't guess!"
"It seems that what this providential practitioner said is true," the old man said to himself. "The old man happened to pass on the skills to Xingyi and Jing Na today, and the two of them each got my four successes, and now there are only two percent of the skills left!"
Youzi Nan recalled: "I saw that Nie Xingyi's face was very good just now, as if he had changed people before, I didn't expect it to be the effect of accepting the gong. ”
Jing Na calculated: "Forty percent, forty percent, two percent." It's exactly two and a half!"
"4+4+2=10, exactly two and a half ... I was really right, the Taoist said!
Nie Xingyi: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Zinan, congratulations to Master!"
The old man touched his beard: "Heaven's will is hard to disobey... What a fate!"
Nie Xingyi also shouted with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's eat first, this is the best beef in Foshan!"
"Just wait for Senior Brother's words!Master, please!" Jing Na. Youzi Nan was in a good mood for a while, and she ate this first meal beautifully.