He Du glanced at Meng Qi and said sullenly: "Mr. Su, don't you think I'm sad enough? ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand from behind him, picked up the wooden sword on the ground, frowned slightly, and was extremely puzzled about why he always lost to the fifth senior brother today, so that he was so depressed that it was difficult to get rid of it.

"The first time, I made a move 'Thousand Sails in the Sea', and the fifth senior brother dealt with the 'Lonely Sail Far Shadow', and when I changed my move to 'Blue Sea and Blue Sky', he took the 'Bright Moon on the Sea' and hit the back of my hand, he didn't have such a clever trick before......" He Dui danced his sword to himself, describing today's competition.

He didn't pay attention to Meng Qi's opinion, he just expressed his inner anger, reviewed the battle, found out the problems, and tried to win tomorrow, so as not to disappoint the hall master.

Meng Qi rolled the "Tianwen" into a cylinder, gently tapped his palm, and waited until He Du finished practicing, and said with a smile: "I heard that the 'Martial Arts Hall Competition' is approaching, it's normal for your fifth senior brother to find a high finger to point it, you can't always look at him with old eyes." ”

"That's right!" He Du said suddenly, "Fifth Senior Brother's father is a businessman and has a lot of money, so he must have invited a master finger to give advice!"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked depressed, his parents worked hard every day, and they could only afford to support themselves to practice martial arts in the martial arts hall, and he had no money to spare, so what could he ask for a high finger?

Therefore, he is very grateful to the owner of the pavilion, he doesn't want him to be disappointed, and he also wants to get ahead as soon as possible, support himself, and not let his parents always be so tired.

This martial arts competition is an opportunity, but I can't see any hope!

Meng Qi said with a teasing smile: "You can ask me for advice, I'm a master, really a master!"

He Du glanced up at Meng Qi listlessly, only to see that he had a wide robe and big sleeves, and his literary quality was polite, and he had a feeling of poetry and bookishness, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Su." Don't make fun of me. ”

As I see on weekdays, Mr. Su rarely goes out, he is one of the few people who can keep the impetuousness of the reader, he does not do things slowly, although he is idle, but he is extremely hardworking, if he has a problem with words, he always has no shelf, a bright smile, easy-going and interesting. And he likes food, often walks through the streets and alleys, and his life always makes him think of the poem "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan".

But what I encountered was not a problem in learning, but martial arts, looking at Mr. Su's age, even if Confucianism has six arts, at most he has just started.

"You can try 'Thousand Sails in the Sea' followed by 'Moon on the Sea'. Meng Qi said with a smile.

He Du was even more helpless: "Mr. Su, how can you pick this up?"

Sure enough, he is a nerd with no martial arts background. "A Thousand Sails in the Sea" is a move that shakes up and down to evolve the sail shadow in the forward swing, but the "Bright Moon on the Sea" hits from high, how to catch this?

"What can't you catch? The last sail that you evolve when you swing horizontally can be higher and bigger, covering the sky and the sun. So the moon broke through the shadow of the sail and shone into the sea. Meng Qi uses a literary way to describe the connection between the two moves.

"Taller, bigger...... Obscuring the sky...... Moon Breaking Sail Shadow ...... "He Dusk has read a lot of books, and it is a little difficult to understand, but Meng Qi's description is very vivid. He finally grasped the key point, the wooden sword was swung, and thousands of sails competed. The shadow of the sail is getting bigger and bigger, gradually obscuring the blue sky, and then the moon rises in the middle of the sky, clear and cold, and the light is sprinkled.

"This, this can really be ...... However, how can 'Thousand Sails in the Sea' be changed like this? Master He will beat the palm of his hand...... "Pavilion Master He requires his disciples to conform to the norms in every move, and there is no difference, so He Duan couldn't accept it for a while.

Meng Qi smiled and said, "Why can't you take it? From the perspective of the story, this is completely reasonable." ”

"So, the story?" He Du looked at Meng Qi dumbfounded, what does swordsmanship have to do with the story?

Meng Qi looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he smiled and said: "In my opinion, swordsmanship and story are essentially the same, you see, Canghai Qianfan tells the story of the boundless sea and the heavy shadow of the sail, if the sail shadow is getting bigger and bigger, it can naturally be connected to the blue sky and connected to the bright moon, and there is no need to stick to the original story structure." ”

"This, how can this be the same?" He Duan had never heard of this kind of theory, and could not accept it.

Meng Qi put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Isn't it a lot of time to tell a story to the other party when you compete with people with swordsmanship?" There is a beginning, a process, a change, a trap, a turn, a climax, and an ending!"

"There are two types of storytellers who use swordsmanship, one tries to avoid the other party guessing the follow-up plot, because from the perspective of the story, it loses its attractiveness, and from the perspective of the swordsmanship competition, it means failure, and the other is to deliberately tell a near-true story, so that the opponent can fully believe it, and then reverse it at the key point, shock the four, and end with a climax, which is deception, this is a trap, it is an important skill in storytelling, and it is also an important idea of using a sword. ”

"Well, in fact, there is another kind of person, he doesn't set traps, everyone can guess the follow-up plot, but the opponent can only follow his swordsmanship, it is difficult to jump out, it is difficult to get rid of, this is the realm of swordsmanship. ”

Looking at He Duan's blank and surprised expression, Meng Qi snorted: "So, I think the skills of storytelling can be used in the swordsmanship competition." ”

"Mr. Su, don't be whimsical...... He Dui came back to his senses for a long time, and said weakly.

Meng Qi smiled and groaned: "Why not try it? Tomorrow, I will tell you the story of the bright moon on the sea after a thousand sails in the sea, a story that is different from normal development, and a story that makes people unable to guess the subsequent changes." ”

After speaking, he left He Dusk, and Shi Shiran walked back to his yard.

He Du stood in place and was stunned, and after a long time, he swung his wooden sword, but it was a story of thousands of sails competing, the sail shadows covering the sky, and the bright moon shining.

Although he felt that Mr. Su's swordsmanship story theory was unreasonable, he had practiced swords for a few years, and he still had a little judgment ability on the change of moves.

Following.

After the practice, He Duan walked out and said to a young man in a black suit, "Fifth Senior Brother, please continue to teach today." ”

The senior brothers and sisters next to him laughed secretly, what a nerd is really persistent, he lost so many times yesterday, and he dared to challenge today.

He Ye, the owner of the pavilion, bowed his head lightly, and his toughness was commendable, but he also had to be reminded to be self-aware, so as not to hit his head and bleed in the future.

The fifth senior brother pursed his lips, lifted the wooden sword and said, "He Dusk." If you lose again, don't pester me, I still have to ask my brothers for advice. ”

He Du nodded slightly, and after saluting, the long sword swung horizontally, and the sea was full of sails.

The fifth senior brother did not hesitate to make a move to Gufan Yuanying, and the long sword stabbed from top to bottom, avoiding Qianfan.

"Lonely Sail" gradually became smaller, almost disappeared from the sea and sky, and landed on He Dusk's lower abdomen.

Ho Dusk's Thousand Sails. The ups and downs become larger, quickly obscuring the sky and the sun.

When he swung to a high place, the long sword slashed down, and the moon broke through the shadow of the sail, just before the fifth senior brother hit him in the lower abdomen, and slashed at his shoulder.

The fifth senior brother felt a pain in his shoulder, and the wooden sword escaped and fell in front of He Dui.

"You, how can you make a thousand sails in the sea like this?" the fifth senior brother pointed at He Duidao, with a look of indignation and unacceptability.

Qu Tianhe opened a pair of big eyes. How could the fifth senior brother who won Senior Brother He who was about to cry yesterday lose in one move?

The expressions of the surrounding martial arts hall disciples were different, or surprised or confused, or gloating or frowning, the fifth senior brother lost so quickly?

Won. Won, really won...... He Du didn't react to the accusations of the fifth senior brother, and the thoughts echoed in his mind, which really made the fifth senior brother listen to a different story. He can't guess the development and it's hard to cope...... There seems to be some truth in what Mr. Su said......

"Ho Dui, did you think of it yourself?" asked Pavilion Master Ho with no joy in his eyes.

He Du should have answered honestly. When he spoke, he subconsciously changed: "Master of the pavilion, I thought of it by chance. ”

"It's good to be able to use swordsmanship, but you're still in the basic stage, and it's more important to have a solid grasp of swordsmanship. He Du said impartially, walked to the side with his hand, and said to himself inaudibly, "The sea can still catch the bright moon like this......

The fifth senior brother thought about the process and said unconvinced: "He Duan, let's compare again!"

He Dui's heart jumped, and he was nervous, he only had this story, and if he compared, everyone knew the development and ending of the story.

Wait a minute! Everyone knows, then I can change the development and ending of the story, they all think that I will receive the "moon on the sea" after "a thousand sails in the sea", then I can do the opposite, and tell an unexpected story!

Well, how do you pick it up...... He Du pretended to be Mr. Su, and was not bound by the original rules of the move, so he quickly had a plan, and replied with implicit expectation: "Okay, Fifth Senior Brother, please give advice." ”

This time, the fifth senior brother made the first move, and after two or three strokes, He Du found an opportunity and used the "Thousand Sails in the Sea".

The fifth senior brother sneered in his belly, he didn't need to "lonely sail and distant shadow", he went directly out of the "blue sea and blue sky", and the sword shadow covered the moon.

The long sword floats up and down to derive the shadow of the sail, when it is high, it covers the sky and the sun, and it can catch the bright moon on the sea, but when it is low, the shadow of the sail is near.

So, He Dui changed his tricks when the sail shadow was almost gone, and he picked it up from the bottom to the top, "The Lonely Peak Tide Rises"!

Syllable.

The fifth senior brother covered his chest and abdomen, and the wooden sword took off his hand again, and said breathlessly: "You, you, how can you do this!"

He Du was extremely happy and forced a smile: "Fifth Senior Brother, accept it." ”

I can tell a story myself!

After that, the fifth senior brother didn't entangle anymore, for fear that he would lose face if he lost again, and He Du concentrated on the competition, his mind was full of storytelling, and he won a few times and lost a few times.

"He Dui, after the new year, I plan to let you participate in the martial arts hall competition. "The owner of the He Pavilion has been silently watching, and seeing that He Dui seems to have a lot of ideas overnight, he plans to let him occupy one of the six places in the Qingfeng Martial Arts Pavilion, and then go to compete with real masters of the same age, sharpen his mind, and also polish his swordsmanship.

As for the results, he didn't put his hopes on He Dui, the top three disciples took on this heavy responsibility, and the other three mainly used it to sharpen themselves.

He Du was surprised, delighted, and uneasy: "I, Master of the Pavilion, I, can I?"

"I tried it to find out. Pavilion Master He smiled.

Once you participate in the martial arts competition, it is easy to be favored by the sect or family, and no matter how bad it is, you can find a caretaker to do...... He Du left the martial arts hall full of expectations and losses, and somehow walked in front of Meng Qi's door.

"Mr. Su, Mr. Su's 'swordsmanship story' is not unreasonable...... He, is he really a master?" He Du still didn't believe it, thinking it was just a coincidence, well, Mr. Su practiced less martial arts and was less constrained by various swordsmanship rules, so he was able to jump out of the original "house" and make his thoughts smart, "Maybe you can talk to him more, storytelling and swordsmanship really have something in common...... He's not good at swordsmanship, but he's pretty good at storytelling!"

Knocking on the courtyard door, He Du heard the lazy voice of "come in", pushed the door and looked, only to see Mr. Su wearing a big hat, sitting under the plum tree, while warming the wine on a low fire in the red stove, while holding a book, and chanting softly:

“...... In the beginning of antiquity, who preached it?"

"The top and bottom are not formed, why should they be tested?"

......

Such a scene made He Du couldn't help but hold his breath, and then saw Mr. Su pointing to the seat next to him, so he walked over with light steps and sat down quietly.

"Yin and Yang Triad, what is the origin and what is the transformation?"

After reading this sentence, Meng Qi looked sideways at He Dui, "Do you know what it means?" (To be continued......)