Chapter 8: The Crazy Old Man
Although Zhou Lao was called "out of the teacher", Shen Xian had never seen Zhou Lao refine any blades in private. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoTwo people work every day, and they are only to complete the commission of the refining room. After another month or two, Shen Xian also learned that most of the living methods in this refining room came from the "Wangfu", that is, the "Luwu Mansion".
During this period, Shen Xian followed Zhou Lao to learn refining, and at the same time helped the refining room to do some chores, such as delivery. After a long time, I also got to know the steward of the Luwu Mansion who was in charge of this chore. There were also a few small leaders under the steward's hands, among which were the soldiers who smiled at him that Shen Xian met at the city gate that day. The soldier was actually a personal guard in the Luwu Mansion, surnamed Zhang, and was the leader of a team of twenty people, and everyone called him "Zhang Tou" or "Zhang Ye". Because Shen Xian went to Luwugong's mansion many times, he also met Zhang Tou. Later, for some reason, the steward didn't want Shen Xian to deliver the goods, so he sent Zhang Tou to the refining room to collect the goods regularly, and after a month or two, he was also familiar with Shen Xian, and he was commensurate with his brother.
Zhang Tou is arrogant and straightforward, but Shen Xian is also happy to make friends, but this person is good at drinking, and the amount of alcohol is very large, every free day, he pulls Shen Xian to drink with his brothers, and Shen Xian's alcohol is not good, naturally every time he is drunk, he is not sober up, so that Shen Xian is a little afraid when he hears the word "wine", and he does not dare to go again, but Zhang Tou is very enthusiastic, and he is worried that he will not hurt his brother's feelings, and he will inevitably be in a dilemma, which is a headache.
Speaking of the days here seem to be very peaceful and quiet, the people around him do not seem to be treacherous and sinister, life is ordinary but full of peace, compared to the town, Shen Xian feels more comfortable, almost forgetting that he still has to go to learn art.
It was almost noon on this day, and Shen Xian was still the same, listening to Zhou Lao's instructions, and sent the refined blade to the door of the store. Zhang Tou was already waiting outside, and when he saw Shen Xian coming out, he said hello and went to sort out those weapons.
"Brother Shen, there's nothing going on at noon, right?" asked Zhang Tou as he counted them carefully.
"It's nothing, what is Brother Zhang's arrangement?"
"In this way, let's go drink with my brother! A new wine shop has opened on West Street today, so I have to go and have a show!" Zhang Tou said with a smile to Shen Xian.
Shen Xian was afraid of drinking, but he was embarrassed to refuse, so he nodded and agreed.
Zhang Tou was happy, and it happened to be almost counted, he said "yes", lifted the basket full on the ground and was about to put it on the carriage behind him, but he bumped into someone, and his feet were unstable, and the basket fell to the ground with a "bang", and the weapon fell to the ground.
Zhang Tou was a little anxious, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but the other party said first: "Good thing!"
Zhang Tou and Shen Xian were both stunned, usually they said "I'm sorry" when they bumped into someone, but this person said this, and the two didn't know what it meant.
Zhang Tou stood up and looked at the man carefully, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
The man was an old man, about fifty years old, unkempt, and dressed in tattered clothes, like a flower child on the side of the street. But when he thought about it, he was not, he already had the cultivation of a first-class martial artist, and his body was tough, even if he hit the wall, he would not necessarily fall, but he was knocked down by this person, it can be seen that that person is not ordinary, but he has never heard of any master in the world dressed like a beggar, so he was a little surprised.
The old man smiled, but he didn't look at Shen Xian and his head, his eyes stared at the blades on the ground, or clapped his hands in joy, or thought silently, like an innocent child seeing a novel toy.
Zhang Yi immediately understood that this old man was a madman, and he was a very powerful madman, Xu was crazy in his early years of practice, and his mind was stupid, so he became what he is today.
Zhang Tou sighed, he was good-hearted, he was not ready to deal with the madman, but he pitied him. In the Shenwu Continent, like him, he should have been a master, but because of his practice, there are many crazy people and fools, just seeing it with his own eyes, it can't help but make people sigh that the world has changed, and there are thousands of fates!
Zhang Tou walked over and picked up the basket, and threw the scattered blades back into the basket. The mad old man clapped his hands, laughed happily, and suddenly pushed the basket again, and then collected his blades and scattered them again.
"You ......" frowned, and when he said this, the old man laughed, and immediately went to retrieve the blade, put it in the basket, and then pushed it down again. Repeated a few times, as if he was fascinated by play, the crazy old man danced and was very happy.
When he looked at the hour, it was almost noon, and these blades had not been sent back, for fear that it would be too late and mishap. He walked over and patted the crazy old man on the shoulder, whether he understood it or not, and said, "You go and play, I still have important things to do, I can't toss it!" As he spoke, he reached out to grab the basket, and as soon as his hand grabbed the edge of the basket, he felt a pain in his wrist, and when he looked up, he saw that the crazy old man grabbed his wrist. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but the old man's strength was so great that he couldn't move, and in a hurry, he slapped the old man's shoulder with his left hand, intending to push him away.
The crazy old man was still laughing, and he took a step forward, his body turning, but his right hand that was grasping his wrist did not let go at all. I don't know where he has so much strength, but when he turned around and fell to the ground, he fell to the ground with a move!
"Good kung fu!" Zhang turned his head and stood up, and couldn't help but admire, he knew how to grab and fight like this, but it was definitely not as strong as the old man's!
"It's fun, it's fun, come again!" the old man laughed and cracked his horse steps, and actually put on a posture, and Shen Xian, who was watching on the side, was stunned.
"So it's playing with me!" Zhang Tou thought to himself, "That's good, I'll try this madman's ability!" Thinking about it, he jumped forward, spread his fists and feet, and a strong fighting spirit wrapped around Zhang Tou's fists like a hammer, and went towards the old man's cheeks.
"Good!" The old man shouted "yes" twice, but he didn't see him dodging, nor did he block, but he saw a slight movement under his feet, and his head, which had already rushed to him, flew out upside down! The old man looked at his head falling to the ground, and said happily: "What a slow, slow turtle, hahaha!"
He got up and looked at the old man incredulously, and the moment he got close to him, he only felt something hit in the chest, and a thick force knocked him out, but he didn't see what hit him. Is it the crazy old man's secret weapon? Or is it his fist? If it is a fist, I can't imagine how a person's fist can be so fast?
Zhang Tou gritted his teeth, he must see what this madman used to hit him!
I saw a cat with his head open, and he rushed towards the old man who was still dancing and rejoicing like lightning. Raising his head and raising his hand was another heavy punch, directly approaching the old man's face, the force was fierce, straight like a crazy bison, Shen Xian felt that if the old man took this blow hard, he would definitely be shocked and damaged his five organs, and he would be seriously injured and incurable if he didn't die!
However, an amazing scene happened again!
The moment Zhang Tou punched the old man's body, it seemed that time suddenly slowed down, and Zhang Tou's pupils dilated, but he saw the old man turning his fist very slowly to block. This punch is slow, really too slow, so that countless thoughts flashed through Zhang's mind, as if he had lived his life again!
Just when Zhang Tou felt that he could change his moves and break the old man again, the old man's fist lightly touched his arm. In the eyes of others, it was as light as a touch of the wind, but Zhang Tou felt like he had been hit by a hammer of ten thousand catties for a moment, and the pain was so painful that he wanted to retract his hand, and at this moment, the old man's extremely slow left fist suddenly hit him.
It was as long as reincarnation, and countless thoughts flashed through his head, and he felt that he couldn't dodge such a slow fist! But strangely, no matter how fast his thoughts were, his movements followed the old man's fist speed, slow, slow, slow! So much so that he didn't feel that his body could still move!
The old man's punch touched Zhang Tou lightly again, and suddenly, time returned to normal, and he saw Zhang Tou like a meteor, shooting out backwards, gliding straight to the ground for a few feet, before stopping!
Fantastic!
Shen Xian was stunned on the side!
"Come again, it's fun!" the old man clapped his hands and laughed happily.
Zhang Tou slowly got up, and it looked like he should be fine. He looked up at the old man in amazement, and asked in his heart in a lost mind: "What kind of boxing is that, what kind of boxing is that?"
The old man saw Zhang Tou standing still, and said with a smile: "If you don't come, I'll come!" As he spoke, he took the initiative to step towards Zhang Tou, raising his hand and trying to use a strange fist.
Shen Xian saw that Zhang Tou was motionless, afraid that the old man would hurt him because he was crazy and stupid, so he couldn't help but shout "stop".
The old man froze for a moment, but he still kept his punch posture, and it looked a little funny.
"Brother Zhang still has important matters, I can't play with you! If you want to find something fun, come over obediently!" Shen Xian was also clever, and when he saw the old man obediently stop his movements, he changed his adult tone and said as if he had commanded.
The old man glanced at Zhang Yi reluctantly, but seemed to be more interested in the "fun" things that Shen Xian said, so he ran to Shen Xian and asked, "What's so fun?"
Shen Xian just looked down at him, and he was a little stunned.
Others should feel sighing and regretful that he would end up stupid and crazy with his skills, but he was very happy to see him, and he didn't know what this world was like in his heart? Or perhaps, only when people are crazy and stupid, will they have nothing to worry about, right?
Shen Xian thought like this, as if he suddenly had an understanding, but he felt hazy and couldn't figure it out.
"What's the fun of you?" the old man suddenly interrupted Shen Xian's train of thought.
Shen Xian sighed, he also felt pitiful, so he took out a short wooden sword from his arms and put a little on the mechanism at the hilt. With a "whoosh", the sword head shot out like a meteor, and as Shen Xian pressed on the mechanism again, the thin line connecting the sword head was withdrawn, and the wooden sword changed back to its original appearance.
If Yu Qing'er and Shen Qingtian were still there, they must know that this was the blade that Shen Xian had once refined.
"This is called the 'Meteor Sword', but it's not a sword yet, it's just a plaything, it's a 'Mini Meteor Sword'!"
"Meteor Sword?" The old man snatched the short wooden sword, played with it in his hand, and bounced the sword head back and forth like Shen Xian, and was extremely happy for a while.
Shen Xian looked at the appearance of the crazy old man, and actually remembered Yu Qing'er, and sighed unconsciously.
At that time, it was the same, and it was also this short wooden sword!
It's just that I don't know where the little goldfinch flew with it......
The crazy old man laughed for a while, as if he had overheard Shen Xian's sigh, his eyes fell on Shen Xian, he was stunned, and somehow, he hugged Shen Xian's shoulder and cried: "Xuanguang, my poor Xuanguang! Uncle is sorry for you, uncle is sorry for you!"
Shen Xian and Zhang Tou, who came back to their senses, were both frightened by the old man's actions, and they didn't speak for a while.
"Brother Zhang, you still have to go and deliver the goods!" After a while, Shen Xian said first.
Zhang Tou nodded stunned, then relieved himself and cleaned up again, and drove the carriage back to the palace to do business, but there were still doubts in his heart, who was the old man, and what was that weird boxing technique.
Shen Xian saw that everyone had gone, and he didn't think much about it, so he returned to the inner hall to continue his work. As for the noon and Zhang Tou and other brothers who returned drunk, I will not elaborate. When Shen Xian woke up drunk, it was already late, the stars in the night sky were like stars, a full moon hung in the western sky, and the moonlight sprinkled on his bed through the window paper, he suddenly felt that he had heard the cry of the little goldfinch in a drunken dream, and vaguely asked him to push open the door, push the door open, and you could see the beautiful scenery outside the door. Thinking like this, I unconsciously got up and pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.
The small courtyard is quiet, it is next to the refining landlord, it should be two people to live, but fortunately, the refining room is less staffed, only Shen Xian lives alone, and there are few people here who usually get up at night, so it seems quiet.
I've seen it countless times, but there's no other view, but it's nowhere near as beautiful as I thought. Shen Xian smiled bitterly, and was about to turn around and close the door, but suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Hehe, you're here!" As soon as the words fell, a black shadow floated down from nowhere, and came to Shen Xian's door.
"If you have any fun things, give them to me!" Shen Xian heard this, and saw the person by the moonlight, but it was the one who came to make a fuss at noon, crazy old man!