Chapter 44: Su Xuan
Su Xuan gritted his teeth, raised his head and said: "But Xiaguan has a family-handed archery technique! It is extremely wonderful, if an adult wants to cultivate, Xiaguan is willing to offer it with both hands!"
"Family heirloom archery?" Zhou Hao was stunned, but he didn't expect Su Xuan to suddenly come up with such a sentence.
This inheritance of martial arts is very different from the inheritance of martial arts in the army. Martial arts in the army, as long as there are enough military merits, anyone can learn them. And the family heirloom martial arts, especially the advanced family heirloom martial arts, are the foundation of every martial arts family, and if they are not family descendants, they will not be passed on to outsiders at all.
Zhou Hao and Su Xuan, in fact, only have two sides, it can be said that they are just general friends. If it weren't for Su Xuan's last time for Zhou Hao to choose the Thick Earth to Replenish the Heavens, the two probably wouldn't have had any intersection.
It's just such a shallow friendship, Su Xuan is going to give the family heirloom martial arts to Zhou Hao, is there really such a good thing in the world?
Although this martial art is tempting, I am afraid that it will have to pay a great price to obtain. Thinking of this, Zhou Hao suddenly became a little entangled.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Hao made a decision, hugged his fists and said: "Deacon Su, I Zhou Hao has received your kindness! But you and I are not relatives, how can I accept such a great favor?
When Su Xuan heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qinwei, the arrow method passed down by the Xia Guan family is called the Seven Absolute Arrow Array! I think that my Su family has relied on this arrow method to dominate the party for thousands of years! If it weren't for the great changes in my family more than a hundred years ago, I was the only one left in my generation; and the meridians of Xia Guan were congenitally blocked, so I couldn't practice martial arts at all, otherwise I wouldn't have given this arrow to my lord!"
"But!"
Without waiting for Zhou Hao to finish speaking, Su Xuan said anxiously: "My lord, the lower officials don't ask for anything in return! I just ask that the adults will one day be able to promote the lower officials, and the lower officials will be grateful! The lower officials are congenitally deficient and cannot take the martial arts path, so they can only go as far as they can on the road of being an official." If there is a chance to become a member of the party and revive the Su family, the lower officials will be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors!"
"This I, Zhou Hao, am just a personal guard, with no grade or rank, where can I be qualified to promote Deacon Su?"
"That's not what I said! Twelve no, the thirteen iron guards are all the confidants of the great general. As long as you say a few kind words in front of the general, I am afraid that the future of the lower officials will be bright! What's more, you are a young hero, the last time was only the first battle, you have already beheaded more than 100 people, and in the future there will be a day when you will soar and become a marquis, and when the time comes, you just need to remember the lower officials!" Su Xuan became more and more excited, and two blushes appeared on his pale and almost sickly face. In a pair of eyes, there is infinite eagerness.
Speaking of which, Su Xuan's fanaticism for fame has also been suppressed for too long. As early as more than ten years ago, when Su Xuan was only eleven years old, he had already been admitted to Xiucai, and he was praised as a young genius early, and he also carried the heavy responsibility of reviving the lintel of the Su family.
It's a pity that in the next ten years, Su Xuan has been plagued by his weak body, and he didn't even succeed in the attempt, and even his meager family background was tossed away. In desperation, he had no choice but to join the army and take up the role of guarding the library, which was idle with no oil and water and no future.
After being guarded by the Library Pavilion for several years, Su Xuan's pursuit of fame in his heart was not exhausted, but became more and more heated. finally waited for Zhou Hao, the red man in front of the general, to appear, and Su Xuan didn't care whether Zhou Hao's thighs were thick enough or not, he wanted to hug him tightly. He also took out the family heirloom archery as a bet, which is to bet on his future and Zhou Hao's potential!
Su Xuan's current thoughts are probably somewhat similar to Sun Qi's. At present, although Zhou Hao has just joined the army, he has neither fame nor power, but he is a high-performance stock and potential stock.
Looking at Su Xuan's eager expression, Zhou Hao sighed in his heart, and said in his heart: This right is really a good thing! In order to chase power, countless people will not hesitate to gamble their lives even if they gamble their net worth! Even if it is just to gamble on a hope for tomorrow, they dare to give it their all! This Su Xuan is undoubtedly one of them!
Thinking of this, Zhou Hao didn't hesitate any longer, how could there be any reason not to eat the meat sent to his mouth! In the future, I will talk about it in the future, if he really has the day when he soars, he will definitely repay this favor.
"In that case, I'll take this arrow! It's just a matter of the future, and no one can say for sure. Maybe this expedition to Goryeo will kill me on the battlefield and shroud me in horse leather. If that's the case, don't regret it, Deacon Su! But in the future, if I, Zhou Hao, have a day when I raise my eyebrows, I will definitely return Deacon Su's great favor!"
Hearing Zhou Hao's answer, Su Xuan immediately frowned, and hurriedly said: "My lord, you are lucky and the stars are shining, and if you go to Goryeo, you will definitely have smooth sailing and brilliant achievements!
Zhou Hao smiled faintly and said, "Accept your auspicious words!
The rest is simple. Su Xuan didn't take the Seven Absolute Arrows with him, and after telling Sun Qi for a long day off, he led Zhou Hao home to get it.
Su Xuan's home is on the south gate of Longxiang City, which is a slum with a mixture of dragons and snakes. In addition to Su Xuan, the Su family has only one old mother who is too sick to get out of bed.
And the Su family only has three dilapidated adobe houses, which can be described as having four walls.
In fact, although the Su family has been in decline for a long time, when it came to Su Xuan's father's generation, the family background was basically quite well-off. But Su's father died early, Su's mother contracted tuberculosis, and Su Xuan was a semi-crippled who was born with blocked meridians. There are no pillars in the family, only two medicine jars left, and the Su family has not been reduced to the point of poverty. Because of this, Su Xuan also had to interrupt his studies early, relying on his meager deacon to barely survive.
This Su Xuan is extremely utilitarian, and most of them are forced out by this extremely difficult environment.
And Su Xuan is still a dutiful son, his mother is seriously ill and can't get out of bed all year round, Su Xuan would rather not eat or drink by himself, but also ask his mother for medicine and medicine, coupled with the careful care of him all day and night, Su Xuan's mother has barely survived for so many years, and she seems to be in good spirits.
Zhou Hao looked at the empty and deserted Su family, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that Shuangfeng Village was already a poor place, and this Su family was actually poorer than his own family!
followed Su Xuan to the back room, and Zhou Hao saw Su Mu sitting at the head of the bed, burying her head in needlework.
Zhou Hao hurriedly squeezed out a smile and said to Mother Su who was sitting on the kang: "Aunt Su is good!"
Su's mother was only in her forties, her appearance was very dignified and kind, and her cheeks were sickly red. Although he lingers on the sickbed all year round, the whole person is still very clean and fresh.
"This little brother is Xuan'er's colleague, right? Come here and sit down! Xuan'er, what are you doing standing stupidly? Hurry up and pour tea for the guests!"
"How old is this little brother??Has he ever been married?!"
"My family Xuan'er is weak, and I'm still timid and afraid that things will be tight! Brother Zhou, you have to help me take care of it more!"
Su's mother sat on the kang, warmly beckoned Zhou Hao to sit down, and even held his hand to ask long and short questions, he had never felt his mother's love, and his heart couldn't help but warm, and then his nose was sour, and even his eyes were slightly red.
After a while, Zhou Hao secretly put all his belongings, the only one hundred taels of silver tickets left, under Su's mother's pillow, and then said goodbye to Su's mother and went out to the outhouse.