The cold wind blew through the cracks in the window paper into a slightly dilapidated wooden house, and the two people in the house, one big and one small, were unaware.

What caught my eye was an old man in a gray-black short coat, his face was full of patches of old age spots, and wrinkles were entrenched on the entire body and face, and he was thin, and he could clearly see the bones under the loose flesh.

Standing in front of the old man was a boy in black pants, wearing his upper body, sweating profusely, and his body exuded a white gas rising from strenuous exercise.

"No, no!", the old man frowned, and his right leg nodded at the boy's calf joint like lightning, "Xiaobao, you are also ten years old this year, and you have been learning this set of boxing with me for three years, how can you still make such a mistake?".

Wei Xiaobao's leg was kicked by the old man, as if he had been pricked by a needle, and his movements were corrected instantly. smiled and said: "Grandpa Wang, your trick is really amazing, I have asked you many times, why don't you teach me?"

The old man was obviously very strict when teaching, and when he heard the words, he swept his legs directly, but Wei Xiaobao jumped back directly, his body fluttering, and he jumped out of more than a foot.

"Hehe, Grandpa Wang, your tricks are old-fashioned, do you think I'm going to be fooled?", Wei Xiaobao smiled and said proudly.

The old man snorted, his eyes narrowed directly, 'whoosh', his body was like a gale, and he rushed directly in front of Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, and wanted to dodge, but his left shoulder had been pinched by the old man's five eagle claws-like fingers, and at the same time, his feet were tripped by the old man's feet.

The left shoulder was restrained, but Wei Xiaobao was not panicked, his shoulder shook, his body was as if there were no bones, he was directly half shortened, and went around the back of the old man, and at the same time, a collapse fist had already hit the old man's back, and the old man turned his back to Wei Xiaobao, with a hint of a smile on his face, but he didn't mean to dodge at all.

Wei Xiaobao was startled, this collapse fist is extremely powerful! He was also addicted, and subconsciously used it, but the old man didn't hide, but it was too late to retract at this time, Wei Xiaobao shouted in panic: "Grandpa Wang, get out of the way! I can't hold my hand!", and a punch hit the old man's vest solidly.

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"Huh?", Wei Xiaobao's fist hit the old man's vest, but it was like hitting in a sponge, without a trace of hitting, Wei Xiaobao frowned, and ran to the old man in horror: "Grandpa Wang, are you okay? Are there any injuries?", Wei Xiaobao looked at the old man in front of him nervously.

The old man laughed and exclaimed: "Not bad, not bad! When encountering the enemy, it is like burning oneself on fire, and you will not be merciful in beating people, and you will not be beaten in mercy." Good, good, good. ”。

The corners of Wei Xiaobao's mouth twitched when he heard this: "Grandpa Wang, are you okay?", and said in his heart, "Grandpa Wang won't be angry with me, right? Wei Xiaobao barely held up a smile and looked at the old man nervously.

The old man walked up to Wei Xiaobao and touched Wei Xiaobao's head, "Xiaobao, you have to maintain this mentality, the most important thing in martial arts is an artistic conception! This Hongwu Continent is to pay attention to a law of the jungle, only by being ruthless to yourself, can you be ruthless to others! However, you must also remember in the future, the Xingyi Fist I taught you is too vicious, and the emphasis is on 'one ruthless, two poisonous, three fatal', hard fighting, hard progress, it is a veritable murderous boxing method, and it cannot be used indiscriminately, you know?".

Wei Xiaobao nodded, he had been adopted by the old man since he could remember, but the old man only told himself that his surname was Wang, and asked him to call him Grandpa Wang, and he didn't tell him his name or anything. In Wei Xiaobao's eyes, the old man is very mysterious, and he always spends some days alone in a daze. Wei Xiaobao's name was also given by the old man, Wei Xiaobao didn't have a name until he was five years old, until one night five years ago, Wei Xiaobao pestered the old man to ask him a name, the old man pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, you little ghost is eccentric, just call Wei Xiaobao! Hahaha, it's very interesting!"

Wei Xiaobao didn't know why the old man's surname was Wang, but he wanted to name himself 'Wei Xiaobao', and he didn't know why he found this thing interesting, everything about the old man was a fog in his eyes, but he didn't care, the old man was his only relative in this world, since he named himself Wei Xiaobao, then he was Wei Xiaobao!

"Grandpa Wang, there are three days before the Hongwu New Year Festival, should we prepare some things for the New Year?", Wei Xiaobao took the old man's hand and said.

"Chinese New Year?", the old man was in a trance when he heard this, and whispered to himself: "It's the Spring Festival again, and I've been here for fifty-three years, so tired!"

"What?", Wei Xiaobao noticed that the old man's expression was a little strange.

The old man reacted and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's the New Year's festival in three days, and we should also prepare something for the New Year." As he spoke, the old man took out a tael of silver from his body and handed it to Wei Xiaobao's hand, "Xiaobao, I haven't let you eat a good meal in the past few years, you can take this silver, see if you like it, just buy it!"

Weighing the silver in his hand, Wei Xiaobao's heart did not have any joy, today's old man's reaction is too abnormal, in previous years, when it came to the New Year, the old man always looked impatient and lonely, today Wei Xiaobao just habitually asked, but he didn't expect the old man to agree.

Wei Xiaobao hesitated and asked, "Grandpa Wang, are you really okay?"

The old man laughed and scolded: "Stinky boy, what's the matter? Give you money to buy something you like, and I'll be fine?

Seeing the old man return to his usual state, Wei Xiaobao was slightly relieved in his heart, and scolded secretly: "I'm really cheap, I'm very happy, I still have to make some trouble." He said with a smile: "Hehe, who made Grandpa Wang not like the New Year's Festival very much before, I'm also a little strange!"

"Strange, don't you give you money, come on, give it back to me. The old man's hand reached directly in front of Wei Xiaobao.

Wei Xiaobao laughed and hurriedly jumped away: "That's not good, if something comes to my Wei Xiaobao's hands, it's mine, even if Grandpa Wang wants to take it back, it won't work!"

"It's almost time, I can't wait to go home", the old man looked at Wei Xiaobao with a smile on his face.

Bang bang bang

Colorful fireworks bloomed in the sky, and the whole Qingcheng was filled with joy. After all, today is the 1,000th year of the Hongwu era, and on this commemorative day, every family is celebrating the New Year's Festival, and the children outside the door have eaten the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, setting off fireworks outside, or a few groups of snowball fights.

Wei Xiaobao looked at the children outside with a little envy, the only color of his childhood was to practice and learn to fight, and the old man was very strict with him, except for practicing is literacy. To be honest, Wei Xiaobao didn't think that literacy was of any use, but the old man told him: "The difference between man and beast is that man knows how to use his brain, while beast only has instinct." Don't think that people who practice martial arts are the kind of people who 'have developed limbs and simple minds', martial arts also need to think with their brains, and the kind of people who only rely on instinct will always be inferior. ”。

There was a bottle of old wine on the table, and a few simple appetizers, the old man ate a fennel bean, and took a sip of wine, with a hint of blush on his face: "Xiaobao, if you want to play, go out to play! I have tied you to my side all these years, and your stinky boy's wings are almost hard, it's time for you to spread your wings." As he spoke, he took another sip of wine and said with a smile: "Alas, when you are old, you talk a lot when you are old, hehe." ”。

"Grandpa Wang, today is the New Year's Festival, I won't go anywhere, I'll stay with you. Wei Xiaobao turned around, sat directly next to the old man, and said with a smile: "Xiaobao's wings are still very tender! ”。

The old man smiled drunkenly, his hands trembled, shook the wine bottle, and said, "Oh, there is not enough wine." He took out a tael of silver from his body, and continued: "You go and help me get another bottle of wine, but be careful, don't let Old Man Li mix it with water, that treacherous guy likes to mix water the most." ”。

Wei Xiaobao smiled: "Grandpa Wang, who am I, Wei Xiaobao? Can you still let that old dizzy guy be deceived?", he took out a tael of silver from his body, and said with a smile: "The silver you gave me before, I didn't use it! Saying that, Wei Xiaobao went out directly.

"It's time!", the old man changed his previous drunken state, his eyes were clear, and he muttered to himself: "Xiaobao is almost able to take care of himself, and I finally have no worries." As he spoke, the old man took out a small bag of things from his clothes, and slowly opened the bag, and what caught his eye was some white powdery objects.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the white powder in one gulp, and drank the rest of the wine in one go, the old man stood up directly, tidied up his clothes, this set of clothes and shoes, all of which the old man went to buy today, lay down on the bed, and a trace of blood slowly flowed out of the corner of the old man's mouth.

"Grandpa Wang, I called for wine, I took advantage of Old Man Li's inattention and scooped some into it myself, hehehe. Wei Xiaobao pushed open the door with a wine gourd, saw the old man lying on the bed, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Wang, your amount of wine is not as good as a year, so I drank a little and went to bed with my shoes on." ”。

Putting down the wine gourd, Wei Xiaobao walked to the bed and wanted to take off the old man's shoes, and by the faint candlelight, Wei Xiaobao finally saw more and more blood flowing from the corners of the old man's mouth.

"Grandpa Wang?", Wei Xiaobao trembled his hands and shook the old man's body, tears already flowed unconsciously: "Ha, Grandpa Wang, don't scare me, what's wrong with you?"

Under Wei Xiaobao's shaking, the old man's eyes opened and looked at Wei Xiaobao with a smile: "Xiaobao, don't blame grandpa, grandpa has been here for fifty-three years, in this place where there are no relatives, no friends, no lovers, I have been lonely for too long, too long, I am so tired, I am really tired!", the old man seemed to be talking to himself: "The time has come, and I can finally be free." Dad, Mom, Li Qing, I can finally see you again, I'm sorry for you! I'm sorry for the unborn child. ”。

Tears welled up in the corners of the old man's eyes, and he began to cry. Wei Xiaobao didn't understand what the old man was saying at all, with tears in his eyes, he choked up: "Grandpa Wang, you still have Xiaobao, Xiaobao is your relative, don't leave Xiaobao alone, okay?", Wei Xiaobao looked at the old man with tears on his face.

"Yes, you are also grandpa's relative! However, grandpa wants to be selfish, but grandpa is just a little tired and wants to sleep peacefully. The old man's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help coughing violently, and the blood couldn't stop flowing, leaving a pool of half-dried blood on the ground, and the old man sighed: "Xiaobao, grandpa coughed in the box where the clothes were placed, and left you a book, after you read it, burn it with me", the old man's voice was weak, and in the end, he couldn't say it anymore.

Wei Xiaobao burst into tears, falling to the ground drop by drop, his eyes staring directly at the dead old man