Chapter 37: Martial Arts Competition
Lan Yu knew that in recent years, the troops from other places had come to Beijing for military exercises, and they were all stationed outside the city, and they were not allowed to spend the night in the city, so he hurriedly ordered the two partial generals to lead the sergeants to march towards the school military field. At this time, the crown prince Zhu Biao also led twenty brocade guards to follow the army and walked out, thinking about the military camp to reward and comfort the wounded soldiers.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the back of the Ming army that was purged after Lan Yu's order, and instantly became silent, and couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said: "If my Ming soldiers have such combat power, why worry about the Northern Yuan to disturb the border?" ”
Zhu Di turned his head and glanced at Zhu Quan at this time, and there seemed to be a deep meaning in his eyes. Zhu Quan saw him looking at him, thinking that he was going to learn bow and horse martial arts with him, and couldn't help but say in his heart: When I came here today, I would have to compete, and it was not as good as what I proposed. Thinking of this, he hurriedly bowed down and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: Father, the fourth brother and I meet today to compete in martial arts, how about asking my father to be fair? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang heard that his two sons were going to compete, he couldn't help but smile, sat in the chair placed by the guards with great interest, and said: "It's hard for me to get out of the palace today, so it's up to you two to have the means. ”
When Zhu Quan heard him say this, he immediately jumped to the open ground in the middle of the field, rubbed the knuckles of his right hand with his left hand, made a "crackling" sound, and said with a smile: "The younger brother asked the fourth brother to fight with me with his bare hands, and if he was knocked to the ground, he could start and lose." ”
Zhu Di saw Zhu Quan's eager look, he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, and said secretly: Look at this kid's fearless appearance, I'm afraid that some means are really unknown. Thinking of this, his mind turned for a moment, and he said with a smile: "With General Lan Yu here, the foolish brother doesn't dare to get an axe, so why don't you and General Lan have a fight." As he spoke, he said in his heart: Lan Yu is arrogant, if he makes a move and wins Zhu Quan, I am afraid that my father may not like it. If he loses, he will kill his madness.
Hearing Zhu Di say this, Lan Yu couldn't help frowning, recalling the scene of beating Zhu Quan by the Qinhuai River, he hesitated and bowed down and said: "His Royal Highness King Ning is vigorous, and his subordinates ask themselves if they are not their opponents in hand-to-hand combat, and they admit defeat." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Lan Yu had been on the battlefield for a long time, was brave and competitive, and at this time he only said that "hand-to-hand fighting" was not the opponent of King Ning, and it didn't seem to be all humble, so he couldn't help but show a slight look of surprise and looked at Zhu Quan.
Zhu Quan heard Lan Yu admit in public that he was not his opponent, and couldn't help but have a good impression of him, feeling that although Lan Yu was crazy, he was still a bright and upright person, and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes in a blink of an eye, knowing that he was suspicious, so he simply made up his mind to talk about the night with Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Xu Ying on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and Lan Yu misunderstood the fight.
Zhu Yuanzhang said what he said, he heard Zhu Quan's narration, recalled that he had to report that Lan Yu and Zhu Di seemed to be interested in Xu Da's daughter Xu Ying, and guessed that the cause of the fight between this son and Lan Yu was Xu Ying, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, and said angrily: "You kid, you are so nonsense." looked at the prince's robe on Zhu Quan's body, and said with a smile: "Go and change your clothes, you should have the appearance of practicing martial arts, what kind of body is dressed like this?" ”
Zhu Quan took off the royal robe on his body, revealing a black tight-fitting shirt, and walked back to the field.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Lan Yu didn't seem to dare to go against Zhu Quan, and he was curious, so he said to Zhu Di: "Call one of your guards to fight with Quan'er." He said this to prevent Zhu Di, the fourth brother, from beating his younger brother and not being able to step down, so he said so.
Zhu Di summoned a palace guard named Zhang Yu under his command, and immediately ordered him to fight with Zhu Quan.
Zhu Quan saw the sturdy Zhang Yu in front of him, but he was not afraid, and he smiled and disagreed.
Zhang Yu stood up after bowing to Zhu Yuanzhang, he heard that it was hand-to-hand combat at this time, and he was a little relieved, so he stood opposite Zhu Quan in the field, bowed down and said: "His Royal Highness King Ning, please show mercy to your subordinates." Although the words were polite, I thought in my heart that this highness was thin and small, and he thought that he was pampered, but he didn't have any real means.
After Zhu Quan bowed slightly, he took two steps away in front of the other party, stood sideways, his feet jumped slightly, and his fists shook on his cheeks, looking for the other party's flaws.
The onlookers had never seen such a strange modern fighting posture, and they only felt that he was shaking his head with a thief, and they couldn't help but be a little funny.
Zhu Yuanzhang also had many heroes in the anti-Yuan Red Turban Army in the past, because although he was not familiar with the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, he also had some eyesight, and at this time, seeing Zhu Quan's movements, he couldn't help but wonder, and said to Li Ling, the leader of the Jinyi Guard standing next to him: "He seems to be a bit of a thief, but he doesn't seem to be a monkey fist?" But what kind of sect? ”
Li Lingnai is a young man in his thirties, at this time, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and then looked at Zhu Quan's skills, he couldn't help but show a solemn look on his face, and said in a low voice: "Although His Royal Highness King Ning's fists and feet look chaotic, they can be extremely fast in the simplest movements, exerting the strength of the whole body, just to knock down the opponent, there are no superfluous movements, it seems to make a lot of sense." It's just that in order to be stable in my Central Plains martial arts, I have always paid attention to "lifting my feet but not my waist", and I generally don't kick the opponent's chest, abdomen and head. His Royal Highness's feet are very erratic, as if he has a bit of the martial arts of the Koreans. ”
At this time, after Zhu Quan shook a few times, he flashed in front of Zhang Yu with a sharp step, his left hand swayed, and a jab feint attacked the opponent's chest and abdomen, followed by a straight punch. Although Zhang Yu is a warrior in Zhu Di's palace, he is good at blade equipment, and he has never seen the other party's strange movements, so he subconsciously reached out and slapped the opponent's left fist, and when he couldn't dodge, he ate the opponent's punch in the eye, and then ate the opponent's hard blow on the waist, and couldn't help bending down.
Zhu Quan was unforgiving, and took advantage of the situation to kick the opponent in the chest with a left kick, kicking him so that he fell on his back and fell out heavily. In the past half a month, he has followed Qin Zhuofeng to practice his unique internal skills, the "Qianqingkun Thick" mental method, and his strength is completely different from before. Zhu Quan saw that the power of his fists and feet was no longer the same as before, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in his heart: It seems that the moves of modern fighting are just as effective, I have only practiced Qin Monkey's internal strength for half a month, and it is only the first level of entry, and it has achieved such results, and in the future, the internal strength is profound, how many people are worthy of my fists and feet?
The onlookers expected that Zhang Yu would probably give in to His Royal Highness King Ning, but they didn't expect that Zhu Quan would simply knock down his opponent with three punches and two kicks, as fast as a lightning bolt. couldn't help but look surprised and exclaimed in a low voice.
Zhu Di's eyelids jumped a little when he saw it, and he was secretly glad that he didn't fight this fierce brother in person, if he hadn't beaten him so hard in front of his father, wouldn't it be a great embarrassment.
Lan Yu was also secretly frightened when he watched it on the side: This kid has only been seen for half a month, how can he be a little more ruthless than last time?
Zhang Yu turned over and got up, his black face turned red, he was not only the henchman of Yan Wang Zhu Di, but also a famous brave man in the palace, at this moment on behalf of Yan Wangfu, he was actually embarrassed by a face, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed and angry, stood up and roared, and he was about to pounce on him and continue the competition.
"Stop." Zhu Di snorted coldly. He didn't want to grudge with this younger brother King Ning for such a trivial matter, so he shouted and stopped his subordinates.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked at Zhu Quan coldly at this time, and said, "Quan'er, I'm afraid your kung fu is not the kung fu of our Central Plains sect, right?" ”
Zhu Quan heard his words, but he was not panicked, it turned out that after he showed Qin Zhuofeng the origin of his martial arts last time, he thought that he might give others suspicion in the future, so he had already made up a statement, and bowed down at this time and said: "Half a year ago, a businessman who sent Korean ginseng came to Erchen's mansion, and Erchen saw that his kung fu was very interesting, so he followed and practiced for more than a month. Speaking of this, he paused and smiled: "After Zierchen practiced martial arts, he felt that his body was getting better day by day, and he no longer had the sickness of the past. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile and nodded when he heard this, and said: "It's good to practice martial arts to strengthen your body, but you don't have to learn the subtle skills of that state, you must know that my Chinese martial arts are broad and profound, and there are many heroes in the Red Turban Army who was my father in the past." ”
Lan Yu stood aside, at this time, he saw that Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, was a martial artist, and he couldn't help but recall what Fang Xiaoru said to him on the bank of the Qinhuai River that night, so he immediately stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen dares to ask His Royal Highness King Ning's subordinates and ministers to compete with each other. ”
Behind Zhu Yuanzhang, dozens of brocade guards led by Li Ling couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw that this blue jade was so bold and reckless, and they openly challenged His Royal Highness in front of the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang is to rebel to take over the world, I have also fought on the battlefield in the past, is to pay special attention to the cultivation of the martial spirit of the descendants, at this time I heard Lan Yu's words, I didn't think it was angry, turned to Zhu Quan and said: "Quan'er, just ask your subordinates to try with Lan Yu." ”