What is Jianghu?

Fighting the sword to go to the end of the world, pride in the world, this kind of heroism and style is probably just the rivers and lakes in martial arts. The rivers and lakes of martial arts, the young man's blood, the old man is lonely, in the shadow of the sword and sword, a pot of spirits, and fallen leaves, this is the young man's rivers and lakes.

When you meet a confidant, you will talk about wine, and when you encounter injustice, you will be outspoken, and what you want is a free and easy life, which is a middle-aged river and lake.

The rivers and lakes of the elderly are a lonely boat, in the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, fishing in the clothes, and there are singing voices in the green mountains. Watch the growth of teenagers, watch the twilight of middle age, and watch the fishing of old age.

The rivers and lakes of martial arts are a dream, the rivers and lakes in people's hearts, the rivers and lakes in their hearts, with pleasure and hatred, and uninhibited. The middle is the real life, the rivers and lakes of life.

What is the rivers and lakes of life?

The rivers and lakes of life are not fighting and killing, not happy and enmity, but human feelings, firewood, rice, oil and salt, some are no longer swords, and some are just the ups and downs of life, thousands of things.

The real rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes that are rushing, and they are the long and distant places smoked out of the oil smoke of life.

From now on, the sword should not move, the fields will be diligent, the bamboo forest will play music, the peach blossoms will leak in the busy spring, and the rivers and lakes will laugh and talk.

The world is busy, and all they want is a few taels of silver.

After all, the happy rivers and lakes are just a wish in my heart, the real rivers and lakes are this leisurely world, every real appearance of life, the real life of their own experience, peace and ease, light and light. (Note 1:)

These fledgling Zhang Fan didn't understand, and neither did the three brothers of the same clan who were with him, but their Uncle Yunsheng understood.

Uncle Yunsheng was going to take them to see the martial arts competition of the Eight Sects and Seven Sects, which was more than two months away from Zhangjiabao.

On this day, they walked on the official road on foot, carrying bags on their backs and hanging weapons at their waists, while walking slowly. More than ten horses ran on the official road in the rear, and there were ten big men with weapons on their backs, running past them with a fierce momentum.

One of Zhang Fan's cousins looked at the people who were far away and said to Uncle Yunsheng: "Uncle, we have no shortage of horses in Zhangjiabao, why can't we ride horses when we go out?" ”

Uncle Yunsheng turned his head and looked around, and saw that everyone had doubts, so he said while walking: "Practicing martial arts, what you cultivate is the heart, what you cultivate is the mentality, and what you cultivate is the state of mind." Watching the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court, I didn't move, this is quiet. If you move, you will be angry, and blood will be splashed in five steps, which is moving. This is also what other people on the rivers and lakes say. And I, Zhangjiabao, have another interpretation of movement, which is called the heart of guarding. ”

"We people in Zhangjiabao practice martial arts, one is to strengthen the body, the other is to protect ourselves, to protect Zhangjiabao, and not to use martial arts lightly unless necessary. As the old saying goes, soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. The country is a country, and there is no country without a home. ”

"The family and the country are one, and the country's soldiers cannot be used lightly, and our martial arts are the same. You can't do without martial arts, I don't use martial arts if you have martial arts, and you don't have martial arts and you don't have martial arts to use, these are two different things. You have to understand that. ”

"So I take you on a walk in the rivers and lakes, you must watch more, listen more, cause less trouble, and understand the truth that you should not do to others what you do not want to be done."

"It's not that we in Zhangjiabao don't have money, it's not that we don't have horses for you to ride, it's just that when you go out for the first time, this journey is your path to refining your heart. In the future, if you have something to go out, you can naturally go and get the horses, otherwise what is the use of the riding art you usually learn? ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads, and Zhang Fan also nodded in agreement.

Then Uncle Yunsheng began to explain to the four of them while leading the four of them forward, and Zhang Fan and the others listened to the unfinished courses of the Jianghu courses taught before.

At sunset, the five of them walked in front of a village, and outside the village, ten strong men they had just met gathered around an old man, as if to say something. Seeing this, Uncle Yunsheng, who was in the lead, led the four of them to turn to the left and walked away from the fields, not leaning towards the ten strong men and the old man.

Zhang Fan and the four of them followed closely and didn't say anything, but when they were about to lose sight, Zhang Fan turned his head to look behind.

I saw that the ten people in the back and the old man were getting along in harmony, the old man at this time stood in front and looked at his group, and there were ten people standing in the back, obviously strange why a few people didn't help.

At this time, Uncle Yunsheng said while walking, "Do you understand? ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Zhang Fan asked in a low voice: "Uncle, what is the situation, why did we leave, but they didn't fight, and they still looked at us together, could it be arranged in our fort?" ”

Uncle Yunsheng smiled, then stopped and glanced at the four people behind him, and then looked at the ten strong men who were almost invisible in the distance and said: "This is the rivers and lakes, and it is not arranged in the fort, and the castle has not arranged your experience." If you went to help the old man just now, what do you think would happen? ”

Zhang Fan pondered for a while and said, "Uncle, the five of us may not necessarily be the opponents of the ten of them, not to mention that the old man may sneak attack us." If we make a move, the world is unpredictable. ”

Uncle Yunsheng smiled, glanced at the four of them a few more times, and said, "Let's go, continue to hurry, there will be no rest tonight, you guys think more about what happened just now." ”

This time, the four of them were not laughing, but silently thinking about what had just happened, and slowly followed Uncle Yunsheng forward.

Two days later, they encounter a theft on the street and are stopped by a young knight. And the thief who stole was not afraid at all, and he fiercely murdered the young man, and even said that the young man would wait, and then ran away.

The four people who thought that the thief was cruel didn't care. It's just that when they were in a wasteland two days later, they saw the dead boy lying on the ground, stripped naked, Zhang Fan couldn't help but feel a chill.

The world outside is not all very good, it has a lot of crises, and if you don't pay attention to it, it may be death. And Zhang Fan, are the four of them ready? Can you already take care of these things?

This incident also made him feel a little more hearted, and he was always cautious in doing things in the future, and he didn't dare to make a mistake.

The rivers and lakes also do not allow him to make mistakes, and the price of Fan's mistakes could be the end of his life at any time.

Two months later, Zhang Fan and the four of them accompanied Uncle Yun Sheng to the place where the eight sects and seven factions competed, the top of Huashan.

The battle for the reputation of the first sect once every five years is here.

It's just that this has nothing to do with the people of Zhangjiabao, the purpose of their trip to the rivers and lakes is just to travel, to see, to listen, but they didn't say anything.

Sightseeing in the rivers and lakes is the purpose of their trip.

Note 1: The rivers and lakes here are from "What is Jianghu" by Yugu Xinyu, although there are slight changes