Volume 2: The Gentleman's Sword Tests His Skills, and the Three Puritans Begin to Reveal Mystery Chapter 3 of Volume 2: Qin Lin and the Heavenly Absolute Gate
Zhang Qianjun looked at Li Mujiang with calm eyes until he left, and then turned around and walked towards the sea of peony flowers.
"Little junior brother, let's go."
Jiang Xiaoshu immediately trotted in front of Zhang Qianjun and stopped:
"Hey, senior brother, let's go up and have a look?"
Zhang Qianjun shook his head and said:
"No."
Jiang Xiaoshu saw that Zhang Qianjun was unmoved, and said with some anxious fingers:
"Such a beautiful chick, in this wilderness, is in the middle of the night, and is chased and killed by those wild wolves and thieves...... Damn, what is written in the book is not so exciting, senior brother, aren't you curious? β
Zhang Qianjun said slowly:
"If she had been besieged before, and you had been wounded to save her, but you had also blocked the enemy, would she have been out of danger if she had gone? But she carried you on her back and fled with her, until she was about to be caught up in the end, so critical, she was willing to drag the enemy a stick of incense to buy you time to escape, these I can see clearly, enough to see her love and righteousness, gratitude and retribution, since Miss Li is not willing to continue to walk with the two of us, she must have her own plans. How can we live in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? Doing that sneaky stalking to someone else? β
Jiang Xiaoshu pursed his lips disapprovingly, shook his head and said:
"That's not necessarily, this little girl may be coveting my beauty, which is why she has never left me. Not necessarily as noble as you say......"
"Laughing book!" Zhang Qianjun interrupted Jiang Xiaoshu a little helplessly:
"You, you...... Alas, that's it, let's go......"
Jiang Xiaoshu muttered in a low voice:
"Hmm...... But she still has a lot of secrets that I have to figure out. β
Although Jiang Xiaoshu is upside down, if you talk about the ability to scrutinize and think, no one can match him. When Zhang Qianjun heard him say this, he was also interested and asked:
"Oh? Laughing book, then tell me, what is the secret? β
Jiang Xiaoshu said seriously while folding his fingers:
"First, where does her family live? Second, what is her background? Third, does she have a sweetheart? Fourth, is there a marriage contract? Even if he had, he would give his fiancΓ© how much money he would give ...... Eh, why did you hit me all of a sudden? β
Zhang Qianjun knocked on Jiang Xiaoshu's head, interrupted Jiang Xiaoshu's serious nonsense, and then walked forward by himself, but halfway through, he seemed to remember something, came back to his senses, shot like electricity, and Jiang Xiaoshu, who was quietly grimacing at Zhang Qianjun's back, only felt that his ears were tight, and he had been grabbed by Zhang Qianjun.
"Huh, huh! What are you doing, Zhang Qianjun, you don't understand my subtle words, knock on my head, and the master won't come to worry about you idiot, how can you go so well, and come to pinch my ears again? Ahh......hhhh
Zhang Qianjun twisted Jiang Xiaoshu's ears vigorously, and said with some anger:
"What nonsense did you just say to provoke me?"
Jiang Xiaoshu grinned and said:
"Ah, I, I, I forgot, I was almost shot as a hedgehog at that time, how do I know what I said."
Zhang Qianjun said with some annoyance:
"Visited the Qinglou with you last month? Can you say that? On the eve of the township test, the master asked you to practice, but you secretly went to the Qinglou to drink flower wine, and I went to the Qinglou to take you back, but in your mouth, it became me to visit the Qinglou with you? Moreover, it is disgusting that you dare to say that you are going to Yarong and talk nonsense! β
Jiang Xiaoshu begged for mercy again and again:
"Yes, yes, who doesn't know that our senior brother is a righteous gentleman, how can a righteous gentleman visit the Qinglou, right? Sensei said that you haven't shopped, even if you really go, I told the fifth senior sister that she must not believe it. Oops, don't screw it, I'll dare to ...... next time."
Zhang Qianjun suddenly shook his head, in fact, he had really visited the Qinglou, but that was more than ten years ago when he had not yet entered the Heavenly Absolute Gate......
Jiang Xiaoshu saw that Zhang Qianjun was stunned, and pulled his ears out of Zhang Qianjun's hands with a struggle, and then asked while rubbing his red ears:
"Hey, senior brother, you seem to have improved your martial arts recently?"
When Zhang Qianjun heard this, he came back to his senses from the past, and he asked Jiang Xiaoshu a little dazedly:
"Huh? I haven't practiced this trick since I learned it five years ago, where do you see that I've grown? β
"Go, go!" , Jiang Xiaoshu waved his hand impatiently and said:
"Who wants to talk to you about pulling your ears and hair, it's really unlucky...... I mean, your first sword just now, obediently, that's amazing, I didn't see that you are usually tepid, this sword is domineering. β
Zhang Qianjun shook his head and calmed down, and then said seriously:
"Yes, the internal force is condensed from the operation of the dantian, and then injected into the long sword through the meridians to condense into a sword, and finally the sword qi is used to guide it to hurt the enemy, which is called 'gathering qi into a blade'. I've only recently achieved a little bit of this kung fu, and the method of operating internal force has really benefited me a lot, and it's really mysterious......"
As he spoke, Zhang Qianjun's eyes were even more fascinated, but Jiang Xiaoshu on the side pursed his lips and rolled his eyes and said:
"You have to get it, don't say it, the more I talk about it, the more angry I become, you look at this sword 'turning gas into a blade', naturally it is a trick that you have learned in the 'authentic', right? Hey, I'm still surprised, you said that the old man himself cultivated the 'tunnel' sword that was good at internal strength, and accepted me as an apprentice, when I traveled thousands of miles from Qincheng to Langya County, he didn't let me practice 'tunnel' with you, but first let me go to Longwan to see the tide for several months, and then ordered me to learn the 'ghost way' of Nalaoshzi. I don't know what the hell I'm practicing, so it's no wonder it's called a ghost. β
Zhang Qianjun shook his head solemnly:
"Laughing books, don't talk nonsense. At that time, the ancestor Qingyang Mingdu founded the Heavenly Peerless Gate, and classified the sword path he understood into five paths: 'earth', 'people', 'ghosts', 'Shura', and 'livestock'. And the master ordered you to practice the long-lost 'ghost way', which is naturally taught according to your aptitude, how can you speculate wildly? β
Jiang Xiaoshu was unmoved, rolled his eyes and said:
"Oh, so that's why I, who was called a 'closed disciple' in the name of 'Closed Disciple', has been in the school for five years, but I'm still learning the most basic 'Heavenly Absolute Breathing Heart Method' from those little ghosts...... Damn, if the old man taught me more to practice the internal force method, when I returned to Beijing last month to participate in the martial arts township test, how could I fall so badly? Hey, I'm shameless, I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, I thought I would run away, but the little emperor didn't know which way to smoke crazy, and rewarded me with a piece of heavenly order, otherwise how could I come to this ghost place, and I fell a dog and ate shit, and my ass was stabbed? What's even more infuriating is that the little girl still refuses to give me medicine! All in all, if it weren't for the old man's indiscriminate teaching, Lao Tzu would have gone to Jiangnan to see beautiful women......"
The martial arts examination is held every six years, and the township examination is held in the fifth year, and after the township examination is passed and becomes a martial artist, there are generally three choices, one is to continue to study the military book, practice martial arts, and prepare for the final year of the palace examination. The second is to join the army, and after the imperial court grants small military positions such as military commanders and even chiefs, they will enter the army and are not allowed to continue scientific examinations.
The third kind is a very small number of lucky people in the martial arts, they will be selected by Qin Lin, and from then on they will work hard for the imperial court and the four gates of Qin Lin, they can not only get a lot of gold and silver wealth, but also the people of the four doors of Qin Lin to guide the martial arts, although there is no official position, but the token "Qin Lin Order" issued to them has the power of all officials below the seventh grade, first cut and then play. And what is even more tempting is that this group of martial artists who were selected into Qin Lin can still participate in the scientific examination as usual in the second year to pursue a more ambitious future.
And Jiang Xiaoshu only got sixteen places in the township test, which is far from being outstanding, but the emperor broke the precedent and rewarded him with a piece of "Four Orders" that only Qin Linzhong can have with very old people, that is, the "Heavenly Absolute Order" mentioned in Jiang Xiaoshu's note before, these four orders give greater power than Qin Lin's order, and with this order, you can first cut off and then play officials below the fifth grade, and the gold and silver treasures and martial arts secrets are also much richer.
Of course, the tasks accepted will also become more difficult.
After Jiang Xiaoshu got the token, he received an order from Qin Lin, ordering him to rush to Yongzhou in the northwest to capture Han Fu, a prisoner of Qin. This broke Jiang Xiaoshu's conjecture that he would go to Jiangnan to see beautiful women after the township exam, so Jiang Xiaoshu scolded the emperor for "pumping the wind". And if it weren't for Zhang Qianjun knowing Jiang Xiaoshu's temperament, he followed closely all the way to accompany him and actually monitor, but he was afraid that Jiang Xiaoshu would have sneaked away by himself, even so, after catching Han Fu, Jiang Xiaoshu still chose to run away and did not want to waste time by returning to Beijing to resume his life, which is why Jiang Xiaoshu quietly escaped at the beginning.
"Lao Tzu has already gone to Jiangnan to see the beautiful women......", Jiang Xiaoshu kept talking, complaining that his master Feng Yihong did not teach him to be clever and internal, and complained that the emperor did not know how to raise and reward him with the heavenly order, but when it came to beauties, his heart moved:
"Tsk, although Jiangnan is good, but the girl named Carpenter Li, oh no, named Li Mujiang just now, I'm afraid that there are few women in Jiangnan who can compare...... Harm! Isn't that right? That's why I've always said that Master and the little emperor are the most reliable, no, if it weren't for them, how would I have come here, and how would I have seen such a beauty? Hey, hey, hey......"
Zhang Qianjun saw that Jiang Xiaoshu was complaining indignantly about the master and the emperor, so he suddenly stopped, and then his eyes were confused, and he crooked his mouth and smirked, just afraid that the next moment his saliva would flow out.
The speed at which the little junior brother's face changed, I was afraid that it would be as fast as his previous "Immortal Return to Penglai", which could only be beyond his reach.
Fortunately, Zhang Qianjun had long been accustomed to the unpredictability of his junior brother, and after expressing his deep admiration in his heart, he went to take care of himself.
Jiang Xiaoshu smiled evilly, and Li Mujiang's voice and smile seemed to appear in front of him again, and after being drunk for a long time, he found that Zhang Qianjun had left, so he followed with a shout.
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