Chapter 40: Martial Arts

There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't want it.

Some people spend their whole lives pursuing, but they only get time in vain; There are also people who are sprinkled with enthusiasm, and they can easily rise to the top.

People's circumstances are always different, and in many cases, they are not very fair. The most important thing is that we should know clearly in our hearts what we really want and what we are after. With a goal, go full throttle! As for what heights you can reach and what you can achieve, it is not up to you.

It is up to people to plan things, but it depends on the sky to achieve things.

Just go and work hard, and then take your salary and go home. If you insist on it, the result will be futile.

Life is short, if you can only be happy for yourself, and do a few things seriously, but it is not a great pleasure in life.

Although Tang Zhong is twenty years old, he is still like a child, and what he wants to do most every day is to play. God also dotes on him, and he does play every day, and he never has to worry about life.

However, Tang Mugong only now discovered that his grandson, who could only play, had "played" another realm, a supreme realm that all martial artists dreamed of.

Early in the morning, Tang Mugong called Tang Zhong up again, and simply ate some breakfast, and Tang Mugong took Tang Zhong to a place - it was a very important place.

Tang Zhong didn't know where his grandfather was going to take him, so he asked, "Grandpa, where are we going?" ”

They walked to a cliff in the back mountain, and there was no way in front of them, so Tang Zhong couldn't help but ask.

Tang Mugong didn't answer, but walked to the cliff, stretched out his hand and pressed it lightly somewhere in it.

Click!

The sound of activity followed, and then a stone door opened on the cliff wall. Tang Zhong had lived in the Tang Gate for twenty years, and he had been to this place before, but he didn't know that there was a stone gate on top of this cliff.

Tang Zhong asked blankly, "Grandpa, what kind of place is this?" ”

Tang Mugong still didn't answer, but said, "Zhong'er, you come in with me first." ”

As soon as Tang Zhong came in, the machine immediately sounded again, and the stone door closed again, leaving no trace at all.

Although the stone door was closed, the passage was not dark, but everywhere was a blue glow. Tang Zhong was very curious, and he didn't know where this blue light came from. He only followed his grandfather closely, and after a while, he came to a stone room.

The stone room is very large, with an open space in the middle, and many bookshelves on both sides, and many books on it. Although the paper of these books is yellowed and looks very old, it is not clean on it, and it is clear that people often come to clean it up.

On the front wall of the stone chamber is a portrait of a man and a woman, and from their expressions it seems that the two must be lovers. There is a shrine in front of the portrait, which is filled with incense, and it must be incense. In front of the shrine is a night pearl, from which the blue light in the room emits. There is a couplet on both sides of the portrait, the upper one is "Lonely Peak and Duling One Guan Gong and One Horse Single Knife", the lower one is "Two Fishermen on Both Sides of the Jiajiang River Double Fishing", and the horizontal batch is "Lang Cai Girl".

Tang Mugong didn't say anything, he walked to the shrine and put a pillar of incense, then lit another pillar and handed it to Tang Zhongdao: "Zhong'er, quickly put incense on Master Zu." ”

Although Tang Zhong didn't quite understand what was going on, he still respectfully put on a pillar of incense according to his grandfather's instructions.

After finishing the incense, Tang Zhong asked again: "Grandpa, what kind of place is this?" Why, I haven't been here before. ”

Tang Mugong replied at this time: "This is the retreat dark room of the Tang Gate. ”

Although Tang Zhong was stupid, he also knew what the retreat dark room was, and said hurriedly: "Zhong'er heard my father say that only grandfathers can come in the retreat dark room, so I shouldn't come in, I'm going out." ”

Tang Mugong stopped and said, "I let you in, and grandpa has the right to let you in." I brought your father in the city, but he only stayed here for two days. ”

Tang Zhong was puzzled: "Why did grandpa bring Zhong'er in?" ”

Tang Mugong didn't know how to explain it for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Didn't you say that you can remember everything you've seen?" Then you try it and see how much you can memorize it. ”

Tang Zhong often accompanied his grandfather to read, and he had an excellent memory and had already recognized all the words. But although he was literate, he could not read the meaning of the book.

"Lone Peak Duling and a Guan Gong are a single knife, and two fishermen on both sides of the river are fishing in pairs. Grandpa, what does this mean? Tang Zhong looked at the couplet and said.

Tang Mugong said: "This is a couplet, which is paired by your grandfather and grandmother-in-law, and the horizontal criticism is added by later generations." ”

Tang Zhong immediately understood: "The person in the portrait must be the ancestor and the grandmother?" ”

Tang Mugong said: "That's right. It not only enshrines the ancestors and mothers-in-law of our Tang Sect, but also collects the martial arts classics and cultivation experiences of the masters of the Tang Sect in the past dynasties. Your father only stayed for two days when he came in, and his martial arts have improved by leaps and bounds. Now Grandpa allows you to stay here for a month, and you can remember whatever you like. But there's one thing, and that's that you can't reveal anything in it to anyone else, and you can't tell anyone you've been here, not even your parents. ”

Tang Zhong nodded and said, "Zhong'er knows." But Zhong'er can only read words, and can't read these books. ”

If ordinary people say this, they will definitely be laughed at by others. Isn't reading a book just a way to read words, but you can recognize words but can't read books, what is the reason? Tang Zhong is just a freak who can read words but can't read.

Tang Mugong knew that his grandson was not lying, so he said: "It's okay, there is grandpa here to accompany you, if you don't understand, you can ask grandpa, and grandpa will explain to you slowly." ”

Although Tang Zhong was a little inexplicable, he still didn't know why his grandfather brought him here, but he still opened a book casually, and after reading it for a while, he asked, "Grandpa, what does it mean to be 'benevolent and invincible'?" ”

Tang Mugong replied: "'The benevolent are invincible' literally means that the warrior, only the benevolent person, can be invincible in the world. When it comes to martial arts specifically, it refers to those who practice martial arts, and if they want to practice the best martial arts, they must abandon the idea of killing and treat your friends and enemies with a benevolent heart. It is easy to exert force, it is difficult to unload, it is easy to kill people, and it is difficult to save people. As you said, practicing martial arts is for fighting, if a person does not forget to save people when he is fighting, then he is the real invincible master in the world. To put it more broadly, a person who practices martial arts must not only not have the intention of killing and harming others, but must also let go of the desire to be strong and competitive. Outside the mountain, the green mountain building is outside the building, and the strong have their own hands. If you blindly compete with others, the result can only be to constantly increase your own ferocity, and then go astray, or even enter the devil's path. In the final analysis, it means that if a person wants to practice the best martial arts, he must maintain a good heart at all times. You don't have to win against anyone else, you just have to win against your past self. For all martial arts scholars, their martial arts moves and mental methods have become less important, but the only thing that matters is their state of mind. Whoever has a more benevolent and easy-going heart, whose realm is often higher, this is the principle of 'martial arts to benevolence'. ”

Tang Zhong seemed to suddenly realize and said, "Oh! I understand that the meaning of 'the benevolent is invincible' means that those who practice martial arts must be a good person and cannot have evil intentions. ”

Tang Mugong smiled: "Hehe! So to speak. It's like yourself, although you don't know much about anything, but it becomes your advantage, which allows you to have no distractions, so you can have this state now. Zhong'er, you must remember that once you hit someone, the shot will be very heavy, so you must not hit someone indiscriminately, you know? ”

Tang Zhong asked, "Am I very heavy?" How I don't think. Then why can't I beat Grandpa? ”

Tang Mu said fairly: "Your shot is not only heavy, but also fast." You can't hit Grandpa because you're as fast as Grandpa, but if you hit other people who aren't as fast as you, they're likely to be killed by you. In short, Zhong'er should keep your conscience anytime and anywhere. ”

Tang Zhong said: "Grandson understands, grandson must not beat people indiscriminately." ”