Summary of this chapter: Tai Shi Xiao rebuilt Qimen Village, and Tai Shi Chong apprenticed to martial arts.

The dawn of the east is rising, but it can't bring the barren Qimen Village a little vitality.

The villagers who fled returned one after another, looking at the black charcoal of the dead trees on the ground, and could no longer tell which was the corpse of their relatives or deceased friends. They did not look up to the sky and howl, did not cry like rain, only sighed for the rest of their lives.

Tai Shixiao carried his wife, who had lost too much blood and was extremely weak, but fortunately, his wife was saved by a dose of fierce medicine from Shuai Tianshi. The child was lying asleep in the arms of the handsome celestial master, and the necklace around his neck was hung with dark purple stones, which sparkled in the sun with the child's breathing.

The villagers watched clearly that the culprit of the fire had survived, and the infinite grief and indignation in their hearts were finally aroused.

A big man stood out from the crowd, his name was Tiger Head, he was a butcher in the village, he was upright by nature, simple and rude in his work, he was because the dozens of livestock in his family were burned clean by the mountain fire, and now he raised his eyes to see that the beginning of this disaster has not been punished by heaven, but his own innocent and good people have suffered this great calamity. He opened his eyes angrily, stared at Tai Shixiao's family with a pair of ringed eyes, and shouted: "The mountain fire was caused by your family, and it should be punished." Now 81 families in my Qimen Village have left their homes, and I want you to return a piece of our home within half a year! ”

"Yes!" "That's a great point!" "That's the way it should be!" The villagers echoed in unison.

At this time, an old man walked out tremblingly on crutches, and when he came out, several people quickly rushed out behind him to support him. Although the old man's clothes were burned to tatters, it was not difficult to tell from the remaining fabrics in the corners that he was from a large family. The crowd automatically made way for him, with a look of respect on his face, and Tai Shixiao's face became solemn, listening to the old man's speech.

The old man said: "Xiao'er, the divine power in the sky, you must obey." The old man thought that you had done too much evil and angered the gods, so the gods issued an edict to burn Qimen Village as punishment. In the name of the village chief, I ordered you to rebuild Qimen Village within a year to obey the will of heaven! ”

It turned out that the old man was the village chief!

At the mention of the gods, the people knelt on the ground in awe and bowed: "The gods of heaven are mighty, you must obey!" ”

Hutou couldn't help but sigh: "He is worthy of being a respected old village chief, allowing him to rebuild Qimen Village within a year, and treat people leniently!" ”

"Hahaha!" A clear laugh was heard. Everyone followed the prestige, and an old man in a white robe sat on a big stone at the entrance of the village. The old man's surname was Bai, his name was Yihua, and he had a childish face, although he was old, his white hair showed no signs of falling out, and he was neatly draped behind his head. He is one of the top chess masters in Qimen Village, with unpredictable tricks, great strategy, and a penchant for surprises. Chess experts do not believe in the heavens, they only seek to comprehend the civil and military mastery through chess, and explore the changes of all things in the world. It is said that there is no perfection in the person who has attained the Tao, and there must be a defect, and the old man's right eye has only an empty eye hole. Some thugs in the village deliberately exposed his scars, saying that he only saw half of things, so he was nicknamed "White Half". Half of the old man often lamented, "I have at least one eye open, and yours have both eyes closed." ”

Half of the old man said to the village chief, "You believe in heaven so much, but has heaven ever given you the slightest favor?" There will always be places in this world where the sun can't shine, otherwise you wouldn't have worked a broken village chief for decades! ”

The conversation between the two elders is something that the younger generations will never dare to interject. Although most of the people in the village were superstitious, they turned a deaf ear to the contempt of the gods for half of the old man. After all, far water can't save near fire, and if they offend either of the two elders, they are doomed to go around without food.

The village chief and the elder Banbian always maintain a certain respect for each other, which is why their friendship lasts for a long time. Although the village chief's faith was mercilessly criticized by half of the old men, he did not argue with him, but only knelt down reverently and bowed: "The mandate of heaven cannot be violated!" ”

The old man didn't say anything more, although he didn't agree, he also respected the village chief's decision to punish Tai Shixiao to rebuild Qimen Village within a year, which was due to the villagers' obedience to the village chief. He turned to leave, and before leaving, he glanced at Tai Shixiao and his party with strange eyes, and he didn't know who he was looking at.

Six years have passed, and there are 81 thatched houses in Qimen Village, although the mountain fire killed hundreds of people, but fortunately, no family has lost their children and grandchildren, and people live happily, have children, and everything is developing in a good direction.

On the day when the reconstruction of Qimen Village was completed, Tai Shixiao walked around the village again and again, admiring his masterpiece. But almost no one in the village sang praises to him, but they were afraid to avoid it, for fear that they would be doomed. What's more, when the child cries at night, he bluffs him: "Cry again, beware of the Taishi family thundering you!" The child stopped crying, choked for a while, and then did not dare to speak again.

Tai Shixiao was used to this situation for a long time and didn't care. He stood at the door of his house and touched the wooden door with emotion. Six years have passed, and the daily coolies have long since bent his spine, and the cold wind is like a knife, mercilessly carving the vicissitudes of time on his face. The son came to him and pulled the corner of his clothes, strange that his father was not working today, but had the intention to be in a daze at the door of the house. Tai Shi turned his head to look at his son indifferently, a few years later, will this young man's youthful vitality still be alive and well? Tai Shixiao pondered for a long time, and held back such a sentence: "People have the ambition to soar to the sky, and they also have a momentum, so that they can be omnipresent!" ”

"Semi-literate! I can't even learn the words! Shuai Tianshi walked to Tai Shixiao's side. It can be seen that he is very disgusted with this half-literate and half-vernacular way of speaking, it is simply a preface that does not match the afterword, and the donkey's lips are not the horse's mouth! Shuai Tianshi's appearance was no different from six years ago, and time seemed to mean nothing to him.

Tai Shixiao saw Shuai Tianshi and showed gratitude. The burden of rebuilding Qimen Village, Shuai Tianshi helped him shoulder most of it. Lay foundations, build walls, and build roofs...... Shuai Tianshi seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and walked in the village and the mountains with ease. When the cold winter wax moon, the people have no place to avoid the cold, Shuai Tianshi boiled down a large pot of herbal soup, after the people drank it, all of them had fever in their bodies and sweated profusely. This winter has passed faster than usual.

Therefore, the people all respect Shuai Tianshi, and even the village chief loves him, coupled with his high and bright medical skills, completely filling the vacancy of the medical officer who died in the fire. In addition, Shuai Tianshi's chess skills are also above many masters in Qimen Village, and he is on a par with half of the old men. The name of Qimen Village resounded throughout the North Bay.

Tai Shixiao can be regarded as a member of Qimen Village, and naturally he will follow Qimen Village, he smiled and said: "In the future, this child will farm and work in Qimen Village, and outsiders will also look up to him." ”

Shuai Tianshi put away his smile, shook his head solemnly and said: "No, Qimen Village is still too small, and the big husband is also the world, since he should have the ambition to rush to the sky, he will pass through the state, and he will live up to this life!" ”

Tai Shi Xiao smiled and said: "You have been saying this sentence for many years, the poor old man has only this son under his knees, how can he be willing to let go......" It is really the vicissitudes of time, Tai Shixiao has already used the old man to call himself an old man. He sighed deeply, turned around and entered the house, his steps became faster and faster, and the moment he closed the door, he finally couldn't control his emotions, and he burst into tears.

Shuai Tianshi squatted down, took the child's hand, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the mountains for a walk." ”

The child has had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with Shuai Tianshi since he was born, and he is also taken care of by him on weekdays, so he is naturally in a happy mood at this time, holding Shuai Tianshi's hand and bouncing away.

Along the way, the people all saluted Shuai Tianshi, and automatically made a way for him, Shuai Tianshi smiled one by one, but the child holding hands with him suffered the cold eyes of the people. Everyone knows that this child ruined the entire village as soon as he was born, and he can be called the first catastrophe in the ages, even the last time he saw such a destructive person was last time, compared to him, his father Tai Shi Xiao was a little inferior.

The child didn't take these things to heart at all, because Shuai Tianshi taught him since he was a child: "Go your own way, let others say go, in the eyes of those who can't fly, the higher you fly, the smaller you are." "It is true that the forbearance of young people has already been cultivated.

After going up the mountain, the hustle and bustle of the world is gone, the clear water and blue sky, the trees and grass, the birds and flowers, the wonder of nature, overshadowing the roar of the mountain fire, giving all things vitality.

When the sun rises three poles, birds and hares are rare, and the sun seems to be the only one in the three thousand worlds. At this time, it is really not a good time to go up the mountain, since hitting the mountain, Shuai Tianshi let go of the hand holding the child, let him accept the training, the mountain road is tortuous, the sun is scorching, and the child climbs hard. But on the other hand, Shuai Tianshi walked refreshed, strode forward, and never glanced back at the child. It is really a dragon giving birth to a dragon, a phoenix giving birth to a phoenix, this child has his father's tenacity in his bones, and he has never had a soft word from beginning to end, and he just climbs up with rocks.

Halfway up the mountain, the dense pines and cypresses held up umbrellas for them, and Shuai Tianshi found a rock that was flat, and without patting the soil on it, he sat down directly and said to the child, "Rest for a while." ”

In the distance, the child trembled his legs, stubbornly climbed up, and sat beside Shuai Tianshi. Shuai Tianshi looked at his clothes that were dismembered by stone shards, and said with a smile: "It seems that you will have to be scolded when you go back at night." He smiled so kindly.

“……”

"Child, do you blame me?"

"No blame.

"Then why don't you ignore me?"

The child took a few deep breaths and brushed the sweat from his face, but then his face became wet again, and he grinned and said, "I'm tired, I can't speak." ”

Shuai Tianshi looked at the child deeply, and then put his eyes on his purple stone necklace, and the memories of the past appeared in front of his eyes, as if they had happened just yesterday, so profound, so tear-jerking. Shuai Tianshi couldn't help but sigh: "It's really like! ”

The child followed the gaze of the handsome celestial master and looked at his purple stone necklace. This is his innate sign, his father is also a feudal superstitious person, always thought that this stone was a hoodoo, and wanted to throw it away several times, but was stopped by Shuai Tianshi. Once, his father took advantage of the darkness of the night and threw a stone into a ravine, and when he came back, he saw the child crying to death, and after a while he had convulsions and fainted. His mother hugged the child and scolded his father incessantly, saying that his father owed his hands and always had the idea of hitting this stone, and it was possible to make the child separate from them. But his father made a difficulty, this ravine is that the living can't get out, and the dead don't dare to come, and he doesn't have the courage to go to the territory of Lord Yama to beg for food, just like that, the old couple sat with dry eyes until dawn.

At dawn, Shuai Tianshi broke into Taishi's house and hung the purple stone necklace around the child's neck. The shock of the old couple did not need to be recounted, but the child opened his eyes leisurely. It's just that since then, the child has added a problem that when he is overly emotional, he will have spasms all over his body and vomit blood in his mouth. Tai Shi Xiao called this a pass bought from Lord Yama, and Shuai Tianshi called it a manifestation of "a great task from heaven and many tribulations", as for the child's mother, she has always been frightened in the past few years, and she is quite a bit of a "once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope" mood.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and after a long time, Shuai Tianshi opened his mouth: "Child, do you know why your name is Tai Shi Chong?" ”

Taishi Chong replied loudly: "I know, because my father's surname is Taishi, and he takes the ambition of Chongtian, the meaning of Chongzhou and the government, and derives the word Chong." ”

Shuai Tianshi nodded and smiled, and then asked, "Then do you know the origin of this stone?" ”

Tai Shi Chong asked suspiciously, "Isn't this a stone that accompanied me when I was born?" ”

Shuai Tianshi shook his head and said, "That's right, it's not right. This thing is called the Heavenly Stone, and there are only twelve of them left in the world, representing the twelve elements of nature. The bearer can use the Heavenly Machine Stone to gather the corresponding natural energy, and the Heavenly Machine Stone is strong when it is strong, and those who are high in cultivation can even use this power to kill the enemy. And this Heavenly Machine Stone on your body is a thunder stone, which can gather the power of the Nine Heavens to use the Heavenly Punishment," Shuai Tianshi paused for a moment and sighed, "That power is endless!" ”

Tai Shi Chong asked strangely, "How do you know so clearly?" ”

Shuai Tianshi looked deeply into the distance, but a hint of dodging flashed in his eyes: "When I was young, I traveled the world, and I was fortunate to see the Heavenly Punishment once, and that trick can only be described as terrifying. Hehe, mortals still can't cultivate......"

Tai Shi Chong thought for a moment and asked, "Then since this Heavenly Machine Stone is on me, how can you still see others triggering the divine thunder?" ”

Shuai Tianshi bowed his head and expressed satisfaction with Tai Shi Chong's thinking: "Yes, the Tianji Stone is on you, but do you know that life is fleeting from generation to generation, but this Tianji Stone is not lost, the previous master is gone, it will find a new master for itself, and the soul of the previous master will be sealed in this Tianji Stone." This may be a kind of eternal life, the battle spirit is immortal! ”

Tai Shi Chong picked up the Heavenly Machine Stone, he had never felt that this Heavenly Machine Stone was as heavy as it was today, and the countless war spirits in it were all observing him day and night? What did those war spirits do when they were alive? Is it a hero who saves the people from fire and water, a sincere and loyal general, or a leader who directs the country? No matter who compares themselves to them, they seem too small, but they are just a drop in the ocean.

Shuai Tianshi seemed to see through his mind and asked, "Child, would you like me to stimulate your potential and dominate the world?" ”

Tai Shi Chong hesitated for a moment: "I would like to ......" but then said categorically, "I don't want to!" ”

Shuai Tianshi turned his head in surprise, stared at Tai Shi Chong with burning eyes, and asked, "Why?" ”

Tai Shi Chong lowered his head, and Shuai Tianshi keenly sensed from his movements that he was saying something against his will. Tai Shi Chong said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, I go out to wander, so what should my father and mother do?" If the crow still knows how to feed, the children should be more benevolent! ”

"That's a mistake!" Shuai Tianshi shook his head, "I have been friends with Tai Shixiao for a few years, although he said that he hopes you will inherit the ancestral business, stay in a corner, be an ordinary person, and live a stable life, but deep down he still wishes you to achieve great fame." When I named you, the ambition to the sky, Chongzhou Yunyun, I am afraid that he is the most convincing sentence in his life. ”

Shuai Tianshi squatted down, patted Tai Shi Chong's shoulder, and said to him solemnly: "Child, what I want to say to you next, you must keep it in your heart, and you must never forget it for eternity!" Those who have achieved great things must always put their eyes in front of the wheel of history, always focus on the overall situation, and always be benevolent! Do you remember?

Tai Shi Chong replied affirmatively: "I remember!" ”

"Repeat!"

Tai Shi Chong retelled.

"Can you do it?"

"I do my best." Tai Shi Chong's tone seemed to be more than enough but not enough.

"I asked you if you could!"

"I can!" Tai Shi Chong raised his head, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes.

"Good!" Shuai Tianshi stood up with satisfaction and said, "But my task now is to make you invincible first. Since ancient times, there have only been two ways for our civilian class to climb upward, one is literature and the other is martial arts. In contrast, I recommend you to learn martial arts. First, although our Qimen Village is a holy place for chess games, the education level of poetry and books is surprisingly low, even if you practice pen and ink all your life, you may not be able to catch up with the disciples of the Central Plains; Second, although the world is quite peaceful at the moment, I can still feel the turbulence of the situation in the wind and grass. Once the princes compete for hegemony, except for the wizards who can really strategize, the rest of the Wenchen can only stand in line like gambling, but the gambling is not money, but life. The generals are different, first you can protect yourself, and then you can accumulate your own power. Unlike princes and nobles, you have to start from the grassroots level when you choose your henchmen, and the higher the tree, the more its roots must go downward. When your power is strong enough, you can also compete in this world. In short, you can only survive in troubled times if you are strong yourself, do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Tai Shi Chong replied, then carefully dusted off the rock with his hand, and said respectfully to Shuai Tianshi: "Master, please take a seat, the disciple wants to bow to the master!" ”

"No, I want you to finish one thing first." Shuai Tianshi pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "Only when you climb to the top of the mountain can you have the right to call me Master." ”

Tai Shi Chong looked up at the top of the mountain from the halfway point of the mountain, no one in the village had walked on this section of the road, the terrain was extremely dangerous, the bushes were overgrown, and the beasts were screaming. But Shuai Tianshi aroused his desire to dominate the world, to govern the country, and to cultivate himself. The dream of fighting the sword world needs to overcome obstacles; The road in a man's heart needs to ride the wind and waves.

"Fight!" Tai Shi Chong secretly shouted to himself and launched a charge towards the top of the mountain.

In the evening, a young and resolute child solemnly bowed to a man in a yellow robe, although it was dusk, but in the child's heart, like a dawn light, a new era will also begin.

The yellow robe helped the child up, his eyes flashing with anticipation for the rising star. Shuai Tianshi said to him: "Remember, a man has gold under his knees, even if you fall into a desperate situation in the future, you must not give in to the enemy, this is the backbone of being a man, and it is even more arrogant!" The child stood on the top of the mountain deep into the clouds, sighing at the miraculous power of nature, the sky seemed to contain dragon veins, and it had the potential to swallow clouds and spit out fog. But when he looked at his feet, he suddenly found that the top of this mountain was not as sharp as from the bottom of the mountain, who would have thought that there was a valley hidden in Tiangang Mountain, and there was an atmospheric purple palace in the valley, in which dozens of disciples drew their swords to fight, and the sonorous sound of metal collision jumped out of the valley, and the whistling sword qi forced Taishi Chong to retreat a few steps. Shuai Tianshi jumped down with Taishi in his arms, and landed firmly on the ground in the blink of an eye, bursting out with an aura that was not angry and self-threatening. The disciples who practiced the exercises hurriedly inserted their swords, clasped their fists at Shuai Tianshi and saluted, "Master! ”