When I was fifteen years old, I grew much taller, and sometimes I would go to the woods outside the village to practice swords, of course, there was no real sword, and my uncle said that I was still young, and only gave me a wooden sword to compare. There are always fighting games between boys, not to mention that sometimes the winner always gets the benefit of the loser, whether it is a delicious snack or the pride of my friends, it often makes me want to be the winner. And my nature makes me afraid that others will see my skills, so I often sneak out into the woods to practice swordsmanship. Hu Haisan also thought, but as I grew taller and my uncle's swordsmanship, Hu Haisan gradually became no opponent. He has always been unconvinced, and always looks for me when he has nothing to do. And I have already started to read medical books, and my realm has improved again, and then I have practiced swordsmanship, and I have found that many places are connected.

It's just that I don't know when Hu Haisan's swordsmanship suddenly became very mysterious, and it was in the same vein as before, more elegant, but he only had magical tricks, but he didn't have good strength. My family heirloom swordsmanship is not an opponent, which has to make me steal his swordsmanship again. Although I also don't have any rules, the skills taught by my uncle can let me figure out some tricks, and I can deal with them and practice, especially secretly learning Hu Haisan's swordsmanship, and then dealing with him, which is more than enough. Often he was very unconvinced, saying that I had the same tricks as him, and I laughed at him that he couldn't use a sword, and he often left in a huff, and the next day he got a few new tricks, although I couldn't beat him at the beginning, but I studied it carefully, and I could still beat him.

After a long time, I speculated that there must be a master in Hu Haisan's family, but every time I competed with him, I wanted to see his tricks clearly, and even deliberately lost to him a few times, and then thought about winning him. When I understood his tricks, I secretly practiced them. In this way, I learned seven tricks.

At that time, because of the entanglement of horse breeding in the area of Baoding Mansion, the common people and the government had a lot of trouble, and I often heard people who came to my house to see a doctor say that the imperial court sent people to the place to supervise and deal with it. Adults inevitably focus on this matter and talk about it. And we, a group of children, are naturally neglected, and we have plenty of leisure days, fighting and making trouble, and the wind is rising again. I practiced as always, trying to defeat Hu Haisan the next day, until one evening, at the end of the day, I heard someone ask, "Little brother, who did you learn your swordsmanship?" I was startled, but it was a middle-aged man standing in the bushes not far away, it seemed that he had been standing for a long time, although it was getting late, but the man looked gentle, with sharp eyebrows, and a good voice, although I was a little surprised, I still said that I learned from my friend, and I just made random gestures. The man sighed and said, "If you have the intention to plant flowers but they will not bloom, and you have no intention of planting willows and willows in the shade." It seems that this sentence makes sense, so not! Child, let me teach you. Then he pointed out some mistakes in my sword use, and told me some essentials, I somewhat understood his good intentions, and practiced it carefully, and he was surprised, probably my swordsmanship has indeed improved a lot. He smiled and said, "The children can be taught!" You're so much better than your friends. "For three days in a row, at a fixed time, let me learn with him, it turned out to be only seven styles, and he taught me six additional styles, a total of thirteen styles, thirty-nine moves, let me remember the essentials, the more familiar the better, and when the strength is greater, I will use it better. He sometimes asked me to practice family swordsmanship, but he kept shaking his head, saying that such a good kung fu, how could it be ruined like this, I asked him the reason, and he refused to say, just took my pulse, sighed, and said that my internal strength is too weak now, but it doesn't matter, these skills are enough for me to defend myself.

I was curious and asked him why he taught me this. He thought for a while and said: "I came here from thousands of miles away, and it is fate to meet me, there are too many unfair things in the world, and sometimes you may not be able to get it if you ask for it, but there is still an opportunity, which can be given to talented people." "I didn't quite understand, and he didn't say anything more, but he didn't let me tell others about my martial arts studies with him, especially my grandfather, I didn't dare to ask the reason, I guess they knew each other. On the night of the fourth day, after he finished teaching, he said to me lightly: "I have been here for a long time, I have finished my work, I will leave tomorrow morning, maybe we will not meet again, I will pass on some of your mental methods, and you can practice them carefully in the future, these are all internal exercises, and you can learn them after you are eighteen years old!" "I think he has already taught swordsmanship, remembering what my uncle said, the person who taught you the ability is your master, so you should have the share of master and apprentice, and propose to worship him as a teacher. He looked at me silently, and then refused, saying: "I was originally an idle cloud and a wild crane, floating all over the world, never accepting apprentices, and anyone can teach me if I am interested." "The implication is that he taught me skills on a whim.

I nodded helplessly, but still said, "Sir, can you tell me your name?" At least I have one more thought in my mind. He smiled and said, "I don't like the clichés of the world, I just don't want others to teach you wrong." I repeatedly asked to ask about his name, and he sighed and said, "The rivers and lakes all call me a scattered person, you know, I have a lot of enemies, you don't mention me easily." If there is fate, we will meet again, if not, today is goodbye. I didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't say it.

That night, the official road suddenly became bustling, and my family barely slept all night, without lighting the lights. I secretly looked at the door with the adults, and there were torches one after another on the official road, and there were many people, and it was quiet when it was dawn. The next day, I heard from the old farmer who was seeing a doctor that something had happened to the government, and that a thief eunuch had been killed. The government sent people to set up barricades and survey pedestrians. After the old farmer left, my grandfather asked my father and uncle to pack up the important belongings of the family, saying that the government would definitely come to the door. Sure enough, at noon, the county government sent people to search every house, which made chickens and dogs jump for a while. My family had a group of catchers, because my grandfather and they were familiar with each other, they were polite, my grandfather asked Uncle Chen to arrange tea, and on the other hand, let my father lead them around. Naturally, there was no situation, and my grandfather personally saw a few people who caught the doctor, and my grandfather talked a lot that day, and during the conversation, I probably understood the situation. At the beginning, in order to resist the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court began to determine a group of horse breeders in Beizhili to raise horses for the imperial court. This year, I don't know why, there is a horse shortage in Baoding Prefecture, the foals in the New Year are always dying, and the horse breeders can't hand over the horses, and the imperial court is indiscriminate, still collecting horses according to the usual practice, or asking for money according to the price of a horse, which makes many families ruined, and then forces the people in this area to take risks and begin to resist. The matter was big, and naturally there were officials who knew the situation, and Emperor Hongzhi sent someone to investigate, and Ma Hu was exempted from servitude. This was good, and the matter subsided, but a few days ago, the celebrant sent a big eunuch, leading the people of Dongchang, to change and appease, continue to expropriate, Ma Hu naturally resisted, and the eunuch was ruthless to suppress, killed a lot of Ma Hu, occupied the land and property, and became the Huangzhuang. Clear-eyed people have already seen that this is in the name of collecting horses, forcibly occupying land and establishing a royal village. Unexpectedly, last night, someone broke into the guarded government mansion and killed the eunuch. It is said that a man with high skills did it, took the head of a eunuch, and hung it on the city gate to warn the government not to do anything wrong.

The catchers quickly left, and the whole family gathered in front of the hall, and the grandfather did not say much, but signaled everyone to do what they had to do. When everyone dispersed, I stood behind him and listened to my grandfather sigh, "The people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death!" Seeing me beside him, he patted me on the head and said, "Look, this kind of thing will happen again in the future, you must learn the skills, although it is a peaceful and prosperous world, but it is always good to have more skills." "Indeed, as my grandfather expected, the Mato Rebellion began with the Hongji Dynasty and lasted intermittently until now. In fact, I have always wondered if it was done by scattered people, but I can't ask, so I can only bury it deep in my heart, hoping to see him again one day!

Soon, the imperial court issued a decree that the matter of Mahu would no longer be investigated, and at the same time, the local officials were asked to provide disaster relief to Mahu, and the situation calmed down. In the past few days, on the official road not far from home, the people who have begun to return one after another to flee, looking at their faces full of vicissitudes and the endless flow of people, I am full of curiosity. I have never tasted the pain of displacement, let alone starvation. And when my grandfather saw it in his eyes, he was extremely sad. He asked his family to arrange tables and chairs on the roadside, arrange tea, and even cook porridge, distribute dry food, and provide free medical treatment to pedestrians. This move undoubtedly made many people very grateful to my family, and even the government wanted to send a plaque to my family, but my grandfather refused.

When I was 12 years old, my grandfather began to teach us medicine, after all, it was the family's livelihood. There are many classics of medicine in the family, such as "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Fang", and the famous doctor Dai Suzhai of the Ming Dynasty's "Determination of Evidence", etc., there are many, many more, and the ancestral prescriptions are even thicker. And what my grandfather recommended us to watch the most was Song Ci's "Clearing Grievances" in the Song Dynasty. He said that this book comes from practice, and we have good experience in all kinds of injuries, and we, as doctors, should fully understand the root cause of the patient. At that time, I really didn't understand the meaning of my grandfather's words, but it wasn't until I became a brocade guard and had too many contacts with prisoners that I gradually understood.

At the same time, my grandfather urged my uncle to teach me martial arts, practice medicine in the rivers and lakes, and the risks encountered are often not what we can think of, so learn some kung fu in case of accidents. After a few years of cold and summer, I can also be considered literate and martial, recognize many herbs, and can prescribe prescriptions for headaches and brain fever. Although I am often naughty, Fang Zi does not dare to make mistakes, after all, it is a matter of human life, and I dare not be careless at all. My grandfather often stared at me, and at first I thought he was not at ease, thinking that the Zhang family had such an unobtrusive son, but later, I often heard from several uncles, and my grandfather said that the most promising person in the Zhang family must be me. Although I didn't understand, I was praised by my grandfather, and my heart was still beautiful, but my father couldn't see me being naughty and mischievous, and he always taught me as always.

I never dared to mention the scattered people, and I never showed the kung fu he taught me, in front of my family. It's just that the martial arts skills of the scattered people slowly infiltrated me, like piercing a layer of window paper, and everything became smooth, so that when my uncle taught me kung fu, he often marveled at how fast I had progressed.