Wang Rong's courtyard.

In the early morning, the figures of Zhu Shencone and Wang Jinwu flashed in the courtyard, and you came and went to fight lively.

Both of them were empty-handed and did not use equipment, Wang Jinwu relied on his height and strength, his fists and feet were wide open and closed, and Zhu Shen's strength was not as good as Wang Jinwu's, and his movements were extremely fast.

There have been several rounds of fighting, but the fists and feet of the two have not intersected a few times, Wang Jinwu is more and more energetic, and suddenly he shouted loudly, his left hand punched Zhu Shencone's side, and his right fist smashed out like lightning.

Seeing Wang Jinwu's punch coming, Zhu Shencone had no choice but to retreat and raise his hand to parry. But Zhu Shencone knew how heavy Wang Jinwu's punch could be, if he raised his hand to parry, let alone whether he could block this punch, even if he could block it, Wang Jinwu's next move would probably be like a storm.

If you retreat the same way, don't look at Wang Jinwu's height, but his body is not bulky, on the contrary, it is very flexible.

Since childhood, he has been competing with Zhu Shencone to test his fists and feet, and the two of them are very clear about their respective levels, and they know each other's tricks better.

Once he retreated, Wang Jinwu would inevitably take advantage of the situation, and then the momentum would prevail. At that time, it will not be so easy for Zhu Shencone to turn the situation around.

said that it was too late, and then it was fast, Zhu Shencone shouted, "It's good to come!" He didn't retreat, but advanced, directly stepped the front half, and raised his right arm and leaned over at the moment when Wang Jinwu's punch was not fully struck.

This move was really unexpected by Wang Jinwu, although Wang Jinwu's strength was greater than Zhu Shencone, and his fist was a few points heavier than him, but this punch was not exhausted, and Zhu Shencone unexpectedly rushed towards him.

punched out, Zhu Shenchong's right arm blocked, and with this force, he twisted his body, and the whole person turned sideways.

Wang Jinwu's punch didn't land, and when he was uncomfortable, he saw Zhu Shencong's left hand move instantly, and the fist that he had already held was lightning out, and it smashed heavily on Wang Jinwu's chest before he had time to return to defense.

There was a muffled sound, Wang Jinwu only felt that a strong force directly hit his chest, and as soon as his breath was stuffy, he couldn't help but retreat backwards, and he took a few steps back before stopping, his face became red, and he covered his chest with one hand, and he couldn't even speak for a while.

"Master!" Li You, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was suddenly shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"Don't touch him! Angry, let him slow himself. Zhu Shencone hurriedly stopped Li You and said, seeing that Li You looked nervous, Wang Jinwu explained.

Wang Jinwu's expression was painful, he covered his chest with one hand and smoked cold air, and after a while, this breath finally eased, and his face gradually returned to normal.

"Master, are you alright?"

"It's okay, I was angry just now, ......." Wang Jinwu smiled bitterly, he rubbed his chest, which was still a little painful, and looked at Zhu Shencong, who was looking at him with a smile: "I said sixth brother, it's just a competition, is it necessary to be so ruthless?" That punch almost killed me. ”

"Phew!" Zhu Shencone scolded with a smile: "You kid is Zhu Bajie who is a target, if you didn't have the posture of beating Lao Tzu to death just now, I could have made this move?" Besides, I don't have any energy at all, if you really have to bring strength, can you still stand and talk to me? ”

Wang Jinwu smiled, Zhu Shencone was not wrong, he did want to give Zhu Shencone some color to see when he seized the opportunity just now. After all, since they were children, the two have not won much in the competition. In the past two years, as his body has grown, he has become much stronger than Zhu Shencone in terms of size and strength, and it is rare for the two brothers to compete, so they have to get back the face they lost before, right?

didn't think that his plan to be nine out of ten was actually defeated by Zhu Shencone at a critical moment, and this trick was the first time he saw Zhu Shencone use it.

Zhu Shen's punch just now was not light, and it directly disrupted his breath. It's a loss that I didn't really use my strength, just as Zhu Shencone said, if I really used my strength, with that punch, it would be strange if Wang Jinwu didn't lie down directly today.

"Sixth brother, what did you call this trick just now? Why haven't I seen you before? Recovering his breath, Wang Jinwu eagerly asked Zhu Shencone about the move just now.

"Boy, how many times have I told you, I have never practiced boxing, the simpler and more direct boxing is the better. Those fancy shelves don't have to think about it, what kind of force is to split Huashan, the tiger is going down the mountain, etc., it just sounds good, but the actual effect is useless, and people can still stand and beat you? ”

"As long as you can hurt people, winning people is really good boxing, forget all those messy things, simply go back and forth and practice the posture well, really fight, an ordinary posture according to local conditions, how to use it, this is the true meaning of martial arts!"

Saying that, Zhu Shencone pointed out to Li You, who was listening seriously: "You are the same, don't follow your master to learn crookedly, your master's understanding is not low, but he loves to ponder these broken things, martial arts is fundamentally in the foundation, and the tricks that are not used in the middle are equivalent to sacrificing the basics, and it is yourself who suffers later." ”

Li You nodded thoughtfully, although he didn't fully understand these things, it was true that Zhu Shencone didn't spend much effort to defeat his master. You must know that your master's ability is not small, it is said that he will not fall behind when he fights with his father, what is his father's ability, Li You knows very well.

But who wants to have people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky. I have always heard the master say that the sixth master's martial arts are very strong, and he often nagged to find time to win the sixth master's words. After listening to these words a lot, Li You also became curious about Zhu Shencone's ability, after all, compared with his father and master, Zhu Shencone's head looks a lot weaker, why does Wang Jinwu care so much?

The competition just now took a short time from start to finish, but it was an eye-opener for Li You. He never thought that Wang Jinwu, who seemed to have the upper hand at the beginning, was actually defeated by Zhu Shencone after a few rounds, and Zhu Shencone's last punch was out of breath before he could use his strength, if it was really solid, what would be the result?

At the end of the competition, Zhu Shencone didn't care about Wang Jinwu's apprentices and continued his early morning exercise.

He took his own jujube stick and practiced on his own.

Watching Zhu Shencone come and go again and again, he also poked, pressed, racked, picked, and split these five postures, but the direction and angle of each move of these five postures were different, and the moves were fast and ruthless, and Li You couldn't take his eyes off it.

"This kid, Lao Tzu is his master......!" Wang Jinwu on the side couldn't help but slander, is this his own apprentice or his cousin's apprentice? However, he can't help but admit that the jujube stick in Zhu Shencone's hand is really good, don't look at Wang Jinwu's weapon kung fu is also good, but compared to grasping bigger punches and kicks, if he fights with Zhu Shencone's jujube stick, he doesn't have half a point in his heart.

After practicing by himself, Zhu Shenchong sweated, and then he closed his posture.

took the sweat towel handed by Li You, wiped it, and casually pointed out a few words to him, after speaking, seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Shencone went back to the house to change into clean clothes, and then had breakfast with Wang Jinwu and them.

After breakfast, Zhu Shencone was just about to go out, when he got up, he saw his uncle Wang Rong and a middle-aged man walking in from outside.

"Let's go! Go to your house. Wang Rong said this, Zhu Shencone didn't ask anything, and took them to his house.

After entering the house and closing the door, Wang Rong introduced Zhu Shencone to him.

"Ma Shizhou, you just call Uncle Ma, my old brother." Pointing to this middle-aged man, Wang Rong said to Zhu Shen.

"Old Uncle Ma......." Zhu Shencone hurriedly saluted Ma Shizhou.

"Don't dare, don't dare, just call me an old horse, I've seen the sixth master ......." Ma Shizhou looked slightly older than Wang Rong, wearing a sheepskin jacket, he was weathered, and there was a scar on his face, which looked a little scary, and when he returned the salute, he noticed that his left hand was missing two fingers.

gave up his seat, made tea, and after sitting down, Wang Rong carefully introduced Ma Shizhou to Zhu Shencheng.

Ma Shizhou was a border soldier in Datong Town before, and his highest military rank was once Captain Zhaoxin. This position is not low, it belongs to the military attache official position of the general level of Liupinqian, you must know that Wang Rong is only a hundred households, compared to the military position, Ma Shizhou and Wang Rong are roughly equal, but in fact they are different.

The military rank system of the Ming Dynasty was very complicated, and the military positions of military households and border troops were also different, which was explained simply by the difference between active duty and reserve.

Compared with modern military positions, Wang Rong is roughly the commander of the militia company, while Ma Shizhou's Zhaoxin captain has the same grade, but he actually brings more people.

According to the establishment of the Ming army, such as the governor, the governor, and the superintendent, the direct commander can lead the actual army of 1,000 people. However, ordinary Qianzong generally receives a maximum of 200 people, plus it is customary to eat empty salaries in the army, the border army is better, and it is good that Qianzong in other places can receive more than half.

Calculated in this way, Ma Shizhou's military rank is about the rank of company commander or deputy battalion commander of a reinforced company of the field army, and his status is naturally higher than that of Wang Rong, a reserve officer.

However, Ma Shizhou is no longer in the army now, more than ten years ago, Mongolia entered the border, Ma Shizhou led the army to meet the enemy and was unfortunately defeated and captured, and the disability of his left hand was the result of that battle.

After being captured, Ma Shizhou was taken captive by the Mongols and stayed in the steppe for several years, and then finally found an opportunity to escape from the grassland.

When he returned to Daming, his military position was long gone, and he was crippled, and he was a small middle- and lower-level officer who had no way to work, and he could never return to the army. Thanks to the old boss above, he made arrangements for him in the past, rearranged his household registration, and placed Ma Shizhou in Qianhu as an ordinary military household.

In this way, he has become an ordinary military household from a border army officer, Ma Shizhou has lived a plain and uneventful life over the years, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse in the past has become a memory, and now he looks no different from other military households.