Chapter 72, Kongtong's disciple Mu Lingzi

In the restaurant, Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue talked while eating - mainly Li Shucheng said that Jiang Mingyue only occasionally responded and was a loyal listener.

Doing things from the beginning to the end is a waste of time and energy. Just like this time to solve the problem of bandit cottages, it is very simple to kill a few bandits who have done a lot of evil, and it takes less than a minute to do it before and after, but it will be troublesome to settle the old and weak women and children left behind. But fortunately, there are two brothers, Zeng Wei and Zeng Wu, and they just need to be instructed to do it.

The two brothers Zeng Wei and Zeng Wu are just third-rate characters on the rivers and lakes, and of course they do what they are told in front of a master like Li Shucheng. In the end, the return was also more than expected. Li Shucheng took time out every night to instruct them in martial arts, and in the past ten days, his martial arts have made great progress.

"I've decided to worry less about this kind of stuff in the future, because it's a serious slowdown for us to travel around the world. Li Shucheng said.

"In the past, people have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is vacant here. The Yellow Crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years......" On the Yellow Crane Tower, Li Shucheng faced the Yangtze River and recited Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower", and several young students next to him laughed.

Li Shucheng looked at them and asked, "Is there anything funny?"

"This brother, when you come to the Yellow Crane Tower, you don't compose your own poems, but you recite other people's poems, can't you write them yourself?" said one of them, shaking his fan.

"Hehe, the Yellow Crane Tower has existed for so many years, and there are not many people who have climbed the Yellow Crane Tower to write poems, but Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" has overwhelmed the rest. Even the poet immortal Li Bai has the feeling of 'there is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is above', not to mention me, don't show your ugliness. Li Shucheng said with a smile. Although Li Bai also has "Yellow Crane Tower to Meng Haoran's Guangling", there is indeed this legend.

Li Shucheng's words disappointed the few people opposite, no matter how arrogant they were, they didn't dare to think that they could compare to Li Bai and Cui Hao, and they no longer had the interest in composing poetry, so Nuo Nuo went downstairs.

"Actually, I think Li Bai's poems are better. Cui Hao's poem is gradually paved layer by layer, and finally leads to nostalgia, but it is a little blunt and straightforward, and the ending scene of Li Bai's poem renders the sorrow and farewell to the fullest. Jiang Mingyue said.

"'The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is exhausted, only the Yangtze River skyline is flowing'!" Li Shucheng chanted, only nodding in approval.

I was going to have a good experience of the endless sorrow in the poem, but someone came upstairs again, and pointed as if no one was around, and started to make a poem. It's just that those poems are really not very good, so Li Shucheng lost interest and went downstairs.

"Don't you feel ashamed to read the poem like that?" Li Shucheng said helplessly, "One by one, they still praise each other, and those who don't know think that they write better than Li Bai and Cui Hao." ”

"Isn't that the case for scholars?" Jiang Mingyue smiled and said, "In the past, it wasn't like this when you participated in those poetry clubs. "Li Shucheng also participated in a lot of such gatherings when he was studying, and everyone fooled and said that it was okay, at least he had to get by on face, otherwise he would offend people.

All the way west into Bashu, deliberately detoured to Qingcheng Mountain. There is a Qingcheng faction that has been established for a long time on the rivers and lakes, and Sima Lin in the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon is a disciple of the Qingcheng faction. Of course, Li Shucheng went to Qingcheng Mountain not to visit the Qingcheng faction, but to visit the Taoist temple on the mountain. Qingcheng Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain, with a long heritage and inclusiveness.

After visiting all the Taoist temples on the mountain, Li Shucheng was very rewarding, and when he continued to go north, he decided to visit Kongtong, the first Taoist mountain.

Restaurants have always been a place to spread news, no matter what status they have, a few people will talk about the east and west when they go to the restaurant to drink. Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue had just sat down on the second floor for a while when they heard the news of an old man.

"Brother Zhang, it's been a long time, did you also come to Ma Daxia's house to congratulate?"

"It's Brother Hong. Bingxian's brother's son got married, and of course the elder brother came. ”

Li Shucheng looked at Jiang Mingyue and said, "Ma Daxia, Ma Bingxian, won't it be the Kongtong disciple we met in Huashan?"

"It's not far from Kongtong, it should be him. Jiang Mingyue said, "Let's go see him first, this time I came to visit Kongtong, and it would be better to have him recommend." "They and Ma Bingxian have only met once, if they hadn't seen many people over the years, they might have forgotten Ma Bingxian a long time ago.

Li Shucheng stood up, walked up to the two of them and clasped his fists and asked, "Excuse me, the two of you, is the Ma Daxia you are talking about, is it Ma Bingxian, a disciple of Kongtong?"

"Ma Daxia is a disciple of Kongtong. You are ......," said the elder Brother Hong as he stood up and clenched his fists.

"In Xia Li Shucheng, he had a relationship with Brother Ma in Huashan back then. Li Shucheng said with emotion, "I haven't seen him for many years, but I didn't expect that when I heard his news again, his son was going to get married." ”

"Oh, it turns out that Brother Li and Ma Daxia have known each other for a long time. The man surnamed Hong clenched his fists and said, "Ma Daxia's son will get married the day after tomorrow, why don't we go together in a while?"

"I'm afraid it's too late. Li Shucheng said with a smile, "We didn't know that Brother Ma's son was married, and we haven't prepared a gift yet, so it's impossible to go empty-handed." ”

After confirming that it was really an old man, Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue bought gifts in the city after dinner, and walked towards Mafu after asking for directions.

The Ma family is worthy of being a hero, and there are endless people who congratulate them along the way.

When I entered the hall, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties with a beard who was clasping his fists and greeting those who came to congratulate him. Although his appearance has changed a lot, Li Shucheng recognized him at a glance. stepped forward and hugged his fists and smiled: "Brother Ma, it's always been good after many years?"

"Are you ......" Ma Bingxian looked at Li Shucheng suspiciously.

"In Xia Li Shucheng, I met Brother Ma on the north peak of Mount Hua back then. Li Shucheng said with a smile.

"Huashan North Peak, you are Li Shaoxia!" Ma Bingxian had only been to Huashan once, of course he remembered, looked at Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue, and sighed, "I didn't expect that after so many years, you are still so young." Shouzheng and Shouming, these two are Li Daxia and Mrs. Li. ”

"The younger generation has seen Li Daxia and Mrs. Li. Although the two saw that Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue were young, they were not a few years older than him, and they still behaved as juniors.

"Two nephews, please. Li Shucheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring any greeting gifts." In this way, one person will give you a bottle of the strength booster pill I made. Take it every three days, one at a time, and as for the effect, you will know if you have tried it. As he spoke, he took out two small porcelain vases from his bosom and gave one to each person.

Zengli Pill is an elixir made by Li Shucheng with more than ten medicinal materials such as Bodhisattva Qu Snake Snake Gall Pill, 100-year-old ginseng, 100-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and Dendrobium officinalis. Although it is not as big as Shaolin, a bottle of ten pills can also increase the power of two or three years. Of course, the greater benefit is the ability to enhance physical fitness. Although the name is very earthy, it is not as good as Huang Yaoshi's Hop Jade Dew Pill, but the effect is still very good, but Li Shucheng doesn't like it, so he took a name casually. In Li Shucheng's opinion, if the snake gallbladder is decades old, and the ginseng lingzhi is even more than a hundred years old, the production in this way can barely be regarded as a good thing, and it is worth thinking about choosing a good name.

After the wedding banquet, Li Shucheng explained his intentions, and Ma Bingxian deliberately took time to accompany the two to Kongtong.

After talking about the mystical Taoism with a few old Taoist priests of Master Ma Bingxian's generation in the afternoon, after returning to the guest room, he heard a knock on the door, Li Shucheng opened the door and saw that it was a young Taoist priest, and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Junior Mu Lingzi, I heard Uncle Ma say that Li Daxia is strong in martial arts, so I came to ask Li Daxia for advice. The young Taoist priest said.

"Hehe, yes. Interact with each other. Li Shucheng said with a smile. Mu Lingzi, the founder of the Seven Wounds Fist, was the key figure in the Kongtong faction to become one of the six major factions of the righteous path of the rivers and lakes, and Li Shucheng's exploration of the tiger and leopard Lei Yin also started because he thought of him. Since Mu Lingzi has found it, it is fate.

There are three or four kinds of martial arts in the Mu Lingzi Society, but the best practice is really the boxing technique. At the end of the competition, Li Shucheng pointed out the deficiencies in his moves one by one, and finally said: "You used four kinds of martial arts when you were fighting just now, and the best one was the boxing technique. ”

"You can't bring weapons in the Dao Palace, and you can only go outside the palace to practice sword and swordsmanship, and it's not convenient to practice boxing. Also, I like boxing. Mu Lingzi explained.

"Since you like boxing, then specialize in boxing. Li Shucheng said, "Only by specializing in one subject can you practice to the depths." The top masters on the rivers and lakes are almost all like this. Chongyang Zhenren won the first place in the world with a set of all-true swordsmanship, Ouyang Feng's most powerful thing is to cooperate with the toad gong's moves, Hong Qigong's is the eighteen palms of the dragon, and the master of one lamp is one yang finger. Although at their level, ordinary moves can also exert great power, but the most powerful is the set of martial arts that have been cultivated for decades. ”

"Li Daxia, what about you?" asked Mu Lingzi.

"I specialize in swordsmanship. Li Shucheng said.

Two days later, Ma Bingxian came to Li Shucheng after dealing with the affairs of the family, knowing that Li Shucheng instructed Mu Lingzi's martial arts, his heart moved, and he pulled the two sons of the family over. Although he has never studied with Li Shucheng, he can hear from Li Shucheng's words that Li Shucheng is a master.

After Ma Shouzheng and Ma Shouming came, they first thanked Li Shucheng for donating medicine. In the past few days, they have taken two pills, and they feel that not only has their internal strength increased a lot, they are full of energy, but even their strength has increased, knowing that this is a precious thing.

In this way, Li Shucheng asked the Taoist priests for advice in the first half of the day, instructed the three of them to practice martial arts in the second half of the day, and discussed with Jiang Mingyue at night the problems of consulting with the Taoist priests during the day.

"Alright, we're leaving tomorrow. After the end of the day, Li Shucheng said.

"Ah, Li Daxia, are you going back?" asked Ma Shouming.

"We won't go back for a while, we're going west. Li Shucheng said.

"Come to my house for a few days when you come back. Ma Shouming said.

Li Shucheng said: "At that time, if we still come back from this road, then go to your house." ”

"Mu Lingzi, cultivate well, don't waste your talent. Finally, Li Shucheng said to Mu Lingzi.

"I will. Mu Lingzi replied seriously.