Chapter 183, Sword Light and Hammer Shadow
Everyone was having lunch at Xiangsheng Restaurant, someone outside the door shouted into the restaurant, the second child of the restaurant hurriedly greeted him, and soon respectfully let the two men in, the fat man quickly pulled his head out of the rice bowl, regardless of the rice grains sticking to the corners of his mouth, looking up and down at the two people who came in from outside.
I saw one of them tall, in his fifties, dressed as a rich man, with a pair of big eyes that were very spiritual, three locks of beard fluttering on his chest, a peaceful face, and two iron galls in his left hand, which made a non-stop noise. The other, in his thirties, was plain-looking, white-faced, and wore short brown burlap and sandals, and looked like a farmer who farmed the land.
Xiao Er led the two to the fat man's table, bowed down and said to the two: "Master Zhu, Zhu Dashao, these should be the Tang Shaoxia and Jiang Shaoxia and others you are looking for!" The man in burlap clothes nodded, stuffed a piece of broken silver into the little second-hand, and said with a smile: "Little second brother has worked hard, take it to drink tea!"
The shopkeeper held the piece of broken silver tightly, and said with a smile: "Oh, Zhu Dashao, this is so embarrassing, you are so polite!"
The man in linen clothes smiled and made a circle to the fat man at the table, "Everyone, excuse me, it's Zhu Congwen of Zhujiazhuang in Shangluo County." Then he turned sideways and smiled to introduce the man dressed as a rich man, "Father and I heard that Tang Jiusheng Shaoxia and Jiang Zhenyu Shaoxia and everyone here came to Zhujiaji, so I took the liberty to visit, and I hope you can enjoy the light in our village for a few days, get together, and we will be honored to have a gathering!"
Everyone at the table heard that it was Zhu Congwen, the eldest young master of the Zhu family in Shangluo County, and Zhu Jiafu, the owner of the village, who came to invite each other in person, and they all quickly stood up to say hello, and the fat man smiled and said: "Master Zhu, Zhu Dashao, it's Jiang Zhenyu below, my brother Tang is not here when he has something to do, and he can't come back until the evening, these two are his wives......"
The fat man introduced Ximen Yushuang and Shui Ruyue to the Zhu family father and son. That Zhu Congwen saw Ximen Yushuang and Shui Ruyue, and his eyes were bright, there was no way, these two girls were so eye-catching, even if they were thrown in the crowd of thousands of people, they could be found at a glance. Zhu Congwen hurriedly said goodbye to the second daughter, and the second daughter also smiled politely and said for a long time, and then the fat man introduced everyone present one by one.
Zhu Jiafu, Zhu Congwen and his son warmly invited everyone to live in Zhujiazhuang for a few days, and the fat man just took a few words of humility on behalf of everyone, and when Zhu Congwen enthusiastically took Jiang Fatman's hand and didn't let go of him alive or dead, Song Yulan saw that there was something strange on the fat man's face. Seeing that Zhu Congwen quickly let go of the fat man's hand and retracted his hand into his sleeve, at this time, the entourage of the Zhu family had quietly gone to the counter to settle everyone's meal money.
Shui Ruyue was about to go to settle the bill, and Zhu Congwen said with a smile on his face: "Shui girl, the account has been settled." "I'm sorry to make a fuss about Shui Ruyue. So, the Zhu father and son led the way in front, and everyone followed out of the restaurant, and when everyone came out of the restaurant, they were startled, it turned out that the Zhu father and son brought dozens of Zhuang Ding to greet everyone outside the restaurant, which was very powerful. The fat man smiled and pulled Zhu Congwen's hand again, but Zhu Congwen refused to hold hands with the fat man anymore.
Song Yulan quietly came to the fat man's side and asked in a low voice
"What's the matter with him?" Didn't he take the initiative to hold your hand before?" the fat man smiled a little helplessly, and said in a low voice, "He and I tried his internal strength, and I just pinched his hand." Song Yulan was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why Zhu Congwen wanted to compete with the fat man for internal strength, but the fat man was like a mirror in his heart.
It must have been Zhu Congwu who had just gone home and told his father and brother about the fat man grabbing the knife empty-handed, so the father and son of the Zhu family hurried to the restaurant, first, they really wanted to invite everyone to the village as guests, and secondly, they wanted to meet the fat man and Tang Jiusheng for a while, and they also had the idea of competing martial arts. Otherwise, it will spread out in the future, saying that Jiang Fatzi snatched the knife of the second young master of the Zhu family empty-handed, so where will the face of the famous Zhu family go?
On the way to Zhu's house, Shui Ruyue tied a small note to the sparrowhawk Xiaoqing's leg, let go of her hands, and Xiaoqing flapped her wings and left. After all, Tang Jiusheng is a master of using knives, and he has also been recognized by the Minglong Knife, and the ancestors of the Zhu family and their descendants have been dominating the northern martial arts with their sword skills for more than 300 years.
In the sphere of influence of the Zhu family in Shangluo County, before Tang Jiusheng, the master of the Minglong Sword, made a move, the fat man had already snatched Zhu Congwu's knife with a pair of fleshy hands, how could the Zhu family just forget it? At least they had to find a way to save some face, right? So Shui Ruyue wrote a small note to Tang Jiusheng, how to deal with this matter, then it was only up to justice.
The famous Zhujiazhuang is hidden in Zhujiaji, covering an area of more than 20 acres, Zhujiazhuang is not conspicuous in Zhujiaji, and there is no momentum like the Su family of Dengzhou Crouching Tiger Village, there is no moat and no suspension bridge, fence, watchtower and other things, it looks more like an ordinary owner's courtyard, the chickens and dogs in the village smell each other, and there are more than ten people busy with farm work in the field, it is no wonder that Zhu Congwen, the eldest young master of the Zhu family, is dressed in peasant clothing.
Entering the Zhuangzi, the Zhuang Ding took away the horses that everyone was riding, and sent them to the stable, the Zhu father and son led everyone directly into the Zhu family living room, everyone sat down, the maids took turns to hold the plate to offer fragrant tea and melons and fruits, and the owner Zhu Jiafu and the eldest young master Zhu Congwen entertained the guests with a spring breeze. Although the father and son have the idea of competing for the level in their hearts, they have to do enough to do the etiquette on the face, right?
The fat man doesn't care about these at all, just shake off his cheeks and just eat and drink. was eating, Zhu Congwu, the second young master of the Zhu family, held He Luming with a double knife in his left hand, and Yu Wenping, who swallowed a sword in his right hand, and the three of them walked into the living room talking and laughing.
Everyone saw the salute again and sat down. Zhu Congwu's eyes rolled, and his hippie smile approached the fat man, "Fat man, my eldest brother is also a martial idiot, and he is also close to the second-grade realm, fat master, are you interested in accompanying my eldest brother to make a move?"
As soon as the fat man saw Zhu Congwu's obscene smile, he knew what he had in mind, the fat man was unceremoniously, patted Zhu Congwu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I said little pig, are you unhappy that I took the knife empty-handed, and want your eldest brother to find a face for you to come back?"
The fat man took a sip of fragrant tea
, put down the tea bowl, stood up and looked at Zhu Congwen, grinning, "Zhu Dashao, are you interested in going out to accompany the fat master and me to learn from each other?
Zhu Congwen lost to the fat man in the internal strength competition just now, and he was a little unconvinced, listening to the fat man say this, he was in the middle of it, and he was very happy in his heart. I can't open my mouth first in this matter, after all, the fat man is a guest from afar, so he can't drag someone out to compete before his ass is hot, right? Now the fat man has offered to compete in martial arts, so what are you waiting for? Zhu Congwen said pretendedly: "Oh, Brother Jiang, you have come from afar and traveled hard, do you want to rest for a while?"
The fat man scratched his head and laughed, "It's not hard, it's not hard, isn't it just a fight?" Fat man, I have liked to fight since I was a child, and every time I finish fighting, I am refreshed, it's even cooler than visiting the Qinglou! I have heard for a long time that your Zhu family's knife method is famous in the rivers and lakes, and the fat man is very interested in asking for advice, but I hope that Zhu Dashao can show mercy when I fight!"
After Zhu Congwen pretended to be humble, he led everyone to the small martial arts arena in the backyard of Zhu's house. Everyone sat down on the small stand on the side, Zhu Congwen carried his steel knife, the fat man carried a pair of big hammers, the two stood opposite each other and saluted each other. Zhu Congwen saw the pair of sledgehammers of the fat man, and he was also secretly frightened, thinking that this fat man has so much strength! No wonder the internal strength is better than me, and there are really two brushes.
Zhu Congwen picked up the steel knife, shot is the knife of the Zhu family, the legend is that this set of knife is an ancestor of the Zhu family in the riverside to watch the tide realize, the knife is fast and sharp, like the tide of the river, magnificent, Zhu Congwen danced the steel knife, the knife body revealed about two inches of cyan knife gas, the wind is cold, the fat man is covered in the knife light, sure enough, the knife is sharp, worthy of the Zhu family knife can be dominated in the north.
Zhu Jiafu in the stands was in a roar in his left hand, and he secretly nodded and praised his son's knife skills with his right hand twisting his beard, thinking that this child's knife skills were already quite the style of the old man. I have to say that although Zhu Congwen's internal strength is slightly inferior to that of the fat man, he has really put a lot of effort into his knife skills, so his knife skills are extremely solid and excellent, and they are by no means comparable to his younger brother Zhu Congwu.
Shui Ruyue, Ximen Yushuang and others looked at Zhu Congwen's majestic knife technique, and couldn't help but sweat for the fat man. The sword light on the martial arts field covered the hammer shadow, and in the blink of an eye, thirty rounds had passed, and the fat man picked up the sledgehammer but did not return the fire on defense. Song Yulan looked at the fat man in great surprise, and thought to herself that it was not the fat man's consistent style to only defend and not fight back.
The two fought to a hearty point, but Zhu Congwen was surprised to find that although the knife technique looked fierce, it was impossible to defeat the fat man who only defended but did not attack. Zhu Congwen, who danced the steel knife, was a little anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but use the Zhu family's unified knife technique, wanting to defeat the fat man in one fell swoop.
At noon, Zhu Congwu used the Guiyi knife method to fight He Luming, who used double knives, and it was indeed amazingly powerful. And the fat man waited for a long time, just waiting for Zhu Congwen to come up with a knife method. If you fight, you have to hit it hard, otherwise it's not fun to fight, so what's the point?
The field was originally shrouded in sword light, but the fat man suddenly began to fight back, and the range of the hammer shadow suddenly expanded, Zhu Congwen and Zhu Jiafu on the stage were surprised and delighted, it turned out that this fat man had not used all his skills.
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