Chapter 22: Hunting in Pine Cone Mountain
Cheng Fei was very puzzled, why did he scream so fiercely when he saw himself.
He asked Yuan Xi why this was.
Yuan Xi thought about it and told him that this dog barking at you may not be hostile to you, but because you are too afraid of dogs, so as long as the dog barks, your fear will come out.
Another point is that you can feel your momentum.
If you are weak, it will be strong, so the more you run, the more it likes to chase, and if it catches up, it may not bite you.
The most fearful thing in your heart is this bite, so you are afraid of the dog barking.
Yuan Xi smiled, and finally said, you can slap this dog to death with one palm, can you still be afraid of it?
Cheng is also a grievance in his heart, one is really afraid, and the other is not the heart to kill the dog, and this palm naturally can't be beaten.
Cheng Shifei asked Yuan Xi with a shocked face at the time, wouldn't it be to let himself be beaten to death?
Yuan Xi shook his head, and then told him, you can use your martial arts to increase your courage, but you can't beat your martial arts on Dou Fei, what I want to practice is your courage, how can I let Dou Fei suffer in vain?
At that time, Yuan Xi paid attention, why don't you try to see who has the loudest voice between you and Tease?
When Yuan Xi tied the teaser to the tree, Cheng Fei was reluctant to approach.
Later, I really had no choice, so I went to tease Fei a little bit.
The lying man raised his eyes to see right and wrong, and ignored him.
Cheng was a little determined in his heart, and felt that this dog was not so fierce and barked, but it was still very cute. However, he didn't move when he was more than a zhang away from Teaman, because the rope that tied Teaman Fei was almost as long as a zhang.
Cheng Shifei just squatted like that, according to Brother Yuan's request, staring at the eyes of the funny one, staring at it deadly.
At first, there was no movement, and when it was squatting there staring at it, it felt provoked.
Cheng Shifei gritted his teeth, staring at Teaser Fei deadly, and his heart was pounding.
Funny Fei looked at the man staring at him, and he jumped up and began to bark his teeth and growl.
Cheng Cheng is also out of the way, and he is afraid of squatting there without moving. He kept telling himself that the rope was not long enough for the dog to bite him.
After laughing a few times, he saw that the person didn't move, so he "Wang" rushed over to Cheng Shifei who was squatting, Cheng Shifei "Mom", leaned back, supported the ground with both hands, and was about to retreat with his feet.
Cheng Shifei kicked the tip of his nose with two feet, and he finally turned around, crawled two steps forward, and got up to run.
Yuan Xi, who was watching not far away, said,
"Xiao Fei, don't move, turn back!"
After hearing Brother Yuan's words, he looked back at the funny people who barked in the back.
When he saw that Funny Fei was pulled by the rope and couldn't reach him anymore, he took a breath, and was very annoyed in his heart, why was he so afraid of dogs?
It's a shame.
Yuan Xi in the distance said,
"As long as you don't hurt and tease, whatever means you use, you can look at it directly!"
Cheng is also out of the way, this teasing is yelling at him, and he gritting his teeth is also yelling at him.
In this way, one person and one dog barked at each other, and Yuan Xi was uncomfortable over there, so he went to the martial arts arena, in case he couldn't help laughing out loud and hurt Xiao Fei's self-esteem, this training might be another result.
Without Yuan Xi here, Cheng Cheng is more open, no one sees it anyway, and it doesn't matter how loud he screams.
But he seems to have forgotten one thing, not being able to see does not mean that he can't hear, after all, his cry is not understandable.
The disciples in the martial arts arena in the front yard heard it clearly, Zhou Xinliang looked at Yuan Xi who came over, and gave him an inquiring look,
Yuan Xi smiled,
"Xiao Fei is out of the way, and he is on the same path as the dog!"
Yesterday, I heard the fourth senior brother talk about Xiao Fei's fear of dogs, Zhou Xinliang was also amused, who would have thought that the young hall master of the martial arts hall would be afraid of this.
shouted at Teaman Fei for a while, and when the shouting became a fire in his throat, he didn't bother to shout, and stopped and continued to stare at Teaman.
It's also funny, Cheng right and wrong don't shout, it doesn't scream anymore, ignores Cheng right and wrong staring at it, and runs back on his stomach.
Cheng Shifei was overjoyed, it seemed that this trick was quite effective, and the funny Fei who kept roaring at himself was defeated.
He hesitated again when he wanted to step forward and try again, but after thinking about it, his throat was still important, so he started to open the rock palm near Tuofei.
Maybe it's because he thinks he has just defeated Teasing, Cheng Shifei feels that this set of palms is particularly imposing, and he also has a mind to scare Teasing.
As for Funny Fei, he was lying on his stomach under the tree in boredom, and he didn't understand what the man was calling at him.
What is funny is to ask someone to buy the water from the butcher stall owner for a small amount of money.
Few people eat the water, they think the taste is too big, most of the water is called the dog market people to get it, and some rich people who take care of the dogs in the nursing home may eat better than the people.
No matter how poor they are, no one wants to eat this water.
After a set of palm techniques, Cheng Fei only felt refreshed, and shouted at Teaman, which frightened Teaman Fei who was lying on his stomach to recuperate, and jumped up to bark.
Take a look at it, okay, it's called again, I'm afraid you won't make it, master.
At the end of this day, Cheng felt that he was about to become a dog.
However, he felt a sense of accomplishment and ran to ask Yuan Xi for credit.
Yuan Xi nodded, affirming the results of his efforts.
However, when he asked Cheng Zhengfei, if he would bring him with him when he went hunting tomorrow to help drive away the prey, Cheng Zhengfei shook his head and said in a dumb voice that it would be better to forget it.
The next day, as soon as dawn broke, Yuan Xi, who got up and punched a few briefly, shouted that Cheng Zheng, who was still a little sleepy-eyed, led the horse and left the martial arts hall.
The soldiers guarding the city didn't expect someone to go out of the city gate as soon as they opened the city gate, and they knew it after a closer look, it was the young hall master of the Yunde Martial Arts Pavilion.
Cheng Shifei said hello to the defenders of the city and went out of the city gate.
Yuan Xi remembered that he had to pay the money when he entered the city gate, so he asked whether he had to pay the money when he came back to the city.
Cheng Shifei told Yuan Xi that he seemed to have to pay normally, but he had a familiar face, so he didn't have to pay money, and the martial arts hall paid a lot of taxes to the city a year, which was not bad for the entrance fee.
Yuan Xi didn't ask again, and the two rushed in the direction of Songguo Mountain.
Yuan Xi let Cheng run away, and he rode a horse.
made Cheng Cheng roll his eyes for a while, and said that he didn't need a horse, but it was your big brother Yuan.
Yuan Xi said, this is to exercise your physical strength and light skills, and when you can't run, I will change with you.
It's also a shame that it's early in the morning, and there are almost no people on the road, otherwise it's rare to see this horse galloping, followed by a person galloping all the way.
Although he has a foundation in martial arts, Cheng Shifei has never experienced such a long-distance run after all.
When he had run for about seven or eight miles, he became a little unsteady in his breath. His strength was actually enough, but his breath was already disordered, so he stopped, his arms on his thighs, panting there.
Yuan Xi has been paying attention to the success and wrongs of the future.
After Cheng Shifei stopped, he drove his horse back, came to Cheng Shifei, and jumped off the horse.
Yuan Xi looked at Cheng Zheng, who was bent over and a little out of breath, and said,
"How's that?
Cheng Shifei tilted his head and looked at Brother Yuan, who was leading the horse, and said while panting,
"Brother Yuan, it's no good, I feel like my chest is about to explode, my throat is on fire, I can't keep up with this anger!"
Yuan Xi said,
"Don't worry, take a few deep breaths, then sit down cross-legged, exercise and breathe, and it'll be fine for a while!"
Cheng Shifei adjusted his breathing, then sat down cross-legged on the spot, and got up after a moment of pranayama, feeling much better, his breath had stabilized.
Yuan Xi said,
"In fact, with your internal strength, you can naturally run a lot, but because you haven't run like this, the breath is not used properly. In addition, your body is not used to running so far, so it would be nice to practice a few more times!"
Although Cheng Shifei's breath is stable now, he has been running for so long just now, his body is really uncomfortable, and his legs are a little sore, so he looked at Yuan Xi bitterly and said,
"Brother Yuan, should you let me continue to run!"
Yuan Xi smiled and handed the reins to Cheng Zhifei, and then said,
"It's my turn to move and get moving!"
Cheng Shifei, who got on the horse, looked back at Yuan Xi and said proudly,
"Brother Yuan, then I'll go first!"
After saying that, he spurred his horse and galloped forward.
Cheng Shifei deliberately tried Brother Yuan's foot strength, quickly whipped up, his heart was secretly cool, and he would never give Brother Yuan a chance to catch up with him.
With Yuan Xi's skill, he can sweep up ten zhang away with one breath, and if he uses his strength to the limit, he can also increase the distance by two zhang.
Master had told him that when it was time for life and death, there was no need to expose the limits of his light skills.
A real master can judge the vacancy of the opponent according to the ventilation of others, and deliver a fatal blow.
For Yuan Xi, it was still easy to catch up with Cheng Fei who was riding a horse, so he took a breath and chased after him, keeping a distance of about ten zhang from the front.
It's too close, and it's easy to eat soil.
After running for more than ten miles, Cheng Zhengfei wondered if he wanted to wait for Brother Yuan, so he stopped whipping and slowed down, and just when he was about to turn his head to see if Brother Yuan was far away by himself, a voice came from his ears,
"What's wrong with slowing down, Xiao Fei?"
Cheng was excited, and when he heard the sound, he looked to the right, and Brother Yuan was already on a par with himself, and he could still talk to himself.
sighed in his heart that he was worthy of being Brother Yuan, he replied, it was okay, and he hurried up again.
Yuan Xi laughed loudly, and said in his heart, it's time for you to chase me, so he flew forward.
Looking at the ups and downs of Brother Yuan in front of him, in addition to envy, a sense of pride rose in his heart, why can't he be as skilled as Brother Yuan?
Thinking of this, he whipped vigorously and chased forward.
At the foot of Songguo Mountain, Yuan Xi stopped his figure, and Cheng Shifei, who caught up behind, pulled the reins, and the horse neighed for a while, and after standing firm, Cheng Shifei jumped off the horse.
If you go up the mountain, the horses still have to be led.
However, Yuan Xi stopped because there were soldiers guarding the mountain.
Cheng saw that Yuan Xi's breath was stable, and he didn't feel tired except for some sweat on his forehead, and he praised it in his heart.
Yuan Xi looked at Cheng Zhengfei, who led the horse over, and asked,
"Xiao Fei, why are there still soldiers guarding here? Do you have to pay money to hunt in the mountains?"
Cheng was also puzzled, he didn't hear anyone say that he had to pay money to hunt in this Songguo Mountain, so he replied,
"Brother Yuan, I don't know, let's go over and ask!"
The two of them stepped forward and opened their mouths.
"Dare to ask this big brother, can hunting be allowed in this Songguo Mountain?"
The task of these two people is to keep an eye on it to see if there is a young man who has gone up the mountain to hunt, but he didn't expect someone to appear soon after he came to stand guard.
Especially when they saw that one of the young men with a lofty spirit was still running in front of the horse, they were even more shocked.
One of them spoke,
"The Zhennan Army is exercising here, and you can't go to the southeast direction, so as not to be injured by mistake, and the two on the hill in the west are at will!"
This is what was commanded from above, and as long as there are those who come to hunt, so it is said.
Yuan Xi and Cheng saw that they could go up the mountain, so they said goodbye to the two, led the horses up the mountain, and walked towards the west.
Yuan Xi, who returned to the mountain, only felt relaxed and happy, like returning to the forest and birds, returning to the sea and swimming fish, he looked up to the sky and roared, startling a piece of birds.
It should be the pheasant that flies up, and the hare that scurries about in the grass.
Yuan Xi, who was excited, asked right and wrong,
"Xiao Fei, what do you want to hunt? Is it a small pheasant or a harre, or a larger mountain deer?"
Yuan Xi didn't mention tigers, leopards and jackals, this is the first time Xiao Fei has come to hunt, so naturally he can't take him to fight such a dangerous beast.
And Xiao Fei also said that most of the people in Pingnan City come to this Songguo Mountain to hunt, and those fierce beasts are afraid that they only operate in deeper mountains, and the two of them should not go deeper.
Soon after dawn, the morning sun has not yet emerged, the mountains and forests are quiet, and the mountain wind brings a burst of cool air, which makes Cheng Fei, who has just entered the mountain, a little afraid, if it is not accompanied by Yuan Xi, I am afraid that he has already gone down the mountain.
Hearing Yuan Xi ask himself, he scratched his head and said,
"Brother Yuan, whatever it is, if I can hit the prey, I will be very satisfied. ”
Yuan Xi nodded, and then said to him,
"In this case, we will tie the horse here, and then we will move within a radius of a few miles, first of all, we are not in a hurry to fight, we will chase the prey first, and get these pheasants and hares out, and we will also move our muscles and bones, right, how about your archery?"
Cheng Shifei said with some embarrassment,
"We don't teach this in the martial arts hall, I was taught by Sister Guan Guan in the big camp, and I haven't learned it much, but I can bend the bow and shoot arrows, but the head is not big!"
When Yuan Xi heard it, it seemed that he had to help Xiaofei when hunting.
patted Cheng Cheng's shoulder, Yuan Xi said,
"Tie up the horses, let's keep walking!"
The two guards at the bottom of the mountain were not sure if they were the ones the adults had told them to pay attention to, so they left one to continue to guard, and the other went to the mountain camp to report.
When Zhou Bochang heard that it was really these two, he didn't expect to come so early.
He brought two teams of people to this Songguo Mountain yesterday, and after he came, he began to arrange for people to search the vicinity of Songguo Mountain, and no suspicious people were found.
Since it was said that it was a military training, it was natural that he could not go back after searching the mountains, so Wang Ji led a team of people to pretend to be mountain bandits, and Zhou Bochang led people to do the task of suppressing bandits.
At this time, Wang Ji had already led people to hide in the mountains pretending to be mountain bandits.
Under the command, if the two of them went down the mountain, they would hurry up and report it.
Yuan Xi ran fast in this mountain, while running a long howl, a hare was startled, he chased the rabbit and ran around, grabbed it, then pulled his ears and stood there, looked back at the figure that had just appeared in the distance, and shouted Brother Yuan and so on for my success.
There is no road in the mountains, where is right and wrong like Yuan Xi is as comfortable as a fish in water, a few trees block the figure of Brother Yuan, he hurried to chase it, where is there still the heart to chase the prey.
startled a few pheasants and startled him.
The bamboo bow on his back was already held in his left hand, and he held a feather arrow in his right hand to open the way, and when he looked up, he finally saw the figure of Brother Yuan, he raised his arm and wiped the sweat on his forehead, a little panting, and hurriedly walked over.
Seeing that Yuan Xi was already holding a hare in his hand, he asked in surprise,
"Brother Yuan, this is what you caught?"
Yuan Xi nodded,
"Well, I was able to get up to it just now, so I grabbed one, Xiao Fei, I found that you can't even play half of your skills on this mountain. In this way, you hunt first today, after all, it is not interesting to come once, and go home empty-handed. patted the big tree next to him, and he said, I'm watching from this tree, you can figure it out yourself and see if you can hit the prey. ”
Hunting was not Yuan Xi's purpose in the first place, he just wanted to run in the mountains, and the prey was also a matter of convenience.
Xiao Fei is different, if there is no gain, it will affect his mood.
Jumping up the tree and sitting on the high branches, Yuan Xi looked around. The hare he was holding in his hand had already been released by him, and before he released it, he said to Cheng right and wrong,
"Why don't you use it to practice your hands first!"
The freed hare hurriedly jumped into the grass, and before the eyes of right and wrong could not keep up, he lost his target, and the arrow was not yet on the bow.
Cheng Shifei was a little annoyed, Brother Yuan helped himself like this, but he didn't even have a chance to shoot an arrow.
At this time, Yuan Xi on the tree reminded him,
"If the prey doesn't appear, you can come out, hold your breath and listen to the movement, and when you calm down, you will find that you can hear many animal movements. ”
With Yuan Xi by his side, Cheng Cheng's heart gradually calmed down.
He stopped flustering, took a deep breath, listened, and bent his bow and prepared himself.
The rustling sound came from the grass about ten feet away, which was the direction in which the hare had disappeared, but the grass was so lush that the prey could not be seen.
After thinking about it, he decided to release an arrow first to scare the prey out, and then after seeing the target, he hurried to shoot the second arrow.
With a "whoosh", the feathered arrows flew out, and the sound of the bowstring echoed.
Yuan Xi Yile on the tree, this kid is quite capable.
Seeing that there was no movement when an arrow was shot, Cheng thought that his method had failed, and thought about whether to shoot another sword, Yuan Xi on the tree spoke,
"Xiao Fei, you are superb in archery, go over and pick up prey, that rabbit was shot by you!"
"Huh?"
Cheng Shifei looked up at Yuan Xi, a little unconvinced, and saw that Yuan Xi didn't look like he was lying to himself, so he ran over there excitedly.
In a few moments, he ran back with a rabbit that had been shot through.
Yuan Xi, who had already jumped off the tree, looked at Cheng Zhengfei with a smug face and asked,
"Xiao Fei, how is it, how does it feel to pick up this rabbit?"
"I'm glad! This is my first time hunting, and the first arrow I let go of has been rewarded, although it was by luck, then I am also happy!"
Cheng Shifei happily raised the prey in his hand.
He had completely forgotten that the rabbit was still alive and kicking, and that he had never killed a living person.
The blood of the rabbit dripped drip on the ground along the bamboo arrow, and the rabbit, which was not yet dead, occasionally kicked its legs a few times.
Yuan Xi asked at this time,
"Do you think this rabbit is pitiful?"
After hearing Yuan Xi's question, Cheng Shifei, who was on the rise, looked at the rabbit that was still alive in Brother Yuan's hands just now, looked at the rabbit's eyes, and watched the blood dripping on the ground drop by drop.
Syllable!
His hand was released.
The rabbit fell to the ground, struggled a few times, and died!
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Wei Long actually went to Gushu Mountain in person, which was the first time in more than 30 years that he once again climbed to the place where he learned his art.
As a powerful figure in Qingzhou, he only brought three bodyguards.
The three guards were his godsons, named Wei Bo, Wei Zhong, and Wei Shu.
The three of them have followed him since childhood, and their skills are also taught by him.
Wei Long didn't care whether Penglai Pavilion agreed or not, and taught Penglai Pavilion's peerless internal skills and martial arts to the three of them.
Wei Long privately inquired with his mentor that he was studying art in Penglai Pavilion at that time, and whether Penglai Pavilion had any reservations.
Lao Guangluo stroked his beard, drank the wine brought by the disciple, smashed a few sips, and told this disciple who has always respected him that the senior brother in charge had indeed instructed the master to have reservations, after all, you Weilong must not stay in my Penglai Pavilion, and the treasure of this faction must still be reserved.
This is a rule that has been set a long time ago, otherwise the martial arts of the various major sects would have been asked by the royal family and the princes and kings a long time ago, and there would be nothing to do with the nine major factions.
At that time, Wei Long was not in a hurry to speak, because he knew his master's temperament.
Sure enough, Lao Guangluan, who poured another glass of wine and drank it all, opened his mouth with a smile and told him, your master and I don't care about this, Master will, but they all teach each other.
Lao Guangluan's master used to be the head of Penglai Pavilion.
Lao Guangluo climbed Gushu Mountain and did not go to Penglai Pavilion first, but first went to Zhaoxianglu on the mountainside.
Standing in front of the green bamboo wood door, Wei Long did not rush to push the door in.
Where the bamboo is cultivated in the dense forest, the light and shadow are mottled, and the mountain breeze blows the bamboo leaves.
It's a quiet place, but the old stubborn is very good at choosing a place.
After seeing his father-in-law's nod, Wei Bo asked loudly,
"Dare to ask Mr. Lu if he is in the house. ”
The door of the thatched house creaked open, and out came an old man over the age of six, dressed in an indigo gown, holding a book in his hand, squinting at the people outside the door.
After seeing the person who came, the old man quickened his pace, but he was getting older, and it was not so quick to keep up with a few steps.
Breathless,
"It's the general who is coming, and the old man is far away, and he still looks at the general Haihan. ”
Stretching out his hand to stop Yizi who was about to open the door, Wei Long personally pushed open the chai door and said,
"You old thing, you will be happy, but are there a few peach trees missing here?"