Back at the martial arts hall, Yuan Xi continued to train his disciples, and went to find his father who had returned home.

Although Cheng Yunde is a martial artist, he likes to read.

This is definitely not vassal elegance, but he still regards himself as a literati from the bottom of his bones.

There is a way that Wen can put pen to paper to settle the world, and Wu can go to the horse to determine the world, who doesn't want to be both civil and military? And going out and going into the picture is the highest pursuit of a person with the ambition of Qingyun.

When Cheng Yunde was young, in addition to practicing boxing, he liked to read the most, but books were not so easy to read.

When he was studying art in Cangyanmen, in order to be able to read the collection of books of the sect, he became a disciple of Cangyanmen with his own efforts.

After having his own martial arts hall in Pingnan City, Cheng Yunde bought himself a study.

In his spare time, in addition to playing a few sets of boxing techniques to strengthen his body, he is in this study, reading, writing, and painting a few ink landscape paintings.

Of course, he doesn't want to be a generation, these are just his self-entertainment and self-cultivation, and his ambition is not here.

Cheng Shifei knocked on the door and saw his father who was writing.

On the bookcase, Cheng Yunde just wrote five big characters,

"The sea is wide and the fish jumps".

Putting the pen on the pen holder, Cheng Yunde wiped his hands with a towel, and he didn't see the right and wrong that came in, he stared at his words for a moment and nodded.

Although it is not as good as everyone's handwriting, the momentum of this word is still there.

Just like your own children look good, their own words still look very pleasing to the eye.

Cheng stood with his hands down and waited on the side.

Putting down the towel, Cheng Yunde walked out of the bookcase, walked up to Cheng Shifei, and asked,

"Xiaofei, what's the matter?"

Cheng Shifei whispered,

"Daddy, at noon, Brother Yuan and I went to the lake in the north of the city, and we also met Uncle Zheng of the Zhennan Army. ”

Cheng Yunde paced a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and then said,

"I didn't expect General Lu to send a figure like Zheng Shuyuan to keep an eye on him personally. ”

Cheng Yunde walked up to Cheng Shifei and asked,

"What are you doing by the lake? Have you ever seen anyone?"

Cheng said suspiciously,

"Today, when Brother Yuan was teaching, I received an inexplicable letter, asking him to meet by the lake, but there was no payment, so Brother Yuan called me to go with him, but when I arrived at the place, I didn't see anything. ”

Cheng Yunde continued to ask,

"And what do you think?"

Cheng Shifei said softly,

"Judging from the situation, Brother Yuan should not know who asked him to meet, and we went to the lake, and no one showed up, most likely because of my existence. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded, and then said,

"If my guess is right, there should still be someone to ask you Brother Yuan to meet, if Yuan Xi doesn't call you, you don't have to follow, anyway, there are people sent by him Lu Yiping outside, as for who your Brother Yuan saw and what he did, if he doesn't say it, don't ask, just keep your mind." ”

Cheng nodded right and wrong.

Cheng Yunde said again,

"How is your eldest brother Yuan in the martial arts hall these days? I have been helping your brother-in-law's mansion discuss the sale of Jingzhou in the past few days, and I don't bother to ask. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Shifei thought of his training, and said excitedly,

"Well, Brother Yuan's teaching is still very good, and he has also studied a set of boxing and marksmanship suitable for teaching. Brother Yuan didn't hide his secrets, and taught them all to Senior Brother Kong, so that there were two more boxing techniques and weapons that could be taught in our martial arts hall. By the way, Daddy, didn't you ask Brother Yuan and Brother Yuan to ask for boxing techniques? I've made progress, and when I look back, I'll show you. ”

When Cheng Yunde heard this, he smiled and said,

"Yohe, it worked so quickly? It seems that your eldest brother Yuan still has a method, let's talk to Daddy?"

Cheng Shifei remembered the embarrassment he was teasing in front of him, so he said,

"This, confidential!"

Cheng Yunde smiled, didn't ask more questions on this question, and then said,

"Got a dog at home?"

It's no wonder that Cheng Yunde asked, this dog barking echoes in the martial arts hall every day.

Cheng Shifei hummed, and then said,

"It was bought by Brother Yuan, and we went to Songguo Mountain to hunt this morning, raise a dog, and go hunting in the future to help catch pheasants and rabbits. Daddy, don't you know, on the way to Songguo Mountain, Brother Yuan let me run half the distance, this back and forth, but I was tired enough, and then after the luck and pranayama, it was much better. ”

Cheng Yunde heard it, this Xiao Fei followed Yuan Xi for a few days, and the change was really not small, it seemed that his choice was not wrong, and then said to Cheng Shifei,

"What about your eldest brother Yuan? Have you run away?

Cheng said with a look of adoration,

"Dad, Brother Yuan is too powerful, he runs up, it is not effortless at all, where do you need any pranayama, when hunting, he casually flicked a few stones, and he shot several pheasants and hares. By the way, I also shot a hare, and Daddy must try it at night. ”

"Okay, okay, Xiao Fei, your eldest brother Yuan came to our martial arts hall, and it is fate with you, as long as there is no problem with his character, it is worth your fellowship with him. You don't have to think about the rest!"

Cheng Shifei's eyes turned twice, and then said,

"Daddy, today I was hunting in the mountains, and the child fought with people!"

When Cheng Yunde heard this, he looked at Cheng right and wrong, and saw that there were no injuries on his body, so he asked,

"What's the situation, and with whom?"

Cheng right and wrong told Cheng Yunde about the scene that happened on Songguo Mountain.

When he had finished speaking, he said,

"Daddy, I think that Wang Ji has bad intentions, obviously going for Brother Yuan. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded, and then said,

"In this case, you call your eldest brother Yuan, and we will discuss it. ”

Cheng Shifei went to the martial arts arena and called Yuan Xi to Cheng Yunde's study.

Yuan Xi entered the house to greet Cheng Yunde, and Cheng Yunde motioned for him to sit down.

After sitting down, Yuan Xi took the lead in opening his mouth,

"Cheng Shibo, you asked me to come because of what happened to me and Xiao Fei in Songguo Mountain in the morning?"

Cheng Yunde beckoned Cheng Shifei to pour Yuan Xi a cup of tea, and then said,

"Nephew, General Lu is wary of you, this matter is not difficult to understand, after all, you are such a master who came to Pingnan City, General Lu's duty is to do so, and the attack on Miss Lu has not been clarified, so General Lu should do so. Don't hide it from my nephew, two days ago, General Lu invited me to go to the camp of the Zhennan Army to talk about it, just to understand the details of my nephew, I am afraid that my nephew will be too concerned about this matter, so I didn't tell you about it. ”

Yuan Xi took the tea that was poured into the right and wrong, took a big sip, put down the tea bowl, and said,

"I said that the day before yesterday I went to the dog market to buy a dog, and I found that someone was following me, and it turned out to be someone from the Zhennan Army. ”

Cheng Yunde frowned slightly, and said slightly angrily,

"General Lu's move is a little inauthentic, this is not to give me Cheng Yunde's face, don't mind the nephew, you are not afraid of the shadow, just dispel the misunderstanding. ”

Yuan Xi shook his head and said,

"Shibo, it doesn't matter, they can stare if they want. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded slightly, and then continued,

"The old man has something unknown, why is it such a coincidence, you and Xiao Fei went to Songguo Mountain, and you can meet the people of the Zhennan Army?"

Cheng right and wrong said on the side,

"Dad, it's the Zhennan Army that conducts a bandit drill in Songguo Mountain. ”

Cheng Yunde frowned and did not speak.

Yuan Xi continued the previous topic and described to Cheng Yunde what happened to him the day before yesterday.

Cheng Yunde thought for a moment, and then said,

"Nephew, it's not that Shi Bo can't believe you, now it's General Lu who is quite suspicious of you, if the old man guesses well, I'm afraid that most of this Songguo Mountain drill is due to you, as for Wang Ji's actions, it may not be instructed by General Lu. With my understanding of General Lu, he acts above board and will not do such a thing, in addition, we have to wait and see what happens, after all, it is not a small matter for the two of you to fight against the Zhennan Army, if General Lu asks, you and Xiao Fei can just tell the truth, I believe that with the face of the old man, he may not fully believe that Wang Ji's words. ”

Yuan Xi remembered Wang Ji's clumsy planting method, smiled, and then said,

"Shibo is right, I have a clear conscience, even if anyone comes to me, I am not afraid. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded, took a sip of tea, and then asked,

"I wonder if my nephew is used to living in the martial arts hall these days?"

Yuan Xi got up, saluted Cheng Yunde, and said,

"I haven't thanked Shibo for taking in Yuan Xi, it's the nephew who is rude. ”

Cheng Yunde grabbed Yuan Xi, got up and said,

"What is the nephew doing, Qianjun entrusted you to me, and I hit you off at first sight, don't be so polite. You are here, Xiao Fei can still have a companion. By the way, I heard Xiao Fei say that you taught him a lot, and also created two sets of martial arts for the martial arts hall, it should be regarded as the old man taking advantage, and I should thank you. ”

Cheng Cheng on the side said,

"Yes, Brother Yuan, you should treat this place as your home. ”

Cheng Zheng's words made Yuan Xi's heart feel very warm, and he added a touch of melancholy, and he remembered the letter left by his master.

Cheng Yunde said with a smile,

"Yes, yes, Yuan Xi, you treat this place as if you were home. Xiao Fei's brother-in-law's family had some business matters to help the old man deal with, and he didn't take care of the family. ”

After saying that, Yunde looked at Yuan Xi with a straight face, and said,

"Nephew, thank you for that. ”

Yuan Xi hurriedly said,

"Why should Shi Bo be polite, didn't Fang Cai Xiaofei say it, the martial arts hall is my home, and if there is something at home, it is a matter of duty. ”

Cheng Yunde said with a smile,

"Yes, yes!"

Cheng Yunde later heard Cheng Shifei describe the battle in detail, and he concluded that if Yuan Xi hadn't stayed up, He Yijin would have lost within ten rounds, and if it was a battle of life and death, then He Yijin would have lost even faster.

Yuan Xi is taking care of his face.

Yuan Xi opened his mouth and said,

"If there is anything else to do, Yuan Xi will go to class. ”

Cheng Yunde nodded and said,

"It's okay, nephew, please, Xiao Fei, send you Brother Yuan. ”

Yuan Xi saluted and said goodbye, and sent it to the door.

Cheng Shifei, who went back to the house again, looked at his father.

Cheng Yunde beckoned Cheng Shifei to walk to the bookcase and pointed to the words he had just finished.

Cheng Shifei glanced at it and didn't speak.

Cheng Yunde glanced at his son again.

Cheng Shifei pretended not to see his father's gaze, and after pretending to look at it carefully, Cheng Shifei said with a smile,

"Good words, good words! Daddy's word is written very well, through the back of the paper, vigorous and powerful, magnificent, magnificent, you have not opened a academy, opened a martial arts hall, otherwise with your words, it can also become a banner in our Pingnan City and even Bazhou. ”

Cheng Yunde patted his son on the shoulder and smiled without saying a word.

Cheng Shifei looked bitter, and then said aggrievedly,

"Dad, your words are good, you don't need to ask me to praise it every time, you still want to hear it without repeating it, the child is the successor of the martial arts hall, not the reader who is full of economy, besides, the reader who is full of economy, I haven't seen more pen and ink in my chest than you? Where can I find so many nice words for you? Or you can give me this word, I will frame it and hang it in the room. ”

Cheng Yunde laughed, patted his son on the shoulder and said,

"Take it, this word was originally written for you. ”

Cheng was stunned for a while, although his father said that he loved to write, but there were not many ink treasures left, most of them were ruined because they were not satisfied, and he glanced at the bamboo paper basket next to him, and it was really a pile of waste paper. Speaking of which, my father hadn't given him his Mobao yet.

He picked up the letter.

"The sea is wide and the fish jumps"

Cheng Yunde stood beside his son and said,

"Xiao Fei, a person's vision determines a person's pattern. Earlier, my father wanted to give you a rich life, to make your starting point better than most people, so that your future can take fewer detours. Maybe you don't feel anything, as you yearn for, maybe it's just the starting point for some people, your starting point is also the goal of many people's life's work. As parents, they mostly hope that their children can enjoy more happiness and suffer less. However, children, the road of life, no matter how much parents plan and expect, it is not their own way after all. This year is the year you tie your hair, and you are no longer the child of the horn, and you should think about how you will go in the future. Is it the carp in the pond or the fish in the sea? On my way to Bazhou, I had the privilege of seeing the sea, and I once sailed from Qingzhou to Yangzhou to go ashore. The sea is so vast that you can't imagine that if you look up at the stars late at night, we don't know how high the sky is and how far away the stars are. But that doesn't stop us from having the courage and determination to explore the sea and the stars. Daddy wrote this to you in the hope that the world could be bigger. But this is not Daddy's request, your path is up to you to choose, and regretting or not regretting in the future is your own business, do you understand?"

Cheng is right and wrong, looking at these words, thinking of Brother Yuan running in the mountains and forests, in his opinion, Brother Yuan's world is very big, no matter where he goes, wherever he is his world.

With a slight movement in his heart, he spoke,

"The sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, Daddy, maybe I don't have an answer now, but I think I should have my own direction, don't worry, Daddy, my way, no regrets!"

Looking at his son's determined eyes, Cheng Yunde nodded, and then continued,

"Daddy is worried about something now, and Daddy mentioned that your brother-in-law's family asked me for help, saying that the matter of Jingzhou's business has not yet been settled. ”

Cheng asked right and wrong,

"Well, I didn't have time to ask Daddy just now, what's the situation now?"

Cheng Yunde said,

"Your Uncle Zhang listened to my suggestion and decided to withdraw the business in Jingzhou, now the world is not good, it will change one day, and now the entry and exit of the state are very tight. The steward in Jingzhou is also a relative of your Uncle Zhang, and he also brought a letter asking if he wanted to come back. Now it has been decided to withdraw from the sale, but the goods will not be able to be transported back to Bazhou. Now in this world, no one is willing to accept the business of cross-state escorts, your Uncle Zhang can't find a suitable candidate, so he came to beg me, but now that our martial arts hall has two more left, I can't go to your father and I will run again. Now it's not as good as back then, the three of you Senior Brother Kong have to support the martial arts hall first, and secondly, they have wives and children at home, how can it take a month or two to go out, and Daddy can't open his mouth. So your Uncle Zhang is also worried at home. ”

When he heard it, it was indeed a tricky question, and after thinking about it for a while, he found that his father had said less about someone, so he said,

"Daddy, or I'll go!"

"You?"

Cheng Yunde raised his eyes and looked at his son,

"It's not that your father looks down on you, with your current skills, it's okay to bluff ordinary people, but when you meet a practitioner, your legs must not be weak?

Cheng Shifei was a little unconvinced, and then said,

"Didn't you just say that you should let the child be the fish in the sea? Besides, Daddy, I didn't say that I would just go by myself, and there would be no Brother Yuan? If he goes, I can still go out and see for a long time!"

"You mean Yuan Xi?"

Cheng Yunde pondered for a moment, and then spoke,

"It's not that Daddy didn't think about your eldest brother Yuan, but I just think that your eldest brother Yuan has only been in our martial arts hall for a short time, and it is a little inappropriate to ask someone to do such a thing. However, according to General Lu's attitude towards your eldest brother Yuan now, it is also a good thing for Yuan Xi to go out. Well, it's up to you to talk to him and see what he thinks. Remember, we ask for help, not force. ”

Cheng nodded and said,

"Daddy, don't worry, I'll ask Brother Yuan directly, if he is willing to go, or if there are any conditions, I will write it down first. If he doesn't want to go, then I won't go, let's think of other ways. ”

"Well, then there you go!"

Looking at Cheng Zhengfei who went out, Cheng Yunde felt that his son seemed to be taller again.

Thinking that if I can go far away, I am very excited.

Speaking of which, Cheng Shifei has grown so big and has been to the farthest place, that is, Ziyangcheng, the capital of Bazhou, and his father took him there once when he was young.

His brother-in-law Zhang Zhongqian often goes to Jingzhou, and whenever he has the opportunity to see his brother-in-law, he asks his brother-in-law to tell him what he saw and heard when he went to Jingzhou.

Maybe in his heart, he really wants to go to a distant place to see the different customs and customs in this world.

Some people like to settle in a corner, thinking that the mountains outside are also mountains, and the water at home is also water, all like that, nothing to see.

Some people are surprised by the similarity between other places and hometowns, and surprised by the differences between other places and hometowns.

Township is the root, but it can't hold back those who like to explore.

I went to the kitchen by the way, went to Uncle Song and got some food ready to feed Teaman, and Cheng Shifei went to see Teaman Fei first.

Maybe it was the smell of food, and the funny man who was lying on his stomach stood up all of a sudden, wagging his tail at Cheng Fei. This made Cheng Fei, who once regarded the funny non as an enemy dog, a little surprised.

I thought about using a stick to move the teasing bowl over, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and slowly approached the teasing non. Funny Fei stuck out his tongue and opened his mouth, snoring, wagging his tail, and when Cheng Fei finally moved to the front and back, it sniffed Cheng Fei's feet first.

Seeing that Teady Fei didn't scream, Cheng Fei, who was slightly determined in his heart, just took a breath, and suddenly felt a warm breath coming from the instep of his feet, and Cheng Fei jumped up with a "yes", flashed to the side, and stared at Teafei.

The equally startled amused looked at the person in front of him suspiciously, as if he didn't understand what he was doing.

The food was right in front of him, and he continued to wagging his tail vigorously.

The frightened Cheng Fei confirmed that he was not trying to bite him.

Somewhat annoyed by what he had just feared, he gritted his teeth and leaned over again, then put down the food.

Funny Fei leaned over to the food bowl, sniffed and began to bite, no longer paying attention to the right and wrong of the tense body.

Cheng Fei ignored himself when he saw it, so he slowly retreated backwards, for fear that he would encounter some movement and affect his eating.

Finally retreated to a position that was out of reach, he took a breath, and was just about to turn around to find Brother Yuan, when a voice came from behind him,

"Go, grab the ridiculous food bowl!"

As soon as he turned around, it turned out that Brother Yuan was standing not far behind him, but he didn't notice it at all.

"Brother Yuan, when did you come?

Yuan Xi stood still and said,

"I came over when you came in, your attention was on Funfei, in fact, I didn't deliberately hide my movements, Xiaofei, you have to remember, even if you are a big enemy, you must pay attention to your surroundings as soon as possible, because once there is a situation of defeat, your best choice is to escape, it is best to escape in an orderly manner, do you understand?"

Cheng Shifei nodded, Brother Yuan always spoke in the same sentence, thought-provoking, he really only had the dog in his eyes just now.

Yuan Xi looked at the amusement who was eating happily, and then continued,

"Now, the hostility towards you is basically gone, so you have to take the initiative to become hostile to him. As for the beast, there are two kinds of enemies, one is to eat it, and the other is to steal its food. In the final analysis, it is to rob it of its right to live. In fact, just like us, when our lives are threatened, we are the most desperate. That's why I asked you to snatch the food bowl of the beast, so that the teaser will be extremely hostile to you, and you can face and feel the desperate feeling of the beast. ”

Cheng Fei could imagine the expression of the roar he had, and then he asked,

"Brother Yuan, then if you take away the food bowl of teasing, what will it do to you?"

Yuan Xi smiled, stepped forward, and said,

"You watch!"

After saying that, he walked up to Dou Fei, and when Tuo Fei, who was eating, saw it, he stopped eating, leaned over and licked Yuan Xi's instep, wagging his tail.

Yuan Xi kicked Fei lightly, so that his shoes would not be saliva. Seeing that the master seemed to be unhappy, he took a piece of food from the food bowl with his mouth and put it in front of Yuan Xi's feet.

Yuan Xi touched the dog's head with his hand, looked at Cheng Fei's face in surprise and said,

"Xiao Fei, look, when you can make Funny Fei willing to give you your own food, that is your success!"

After speaking, he squatted down, patted Fei, and then walked up to Cheng Shifei and said,

"Go ahead!"

Cheng Shifei saw that this dog regarded Brother Yuan as a big brother, why did it have to be the third in line, didn't it? His second brother also had to be tougher, so he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to move the food bowl of Fei.

Funny Fei just picked up the piece of food he had taken out earlier and ate there, and when he saw that his food bowl was moved, he ran over, and before he could take it away, he put the food bowl he had just picked up in front of Funny Fei who was running over.

Seeing the food bowl in front of his eyes, he continued to eat.

Cheng Shifei, who had just been taken aback, exhaled, and secretly said that he was still witty.

After arriving at Yuan Xi's side, he relaxed and said,

"Brother Yuan, take your time, I think I'm a lot stronger than before, this is a good meal, let's not make trouble for it, I just have something to find you, let's go over there and talk!"

The two walked in the direction of Yuan Xi's room, Cheng Shifei said while walking, after listening to Cheng Shifei, Yuan Xi thought for a while, and then said,

"I can go, but Xiao Fei, since it is hired by your Uncle Zhang's family, then it must be paid, so the price is just according to the market price. ”