Yuanfu, the martial arts field, eight years later.

A young man in a strong suit was facing the scorching sun, practicing a set of swordsmanship with a long and short sword in his hand, and his little face was full of seriousness. Although the footwork is still very immature between the moves and the changes in moves, it faintly reveals a bit of calmness.

After a while, after a set of swordsmanship drills was completed, the young man put the sword into the sheath, hung the sword on the weapon rack on the side with the sheath, and then jumped and walked to the Taishi chair in front of the hall.

"Grandpa, do you think my set of wind support swordsmanship is okay?" the young man casually wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and asked happily.

The old man on the Taishi chair was dressed in sackcloth, with a sunshade tent on his head, a large bowl of herbal tea in his hand, closed his eyes and gently shook the pu fan, humming an unknown tune in his mouth, so comfortable.

At this time, when he heard the young man's question, he opened his eyes slightly and smiled back: "Yes, yes, with your current skills, if you face the big black dog at the door again, you will be able to beat it to the ground." ”

The young man was not annoyed when he heard this, but became even more excited, raised his fist, and said loudly: "The next time I see it, I will teach it to roll to the ground and beg for mercy, so as to avenge the destruction of its clothes and leaky stomach!"

"Hahaha, okay, don't forget to call grandpa on that day. ”

The young man jumped on the old man and patted his little chest: "Of course, grandpa wants to see my world-beating skills!"

At this time, a subordinate stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master, little master, lunch is ready, Madame invites you to go and eat." ”

"Well, got it. The old man patted the boy on the back and let him get off him, then got up, shook the fan, and walked forward step by step.

The young man obediently followed behind the old man, but judging from the expression on his face, he was afraid that he would have already run to fight the big black dog for three hundred rounds.

It is said that the day after Yuan Qing captured Zhou's name, the old man left a letter, saying that he went out to visit friends, and then disappeared.

At that time, the forces in Chang'an City that paid attention to this old man were still quite shaken, and they learned that the old man would come back a year later before he gradually gave birth to peace.

Then on Yuan Qing's two-year-old birthday, the old man returned home on time, holding a sheathed short sword about a foot long in his left hand, and a green jade gourd hanging on his right waist.

When Yuan Qing saw this grandfather who he hadn't seen for a year, he shouted "grandpa" crisply, and the old man was quite happy to hear it, smiled and stroked the child's top, and replied, "Good grandson".

After dinner that day, the old man called the head of the family, Yuan Zhengye, to him, and without saying much, he raised his hand and gave a list.

"Within ten days, I will transfer a year from pharmacies in various places, and then order someone to make a white jade medicine barrel, and from tomorrow, Qing'er will sleep with me and eat together. ”

Yuan Zhengye glanced at the list in his hand and knew it in his heart, and after a little hesitation, he asked, "Father, how much time is left for Qing'er?"

The old man put down the tea bowl in his hand and replied calmly: "Seven years." ”

After hearing this, Yuan Zhengye was silent, and then said: "Seven years is enough." Then he bowed and withdrew.

"Zhengye," the old man suddenly called out to his son, "There is a bottle of pills that strengthen the foundation of Peiyuan, take it to Su Hua, and when you are exhausted in a year, you will have a good inheritance of the family business." As he spoke, he placed a porcelain vase on the coffee table at hand.

"Thank you, father. Yuan Zhengye stopped when he heard his father call him, then stepped forward to put away the porcelain vase, solemnly put it away and turned away.

just walked to the door but stopped, and said without looking back: "Father, please rest assured, Su Hua is not a daughter who does not know the general situation, and will never delay Qing'er's peerless immortal fate." After saying that, he walked into the deep night.

The next day, Yuan Qing moved from his mother's room to his grandfather's room. Although the grandfather and grandson are separated by a year, their relationship is surprisingly good. Yuan Qing is extremely close to this grandfather, and the old man also takes good care of his good grandson, and the two are inseparable.

Ten days later, Xiao Yuanqing began to take a medicinal bath.

This medicinal bath is made of dozens of precious medicinal herbs, and it is also added with awakening tea leaves, its color is like amber, and the smell is fragrant and far-reaching.

Yuan Qing soaked in the medicinal bath for twelve hours, and at first he was quite interested in playing in the barrel, but when he was sleepy in the back, he fell asleep in the medicinal bath.

The medicinal bath was once a month, and after about half a year, the old man began to take a pill the size of a dragon's eye from the green jade gourd, divided it into twelve parts, and fed it to Xiao Yuanqing in his daily diet for half a month.

When he finished eating the first serving, Yuan Qing immediately turned red all over, looking like a high fever, and was thrown into a medicinal bath by the old man for a day and a night.

By the time Yuan Qing was three years old, he could already answer the evidence, and his words were reasonable, but he had already run around the house, and the courtyard rockery was climbed up, and he almost climbed the roof of the house.

Mrs. and the people in the house were shocked every time they saw this, but the old man didn't care, and even gave Yuan Qing some pointers and one or two things, so that he could avoid the "arrest" of the subordinates.

At this time, the family discussed asking Yuan Qing to ask a gentleman to let him learn to read and write, but no one objected, but the old man sent a message to Yuan Qing to practice with him every morning and evening, and go to Zhixing Academy in the afternoon to learn literacy, no need to invite a gentleman.

Yuan Qing was very literate in the academy, which can be called a glance and ten lines, which he never forgets, and he even reads a book, and his meaning is self-evident. At that time, Mr. Zhao of the academy was quite surprised and thought that he was a prodigy.

However, after half a year, Yuan Qing was already able to recite the Four Books and Five Classics, so much so that Mr. Zhao personally went to the Yuan Mansion to accuse: "Yuan Qing, this kid is too talented, he is shallow in his learning, and his teaching power is not enough, please forgive me." ”

Yuan Zhengye and his wife could only smile bitterly, and insisted on pulling Mr. Zhao to set up a table to thank the teacher, and then they gave up. However, Xiao Yuanqing doesn't have to go to the school from now on.

There is no way, in addition to taking Xiao Yuanqing to practice every day, the old man also has more tasks to reason with him, clarify the number of etiquette, and establish rules.

It is said that since he was three years old, the old man began to explain the venous degree to Yuan Qing, and even taught some of the five elements of yin and yang. After learning the basic acupuncture points and meridians, the old man talked about a profound method called "Resting Method".

It is the nature of children to be active, and Yuan Qing, who can learn anything, has always been unable to practice this method of rest, and it is difficult to enter the prodigy when he wants to come to the school.

One day, Yuan Qing flipped through the books in his home, and accidentally saw a poem "The sword qi spans 30,000 miles, and the sword light is cold in 19 continents" was standing on the spot, and then ran to the backyard like the wind and pleaded with his grandfather: "Grandpa, Qing'er wants to learn swords!"

From that day on, Yuan please start learning swords. At the beginning of the period, he held a wooden sword less than a foot long, and as he grew older, the wooden sword slowly became the famous sword "Fish Intestine" brought back by the old man.

One night when he was five years old, Yuan Qing practiced the rest method according to his routine, and his mind jumped out of his mind, like an antelope hanging its horns, and it was difficult to calm down. Incidentally, I thought of the fish intestine sword given by my grandfather during the day, and immediately, a sword shape appeared in my mind, and the galloping thoughts gradually calmed down under the sword shape, and Yuan Qing fell into silence.

It seems to be asleep but not asleep, it seems to be awake but not awake, the breath is not loose or tight, it is not broken, there is no thought, and the only line is bright and bright.

As the meditation progressed for a long time, the sword shape in his mind did slowly dissipate, and finally disappeared, and the original undisturbed thoughts rolled up again, and Yuan Qing's first meditation ended.

After that night, the old man taught a "Peiyuan method" and asked Xiao Yuan to practice diligently. So Xiao Yuanqing's life became Pei Yuan in the morning, practicing swords in the afternoon, learning and greeting in the afternoon, and quieting at night.

With the deepening of the Peiyuan method and meditation, the medicinal bath that used to be once a month has also been changed to once a half month, and the pill that can only be eaten in half a year has also become one once a month.

In this way, three years passed in a flash.

"Mother. But seeing that Xiao Yuanqing was extremely polite and greeted his mother, and the practice clothes on his body were also changed to plain white robes, the old man did not know when he also recovered the image of the fairy wind Dao bone, and the grandfather and grandson became more and more like a pair of Taoists who were born to practice.

When Mrs. Yuan saw the old man coming, she hurriedly got up, and was about to bow down, but the old man waved his sleeves and said, "Excuse me, you are pregnant now, some vulgar etiquette, you can avoid it, sit down." ”

Mrs. Yuan answered and sat down.

"Let's eat. After the old man finished speaking, Yuan Qing and Mrs. Yuan moved their chopsticks. Both Yuan Qing and the old man ate very little, and they all picked out a list of medicinal foods to replenish qi.

The old man took a few chopsticks and left the table, while Yuan Qing stayed on the table to talk to his mother.

"Mother, you eat more, but you have to supplement more nutrients for the younger brother in your belly. ”

"Mother has eaten enough, you see that I am fat now, your father should not know me when he comes back. ”

"Dad is also fat, and my mother is now fatter and more compatible, hehe. ”

"You kid, aren't you begging for a beating?" Mrs. Yuan scolded with a smile, "In two months, your grandfather's sixtieth birthday will be celebrated, Qing'er has thought of a birthday gift?"

"I thought about it, and I waited for the birthday to present it. ”

"Oh, what kind of gift did Qing'er prepare?"

"The secret, when it comes to her birthday, my mother will naturally know it. He said a mysterious and confident look.

Suddenly, there was a dog barking outside the house, Yuan Qing couldn't sit still when he heard it, and hurriedly said goodbye to his mother, trotted all the way back to his room, picked up the wooden sword and turned his head and rushed out.

When I arrived at the door, I could see a rather strong black dog, grinning at a group of yellow dogs at this time, and from time to time he made a low warning sound.

At the time of the confrontation, Yuan Daxia joined the battle, and the yellow dog did not know why, so he slowly barked and retreated;

This attitude angered today's Yuan Daxia, and I saw him holding a sword in one hand at Da Hei, and said righteously: "You sunspot, I finally let this Daxia be caught, and today I will avenge the ruined clothes and leakage of my clothes in the past!"

After speaking, regardless of the big black dog's reaction, he rushed forward with a wooden sword.

When Yuan Qing ran, he unconsciously used the Fufeng step, the speed was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, he went around behind Da Hei, and with a "snap", a sword was pumped on his ass.

Da Hei was suddenly beaten and jumped up, turned around and bared his teeth and threw himself at Yuan Daxia.

I saw Yuan Daxia's figure fluttering, as if walking by the wind. Da Hei not only didn't pounce on anyone, but took a few more swords, jumping in pain.

The people who came out together saw their young master fighting with the big black dog that almost injured the young master, and they had already panicked to invite the old man, and some of them picked up wooden sticks and prepared to help in the battle.

Besides, the man-dog battle here has been separated, and the Yuan Daxia is calm and relaxed, and he doesn't even sweat on his forehead; on the other hand, the big black dog, with his tail between his legs, has a fierce face, as if he wants to escape.

Our Yuan Daxia was also secretly surprised at this time: "How can this big black move be so slow, two years ago, I tried my best to run past it and escape into the house, it seems that I have made great progress in the past two years." ”

glanced at the wooden sword in his hand, and then casually handed it to the subordinates who rushed to help in the battle, and used his fingers as a sword: "Da Hei, I don't take advantage of weapons, you and I will come again." ”

As he spoke, he was about to rush up, but he heard a leisurely voice from behind: "Yo, Yuan Daxia can't fight with this big black dog with his bare hands?"

Yuan Qing looked back and saw that his grandfather was still in the moon-white robe, looking at him with a smile at the door.

"Grandpa, you see, even if I don't borrow a blade, I can clean it up in a snap of my fingers. ”

As soon as the words fell, they rushed towards the big black like the wind.

Da Hei seemed to know that he was afraid, and he turned around and wanted to run with his tail between his legs, but in an instant, he was ridden by Yuan Daxia.

I saw Yuan Qing clamping the dog's body with his legs, pointing his sword at the back of his head, and shouting.

Looking at Da Hei again, his whole body trembled like chaff, lying on the ground, and let out a low cry of submission.

Yuan Daxia got up and clapped his hands, pointed at Da Hei, who was still lying on the ground, and said arrogantly: "You and I have a grudge to write off." Then he jumped up and down to ask his grandfather for credit. An old man and a young man entered the house with a smile.

Two months went by in a flash.

On this day, the Yuanfu was full of people, and the merchants and tycoons who came in and out were either rich and powerful palace nobles, and there were even major leaders in the rivers and lakes and even some legendary figures.

On this day, it is the 60th birthday of Mr. Yuan, who was famous in the Tang Dynasty.