Chapter 1 Awakening from a Dream in Taoyuan

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During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the world was initially decided, Zhu Yuanzhang fought for the Central Plains, defeated the strongest Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and drove the Mongolian people to Mobei, the Yuan Dynasty only left the remnants of the forces ready to move, but after all, the general trend has gone, and there is no hope of recovering the country. After decades of war, the country was devastated, and the people were displaced, and now they are slowly recuperating and seemingly on the right track.

Xiangxi, Guzhang, Phoenix Mountain. The scenery here is beautiful, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, especially the streams are very much, so many rural cottages are named after the word "stream". Most of the residents are Bai, Tujia, Miao, and some Han Chinese. Because of its remote location and inconvenient transportation, it is far away from war and politics, and although it is poor, it is also stable and peaceful, and there is no dispute with the world. Among these cottages, there is a small village called "Chenxi", there are only a dozen families, and in the farthest place on the edge of the village, there is a family of Han people, and only the father and son depend on each other. Father Shen is in his fifties, short and chubby, modest, always smiling on his oily fat face, loves to drink, his nose is always red, he cooks good dishes, and he knows a few words. Son Shen Yong, whose breast name is called Star Chaser, is only thirteen or fourteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a high forehead, although a little thin, but slender limbs, although he is a teenager, he has the height of an adult, and the most eye-catching eyes are still bright, as if he can see through everything, but he maintains innocence and kindness.

On this day, just after the first lunar month, at the beginning of February, the weather was warm and cold, and Xing Chai'er took Ah Huang to fish by the stream. The water of the stream is crystal clear, and from time to time there are fish swimming by, chasing stars or blocking them with fishing nets, or stabbing fish with harpoons, and the harvest is quite rich. Ah Huang is an old dog, lying quietly in the grass by the stream at the moment, watching the little master fishing, wagging his tail, and occasionally barking, as if he is supporting his master. Suddenly, Ah Huang's ears pricked up, he listened quietly, and then the wind rushed into the forest. Shen Yong was not surprised, because he knew that Ah Huang must have taken a fancy to some kind of prey, it was estimated that it was either a hare or a pheasant or something, thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the braised hare air-dried pheasant made by his father, and immediately swallowed his saliva, in a happy mood, humming a small song in his mouth that he didn't know which clan it was, and walked home with a jump.

When he was not far from home, he suddenly heard the sound of gold and iron, and when it rang, it stopped abruptly after a few rings, Shen Yong felt strange and walked a few steps quickly. Suddenly, a strong feeling of uneasiness lingered in his heart, for some reason, the pace that should be walking briskly slowed down, Shen Yong hid behind a boulder to inspect, this look, couldn't help but be surprised! Daddy Shen Si stood with his back against the big locust tree with the axe he had chopped at home, and there was a person in a flying fish uniform lying at his feet, motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and three people stood in the shape of a character not far away, faintly blocking Shen Si's way, and the middle one was not very old, He looked eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a plain robe, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and a proud face. The man on the left was also wearing a flying fish uniform, holding an embroidered spring knife, with an uncertain look on his face, and an old man on the right, holding a two-foot-long copper pipe, kept swallowing clouds and spitting fog. Glancing at the people on the ground again, "Ma Xiaowu is taking the lead, and he can't do his best, so he takes the blame." But when you meet Young Master Ben, your good days are over, so quickly tie yourself up, so as not to cost me my hands and feet. Shen Si didn't speak immediately, but walked two steps with an axe, his eyes scanned for a week, and when he saw Shen Yong's big stone hiding, he paused for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "Boy, don't come out if you don't let you come out, you are still young, didn't the master tell you that the rivers and lakes are more risky?" Shen Yong, who was lying behind the boulder, understood the meaning of his father's words, and asked himself not to come out, and also understood that he had not learned martial arts, but had only practiced some methods of inhaling and exhaling and meditating since he was a child, and now going out can only make Daddy more passive. However, he was worried about his father's safety, and he felt very uncomfortable, so he could only hold on to the harpoon. The young man in plain clothes was furious when he heard that Shen Si was a young man and a short boy, and then the old man came over to talk, "Shen Heng, do you still know me?" "Ah, isn't this the famous Iron Hand God of Ying Tianfu who catches Mo Huaiyuan Old Man Mo? It's not good to hold my grandson at home, I'm not tired after chasing me like a dog for more than 20 years?"

"Brother Shen laughed, it's not because Lao Yu is one of the few people who have seen your true face, this time is different from the past, come and come, I will introduce you, and you will not be wronged if you are captured in a while. As he spoke, Mo Huaiyuan bowed down to the plain-clothed young man and introduced: "This Jiang Yulin Jiang Gongzi, his father is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he worships under the Divine Sword Sect, and he is the second disciple of Bai Qingchen, the first master of swordsmanship today. The other is Wang An, the general manager of Jinyi Weiqian. Then he turned around and asked: "Two masters, today is not a martial arts grudge, we don't have to talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, according to the villain's intentions, let's solve him side by side, how about it?" Mo Huaiyuan knew that Jiang Yulin was very conceited, but he was afraid that he would be lost and he couldn't afford to bear the guilt, so he said this. Jiang Yulin nodded and said to Shen Si, "Show your life-killing ring!"

Hahaha, Shen Si let out a long laugh, the sound shook the valley, his eyes were shining, his figure seemed to skyrocket, and he was like two people, and a few words floated out from the corner of his mouth: "Kill chickens with a knife!" used a trick to praise his father and chased the sun and went straight to Jiang Yulin, only one step, two or three feet away in the blink of an eye, giving people a sense of mystery and mystery, Jiang Yulin was too big, the sword had not yet come and was pulled out in a hurry, coupled with the length of the sword, he could only make a move to roll up the red flag and retreat sharply, he retreated, Wang An's right side was completely exposed to Shen Heng's axe light, Wang An was the weakest among the three, and he had been frightened by Shen Heng's momentum of killing Ma Xiaowu in the early stage, and suddenly messed up, just closed his eyes and slashed with a knife, there was no move at all, how could Shen Heng let go of this opportunity, the axe was handed over from the right hand to the left hand to hold Wang An's knife, and at the same time, twisted his waist and stepped up, and his right hand turned into a fist to point at Wang An's throat.

At this moment, Shen Heng felt the wind in his back, Mo Huaiyuan's pipe went straight to his big vertebral point, if he was hit, he would immediately be paralyzed and captured, if he wanted to dodge, there were four ways to dodge, but if he lost the opportunity to end Wang An, once he let the other party breathe and gain a firm foothold, he might be able to escape, but his son would definitely be captured. Thinking of this, there was already a plan between the electric light and flint, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, a stream of true qi went from the dantian to Xiao Zhoutian and gathered at the big vertebral acupoint, and the sword finger of his right hand poked at Wang An's throat without hesitation.

The copper smoke rod hit Shen Heng's back to the acupoint. Mo Huaiyuan is extremely confident in his heart, his family has been catching heads for three generations, although the dynasty has risen and fallen, and officials have changed, but the government from all walks of life still relies on the Mo family very much, and his ancestors have passed on a set of two-handed judge penmanship that specializes in hitting the 36 roads of the human body, which is famous in the rivers and lakes. To Mo Huaiyuan's generation, it is even more remarkable, and he has to practice the southern eagle claw skill in the south of the Yangtze River, and has been fighting with the northern eagle claw master Shaolin protector who came to the south to learn, such as the eagle's strong eagle claw skill is a Shaolin stunt, the north is invincible, and the two sides are tied. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the power of its eagle claw skill is already above the main iron front of the Jiangnan Eagle Claw Gate. So Mo Huaiyuan added 36 strange points on top of the 36 road acupoints in the family tradition, created his own 72 road penmanship, changed his hands to one hand, the right hand judge pen, and the left hand eagle claw gong, which shocked the south of the Yangtze River for a while, and the people in the rivers and lakes were frightened, and they did not dare to commit crimes within a hundred miles of it.

At the same time as Mo Huaiyuan's right-hand copper pipe was lit, the eagle claw in his left hand immediately went up, heading straight for Shen Heng's back waist acupoint. The brass pipe is clearly lit on the flesh, but it is like a boulder.

Shen Heng snorted, and used his strength to accelerate and poke Wang An's throat. With a "bang", Wang An flew out of the zhang, and when he landed, he was already out of breath and died on the spot.

This result was far beyond the expectations of Jiang Yulin and Mo Huaiyuan, Jiang Yulin was born in a famous family, proud and conceited, and inevitably underestimated the enemy. And although Mo Huaiyuan is so experienced, he ignores the fact that the two of them are bent on capturing Shen Heng, for fear that he will escape, and Shen Heng found that his whereabouts have been revealed, and he can't escape for the sake of Shen Chaxing, only by killing all those who know his whereabouts can he have a chance of life, otherwise the enemy who chases and kills him will be like a carp crossing the river, and there will be endless troubles, so he sacrificed his life to kill the enemy today.

Mo Huaiyuan is worthy of the old rivers and lakes, and he also understands this at this moment, thinking that today's battle can no longer be left, let alone greedy for merit, otherwise let alone arresting people, it will not be possible to die here, thinking of this, the right pole and left claw, all of them are killing moves, and they went straight to Shen Heng.

Although Jiang Yulin was chaotic at the beginning, he was worthy of the famous disciples, and he also saw the situation, put away his heart of underestimating the enemy, and at this moment he had already pulled out his long sword and used a set of dragon gate swordsmanship.

At this time, Shen Heng took a hard blow from Mo Huaiyuan with the Buddhist King Kong Body Protection Divine Skill, in exchange for the record of killing Wang An with one finger, it seemed that he had the upper hand, but in fact, he knew that he was suffering. Rao is as strong as Shen Heng did not dare to take a hard blow with the big vertebral acupoint, but he shifted slightly, and was hit by the shoulder, although he had divine power to protect the body, he was still injured, the meridians of his left shoulder were damaged, his hand was numb, and the axe almost fell to the ground, and he was busy taking the iron axe with his right hand, and a mouthful of blood almost spurted out, and he was busy adjusting the internal air pressure. I thought that today's matter can only be escaped by a quick battle, otherwise I will face the enemy with an injured body, and there will be more and less luck for a long time, not to mention that I don't know if the other party has reinforcements behind. Thinking of this, he didn't breathe, and unfolded the melee axe method to pounce on the two of them again.

At this time, the situation is different from what happened just now.

Longmen swordsmanship is said to be created by Zhou Dong, a martial artist of the Song Dynasty, when Zhou Dong traveled through Longmen, saw the Buddha statues in the grottoes although there are thousands of postures but the law is rigorous, the heart suddenly has an understanding, on the spot to find the ground into the 13th day, the fusion of a lifetime of martial arts experience, create this Longmen swordsmanship.

Today, Jiang Yulin used this sword, opening and closing and the law was rigorous, giving full play to the advantages of the long sword, rejecting Shen Heng's short axe outside the zhang, and at the same time, the attack of each move was like an axe chiseled stone carving, and it was as heavy as a while. Shen Heng held an axe to resist, but his right hand was also shaken. And Mo Huaiyuan frequently made killing moves from the other side, without sparing his hand.

Shen Heng thought that it would not be possible to go on like this, so he gritted his teeth, urged his internal force, and used a set of extremely domineering light exercises. It turned out that Shen Heng was a giant thief in Jiangnan in his early years, specializing in robbing the treasury of the government, and every time he encountered the encirclement and suppression of the masters of the government, he repeatedly got out, of course, because of the ruthlessness of the martial arts moves he made, there were few opponents, and his light martial arts and body methods were also the best in the rivers and lakes. It's just that when this set of light exercises is used, it is necessary to use the exercises to make the qi and blood retrograde, which can stimulate the potential of the human body in a short time, but it will exhaust the heart and blood for a long time, until the tendons and veins burst, vomit blood and die! During the period of cultivation, do not act rashly, otherwise you will lose all your martial arts, or even die on the spot, and you will not be able to do martial arts

Gong children can also injure their lives. Therefore, it should not be used lightly, and once used, it should be immediately evacuated.

But today's situation is indispensable, Xing'er is far away, Shen Heng has already made up his mind in his heart, desperately killing the two of them, just hoping that his son can escape, once Xing'er is captured, life is worse than death, and the consequences are unimaginable. Thinking of this, he hesitated and immediately urged the domineering mental method, and his body immediately felt that his true qi was expanding, and his internal force exploded like a flood.

At this time, it was just getting dark, and at some point, the sky was full of dark clouds. The wind is blowing. Shen Chaixing was still hiding behind the boulder, holding his breath and watching the battle secretly. On the threshing floor, a gray shadow was like a puff of light smoke rotating around Jiang Mo and the two at high speed, "poof" The sound of weapon handover was endless, Mo Huaiyuan was forced to retreat again and again, Jiang Yulin changed the swordsmanship one after another, the word sword, the Dharma sword, the Shandong Qijia swordsmanship~, the kung fu of half a cup of tea actually changed the six or seven way swordsmanship, which was worthy of withstanding Shen Heng's sacrificial attack, giving people the feeling that it was not Jiang Mo and the others besieging Shen Heng, but Shen Heng besieging the two of them. Xing Chai'er secretly applauded in his heart when he saw it, but he didn't know that Shen Heng was approaching the end of the strong crossbow at this time!

Jiang Yulin saw that Shen Heng was extremely fast, his offensive was like a tide, and he had changed another set of swordsmanship after a long battle, and Shen Chaixing almost laughed out loud when he saw it. It turns out that this set of swordsmanship is slow, and there doesn't seem to be any moves, just use the sword to draw various circles of all sizes, large circles and small circles, and flat circles and vertical circles. Shen Heng's heart tightened when he saw this sword technique, such a slow sword was the nemesis of fast attack at this moment. Every time Shen Heng slashed out with an axe, Jiang Yulin did not block with the blade of the sword, but just stuck it with the plane of the sword surface, drawing different circles following the direction of the axe.

But this kind of circle made Shen Heng have nowhere to exert his strength, and at the same time, he felt that he was slowly falling into a huge quagmire and could not extricate himself, being swallowed up little by little, and at the same time he had to deal with Mo Huaiyuan's sneak attack, the scene was gradually passive, and most of the internal force was consumed, but there was no good way to change, and he slowly fell behind. The shoulder injury is getting worse and worse, and the left arm can barely be lifted.

When Jiang Mo and the others saw this scene, their spirits were greatly lifted, and they saw that they would soon be able to capture Shen Heng and make great achievements, so they stepped up their offensive and gradually besieged Shen Heng to the center of the threshing floor.

There is a stone mill in the center of the threshing floor, Shen Heng has no way to retreat here, Shen Heng has his back against the stone mill to resist the enemy, and Jiang Mo and the others attack in a corner. Thanks to this stone mill, otherwise it would be even more difficult for Shen Heng to resist the enemy on his abdomen.

Time passed little by little, and Shen Heng's internal strength was exhausted little by little.

Suddenly, Jiang Yulin slashed Shen Heng's axe with the sword in his palm, twisted his waist and loosened his waist to use a chain leg method, and kicked Shen Heng's waist with two consecutive legs, Shen Heng couldn't stand it anymore, fell next to the stone mill, and the axe in his hand was also thrown away. Jiang Yulin didn't stop, a move "King Kong inverted cone" kicked at Shen Heng's door, Shen Heng hurriedly rolled under the grinding plate to dodge, at this time, Mo Huaiyuan's copper cigarette stick arrived again, the copper cigarette stick pointed at Shen Heng's throat, once it hit, Shen Heng would die the same as Wang An.

Suddenly, Jiang Yulin remembered that his father Jiang Huan had talked to him about Shen Heng, saying that Shen Heng had a shocking secret on his back, and if Shen Heng was found, he must be secretly arrested, and he must be kept alive, and all other people who know will be executed. Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted, "Leave a living mouth!", Mo Huaiyuan thought to himself, this is still what you say, the copper rod is on Shen Heng's left "shoulder well point", and at the same time, he leaned over and used the eagle claw skill to buckle the "Yutang point" on Shen Heng's chest.

Mo Huaiyuan and Shen Heng met each other when he leaned over, and there was an indescribable feeling in Shen Heng's eyes, there was no despair of being captured immediately, but the corner of his mouth turned out a smile that should not appear at this time anyway.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Huaiyuan felt that his left hand seemed numb, his throat was cold, and his body instinctively stood up. Suddenly understood the meaning of Shen Heng's strange eyes, which were the eyes of the living looking at the dead. The world in front of him suddenly became slow, and gradually all turned red, and the last thing in Mo Huaiyuan's mind was that it was the blood that spurted out of his neck that stained the world red, and he lowered his head, and the last thing he saw was his left hand that had separated from his body and fell to the ground first.

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