Chapter 6 Duanmu Shen IX
People are human not only because they are not dominated by desires, but also because they know how to pass on existing civilizations, not their nature. Civilization is mature and rational. But nature is by no means like "at the beginning of man, nature is good" as said in the Three Character Sutra. Human nature is full of desires.
In the long course of history, human beings have experienced evolution and thinking from generation to generation, and they have also inherited the thoughts and spirit from generation to generation. Of course, while inheriting, many will be forgotten.
After Wu Hou climbed out of the tunnel, he came to this big rock halfway up the mountain, and he stood cautiously on the side of the cave entrance, not daring to act rashly, waiting for the man.
After the man climbed out of the hole, he bent down and held his forehead with one hand, his eyes avoiding the dazzling sunlight, he had not seen the sun for many years, and this time he came out, his eyes were afraid that he could not stand this strong sunlight for a while. He squinted his eyes and adjusted to the sunlight for a moment, waiting for his vision to be normal before he straightened up and lowered his arms.
He looked around, and his eyes were full of joy, like a wanderer who had been away from his hometown for a long time, drifting alone for many years, and finally stepped on the land of his hometown.
"It's a familiar and unfamiliar sight. The man said to himself: "Things are not people, and I am afraid that I will be very lonely in the future." ”
Wu Hou never dared to think that the man in front of him was a living person like himself. He thought that in the middle of this mountain, after climbing through a tunnel, there was a stone chamber that had been sealed for many years, and there was a sarcophagus that had been sealed for many years, and the people lying in the sarcophagus could not still be alive. But the man talking to himself in front of him at this moment, the tone of his voice, his mannerisms, and his chest rising and falling when breathing all showed that this was a normal person.
"He's all right standing in the sun. Wu Hou thought of those zombies on TV, as soon as they encountered the sun, they were full of smoke and unbearable pain, and this person stood in the sun as if nothing happened, he should not be a ghost. But there was a second thought, "If it is a human being, how did he survive without eating or drinking in this mountain?"
I had many questions in my heart, but I didn't dare to ask, so I could only stare at this strange man, for fear that he would suddenly get angry and throw himself down the mountain.
The man stopped talking to himself, turned his head to look at Wu Hou, and asked, "Little doll, how did you find out here?" ”
Wu Hou didn't dare to lie, he wanted to climb the mountain to watch the sunrise, but he met a big tiger, fell off the cliff, and fell on the big stone, and later found the mechanism of the small gravel, and found the stone room by coincidence, etc., and told the man 1510.
After hearing this, the man observed Wu Hou for a while to make sure that he was not lying, and then concluded that Wu Hou came here by chance, not some person with a purpose.
"If you hadn't met me, you'd have died here. The man looked at the top of the mountain above and felt that it was impossible for Wu Hou to climb up alone.
When Wu Hou heard this, he thought to himself, if it weren't for me, how could you be standing here, so he opened his mouth and replied: "If you hadn't met me, you would still be lying in the coffin!"
After hearing this, the man smiled lightly, reached out and touched the bridge of Wu Hou's nose, then grabbed Wu Hou's shoulder, jumped up, and the two jumped high and landed on the top of the mountain.
After arriving at the top of the mountain, Wu Hou looked around with a confused face, found his flashlight and small dagger, and then looked back at the bottom of the cliff, and said in disbelief: "How did you do it?!"
The man smiled and said nothing, and came to the edge of the cliff, and looked down at the big rock where the two had just been. He stretched out two fingers and gestured downward to cut a melon. There was a loud bang halfway up the mountainside, and the big stone cracked in response to the sound and fell into the valley, and the "door" of the cave that was not easy to find was slowly closed.
Wu Hou, who had witnessed all this, was already surprised and couldn't say a word, he looked at the man in amazement, waving his hands in the air, and couldn't understand what he was gesturing.
At this time, a tiger came from behind, and it was a white tiger that had been lying under the tree. I saw it walk up to the man, like a kitten, meekly rubbing around the man's body, making a sound in his mouth. The man also stretched out his hand to stroke the white tiger's hair, and said softly, "Well, thank you for your hard work." ”
Wu Hou pointed at the white tiger, glared at the beads of his eyes and said, "It.... It...."
Then he pointed to the man and said, "You.... You...."
Finally, he pointed to them and said, "You... You are...."
"Family. The man replied calmly.
All this has exceeded Wu Hou's cognition, at this moment he feels as if he is dreaming, no, it should be a dream, everything in front of him is too unbelievable. He stretched out a hand and slapped himself in the face.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" After Wu Hou finished fighting, he hurriedly rubbed half of his face with his hand, and exclaimed that it hurt.
The white tiger had a long mouth and made strange noises, but it could be seen that it was laughing.
Wu Hou listened to the strange laughter of the white tiger and asked the man, "Who are you?"
The man let go of the white tiger, came to the edge of the cliff again, looked at the vast mountains, and whispered, "I, who am I?"
His thoughts drifted to many years ago, when he was in the middle of the rivers and lakes, and his demeanor was unparalleled, and he was so frightened that the entire court was silent, and none of the soldiers of the three armies dared to fight! The emperor Lao'er, who was the emperor of the world, had to bend down and salute when he saw him.
The man who thought of this said with some sadness: "In the past life and the present life, the mirrors and the water and the moon are all just dream bubbles." ”
With a long sigh, the man turned to look at Wu Hou, and instead of answering his question, he asked, "What dynasty is it now?"
Wu Hou frowned and said, "What dynasty? Now it's New China." ”
"New China?" the man asked, "What do you mean?"
"It's the People's Republic of China. Wu Hou saw that the man asked such a question, and his heart was strange, so he asked, "You can't be an ancient, right?"
The man was silent.
"I was the lord of these 100,000 mountains. The man looked at the mountains and said quietly.
"Oh. Wu Hou sighed, as if he understood or not, and looked at the mountains like a man.
"I see the mountains charming, and the mountains see me bowing their heads. The man seemed to remember something, and said a little sadly: "I saw you charming, and you saw me bow my head." ”
Wu Hou couldn't understand what the man was saying, and although he still had a lot of curiosity at this time, he no longer felt afraid. He tried to be as natural as he could, and asked, "What's your name?"
The man replied, "Duanmu Shenjiu." ”
"Duanmu Shenjiu, what a strange name. Wu Hou laughed: "Who got it for you?"
The man didn't care about Wu Hou's laughter, and then replied: "Back then, I traveled all over the land of China, visited all the famous people in Kyushu, learned from each other's strengths, found another shortcut, went against the traditional martial arts, created a unique one, and became a faction of its own, and there was no rival in the world, so I changed my name to Shenjiu." ”
"So you are a martial arts master, or the best in the world?" Wu Hou's eyes lit up, looking at Duanmu Shenjiu expectantly.
"Let's just say that. Duanmu Shenjiu continued: "Because my self-created exercises are very different from traditional martial arts, people who practice martial arts in the world classify me as an evil demon and say that I am a great devil who kills people and sets fires. ”
Hearing this, Wu Hou subconsciously shrank back, and then asked, "What about the facts? Are you a big devil who kills people without blinking?"
Duanmu Shenjiu looked up to the sky and smiled, and said loudly: "I, Duanmu Shenjiu, have only killed seven people in my life, and four of them are Jiangyang thieves who have fallen into the grass on this mountain, oppressing the people on weekdays, and doing all the evil things. The remaining three, one of them is a high-ranking official of the imperial court, corrupt the law, and disregard for human life, and the remaining two are a pair of twin brothers who are learning martial arts with me. ”
Hearing him say this, Wu Hou felt much more relieved. Even how many people were killed, why they killed, and who they killed, they all remembered in their hearts one by one, and the people they killed all deserved to die, as for the twin brothers who were killed by mistake in the competition, this is not to blame Duanmu Shenjiu, the competition is risky, after all, there are no eyes for fists and feet.
"There is no distinction between good and evil in martial arts, martial arts are dead, and people are alive. If a person who practices martial arts is kind-hearted, compassionate, and takes martial arts as the first priority, and does not bully the weak, then it is right. Duanmu Shenjiu paused for a while, and said with emotion: "If someone practices martial arts, just for their own selfish interests, relying on their martial arts to make it convenient for themselves everywhere, bullying the weak, aiding and abusive, and willing to live under high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and do some unseemly deeds, that is evil." ”
Wu Hou didn't understand the meaning, and nodded as if he didn't understand, but listening to Duanmu Shenjiu's righteousness, what he wanted to say must be reasonable.
A young man like him is still young, has no personnel, and does not understand human feelings. What he understood well was probably that Uncle Zhang, the doorman, found out that he was smoking in the toilet, and he didn't tell the teacher or his parents, but more or less made it easier for Wu Houxing.
The only thing he understood was that the harsh teacher, when he found out that he was not doing well in class, let himself stand outside the classroom, confiscated his novels and game consoles, and asked Wu Hou to go home and invite his parents to come to school. For Wu Hou, this is bad, he doesn't understand it at this time, but it's actually good.
Duanmu Shenjiu, who seemed to have seen through life, looked at Wu Hou, and looked at Wu Hou, who already had the appearance of a man in his prime, and had some appreciation in his heart. He asked, "Little doll, I haven't asked you for your name yet." ”
"Oh, my name is Wu Hou, the martial arts of Wu, thick and thick. Wu Hou replied generously.
"Well, Wu Hou, good name. Duanmu Shenjiu continued: "Although it is said that you fell off the cliff and fell here, part of it was done by the White Tiger, but you came to Pinghuang Mountain, maybe it was also the will of heaven. ”
Wu Hou said strangely: "Why did you say that it was done by the White Tiger?"
"Because the white tiger saw you standing on the top of the mountain, it deliberately scared you down the cliff so that you could find the cave and then find me. ”
"Then how can it be sure that I will just fall on the tree and then on the big rock. Wu Hou broke the sand jar and asked the end.
Duanmu Shen shook his head and said softly: "Maybe this is the fate of you and me." ”
"Oh. Wu Hou nodded as if he didn't understand.
Wu Hou, who was thinking about fate, raised his head and saw Duanmu Shenjiu's hands interlocked, and he made a gesture to Wu Hou, and said: "Duanmu Shenjiu, thank you Wuhou for your rescue." ”
"Oh, what are you doing here?" Wu Hou was a little confused.
"It's the rule. Duanmu Shenjiu straightened up, smiled, and said, "You kneel." ”
"What?" Wu Hou asked in disbelief.
But Duanmu Shenjiu didn't answer him, but just pointed at Wu Hou's legs imperceptibly, and Wu Hou suddenly felt that his knees had become extremely heavy, and he couldn't control his body, so he knelt on the ground with a "plop".
Duanmu Shenjiu said loudly: "Little doll, I see that you are strong and strong, and you are a good seedling for martial arts. Today I will take you as an apprentice, and then teach you some ways to strengthen your body and protect yourself, but you must also keep in mind the word "chivalrous", you can come here every day after the sun sets. ”
Wu Hou knelt on the ground, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his eyes gradually changed from confused and frightened at first to firm and happy.
In the summer of this year, Wu Hou had an adventure and stepped into the road of martial arts.