Chapter 115: The Child's Contest
Li Moru looked at the man in front of him, got up and bowed to him, and said, "Uncle Ling, take care, I have already seen Aunt Ling, and I am ready to leave, you take care of your body." β
"You too, you can come to Qingyuan Villa to sit when you have time, as long as you don't dislike it, Qingyuan Villa will always welcome you. β
Ling Haifeng suddenly remembered something, and said: "When you leave, go to Yiyi's room again, Master Chen said that he couldn't find you, and sent your sword to Qingyuan Villa, in the Yiyi cabinet, I won't send you, I want to stay here for a while." β
Li Moru bowed again and left, the spring breeze was slightly cool, and the remnants of winter were not over.
Back mountain, Ling Haifeng sat in front of Liu Feiyan's grave, talking about a lot of past events today, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time, "Feiyan, you wait for me, it won't be long before I go to accompany you, remember to wait for me, don't go far, in the next life, I will definitely find you." β
After leaving, Li Moru walked to the backyard and went to Ling Yiyi's room, where he found his sword in the cabinet and a letter left by Chen Tafa, saying that he was invited to Huashan.
After taking the sword, he left, after leaving Qingyuan Villa, for a while, he didn't know where to go, he didn't want to go to Huashan for the time being, and he didn't want to see Chen Tafa.
Now that he doesn't have the trouble of jade pillow, he doesn't have to worry about being harassed by those famous and decent sects, and the Wanxian Sect and the Xuanwu Sect are also fighting, at this time, he is relatively safe, so it is better to take this opportunity to go out for a walk and take a look at the world by the way.
He used to be too busy, busy evading the pursuit, and didn't have time to take a good look at the scenery of the Great Song Dynasty, but now, he wants to go out and have a look, see the world and see the fireworks in the market.
If he wants to go to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo to play, I heard that it is an imperial city, very prosperous, go and see, maybe where can he learn about Mr. Mo's past.
He remembered that Hongyunzi said that Mr. Mo's music had a sense of ups and downs, and he and Longchen's father knew each other, maybe he was a big man.
He whipped north, walking very slowly along the way, after all, it was not a hurry, but more to experience the scenery and feel the heart of the Dao by the way.
According to what Hongyunzi said, if there is really a Tao in the world to become an immortal, if you want to become an immortal, you must find your own way, Hongyunzi's way is alchemy, so what is your own way?
When the spring breeze came, Asakusa had no horseshoe, and on the way, he bought a wooden hairpin. Stop and go, if you come across a place with good scenery, stay for a few days, find a quiet place and start watching the "Nanhua Sutra", "Tao Te Ching" has been read for a few months, and it has been memorized.
When the silver on his body was used up, he went to the town or the city to find a blacksmith shop to cast the sword, and his sword-casting skills were as good as the old Yang Tou's true inheritance, and basically the freshly cast sword could quickly find a buyer.
He first arrived in Luzhou, and heard Ling Haifeng say that Ling Yiyi's mother's maiden home was in Luzhou, and he had just sold a sword for two hundred taels of silver, and now, he was ready to go to the market to feel the feelings.
Hongyunzi told him that people in the world always want to be otherworldly and get out of the world, but if they have not experienced all the things in the world and do not understand what the world is, how can they be born.
After Li Moru arrived in Luzhou City, he changed into a green shirt, wanting to stop by to see what Liu Feiyan's maiden family was like. After many inquiries, Li Moru found where her mother's house was.
The Liu family is a small family in Luzhou, from the very beginning of the tavern business to buy real estate in Luzhou, and now monopolize one-third of the wine industry in Luzhou, which is well known in Luzhou.
Li Moru passed by Liufu, which was even more magnificent than Zhang Fugui's mansion. But thinking about it, Zhang Fugui's mansion is in a desolate place, no matter how magnificent it is, it is always incomparable to this place.
When I walked to the door, I found that I should visit in what capacity and for what reason? Thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem to be, so I turned back and left, found an inn in Luzhou City, and wanted to walk around Luzhou City.
There is a place called Xiaoyaojin in Luzhou City, Li Moru is very interested, probably because of the word Xiaoyao, where he wants to go, I heard that where was once the place where Cao Cao fought against the Dongwu sailors during the Three Kingdoms period, it is said that Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin under Cao Cao defeated the 100,000 army of Dongwu with 7,000 people here.
After Li Moru finished eating, he walked towards the place, thinking about what the scene would be like.
The street is quite lively, the merchants are constantly coming and going, the sound of selling is endless, there are frolicking children running wildly on the street, Li Moru seems to see the shadow of his childhood, and he and these children are the same at that time.
and Zhang Fugui and Zhang Qingshan ran around in the ancient town, looking for fun places and fun things everywhere. Sometimes he even misses the joy of childhood, always feeling that laughter was such a simple thing at that time, and hearing a good story can be happy for a long time, and now, happiness has become a luxury.
He suddenly thought of the sentence in the Tao Te Chingβcan be a baby? Can anyone really achieve that state? He couldn't help but say to himself.
At this time, the two children were playing happily, one of them seemed to be a carpenter, and there was a unique wood fragrance in the carpenter's house, and the two rode on a newly made small wooden horse, and from time to time slapped the buttocks of the wooden horse, making the sound of a Yang whip prancing horse, at this time, an older child, with a group of people ran over.
When the two were having fun, they surrounded the two, the first one was a little strong, called Xu Yin, those children all called him Xu Gongzi, of course, some called him the boss, he said: "Hey, you two, lend us the Trojan horse to play." β
"If we don't borrow, if we don't borrow, we still have to play with ourselves, besides, we don't know you well, why should we lend it to you?
"Why? Just because we are more people than you and stronger than you. β
Another child said, "I'm telling you, if you don't borrow, we'll have to rob it, you know, if you borrow it, you may pay it back, if you rob it, it's not necessarily." β
The two children took a few steps back with the wooden horse, and the carpenter's child hugged the wooden horse tightly, although the wooden horse was made by his father, but he kept laying his hands, watching the wooden horse finish little by little, how could he be willing to give it to them.
Just when everyone was about to rush up and grab it, Li Moru walked over, picked up the sturdy child, and asked, "You just seem to have said that as long as you are strong, you can do whatever you want?"
The child who was brought up said: "Hmph, what kind of ability do you have as an adult to bully a child, shameless, if you have the ability, you can beat it, when I grow up, you will be old, when the time comes, see how I teach you." β
The other children didn't disperse, Li Moru couldn't help but sneer, this child was not only not afraid, but also threatened to seek revenge on himself, which was really funny.
He put the child down, and looked at the child's dress, dressed in brocade and a belt of fine materials, and the family should be relatively well-off.
"Since your strength is respected, then you have a fight with the little carpenter with the Trojan horse, whoever wins, who recognizes another person as the boss, will listen to him in the future, and the little Trojan horse will belong to whom?"
Xu Yin smiled: "Just him, can he beat me with this bean sprout?"
"Don't you dare to say so much?"
"Joke, don't dare, I'm afraid that he will go home and sue his father, but it's okay, even if he sues his father, what can he do, his family can't afford to mess with my family. β
Li Moru walked up to the carpenter's child and said, "How about it, do you dare to fight with him?" β
"IβI can't beat him," he said. β
Li Moru said: "But if you don't fight him, your Trojan horse will be robbed, now, just fight with him alone, I will leave in a while, it will be with a group of them, and then you will really have no chance of winning,"
"But what if his family gets in trouble with my family?"
"If you can't protect what you like with your own strength, then how can you be worthy of what you like? As for his family, I'll help you deal with it. β
Another child who was with the little carpenter asked, "Then why don't you just help us beat them away, you are still holding a sword, and you can see that you can do martial arts, isn't it very easy to beat them?"
Li Moru said: "It's very simple, but I beat them away, and after I leave, they will double the trouble for the two of you, so when the time comes, won't you be more serious?"
He bent down and said to the children beside him: "I beat them away is my strength, you have to protect yourself, protect the things you love, you have to rely on yourself, don't you?"
The little carpenter handed the wooden horse to the child beside him and said, "Xiaoqing, you help me hold it." β
"No, you don't really want to fight him, you can't beat him, or just give them the Trojan horse, let's not do it. β
"This uncle is right, my own things must be protected by myself, besides, I haven't fought yet, who knows who will lose and who will win. β
The little carpenter's words made the gang laugh, he was half a head shorter than the man, and he was also much thinner, and the two sides were obviously a contest of great strength.
They already had in their minds the image of the little carpenter being beaten and rolling all over the ground.
The little carpenter glanced at Li Moru, who nodded at him, and he stepped forward and walked to the other side of the stout-looking child.
The little carpenter looked a little timid compared to the little fat man who was gearing up, and he clenched his fists nervously, not even daring to make eye contact with him.
The little fat man couldn't help but say that he punched instantly, and smashed a punch on the little carpenter's face, and the little carpenter fell to the ground in response.
The child next to him pulled Li Moru's clothes and said, "Look at me, I'll say it, he can't beat him, stop them quickly, otherwise something will happen in a while." β
Li Moru said: "This pain should be nothing to you, don't forget, if you lose, you not only have to give him the Trojan horse, but also recognize him as the boss, what's worse is that once a person succeeds in bullying someone, he will continue to bully in the future, because he feels that the cost of bullying this person is very low." β
The little carpenter got up, wiped the dust from the corners of his mouth, and said, "But if I win, he will also recognize him as the boss." β
"That's true, but it can't be ruled out that he will regret it, and even trouble you in the future. β
"However, even if I admit defeat now, he will still trouble me in the future, right?"
"Hmm. β
The little carpenter smiled slightly, "In that case, then I'll have a good fight with him." β
When the little carpenter's words came out, everyone laughed, and the friend who was called Xiaoqing with him tied Li Moru's sleeve tightly and sweated for the little carpenter.
Don't look at the small size of the little carpenter, for him, who has helped his father carry wood and carry things since he was a child, the person in front of him is just a little fatter, except for his size, he has no advantage at all.
The little fat man named Xu Yin rushed towards the little carpenter, and when his fist was about to swing at the little carpenter, he was clenched by the little carpenter, he never thought that the little carpenter looked so thin, like a bean sprout, and would have so much strength, which was really unexpected to him.
But he reacted immediately, and when he was about to swing another fist at the little carpenter, the little carpenter's fist had already rushed straight into his nose, and the little fat man's nose immediately bled out of the punch.
He glared angrily at the little carpenter, "You bastard, how dare youβdare ......"
He swung his fist at the little carpenter, knocking the little carpenter back again and again, but the little carpenter did not flinch, but became more and more courageous, and knocked the little fat man down with one punch.
This is the first time he has been beaten like this, and anger has surged into his heart, he has always been the only one who bullies others, and he has never been bullied.
He stepped forward and grabbed the little carpenter's coat, and the little carpenter was not to be outdone, and clung to his belt.
The two slipped and scuffled to the ground.
The little carpenter held him as he had when he had been a child, and pressed him down and punched him hard.
The little carpenter's face was covered with scars, and the little fat man surnamed Xu was not much better.
The two scuffled together, panting.