In the first year of King Pu's ascension to Dabao, Tian Lingzi jumped from a small eunuch to one of the "Four Nobles of the Tang Dynasty".

When Tian Lingzi first took power, he encountered Wang Xianzhi's rebellion, and he thought about using this to attack or gather the envoys from all over the country. However, although the envoys of Xuanwu and Pinglu were the closest to Cao and Pu Erzhou, they were both his opponents, and Tian Lingzi did not dare to let them send troops to make contributions.

Because Taining Jiedu made Qi Ke unfavorable to let out the division, he broke a lot of soldiers and horses, although the Son of Heaven did not condemn, but he attracted a lot of tongue in the court, he did not dare to use his own people again.

Tian Lingzi pinned his hopes on the towns in the south, but these festivals only wanted to wait and see, and prevaricated in every way. Among them, the Huainan Jiedu envoy directly refused to send troops on the grounds that "the Jianghuai is heavy, the green forest is sideways, and he does not dare to move".

Tian Lingzi couldn't do it for a while, so he used the trick of assassinating Wang Xianzhi. But he didn't expect that there was a Chu Jiangkai by Wang Xianzhi's side, and the seven or eight good men sent by the "Beisi" to assassinate Wang Xianzhi one after another were all beheaded by Chu Jiangkai. This made the officers and troops of Tian Lingzi's faction helpless, and seeing that Wang Xianzhi was getting bigger, Tian Lingzi had to seek help from the rivers and lakes.

Tian Lingzi has had many contacts with Ling Xiao, the head of the Heavenly Sect, over the years, so he sent someone to give gifts to Huashan, hoping that the Heavenly Sect would open a stumbling block for him except Chu Jiang.

Even so, he was still not at ease, afraid that Ling Xiao would not do his best. Tian Lingzi remembered that he also recognized a master of the rivers and lakes in Xiangzhou.

When Tian Lingzi was young, he was just a powerless eunuch, he went to Xiangzhou on an errand and was bullied by the local bullies and dying to death, and it was this master who saved his life. Later, Tian Lingzi gradually gained power, and the bully was naturally wiped out by him, but the master refused to see him again after learning about it.

Tian Lingzi was almost helpless at this time, so he had to go back to Xiangzhou in person to ask for this life-saving benefactor.

Hebei Province, Xiangzhou.

Taihang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, like a huge cyan dragon. Taihang Mountain has a circle here, and there is an extremely majestic Lin Xi Mountain, also called Long Xi Mountain. Although Lin Shu Mountain is not as steep as Huashan Mountain, and it is not as strange as Huangshan Mountain, it is very majestic and deserves to be the head of the mountains.

At the end of the stretch of Lin Shu Mountain, there is also a nameless hill. Others only say that this mountain is nameless, but the people on the mountain call him "not against the mountain".

Although there are only two people living on this mountain, there is also a thin yellow dog with short hair and thin waist.

In the evening, there is a light breeze.

Under the gazebo on this "not against the mountain" sat an old man and a young man, the pavilion was mottled with vermilion paint like fish scales, and even the stone paddles had peeled off a lot, it seemed that it had been some years. There is a wooden plaque on the pavilion, with four green lacquer words on it, which is also dilapidated.

Even the yellow dog lying under the pavilion had some peeling fur, revealing a few pieces of sauce-colored dead skin. Lined with its thin skeleton and lazy eyes, it looked as if it could die at any moment.

The two people in this pavilion were playing against each other, and at this time it was time for the finale, and the sunspot had just lost one.

The young man counted the number of sunspots, scratched his head with one hand, and sighed: "Alas, I lost again, counting the two sons of the 'return chess head', this time I lost three sons." ”

The old man was leisurely and said with a smile: "If you can win against me, won't I call you Master?"

This old man's name is Chaji, although he is dressed in coarse clothes and old cloth, with yellow hair and beard, his spirit seems to be very strong. The young man was Chaji's apprentice, named Wei Qimu, and he was only nineteen years old this year. Wei Qimu has a medium build, wearing a green coat and a green scarf. There is a bit of intelligence in the eyebrows and eyes, and there is a bit of honesty, but the eyebrows are pure.

Wei Qimu lost several times a day, although it was a common thing, he was also ashamed, so he accepted the chess pieces and refused to play again.

Cha Ji looked at the chessboard, and suddenly said, "Qimu, do you know why the teacher gave you this name?"

Wei Qimu didn't expect the master to ask him this question, so he replied casually: "These two words are taken from the sentence 'The wood of the ruler must have a program, and the jade of the inch must be flawed' in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period, Leaving the Vulgar Landscape, and Lifting Difficulties". ”

He asked again, "What is the truth of this?"

Wei Qimu didn't know what the master meant, so he replied truthfully: "A foot of wood will still have knots, and an inch of jade will still have flaws, not to mention people? ”

Chaji nodded with satisfaction: "Well, so treat others with generosity and leave room for everything." In the future, if you walk the rivers and lakes, don't kill wantonly, and leave no way back. ”

Wei Qimu heard it in a fog, and said in his heart: "I haven't even killed ordinary birds and beasts indiscriminately, how can I kill people?

Cha Jiqian sighed again and said: "Although there were hundreds of schools of thought in the early Qin Dynasty, but in the Qin Dynasty, there was a jealous talent, that is, Lu Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, who created the pinnacle of our miscellaneous family. Lü Buwei assisted the First Emperor to destroy the Six Kingdoms and unify the world, and compiled 12 volumes of "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", a total of 160 articles, sprinkled with more than 200,000 words, which have been passed down to this day. Therefore, the names of the miscellaneous heirlooms were taken from two of them......"

Qimu has always known that he is a descendant of the miscellaneous family, but now almost no one in the rivers and lakes knows that there is a sect of miscellaneous families, and others still think that he refers to the eunuch's "our family". He couldn't help but feel depressed as he listened to the old story that Master had told him 80,000 times.

"It's not a eunuch!" Chaji knew what was going on in his stomach when he saw Shakuki's expression, and couldn't help but blush again and shouted. Then he reluctantly continued, "After the rise of the three religions, the hundred schools began to decline, although Taoism and Confucianism were born in Taoism and Confucianism, they are no longer the people of the road. The biggest loss of the decline of the hundred schools is our miscellaneous family, because we are the leader of the hundred schools, and the more the hundred schools wither, the more tired we will be. As a result, for nearly 100 years, it has been passed down in a single line, and many skills have been lost or cannot be learned. ”

Wei Qimu had already known these words by heart, so he didn't really hear them. Cha Ji paused for a moment, and then said: "Your kid is talented, at least in the past hundred years, there is no one in the miscellaneous family who can compare to you. As a teacher, I don't expect you to revive the miscellaneous family, I only hope that you can go a few steps further than me, and don't let the miscellaneous family disappear completely. ”

Wei Qimu should have been happy when he heard this praise of him, but he felt that the master's tone was much heavier, with a little loneliness, he felt a lot in his heart, and Zhengse comforted: "Don't worry, Master! ”

"If there is chaos at the beginning of today, "Qinglian Jue" is born again, and there will inevitably be an uproar in the rivers and lakes. Cha Ji heard a lot more pleasantly, and then seemed to say to himself, "I just don't know what "Qinglian Jue" will lead to, and I don't know how many of the original hundred or even thousands of schools are still there? ”

"Isn't 'Qinglian Jue' a martial arts secret book?" Wei Qimu heard it clearly.

"Where can it be so simple?" Cha Ji shook his head lightly, "Li Taibai once had a relationship with a senior of my miscellaneous family, so Chu Jiangkai is his heir, you can't embarrass him in the future." ”

Wei Qimu nodded yes, and said in his heart: "He is so famous, thank God if he doesn't trouble me." ”

Cha Ji said again: "You pack up tonight and go down the mountain tomorrow morning to seek an opportunity." In addition, the heirs of hundreds of families have always been taboo by the rivers and lakes, you must not leak your identity, otherwise it will be dangerous. ”

Wei Qimu had long felt that he was already full of skills and could go down the mountain to walk the rivers and lakes and experience some training, but the master had not allowed it. Now that I heard that Master asked him to go down the mountain to find an opportunity, I was overjoyed and said, "Master, are you willing to let me go down the mountain?"

Cha Ji glanced at him and snorted: "I have already taught you all the martial arts, and the internal martial arts of our miscellaneous family's "Nine Turning Pulses" are not powerful, but they are the basis for practicing the hundred martial arts. The rest, such as the Taoist palm ink knife, Confucian sword fist, and all kinds of martial arts, you have also achieved success. I have nothing to teach you, if you don't go down the mountain, do you want to make it impossible for you to be a teacher for the rest of your life?"

Wei Qimu was happy in his heart, but he asked reservedly: "Isn't it lonely when I leave, Master?"

"Also, a few years ago, I set a family affair for you. That girl is very good, twenty-nine years old, born with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, and a peach cheek. Chaji did not answer, but said these two words.

When Wei Qimu heard this, his face immediately turned red, but he couldn't help but start thinking crankily in his heart: "What is this woman's figure? Is her martial arts powerful? Do you understand poetry ......and articles?"

"Heh, I'm teasing you. Just mentioned that women look like this, what can they do? There are so many women outside, don't fall for them easily. "As soon as the style of his painting changed, he almost laughed through the sky.

Wei Qimu was even more ashamed, knowing that it was the master who warned him not to be blinded by women.

", there's no need to quit. Cha Ji's tone was unusually gentle, and then he closed his eyes and stopped looking at Wei Qimu.

Wei Qimu withdrew from the pavilion, thinking that he would be able to go down the mountain tomorrow, and suddenly felt refreshed. He took a long breath, leaped into the green pine that stretched out from the mountain wall, and landed in the clearing opposite with a leap.

When the yellow dog saw this, he had already run out, and he also jumped on the pine branch with a volley, and then jumped safely at Wei Qimu's feet.

It was four or five feet away from the mountain wall, and the yellow dog jumped over with a pine branch, not at all like the lazy appearance of dying before.

The man and the dog entered a cave there together, and there was a faint echo from the entrance of the cave: "Bark Valley, Bark Valley, you and I will be separated tomorrow." You said it would be great if you had your ancestors' ability to fly to the sky......"

After Wei Qimu left, Cha Ji slowly opened his eyes, walked out of the pavilion, looked at the weeping clouds and dark trees in the west, and muttered in his mouth, full of sighs: "Alas, it seems that it can't be avoided after all." ”