Chapter 40: The Icy Northwest

The next morning, Chen Wenqi opened his eyes and saw that his surroundings were empty, and Ren Si was gone. Chen Wenqi knew that he was embarrassed by the tea last night, and he had no face to walk with him, so he had to say goodbye without saying goodbye. Chen Wenqi didn't bother to care, took out the broken silver to settle the accommodation fee, and asked the shopkeeper to make a bowl of noodles, and after eating, he thanked him and was about to go out. At this time, "Shang'er" ran out, grabbed Chen Wenqi's bag, and said with anticipation: "Big brother, can you go to another couplet?"

Chen Wenqi couldn't bear to disappoint him, bent down and patted his little face, and said, "Okay, please ask my little brother to come out of Shanglian." ”

"Shang'er" looked around, looking for materials that could be used to link up. may be afraid that Chen Wenqi will leave, and it will be difficult to form a union in a hurry. The shopkeeper was a little helpless, so he said to Xiao Tong: "Shang'er, can you let this big brother hurry? ”

"Shang'er" was flushed, and tears rolled in her eyes. Chen Wenqi was afraid that he would be wronged, so he tried to choose a ready-made couplet for him to match, so as not to dampen his childlike innocence. Looking around, "Yes", he pointed to the distance and said to "Shang'er": "Look, there are a few little brothers over there chasing and beating the chickens who steal the rice, and the big brother will come up with a link, okay?"

"Good. "Shang'er" was overjoyed, clapping her little hands and jumping up and down in agreement.

"The big brother's uplink is: 'Hungry chickens steal rice and fight together'. Little brother, big brother has something to do, you can think slowly, when the big brother returns, will I tell you about the next link, okay?"

"Good. ”

"Then let's pull the hook and don't regret it?"

"Hmm. "Shang'er" stretched out his little hand and hooked Chen Wenqi's fingers: "Pull the hook, hang yourself, for a hundred years, you are not allowed to change!"

"Okay, don't change, wait for the big brother to come back. ”

"Big brother, goodbye. ”

"Goodbye. As soon as Chen Wenqi's voice fell, the person was already two feet away.

After walking for two or three hours, I entered the boundary of Shuozhou. Chen Wenqi remembered Ren Si, who slept with him last night, was he really from Shuozhou? Why did he poison the tea, and what was the use of his own package? The masked man at the "Nanguan" inn, the old man and the young man blocking the road, the crazy monk, and this Ren Si, who were they, and why were they all interested in themselves?

"Respectfully, don't come to harm?" Just as he was thinking, two figures blocked the way. Chen Wenqi looked at it and thought to himself, what do you really want to do, it is the old and the young who blocked the road yesterday.

"The two of you are coming to block my way again, could it be that there is no 'forbidden land' ahead?" Chen Wenqi said teasingly.

"Although there is no forbidden land in front, the account of trespassing on the forbidden land yesterday must not be counted. The masked boy said.

"Your Excellency doesn't even dare to show your true face, and you are ashamed to settle accounts with others, which is really ridiculous. Chen Wenqi had the intention to provoke him to take off his scarf to see where he was sacred.

"Don't talk nonsense, you should pay the price for trespassing on the forbidden land yesterday. Young Master Ben is compassionate, as long as you leave the package on your back, from now on the road to the sky, each on the other. ”

"You are planning to block and chase, just to get behind your bags?" Chen Wenqi asked in surprise.

"Exactly, as long as you leave the package, we will no longer embarrass you. ”

"Although the parcel is not valuable, it is very difficult to give it away. Chen Wenqi said proudly.

"According to the meaning of the honorable driver, do you have to wait for us to do it?" the masked young man grabbed the scabbard at his waist with his left hand.

"Please don't pretend to be innocent, when will you decide whether you move or not?" Chen Wenqi was not afraid.

"Since you don't know the current affairs, let's see the truth in your fists and feet. Speaking of this, the masked young man turned his head to look, his face was different, he looked around, and shouted, "Second Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother." ”

After a long time, a person slowly turned out of the bushes on the side of the road, and it was Ren Si who said goodbye to Chen Wenqi without saying goodbye.

Chen Wenqi was not surprised by Ren Si's appearance. After the mad monk broke the poisonous tea bowl, Chen Wenqi thought of the timing of Ren Si's appearance and some of his later performances, and it was almost certain that he was in league with these two men. At this time, when he saw Ren Si coming out, he still hugged his fist at him and said, "Brother Ren didn't say goodbye, it turned out that he was going to wait here first, right?"

Ren Si's face was red when he said one sentence, and he didn't know how to respond.

"There is something unclear, please ask Brother Ren for advice. Yesterday in the woods, I couldn't stand the smell of those poisonous snakes and almost fell into a coma, when Brother Ren wanted to take my life easily, but Brother Ren didn't make a move. But after arriving at the inn, why did Brother Ren poison me in the tea and put me to death?"

"It's just sweat medicine in that tea, Ren just wants to stun Chen...... Brother, I didn't mean to harm your life. Ren Si said with some shame.

"After being unconscious, you can pick up the package below?"

Ren Si bowed his head and was silent, obviously so.

"What is the second senior brother talking about with him? The masked boy "brushed", pulled out his long sword, and took the lead in stabbing at Chen Wenqi.

Chen Wenqi was not in a hurry, he took a step of his steps, turned to the side of the masked young man, and made a move to "steal the beam and change the pillar", and brushed the "Tianzhu Point" on his back with one palm. The masked young man stabbed the air with a sword, and felt that the wind was hard behind him, so he hurriedly took a big step forward, avoiding Chen Wenqi's counterattack, and the long sword in his hand drew a semicircle, and stabbed at Chen Wenqi again. Chen Wenqi used the move of "brushing the acupoint palm", and the move did not leave the masked boy's body, and he actually used a pair of fleshy palms to force the masked boy to retreat again and again. If it weren't for the unintentional injury of people, I was afraid that in less than a hundred moves, the masked boy would lie on the ground.

"Palm of the acupoint?" the old man with the crutch muttered to himself, his eyes revealing a little confusion.

"Senior brother, second senior brother, what are you waiting for?" the masked young man couldn't resist it, and hurriedly shouted to Ren Sihe and the old man.

The two knew that if they didn't make a move, the masked young man would undoubtedly be injured, so they rushed at Chen Wenqi left and right, perhaps guilty, and Ren Si did not forget to warn: "Brother Chen will see the move." ”

Chen Wenqi smiled bitterly and said: "The three of them went into battle together, and they looked at Chen. Anyway, Chen will learn a few tricks today. With that, he untied his waist, used the belt as a sword, and injected internal strength with a shake, and suddenly the belt struck the neck of the three like a spiritual snake, forcing them to withdraw and rescue. Why did Chen Wenqi not use the ready-made "Painted Shadow Sword" and use his belt to meet the enemy? It was all because the master's swordsmanship "Weeping Willow Dancing Wind Sword" was feminine and delicate, and the moves he made were not ordinary sword moves like slashing or stabbing, but cutting, and the moves were like weeping willow dances, cutting the arteries and ligaments at the joints of the opponent's neck, wrists, thighs, and other parts, so that the opponent instantly lost the ability to resist. But this kind of swordsmanship must use the "soft sword" to bring the sword moves to the extreme, this time Chen Wenqi went to Beijing to test, did not bring the "finger winding sword" passed on to him by his teacher, so he had to replace it with a belt.

"Weeping willow dancing wind sword?" The old man screamed again.

"Your Excellency's knowledge is not bad. Then try the power of the 'Weeping Willow Dance Wind Sword' again. Chen Wenqi said.

However, although the swordsmanship is exquisite, and Chen Wenqi's martial arts are not weak, because the "blade" is not in his hand, and the other party is besieged by three masters, less than fifty moves, Chen Wenqi is already at a disadvantage. He realized that the other party was good at martial arts, and he should not have been too careless before, so that he fell into a passive situation. But he didn't panic, and secretly mentioned the "Yi Marrow Gong" to sixty percent, shook the belt straight, and "stabbed" the three of them in front of the door.

The old man and the other three people were surprised and happy when they saw Chen Wenqi use the "Weeping Willow Dancing Wind Sword" for the first time. What is surprising is that this person can actually know the "weeping willow dancing wind sword" method, so who is he? I am glad that this set of swordsmanship is skillful in the hearts of several people, although it is powerful, it is not difficult to crack. Especially Ren Sihe and the old man with crutches, he didn't really want to be difficult for him, but he just reluctantly fought with him and maintained an invincible situation, so he always protected his neck, wrists and other places in the fierce fight to prevent him from "cutting" arteries and ligaments. This move was changed from "cutting" to "stabbing", which surprised the three of them, and they had to retreat and avoid this sudden blow.

Just when the three of them retreated, Chen Wenqi had already put away his belt, pulled out the "Painted Shadow Sword" from the package with his backhand, let out a long laugh, and used the "Blade Sword Technique", or stabbed or slashed, and immediately reversed the decline. How could Ren Si and the other three have ever seen such a strange "sword move"? For a while, they couldn't help it.

For a while, the four of them fought on a par. Ren Si and the others are not in a hurry to make contributions, they are thinking about fighting like this, and it is not too late to catch you when you are exhausted. Chen Wenqi has scruples, and every time he shoots, he is up to the point, for fear of accidentally injuring the lives of three people. After a long time, the three opponents saw the clue and thought that although his sword moves were strange, their power was limited. The three of them glanced at each other, their hands tightened, and they all attacked Chen Wenqi. This time the situation reversed, Chen Wenqi was left and right, and immediately fell behind. Just as he was hesitating to exert his full strength, he suddenly heard a low shout: "Stop it." I saw a figure flash, and a septuagenarian wearing a gray cloth robe and three locks of white beard on his lips appeared in the field.

"Master. When Ren Si and the other three heard this, they quickly jumped back and stood in front of the comer.

"Hmph, three hit one, the old man's face made a few of you lose it. The white-bearded old man grimaced in a deep voice.

"Master......" made the old man want to explain, but the white-bearded old man waved his hand to intercept him: "I'll talk about your business later." Turning to Chen Wenqi, he asked:

"This little friend, who are you Liu Mufeng?"

Chen Wenqi thought to himself, this white-bearded old man seemed to know Shizun, and he didn't know whether he and Shizun were friends or foes. I have no chance of winning against his three apprentices, and if he wants to protect his shortcomings, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape today. However, if the eldest husband does not change his name or surname, and when the other party asks the master, can he still not admit it? Is it a blessing or a curse, and a disaster cannot be avoided, Chen Wenqi replied without hesitation: "His old man is the mentor below. ”

"Hahaha, Liu Mufeng passed on your 'Acupoint Palm' and 'Weeping Willow Dance Wind Sword' really learned well and got on the table. Then his face sank, his eyes looked at Chen Wenqi, and said, "No, who is your other master?"

"There are many masters under the other master, there are masters who teach 'three hundred thousand', there are masters who teach 'four books and five classics', and there are masters who teach horse walking and standing piles, I wonder which master is Venerable asking?" Chen Wenqi asked rhetorically.

The white-bearded old man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Master who taught you martial arts." Who else but Liu Mufeng?"

"Teaching martial arts? There is indeed a master below, whose surname is Chen Yangshan. Chen Wenqi replied.

"Chen Yangshan? How can such a high level of kung fu be unknown in the rivers and lakes?" The white-bearded old man muttered to himself, looking a little puzzled, and asked Chen Wenqi again: "Where is this Master Chen?

Chen Wenqi shook his head: "His old man is an elder in the clan, and he is the enlightenment teacher of Xia, and he has only taught basic kung fu such as stepping off the horse and standing on the pile. ”

The white-bearded old man seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "I say, how can the old man who is the top master in the rivers and lakes not know? So who is your other master? Let's put it this way, who is the person who taught you the kung fu of 'sword double killing'?"

Chen Wenqi still shook his head and said, "Except for the two masters, no one has taught the martial arts. ”

"Then what's going on with this 'sword double kill' martial arts? Does Liu Mufeng know that you can 'double kill with a sword'?" The white-bearded old man asked tightly.

"This ...... , please forgive me for being inconvenient to say below. Not long after learning this martial art, Shizun did not know about it, but he would definitely report it to Shizun. ”

Seeing that he couldn't ask why, the white-bearded old man turned to ask, "Why did you fight with the old man's three apprentices?"

"This ...... , and I am very puzzled below. If you want to know the reason, you can only ask Ling Gaozu. ”

"Li Yuan, you say. The white-bearded old man turned around, saw the masked young man, stopped the old man who was about to answer, and said to the masked young man: "Wei'er, why are you covering your face? Don't you see anyone?

"Master, this ......" The masked young man seemed to be very embarrassed and did not follow Master's orders.

"What, do you want to take it off for you by yourself?" the white-bearded old man was not angry.

"Yes, Master. The masked boy raised his hand and slowly removed the black scarf covering his face.

"Is that you?" Chen Wenqi shouted as if he had seen a ghost. This person Chen Wenqi is very familiar with - Yin Wei, the champion of the new science and martial arts.

"Why, you know?" asked the white-bearded old man in surprise.

"Not only acquaintance, but also the courtiers of the same house. Chen Wenqi said sarcastically.

"The same hall as a minister?" this time it was the turn of the white-bearded old man to be puzzled. He looked at Li Yuan and Ren Si, thinking that they were as surprised as himself, but looking at their calm appearance, he knew that they already knew their identities.

"Since you are a minister in the same hall, why do you fight like an enemy?" asked the white-bearded old man to Chen Wenqi.

Chen Wenqi spread his hands, made a helpless expression, and said: "What the seniors asked was exactly what they wanted to know. He felt that the white-bearded old man was not a "short-sighted", so he changed his name to call him "senior".

"Wei'er, you say, what's going on?"

"Master, I'm ......," Yin Wei muttered without opening his mouth.

"Li Yuan, you say. "The white-bearded old man was a little impatient.

"Master, that's ......" Li Yuan told the white-bearded old man the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that a few days ago, Yin Wei suddenly found his senior brother Li Yuan and second senior brother Ren Si, saying that it was a Jinshi of the same department, who relied on him to have a little knowledge and strong memory, arrogant, and no one in his eyes. Therefore, I asked the two senior brothers to help and "repair" this person. In order to persuade the two senior brothers, Yin Wei deliberately said, "That person" is not only arrogant, but also really good at kung fu, and he also laughed at my kung fu taught by "Shi Niang", just like a woman embroidering flowers. Hearing that "that person" insulted the master and the master, Li Yuan and Ren Si were furious when they heard it, and they immediately set off to find the arrogant man, to let him know the power of the master's kung fu. Yin Wei was secretly happy, and hurriedly said that "that person" was going to Ningxia to play during the release of brown, and he was on his way at this time, and he would pass through this place in a few days. So the three of them came up with a way to "embarrass the man" so that he would know that there was a heaven outside the sky and that there were people outside the man. It turned out that on the official road through which "that man" passed, there was a forest where countless snakes were hidden, and now it was the season for snakes to mate, and every afternoon to midnight, the snakes would come out of the hole to have copulation. When the snake copies, the turbid qi increases greatly, forming a terrible snake miasma, if people hear it, the mind is dizzy, the chest and abdomen are distended and painful, the light one is unconscious, and the heavy one dies in one or two days. In order to lure "that person" into the woods, it was decided that Li Yuan and Yin Wei would come forward and resort to a plan to capture and indulge, pretending that the woods were a "forbidden place" for the master, and no one was allowed to break in, and "provoked" that person into the woods. At the same time, for the sake of insurance, Ren Si pretended that the road was uneven, "repelled" Li Yuan and Yin Wei, led "that person" into the woods, and after "that person" fell into a coma, he was carried out of the woods, and used the realgar he brought with him to detoxify him, so as not to kill people. Of course, before "the man" woke up, he secretly retrieved his bag, so that "the man" not only tasted chest and abdominal pain, coma and vomiting in the forest, but also lost a change of clothes and money, and inevitably ended up begging to go home. Who knew that the two crazy monks hit each other by mistake, got some realgar powder out of nowhere, sprinkled "that person", and detoxified his miasma. The three of them waited here, and the fight just now took place.

When the white-bearded old man heard this, his face became very ugly.

"Hmph, the old man has been upright all his life, and he disdains the most indiscriminate means. Even if you deal with the most heinous people, you must do it openly. And you ...... , okay, okay, come back to it. The white-bearded old man was obviously very angry, turned to Chen Wenqi and asked, "You are the Jinshi they are talking about?"

Chen Wenqi didn't know why, and said: "It's true that I am a new branch jinshi, but whether it is the jinshi in their mouths is unknown. ”

"His 'kung fu was taught by his master', but you said that?" the white-bearded old man asked in a deep voice without moving.

"Zi said: 'Don't look at incivility, don't listen to incivility, don't speak incivility, don't move incivility. 'If you read the books of the sages by heart, you will never be speechless. What's more, I have also studied under my teacher, and I have always respected my teacher, and I am a fellow scholar with Brother Yin, so there is no need to humiliate his teacher. Chen Wenqi replied confidently.

"Yin Wei, what do you say?" The white-bearded old man obviously believed that Chen Wenqi was telling the truth, and had become angry with Yin Wei, so "Wei'er" became "Yin Wei" at this time.

"I ...... I'm afraid that my brother won't make a move, so I ...... That's why it's ......," Yin Wei said.

"You ......" Li Yuan and Ren Si were extremely angry, and they were deceived by him.

"Hmph. The white-bearded old man ignored them, and still asked Chen Wenqi: "He said that you made a lot of limelight at the Qionglin Hui Martial Arts Banquet, went against him, and even contradicted the emperor of the dynasty, is there such a thing?"

"When the seniors asked, they told the truth. Then he briefly told what happened at the martial arts banquet of the Qionglin Society.

"Yin Wei, what he said is the truth?" asked the white-bearded old man instead.

"......," Yin Wei snorted.

"If what he said is the truth, I haven't seen anything against you?" The white-bearded old man saw that Yin Wei was hesitant, and he expected that what Chen Wenqi said was true.

"The master didn't know anything, he didn't take the apprentice in his eyes at all, and humiliated the apprentice in front of the emperor and the ministers of the court, saying that the apprentice was not even as good as a child. Yin Wei argued in a low voice.

When Chen Wenqi heard this, it was like a cloud, how could I not put him in my eyes? How could I ever say that he was not even as good as a child?

"Tell me how he humiliated you. The white-bearded old man seemed to be unconvinced.

Yin Wei was looking for a life-saving straw, how could he dare to tell the truth to the master? However, Chen Wenqi stood aside and thought hard for a long time, and suddenly remembered what he said to Abahai when he instructed Xiao Xu Taipo to break the "eight-sided majestic array", and suddenly realized. Then he thought that he was originally a sarcastic Tatar, so how could he "humiliate" him? Even if he accidentally made him feel "humiliated", could he just stir up a crowd for this big thing and want to "repair" himself? This person is too rat-belly and chicken intestines. I wanted to find out what happened that day, and I thought that the old man with the white beard prided himself to be above board, if he learned that this was the case, he would definitely punish him and even his two senior brothers. Although Chen Wenqi despised Yin Wei, he didn't want to fall into the ground, and although they wanted to "repair" themselves, they didn't intend to take their own lives. Thinking of this, he said to Yin Wei:

"Brother Yin refers to the incident in the school field, right? If you inadvertently hurt Brother Yin, I am here to apologize to Brother Yin today, and I also invite Brother Yin Haihan. After speaking, he hugged his fists and saluted Yin Wei.

If Yin Wei is interested, he will take the opportunity of Chen Wenqi and him to "apologize" and say two high-sounding words, even if this matter is over, everyone will be harmonious and have nothing to do with each other. How do you know that this Yin Wei is narrow-minded and ignorant of current affairs, when he saw Chen Wenqi "soft", he thought that he was afraid of his master's move, and wanted to explain a scene and then slip away. So there was a "unreasonable and unforgiving people", and he rolled his eyes and said:

"The surname Chen, you showed off in front of the emperor and belittled me to worthless, but today you said lightly what inadvertently hurt me?

"Yes, you hurt the little junior brother, so you confessed in such an understatement, if this matter spreads, how can we still meet people on the rivers and lakes in the future?" He is the eldest disciple of the white-bearded old man, if there is no reason to take the juniors and disciples to find someone unlucky, the first thing the master can't spare is himself.

The white-bearded old man glared at Li Yuan and scolded: "Li Yuan, you will also be a person who knows the destiny of heaven, why are you so uncomposed? Even if you want to do something, you have to find out the truth first, right? Yin Wei, how did he hurt you?"

When Yin Wei heard this, he knew that it was self-defeating, so he replied vaguely: "Master, this ...... Let's not talk about it. ”

Say. What the hell is going on guarding the schoolyard?" exclaimed the white-bearded old man.

"Yes, Master. Yin Wei had no choice but to say nonsense: "On that day when the capital was guarding the school, the Tatar envoy Abahai hid the tribute jade in a formation, claiming that if the court could not break the formation and retrieve the jade, it would break off the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and no longer pay tribute and claim the vassals......

"This Abahai is too rampant, isn't it?" Ren Si didn't speak for a long time, and then couldn't help but interject.

"But isn't it?" Yin Wei said with a smug face: "I was there at the time, and I was angry when I heard it, so I volunteered to break the formation." ”

"Well, junior brother is doing well. Ren Si praised him again.

"But," Yin Wei's voice changed, and his voice was much lower: "That array is really powerful, I used all the martial arts of my master, but in the end I still returned in vain." When he said the words "master's martial arts", he specially raised his voice, and the implication was not that I was incompetent, but that the master's martial arts were like this, and he secretly glanced at the white-bearded old man after speaking.

The white-bearded old man remained silent and urged: "Don't sell Guanzi, continue to talk." ”

Yin Wei hesitated slightly, pointed at Chen Wenqi and said, "Just when the emperor was anxious, he stood up and said to the emperor, 'Why is Yin Zhuangyuan's martial arts so bad? He said that he was worse than a child, which not only humiliated me, but also humiliated you, Master. He thought, anyway, at this time, the two of us know about it, even if you are clever, you can't argue, you are an apprentice after all, doesn't the master believe me but believes an outsider?

Chen Wenqi didn't expect Yin Wei's character to be so inferior, and he actually deducted from himself in person. The wrath in his heart is not on the surface, and it is up to him to justify himself.

How rich is the experience of the white-bearded old man? Not to mention that the young man in front of him knows a little bit about himself, and he is by no means a person who picks on right and wrong, so he said that the emperor was in a hurry to break the formation at that time, and at that time he was not afraid of the emperor's wrath when he said such things? Nine times out of ten, Yin Wei was lying. The white-bearded old man held back his dissatisfaction and continued to ask, "What happened later?"

"Later?" Yin Wei didn't expect the master to be angry, but asked "Later", and he was speechless for a while, but he had nothing to say.

The white-bearded old man knew that he was talking nonsense, so he looked at Chen Wenqi with his eyes.

Chen Wenqi thought, Yin Wei is so despicable, if he doesn't let his master know who he is, I'm afraid that he will cause trouble to his master in the future, seeing the white-bearded old man looking at him, he briefly explained the situation of breaking the formation at that time. Final Words:

"I said a word to Brother Yin below, and it was up to the seniors to judge who was true and who was false. However, paper could not contain the fire after all, and there was also the presence of the Minister of Chinese Martial Arts of the DPRK at that time, and the seniors would definitely be able to find out the truth. ”

The white-bearded old man seemed to be quite concerned about the Tatar tribute, and asked, "Since the formation has been broken by Xu Tai, will the jade bi be retrieved?"

Chen Wenqi didn't want to talk about it, but when he asked, he briefly explained the process of taking jade.

At this time, everyone seemed to forget about the previous events and turned their attention to the matter of tribute. After hearing that Chen Wenqi had taken off the jade bi, Ren Si asked indignantly: "The Tatars have made trouble many times, could it be that the imperial court just let them go like this? Otherwise, there are so many vassals of my Ming Dynasty, and they will all follow suit in the future, won't it damage the prestige of the Ming Dynasty?"

The white-bearded old man nodded slightly.

Chen Wenqi saw their indignant appearance, so he also told a rough story about the process of shooting with a strong bow and earning three guards.

When Ren Si heard that he was going to return to the city that he had lost for 20 years, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, walked over and patted Chen Wenqi on the shoulder, and said, "This is a happy thing. When will they return those three cities?"

"Six months later. Then he said to Ren Si with a low smile: "I was ordered by the emperor to receive the city, and if Brother Ren took the royal gold medal from below, wouldn't it be a big deal?" That day in the inn, the crazy monk pretended to pull his collar and stuffed a note into his arms, he opened it when Ren Si was not paying attention, and the words "Beware of people around you stealing cards" were written on it, which was exactly the same as the handwriting of the note in the Guancheng Inn, Chen Wenqi knew that Ren Si was here for the gold medal.

Unbeknownst to him, the white-bearded old man had excellent hearing, his face changed, and he asked, "Ren Si, is this true?"

Ren Si didn't dare to lie, and quickly nodded in acknowledgement.

"What do you want a gold medal for? Don't you know that losing the royal gold medal is a capital offense?"

"The junior brother said, steal the gold medal first, let him be anxious for a while, and then quietly return it. Ren Si didn't dare to argue, so he had to say.

"Li Yuan, do you know about this?" the white-bearded old man suppressed his anger and asked the eldest disciple again.

Li Yuan knew his master's temper very well, and he was still calm at this time, and he was about to thunder in a while. Hurriedly walked up to the master, knelt on the ground with a "poof", how could Ren Si and Yin Wei dare to slack off?

The white-bearded old man shouted, "Yin Wei." ”

"Division...... Master. Yin Wei was frightened, and he didn't dare to raise his head on the ground.

"Hmph. The ancients once said: When you go out, forget your home for your country, and forget your death when you go into battle. In vain, you were born in the family of the eunuch and behind the gate, and you did not think about serving the country loyally and helping the people, but for your own selfishness, you secretly made a bad decision for your senior brother, and deliberately harmed the innocent. How can you be worthy of the word 'champion' when the old man couldn't stand your father's repeated pleas, so he reluctantly accepted you as a registered disciple and asked your two senior brothers to instruct you in some martial arts. Anyway, now that you have 'achieved fame', the title of this registered disciple is here for this, and I hope you will be able to do it yourself in the future. If you dare to use your own martial arts to do evil, the old man will find the ends of the earth, and he will also abolish your martial arts. The last sentence came out, and it was terrifying to hear.

"Master......" Yin Wei's body trembled, and he wanted to plead.

"Needless to say, from now on, you and I will have no master-apprentice status, you can go. The white-bearded old man said resolutely.

Seeing that it was irretrievable, Yin Wei stopped speaking, glared at Chen Wenqi with a resentful gaze, turned around and left hatefully.

The white-bearded old man pointed at Li Yuan and Ren Si and said: "As a senior brother, you can't be cautious and restrain your peers, but listen to slander and help each other with evil, which is one crime; If you don't punish such unscrupulous people, not only will the old man's reputation be ruined, but you will also be despised by people in the martial arts. ”

Li Yuan and Ren Si sweated profusely, and said in unison: "The disciple knows his mistake and is willing to be punished by the master." ”

"Remembering that you still know how to admit your mistakes and have a clear conscience, as a teacher, I will punish you for abandoning one of your arms, and remember the lesson of this time with half a lifetime of disability. ”

"Master......" Li Yuan shouted.

"Li Yuan, do you dare to disobey the teacher's orders?" The white-bearded old man asked sharply.

"I don't dare. Li Yuan said tremblingly: "Master, there are thousands of mistakes, and it is the fault of the vain. Senior Brother Ren let him participate in it, and it was none of his business. If you want to punish one of the disciples, the disciples will cut off their arms to atone for their former sins. ”

Ren Si hurriedly said: "Senior brother, my fault is my fault, you don't want to take it all on one person." Master, the apprentice is willing to be punished. With that, he raised his right palm and quickly cut it towards his left arm.