In the five years of Tianbao, Wang Zhonghe, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, hung the seal of Shuofang, Hedong, Hexi, and Longyou four towns, controlled thousands of miles, and was deeply jealous of Li Linfu since then.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, General Zhonghei sued An Lushan for harboring dissenting intentions and persuaded the saint to be careful, but the matter was intercepted by Li Linfu.

Tianbao seven years, Li Linfu resorted to the trick of "borrowing a knife to kill", instigating the emperor to appoint Wang Zhonghei as the commander, sent troops to attack Shibao City, the loyal heir general fought with Tubo all the year round, knowing that the terrain of Shibao City was precipitous, Tubo and poured the whole country's troops to guard, if it was attacked, the cost of casualties was too great, so he wrote to the emperor to ask for the opportunity to move, the saint was furious, Li Linfu took the opportunity to falsely accuse the general of "fornicating with the prince" The emperor wanted to punish him with capital punishment, but fortunately Ge Shuhan and others interceded, so he was demoted to Hanyang Taishou.

In the eighth year of Tianbao, the loyal general died of depression at the age of forty-five.

Qi Zhendong heard this bad training, howling and crying, Wang Zhongsi was picked up by him, the two are also teachers and friends, and they have been friends for decades, so they ordered Qi Jinyu to go thousands of miles to Hanyang to mourn.

Since Yan Tianzong went up the mountain to now, another six years have passed, he has been sticking to Wuji and Rose all day long, and the two gradually know his temperament, and his heart is not bad, but he is too naughty and mischievous, and he is not annoyed by him. The three of them mingled all day long, Yan Tianzong was the smallest, the third in line, and because he was lively and active, he was also thin, and over time he had the nickname of "Three Monkeys".

In the afternoon, the two of them worked together in the fields, and then went to the pine forest to cut firewood and give it to the farmers, and in the past five years, every household in the village has sent firewood two or three times. It is said that the brothers of the same mother are very different, and the temperaments of indefinite and heavenly are also very different.

Indefinite and diligent, still the first to get up every day, the days are scattered, and he finds excuses to skip class at every turn, and always indefinitely helps him cover with Rose.

Indefinite intelligence, it is also the sword trick taught by Zang Feng, he can always quickly comprehend, and then play it out with a glance and rules;

Wuji is like a child raised by Qin Keji, upright and resolute, and does not rub sand in his eyes; Tianzong is like Zhu Moqi who taught him, sleek and clever, hello, I am good, everyone is good, just get along with each other.

Indefinitely cautious and delicate, willing to figure out other people's thoughts, and have a lot of things on their minds;

There is only one thing, the two little brothers have always been in the same step, that is, to send firewood to the mountain, no matter how windy or rainy, the two have never stopped, and they have never fooled things. Ji Benchu and the others saw all this, even if Yan Tianzong was naughty and caused some trouble sometimes, no one cared about him. The villagers at the foot of the mountain also liked this warm-hearted little brother, and every time they went down the mountain, they were always stuffed with something, sometimes a bowl of hot noodles, sometimes a few freshly pickled salted duck eggs.

Early one morning, Wuji and Tianzong came to the morning class in advance as in the past, and when the two arrived, Zang Feng was already waiting on the stage, accompanied by Zhu Moqi, and after greeting him, Zang Feng led the two to the place where the stones were thrown, to test their wrist strength.

Wu Ji picked up a stone casually, and then concentrated, his wrist shook dexterously, only to hear a "whoosh" sound of breaking the air, followed by a muffled sound, only to see that the stone had penetrated into the trunk of the tree, causing a burst of applause from the sky, from beginning to end Wu Ji's arm has not shaken a little, all thanks to the strength of the wrist. The sky was not bad, although the stone was not embedded in the trunk of the tree, but it also carved out a pit the size of a pill.

Zang Feng was quite satisfied, and cast an approving glance at the two.

Yan Tianzhong Monkey hurriedly said: "Back to Master, my arm strength has also grown, and now I and Wuji can both use the two-stone bow!" As soon as he finished speaking, Zang Feng reprimanded: "You monkey is talking nonsense, being able to open a two-stone bow and using this bow to shoot arrows smoothly are two different things, and the strength required is also very different!"

Zang Feng also said: "In the past five years, your strength and body have improved greatly, but whether it is climbing the wall or trees or holding a bow and shooting arrows, you use 'force'. Whether it is brute force or skillful force, it is 'force', and today I will teach you how to use 'qi'. ”

Puzzled, he asked the master, "What is 'qi'?"

Zhu Moqi shook the folding fan lightly and said with a smug voice: "Generally speaking, all things in heaven and earth and the vast starry sky are composed of qi, and all have qi running. There is a saying in "Liezi" that "the sun, moon and stars are also the ones who have glory in the qi", and there is also a saying in the Three Kingdoms period that "the husband is in the sky, and the vitality is also, and there is nothing else". Qi can gather clouds into rain, can also resist the wind and move mountains, and can also melt blood into essence, thus giving birth to life, it can be said that everything in the world is inseparable from the control of qi. ”

After the little brothers digested what he had just said, Zhu Moqi said again: "In a small way, people, animals, trees, breathing and exhaling are all used for qi, and qi is the source of vitality in your body and me, providing vitality for the five internal organs and the hundred points of the limbs. ”

Zhu Moqi asked the two of them rhetorically: "What is the head of the five internal organs?"

Yan replied: "The heart is the head of the viscera. ”

"That's right! It is the heart, the heart provides blood to the body, it is the guarantee of life, and if people have no heart, they die, so do you know where the essence is provided to the body?"

All the days are shaking their heads.

"It is the dantian that provides the essence and qi to the body! Dantian luck is in the meridians around the body, luck is in the blood, qi is weak, and strong qi is healthy. The master of the inner family can collect the qi of the whole body in the dantian, and then mobilize the qi of the dantian at will to gather in a certain part of the body, if it is gathered in the palm of the hand, the stone can be slapped into powder; if it is gathered in the fingertips, the copper and iron can be pierced; if it is gathered in the soles of the feet, it can be one step and three feet, and the volley is in the air. ”

When Zhu Moqi said this, he suddenly woke up, he saw Qin Keji stepping on the water and sweeping the waves like walking on the ground on the bank of the Huanshui River, and he had also learned "Feiyan Gong" in the past few years, but he only made his body lighter, which was far from Qin Keji's realm, it turned out that it was not that he was not familiar with his skills, but that he did not know how to use qi.

Zhu Moqi said again: "What I just said is just the most basic 'gathering qi' and 'luck', and the extremely talented people in the inner family are even more likely to use qi to open up the meridians around their bodies. When the way of luck is more proficient, you can understand the art of 'indulging qi' -- forcing the qi out of the body, and if it is at the tip of the sword, it is the sword qi, and the sword edge has not yet arrived, and then the grass, trees, bamboos and stones can be used as swords, and there is no rival in the world! It is rumored that there is a kind of martial arts in the Nanzhao Kingdom, which can directly turn qi into a sword, and wave his hand to hurt people ten zhang away; the Bohai Kingdom in the north also has a move that can turn qi into a shield, and the blades of the world cannot get close. ”

Zhu Moqi's face was flat, and he said it very easily, but Wuji and Tianzong were already full of turmoil in their hearts.

Qi luck around the body to open up the meridians has been beyond the imagination of the two young disciples, as for what the master said in the end, indulge in the sword and turn the qi into a shield, what kind of martial arts is that, is there such a person in the world?

When the two of them were in a trance, Zang Feng said indifferently: "You two look at it!" - I saw him grabbing the ground, there was an extra leaf in his hand, and his fingertips were shaking.

Yan Tianzong collapsed on the ground, and Yan Wuzhi was also frightened.

Both of them were dumbfounded!

Qin Keji also did this in the woods outside Pingyang City that day, but the two of them did not see it, and moreover, Qin Keji used the branch as a secret weapon to plunge directly into the trunk of the tree, compared to today's Zang Feng who broke the stone wall with fallen leaves, it is two different realms.

Zang Feng retracted his strength and said indifferently: "This is indulgence." ”

"Master teach me!"

"Master teach me!"

Yan Wuji, who has always been calm, couldn't help his emotions, and the two brothers shouted for Zang Feng to pass on this magic skill.

Zang Feng showed a rare smile and said loudly: "As long as the memory is not bad, the external moves can be achieved quickly, but the internal force is accumulated over time, and it cannot be achieved overnight." Today, I'll teach you the trick of gathering qi, do you know where the dantian is?"

Yan Tianzong said: "In the past, the second master taught that the dantian is the Guan Yuan acupoint, three inches below the navel. ”

"Gathering qi is the qi sinking dantian, to put it simply, it is a method of breathing and breathing. When inhaling, the perineum intention, gently lifted, when the qi is smooth, it can be connected many times, this is turbidity, the turbidity is raised at the top, and when exhaling, relax, slowly sink in the dantian. If you feel that 'the chest is hollow and the belly is heavy', you can be regarded as learning to gather qi. ”

Zang Feng taught it many times repeatedly, until the sun was approaching due south, and both of them were proficient in the method of "gathering qi".

During the meal, Bai Rose heard that her father-in-law had come up the mountain today, so she called Wuji and Tianzong to come to visit him together.

When the three of them arrived, they happened to meet Qin Keji beating iron next to the stove shirtless, Yan Tianzong, who was born in a blacksmith family, was already used to such scenes, but Rose and Wuji were very curious, they only knew that Uncle Qin was a blacksmith before, and it was the first time they had seen him strike iron like this.

At this time, when the spring was cold, Qin Keji was naked, but he was also sweating profusely, and the hammer in his hand kept beating the embryo on the stone platform, and the three of them looked at it carefully, and saw that the embryo already had a general appearance, which seemed to be a helmet.

"Your senior brother Wanchun came back last night, and he won't stay for a few days and have to go elsewhere, this time I don't know when I will see you again, I want to take advantage of him while he is still in the Zongfu, and I want to give him a new pair of armor overnight, which is also a little bit of my uncle's heart. "Qin Keji is well-known for caring for his juniors in the One Sword Sect, and he is dignified by others, and the whole sect respects him very much.

Qin Keji became a prophecy, this was indeed the last time he saw Lei Wanchun again, and within a few years An Lushan rebelled, Lei Wanchun assisted Zhang Xun to defend Suiyang, and finally died on the battlefield.

The three of them all knew that Ji Benchu had accepted an apprentice who was not much younger than him when he was young, it was this Senior Brother Wanchun, Senior Brother Wanchun first practiced in Maomen, and then was transferred to Yinmen to learn the art of war, and then he was arranged by the sect master to serve in the army, and everyone had only seen him once or twice in the past five or six years.

The words were divided into two ends, and at this time, Lei Wanchun was talking to his master about some things in the army in the self-suffering hall.

Ji Benchu asked: "What did Your Majesty say yesterday?"

Lei Wanchun's face was full of bitterness: "Since the emperor stopped the fish talisman a few days ago, my lieutenant has really become idle this time." He sighed and said: "It's also good to stop, the military government has long existed in name only." ”

Ji Benchu comforted him: "Not only your Bozhou, but more than 700 Zhichong Mansions in the world are already empty shells. ”

Lei Wanchun said: "When the emperor was in power, everyone was vying to join the army, not only was the tax exempted, but the whole family was also glorious, and a little military exploit would be greatly rewarded, but the world was declining, the officialdom was smoky, and the small officials with big sesame seeds dared to connive at the clansmen to enclose land and occupy the land, and the wars continued one after another, and who would be willing to serve in the army if they couldn't eat? Everyone was ashamed of being a soldier and found all kinds of reasons to resist the conscription. Just last year, a nine-grade Confucian Lin Lang in Bozhou, whose ancestral hall was washed away by a heavy flood, actually came to me to borrow troops to repair his own ancestral hall.

"The apprentice is most worried about this is not the case, looking at the world, there are no soldiers available in the capital of the huge Beijing Division, and then look at those frontier festivals, there are hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, if any of them have a different heart, wave the army to the south, this Jinggi land has no soldiers to defend, the consequences are unimaginable!" Lei Wanchun is a straight person, and he will say wherever he thinks.

Ji Ben saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stopped it and persuaded him: "When I first sent you to join the army, I said that you can do your job as a soldier, and you can't talk about the government in vain, but now you have forgotten it." ”

Lei Wanchun hurriedly nodded yes, the master and apprentice hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Ji Benchu didn't want to preach too much, so he made the atmosphere so tense, eased his tone, and asked, "Where did Your Majesty send you to take any position this time?"

Lei Wanchun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has made me a general in Tuntian, and I will go to Suiyang to take up my post the day after tomorrow, and my disciple Rong Ma has been a general in the end of his life, and the eldest husband can't die on the battlefield with a horse leather shroud, and he is bitter! "After a while, he whispered: "Yesterday on the pilgrimage, An Lushan also came, and he begged His Majesty to let him be the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and His Majesty actually agreed! Even if the master is not happy, I have to say that An Lushan is now the Three Towns Festival, and this person is not of my race, so I have to guard against it." ”

Ji Benchu waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, a few other uncles are still waiting for you, hurry up and take a look, in addition, Gao Shi of Suiyang City has an old relationship with me, this person is known to be talented, you can contact him more after you take office." ”

But he said that Qin Keji's side, he didn't know about Lei Wanchun's appointment to Suiyang, and he was still concentrating on casting his armor, and suddenly slapped his head and said: "I almost forgot to get down to business, Yang Guifei's thirty-third birthday is approaching, and the sect master will join hands with Wang Zheng to enter the palace to celebrate his birthday, Wang Zheng is in poor health, let the eldest disciple Qi Jinyu enter the palace on his behalf, Qi Jinyu will come here to meet the sect master first, and you will all put on your dress and wait outside the non-life hall at noon tomorrow." ”

The three of them were all surprised, and Rose muttered in a low voice: "Come on, come here, it's not like the people from Vientiane Gate haven't been here, why do you have to make it so grand." ”

Bai Rose's voice was not loud, but Qin Keji still heard it, and said with a smile: "This time is different, firstly, Qi Jinyu entered the palace on behalf of Vientiane Gate to celebrate his birthday, and we must not lose our courtesy; Qi Jinyu not only came to pay homage this time, his father was posthumously named the 'Shangzhu Kingdom' by the imperial court, Qi Jinyu also came to thank him, seeing that the power of the Qi family was increasing instead of decreasing, the sect master naturally wanted to win over Qi Jinyu more. ”