Waiting for Luo Shan to leave with Luo Caiwei, Zhang Yingzhuo brought the decoction and asked Lin Yi to take it, and then said goodbye. Lin Yi sent him out of the house, returned to the bed and sat cross-legged and meditated, feeling the spiritual root in his body, like a treasure, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He practiced qi and essence, indulged in it, and before he knew it, another day had passed.

The next day, the rooster crows and the morning sun rises. Lin Yi opened his eyes, stretched his waist, felt comfortable, and got up to wash. Luo Caiwei came to spread the word, because he recovered from his illness, the Lingguan Mansion returned to its former order, and the disciples were going to practice on the school ground.

Lin Yi got dressed and came to the school with Luo Caiwei. This time, I didn't sit in on the hearing, and I really stood with the disciples, and it felt very different. Shen Wuxin greeted him warmly, and explained the morning exercise, Lin Yi was flattered, but Wei Wenbin always had a black face and sneered at him.

After a brief warm-up, Luo Shan came to the stage and said: "Today, Lin Er officially started the first lesson, and then taught from the basics for the teacher, the old students should not be lazy, and listen to it." ”

The disciples quieted down and looked at the podium with all their eyes, Luo Shan nodded with satisfaction, and said, "What is cultivation? Its purpose is eight words: quiet is self-interested, and movement is beneficial to others. His eyes swept to Shen Wuxin, and he gestured, "Wuxin, you come and explain a thing or two." ”

"Yes, Master!" Shen Wuxin respectfully clenched his fists and said loudly: "The first four words say that through the practice of martial arts, let us learn to work hard, abandon floating thoughts, persevere, and exercise muscles and bones to strengthen the body." The last four words say that there are martial arts by the side, not afraid of small nights, the road is uneven, and can draw a sword to help. ”

"Not bad. Luo Shan clapped his hands, turned to look at Lin Yi and said, "Lin'er, do you understand?"

Lin Yi nodded again and again, and said in a loud voice: "The purpose of cultivation is to be quiet to benefit oneself, and movement is to benefit others." This teaching was remembered by the disciples. ”

"Good. Luo Shan Mu Lu approvingly continued: "Now, teach you the first set of punches. ”

As he spoke, Luo Shan took a half-step forward with his left foot, his knee crooked, his right leg brace diagonally, slightly straight, and his feet slightly shoulder-width apart. Then the left fist is stretched out in front of the chest, the elbow is slightly bent, and the right fist is placed on the waist, the center of the fist is facing inward, and he explains: "This is called the battle style, and it is also the foundation of this boxing method." ”

Then turn around and twist your hips, raise your left arm to the top of your head, step forward with your right foot, and strike your right fist straight ahead.

Lin Yi imitated his movements, and Zhang Yingzhuo helped correct him.

"There are a total of five styles of this set of tricks, the full name is Zhenhu Boxing, which was handed down from the previous dynasty. Luo Shan put away his posture, watched Lin Yiban punch his eyes, frowned, and said, "Wrong, do you think it's a boxing technique?"

Lin Yi was puzzled and asked, "Didn't you say Zhenhu Fist?"

Luo Shan smiled dumbly: "Ha...... Do you see which family is boxing and exposing its nose and face to the outside, isn't it looking for a beating?" After a pause, he said: "This set is the method of sword and shield training, after the previous dynasty unified the world, the court feared that the people would revolt and confiscate civilian weapons, and this set of sword and shield techniques evolved into boxing and passed down." ”

Seeing that Lin Yi still didn't understand, Luo Shan ordered: "Shen Wuxin, Han Chunfang, you come to demonstrate." ”

A man and a woman came out of the queue and walked to the weapon rack, Shen Wuxin took a wooden stick, Han Chunfang took a wooden knife and a wooden shield, and returned to the field.

Han Chunfang put on a battle pose, holding a shield in front of him in his left hand, holding a knife in his right hand and placing it on his waist, ready to go, and said with a word like gold: "Come." ”

"Senior Brother Lin, look at it!" Shen Wuxin shouted, using a stick as a gun, and stabbed at Han Chunfang's face.

Lin Yi was engrossed, only to see the tip of the stick stabbed, Han Chunfang's face remained unchanged, and he held the shield in his left hand, just blocking the wooden stick and holding it to the top of his head. At the same time, his right hand held the wooden knife and stabbed forward, lightly tapping it on Shen Wuxin's chest.

One grid and one stab, both offensive and defensive, simple but practical, Lin Yi understood the magic of this trick.

He devoted himself to studying, Luoshan taught the remaining four styles, and let Shen Wuxin and Han Chunfang practice them one by one, Lin Yi roughly wrote down the essentials of the movements, and the principle of technical attack, and the morning exercise ended here.

After breakfast, back to the school field, Lin Yi and Zhang Yingzhuo teamed up to practice Zhenhu boxing. In the past morning, Lin Yi gradually became familiar and was able to complete five sets of movements.

Zhang Yingzhuo's hungry stomach rumbled, looking at him pitifully, Lin Yi smiled bitterly: "Senior Brother Zhang has worked hard, yesterday I said that I would invite you to dinner, let's go, let's go down to the restaurant." ”

Zhang Yingzhuo didn't smile, waved his hand, and pretended to be indifferent and sighed: "Alas~ It's just a joke, Senior Brother Lin doesn't have to be polite!" As if he was afraid that he would regret it, he quickly changed his tone and said: "Since Senior Brother Lin insists on requesting, if Brother Zhang refuses, he will not reward you with face, so he has to wronged himself and reluctantly accompany you out for a meal." ”

"Do you still want face?" Lin Yi scolded.

The two of them left the Lingguan Mansion, entered Yongzhou City, found a lakeside restaurant, asked for a place, and sat by the window. Looking sideways, you can just see a bend of turquoise water, the maple leaves on both sides are bright red, and the scenery is pleasant.

After ordering food with Xiao Er, Zhang Yingzhuo bowed his chin out the window and introduced to Lin Yi: "Well, this is called Pearl Lake, because of its mellow shape, it got this name, and it is a famous scene in Yongzhou City." Those talented and beautiful people, who usually don't like to stay in the academy, like to read poetry here, tirelessly, and seem to be full of emotions - in fact, they are all here to meet by chance!"

"Poof!" Lin Yi laughed, squirted out a mouthful of tea, wiped his mouth and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, what do you mean by this?"

"Those stinky boys are standing under the tree shaking their heads, pretending, moaning without illness, it looks like they are nostalgic for autumn, but they are actually hooking up with little girls, if a man and a woman look at each other, put together a few sour poems, and turn their heads to get better!"

"Are you jealous?" Lin Yi said with a smile.

"Fart!" Zhang Yingzhuo glanced at him, suddenly pointed out the window, and whispered: "Look at that girl, it seems that she accidentally lost her handkerchief, don't misunderstand - it was deliberate!" After waiting for a while, he shouted again: "Yo, a stunned young man picked it up and walked over...... After talking to her, the little girl still squirmed and pinched, blushing and ashamed...... Hey, Pearl Lake is going to have another good story. ”

The two talked with relish, until Xiao Er coughed, then turned back awkwardly and sat upright. Xiao Er served the food without raising his eyes, said slowly, turned his head and left, muttering something about Long Yang's broken sleeve.

The two of them heard it at the tip of their ears, and their faces turned red, it turned out that these two words were to describe the love between men and men, but they got too close, and they were misunderstood by them and made a joke.

After a long time, the two of them came to their senses, Zhang Yingzhuo pointed to a plate of fish on the table, and muttered, "Uh...... The restaurant's steamed sea bass is the signature of the restaurant, so you can taste it. ”

"Good. Lin Yinana nodded, looking embarrassed.

Zhang Yingzhuo was hungry for a long time, and he was not polite at the moment, and he swept away the food on the table and feasted on it like a mess. When he was young, he ate with a round stomach, burped, stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth, and complained: "Senior Brother Lin, I have been stuffy in the Lingguan Mansion for the past few days, but I have been suffocated, and it is difficult to come out to relax, I can't just eat a meal and ......go back."

Lin Yi pulled the rice and echoed: "Senior brother, where do you want to play, I will accompany you." ”

Zhang Yingzhuo stepped forward, glanced at the people around, and then said in a low voice: "This shop has two floors, the restaurant above is just a pretense, the real business is still below, when you finish eating, my brother will take you to have some fun." ”

Lin Yiqi said: "What's down there?"

"Shhhhh ”

Lin Yi finished lunch, called Xiao Er, paid for the meal, Zhang Yingzhuo kept Xiao Er, and said, "Little brother, we want to go down and play." ”

Xiao Er looked at him a few times and said suspiciously: "Guest officer, what do you mean?"

"Hey, don't pretend, I'm a regular customer. Zhang Yingzhuo smiled lewdly and stretched out his hand to make a motion of shaking the dice.

Xiao Er sighed, dispelled his doubts, and nodded: "Guest officer, come with me." ”

Lin Yi was pulled by Zhang Yingzhuo's sleeve and had no choice but to follow. The three of them bypassed the kitchen and entered the back room, where a staircase led to the ground in the corner, with torches lit on both sides, and the smoked walls were pitch black. Lin Yi followed them deeper and deeper, the sound of dice pai gow was faintly audible, and finally around a corner, the huge gambling house came into view.

The whole field is rectangular, there are more than a dozen square tables scattered in the lobby, dozens of gamblers are playing heartily, pai gow horse hanging, dice bridge, all different. Above the wall, there is a long corridor surrounded by tables and chairs, and guests drink and fight, both men and women.

As early as the Huaijiang River, Lin Yi was in the willow lane of Huajie and the green building, and he was not stage frightened at this time. Knowing these black squares, there are not many rules, as long as there is money, teenage children can also come in and play.

Zhang Yingzhuo rewarded Xiao Er with a few copper plates, asked him to go back, then took out some broken silver, exchanged a stack of chips, pulled Lin Yi through the crowd, and sat on the gambling table.

Although Lin Yi had no leisure, he was not happy, so he could only watch him play Pai Gow from the sidelines. After a while, I saw that he lost all the chips in his hand, and he went to exchange for two taels of silver with a red face, and after a few times, he lost all his money again.

Zhang Yingzhuo took Lin Yi out of the crowd, stalked his neck, and stopped talking, Lin Yi knew his thoughts, sighed, took out his purse, and said: "Brother Zhang, I only have these two hundred dollars left, you play with some small ones." ”

Zhang Yingzhuo took the purse, thanked him repeatedly, made up some more, changed a dozen chips, and continued to gamble. Lin Yi squeezed out of the crowd, bored, wandering around, and suddenly heard a burst of footsteps at the staircase.

"The eldest lady is here!"

I don't know who shouted, the casino instantly quieted down, and more than a dozen spectators came out of the corner, pushed away the gamblers, stood on both sides of the corner, and waited for a girl to come out of the stairs, bowed her head and shouted in unison: "Hello Miss!"

The girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, tall, with willow eyebrows and an apricot face, bright eyes and bright teeth, quite beautiful, but the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, her face was not smiling, and she looked extremely cold and arrogant. With two entourages, like stars holding the moon, he walked through the crowd and passed in front of Lin Yi, with a fragrance on his body.

Zhang Yingzhuo squeezed behind Lin Yi and quietly explained: "This gambling house is opened by the Qing Gang, and the cold-faced beauty is called Zhao Qiman, who is the eldest lady of the Qing Gang. ”