When Duan heard this, he immediately asked nervously, "In the red willows, have you seen Ling'er?"

Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "It's really you and Ling'er, have you really been there?"

Duan You briefly described the situation at that time, and Mr. Chen also became nervous, and said: "So Ling'er was lost? I didn't see anyone at that time, there was a crypt in the red willow bush, and there was a sheepskin in it, as if she had hidden someone, but I didn't expect it to be you, it was really Ling'er who had hidden there! Where did she go?"

Duan You felt very guilty in his heart, and muttered: "If I come back early, I will definitely be able to find Ling'er, I just thought that I would ......" The latter words were not spoken.

Mr. Chen said: "I went to Hongshui River, it was the fourth day of the accident, I searched all around, I didn't see you two, where did you go, how did you come over the years?"

Duan You's heart was violently stirred and he came back to his senses. What he meant was that he thought that his parents or Mr. Chen would be able to find Ling'er, and that Mr. Chen would be able to rush to the Hongshui River on the fourth day of the accident in Duanfu, and react so quickly, that he would have put in so much effort and energy during this time! Fortunately, he didn't say what he said later, but if he did, wouldn't it make Mr. Chen feel that he had failed to do his best! Duan Youdeng was ashamed, so he told the experience of the past eight years or so.

Mr. Chen was stunned and sighed, "I didn't expect such an adventure, it's really a blessing." After saying that, I was still embarrassed.

Duan You only noticed at this time that Mr. Chen's clothes were ragged, and he was actually dressed up by Huazi, and after thinking about it, he already understood that over the years, Mr. Chen had been a beggar and begging around Duan's Mansion every day, and he was really waiting for him and Duan Ling. The day before yesterday, he and Zhu Yuan had an encounter with Zhonghuazi and the triangular-eyed soldier in the backyard of Duanfu, maybe he also knew. As soon as he asked, Mr. Chen really laughed and said: "I was not far away at the time, and I was about to go up to ask you, the good master, for a copper coin, but I was dispersed by the soldiers. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Duan You did not hesitate to untie a money bag from his waist and handed it to Mr. Chen, saying in his heart, Grandpa Chen would also joke.

Mr. Chen took the money bag in his hand, checked it, seemed quite satisfied, and said: "After I came back from the city the day before yesterday, Brother Zhang-" He said to the old mute, "Brother Zhang gestured to me and said that there were two young people looking for me, not like the bad guys who arrested me, I listened, and felt that it was very similar to the two of you at the back wall of the Duan Mansion during the day, so I fell in love, and I waited there day and night for the past two days, and I really saw You'er today, it is really God's eyes!" Brother Zhang, over the years, you have taken me in overnight, and allowed the bones of my eldest lady and aunt to be buried under the Lingjun platform. He bowed to the old mute.

Duan You hurriedly knelt on the kang, bowed to Mr. Chen and the old mute three times, then walked out of the hut, went to the Lingjun platform, knelt down again, and said loudly: "Father, mother, I will definitely take revenge on the thief Lu Dian with my hand! I will definitely find Ling'er and make her happy and healthy in this life!"

After speaking, Duan You gathered some hay, spread it on the ground, and leaned on the platform to sleep.

Soon after I slept, it was already dawn. After Duan You got up and went to the Lingjun platform to practice, he and Mr. Chen said goodbye to the old mute.

When he arrived in the city, he bought a new set of clothes for Mr. Chen at the clothing appraisal shop, and bought some herbs at the pharmacy.

Chen Shanren was overjoyed when he saw Mr. Chen, sat down for a while, and accompanied Mr. Chen to the backyard. Duan You, accompanied by his housekeeper Chen Zhongfu, went to the terraced house outside the house and picked a room for him and Mr. Chen to live in. Previously, Duan You proposed that he live in a room by himself, for the convenience of practicing, and Mr. Chen watched him grow up, and he was already like a family member, so he did not shy away from taboos, and he was not afraid of disturbing him.

Duan You began to ponder the moves to teach Zhu Yuan and them the dog-beating stick method. This rod is a perfect whole, but if it is taught to others, it must be disassembled into one move and one style.

After two days in a row, Duan You finally completed the dismantling, which was divided into eight major moves and thirty-six small moves. The eight major moves are turning, sealing, picking, tripping, leading, poking, winding, and splitting. Duan You compiled the formulas one by one, one sentence is a small trick, a total of thirty-six sentences. After that, Zhu Yuan was found.

Zhu Yuan was pleasantly surprised when he heard that Duan You was going to teach them the dog stick method, and said: "I heard that Brother Chen's dog stick method should be a first-class stick method, and said that if you are two years older and have perfect strength, then the young mansion master will definitely not be your opponent." ”

Duan You smiled and said, "We competed behind closed doors, but we didn't hide it from you, Brother Zhu." ”

"It's Boss You who said it. Zhu Yuan said, "Boss You also said that there are few people in the northwest who are the opponents of their young mansion master, and that you will definitely be a great figure in the martial arts in the future." ”

Duan You smiled, and did not deny that he did have the courage to defeat anyone now, but he always had a feeling that he couldn't make it out, maybe because he was still young and his strength was not perfect. My father said that a man must be twenty-two years old before his bones, qi and blood can be completed.

Zhu Yuan continued: "This teaching martial arts, there are rules on the rivers and lakes, and you can't do it casually, since Brother Chen has the heart to teach our brothers, we have to follow the rules to apprentice." ”

"No, no, no. Duan You hurriedly said, "Brother Zhu is my benefactor, we are brothers, and we must not let you worship me." ”

After arguing for a long time, the two reached an agreement: Zhu Yuan bowed to his master, but called Duan You the eldest brother, Duan You called Zhu Yuan's name, and the rest of the brothers all called Duan You as the master.

Zhu Yuan said again: "There are so many brothers, it is inevitable that the good and the bad are uneven, the eldest brother wants to accept apprentices, which should be divided into the inner door and the outer door, and the inner disciples should choose those who are of good character and loyal, and the number will not be large, and you will personally teach martial arts, also known as personal disciples." The rest of the disciples are taught by the inner disciples, collectively known as the outer disciples. In addition, martial arts cannot be taught in their entirety, especially the top martial arts. If there is a villain with a bad heart in the middle, who is doing evil outside, ruining the Master's reputation, and the Master is powerless to suppress it, it will not be good. ”

Duan You said: "Okay, the inner door and the outer door, I can teach it alone, I don't want you to draw a tiger into a cat and teach others." There is some truth in not teaching them all. "I asked Zhu Yuan to select the inner disciples first.

At night, Zhu Yuan brought five people, all fourteen or fifteen years old. Zhu Yuan did not shy away from Mr. Chen, invited Duan You to sit with the supreme, and led everyone to respectfully bow to the teacher. Duan You's heart was solemn, but also felt a little funny, and said: "From now on, I will be a teacher and a friend with everyone, sharing weal and woe..... Okay, I'll teach you a few mantras first, and then you can memorize them first. He dictated the mantra of the dog-beating stick method.

There are a total of five sentences in this word-turning, each sentence is a stick method, namely: vicious dog back bite, quick hit dog buttocks, lost dog, yellow dog tail, puppy play ball. Duan You taught it three times, and when he saw that everyone remembered it, he asked everyone to go back, and asked everyone to ask for the opinions of other brothers, and those who were willing to learn martial arts were accepted as outer disciples, and began to teach from tomorrow, and repeatedly stated that they wanted the brothers to be consciously willing and never reluctant.

A few people didn't leave, and the five people brought by Zhu Yuan said that they wanted to ask Duan You to give him a name.

Duan Youqi said: "Don't you have a name?"

Zhu Yuan said: "These five brothers are all orphans, their families were either killed by bandits, or captured as soldiers and died, or starved to death, or fled from other countries, and they have never even seen their father's face. Sighing, he said, "Let's call Huazi, even if there is a name and a surname, it is not the ancestor's original surname, some are for other people's work, the name given by the master, and some are rescued by others, or taken in, just follow that person's surname, like Tang Heizi and Deng Yuer, there are two good people surnamed Tang and Deng in Liangzhou City, and they often give them black nest heads and noodles to eat, and the two of them took this name." ”

Duan You was speechless for a moment when he heard this, and Mr. Chen on the side also looked at Zhu Yuan and him fixedly, as if he was thinking. Duan You suddenly remembered that his surname Duan was not also given by the master of the Duan family? It seems that for the poor, few of these surnames are the original surnames of their ancestors.

A few people pondered and named the five people, named Chen Ji, Chen Zhong, Chen Ju, Chen Bao, and Chen Chang. The five of them were overjoyed, and Chen Ji and Chen Bao actually shed tears.

Duan You, seeing that everyone was moved, he was quite emotional in his heart, and said: "The six of you, plus Tang Heizi and Deng Yu'er, I will accept the eight of you as personal disciples, other brothers, if there are anyone who is willing to learn martial arts, I will only teach martial arts, no longer worship the teacher, and only teach the method of turning and sealing several ways to beat the dog stick, so that you can not be bitten by the dog in the future, and you can protect yourself." Eight of you, I should teach all the 36 rod methods, and how much you can learn depends on your respective understanding. As for Zhu Yuan, after I make a clear appearance to Master Wei Tuo in the future, I will also teach all the forty-eight Wei Tuo palms. Do you have any opinion on this arrangement?"

The six of them were overjoyed and thanked in unison: I obey the teacher's orders.

After the six of them went out, Mr. Chen laughed and said hello a few times. said: "Back then, your father, Weizhen Hexi, no one had apprenticed, you don't know what happened to your martial arts, but you have accepted so many apprentices, hahahaha, we have a son to start a sect." ”

Duan You heard that he doubted his martial arts, so he proposed to compete with him with flying knives. Duan You and Duan Ling often played with Mr. Chen when they were children, and the three of them were neither big nor small, which has become the norm. At this time, Mr. Chen was not convinced, so he took out six willow leaf-shaped flying knives from his waist, drew a circle on a wall, and proposed to throw the flying knives six times, and the one with the most flying knives hitting the circle would win.