A wide river, surging to the east. The rising sun had just jumped out of the thick clouds, staining the river red.

Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom. It has been eight spring and autumn seasons since the uprising of Zhao Chouwei and Guo Bodhisattva. The history of Emperor Taiding has passed, Emperor Yuan Shun ascended the throne and became emperor, during which he experienced the replacement of four emperors, all of which were short-lived dynasties.

The vigorous Maitreya Buddha rebel army was destroyed by the imperial court as early as the fifth year of Emperor Taiding, just because the rebel army's sphere of influence was too small to form a scale, and after several battles with the imperial court, it was already collapsed. "Maitreya Buddha" Zhao Chou died on the battlefield, Guo Bodhisattva's whereabouts are unknown, the grand wish of seizing the world in the past years, just like the river in front of him, everything went down the drain!

A young man in green clothes is independent of the riverside, looking cold and handsome, with a cyan long knife hanging from his waist. A black horse grazes beside it with its head bowed, and from time to time it looks up at its owner.

The young man looked at the fishing boats that got up early to fish in the distance, and the breeze blew his long hair, and he was very lonely.

The young man looked at Da Jiang, not knowing what to remember, suddenly sighed, shook his head to himself, and turned to leave. A dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of him, and a slap of the air came towards his chest mask. The young man in Tsing Yi did not change his face, his body was turned back, his left hand was blocked, blocking the attacker's coming, and with a flip of his wrist, he directly grabbed the wide and powerful hand in the palm of his hand.

"Second son, it's me!"

The one who made a surprise attack on the young man in Tsing Yi was a black-clothed young man of his age, with a pair of sword eyebrows that were very imposing. Seeing that his most proud move was taken over by the young man in Tsing Yi, the young man in black was a little sad and said, "I practiced for three years to comprehend all the essence of this cloud palm, but I couldn't even break the second son's move!"

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled and let go of his hand: "Baichuan, what I practice is the dragon hand, which is your nemesis of the cloud palm, which is the same as mice and cats, no matter how powerful the mice are, they can only wait for death when they see the cat, even if they want to sneak attack in the back!"

"Okay, okay, you're about the same age as me, but you always give me lectures, I understand the reason, don't say it anymore!" The young man in black turned his head in frustration and ignored him.

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled again and patted him on the shoulder: "Baichuan, you are the personal disciple of the Dragon Protector, and you are the only candidate who will inherit your master's position in the future, you will be discouraged by this setback alone, how can you sit in your master's position in the future!"

The young man in black pursed his lips: "It's too tiring to sit in the master's position, I still like to practice martial arts and calligraphy with the second son every day on the Thousand Peerless Peaks, that kind of day is so unhappy!"

"Guy who has no interest!" The young man in Tsing Yi knocked on the head of the young man in black, making a crisp sound, and the young man in black grinned in pain: "What are you doing with me!"

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled: "You kid, the Dragon Protector has appointed me to teach the position of 'Blood Flame Banner Master', which can be called the right and left hand of the sect leader, you don't know how many people covet this position, as a disciple of my sect, you don't want to carry forward my teaching, but you think about being happy all day long, you should fight!"

The black-clothed young man pouted, was silent for a long time, and asked: "As the son of the sect leader, the second son should think more about carrying forward my teaching, but why are you leaving!"

The young man in Tsing Yi was suddenly stunned, lowered his head and was silent for a long time before slowly raising his head: "Baichuan, you are different from me, your master is only one of your apprentices, but my father has two sons!"

"Then what's the matter!" The young man in black didn't give up: "You are also the son of Sect Master Xiao, although the eldest prince is a few years older than you, but you can't just assume that he is the new sect leader of my sect!"

The young man in Tsing Yi shook his head and said: "The eldest brother is three years older than me, but he is ten times stronger than me in all aspects, he is a genius that is rare in a thousand years, whether it is martial arts, wisdom, strategy and courage, he is much more outstanding than me, and my father decided that the eldest brother succeeded him as the leader of the sect before he died, I can't compete for him no matter what!"

"Then why are you leaving!" the young man in black said, "You don't have to compete with the eldest prince for the position of sect leader, you can stay and assist him! I believe that with your two brothers here, our sect will definitely carry forward, and even surpass the White Lotus Sect in one fell swoop!"

The young man in Tsing Yi smiled bitterly: "Baichuan, it's been so long, don't you know the eldest brother? Anyone who threatens him, he will get rid of him without any scruples, and I am the biggest threat to him now, don't you understand?"

"But, you and the eldest prince are brothers!" the young man in black was a little anxious.

"What about brothers, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are also brothers, you are not unclear about the story of the change of Xuanwumen, the ancient people who became great businesses are cold-blooded and ruthless, and the eldest brother is more ruthless than Li Shimin, if I continue to rely on it, sooner or later, one day, I will also fall into the same fate as Li Jiancheng!" The young man in Tsing Yi looked at the river, and the river was rippling because of the wind: "The eldest brother is a genius in the sky, I believe that with him, he will definitely carry forward my teaching, Baichuan, even if it is for me, assist the eldest brother well, okay!"

The young man in black lowered his head and remained silent. The young man in Tsing Yi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I dare to believe that in a few years, there will definitely be a person named 'Blood Flame Banner Master' Song Baichuan on the rivers and lakes, take care!"

Before the words fell, the young man in Tsing Yi jumped up, rode on a black horse, and disappeared into a red glow.

The black-clothed young man Song Baichuan clenched his fists with tears in his eyes: "Second son, I will definitely become the 'Blood Flame Banner Master' Song Baichuan that you said!"

The night is getting darker, and the autumn breeze is rising. The distant mountains, villages, rivers, and ancient roads are all blackened in the middle of the night, making them so quiet and desolate. This is a small mountain village located in Puzhou Prefecture, Shanxi, the night is approaching, the lights are flickering, the cooking smoke is everywhere, there is quite a "one look at two or three miles, four or five smoke villages" artistic conception!

"Wen Yuan, there is not enough firewood, you go to the firewood room to get some, and my mother will make you your favorite boiled meat today!"

A middle-aged woman is sitting in front of the stove, lighting a fire by the faint light of the fire. Behind her stood a thin young man, dressed in a coarse cloth robe, his face was not handsome, but there was a heroic spirit hidden between his eyebrows.

Hearing his mother's words, the young man was very happy. Since Emperor Yuan Shun ascended the throne, the harsh government has become more severe, and the common people have been increasingly exploited, and their lives have been miserable. Since the defeat of Zhao Chouguo and Guo Bodhisattva's righteous army, the world's righteous army has risen up, successively led by Zhu Guangqing and Nie Xiuqing in Guangdong, the "Dingguang Buddha Uprising" led by Zhu Guangqing and Nie Xiuqing in Guangdong, the White Lotus uprising in Anhui such as Han Shantong and Liu Futong, the uprising of Fang Guozhen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the Red Turban Army of the Yan Gang Zhang Shicheng, the Jianghu People's Righteous Army of Qin Shuyuan in Shandong, Peng Yingyu in Sichuan, Xu Shouhui and Ming Yuzhen in Hubei. In troubled times, not to mention meat, it is already great to be able not to starve to death!

Yang Wenyuan knew that his father had come back from hunting a wild boar in the mountains today, so his family could have a meal of braised pork tonight. Thinking of the ruddy and fragrant meat, Yang Wenyuan's saliva was about to flow out, and he hurriedly took the candlestick to the firewood room!

When he came to the firewood room, he put the candlestick on the table, and the faint candlelight illuminated the huge firewood room. There was a lot of firewood in the firewood room, which he and his father had brought up the mountain, and he knew that the firewood in the innermost part had almost dried up, and it was best to burn it, so he went straight to the depths of the firewood room.

Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound in the firewood pile, Yang Wenyuan was alert and shouted, "Who is it?"

He may be thinking about something like a mouse, if a thief doesn't come to his house to steal something, even if he is really a thief, he won't come to the firewood room to steal something. The young man was angry, and wanted to see if it was a mouse, so he took the candlestick and walked lightly towards the place where the sound came from.

When he was about to go deeper, he suddenly felt something sticky under his feet, and he looked at the candlelight, so frightened that he took a step back and cried out. It turned out that there was a pool of blood on the ground, which had not dried up yet, indicating that it had just been left behind!

At the moment when he just called out, a black shadow jumped out of the firewood, snatched the candlestick in Yang Wenyuan's hand with one hand, and covered his mouth with the other: "Little brother, I'm not a bad person, don't scream!"

Yang Wenyuan was really startled, but he didn't let him restrain him, but raised his hand and pinched the man's hand, broke it hard, turned his body back, and hit the man's chest. The man exclaimed in surprise and took a step back, Yang Wenyuan took advantage of the situation to snatch the candlestick back and asked, "Who are you? Why did you appear in my firewood room!"

With the help of candlelight, Yang Wenyuan saw the person's appearance clearly. He looked to be in his thirties, unkempt, very tall, dressed in white, already filthy, and his chest was blood-red, obviously seriously injured. But a pair of eyes sparkled!

The man looked at Yang Wenyuan in surprise and said, "Little brother is so handsome, I don't know where the teacher is?"

Yang Wenyuan listened to the man praise him, and his heart was very useful, and replied: "These kung fu were all taught to me by my father, who are you and why are you in my firewood room?"

The man was surprised, and said in his heart: Although this young man is still young, he has been praised but can maintain his true heart, neither humble nor arrogant, and over time, he must be a famous figure in the rivers and lakes!

Hearing that Yang Wenyuan was not confused by his praise, but continued to ask who he was, the man smiled again and said: "Your skills are very good, you are only controlled behind your back, and you can still defeat the enemy and hurt me, but I found your two fatal shortcomings just now!"

"What shortcomings?" As the man expected, what he said would really make Yang Wenyuan pay attention to it, and the corner of the man's mouth unconsciously showed a smile, but he was silent.

Yang Wenyuan saw that the man had not spoken, and he understood a lot in his heart, leaned over and clasped his fists, and said: "The junior acted recklessly just now, and he collided with the senior for a while, and I also ask the senior to have a large number, don't worry about the junior!"

The man was even more surprised, he was able to bend and stretch, this is the big husband! And judging by his expression and performance, he didn't look like a villain who saw the wind and steered the rudder, it seemed that he sincerely wanted to apologize to himself, and really wanted to ask himself what those two shortcomings were.

As soon as the man wanted to speak, he heard the mother outside calling Yang Wenyuan. The man smiled slightly: "Your mother is calling you, you go back quickly, wait until late at night when you come here again, I will tell you what are the shortcomings, remember, don't tell me about my affairs here, including your father and mother!"

Yang Wenyuan nodded and waved at the man: "The seniors are here to rest for a while! The juniors will come back late at night to disturb them!"

After speaking, he picked up some dry firewood and walked out of the firewood room, and after going out, he did not forget to lock the firewood room. It wasn't until Yang Wenyuan locked the firewood room and left that the man finally couldn't help it, spit out a pool of blood from his mouth, sat down on the ground, and shouted: "What a strong palm power!"

After dinner, the lights in the village gradually went out, and the moon rose in the sky, illuminating the whole world clearly and transparently. Taking advantage of the moonlight, Yang Wenyuan got dressed, picked up a cloth bag, opened the door lightly, and slipped out.

When he came to the firewood room, he looked around, and saw that no one had found him, so he hurriedly opened the door, lit the candlestick, and walked in. The candle flame illuminated the firewood room, and the man was resting on the firewood stack, when he heard Yang Wenyuan's shout, he opened his eyes and smiled: "You really keep the promise!"

"Since you promised your seniors, the juniors will naturally keep the contract!" Yang Wenyuan sat next to the man and opened the cloth bag he was carrying: "I brought some food and medicine for the seniors, seniors, you must be hungry, eat something first!"

The man looked at the bag containing a piece of pork leg, a few tortillas, and a bottle of medicine. The man was indeed very hungry, so he grabbed the pork leg and gnawed on it. Although it is boiled and the seasoning is only a little salt, but in this time of war, this is really a delicacies of the mountains and seas!

The man said while eating, "Your family looks quite wealthy! You can still afford to eat meat at this time, it's good, it's so fragrant!"

"This is the wild boar that my father brought in the mountains, my family can only open meat today, and we usually just dig wild vegetables!" Yang Wenyuan saw that the man was eating happily, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and asked: "Senior, is this meat really fragrant?"

"Yes, yes!" The man nodded with a lingering taste: "Although it is boiled, it still tastes very good, and the wild boar is much more fragrant than the domestic pig!" Before he finished speaking, the man suddenly realized something, raised his head and asked Yang Wenyuan: "Haven't you eaten it?" Why do you still ask me if it is fragrant?"

Yang Wenyuan paused for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, I have eaten it, I just want to ask my predecessors if they like to eat it!"

"Little brother!" the man stopped, looked at him, and said, "I have studied the I Ching gossip, and I am usually the best at reading people's faces, you were lying to me just now, you haven't eaten it at all!"

Yang Wenyuan exclaimed, this person is really powerful, he actually saw through his deception at a glance. Yes, he didn't eat meat tonight. After his father brought wild boars in the mountains to slaughter, he gave some of the meat to the neighbors, and his own family kept two pigs' hind legs. After cooking it tonight, the father and mother ate one together, and the other let Yang Wenyuan eat it himself.

Yang Wenyuan said that he wanted to keep it for the night and eat it slowly, but he actually wanted to give it to the person in the firewood room. Daddy didn't ask much, he just drank a few sips of broth and ate a few tortillas.

The man sighed: "Little brother, in the past 30 years or so, all the people I have met are either great traitors or selfish people, but only two people are kind-hearted and do not serve themselves, one is my old friend, and the other is you!"

As he spoke, he took out a scimitar from his arms, cut the piece of pork leg meat into two pieces, and handed it to Yang Wenyuan: "Come, little brother, you eat with me!"

Yang Wenyuan was embarrassed to accept it at first, and kept prevaricating that this was something for his seniors, and it was not good for him to eat it again. But in the end, he couldn't talk about the man, so he had to take it, and the two of them ate together.

The man couldn't help but sigh: "In this dire environment, there are really not many people with such a chivalrous heart as you, and in time, you will definitely be a well-known figure in this rivers and lakes! Little brother, tell me, what is your name?"

"My name is Yang Wenyuan!"

"Yang Wenyuan!" The man savored the name and smiled: "It seems that Ling Zun has high hopes for you, and I hope you can worship the marquis and become the pillar of the country!"

Yang Wenyuan shook his head and said: "Now that the imperial court is corrupt and the people are living in dire straits, who wants to be their pillars, it can only be for the tiger and help the abuse!"

The man laughed: "Of course you can't be the pillar of the Yuan court, but you can be the pillar of the new dynasty!"

Yang Wenyuan asked: "Senior, I haven't asked for your name yet, see that although you are in prison, you are free and easy, you must also be a well-known big person!"

The man sighed: "I can't count as a well-known person, I didn't plan to explain my identity, but I talked to you speculatively, and it doesn't hurt to tell you, my name is Guo Bodhisattva!"

"Guo Bodhisattva!" Hearing this name, Yang Wenyuan almost jumped up excitedly: "You are the senior Guo Bodhisattva of the Maitreya Army's military division! The younger generation has always admired the name for a long time, when I heard that the Maitreya Army was defeated, Zhao Chou's predecessor died in battle, and your whereabouts are unknown, I also cried a lot, thinking that God doesn't open his eyes, and the hero of the sect ended up like this, I didn't expect Senior Guo that you are still alive, God is really eye-opening!"

Yang Wenyuan was excited, and there were tears rolling in his eyes. Guo Bodhisattva saw that his feelings were sincere, not like a fake, and his heart was also greatly moved: "I didn't expect that a few years have passed, and there are still people in this world who can remember me and Brother Zhao, and Brother Zhao is in the spirit of heaven, I am very pleased!"

Yang Wenyuan sighed: "It's a pity that Zhao Chou's predecessors died on the battlefield, and he can't see it in this life!"

Guo Bodhisattva asked: "Brother Yang, Brother Zhao and I are both anti-thieves, bad guys who are wanted by the imperial court, aren't you afraid?"

"Senior Guo, you are not a thief!" Yang Wenyuan shouted: "You are a great hero among our Han people, what you have done is to overthrow the tyranny and government of the Tartars, and recapture the country of our Han people, you are the hero of our Han people, and the people of our village admire you very much!"

Guo Bodhisattva listened with tears in his eyes: "Hearing that the people are admiring us, I believe that Brother Zhao's spirit in the sky can rest in peace! Come!" Guo Bodhisattva continued: "Brother Yang, let me tell you what your two shortcomings are!"

Yang Wenyuan suddenly realized that he was too excited just now, and he actually forgot about it, and hurriedly sat down and listened carefully to what Guo Bodhisattva said.

I only heard Guo Bodhisattva slowly speak: "You just played those few tricks and styles, you can see that your martial arts foundation is good, but your first shortcoming is that you are not alert enough, I was only less than a foot away from you at that time, but you didn't notice any of my voices, that is, I didn't want to kill you at that time, if that was your enemy, I'm afraid you would have died in the same place!"

Yang Wenyuan nodded thoughtfully: "This is really my fatal shortcoming, if it is really an enemy, I will really die here, I feel scared when I think about it!"

Guo Bodhisattva nodded and continued: "Your second shortcoming is that although you can react in time and fight back, I can feel that your slap is not ruthless enough, that is, your murderous intent is too shallow. If you make a master's move, you can often kill with one blow, and you are too kind-hearted. It's a good thing for you, and it's a bad thing!"

Yang Wenyuan suddenly lowered his head and sighed lightly: "Senior Guo, no one has told me about this first shortcoming, but this second shortcoming, my father often mentions." Whether I am my own people or enemies, I have to shoot and save three points, and if other people's children bully me outside, if they don't hurt me, I will never make a move, they scold me, I just pretend not to hear, if I really teach them a lesson, I can't beat me with three or five of them, but what can I do if I really beat them? I won't be happy because of this, they may also be hurt because of this, so the gain really outweighs the loss!"

"Brother Yang!" Guo Bodhisattva patted him on the shoulder: "There are really not many people like you in the world, since the second shortcoming is due to your personality, then there is no need to change it, I will help you change the first shortcoming! After you become accustomed to it, you can see at night like day, hear like you see, know the reason of everything when you touch everything, know the truth of everything with your body, see your heart like a mirror, snort can detect people's traces, and poison your mouth without attacking, which is just enough to make up for your first shortcoming!"

Yang Wenyuan was so excited that he fell to the ground with his fists clenched, his eyes pious and resolute: "Master is above, accept the apprentice!"

Guo Bodhisattva helped him up, shook his head, and said, "You don't have to worship me as a teacher, there are rules in my door, and you can't accept apprentices casually." In this way, I will teach you the way of the mind, can you help me do one thing? This will not break my rules, nor will it make you uncomfortable!"

"Okay!" Yang Wenyuan stood up and asked, "May I ask Senior Guo what do you need your juniors to do?"

"I have a letter here, which was left by Brother Zhao Chou, I want you to go to Xizhou and give it to Brother Zhao's righteous son, his name is Zhao Yanfa, and he is about the same age as you!"

The two immediately reached a "deal", and Guo Bodhisattva taught Yang Wenyuan the mental method of "concealing the six senses". This method of mind can only enhance the sensitivity and scope of the six senses, so it is not complicated. In addition, Yang Wenyuan's comprehension is very high, and he will master the essence of this mental method in a few hours.

There was a rooster cry outside the door, Yang Wenyuan looked at it, it was nearly five o'clock, and the sky was about to dawn. Guo Bodhisattva looked out the window, turned to Yang Wenyuan and said, "You have mastered the mental method of the hidden six senses, and you must practice diligently in the future!" As he spoke, he took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Yang Wenyuan: "This is what I want you to send, remember, this letter is very important, and it must not be known to a third party!"

"Please rest assured!" Yang Wenyuan put the envelope in his arms: "I will leave for Xizhou when the day dawns, and I will definitely hand over this thing to Zhao Yanfa!"

"Okay!" Guo Bodhisattva smiled: "It's a pleasure to get along with you, I'm going to leave first, and we will meet again in the future, I hope you will become a big hero who stands up to the sky!"

After that, Guo Bodhisattva pushed open the chai door and was about to go out. With a bang, the wind was raging in front of him, and a bright silver spear flashed with cold light and stabbed Guo Bodhisattva in the chest! Guo Bodhisattva didn't check for a while, he couldn't dodge, and the tip of the spear tore through the clothes on his chest and cut the skin on his chest!

An eight-foot-tall man, dressed in a cloth coat, with a chest-length beard and eyes like a wolf, shouted, "Who are you? Why are you holding my son hostage?"

Guo Bodhisattva saw that the person's marksmanship was exquisite, and he had reached the realm of transcendence, so he shouted loudly: "The heir of the Yang family's gun, you are the Yangpu brother!"

The person who came was Yang Wenyuan's father, Yang Pu. Tonight, when he saw that his son didn't eat a bite of the fragrant wild boar, and said that he would save it for the evening to eat it slowly, he had a lot of questions in his heart. After Yang Wenyuan fell asleep, he came to his room to look, but Yang Wenyuan hadn't come out at that time, so Yang Pu didn't care and went back to sleep.

It just so happened that just now, Yang Pu got up at night, and remembered to come to see Yang Wenyuan, this didn't matter, Yang Wenyuan was really not in the room, and he was shocked into a cold sweat. Hurriedly took out the bright silver gun, looked around for his son, and happened to pass by the firewood room when he found that there was a light inside, just in time for Guo Bodhisattva to open the door and come out, this is the shot that made Guo Bodhisattva have nowhere to hide just now!

Hearing Guo Bodhisattva call his name, Yang Pu was also shocked and hurriedly looked forward. Taking advantage of the slightly bright sky, Yang Pu saw Guo Bodhisattva's face clearly, and the bright silver spear fell to the ground with a thud, and he cried out: "You are Brother Guo!"

Yang Wenyuan was taken aback: "Daddy, do you actually know Senior Guo!"

Yangpu burst into tears and said: "Yuan'er, you don't know, I also traveled the rivers and lakes when I was young, and I met your Uncle Guo in Saibei. He turned his head to look at the unkempt Guo Bodhisattva, and continued: "I heard that you and Zhao Chou rebelled in Xizhou, and I also wanted to go to help, but it didn't take long to hear the news of your defeat, Zhao Chou died on the battlefield, and your whereabouts are unknown, which makes my heart ache!"

Guo Bodhisattva sighed: "When the righteous army was defeated, Brother Zhao died on the battlefield, I have always been wanted by the imperial court, I went all the way west from Xizhou, and when I entered the territory of Puzhou, my identity was exposed, and I was rounded up by a wave of officers and soldiers, I was seriously injured, and fled all the way here, I didn't expect that you and my brothers could reunite here, and God has eyes!"

He turned to look at Yang Wenyuan and said, "I didn't expect Wen Yuan to be your son, second brother, tiger father has no dog son! Wen Yuan's every move is quite your style back then!"

Yang Pu laughed: "Brother Guo, since you are already here, please stay in the house for a few more days, you and my brother will have a long talk!"

Guo Bodhisattva shook his head: "Second brother, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't want to catch up with you, but he really has something important to do, and I'll come back to my brother after I finish the matter!"

Yang Pu kept it again and again, but Guo Bodhisattva insisted on leaving, and he had no choice but to help him prepare some food to satisfy his hunger. Guo Bodhisattva said again about the things he entrusted Yang Wenyuan to send things. Yang Pu naturally agreed to the matter entrusted by his eldest brother, and immediately asked Yang Wenyuan to pack his luggage, bring dry food, and let him take the white horse raised by the family.

This white horse was bought by Yang Wenyuan's father from other places when he was three years old, and he has been with his family for more than ten years.

Originally, the white horse was to be given to Guo Bodhisattva, but the first Guo Bodhisattva was injured and should not ride a horse, and the second was that he was a wanted criminal by the imperial court, and riding a horse was inevitably a bit ostentatious.

After dawn, Yang Wenyuan said goodbye to his parents and stepped on the white horse on the road, but he didn't know that his departure would actually change his life!