Chapter 3 Ye Family Exercises
The day and the moon rotated, and it was already early the next morning.
Xue Dingtian summoned Fang Xu and said, "Did Ye get up with the wind?" Fang Xu replied: "Ye Langjun has already gotten up to practice swords when the rooster crows. Xue Dingtian smiled and said: "Hearing the rooster crowing and dancing, isn't this what Zu Yuzhou did?" Then Xue Dingtian took out a letter, handed it to Fang Xu, and said, "Send someone to Taiyuan Sanqian Inn." Then he put on his clothes and said, "Fang Xu, come with me to see Ye Langjun." ”
At the door of the lobby, Ye Suifeng could be seen practicing swords in front of the door of the house. Xue Dingtian stopped and watched from a distance, Fang Xu looked at Ye Suifeng's posture of practicing swords, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he asked: "Xue Lang, what kind of exercise is this?" Xue Dingtian smiled: "This is an exercise that everyone in the Ye family knows, and it was created by Ye Suifeng's mother, Nangong Wenge, called 'Jade Hand Embroidery Wind'." Fang Xu frowned and said, "This exercise is really weird, chaotic and full of loopholes, but it makes people have no idea where to start. ”
Xue Dingtian squinted his eyes and said, "'Jade Hand Embroidered Wind', this 'wind' is not the real wind, but 'qi'. Fang Xu looked puzzled and said, "Qi, I see that Ye Langjun's sword dance is getting lighter and lighter, is it the reason for 'qi'." Xue Dingtian nodded and said, "You are right, this exercise is to feel the existence of 'qi' through the body, feel the flow of 'qi', slowly control it, and finally use it to hold up your body and make your body light." This is one way to practice light exercises. Fang Xu was very surprised, and praised it again and again, Xue Dingtian continued: "This exercise should not be held with a sword, holding a sword will lack the feeling of the palm, as far as I know, there are two parts of the 'Jade Hand Embroidery Style', the upper and lower parts of the Ye family are practiced by people up and down, and the lower part is only known by Ye Qianxing and Nangong Wenge, I don't know if it has been handed over to Ye Suifeng...... ”
And Ye Suifeng never noticed Xue Dingtian and Fang Xu in the distance, Fang Xu saw that Ye Suifeng was getting lighter and lighter, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really strange! Xue Lang, what kind of point has Ye Langjun reached? Could it be that everyone in the Ye family has reached this point?" Xue Dingtian didn't speak, took a few steps back, closed his eyes, and with the adjustment of his breath, his body danced, Fang Xu looked at Xue Dingtian in surprise, "Isn't this the set of exercises that Ye Langjun danced?" Xue Lang actually wrote it down in such a short time!" As Xue Dingtian danced, Fang Xu gradually felt that Xue Dingtian's body technique became more and more smooth and light. While Fang Xu was surprised, he was also carefully learning the movements and learning to feel the "qi" around him.
At this time, an old man and a young man were sitting on the locust tree not far away and kept observing them, and one of them, a young man who seemed to be in his twenties, said: "Master, this 'jade hand embroidery style' is nothing more than that." The tattered and skinny old man next to him picked a leaf and threw it at the young man, and in an instant there was a bloody path on the young man's face, and the old man picked another leaf and said: "This is the power of 'qi', if it hits the vital point just now, it is not as simple as shedding some blood." The young man was very surprised, and the old man looked at the young man sternly and said, "So, put away your ignorance, you are not qualified to judge the quality of a practice." ”
After a while, Xue Dingtian's movements gradually slowed down and gradually stopped. Fang Xu saw Xue Dingtian stop and asked, "Xue Lang, how is it?" Xue Dingtian thought for a moment and said, "The combination of inside and outside? Interesting!" Then he walked towards Ye Suifeng, Ye Suifeng saw Xue Dingtian coming, immediately stopped dancing the sword, withdrew the sword, retreated and bowed, Xue Dingtian nodded, and said, "I heard that Feng'er practices very hard, so I came to take a look." Ye Suifeng replied: "Uncle said that he laughed, but he just did it according to the methods of his predecessors." Xue Dingtian smiled and asked, "Feng'er just practiced the 'Jade Hand Embroidery Style'?" Ye Suifeng was very surprised, and said, "It is the 'Jade Hand Embroidery Style', but how did Uncle Xue know?"
Xue Dingtian said: "When I was in Taiyuan, your father taught us this exercise in order to strengthen our light skills, and when I returned to Luyang, I knew that there was a lower part of this exercise. Xue Dingtian laughed and said, "This is what your father used to train us to escape......!" If you have a chance, you have to go back and see those old things, hahahaha....... Ye Suifeng ignored Xue Dingtian's laughter, and was more concerned about a question: This exercise was created by my mother, and my father taught Uncle Xue's exercises in Taiyuan, so didn't my father and mother know each other in Taiyuan.
When he was in Ye Mansion before, Ye Suifeng only knew that his father and mother had lived in Taiyuan for a period of time, but his parents didn't say a word about this life, as if they were deliberately concealing it. "Then I...... Wouldn't it be possible to go to Taiyuan? Ye Suifeng inadvertently said what was in his heart. Xue Dingtian, who was next to him, heard this, stopped laughing, his face suddenly changed, and he said seriously: "You give me the truth to stay in Luyang." Xue Dingtian's mood changed greatly, and he scared Fang Xu next to him a lot, Ye Suifeng was not surprised, and thought: Uncle Xue reacted so much, Taiyuan must have something strange.
Xue Dingtian calmed down his mood, tidied up Ye Suifeng's clothes, and said: "Since you are in the Xue family, you are the Xue family, I should protect you, not to mention that I have a very good personal relationship with your parents, so you give me to stay in Luyang honestly, if you have any mistakes, how can I go to see your parents!" After that, he arranged for Ye Suifeng to go back to the room to rest.
After Ye Suifeng went back, Xue Dingtian said to Fang Xu: "If I go to Taiyuan in the future, you must watch the wind and don't let him go to Taiyuan." Fang Xu sat on the ground and said, "Alas, I also want to go back and have a look." Xue Dingtian also sat down, raised his voice and said, "After waiting for a while, I will take you back to Taiyuan." Fang Xu looked at Xue Dingtian in surprise and said, "Fifth brother, is this true?" Xue Dingtian nodded and said, "After everything is stable, I will definitely take you back." Then he got up and said, "After a while, I will go to the third brother, and you will go with me." Fang Xu got up and replied loudly, "Yes, Xue Lang." Xue Dingtian patted him on the shoulder, glanced at the locust tree in the distance, and paced back to the lobby.
On the locust tree at this time. The young man was very puzzled, and said to himself, "Well, this Schrödingtian is really strange, how did he find out about us?" The old man laughed: "Hmph, with his character, even if he kills us, it is not surprising." The old man got up and said, "He has already told us, Taiyuan, and it won't be peaceful again!"
Ye returned to the house with the wind, took out the "ink bamboo", and looked at it carefully. Although this is Ye Qianxing's sword, in Ye Suifeng's memory, his father has never used this sword, and he rarely even pulls it out, so Ye Suifeng was very curious about the appearance of "Mozhu" when he was very young, and even thought that there was no sword in the scabbard many times. Now look at this "ink bamboo", there is nothing special, the scabbard and hilt are black, plus gold wire embellishment.
Ye Suifeng was about to draw his sword, when he heard the sound of slamming the door, put the sword away, and opened the door, the people outside the door were Xue Lisheng and Xue Liyu. Ye Suifeng asked, "What's wrong?" Xue Liyu was dissatisfied with Ye Suifeng's attitude, and argued: "Hey, I said weeds! What kind of attitude do you have?" Xue Lisheng sighed helplessly, took the box in Xue Liyu's hand, and said: "This is a newly made crisp flower cake, I know you like to eat it, so I will send you some." He took out another cloth bag, handed it to Ye Suifeng, and said, "This is a good clove, you can chew it when you are bored, it is very fragrant." ”
Ye Suifeng replied lightly, and was about to close the door, Xue Yuyu made a move to block the door, "What? We all sent things to your door, and we won't let us go in and sit?" Xue Liyu said jokingly, Xue Lisheng said softly to Xue Liyu: "Sister, what are you doing here! Let's go back quickly." He was about to pull Xue Yuyu away, but at this time, Ye Suifeng said lightly: "Please." Then he went into the house. Xue Lisheng and Xue Yuyu looked at the open door in surprise, under normal circumstances, Ye Suifeng should have closed the door directly at this time.
Xue Liyu pinched her waist with both hands and said, "Sister, isn't the weeds a little strange today?" Xue Lisheng gently pulled Xue Liyu's clothes and said, "Or...... Let's go back. "Sister, what are you afraid of, go!" Xue Yuyu took Xue Lisheng's hand and entered the house.
There are not many things in the room, it looks neat and bright, Ye Suifeng is sitting on the bed wiping the scabbard of 'Mo Zhu', "'Mo Zhu'?" Xue Lisheng recognized 'Mo Zhu' at a glance. "'Mozhu'? what is 'Mozhu'?" Xue Yuyu asked. Xue Lisheng explained: "The sword in Suifeng's hand is called 'Mozhu', and it should have been given to him by his father. Ye Suifeng raised his head and asked, "How do you know?" Xue Lisheng squinted and smiled: "I have seen this sword from my father, this is a good sword." Xue Yuyu looked envious and said, "Good sword...... Hey, weeds, look at it, let me see what it looks like. As he said that, he was about to grab the sword, but Xue Lisheng grabbed Xue Yuyu and said with a wry smile: "Uh...... Suifeng, you know, Ah Mei likes swords, in fact, it's not just her, I'm also curious, let's take a look. Xue Yuyu and Xue Lisheng looked at Ye Suifeng expectantly.
Ye Suifeng was helpless, pulled out the sword, the sword body was no different from an ordinary iron sword, Xue Yuyu was disappointed, and said: "This is too ordinary, Sister, are you lying to me?" Ye Suifeng weighed it for a moment and said, "This sword is lighter than an ordinary sword." And Xue Lisheng next to him pointed at the sword in surprise and said, "You guys...... Didn't you find a pattern on it?" Ye Suifeng looked at it carefully, and also found the pattern, "Maybe it's because of the light." Xue Lisheng guessed.
Xue Yuyu on the side couldn't wait, and said, "Why is it so troublesome!" snatched the 'ink bamboo' from Ye Suifeng's hand and placed it on the wooden table by the window, the sunlight shone on the half-finger-wide sword, and an inky black bamboo shadow appeared on the silver-white sword surface, just like an ink painting, adjusting the angle many times, and the bamboo shadow loomed. The three of them were dumbfounded, and Xue Lisheng stroked the sword body and said, "I finally know why it's called 'Mozhu'." ”
"Ye Langjun, are the second lady and the third lady in your house?" Fang Xu shouted outside the door. After Ye Suifeng put away the sword, Xue Lisheng opened the door, Fang Xu was very surprised, and said: "Second lady, third lady, you can make it easy for us to find it." "What's the matter?" Xue asked Shengsheng. At this time, Xue Yuyu and Ye Suifeng also walked out, and Fang Xu said: "Zhang Lang of Zhangfu invited Xue Lang to eat with Erniangzi, Sanniangzi, and Ye Langjun tonight, and I will inform you." ”
Ye Suifeng was very disgusted with this kind of eating together with many people, so he said to Fang Xu: "I'm not feeling well today, so I won't go at night, just arrange someone to send me something in the evening." Fang Xu also knew that Ye Suifeng didn't like a lot of people, so he didn't persuade him again.
At the time of Shen, Zhang's meal had not yet been eaten. And Ye Suifeng's meal hasn't landed yet, "Did they forget to bring me food?" Ye Suifeng went out to check on the fire room, and just after Ye Suifeng went out, two people wearing black clothes and black masks entered Ye Suifeng's house through the window, "Are we doing a little big?" One of them said, and the other hit him on the head and said, "Hurry up and find it, it can't be out of the Xue Mansion." Then he rummaged through the house.
On the other side, Ye Suifeng entered the fire room and found that everyone was lying on the ground, Ye Suifeng stepped forward to check in turn, and found that they were all stunned, Ye Suifeng thought badly, immediately called the guards, and quickly ran back to the room.
The two people in the room searched for it, but there was no result. "It's weird, where is that thing?" The other man stopped in front of the painting on the wall, and wanted to come forward to pick up the painting, but suddenly found that the wooden board under the painting was wrong, and was about to speak, when he heard the chaotic and hurried footsteps outside, this must not be a person, thinking badly, the other made a silent gesture and pointed to the window. Ye Suifeng opened the door and entered the house, and saw that the two were about to escape, so he was about to catch up, only to see one of them throw two knives and fly over, and when Ye Suifeng was hiding sideways, the two of them had disappeared.
Ye Suifeng ordered the guards to check everywhere, and he walked directly to the painting on the wall, squatted down, picked up the wooden board facing the painting, and saw that Ye Suifeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, "'Mozhu' is still there." "This was originally the place where Ye Suifeng hid books, and the Xue Mansion did not allow him to learn miscellaneous exercises outside, but Ye Suifeng was interested in all kinds of exercises, so he borrowed the exercises to learn, and in order to avoid being discovered, he hid them under the wooden board. And after the 'ink bamboo' came, this place was left to the 'ink bamboo'. Ye Suifeng tidied up the house and found that they hadn't taken anything, so he was even more curious, "Could it be ...... Are they really here to find Mozhu?"