Qin Mufeng took Zhang Nanxing to a secluded place in the temple, wanting to treat his internal injuries, but was stopped by Zhang Nanxing: "It's okay, as long as you don't breathe, the old lady is still a person who lifts hundreds of catties of tigers with one hand!"

"Back then, my eldest brother and I were just ordinary villagers, and by chance we picked up a book of internal strength, and the two of us practiced together. Seeing that I was making rapid progress, I naturally regarded that cheat book as a treasure book, but my eldest brother said that there was a problem with this cheat, and the progress was too fast, and I must have taken too many shortcuts. Zhang Nanxing recalled the old things, and the chatter couldn't stop for a while-

After that. I practiced the cheats as usual, but the eldest brother overturned everything and started over, and as you can see, I almost confessed this life because of blindness, he started from scratch, but he was a master of the world who saw the beginning and the end of the dragon. Zhang Nanxing smiled happily, as if he was telling a commonplace anecdote after a meal, "Now it seems that I am not only as strong as him in terms of concentration and courage, but also not as good as my vision." ”

After listening to this, Qin Mufeng admired Zhang Nanyue from the bottom of his heart, such a question, the courage he has inside, but he can't reach it now, no matter what, he will also talk about how to meet with Zhang Nanxing at the moment, chat heartily, and then talk back to Qiu Duxin.

"I'm also doing it for his good. And you also feel that he is a person who is willing to work hard, shaking the dice cup, it is definitely not easy to reach that level. ”

"Yes, the force of that finger flick scattered all the internal force poured into my stick. Qin Mufeng said admittedly, it is unheard of to be able to contend with the external power of Qin Mufeng, such an internal force can already be connected with heaven and earth, even if Qin Mufeng suppresses the use of internal force, but after all, there is an internal force flowing on its own.

"So, to do something that is completely unfamiliar to you, it is better to do what you are proficient in. Zhang Nanxing continued, "And in our rural place, how can there be so many masters of internal strength. ”

Qin Mufeng also felt reasonable, the so-called master led the door, and the practice depends on the individual, if there is no master to point out the direction, I am afraid that in the end, all the efforts are just in exchange for a profound lesson, but I am also glad that I have memorized the family inheritance exercises before the family migrated.

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September twenty-three.

The black tree on the side of the road at the entrance of the village is red, more beautiful than the beauty of the red maple, and the straight branches are reflected in the graceful posture of some women, and the faces of the people in Xishan are full of red light. The bustle in the village is filled with joy and joy, and in the series of crackling firecrackers, joy is also spread, and even the mountains are responding to the happy events of this prosperous era.

King Linghui finally got up and left the shrine under some recommendation, and got on the portable shrine in the pious and joyful clansmen, and the statues of the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion and Yue Wumu were also in place, and a drum and gong sounded, and the three-seated shrine was slowly lifted out of the temple, and the team that went out on patrol had been waiting for a long time, only to see that-

The sedan chair front of the advocator, the flag umbrella, the front is the dragon and lion dance, playing the flow of fire and throwing the bottle, and then in front of it is more than a dozen pairs of large gongs, five or six pairs of trumpets, all the way to the gong and fire, the people who pass by are holding a banquet to reward God, entertaining guests, it is really a mountain to open the road, meet the water to build a bridge.

Qin Mufeng followed the portable shrine on patrol with him, enjoying the joy of this peace, and at first glance, the coiling dragon who had been confused by his clumsy hands was indeed alive at this moment.

The dragon foot has two or three zhang long, eight people, one person dragon head, one person dragon tail, and then one person in front of the pearl, the dragon head is made of colored cloth and bamboo bone and then with colored paper, the dragon body is just a piece of cloth painted on the dragon scales, flying and swinging with the wind like the dragon skin that is peeled off, every two feet set a bamboo bone like a lantern shell, tied with a belt, this bamboo bone is tied on a five-foot long cup mouth thick stick high up, eight people walk away, fluttering gracefully, the mystery is wonderful.

The god seat went out to patrol the neighboring villages, and the fathers and elders all welcomed and laughed, and everyone went to one place, each greeting and saying goodbye, like a family, and then returned to the twenty-eight capitals, it has recently fallen.

I only heard a few happy cannons at the entrance of the village, a gong shook loudly, two dragons flew and circled in the ridge of the rice just cut on the side of the road, each played a bead, the front court of the hall was crowded with neighbors, and the children couldn't help but follow the sound of gongs and drums in the field around the free dance, from the villages to welcome the gods and come together, all said that the master of Panlong was the most divine here, but there was a good meaning, it was a blessing, the main family got decent, smiled, moved out the tea and snacks, and lined up on the street together.

After the dragon danced into the village, there were a few cards, one side of the "wind and rain is smooth", one side of the "five grains harvest", followed by "Guotai Min'an" and "champion and first", and then the back is the shrine.

The shrine went back to the village and changed the eight-person sedan chair, guided by a slender and long music, the men and women of the village came out to burn incense and worship, the main gate of the temple was wide open, the gong was sounded together, and the sky was fired under the courtyard, and the roof tiles were shaken, and there was a burst of firecrackers. In such a thrilling upside down carrying the shrine three out and three in, only to be enshrined back in the throne, the dragon danced again under the court, and the gongs and cannons stopped - pigs and sheep were placed on the table, and the princess of the Zhang family was in good spirits, striding on the incense and offering to the gods, and worshipping everyone with them.

This side of the ceremony, the stage on the opposite side of the gong and drum, the first to do a eight immortals birthday celebration, the two sides of the corridor have already lined up the tables and chairs, the Zhang clan is also busy moving the bench to the court, beckoning the guests from all over the country to sit down, but the drama is performed to the wonderful, there are spectators and the host are forgetful, the long bench in the master's hand has not yet been put down, the spectators have already sat down, the stage team that laughed for a while is also a meal, the drama official practiced a body of eight winds without moving, the drama continued to perform, and won a cheer.

The curtain ends, the banquet of the Zhang clan has been set up, the guests from all over the world enter the door with joy, all have to be courteous, and the guests are humble, the host is generous, gossip and laughter, and the host and guest are happy. After half an hour, I heard the gongs and drums in the temple rise again, and the host and guest left the table hand in hand, wanting to enter the temple.

The stage is in the Zhanshan Temple, the outside of the temple is full of vendors, straight to the side of the field on the road, selling sugarcane, water chestnut, orange, kumquat, ginger pickled sugar, bean halva, corn sugar, and steaming is fried dough sticks, steamed buns, spring rolls, stinky tofu, children's boasting and screaming wooden whistles, all boiling.

Under the stage, there are many male spectators, only to see the crowd of people, pushing back and forth like the tide, and the female dependents are sitting on the two sides of the upstairs, the voices are noisy, looking for people in the crowd, and inviting people to eat snacks at home. From time to time, my uncle and cousin bought sugarcane oranges from the audience and sent them up, and they sat on the railing to watch the play, while the men in the audience watched the play while squinting at them.

The drama is done on the stage, and the audience is also in the play, which is really a big scenery, making every household, even the flowing water under the bridge, the grass and trees by the stream, all have joy, although it is only a cold and cold joy, it is also the so-called prosperous scene.

[The grand scene of the temple fair, because the author has never experienced it, but in fact, the current situation is already deserted, just listening to the excitement of the predecessors, and the heart also yearns for such a peaceful joy]

When all the noise fell silent with the cold departure of the last three or two people, the night owl groaned, and only a lone lamp was left under the moon to cast several figures on the powder wall, and the swaying glimmer reflected the uncertain faces of everyone in the room.

"Uncle Nanxing, we only have one place in three years, and the clan has already allocated it, and Fengjin has been enrolled for half a year. Inside the house, the patriarch said politely, but the face of the phoenix and dragon showed embarrassment, and several clan elders also echoed it.

"Hehe, that Fengjin kid was smart when he was a child, but now?" Zhang Nanxing said to himself, completely ignoring everyone's eyes, "It's still a piece of study material? I can't stand it and run back after a month of enrollment, what are you doing every day for half a year, you are blind and can't see?—— you are blind, my Zhang Nanxing's eyes are still bright!"

"Hmph, you old lady, don't talk nonsense with your own strength, you know a fart about scholars!" Zhang Xiangjin, the elder of the clan, said angrily to Jin, who was Zhang Fengjin's grandfather.

"The matter of the reader?" Zhang Nanxing grinned, "Okay, since I don't understand, you can tell me a good story." ”

"You don't understand it!" Zhang Xiangjin said, "You didn't understand it when I told you!"

"I want to ask, it's the same three watches and five watches, everyone else is studying hard in the cold window, but what about your grandson......" Zhang Nanxing dragged out his words meaningfully.

"You!"—"Oh, I'm sorry, the old lady didn't work hard when she was young, she didn't read a few books, and she can't speak now, so I'll correct it: it's your grandson, the third watch lights go out of the gambling stall, and the fifth watch lights go in again, and he works harder than others studying!"

"He's ......"

"What is it? Get the gambling money back to honor you?" Zhang Nanxing suddenly slammed the table, the sound made everyone cover their ears, and the crying of night terrors babies and dog barking gradually came from the village, "How did the gambling stalls in the village come about? Put down the money, collect usury, and come to collect debts, there is no one in the village who speaks weightily, and outsiders dare to come to operate? I don't know who this person is, let alone who is hiding and bullying them!"

"What, why don't I know this?" the patriarch exclaimed, his eyebrows gradually twisted, and at a glance, there were two elders who bowed their heads silently, obviously involved.

"This gambling stall, how many shares does your grandson have, how many dividends do you get, do you want me to report it?" Zhang Nanxing's eyes stared at Zhang Xiangjin's face flushed, "You told me that this is what a scholar does?

"This kind of thing is really insulting," another elder said, "But the academy has given us a place for the Zhanshan Zhang family, and this descendant family you mentioned is the first time everyone has seen it, and I don't know what the origin is." ”

"Yes, this is not in accordance with the rules!" Zhang Xiangjin seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly diverted the topic to divert the patriarch's angry eyes.

"Do you know the rules?" Zhang Nanxing did not relent, "Don't think that if you are an elder, the power in your hands will be monstrous, hmph! Who in the world can find the second elder who is used to harm his descendants like this?"