Shen Tongze was amazed, and praised Xu Pudao: "Young Master Xu is gifted, he is a rare martial arts wizard, if he can be taught by a famous teacher, he will definitely become a generation of grandmasters in the martial arts in the future." After that, he sighed again and said, "Young Master Xu is a golden branch and jade leaf, and he has a bright future in the future, how can he be reckless with us?"

At this time, Xu Pu, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaoxi's martial arts entered the same country, and Shen Tongze often asked them to compete with each other in order to flexibly use the kung fu they had learned.

Although the Zhu brothers have learned kung fu for two or three years, their thinking is slow and they are rigid in form, and when they do it, they will only use the moves given to them by Shen Tongze to dismantle them; although Xu Pu has not studied the art for a long time, he is quite alert, and when he sees the tricks and dismantles the moves, he uses the kung fu he has learned very easily, and even sometimes he has a whim, and there are strange changes in the original moves, and even Shen Tongze is amazed when he sees it. Therefore, when the three of them competed, Xu Pu won eight out of ten times. Zhu Yuying watched from the sidelines, also gloating, shouting loudly for Xu Pu.

Although Zhu Gaoxi is young, he is old and serious, and he is defeated when he loses, and he doesn't care. But although Zhu Gaochi is older, his scheming is very deep, seeing that Xu Pu is young, he can always beat himself, and he is very angry, so he often carries Xu Pu behind his back, says bad things about Xu Pu in front of his mother Xu Jinding, and even hides the items in the palace and frames Xu Pu for stealing them.

Although Xu Jinding is a woman, she is very shrewd and has the demeanor of her father. At first, it was only because of the awkwardness of the children's brains, and they didn't care. But after a long time, I heard a lot from Zhu Yuying, and I realized that Zhu Gaochi often lost in martial arts competitions, and he was not angry in his heart, and deliberately embarrassed Xu Pu. So they called him to a place where there was no one and reprimanded him severely.

Zhu Gaochi was unconvinced, but he was afraid of his mother's majesty, so he had to restrain himself.

Although no one told Xu Pu about these things, there will always be some expression between the words and words of these people, especially Zhu Yuying, although her mother has repeatedly warned her not to tell Xu Pu these things. But Zhu Yuying is lively by nature, and she is very close to Xu Pu, and she speaks openly, sometimes revealing a sentence or two.

Although Xu Pu is young, he is very shrewd, according to Zhu Yuying's words, coupled with Zhu Gaochi's usual attitude towards himself, he has already guessed a few points. Therefore, when they were competing and sparring, they often deliberately gave in to each other to let the Zhu brothers win. Zhu Gaochi only said that Xu Pu's skills were not as good as others, after all, whether in terms of age or strength, Zhu Gaochi had the upper hand. Shen Tongze watched coldly, and saw that Xu Pu deliberately wanted to let it, but it was none of his business, and he was inconvenient to break it, but he just kept sighing in his heart.

Since then, Zhu Gaochi's attitude towards Xu Pu has changed greatly.

Xu Pu didn't look immobile on the surface, but he was very lonely in his heart, and he felt helpless to be under the fence and look up to people. I was depressed in my heart, and naturally I remembered Xiao Baichuan, Lei Xiao, Cang Yunhai and others I knew before, although these people are strong in martial arts, they are approachable, without the slightest severance, when they are with them, they are truly unrestrained and free. As it is now, you must always be careful not to cause people unpleasant.

Xu Pu sometimes wants to secretly leave the palace and go outside to find Xiao Baichuan and others, and be free with them, wandering the world, and saving himself from being afraid in the palace and swallowing his anger. However, when her mother was in the palace, how could she abandon her?

Although Xu Pu forced a smile every day, how could he hide his own mother's thoughts? But their mother and son were lonely, and if they left the palace, I am afraid they would not be able to support them for a year and a half, not to mention that there were Jinyi guards outside who wanted to cut them down and eradicate their roots? Although Zhang knew it in his heart, he could not persuade him, so he only said: "Study hard, practice martial arts well, and when you grow up, ask the prince to arrange a position for you, and we will be able to leave this palace." ”

Xu Pu could only bow his head and nod.

After a year, it was the middle of winter.

On this day, it snowed heavily and it continued to fall for a day and a night. It was already afternoon when the snow stopped, and because the weather was very cold, Xu Jinding didn't let Shen Tongze teach them martial arts, and let the four of them study by themselves in the house. Things were busy in the palace, and after Xu Jinding finished his orders, he went to get busy.

As soon as Xu Jinding left, Zhu Gaochi closed the book and said, "It's a pity to hide in the house with such good snow, shall we go out to play?"

He was the oldest of the four, and the other three would obey him, and when he said this, they all echoed: "Yes!

Xu Pu said: "But, it's all snow outside, what can we play?"

Zhu Yuying clapped her hands and said: "The most fun thing after the snow is, of course, to build a snowman, let's go to the back garden to build a snowman!"

Zhu Gaochi pursed his lips and said, "Building a snowman is a thing for the girl's family, what's the point? If you want me to say, let's go hunting outside the city." On snowy days, the beasts could not find anything to eat, they were cold and hungry, they could not run, and they could not run with one arrow, which was especially easy to shoot. After the snow fell last winter, my father took us hunting, and I shot two roe deer myself. The second brother also went, don't you say?"

Zhu Gaoxi nodded: "That's right, I also shot a hare." ”

When Xu Pu first returned, he was close to the end of the year, and he had not experienced that hunting.

The more Zhu Gaochi spoke, the more interested he became, and he stood up at the moment and said, "Let's go, let's go and prepare bows and arrows and horses!" Yuying, don't go as a girl, it's a burden to go." After that, he said hello and left the study with Zhu Gaoxi and Xu Pu.

The three of them went back to their rooms, changed into mink robes, and brought bows and arrows, and went to the stables behind the palace to meet each other. After the three of them arrived, they were about to leave the palace with their horses, when Zhu Yuying ran in and shouted, "Wait for me!

When the three of them looked at it, they saw that Zhu Yuying had also changed her clothes and brought a bow and arrow.

Zhu Gaochi looked at her, pursed his lips, and said, "I said I wouldn't let you come, why did you come with me again? Go back quickly! With you, there is a mess on the road, how can you hunt?"

Zhu Yuying begged: "Brother, just take me there, I promise not to make trouble, okay? Last year, my hunting father didn't take me there, can you take me there?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head again and again: "Don't bring it! Don't bring it! Daddy doesn't take you, and I can't take it either." As he spoke, he beckoned Zhu Gaoxi and Xu Pu to go out.

Zhu Yuying suddenly said: "Brother, if you don't want to take me, I'll tell my mother now!"

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, his face suddenly changed. The mother was very strict with her brother, and if she knew that she had taken the lead in disobeying her orders, she would be severely punished. So, he walked quickly to Zhu Yuying's side, and said viciously: "You dare! You dare to sue your mother, I, I will shave your hair!" As he spoke, he reached out and pulled out a short knife with a cold light from his boots, grabbed Zhu Yuying's hair with one hand, and made a gesture to cut it.