Yang Ning's distraction did not hide from Wu Heng's eyes, but in his eyes, Yang Ning's cowardly reaction to his hometown became confused, which made Wu Heng's mind change, originally he felt that this self-proclaimed Xu Zijing young man was too cold-blooded and ruthless, and even indifferent to his own life and death, at this moment, seeing him showing a weak demeanor, Fang felt that he was a teenager in his seventeens after all, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, and he couldn't help but be a little shaken by the idea of being a cold sidestander.

Yang Ning naturally didn't know that one of his demeanors had inadvertently changed a lot of things, and he quickly regained his composure, and said lightly: "If it weren't for the prince's rescue, I'm afraid that I would have died in the middle of the lake, today the prince will hand me over to Luo Chengyu, for the seniors, this is the righteousness that should be done, and I can't blame it below, this is to go to Youji, whether it is life or death, it has nothing to do with the prince, if I can survive, I won't hold a grudge against the prince because of today's events, but before leaving, I really want to learn the prince's wind and snow knife technique." ”

Wu Heng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and only after a long time did he say: "Could it be that the Venerable Master is Ximen Lie and Ximen is cut off from water?"

Yang Ning was slightly stunned, his mentor's surname was Ximen, a famous martyr, and he cut off the water, but almost no one knew this surname, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Shizun has always been incognito when he walks the world, I can't imagine that the prince will know his old man's name and surname?"

Wu Heng's eyes were full of joy, and he said: "This king can't imagine that the good friend who met in the past is actually Lingshi, and he can't imagine that Mr. Ximen is actually the successor of the Martial Arts Sect, no wonder Lingshi's chest is splendid and all-encompassing, I don't know that Mr. Ximen is the sect master of the Martial Arts Sect?"

Yang Ning shook his head and said, "Although the master is the descendant of the previous generation of sect masters, he is not the identity of the sect master. ”

Wu Heng said thoughtfully: "This is reasonable, Mr. Simon is elegant and noble, with a tranquil temperament, but the shot is fierce and vicious, I often feel very contradictory in my heart, now I think about it, but it is because the martial arts and temperament of the practice are not very compatible, but Zijing you are arrogant and strong, and the heart is the heir who can inherit the martial arts sect, if this king is not bad, although Mr. Ximen is not the suzerain, but has the responsibility of inheritance, when Zijing you experience it, I am afraid that you will inherit the position of the suzerain." ”

Yang Ning's eyes flashed fiercely, since he recovered his memory, every time he recalls the past, he remembers that before being expelled by his mother, Shizun had spent seven days, urging him to write down many esoteric and incomprehensible martial arts methods, although because of two years of ignorance, he has forgotten most of them, but after the recovery of his wisdom, he found that these mental methods are almost word for word, he is also a smart person, thinking of the previous master's accidental outpouring of intentions, if he can achieve martial arts, he will indeed inherit the position of the sect master, but these things are the secret of the master, but they were said by Wu Heng, so that Yang Ning even if he is in such a predicament, he can't help but give birth to a trace of murder。

Although Wu Heng saw it in his eyes, he said with a smile: "When this king and Mr. Simon met, it was even a heavy setback, almost disheartened, so he simply retreated to practice the knife, the wind and snow knife method has just had a prototype, thanks to the Lingshi's teachings, in order to finally achieve great success, in order not to forget the kindness of the teacher, the name of this set of knife methods was changed to 'Liexue Knife Method', except for the Lingshi, no one knows the name of the 'Wind and Snow Knife Method', so this king will know that the Lingshi is the former Mr. Ximen." ”

Yang Ning suddenly realized, why Wu Heng knew that he was a disciple of Shizun as soon as he heard the four words of the Wind and Snow Knife Method, although he learned martial arts from the Hidden Emperor, but the relationship between the two was quite cold, the Hidden Emperor almost never involved anything other than teaching martial arts and explaining the mental method, and the Wind and Snow Knife Method was also mentioned by the Hidden Emperor when he commented on the sword technique of the world, so Yang Ning did not know about the friendship between the Hidden Emperor and Wu Heng. Hearing Wu Heng mention it today, Yang Ning suddenly felt thirsty in his heart, and he wanted to know the past of his master. In his childhood memories, his mother and master were the most impressive people, but the lord of Huofeng County treated him as indifferent as frost, and although Emperor Yin was kind and pleasant, he was also indifferent and alienated, even so, Yang Ning still admired them and was eager to know everything about them, and he naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity to learn about Shizun's past today.

Wu Heng could feel Yang Ning's thirst in silence, and he groaned slightly, and said, "After meeting the old man rarely, can Zijing cook tea?"

Yang Ning has already seen the tea set on the wooden couch under the west window, although he was born rich and noble, but once in order to win the favor of his mother, he learned cooking skills with the palace people, although he was not very proficient in cooking tea, he also knew a little about it, after leaving the palace, he met the double sisters, Mr. Qingjue likes to drink tea, so Qingping and Lu Qi are very accomplished in cooking tea, Qingping has nothing to do, so he taught Yang Ning to cook tea, although Yang Ning lost his memory at that time, but he was not crazy, so he remembered very clearly, heard that Wu Heng intended to talk to him for a long time, he was happy in his heart, and couldn't help but show an innocent smile, nodding again and again。

Wu Heng shook his head with a smile, turned around and got on the wooden couch, picked up the tin can for tea and said: "This is Pu'er tea that has been treasured for many years in Ningjun's Shoujia, I hope your ability to cook tea will not waste this superb tea." ”

Yang Ning took the tin can, opened it and carefully looked at the color of the tea paste, put it on the end of his nose and sniffed it, revealing a happy look, and said: "Sister Qingping often says that aged Pu'er tea is very rare, and the best one she has there has only been stored for thirty years, but unfortunately it sank to the bottom of the lake last time, this can must be daughter tea, I am afraid it has been hidden for more than a hundred years." ”

Wu Heng said with a smile: "You know the goods, this is the famous tea hidden in the Ningjun Shoujia, Pu'er tea is a relict of Wuhou, the color is black or brownish, the taste is mellow and sweet, the aroma is rich, and the aftertaste is endless. ”

Yang Ning's face was red, and he said thank you in a low voice, after taking water and cleaning his hands, he took a jade knife from several cases and cut a little tea paste, and took a grinding tool to grind it carefully, the technique was calm and meticulous, and the expression on his face was focused, and the tea foam had been milled in a short time, and then he lit the red mud tea stove, selected a can from the water jar placed in the corner of the wooden couch, poured water into the tea kettle, put the tea kettle on the fire, and waited for the water to boil.

Wu Heng glanced at it lightly and said with a smile: "Twenty-four years ago, this king and Mr. Ximen cooked tea and discussed martial arts, and the respected master deliberately took the ice and snow on Yulong Mountain that will not melt all year round as the water for cooking tea. ”

A trace of amazement flashed in Yang Ning's eyes, and he muttered: "Night Sweeping Cold Ying Boiling Green Dust (Note 1)......" just read a sentence and then stopped talking. In the past years in Luoyang Qifeng Palace, if he can get the opportunity to serve the two of the Lord of Huofeng County to taste tea, he always cherishes it very much, and naturally remembers every detail clearly, when the palace tea likes to use the world's famous springs, and often uses stagecoaches to send it all the way to Luoyang, only the Lord of Huofeng County loves to use rootless water, especially in the middle of winter, he must use snow water to cook tea, Yang Ning has a deep memory, and he subconsciously chose the snow water that has just been taken out of the ground to cook tea.

Wu Heng will not miss this detail, the slightest crack in the soul may affect the entry of the martial arts, if it is hostile, that line of flaws is likely to be the difference between life and death, although at this moment he has a sense of affection for this young man, but as a martial artist, he still did not miss the trace of weakness revealed by Yang Ning, but his expression did not reveal a trace of flaw, listening to the sound of water, he said lightly:

"The king has just arrived and established the year, he has already held great power, pacified the southern Xinjiang, whether it is the power and reputation, have been extremely prominent, but the king is most proud of my art, the king of twelve-year-old to learn the knife, eighteen-year-old knife art beginning, with a long knife to and from the business road, vertical and horizontal, no one dares to take the edge. Later, in order to relieve the inverted hanging of the people, the king resisted the violence of the rebel army in southern Xinjiang, charging into battle, and there was no triad in front of the horse, and he also relied on the long knife in his hand. This king can pacify southern Xinjiang with a humble body, and he has fought more martial arts, so he has always been very conceited, and he thinks that his sword skills are unparalleled in the world. However, the world calls me 'Tiannan Sword Zun', but Yang Yuan is called 'Sword King', which naturally means that this king can only be dominant in southern Xinjiang, and this king was ambitious at that time, so he naturally refused to be convinced, and wanted to compete with Yang Yuan. However, this king split the southern frontier, and Yang Yuan was in Sanqin, so naturally he had no chance to meet, and this king could only choke his hands.

Maybe it is the wish of the people, at that time the general trend of the world has gradually become clear, Guanzhong Yang and Youji Xu, the elite armor, the best in the world, not to mention for the time being, Guanzhong Yang Wei has the heart to annex the world, but lost to Youji when fighting for the state, although he got the land of the party, but the four northern counties and Jinyang were all occupied by the king of Yan, since they could not do their best to merge the state, they gave birth to the heart of invading Yizhou. Yizhou Li Zishan has always been cowardly, most people in the world think that he can occupy the fertile land of Yizhou, relying on his clan identity, but Yizhou is thousands of miles of fertile land, with a population of millions, Yang Wei is also worried that he will not be able to capture it in one fell swoop, so he intends to form an alliance with this king, and wants to share Yizhou equally with this king. At that time, the king had just gained a firm foothold in southern Xinjiang, and he had no intention of taking Minshu, although the opportunity was rare, but he calculated the gains and losses, and the war or not was between the two. So the king said to the envoy that if Yang Yuan, the king of the sword, deigned to go to Nanning, there would be room for negotiation in this matter.

Although Yang Yuan did not have the name of a grandmaster at that time, he was already a master in the world, and he was able to fight with He Louqi, although he was defeated by You Rong, not to mention that he was defeated and not discouraged, his sword skills became more and more sophisticated, and his fame moved the world. But this position of power is really very important, since Yang Yuan is a child of the Yang family, he can't get rid of the constraints of the family, so he came to Nanning in person to compete with this king.

The king and Yang Yuan this decisive battle outsiders don't know, although the king's knife skills are good, but compared to Yang Yuan's magic knife, it is still far away, alas, a knife is out, the world is overwhelming, and the people who see it are convinced, and the king of Japan knows why Yang Yuan is called the 'sword king', although the two of us are just fighting a move, but this king is ashamed of himself. Defeat is defeat, this king is not a person who can't afford to lose, but this Yang Yuan, in order not to hurt this king, forcibly withdrew his knife at the last moment, so that he was injured by the backlash of the knife qi, and this king felt guilty, so he agreed to form an alliance and send troops. A month later, Yang Wei's troops went out of Sanguan and attacked Hechi County, and the king also attacked Qingxi Pass according to the agreement, and the troops pressed Linqiong County. ”

Although Wu Heng's tone is light, but it is a secret that is rarely known to the world, if it is someone else, a little bit of the general trend of the world, he must not even dare to miss a word, only Yang Ning, except for when Wu Heng mentioned the battle with Yang Yuan, he paid extra attention, the rest of the words, like a breeze in his ears, there was no trace, but at this moment he had regarded Wu Heng as a master and old friend, so he still listened to Wu Heng respectfully.

At this time, the water boiled like a fish, it was for a boil, Yang Ning couldn't help cheering, reached out and took the salt grains and added them to the water, the gesture was light, the salt grains fell like snow, silent, and submerged in the boiling water, and then raised his head to look at Wu Heng, his eyes were full of expectation, as if he was listening to his mother and master drinking tea in the Qifeng Palace in the past.

This extremely childish look made a smile flash in Wu Heng's eyes, his status is noble, the people around him are respectful to him, and the children are still young, but there are few times when they are so happy, so they can't help but smile: " The result does not need to be detailed by this king, you should also know, if this king wins, there is no Han king today, speaking of which is also this king underestimated Li Zishan, he a clan can be divided from Yizhou when the previous dynasty collapsed, it is also commendable, although he has no ambition to compete for the world, nor does he show any edge, and even the internal affairs are also affected by the family of Yizhou, but to tell the truth, he is a former dynasty clan, this identity has advantages and disadvantages, I don't know how many people want to get rid of him, lest he rightfully restore the previous dynasty, and be able to sit firmly in the position of the lord of Yizhou, this person must not be simple。 It's a pity that this king despised him, he actually had the danger of mountains and rivers in his belly, and he was strictly defended in the north, but he was weaker than me in the south, and he was defeated and retreated, luring the enemy to go deeper, and this king saw that the troops in the south of Yizhou were insufficient, and he was not afraid of deceit, and he rode lightly to advance, but this king expected one thing wrongly, so that he fell into the trap. Although there are countless princes who want to compete for hegemony in this world, if they are from humble backgrounds, even if they gain power for a while, most of them will not be able to prosper for a long time, and those who can achieve hegemony will be like sand in the waves, and there is no one in ten thousand. The Yizhou family has refused to keep the old, and they are never willing to see the king enter Yizhou, so under the influence of people with intentions, they sent out private soldiers and the king in a series of bloody battles, and the result was that both sides were defeated, and the strength of the Yizhou family was greatly damaged. After the king was trapped and the horses were lacking, Li Zishan ambushed the troops and recaptured Yingjing, and the Yizhou army cut off the return of the king's grain road and trapped the king in Yandao. ”

Hearing this, although Yang Ning didn't know the actual situation, he also understood why Wu Heng said that he had suffered a heavy setback before meeting his master, and wanted to be a self-made person who had achieved great achievements, but he suffered setbacks in the most proud martial arts and military strategy, no wonder he was disheartened, although he knew that Wu Heng would definitely return safely, but he couldn't help asking: "How did the prince break through the encirclement?"

Seeing that although Yang Ning's expression tried his best to maintain calm and calm, the worried look between his eyebrows was difficult to hide, and Wu Heng, who was a generation of heroes, did not feel warm in his heart, but said with a smile: "The edge of the edge is like a spring, and it is already boiling." Yang Ning was shocked to realize that he had forgotten to pay attention to the boiling water in the kettle, and hurriedly scooped out a scoop of water from the kettle, and then used a bamboo basket to stir in the boiling water while putting in the ground tea. At this moment, Wu Heng had already continued: " At that time, most of the princes in the world had a unified ambition, even the king was no exception, probably only Li Zishan had no intention of fighting for hegemony, he sent his henchmen and the king to meet secretly, if the king agreed to form an alliance, he could stop the war, the king knew that there were still forces in southern Xinjiang that did not submit to the rule of Nanning, although he knew that Li Zishan did not want to fight with the king, so he intended to seek peace, and had to agree to the alliance under the city, otherwise the king could break out of the encirclement, and the strength was greatly damaged, and the southern Xinjiang would also rise again. ”

Although Wu Heng said it lightly, but the battle of Yandao was a great shame in his life, and afterwards in order to appease the various forces in the country, he almost tried his best, and now he is powerful in southern Xinjiang, and almost no one dares to mention the alliance under the city that day, but he is calm and clear at the moment. If others heard it, they would definitely admire Wu Heng's mind, but Yang Ning was ignorant of these conquests and killings, and only understood who won and who lost, and he didn't know the danger of this battle.

In the past, Guanzhong and Nanning attacked Yizhou, and although Li Zishan nominally controlled Yizhou, but in fact, there were many families in Minshu and Hanzhong, and everyone in the world thought that Li Zishan would be defeated, but Li Zishan, who could not think of mediocrity, was unequivocal, first concentrated the elite troops to reject Yang's Yusanguan, and then showed weakness on the southern front to lure the enemy, and used Nanning soldiers and horses to eliminate the family forces that surrendered on the surface, but actually supported the army and self-respect, and forced Nanning to withdraw the army, and then defeated the Yang family with a big victory, and won all the military and political power of Yizhou in one fell swoop. After the overall situation has been decided, everyone in the world is amazed by Li Zishan's forbearance and obscurity, although since then Li Zishan is still guarding the territory and not thinking of making progress, but no one dares to despise him.

The direct consequence of the battle of Yizhou was that Li Zishan steadily occupied Yizhou, the Yang family was not able to get Yizhou, and the battle for the state was lost to Youji, although Guanzhong was the strongest, but missed the opportunity to dominate the world, which led to the complex situation of the world falling apart.

Yang Ning was engrossed in cooking tea, but he listened carefully to Wu Heng's words, unconsciously, his heart was as clear as a mirror, although the things outside his body were delicate, but they were like the bright moon and shadows, and they had never set off half a wave in his heart, although this situation only lasted for a moment, but Yang Ning entered a new realm in an instant, several years of accumulation, successive setbacks and pains, Wu Heng's unfathomable cultivation of the impulse, coupled with the unintentional stroke of genius, finally let him break out of the cocoon.

The changes in his state of mind have never been hidden from Wu Heng's eyes, Wu Heng is silent, but his heart is raging, but in a moment, this young man has broken through the most difficult level on the martial arts road, although it is just a breakthrough, and the realm is still unstable, but it can already be noticed that the temperament between the young man's eyebrows has changed slightly, more calmly and indifferently, and less rebellious, if he fights peacefully at this moment, it must not be such a tragic ending, at least he can retreat safely after losing both.

Yang Ning inadvertently cultivated to improve, but he was ignorant, after all, such a realm can only be understood, not spoken, so Emperor Yin did not explain in detail when he was teaching, so he still paid attention to the water potential in the kettle. He obviously knew that Wu Heng would be safe, but when he heard that Wu Heng returned south safely, he was still relieved. At this time, the tea bubbles in the kettle have been like a wave of drums, it is the time of "three boiling", he added the scoop of water scooped out during the "second boiling", so that the boiling temporarily stopped, in order to cultivate its flower, and after a while, he took off the tea kettle, and then took a snow-white porcelain cup, divided the first tea, and gave it to Wu Heng with both hands.

Wu Heng took the tea cup, and saw that the tea foam in the cup was like a cloud lotus, and couldn't help sighing: "The sound of the shower rain is coming, and the white clouds are hovering in the bowl of flowers." (Note 2) Zijing's tea cooking skills are also matched with this superb famous tea. After that, he first smelled the eternal tea fragrance, and then raised the porcelain cup and drank the tea soup in three sips, tasted, tasted, tasted, aftertaste, pondered for a while, and said: "Aged Pu'er tea is really extraordinary, if you don't drink this tea, you can't know what is" tasteless taste ", Zijing don't want to be restrained, but also taste the famous tea you cooked by yourself." ”

Yang Ning did not shirk, he took the tea cup and divided a cup, but he imitated the appearance of his mother, and drank all the hot tea soup in one sip, the hot tea ironed the lungs very comfortably, but he felt that the tea soup in his mouth was light and tasteless, not like the bitterness of ordinary Pu'er tea at the beginning of the mouth, he couldn't help but be stunned, but immediately felt a trace of sweetness as if rising from the chest and abdomen, lingering between the lips and tongue, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, lasting for a long time, reaching the muscles and bones, he only then realized the benefits of this aged Pu'er tea, Rao is his heart is as strong as iron, and his expression is also shaken, and then thinking of Wu Heng's promise to send Qingping a or two Pu'er tea, he feels ecstatic in his heart。

Wu Heng's eyes were like lightning, and he saw the changes in Yang Ning's expression, and he deliberately told these two secrets before recounting his acquaintance with Ximen Lie, because these two things were indeed related to his friendship with Ximen Lie, and the other reason was to take the opportunity to test Yang Ning's origin. Yang Ning assassinated Luo Chengyu this time, in Wu Heng's opinion, there must be a certain force behind him, although he didn't want to get involved in the power struggle of Youji, but if he didn't want to know the secret, it would be a lie. It's just that Wu Heng is scheming, and he has already judged that Yang Ning is not coerced by force, even if he wants to use words to tempt, he may not be able to make him speak, so he set up the situation of the Water Pavilion. first healed Yang Ning's injuries, and then declared that he would hand Yang Ning over to Youji, implying that he had no intention of knowing anything from him, going to his heart, and then using words to spy on him, this was his decision, even if he accidentally learned that Yang Ning was an old disciple, he did not change his determination, but it was more convenient for him to start testing, and he deliberately chose these two things.

These two things are full of unknown secrets, and they involve the royal family, the King of Yizhou Han and the King of Nanning Dian, if Yang Ning really belongs to any family, he will definitely not be moved, with Wu Heng's eyesight, if Yang Ning's mood is fluctuating, he will definitely be able to see the strange, and it is even possible to see which family Yang Ning is, this is originally a foolproof method. It's just that Wu Heng didn't think that Yang Ning had almost nothing to ask for except martial arts, and he didn't care about the struggle for power in the world. Although Wu Heng observed carefully, he could only conclude that Yang Ning did not belong to other forces.

However, there are also many inconsistencies in this period, in fact, when Wu Heng mentioned Yang Yuan, Yang Ning was not unmoved, after all, that person was his cousin and ancestor, and he had seen Shizun compete with Yang Yuan, and there were only a few people in the royal family who left an impression on Yang Ning, Yang Yuan was one of them, but Wu Heng misunderstood the reason why Yang Ning's mood was shaken.

On the other hand, if Wu Heng is still in the tentative mood at the beginning, although Yang Ning does not know how to fight, but he has a beast-like intuition for the sincerity and falsehood of others, but Wu Heng learned that Yang Ning is a disciple of the old man, and found that this young man's temperament is like a golden jade, but there are five points of nostalgia, three points of love, one point of appreciation, and only one point of temptation, so Yang Ning is also true to each other, and does not put on a cold face that rejects people thousands of miles away, but the two people who are very different in age really stole half a day of leisure in their lives and spent a comfortable time。

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Note 1: Xie Zongke's "Snow Sencha"

Note 2: Liu Yuxi's "Xishan Lanruo Tea Song"