Chapter 18: Appearance
Originally, Zhang Qing's plan was to take more than half a month to a month, and after the foundation was built in 100 days, he almost figured out the forces in the city, so he found a way to join a gang and slowly mixed with the Tinghe Gang. But after yesterday's incident, he remembered that he looked like a bully-looking little kid, even if he entered the gang, he wouldn't have access to any high-level secrets, but would be used as a naΓ―ve thug, which was not his plan. So I shelved this plan for the first time, and while cultivating the Qi Accumulation Chapter, I went out to hang around when I had nothing to do, and carefully observed the situation of the gangs in the city. After all, it was just Wang Shishi's words before, and the specific matters still have to be figured out on the spot.
In this way, a month passed, and Zhang Qing condensed six tricks. He calculated with a sad face, if it was at this rate, it would take a full five years to accumulate qi and successfully reach the middle of the day after tomorrow. Even if the speed can be accelerated later, I am afraid it will take three or four years. This is actually the disadvantage of top-level divine skills, and without the assistance of elixir and cultivation secret realm, the speed of cultivation is much slower than that of ordinary exercises. If you want to get more powerful martial arts, how can you spend more time and energy?
However, 'making mistakes' made Zhang Qing practice well, and his adoptive father's cultivation of Chinese culture from childhood to adulthood made it easy for him to understand the charm. You must know that Song Si only obtained a fragment back then, and only the original text of "Leaving the Hexagram Thirty" was recorded on it, and he completely relied on his own talent to realize the truth and create "Leaving the Knife".
However, "Zhou Yi" has been studied by all kinds of gods and people on the earth, Zhang Qing has read no less than ten kinds of "Zhou Yi Analysis" since he was a child, although the "Book of Changes" is inclusive and all-encompassing, and various interpretations emerge in endlessly. However, there are still accepted interpretations of the eight main hexagrams. So it is not difficult for him to understand the true meaning of "Leaving the Knife". It's as if Song Si was forced to learn calculus without a foundation, and he was able to innovate through the old and rely on his genius. And Zhang Qing not only learned mathematics from elementary school to university very well, but also didn't have to deduce it himself, just look at the deduction process left by Song Si, this is the power of knowledge accumulation.
His martial arts cultivation is not enough now, so he can only follow Song Si's path. Once he can form his own martial arts style, he can easily go further than Song Si on this road.
At noon on this day, Zhang Qing bought a raw leg of lamb from the market and carried it back. In the past few days, he has accidentally discovered that the dead branches and leaves left by the willow essence are not only resistant to burning, but also used to grill and cook rice can also bring better flavor to the ingredients, and eating these foods has accelerated the process of accumulating his qi.
Zhang Qing estimated that there was still a trace amount of heaven and earth essence in it that had not dissipated, and it entered the ingredients as it burned, allowing him to absorb it. So I'm cooking by myself for a while, which is not only cheap, but also helps with cultivation, but the taste is average. Fortunately, there is also a plant called chili pepper in this world, which makes Zhang Qing very glad that today's roast leg of lamb will taste very good.
As he passed through the streets of the city, he saw three carriages lined up, surrounded by many guards, coming from the direction of the docks, as if they were heading to the mansion of the lord. Looking at the guards walking on both sides of the convoy, they were neatly armored and energetic, and they looked like elite troops.
Zhang Qing glanced around, and just saw Wang Shishi holding his hand next to him to watch the excitement, so he walked over.
During this time, Zhang Qing also met the Wang Shishi brothers in the market a few times, and at the beginning, they were quite afraid that Zhang Qing would find trouble. As a result, Zhang Qinghe greeted and chatted with them kindly, and didn't take the previous matter to heart at all, so the two of them became bold. found that Zhang Qing was very easy to get along with, so he deliberately greeted him. Every time I told him about what was happening on the ground, Zhang Qing also had a channel to understand current affairs. However, they saw that Zhang Qing didn't know their boss's thoughts, so they didn't report Zhang Qing's affairs to the top, probably because they wanted to leave a way back for themselves. In the future, if something happens, now that the relationship is settled, it may be possible to save Zhang Qing's life.
"Lao Wang, what are you doing?" Zhang Qing saw Wang Shishi stretching his neck to look at the convoy, so he called him.
"Yo, little Master Zhang, hello to you, let's get a leg of mutton to eat today! This leg of mutton looks fresh. Wang Shishi turned around and saw Zhang Qing, and hurriedly came over to say hello to him.
"Well, just killed a sheep. By the way, what is this team for, it looks quite elite. β
"Back to Xiao Zhangye, I inquired just now, this is an inspection envoy sent by the state lord's government, who came down to inspect the ground in various prefectures and cities to observe the lives of the people. Wang Shishi replied carelessly.
Zhang Qing thought for a while, and then asked, "Inspector, is there such an official? Is this a routine activity or is there something going on?"
"Hey, our Emperor Gao is far away in the poor countryside, and the previous state lord disdains to send people down, as long as the taxes are paid on time. However, I heard that the new state lord has only been here for more than a year, and it is estimated that at this time, his old man has already taken care of the state capital and several big mansions, so he will send someone to see how our Huinan Mansion is. After all, this is also under his rule. Moreover, our lord went to visit the lord of the state in the spring, and this time it can be regarded as a return gift. β
"Yes, Lao Wang, you are quite knowledgeable. Zhang Qing listened to his analysis and couldn't help but laugh and joke.
Wang Shishi smiled embarrassedly: "You have won the prize, and it is all a small blind guess." β
Zhang Qing took out a dagger and cut off a pound of meat from the leg of mutton, handed it to Wang Shishi, and said, "Take it back, make something delicious for your aunt, don't let the old man eat bran all day long." You too, you can write and calculate, go and find a job, it's no better than wandering around the streets all day, you can't fight or kill, that day the violent corpse on the street to see who collects the body for you. β
Don't look at Wang Shishi's gang, in fact, he is the lowest gangster, and he doesn't make much money on weekdays, so it's good to eat meat once in five or six days. The aunt Zhang Qing said is Huahu's wife, and Huahu's situation is not much better than Wang Shishi's, so the food at home is not good. However, his family took in Wang Shishi back then, so Wang Shishi honored his aunt as a mother.
Zhang Qing accidentally learned about this when he was chatting with him before, and he also wanted to keep this way to listen to things, so he gave him some meat money every once in a while.
To be honest, Wang Shishi didn't have much emotion when he was rewarded by Zhang Qing before, and he usually received rewards for working in front of the helper. But today, when I heard Zhang Qing's words of implicit concern, my eyes turned a little red. Because he has been a gangster, no one has ever cared about him except for Huahu and his wife, and the two of them are illiterate and have not persuaded him, others only regard him as mud in the field and do not want to be contaminated.
"Well, what you're saying is that I'm going to get a good job. β
Zhang Qing didn't care whether he said this truth or falsehood, anyway, he persuaded him, and it was up to Wang Shishi himself to listen or not. Zhang Qing waved his hand casually, and when he saw that the convoy was gone, he walked along the road in the direction of the abandoned house.
Since the market for buying and selling mutton was in the North City, he had to go back to the abandoned mansion to either go around in circles or pass through the West City. Zhang Qing now got a civilian clothes to wear, but he was not afraid of being driven away by the patrol soldiers in Xicheng, so he walked through. Halfway through, he happened to pass by Zhang's house, and at a glance, there were still a few idlers squatting in the opposite corner chatting, but it was not as serious as half a month ago to observe every pedestrian, a bit of a grinder.
Zhang Qing no longer has any nostalgia for Zhang Zhai, and is about to turn around and leave here. Suddenly, I felt my hairs stand on end, and there seems to be a cold wind blowing on the left side. He hurriedly looked to the left, where a man in a suit was standing facing him.
If Zhang Qing is asked to describe his appearance, it is sword eyebrows, starry eyes, a righteous face, and a height of eight feet, with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist. When you go to that station, you know that you are not ordinary people. However, Zhang Qing was different from others, the Heavenly Dao's internal qi gave him a more acute sense, and he could easily feel that the person in front of him was much stronger than Li Qi, Zhang Ling, and even the rudder master. If you guess correctly, this is an innate master! I just don't know how many heavens are innate and inherent.
You must know that this is Huinan Mansion, and the only innate master is the high-powered Lord of the Earth Emperor's Mansion, who is just an old man with a congenital double heaven, and there is no room for improvement. Now suddenly an innate master in ordinary clothes appeared outside Zhang's mansion, and his grade was only twenty or thirty years old, what was the connection? Zhang Qing thought secretly.
The big man sensed that someone was looking at him, and suddenly turned around and met Zhang Qing's gaze. The other party's eyes were sharp, which startled Zhang Qing, but the big man seemed to immediately realize that he was looking at him as a child, and his gaze quickly became gentle.
Zhang Qing smiled at the big man, and then walked back with the leg of mutton. No matter who he is, he will never be Zhang Ling's person, so Zhang Qing will definitely not expose his identity when he can't confront the other party.