Chapter 9: Epistles

Surprised by the sharpness of this swarthy knife of calamity, he couldn't help but think of the heavenly sword Song Si said in his own account that he had cast the knife twice, both of which were of different metals, and this calamity was not a treasure knife cast by a special metal?

There are also basic knife techniques in "The Acquired Body Forging Chapter", but the iron weapon on Zhang Qing's body before was only the small dagger less than a foot long, and he had to use a branch as a weapon in the forest, which could only be regarded as a gourd painting, which could not reflect the essence of the knife technique at all. Now that I finally have a knife, it is still a treasure knife with a name that is sharp enough, and I am overjoyed when I get there, and I can't wait to use it to practice my moves immediately. Fortunately, he still remembered that he hadn't read something, so he was patient, and carefully put the trouble back in the box first, and then picked up the letter.

There was no signature on the envelope, Zhang Qing opened the letter and looked up: "Brother Hanhe, respectfully:"

Hanhe is Zhang Ling's handwriting, so this letter was written by someone else to Zhang Qing and his cheap father. Zhang Qing then looked down:

"I haven't seen him for many years, my younger brother misses my brother very much, and he is entangled in mundane things, so he can't go to visit, and my brother's fault is also. ”

"This year, the younger brother has to enter the congenital, high-spirited, I wanted to enter Yunzhou to meet my brother, but the younger brother encountered water bandits blocking the road on the Ting River, and broke it with his strength, chased to the water village, and slaughtered the thieves. This is a happy thing, not intended to find traces in the village, only to know that this village is the Tinghe River water thieves to help Yuhu Village. ”

"Brother knew that it was best for the brother to be nosy, so he sneaked into the Yuhu Village. It happened that a fleet entered the village, and I hid in a boat, and occasionally got an account book, which recorded the interaction between the Tinghe Gang and Yuhu Village. The two sides exchanged money, stolen goods, blades, boats and gangs, and the Tinghe Gang was the cover of Yuhu Village and the Ting River. ”

"The younger brother wanted to go straight to Yunzhong Mansion with the book to inform the state lord to exterminate the bandits, but he didn't want to be discovered by the thieves, so he chased and killed. ”

"I fought with the elders of the Tinghu Gang before, although I repelled it, but my brother was also hit by his poisonous palm, and he was unable to disperse it on the way to escape, and the venomous true yuan penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and my brother's life was not long. ”

On the way, the righteous man Fang helped him, begging him to send this letter and account book to his brother, and the brother also attached the sword of the treasure weapon. My brother is not good at using knives, so I wanted to give this knife to my brother. Now I heard that the governor of Yunzhou likes the famous weapon of the sword, and I hope that my brother can use this knife as a stepping stone to dedicate the account book to the lord of the state, eliminate harm for the people, and avenge my brother!"

"Brother Li Jiang is obscure. ”

After reading the letter, Zhang Qing flipped through the account book again, which did record some of the contacts between the Tinghe Gang and Yuhu Village, but the handwriting was Zhang Ling's handwriting, he thought about it for a while, and probably understood the cause and effect.

Originally, it was this congenital master named Li Jianghui who came to visit Zhang Ling, and it was estimated that he was a good friend that Zhang Ling met when he was walking the rivers and lakes. Li Jianghui went down the Ting River and encountered a gang of water thieves robbing him. How could the water thief have thought that there was a congenital master on the ship, and he was wiped out, and even the old nest was ended. Li Jianghui found in their village that this was just a sub-village of a group of big water thieves on the Tinghe River, so the artists dared to go straight to the main village.

Coincidentally, he met the people of the Tinghe Gang transporting supplies to the water village, he mixed into the fleet, and happened to find the ledger. It is estimated that he has heard of the deeds of the five innate masters of the Tinghe Gang, and he feels that he is not an opponent, so he is ready to solve it with the help of the power of the government.

Unexpectedly, he underestimated his opponent, was discovered, tracked all the way, and was finally caught up and injured by an elder of the Tinghe Gang. In the process of escaping, the healing was delayed, and by the time the injuries were found to be serious and incurable, there was no way to save them. happened to meet a righteous man named Fang Zeming on the way, so he asked him to bring physical evidence, treasure knives and letters to Zhang Ling in Huinan Mansion.

These are the contents of the letter, and the following is Zhang Qing's guess.

After Zhang Ling received the letter, he was also afraid that the Tinghe Gang would catch up with him, so he left the letter and the treasure knife, and copied another account book, which was hidden in the secret room. Then he put the original outside, probably thinking that if the Tinghe Gang tracked him down, he would give the account book to paralyze the other party, and then secretly sent the copy and treasure knife to Yunzhong Mansion to report to the mansion master.

Unexpectedly, the Tinghe Gang was ruthless enough to not give Zhang Ling a chance to speak at all, and directly killed his entire family. This also made Zhang Qing understand that in Zhang Shanyi's memory, why Zhang Ling was not surprised when the Tinghe Gang came to the door, but when he went out and said a few words, he regretted not being at the beginning. Then he told Zhang Shanyi the location of Mige, and then asked Li Qi and other eight generals to escape with Zhang Shanyi.

Zhang Qing secretly speculated here that the Tinghe Gang occupies eighty percent of the water transportation on the Zhongting River in Yunzhou, and can collude with Yuhe Village to rob houses and houses, and it is estimated that they have bought off a lot of people in the official mansion, and the master of the Tingyin Mansion where their helm is located is already a family with them.

As for the other prefectures and counties along the Tinghe River, the Tinghe Gang has a rudder, and the government will be infiltrated by them to a greater or lesser extent. However, seeing that they were in such a hurry to hunt down Li Jianghui, slaughter the Zhang family, and chase down Zhang Shanyi, it is estimated that they have not yet penetrated the level of the state capital, and they are also afraid that the state lord will hold them accountable. In this way, Li Jianghui's plan is indeed feasible, but Zhang Qing is not ready to do so.

Because at this time, after all, less than a month has passed, and the Tinghe Gang must be closely monitoring the path from Huinan Mansion to Yunzhong Mansion now, and will not let go of any suspicious person. He is now just an eleven-year-old child who has not yet built a foundation and is not even considered the day after tomorrow, and once he is discovered, he has no power to resist.

And even if he was lucky enough to enter Yunzhong Mansion, due to the strong power of the Tinghe Gang, it was unknown whether the state lord would send troops to encircle and suppress the Tinghe Gang just based on his words and an account book. In case that the state lord is a greedy person and takes the opportunity to merge with the Tinghe Gang, he will be the first greeting gift.

To tell the truth, Zhang Shanyi is completely an overprotected gentleman, and he doesn't understand the political form in the state, the martial arts sect, or the roads of the rivers and lakes. Therefore, he planned to stay here first, while practicing martial arts, while inquiring about the news, and then making other plans after finding out the situation on the ground in Yunzhou.

After all, this world is still respected by martial arts, if he has the ability to practice to the outer gods in one breath, he doesn't have to care about 3721 at all, and directly carries the disaster into the Tinghe Gang to kill, in the case of his reason, even the state lord can't speak, maybe he will also issue a medal to praise him for eliminating harm for the people.

Zhang Qing wrapped the letters and account books, put them back in the wooden box, and then took out the sauce meat and steamed buns he bought on the way and ate them in a big gulp. After all, I didn't eat anything good all the way to Huinan Mansion, and I was hungry at this time, so I started eating and drinking with the well water in the backyard.

He found that the consumption power of more than a dozen taels of silver was not low, even if he ate meat every day, it was enough to ensure his expenses for half a year. Of course, after building the foundation, his appetite has increased greatly, and he may not be able to last for half a year, but after the foundation is successfully established, in the early stage of the day after tomorrow, even if he succeeds in the backward place of Huinan Mansion, he can find food anywhere.

Now Zhang Qing wanted to inquire about the news of the surrounding ground, so he decided to find a gang to join in at that time, and inquire about what he wanted to know while practicing martial arts through their resources.

After eating and drinking, Zhang Qing ran another "The Acquired Foundation Chapter", which added a trace of invisible to the internal qi, and then took out the disaster knife and began to practice the knife technique.

The knife techniques in "The Acquired Body Forging Chapter" are very basic, that is, sweeping, splitting, dialing, cutting, sweeping, nai, chopping, and sudden eight styles, and Song Si didn't give any names, but named them with their movements. Zhang Qing has never practiced knife skills, nor has he seen how a master uses a knife. But after all, it is a person who has been influenced by various novels on the earth, and knows that training the blade must start from the basics, not to mention that this set of knife techniques can also operate with the internal qi, enhance the physique, and reduce the time for building the foundation, so it is still very serious.

It weighed forty or fifty pounds, and it was a knife forged for the shape of an adult. Zhang Qing is only in his early four feet, and his center of gravity is unstable when holding the knife, and he is very struggling. But Zhang Qing was able to patiently study medicine for ten years, and he never called himself tired when he worked overtime and stayed up late, and he was also a very persevering person. Therefore, he gritted his teeth and persevered, and the deformation of his movements was a new one, and he did not give up until he was sweating profusely.

In fact, because Zhang Qing was not taught, he didn't know that choosing a blade was not as heavy as possible, but to do what he could. Forcibly using a heavy blade that exceeds his ability during the period of physical development like his can easily cause irreparable damage. But the magic of "Knife Record" lies in this, it is specially born for knives, as long as the practitioner holds the knife and exercises, there is a cultivation bonus, if it is a psychic blade like the Disaster Knife, it can not only protect the practitioner's body, increase the cultivation speed, but also allow the practitioner and the blade to communicate with the breath, forming a tacit understanding. However, none of this is written in the "Sword Record", and it can only be realized by the practitioner. Song Si is not an on-call grandfather, with his pride, even if he leaves a legacy, he must find someone with enough understanding to inherit. If you don't have enough comprehension and force practice, you deserve to practice to death. Therefore, Zhang Qing made a mistake and found a shortcut without knowing it.

Zhang Qing only felt that although he was tired, he felt much more than holding a branch in the forest, and after a set, he actually resonated with the knife in his hand, which surprised him even more.

Due to the unexpected resonance with the knife in his hand, Zhang Qing couldn't help but use the basic knife technique again and again, carefully pondering this wonderful feeling until he was exhausted.

At this time, it was already the middle of the moon, Zhang Qing struggled to support his body and went to the well to get some water to rinse his body, and then fell asleep in the broken house, but he was still a little vigilant, and pressed the wooden box tightly between himself and the wall.