Chapter 32 (17)
Xuan Shuang could only smile bitterly, thinking that every time he taught himself to practice martial arts, he never elaborated on specific moves, and even the only few swordsmanship techniques told him to follow the secret instructions and "experience it himself". The only practice is that within a few days, you have to carry a sword and go everywhere to burn, kill and loot. Because the opponent is stronger than once at a time, if you don't concentrate on practicing on weekdays, your life will be in danger.
Since there is a big danger of life and death, he can't help but work hard, but this martial art has really advanced by leaps and bounds, but it is much more effective than Li Yijie's repeated "laying the foundation" and hand-in-hand teaching. sighed and said, "I'm just listening to the mantra in front of me, and it's been like this, and it will take some time to get used to it, when will it take to practice?"
Jiang Yanchen said: "Everyone has different qualifications, and some mediocre talents can only stay at the starting point after exhausting this life. Unlike when I got the True Book of the Seven Evil Recipes, I easily practiced to the third level, and then I had to break through to retreat and meditate. Xuan Shuang said: "You are a genius! There are not so many geniuses in the world after all." Jiang Yanchen said: "What a genius! It's just an excuse used by ordinary people to push and prevaricate." I'm telling you, diligence can make up for clumsiness, you practice day and night, and come back to see the results in a month. ”
Xuan Shuang cried for a while, leaned back with a smile for a while, and said, "I should introduce you to talk to Master Tang another day, you two like to pay attention to the word 'bitter'." Seeing that Jiang Yanchen's face was cold, and he didn't mean to joke, he didn't want to scold him again, "I don't specialize in martial arts, and my mind is all in a mess", so I had to obediently shut my mouth and go to a secluded place to practice.
At first glance, the mantra sounded like a mess of mush, stuffed in my head, and I couldn't figure it out. After several days of repetition, he was finally able to endure hot and cold frying, and showed his swordsmanship from scratch to the end. Although it is minimal, it is still some progress. Jiang Yanchen was disdainful, which was also expected, anyway, except for the occasional gentle attitude when the two of them were chatting, he never said a good word. But every time Li Yijie saw him improve slightly, he had to praise him wildly.
After a few more days, my whole body no longer trembled when I practiced, but my swordsmanship did not improve much, and it became a situation where I couldn't get up or down. When I was free, the mantra flipped in my head, and I seemed to see something, but I couldn't grasp it.
Once, he quietly wrote on paper, and in the dead of night, he was shut up alone in a small room, with a dim oil lamp lit on the table, his chin on his hands, and his eyes almost on the paper. He had already memorized this well, but he didn't think deeply about it, so he took advantage of the quiet of the evening to disassemble each word one by one and explain it in detail, and at the same time combined with the similarities and differences of various organs in the body during the exercises, and gradually entered the path. In the end, there was a sudden sense of enlightenment.
But he attaches great importance to face, especially in front of the enemy, and he can't lose half of his face. So he hid from everyone, got up early and was greedy for darkness, practiced on his own in secret, and waited until he was satisfied enough before he officially auditioned Jiang Yanchen. The sword qi brought a white light at night, and any slight sound in the silence could be heard clearly, and the momentum was twice as strong as during the day. When he finally closed his momentum, he rose to his feet, his arm was usually waved out, and before he could see clearly, he saw a large tree in front of him fall to the ground, raising dust and dust.
Xuan Shuang half raised his sleeves and covered them in front of him, thinking that the martial arts master had cut down a row of big trees with just one sword qi, and his posture was extremely chic, and he had long hoped that he could also have such skills. Jiang Yanchen looked at it quietly, and after several urgings from Xuanshuang, he said: "So-so, you passed." I just dragged on a task a few days ago, so let's go with me. ”
Xuanshuang really cried this time. According to what he said, he practiced hard day and night, and finally made himself overjoyed, in his eyes, it was just a sentence of "so-so". was depressed for a long time, and suddenly a light brightened in his mind: whether he appreciates it or not, the benefits of practicing a successful husband are always in himself, and when he defeats Li Yijie, he can say a few cool words arrogantly, it is a matter of time.
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Being in the center of power, the fight will not stop for a moment. In the chaos, there were actions inside and outside the court, Cheng Jiaxuan often went to the regent's palace and told the truth, "Recently, Ling Beile always seems to be very tired, yawning in the reading club during the day, and after practicing martial arts, he has a sore back." The daughter paid attention to it for a long time, but she didn't see any clues. ”
Dolgon said curiously: "Could it be that he has been planning in secret? You keep an eye on me a little more, Miga investigates, and report back quickly if there is a situation!" Xuan Shuang no matter what happened this time, he was on the bright side, and it was because everything was too ordinary that Cheng Jiaxuan couldn't catch the flaw. In front of Dolgon, it dragged on and on.
On this day, Xuanshuang extinguished the "Renyi Villa", and after returning to the palace, he was so tired that he fell asleep, and the next day he also lay down until three poles on the sun. Cheng Jiaxuan came to visit a few times, but he just waved his hand casually, pulled the quilt and hugged it to his chest, turned it over and over, lay on his back, and continued to dream of his sweet dreams. Later, he felt bored and bored, so he simply asked Cheng Jiaxuan to sit aside and accompany him to tell stories for fun. His eyes were half-squinted, and he was lazy.
When I was drowsy again, I suddenly heard a sound in my ears, as if someone was stepping on the rubble and walking lightly. The man had already thought to himself about being cautious, but Xuanshuang's skills were not equal now, and no slight sound could escape his ears. Immediately, his eyes widened, and he happened to see a dark shadow passing in front of him, and another shadow flashed in front of the door, and then disappeared. Could it be that the Snow Palace has entered the assassin again? This time, the sleepiness disappeared, and he got up. looked around and said in a low voice, "Xiao Xuan, did you hear anything just now?"
Cheng Jiaxuan startled him, blinked and said, "No, you are dreaming by yourself, right? Okay, tricking me into telling you a story, it makes my mouth dry, but you are comfortable sleeping on the side?"
Xuan Shuang snorted, grabbed a piece of clothing by the bed and put it on his body, fastened the buttons while turning over and went to the ground, stepped in front of the door, listened carefully for a while, and then pushed the door panel a little open, squinted one eye, and leaned over. Cheng Jiaxuan only felt amused and said, "What is this for? Do you still want to be a thief at home?"
Xuanshuang quickly made a "silence" gesture and pushed the gap wider. Seeing that Prince Fu and Shangguan Yaohua were in the palace, they exchanged a few words with Shen Shiyun, and the three of them sat down separately, dismissed their subordinates, and closed the door firmly. Xuan Shuang let out a "huh" and said secretly: "Could it be that the assassin is here to assassinate Prince Fu and want to blame Yinxue Palace?"
Thinking about this, not only did he not panic, but he even had a little schadenfreude. Xin said: "Evil has evil retribution, this time I asked you to taste it too, giving people the taste of being framed!" But hiding in the room, listening intermittently was too enjoyable, after a little thought, he greeted Cheng Jiaxuan with a smile: "Hey, do you want to meet your Yaohua brother?"
Cheng Jiaxuan blushed suddenly, and said angrily: "You are making fun of me! Besides, it is not something that you can see if you want to see it." In saying this, it has been admitted that she is indeed tempted. Xuan Shuang smiled faintly and said, "I can do spells, and your wishes will come true." Thinking that she and Shangguan Yaohua were really brothers and sisters, that joke was afraid that it would become a prophecy, and I was suddenly sullen.
Cheng Jiaxuan said in his heart: "You really have the ability, you call him 'him'...... Tell him to marry me, and treat me better. But these words don't dare to be said casually, even if Xuan Shuang knows everything about her and Jiang Yanchen, she still has a girl's reserve. After helping him dress and freshen up and clean up, Xuan Shuang walked to the door panel again and said in a low voice: "Prince Fu's father and son are in the palace, and I don't know what to talk about with that woman." Come and see. ”
Cheng Jiaxuan will be skeptical. Although I am afraid that Xuanshuang intends to make her happy, even if it is a probability of one in ten thousand, I don't want to miss meeting Shangguan Yaohua. After telling him a few times, "Don't lie to me", he was willing to take small steps and walk to the door to look.
Xuan Shuang beckoned: "Yes, yes, it's here." When Cheng Jiaxuan put down her thoughts, the whole person stuck to the door panel, and suddenly pushed her hard. Cheng Jiaxuan was caught off guard, fell straight out, and pushed the door panel open together. Suddenly, several lines of sight in the hall were projected together, and Cheng Jiaxuan was very embarrassed and hurriedly saluted. Shen Shiyun reprimanded: "What's the matter? There are no rules!"
Shangguan Yaohua shook the folding fan lightly, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said leisurely: "After being exposed to it for a long time, it is inevitable that you will do something out of the ordinary." It depends on whose maid she is. ”
Prince Fu also smiled faintly and said: "I think it is the benevolence of the mother, so that the rules of the Yinxue Palace are relaxed, and the masters are deliberating, and the girls can appear and interrupt at will." In this king's house, it is absolutely not allowed. The punishment is a cane, and the death penalty is a capital offense. As he spoke, his eyes were like two sharp swords, falling on Shen Shiyun's face, and he slowly turned to Cheng Jiaxuan, as if to see how she ended.
Cheng Jiaxuan couldn't defend left and right, but said that Xuanshuang deliberately made her ugly. While sneering and pleading again and again, just wanted to close the door and calculate the account again, Xuanshuang suddenly turned out from behind her, walked silently, swaggered in front of everyone, shook his face, and said with a smile: "What are you discussing? What kind of secret meeting is held, and you don't invite me? ”
Shen Shiyun was not angry at all, and frowned: "This palace is discussing important matters with a few distinguished guests, don't you intervene, the older the person, the more ignorant he becomes?" Xiaoxuan, take him back to the room. Then he immediately said to Prince Fu: "Lord, the child is not sensible, let you laugh." ”
Xuan Shuang's eyes widened, and he said in his heart: "You are also worthy of ordering me?" Cheng Jiaxuan gently pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Lord Belle, let's not be bored, let's go back to the room first." Xuan Shuang shook his hand heavily, and snorted coldly: "Why, who doesn't welcome me? Pull it out and let's theorize!" This sentence was said loudly, and everyone in the hall could hear it clearly.
Prince Fu smiled and said, "Niangniang doesn't know, and let Ling Beile stay." He is his own person, our big business, there is no need to avoid him. Shen Shiyun frowned, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Xuanshuang's involvement in this matter. But because of Prince Fu, it is inconvenient to say more for the time being.
Xuanshuang walked to the middle, immediately ran to Shangguan Yaohua in stride, pulled a chair, sat next to him, and said with a smile: "Lord Cheng, I will sit with you, won't I be unwelcome?" Shangguan Yaohua smiled lightly: "I am happy." Shen Shiyun's brows were slightly twisted imperceptibly, and he raised his eyes to glance at Cheng Jiaxuan, who was standing on the side. Cheng Jiaxuan was also interested, and immediately stood behind her, lowered her eyebrows, crossed her hands, and held her abdomen in front of her in a proper manner, lest she get into trouble.
Prince Fu laughed, turned the awkward atmosphere around, and said, "Ling Beile has few great talents, and this king also appreciates it very much. In the end, it is the spirit of the palace that can raise such a dragon and phoenix among people. Yinxue Palace is really full of talents! Next, I don't know if Niangniang wants me to say a few more polite words, or go straight to the point?"
Shen Shiyun said: "This palace is also tired, and when others talk the most, they beat around the bush for me." Therefore the prince ...... It's better to get straight to the point. ”