Chapter VII
In two days, there will be a martial arts competition, and Xiao Tian's face is full of sorrow. After all, Xiao Tian has been in Liusha Town for more than a year, and he knows that there are many masters here, and when he thinks of the poor strength of his martial arts, Xiao Tian has no bottom in his heart. Although Su Jia's martial arts are strong, he still can't replace Xiao Tian when he competes, and he let Xiao Tian go to the ring just by relying on his guidance on the sidelines, and Xiao Tian is also skeptical.
"No, you have to find a way to improve your martial arts...... But I've studied in a martial arts holy place like Xiaojia Villa for more than ten years, and I haven't learned a famous hall, is it too late to improve now......" Xiao Tian muttered to himself in his room, "Just go find Miss Su, and beg her if she can teach me something." After thinking about it, Xiao Tian quickly ran downstairs......
"Spring Building" has a very large courtyard, which can be used for people to enjoy tea, play chess, and even practice martial arts. The backyard is not as cluttered as other courtyards, there are a lot of flowers and plants planted here, and there are florists who take care of the affairs here every day; the backyard has no roof, and the warm sunlight directly shines on, bringing warmth to the life here; if you are drinking tea and playing chess, there are some wooden tables and chairs against the wall, sitting on the wooden chairs, enjoying the sunshine, and tasting the faint fragrance of tea, it is indeed a pleasant place.
Su Jia sat on a wooden chair and was sipping tea. She didn't play chess or enjoy the flowers, she just closed her eyes slightly and sat quietly. Like last night, Su Jia didn't want to do anything, as if she was just feeling something, maybe it was her mysterious past, it could be her future life path......
"It turns out that Miss Su is drinking tea here, it's quite leisurely......" A delicate voice came from the hall, which seemed to interrupt Su Jia's thoughts.
Su Jia came back to her senses, opened her eyes, and her face quickly turned into a cold expression. She turned her head and saw a man in white walking slowly towards her, with a few guards standing behind her, no need to guess to know that he was the master of the "Goshawk Faction", known as Liu Jinquan of the "Shadowless Sword".
"Miss Su is so interested...... Liu Jinquan spoke again, "Presumably, Miss Su doesn't have any miscellaneous things now, right?"
Miss Su stood up and said, "It turned out that Liu Gongzi was here, the little woman was reckless, I don't know how to control the child, I hope you will forgive me." Although Su Jia didn't have much expression on her face, she was still polite.
"Miss Su, please sit down......" Seeing Su Jia get up from the seat, Liu Jinquan also said with a smile, "Since Miss Su joined the Goshawk Sect yesterday, we are our own family, so we don't need to see each other like this." With that, Liu Jinquan sat down in the opposite position from Su Jia.
Su Jia asked, "I wonder what is the matter with Liu Gongzi looking for the little girl today?"
"It's nothing important, I just want to talk to Miss Su about you. Listening to Su Jia's sweet voice, Liu Jinquan admired it very much, his eyes stared at Su Jia, looking at Su Jia's face, Liu Jinquan's heart became a little restless.
Su Jia saw it in her eyes but didn't think so, she said again: "The little girl has just arrived, and she is not familiar with the place in Liusha Town, and the little girl will go to the town for a walk in a while." β
Liu Jinquan listened to it and said with a smile: "You are not familiar with the environment here, are you?" Why don't you accompany Miss Su to the town later, and by the way, I will tell you about the interesting places here and the arrangement of the Goshawk faction's generation of organs?"
"No need...... Su Jia replied politely, "I have to worry about Gongzi Lao, but Gongzi Liu, you have ordered your subordinates to listen to me, the little woman can know as long as she asks casually, and the little woman is still used to being alone." β
Liu Jinquan knew that Su Jia was a very cautious woman, and if she wanted to completely win her heart, she had to follow her and not force her. So, Liu Jinquan took a gold token from his waist and said: "Presumably, the goshawk faction is not very familiar with you, Miss Su, if you go to a place, as long as you take out the token and show it to the officers and soldiers guarding it, they will naturally know your status, so that it will not prevent Miss Su from acting in Liusha Town." β
Su Jia took the token, thought for a while, and then thanked: "Thank you for your help, the little girl is very grateful." β
"No thanks, no thanks, it's all a family......" Liu Jinquan stood up and said in an almost tone, "There are still affairs to deal with below, you need to leave first, if there is anything unclear, Miss Su can come to me at any time." β
Su Jia also got up and thanked: "Thank you Childe, please go slowly!"
After speaking, Liu Jinquan and the guards left the backyard together......
After Liu Jinquan left, Su Jia sat back in her seat, thought for a while, and then whispered a "hum", as if an idea came out of nowhere. Su Jia closed her eyes and took another sip of tea, finally being quiet for a while, when suddenly a voice interrupted her thoughts again-
"Miss Su, so you're here......" was the voice of a young man.
Su Jia listened, and her facial expression softened slightly. She turned her head, looked at the young man opposite, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Ah Tian!
The person who came was really Xiao Tian, I saw Xiao Tian running over quickly, and he didn't sit down, and said directly: "Miss Su...... Can you teach me some martial arts? I was tossing and turning in bed last night, still worried about the martial arts competition in two days. β
When Su Jia heard this, she laughed and said, "Hehe, you are such a little fool, you actually tortured yourself so much that you didn't sleep well for this matter......"
Without waiting for Su Jia to finish speaking, Xiao Tian hurriedly said: "I mean seriously, Miss Su, I have been in Liusha Town for more than a year, I have seen a lot of masters here, and I also know my own foundation, I will never be the opponent of those people, if I can't make some progress in martial arts, I will die a miserable death in the martial arts competition!"
Su Jia looked at Xiao Tian with a nervous look on her face, and almost laughed again. Su Jia took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "Ah Tian, don't worry, I will guide you in the martial arts competition." β
Xiao Tian still asked tightly: "You can't 'live' for too long with the Xiao family's martial arts alone, Miss Su still teaches me a little martial arts, okay?"
Su Jia thought for a while and said slowly: "I still have some things, why don't you go and practice elsewhere first, I'll be busy later, and then I'll come to see you, maybe I can guide you a little." β
Hearing Su Jia's words, Xiao Tian was relieved a little, so he said, "That...... Okay, I'm going to my master's now, Miss Su wait to meet me there!"
"Your master?" asked Su Jia puzzled.
"Yes!" Xiao Tian said, "Didn't I say yesterday that I have a carpenter master." He's a little older, but there's really nothing to say about his craft. My master has no name, but he has a nickname called 'Old Cripple', because when he was young, his knee was gouged, so now he can only limp. My master's house is on the west side of the 'Green Willow Lake', and Miss Su will come there to find me later." β
Su Jia listened and nodded slightly. Seeing that Su Jia didn't have much to say, Xiao Tian said, "Then Miss Su, I'll go first." β
Su Jia didn't say anything, still smiled and nodded. So, Xiao Tian ran out of the backyard quickly......
"Green Willow Lake" is in the westernmost part of Liusha Town, because there is the largest lake here, and there are the most green willows next to the lake, because it is called "Green Willow Lake". Compared with the center of the town, Luliu Lake is certainly not as prosperous as the area around the Spring Tower, but it is very quiet here, and there are fewer officers and soldiers, so there are still many people here. The water of the Green Willow Lake is clear and bright, and the willow trees on the side droop one after another, like a beautiful woman bathing in a pond washing and grooming, and her expression is pleasant; the houses by the lake are not tall, only the low houses are connected one after another, and the pedestrians in the lanes are in twos and threes, which gives the environment here a special charm; there are people in the small boats in the lake who come to fish in idleness, and some people cast nets to catch fish, so it can be seen that the officers and men here are not as worried as in other places, and at least the common people can live a small life in a little peace......
Xiao Tian walked across the stone bridge of Luliu Lake and walked towards a house oppositeβXiao Tian's master, the "old lame", lived in a hut by the lake, which was a quiet and beautiful place outside the lake.
"Master, I'm back!" Xiao Tian walked to the door, but he didn't see Master himself, so he shouted inside.
"Squeak-squeak" A strange sound suddenly came from the door, Xiao Tian was a little confused and scared, so he shouted loudly again: "Master, are you inside?"
Just when Xiao Tian wanted to explore the darkness, a behemoth suddenly appeared, almost scaring Xiao Tian to sit on the ground. "Ahh What appeared in front of Xiao Tian's eyes was a wooden man who was too tall and had thick limbs.
Xiao Tian stood for a while, thinking that this must be the "old cripple" playing some kind of trick - the "old cripple" has a quirky personality, and Xiao Tian has seen a lot.
Seeing that the wooden man didn't move again, Xiao Tian tentatively moved forward. Suddenly, the wooden man changed his posture, Xiao Tian was startled, and hurriedly raised his fist in case of accidents.
"Ge Laozi, stinky boy, you still know to come back!" came an old man's voice inside. Sure enough, after a while, an old man of about seventy years old, who was limping, with a wrinkled face and sparse gray hair, slowly walked out of it.
"Master!" Xiao Tian shouted happily when he saw that it was an "old cripple".
Who knew that the "old lame" came over and hit Xiao Tian with a stick. Xiao Tian couldn't dodge, and after being hit by this stick, he screamed "ah". "Old lame" scolded: "Ge Laozi, where did you stinky boy go last night, and you didn't even go home, did you go to a brothel?"
Xiao Tian listened and said sarcastically: "No, I never go to that kind of dirty place!"
"Then where did you stinky boy go, and you didn't even go home?" asked the old lame man again.
Xiao Tian lowered his head and said, "Hey, this is a long story, I had a relationship with someone from the Goshawk Sect yesterday......"
"Goshawk faction?" When the old lame man heard that it was a "goshawk faction", he knew that the matter was not light, so he asked worriedly, "Ge Laozi, you stinky boy here won't offend the goshawk faction, right?"
Xiao Tian said a little impatiently: "No, this matter is a bit complicated, anyway, I will go to the martial arts competition in two days." β
"The martial arts competition in two days?" the old lame man rolled his eyes and asked again, "You stinky boy is going to compete with those officers and robbers, what is going on with you?"
"I'll explain the details to you later......" Xiao Tian looked at the wooden machine man in front of him again, and asked curiously, "Then again, Master, what kind of thing are you, why haven't I seen it?"
The old cripple smiled and said, "This is the 'Mechanical Wood Man' I made in recent days, which can block the blades of knives and guns!"
"Bragging again!" Xiao Tian said disdainfully, "How can something made of wood block a sword?"
"Ge Laozi, you stinky boy still don't believe it......" The most unsightly thing for the old lame man is that his works are despised by others, so he said loudly, "This machine man was carefully developed by me, although it is made of wood, but I have improved its structure, so that the sharp blade of the knife and gun is not easy to destroy it." Ordinary attacks have no effect on the 'Trap Wood Man', only a strong martial arts internal force can defeat it, but it's not absolute!"
"It's really fake, I'll try it......" Xiao Tian didn't believe in evil, and after speaking, he picked up a steel axe beside him and slashed it at his head.
Who knew that a magical scene appeared, no matter how the steel axe was chopped, it would not hurt the wooden man at all. Seeing this, Xiao Tian asked puzzledly, "Master, what the hell are you doing, you really look invulnerable?"
The old lame man shouted loudly: "What the hell, I have been a carpenter for so long, and I don't understand this principle?"
Hearing what the old lame man said, Xiao Tian slowly approached the machine man, and sure enough, he found that the wooden machine man was full of large and small grooves, and when the axe or sword was cut up, the grooves greatly slowed down the impact of the weapon, so if there was no strong internal force, it would be difficult for ordinary weapons to hurt the machine wood man.
Xiao Tian was not convinced, and said: "Master, you just said that the internal strength of martial arts may be able to hurt the wooden people, right? I'll try ...... with my Xiao Family Fist."
"Whatever you want......" the old cripple said with a disdainful face, "Although you are a disciple of the Xiao Family Villa, your martial arts are still a waste level, don't blame Lao Tzu for not reminding you if you get injured later......"
Hearing this, Xiao Tian was even more angry, only to see him retreat slightly, and suddenly made a forward move "Zhenwang Fist" to hit the chest of the wooden man. "Bang-" sounded, Xiao Tian's fist seemed to be flicked by something, and the whole person was shocked backwards several steps.
"Oops-" Xiao Tian shouted, "What the hell is this, it will be ejected if you hit it?"
When the old lame man saw this, Daxiao said: "Haha, you stinky boy knows the lesson, right! I have a very complicated device in this machine, unless you can knock this machine man down with one blow, otherwise how much strength you use, how much strength this machine wood man will bounce back to you, haha!"
Xiao Tian looked at this magical wooden man, and asked more and more excitedly, "But Master, how could this wooden man move on its own?"
The old cripple smiled: "You stinky boy forgot, Lao Tzu, I am the heir of Luban, haha!"
Xiao Tian secretly said in his heart: This dead old man can only brag all day long......
It is said that after Su Jia went around in the Goshawk Sect territory for a while, he wanted to take a look at the Green Willow Lake that Xiao Tian said. When it was almost noon, Su Jia walked to the bridge of Luliu Lake, and at this time, she fixed her eyes and saw that Xiao Tian and his master "Old Cripple" were on the other side of the bridge......
Xiao Tian took the wooden man to the door, and he was still using his martial arts to test the wooden man. When the old lame man saw it, he asked puzzledly: "Ge Laozi, you stinky boy was beaten, right, you know that you can't beat the wooden man, and you are still practicing boxing, are you itchy today?"
Xiao Tian explained: "No, I came up with a good idea, using this wooden figure to practice, my martial arts will definitely improve, at least I can cope with the martial arts competition in two days." "Just now, Xiao Tian had already explained the ins and outs of his relationship with the Goshawk Sect to the old cripple.
The old lame man said again: "Anyway, is that girl surnamed Su really that powerful?"
Xiao Tian said confidently and slowly: "Well, Miss Su is the most powerful woman in martial arts I have ever seen, if it were her, this wooden person would not be a problem at all!"
When the old lame man heard that his work was despised, he was unhappy and said: "Ge Laozi, you stinky boy has increased the prestige of others, and there are several wooden people under Lao Tzu, which can all win a small army together!"
Xiao Tian still said disappreciatively: "I don't lie to you, Miss Su is really powerful, if she is here, I will definitely let her open your eyes!"
As he was talking, a sweet voice suddenly came from behind Xiao Tian: "Ah Tian!"
Hearing this, Xiao Tian's face immediately flushed slightly and his heart beat faster. Xiao Tian turned back slowly, who was standing behind him not Su Jia?
"Su ...... Miss Su, why are you here?" Xiao Tian asked nervously.
"Didn't you say that I was done here?" Su Jia replied with a smile, "I took a look around the town just now, and I was basically familiar with the Goshawk Sect area, so I quickly found the 'Green Willow Lake', so I saw Ah Tian and you are here." β
Xiao Tian stood nervously for a long time before coming back to his senses, and then walked to the old lame man and said, "I...... Let me introduce you to you, this is my master, the 'old lame', this is the Su girl I just mentioned......" Xiao Tian also introduced Su Jia to the old lame.
The old lame man saw Su Jia and said with a smile: "This girl looks quite standard, who are you a stinky boy?"
Xiao Tian listened and replied with a red face: "No...... It's nothing, just friends...... Nothing more. β
Su Jia didn't think so, just smiled slightly, she changed the topic and said, "By the way, Ah Tian, didn't you ask me to teach you martial arts, can you do it now?"
Xiao Tian came back to his senses and said, "But ...... Yes, but now I find that I can use this trap wood man to practice martial arts. β
"Wooden people?" Su Jia looked at the wooden people in front of Xiao Tian and asked puzzled.
"This is my master's masterpiece...... Xiao Tian exaggerated on the surface, and then leaned over to Su Jia and whispered, "Actually, it's a rotten thing that can only defend, Miss Su, don't just express your opinions on this wooden man later, my master is a weird temper, if anyone has any bad comments about his works, he will even jump off the wall in a hurry!"
"Hehe!" Su Jia couldn't help but chuckle, she now felt more and more that Xiao Tian was a cute silly boy.
"Ge Laozi, stinky boy, did you say anything bad about Lao Tzu just now?" Although the old lame man is old and has bad ears, looking at Xiao Tian's "obscene" behavior, he knows that Xiao Tian must have said something bad behind his back.
Xiao Tian smiled and said, "Hmph, it's nothing." β
"It's hard to hear Lao Tzu!" The old cripple threw the wine jug next to Xiao Tian, and then turned his back and said, "Forget it, Lao Tzu is also tired, and I want to go back to the house to rest, you stinky boy will go to Old Guy Wu to get a pot of wine for me later, and bring the wooden man in by the way." β
"Got it, got it......" Xiao Tian replied, "Every time you tell me to do these ......"
After the old cripple left, Xiao Tian said to Su Jia: "Miss Su, this organ is really effective, watch me practice martial arts with this organ man later, Miss Su, you will guide you by the side." β
Su Jia nodded on the side......
So, Xiao Tian stood still on the side, raised his fists, and was ready to strike at any time. What was eye-catching was that this wooden figure seemed to have a spirit, and his body moved, as if he was ready to receive Xiao Tian's attack.
Su Jia looked at the machine carpenter and said secretly in her heart: This "old lame man" can be a machine man, and he is definitely not an ordinary carpenter. Organiser, organiser...... Could it be that he is ......
"Ahh In the face of such an attack, the mechanical man did not dodge, but took the initiative to step forward and use his chest. "Bang-" The fist slammed into the wooden board on the chest of the machine man, because the machine man took the initiative to step forward this time, this time Xiao Tian was not only bounced away, but part of the force of the bounced fist also hit the bridge of Xiao Tian's nose.
"Ahh
Su Jia saw it on the side, she really couldn't cry or laugh, but she still asked worriedly, "Ah Tian, are you okay?"
Xiao Tian let go of the hand covering his nose, only to see a little blood flowing from his nose. Xiao Tianqiang endured and said, "No...... It's okay, it's just a small injury......"
Su Jia walked up to Xiao Tian and said with a smile: "Look at you like this, don't become crippled before you go on stage to compete." β
Xiao Tian knew that Su Jia was caring about himself, and he was inexplicably moved.
Su Jia said: "When things are done, let's go back to the Spring Building, I have medicine in my room." Moreover, with the strength of the punch you just had, it was enough to deal with those officers and soldiers, and the question now is the timing and position of the punch, so it is enough for you to listen to my guidance on the stage at that time, and there is no need to learn any new martial arts. β
Xiao Tian listened and nodded embarrassedly......
After the leisure affairs are handled, I see that the day of the competition is coming. But Liu Jinquan weishenme took this competition so seriously, which Su Jia has always been puzzled in her heart, maybe all the answers will be revealed on the day of the competition......