Chapter 39: Tricks
Xue Niang was still thinking about teaching martial arts again, and Gu Shenwei made another request: to provide some money to sell people's hearts.
The less than two taels of broken silver that were given to Shangguan Hongye for the first time had already used up all of Gu Shenwei's savings.
"It doesn't take a lot, twenty taels is enough, Shangguan Hongye probably owes a debt of more than a dozen taels, this money is enough to pay it off, and he can gamble a few more, and then he will take the initiative to beg me." ”
"How can you explain the origin of this money? You are only a servant, but you are more generous than your master. ”
"The little slave dared to ask Xue Niang to bring out a few pieces of young lady's gold and silver utensils, even if these things were 'stolen' by me, Shangguan Hongye needed money, and he would keep it a secret. ”
Xue Niang shook her head slowly, Huan Nu's plan is getting more and more childish, it is likely to cause trouble for Miss and her, she has to think carefully.
Xue Niang is now Gu Shenwei's backer, and when competing with the teenagers in the castle, this is a huge advantage, and without the resources she provides, nothing will be achieved in the end.
Early the next morning, Xue Niang personally delivered a small package.
Lao Zhang went to take care of the horses early, and Xue Niang threw the package on the kang and said to Huan Nu, who had just dressed:
"It's best to be effective. ”
Whether it will work or not, Gu Shenwei is not sure, he himself is just a child, and he does not have a deep enough understanding of human nature, but he understands one thing, that is, he must never show the hesitation in his heart, and he swears to Xue Niang that his plan will definitely work.
At noon that day, he "picked" a small silver cup from Shangguan Hongye on the way out of school, the silver cup was missing a corner, and it was flattened, but this did not affect its value, it was made of sterling silver, and there were about three taels.
Shangguan Hongye quickly put away the silver cup and snorted, as if this was really something he dropped, but the little scholar began to be surprised, but this time he was obedient and didn't ask.
For five days in a row, Gu Shenwei "picked" the small things that Shangguan Hongye fell every day, and the progress of the situation also satisfied him, Shangguan Hongye accepted these silverware calmly, and even broke away from the little scholar, and always went home alone.
The package sent by Xue Niang was filled with all kinds of gold and silver utensils, enough to be cautious for many days, and these utensils were brought by the young lady, all of which had a strong "Iron Mountain Bandit Style", that is, there was no fixed mark, and no one could find out the calendar.
The next few days were the New Year's holiday, the school was closed, and Gu Shen's plan to sell people's hearts was temporarily suspended.
Xue Niang hesitated for several days, and finally agreed to teach martial arts.
When he wanted to defeat Shangguan Yu in one or two moves, Gu Shenwei might not be able to succeed even if he practiced hard for another ten years, but he didn't want to be too much stronger than her, he just wanted to surprise her with a little "surprise".
Shangguan Yushi and the twins are classmates in martial arts, and the moves should be similar, Gu Shenwei is not very familiar with her skills, but he knows Shangguan Ru well, and he has also demonstrated them to Xue Niang one by one in his usual daily reports.
Xue Niang knows a lot about the martial arts of Jinpeng Castle, and has been thinking about how to defeat the enemy with one move these days.
"You can't make a dead hand, you can only beat that little girl in terms of moves, this is a bit difficult, Jinpeng Castle's martial arts are complicated, there are more than a dozen sets of fists and feet alone, and it is impossible to crack every move. ”
Xue Niang was right, and Gu Shenwei also knew this, so he thought of a way:
"I want Shangguan Yushi to make a trick as soon as he comes up, among the more than a dozen sets of fist and foot kung fu in Jinpeng Castle, there are not many that can be called a trick, I just need to ......"
Xue Niang sneered and shook her head, of course there are not many tricks, but since it is a trick, it is naturally the most difficult move to crack.
With Xue Niang's skills, she can kill people like Shangguan Yushi with one move, but these tricks are too low to learn, and they must not be used on the "master".
After a few more days, the New Year ended in lively laughter, and Xue Niang finally thought of a way, and also found a sparring opponent for Huan Nu.
It has been several months since the lotus girl and the slave were apprentices to the killers, and they still live in the Eight Young Lord's Courtyard every night, instead of staying in Dongbao like everyone else, which has caused a lot of discussion, and the spearhead is pointed at the Eight Young Grandmother who doesn't know the rules, Gu Shenwei feels that this is actually Xue Niang's idea.
The sparring partner is a lotus girl, and she is the most suitable stand-in for Shangguan Yu.
After a few months of training, the Dutch girl benefited a lot, Gu Shenwei couldn't help but feel a little jealous, if he became a killer apprentice, he would definitely improve faster than everyone else, and now, this girl of the same age who had been in contact with martial arts for less than a year was already on par with him, and even surpassed him in terms of fists and feet.
Xue Niang asked Huan Nu to repeat Shangguan Ru's best kung fu, and based on this, she selected five moves from the many basic fists of Jinpeng Castle and studied the method of cracking it in detail.
"Remember, people have 'tricks', martial arts don't, and the tricks that you are most familiar with and understand the most are the so-called 'tricks'. The five tricks I chose may not be the most powerful, nor may they be the best at that girl, so everything is uncertain. ”
Anyway, Xue Niang can take a fancy to these five tricks, it makes sense, Gu Shenwei listened respectfully, if it weren't for their own ghosts, he really felt that Xue Niang was a good "master", even better than his father Gu Lun and his servant Yang Zheng.
"These five moves are more offensive and less defensive, and they are straight to the point, if the other party wants to solve you quickly, a few moves will solve you, and they are likely to be used. ”
These five moves are from three sets of boxing techniques, and there are two tricks that the lotus girl has not even learned, she has only been in Dongbao for a few months, and Shangguan Yushi, who has been practicing martial arts for more than ten years, is naturally incomparable, but she has the concentration and tenacity that Shangguan Yu lacked, making up for the lack of tricks.
The trick is dead, the person is alive, these five moves may also give birth to three or four different moves, Xue Niang has also taken it into account, and her cracking method is therefore as many as fifteen moves, even so, she still feels that it is not enough, but thinking that Shangguan Yu is not a peerless master, she will no longer delve into it.
Most of these fifteen moves are created by Xue Niang according to her own martial arts, if you really compete with others, there is almost no power, and the only role is to deal with the expected five moves of Jinpeng Castle.
It took Gu Shenwei three full days to master these dozen moves, but this was the easiest part of the enemy-destroying plan, just learning to crack the moves was useless, and he had to be able to anticipate the enemy's opportunities.
For example, as soon as the enemy sinks his shoulders, Gu Shenwei has to judge which move it is, otherwise, the opponent's posture has already been completed, and even if he knows the cracking method, it will be too late to use it.
This is where the value of the Dutch girl's sparring is that she doesn't say which move it is in advance, and sometimes it is not even within the five moves at all, and Gu Shenwei has to rely on subtle observation and keen intuition to deal with it.
Xue Niang is a strict "master", and the lotus girl is not soft, and she is ruthless, as if she has a grudge against Huan Nu, which is a bit of Shangguan Yushi's meaning.
Gu Shenwei suffered a lot because of this, on the fifth day of the first month, the end of the New Year holiday, he had a lot of bruises on his body, but he had not practiced the cracking moves to the point of mastery, and the school had already started.
Fortunately, most of the schoolchildren are still at home, and the twins and Shangguan Yu are said to not appear before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which gives Gu Shenwei the necessary buffer time, he thought that cracking the move was easy to learn, but he didn't expect it to take up so much energy.
The way of martial arts needs to go through many processes from simple to complex, and then from complex to simple, Gu Shenwei now knows that he himself is still far away.
Among the schoolchildren who came to class was Shangguan Hongye, Gu Shenwei felt that this was a good sign, and what was more favorable was that Qingnu did not come, so he sent someone to bring a message, and accompanied the teenagers to not have to guard at the gate, but they still had to report every day.
The twins' companions happily dispersed, and there were only five or six teenagers left at the entrance of the school in an instant, and Gu Shenwei would be too conspicuous to stay any longer, so he had to leave and go back to the stone house to wait.
Calculating that it was time for school, he went around to the alley in front of the gate in the front yard, and slowly walked towards the school.
Shangguan Hongye was alone, he didn't take his little scholar with him, and he walked by himself, as if he didn't see Huan Nu at all.
Gu Shenwei walked up to him and bowed, "Young Master Hong." ”
Shangguan Hongye hummed indifferently, but his pace slowed down involuntarily, revealing a hint of expectation.
Gu Shenwei took out a silver bowl from his arms, "This is what you dropped, right?"
This bowl was a little bigger than the previous utensils, Shangguan Hongye's eyes lit up, but he didn't take it immediately, he glanced back and forth, and then pushed Huan Nu to the corner, half confused and half annoyed, and asked:
"What the hell is your purpose?"
"The purpose, of course, is to pick up things and return them to their rightful owners. ”
"Don't lie to me, you are a dog minion, where can you pick up so many valuable things, you must be stealing...... Tell me, what do you want from me, or I'll send you to the Wash. ”
Gu Shenwei stiffly pushed away Shangguan Hongye's arm, this is not a good place to talk, the ubiquitous guards of Jinpeng Castle may be hiding in the dark to eavesdrop, but there is no better place, he stuffed the silver bowl into his arms, observing the reaction of the young man opposite.
Shangguan Hongye's gaze was changing from arrogance to greed.
"When things arrive in front of you, you can't pick them up if you want to, and as for the Washing Heart Temple, I've already been there. ”
Gu Shenwei said coldly that he had indeed entered the Heart Washing Courtyard, known as the Ghost Courtyard, and had been tortured, this experience obviously made Shangguan Hongye frightened and frightened, took a step back, and his expression was no longer so condescending.
"If it weren't for yours, I'd ask someone else. ”
After Gu Shenwei finished speaking, he was about to leave, Shangguan Hongye no longer cared about the difference between master and servant, grabbed his arm, hesitated for a while, and said with a smile:
"No need to ask anyone, it's my stuff. ”
Gu Shenwei took out the silver bowl again and handed it to Shangguan Hongye, but he didn't let go immediately, "Whoever asks me about something like this, I have to give it to whomever I want, if you have any good brothers, you might as well tell him." ”
Shangguan Hongye almost "grabbed" the silver bowl, and then said with great certainty: "No, I don't have a brother." ”
The little trick of sending things went on for several days, no matter what Huan Nu brought, Shangguan Hongye took it away casually, and never asked questions again.
Gu Shenwei felt that it was time to close the net and make a request to Shangguan Hongye.