Chapter 1: The Tang Family in Qianguo Lane

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di was in Yanjing Beiping, recruiting talents from all over the world, Yanjing Beiping raised a Lanxing Pavilion, commenting on the world's martial arts people, and launched the world's martial arts rankings on the first day of the New Year's Day every year.

Decades later, Lanxing Pavilion has become famous in the rivers and lakes, becoming the most mysterious place in the rivers and lakes.

Lanxingge does not belong to any of the institutions of the six departments of Nanjing, nor does it belong to Jinyiwei or Dongchang.

Lanxing Pavilion does not belong to any sect or gang on the rivers and lakes. Where the helm of the Lanxing Pavilion is, no one knows. Legend has it that in the first month of the nineteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved to Nanjing, the capital of Nanjing, in the imperial palace of heaven in Beijing, to the hundred officials, the southern suburbs of the great worship, and the rudder of the Lanxing Pavilion moved to Nanjing.

Who the Pavilion Master of the Lanxing Pavilion is, no one knows. Legend is that he is a disciple of Guiguzi, proficient in yin and yang gossip, knows astronomy, and knows geography, is a living immortal, more than 100 years old, and is known as an old immortal in the rivers and lakes.

Whether in officialdom or in the rivers and lakes, Lanxing Pavilion has a supreme position. Lanxing Pavilion is ranked in the world's martial arts in the rivers and lakes, in the imperial court, and has a decisive weight in the triennial martial arts examination.

Legend has it from generation to generation that in the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Tang Guiren was originally included in the list of the world's martial arts rankings for the first time, and he ranked first in the world. Zhu Fu, the housekeeper of Yanwang Mansion, personally rushed to Changzhou with Zhu Di's handwritten letter and spared no expense to recruit Tang Guiren, but unfortunately, when Zhu Fu arrived in Changzhou, Tang Guiren happened to be immortal, so there was no Tang Guiren in the world's martial arts rankings.

However, everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that the name of the Tang family in Changzhou Qianguo Lane has never been on the martial arts list of Lanxing Pavilion.

The world's martial arts rankings have not had the names of martial arts people in Jiangnan and Changzhou for a long time.

If someone says that Changzhou produces martial arts masters, and how famous Changzhou Nanquan is in the rivers and lakes, people will say: bragging. will say: "The Siberian tiger, the northwest wolf, and the Jiangnan are all little sheep." ”

People will tell you eloquently that the top ten in the world's martial arts rankings are all in the northeast or northwest.

If you still want to quibble, mention that there was once a Tang Guiren in Qianguo Lane in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the eloquent argument of the Lanxing Pavilion World Weapons Ranking From now on, the five major weapons in the world are the Cloud Chasing Sword, the Throat Locking Gun, the Ecstasy Knife, the Mountain Splitting Axe, and the Moon Hook.

People will also tell you that the throat gun on the Lanxing Pavilion World Weapons Ranking does not say that it is the Tang family's throat gun, besides, the Yan family in Shaanxi Province and the Guanwai Tong family are all used in the throat gun.

If you still want to quibble, people will laugh at you and ask you: "Do you know the comments on the five major weapons on the Lanxing Pavilion World Weapons Rankings?"

The comments on the five major weapons on the Lanxing Pavilion World Weapons Ranking said: The reason why the five major weapons are famous is not the weapons themselves, but the people who use them.

During the Xuande period, the Tang family in Qianguo Lane was just a beautiful legend on the rivers and lakes, and the cargo ships could already dock freely at Qianguo Wharf, and there was no need to consider the feelings of the Tang family in Qianguo Lane to do anything on the rivers and lakes.

However, during the Xuande period, the Tang family produced another Tang Xianyuan.

With the emergence of Tang Xianyuan, Qianguo Lane has undergone new changes.

Legend has it that Tang Xianyuan cultivated both civil and military, and his martial arts were average, but his Taoism was very profound, he knew yin and yang, and could drive ghosts and gods.

gave birth to four sons Tang Lishan, Tang Liliang, Tang Lizhong, Tang Liren and two daughters Tang Lixiu and Tang Lizhen, all of whom are very good. Especially the eldest son Tang Lishan, it is said that he has penetrated the martial arts secrets of the Tang family's throat lock gun, knows yin and yang, can drive ghosts and gods, call for wind and rain, and scatter beans into soldiers, and the Tang family's throat gun in his hand is not under the ancestor Tang Guiren.

Tang Lishan led his five brothers and sisters to reiterate the rule of Qianguo Lane: Qianguo Pier can only dock boats. The buying and selling of Thousand Fruit Lane must adhere to integrity.

Tang Xianyuan began to revise the family tree and improve the family rules. It is stipulated that the names of the Tang family are ranked according to virtue, courtesy, filial piety, humility, literature, martial arts, biography, and family.

As for how high Tang Lishan's martial arts are and how deep the Taoism is, no one knows or seen it.

However, Jiangnan Wulin knew that at that time, the Jiangnan Wulin was in dispute, and there were constant things to fight bravely, Tang Lishan initiated and established a unified Jiangnan Wulin Alliance, and became the leader of the Jiangnan Wulin Alliance.

He went to Maoshan alone to meet Zhang Tianshi, the host Taoist of Maoshan Mountain, and sat down with Zhang Tianshi to discuss the Tao, from boxing weapons, to formation drills, and then to the classics at home, and talked for three days and three nights. From "Heart Seal Sutra" to "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Sutra", from "Wuzhen Chapter" to "Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Sutra".

Zhang Tianshi was completely impressed by Tang Lishan, and sighed: "Genius! Being in the rivers and lakes, not in the Taoist temple, it is a pity to lose the immortal fate!"

The next day, Zhang Tianshi took his two apprentices to the five cottages and eight major sects of Jiangnan Martial Arts, lobbying everywhere, hoping to establish Jiangnan Martial Arts and elect the leader of the Tang Lishan Alliance.

The Taihu Gang is the largest gang in the south of the Yangtze River, with more than 300 disciples. The gang leader Niu Kun, known as the Flying Eagle on the Water, is very good at light skills, and the ancestral Cloud Chasing Sword has never been defeated since its debut. The second gang leader, Li Feihu, was born in Shaolin, and the iron cloth shirt has been trained to the seventh layer of invulnerability, and the Shaolin Luohan fist is fierce and powerful. The three gangs advocate ten thousand dragons, and the dragon gossip palm is famous in the rivers and lakes.

When Zhang Tianshi took two apprentices to rock a small wooden boat and landed on the island in the middle of Taihu Lake, the gang leader Niu Kun held a banquet in the lobby of the Juyi Hall and welcomed him warmly.

After explaining his intentions, Li Feihu kicked the wine table away and forced Zhang Tianshi out of the lobby of the Juyi Hall with a punch.

Niu Kun, the helper, left a sentence: "The Tang family said that the five major weapons in the world weapon ranking of Lanxing Pavilion have his Tang family's throat lock gun, and my Niu family uses the cloud chasing sword, and there are also weapons in the world." Jianghu is a place to talk about strength, don't tell stories. Let his Tang brothers come, win the three of our brothers, and from then on bow down and never regret it. ”

Yes, Jianghu is a place that talks about strength. However, on the rivers and lakes now, in addition to the lack of a moon hook, there are all kinds of other weapons, such as the Cloud Chasing Sword, the Throat Locking Gun, the Ecstasy Knife, and the Mountain Splitting Axe are everywhere, and it is no wonder that the comments on the five major weapons on the Lanxing Pavilion World Weapons Ranking will say: The reason why the five major weapons are famous is not the weapons themselves, but the people who use them.

No one knows whether the Tang family's throat gun is real, people only know that the next day, Tang Lishan took his younger brother Tang Liliang and little sister Tang Lizhen to board a small wooden boat on the island in the middle of Taihu Lake.

Three days later, Tang Lishan took his younger brother Tang Liliang and little sister Tang Lizhen to return to Qianguo Lane from Taihu Lake Island in the middle of the lake with the small wooden boat.

Three days later, Li Feihu, the second gang leader, took a letter from the gang leader Niu Kun and a letter of worship to visit the host Taoist Zhang Tianshi on Maoshan alone, saying that the gang leader Niu Kun could not go in person when he encountered a cold wind, but the whole Taihu Gang was willing to worship Tang Lishan as the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts League, and sent a congratulatory gift of 100,000 taels of silver.

The Taihu Gang, as the No. 1 gang in Jiangnan Wulin, surrendered to Tang Lishan so convincingly, and the Maoshan faction supported Tang Lishan so resolutely, the rest of Jiangnan Wulin naturally had no reason to oppose it, and there was no need to oppose it.

In the thirteenth year of Chenghua, on the eighth day of August, Tang Li was good at the top of Maoshan and the Taoist Zhang Tianshi who presided over Maoshan Mountain, Master Zhikong who presided over Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, Zhou Qingtian, the old man of Zhoujiazhuang in Xishan, Suzhou, Li Feihu, the second gang leader of the Taihu Gang, and the famous Confucian Duan Zili in Changzhou City, became the leader of the Jiangnan Martial Arts League.

As for what happened to Tang Lishan with his younger brother Tang Liliang and younger sister Tang Lizhen on Huxin Island, I didn't know, and no one mentioned it.