Chapter 11: Six Coffins
When I arrived at the edge of the pond, I saw that the lotus flowers had bloomed very brightly and gorgeously, exuding bursts of fragrance. www.biquge.info The moon tonight is big and round, hanging in the air, and it seems that you can see the cinnamon tree above. Li Yihang looked at the reflection of the moon in the lotus pond, listened to the sound of frogs in the pond, and said in his heart: "If these things hadn't happened during the day, tonight would be a peaceful and clear moonlit night." I thought again: "After being away from home for so long, I don't know if my father and mother are in good health?" The affairs on the rivers and lakes are too turbulent, and people's hearts are even more elusive. Li Yihang looked back and saw that it was Senior Brother Kunzheng, and said happily: "Senior Brother, why are you here?" Liu Kunzheng sat down beside him and said, "I went to look for you, Senior Brother Yuan said that you were here, so I looked for you." I didn't have anything to do, but when I was just hit by him, my chest was tumbling with blood and qi, and it was extremely uncomfortable, and I rested for half a day, and it was fine. ”
The two chatted for a while, and Li Yihang said: "I have a question in my heart, obviously the strength of that surnamed Zhang Hanzi to hit you is greater than that of Master Huang, why are you not injured?" Liu Kunzheng said: "I think this is the credit of the internal force to protect the body, the moment he hit, a force surged in the dantian, protecting the heart, and my chest also shrank a few inches inward, first unloading his sixty percent of the strength, the combination of the two, made me take his punch." Li Yihang praised: "Senior brother is really amazing, no wonder the surnamed Zhang took a fancy to you and asked you if you would go with him, if you get their guidance, you will definitely enter the country quickly." ”
Liu Kunzheng said: "I won't be like Hong Renhai, unscrupulous to achieve the goal, people like him, if no one controls him in the future, he will definitely become a harm to the martial arts, I hope he doesn't go down the wrong path." Li Yihang said with a smile: "If Luo Yun hears you say this, you have to say that you are a hypocrite and an old pedant, with a sense of compassion and compassion." As soon as the words fell, I heard Luo Yun's voice coming from behind: "What bad things are you two saying about me behind your back?" Li Yihang was startled, and scolded in his heart: "This guy always appears quietly like this, as if he has a good ear, and he will inevitably appear as soon as he speaks." Liu Kunzheng said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li praises you for being handsome and chic, erudite and talented, and you are the first student of our Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall." ”
Luo Yun also sat down and threw a pebble into the pond, and the moon was scattered by him, and the frog was driven away by him. He said with a smile: "That's it, it's a pity that Zhenwei doesn't recruit girls, otherwise I would have to receive countless love letters, and I would be busy replying to letters every day, and I don't even have time to eat." Li Yihang said: "I'm really not shy, if there are female disciples in the martial arts hall, everyone will treat you as a little brother, and candy snacks are indispensable to you, but you don't want to accept love letters, when the time comes, you can only watch Senior Brother Kun Zheng receive love letters and reply to love letters, and you only have envy in your heart." ”
The three of them teased each other for a while, and then went out to buy food together.
After the morning class on the second day, all the disciples went to the inner hall to visit Huang Jiaotou, and they were very happy to see that he looked much better. Huang Jiaotou's house is far away, and he usually lives in the martial arts hall with Li Jiaotou, and someone has gone to inform his family yesterday that his wife has arrived at the martial arts hall in the early hours of this morning. Everyone was relieved to see that his wife was serving Huang Jiaotou, taking care of him carefully and considerately, and they were all relieved and greeted his wife one after another.
On this day, Li Yihang was practicing leg bracing under the guidance of Liu Kunzheng. This leg method is characterized by rapid flexion and extension, so it is called elastic leg, originated in Longtan Temple, Shandong Province, was founded in the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty, and has a history of more than 100 years. The founder is five generations after Zhou Kunlun master, he was forced by the war, in Shandong Linqing Longtan Temple (now Xingtai City, Hebei Province, Linxi County, Longtan Temple) cut hair for a monk, Kunlun Master's real name has not been able to check, he has martial arts, good at medicine, in Longtan Temple to teach apprentices, study and practice a martial arts that focuses on leg skills, and borrow the birthplace of Longtan Temple to name the Tan leg, also known as Linqing Tan leg, Linxi Tan leg. Therefore, the elastic leg is called the tan leg;
Li Yihang suddenly asked: "Senior brother, I saw eighteen kinds of weapons in the martial arts hall, why have I never seen a senior brother practicing blade martial arts?" Liu Kunzheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Master never teaches the art of swords, sticks and other instruments, how can you ask this?" Li Yihang: "I suddenly saw the sword like a vase today, and I felt very curious. Liu Kunzheng said: "Master does not teach the art of blade equipment, there is a reason, the students in our hall are mainly eunuchs, children of Haoqiang family, all of them are the hearts of their parents, practice swords and swords, if you want to have an accurate effect of actual combat, you must have a brother to dismantle and practice, but because the strength, position, timing is not easy to master, inaccurate, many practitioners are injured because of this, and the parents have a lot of opinions, so Director Ma stopped teaching the blade. I also practiced swordsmanship and stick art in the first year or two when I first came, but now I have forgotten all about it. Li Yihang said: "Isn't it because I am afraid that my disciple will be injured and I give up practicing the art of the blade, isn't that because I am choking and wasting food?" Liu Kunzheng said: "Less nonsense, how can I get so many opinions from you, if you are willing to practice, you can go to another Master." Li Yihang didn't dare to say anything more.
Liu Kunzheng said: "Leg bullet is also one of the basic training items of martial arts, requiring one method all the way, fast and powerful, symmetrical left and right, complete skill frame, and there is a song cloud: 'The hand is two doors, all rely on the leg to hit people, and the leg is four hands, and people are worried when they see ghosts. The technique of bouncing the leg can be seen from the ten-way bouncing leg song, which is characterized by: the first road sweeps like a flat shoulder, the second way crosses the drill, the third way splits and smashes the plow, the four-way support slide step to deviate, the five-way parry, etc., the six-way enterprising left and right, the seven-way cover wipes the seven-star style, the eight-way lock dodges the ring, the nine-way heart leg, and the ten-way fork flower is like an arrow. You must memorize the characteristics of these songs, which is the key to practicing legs. ”
Liu Kunzheng first taught him the step type, the main elastic leg step type is lunge, horse step, servant step, rest step, and then coach the leg method, the leg law has the spring leg, kick the leg and kick the leg, when the string is required to be clear, clean and neat, and vigorous. Li Yihang is smart and quick to get started, although he is more than a month behind Luo Yun and them, he has already caught up with their progress. Liu Kunzheng arranged for the two of them to practice double bounce legs, practice catching bounce legs, and breaking bounce leg techniques. After practicing the ten-way elastic leg, and teaching the twelve-way elastic leg, the two have the same root and origin, and they are also very fast to learn.
This morning was practicing energetically, and someone at the gate of the sudden ground sent a message, saying that someone was looking for him, Li Yihang was happy in his heart: "Daddy has come to see me again, I haven't seen his old man for a long time!" When he arrived at the gate, he didn't see his father or Uncle De, and the person who came was the neighbor Li Old Man who was a few rooms away, very strange, and shouted: "Uncle Li, why are you here?" What about my father?" Old man Li said: "Yihang, something happened to your family, pack up and go back quickly!" Li Yihang was startled and asked, "What's wrong, is my father and mother okay?" Old man Li said: " Let's go back to town first, and then let's talk about it when we go back. Li Yihang saw that his face was heavy and worried, and he knew that something was wrong, so he said, "If you don't clean it up, I'll go back with you." Say a few words to the person at the gate, ask him to help explain the reason to Liu Kunzheng, and ask for a few days off, the man nodded and agreed. He looked up at the gate, the place where the plaque was hung was still empty, and since the original "Zhenwei Martial Arts Pavilion" was kicked and fell down, Director Ma had not had the heart to hang a new one.
Li Yihang jumped on the donkey cart, and Old Man Li whipped on the road. Along the way, Li Yihang wanted to know what was going on at home, but Old Man Li didn't reveal anything about it, just said that you would know when you went back.
Li Yihang was so anxious that he couldn't wait to put on his wings and fly back. At dusk, when he finally arrived at Changyuan Town, he saw a lot of green smoke rising from his house from a distance, and said in surprise: "There is a fire in my house?" Old man Li nodded, Li Yihang said: "How is my father and mother? But are you all right?" Old man Li lowered his head and was silent. Seeing this, Li Yihang's heart sank suddenly, his chest was smashed by a sledgehammer, and he couldn't care about it anymore, so he jumped out of the car and ran home.
Turning to the street, I saw many people outside the door, there were officials and soldiers, village warriors and regiments, and many close neighbors and distant relatives, and they hurried back, only to see green smoke rising everywhere, the whole house burned to a ruin, scorched wood and red bricks everywhere, and rubble everywhere, Li Yihang felt bad in his heart, how could not a single family member see it......? All...... He didn't dare to think about it, and cried out loudly, "Daddy, Daddy, Mother, Mother, Where are you?"
At this time, everyone had already seen Li Yihang, and they all gathered around, and someone said, "Young Master Li is back." "Yihang, it's good for you to come back!" "Fortunately, you weren't at home last night, it's too miserable!" "This is really providence, fortunately, there is still a pulse of incense in the business, and there is no ......" The others pinched the person who spoke and didn't let him continue. Li Yihang only felt that the world was spinning for a while, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground, all his relatives and neighbors supported him and moved him aside, Li Yihang trembled his lips, and said weakly: "I...... Parents...... What happened to my parents? ...... them? At...... Take me there...... Go!" said: "Your father and mother are all in the ancestral hall in the west of the town, so I will take you there." When Li Yihang heard this, he immediately understood everything, and when he rolled his eyes, he didn't know what to do.
When I woke up, I only heard the sound of wailing in my ears, opened my eyes, and found that I was already in the ancestral hall of the Li family, the smoke and confetti in front of me were filled, and there were six coffins in the ancestral hall, many relatives, family members, friends, and neighbors were burning incense and worshipping, crying, Li Yihang saw this situation, and he fully understood that no one in the family could escape in this fire, father, mother, housekeeper Li Zhide, kitchen sister-in-law Xu, maid Li Mei, handyman Li Fanggen, a family of six, all died in this fire!
He threw himself on his father's coffin and cried loudly, crying hoarsely, fainting three times in succession, and when he woke up for the fourth time, his throat was hoarse, he couldn't make a sound, his tears flowed, and he was paralyzed on the ground, and no one listened to him, and before he knew it, he fell asleep again. When he woke up again, it was the second day, he drank some water, and lay down in front of his father's coffin and wept.