Chapter 1: The Undead Monster (2)
The strange old man's words produced a strange reaction on the other two people, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and the two of them had the same mind, and they couldn't help but secretly think:
From this, it can be deduced that whoever holds this token will have the command of this strange old man. The effect is better than getting thousands of troops, as if mastering the hegemony of the martial arts, imagine which of the martial arts is still qualified to dare to oppose this old man?"
"The junior boldly asks again," Sha Xiong thought of this, and in order to confirm that his inference was correct, he also timidly asked, "If we understand it well, the person who holds this token can still instruct your old man to complete something for him?"
"My old man swore in front of the master back then, and seeing the token is like seeing the master! Now, although time has passed, and the master has already sailed west, the person holding the token wants my old man to do something for him, and my old man still can't shirk it...... Without further ado, if this token isn't in your hands, you two can go. ”
"It is the luck of both of us to meet your old man, and it is the blessing of both of us to hear your old teachings. Before saying goodbye, I still want to ask one more question: It is said that this token not only had the mana of the various sects in the rivers and lakes in the past, but also involved a huge treasure secret. Is that true?" Sha Xiong's eyes couldn't help but reveal greed.
It is said that as early as when the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, he knew that his grandson would not be able to take over for a long time, and the throne would be taken away by his son King Yan sooner or later. In order to prevent his grandson from being short of money to spend after stepping down, he specially hid a batch of treasures for his grandson in advance. And engrave the treasure map on the back of the 'Jianghu Overlord Order', but the lines drawn by the treasure map are like a book from heaven, if you don't get the secret to explain this map, you just get it, and it's in vain. ”
"The younger generation has benefited a lot from meeting the old-timers today, which is really listening to your words, and it is better than reading for ten years. Sha Xiong couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "The two of us know some things in the rivers and lakes, but in front of your old man, like an ignorant teenager, it is very ashamed." If your old man has no other instructions, the younger generation will leave. ”
After seeing the old man nodding, the two of them said goodbye at the same time, then turned and walked to their two horses, got on their horses and left. It was only then that the boy realized that the old man in front of him was truly extraordinary. You think that those two people who are both in their fifties, think that their ancestors still have to ask this old man for advice, but you can think about how old he is.
If what the two said is true, it can be deduced from this that the dignity of this person's status in the rivers and lakes is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. This may prove that what he said is also true. The child involuntarily took a step back at this thought, and his eyes widened for a while, and he looked at the old man in a daze.
"You kid has a lot of mouths and tongues, and you are bold, and you don't care what the occasion is, just open your mouth and fire guns. This time it can be regarded as offending people who should not be offended. Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly sighed at this time, faced with the young man's puzzled expression, and continued to explain with pity:
"One of the pursuers who chased these two people fled back, and that person will inevitably lead a heavy army to take revenge after he returns, and you think that the palace guards are usually very fierce, and even the local officials are afraid of them. If it weren't for your words, they wouldn't have died here. Just for this sentence, they have to kill you!"
The boy was immediately frightened when he heard this, and when he raised his leg to run, he suddenly stopped, and after a moment of thought, he said to the strange old man:
"If you don't want to be here, just rely on me as a child, those two people with such skills may not care about me at all, how can they kill people indiscriminately?"
"Oh...... After a long time of trouble, I saved you from the stray arrows, but it was still my old man's, isn't it? You kid can't understand bullshit, talks nonsense, and uses the execution ground as a child's play, which caused all the officers and soldiers to be killed. Now that the disaster has been caused, how can the blame be put on my head!"
"It's no wonder if I don't look for you...... We're having a good time here, why are you here to fool around? Now all the friends have scared you away, and they have accused me of massacring officers and soldiers...... My little boy is not the opponent of those who come to take revenge on the officers and soldiers in the future, isn't it all because I know you that I have caused this catastrophe!"
"Fart, fart...... It's pure nonsense! You can't blame me for this because my old man scared your partner away, can you?"
The two of them were like two children arguing for a while, not letting each other, pushing each other no, until finally the old man couldn't help but be furious, and said:
"If you kid insists on saying this, don't blame my old man for being irresponsible, Lao Tzu can leave now, and see how you kid will deal with the officers and soldiers afterwards!"
When the old man turned around in anger and was about to leave, the child really panicked, and suddenly asked the old man for help:
"Senior, since you have such great ability, why don't you be good at it to the end, save me? I once heard Mr. Private School say: Those with great ability can be stained by everyone, and those with small ability can be left alone. In any case, this matter is inseparable from you, even if I beg you now!"
"That's not what you just said?" said the old man, still huffing and earnest.
"That'...... That...... Isn't that impossible to force, if I don't rely on your old man now, do you think I have another way out?"
When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but look at the other party again with great interest, and then said:
"You kid is quite interesting, unreasonable to fight for three points, at a young age, he saw such a bloody scene in front of him, but he didn't have the slightest panic. It doesn't seem like an ordinary family background. So many children at the scene were scared away by me, but there was only one of you...... Let you say, this is the fate between us, or is my old man destined to have you?"
"I'm begging you, old man. The boy said respectfully to the old man.
"In that case, my old man should at least know what your name is and the current situation of your family, right?"
"Actually, I don't even know what my last name is......"
"Fart, fart...... It's just a fart!" Before the kid finished speaking, the old man couldn't help but scold repeatedly: "You kid didn't jump out of the crack in the stone, can there be anyone in the world who doesn't know his last name or something?"
"Don't believe it, old man, all this I said is true. The child continued to explain very sincerely:
"I heard rumors from neighbors that I was given to my current family as an adopted son when I was less than one year old, and I don't know why, there are still people who come to give child support every year. My father is a hunter now, and my adoptive mother died of illness last year, so I often follow him out hunting and don't care about these bloody scenes. My current father's surname is Bao, and the name he gave me is: Zhong Ming. ”
"So your origin is quite complicated, and you seem to know a few big characters?"
"The man who gave our family alimony every year was a blind man, and strangely he seemed to see everything, and when he sent the money to my house, he never said a word. According to the blind man's instructions, I have been sent to the private school in my village since I was five or six years old, so I can still recognize a few words. ”
"I think we have a fate, and the blood has appeared here, which is not conducive to your stay here for a long time. Since you are a child who is fostered here by someone else, and your family does not ask you to go back, it is natural that you have other difficulties. You might as well go back and talk to your current dad about it, and just let me go." Wouldn't it be better to be my old man's companion in the future and travel all over the world?"
"Will your old man teach me martial arts?" the young man suddenly became enthusiastic.
"It's inevitable to teach a little at will, but don't think about getting too much, for the sake of the journey, my old man can't take a fool to embarrass people everywhere on the rivers and lakes. Speaking of this, the old man suddenly stopped, and then said uneasily: "If you want to learn art, in addition to whether you can endure hardships, it also depends on your understanding." ”
"Master is above, bow to the apprentice!"
"It turns out that your kid also understands this, my old man saved your life, and you didn't show the slightest gratitude, and now you actually know that you have given a salute to my old man, which is really inexplicable!" The old man was surprised, and with a slight wave of his sleeves, the other party's legs could not kneel as if they were tied straight, and continued to explain:
"As for this apprenticeship, let's get rid of it. My old man has confiscated his disciples for more than 60 years, and the age of the disciples may be older than your grandfather's, so it would be strange if they saw that I had suddenly accepted such a little junior disciple for them, and they didn't scold me behind my back! You better hurry home and do what needs to be done, my old man can wait for you here for a while, if it takes a long time, don't blame my old man for not being trustworthy. ”
When Zhong Ming heard this, he immediately turned around and ran towards the villa. It turned out that since the death of his adoptive mother, his adoptive father was in a very bad mood, except for hunting, he spent his days with wine, and he was no longer interested in caring about the child. The appearance of the strange old man happened to give him a reason to decide to leave here, and Zhong Ming began to think about how to say goodbye to his father along the way.
Thinking of the officers and soldiers, Zhong Ming couldn't help but be afraid that the officers and soldiers of the court would come to seek revenge, he had seen those people in the government go to the village to pay grain and urge taxes, which was not justified at all, and it was very arrogant, except for whipping people, people could be arrested and sent to prison at any time. This time, they caused trouble with their mouths, and after investigating it afterwards, how could they give up easily?
The only thing that makes people happy at the moment is that the strange old man is willing to take him in and protect him, as long as he goes home and tells his father to hide outside for a while, and then go home after a certain stage of the matter, maybe no one will pursue it. From now on, you can follow that strange old man, wander the rivers and lakes, and learn martial arts......
As he ran towards his home, he pondered these thoughts when he suddenly felt a tightness on the back of his neck, and his body had been grabbed and lifted off the ground. Zhong Ming's first thought was to be caught by the officers and soldiers, but then he thought that he also felt that it was impossible, no matter how fast the officers and soldiers tracked down, it would take a few days to come, how could it be reasonable to come so quickly?
Zhong Ming struggled to turn his head to see that it was the two men known as the "Skeleton Twins" who mentioned himself, and he saw that he had a fierce face, as if he was going to swallow Zhong Ming in one gulp. Zhong Ming remembered how the two of them killed those palace guards, and he couldn't help but feel frightened.
At this time, the position where the three of them were standing had left the sight of the old man outside the village, and when the man lifted him off the ground fiercely, the woman on the side stepped forward with a smile and said:
"It turns out that your kid is not a companion of the 'Immortal Old Monster' group, and the people in the world who can influence the behavior of the 'Skeleton Twin Evils' must have a certain weight, so what qualifications does your little doll have to dare to ridicule the two of us?
"You're hurting me...... Can you put me down and speak, I can't run!" Zhong Ming said as he struggled.
At this time, although there were people coming and going in the streets of the village, the two of them did not put the idle people next to them in their eyes at all, although some people were surprised and couldn't help but glance here, but when they saw these two people with fierce and evil looks, they still pretended not to see anything and just left in a hurry.
The man carrying Zhong Ming seemed to think that what Zhong Ming said was right, so he put him on the ground and said:
"Tell me...... Forgive me, kid can't escape!"
Zhong Ming felt that his neck seemed to be pinched and broken at this time, and he naturally sensed that the two of them had bad intentions, and suddenly thought of the appearance of these two people when they saw the old man, and suddenly realized that the old man was his savior. When I looked back, I realized that I couldn't see the old man here. At this time, he had to reach out and stroke his neck while explaining to the two:
"I'm going to say I'm the old man's new apprentice, can you two believe me?"
"This, this, this...... Impossible!" the man cried out in horror first.
"The 'Immortal Old Monster' has not taught martial arts for many years, if you are the new disciple of his old man's family, why are you running here now?" the woman then asked.
"It's not because you killed the officers and soldiers, and you are afraid that the officers and soldiers will come back to retaliate, but the master and his old man ordered me to come back quickly to say goodbye to my family and leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Zhong Ming had no choice but to lie to them.
"Since you are the disciple of that old man, how can I not see the slightest martial arts foundation from you?" Although the man was a little unconvinced, he was much more polite to the old man.
"It's really a bit reluctant, I'm the master I just worshipped today. ”
"If you lie, do you know the consequences?" the woman menaced.
"Know, know...... You two are famous figures in the martial arts, so many palace guards have all died in the blink of an eye, how dare I lie to you, isn't that a joke with your own life?" Zhong Ming tried his best to argue.