Chapter 450: Braided Gong
Shaolin Temple is located in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, Songshan Wuru Peak, because it is located in the hinterland of Songshan Shaomu Mountain in the dense jungle, so it is called "Shaolin Temple". Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty, when Emperor Xiaowen built Shaolin Temple at the northern foot of Shaomu Mountain in Songshan Mountain, which was opposite the capital Luoyang, in order to settle the Indian monk Batuo Venerable whom he admired. Shaolin Temple is a world-famous Buddhist temple, one of the ancestral gardens of Zen Buddhism, and the birthplace of Shaolin martial arts. Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world because of Shaolin Kung Fu, and there is a saying that "the world's kung fu comes out of Shaolin, and Shaolin Kung Fu is the best in the world".
It is said that in the early Tang Dynasty, the thirteen monks of Shaolin Temple were rewarded by Tang Taizong for helping Tang Dynasty, giving thousands of acres of land, water grinding a body, and called Shaolin monks monks as monk soldiers, since then, Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world, known as the first temple in the world. All, since the Tang Dynasty, only Shaolin Temple can have weapons and warrior monks, and has a large number of disciples, occupying the primary position in the Central Plains martial arts.
Songshan Shaolin Temple has a warrior monk's institute, the warrior monk institute adheres to the Zen Buddhism of "Buddha is destined to be a person", breaks the old rules of Shaolin Kung Fu inside and outside, does not stick to one pattern, follows the traditional way of master's comprehensive assessment of disciples, each master only brings 8 to 15 people, words and words, heart teaching, hand-in-hand teaching, teaching according to aptitude, carving one by one, strict entry and strict exit, art can go down the mountain.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shaolin Temple experienced war, entered a new period of development, Hongwu, Ning Ran changed to serve as the abbot of Shaolin Temple, "strive to prosper". He presided over the restoration of the destroyed temples, monks' halls, squatters, etc., and in a few years, "all four people gathered, surrounded by ten thousand fingers". After that, the Shaolin Temple's Dharma Hall, Meditation Hall, and Chuzu Nunnery were also rebuilt and repaired one after another, and the Shaolin Temple gradually restored its style of famous temples. The development of Shaolin martial arts has also entered an unprecedented period of prosperity, forming a complete Shaolin martial arts system. For example, the Shaolin stick method is famous all over the world. Hong Zhuan, Hong Ji, Guang Press, Zong Xiang and other stick masters are even more famous. Not only stick arts, but also eighteen kinds of weapons have also been greatly developed in the Ming Dynasty.
The capital of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty was Kaifeng. The governor of Henan is the highest governor.
Henan in the Ming Dynasty was the political, economic, cultural, and talent center of China. The water and land transportation here is developed, and it is an important town of the feudal king. The commodity economy is developed, the economic strength is in the forefront of the country, the first in the north, and the number of jinshi is the fourth in the country. Naturally, there are many people who practice martial arts. Their footprints are all over the country.
Song County, Henan Province is only 200 miles away from Shaolin Temple, there is a martial arts village in Song County, where hundreds of large and small families live, the reason why it is called Wulin Village, because most of the men here know martial arts, especially boys who grow up to six or seven years old will be sent to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts. After the selection of the warrior monastery, seven or eight out of ten will be eliminated, and the rest will be retained, and those who can survive can become Shaolin lay disciples and officially learn martial arts. Of course, after those children who were not selected returned to the village, there were also many people who learned from their parents, what to practice in winter and three in summer. knives, guns and sticks, and they also learned decently. Many people go out to break through when they become adults, some add people to the army, and some set up teams to run martial arts halls. Anyway, as long as I heard that you are from Wulin Village in Song County, I think you know martial arts, and even girls can make two strokes. Therefore, there is a saying that "marrying a girl does not marry a martial arts girl", and he was beaten down by his daughter-in-law. It's not a shame.
There is a family surnamed Cen in Wulin Village, and Cen Weiyong, the family member, has been a lay disciple in Shaolin. Hui Yuan, the master who studied at the Warrior Monastery, was his teacher, and when he was successful, he returned to the village to marry a wife and have children, and had a son and a daughter. Because of Cen Weiyong's strong martial arts and boldness, he has a lot of prestige in the village. Daughter Cen Yuying looks like a flower and jade, but her personality is like a man, and she also learned martial arts from her father, and Cen Yuying learned braided skills. This stems from the thick black and shiny braid on her head, which has never been cut since she was born, and then grew one and a half meters long, and it was heavy in her hand. Cen Weiyong knew that there was such a trick as braiding in Shaolin, and forced his daughter to practice, that is, to tie her long braid to the pole, and hang the whole person up, you think about how to bear the weight of a person with braids, it hurts, Cen Yuying cried in pain, and her mother Cen Zhang's heart hurt, but there was no way, she was obedient, and her husband never dared to object.
For a long time, Cen Yuying went from being uncomfortable at the beginning to adapting to the end, a braid wheeled up with a thousand catties of strength, and the small tree braid with a thick arm waved, and it broke from the middle with a "click", and the big braid was not damaged at all. When her braids grew to two meters long, a girl who was usually coiled around her neck and had clear eyebrows looked weak and docile, but when she walked in a gust of wind, she was a good hand at home and abroad, and did a lot of work for her mother. Deeply loved by Cen Zhang.
Cen Weiyong likes his son, named Cen Fenghan, Cen Fenghan's sister is eight years old, she has not been in good health since she was a child, she has been sick and calamitous, she has taken medicine less, Cen Weiyong is very worried, she is strong, why is her son so weak, and she has not seen any improvement at the age of five, with thin arms and legs, she will fall when the wind blows.
Cen Yuying has grown to the age of thirteen and has already looked good, standing there slim and elegant, years of practice have made her body very strong, but also slender and beautiful, eyebrows and phoenix eyes, cherry mouth, especially an oily black braid loves people, Cen Weiyong sighed: "How good this child would be if it was a boy, and the future will definitely be immeasurable." ”
Cen Fenghan really developed is a very surprising thing, it was a spring noon, Cen Zhang took Cen Yuying and his younger brother to Cen Guan Town, which was more than ten miles away from the village, to catch up with the market, the rural people were nothing more than ten miles away, but Cen Fenghan shouted tired after walking halfway, Cen Yuying liked his little brother, carried him on his back, and did not put it down until the town, calm and relaxed, Cen Zhang looked at it and shook his head, things are reversed, and his daughter is better than his son.
Cen Guan Town was also a big town in the Ming Dynasty, inhabited by the former households, a long official road on both sides of the merchants, the market was crowded with people, lively and extraordinary. Cen Fenghan likes to catch up with the market the most, there are delicious food, the Cen family is not a rich family, but they also have no worries about food and clothing, and the family has extra money, Cen Zhang's family wants to make a good dress for his daughter and buy some good tobacco leaves for her husband, son, he is satisfied with delicious things. The three of them walked all the way and looked at it, Cen Yuying was very eye-catching in the bustling crowd, and compared with the surrounding girls, she was the most beautiful.
If you don't want to, something will happen.
There is never a shortage of hooligans and scoundrels in the township, if it is the son of the official eunuch family, and has a little martial arts, then it is even more scoundrel, there is such a gentleman in Cen Guan Town, is the son of Zheng Jinrong, the rich man in the town, seventeen or eighteen years old, nicknamed "Little Overlord", leading a group of ruffians to walk sideways in the township, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil. People are rich and powerful, and no one really dares to provoke him, and when they see him, they hide far away, for fear of getting into trouble.
Cen Fenghan took a fancy to a sword made of wood on the stall, the carving was vivid, just like the real one, so he ran over to see, his father Cen Weiyong was good at practicing martial arts, and there were weapons, knives, guns and clubs at home, but it was too heavy, where could he hold it. Cen Fenghan also likes knives and guns, after all, there is his father's blood flowing in his veins, and his son follows his father, which is not false at all. The wooden sword does not sink, he likes.
Unexpectedly, he met the "little overlord" Zheng Hui, who was walking with a few scoundrels, staring at whether there were any good-looking women in the bazaar, Cen Fenghan also only looked at the wooden sword, and didn't notice that someone came head-on, and hit Zheng Wei's stomach right on, almost knocking him down. This is okay, Zheng Wei flew up, poor Cen Fenghan was kicked and rolled to the side, holding his stomach and couldn't get up.
Zheng Wei hadn't dissipated his anger yet, and scolded: "Whose little rabbit cub came here to spread wild, stained Lao Tzu's clothes, grabbed him, and didn't take out ten taels of silver, and he was not finished." ”
Cen Zhang saw his son fall to the ground and screamed and rushed over to pick him up, Cen Fenghan couldn't even speak. Zheng Wei saw that the person who came was even more arrogant, and shouted for Cen Zhang's to take money to pay for clothes, Cen Zhang's was trembling angrily, and said: "You kicked my son like this, and you have to lose money, is there any royal law?"
"Wang Fa, hahahaha," Zheng Wei laughed: "Lao Tzu is here this is Wang Fa, what can you do, lose money." ”
Cen Yuying bought tobacco leaves for her father, and was coming back to look for her mother and younger brother after buying them, when she saw this situation, she immediately ran over and shouted, "Mother, what's wrong with my brother?"
Cen Zhang pointed at Zheng Wei and said, "He kicked it." ”
When Cen Yuying and Zheng Wei came face to face, the "little overlord" Zheng Wei was stunned.
The girl in front of her is so beautiful, she is of a green age, and her figure and appearance are first-class, especially a big black and shiny braid, wrapped around her neck, her eyes are angry, but she has another taste, Zheng Wei smiled and said: "Your brother has soiled my clothes, you have to pay me ten taels of silver, you can't afford it, you just follow me and be my little wife." ”
"Hahahaha," laughed the scoundrels around him.
Where did Cen Fengying receive this, his face turned red with anger, and he replied with a sneer: "It's just you, are you worthy, the toad wants to eat swan meat, you kicked my brother badly, if you don't take out a hundred taels of silver today, don't think about leaving." ”
Zheng Wei looked at her and said with a smile: "The little girl is quite individual, do you know who I am, 'Little Overlord' Zheng Wei, the woman I fancy is not the one who can run, follow me to ensure that you eat and drink spicy food, and you don't have to worry about having no money to spend for the rest of your life." ”
"Keep your stinky money to treat your illness, I don't care what kind of 'little bully' you are, if you don't give money today, I'll turn you into a little mouse, and you will crawl and walk for the rest of your life, believe it or not. Cen Yuying sneered sarcastically.
Zheng Wei was stunned, annoyed and angry, and said to his subordinates: "Go up and arrest this little girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, I want to train her well." (To be continued......)