Clear skies and cloudless skies are the height of summer. A horse-drawn carriage drove on an empty official road, and a young coachman, about twenty years old, with dark skin, wore a large gray waistcoat, and showed his hard chest, while driving the carriage leisurely and humming a small tune. At this time, a middle-aged man about forty years old was lying in the carriage, and next to him was a baby in swaddling clothes. The middle-aged man still had a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, and there were still large blood stains on his white robe, and his eyes were closed and he should have fainted.

At this time, the man lying in the carriage slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the child in the crook of his arm, looked at the surrounding environment, and understood his current situation. Holding his hands on the ground, he stood up and prepared to heal his wounds, and as soon as he used his internal strength, his qi and blood gushed up, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. "It's really hurt very badly this time, and even the luck is a bit laborious," the middle-aged man muttered to himself.

When the young man heard the commotion, he immediately stopped the carriage. Flipping the curtain, I saw a middle-aged man holding the ground with one hand and was weak. Hurriedly stepped forward to help: "Are you okay? You are seriously injured and can't move." ”

The middle-aged man sat cross-legged in the carriage and said, "Dare to ask the little brother, what is the place here, why am I here?" As he spoke, he could find that the middle-aged man's hand was holding the young man's pulse at this time, and as long as the young man had the slightest mistake, he was likely to die on the spot. However, the young man was completely unaware at this time, and thought that the middle-aged man could not sit steadily at this time, so he wanted to help him.

The young man scratched his head with one hand and said embarrassedly, "I don't dare to be a big name, these are all used by those big people, my grandson, my mother is called my second dog, so they all call me Sun Ergou, this is the official road to Luoyang, I went to the thatched house to see you, and I saw you fainting in the woods with a child in your arms, and I carried you back." Then I gave you a brief treatment of the wound, and I didn't know who you were and kept pulling you away. Let's go and rest next to it, it's so hot here, you're sweating, and the kids can't stand it. ”

"Okay," said Ergou, who helped the middle-aged man out of the car.

"Thank you for carrying the baby for me. ”

Sun Ergou held the child in his arms and parked the carriage at the edge of the woods to prevent blocking the passage of the official road.

He found a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged under a big tree not far from the carriage and took out a pill the size of a yellow grain from his arms. I thought to myself, "This two-dog man is not bad, he didn't take my finances from me when I was unconscious." ”

Ergou put the carriage and came to the middle-aged man with the child in his arms; "Uncle, who are you? How could you be so seriously injured? Is it the enemy chasing and killing?"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment with the pill, "You can call me Huang Lao or Uncle Huang, the young man has a good heart, and there will be good rewards." As for the injuries, they can be regarded as caused by the enemy, but I chased them down. Okay, please help me protect the Fa, I'm tired. ”

Ergou looked at Huang Lao and looked at the child in his arms;

Huang Lao threw the pill into his mouth, then crossed his hands and changed more than a dozen gestures, and finally placed it on his knees. Ergou saw that Huang Lao's face would be red, white, and cyan for a while, and the color would change back and forth. After about ten minutes, Huang Lao's face returned to normal. About ten minutes later, Huang Lao opened his eyes, and he could clearly see a large mouthful of cold air coming out of his mouth. Yes, it's cold, because Ergou stood in front of Huang Lao and obviously felt that this cold air was blowing on him, this is summer. Fortunately, Ergou still has a little insight and roughly knows something.

"Xiaoyou, give me the child," he said, returning the child to Huang Lao. The old man hugged the child with a loving face. "This kid is so good, he doesn't cry or make trouble all the time when he sleeps"

Ergou felt that Huang Lao's whole person was different, and he spoke a lot more briskly.

"Little friend, I have something to ask for here"

"Huang Lao, please say, when you go out, I will definitely help if I can, just make you a friend, you can just call me Ergou. ”

"Okay, Ergou has a family, who else is in the family?"

"Oh, I'm not married, and I have a forty-year-old mother at home. Why do you ask this?"

"Ergou, I have twenty taels of silver here, you take this child, give this child and twenty taels of silver to your mother, and let her take care of it for me for about a month.

Ergou hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, these twenty taels of silver are too much, I can't earn half of them a year, it's okay to let my mother help take care of it, but it's too much." ”

Huang Lao said suspiciously, "Is it too much?, I'm still worried that you think it's less, take it, you have to protect the Fa for me in the next month, and you won't be able to help your family make money." "I can see that you can help me after two days of martial arts, I don't worry about others, it's good in about a month"

"This ...... Why don't you just go to my house?"

"I have my reasons, trouble you Ergou, you take this token, remember not to show it to anyone. Go and come back, I'll be waiting for you here. As he spoke, he threw twenty taels of silver and a black token to Ergou.

"This ......" Ergou was a little hesitant to receive something, "You are not afraid that I will run away"

"Go, child, I can only trust you now, and I also believe that you will not do anything like that. ”

"Uncle Huang, don't worry, I will not let you down" said that his eyes were a little red, and Ergou felt a trust that he had never had before, and he died for his confidant, probably like that. An affirmation that can be repaid with life for these lower-class people. People who have not lived in the lower classes cannot understand such feelings.

Huang Lao looked at Sun Ergou who was driving away and said to himself, "I hope I didn't see the wrong person this time, and now there are still the last few people who are not dead, I am too dangerous, and it will be fine after tonight." ”

When Sun Ergou came back, it was already past three o'clock the next morning. It is not difficult to see that Ergou came in the starry night without dragging. When Ergou came back, he saw five corpses lying horizontally and vertically within ten meters of Huang Lao's side. And Huang Lao is still working under the original big tree to heal his injuries.

Sun Ergou walked up to Huang Lao with courage, and put his fingers trembling under Huang Lao's nose. It was the first time he had seen so many dead people, and it seemed that they were all killed by the "Uncle Huang" in front of him.

"It's Ergou who is coming," Sun Ergou, who was suddenly frightened, retracted his hand.

"Yes, yes, yes," the two dogs stammered a little.

"Okay, very good, Ergou, you have completed my last test, these are all enemies who have come to kill me, and they are not good people, each of them has at least a hundred lives in their hands. Alas, everything is resting when people die, dust returns to dust, dust returns to dust, and the earth returns to the earth, so help me bury them. Then the carriage was dismantled and a small pergola was built. "Maybe it's used to giving orders, and Huang Lao's words are like giving orders. But Ergou didn't seem to think there was anything wrong. Probably conquered by Huang Lao's trust.

"Well, but Uncle Huang, can the carriage not be dismantled, there are some big cloths on the carriage, you can build a pergola, I still expect him to eat in the future." ”

"You don't have to rely on him to eat in the future," after speaking, Huang Lao closed his eyes and breathed to heal his wounds.

The second dog didn't know, so he started working. When he threw the five people into the pit, Huang Lao spoke, "Take all the money on them", and the two dogs swept a total of more than two hundred taels of silver from the five people. Then he glanced at Huang Lao and brought it to Huang Lao as if he was offering a treasure.

"Uncle Huang, you see more than two hundred taels, I have never seen so much money in my life, give it to you"

Huang Lao opened his eyes and looked at Ergou with a smile, "You take it, this money is of little use to me." Come with me to the woods and find a place to build a pergola. Ignoring the objections of the second dog, he walked straight into the depths of the woods. Ergou was behind with two hundred taels of silver, and Mo Yo walked about three miles and Huang Lao stopped.

"That's it, build a pergola," he said, crossing his knees to heal himself.

Ergou smiled helplessly and buried his head and set up a pergola, and in an hour or so, Ergou was built. At this time, Huang Lao slowly stood up and walked into the pergola.

"Ergou come here," Ergou walked up. "Ergou, do you want to become a martial arts master? There is a peerless martial arts, I can see that you have practiced some additional kung fu. ”

"I think, then I can become a hero, flying around, very powerful, like ...... Such a hero can beat more than a dozen strong men. And ......"

Huang Lao heard Ergou say some names that he didn't know who it was, so he guessed that they were all small people who weren't even third-rate masters.

"Okay, stop, Ergou, do you want to learn martial arts with me, and then become a master like Xiao Feng and the Condor Heroes."

"Really? Xiao Daxia, a character like the Condor Hero, can I be as powerful as them?"

"Yes," Huang Lao gave an affirmative answer

"The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship," he knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Huang Lao said helplessly, "This time you are smart, but I don't accept apprentices, you take out the token I gave you and drop a drop of blood on it." ”

Ergou took out the token and then looked at the token carefully, the palm-sized token was a big "saint" on one side, and the word "life and death" was written on the other, showing black iron. The second dog bit his finger and pressed it on it, and the token slowly turned crimson, as if it had been forged with blood.

"Uncle Huang, this ......"

"Ahem" Huang Lao coughed lightly, "Send the king a life and death order, one order for one life." Life and death order, you have urged the life and death order, and now you have three choices. 1. Let us help you kill anyone. 2. Let us help you save anyone. 3. You can learn a stunt and martial arts from us. Please select. "I don't know why Ergou felt that Huang Lao was incomparably majestic when he said these words, and his aura was incomparably powerful. I was stunned for a moment.

"Please choose the one who holds the order," Huang Lao said with a serious face

The second dog reacted at this time, "I choose three"

"Now I'm going to take back the 'Life and Death Order'," he said, taking back the Life and Death Order from Ergou's hand

"Okay, Ergou, get up" In an instant, Huang Lao regained his kind appearance. Show me what you learned."

"Okay" said that, he stood outside the shed and started fighting, his hands into claws, and he fought in a good way.

"Okay, come here, what kind of punch are you?"

"This is my family's [Eagle Claw Gong]" seemed to be quite proud after speaking.

"It's useless, okay, I'll pass on your martial arts tomorrow, now I'll rest first, get a good night's sleep, I'm going to sleep well for a day and a night." Don't disturb me," he said, and fell asleep on the stump.

The second dog hung his head and wandered around the forest, thinking, "Anyway, there is nothing to do, why don't you go catch a few hares, pheasants or something." ”

A day passed, Huang Lao opened his eyes, "I finally found the martial arts that are suitable for this kid, I have thought about it for a long time, it's not easy, where is the second dog, this kid ...... What smells so good."

I saw Ergou roasting a pheasant and hare not far behind the pergola, and saw Huang Lao wake up, "Uncle Huang, come and eat barbecue." ”

Huang Lao sat next to the fire and picked it up and ate it. Looks like I'm hungry. While eating, he said, "I'm going to pass on your [Heavenly Thunder Technique] and then combine the [Nine Yin White Bone Claw] with your [Eagle Claw Skill], which is good." ”

"Good, good, good" Ergou nodded happily.

"I'll teach you from now on, look at it, remember as much as you can" I saw Huang Lao suddenly run ten steps away, his hands became claws, and he hit tiger and tiger with one move, full of momentum. About ten minutes or so, Huang Lao "remembered"

"More than half"

"Yes, although you have the foundation of [Eagle Claw Skill], it is not easy to remember so much, you come to practice it again" With Huang Lao's personal guidance for a day's effort, Ergou remembered almost the moves.

"Next, I will pass on to you the [Heavenly Thunder Technique], this [Heavenly Thunder Technique] is also a superior martial art, and it is not worse than the martial arts of Xiao Daxia's [Eighteen Palms of Dragon Descending] and the like. You have to study by heart. This internal skill does not need to be external, as long as you are proficient in moves. You have to practice every day. ”

"Yes, I know"

In the next twenty-five days, with the help of Huang Lao, he practiced the first two layers of the [Heavenly Thunder Jue] Ninefold.

"This kid's martial arts talent is really good, although with my help, it is not easy to practice the first two levels and become familiar with martial arts moves in twenty-five days. Huang Lao muttered to himself. In the past 20 days, Ergou has been practicing hard day and night, and he has seen it in his eyes. As early as three days ago, Huang Lao asked Ergou to pick up the child from Ergou's house.

On this day, Ergou was practicing martial arts [Heavenly Thunder Jue] plus claw hair, and a small tree was broken with one blow. Huang Lao looked at it and showed a kind smile, "Ergou come here"

Ergou came and the temperament of the whole person has changed dramatically from more than 20 days ago, the whole person is like a sword out of the sheath, with a sharp edge, "What's the matter with Uncle Huang, do you think I played well?"

Huang Lao smiled and said, "It's already very good, you are very talented, and now I have taught you what I should teach, and the rest is up to you." ”

Uncle Huang, I know that the master leads the way into the door, and the cultivation is personal. I'll definitely try."

"Well, good, it's almost a month now, and I'm leaving. ”

"Uncle Huang, where are you going, will we meet again?"

Huang Lao smiled and said nothing, "Since I leave today, you have to practice diligently, and there will be a place for you in the rivers and lakes in the next ten years." You are not bad in nature, but beware of villains. And in the future, it's good to do things worthy of your own heart, and don't care too much about right and wrong. But you must not do great evil things, and you can control the extent of this. There is nothing to give you at parting, these two hundred taels of silver and this half bottle of [Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill] will be given to you. This [Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill] is a healing elixir, saving some use. In the future, the name of the second dog in the rivers and lakes is obviously not good, why don't I give you one?"

Ergou's eyes were a little red, and then turned red, and his voice was a little sobbed, "Okay, Uncle Huang is in charge."

"Let's call it Ziming, Sun Ziming"

Two dogs, Ao no. It should be Sun Ziming kneeling down and bowing three times, and when he raised his head, there was no Huang Lao in front of him. Huang Lao's voice sounded in the forest, "Ziming, I am good at practicing martial arts, maybe there will be a day to meet in the future, remember not to be a disaster in the martial arts, cherish, cherish." ”

Ziming bowed to the air three times and left the woods where he had lived for nearly a month, and now there was only an empty pergola left.

Five years later, Sun Ziming emerged in the rivers and lakes, and eight years later, Sun Ziming defeated many masters who had been famous for a long time in the rivers and lakes. People in the rivers and lakes have supported themselves to give the nickname "Sun Daxia" to the people of "Sun Daxia", and ten years later, Sun Ziming has become a first-class master at that time.

There is another thing, that is, through Sun Ziming's mouth, the life and death decrees that have been circulated in the rivers and lakes before have been confirmed to exist. And he himself is the user of the Life and Death Order. Since then, there has been a storm on the rivers and lakes to find the order of life and death. Most of them searched for clues based on some previous legends about life and death orders and oral clues from old people.

Some of these people who seek orders are like using the order of life and death to kill enemies, some want to use it to protect their relatives, and some are like the claws of the heavenly thunder god to learn a shocking martial arts.

But they knew that the decree of life and death was so easy to find.