Some people are happy and some are worried about the change of power in the Yang Mansion, but it has nothing to do with Yuanba, their family still only has five hangs of money a month, and the money is not enough, so they rely on Shen Qiuniang to copy books to earn money to subsidize the family.

Early the next morning, Yuan Ba got up as usual in the third watch, and after practicing the knife, he went to the kitchen and picked up a small bag containing three steamed buns, and touched a small bottle of wine on the stove, took a pill, and started a long run.

Zhang Xutuo's method of building the foundation is different, he pays the most attention to long-distance running and underwater training, needless to say, long-distance running is to exercise people's endurance and lung capacity, and underwater training can maximize people's potential, at least Yuanba understands it.

Zhang Xutuo assigned him the homework to run twenty miles a day, thirteen miles from Yangfu to Qujiangchi, and twenty-six miles back and forth.

It was now the fourth watch, the door had not yet opened, he needed to go out over the wall, and then avoid the Wuhou Wei soldiers patrolling the street, and before the fifth watch, Yuanba ran to a small river north of Qujiang Pond, which was the place where he was thrown into the ice cave for the first time.

Today is the fourth day of the first lunar month, the weather is cold, Yuan Ba used a knife to cut an ice hole with a diameter of one zhang on the surface of the river, then jumped into the river naked, sank to the bottom of the river, and began to practice the underwater splitting knife every day.......

After more than half an hour, he faintly heard a noise of horses' hooves under the water, and many horsemen passed by the small river, he hid under the water, and the horsemen could not see him, but Yuanba was a little strange, this is a tributary of Qujiang Pond, and few people pass by, let alone a large group of horseback riders passing by.

At this time, a thousand knives were just finished, and with a sound of 'boom!', Yuan Ba came out of the water with a sour body, and the sky was already bright.

He was cold and hungry, so he walked quickly to the big tree where his clothes and bags were kept, and reached into the hollow of the tree, but he felt empty.

Yuan Ba was stunned, he had been practicing martial arts for three years, and this had never happened, and the clothes and bags in the tree hole were gone.

He turned his head suddenly, looked at the group of horseback riders in the distance, and saw that a hundred paces away, one of the men on horseback was holding a bamboo pole, and the bamboo pole was carrying his clothes.

Yuan Ba was anxious, and chased after him, but as soon as he ran a few steps, he picked up the cloth bag containing breakfast from the ground, which had been with him for three years, and was sewn by his aunt under the lamp with his old clothes.

There were also three steamed buns that were also thrown on the ground and trampled by the horses' hooves, which was the breakfast specially prepared for him by the aunt last night, and the aunt's hard work was trampled by this group of bastards.

A wave of anger ignited in Yuan Ba's heart, he clenched the handle of the knife, but instinctively hesitated when he pulled his foot, the other party was more than thirty people, all of them with tall horses and long swords, he was just an eight-year-old boy, so to fight, I was afraid that if the clothes did not come back, I would be humiliated.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something, turned his head, fifty steps away in the depths of the woods, his master Zhang Xutuo didn't know when he arrived?

The eldest husband was cowardly in battle, how could he be a general? He gritted his teeth fiercely and chased after him.

What Yuan Ba met today was a group of famous Beijing rangers, and the rangers were the ruffians and hooligans of later generations, and this was a group of people with special identities.

The leader is the son of Liu Chang of Shangzhu State, Liu Chang is the emperor's old friend, very favored, his family education is not strict, and he raised a high-flying son.

His son's name is Liu Jushi, who is notorious in the capital, bullying men and women, needless to say, one of his favorite things to do is to hunt those tall and sturdy officials and eunuchs into his own house on the street, put a wheel around each other's necks, and then beat them with sticks, and those who are about to be killed but still do not give in and beg for mercy, he will call them strong men, make friends with him, and become his henchmen.

He now has nearly 300 followers, almost all of whom are the sons of ministers and ministers.

Today is the fourth day of the first lunar month, and many young men and women will come to Qujiang Pond to enjoy the winter lake scenery during the New Year.

Of course, Liu Jushi and his more than 30 brothers are not here to enjoy the scenery, they are here to hunt, at this time there will not be many tourists on the side of Qujiang Pond, and some young men and women in love like to hide in sparsely populated places.

Liu Jushi likes to do this kind of thing the most, catch these lovers, and call it a beautiful name: catch jiān, strip them naked, tie them up and humiliate them.

He had just passed by the secluded place where Yuan Ba was practicing, and he had come to look for a man and woman in love, but he didn't find the prey, but one of his subordinates found clothes in the hollow of the tree.

Their Yuanba's clothes were used as flags, and they laughed on bamboo poles.

"Big brother, how does this Huang Luo umbrella cover feel?"

Liu Jushi is burly and strong, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with a sideways face and a fierce appearance, he glanced back at Yuanba's clothes, and smiled, "I said Xiao Liuzi, you have the ability to get me a real Huangluo umbrella cover, don't fucking take the clothes called Huazi to damage me,"

"Big brother, didn't the prince say last time that he would reward you with a Huangluo umbrella cover? I'm afraid you won't dare to fight. ”

"I'm afraid of a fart, can't Lao Tzu be the emperor?"

Liu Jushi raised his head and laughed, and suddenly, his laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked ahead in surprise, only to see a half-sized man standing ten steps ahead, naked, carrying a knife in his hand, staring at him fiercely.

He was a little interested in this wild boy, and asked with a smile on the horse: "Boy, do you want to worship grandpa and me as a teacher?"

He glanced back at the group and laughed.

"Give me back the clothes!" Yuan Ba pointed to the clothes on the bamboo pole and said coldly.

"Oh, I don't know if this monkey suit is yours, I thought it was taken from a wild monkey and stuffed into a hollow in a tree. ”

Liu Jushi suddenly made an expression of sudden realization, he pointed at Yuan Ba and shouted, "I understand, it turns out that you are a wild monkey!"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

"Give me back your clothes!" Yuan Ba said coldly.

Liu Jushi was amazed in his heart, this young man was not affected by him at all, if other children had jumped up and shouted, 'I am not a wild monkey', this young man turned a deaf ear to his ridicule, but it was a bit famous, his eyes narrowed, and he turned back and asked, "Which of you wants to play monkey?"

"I'll go!

Everyone scrambled to raise their hands, and Liu Jushi pointed to the man who was picking a bamboo pole, "Little Liuzi, you found the wild monkey clothes, so you can go there! ”

The man named Xiao Liuzi turned over and dismounted, drew his sword from the horse, shook and shook his shoulder blades, he was about twenty years old, thin and tall, like a bamboo pole, walked forward and looked Yuan Ba up and down, turned back and asked with a smile: "Big brother, do you want to see the monkey stand upside down, or watch the monkey play?"

Liu Jushi touched his nose and stared at Yuan Ba's homemade underwear, he had never seen this kind of short pants before, so he smiled, "I want to turn him into a female monkey." ”

"It's easy, big brother look at me!"

The tall and thin man danced a sword flower, the sword was sharp, and it slashed at the vital point of Yuan Ba's lower body, the goal was very clear, but Yuan Ba did not fight back, and a little clumsily and panicked back a few steps back, as if he was lucky, he happened to dodge a sword.

He had already seen that this little sixth son was vain when he dismounted, and although he was fast with his sword, he was full of flaws up and down, left and right, and although the leader was poisonous, his momentum on horseback was obviously different from others, and he was a person with good martial arts.

The reason why this person let his subordinates make a move is actually to see his own details, and Yuan Ba is a little closer to him, so he has to take a few steps back, just to let this little sixth son block this person's sight.

Sure enough, everyone laughed loudly when they saw Yuanba's clumsy movements, but Liu Jushi frowned and shouted, "Little Liuzi, be careful!"

Although he didn't take Yuanba's half-sized son to heart, his subordinates stabbed out with such a sharp sword just now, and he was actually dodged by this kid, although he dodged it clumsily, but it still made him a little suspicious.

But Xiao Liuzi didn't take Yuan Ba to heart at all, Yuan Ba's clumsiness and panic covered everything, he laughed, "Big brother take a good look, my sword will rip off his words!"

He swooped and slashed away with another sword, fast and ruthless, but his angle just blocked everyone's sight, and everyone couldn't see how Yuan Ba could resist this sword.

Yuan Ba's face showed a grim smile, his body twisted, and he stabbed backhand, as fast as lightning, only to hear a terrible scream, the blood arrow flew up, and a short piece of flesh and blood blurred fell to the ground, everyone thought that the child's small words were cut off, but the scream was wrong, it was actually Xiao Liuzi.

When the long sword fell to the ground, Xiao Liuzi knelt on the ground with his hands in his hands, blood gushed from his hands, he trembled all over, and fell headlong on the soil.

Only then did everyone realize that the short piece of flesh on the ground was not the words of a child, but the thumb of Xiao Liuzi's right hand.

Everyone was shocked and froze for a moment.

"Good boy, you dare to pretend to be stupid in front of your grandfather!"

Xiao Liuzi grabbed the thumb on the ground and crawled to the side, Liu Jushi lifted the knife upside down, his left hand was palm forward, his right arm was pulled away, he was holding the knife upside down, walking lunges under his feet, circling around Yuanba, looking for each other's flaws up and down with a pair of evil eyes.

When everyone in the back saw that the leader was like a great enemy, the disdainful expressions on their faces disappeared, and they looked at him intently

Liu Jushi jumped off the horse, pulled out his knife, and forced Yuan Ba step by step, his thumb was cut off, which means that he could not use a sword for life, this kid was too vicious, but he forgot that if Yuan Ba's words were cut, he would have to enter the palace.

"Big brother, you want to avenge me!"

Xiao Liuzi fell to the ground and cried, Liu Jushi hated and scolded: "Howl a bird, Lao Tzu reminds you to be careful, you yourself are disobedient, get out of the way!"

Guys.

Yuan Ba bit his lip and secretly screamed lucky, the thief captured the king first, he was afraid that this leader would not come down, and directly beckoned everyone to cut him down on the horse.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he said, "I defeated the thin man, return the clothes to me first!"

"There's no need to rush!"

Liu Jushi squinted his eyes and laughed, "Defeat me, I will compensate you for ten clothes." ”

He has found Yuanba's weakness, he is six feet tall and uses a ten-pound heavy knife, while the other party is only five feet tall, the knife is only five or six pounds, and his strength is much stronger than the other party, although he didn't see how Xiao Liuzi's thumb was cut off, but he can speculate that it must be the other party's small and flexible body, coupled with Xiao Liuzi's light enemy, that the other party seized the opportunity.

Since height and strength are his strengths, he has to use this to defeat the other party, and then clean him up, if this kid can bear his torture, it doesn't hurt to let him replace Xiao Liuzi.

But Liu Jushi didn't know that Yuanba's five-jin knife was only used for underwater training, and if he really fought in battle, Yuanba would use at least a ten-jin knife.

Zhang Xutuo, who was watching the battle in the depths of the woods in the distance, had a trace of worry, he also recognized the person who fought against Yuanba, it turned out to be Liu Jushi, the son of Liu Chang, the Duke of Pengguo, this person is notorious, even the ministers and concubines are afraid to see him, the emperor values Liu Chang's old feelings, and refuses to blame him, if Yuanba hurts him, I am afraid the consequences will be very serious, if he does not hurt him, he is worried that Yuanba will have to worry about his life.

Zhang Xutuo turned over on his horse, picked up his bow and arrows, and he was ready to shoot.

But at this moment, Liu Jushi suddenly launched, a knife to Yuan Ba's neck slashed, the momentum was fierce, Yuan Ba's knife was faster, I saw a flash of knife light, but the back of his knife was just attached to the back of Liu Jushi's knife, and his wrist turned to press down the back of his knife, like a ball of glue to stick to the opponent's knife, this is the fourth type of Zhang Xutuo's thirteen knife techniques - ice, is a defensive style, a bit like the unloading force in Taijiquan.

In the distance, Zhang Xutuo's bow and arrows were already full, and he could already see that this Liu Jushi was far from being the opponent of Yuanba in terms of sword technique, speed, and strength.

He was ready to flick Yuanba's knife away at a critical time, but he slowly relaxed, he thought that Yuanba would use the first style to 'split the mountain', but he didn't expect him to use the defensive style, which made Zhang Xutuo nod secretly, it seems that Yuanba is not a reckless person, brave but not sensible.

The first battle cut off the opponent's thumb, which is a bloody warning, it is to attack the opponent, and now it is on the defensive, it is obvious that it is a soldier who wants to surrender without a fight.

Yuan Ba saw a purple gold fish bag on Liu Jushi's waist, his grandfather also had one, and his father Yang Xuangan only had a silver fish bag, it is said that the purple gold fish bag is only available to officials above the third grade, this bastard is certainly not a third-grade official, but he must be the son of a powerful person.

Yuanba didn't want to cause any trouble for himself, and he didn't want to cause trouble for Zhang Xutuo, but he couldn't lose his dignity.

Liu Jushi's knife was like a knife into the cement, he knew that it was wrong, and pulled the knife back, and suddenly the empty door in front of him was wide open, at this moment, Yuanba seized the opportunity, turned defense into offense, and a knife was as fast as a shadow, slashing at Liu Jushi's chest and abdomen, Zhang Xutuo was taken aback in the distance, and it was too late to pull the bow.