Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 162

Yuan Ziyi's sudden appearance startled everyone, and then he threw out the soft silver whip, and within a few ups and downs, he was among the officials. Caught everyone's attention.

Jiang Wen said from the time when he was teaching the whip method that this set of whip method pays the most attention to dexterity, if you use improper strength, you will hurt yourself first.Now once it is pure and proficient, Whip Shadow will swim past like a silver snake.

Before the weapons in the hands of the officials had time to be handed out, they were whipped and thrown several feet away. The tight formation was immediately broken, and then Yuan Ziyi was dedicated to the next game, and the situation of the whole field was precarious.

Jiang Wen nodded secretly. Although this set of whipping techniques is a pure external skill, it still requires considerable understanding and perseverance to practice it to such a degree. The "God of the Horse King" Han Baoju, who is in his early years, is displayed by Yuan Ziyi, which is enough to be described as pleasing to the eye.

But in Feng Yiming's eyes, the picture is completely different.

The expert his father invited from Pingnan Prince's Mansion just broke through the monster's foundation with his front foot, saying that he wanted to set up formations and recruit altar soldiers, but the purple-clothed woman appeared on the back foot sooner or later, and the whip technique he used was like a snake. , weird and unpredictable, facing the wind blowing in the river, you can even smell a fishy smell...

Is this man really a snake demon? !
People are scary, and when Feng Yiming saw the weird Taoist priest who had easily beaten him a few days ago, his courage was almost broken, he threw away his folding fan and ran out of Beidi Temple.

Jiang Wen sneered, since he came here, how could he go back to fetch the rescuers in a big way? He used his palm kung fu to wrestle with the opponent in one stride. That beat Feng Yiming into chaos.

Objectively speaking, Feng Yiming's kung fu foundation is not shallow, walking and blocking is very methodical even if he is flustered, obviously he has worked hard in boxing and kicking kung fu, he can be called the leader of young people in Lingnan.

However, the boxing was not equal to the kung fu, and the kung fu was great to deceive reason. This kung fu was full of flaws in front of Jiang Wen in an instant, and he became more and more anxious in the panic.

Slowly Jiang Wen discovered that in the details of his moves, in addition to the basic boxing techniques of the world, it seemed that there was also a set of extremely fierce and fierce killing moves, and his gestures had already penetrated the dantian, just because the fire was still young and very powerful It's just that they can't achieve the effect of five points, and the restraint will be resolved by the superficial soft palm kung fu.

After dozens of moves, Jiang Wen noticed that the opponent's breath was exhausted, so he no longer hesitated to knock down the opponent. He stepped on the opponent's back and couldn't stand up immediately. Seeing that Feng Yiming was still struggling, he raised his foot and threw Feng Yiming Yiming kicked unconscious to the ground, and called out to stop Yuan Ziyi, who was killing all directions.

"Zi Yi, we are not here today to kill people, just click and stop."

The situation was settled, and the sorcerer called Li Zhenren hid aside and watched the whole process.

Because Jiang Wen was blocking the way to the temple gate, he had to hide behind the strong man Daotong. The three of them were obedient and did not dare to move. At this moment, they finally said in a trembling voice: "The hero is right... We have no enmity or grievance. Why fight and kill..."

Yuan Ziyi's ferocity was still alive, and the cold side of his eyes frightened several people away. He picked up a steel knife on the ground, raised his hand and split the ropes on several Danmin, and stretched out his hand to help the kneeling Danmin.

At this moment, a sharp-eyed official found that the other party was slack, and the long whip was wrapped around his waist, and he stepped on the ground suddenly, as if he wanted to grab the lock and hold Yuan Ziyi whose back was facing him.

Yuan Ziyi noticed the strangeness and had no time to turn around, but the figure in mid-air of the official was suddenly pierced by a bronze sword with a cold light, and because of its great strength, the bronze sword continued to retreat with him unabated until the nail was nailed. On the ground, spitting blood from the mouth, it seemed that he was dead.

Jiang Wen looked at Master Li empty-handed, with a kind smile on his face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's still Master Li who knows the general idea, we brothers and sisters just wanted to learn two tricks on a whim, how could we kill people?"

Smart people don't need too much time to talk, Jiang Wen's tactic of politeness first and then military tactics, instantly let the other party understand that this is a ruthless person who is willing to reason.

You see, those who wanted to run were knocked out, those who wanted to fight were hacked to death, and only those who wanted to talk stood still. Do the rest need to make a choice?
The Dan people who were untied from the rope formed a group and expressed their gratitude to Yuan Ziyi in panic. The old man kowtowed on the ground regardless of his bleeding neck, and then he faced the direction of Emperor Zhenwu in the temple and joined hands again and again. Several tanned children surrounded her legs, crying and laughing.

"Don't worry, no one can bully you with me."

Yuan Ziyi's heart suddenly moved, and a trace of murderous intent rose inexplicably. He was thinking about how to protect these poor people comprehensively, and if he couldn't say it, he would have to kill all the people in the government, so that the matter could be wiped out.

She came to Jiang Wen with lingering anger, and accidentally looked at Feng Yiming, who was unconscious on the ground, and felt nausea in her heart. For some reason, she always felt that she could see a bloodstain on his gentle face. mouth.

Jiang Wen saw that the veins in her hands were bulging, so he took the first step and found Li Zhenren in the palace with a smile.

"That's natural. I think Li Zhenren is a person who hates evil and hates evil. How can he see evil officials oppressing good people? Now that the murderer has been shot, you don't have to worry about it in the future."

Jiang Wen stared at the other party, then slowly landed on the official zombie who had already bled to death, sneered and said nothing.

Li Zhenren understood instantly, and immediately shouted at the officer: "All of you put down your knives, untie your belts and tie your hands! Everyone is domineering on weekdays, I have long wanted to teach you a lesson!"

After speaking, he hurriedly rushed to the corpse, pulled out the bronze sword with difficulty and came to Jiang Wen. His bloody hands wiped the Taoist robe, and the blood was instantly messed up. "Hero, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

"I also think it's a misunderstanding! How can there be monsters in broad daylight? It must be your subordinate who suddenly suffered from hysteria. He claimed that the upper body of the Fushi was invulnerable, so he killed himself with a knife."

Jiang Wen nodded in satisfaction, and characterized the matter lightly, then patted the other party's shoulder again, and then said in a low voice, "Dude, I can only help you here, you just called my sister a monster, others She can go, she might still want to take your sacrificial knife..."

Daotong, a strong man next to Zhenren Li, looked mighty, but in fact he was a silver-like wax gun head, trembling and almost threw the plain clay pot on the ground. On the contrary, Zhenren Li, who was submissive just now, was more calm, and drew out a gesture to Jiang Wen. made a gesture.

"Hero, I came out in a hurry, and I brought 30 taels of silver with me, just to impress the heroine. If it's not enough, I have some in the city, and I'll give you as much as you want!"

Jiang Wen raised the corners of his mouth, put the heavy silver into his sleeve, and then said seriously, "Master Li, are we greedy and blackmailers? How can we covet the money in your city?"

Taking money is greed, not taking money is rebellion, Li Zhenren just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party took money easily, but immediately heard this sentence again, and he had no idea of ​​​​releasing at all.

What he thought was, the pair of male and female thieves on the opposite side spoke nicely, wasn't it because they were afraid of falling into the government's snare when they entered the city?While saying that he is not greedy for money, this person is still restraining himself. It is obvious that the conditions cannot satisfy the other party. It seems that adding money...

"Hero, I knew you were an upright person. Ordinary goods are naturally not enough to show respect. I also have a cloud and thunder pattern jade pendant from the later Han Dynasty. Today, the hero must accept it!"

Li Zhenren was still smiling, but his voice came from the back molars. It seemed that taking out this thing was a heartache for him, and it was completely gone from the understatement when he gave the silver just now.

So needless to say, Jiang Wen could also guess that something that he is still greedy for when his life is at stake must be some kind of great treasure.

Li Zhenren fumbled around his waist for a while, then tore off the silk cord with all his strength, and took out a palm-sized curved jade huang. Even though it was earthy, it still looked warm and delicate, and when he looked up, he could see the color of water.As if to look extravagant, the inner and outer edges of the jade huang are inlaid with gold rims, so that even a layman can tell at a glance that it is a precious thing.

Li Zhenren took out the jade huang, but seeing Jiang Wen staring at it for a long time, he hurriedly said: "Hero, this treasure has been passed down from generation to generation in the later Han Dynasty. This item has always been a rare treasure in the clan, could it be that it can't catch your eyes?"

After finishing speaking, he was about to stuff it into Jiang Wen's hand.

"Really, don't bully me for my lack of reading. I don't think this is a cloud and thunder pattern jade jade at all."

But Jiang Wen watched Yuhuang suddenly make a sound, startled Master Li, and then said loudly, "The two sides of this jade huang have different patterns, so what kind of cloud and thunder pattern is it? The mottled pattern is right!"

Jiang Wen continued to expose the opponent's tricks, playing with Yuhuang with both hands.

"And forget about this set of story-telling tricks. The inlaying technique you used is too bad. It's a waste of money to try to turn the ancient relics of the Warring States period into the shape of the later Han Dynasty."

Li Zhenren's right hand trembled in fright. Fortunately, he was supported by the strong man Daotong to stand still, so he looked at Jiang Wen with an embarrassed smile, his forehead was covered with extremely fine beads of sweat.

"Hero...good eyesight!"

Li Zhenren didn't quite understand the nouns the other party said, but he still knew in "Shu Yi Ji" that "the phoenix turned into a jiao in 500 years, and the jiao turned into a dragon in a thousand years". time.

There are two types of decorations on ancient bronze wares that resemble jade huangs: Pan Chi and Pan Zhi.

It is actually very easy to distinguish, because the coiled boa pattern has scales and is long and curly. The characteristics of the snake are obvious, but it is often shrunk down as an appendage. Some people think it is a silkworm pattern, and only a few Like this as the main pattern.

Judging from the texture of this jade huang, it is indeed the style that prevailed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.After all, the snake patterns at the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty were mostly arranged in a single arrangement; only the snake patterns in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods were mostly small and coiled and connected, so they were called "coiled snake patterns".

The reason why Li Zhenren called him the jade huang with cloud and thunder pattern is because the cobra pattern on this piece of jade huang always looks a little awkward, and if you stare at it for a while, you will get dizzy and dizzy.This phenomenon may be due to the fact that the heads of each cobra are facing inward, like messy water plants entangled in one place, and now they show a weird and deformed posture. A variant of Thunderlane.

Li Zhenren did this for no other reason. The other party would always sell the stolen goods when they got them. It would be better to lower the price so that it would not be so distressing to spend money to buy them back. After all, such rare items are hard to find in the world.

After Jiang Wen exposed the other party's careful thinking, he immediately accepted Yuhuang silently, and the two fell into a face-to-face stalemate again.

At this moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and he was very worried that Jiang Wen's smile would disappear completely - that might be a precursor to murder.

He was innocent and conceived his crime, and at this time, he could not take out other things as a ransom, otherwise the murderer would not rest assured of his intentions, and would only die faster.

"The real person is really funny, exactly the same as what I heard in the palace!"

Jiang Wen suddenly laughed, and expressed his intentions without any concealment, "I heard that the most trusted person of Old Prince Shang is you Li Xinghe, the real person, who obeys every word in daily life, and really lives up to his reputation!"

"It turned out to be a friend of the palace?!"

Hearing this sentence, Li Zhenren's face recovered a lot. He looked around at Jiang Wen's appearance, but he couldn't compare it with anyone in his memory.

"You don't need to look at the real person, we have never met before. It's just that I came to visit on the order of Prince Geng of the Jingnan Palace, so I naturally know some news in advance."

Jiang Wen said lightly, "Looking at the earthy color of this jade huang, I can't imagine that the real person is still interested in artifacts. This is something Prince Geng didn't expect, and I have to talk to his old man when I go back..."

After the words fell, Li Zhenren had already looked at Jiang Wen with a pale face, obviously unable to fake a smile, his eyes were full of despair and horror.

Jiang Wen seemed to have just said some shady "elegance" just now, and it stands to reason that it has nothing to do with it. Who in this rich man's family has never collected some antiques of unknown origin, even if he is a self-proclaimed literati, the inscriptions on the inscriptions in his home are full of inscriptions. Are they often picked from graves?
But the problem is that the other party mentioned Jingnan Palace, which is very dangerous.

The "Great Qing Law" promulgated in the third year of Shunzhi has a lot of articles. At this time, due to the turmoil in China, the laws are mostly empty words, and the rules are becoming more and more complicated. However, one of them is "stealing graves and cutting graves". Being pursued according to the law is tantamount to asking for death.

It’s fine if other people pay back, but you must know that the death of Geng Zhongming, the first king of Jingnan, was because the officials of the Ministry of Punishment followed the newly promulgated "Law of the Qing Dynasty" and read Geng Zhongming's book, saying that he was "subordinates Mei Le, Zhang Jing, Chen Shaozong, etc. If a member of the vertical department hides and flees, the crime deserves death", and he must be punished strictly according to the regulations, "The fugitive's home is punished, and the wife's family property is not given to the owner", which finally forced Geng Zhongming to commit suicide and apologize.

The cause of this incident is vague and unknown, and it was nothing more than the anger of the mighty God, but at that time, Geng Zhongming "gathered [-] old soldiers and [-] new soldiers into [-] people" and was ordered together with Shang Kexi The person who gained the most benefit from the conquest of Guangdong was undoubtedly Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi...

"Hero, it's all a misunderstanding! That's not what I meant!"

Li Zhenren thought for less than a quarter of an hour, and immediately told the truth like a bean, "The old prince Shang is getting older, and he even wrote a letter to tell his old age a few months ago. In order to find a place of geomantic omen, seek a glorious shade to protect future generations."

He spoke vividly, revealing the tone of an unquestionable expert, "First, I found a good acupoint for 'Flying Phoenix Drinking Water' for him in the north of Guangzhou City. People who are buried here for a hundred years will surely bless their descendants soaring beyond limit!"

Jiang Wen listened unknowingly, and nodded appropriately, and waited until the end of the conversation before slowly saying: "Then, what does this have to do with you stealing the digger?"

Li Zhenren was discouraged for a moment, and explained embarrassingly, "It's like this. Although I found the location of the geomantic treasure, I was not good at learning skills. After excavating, I found that the owner had been buried thousands of years ago in the morning. Now even if there is a treasure cave It doesn't help either..."

Jiang Wen looked at the other party with a sudden realization. It turned out that the grave was digging instead of repairing the grave. The man in front of him must have secretly taken away some treasures from the tomb.It's still gratifying to think that it's not yet sixty years old, but it's not unlucky to even think of a way to build a tomb to retire.

"So that's the case, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I misunderstood."

Jiang Wen smirked and exchanged greetings with the other party. Suddenly, he didn't know how many misunderstandings he had made today. "Since Li Zhenren accidentally missed his hand earlier, he should make up for his mistakes. Why did he go to this wild place to relax?"

"I don't have a life to rest. In the past half month, I have traveled through countless hills inside and outside Guangzhou, just to find another auspicious place to satisfy the prince. I haven't been here in Foshan before, so naturally I have to take a walk along the way." .”

Li Zhenren explained with a bitter face, "I'm not very good at geomantic omen, but I only know that there is a unparalleled geomantic acupoint hidden in Guangdong and Guangxi, called the 'Hundred Foot Centipede Acupoint', and it doesn't take much to be buried in it. It is said that future generations can turn extinct places into good fortune and live forever, which is unpredictable."

Jiang Wen curiously inquired about the gossip, and continued to ask: "This kind of geomantic treasure is not easy to find, I wonder if the real person can gain anything now?"

Seeing that no one was looking around, Li Zhenren whispered: "Not yet. I checked the dragons, sands, caves, waters, and directions in the surrounding mountains, and all of them seem to be true. Not to mention other abnormalities, the 'hundred-legged centipede cave' must be Only when there are springs with hundreds of holes all around, can it be regarded as a proper position, I have to continue this matter..."

Li Zhenren talked about this at length, of course, not to talk about everything with Jiang Wen, but to express his indispensable importance in Shang Kexi's eyes, and invisibly put a talisman on himself to prevent the other party from getting angry. Evil heart.

In addition, secretly revealing the secrets of the palace to Jiang Wen is equivalent to a kind of petition. The two have their own secrets in each other's hands, and there are fewer unreasonable scruples in their hearts.

Regarding this, Jiang Wen could only sigh secretly. As expected of a quack sorcerer who can fool Shang Kexi, Zhenren Li has already practiced the kung fu of showing the enemy the weak. If ordinary people are confused by his appearance, It is very likely that the other party's words are credulous.

"Since it's a misunderstanding, it's still important to do business, Master Li."

Jiang Wen ignored Yuan Ziyi's objection, and waved to the officer who was carrying his trousers, "Hurry up and do things, don't let Shang Wangye have a good time, the younger brother is entangled in mundane affairs and can't get rid of it, we must go to Pingnan Palace to get together some other day !"

Immortal Li rolled his eyes, and sighed quickly, "Yes, more than [-] people were drowned in this trip, and even one of the officials was swept away by the waves. I have to go back and make amends to the prince."

After he finished speaking, he watched the officials carefully walk out from the gate of Beidi Temple, and Jiang Wen also stared coldly at the movement of the group of people on the other side, planning to kill him if there was anything wrong.

Yuan Ziyi squinted at Feng Yiming, who was unconscious on the ground, and said to Jiang Wen in a low voice: "Master Jiang, what do you plan to do with this man?"

"How to deal with it?"

Jiang Wen couldn't help but asked the other party, "Kill or bury, you choose one."

Yuan Ziyi actually thought about the way to deal with it very seriously, and then a few dark middle-aged people showed simple smiles, saying that they could deal with it on their behalf, as long as they were tied to a rock and sank into the sea, it was guaranteed that everyone would be safe. Not noticeable.

"Can't, can't!"

Li Zhenren, whom Jiang Wen focused on, had already moved to the gate of the temple at this time, but he gritted his teeth and rushed back when he heard the conversation between several people, barely standing in front of Feng Yiming, and hastened to tell his reasons.

"Hero, this Mr. Feng can't be killed! His father is currently accompanying the imperial guards in the city. If he hears that his only son has been killed, I'm afraid the palace and the government will be turned upside down!"

Yuan Ziyi looked at Li Zhenren angrily.

"Are you looking down on us?"

Li Zhenren quickly waved his hand, but still stood firmly in place.

"It's not that I look down upon them, it's just that the two imperial guards this time are extraordinary, both of them are among the masters of the [-]th National Congress of the imperial court 'four full, five Mongolian and nine Tibetan monks', there is no need for the two of you to provoke disputes."

Only then did Yuan Ziyi put down his deliberate provocation and asked Master Li for details.

"It's actually them...Which two of the experts from the [-]th National Congress are the ones here?"

Since ancient times, the rivers and lakes have not fought with temples, Yuan Ziyi also knows how powerful these masters and the government will be, but now it is a bit tricky to kill people.

It's just that she may not have even noticed it herself. Now when she heard that the Feng family had borrowed such a relationship, she felt no comparison or envy in her heart, only inexplicable fear.

Seeing that Feng Yiming's life was saved, Master Li hurriedly ordered someone to carry him out of the temple before continuing to introduce the news in the city.

It turned out that during the period when the Heaven and Earth Society was causing frequent disturbances and the world was in turmoil, the Qing court also realized the hidden destructive power of the martial arts world, and could not just sit back and watch the powerful people make trouble everywhere. Eighteen masters were appointed to guard the capital, known as "four full, five Mongolian and nine Tibetan monks", a total of [-] great inner masters.

Among these masters, Li Zhenren can’t name most of them. After all, they don’t travel the rivers and lakes as often as Shaolin Wudang, but the most famous one among them is known to everyone. He is now advocating "Great reading to teach martial arts" and personally teaching martial arts Jinshi The number one warrior in Manchuria riding and shooting - Oboi!
The two imperial guards who came to Guangzhou City this time were also young masters single-handedly selected by Oboi, but compared with the famous No. [-] Manchurian warrior, although they were both nobles, they seemed a bit unknown.

Li Zhenren said that one of them is Erdo, the nephew of Shunzhi's beloved concubine Dong E, and the eldest son of Luo Shuo, the first-class captain of Qingche and minister of rites.This person belongs to Zhengbai Banner Manchuria. Judging from his origin, he is undoubtedly Shunzhi's favorite general. He takes good care of him regardless of his feelings and reasons. This time he led the troops to Guangzhou to serve as the leader of the guard.

"His name is Erdo? Are you sure that's his name?"

Jiang Wen asked slowly.

"Correct!"

Li Zhenren nodded decisively.

The other person is named Nalananchu, and his background is not small. His grandfather is Jintaiji of the Yehenala tribe, and he once competed with Nurhachi of the Aixinjueluo clan.

Although his father, Delgler, was only a third-class baron conferred on the rank of assistant leader, it has always been rumored in the ruling and opposition circles that he is the ex-husband of the current empress dowager.Anyway, the empress dowager of the dynasty valued this young talent named Nanchu very much, and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility early on, so instead she served as the commander of the guard army and overwhelmed Erdo.

Wait a minute, can Nala's name also be called Nalan...

"You said he was also given the name by the emperor, changing from Nanchu in Manchu to Yuanshu?!"

Jiang Wen suddenly raised his head.

"That's right."

Li Zhenren also answered absolutely.

Jiang Wen discovered that these two masters really had a lot of background. Not only did they come from the powerful clan of Manchurian nobles, but their names also had a vaguely ominous aura.

From this point of view, Feng Yiming really couldn't be killed for the time being. No wonder Li Zhenren was cowardly and cowardly, and he wanted to turn back to save people. thigh?

"Go, go, take him away."

Until Li Zhenren disappeared with his people, Jiang Wen and Yuan Ziyi fell into deep thought. They seemed to be worried about the increasingly complicated situation in Guangzhou, or they might have been dazzled by some specious information.

"No, this guy lied to me."

After a while, Jiang Wen suddenly looked quietly at the gate of Beidi Temple and said this sentence.

Yuan Ziyi was busy inquiring about Danmin's hometown, and he became obviously nervous when he heard Jiang Wen's words, and his murderous aura appeared again.

"What? Do they dare to come back and take revenge on us?!"

Jiang Wen shook his head.

"No, I'm [-]% sure that he won't come back for revenge. We looked fierce today, but in fact we just stunned Feng Yiming and hacked to death an official. This is not a big deal in their eyes. But I simply think that, There's something wrong with this guy."

Jiang Wen stroked his chin, pondering the content of what Li Zhenren said just now, "Look, this man is too good at telling stories. From the time he told the story just now, our attention seems to be diverted, and the content and rhythm are different. Follow him."

Yuan Ziyi said puzzledly: "So what? It's just a charlatan. If he dares to tell stories to deceive people, we will find out after we go back to the city."

"The story doesn't have to be false, and doesn't need to be. That could be something he wants us to know, and the rest doesn't even need to lie to us, just avoid it."

Jiang Wen continued noncommittally.

"He saved Feng Yiming by relying on the story, isn't it a bit unbelievable? He was obviously a cowardly person in front of him, but he suddenly talked about it later. If it wasn't for his inconsistent behavior, I'm afraid I wouldn't have discovered it."

Jiang Wen groaned and stared at the setting sun in the heart of the river, finally stood up from the stone outside the gate of the Northern Emperor's Hall, wiped off the remaining blood on the ancient bronze sword, and slowly put it back into its sheath.At this time, he was talking as if he was talking to himself, and he seemed to be telling the truth about Emperor Zhenwu, but only he could hear his voice.

"This city of Guangzhou is getting more and more interesting..."

(End of this chapter)