Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 120 Five Kings in Trouble

After a few bottles of wine, the three of them finally returned home with great satisfaction.

Song Changming had a day off today and went straight back to the Song residence on Houli Street.

Since the security in the city has declined, he has moved back to the Song residence.

It is convenient to look after the two elders to prevent any ignorant people from causing trouble someday.

Today, before entering the door, I heard the chattering voice of Song's father in the yard, and he seemed quite angry.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Song Changming pushed the door open and asked.

"Ping An, you say." Father Song drank a sip of tea and felt better.

Song Ping'an on the side spoke to Song Changming.

It turned out that today, he and Song's father went to the market to sell this month's share of blue water silkworms.

Unexpectedly, they met a group of gangsters. When they saw their green water silkworms, they tried to force them to buy them and even wanted to attack them.

Fortunately, Song Ping'an moved Song Changming out in time.

The identity of the chief patrol officer and the well-known name of "Dragon Blade" in the martial arts world played a role in scaring away the group of martial arts people.

"Well done." After hearing this, Song Changming patted Song Ping'an on the shoulder and praised him.

If it weren't for this kid's cleverness, today at the market, not only would the Green Water Silkworms be snatched away by Song's father and him, they would also most likely be severely beaten.

"Dad, don't be angry. I will send someone to investigate tomorrow and arrest those people." Song Changming comforted him.

"Forget it, forget it. There's chaos and war outside right now. It's better to have less trouble than more. They didn't do anything to me. I'm not angry." Song's father waved his hand.

Song Changming smiled and said nothing more.

But he had already made up his mind that that group of gangsters would never get away. If he offended them, he would have to stay in jail.

He has never been a generous person in this regard.

Anyone who offends him or someone he cares about will always have to pay the price.

"Dad, if you want to sell the blue water silkworms in the future, please let me know so that I can send a patrolman to help." Song Changming said.

With patrol guards, or the general patrol guards protecting them all the way, I believe most people would not dare to have any bad thoughts.

After comforting Song's father, Song Changming looked at Song Ping'an who was standing beside him.

Song Ping'an is now almost sixteen years old. Due to years of self-exercise, his body has become extremely strong, his blood and energy are abundant, and he is only half a head shorter than Song Changming.

Compared to how skinny he was when he first entered the Song residence, he was like a completely different person.

"Have you improved your sword skills that I taught you recently?" Song Changming asked.

He started teaching Song Ping'an sword skills as early as last year, and it has been more than a year now.

During this period of time, he would basically give some pointers whenever he had free time when he returned to the Song residence, and he taught quite attentively.

Song Ping'an also practiced very hard and did not need Song Changming to supervise him at all. Apart from eating, resting and working every day, he only practiced martial arts.

This level of diligence even surpassed Song Changming's own daily practice, leaving him speechless in this regard.

"I have made some progress, but I still haven't mastered the sword moves you mentioned, Brother Song. I'm too stupid," Song Ping'an said distressedly.

He was practicing a low-level version of the Soul-Breaking Sword that Song Changming had originally practiced, which was easier to master for someone who was new to martial arts.

Now Song Ping'an has already mastered this low-level Soul-Breaking Sword to the level of proficiency and is striving towards the minor success level.

In Song Changming's opinion, this degree of improvement is just average and not amazing.

After all, this is the result of repeated guidance from him, a master of the Soul-Breaking Sword who has reached the maximum level. Without his hands-on guidance, Song Ping'an's performance in sword practice would only be worse.

Through observations over this period of time, Song Changming can basically conclude that Song Ping'an's martial arts aptitude can only be considered relatively good among ordinary people, above average, and is far from being a genius.

This is somewhat regrettable, but it is normal if you think about it.

Martial arts geniuses are so rare, it is impossible for Song Changming to catch one every time.

Song Changming himself did not have high hopes for Song Ping'an. He let him practice martial arts only hoping that he would have a certain level of combat capability so that he could defend against some petty thieves at home, solve some minor troubles, and protect the two elders.

"It's okay, practice slowly and keep a calm mind. The more impatient you are, the harder it will be to catch that fleeting flash of inspiration." Song Changming said with a smile.

His teaching style is more easy-going and mainly based on encouragement, and he cannot be considered a strict teacher.

It's mainly due to Song Ping'an's personality, and there's no need for him to deliberately criticize him.

Just practice slowly.

"Okay, Brother Song!" Song Ping'an took a few secret glances and was slightly relieved to see that he did not disappoint Song Changming.

"I must work harder in the future! Don't let Brother Song down!" Song Ping'an clenched his fists in his sleeves and secretly encouraged himself.

The next day, Song Changming returned to the General Headquarters to work.

Zhuang Ren found Song Changming with a bad look on his face. "The higher-ups have conveyed the message that if those chivalrous men who came to seek refuge disrupt the order of the city, we should mainly mediate. Unless there is a murder, we cannot arrest them."

When Song Changming heard this, his brows immediately frowned.

"Is this what the Fifth Prince meant?"

"That's about right. It could also be the idea of ​​his advisers and officials. Anyway, the matter has been decided. Tell your subordinates to be more cautious." Zhuang Ren waved his hand.

He was obviously very dissatisfied with the arrangement made by his superiors.

Since when will these gangsters have such privileges in the city?

Don't be too outrageous.

If this continues, where is the authority of their patrol department? People will just step on their heads and bully them.

Song Changming shook his head and turned away.

I think it's not just their county town that's like this. I'm afraid it's the same in all the seven counties ruled by the fifth prince.

Anyone who comes to him for help, no matter if they are good or bad, will be accepted.

It is not difficult to understand the thoughts of the Fifth Prince and the group officials behind him as superiors.

After all, these people who came to join them were an important source of strength for them to fight against the imperial court, and were part of the fresh forces that they could send to fight on the battlefield.

In order to consider the overall situation and not let those who come to seek refuge feel discouraged, it is not a big deal to be a little lenient with these people in some small matters.

But even though Song Changming was clear that the decisions made by these superiors had their considerations and reasons.

But so what? This is still not a reason to condone the evil people to do whatever they want in the city.

There are clearly better solutions, but the decision makers don't care about these trivial matters and are unwilling to think about them.

Willow house.

After listening to what Song Changming said, Liu Dingsheng made his move while laughing and said, "So what's so good about being a military officer? There are so many restrictions and rules. Once an order comes down from above, you have to follow it even if you don't want to.

Your job as the Chief Patrol Officer is not as comfortable as my job as a commoner."

"What the senior said makes sense." Song Changming nodded, but did not make any excuses.

If it were the previous peaceful and prosperous times, officials with the support of a powerful government and court would naturally be respected by everyone and have a very high status.

But now that the times have become chaotic, even the government and the court behind us may not be reliable, and being an official is indeed not as good as before.

Liu Dingsheng looked at Song Changming for a second and said with a smile, "It seems that you already have your own plans. So why did you come to see me today?"

"Senior, I have mastered both of my sword skills. If I want to continue to improve, what should I do next?" Song Changming asked directly.

Liu Dingsheng raised his hand to hold the chess piece, and after taking the next step, he said, "I have said before that your sword skills have reached the pinnacle, and what you lack is the body training to match your perfect sword skills.

You started practicing the body-refining skills too late, and now you are only at the sixth level, which is a long way off."

Song Changming nodded, he also understood this.

However, body training is a long process, and he couldn't speed it up even if he wanted to. Seeing that Liu Dingsheng seemed to have more to say, he didn't say much and continued listening.

"Generally speaking, martial arts are divided from low to high into inferior martial arts, superior martial arts, and top martial arts. You have already mastered the top swordsmanship. If you want to go further in your swordsmanship, you can no longer be limited to the framework of martial arts." Liu Dingsheng said slowly.

Song Changming seemed to be thinking about something, and said uncertainly, "Senior, you mean that I don't need to look for sword skills anymore, and jump out of the scope of martial arts. Are you referring to martial arts techniques?"

Liu Dingsheng nodded, picked up the small jade cup filled with tea beside him, and continued.

"If you want to find a martial art that is more profound and powerful than the top martial arts, then it can only be martial arts techniques. However, the practice of martial arts techniques has hard conditions on martial arts cultivation. You must at least become a martial artist at the extreme level to be qualified to have initial contact with martial arts techniques."

When Song Changming heard this, he felt a little discouraged.

After all, the only way to become stronger is to improve your physical skills.

"It seems that I have to focus most of my energy and time on body training in the future." Song Changming said helplessly.

In fact, he had shifted the focus of his daily practice to physical training long ago.

Now that his sword skills were perfect and could not be improved any further, he could arrange his daily physical training time to be even more extreme.

"That's right. Mainly because your situation is really rare. The martial arts masters I have seen usually reach the ninth level of physical training first, and then they may be able to perfect superior or top martial arts.

Compared to physical training, martial arts requires more understanding, especially top-level martial arts, which are often more difficult to achieve perfection. "Liu Dingsheng explained.

In other words, Song Changming first mastered the most difficult part, but the step-by-step progress of body training was still a long way from perfection.

"For now, you don't have to think too much. Be humble and calm, and focus on improving your sword skills. At the same time, you just need to work hard to improve your body-building skills." After the game of chess was over, Liu Dingsheng reminded.

"Okay, thank you very much today, senior." Song Changming bowed to express his gratitude.

During this period of time, as he became more familiar with this old senior, whenever he had any confusion or difficulties, he would consult him after playing chess.

Liu Dingsheng was also quite patient with his questions and basically answered all the questions he could, providing him with considerable help.

(End of this chapter)