Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 165 I also want to meet this person

A wild bull blocked the river.

Bull punch.

Wild bull looking at the moon.

Every punch and move of Zhou Ru seemed like a fight to the death with a mad lion.

Every punch and every move was a fight to escape the fate of having his neck bitten off.

After Zhou Ru finished his boxing moves, he took a step back, clasped his hands together, and then looked up.

He panted slightly.

He felt that this set of boxing was better than the one he practiced in the small square behind the library.

There was silence in the hall.

Zhou Zhengtong clenched his fists.

Mrs. Zhou clenched her sleeves.

Although Zuoqiu Ren was calm, he could not hide the surprise in his eyes.

"Grandpa Zuoqiu, do I have a talent for martial arts?" Zhou Ru asked carefully.

He is afraid.

He was afraid to hear the answer.

"Zhou Ru, your teacher said that you have no talent for martial arts?" Zuo Qiuren narrowed his eyes, his face solemn, and spoke in a deep voice.

Zhou Ru nodded.

"Misleading young people!" Zuo Qiuren's face turned ashen as he growled, "At the age of thirteen, your boxing skills have reached perfection, your fists have become condensed into a form. Looking at the world, you have the most top-notch martial arts talent. If this is still called lack of talent, then what is talent?"

Zuoqiu Ren's words made Mrs. Zhou look happy at first, then angry.

"I'm going to the martial arts school tomorrow to see which teacher is—"

Before she finished speaking, Zhou Zhengtong raised his hand to stop her.

Zhou Zhengtong walked up to Zhou Ru, patted him on the shoulder, and then said softly, "You said there was a big brother who taught you boxing, right?"

"How did he teach you?"

Zhou Ru nodded and recalled the scene when he was learning boxing.

"Big brother first explained to me how to circulate the power of boxing."

"When he saw that I didn't understand, he asked me if I believed him, then he reached out and patted me on the head."

"At that time, I seemed to transform into a wild bull, fighting against the mad lion that blocked my path. Later, I learned this boxing technique."

"In the square behind the library, my elder brother taught me boxing, and I understood everything all of a sudden."

"Big Brother said I have a talent for martial arts, and that this boxing style suits me. He also said that if I don't understand something, I can go to the library to find him..."

The three people in the hall listened quietly.

"Ruru, go change your clothes. I want to talk to Mr. Zuoqiu." Zhou Zhengtong patted Zhou Ru's shoulder lightly, his voice unusually gentle.

Zhou Ru bowed, saluted Zuoqiu Ren, and then turned around.

Mrs. Zhou took Zhou Ru out of the hall to change clothes.

In the lobby, Zuo Qiuren looked at the broken bluestone on the ground and said softly, "Like an unpolished jade, he is wise but appears foolish. Congratulations, Master Sima."

At the age of thirteen, his boxing skills had reached perfection and his boxing artistic conception had been condensed. Zuo Qiuren had traveled all over the five countries and three regions, but he had never seen many people like him.

Zhou Zhengtong shook his head, his eyes flashing.

"I know Ru'er's talent well. Perhaps her simple nature really suits her to this Bull Fist."

"But what I'm really curious about is who and how he suddenly understood the boxing technique."

How could Zhou Zhengtong not know about his own child?

Such a complete transformation was not due to Zhou Ru himself, but was helped by someone.

"Confucianism and Taoism enlighten the mind, Buddhism gives initiation, martial arts bring enlightenment, and other methods of practice all have some advanced methods..." Zuoqiu Ren's words slowly paused.

These profound methods are hard to come by, and even a Confucian and Taoist master like him cannot help Zhou Ru to enlighten his mind.

If one wants to achieve enlightenment in martial arts, one must probably reach the Grandmaster level, and that Grandmaster must have a thorough understanding of martial arts techniques and have reached the level of great perfection.

Is there such a person in Zhengyang County?
"Master Sima, didn't you ask me to go to the martial arts school to teach the military officers who are taking the assessment? I'll go."

Zuo Qiuren's face was filled with curiosity, and he whispered, "I want to meet this person, too."

Zhou Zhengtong had recovered by now and nodded gently, "Thank you, Brother Zuoqiu. I also want to thank the person who led Ruer into the path of cultivation."

"Let's go. We have some wine in the house. Brother Zuoqiu, let's have a drink."

"A little drink? Lord Sima is going to get drunk today, right?" Zuoqiu Ren said.

Zhou Zhengtong could no longer conceal the smile on his face, and he extended his hand to invite Zuo Qiuren to go to the side hall.

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The sun is rising.

Putting on the robes of a martial arts student and hanging his ID card around his waist, Zhang Yuan walked out of the courtyard.

In the front yard, Hu Tang and Hong Yang were already dressed and waiting there.

"Let's go, damn it! When I used to discipline those new recruits, I had many methods." Hu Tang shrank his head as he walked out of the house. "Now it's my turn to be disciplined."

This made Zhang Yuan and Hong Yang laugh.

They are not those young people in martial arts school. At this age, they still have to attend classes and be scolded. They do feel a little uncomfortable.

Tangwai Street is not far from the martial arts school, and you can reach it after walking for a while.

The three of them entered the martial arts school and found the gathering place according to the regulations written on the day they registered.

There were only seven or eight people here, all gathered in groups of two or three. Seeing Zhang Yuan and the other two coming, they all watched cautiously.

"To be able to come so early, they must be staying in a high-priced inn nearby or somewhere like Tangwai Street. They must be rich or powerful."

"Don't worry, the fact that we can live in the prefectural school is already determined by our families. There is no conflict with them. Let them fight for the remaining positions."

Several people over there were whispering, looking up from time to time.

"It is said that the county government has invested a lot of money in this training, and the instructors they hired are all rare talents."

"That's right. My old man said that he got this opportunity only because of his connections."

As everyone talked, Hong Yang and Hu Tang looked even more expectant.

Zhang Yuan was also curious about who the county government would arrange to train them.

Most of them are officials or have extraordinary identities and backgrounds, and ordinary people cannot suppress them at all.

"Hu Tang, Hong Yang?"

"You came so early?"

Someone else came, and he recognized Hu Tang and Hong Yang. They were the ones who were fighting outside Yunteng Tower that day.

"Mr. Gu is here today too. He said he will teach you a lesson, so you better be careful." The middle-aged man who spoke took a step forward, and after he finished speaking, he quickly stepped back, putting some distance between him and Hu Tang and Hong Yang.

Others didn't approach them either.

Hu Tang and Hong Yang's expressions darkened slightly.

Sure enough, after a while, a young man in his twenties came over surrounded by several students.

"Mr. Gu."

"Mr. Gu came here to conduct training to consolidate the defense position of North City."

"Given Master Gu's family background, wouldn't this be easy?"

Everyone around complimented me.

Mr. Gu smiled as he glanced over and saw Hu Tang and Hong Yang, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

His eyes fell on Zhang Yuan, the only one standing with Hu Tang and Hong Yang, and he snorted coldly.

"Master Xun is here."

"Master Xun is the son of the co-magistrate of Dingyang Prefecture. This time he has come specifically to apply for the position of captain of the Wuwei Yamen in the prefecture."

"Shangfu? Is there a Shangfu in Zhengyang County?"

"Haha, how could you possibly know some of this information?"

Everyone turned around and saw a young man wearing a student's robe and with an arrogant face striding towards them.

Many people bowed and greeted him, and the young man nodded lightly. He just bowed and said a few words to Mr. Gu and walked forward.

"Alas, we can't compare with these people, nor can we compete with them." Hong Yang sighed.

"Yes, everyone's life is different." Hu Tang muttered.

When Master Xun walked up to Hu Tang and Hong Yang, he just glanced at them and left.

After taking only two steps, he trembled all over, paused, and slowly turned back.

"Yes, it's you..."

Looking at Zhang Yuan, his lips trembled.

Zhang Yuan nodded.

Master Xun turned and walked away, as if escaping.

Hu Tang and Hong Yang showed curiosity on their faces.

"Recognize him?" Hu Tang whispered.

"We just met once." Zhang Yuan said.

Really.

That day, on the fourth floor of Yunteng Tower, in the private room where Prince Ying Luo was staying, this Master Xun seemed to be sitting next to him. When Zhang Yuan threw away his wine glass, some of the wine spilled on him.

"Clean up the team. During the training period, only identity tokens will be recognized, not individuals."

"During the assessment, only identity tokens are recognized."

"Everyone, please look at your license plates carefully and do not address each other by name."

"This is for your own good. You should know that there are many people of status and position, and I treat everyone equally in my martial arts."

In front, a middle-aged man in a black martial arts robe shouted loudly.

It was Lu Renyi, the military officer who had previously received Zhang Yuan at Sima Mansion.

Zhang Yuan looked down at the token on his waist. Nineteen.

Zhang Nineteen.

"Everyone, my name is Lu Renyi, and I'm a military officer at the prefecture's Sima. I'm responsible for supervising and guiding the training."

"Every one of the instructors the county government invited for this training is beyond your imagination."

"Each of them has a veto power, deciding whether you pass the assessment."

"Now let me introduce you."

"He was an instructor in official writing, and he defeated the bandits along the Guangji River. He was formerly the magistrate of Yong'an County and is now the county government's editor, Cao Ze Sun."

"Mr. Zhao Kuo, a military instructor personally recommended by the prefectural and county academy's chief scholar, a man well versed in the art of war, who led thousands of troops across the Liangyuan Territory to submit to the Qin Empire."

"The teaching of Confucianism and Taoism was originally arranged for the doctoral students of the county school. Yesterday, Lord Sima asked our Zhengyang County's great scholar, Mr. Zuo Qiuren of Yuntai Academy, to come and teach."

"Instructor of combat tactics and military formations, one of the four famous generals of the former Red Scale Army, General Huang Hansheng, the Yellow Lion!"

(End of this chapter)