Water Margin: From a White-Robed Scholar to Donning the Yellow Robe

Wang Lun and his group stayed in Hujiazhuang for five days.

For the past five days, Yang Zhi has been teaching Hu Cheng martial arts.

Wang Lun, having nothing to do, was troubled to see that Wu Song spent his days drinking and had become drinking buddies with many people in Hu Family Village.

He then arranged for Wu Song to spar with Hu Sanniang.

Wu Song was very dissatisfied: "That young lady is no match for me. What is there for me to spar with her?"

"You straight man! Just go when I tell you to." Wang Lun was exasperated.

"What is a straight man?" Wu Song didn't grasp the key point Wang Lun was making.

Wang Lun rolled his eyes: "I'm praising you."

Gongsun Sheng, standing nearby, laughed and said, "Brother Wu Song, the chieftain wants you to spar with Hu Sanniang, which can be considered as having you teach her some martial arts. We have already formed an alliance with the Hu Family Village, and if their martial arts are mastered, they might be useful to us in the future."

Wu Song then nodded and said, "That makes sense."

He hesitated for a moment. Gongsun Sheng was a Taoist, and his martial arts skills might not be as good as Hu Sanniang's. Wang Lun was the chieftain, with a higher status, and besides, his martial arts skills were also mediocre; he might not be able to defeat Hu Sanniang.

It seems that the glorious and arduous task of teaching Hu Sanniang martial arts has fallen to me.

Wu Song impatiently drank a large bowl of wine before staggering out to the backyard to find Hu Sanniang.

Wang Lun was finally satisfied. Wu Song was handsome and skilled in martial arts, and he was a perfect match for Hu Sanniang.

As for Zhu Biao, although Wang Lun doesn't want to attack Zhu Family Village right now, if Zhu Family Village cannot be annexed in the future, it will inevitably be unable to remain.

Therefore, we need to find a way to make this marriage happen.

He leaned back in his chair and shared his thoughts with Gongsun Sheng. The two then began to discuss the matter in detail.

After Wu Song entered the backyard of Hu Family Village, he walked for a while and saw a person practicing with a knife in the small courtyard in front.

His body moved like a swimming dragon, his blade flashed like the wind, his speed was extremely fast, and his moves were very agile.

It was Hu Sanniang. She was wearing a tight-fitting short dress, which made her figure look even taller.

Even a straight man like Wu Song stared blankly for a moment, without saying a word to disturb him.

While practicing her martial arts, Hu Sanniang caught a glimpse of someone peeking through the door. She was initially furious, but upon closer inspection, she realized it was Wu Song. She became slightly flustered, and her movements suddenly became chaotic and disorganized.

But after only three moves, Hu Sanniang calmed herself down and, wanting to show off her skills to Wu Song, immediately became more serious, her knife was faster, her hands were steadyer, and her movements were more agile.

She was like a pure white butterfly, fluttering and dancing in the courtyard.

After completing a set of sword techniques, even someone as physically strong as Hu Sanniang was sweating profusely. She had to gather her energy for a while before her breathing calmed down.

"Third Sister's martial arts are superb." Wu Song clapped his hands and praised her highly. This was the truth. Although he was a proud man, it was already very rare for a woman to have mastered martial arts to this level.

Hu Sanniang's heart, which had just calmed down, became a little flustered again. She turned around and laughed, "How could my mediocre skills possibly meet your standards?"

Wu Song said, "I have also learned to use double swords, but what I learned is not the same style as what you use."

Wu Song was incredibly strong, and his martial arts training followed a fierce and powerful style. His twin swords were as fierce as a tiger.

He took Hu Sanniang's twin swords, finding them light and flimsy in his hands. He shook his head, abandoning the idea of ​​showing off his skills. Using such light weapons wouldn't demonstrate Wu Song's true abilities.

The two sat down at a stone table next to the courtyard. The stone table was under a tree with a canopy that was several meters high, like a giant hand covering the stone table.

At this moment, the trees are covered with small purple and white flowers, clustered together, which is quite beautiful.

Wu Song couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"This is a lilac, about the same age as me. It is said that my father planted it when I was born, and now it's grown this big."

Hu Sanniang also looked up at the flowers; the beauty of the woman and the charm of the flowers complemented each other perfectly.

Wu Song's gaze fell on Hu Sanniang, and he felt a strange, inexplicable unease. He became nervous, and his breathing suddenly quickened.

What's going on?

Wu Song composed himself and asked, "Then this tree must be seventeen or eighteen years old, right?"

Hu Sanniang's heart skipped a beat. He was asking my age... Knowing I was the same age as this tree, he asked so cleverly.

Her cheeks flushed slightly as she said, "Yes, I just turned eighteen this year."

"In just eighteen years, it has grown so tall and so beautiful." Wu Song sincerely praised the lilac tree.

Hu Sanniang's cheeks flushed even more. In her heart, she thought, "He... praised me so directly... Well, people of the martial world shouldn't be coy. Wu Song is truly a man of character."

"She's a bit tall...and stunningly beautiful...I wouldn't call her gorgeous, Chief Wu, you flatter me."

Hu Sanniang's voice trembled slightly as she spoke.

Wu Song was puzzled. The flowers were indeed very bright, yet she said they weren't beautiful. What a strange person.

He continued, "Beautiful. Wu Song has traveled all over the country for so many years, and this is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

Hu Sanniang's eyes widened suddenly, her heart filled with joy and surprise. What... what did he mean? Was he expressing his feelings for her? But she was already engaged...

"What's wrong? Why is your face a little red?" Wu Song keenly observed that Hu Sanniang's face had turned red.

Hu Sanniang quickly shook her head: "Ah, no, it's nothing. Maybe it's just that I'm a little hot and tired after practicing martial arts."

"If you get hot, take off your coat," Wu Song cleverly suggested. He then took off his coat, revealing his even tighter-fitting clothes that showed off his muscles.

Hu Sanniang was not angry at all; on the contrary, she became even more nervous. She shook her head and asked, "Captain Wu, who is your master?"

"Oh, in my early years I wandered the world and once studied under an old man for two months. After that, I practiced on my own."

"Oh? What's the old man's name?"

"His surname is Zhou and his given name is Tong. It was only when Third Sister asked me that I told him his name. My master once said that I am a mortal evil spirit, and that practicing martial arts would only lead to wanton killing. Therefore, he was unwilling to truly accept me as his disciple. But in my heart, I have always regarded him as my master."

Hu Sanniang was shocked: "Zhou Tong? Is that the Zhou Tong known as Iron Arms?"

Wu Song exclaimed with delight, "You've actually heard of my master? That's right, it's him! It's because he taught me the Iron Fist Kung Fu that I was able to kill a tiger with my fists."

Zhou Tong was a renowned martial arts master, known as the number one expert in the Song Dynasty. Legend has it that masters such as Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, and Lu Junyi were his disciples.

Wu Song sighed again and said, "My master was a free spirit. He once said that he met the Heavenly Emperor in a dream, who told him that he had a master-disciple relationship in Tangyin County. After parting from me, he went to Tangyin County."

"Brother Wu, if you have some free time, you can go to Tangyin County to find him." Hu Sanniang hadn't even noticed that she had changed from "Captain Wu" to "Brother Wu".

"I will follow Brother Wang Lun to Liangshan. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will go to Tangyin County myself."

"Then... I can go to Liangshan to find you in the future... Oh, I wanted to ask you to teach me your leg techniques."

"Why go to Liangshan? If you want to learn, I'll teach you right now. My leg technique is called the Mandarin Duck Legs..."

Hu Sanniang originally wanted to go to Liangshan to see Wu Song under the pretext of learning kung fu, but his first words were "Why go to Liangshan?", which made her sad.

But when she heard Wu Song say that his leg technique was called "Mandarin Duck Legs," Hu Sanniang was immediately delighted: "He... must have deliberately come up with this name; he really put a lot of thought into it."