Chapter 146 – No Tiger in the Mountain

Wudang mountain and Xu Fengyen have a destiny, is more Xu Fengyen’s blessing, this has been recognized by the northern Liang, all say Xu Fengyen this new Liang king can become the world’s first, thanks to the mountain in the year when the sword training with the former and latter two masters of the practice, which has after the realm of the wudao a day by leaps and bounds of the amazing light, now the Wudang mountain waist of the wash the elephant pool has become the new martial arts sacred place, the waterfall behind the stone house every day there are all over the world martial arts people! The stone house behind the waterfall is crowded with martial artists from all over the world who come to meditate and face the wall every day, just for the sake of dipping into the immortal qi of the invincible man on earth, and every once in a while there will be people fighting over a seat, which makes the mountain several young Taoist priests responsible for the daily cleaning of the Elephant Wash Pool unbearable to disturb, and they often complained to their master about the delay in cultivation, and begged to be replaced by another errand, and then the head teacher Li Yuaxe let his disciple Yu Fu take over the burden. However, although Wudang will wash the elephant pool open to the public, but not far from the deep pool of the small cottage and a small vegetable garden, in the Northern Liang Wang Fu under the authorization of the always hidden, not allowed outsiders to approach, the little Taoist Yu Fu will occasionally go to the cottage side to play, the original deserted small vegetable garden also saw the green again.

After separating from the Yan family, Xu Fengyen followed Li Yuxue to the Elephant Wash Pond, revisiting old haunts, when Xu Fengyen saw the spectacular scene of a large group of people drilling out of their tents, shouldering cotton towels to rinse by the pond, he was a bit saddened by the tears and laughter, and turned his head to Li Yuxue and asked, “Is it like this for the whole year?”

Li Yu axe nodded and smiled: “Yes, these martial arts practitioners generally do not make trouble, clothing, food, housing and transportation are self-care, every day in addition to the morning and evening twice to go to the plaza to follow the practice of boxing, will be here to practice, Wudang Mountain is not good to drive people. I don’t know who spread the word about the young master’s wooden sword chopping the waterfall, and in the past six months there have been more than a hundred broken wooden swords fished out of the pool alone. Later, there is another saying, said the reason why the king’s great success, from the bottom of the pool to find a martial arts books, so so many people even if the time to go up to the mountain is a dry duck, and now also a water familiar with very much, but the secret books did not find, but from the bottom of the water out of many polished as jade pebbles, scattered together there are several hundred, and then they have a combination of a mountain to look for a skilled craftsmen, polished out a set of good chess pieces, and gave them a set of good chess. Out of a set of good chess pieces, gave to the Wudang Mountain, the gift is not heavy, but the sentiment is heavy, in this way, we Wudang is even more bad to say anything.”

Xu Fengyen was speechless, the jianghu he knew was like this, the more the bottom of the marketplace, the more pitiful and cute it was. He found a gap squatting on the side of the washing pool, beside the two inverted spring cold season is still wearing the old single coat of the jianghu man, Xu Fengyen knows that this is not what to the realm of the cold and heat does not invade, just swollen face is just a fat, the jianghu is about a loser does not lose the battle, winter you wear mink and fur to keep me warm I have to bite the bullet to wear a single coat, the more ruthless, simply bare bladders. This is the same as the literary world is a way, in the summer there is no lack of maniacs crazy people cloak fur high song to sell fame and fortune. Xu Fengyen squatting detained a handful of cold water to wash his face, the left-hand side of the burly man glanced at, some surprised a young man who looks like a scholar why also come to join in the fun, asked in the lingo: “New to the area? Got a mountain?”

Xu Fengnian nodded, mountain? Qingliang Mountain should barely count as one, right? Xu Feng Nian asked with a smiling face, “A whole bunch of people crowded here, not to mention eating and sleeping, even farting and pooping is not pleasant ah. Dare I ask this senior, is it true that someone is breaking through the realm here?”

That guy thought deeply, probably think this kid is quite on the road, lowered his voice mysteriously said: “Why not, two days ago there is a buddy here overnight breakthrough in the threshold of the third grade realm, originally quite loose means, the results of the breakthrough of the realm of the hand of the sword flower that is called a splash of water does not go into. Prior to this, there is a first to come here to enlighten the old seniors of Lingshou, in the three realm of simmering for more than twenty years, the results of meditation here but three months, froze to him to break through, I heard people say that the seniors in the become a small master, the intention of the full moon in the night of the Qingyue long whistling, in the full, even the foot of the mountain a few miles away can be heard for half an hour, with the thunder, you say not Xuan Xuan? ”

Xu Fengyen held back his laughter, nodded his head solemnly and agreed: “Our normal people not to mention yelling half an hour, a tea time is difficult, and certainly as a mute for a month, this senior senior can whistle for half an hour, surely the inner strength is thick, small master realm can’t run away.”

The right hand side of the warrior cold water wash face secretly shivered, white eyes: “Little brother, you do not listen to the hole kitten blind shouting, what QingYue long whistle, what half an hour, are no shadow of a thing, who is full of bracing nothing to yell half an hour, and then again, that old man is not afraid to disturb the Wudang immortals sleep? I Xu ten camp what martial arts small masters are not convinced, only serve this mountain of Taoist priests, is really capable of, my grandfather’s grandfather has personally seen the old master Huang, my grandfather has also received the old master Wang benefited, when the king master a finger to break the river, my grandfather was on the river side to watch it, now that the Li master is also a high person, just look at his fist frame, I have to be convinced to stretch out the thumbs up. ”

The man whose real name is Kong Dahu but was made fun of as Kong Kitten turned his head to look at his thumbs up buddy and laughed: “Pull it down you, Xu Shiyang, you spend all day bragging about having a relationship with the King of Beilang there, except for Xu Xu’s two words harmonizing, you have one heaven and one earth, there is the relationship of a half of a copper penny!”

Xu Shiyang slammed the cotton towel on his shoulder and glared, “My grandfather was the earliest old pawn to follow the Great General to Northern Liang, and I still have that armor and that eight-dou bow passed down from my grandfather at home ……”

Kong Dahu laughed and said: “If your grandfather is really the same as the general is a foreigner, then you say what grandfather’s grandfather has seen Wudang ancestor Huang Manshan, bragging about not playing a good draft?”

Xu ten camp a moment of weakness, and then annoyed and angry: “Anyway, my grandfather is a serious second set of Liaodong old word battalion origin, before the court with the year number Yong Hui, with the great general of the north and south war, my grandfather step shooting pull eight bow, eight out of ten shots, step shooting open six bow can be seven out of ten shots, grandpa said that year, even the great general has also praised his archery skills, said that in the future to the north of the Liang to let the north Mang barbarians also know about the Liao Liao, the north Mang barbarians also know about the Liao Liao, the north Mang barbarians also know about the Liao Lian. North Mang barbarians also know Liaodong Jianer’s power.”

Kong Dahu snorted: “I can hear others say that the archer is a hundred shots or something, or is a hundred paces through a poplar, you Xu Shiyang’s grandfather is only ten shots in seven or eight, can also let the General praise? Xu Shiyang ah Xu Shiyang, you are not afraid of talking big and choking yourself to death.”

Layman looking at the scene inside the doorway, Xu Fengyen suddenly impressed Xu Shiying, because the Liyang court early martial arts issued by the “test points horse art industry out of the law”, according to the example of Xu Shiying’s grandfather’s archery is really superior, precisely because Xu Shiying did not mention what a hundred rounds of a hundred paces through the poplar, only more real.

Xu Fengnian asked: “Xu old brother, how did not join the army?”

Xu Shiyang sighed sadly: “My father when he was young wanted to study to get a title to come, my grandfather did not like, said that reading is useless, my father could not argue with my grandfather, so he had to go to the border army, in the fibers away from the ranch as a small officer, the results somehow annoyed the big man on the top, the big man’s backing is even bigger, it seems to be that the Huaihua general Zhong Hongwu, came back with only half of his life. He came back with only half a life. My grandfather is a person who wants to save face, to death also did not say anything, but just want to let me this grandson to study, but unfortunately, ah, I’m not a study material, only think of practicing martial arts, so as to save a little like grandpa’s military service, add a pair of armor to the family to the descendants of the heirloom.”

Speaking here, Xu Shiyang grinned, “I also have an older brother, enlisted in the army on the border of Youzhou, went home in the Spring Festival last year, and heard him say that he would soon be able to become an official crossbowman. My brother follows my father, studying and practicing martial arts are marvelous.”

Xu Fenian curiously asked, “Your father was aggrieved on the border, how come he still let your brother go to join the army? Not to mention that Beiliang is now growing literary style, reading can have a good future, besides, the northern barbarians are fighting over, when the soldiers do not live in peace ah.”

Always give people the feeling of dangling Xu ten camp unprecedented face of sincerity said: “I also do not know my brother is how to think, at first he really is not too willing to be a soldier, and then after a few years, on the contrary, is not happy to be at home to study, thanks to his hometown there is a miss his little mother, are almost boiled into an old girl. But last year, my brother and the future sister-in-law made a promise, said as long as he became our Northern Liang 300,000 border troops in the most difficult to become a crossbowman, the next time home will be sure to marry her in splendor. As for my father, just returned home from the border at that time, all day long know drink, my brother joined the army after drinking the most ferocious, but in the past two years is drinking less, and do not say anything crazy, especially after the Spring Festival, but also to quit the wine. The last time I went to my grandfather s grave with my brother, my father toasted ……”

Xu Shiyang did not say any more, lowered his head, and ruthlessly washed his face more.

Although Kong Dahu and Xu Shiyang usually make fun of each other, but the friendship is actually good, to wash the light of the Elephant Pond Northern Liang martial arts are divided into three religions and nine streams, the mountains, like these small people without family background, not to say to go to the waterfalls behind the stone house meditating face wall, is the pool feng shui better ground also can not be squeezed into some of the sects have sects of the clan’s children, each other, each eye above the top, in this side of the daily! Big fish and meat, not to mention, there are many wonderful female warriors to lean on, night and night in the tent blind folding, every morning when you wake up is glowing, like Kong Dahu Xu ten camps of the stream can only be far from the eye of the eye, bold more to listen to the corner of the root, of course, provided that is not afraid to be the young warriors of the sects beat up the nose and face.

Behind the three people a noise, it is recognized by some people Wudang coach Li Yu axe and disciple Yu Fu, have come forward to set close to pleasantries, Li Yu axe in the mountains is famous for treating people kindly, and who are not pinch frame, this is not the surface of the eight-faced exquisite, but the spirit of the inner, which is also Wudang lineage of “gas”, Wudang Taoists do not distinguish between Wudang Taoist priests do not distinguish between generations and Taoist temples, all have the first fifteen for the people to solve the sign or even write letters on behalf of the homework, in this matter, from Lu Zu set up a thundering rule, Huang Manshan to solve the sign to write a letter, Wang Chonglou is so, Hung Washiang is so, Li Yuxue is the same, and later, perhaps the little Taoist boy Yu Fu is also the same. Wudang cultivation, cultivate immortal first, cultivate oneself first, this is the real chakra of Wudang Mountain.

Xu Fengyen three together turned their heads to look at the young master, Kong Dahu softly introduced: “This is the Wudang Li Master, is the old fairy Yu Xingrui in the East China Sea in the early years of the disciples, Li Master’s temperament top good, rumors in the jianghu he in the first Taoist blessing of the Lung Mountain beheading an evil dragon, a cultivation of the unfathomable, and people say that the king of the Northern Liang specially for the Wudang Mountain to the court to petition, requesting the edict of Wudang for the imperial court, the King of the Northern Liang. He also said that the King of Northern Liang sent a letter to the court specifically for Wudang Mountain, requesting that Wudang be declared the ancestral home of Taoism. In the past, I was not impressed with that king, but then I felt that the new king didn’t disappoint when he marched to the border and refused the imperial decree to enter the realm of Northern Liang, and then he killed the domineering old army chief Zhong Hongwu in Lingzhou. This time the northern barbarians hit, I heard that the king even went directly to the border, did not hide in Qingliang Mountain at all, this thing was done to relieve people’s anger! Otherwise have become the world’s number one expert, still hiding at home, but also too disgraceful to the face of Northern Liang, those of us who walk the rivers and lakes, out of Northern Liang also have no face is not it?”

Xu Fengnian smiled helplessly.

Xu Shiyang softly said, “If the border fights ferociously, I’ll let my brother introduce a doorway to kill the barbarians, kill one to get back to the capital, kill two is to earn.”

Kong Dahu couldn’t help but sneer: “On your point of flowery, go to the iron is sure to lose money business. Do you really think the northern barbarians are easy to mess with? Those barbarians have been with the bow and horse since childhood, the archery and horsemanship is really not bad, you go is also useless.”

Kong Dahu suddenly for no reason emotionally: “the king has a matter of unethical ah, listen to the tide of the Pavilion arsenal of good things are a brain to the Huishan that the martial arts alliance, it seems that the preference to wear a purple woman, should be as beautiful as the rumors like heavenly fairies, otherwise our king would not be so generous. That said, to our Northern Liang martial arts practitioners to leave some leftovers or good, not to say what the top secret manuals, two or three streams, casually thrown to us to one or two of the book into ah.”

Xu Shiyang bawled, “You want to become a master of the world even if you have a little backbone like a kitten? Even if the king sends you a bunch of secret books, it’s a dream!”

Kong Dahu was not angry and laughed, “You Xu Shiyang have a lot of backbone, can you send me a few pounds?”

Xu Fengyen smiled and said: “Wu then under the set of unnamed boxing can be learned by everyone, there is a deep meaning, containing the Hong Chuxiang on the Great Dao cultivation of the understanding, I dare say that even if a lifetime of learning only this set of boxing, regardless of whether it is before the practice of boxing or practicing sword practice knife, can be beneficial to a lifetime, we do not talk about what to certify that the Tao of the Ascension, what the first grade of masters, that, after all, depends on the fate of individuals, but to say that to let people practicing boxing of the But to say that the boxing practitioner to strengthen the body, life extension, and the king of hell to ask for a few more years of time, surely can be. In my opinion, listening to the tide of the pavilion of a hundred of the secret books that have been put on the shelf, but also than that set of boxing can be learned by everyone.”

Kong Dahu was skeptical and said, “Little brother, is this set of boxing skills really so uncommon?”

Xu Fengyen nodded, “Just like an article written in a blind manner and difficult to read, it looks very talented, but in fact, in everyone’s eyes, it’s just so-so, not really good learning. Similarly, a set of martial arts to start the more difficult, the higher the threshold, may not be a good martial arts.”

Kong Dahu laughed: “This reasoning is good to hear, but may not be in the right ah, the world of martial arts, which is not a high threshold? Little brother, do you think the old sword god Li Chun Gang’s two sleeves of green snake is difficult to learn? Can anyone learn it? The new Sword God Deng Tai’a’s sword art, a casual stance, that is even more so that even the young masters can’t understand it.”

Refuted Xu Fengnian laughed: “This is exactly the Wudang this set of boxing clever place, but also Hong Zaixiang cultivation of the true meaning of the Avenue, the world’s eyes unattainable heavenly way such as the top of Mount Hua’s dangerous road, is only a goat’s intestines, although there are footsteps, but rare, but Hong Zaixiang’s avenue, but the world is a flat stagecoach road, everyone can walk, as long as insisted on, even if the qualifications of mediocre, can also go far. Can also walk far.”

Kong Dahu froze for a moment, pointing at the buddy laughed: “Sounds like a crooked theory, but still quite reasonable.”

Xu Shiyang patted Xu Fenian’s shoulder in a serious manner and said, “Little brother has the realization, in the future, he will surely be able to become a renowned expert.”

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, “I borrow your good advice.”

After the three of them got up, Wudang Sect Leader Li Yuaxe was still surrounded by the crowd and could not get away, that little Taoist boy who came to the mountain during the snowy time of last winter stood outside, carefully sizing up Xu Fengyen, for some reason, the boy had some unreasonable awe at first sight towards this mysterious man who did not know his identity but managed to make his master pay extra attention to him, but soon there was some obscure and difficult to understand closeness at the bottom of his heart. But it was always more fear than respect, so from beginning to end the child hid behind his master and did not say half a word to this fellow. Just when Xu Fenian and the little Taoist boy Yu Fu line of sight and then the latter hurriedly turned his head, a brocade coat ermine fur son of the family Jun brother tiptoed to the front of Xu Fenian, five or six paces away from the dare not go forward, fists clenched, palms full of sweat, behind them also followed a group of the same purely eaten to Wudang Mountain to enjoy the wind and the moon of the fox and dog friends, their group of people on what the Wudang Palmistry and what the boxing method do not pay attention to, but nowadays The officialdom of the old three states of Beiliang, as well as the officialdom’s descendants, the view of someone has changed radically, especially in that group of young people who competed with that person who is more foppish and defeatist back then to add fuel to the vinegar, but also to reach a consensus, think that the most manly thing under the sky is the prodigal son returning to the gold!

After that disbelieving young male stopped, he timidly and tentatively said, “My name is Liu Yukun, my father is Liu Gongchuan, the governor of Danyang County in Lingzhou.”

Xu Fengyen smiled, “Your elder brother is the primus captain of the Dragon Elephant Iron Cavalry, Liu Yushan? At that time, he followed the Dragon Elephant Army on a long drive and captured twelve heads by himself?”

That Liu Yukun, who was the most domineering in the eyes of his cohorts, unexpectedly had his eyes moistened all of a sudden, and his body trembled as if he was struck by lightning.

Duke Liu was about to kneel down, but saw that the person in front of him gently shook his head, and suddenly straightened his knees that were already bent a few points, not knowing what to do.

Last year, Lingzhou official scene that farce, many meritorious military generals in full view, was a top Lingzhou general title of young people forced to dismount, one by one to reveal a body full of scars, Liu Yukun was present to watch from afar, at first did not feel that scene how shocking, just when he later saw his big brother returned from the border, has always despised his big brother, because of his father’s civil official origin at the table to send out a few words of cynicism, and almost with his father and the whole family, he was a little bit upset. Whining, almost broke with his father and the whole family, and then with him this brother with unprecedented drinking wine, intermittently said some of the border on the war, said his robes are how frankly died in battle, he Liu Yukun only began to know the significance of that sinking. That’s why Liu Yukun climbed Wudang Mountain in the cold spring, just wanting to know how that new Liang King practiced martial arts back then.

Xu Fengyen didn’t want to give away his identity here, and kept his small talk with Liu Yukun on point, then bid farewell to Kong Dahu Xu Shiying, gave Li Yuxue a look, and only walked towards the hut with Lu Chengyan.

After he left, Kong Dahu and Xu Shiyang looked at each other in dismay, how did this guy get involved with the son of the county governor? Look at the situation is not the least family in a level of characters, how can still be patient with the two of them to pull the egg for half a day? Xu ten camp is the corner of the mouth twitching, at that time he also pretended to pat the buddy’s shoulder, for fear that these heard that the most like to smile and hide the knife son of the world turn around on their own to move the knife, don’t you have not yet realized a master to give people sets of sacks sunk into the wash pool ah. Liu Yukun previously bravely observed half a day, saw the king of Beilang with two poor people squatting martial arts chat for a long time, but also have a laugh, this moment is not to hurry up to the front, made a cup gesture, take the initiative to set close to the road: “two old brother, brother I Lingzhou Liu Yukun, meet that is the fate of my place there is wine, the most authentic green ants wine, do not the three of us together to sip! Why don’t the three of us have a drink together?”

Kong Dahu foolishly asked, “This gentleman, you don’t charge, do you?”

Liu Yukun smiled bitterly, “You’re hitting me in the face, aren’t you?”

Kong Dahu and Xu Shiying went to Liu Yukun’s luxurious satin tent in a daze, drank the boiling hot green ants wine in a daze, surrounded by a group of brightly dressed playboys with worshipful eyes looking at themselves, those young and beautiful female warriors are even more glowing eyes.

When the two finally learned of the identity of that person, they froze as if they were dumbfounded.

Xiangfu four years, Liangzhou cavalryman Xu ten battalion died in battle at the border, died after his brother who served as a traveling crossbowman standard bearer.

In the sixth year of Xiangfu, the foot soldier of Youzhou, Kong Dahu, died in battle in Baobaozhou, North Mang.

Both had a smile before they died, and both died without regret.

On the mountain road leaving the hut to Little Lotus Peak, Xu Fengyen and Lu Shengyan actually met up with the old and young Yan family again, such a destiny, so that the old head of the family, Yan Song, was also quite marvelous, and a few scruples of making shallow conversation faded in the speech. If you add Yan Song’s young service in Liyang before the destruction of Chu, the old man can be said to have long experience in the bureaucracy, one after another to see the two dynasties of Chu and Liyang four reigning emperors, in fact, Liyang has just ascended to the throne of the new emperor Zhao Zhuan has also seen a long time ago, but Yan Song served as the Ministry of Rites Ministers, when Zhao Zhuan is still only a variety of aspects of the fourth son of the young, see the old man who often go to the room of diligence to teach students to also have to perform student etiquette. Yan Song how visionary, naturally will not recognize Xu Fengyen as an ordinary Beiliang incense, and then Wudang Sect Master Li Yu axe hospitality, more solidified the old man’s view, but both sides know, do not need to put on the table to say too open, as for the young man is Beiliang which will be the son of the seeds, has seen the highest part of the temple in the Liyang Yan Song and Beiliang can not be, and even more do not need to be concerned about it. The two men climbed the mountain chat, unconsciously talked about that blue-eyed son of the chief minister of the Lord, for Zhang Julu, standing in the rival camp of Yan Song is the heart of regret, said Zhang Julu from the saint is still half a step short of the world, to do both the world, but unfortunately, but did not have the ability to do it alone.

Yan Song was worried and said, “Vassal kings, relatives, eunuchs, military generals, and civil officials. These five types of people, if they do not stand up correctly, are the most likely to lead the world to chaos. The Empress of our dynasty is virtuous, and the foreign relatives have never been in a position of power, which is a great blessing for the world. The eunuchs have been Han Sheng Xuan Song Tang Lu two Secretaries of the seal leader, character not to say much, but they are loyal to the Zhao family son of God, the matter of authority is also very cautious, our eunuchs abide by their duties, so do not have to worry about eunuchs interfere in politics. The late emperor in zhang julu try to assist under the great strength to cut the clan, quietly suppressed the military, just and soft, quite effective. In the last generation, several big feudal kings who can be said to have divided the territory, Jiaodong King Zhao Suo has long been lost, Huainan King Zhao Ying was killed in battle, Jing’an New King Zhao Xun is also loyal to the country, Guangling King Zhao Yi does not have any ambitions, and you are held back by the North Mang in the North Rang, even if you have the heart but also unable to do so, then there is only left to hold the elite troops and good at hiding the king of Yanzhi Zhao Bing, the south of the border naturally no big enemy, Zhao Bing can slowly build up the momentum, which must be my dynasty’s heart and soul. must be the heart of my dynasty.”

Then Yan Song laughed to himself: “As for us, these civil officials, the scholar rebel ten years not, the emperor is the best to send, before the death of too Fu Wenzheng, has been the highest pursuit of a lifetime of the literati, even if you can’t do it, there are still so many second and third grade officers can be, and posthumous, in addition to the Wenzheng, there is a large series of can be brought into the coffin. Take a step back, when the official has no success, but also can make a speech to pass on the world, the history of the world, so I say that we civil officials are the most ambitious, but also the most unproductive. But!”

Yan Song suddenly paused, looked solemn and said in a deep voice, “After having Zhang Julu as an example for the world’s readers for a whole twenty years, it’s different!”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “That Jin Sanlang, who was rising up in the blue clouds, rarely said a big truth that stabbed through the windowpaper, that the people are the most important and the ruler is the least important, and this is exactly what Zhang Julu taught him. It was also this Jin Lanting’s pitch submitted to the new emperor that made the late emperor resolve to bestow the death of the chief minister lord.”

Yan Song hatefully said, “That little bastard, not a proper son! Not a proper subject! Tan Tan Weng fought well!”

Xu Fengnian appeared to laugh it off, but Lu Chengyan detected a hint of murderous intent flowing from him with his intuition.

Yan Song sighed, “The gang of civil ministers and public officials in the spring of Yong Hui, almost everyone’s cultivation of qi and ping is excellent, can’t pick out any major faults, but after following Zhang Julu’s ear for many years, once the heart and spirit of the chief minister is not there, there will be the result of overdoing it, the more peaceful and prosperous the world, the more prone to the dispute of the gentleman to degenerate into the dispute of the will and the scary thing is that even the emperor has to be unable to do anything about it. I have a lot of students, the number of students also have a pair of hands, not the old man boasts, indeed has been in accordance with the teachings of the saints have taught nothing, the first ten years and twenty years can not see what, wait until the old man is almost to the service, it is a world of difference, regardless of whether it is a family status or the cold family origin, are considered to be able to officials, the rule of the government has a good, but in addition to the few two students to do a good job, and the others are more or less have a corruption and blasphemy! But those who have good family background, the food is also much better, suddenly powerful and noble up, it is ugly, the old man also wondered, and then thought about it, or one of the two-sleeved cold students broke the mystery, is that they are afraid of the poor, but also poor, even if they do not think about themselves, but also for the future generations to save up the family base.”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Actually, this is human nature.”

Yan Song shook his head and said, “As an official, letting one’s children and grandchildren be clothed and fed is what is common sense, but letting one’s children and grandchildren sit on mountains of gold and silver for ten lifetimes is too much.”

Yan Song took a deep breath and forced a smile, “This may just be the old man’s pipe.”

Yan Song bitterly said: “the year before last, there is an old man expects to one day be able to become the important minister of the temple cabinet students, are almost fifty years old, in the east after the incident in the old man’s study outside kneeling for a few hours, the old man would like to let him go to death, but as long as the thought of the year when he was with me to discuss the learning of the young face, the pair of clear and clean eyes, the old man how can not be ruthless, the last Just let him lose his office, I heard that now the new emperor ascended to the throne, he is again active, in the capital to operate, trying to revive. To know that he threw money at the object, just happened to be his year of bigotry identified as the country’s rats and worms of the clansmen and nobles, alas, remember that the old man back in the day also enlightened him to come.”

Xu Fengnian asked, “Successful?”

Yan Song incomparably self-deprecatingly said, “With a large amount of silver to open the way, and I, Yan Song, the student status of the political enemy of the first minister, naturally succeeded, and was appointed as the Minister of Ceremonies Langzhong. Afterwards, he also wrote to me as a teacher, saying that he will definitely inherit the mantle and become the Minister of Rites.”

Xu Fengnian tsked and said, “This guy is not thin-skinned! It would be good if he came to our Beiliang.”

The old man asked suspiciously, “Why is that?”

Xu Fenian joked, “He could help hold back tens of thousands of Northern Mang’s army with just his cheek as thick as a city wall.”

Yan Song burst into laughter, and those Yan family children beside him followed suit.

The long mountain road will end eventually, at noon, they came to the top of Little Lotus Peak, with a bird’s eye view of the distance.

Yan Song sighed heartily to Xu Fengyen who was standing beside him, “To be honest, the reason why I came to Beilang was because someone invited me, who happened to be one of my students, and he said that Beilang was a good place to let out the turbid air in one’s chest. I don’t believe it, but that guy wrote eight letters in one breath, the old man can’t get enough of it, thinking that before he dies, it’s good to go to the northwestern border, after writing a lifetime of fatuous and euphemistic poems, maybe on the verge of dying, he can still write one or two heirloom border poems.”

The old man’s grandson said: “Grandpa wrote the words of the Qing Dynasty, a wonderful brush, the late emperor was full of praise, even the Spring and Autumn three Huang Longshi also admired! Where’s the half of lipstick!”

The moody old man smiled and retorted, “What the hell, what admiration, less give the old man a high hat, he Huang Longshi but commented on the ‘breathless, still can’ six words.”

Although his mouth refuted, it was evident that the old man’s heart was still a little proud of this harsh review that sounded less positive than negative.

Xu Fengnian laughed, “It’s not easy to make Huang Sanjia, who never praises anyone, say so.”

The old man narrowed his eyes and stroked his whiskers, “That’s right, this has to be said by Mr. Xu, an outsider, so that I can openly laugh at it, and my own grandson’s pat on the back, what kind of thing is that.”

Lu Cheng Yan will heartily smile, this old man is also a big wonderful person.

Lu Cheng Yan hesitated for a moment and said, “The old gentleman said before that amongst the feudal lords, Northern Liang has a heart, but I don’t dare to agree with my daughter.”

Yan Song turned his head, “Oh?”

Surprisingly, Lu Cheng Yan just said a word that has the suspicion of a bull’s head, and asked, “I thought that as long as the great general is there, the world will not be in chaos, North Mang does not dare to go south, West Chu does not dare to start an army, and the South Border has to continue to hibernate, what does the old gentleman think?”

Yan Song was silent for a long time.

As if lost in thought, Yan Song gently sighed and gently nodded his head, “So that’s how it is, the old man has been taught.”

Lu Chengyan hurriedly said, “I wouldn’t dare.”

The old man shifted his gaze with a complicated expression and looked at Xu Fengnian, “If I remember correctly, you once threatened to do something for the people of the Central Plains in Tai’an City?”

Xu Fenian asked, “How did Elder Yan guess that?”

Yan Song calmly said, “A woman can have this kind of insight, must be a lady of the house, and have a Qingzhou accent, it just so happens that the old man back then and the upper pillar state Lu Fei Edward, who was the backbone of the Qing Party, worked together in the dynasty for many years, then her identity, your identity, will naturally come out.”

The old man snorted coldly, took the lead and turned to leave, most of the children of the Yan family do not know why the old ancestor’s face suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, just apprehensively followed down the mountain, as if it was the trip to Wudang Mountain is to return from the pleasure of the trip to the defeat of the return of the pleasure of the return of the return of the return of the return of the trip to the Wudang Mountain.

Lu Shengyan softly apologized, “It’s me who added to the snake.”

Xu Fengyen touched her cheek and softly said, “Don’t worry, our Beiliang Road Secretary Lord’s benefactor has actually prepared to stay in Beiliang.”

Lu Shengyan laughed, “A pillar of the country who is not a cabinet minister but is better than a cabinet minister rebelling out of the Central Plains into Northern Liang, this is not good news for the Liyang court.”

Xu Fengyen nodded, “Yan Song is closing the door for the scholar to go to Liang.”

Lu Shengyan blinked, “Song Dongming is very smart.”

Xu Fengyen stretched out his finger and tapped her forehead, “Not as smart as you.”

Lu Shengyan spread a smile.

Xu Fengyen explained, “I didn’t all accompany you to come to the mountain to burn incense and pray for blessings, this is my blessed land, to be precise this is some sort of my turf, at that time when I fought with Wang Xianzhi, if it wasn’t for the fact that Wudang Mountain had poured out all its efforts to put up a Zhenwu Grand Formation, I wouldn’t have even had a single point of victory. Since I was born, because of this identity, the blessing and the disaster depend on each other, the blessing is me, the disaster is my family. After I practiced martial arts, there have been many life-threatening death battles, but time and time again did not die, and even if a big injury, after the fact can be found to make up for it, previously I was strange, and then gradually in the martial arts to ascend to the top of the road, only to understand a truth, called the store is big to deceive the customer. I am like a customer who goes to the next restaurant, although the status of special, can often eat the mountain delicacies, but it is still difficult to escape the fate of God, the shopkeeper to give you what you have to eat, Huang Longshi once divulged the heavenly chances, said that I probably in these few years will have to eat a broken meal, and then there will be no next meal. This is probably the fate of ‘that me’ in this life, guarding the northwest gate of the country, but died in battle, Northern Liang is gone, 300,000 iron horsemen are gone, leaving some words in the history books that I don’t know whether they are positive or negative, and then this page is even turned over. What happens to me in the future will depend on how God writes the book.”

Xu Fengnian’s eyes were resolute, “But since I practiced the sword, I have never thought of resigning to my fate, at that time, I was a bullshit son of the world, I was aiming to avenge myself with the masters of Yang Taiyou Liu Artemisia, later on, at the mountain top, I was aiming to cut down the dragon and the celestial beheading, and now I am aiming to protect Beilang. God’s bowl of severed head, I am not happy to eat. So you’ll have seen, the heavens are not easy to negotiate with, and soon there was the worst situation of the three lines of pressure in Beimang, this may be the so-called heavenly cycle of retribution.”

Lu Cheng Yan held Xu Fenian’s hand tightly.

The cold wind brushed his face, blowing away Xu Fenian’s forehead as he smiled, “Marrying me, you’ve suffered a lot, right?”

Lu Shengyan was shoulder to shoulder with this man, “There is joy in the bitterness, the aftertaste is endless, enough for me to eat for several lifetimes.”

Li Yu Axe brought his disciple Yu Fu to the top of the mountain, there were several thatched huts here, all cleaned up, plain but uncluttered, they only saw Xu Fengyen standing on the side of the mountain cliff, Lu Chengyan’s body was too weak to withstand the wind at the top of the mountain, so she went to one of the huts to rest.

Li Yu axe walked to Xu Fengnian side, the little Taoist boy but dare not approach, away from the two must be several feet away.

Xu Fenian softly said, “Save your heart?”

Li Yu axe looked back at his disciple, laughed: “More than expected is not worrying, this child is stubborn, but also like to break the pot to ask to the end. A few days ago, I interpreted a sign for an old man who came to the mountain to burn incense, and it was a lower sign that his grandson was going to die at the border. This disciple complained about what I did at that time, and sulked with poor Tao for days.”

Xu Fengnian curiously said, “How did you interpret the sign?”

Li Yu Axe replied, “The poor Taoist did not tell the old man the truth, but only said that it was a medium sign, with mixed fortunes and misfortunes, it depends on fate.”

Xu Fengnian asked, “What did that child complain about?”

Li Yu Axe said helplessly, “Complaining that either I shouldn’t have lied, or that I should have been a good person to the end and ‘changed the sign’ for the old man’s grandson.”

Xu Fengyen thought about it and did not say anything more, he was not the little Taoist boy Yu Fu, naturally he knew the complexities of this, and lamented, “It seems that when the old Sect Master Wang Chonglou was staked out with such a young disciple, he must have suffered enough as well.”

Li Yu axe smiled without saying anything.

Xu Fengnian softly said, “The aura of Wudang Mountain has all been squandered for me, I’m sorry.”

Li Yu Axe, whose Taoist robe and big sleeves fluttered gently, shook his head and said, “Since ancient times, mountains and rivers have people that is spirit.”

Xu Fengnian asked, “Isn’t there an immortal that is spiritual?”

Li Yuaxe laughed: “Huang Longshi said that there have been immortals in the world, and then there are no more immortals around, the more the world knows about reverence the more chivalry is emphasized, and then the word chivalry will become the backbone of the jianghu and the world. In my opinion, it is too difficult to cultivate immortality, far away from the sky, to be a man is easy, close at hand. A difficult thing that can’t be done, everyone has an excuse, if an easy thing can’t be done, other than that, it’s harder to find excuses for yourself.”

Xu Fengnian hmmmed, “I might not be hiking in the future.”

Li Yu Axe said softly, “Poor Taoist will instead go down the mountain often.”

Xu Fenian laughed, “That kid in the future, beat him up if you need to, who made him abduct my big sister without saying hello in his last life, he still owes me a favor.”

Li Yu axe smiled and did not say anything.

Xu Fengyen didn’t rush down the mountain, but stayed at the top of Little Lotus Peak at night, Lu Chengyan accompanied him and sat over the Turtle Pack Monument for a while before going to bed.

When she woke up the next day, she didn’t know if she had a dream or not, she seemed to have seen a scene last night in a daze, but she didn’t dare to be sure.

After she opened her eyes, she looked at Xu Fengnian who was sitting beside the bed, the latter smiled warmly but did not give an answer.

That night.

A father and son stood side by side.

The old man had his hands folded into his sleeves and his back was slightly hunched.

The old man looked at the Northern Liang territory.

The young man who was still young smiled and said, “Father, I just realized that without you, this world is a mountain without a tiger.”

The old man just bull-headedly replied, “If you can’t carry it, don’t carry it hard, father used to only say half a sentence, there is no reason under the sky that anyone’s son can’t die. The second half of the sentence is, but there is likewise no reason under the sky whose son must die.”

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, “This Northern Liang King of mine, I am not guarding the country’s gates for the Zhao family’s son, nor am I guarding the northwest for the people of the Central Plains. Father, you also said that in the past, wherever mother was was wherever your Xu Snapdragon’s home was, and later it was wherever we children were, wherever your home was. Then for me, Xu Fengnian, wherever my father and mother’s graves are, is where my home is! I’m afraid of death, but the day I really have to die, the only thing I’m not afraid of is dying in Northern Liang!”

The old man reached out and pointed to the distance, laughing loudly, “This great mountains and rivers, I, Xu Snap, have stepped all over the nine kingdoms of Spring and Autumn with the iron cavalry under my command! Xiao Nian, finally go to North Mang for dad?”

Xu Fengnian nodded his head and said, “Good!”