Poor Family

  Chapter 57 The Mysterious Old Man

As early as last autumn, there were rumors that Jiang Dadao, the magistrate of the county, was going to spend a lot of money to hire an instructor of the forbidden army with the word "heaven" to come to the county to teach martial arts. Thoughts are about to become a reality.

  Li Yanqing smiled without saying a word, he knew it was true, Zhou Tong must be coming.

  Wang Gui was the first to jump up and shouted, "Is it true or a rumor?"

   "It was my father who said it. He just came back from the county and said Xuezheng has announced it."

  Li Er’s father, Li Zhen, took over Li Wengui’s post of Du Baozheng last year. Of course, what he said was not groundless, Wang Gui’ah! ’ cheered, Tang Huai shook his fan and said, "He is teaching the county school, not us, what are you excited about?"

  Li Yanqing joked: "Didn't Laogui get angry just now? You need to hang a rope around your neck and insert a needle in your buttocks. You will definitely be admitted to the county school, Laogui, right?"

  Yue Fei took out a sewing needle from the table, and handed it to Wang Gui solemnly, "I happen to have a needle here."

   There was a roar of laughter in the school room, but Wang Gui was not annoyed, he still said triumphantly: "I am not afraid of your jealousy, my grandfather has already visited Jiangzhi County, and Jiang Zhixian himself promised to let me enter without examination, what do you think?"

The more than 20 students preparing for the exam in the school were all exclaimed, everyone was envious, but Tang Huai curled his lips and said: "If you don't take the county exam, the 800,000 Imperial Army instructors will like you? We all worship the Imperial Army instructor as our teacher, If you are still sharpening your knife like that old beetle, you will die of anxiety!"

  Tang Huai's words made Wang Guiping a little worried. Although martial arts is a compulsory subject in the county school, Jiang Dadao also has a flexible way. You can spend money to study in the county without taking the martial arts test, but. ． ． ． ． The person sitting on the main examination table must be the instructor of the imperial army. If he didn't pass the county exam, will the instructor of the imperial army take a fancy to him in the future?

  Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "So! It's not okay to cheat, you should go to a martial arts test, you should be fine."

  Wang Gui was immediately discouraged, and sat down listlessly. Without talking, everyone began to do their homework quietly.

The county school examination will be held ten days later, on the fifth day of February. After so many years of examination, everyone knows the basics. The examination itself is not difficult. Memorize these three articles upside down, and then do a few times the questions of the county school exams over the years. There is no big problem in learning. The rare thing is calligraphy. The county school exams have higher requirements for calligraphy. If you fail the exam, it must be calligraphy. .

   As for martial arts, Jiang Dadao is actually quite humane. As long as he is physically strong, he can run five laps along the wall of the county school within a stick of incense, then lift fifty catties and shoot ten arrows, and he will pass the test.

  So the key to the county exam is calligraphy. On the eve of the exam, everyone practiced calligraphy hard. The room was very quiet, only the rustling of writing was heard.

In the past five years, Li Yanqing's calligraphy has changed from being upright and beautiful at the beginning to being copied by everyone. The calligraphy of "Su, Huang, Mi and Cai" was popular in the Northern Song Dynasty and was copied the most. Li Yanqing is especially good at writing cursive script. He studied Yan Zhenqing's majestic grandeur, Su Dongpo's elegance and refinement, and practiced Huang Tingjian's and Mi Fu's cursive script hard, and his handwriting became better and better. Even his father Li Daqi and master Yao Ding felt ashamed of themselves.

It is precisely because of his excellent calligraphy that his father Li Daqi wanted him to take the exam directly. In comparison, Yue Fei's calligraphy is a little worse, but his calligraphy is only a little less charming than Li Yanqing's, and his basic skills are the same. Solid, second only to Li Yanqing in Lushan Academy.

  While writing quietly, a note suddenly appeared on Li Yanqing's desk. Li Yanqing opened it, and it was written by Wang Gui, asking him to compete in martial arts by the river after school.

In the past five years, while they were studying, they did not give up learning martial arts. As their bodies developed, each of them gradually showed their strengths. Li Yanqing still retained the talent for quickness. He has practiced it like a fire, and his sword is like lightning, which is incomparably fast. The second is the unique skill of hitting stones with one hand, which can hit a hundred shots within seven feet.

  However, in terms of strength, Li Yanqing is not as good as Yue Fei. Yue Fei is born with supernatural power, and he walks in a fierce way, a bit like Uncle Hu back then.

Among the four, Tang Huai likes to practice lightness kung fu. He is the oldest, but the shortest in stature, and the fastest in agility. Wang Gui's characteristic is miscellaneous. He knows a little about everything, but he is not good at anything. Hit the stone, but the talent is limited, and the accuracy is only limited to one foot.

Li Yanqing smiled, wrote the word 'Zhun' on the paper, and crumpled the paper. Wang Guixi raised his eyebrows. He has practiced a set of whipping skills for half a year, and he wants to try his skills with Li Yanqing. .

After school in the afternoon, the four of them walked through the official road and came to the Tanghe River behind the store. This is also the place where Li Yanqing and Wang Gui competed for the first time. There is a large lawn by the river, the air is filled with warmth, and willow branches have grown There are a little green shoots, the river has just thawed, and there are few boats on the river. There is a passenger boat moored by the river. The boatman went shopping temporarily. The passenger is an old man, standing on the bow of the boat and looking at the new shoots on the willow branches.

   "We're ready to go!"

Wang Gui was very excited. He was exercising his muscles and bones with a wooden whip, but he looked like a monkey jumping and jumping in place. He had learned a set of brilliant whipping techniques from a martial artist half a year ago, and he had long longed to be able to compete with him. Li Yanqing had another match.

   "You two testify, I will fight Lao Li!"

Wang Gui took a posture, a bit like a white crane spreading its wings, but also a little bit of Huang Feihong's charm. He slightly bent his palm and waved at Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing stood casually with a wooden knife, and looked at Wang with a smile. Expensive.

The other two referees did not do a good job. Tang Huai waved his folding fan and recited a few Fengyue poems by Liu Sanbian. Hundreds of romantic poems.

  Yue Fei also lost his mind, chewing a grass stalk in his mouth, staring at Tanghe in a daze, he was thinking about his future, should he go to the state to continue his studies, or go to Xiangzhou with Li Yanqing to try the Fajie test at the end of the year?

  Wang Gui felt that he had been left out, and he yelled at Li Yanqing fiercely: "This time is different, if you are not serious, don't cry when you get beaten later."

   "Just let the horse come here!"

  Li Yanqing yelled, this sentence caught the attention of the old man at the bow of the boat, he turned his head to look at Li Yanqing, and found that several teenagers were competing in martial arts, he couldn't help being a little interested.

   "Then I'm not welcome!"

  Wang Gui yelled, and the whip began to dance wildly, as if he had grown three heads and six arms. While dancing, he rushed towards Li Yanqing.

This is the whipping method used by Master Lu Wu of Wang Gui's nursing home. He was about to resign and return to his hometown in Daming Mansion, so he taught Wang Gui a few sets of real Kung Fu for the sake of the kindness the Wang family has treated him for all these years. is one of them.

   It's just that Wang Gui has only been practicing for a few months, and he hasn't fully comprehended the subtlety of the whip technique.

The old man on the boat stroked his beard and nodded. The boy's whipping method is interesting, messy but not complicated. It is a famous random whipping method of the Lu family in Daming Prefecture. It is rarely rumored, but it was used by a boy in Tangyin County. The small Tangyin County still has hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

  Li Yanqing did not move at all, Wang Gui was approaching, he suddenly laughed out loud, his figure moved in a flash, his body was as fast as lightning, and he stabbed Wang Gui's left shoulder with a sword.

   "Good swordsmanship!"

  The old man on the bow cried out in surprise, causing the four of them to turn their heads together, only then did they notice an old man standing on the boat.

The old man saw very clearly that Li Yanqing's sword was simple and unremarkable, without any fancy things, coupled with lightning fast, it became extremely fierce, even ordinary warriors would never be able to use such a sword technique, This is everyone's swordsmanship that has been simplified.

  The old man was a little stunned for a moment, he never imagined that he saw such a brilliant sword technique in Tangyin County, and it was used by a young man.

Wang Gui's face was covered with red cloth with embarrassment. Master Lu told him that he could beat Tangyin County's invincible youth with this random whipping method. He was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several nights. Li Yanqing defeated him once he used it.

  Wang Gui was ashamed and annoyed, he threw the wooden whip on the ground, and cursed: "What a **** master, he is a liar. If he dares to come again, he will be **** with a rope and go to the government!"

At this time, the old man got off the boat, picked up the wooden whip on the ground and handed it to Wang Gui with a smile: "You don't have to be angry, your random whip technique is actually very good, it is a pressed box treasure of the Lu family in the Daming Mansion, and it is rarely passed on to Wang Gui." Outsider, you are just not proficient in making it, if you practice for a few more years, you will be able to block the sword just now."

  Li Yanqing and the others realized that the old man was extremely tall. He hadn't seen it on the boat just now, but now he stood in front of them like a half iron tower, especially his pair of arms were extremely strong.

  Wang Gui was overwhelmed by the opponent's aura, and was surprised that the opponent knew Lu's whipping method, so he whispered: "How do you know?"

The old man smiled, and said to Li Yanqing: "I can't see the origin of your sword, but it must be summed up from the battlefield. It is a killing technique, and you need to be careful when using it in the future, especially when you use it with real swords. When using the sword, don't easily use this sword technique on your friends, or you will accidentally injure them."

  Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and said, "Li Yanqing will always remember the old man's golden words."

   "Your name is Li Yanqing?"

   "Exactly! We are students of Lushan Academy, these are my classmates, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai, please give me your advice in the future."

  Li Yanqing introduced all three of his friends to the old man, and the three quickly saluted, and the old man nodded, "They are all good talents. We will see you again when we have a chance in the future."

  At this time, the boatman came back from shopping, and he greeted with a smile: "Master Zhou, we are about to set off!"

  The old man boarded the boat and waved to everyone. The boat left the shore and headed north towards Tangyin County.

   "Who is this old man who actually knows my Lu's whipping method." Wang Gui was still very surprised.

  Li Yanqing smiled lightly, "If my guess is correct, he is the new instructor of the imperial army from the county school."

   "How do you know?" The three asked in unison.

  Li Yanqing didn't answer, but his heart was like a mirror. With this figure and surname Zhou, who would he be if he wasn't an iron-armed Zhou Tong?

   Ask for a recommendation ticket!

  (end of this chapter)