After passing Jinma Gate, I came to a small lake called Xiyang Lake. According to legend, it was Matteo Ricci who visited Wuhu during his mission in Nanjing, and then rafted on this small lake. It was rare for locals to see Westerners, so they called this small lake Western Lake. Of course, the original name was no longer verified.

While walking slowly on the horse, Liu Yi was enjoying the scenery along the way. Liu Jin said that his yard was in a place called Zhangjiashan, but during the Jiajing period, Japanese pirates invaded Wuhu many times. A gentry surnamed Zhang organized tribesmen and men to resist the Japanese pirates in this hilly area, but unfortunately died. In order to commemorate him, people called that place Zhangjiashan.

Although Wuhu was prosperous in the Ming Dynasty, the city wall was only twenty miles in circumference, which was still very small compared to Wuhu in later generations. The total population was only more than 43,800 households, and the total population was more than 200,000.

Soon, led by Liu Jin, several people asked for directions and advanced, and finally arrived at their home in Wuhu. A courtyard covering an area of ​​more than one acre. Liu Jin walked over and knocked on the door, and an old man opened the door.

Liu Jin said happily, "Uncle Fu, it's my little gold." The old man was about fifty years old. He was happy when he saw Liu Jin calling him. Then he asked, "Where is the general?" Liu Jin's expression dimmed, and Uncle Fu seemed to have noticed something and didn't say anything.

Liu Jin said to Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, look, this is the young master." Uncle Fu quickly looked at Liu Yi and said, "Young master, you are back. You were only three years old when you left with the general. Seven years have passed in a flash. My old man, my eyes are blurred but I can't recognize him."

Liu Yi hurriedly said, "Uncle Fu, thanks to your care of your family over the years, please bow to him." As he said that, he was about to kneel down and kowtow. Uncle Fu quickly helped him up and said he didn't dare.

Everyone entered the yard, and there were only seven or eight houses in the yard. Uncle Fu took Liu Yi to the main house to settle, and then took Liu Jin and Tao Zong to the side house to settle. During this period, he also learned about Liu Zhaosun's death in battle, and he burst into tears and was extremely sad. Then that night, Uncle Fu went to the restaurant to order food and drinks to welcome the young master.

The next morning, Liu Yi got up early in the morning to practice martial arts. Last night, he tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep. I don't know what the next plan was and how to plan his life. Liu Yi thought that since he was born in troubled times and wanted to do something in troubled times, at least he had to pass the martial arts first and had the ability to protect himself. Otherwise, he would be killed by others before he could do anything big. He didn't know where he was instructed by a famous teacher, and Liu Zhaosun was busy with military affairs and rarely had time to give some advice, so he actually didn't have much skill in many kung fu. He also had a headache about this problem. Last time, he seemed to hear Liu Jin say that his father seemed to be fighting with Cheng Chong, and he didn't know where he was and whether he could teach himself.

(Cheng Chongdou was a martial arts master in the Ming Dynasty. He was born in a Huishang family. His parents hoped that he could inherit his family business and engage in business. However, he had great ambitions and had no intention of merchants. Instead, he sought a teacher everywhere to learn martial arts, wanting to "ambition to have ambition". In his youth, he was sent by his father to transport goods to Beijing and passed through Shaolin Temple. He immediately went to the temple to become a disciple. Follow Hong Ji and Hong transferred to the Dharma to learn sticks and techniques, and received guidance from monks Zong Shu and Zong Dai. After that, he became a disciple of Guangzhao as his teacher and served him very carefully. He had to teach his true skills. Cheng Chongdou studied art in Shaolin for more than ten years, and finally abides by Shaolin lay disciples to learn martial arts.

The rules are to break up the puppet mechanical system and go out of the temple, becoming the best among Shaolin lay disciples. They are famous for the Shaolin white-eyed stick technique. Cheng Chong's long spear and single-knife skills are also very exquisite. His long spear skills are learned from famous teachers Li Kefu and Liu Guangdu, while single-knife is passed down from Liu Sanfeng, a master of Japanese swords. In addition, he is good at integrating and introducing new things, so his martial arts have reached a state of superb transformation. Cheng Bo, a clan member, described it as: "When he hits and stabs, even though the landslides collapses, it is not enough to describe his courage; the strong wind and thunder are not enough to describe his speed; the accumulated water and ice are not enough to describe his strictness and integrity.")

Liu Yi used the Qi family's shooting technique toward the wooden stakes in the yard, but he always felt that he was not good at it. He almost died on the battlefield that day. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he felt. He shot the wooden stakes and sat on the stone bench and shook his head and sighed.

Uncle Fu was just about to get up too. Seeing him sulking here, he didn't know what happened, so he walked over and asked, "I dare to ask the young master why he is worried."

"Uncle Fu, I want to practice martial arts well, but I don't have the guidance of a famous teacher. I always feel that no matter how hard I practice here, I can't learn it. Therefore, I feel bored. Last time I heard Liu Jin say that my father and Cheng Chong were friends with Master Cheng, and I don't know where to find him. I still want to learn from a master?"

"So that's the matter. Young Master, you're asking the right person. Mr. Cheng Chongdou is still in Wuhu County, and is serving as a coach for the soldiers guarding the county town at Zhou Zhihan and Zhou County Magistrate."

"What? Is this happening?" It's really easy to get it. Unexpectedly, Cheng Chongdou was in Wuhu County. (In history, Cheng Chongdou, as a child of Hui merchants, did stay in Wuhu for a long time and did not return to his hometown until his later years. However, the specific year cannot be verified. This article will extend this period in Wuhu to the end of Wanli.)

Liu Yi finished washing and had breakfast. The breakfast was very simple. Two big buns and a bowl of porridge filled his stomach. Then he changed into clean clothes and rode the flying dragon horse to the county government. He couldn't wait to see Cheng Chongdou.

The flying dragon horse was very fast, and in half an hour he arrived at the county government office near Zheshan in the city.

Liu Yi got off his horse and walked up the steps quickly. Two yamen runners stopped him from left and right. Although Liu Yi was five feet tall, his face was still a baby face, no different from a teenager in his teenage years old. "Boy, stop, what are you doing?"

"Two brothers, I'm really sorry. I heard that Mr. Cheng Chong was the coach of the garrison in Wuhu County in the county government. I came here to learn martial arts with the old man." Liu Yi and the two yamen runners clasped their fists and said. "I am Liu Yi, the son of Liu Zhaosun, the Thousand General of the Sichuan Army. My father and Mr. Cheng are friends of age. I would like to ask the two elder brothers to report." Liu Yi said again.

"The son of the Sichuan Army Qianhu ran to the territory of our Wuhu? We only have Huangyu Huanghu and Wubin. There are Longzong Wulong Qianhu in the Mansion. Even if your father is a Sichuan Army Qianhu, he can't take care of us, let alone how can I know what you said?" A yamen runner said to Liu Yi.

While arguing, Liu Yi seemed to see someone talking in the second courtyard through the open main entrance of the county government. Liu Yi had excellent eyesight. He looked closely and saw a man wearing a black hat and a blue official uniform talking to a man in a military uniform in the second courtyard behind the Yimen Gate. The black hat in the blue official uniform was the logo of the seventh-rank county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to think that this must be Zhou Zhihan Zhou Magistrate. Liu Yi wanted to take out some silver to make some things, and reached out to touch his inner heart. He found that he had changed his clothes this morning and rushed over, but forgot to hold the money in his arms.

Now, the two yamen runners saw Liu Yi fumble in their arms and were empty-handed. They immediately changed their faces and said to him: "Boy, the yamen is a key place in the government, not a place where idle people can come casually. Let's go quickly and don't get in the way here."

In ancient times, yamen runners were actually a kind of untouchables, but these untouchables relied on the government after all, and any ordinary people really dared to treat them as untouchables? Seeing them, they were still obediently, so that they could not get entangled with them and cause trouble in vain.
Chapter completed!