Volume 2: Gentleman's Sword Trial, the Mystery of the Three Puritans Revealed, Volume 2, Chapter 3: Qin Lin and Tianjuemen
Zhang Qianjun watched Li Mujiang calmly until he left, and then turned around and walked towards the sea of peony flowers.
"My junior brother, let's go."
Jiang Xiaoshu immediately trotted to Zhang Qianjun and stopped him:
"Hey, senior brother, let's follow you quietly and take a look?"
Zhang Qianjun shook his head and said:
"No."
Seeing that Zhang Qianjun was unmoved, Jiang Xiaoshu said anxiously:
"Such beautiful girl is in this wilderness, and it's midnight, and she is being chased by those wolf thieves... Damn, the storytelling is not as exciting as this, senior brother, aren't you curious?"
Zhang Qianjun said slowly:
"She was besieged before, but you were injured to save her, but she also blocked the enemy. If she left, wouldn't she have already escaped from danger? But she was carrying you on her back and fleeing with you until she was about to be caught up. She was so critical that she was willing to hold the enemy a stick of incense to buy you escape time. I can see these clearly on the side, which is enough to show that she values love and righteousness and is grateful. Since Miss Li is unwilling to continue walking with us, she must have her own plans. How can we judge a gentleman with a villain's heart? Doing that sneaky stalking to others?"
Jiang Xiaoshu curled his lips disapprovingly, shook his head and said:
"That's not necessarily. This girl might be coveting my beauty, so she has always been with me. She may not be as noble as you said..."
"Laughter!" Zhang Qianjun interrupted Jiang Xiaoshu helplessly:
"You, you...ah, let's go..."
Jiang Xiaoshu muttered in a low voice:
"Well...but she still has many unknown secrets, and I have to figure it out."
Although Jiang Xiaoshu was confused, no one could match him if he had the ability to think and think. After hearing what he said, Zhang Qianjun became interested and asked:
"Oh? Xiaoshu, then what's the secret?"
Jiang Xiaoshu said seriously while turning his fingers:
"First, where does her family live? Second, what is her life experience? Third, does she have any lovers? Fourth, do you have a marriage contract? Even if there is, how much money will be given to his fiancé to give... Oh, why did you suddenly hit me?"
Zhang Qianjun knocked Jiang Xiaoshu on the head, interrupted Jiang Xiaoshu's serious nonsense, and then walked forward on his own, but halfway through, he seemed to remember something, came back to his senses, and took action like lightning. Jiang Xiaoshu, who was quietly grimacing at Zhang Qianjun's back, felt his ears tight and had been grabbed by Zhang Qianjun.
"Hey! Why are you doing? Zhang Qianjun, you don't understand my meaning. If you knock on my head, I won't come to argue with you, a fool. Why did you go well? Come and pull my ears again? Ah, don't twist it, it hurts..."
Zhang Qianjun twisted Jiang Xiaoshu's ear hard and said angrily:
"What did you say nonsense just now to stimulate me to take action?"
Jiang Xiaoshu grinned:
"Ah, I, I, I forgot. I was almost shot into a hedgehog at that time, but I didn't know what I was talking about."
Zhang Qianjun said with some anger:
"I went to the brothel with you last month? You could say this too? I thought on the eve of the provincial examination, my master asked you to practice martial arts, but you secretly ran to the brothel to drink wine. I went to the brothel to take you back, but in your mouth, it became me walking around the brothel with you? And, you dare to say that you were going to Yarong to talk nonsense, which is really hateful!"
Jiang Xiaoshu bowed repeatedly and begged for mercy:
"Yes, yes, who doesn't know that our senior brother is a gentleman? How could a gentleman visit a brothel? Don't say that you haven't visited, even if you have really been there, I told my senior sister that she would definitely not believe it. Oh, don't twist it, I dare to..."
But Zhang Qianjun suddenly shook his god. In fact, he had really visited the brothel, but that was when he had not yet entered the Tianjue Sect more than ten years ago...
Seeing Zhang Qianjun stunned, Jiang Xiaoshu struggled and pulled his ears out of Zhang Qianjun's hand, then rubbed his red ears while asking:
"Hey, senior brother, your martial arts seem to have improved again recently?"
After hearing this, Zhang Qianjun came to his senses from the past. He asked Jiang Xiaoshu with a little confused and said:
"Well? This trick is 'sanitary'. I haven't practiced it deeply since I learned it five years ago. Where do you see that I have grown up?"
"Go and go!" Jiang Xiaoshu waved his hand impatiently and said:
"Who wants to tell you that someone who is pulling his ears and pulling his hair, it's really unlucky... I mean, your first sword just now, be good, that's amazing. I didn't realize that you are usually lukewarm, this sword is so domineering."
Zhang Qianjun shook his head and calmed down, and then said seriously:
"Yes, I can condense the internal force from the dantian, and then inject the long sword into a sword light through the meridians. Finally, I can guide it to form a sword energy to hurt the enemy. This is called "gathering energy into a blade". I have only achieved a little success in this skill recently. The method of circulating internal force has really benefited me a lot, and it is really mysterious..."
As he said that, Zhang Qianjun's eyes became even more fascinated, but Jiang Xiaoshu, who was beside him, curled his lips and rolled his eyes:
"Do it, don't say it anymore. The more I talk about it, I get more and more angry. Look at this sword that "turns into blades", which is naturally the trick you learned in authenticity, right? Oh, I'm even more surprised. You said that the old man himself practiced the "authentic" sword that is skilled in internal energy, and took me as his apprentice. Back then, I ran from Qincheng to Langya County, but he didn't let me practice "authentic" with you. But he first asked me to go to Longwan to see the tide for several months, and then ordered me to learn the "ghost path". After practicing, I don't know what I practiced, so no wonder it is called "ghost path."
Zhang Qianjun shook his head seriously:
"Laughing, don't talk nonsense. Back then, the ancestor Qing Yangmingdu founded the Tianjue Sect and classified the sword path he had learned into five ways: "earth", "people", "ghost", "shura", and "animals". The five ways are each leading the way, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom. In the past two hundred years, each way has produced a master who is hard to rival in the world. For example, your junior brother, your father, Master Jiang, has achieved great success by practicing the "human way"? And the master ordered you to practice the "ghost way" that has been lost for many years, so naturally you teach according to your aptitude. How can you speculate randomly?"
Jiang Xiaoshu was unmoved and rolled his eyes and said:
"Oh, so this is why I was called "closed disciple" for five years, but I was still learning the most basic "Tianjue Tempering Heart Method" with those little ghosts... Damn, if the old man teaches me more about the internal energy method, how could I fall so embarrassed when I returned to Beijing to participate in the martial arts examination last month? Hey, I am shameless and not afraid of embarrassing. I thought I would have escaped, but the little emperor didn't know where to draw, and rewarded me with Tianjue Order. Otherwise, why would I come to this ghost place, and even fell a dog to eat shit, and got a knife in my butt? What's even more annoying is that the little girl refused to apply medicine to me! In short, if it weren't for the old man's random teaching, I would have gone to Jiangnan to see the beauty..."
The military examination is held every six years in the fifth year. After passing the provincial examination, there are generally three choices. One is to continue studying military books, practicing martial arts, and preparing for the palace examination in the last year. The second is to join the army. After the imperial court awarded small military positions such as sergeant and chief, he entered the army and was not allowed to continue the scientific examination.
The third type is the very few lucky people among the martial arts scholars. They will be selected by Qin Lin. From then on, they will work for the court and the four sects of Qin Lin. They not only can obtain a considerable wealth of gold and silver, but also guide the martial arts of Qin Lin. Although they have no official positions, the token "Qin Lin Order" issued to them has the power to take action first and then report to officials below the seventh rank. What is even more attractive is that these martial arts scholars who were selected into Qin Lin can still take the scientific examination as usual in the second year and pursue a greater future.
Jiang Xiaoshu only won sixteen in the provincial examination, which was far from outstanding. However, the emperor broke the precedent and rewarded him with a "Four Gate Order" that only those with extremely experienced seniority in Qin Lin had. That is, the "Tian Jue Order" mentioned in the note of Jiang Xiaoshu. The power granted by these four orders was greater than that of Qin Lin's order. He could hold this order and then report to officials below the fifth rank, and the gold, silver, treasures and martial arts secrets were much richer.
Of course, the tasks accepted will also become more difficult.
The emperor gave Jiang Xiaoshu an exception. After Jiang Xiaoshu got the token, he received the order from Qin Lin, ordering him to travel to Yongzhou, northwest to capture Han Fu. This broke the imagination of Jiang Xiaoshu going to Jiangnan to see a beautiful woman after the provincial examination, so Jiang Xiaoshu scolded the emperor for "sweeping the wind". Moreover, if Zhang Qianjun had not known Jiang Xiaoshu's temperament, he would have followed closely by accompanying him all the way, but was afraid that Jiang Xiaoshu would have sneaked away by himself. Even so, after catching Han Fu, Jiang Xiaoshu still chose to run away and was not willing to return to Beijing to report his life. This was why Jiang Xiaoshu ran away quietly at the beginning.
"I've been going to Jiangnan to see the beauty..." Jiang Xiaoshu kept complaining that his master Feng Yihong did not teach him his wise internal skills, and also complained that the emperor was ignorant of raising his praises to him. When he talked about the beauty, he felt a move in his heart:
"Tsk, although Jiangnan is good, the one named Carpenter Li just now, oh no, the girl named Li Mujiang, I'm afraid there are not many women in Jiangnan who can compare with... Isn't that right? So I always say that the master and the little emperor are the most reliable. If it weren't for them, how could I come here and see such a beauties? Hehehe..."
When Zhang Qianjun saw Jiang Xiaoshu complaining to his master and the emperor indignantly, he suddenly stopped talking, and then his eyes were confused and he giggled with his mouth tilted, for fear that the saliva would flow out the next moment.
The younger brother's face changed at a speed, and he was afraid that he would be as fast as his previous record of "Immortal Return to Penglai", and he could only see the dust.
Fortunately, Zhang Qianjun has long been accustomed to the unpredictable junior brother. After expressing his deep admiration in his heart, he left on his own.
Jiang Xiaoshu smiled wickedly, and Li Mujiang's voice and smile seemed to appear in front of him again. After being intoxicated for a long time, he realized that Zhang Qianjun had left, so he followed him screamed.
Chapter completed!