Chapter 6 Lu Thirteen
Lu Chong didn't wake up from the confusion for a long time, and often felt something unusual in his mind. He seemed to have come to this world in a daze, and he vaguely felt that he was not from this world. He felt novel, mysterious, and mixed with some fear.
He recalled many long-closed memories, such as the very warm face of his mother when he was a child, the back of his father sitting motionless on the wooden bench, and the slight sigh of his grandfather holding a wooden umbrella in his hand until the first piece of wood he faced with a knife flashed through his mind like a flowing picture.
A ray of sunlight shone diagonally from the rooftop air window on the table in the rest room. Lu Chong sat quietly on the bed, staring up at the light, feeling particularly real.
It seems that something suddenly caught in my mind? By the way, it is a word that has just shaking: "flow", flowing thoughts, flowing breath, and flowing invisible meridians.
I remember when I first started practicing the meridian technique, there was a prompt in the booklet, that is, meridian is a mysterious technique, and there are high requirements for practicing successfully. The first is to have a special physique, and the second is the number of complicated practices, superhuman understanding and control of the mysterious meridian. If you are not careful, your body will be strongly backlashed and become disabled.
Lu Chong is always careful every time he practices, so that he can completely calm himself down, and pass the process of every attack in his mind in advance before starting. Once there is a poor flow in the veins, he will immediately give up. He suddenly realized that it is the form of rapid flow that has a terrible impact on the entire arm. If the control reaches a balanced rhythm and spacing, he will eventually break through the ultimate of agility.
Lu Chong had an incredible idea. Her intuition always responded quickly. Could it be that it was caused by the rapid flow of the mysterious veins in the brain? Last night, Miss Zhong was able to respond very quickly. Even when she first came up with her thoughts, she seemed to have seen through them, guiding her thoughts step by step. This really made Lu Chong wonder. Is there still a technique of meridian transmission in the brain?
Lu Chong couldn't help but smiled self-deprecatingly. His right hand had not yet achieved success. Now he was thinking about other things that were impossible to determine. How could such a thing happen? After thinking about it, he shook his head and threw away these distracting thoughts.
At this time, the door of the room was pushed open violently, and Lu Ping rushed in with sweat on his head and shouted to Lu Chong: "Go to the carving workshop quickly. I heard that there were thieves last night. The manager is investigating the matter and let all the wood repair boys go to the carving workshop."
After saying that, he ran away again. Lu Chong probably had already discovered what happened last night by the manager. He didn't know what the ending would be, so he jumped out of bed and ran out with him.
Not long after, all the twenty-two wood-storing boys appeared in the carving workshop, including all the seven sects. The reason why they were all there was because the wood-storing boys in the South Court of Lufang were not allowed to be discharged easily. Although it was stipulated that they could accumulate one day of going out every month, all wood-storing boys who went out had to ask for leave from the manager first, and after obtaining consent, they had to verify their identity when they went out.
The questioning of each Xiumutong naturally did not result, so the manager sent someone to search every rest room, mainly for Xiumutong from the town. After all, the relationship between the clan and the children of the clan was complicated, and the value of the seventh-story calendula was not very high. It was just that Lufang had never allowed thieves on the surface.
As a result, the marigold chrysanthemum was not found. Lu Chong had known this ending, and Miss Zhong's identity was not something that ordinary people could suspect. However, what Lu Chong did not expect was that when a small wooden object was found in the large wooden wardrobe in the room, something sensation happened. (Because the task was handed in the end of each month, Xiu Mutong usually stored the prepared objects in his wardrobe)
Just ten days after this month, there were three people in the Wood-Shunting Tong, with more than ten items, namely Lushan, just ten items, Lutong, eleven items, and the most were Lutong, and there were thirteen items.
Even the manager was shocked. After only more than a month of study, he had surpassed many adult wood craftsmen in the family who specialized in carving. The manager praised Lu Chong Dali for this. Because he was happy, he would not resolve the investigation of the marigold chrysanthemums.
But the matter was not finished yet. Many Xiumutongs admired and jealous of Lu Chong, and secretly gave him a nickname called "Lu Shisan". Not long after, they were called famous. Sometimes even Lu Yun also called him "Thirteenth", and Lu Heng and Lu Ping were even called "Thirteenth Brother" before "Thirteenth Brother" and the latter, as if the name was called a great honor.
Lu Chong did not expect the final result, but he didn't care too much and continued to start his own training. Because he understood the essence of internal rhythm and balanced distance, Lu Chong also made great progress in carving. Three days later, he finally carved a three-layer calendula chrysanthemum. Although the flowers only have seven simple flower slices in total, the spacing and thickness of each leaf have reached perfection.
That night, Lu Chong, Lu Yun, Lu Heng and Lu Ping came to a courtyard. This is where Lu Zhi was in the south courtyard. There were two tall locust trees planted in the yard. Four mahogany-shaped log benches were placed under the trees. A long grass was cultivated directly in front of the main house. The side houses on both sides were connected to the corridors of the main house. The overall look was very harmonious and elegant.
The yard was very lively, and I kept seeing maids and servants busy walking through the corridor.
A servant led them into a room in the side room on the right. A table was already served slowly on the table. The thin Lu Zhi sat in the seat at the top, next to him were three clan children who were usually close to him. Three young men were sitting down, the same identity as Lu Chong and the others.
When Lu Zhi saw Lu Chong and the others coming in, he waved to Lu Chong enthusiastically and said, "Thirteen, why are you here? Let's sit down."
As soon as Lu Chong and the others sat down, everyone started to laugh. A clan child on the left of Lu Zhi said, "Thirteen is famous this time. I admire the carving of thirteen pieces in ten days."
The one who was a little further away on the right also laughed and said, "Yes! Thirteen has a magical hand! I used all my strength to have only seven pieces. My father also said that I worked very hard, and compared with Thirteen, nothing is gone."
"You don't know yet! I heard that Thirteen had carved three qualified flowers today, and Teacher Zhong Jing praised him." The slightly dark-faced boy leaning against Lu Zhi's right said.
"What? Really, it's so awesome."
The others nodded and admired each other. The scene seemed lively, but it made Lu Chong feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing this situation, Lu Zhi said, "There are all people, don't be polite. Let's drink a glass together first, congratulations on our victory in the first battle." So everyone raised their glasses and drank the glass of wine.
Next, everyone started to eat, raising glasses to each other, and the room was full of wine.
During the meal, Lu Zhi raised his glass to Lu Chong several times to invite him, and seemed very kind. After Lu Chong drank the wine, Lu Zhi picked up a piece for Lu Chong and asked at the same time: "Thirteen, how much is it to be prepared this month? We all know that you are the fastest among the Xiu Mu Tong."
Lu Chong is just starting to get bored about this matter. Not only did Miss Zhong’s request, the manager must not give it less, and he must not give it here. This is a very difficult problem to solve.
"I'll try my best." Lu Chong could only say this.
Seeing that he was embarrassed and understood what he meant, Lu Zhi said, "You don't have to worry about the number of people in charge, just hand in some of them. I'll handle this."
After hearing this, everyone was a little puzzled and vaguely felt what the meaning was.
The one next to Lu Zhi left continued, "The manager is Mr. Zhi's second uncle, and he will support him."
So that's it. Lu Chong had long felt that the relationship in Lufang was not simple. It seems that he still needs to pay more attention.
Lu Zhi waited for everyone to digest for a while and took out an object from his arms. It was a bit like an arrow on a bow and arrow, but it was much larger, with the top being conical, the waist being three-winged protrusions, and a strip-shaped groove at the center of the tail, which was about four inches long.
Seeing that everyone showed a puzzled look, Lu Zhi smiled slightly, and handed the object to everyone to pass it through, then said: "This object is called the three-wing cone. You have observed it. The structure is not complicated and the difficulty is not very high. The key is the balance of the three-wing cone. The wings and grooves cannot be too thin or too thick, otherwise they will lose their value. With everyone's current skill level, as long as they work harder, they should do it well."
Lu Zhi looked at everyone seriously and said in a serious voice: "I will pay you ten black iron coins for this item, but this item must not be discovered by others. You can only find time to make it here. I specially prepared a room for you in the yard, which contains the materials and knives for making it. No one is allowed to enter without my consent."
"Is this a military product?" A Xiumutong said hesitantly.
"Yes, this thing looks like an ordinary wooden device, but a substance is added to the groove, which has special attack ability, but it is rarely used by ordinary people." Lu Zhi said implicitly.
The atmosphere suddenly calmed down and everyone began to ponder. Lu Zhi sighed and said lightly: "Actually, these are just temporary. Let's practice this way first! Next step I will consider other ways. As long as everyone listens to me, I will stand up for you if there is anything, and I will let everyone earn more wealth in the future."
Only then did Lu Chong fully understand that Lu Zhi was using his favorable conditions to start building his own power. Tonight's talent in Muluo wooden tools, after all, every Wooden Xiutong who came here to study has good potential.
From this point of view, these clans of the Lu family have great ambitions.
Lu Chong also knew that in Lu Fang, he could only rely on the power of others for the time being, so it is an opportunity to cooperate with Lu Zhi now. After all, he is weak and a small person like himself who struggles out of the town will be extremely difficult. Lu Chong secretly swore in his heart: he must make a lot of money in the future, master the ultimate skills, show his lofty ambitions, and live the best life.
Chapter completed!