Chapter 21: Pushing the Boat
Xiao Muyun was even more nervous when he heard this. He looked at Luo Xiaoyao, who was standing next to Yelu Zongwu not far away, but saw that his expression was also nervous. He thought that the boy named Luo looked like he was worried that Mr. Chu would lose. Could it be that he met Mr. Chu? Thinking of this, he stood up on tiptoe and approached Mu Daocheng's ear and whispered: "Master, will Mr. Chu lose? And what is the relationship between the boy named Luo and Mr. Chu?"
"Little Muyun is so smart, guess...hehe." Mu Daocheng smiled slightly.
At this time, Chu and Yan Zhongchang in the field started fighting again, but from fast to slow. At first, more than ten moves, Yan Zhongchang's fist palms were quickly attacking. Chu Nanfeng saw the moves, and both of them were as fast as lightning. After twenty moves, although Yan Zhongchang's qi was still domineering and loud, the speed slowed down. It turned out that after Chu Nanfeng took over Yan Zhongchang's more than forty moves, he had a little understanding of the changes in the "Dragon and Elephant Art" moves of Yan Zhongchang's thirty-two moves, he used the "Taichu Heart Sutra" and used the "Hundred Soft Palm" palm technique.
This "Bairu Palm" palm technique combines both hardness and softness, while the "Taichu Heart Sutra" has a long qi. Both use it to make the remaining force long, dragging Yan Zhong's speed of changing moves.
If Chu Nanfeng had not known about the battle between Yi Wuwei and Lejue, he would not have found a way to deal with it so quickly. It should be noted that Yi Wuwei thought of using the "Hundred Soft Palm" to deal with Master Jue's dragon and elephant magic skills after more than ninety moves.
The "Bairu Palm" uses slowness to control fastness, and softness to overcome hardness as long as it is. Yan Zhongchang's qi is strong and fierce, and its moves are as fast as lightning. It is used to fight against the "Bairu Palm" used by Chu Nanfeng. The qi of the fist palm seems to hit a wave of lake water and is dispersed and spread. Only 80% of the qi that really hits the Chu Nanfeng qi, and the 20% of the qi that dispersed actually reverses and returns, which makes Yan Zhongchang dare not exert all the remaining energy.
The two of them gradually fought slowly. When they were about to breathe, Yan Zhongchang shouted, and his right fist rushed out, forcing Chu Nanfeng to take a step back, but he also took two steps back. After standing still, he smiled and said, "So that's it. Yan also said that Mr. Chu is really from Senior Master Mu. Now he knows that he is the elder of Xiaoyou Luo's master. Okay, okay, haha..."
After Chu Nanfeng sent out the "Taichu Heart Sutra", Yan Zhongchang naturally saw the origin of Chu Nanfeng. He also saw that Luo Xiaoyao had the "Taichu Heart Method" in Daizhou, so he waited for an opportunity to kidnap him.
Ma Xingkong woke up like a dream. He looked at Mu Daocheng who was laughing and thought to himself that this was the case.
Luo Xiaoyao felt a look at him, and turned his head to look at him. He saw Xiao Muyun looking at him with a strong smile. Thinking of this look exactly the same as when he looked at him up and down in the inn. He immediately turned his head to look at Chu Nanfeng in the field, but his face turned slightly red, and the sound of Xiao Muyun chuckling came from his ears, but even his ears were already hot.
At this time, Chu Nanfeng was one step further from Yan Zhongchang from the center of the painting circle, and the two were ten feet apart. When they heard Yan Zhongchang's words, Chu Nanfeng smiled and refused to answer.
Yan Zhongchang paused, and suddenly lifted his hands flat on his palms. His clothes were windless and rustled. Chu Nanfeng knew that he had two moves of his thirty-two moves, but he had not used them. He also circulated his energy around the sky and waited for it.
But when Yan Zhongchang shouted violently, turned into a palm into a fist, and a "elephant invisible" hit him. Chu Nanfeng saw countless fists coming in front of him, which seemed to be blowing like a light breeze. When he reached two feet in front of him, he was like a huge wave rolling in. He had cultivated "his heart" but could see where the fist was located in many fist shadows. Seeing this, he hurriedly used a move to "go with the flow" and cut up against the fist.
When the two fists and palms intersected, everyone saw the turf on both sides of Chu Nanfeng rolling backwards, and saw his feet retreating smoothly, but was pushed by Yan Zhongchang to only one step away from the circle line.
Xiao Muyun exclaimed, and saw Chu Nanfeng fixing his body, stepping on his right foot, leaning his shoulders and flat elbows, pressing Yan Zhongchang's right hand back to his chest, and at the same time, his left palm passed through him and hit Yan Zhongchang's left shoulder. Just as Yan Zhongchang was retreating, Chu Nanfeng had taken advantage of the momentum to step out of his left foot. His body turned around, but he turned to Yan Zhongchang's palms and slapped it out. In a flash, he hit Yan Zhongchang who was about to turn around. A wave of overwhelming energy shocked him two steps back, but he went out of the circle.
It turned out that Chu Nanfeng used the "Wuji Gong" mental method of Wu Wangbo: defend himself and follow the trend of the enemy. When Yan Zhong's long fist arrived, the "drift with the flow" of "Hundred Soft Palm" differentiated 20% of the qi, and then cut into it to connect with Yan Zhong's long fist wrist, stick to Yan Zhong's long fist wrist, and follow the force of his retracted fist. When Yan Zhong's long fist is about to attack again, he takes the lead in storm and accumulates his energy and moves up, and rotates his body in a flash, forcing Yan Zhong to out of the circle.
But when Yan Zhongchang, who had withdrawn from the circle, looked annoyed, suddenly roared at the felt tent six or seven feet away. The felt tent seemed to be blown by a hurricane, flying three feet away and then scattered into an inch. Fortunately, there was no one living inside. If anyone had anyone, he would have been seriously injured by Yan Zhongchang's lion roar.
Mu Daocheng sighed: "Mr. Yan's move "Dragon Roaring Nine Heavens" should be domineering. If the eldest brother had not made a move in time and used his power to force the Lion King to open, I'm afraid the winner would be Mr. Yan."
Yan Zhongchang remained silent, looked up at the sky, and then clasped his fists at Chu Nanfeng after a few breaths, saying, "Mr. Chu is extremely talented, Yan lost."
"Mr. Yan is too proud, but Chu just took the opportunity and gave in."
"When Yan met Xiaoyou Luo in Daizhou that day, he saw that he was young and returned to the realm of returning to the truth, he almost defeated a divine consciousness realm. Hehe, he thought that his master was not an ordinary person, but he did not expect that Mr. Chu was so strong, good, he had his master and had his disciples. I admire him, and admire him."
The last sentence is naturally a pun. Yan Zhongchang only said that Yi Wuwei would tell Chu Nanfeng about fighting with Lejue, so that he would say this. However, he did not expect that if Chu Nanfeng had not said Mu Daocheng, he would have no idea about Yi Wuwei and Lejue's martial arts competition.
Yi Wuwei is in the Nascent Soul Realm, and enlightens the "Mind Realm Power", while Master Lejue is in the Golden Body Realm Realm, and has the "Divine Realm Power". Both techniques can control objects with energy and use one mind and two uses. Control objects and attack enemies without having to do it yourself. The two of them have equal cultivation. If they use moves, their magical powers will be distinguished from the top, and they may not be able to determine the outcome for three days and three nights.
Therefore, Lijue drew a circle, and compared it with Yi Wuwei, the energy of the energy was long and thick. Yi Wuwei had the advantage. When Lijue was ten feet away from the line, he used a move to "repay for love" and forced him out of the circle with force. It was not like Chu Nanfeng being forced to the circle by Yan Zhongchang to one step, forcing Yan Zhongchang, who had already had the advantage.
When Yan Zhongchang learned about Chu Nanfeng's identity, he was wary of repeating the same mistakes. As if he had lost and Yi Wuwei at the beginning, he did not expect that Chu Nanfeng would be at a disadvantage and force himself to retreat with the momentum of his defeat. He then used a move to "push the boat" to shake himself out of the line, and his words were actually embarrassing.
Chu Nanfeng naturally regarded it as not knowing what happened back then. After hearing what Yan Zhongchang said, he smiled slightly: "Mr. Yan praised it, and I hope that Mr. Li will remove the qi ban on his little disciple."
Each technique of controlling the popularity is different. Chu Nanfeng is not unable to unlock the meridian acupoints that Luo Xiaoyao was forced to do, but it would take some time. This statement also means giving Yan Zhong a face.
How could Yan Zhongchang not know? He didn't answer when he heard this. He walked to Yelu Zongwu and said, "General Yelu, please follow me back to the inn."
He bowed to everyone and said when he entered the side door of the atrium: "Lingtu's meridians are different from ordinary people. Every three hours, he will break through Yan's ban. Why should Mr. Chu give Yan a face? Haha..." He left with laughter.
Chu Nanfeng was stunned when he heard this, looked at Mu Daocheng, and came to Luo Xiaoyao and said suspiciously: "Is there really such a thing?"
Luo Xiaoyao's face turned red, "Shortly after arriving at the inn in the city that day, his energy recovered. Unexpectedly, the Lion King sat beside him and immediately realized that he was restrained again."
Chu Nanfeng taught him martial arts for ten years, but he didn't know that there was something unusual about Luo Xiaoyao's meridians. He felt ashamed. Mu Daocheng walked to Luo Xiaoyao's body and held Luo Xiaoyao's meridian door. He was silent for a moment and smiled and said, "When will Xiaoyao enter the realm of Guizhen?"
"So that's it..." Chu Nanfeng immediately woke up and looked at Mu Daocheng and smiled slightly.
Mu Daocheng laughed: "Okay, I think he is a martial arts genius, haha..."
Xiao Yanbei and others were puzzled, but they did not dare to ask for advice, so as not to violate the taboo of those who practice martial arts.
"Brother, go to the hall for a while." Mu Daocheng looked at the felt tent left seven or eight feet away, and turned to Xiao Yanbeidao: "Yanbei comes with me."
After saying that, he walked towards the felt tent. Xiao Yanbei did not dare to hesitate and followed. After entering the felt tent, Mu Daocheng smiled and said to Xiao Yanbei: "Yanbei, how are the big brothers' martial arts?"
Xiao Yanbei didn't know what he meant for a moment, and said, "Mr. Chu had outstanding martial arts and extraordinary talent, and he was a master of the world."
Mu Daocheng nodded, "Well, then let Mu Yun take him as his teacher, what do you think?"
Xiao Yanbei was stunned for a moment, remembering what Zhuo Wu told him about Chu Nanfeng doing in Xizhou, he couldn't help but hesitate. Mu Daocheng only said that he was reluctant to let Xiao Muyun leave, so he smiled and said, "I'll let Muyun and his elder brother go to Taibai Mountain for a year. Why do you feel so unwilling to let him go to Taibai Mountain?"
"It's not so. It's just that my disciple has a military position. Mr. Chu is a Han Chinese. If the two countries fight in the future..."
Mu Daocheng understood what Xiao Yanbei meant just now, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "What a war between the two countries... Then I asked you, you should be older than Brother Chu, and the martial arts taught by me are not as weak as those of your elder brothers. Do you know why this is?"
"Mr. Chu is a talented person and his disciple is stupid. How can he compare with him..."
"Hmph, this is not just a matter of talent. You must know the fortune of a country, just like the qi realm of a martial arts practitioner. If you don't have enough understanding or your skills are wrong, don't force your practice to avoid getting into a demon. Your martial arts are all ruined. Do you understand what I mean?"
Xiao Yanbei was shocked when he heard this, and then heard Mu Daocheng say, "Do you know the reason why the Han people moved south when the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun had just returned to the Khitan, but in recent years, the number of migrations south has decreased?"
"First, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the strategy of "control according to customs", and second, the Central Plains have also fought repeatedly in recent years... I am superficial, but I also heard that benevolent and virtuous kings all regard the people's minds as their thoughts, and do not attack easily. If they win the will of the people, they will naturally respond to one call. If they have not acted as an invasion and plunder, how could anyone resist?" Xiao Yanbei was suddenly sweating coldly when he heard this.
"You can't tolerate a Han man who is good for his daughter. How can you tolerate other Han man? How can you dare to seize the world?" Mu Daocheng said in a deep voice.
Xiao Yanbei hurriedly bowed and said, "I know my mistake, I hope my master will forgive me. I will remember my master's teachings."
Unexpectedly, he heard Mu Daocheng say coldly: "Don't forget that I am also a Han Chinese."
Xiao Yanbei trembled all over, and Putong knelt on the ground, sweating profusely for a long time and dared not move.
Yan Zhongchang and Yelu Zongwu returned to the inn and saw that the lanterns on the front yard corridor had already lit up. A series of conversations came from the front hall. Yan Zhongchang walked and said, "The day after tomorrow is the happy day for the princess and the horse. There are quite a few officials here to congratulate you. I may not be able to be purified tonight."
Yelu Zongwu nodded, "I think most people from the South Courtyard should know Mr. Yan most of them."
Yan Zhongchang frowned, but did not answer. He followed the corridor on the right, avoided the sight of the guests in the front hall, and turned into the courtyard on the right side of the inn. He thought he did not want to be disturbed.
As soon as he entered the wing room and changed his clothes, a postman came to the door with a lantern and bowed to the salute: "Mr. Yan, there is a Lord Wei who claims to be the Guards' Mansion asking for a visit..."
"Master Wei of the Guards?" Yan Zhongchang was stunned when he heard this. The Guards' Mansion in the north and south of the Khitan Courts belonged to the Guards' Department and were the personal guards of the Khitan Emperor. Yan Zhongchang had never heard of someone with the surname Wei of the Guards' Mansion in the South of the Khitan Court. He hesitated and walked out of the wing room and into the living room of the side courtyard, saying, "Please come in."
After a while, an old man in his regular clothes, who was nearly 60 years old, entered the living room under the guidance of the postman, bowed to Yan Zhongchang and said, "Wei Tong has met Mr. Yan."
Yan Zhongchang heard that he had not reported his official title and knew that he was a guest minister in the Guards' Mansion. Although the guest minister had no official position, he had great power and had free coming and going. Of course, his status was respectful, and few people would resign from his guest minister. For example, the guest minister in the Guards' Mansion was only controlled by the Grand Master and Taibao of the Guards' Department.
The Liao Dynasty Guards Department was the emperor's personal guard. It can be seen that he is a guest official in it. The guard office where Yan Zhongcheng is located was set up to protect the royal family, nobles and officials. The source of Wei Tong is that he is taller than Yan Zhong, but he has no official positions, so he often calls each other as a teacher.
Yan Zhong bowed, "Mr. Wei, please sit down."
After Wei Tong took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yan Zhongchang, he just sat down. Yan Zhongchang looked at Wei Tong and opened the letter to take a closer look. "It turns out that it is Mr. Wei from the North Court Guards' Mansion. No wonder Yan heard it strange. Fortunately, I will be lucky, and I will be lucky."
Wei Tong smiled, "Wei has been in the capital for a long time, so Mr. Yan is not familiar with him."
Yan Zhong nodded, turned to frown, "Mr. Wei, where are the other three guest officials and the people from the Imperial Heavenly Prison?"
Wei Tong thought that he had already known the content of the letter, and heard this, "After the princess's phoenix carriage arrives tomorrow morning. Mr. Yan can travel with us at noon tomorrow."
Yan Zhongchang nodded and said, "That's all."
Wei Tong stood up and said goodbye, but Yan Zhongchang did not try to keep him. He thought that he knew that Wei Tong had his own place to go. When Wei Tong left, he called the postman to prepare some wine and food. When the wine and food were served, he called Yelu Zongwu. Yelu Zongwu saw that Yan Zhongchang was defeated by Chu Nanfeng during the day, so he expected that he was in a bad mood and did not dare to come to disturb Yan Zhongchang, but he did not expect that Yan Zhongchang would call him with a smile.
Yan Zhongchang filled the wine glass on the table and raised his glass and said, "General Yelu, congratulations, Yan is for the respect."
Yelu Zongwu was stunned, and Yan Zhongchang put the wine glass on his face. "Yan just received a letter from Lord Taibao. The emperor knew that the rebellion of King Yan had nothing to do with General Yelu, and had ordered General Yelu to be the commander of the guards of the Southern Court. He would make contributions in the future. It would be difficult for the emperor to give the throne, haha..."
Yelu Zongwu was overjoyed when he heard this. It was a great blessing to not be rebelled by the King of Yan to punish the Lian. He did not dare to ask for any throne. He could not have expected that he would be promoted from a local camp official to a commander of the prefecture.
"General Yelu is now a colleague of Yan, and he will be able to represent the Southern Court Guardian to attend the grand banquet of the princess and the son-in-law the day after tomorrow." Yelu Zongwu didn't know what he meant for the time being and did not dare to answer.
"Yan has something important to leave tomorrow, and Commander Yelu can return to the Southern Courtyard Guardian to perform his duties after the banquet."
Yan Zhongchang looked at Yelu Zongwu with a suspicious look and pondered for a moment: "Yan is probably going out for ten days and half a month... Then Mr. Liu led Yan's letter back to Youzhou, and he thought he would win over some good-looking people. At that time, Yelu's leader arranged for them to settle down. If he was willing to serve the Guardian, he would be allowed to be a guest minister. In the future, Yelu's leader Gao Sheng would be able to follow Yelu, and what would he mean by Commander Yelu?"
When Yelu Zongwu heard the previous sentence, he thought that Yan Zhongchang had lost face and deliberately made excuses to avoid it. After Yan Zhongchang finished speaking, he knew that he was wrong. He nodded immediately, "Zong Wu should follow Mr. Yan's arrangements, but please rest assured. Zong Wu has something... I don't know whether he should talk about it?"
"Master Yelu said nothing."
It turned out that when he saw Chu Nanfeng in Xiao Yanbei Mansion today, Yelu Zongwu felt that he was being chased by a cavalry in Xizhou, but he was not sure. At that time, he was behind the cavalry and rushed in a hurry. He had never seen Nanfeng's face clearly. Later, he remembered the process of the man surnamed Qin describing the assassination process of entering the city, and he thought of Luo Xiaoyao and vaguely guessed that Chu Nanfeng was being chased by a Khitan cavalry while in Xizhou.
"From his skills and relationship with Senior Leng Dao, he is not a entourage or worshipper around the generals in the army. I think it just happened to meet him. Try to be careful when he meets him in the future." Yan Zhongchang said thoughtfully.
One by one by one
Since the Later Jin Xian and Khitan, Youzhou was renamed Youdu Prefecture in the first year of Huitong of Emperor Taizong of Liao, and established the Nandawang Court Office in Youdu Prefecture, so it is also known as Nanjing.
On that day, the sky was dark. In the hall of Tongbao Pavilion Branch of Youzhou City East Street, there was one person sitting on the ring chairs on both sides. On the left was Weng Mu, who came from Daizhou, looking at a man who was nearly 50 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and said, "Sikong, do you say that Yan Zhongchang is the entourage of the Guardian of the Liao people's South Court...will the young master be taken to the Guardian?"
The man was Sikong Ran, the manager of Youzhou branch pavilion. He shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. In the past two days, I have been inquiring about Daming Temple or the Nanyuan Guardian. There is no news of Yan Zhongchang's return. I'm afraid that he has something to stop on the road."
"It has been three days since I took the shortcut path..." Weng Mu frowned and pondered, as if he was conscious. He looked up at the courtyard and saw a man standing in the courtyard with a headdress, wearing a jade crown, wearing an ink-colored cloak, with sword eyebrows slanted, with beautiful beards, dark and spiritual eyes, with a bit of domineering in elegance, and without anger, he was mighty.
Weng Mu and Sikong Ran looked at each other, their faces were full of surprise. At the same time, they stood up and walked out of the hall, bowing to the people who came to bow and salute: "I have met the Pavilion Master."
The visitor is Luo Xiaoyao's father, Luo Hanshui, the head of Tongbao Pavilion.
Seeing the two saluted, they smiled and said "hmm" and walked into the hall. After they arrived at the main seat, they smiled and said, "Miss Two wants to see her grandfather. I happened to send her to Luoyang. When I learned about Xiaoyao, I rushed over."
It turned out that Luo Xiaoyao's mother Fan was from Chu, and her family was rich. Her father was a big tea merchant in Chu. When she went from Chu to Chu, she was killed by a robber while on the way to the boat. Luo Hanshui learned about it and deliberately concealed the news, but in the end, Fan learned that after giving birth to Luo Xiaoyao, Fan died of depression after half a year after giving birth to Luo Xiaoyao.
When Luo Xiaoyao was ten years old, Luo Hanshui remarried and gave birth to a daughter. This time he took his wife and daughter to Luoyang to visit relatives. After receiving the news of Luo Xiaoyao, he rushed to Youzhou.
Looking at Weng Mu with a shameful face, Luo Hanshui chuckled and said, "Elder Weng, don't worry. Although there is something strange about this, I think Yan Zhongchang is probably going to be for Brother Chu. He kidnapped Xiaoyao just to force Brother Chu to find him, so he would not do anything to Xiaoyao."
"This Yan Zhongchang ignored his identity and sneaked into attacking and abducting the young master. He should not be treated with common sense."
Luo Hanshui nodded: "The news says that the elder and Xiaoyao are going to Liuling Mountain to meet Brother Chu?"
Weng Mu talked about what he heard in Taibai Mountain to Luo Hanshui. Luo Hanshui was a little surprised: "It turns out that Liu Gongwen is hiding in Youzhou. No wonder he can't find him... Haha, one is Yan Wang Mansion and the other is Daming Temple. Nanfeng is busy now."
Looking at Sikong Ran, "I haven't seen each other for two years, the Sikong manager has become more and more powerful. Can I find Liu Gongwen's whereabouts?"
"Return to the Pavilion Master, the Liao people have now rebelled, and now they have a new Master. The King of Yan seems to be involved in the rebellion. The staff and servants in the mansion all fell down and all went their separate ways. It is difficult to detect it now."
Luo Hanshui thought for a moment, "I heard that the Liao people changed their lords, but I didn't know that the Yan Prince's Mansion was related to it. It seems that it is not easy for Brother Chu to find the evil thief. Sikong is in charge of affairs. You can investigate and inquire from the familiar high-ranking officials, or it may be feasible."
Tongbao Pavilion is a silver account, so you will naturally become familiar with some high-ranking officials. Liu Gongwen is in the Yan Prince's Mansion for a long time, so he should know some officials. After hearing Luo Hanshui's order, Sikong Ran hurriedly said, "Subordinates obey the order."
In the abbot's Zen room of Daming Temple in Miaofeng Mountain, west of the city, an old monk with white eyebrows and beards sat down on the cushion. It was the abbot of the abbot, and closed his eyes and seemed to have noticed it. Zajue suddenly opened his eyes and said slowly: "The donor has arrived, why not come in and sit..."
But I haven't heard anyone answer for a long time. I sang "Amitabha" and the Buddhist beads in my hand moved and formed a thread. They shot out through the wooden window with yellow and white oil paper. After two breaths, the Buddhist beads actually returned from the original path of the paper hole in the window. They were still stuck in the foot of the face of Jue. I suffocated "Huh", and thoughts moved, and reached out to take off the Buddhist beads hanging in front of me, and got up and came out of the meditation room.
Chapter completed!