Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 163

The Xiguan mansion with three rooms and two corridors that Lei Huo bought is located on the side of the street. It is still his usual luxurious style. Even if there are only a dozen people living in the whole house, he bought a three-story blue brick mansion extravagantly. , There is even a stage in the middle hall, and you can invite opera troupes to come to your house to sing during festivals.

Yuan Ziyi led Jiang Wen and his party to settle down, and the old horse was also handed over to the groom to take care of them, and then they dispersed back to their houses.

However, along the way, Yuan Ziyi still didn't have a good face towards Jiang Wen, which made Jiang Wen always feel nervous, and decided to find an opportunity to talk about it.

From the concierge to the guest room, you need to go through the garden and the side hall. Jiang Wen walked on the path next to the flower hall, chatting with Yuan Ziyi at the side, determined to divert his attention from the fact that the Wuyi faction suddenly came to Guangzhou. Talk about something else to attract attention...

For example, talk about Yan Wing Chun?

"Girl in purple, what do you think Miss Yan is doing in Zhangqiugang Village? I don't know what kind of high-ranking hermit she met?"

Yuan Ziyi and Jiang Wen walked side by side, and said in a low voice with some displeasure: "Zhangqiugang Village is near the mouth of the river and the sea. Sister Yan first heard that there were people oppressing the people there, so she went to investigate the situation. Wear hemp and wear filial piety at every household."

"so serious?"

Jiang Wen raised his eyebrows and said, he couldn't help wondering whether there was an epidemic, Yan Yongchun should not suffer a loss if he went there rashly.

"It is said that it was done by a wild Taoist surnamed Li. People often drowned in the village. He lied to the villagers that there were dragons at the bottom of the river, and they needed to sit on his special dragon boat and beat the drums to drive away the evil spirits. Who would have thought it was a glued long boat? , I met Chao Xin not far from the sea, and all the people drowned in the storm in the sea, and the bodies only floated to the shore three days later."

Yuan Ziyi frowned and explained the situation, "Sister Yan came back later and said that there was a ghoul in the mourning hall in the village, causing panic. She and Uncle Yan happened to meet a tall hermit to help, so they had to find out the truth. return."

"The ghoul?"

Jiang Wen muttered this term with a frown. Ordinary people know that ghosts are ghosts. This ghoul guard is not something that ordinary people would say. There may be some stories about the identity of this expert.

Ghost guarding ghouls, one of the fifty yin demons, is recorded in the Buddhist Shurangama Mantra. It is written in Sanskrit as "Bi Liduo Jie Luo He", which means ghosts who guard around their corpses after death and do not go to reincarnation.

And in the Taoist "Tai Shang Eliminates Three Corpses and Nine Insects to Protect Life", it is also mentioned, "One is like the length of life of the dead. Dreaming of people begging for food can cause headaches, colds, fevers and nausea. It is said that the dead are also dead. The ghost of this corpse, False and deceitful types, nightmare souls, nightmares upside down and die."

There are some similarities in the records of Buddhism and Taoism on this ghost, but the interpretation of this term often involves the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism about the physical body and the golden elixir.

For example, it is recorded in "Zhiyuelu" that Zen Master Huang Long once accused Lu Dongbin of being a ghoul guard. Lu Dongbin laughed and said, "However, there is an elixir of life in the bag."

Zen Master Huanglong also said unceremoniously: "After eighty thousand kalpas, I will eventually fall into nothingness."

This person can say conclusively that there are ghosts guarding the village, and he is probably a member of the Buddhist and Taoist schools.Besides, all the fishermen in Jianghaikou fell into the water, and all of them drowned to death. There must be other problems in this matter.

"Miss Yan left you here alone, isn't she worried at all?" Jiang Wen said with a smile.

"Although there are many famous people in the city of Guangzhou, I don't think it's a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. Why can't we break through?"

Yuan Ziyi said not to be outdone, and counted his opponents like a few treasures: "If you want to talk about the people who can beat me with a firm hand, now it is the old hero Luo of the Golden Knife Mansion and Feng Tiannan of Wuhumen. Wait until the Jinpen Washing Hands Conference starts , I want to see how great the heroes of the world are."

Regarding the other party's big words, Jiang Wen didn't intend to expose them. After all, the other party had already ruled out himself and Yan Yongchun, and even Hong Wending, who had made great progress in martial arts, was not considered.

"So that's the case, but I was too worried. I think Miss Yuan, you practiced whipping well. You must have put in a lot of effort recently."

Yuan Ziyi was still dressed in purple, with a soft silver whip wrapped around his waist, and suddenly swam up to Jiang Wen one step ahead, stopped him by the catkin, stood under the flower branch, smiled and said: "Master Jiang, are you going to teach me martial arts? Or do you want to learn skills with me? We just met by chance before, and it seems that we are not so familiar now."

Hearing that the other party called him the head of Jiang, Jiang Wen remembered that she coveted the head of the Wuyi faction before, but now that the other party said so boldly that he wanted to learn martial arts, it made him feel wrong.

Opening the mouth is to learn martial arts, so it is definitely not to learn martial arts from him, but it seems to continue to settle accounts with him.

"Miss Yuan, I don't quite understand."

"Oh? Does Head Jiang really not understand?"

Yuan Ziyi had a smile on his face, but the corners of his eyes revealed annoyance, "Sister Yan and I have already exchanged letters with Master, she said that the matter of accepting apprentices has never been mentioned to others, but when I saw the hero Hong Xi in Leifu , He also claimed that he never mentioned this to Wending."

Although Yuan Ziyi looked at Jiang Wen gracefully and coquettishly, she already seemed to have thorns all over her body.

"Sect Leader Jiang, shouldn't you give us an explanation for these?"

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

Jiang Wen thought to himself that this matter was exposed, no wonder Yuan Ziyi's attitude suddenly turned 180 degrees, and Jiang Wen's eyes always looked like he was looking at the villain.

From Yuan Ziyi's point of view, a passer-by like himself who intentionally has a relationship with the two women, who spreads martial arts and paves the way for a future, if he is not a hostile person who has been secretly spying on the news for a long time, must be a climber who covets their beauty. A prodigal son, no matter how you look at it, it is extremely suspicious.

However, Jiang Wen claimed that he acted upright and sat upright, and he had never done anything wrong from the beginning to the end. Even if the other party was in the stage of reasonable doubt, he didn't need to feel guilty and timid.

"Miss Yuan, it's inconvenient to disclose my channels for this matter, but you have to believe that I have no malicious intentions. Otherwise, I have plenty of opportunities to do it on Wuyi Mountain and outside Zhizhi Nunnery. Why wait until now?"

"Hmph, Sister Yan also excused you in this way. I don't believe in nonsense. What if you want to harm Master?"

Yuan Ziyi laughed back in anger, and Jiang Wen saw the angry look. The more the woman laughed, the more things got worse. At this time, magic can only be defeated by magic.

"Miss Yuan, I always feel that there is something wrong with you. Do you always feel irritable, insomnia and dreamy recently, and often have a fire in your heart that you can't get out?"

Jiang Wen spoke slowly, but Yuan Ziyi's expression became more and more ugly. Fortunately, Jiang Wen immediately expressed his point of view.

"Martial arts is a thing that can't be chewed. I see Miss Yuan, you have evil eyebrows and hostile eyes. Whether it's sparring or practicing martial arts, you may have been a little too hasty recently. How about I teach you a few Buddhist scriptures to resolve it?"

Yuan Ziyi's smirk instantly froze on his face, and he subconsciously held the whip with his right hand. It lasted for three seconds before he realized that he might not be able to beat the person in front of him, so he gave up.

He grew up in a nunnery, but he actually wanted to teach him to chant scriptures?He's been talking nonsense since just now, is he deliberately teasing himself?
"Master Jiang, what scriptures are you going to teach me?" Yuan Ziyi gritted his teeth and said.

Jiang Wen said solemnly: "I don't know if Miss Yuan has heard of the verses in the "Buddha Said the Sutra of the Cause and Fate of the King of Wonderful Colors"?"

Yuan Ziyi hesitated for a while, and with a blushing face, he said the answer he knew well in his heart: "From love comes worry, from love comes fear, if you are away from your lover, there is no worry and no fear? Why does the head of Jiang want to Tell me this?"

At this time, Jiang Wen stopped talking instead. He stood in the front porch alone, looking at the endless floating clouds, with a smile on his face that Yuan Ziyi could never see through, and it took a long time for his eyes to fall on the far away.

In front of him was a white plum tree that was in full bloom, but the ancient bronze sword in Jiang Wen's hand suddenly stretched out, as if slowly and quickly slashed across the branch, and cut off two plum branches that were about to bloom. in hand.

"Miss Yuan, no matter how fast my sword is, I can only cut off the buds of plum blossoms, but in the world, only careful watering and care can make them bloom."

Jiang Wen handed the plum branch to Yuan Ziyi, "Since you know that fear is caused by love, why do you still think that martial arts can solve all problems in the world?"

This verse is what Yuan Ziyi said to Hu Fei at the end of "The Legend of the Flying Fox". Entangled by fate, she can only drift away at the end with a sword of wisdom.

In this environment, martial arts is her methodology for dealing with everything, and the intrigues in the martial arts are one after another; while Buddhism is her world view of everything, and the five shades of the world are intertwined into calamity.

The two complement each other, forming the cruel and ruthless Saha world with clear barriers in her eyes. The waves of the sea of ​​suffering surround her all the time, and if she is not careful, she will be swallowed by huge waves.

The dangerous turmoil in the arena can only be overcome hand in hand. For a girl who has lost her goal and courage, no matter how much the two fall in love, Hu Fei is not Hu Yidao after all, and Yuan Ziyi will never become a free and easy Mrs. Hu.

Moreover, in Jiang Wen's view, what this girl who was haunted by hatred since she was a high school student is not in need of martial arts cheats, but psychological counseling.

"Miss Yuan, you have been in Guangzhou for so long, have you thought about what you want to do? Foshan is right in front of you, why don't you take a step further?"

Jiang Wen looked at her with sympathy and understanding that made her feel uncomfortable, as if the secret she had tried so hard to hide since she was a child was no longer hidden, but Jiang Wen still swayed two plum branches, attracting her attention.

"You don't have to worry about my affairs."

Yuan Ziyi was still stubbornly denying Jiang Wen's opinion, as if he didn't lose as long as he didn't admit that the other party was right.

Jiang Wen smiled slightly. The other party's reaction was so intense that he guessed right. Yuan Ziyi was really angry because of Feng Tiannan's affairs.

Seeing that the other party did not intend to accept his plum branch, Jiang Wen simply withdrew his hand.

"Even if you are in the city of Guangzhou, Miss Yuan, you should have heard about what happened in the South China Sea. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Naturally, the world cannot be peaceful by ignoring it."

Yuan Ziyi gritted his teeth and looked at Jiang Wen, with a stern and arrogant expression on his pretty and charming face, and retorted.

"Master Jiang, since you know everything well, why do you just sit and watch the villains commit crimes and remain indifferent? If I don't practice martial arts, who can stand up for me when I get bullied in the future? Relying on you, the fearful people in the world Are you a hero?"

At the beginning, Yuan Ziyi's mother, Yuan Yingu, became pregnant after being insulted by Feng Tiannan. The relatives who claimed to have insulted her reputation wanted to soak her in a pig cage. Tang Pei's mansion asked for help, but was violently assaulted by Tang Pei's envoy, causing Yin Gu to commit suicide by hanging from the beam.

The filthy rivers and lakes and the chaotic and sinister world have already caused extremely serious trauma to the young Yuan Ziyi. Compared with the ubiquitous influence of the native family, what she faces has obviously formed a traumatic stress syndrome.

Later, what she met was not a complete educational environment, but a nun and master with a colder personality and a more negative attitude towards the world, which led to the aggravation of her mental illness.

The question Yuan Ziyi raised just now is not only questioning Jiang Wen, but also questioning all the so-called seniors and experts, including Master, who think that she wants to be a teacher in her painful life journey.

Feng Tiannan has been rampant in Foshan for many years. Yuan Ziyi's master and the heroes of the rivers and lakes are very clear, but they are never willing to carry out this just punishment, and they want to leave this just punishment to Yuan Ziyi himself.

Since they are strong in martial arts and chivalrous at the forefront, why don't they punish the villains, but let them do harm to the village and cause so much misfortune?
"Miss Yuan, although Jiang knows a little about martial arts, I'm not a god, and I can't save everyone."

When Jiang Wen heard her showing intense emotions, he was relieved and frankly admitted his incompetence.

"Even if I fight all the way from south to north, if I see one kill one, and see two get rid of one pair, when I look back, there will be more villains growing in the original soil, and even the means More covert, more extreme evil."

The meaning behind Jiang Wen's words was obvious. He obviously thought that everyone except himself could become a villain, including Miss Yuan in front of him.

Yuan Ziyi stood in front of Jiang Wen aggressively, ignoring the height difference between the two, staring straight at Jiang Wen with bright eyes. Although his appearance was young and slender, there was a majesty in his manner of speaking.

"Master Jiang, what you said still can't explain everything. Now you already know that someone is in a sea of ​​flames, can you still turn a blind eye to it? Then what is the difference between you and the wicked?"

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Wen knew that Yuan Ziyi was determined not to believe in Buddhism.

How can you believe in Buddhism if you regard grievances and hatreds so seriously, so serious that they are so incurable?When thinking about a problem, you are so self-centered that you cannot be cured, how can you believe in Buddhism?

But she is still just a girl after all, and Yuan Ziyi also knows that these words already have a sense of moral kidnapping. If you say it in front of a real gentleman, it may kill some young and upright knights. In front of people with ghosts, it is easy Contradicted by other heresies.

She didn't expect Jiang Wen to give the answer and free her from the entanglement in her heart.

However, at Jiang Wen's place, she got a completely unexpected answer.

"Miss Yuan, I just said that martial arts can't solve all problems. It's only a hundred miles away from Foshan Town, and I can take his head back in one night. But if I do this, those wicked people can really repent, and those who suffer Can it really be saved?"

Jiang Wen was still very calm, standing in front of Yuan Ziyi with his expression unchanged, and opened his mouth to point out the place where her logic confused her revenge with killing the people.

"Master Wumei asked you to take revenge because she wanted to end your mortal relationship. Even though the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, you are the only one she wants to save Chaodu. You can blame me, but don't blame your master—I She is also a master, so I know very well that she only cares about you in this matter."

Jiang Wen has met many people in the arena, and the big villain in the rumors of the arena may be just a short-sighted unlucky guy;

Yuan Ziyi doesn't believe in Buddhism, but she still believes that good and evil are rewarded, because she hasn't realized that good and evil are in one mind, and the right and wrong that she thinks about are actually long blurred.In the final analysis, if she were the eldest daughter of Feng Tiannan's family who was married to Mingmei, she probably wouldn't feel pain and torture because of her status like now.

History has no assumptions, so these "what ifs" can only be considered as idle guesses that are better than nothing.But in Jiang Wen's eyes, history has truly changed——

Yuan Ziyi, who originally lived in the Qianlong period in the Jinyong Jianghu, was born in the Shunzhi period at this time. His master also changed from a very senior nun of the Emei Sect to a Wumei master, one of the five elders of Shaolin.

Everything has obviously changed, why does Jiang Wen still look at the person in front of him with the same eyes?
"But...but..."

Yuan Ziyi was also a little confused by a burst of convincing talk. After all, she was only a 16-year-old girl, and she didn't have the courage to kill without blinking. Always at a loss.

"Miss Yuan, I still hold the same point of view. Martial arts are not the solution to all problems. Learning martial arts is enough to strengthen your body, and protecting your home and country is the best. If you blindly pursue martial arts excellence, and finally rely on martial arts to arbitrarily judge, you will Finding that the good deeds I have done may not be the best, and the evil deeds I have committed are even more irreparable."

Jiang Wen held up the two severed white plum branches in front of her again, staring at the lifeless cang tree branches full of tender white plum blossoms that were supposed to be darkly scented and sparsely shaded. They seemed to be stronger than ancient bronze swords We have to score three points.

Today, I found out that my lie was exposed by the five masters. In fact, Jiang Wen felt a little lucky in his heart.

The old nun in Emei in "Flying Fox Story" has a very high seniority, and most of the people who come and go are heroes in the martial arts. Not only did he pass on the profound and complicated martial arts to Yuan Ziyi, but every time Yuan Ziyi saw Yuan Shixiao, he always pestered him to teach him a few tricks , and then from Chen Jialuo, Huo Qingtong to Xinyan, all the heroes of the Red Flower Society have passed her some kung fu more or less.

But these efforts could not clarify the trauma in her heart, but intensified the barriers in understanding the world and martial arts. She mistakenly believed that as long as her mind is cold enough and her martial arts is strong enough, she can be spotless in the world of mortals.

But today's Wu Meitai is obviously more insightful, or more empathetic, deliberately only teaching Yuan Ziyi's internal skills to sharpen his mood, and prevent Yuan Ziyi, who was already a lot of stubbornness, from falling into the lost path of only martial arts theory.

He does not see outsiders, stays out of the world, and cares for this apprentice from the bottom of his heart. This is the life leader Yuan Ziyi should have.

Yuan Ziyi has already kept her mouth shut, and she feels very uncomfortable for speaking too much of what is in her heart today. She thought she was in a harmonious state of mind, but there should be only a few black spots that cannot be wiped off , In fact, it has long been riddled with holes and cracks, and it shattered to pieces at the slightest touch.

Even if she still wanted to blame Jiang Wen, but in the process, the other party did not give her advice on what to do. On the contrary, Jiang Wen just said what she had been unwilling to admit in her heart, those long-standing doubts and Fear made her self-defeating.

Yuan Ziyi suddenly wanted to know Jiang Wen's thoughts.

"Master Jiang, why have you suffered so much and learned so much martial arts?"

Yuan Ziyi looked at Jiang Wen helplessly, his timid and timid appearance was completely opposite to the previous heroic style, which made Jiang Wen a little at a loss.

Fortunately, Jiang Wen is not Hu Fei's wild boy who has never seen the world, so he won't be overwhelmed when he sees Yuan Ziyi whispering softly and begging.

"It's not hard, what's so hard about learning martial arts, don't you just finish learning before you know it."

Jiang Wen said from the bottom of his heart, isn't it just grabbing the cheat book and throwing it into the inventory and adding points to it? After learning all the martial arts in Langhuan Fudi, he didn't teach Xiao Shitou a move.

But as soon as the words fell, Jiang Wen understood that Yuan Ziyi was feeling hesitant and confused, and wanted to find something to learn from himself, such as striking while the iron was hot and transmitting some positive and motivating values ​​to the other party.

After all, Jiang Wen has also changed. Whenever he recalls the scene of standing in front of the Duren Pagoda, he can no longer turn a blind eye to the misfortune that happened in front of him. The next step to empathize with him is to extend a helping hand. Even if the effect is minimal, it will be better. Watch in cold blood.

So Jiang Wen continued: "Miss Yuan, the most important thing in front of you now is nothing else, but to settle accounts with the villain. How can you solve the hatred by killing the villain? Generally speaking, it is the real torture and punishment for him."

The most criticized point of Yuan Ziyi in "Flying Fox" is his attitude towards the villain Feng Tiannan.Feng Tiannan wanted to force Zhong Asi to death, Hu Fei took a lesson to uphold justice, but Yuan Ziyi hid in the dark to prevent Feng Tiannan from committing suicide, and then Zhong Asi's family was tortured and killed by Feng Tiannan.

When this massacre occurred, the book avoided describing Yuan Ziyi, but it is reasonable to infer that Yuan Ziyi was still present and witnessed the massacre.Yuan Ziyi has enough ability to stop it, but she doesn't.

This shows that Yuan Ziyi keeps saying that she wants to get rid of evil, but in fact she doesn't know the meaning of the evil person at all. Apart from the shallow stereotype brought about by her own circumstances, she can't even judge right from wrong. Due to lack of education and psychological trauma stress syndrome, she has been unable to correctly and objectively understand right and wrong.

For this, Jiang Wen's solution is also very simple.

Although Leihuo is domineering, he is not a bad person after all. At most, he is a businessman with relatively tough methods, which is just right for Feng Tiannan, a representative of the feudal landlord class.

When the other party robs the land, Yuan Ziyi will take the labor; Smell, give each other a look.Practicing Feng Tiannan, the biggest crux of her heart, might be able to make up for her vulnerability of being unable to judge independently.

Hearing what Jiang Wen said, Yuan Ziyi looked at Jiang Wen with some hesitation, "Master Jiang, can you really punish the wicked by doing this? It's obviously just to make them unable to profit and act cautiously..."

But Jiang Wen waved his hand and said firmly: "Don't doubt. To deal with these wicked people, if you don't let them do evil, they will feel worse than death. Since ancient times, if some small evils can really be stopped, then After punishing the chief culprit, it can be taught and corrected, wouldn't it be better than killing the head of the culprit?"

Meals have to be eaten bite by bite, and roads have to be walked step by step. Anyway, idleness is idleness. During this time in Guangzhou, Jiang Wen is confident that he can train her to be a real knight.

Jiang Wen continued to explain in a serious manner, thinking that this is the end of the story, as long as you don't take advantage of other people's sympathy to commit crimes and create injustice, you should understand my painstaking efforts.

"Before you asked me why I could just sit back and watch, how do you know that I am not here to do justice for the heavens?"

Jiang Wen's words reached Yuan Ziyi's ears, and a light flashed in her beautiful eyes, dispelling a little haze, "I will act with you these few days and teach you how to deal with evil people!"

Yuan Ziyi was silent for a while, his white wrist still attached to the soft whip.

"But the person I want to kill will not change!"

"Whoever you want to kill and who you want to live, a certain idle cloud and wild crane in Jiang is naturally out of control. The moment you step into the rivers and lakes, life and death, misfortunes and blessings are only called by others, and no one can stop them."

Jiang Wen smiled and made a gesture of asking for your convenience, "In fact, when anyone in this world encounters misfortune, others will feel the same, feel pain, pity, and even want to lend a helping hand, but the wicked It won't feel that way. No matter what you do to them, it's a matter of course!"

"Master Jiang, what do you think I should do?"

After listening to these contents, Yuan Ziyi seemed to have regained his mood, with a smile on his face and a slight dimple on his left cheek, as if he wanted to ask Jiang Wen for advice.

In fact, psychological counseling is like this. It guides the other party's thoughts, listens to what the other party says, and gives a solution with a firm attitude. No matter whether it is effective or not, it can add an insurance to the other party's crumbling psychological defense.

Jiang Wen is very accurate in seeing people, and knows that Yuan Ziyi must have figured out something by herself. The more humble and studious she is on the surface, the sooner she has made up her mind in her heart. Only when she is painful and entangled is she really when asking for help.

"Before I walked the rivers and lakes, I heard an expert say it. I can't forget it even now. I will hand it over to you today. Maybe you can also understand some truth from it."

Jiang Wen looked up at the sky and said sincerely, the ghost knows why this sentence is so suitable for Yuan Ziyi, is it possible that this is also the plan of that adult?
"Enthusiasm, indestructible, sympathetic to the weak, and helping each other—you must remember these sixteen words firmly, and they may be more useful than those Buddhist scriptures you have read."

Yuan Ziyi recited it silently several times, and cupped his hands at Jiang Wen, but taking advantage of Jiang Wen's inattention, he suddenly reached out and snatched a branch of white plum from Jiang Wen's hand, and was about to leave behind him.

Jiang Wen stepped forward in a daze and asked, "By the way, Miss Yuan, what do you mean? You didn't want it just now, but now you want to grab it? Am I the kind of unreasonable cheapskate?"

"But I'm an unreasonable cheapskate, okay?"

Yuan Ziyi refused to let Jiang Wen get close, and proudly said that he only left a misty sentence, and then used his lightness kung fu to flutter away, like a fairy flying in the air, holding a white plum in his bright wrist and swaggering away, "Huh, I can't give you both plum blossoms, can I?"

Jiang Wen couldn't figure it out when he heard the words, and replied with a bit of insincerity.

"But I haven't finished my reasoning. By the way, girl, go back and put some water in the vase, this plum blossom may still bloom."

(End of this chapter)