The prince is seriously ill

The early spring in the south of the Yangtze River is gentle and lingering. The pattering raindrops weave into a gray and dense fine net. The new buds of weeping willows are drooping wetly. The east-west sides of the street, the well-arranged houses extend to the end of the line of sight, and the green hills in the distance into one.The spring rain seems to be there, and the tiny drops of water are laid down layer by layer, and the ground slowly becomes wet.

Ji Fuchen stood under a city wall wearing a bamboo hat, shook the water droplets on his sleeves, read the faded red paper notice on the wall from beginning to end, turned around and grabbed an old man who was in a hurry, pointed Pointing to the whitish notice, he said: "Old man, please stop and ask you something. I saw that the notice said that Shen's residence has been recruiting for a long time, but this notice has been posted for a long time. I don't know if Shen's residence still recruits people now." trick?"

The old man stopped in his tracks: "Little brother, have you just arrived here?"

Ji Fuchen nodded: "The old man has good eyesight, I am indeed new to your land."

The old man smiled and said: "If it comes to the Shen residence, there are not many people in the entire Jiangnan area who don't know about it."

Ji Fuchen asked in surprise, "Does this Shen residence often recruit people?"

"Little brother, don't you want to go to Shen's house? It's fate that we met, don't say my old man didn't warn you, I advise you, it's better not to go there!" The old man dragged him to an evergreen tree , looked him up and down, shook his head and sighed, "Oh, you young people just don't want to do your duty and just want to go to Shen's house. There will be no pies in the sky for no reason!"

Ji Fuchen frowned and said: "I read the notice saying that the Shen family is willing to spend a thousand dollars to recruit the world's heroes to teach the young master of the Shen family martial arts. Since it is to teach people martial arts, how can it be considered lazy? Could it be that the news of the Shen family's recruitment is all fake? "

"Of course it's not fake," the old man smiled and shook his head, "The Shen family has been recruiting people for at least ten years, and the notices are updated every year, and the content probably hasn't changed much. Who do you think he recruited? It’s that excellent Jianghu master, a guy with a cane like you should not try it, I’m afraid I’ll lose my life in vain.”

Ji Fuchen lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said to the old man: "The Shen family has been recruiting for ten years? I see that the conditions offered in the notice are very attractive. Could it be that they are all verbal? Otherwise, why haven't they recruited for ten years?" The right candidate?"

The old man laughed and said: "You haven't seen the grand occasion. Ten years ago, the people who went to Shen's mansion to apply for recruits were overwhelmed. Many masters who came after hearing the news did end up living in Shen's mansion, but that was just It happened ten years ago, now, there are not many people in the Jianghu who can be the master of that kid."

"Why?" Ji Fuchen asked in confusion.

"The boy from the Shen family is very generous in recruiting his master because he has a lot of money in his family. Spending a lot of money is a common thing. Hey, don't tell me, his trick is really good. It didn't take long for the notice to be posted. , those people with hard skills all came to the Shen family. Thinking about it, it is true, the conditions are there, how many people in the world are not tempted!"

Ji Fuchen said: "According to this, there must be a lot of people recruited? But what's the use of master recruiting more? Those who went to apply for the recruitment must have been attracted by the generous rewards offered by the Shen family. You, I think the picture is just a good word, so why would you pay so much attention to teaching the Shen family's skills?"

"This is the strength of the Shen family boy!" The old man said and looked up at the sky, "Don't worry about the Shen residence, go home quickly, if you can't do it, it's not bad to go fishing and chop firewood. "

Ji Fuchen was even more curious, and was about to continue to inquire, but the old man waved his hand away, and threw down a piece of advice: "Listen to me, don't go there to join in the fun, or you won't lose your life without knowing it!"

Ji Fuchen thanked him and turned around, hesitating a bit in his footsteps, subconsciously touched his empty stomach, and smiled self-deprecatingly, but was about to walk back when he suddenly stopped, and walked back under the city wall again, looking at the quilt covered by the wind. Blowing up a corner of the notice, his eyes became deeper and deeper, he stared at it quietly for a while, and then came back to his senses, he had an idea in his heart.

Ji Fuchen stopped another passerby, and asked about the situation of Shen's residence again. After confirming that it was the same as what the old man said, he smiled with an unclear meaning, and strode towards Shen's residence.

The Shen residence is a big family, and his family alone occupies half of the street in the most prosperous area.

Ji Fuchen stopped beside a gate where two majestic stone lions stood, and asked the servant standing at the gate, "Is this the Shen family?"

"Who are you? What is the purpose of coming to Shen's house?" The servant glanced at the poorly dressed cripple and said.

"I saw the notice at the city gate saying that the Shen family was recruiting martial arts masters, so I came here to apply!" Ji Fuchen said calmly.

"Hey, no one has come to the door for half a year, and a cripple finally came today." The servant gave him a white look, and pouted at the other servant next to him, looking like he was watching the show, and deliberately amplified his voice, "Trick! He said he was a martial artist, how could the Shen family not recruit? Come with me!"

Ji Fuchen followed him eastward, wondering where the man would take him, but saw that he had already stopped by a side door.Ji Fuchen followed and stopped, glanced at the side door, and only then did he understand why the servant brought him here, as poor as he was, he was far from qualified to walk through the gate of Shen's residence.

The house slave stepped forward and tapped the door twice, saying, "Open the door, it's me!"

The door opened, and a handsome young man came out.

The house slave stepped forward, pointed at Ji Fuchen and said, "This is here to recruit a martial artist, take him in to find Zhao Laosan."

The boy nodded, turned to let Ji Fuchen in, closed the door again, took him to an open field, and told him to wait here first.

Not long after, a big man with curly beard came over, it was Zhao Laosan whom the slave said.Zhao Laosan's complexion was flushed, and his steps were rather drunk, as if he had just had a drink.When he saw that there was only a young man with a cane on the martial field, he frowned, strode over, and said in a uncomfortable tone: "Are you here to recruit martial artists?"

Ji Fuchen nodded with an impermanent expression, "Exactly!"

Zhao Laosan casually glanced at his broken leg, with some arrogance in his eyes, but he said unambiguously: "You don't know the Shen residence's admission rules? It's too late for you to regret it now, if you really wait until you do something, don't stay You can't get out of this Shen residence with one arm!"

"Since I dare to try it, I naturally understand the rules." Ji Fuchen met his gaze and said, "I heard that those who are recruited as martial artists from the Shen family must first defeat the three members of the Shen family. Pass the test of Mr. Shen. Only after passing the test of Mr. Shen can you become the guest of the Shen family. At that time, you can stay in the Shen family for as long as you want, and you are free to leave if you want!"

Zhao Laosan knew that what he said was the truth, but when he heard the words "Pass the level of Mr. Shen" from that person's mouth, he couldn't help showing a bit of disgust and snorted coldly. He didn't expect this The cripple's delusional attempt to defeat the young master is simply a dream come true!Over the years, who in the world doesn't know that Mr. Shen's martial arts has reached the point of perfection, how could he easily lose to a cripple?

In the past two years, there were a lot of idiots who wanted to defeat the young master and then stayed in the Shen family to cheat for food and drink for a lifetime, but since the new recruitment rules and win-loss reward and punishment system were established, the Shen family, which was originally crowded, was rarely visited by anyone. Before entering Shen's mansion to challenge, one has to weigh one's own strengths.The cripple in front of him is too self-indulgent.

Zhao Laosan said displeasedly: "That's right, if you can pass the test of my master, you will naturally be rich and honorable. It's just that you probably only know one thing and don't know the other. The first thing you have to pass is my Zhao Laosan." Only if I win this level can I pass the next level. Of course, if I pass this level, I will be rewarded with silver. If you fail, you will have to keep an arm as a souvenir. It's just the lightest punishment in all levels! Have you thought it through?"

"Thank you for the reminder," Ji Fuchen cupped his fists and said, "Please advise!"

Before he could reply, he jumped up, turned his crutch into a weapon and attacked him.

Zhao Laoying retreated very quickly, feeling the fierce attack coming towards him, only then realized that he had underestimated him, quickly entered a state of alert, turned defense into offense, concentrated his internal strength in the palm of his hand and slashed towards him.Ji Fuchen dodged it with a maneuver, and then used an opening to lure him to attack.

After dozens of rounds of fighting back and forth like this, Ji Fuchen's attacks suddenly became more ruthless, and his moves became more and more ferocious.Zhao Laosan lost his drunkenness immediately, and stared at the cripple in disbelief. He is a veteran of martial arts, so he naturally saw that the cripple didn't use his full strength at the beginning, and the previous moves were all to probe his own bottom.

Thinking of this, Zhao Laosan was startled. At this moment of distraction, his moves became dull, and the lame man took hold of the gate of life.If you look at the situation at the beginning, the cripple's skill is obviously inferior to mine, and he only has one leg, so I can definitely beat him within a hundred moves!It's just that he didn't expect the cripple to save his hand, and finally he used all his strength, catching himself by surprise.

Ji Fuchen took back his crutches and stood aside, "You lost, I hope the Shen family will keep their word."

Zhao Laosan put the saber back into its sheath, with an annoyed expression on his face, as if he couldn't believe that he was defeated by a cripple with inconvenient legs, but he said helplessly: "I would like to accept the bet, you won me, I have nothing to say. The next level, You're out of luck."

Ji Fuchen glanced at him lightly and remained silent. He had no intention of continuing to break through at all. Since the person in front of him was guarding the first level, his strength must be the lowest among those guarding the level.If he continues to fight, even if he doesn't lose in internal strength, he will definitely lose in this broken leg.

Ji Fuchen did not forget the purpose of this trip, and took the opportunity to deliberately say: "If you win, you will have 50 taels of silver?"

"Go, get the silver." Zhao Laosan said to the boy beside him.

Seeing him so forthright, Ji Fuchen was stunned.After the silver was fetched, he opened it and looked at it, and it was true that there was nothing left. Then he put away the heavy silver and put it in his hand, bowed to Zhao Laosan, turned around, and walked along the path he had come and gone.

Zhao Laosan stepped in front of him, frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Ji Fuchen said: "I have already experienced the strength of my step, presumably the martial arts of the guards next will be more subtle, I have self-knowledge, so naturally I won't hit a stone with an egg."

Zhao Laosan stared at him with wide eyes, "You mean... you won't fight anymore?"

Ji Fuchen nodded, looked at the burly man blocking the way, and said, "Excuse me, please."

Zhao Laosan didn't turn sideways, his face flushed a little, and after a while, he pointed at Ji Fuchen angrily, and shouted to the servant, "Take him out."

The servant came over, "Follow me, please."

Ji Fuchen originally wanted to go back along the original road and go out through the side door, but the man took him another road, and after a while, he saw the main entrance of Shen's residence.

Ji Fuchen raised his eyebrows slightly, he didn't expect them to let a shabby cripple go out through the gate.From this point of view, the Shen family's young master's respect for the martial arts winners does not seem to be fake.

As soon as he stepped out of the main door, a slightly familiar figure came towards him.When the visitor saw Ji Fuchen, his eyes lit up obviously, just like a hungry person seeing a bowl of delicious food.

Ji Fuchen recognized him at a glance, it was the strange blue-clothed man he met at the inn two days ago.Could it be that he is Shen Jun, son of the Shen family?

Ji Fuchen's eyelids twitched, he lowered his head and walked faster, hoping that the person wouldn't recognize him!But he is a cripple, and this pair of crutches alone is enough to attract attention.When he accidentally met that person's eyes, he knew that it was going to... Oops!