Roselle Peony

In the first year of Chuigong, there were some bandits outside the city of Bingzhou, stealing and looting everywhere.Taking advantage of Taizong's death and Gaozong's accession to the throne, these rogue bandits spread the rumors that "Tang Gaozu Li Yuan is the successor of the Hu people" under the banner of restoring the Sui Dynasty, and soon formed a large-scale rebel group, killing officers and soldiers, Robbing commercial vehicles and harassing people.

The Bingzhou government army failed to kill them several times. It was not until Lu Suyuan wrote to Emperor Gaozong to ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress them that they were able to successfully kill and capture several leaders of the rebellion.It is a pity that Yang Mingxi, the "second leader" among the rebel leaders, took advantage of the chaos and escaped.

This Yang Mingxi is like a military adviser in the anti-thieves. It is said that he is ruthless and has successfully ambushed a large number of government troops with the poisonous trick of "cutting the horse's leg".There are also rumors that he and his men cut out the tongues and disemboweled the captive soldiers of the Tang Dynasty one by one alive, and let the captives bleed slowly to death.After the imperial court retreated, Yang Mingxi, who had absconded, let out rumors that he wanted to take revenge on Lu Suyuan, for the "big master" and his brothers.

"Brother Qiu, you have to be careful these days." Yang Yuanzhen heard about the escape of the rebel leader.

Lu Shangqiu sat in a daze on his seat, and answered with "hmm".Lu's mansion has recently stepped up its vigilance due to Yang Mingxi's words of revenge, and Lu Suyuan has also assigned six more skilled servants to protect his precious son, so he is also very worried about the safety of himself and his family.

Yang Yuanzhen said again: "Don't worry, I'm here with brother Yuan. I'm strong in martial arts and can protect Brother Qiu."

When Lu Shangqiu finally heard his words, he was happy and felt amused: "But the opponent is that scheming Yang Mingxi. If one day you really meet him, Brother Yuan, you must not overestimate your strength and confront him head-on."

What he said made Yang Yuanzhen very uncomfortable and felt that his self-esteem had been hit: "Who is Yang Mingxi? He is just a bandit. I learned the authentic Yang family's martial arts. What are you afraid of him doing!"

He said again: "The thieves don't dare to retaliate with real swords and swords. They just hide in the dark and yell. Wait for me to learn how he is useless." Yang Yuanzhen became more and more interested in speaking, jumped onto Master Sun's desk and grabbed the ruler .

"Yeah bah, I want to give Lu Suyuan a good look today." Yang Yuanzhen pinched his throat to imitate Yang Mingxi, held up Mrs. Sun's ruler with one hand, put one hand on his hips, and stepped on Mrs. Sun's desk with one foot, twisting his nose and frowning head, and pretended to spit on the ground, making Lu Shangqiu and other students laugh wildly.

"Master is here!" Someone shouted.A group of students immediately dispersed and returned to their seats, shaking their heads and pretending to be studying hard.

When Yang Yuanzhen heard the shout, he quickly put the ruler back to its original position. After a pause, Master Sun had already entered the door.I saw his little movements clearly.

At this time, Yang Yuanzhen, I don't know if it was because of his years of martial arts practice, his height has been growing up, he is about the same height as Zhao Liuyi, he has developed small muscles in his arms, and his body is much stronger than before.It's a pity that although his martial arts have advanced by leaps and bounds, he is not very enlightened in reading. Even being reprimanded by Mrs. Sun with a ruler and being whipped all over the courtyard by Father Yang with a duster is of no use. The more I don't like reading.Except for one occasion, he would study obediently. It was thanks to Lu Shangqiu who gave Yang Yuanzhen a little treatment after class every day, so that he was spared a lot of punishment from the ruler.And Lu Shangqiu has become the best student in the school, deeply loved by Master Sun.

Master Sun also had a headache for this "very naughty" student in his impression. If he hadn't had friendship with Father Yang, he would have dropped this student out of school long ago.

Seeing Master Sun picking up the ruler, the hairs on the backs of all the students stood on end, and some even recited scriptures silently in order not to make mistakes in front of the Master.

Master Sun walked up to Yang Yuanzhen and said with a straight face, "Yuanzhen, can you finish your homework yesterday?"

Yang Yuanzhen knew he couldn't escape, but he still nodded his head.

Students aged eleven or twelve have already started to learn Fuwen.Master Sun thought he was lying, so he asked: "Then, you can memorize the text assigned yesterday for the teacher."

Sun Fuzi arranged "Li Sao" by Qu Yuan, a poet of the Chu State during the Warring States Period. The long piece was like a heavenly book to young Yang Yuanzhen.

"The Miao descendant of Emperor Gaoyang is here, and the emperor called him Boyong. He was taken to Meng Zouxi, but———" Yang Yuanzhen blushed with anxiety, but he just couldn't remember the following.

Lu Shangqiu reminded in a low voice: "Wei Geng Yinwu has surrendered."

The master frowned.

Yang Yuanxuan couldn't help shivering. He bit the bullet and continued to recite: "Wei Geng Yinwu has surrendered. Huanglan Kuiyu came here for the first time, and Zhaoxi Yu Yijia's name: name—name—"

"The name Yu is Zhengzheng."

"Lu Shangqiu!" Mrs. Sun was very angry, "I warned you not to remind Yang Yuanzhen. If you keep committing repeated offenses, go to stand for punishment."

After Lu Shangqiu consciously went out to stand for punishment, Mrs. Sun turned around and asked Yang Yuanzhen, "What if I can't recite the book?"

Yang Yuanzhen stretched out his palm tremblingly: "Please punish me, master."

"Pa, pa..." The sound of the ruler hitting the palm of his hand resounded throughout the school, and Lu Shangqiu, who was punished to stand in the yard, trembled.

After what seemed like a long time, Yang Yuanzhen came out clutching his right hand, stood beside him, and smiled embarrassingly: "Master asked me to stand with you for punishment."

Lu Shangqiu lowered his head and kicked the stones under his feet, unwilling to pay attention to him.I just watched him recite the first paragraph of "Li Sao" yesterday, hoping to help him escape the punishment of his master, but this idiot forgot all of it early this morning, and it also involved him being punished to stand. put?

Knowing that he was angry with him, Yang Yuanzhen walked up to him embarrassingly: "Xiaoqiu, it's all my fault. I don't know how to endorse, and I even hurt you. Hit me."

In fact, Lu Shangqiu felt that Mrs. Sun asked Yang Yuanzheng to learn "Li Sao" was completely counterproductive, and seeing his pitiful appearance, most of his anger had dissipated.Yang Yuanzhen had already worked hard to endorse him, how could he be willing to beat him?He grabbed Yang Yuanzhen's hand and rubbed away the red ring ruler mark on his palm with distress.

"I'm fine. I'm rough-skinned and thick-skinned. I've been beaten." Yang Yuanzhen blushed and wanted to withdraw his hand, "Master, when you hit the board, it's loud, but it doesn't hurt me!"

"Hehe, the young couple are flirting~" From the weird voice, one can guess that Zhao Liuyi must have also memorized the wrong book, and was kicked out by the master and punished to stand.

Lu Shangqiu hastily withdrew his hand.

Yang Yuanzhen went up and tried to slap Zhao Liuyi, but was stopped by Lu Shangqiu. "It's just your mouth."

"Hey, you are not convinced, did you hit me?" Zhao Liuyi deliberately teased him.

Master Sun poked his head out: "Obey, you will be fined to stand still and not speak. If you speak again, everyone will be fined ten more times."

The three shrank their necks at the same time.

When Mrs. Sun left, Yang Yuanzhen snorted and said in a low voice, "Zhao Liuyi, you also know how to play tricks. If you have the ability, let's fight one-on-one." He knew that with his current skills, Zhao Liuyi could hardly defeat him.

Zhao Liuyi was provoked: "Do you think I can't beat you?"

"Just can't beat it."

"Okay, let's compare now."

"Where? Here? I don't want to be beaten again by my master."

Zhao Liuyi said mysteriously: "I know a road leading from the school garden to the outside, which can not only prevent the master from noticing, but also avoid the servants at the door. There is an open space there, let's go there and make gestures."

"Okay." Yang Yuanzhen immediately agreed.The two of them didn't make any fist gestures for a while, and they both couldn't wait.

"now go?"

"Well, go now. Come with me."

Lu Shangqiu didn't expect that they would dare to run away in broad daylight. Seeing Zhao Liuyi lift his feet and leave, Yang Yuanzhen also wanted to follow, so he stopped them anxiously: "You are crazy, if the master sees that we are gone, we will be so impatient, we will all be punished Miserable."

Yang Yuanzhen said: "It's okay, I have been punished to stand a lot, I know the master will not come out to control us for a while. Xiaoqiu, you come too."

Lu Shangqiu shook his head and said, "I'm going to go by myself."

Yang Yuanzhen pushed him away: "Xiaoqiu, you were punished to stand and you can't attend class, why don't you come and play with me, or you can be an arbitrator for us, and see who wins and who loses today." Holding his hand, he quickened his pace, and together with Zhao Liuyi got out from a hidden wall crack in the rockery.

After all, Lu Shangqiu was a child at heart, at this moment Xin Dao had left school anyway, so he could not avoid punishment, so he simply raised his interest to watch the battle, and did not forget to cheer his younger brother Yuan while watching the battle.

***

Yang Yuanzhen and Zhao Liuyi went to an open place not far to the south of the private school to compete in martial arts.The two men collided with each other with fists and feet, and the fight was extremely enjoyable.

At this time, an old monk with a white beard passed by and broke into the scope of their competition.

Yang Yuanzhen caught a glimpse of the old monk, he was in a bad mood, don't accidentally hurt passers-by, so he shouted to Zhao Liuyi: "Stop beating!" At the same time, his movements slowed down.

Unexpectedly, seeing him slow down, Zhao Liuyi felt that he finally had a chance to beat him in front of his classmates, so he danced his fists faster.

"Brother Yuan, be careful!" Lu Shangqiu exclaimed.Immediately afterwards, Yang Yuanzhen was kicked in the stomach.

Zhao Liuyi changed to focus on his footwork, Yang Yuanzhen had no choice but to endure the pain in his stomach to dodge Zhao Liuyi's pressing every step of the way.

"Zhao Liuyi stop, I order you to stop!" Lu Shangqiu jumped up and down anxiously beside him, completely ignoring the image of the young master, but suffered from the fact that their martial arts were too much higher than his own, so he couldn't get in.

Here Yang Yuanzhen dodged Zhao Liuyi's uppercut by doing a somersault on his head, but the old monk happened to pass behind him.Seeing that he was about to kick the old monk's bald head with a big foot, he lost his center of gravity, but it was too late to retract his legs, so he had to grit his teeth and endure the heavy fall.

In a blink of an eye, the old man had already dodged behind him, firmly catching Yang Yuanzhen who was about to fall all over the place.Looking at it again, Zhao Liuyi was tripped by someone, and fell hard on his buttocks.

Yang Yuanzhen clasped his hands together and apologized to the old monk.

The monk didn't mind, just asked him a lot of questions, asking who he is, whose family's child he is, what kind of kung fu he was fighting just now, and where he learned it from.

"My name is Yang Yuanzhen, and my father is Yang Chengwu. I learned the Yang family's boxing and Yang's sword skills that my father passed on to me. The back flip just now is the "advance by retreating" in the sword method. My father said that I want to use the long sword Only by relying on strength can we defeat the enemy, if you don't have a knife in your hand, you can only dodge." Yang Yuanzheng answered truthfully.

When he heard the name "Yang Chengwu", the old monk's eyes suddenly lit up.He patted Yang Yuanzhen on the head and said: "Little benefactor, your move 'retreat as advance' is one of the best moves in the Yang family's sword art. Even if you don't hold a sword, you can defeat the enemy. Even if it is a stone, a knife Sand, you can also use it as a sword and send it out with the same trick, try it."

Yang Yuanzhen grabbed a stone on the ground, and seeing that Zhao Liuyi was about to attack again, he made a move of "advance by retreat".Sure enough, the stone flew a long way and hit Zhao Liuyi's forehead, leaving a swollen bump on Zhao Liuyi's forehead even with the strength of a child.

The old man said again: "When your kung fu goes to the next level, you don't even need the real thing. At that time, you just need to gather sword energy in your hand and send it lightly like an old monk—" The big rock was blown to pieces with a "boom". "Understanding luck is the first step. When you practice to the point of proficiency, you will be able to take it in and out freely."

"Thank you, senior, for your guidance." Yang Yuanzhen thanked him happily when he knew that he had met an expert.

The old monk laughed loudly: "Little benefactor, if you want to become a master of martial arts one day, come to Songshan Shaolin Temple to find monk Xuanming." After speaking, he laughed and left, leaving behind three and a half children who were surprised together Not from ear to ear.

"Brother Yuan, are you alright?" Lu Shangqiu was the first to come back to his senses. His brother Yuan was kicked by Zhao Liuyi, and it is not known how injured he was.

"Xiaoqiu, I—" Yang Yuanzhen wanted to tell Xiaoqiu that he was fine, but suddenly his stomach hurt like a sea, and he knelt down on the ground with an "ah", with a fishy-sweet taste on the tip of his mouth.

"Brother Yuan, what's the matter with you?" Lu Shangqiu was so anxious that his voice choked up when he saw blood slowly oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Yang Yuanzhen looked at Lu Shangqiu's eager eyes, wanted to speak but found that he couldn't make a sound, and fainted in a hurry.

The author has something to say:

Stepmother, I am not very good at writing martial arts, but fortunately, there are not many martial arts parts in this book.Please be merciful.