[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Xia Anran rubbed her nose, only to feel itching at the root of her nose, although it smells good, but just now she took a breath too fast, and he actually choked.

Seeing him like this, Bai Jintang took a few steps back, and the two kept a distance of six or seven steps away. He raised his sleeve slightly, and put the other hand on the sleeve to sniff lightly. With a bit of doubt on his face, he asked with a smile Said, "But I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Xia really dislikes brother?"

"No..." Xia Anran bowed to him and apologized, "It's my younger brother who inhaled too quickly, it seems like I was choking a little." He paused, and praised with a smile, "The new fragrance on my brother's body smells very good."

It smells good, but it is too strong, which is no less than a torture for people with a keen sense of smell.

"This spice is new to me," the man raised his eyebrows, but no longer approached, the two of them were separated by three or four people, just smiled and said, "If brother Xia likes it, when you arrive in Jinhua, brother will send some to my brother, and use it to smoke it." Nice clothes."

"Now I won't send Brother Xia to the one I use. It's been windy these days and nights, and I've caught a cold, so be careful not to catch Brother Xia."

After the two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, he followed Bai Jintang to his cabin from afar, only to feel that there was a different space separated by the fragrance between the two of them.

Xia Anran held one hand behind his back and held a fan in the other. Fortunately, the cabin was on the lower deck of the ship, so he was in the upper hand at this time, otherwise he might really not be able to restrain his desire to sneeze crazily.

Frankly speaking, the smell on Bai Jintang's body is not bad, and Xia Anran can also understand why he smoked incense. When the two met for the first time, they were in Songjiang, and this place is Bianjing. People in Song Dynasty also used incense to show their respect. The reason is roughly It is equivalent to always sprinkle a little perfume when meeting important people in modern times.

It's not that the perfume is expensive, but that the perfume can stimulate the senses of others in the first time, and let people distinguish the personality of the person most directly.

To identify a person's character, you need to analyze all aspects of speech and behavior, but to identify a fragrance, you only need to be familiar with it, which can also be "smell the fragrance and know the beauty".

Especially in the Song Dynasty, famous officials often mixed their own fragrances after buying incense, and self-adjusting fragrance itself was a business card.So I'm afraid that Bai Jintang only smoked incense because he had to discuss business these days.

In fact, the smell is very good, the calm and solemn woody fragrance gives people a sense of stability.

It's just too strong. For Xia Anran, who has a very sensitive sense of smell, it can really be said that it can only be smelled from a distance, but not close to it.

A few days ago, the imperial decree was issued. This year, the Bianhe River will be closed to port in seven days. The water transport fleets on both sides of the Bianhe River are constantly flowing. When they got the news, the caravan of the Bai family immediately went to declare when they left. But it was four days before they set sail.

But it was also thanks to this, otherwise they would not have been able to wait for Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng visited Master Zhiran when the Bai family and Xia Anran were shopping. From Lu Xiaofeng, Xia Anran got the information that Master Zhiran felt that this matter should be seen with his own eyes, so he waited until the river transport reopened next year. Will drag Huamanlou northward to look at his eyes.

Now he naturally took the Bai family's sailing boat to the south. The Bai family's sailing direction this time was from Tokyo to Yangzhou along the Bianhe River, and then along the Yangtze River system to Hangzhou. Lu Xiaofeng disembarked in Hangzhou to find Huamanlou, and Xia Anran and others continued to take the boat for a few days, along the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, Zhejiang, through Tonglu and Lanxi, and finally arrived in Jinhua.

This year's dry season came earlier than in previous years. At this time, the northwest wind has not yet blown, and it is difficult to take advantage of the wind. Therefore, many caravans are rushing to travel, fearing that the speed of sailing will be slow, and the waterway will be stranded halfway.

Xia Anran and Lu Xiaofeng, the two people who took the downwind boat, were so well-behaved that they didn't cause more burdens to the Bai family's traveling caravan, especially Lu Xiaofeng. They didn't bring them, they landed on the deck like flying swallows, but the employees of the Bai family were miraculously calm about this way of appearance, Xia Anran couldn't help wondering whether Lu Xiaofeng also appeared in this posture when he went north. ship's.

It's just that I don't have any luggage... What can I do for a change of clothes?

But because of the not-so-solid friendship between him and Lu Xiaofeng, Xia Anran was too obedient to ask this question.

There are three water transport fleets of the Bai family. They are on the main ship, and the other two are slightly smaller behind the big ship, taking advantage of the water force of the big ship to reduce its resistance, and also undertake the inconvenient fishing and purchasing duties of the big ship.At the same time, take a defensive posture.

After Xia Anran's observation, the Bai family's fleet turned out to be a military ship equipped with weapons on the ship, and the bow and sides of the ship were equipped with iron heads and catapults.

It is said that this is because occasionally there will be inconspicuous water bandits who will rob the ship when it is traveling alone.

"There shouldn't be any at this time."

Brother Bai explained to the curious Xia Anran, "This time going south, my Bai family, the Lu family in Songjiang, the Gu family in Jiangnan, and the Lian family in Gusu are each other's arms. According to the travel time, we are behind, and the fleet ahead is the Lu family in Songjiang. "

Sailing at this time, because the large cargo ships must keep a distance on the river, although several parties are united, the distance between them is very far from each other in Xia Anran's view. When he looks forward, he can only see the masts of the fleet ahead. There are several specific ships that cannot be seen.

Seeing his curious look, Brother Bai smiled and explained to him, "Water bandits also know that there are many cargo ships going south at this time. Although everyone is usually a competitor in water transport, but it is almost Chinese New Year. If you see someone being robbed, you will still help."

That's why, so what should be robbed has been snatched when the fleet went north, and now the caravan going south is still sailing hard, but the water bandits are already preparing for the new year.

I really don't know how to judge these people.

The ship had just set sail, and everything was busy. After a while, Big Brother Bai was found by the crew. Xia Anran walked around the deck casually, and happened to meet Lu Xiaofeng who was standing on the bow looking at the scenery.

The two greeted each other for a while, and suddenly saw a gray shadow flashing across the sky. He looked in the direction, and saw his Duoduo parrot, which was flying in the air like an ordinary bird except for a little red tail, flew back.

Duoduo landed on the side of the boat, he flapped his wings proudly, and showed Xia Anran a dried fish he picked up.

Xia Anran was silent for a while, unexpectedly didn't know whether to praise it or criticize him.

The dried fish was obviously not hunted by the parrots, and the parrots did not feed on the dried fish. It was obviously snatched or stolen from other fleets.

This……

He looked around, saw Lu Xiaofeng's expression of interest so he took the small dried fish from Duoduo's beak, sniffed it and said, "It's a sea fish."

Now that they are working on the inner river, and considering that Bai Jintang told him just now that the Lu family in Songjiang is in front of them, it is already obvious where the dried fish came from.

Xia Anran stretched out his hand to grab the parrot in his hand. He squeezed the bird's wings, estimated its load-bearing capacity, then entered the cabin, wrapped some candied fruit in thick paper, then put it on with a rope, and opened it. Tie a big knot to indicate that Duoduo is holding it in its mouth.

The diet of parrots has already determined that they have a huge bite force, and an adult parrot can easily bite open nuts with one mouth.Although Xia Anran didn't know what kind of parrot Duoduo Parrot was, whether it was a juvenile or an adult, Xia Anran had personally seen this bird flying around with him with a kumquat in its mouth, and he turned the paper over and over again. bag, it should be fine at this weight.

He put the knotted cloth bag in front of Duoduo, who glanced at the paper bag with one eye, and moved his paw to the side.

Xia Anran copied it back with one hand, and put the knot in front of it, and saw Duoduoying staring at the paper bag very seriously, as if in deep thought.

But Xia Anran is very clear that it actually didn't see anything in this posture.

The eyes of birds are on the left and right sides of the cheeks, and the front of them is actually a blind spot, so the birds can only see you when they look at you with one eye with their faces tilted.

As for Duoduo's appearance at this time, although it looks very serious and respectful...in fact, it is really "no one in the eyes".

Xia Anran was choked by his perfunctory attitude, he stretched out two fingers, pinched the bird's head to the left and right, and gently turned the bird's neck over, confirming that the reflection of the small paper bag appeared in Duoduoying's peasy eyes. "This, send it over as an apology."

"Gah!"

His parrot uttered a goose call, and Xia Anran seriously shook the head of Xia Duoduo, who was much smaller than a goose or a horse, "Go quickly, don't throw it into the water, you must send it To the owner of the dried fish, if the other party has rumors to send it back, you have to bring it obediently, otherwise the honey will be banned."

"Gah!"

"Be obedient, or is he a good boy?"

"Quack quack!"

"Well, good boy." Xia Anran didn't understand, different species can't communicate, anyway, no matter what he said, he took it as a promise, this is the hegemony of the parents.

When Duoduo parrot was crowing, he stuck its beak with one finger, then stuffed the knot in, and then picked up Duoduo parrot and threw it out when Duoduo was stunned from shock.

Duoduo, who was ruthlessly thrown away, circled around Xia Anran's head. Seeing this posture, he was almost on the verge of taking revenge by pooping on his head, but Xia Anran just looked up at it calmly. He could only flap his wings and fly away from the Bai family's fleet.

From the beginning to the end, Xia Anran's every move fell into Lu Xiaofeng's eyes. Lu Xiaofeng looked at the red-tailed parrot's indignant back, smiled and picked up a piece of candied fruit, stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile, "Brother Xia is really... ...a good way to train birds."

"It's so smart." Xia Anran didn't care that Lu Xiaofeng called her younger brother. After Lu Xiaofeng boarded the boat, they exchanged their real names. He covered his forehead with his hand, squinted his eyes and looked ahead. The butt pointed the way for him in the clear blue sky.

Xia Anran saw that he flew to the place where the front mast was, hovered in the air for a moment, and then flew in another direction. After a pause, he didn't land, but went back the same way, so he knew what this kid was thinking.

He must have snatched the dried fish, so he was afraid that the owner would sue Xia Anran, so he simply refused to land it, and sent the compensation to settle it.

Seeing that Xia Anran's expression was wrong, Lu Xiaofeng also looked over, and when he saw it, Duoduoying had already flown back, so he was a little confused, so when Xia Anran whispered what he saw, he burst out laughing immediately.

The Duoduo parrot landed on the ground didn't know that his little thoughts had been discovered by cunning humans, and he held his head high and proud, and he was also very righteous.

Xia Anran held the bird in his palm, thought for a while, and finally couldn't bear to blame him, so he pretended that he didn't know. Duoduoying observed Xia Anran with his small eyes, confirmed that he was in a calm mood, and spread his wings paralyzed on the ground. In the palm of Xia Anran's hand, the small legs were kicked, and then stretched, which meant to ask Xia Anran to help him smooth his hair.

Before leaving Bianjing, Xia Anran bought a very small brush at the local pet market. When this brush was made, it was supposed to be used for brushing seasonings or something, but it seemed to be very popular with birds, and soon The price has been raised and sold as pet equipment.

After waiting for a while, he opened his eyes when he saw that the little brush he wanted hadn't arrived yet. Seeing that Xia Anran was empty-handed, he jumped up and flew into the cabin, and flew out with the little brush in his mouth after a while.

In order to make it easier for it to take things, Xia Anran drilled holes in the back of these brushes and hung ropes, so at this time, Duoduo dangled the brushes in front of Xia Anran.

Seeing this, Xia Anran had no choice but to take the brush, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the bird with gray hair and red tail lay in the palm of his hand.

Xia Anran took the small brush and moved it along the bird's body, especially focusing on the part of the cheek that it usually couldn't scratch.

Seeing that one person and one bird get along harmoniously, Lu Xiaofeng leaned over to look at it for a while, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, and asked Xia Anran, "Brother Xia, to be more specific, what's the name of your bird?"

Seeing the puzzled look on the young man's face, he said, "I hear you call him Duoduo when I have something to do, sometimes it's Dede, what are those two words?"

Hmm... Actually, it's Bai Dede, but Duo Duo doesn't like this name very much, Duo Duo sounds similar to it, so when Xia Anran calls him a bird, he deliberately ambiguously says it.

Sometimes Duoduo couldn't hear exactly what he was saying, and most of them thought that he was calling Duoduo and would respond, but the difference was more obvious to humans.

This is the official level of bullying birds.

Hearing Xia Anran's reason, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't laugh or cry, he pointed at this person who was playing tricks with a bird, he was speechless for a while,

"So, brother Xia, where are you from? I hear your tone of voice sounds like a southerner? Maybe we are from the same hometown?"

"Hmm...probably not." Xia Anran was smoothing Duoduo's fur, teasing her tiny legs with the bristles from time to time, watching Duoduo's crazily shaking legs like a conditioned reflex, when he answered Lu Xiaofeng, he was a little careless, "I don't know either. Where am I from?"

"Oh?"

"I don't remember! I was in Songjiang when I woke up."

"How could this be?" Lu Xiaofeng's voice tightened, he took a few steps forward, showing concern, "Did Xia brother have a token with him when he woke up? Brother Yu knows some people in the south, he should be able to help Xia brother."

"Or maybe Brother Xia still remembers his hometown dialect? I have lived in the south for a long time, so I may have an impression."

Seeing that people cared about him, Xia Anran raised her head and smiled at Lu Xiaofeng, "I've already entrusted someone to help me find it. I don't need to worry about anything, so don't bother Brother Lu, and when it comes to accent..."

"I've thought about this too, but my accent sounds very strange, and it's more common in the north and the south." Seeing Lu Xiaofeng's curious face, he coughed lightly, and sang a few folk songs in Hokkien that he learned in Yongchun, Seeing Lu Xiaofeng showing a thoughtful look, he sang a few more lines in Shanghai dialect, followed by Henan dialect, and then Wu dialect. Several dialects changed in turn, almost seamlessly, and then he saw Lu Xiaofeng who was stunned.

Xia Anran laughed a few times, then turned her face away and sighed, "To be honest, Brother Lu, I also tried to find my roots in my local accent, but the friend I was looking for told me that although my tone does have a certain tone, it is also very difficult to understand." Something is different, so he can't help me find my hometown for a while."

"It can only be judged as a southerner based on the clothes he was wearing at the time."

Lu Xiaofeng pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and comforted him, "Don't think too much, brother Xia, as the saying goes, when the boat arrives at the bridge, you can go straight, you might as well let nature take its course, maybe someone from Brother Xia's family will come looking for it."

Xia Anran had just said TOEFL, when suddenly Lu Xiaofeng exclaimed, "Since that's the case, brother Xia shouldn't be called by that name?"

"Then brother Xia may not be at this age?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, Qiqi showed an awkward yet polite smile, Xia Anran coughed lightly, and explained, "I chose the name myself after waking up..."

Lu Xiaofeng nodded, and didn't ask him how he got the ultimatum since his identity was unknown, he knew there must be a mystery in it, but he didn't intend to ask in detail.

Lu Xiaofeng has never been a person who likes to pursue friends' secrets.

He raised his glass to Xia Anran, and said with a smile, "If Brother Xia finds out his identity one day, you must let me know, and I will treat you to a drink."

"Definitely." The young man smiled back at him, and then he was attracted by the movement of the bird in his hand. Seeing that there was no wine in the pot, Lu Xiaofeng talked to Xia Anran, and went into the cabin to pour wine. When he entered the cabin, he and Zheng Bai Jintang who was about to board the deck met, the two exchanged a few words of greeting with a smile, then went in and out and separated, Bai Jintang came to find Xia Anran.

"Brother Xia," Bai Jintang didn't have a fan in his hand when he came. Seeing that Xia Anran was grooming the bird, he moved a little further away and said, "The craftsman said, the machine you want is ready, come and take a look." , is there still room for improvement?"

Brother Bai has been busy with everything since he got on the ship. He had signs of wind and cold the day he got on the ship, and it got worse in the past few days. In order to avoid infecting others, he often kept a distance from others.

Both Xia Anran and Lu Xiaofeng advised him to take a break, but he has not yet left the Bian River, and due to the influence of the water volume of the Yellow River, cargo ships have been traveling day and night in recent days, so he can't get away for a while, and he can only live for a few days. It's a good time to take a break.

Brother Bai is a martial arts practitioner, and a little cold is not a big problem, so everyone is not too worried.

"Oh, good." Xia Anran took away the brush and poked the Duoduo parrot, which was so comfortable that it was about to fall asleep. Seeing that it was reluctant to get up, she simply took the bird and walked towards Bai Jintang. Seeing him approaching, Duoduo parrot Slightly turned sideways to let Xia Anran go first.

The moment he passed by, Xia Anran's pupils shrank, but his face remained calm, he only squeezed Duoduo's hand slightly tighter, the parrot in his hand was startled by this pinch, and he was in a state of confusion. Waking up with a start, he got up and looked at Xia Anran in confusion. After jumping on its shoulder, he saw that it was Bai Jintang, and called him a few times in a friendly way to say hello.

The two got off the cabin one after another, the aisle in the cabin was narrow and only allowed one person to pass through, Xia Anran walked in front, because he suddenly entered the cabin, Duoduo seemed to be frightened by the sudden darkness, spread his wings, and rushed to Bai Jintang hair crown.

Xia Anran was taken aback for a moment, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he calmly collected his facial expressions, and when he reached the spacious place where he could walk side by side, he could no longer see the clues.

The two of them went down to the cabin, walked another ten meters inside, passed through two wooden doors, and saw a young man fiddling with wooden instruments.

This person is the craftsman Bai Jintang mentioned.

The Bai family's property is dominated by Jinhua. Naturally, the craftsmen and principals are all Jinhua people.

It’s just that Jinhua is far away from Bianjing, and it’s hard to leave their homeland. Therefore, Jinhua people in Bianjing can go back to their hometown with the last boat going south at public expense every other year to visit their relatives, and then wait until the waterway thaws in the next year. The fleet headed north.

To say yes, in fact, means to take a long vacation.For Song Dynasty merchants who did not have public holidays, this move was very popular.

Therefore, in the fleet of the Bai family going south, there are many craftsmen who are on vacation.

Originally, the matter of weaving wool was Xia Anran's own wish. He only wanted to make it himself when he brought wood on board, and he didn't intend to rely on others.

He was just planning to knit a sweater, and he hadn't really thought about mechanizing it.

But all of this made him think too simply about knitting sweaters.

Xia Anran put herself in the wool and tossed about, but within a few days, Bai Jintang discovered it. The reason is very simple... These wools were purchased in a hurry by him, and they were basically untreated wool, and many of them were actually The addition of the skin peeled off during the slaughter process when tanning.

This is different from the modern wool purchased from shopping channels. It is stained with blood, excrement, dust, forage, and the biological tissues of the sheep itself, such as suet, which naturally has a strong odor.

It's okay to put it outside, but after taking it to his own room...

Xia Anran couldn't stand it anymore after only one day, he asked the steward to rent a vacant room to store and wash the wool, and he used a lot of firewood and water because Xia Anran insisted on paying. No accepting it, no accepting it, I reported this matter to Big Brother Bai, when Big Brother Bai came to look for him, he saw Xia Anran who was smoothing the wool with a thick cloth covering his mouth and nose.

He is combing the wool with two large combs purchased from the Bianjing commercial market for dog grooming. This is to make the wool fiber fluffy and soft. The room smells very strong. The young man has obviously suffered a lot. , although there is a cloth strip tied on the nose, and he is also sitting on the upper air vent, but every time he inhales, he tilts his head and looks out of the window, his eyes are wet, and he looks very pitiful.

Bai Jintang, who pushed the door open, hesitated for a long time before stepping in. He saw that the room was in a mess, some wool was soaking in water, some was drying, but most of it was unprocessed wool in bags. At first glance, Xia Anran's bird was standing on the edge of the skylight, so far away that he couldn't see the bird's expression for a while.

But the fact that this clingy parrot is so far away from Xia Anran already shows the problem.

After a moment of silence, he still unfolded his folding fan, nodded his nose slightly, and said to Xia Anran, "Brother Xia, do you need..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Anran, who was tortured by the smell of sheep and almost doubted his life, immediately said, "I want it!"

Bai Jintang was silent for a while, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly. He opened the door to signal Xia Anran to come out first, and after he figured out what he wanted to do, he found a professional craftsman to take over.

People in Song Dynasty love to eat mutton very, very much.

The consumption of mutton in Bianjing far exceeds that of other meats. However, since the Song Dynasty did not have livestock land in the north, most of the mutton is raised in captivity, and a small part is imported from Liao, so the price of mutton is very expensive.

However, because the Song royal family only ate mutton, mutton became very popular in Tokyo. In order to balance supply and demand,... the mutton sold was basically not peeled.

Yes, because there is less meat, so the skin is stewed together, maybe because there is more meat, and wool is an obstacle to prevent foodies from eating sheepskin. How much is there in Bianjing? , It's worthless at all, and the common people use it to bury it in the soil as fertilizer.

If this part of the wool can be used...

The business-minded Big Brother Bai cleaned all the wool after a few days, and after he figured out Xia Anran's operation idea, he quickly changed the wool spinning activity that was originally planned to be manual operation into a semi-mechanized one with tools. .

One morning after that, Lu Xiaofeng saw Xia Anran grinding the wood bit by bit with a file over there, so he helped him out according to his request, using his internal strength to cut out two sweater needles for him.

In this regard, Xia Anran sighed at the usefulness of internal strength, then silently took out two wooden sticks and asked Lu Xiaofeng to cut two for spare.

So when the boat was boring in broad daylight, Lu Xiaofeng watched Xia Anran clumsily knitting a sweater, and finally saw that he was really clumsy, so he took it over.

The movement of up and down flat needles couldn't be easier for martial arts practitioners. Lu Xiaofeng only took a few breaths to master the technique. While chatting with Xia Anran, he gave Xia Anran a stable and flat bottom, and Xia Anran The small piece of An Ran's weaving is completely different.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng worked hard to the end, rubbed it with force, and flattened the part Xia Anran wove, the effect was the same as ironing it, Xia Anran who was spinning the thread on the side suddenly stared wide-eyed, full of eyes: Wow , is it so easy to use?

Seeing him like this, Lu Xiaofeng chuckled lightly. While congratulating him, he suggested with great interest, "Brother Xia wants to practice internal strength?"

Xia Anran thought for a while, but still couldn't hold back his little curiosity, so he nodded, and then he opened his round eyes curiously and said, "I am so old, can I still learn?"

"Well... yes, yes." Lu Xiaofeng put down the knitting needle, and motioned for Xia Anran to give him his hand, "It's just that it's too late for external skills, you can try inner skills and mental skills. Brother Xia is not very old, and now he's starting to practice. If you work hard..."

He stretched out his hand to cut Xia Anran's pulse, "It should be fine... um..."

Xia Anran tilted her head, seeing that his expression was a bit subtle, she couldn't help becoming nervous. Although she had never heard of Lu Xiaofeng's medical skills, he was afraid that Lu Xiaofeng would say something about everyday life in martial arts novels - you are poisoned or something .

Of course, there is not so much drama in reality, Lu Xiaofeng just asked him to stand up and touch his bones, Xia Anran looked at Lu Xiaofeng who was in deep thought, a little curious, "Brother Lu, do I have bad aptitude?"

"No, it's not bad, let's choose one in a thousand." Lu Xiaofeng missed the beard on his lips with his thumb, and seeing the young man looking at him with some small expectant eyes, he hesitated for a while and asked, "Do you think this body What's unusual?"

"Yes." Xia Anran replied very seriously, "I'm very afraid of the cold."

After he finished speaking, his small eyes looked expectant, as if Lu Xiaofeng could tell him why it happened.

Although the system said before that it was possible that this body had died once, when his heart stopped beating for a while, although it resumed soon after, those missed beats may have affected the blood supply of the human body.

After all, he died once, but it's nothing to be afraid of cold hands and feet. The system does not accept complaints about his body and dismisses him ruthlessly, but now Xia Xiaomiao can't use it to blame him.

His words made Lu Xiaofeng choke, and then Lu Xiaofeng thought for a while, "It shouldn't be... Didn't Brother Xia feel that this body is superhuman in some ways?"

"For example, you won't get tired from shopping all day long, you can carry a lot of weight, you can run fast, you can jump high, and you won't get sick..."

He followed the path, and suddenly stretched out two fingers to attack Xia Anran's eyes from the side.

Lu Xiaofeng moved quickly.

There is phoenix in his name, and his friends call him Xiaoniao and Xiaoji, but no matter what he calls him, it is undeniable that his movements are very fast, as the name suggests, with the dexterity and swiftness of a bird .

Lu Xiaofeng's famous kung fu is Consonance Finger, which claims to be able to clamp any weapon in the world, but at the same time, his lightness kung fu is also famous for its erratic and agile.

Therefore, when he approached and attacked suddenly, Xia Anran had no time to react, so he felt a pain in his wrist.

When he looked over intently, he found that his body had resisted before his thoughts - he used his hard wrist bones to block Lu Xiaofeng's two fingers.

But judging from the pain he felt, Lu Xiaofeng's blow itself was just a temptation.

A very successful trial.

After Xia Anran was stunned for a moment, she understood everything.

He has lived in the Red Mansion and the Three Kingdoms for too long, especially in the Three Kingdoms, where it is more common to have his pulse checked, and he has long been used to it, so he has forgotten the other function of the pulse in martial arts novels—the lifeline.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't feel his pulse just now, and he doesn't know medical skills either.

He was trying to see if he knew how to use internal strength.

And now...

"I know internal strength?"

Xia Anran uttered an almost certain interrogative sentence.

Lu Xiaofeng withdrew his hand, took a step back, he turned around, his robe was lifted by the river wind, and after sitting down gracefully, Lu Xiaofeng nodded at Xia Anran, "You have internal energy, but you don't remember how to use it."

The young man clutched his wrist bone that was stabbed by Lu Xiaofeng thoughtfully, seeing this, Lu Xiaofeng sighed, "I have never encountered such a situation, and now I don't know your martial arts methods, so I can't teach you. The method is different, and the route of exercise is also different."

He raised his two fingers and showed off his ruddy fingertips, "Your true qi runs on its own, and even though you don't know it, it will drive you to protect yourself at critical moments."

"Brother Xia, you are in danger now."

"I know." Xia Anran nodded, "Young children walk in the city with gold, and now, I am like this."

"It's more serious than this." Lu Xiaofeng said, "The breath circulates inside and nourishes the meridians to form a self-circulation, so it can be endlessly alive. However, Brother Xia's true energy is stagnant in the body now. After a long time... the meridian pumping is definitely not a good thing .”

"Brother Xia, you should try to think about it,"

Xia Anran, who comes from the purely physical world, doesn't quite understand Lu Xiaofeng's somewhat fanciful statement...but it probably means that he is prone to varicose veins after a long time.

Just when he was about to ask if there was any other way, he heard Lu Xiaofeng say, "If it doesn't work, brother Xia might as well try the double cultivation of finding people."

Xia Anran: ...

His expression suddenly became a little complicated.