Chapter 29 6. Japanese Ancient Knife and Pine Flower Rosary Beads

The days passed quickly, Elder Jue Huan finished his study on the genealogy of the Wei Yang lineage, and Yang Du also recorded and sorted it out. He bid farewell to Ji Chan and Jue Huan.The two great masters repeatedly persuaded him to stay for two more days, and on the third day they sent a young monk to escort him back to Hengzhou. The escort stopped by the Daluohan Temple to retrieve some old things sent to Zen in the temple.Yang Du agreed. In the afternoon, he went to Fengshuao again, intending to tell Da Kong about returning to Dongzhou.He rushed to the radish and vegetable field, but there was no one there.He opened the door again, but he was nowhere to be seen.Where did people go?Yang Du turned to the back of the house.Behind the house is a jungle, and behind the jungle is the main peak of Dawei Mountain.When I was looking around aimlessly, I heard a shout from the foot of the mountain, very similar to Dakong's voice: "Brother, that guy has gone into the thorn grass!" Then there was another loud shout: "Chasing, today Must kill him!"

When Yang Du heard this, he was startled and said: Who is Da Kong fighting with?Relying on his own kung fu, Yang Du rushed over, determined to help Da Kong. He came to the thorn grass bushes, and suddenly heard the panting of pigs coming from inside.I looked closely, and sure enough there was a big wild boar in the grass, which was as long as one person, staring at its two fierce eyes, and wanted to fight to the death. "Who are you? Don't die, why don't you get out of here!" Yang Du was suddenly grabbed by the shoulder from behind, and he threw it two or three feet away.He fought somersault on the ground and jumped up.It turned out that standing in front of him was a big black man with five big and three thick beards.Although Yang Du was dumped, he admired the strength of the black man's hands, and knew that he was doing it for his own good, because the wild boar's fierceness was not weaker than the tiger's.At this time Da Kong came over, and hurriedly said to the big black man: "Brother, this is the young master Yang Xizi I told you about." Then he said to Yang Du: "This is my brother Ma Fuyi, my lay brother."

Yang Du was about to salute Ma Fuyi, but Ma Fuyi ignored him, his eyes were fixed on the wild boar in the grass.Dakong said to Yang Du: "Go to my miscellaneous room quickly and bring the hatchet and hoe." There is no way to deal with such a besieged wild boar with bare hands.Yang Dufei ran into the house and quickly brought the hatchet and hoe.Ma Fuyi picked up the hoe, like a general wielding a long weapon, and hit the huge pig head with the hoe.Hearing the miserable howl of the animal, he turned around and rushed towards Ma Fuyi.Ma Fuyi never guarded against this well-behaved beast, and when he was about to block it with a hoe, the wild boar grabbed his right arm firmly with its front paw, and then dragged it hard, like an iron hook hooking meat, Ma Fuyi's right arm was grabbed Two pieces of flesh were cut off, dripping with blood, excruciating pain.He didn't put down the hoe, and still hit, but obviously not strong enough, and hit the wild boar's back without hurting its vitals.The wild boar attacked again and jumped straight at Ma Fuyi's head.At this time, Dakong swung the hatchet and slashed at the back of the wild boar with a knife. The back neck of the wild boar was bleeding profusely, and the wild boar turned back immediately in pain.Ma Fuyi took this opportunity, suppressed his anger, and hit the wild boar with a hoe.The wild boar was stunned, and its hooves jumped around.Yang Du picked up a big stone with both hands and threw it at the wild boar, just hitting its head.The beast roared loudly and fell to the ground.Ma Fuyi and Dakong stepped forward together, wielding a hoe and machete, and beat the wild boar until it bled from seven holes.In the end I couldn't even move my hooves.Yang Du grabbed the wild boar's tail and dragged it down the mountain, how could he drag it!Dakong smiled and said: "This guy weighs at least three hundred catties, let him lie here, anyway, no one will come, we go first to the house to rest, and Brother Ma also needs to be bandaged."

The three left the thorn grass and entered the house. Ma Fuyi took a towel and wiped his face and hands.Dakong picked a few unknown weeds from the side of the house, smashed them with a hatchet, found an old cloth from the bundle, and wrapped it up for Brother Ma.He took out the wine gourd again, and the three sat on the bluestone board to drink and calm down. Yang Du said with respect: "Brother Ma, you are so capable, today you are like a hero fighting a tiger." Brother Ma chuckled twice, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, which formed a strong contrast with his thick black skin.

Da Kong introduced: "Brother Ma is from Liling." Yang Du asked, "You came here from Liling to see Master Dakong?" "No, I burn lime in the lime kiln on the other side of the mountain." Ma Fuyi spoke calmly and gently, completely different from the previous rough roar. "I heard from Da Kong that you always wanted to come to visit. The kiln is busy and I can't find time. I was rude just now. Please forgive me, Mr. Yang." Yang Du smiled boldly: "Where, where, Brother Ma, your physical strength is extraordinary, I really admire you!" Da Kong said: "If that beast hadn't accidentally caught a wild boar just now, Brother Ma would be no problem."

"Brother Ma, how did you develop your strength?" Yang Du asked. "I didn't break out in the rivers and lakes just to make a living." Ma Fuyi leaned back on the edge of the bed and spread his hands. Dakong said: "Brother Ma came from a poor background. He grazed cows when he was a teenager, and later he dug coal in the coal cave, picked his feet on the wharf, pulled fiber by the river, and burned lime in Dawei Mountain in recent years. It requires strength to work, and this is how to develop brute strength." Yang Du looked at the big black man with his back straight and outstretched arms, which almost covered the whole bed, and thought to himself: He is really a hero who roams the rivers and lakes like Li Kui!

"Mr. Yang, from your accent, are you from Xiangtan?" Ma Fuyi asked. "Yes, I'm from Shitangpu, Xiangtan." "Do you know a man named Liu Kui-Liu Linsheng in your county? His father is Liu Fangmao, and he works as a catcher in the county government." "I know, I know." Yang Du replied happily, "Liu Linsheng is my classmate and good friend of Dongzhou Academy. Later, he went to Current Affairs School, and I went to Changsha to see him!" "Do you know where he went after the School of Current Affairs was disbanded?" Ma Fuyi was very happy, and turned his back from the edge of the bed, leaning towards Yang Du.

"He went to Shanghai with Cai Songpo, another Baoqing native. It is said that he crossed the sea to Japan not long ago to continue his studies with Liang Qichao." "Oh, he's gone abroad." Ma Fuyi paused, and then said, "It's good to go abroad, so that his parents won't worry about him." Listening to the tone, Ma Fuyi and Liu Kuiyi have an unusual friendship, Yang Du asked: "Brother Ma is familiar with him?" "He is my savior." Ma Fuyi replied calmly. "Really, how could he be your savior at such a young age?" Yang Du felt very strange.

"That year, I worked in the Thunder Lime Kiln on the opposite side of the river in Lukou. Lukou is a large market town with more than 10,000 residents. There are dozens of casinos in the market. The gambling industry is booming at night. If I lose all my money, I will often commit crimes and rob property. The first to suffer is the rich merchants, so the merchants in Lukou Town are very panic. Fatty Chen, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, heard that I have some martial arts, so he crossed the river Come to Leida Lime Cave to find me, and ask me to organize a guard team to patrol at night to protect Lukou merchants, and give me forty taels of silver every month. I think the gamblers in Lukou are making a fuss, not only merchants, Even the common people will be harassed, and it is the job of a man to stop the gamblers from doing anything wrong, not to mention the meager income of the lime kiln, if you take this job, you can also subsidize yourself and your brothers, so I agreed."

Hearing this, Yang Du thought: Brother Ma must be a kiln foreman, otherwise why would the president of the chamber of commerce look for him? "I selected ten strong-bodied brothers to form a guard team, crossing the river to Lukou every evening, and returning to Leidashi at dawn. The ten brothers were divided into two shifts in the morning and midnight, patrolling with knives and sticks. Since then, the order in Lukou has been greatly improved, the business of the gambling house is booming, and the gamblers are much more peaceful no matter whether they win or lose. Unexpectedly, one night, three men lost their money from gambling, their eyes were red, and they rushed to the silk shop to grab the money. They met. The three men not only did not run away, but fought with the brothers. The three men had kung fu, but the five brothers were unable to beat them. I heard the news and came to rescue, but they drew out their short knives and cut me. In a fit of rage, he flew up and kicked the guy with the knife. The kick was so hard that the guy's hand was broken. The guy screamed, dropped the knife and ran for his life, and the other two were also scared. I had to escape. The brothers were very happy. The next day, the owner of the silk shop invited us to Xiangjiang Pavilion for a meal. Everyone didn’t take kicking off the gambler’s hand seriously, because the guy deserved it. "

"Don't say kicking and breaking your hand, you deserve to be killed." Yang Du interjected. "Unexpectedly, disasters are coming." Ma Fuyi continued, "One day at noon, I was mining lime in the kiln. A brother came and told me that the guard Chen from the county government office was going to arrest me, saying that I was the leader of the society. Advised me to run away quickly. I was startled and asked where the news came from. He said that the owner of the shop on He Street in the city had sent someone, and it was said that it was a letter reported by Liu Kui, the son of Officer Liu. Since it is What Officer Liu’s son said was of course reliable, so I quickly hid, and then simply left Lei Dashi to wander around. In order to repay the kindness of saving my life, I once asked a brother to send a pig leg and a jar of old wine to Liu’s family. Liu Linsheng went to Japan, so life must be difficult, I want to send him a sum of money, but I don’t know where to send it.” Yang Du said: "I don't know where Lin Sheng is in Japan. I will tell you after I find out. How can I find you?" "It's very convenient for you to find me." Ma Fuyi got up and said, "Big piers along both sides of the Xiangjiang River, such as Yuezhou, Xiangyin, Changsha, Xiangtan, Hengshan, Hengzhou and other places, hold a piece of white paper in your left hand. Write three characters for 'horse' in the shape of the characters, and walk around the pier twice, and someone will naturally come up to talk to you, and if you tell him to find someone from Ma, he will bring you to me." Yang Du found it quite novel, and then he thought that this Big Brother Ma must be an extraordinary person. Since he is close to Da Kong, he might also be the leader of the elder brother's association, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will remember." Ma Fuyi said: "I'm going to take a step ahead and tell the brothers in the kiln to tell them to carry the wild boar back so that they can have a good meal." Yang Du also stood up and said, "I am very honored to meet Brother Ma here today. I will leave Miyin Temple early in the morning the day after tomorrow, and we will meet later." Dakong asked in surprise: "Leave the day after tomorrow?" Yang Du nodded. Ma Fuyi said: "I heard from Master Dakong that Mr. Yang is a talented scholar after he was a general. A brother gave me an ancient Japanese sword. I don't know how much it is worth. Now I will give it to you as a small souvenir of our acquaintance. You Wait a minute, I'll get it." After all, he ran out the door. Da Kong asked Yang Du to sit down and drink again.He told Yang Du that Ma Fuyi is a very extraordinary person, with excellent martial arts, bold and righteous, very prestigious in the world, as a man he can do great things, as a friend he can be trusted to life and death.After hearing this, Yang Du felt lucky to have met such a hero.He thought of waiting for Xia Ma Fuyi to send the Japanese knife, but he had no gift in return, and it was quite difficult.Da Kong laughed and said, "You are a scholar. As the saying goes, a scholar is a piece of paper. You can write a poem and give it back to him!" Yang Du said: "This is the only way to live in the monastery as a guest, but you don't have paper and pen here, so I have to go back to Yunshuitang to write." "I have it here!" Dakong walked into the miscellaneous room, and took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone after a while. Yang Du was overjoyed, concentrated for a moment, and wrote a poem of Qijue: