Chapter 4 The years of wandering rivers and lakes

In other words, Yue Fei's extraordinary arm strength surprised the people around him, and therefore placed more high hopes on him. Yue Fei's grandfather was very proud of his precious grandson. After Zhou Tong's death, with his strong support, Yue Fei paid homage to Chen Guang, a well-known master of spear fighting, to learn marksmanship. Spears, knives, and crossbows are all conventional weapons in the cold weapon era. Simple knives were more popular on the battlefield in the Song Dynasty.Everyone who reads it will find that the heroes of Liangshan in the early days walked all over the rivers and lakes, and they all liked to carry a simple knife in their hands.In fact, the production cost of the knife is relatively high, and its performance mainly depends on the smelting and forging technology.Although my country's knife forging technology has always been at the forefront of the world, it is not an easy task for ordinary families to own such a sharp weapon.

Relatively speaking, the structure of the gun is simple, easy to produce, and it is very popular among the common people who practice martial arts.Using a gun pays attention to stabbing, poking, pointing, sweeping, picking, marking, dialing, blocking, blocking, and evading. Under the guidance of Chen Guang, Yue Fei studied hard and practiced hard, and his marksmanship became more and more proficient. "A county is invincible". At that time, the Song Dynasty was under attack from both sides of Xixia and Liao. Although the military seemed weak, the folk martial arts were very popular. "Since the peace talks in Chanyuan, the people have united with each other to form bow and arrow clubs." People all over the country have set up paramilitary clubs - "bow and arrow clubs".Every winter during the slack season, all "bow and arrow clubs" will gather together to hold martial arts competitions.Tangyin County, where Yue Fei lived, was a relatively wealthy county at that time. Yue Fei was "invincible in a county", which shows his superb marksmanship.

Lao She said in the book: "The moon stick, the sword of the year, the spear of a lifetime." Yue Fei followed Chen Guang to practice marksmanship. The practice time was less than a year. His skills are already amazing, which also shows his amazing talent. . In many people's minds, Yue Fei always charged on the battlefield with a Liquan gun. In fact, this is just the interpretation of historical novels. Not limited to long guns.It is said that Yue Fei’s idols in his early years were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so he prefers the Broadsword and the Zhangba Snake Spear, and the literature shows that he used the sword the most. When he pacified Nanxunmen, he once recounted the process of beating the enemy owl with the sword: "In the past, Du Chong stayed in the capital, and a certain soldier had two thousand soldiers, who came to be restrained. From the beginning to the end, there were tens of thousands of big bandits outside the city, and he ordered him to fight immediately. It is said that Du will be killed. A certain dare not use soldiers. Outnumbered as a speech, that is to say, the thief made an appointment to surrender, and he came to report and said: "Why did I ask you to accept the surrender? You must be captured for me!" Well, I would like to challenge you. The chief thief went out to fight, and a certain horse rode alone, and he slashed it with a big knife. From the top to the waist, it was divided into two. Tens of thousands of people collapsed without fighting. .” As for when and from whom he learned the sword, there is no documented record, perhaps during his travels in the rivers and lakes.

Soon, Yue Fei left Chen Guang and began to travel around the rivers and lakes.According to the unofficial history "Solitary Awakening Magazine" written by Zeng Minxing of the Song Dynasty, a very strange thing happened during Yue Fei's travels. At that time, Yue Fei was on his way along the Chang'an Ancient Road when he met a fortune teller named Shu Weng.Just when the two passed by, Shu Weng stopped him with a serious expression, looked him up and down for a long time, and then said: "You have a strange appearance, according to the description in the photo book, you must be a dignitary in the future , holding a heavy army in his hand, and exerting power for a while, but he died."

Yue Fei was startled and asked, "How do you say that?" Shu Weng said: "You have the face of an ape spirit, and if you are a big ape, you will be killed." This is unofficial history, and it has a lot of deductive elements, which is not enough to be believed.But it reflects from the side that the young Yue Fei did have such a short career in the rivers and lakes. Why did Yue Fei leave his hometown and roam the world? It turned out that a mayor of Yonghe Township admired Yue Fei's high martial arts skills, and specially hired him to be the town's official.The duty of Youjiao is to "chasing and arresting thieves", similar to the current patrol police.

Yue Fei was young, full of vigor and vigor, he was fond of drinking, and often got very drunk, and often made troubles when drunk. ("Taste to be a mediocre farmer, go to the market to travel, and make the wine unchecked.") "Writing in joy and shaking the five mountains, poetry becomes a smile proud of Ling Cangzhou." Li Bai's talent, inspired by wine, is even more heroic.It's a pity that Yue Fei failed to show his talent with the help of wine, but almost caused disaster because of his greed for things in the drink.Since Yue Fei knew how to drink, relying on his youthful vigor and good skills, he never restricted his drinking.

But he underestimated the harm of drinking too much.Once, he knocked someone down to the ground after drinking. He was originally a practitioner, but because he couldn't control his strength after drinking, he hit him so hard that he almost killed him.Looking at the motionless victim lying in a pool of blood, Yue Fei suddenly woke up from the wine, sweating all over his body, and did not dare to go home, so he walked away.Escape is the first reaction of an inexperienced teenager after making a mistake.However, this behavior of "reckless drinking" forced Yue Fei to leave his parents and embark on a road of desperation.

What kind of apprehension did Yue Fei have back then, penniless and began to flee life.Years later, every time the accomplished Yue Fei recalled this unbearable experience, he always regretted his youthful, frivolous, alcoholic and willful behavior. He explained to his subordinates the reason why he did not drink alcohol for a long time. "Taste the loss of wine, my mother abstains from drinking." Yue Fei went through many trials and tribulations. Two years later, he heard that the person who was beaten had been rescued, and his parents also asked people to find out his whereabouts and asked him to go home.

Yue Fei wandered all over the world, suffered all kinds of suffering, missed his parents every day, and returned to Tangyin as soon as he got the news. This year, Yue Fei was sixteen years old, reaching the age for the crown ceremony, that is to say, Yue Fei officially entered the ranks of adults. Yue Fei's baby name was Wulang, and he had four older brothers, all of whom died one after another.When Yue Fei was born, his mother, Yao Shi, was over forty years old, and his father, Yue He, was over fifty years old. They had reached the happy age of having grandchildren.Therefore, Yue He, eager to embrace his grandson, started Zhang Luo Yuefei's marriage as soon as the new year was over.

The bride's surname is Liu, she is gentle and kind, and she and Yue Fei are very affectionate after marriage.The young couple respected each other as guests, raising their eyebrows together. Generally speaking, during the period from 1119 to 1122, Yue Fei lived a relatively peaceful life. In this context, the eldest son Yue Yun was born.The birth of the son brought a lot of laughter to the Yue family, but in the following year, there were many floods in the Central Plains, the fertile land was completely destroyed, and the people were in dire straits.The financial burden of the Yue family, which was not well off, is getting heavier day by day.

In order to increase the family's income, through someone's introduction, Yue Fei went to the Han family's Day Jintang as a farmer. ("Hou's name is Fei, and his style name is Pengju. He is rarely a farmer of the Duke of Han and Wei, and he farms for a living.") When Yue Fei came to vote for the Han family, he was unattractive, usually taciturn, and low-key. He worked hard every day, no different from ordinary farmers, and no one knew that he possessed special skills. It wasn't until a sudden incident later that everyone looked at him with admiration.