Chapter 47 Chapter Forty Seven

He Liu shouted: "So the third master went to buy sauced tofu." Xiao Yingbi snatched the invoice from Zhang San's hand, and saw that it was stamped with the red stamp of the loan store at Nanmen Cross Street, Tongxian County.He exclaimed in surprise: "Third Master has only been out for half an hour, and he ran back and forth to Tongxian Town. It is a miracle that the distance from here to Tongxian Town is more than 80 miles!" Zhang San smiled and wiped it away. Khan, let Mrs. Zhang mix the seasonings and serve them. While eating the boiled mutton, everyone praised Zhang Sanjiao's kung fu.

In Beijing in the early years of the Republic of China, the wind was the incense burner, and the rain was the ink cartridge.Early this morning it started to rain.Mr. Peng and Mr. Qian from Xiguanyin Temple Hutong in Dongdan ran to a bathhouse on Lunan, Kounei, to take a bath in the drizzle.When I came to the bathhouse, those two pairs of feet were already covered with mud.The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, the road was knee-deep in water, the carriages and horses were blocked, and both of them were trapped in the bathhouse. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I saw another person pushing the door and entering.The two shouted almost at the same time: "Master Zhang!" Zhang San smiled and said, "This is the weather." Then they bathed in the same pool.

After bathing and dressing, Zhang San said to the two of them: "You and I are acquaintances. Today I will treat you to the 'big wine vat' outside the mouth to drink!" The two had to agree.Mr. Peng said: "Yuan Datou asked you to be a bodyguard, but you pretended to be sick and dismissed. Afterwards, the police chief Wu Bingxiang had no choice but to drive to Wuqing County, Zhili to invite Mr. Li Ruidong, 'Nose Li'." Mr. Qian said: "Now Mr. Li Ruidong is in charge The bodyguard of the presidential palace also serves as a martial arts instructor. Mr. Li didn't like Yuan Shikai at first, so he refused repeatedly, but due to Yuan Shikai's power, he had to hang up a blank name in the presidential palace. But there will be a lot of fun tomorrow morning. Yuan Shikai heard that the youth Martial artist Wang Xiangzhai is in Beijing, so he insisted on sending someone to invite him to the Presidential Palace. Yuan Shikai is tired of watching songs and dramas, and wants to watch famous martial artists fight for a change of taste." Zhang Sandao: "This is a good show,' Xiao Meng Chang' Li Ruidong is a veteran martial artist, and Wang Xiangzhai is a young martial artist. It's interesting to compete with each other. I'll go to the presidential palace tomorrow." Mr. Peng said: "The presidential palace is heavily guarded, how do you get in? Zhang San said: "I have my own way."

Mr. Peng suddenly exclaimed: "It's strange! Why aren't Mr. Zhang's new shoes wet?" Mr. Qian looked down and saw Zhang San's new pair of shoes with laminated soles. But he knew that Zhang San didn't want others to ask him about martial arts, so he kept silent. The three of them got dressed and walked out of the bathhouse side by side.The torrential rain has just stopped, and the water on the street is full of feet.Mr. Peng hurriedly called for a foreign car. After calling for a long time, only one foreign car came. The "big wine vat" was only half a mile away from the bathhouse. Mr. Peng negotiated with the coachman and dragged the three people to the "big wine vat" three times.The three made concessions to each other, and in the end Mr. Qian had to go by car first.After a while, the driver returned, but Zhang San still refused to sit first, so Mr. Peng had to get into the rickshaw.Mr. Peng suspected that his eyes were blurred. When he rubbed his eyes and looked again, Zhang San had already gone far.When Mr. Peng came to the "big wine vat", Zhang San and Mr. Qian had already had several glasses of wine.Mr. Peng looked carefully at Zhang San's new pair of shoes, which were still not wet with mud and water.Seeing Mr. Peng staring at his new pair of shoes, Zhang San said with a smile: "After the heavy rain, there is muddy water everywhere. I pay attention to find a drier place and jump around. Look at my shoes, white thousand The bottom of the layer was not wet at all, so I made a fuss. Some people said that I can fly when I walk on the water. How can a person fly without wings?"

In the morning of the next day, Zhang San came to the west wall of Zhongnanhai, took advantage of people's unpreparedness, climbed up the red wall, and sneaked into the garden.He quietly came outside Ju Ren Tang and hid in Huashoucheng.All of a sudden, Yuan Shikai, who was fat and fat, was wearing a presidential uniform, accompanied by Li Ruidong, Wang Xiangzhai and other officers, and walked into Jurentang, and a group of guards rushed in. Zhang San was looking around when he suddenly saw a handyman walking in with a tea set.After a while, he came out again with an empty plate.Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Zhang San dragged him into the flowers, stripped off his clothes, put them on himself, and tied the handyman to a short tree.Zhang San whispered: "You should be wronged for a while." Then he stuffed a towel into his mouth.

Dressed up as a handyman, Zhang San passed the eyes of the guards, walked in, and slipped quietly into the pile of handymen.Yuan Shikai sat in the middle of the hall. He took off his hat, revealing his bald head. Even the straight presidential uniform could not restrain his fat body. leave it alone.On Yuan Shikai's left sat two of his confidantes, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, both of whom were from the army, wearing straight military uniforms, carrying pistols and foreign knives, and their majestic gazes were daunting. "Nose Lee" Li Ruidong and Wang Xiangzhai sat opposite Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui.Li Ruidong was much older than before, his hair was gray, but his eyes were particularly bright.Wang Xiangzhai has grown into a strong young man, he is full of heroism, and his stern eyes show that he has matured more than before.

A burst of slutty laughter floated in, and a choking smell of perfume and powder came over my face.Immediately there was a burst of giggles, and Yuan Shikai's seven concubines walked in coquettishly, each in fancy dress.Aunt Yang and Aunt Shen walked in the front.Aunt Yang was born like a big-faced person, with a white face, a plump waist, a red cheongsam, and a silver waistcoat.Aunt Shen was born as a famous prostitute in Suzhou, she was born like a small porcelain vase, full of jade, wearing a sapphire blue cheongsam and a beige waistcoat.Those aunts and wives in the back have their own charms and wear strange clothes.This group of ladies flocked to Yuan Shikai. Aunt Yang and Aunt Shen, who were Yuan Shikai's concubines, sat on both sides respectively, while the other concubines had to stand.

Aunt Yang pointed at Wang Xiangzhai with her handkerchief: "Look at that young man, don't look at the black spots, his body is strong enough, I think our instructor Li can drink a pot?" Aunt Shen twisted her waist and snorted: " As the saying goes, if Jiang is too old, Coach Li can still beat that little chick!" Aunt Yang said: "Sister Shen, if you don't believe me, let's make a bet, if the guy named Wang Xiangzhai loses, I will Kneel on the washboard!" Aunt Shen laughed too much: "Hmph, if Coach Li loses, I dare to hit the president's bald head!" Yuan Shikai listened to it, snorted, and said in a low voice: "Be serious, and don't even look at it." What occasion."

When the match started, Li Ruidong and Wang Xiangzhai stood up, and they came to the center of the hall, both faces showing embarrassment. It turned out that Li Ruidong and Wang Xiangzhai were old acquaintances. They met by chance this time, but they didn't expect it to be such an occasion. They both wanted to escape, but they were afraid of Yuan Shikai's influence and couldn't get away.Both of them felt embarrassed, and neither of them wanted to do such a thing that loved ones hurt their enemies, because they didn't have any protective equipment, and both of them were contemporary martial arts celebrities, so no matter who made a mistake, their lives would be in danger.Because of Yuan Shikai's repeated urging, it was difficult for them to push back.In the end, the two agreed in secret that they would only do a push-hands competition with each other.Because pushing hands is just "listening to the strength" in martial arts, it's not a real fight, so there is no danger.

Li Ruidong yelled, and the two of them clasped their hands together, back and forth, continuously, with extremely flexible, deep and powerful movements, all the people present were dazzled and stunned.The two wanted to let it go.Only Yuan Shikai shouted: "You two must meet today." Li Ruidong had no choice but to continue the pushing hands competition with Wang Xiangzhai. Zhang Sanhun watched from the crowd of handymen, only to hear Li Ruidong's body "crack" and he knew that Mr. Li had a special technique called "Hanging the Body with Iron Coins".There are layers of iron sheets hanging around his body. The iron sheets are round, with a diameter of ten centimeters and a thickness of about five millimeters. There are holes in the middle, which are in the shape of ancient coins, hence the name iron coins.Mr. Li started to punch, hanging on these "iron coins", unrestrained and unrestrained, clanging loudly, without gushing out of breath, and without changing expression.

Li Ruidong and Wang Xiangzhai walked through the gates, stepped forward, and overlapped their forearms, changing endlessly, each felt the weight of the other's forearm, it was difficult to tell the difference.There were fifty or sixty rounds of fighting, Li Ruidong was a little weak due to his age, so he changed his tactics, Wang Xiangzhai was negligent for a while, and his right wrist and right forearm were firmly grasped by Li Ruidong.Then, Li Ruidong took a big step back and stroked his hands back. This move is the "big $" trick in Taijiquan.Wang Xiangzhai felt that this move was really powerful, so he quickly followed up and took advantage of the situation to push forward. After all, Li Ruidong was old, so he couldn't stand upright for a while, and fell to the ground.Wang Xiangzhai rushed forward, quickly helped Li Ruidong up, and said repeatedly: "Senior Li, I'm sorry!" Yuan Shikai laughed loudly, and said: "Wang Xiangzhai's martial arts skills are still superior!" Wang Xiangzhai felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, and he said to everyone: "Mr. Li's kung fu is better than mine. This time, Mr. Li let me One trick. Pushing hands is not a real martial arts competition. I plan to formally compete with Mr. Li at the Jixiang Theater next month. If you are interested, please come on time!" Yuan Shikai slapped the table, stood up, and shouted: " Good! Good! This is the demeanor of a gentleman! Next time there is a martial arts competition, I will go to see it, and I must see the truth!" Just as he was speaking, he suddenly felt someone slap his bald head hard, and grabbed it, Grab a slender arm.He pulled hard, and actually pulled Aunt Shen, who was on the left, into his arms.Aunt Shen giggled and said, "If a gentleman says a word, a four-horse horse is hard to follow!" Yuan Shikai blushed and pushed Aunt Shen away.Everyone laughed, and Zhang San, who was hiding aside, also laughed. The laughter shook the hall, and the dust fell down. After more than half a month, Zhang San went to take a bath in the bathing pool of Xiguanyin Temple. The shopkeeper saw him coming in, and hurried forward to greet him: "The third master is here! Please come from the old house!" Zhang San handed the birdcage to the shopkeeper, and undressed Hand it over to the clerk, and the clerk hurriedly hung up the clothes with a clothes pole. After Zhang San took a bath, he hid on the bed to rest. The shopkeeper delivered a pot of brewed tea to him in person, and said in a low voice, "Master Zhang, have you heard? That day at Yuan Shikai's mansion, old Mr. Li Ruidong Lost to the young man Wang Xiangzhai, in order to save Mr. Li's face, Wang Xiangzhai scheduled another martial arts competition at the Jixiang Theater on August 3rd. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li passed away yesterday, and he didn't say a word. You blame me No wonder? Someone said he died of typhoid fever." Zhang San was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and then stammered and asked, "Is this true?" For the funeral, go out of Xuanwu Gate and go straight to Wuqing County, Hebei Province, Mr. Li's hometown!" When Zhang San heard this, his eyes turned red.Li Ruidong is an upright man. Although his family is rich, he often distributes property to help the common people. He is known as "Xiaomengchang".Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Zhang San, he once helped Zhang San.Zhang San will never forget that more than ten years ago, in order to save Liang Zhenpu, he sneaked into the palace to find Yin Fu. If it wasn't for Li Ruidong's help, he might have become the victim of the Empress Dowager Cixi.How could he not be sad when this old martial arts veteran passed away suddenly?He decided to attend Mr. Li's funeral. Zhang San was getting dressed when he suddenly saw two strong men who had just bathed on the opposite side and kept slipping around him.Of these two people, one has a sallow face with whiskers, and the other has a horse face with an eagle hooked nose.Based on Zhang San's decades of experience traveling north and south, he knew that the two of them were not fuel-efficient lamps, so he was on guard.Zhang San thought: Although he has never done anything wrong in his life, he will inevitably offend some people when he travels to the martial arts world and goes to rich families.They bought some profiteers and plotted against themselves repeatedly. Although they managed to turn danger into safety every time, they still needed to be more careful.Seeing that the two of them are coming in a big way today, it's better to use a little trick and "persuade" them to leave, so that they can leave. Thinking about it, Zhang San asked the buddy for clothes and pants.At this time, the two people on the opposite side had finished dressing, but still did not leave.Zhang San immediately put on his clothes and trousers, stretching his muscles and bones secretly. He seemed to have grown a lot in an instant, the cuffs of his jacket were shrunk to his elbows, and the hem of his trousers was only up to his knees.He said loudly to the clerk: "Why are my clothes so short, don't you just exchange them?" The clerk saw that Zhang San's clothes seemed to be together, and he was so surprised that he didn't know what to do.The shopkeeper Wen Ting poked his head out from behind the counter, yawned and said, "Sir, don't blackmail people, do you think there is anyone in the bath who wears the same clothes as you?" Zhang San smiled and said, "Maybe it's Taking a bath stretches the muscles and bones." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the opposite side.I saw that the two had no intention of shrinking back, and there was a fierce look on their faces.Zhang San knew that today's affairs could not be good, so he paid more attention. Zhang San picked up the cigarette pouch and walked towards the door. The eagle hooked nose took a few steps ahead, and the bearded man followed closely behind him.When he was about to reach the door, the shopkeeper was just about to hand him the birdcage, but it was too late, and then it was too late, the hooked nose suddenly turned around, his fists followed, and the "evil tiger took out its heart" hit him in the middle of the shank, and at the same time, There also seemed to be a cool wind blowing towards the back of the head.The shopkeeper turned pale with shock, before the sound of "ah" came out, he saw that the two had already bumped into each other heavily.Yinggoubi punched the chest of the bearded man, and the bearded man punched the front of the eagle's nose, and they fell to the ground immediately.The two drew out their pistols at the same time and aimed at Zhang San.