Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Leopard Room Imperial Competition
Beijing.Imperial City West Garden.
A huge iron cage, eight feet high, ten zhang in width and a square in length, the iron branches all over the body are painted golden, and various cast flower ornaments are nailed on the upper and lower octagons, which is very magnificent.
In the cage was a vigorous leopard with a whole body of piebald spots, with a very tough appearance, pacing in circles.That graceful and proud gait carried a terrifying wild energy.
The place where the iron cage is placed is an incomparably gorgeous palace, the beams, columns and walls are extremely carved, and banner tents and Buddha statues from distant countries are arranged everywhere.There are more than ten guards wearing battle armor and weapons on the left and right rows, all of them are white and beardless. Looking closely, they are all eunuchs, and they are guarding an empty tiger skin chair in the middle of the hall.
This kind of weird layout, coupled with the huge leopard cage on the side of the hall, revealed a very weird atmosphere.
The south side of the hall has a wide open door, facing an open-air large courtyard, which is covered with gray flat fine sand, with eighteen kinds of weapons lined up on both sides, as well as war drums, gongs, banners, etc. Array utensils, everything is prepared.The pointy blades of spears and spears facing the sky reflect silver light in the winter sun. There is no trace of dirt on the blade surface, and it is well-cared for. It can be seen that it is not only a decoration, but the master of the palace must be a warrior.
A group of people gathered on both sides of the school grounds.There are 20 to 30 people in the east, each of them is tall and strong, with a strong back and a waist, wearing a golden military uniform with embroidered spring knives on his belt. It is a combination of royal guards and arrest agencies. Jin Yiwei.
There were only five people standing on the west side of the school yard, wearing dark green robes, wrists and leggings, they were all obviously civilian warriors.The first one was not young, his thin white hair was tied into a braid, revealing the wrinkles on his forehead like a knife, but his figure was very strong, with bulging muscles faintly visible under the green robe.The lower half of the old man's face was wrapped with a black scarf, and his mouth could not be seen.
The left breasts of the robes of these five people are each embroidered with a pattern of Taiji Liangyi.Four of them had patterns embroidered with black silk thread, but only the old man used silver thread.
Jin Yiwei on the opposite side kept staring at the five green-clothed warriors from a distance with hostile eyes.The five of them remained unmoved, standing as calm as still water.The old man even stood with his eyes closed, his hands folded at the dantian under the navel, as if in meditation.
Everyone in the hall and the school grounds was silent, waiting for the owner of the top chair to appear.
After waiting for a long time, a call sounded from the side of the hall:
"Daqing Dharma King Yuyu!"
The eunuchs and guards in the hall, the guards in brocade clothes on the school grounds, and the five green-clothed warriors all knelt down towards the top chair at the same time.
A procession appeared from the side door.First, eight eunuchs who were also dressed as guards opened the way; then there were a dozen actors and actresses in brocade robes of various colors, their faces painted in colorful colors, or wearing strange masks, holding flower guns, rattan rings, There were colored balls and other things; then there were a few monks from the Western Regions wearing tall hats like cockscombs, all of them had round faces and small eyes, and their expressions seemed to be smiling but not smiling.At first glance, this lineup almost gives the illusion of a busking line for a street festival parade.
In the end there were four people.At first, he was a seven-foot-high and arrogant military officer, every time he took a step of a dragon and a tiger.There are old scars all over his face, especially on one cheek and ear, there are scars pierced by arrows, which are particularly conspicuous. It can be guessed that he is a frontier guard who fought in the sea of knives and arrows.
The second man was also wearing Jinyiwei's golden "flying fish suit", but it was much more luxurious than those of the guards on the field, and he didn't have a saber on his waist.A middle-aged face is fair and clean, with a smile, which is easy to make people feel good.The figure is a little less powerful than the military general in front, but he still has a sense of self-confidence, and it seems that he has a higher status.
The third person at the end stepped out accompanied by a very beautiful pregnant woman.
This man was only twenty-three or fourteen years old, with a long and thin face, wearing a monk's robe, with only a five-color shawl slanted on his upper body, his right shoulder and arm were exposed in this cold sky, but if you look closely at his crown and boots , are all made of fine gold thread, extremely luxurious, and it doesn't match the casual monk's clothes.Although this young man is slender, his shoulders and arms are exposed and his muscles are strong, he is obviously a very active person.There is a kind of cynical frivolity on his face, coupled with his figure and fast pace, it makes people feel that there is inexhaustible energy in his body.
The mighty military officer and the leader of the brocade guards stood on both sides of the tiger leather chair.The young man didn't sit down right away, but walked up to the leopard cage, watched his pet for a while, and then jumped on the chair.
As soon as he took the top spot, everyone inside and outside the hall shouted long live at the same time.
This energetic but ridiculously dressed young man is none other than Zhu Houzhao, the current Zhengde Emperor. "Daqing Dharma King" is his self-proclaimed dharma title.
Today's emperor is good at martial arts, which is well known all over the world.The two people who are accompanying me at this moment are also favored because of their martial arts.The one with the white face is Qian Ning, the left governor who commanded the entire Jinyiwei army, and he has been a popular person by the emperor's side for many years.He was originally a servant of the eunuch Qian Neng, but he was appreciated by the emperor with his superb left and right bow and archery skills. After that, he became the emperor's inseparable playmate.At the beginning, Qian Ning belonged to the faction of the treacherous eunuch Liu Jin, and it was he who suggested to the emperor to build this building; a few years ago, Liu Jin was executed, but Qian Ning was not only spared, but also became more and more powerful.
Another general, Jiang Bin, was originally a small guerrilla officer from the Xuanfu outside the customs. On the side of the long servant, he was quickly promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei, and also led a team of personal soldiers stationed in the capital.
The emperor waved his hand and signaled the two eunuchs to take the beautiful pregnant woman back first, and then looked at the five green-clothed warriors on the school field.
The old man led the four of them to the door of the palace and knelt down.
"Xing Hao, the deputy head of the Common People's Wudang School, led four disciples to meet the emperor." He said through a face scarf.
"Disrespectful!" Qian Ning raised an eyebrow: "See Your Majesty, why hide your face?"
Shi Xinghao raised his head slightly, and gently lifted the black scarf with his left hand.
I saw Shi Xinghao's mouth, the lower lip had been hit by some heavy blow, and an inverted triangle wound was split, almost reaching the bottom of the chin, and the lower front teeth and gums were exposed. It looked like a skeleton ghost, even is appalling.
"Because of the old injury, Shimou has an ugly face. I am afraid that he will be disrespectful to His Majesty, so he covered it up. I beg for forgiveness."
When Qian Ning saw Shi Xinghao's gaping mouth, he couldn't help being surprised, but he didn't know whether to ask him to cover his face again.He secretly watched the emperor's expression to figure out his reaction.
The emperor didn't take it seriously, but looked at Shi Xinghao's wound carefully and interestingly. "Everyone is flat. This is not an imperial palace. Everyone is a warrior, so there is no need to be polite. How did you get this injury? Did you fight some beast?"
Shi Xinghao stood up with everyone.He bowed his head and cupped his hands: "This is more than ten years ago, when I was practicing martial arts, I was injured by a mistake by my fellow disciple." He smiled as he said.Because of the wound on his jaw, every word he said seemed to carry a peculiar windy sound.
"So, he is stronger than you?" the emperor asked again with a smile.
"When Shi was hit by the move, he suddenly became murderous, and then he also missed." Shi Xinghao raised his head slightly, and dared to look directly at the emperor. "I clean this fellow's grave every year."
The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he looked excited, rubbing his palms back and forth on the chair handle covered with tiger skin.
"I can't wait."
Qian Ning understood and immediately raised his palm.
"Prepare for the competition!"
Wudang faction and Jinyiwei retreated to both sides of the school field.At the same time, the four eunuchs and guards each held a corner of the tiger skin chair, lifted the chair together with the emperor on the chair, and moved it to the main entrance of the hall, so that he could watch the competition more clearly.
Qian Ning winked at Jin Yiwei from afar.The guards nodded immediately, and one of them stood out from the crowd.He was the tallest and strongest among the dozens of Jinyi guards, and his power was slightly better than Jiang Bin's.The colleague took off the golden robe for him, revealing a black short armor underneath.He squeezed two big fists covered with thick calluses, and strode into the arena.
The name of this person is Du Yanfeng, who was born in the Bagua Sect, one of the famous "Nine Sects". Wei played in this imperial competition.
Du Yanfeng's posture and expression were calm and composed, and he was not nervous about performing skills in front of the emperor. His condition seemed to be very good, and Qian Ning was secretly satisfied when he saw it.
On the other side, the representative of the Wudang faction who participated in the battle was also the tallest and strongest.
This man has a shaved head and a body like a bear, even slightly taller than Du Yanfeng.He lifted the hem of his robe and tucked it to the side of his belt, exposing two strong thighs, which seemed not much thinner than a woman's waist.but.The standing posture of this person is a bit weird, the chest is sunken, and the back and shoulders are raised like tortoise shells, which makes people feel a little slow.
Qian Ning has long noticed that there is such a giant in the Wudang faction who is fighting against Du Yanfeng, but he did not expect to be the one to fight.He heard that the Wudang school of martial arts has always advocated the use of softness to control rigidity, and the use of force to fight with force, but this person is completely like a master of hard work from outside schools.
This Wudang disciple walked into the arena, half-kneeled towards the emperor, and called out his name: "Chu Lantian, a disciple of Wudang School's 'Zhen Gui Dao'."
The emperor nodded and asked Chu Lantian to stand up.He saw that the boxers on both sides were evenly matched in stature, and he felt even more excited.
"Which side do you guess wins?" Emperor Wu Xing raged, turned his shoulders, clenched his right hand into a fist and punched his left palm. "Let's take a bet."
Qian Ning smiled: "Du Yanfeng is my subordinate...I am embarrassed to say it." But he was full of confidence in his heart - he had only seen Du Yanfeng demonstrate "Bagua Chenlei Zhang" with his own eyes a few days ago, and he easily broke half open. The power of a foot-thick stele.
As for the general Jiang Bin on the other side, he looked at the two people on the school field coldly, but did not speak.
Chu Lantian and Du Yanfeng stood more than ten steps apart on the field.Chu Lantian bowed her head and bowed her hands in salute, but Du Yanfeng only nodded slightly in return.After all, he has been a Jinyi guard for many years, and he is very contemptuous of these common people in the mountains.
Shi Xinghao on the sidelines crossed his arms in front of his chest, watching the field closely, seeming quite nervous.When Qian Ning saw it, he was even more proud.
The emperor smiled and held up his palms.
Channing called immediately: "The competition begins!"
The two boxers in the field immediately opened up their stances.Du Yanfeng set up a "seven-star gait", with his left hand stretched out in front of his palm, and his right fist raised to his ear, which is a standard "night battle gait" of the Eight Diagrams sect; The light frame is at the height of the chest, which is completely in the posture of inviting you into your arms.
Du Yanfeng, who came from a famous family, naturally knew the characteristics of Wudang's "Taijiquan" to attack after the attack, so how could he easily attack from the center and let the opponent entangle him?He looked at Chu Lantian's figure and posture, and judged that his speed and footwork must be not fast.
And footwork is the essence of Baguamen martial arts.
Use your own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses.The art of war is the only way.
Du Yanfeng raised his leg slightly, the sole of the foot was only half a cent off the ground, and the sole of the foot seemed to be slipping across the surface of a icy lake, quickly and without warning.With the eight-direction step that has been practiced no less than a million times, he circled to the back of Chu Lantian's right side with lightning, and punched a backhand punch to the weak spot between his ear and the back of his head!
Chu Lantian listened to the wind to identify her position, she didn't need to turn her body, her right arm was stretched out to block the punch.
But Du Yanfeng's Bengquan was not exhausted, and it bounced back like a willow branch. It turned out to be a false blow to test the enemy, but he continued to walk around Chu Lantian's back, and at the same time he fired two times in a row. punch attack.
Bagua Sect's unarmed boxing method is originally good at using palms more than fists.The power of the palm strike is strong and long, but the closing is slow. Du Yanfeng has already calculated that in the face of Wudang boxing, it is most forbidden to be stuck by the opponent's takeover, so he uses a fist that is quick to come out and close, so that the opponent can't catch up .
Sure enough, these two punches forced Chu Lantian to defend again.But Du Yanfeng closed his fist immediately, Chu Lantian couldn't stick to his fist arm at all, and he couldn't perform a single Tai Chi move.
In this way, Du Yanfeng kept attacking Chu Lantian's body with the tactic of swimming and fighting.This is the tactic he has drawn up long ago: attack continuously, so that the opponent can only deal with the parry, and he will be invincible first.If you are lucky enough to hit one of the moves, you will naturally win beautifully; even if you just keep fighting like this, the emperor will almost call a stop when you see it, and you are attacking the whole field, so you are obviously the winner.
Qian Ning saw Du Yanfeng's tactical thinking, smiled and felt relieved.
Chu Lantian didn't look anxious at all, she just kept turning and parrying silently, as if she was matching Du Yanfeng's performance.
Shi Xinghao stared at the two people in the competition, his eyes were still a little nervous.
At this time, Du Yanfeng had already mastered the rhythm of the battle and became even more handy.He wanted to perform a performance in front of the emperor, so he shouted, and this time he punched four times from four angles, and the sound of the fist breaking the wind was clearly audible!
"It's almost there." Shi Xinghao murmured softly.
Du Yanfeng finished all three punches smoothly.But after the fourth punch, he couldn't get it back.
This punch was originally aimed at Chu Lantian's ear, but Chu Lantian moved sideways and missed it.
This was the first time that Chu Lantian moved and dodged without blocking a fight—this showed that his footwork was faster and more agile than Du Yanfeng.
Chu Lantian didn't just dodge—while dodging the attack, he swung his head and neck, and clamped Du Yanfeng's fist up and down with his cheeks and shoulders!
——At this moment, the emperor cried out "Ah".Seeing this scene, he had the illusion that Du Yanfeng's fist had already hit Chu Lantian's head and face.
Du Yanfeng slumped down quickly, trying to pull his fist back with all his strength.
The opponent concentrates all his strength-this is the situation that "Tai Chi" fighters most want to encounter.
Not only did Chu Lantian not pull hard against Du Yanfeng, but with a shake of his waist and shoulders, he sent the opponent's arm back to meet him.
Under Du Yanfeng's violent pull, not only did he fail to meet the resistance, but was greeted by the force of the trend, he was pulled out of space, lost his balance and fell backwards.
——When a mortal loses balance and falls to one side, the body will naturally react, wanting to restore balance in the opposite direction.Du Yanfeng is a martial artist, and his reaction was even more rapid and strong. As soon as he fell backwards, his body immediately bent forward.
Chu Lantian caught Du Yanfeng's reaction very accurately, let go of the fist with his head and shoulders, and grabbed Du Yanfeng's lapel with his right hand, and pulled vigorously along with his forward bending.
Du Yanfeng couldn't fall backwards just now, but immediately fell forward again.He hurriedly took a step forward, holding on with all his might, trying to stop his body.
Chu Lantian completely grasped the opponent's center of gravity and power flow.His hand grabbing the hem, at this moment he used Du Yanfeng's strength to push him again, sending him obliquely backward.
Du Yanfeng staggered and kept trying to stabilize his walking balance, but every time he seemed to be about to stand still, he was pulled or pushed skillfully by Chu Lantian, and he tilted in another direction.
Du Yanfeng complained in his heart.His subjective illusion was that the ground of the school field suddenly turned into the deck of a boat with high winds and rough waves, which made him staggered and even felt dizzy.
Of course the earth will not move, this is actually Chu Lantian's "Tai Chi", constantly disrupting his center of balance.For this big expert who is proud of the "Baguaquan" footwork, this is really an unimaginable predicament in his life!
But in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde and others, Chu Lantian only grabbed Du Yanfeng's lapel with one hand, without making any big movements, he controlled the master of Jinyiwei in his palm like a puppet, and shook his strong body. Dangling away, as if juggling.The emperor was beaming with joy, and unconsciously leaned forward, fascinated.
As for Channing next to him, his face became paler than usual, and his usual smile disappeared.
Seeing the Emperor's reaction, Shi Xinghao said softly: "Enough."
Chu Lantian nodded slightly upon hearing this.When he slammed his right hand vigorously, Du Yanfeng turned upside down like a paper man with his feet facing the sky, and the back of his head fell violently to the ground; at the same time, Chu Lantian sank down on his horse, and pressed down hard on Du Yanfeng's face with his left elbow. .
This is the "Tai Chi formula": "Pull out the root and cut it".
The group of Jinyi guards on the sidelines couldn't help exclaiming——
Du Yanfeng's head suddenly stopped a few inches above the ground.
It turned out to be Chu Lantian's right hand, who pulled him back in time.The left elbow on the other side also stopped only two inches in front of Du Yanfeng's nose, and stopped.
——If this fall with the weight of the whole body and the contact point of the back of the head really fell, followed by the heavy elbow pressure, it would be strange if there was no brains left on the sandy soil of the school field.
——"Taijiquan" This set of "four or two strokes of a thousand catties" stunt is a hundred times more terrifying when it is used by such a giant with the strength of a thousand catties like Chu Lantian!
Chu Lantian lifted the dumbfounded Du Yanfeng up with one arm and stood up, then let go of his skirt, took a few steps back, and bowed his fists in salute.
"Accept!" Then Chu Lantian knelt down towards the emperor again.He looked blank, as if he had no sense of this victory.
Shi Xinghao and the other three "Suppressing Turtle Way" disciples also knelt down to the emperor at the same time.
All Jin Yiwei were stunned for a moment because they witnessed this "Tai Chi" magical skill.Only then did they realize that the emperor had forgotten himself and stood down from the top chair, and hurriedly bowed down one after another.
Emperor Zhengde waved his hand, signaling all Jinyiwei and Wudang disciples to retreat, and only recruited Xinghao to enter the hall.
All the accompanying monks and actors also retreated.The eunuch guards closed all the front doors, and carried the tiger skin chair back to the main seat in the palace, allowing the emperor to sit down.The emperor ordered the eunuchs to grant seats to Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and Shi Xinghao.
The emperor blushed with excitement, obviously very satisfied with this competition.When Qian Ning caught a glimpse, he felt relieved.
But the emperor said the first sentence: "Shi Xinghao, you are so bold, you have deceived me."
Shi Xinghao's expression was calm: "The grass people don't understand."
"Just now I clearly saw that you looked a little nervous during the competition; but my choice of guards in brocade clothes, the choice of a thousand people, looks like a child in front of your disciple."
"What Caomin was worried about just now was that our disciples lost their sense of proportion and hurt that Master Du." Shi Xinghao said with a smile.
These words were very harsh to Qian Ning's ears.
The emperor laughed out loud. "Which level does your disciple named Chu belong to in the Wudang sect?"
"Chu Lantian has to learn 'Tai Chi', he can be regarded as the most advanced disciple, but his sword skills are a bit inferior." Shi Xinghao replied respectfully. "With his level of ability, there are only about thirty people on Wudang Mountain."
"Thirty people!" The emperor's eyes widened. "If there were thirty such masters in my army, I'm afraid it would be better than thousands of troops! Jiang Bin, do you think so?"
Jiang Bin has always been eloquent in front of the emperor, but seeing people from the Wudang faction present today, he was actually taciturn all day long.At this moment, the emperor asked by name, and he had no choice but to answer: "On the battlefield, we pay attention to the mobilization of troops, to respond to each other and cooperate with each other. I think that the skills of fighting alone with this warrior are two different things."
"What Master Jiang said is true." Shi Xinghao said, looking directly at Jiang Bin with wrinkled but radiant eyes. "What's more, to train thirty such warriors, the painstaking efforts and years spent are many times more than training an army of one thousand people. It is really uneconomical to use martial art for military art."
Jiang Bin was startled when he heard this.He was originally a brave general with great honors. After being favored by the emperor, he became even more arrogant no matter whether he was in the court or in the field. How has he ever suffered the arrogance of such a commoner warrior?But the aura exuded by the deputy head of Wudang in front of him was something he had never encountered on the frontier battlefield.In addition, this person seemed to be appreciated by the emperor, so Jiang Bin didn't get angry.
"Shi Xinghao." The emperor said again: "You are the deputy head of the Wudang School, so how does Chu Lantian compare with you?"
"In front of the grass people, Chu Lantian can't do ten tricks." Shi Xinghao said lightly.
"Ten tricks? It's unimaginable!" The emperor was overjoyed, and looked Shi Xinghao up and down.He looked left and right at Qian Ning, Jiang Bin and the eunuchs. "Then...if you want to assassinate me right now, and no one in the 'Leopard Room' can stop me, I will definitely die?"
Qian Ning and Jiang Bin couldn't help being shocked when they heard this, and looked at Shi Xinghao.
Suddenly they felt something was wrong.There is a sense of danger out of nowhere.
Even the eunuchs and guards sensed it.A few even put their hands on the hilts of their knives nervously.
The leopard in the giant cage suddenly roared.The leopard stared straight at Shi Xinghao, and swooped towards the iron branches beside the cage two or three times, causing the hair on his forehead to bleed.
Shi Xinghao just sat with a smile and did not answer the emperor's question.
——But that dangerous pressure obviously emanated from him.
— like a beast.
After a while, the oppressive feeling disappeared.Only then did Channing take a deep breath, and angrily stood up from his chair.
"Bold!"
"What are you arguing about?" Emperor Zhengde screamed strangely.An eunuch stepped forward and wiped the cold sweat off the emperor's forehead with a silk scarf.The emperor was not angry, on the contrary, he found it amusing - he had never tasted this kind of cold sweating stimulation before. "I made this joke first, so don't blame him."
Channing sat down in embarrassment.The emperor summoned someone to hand over a cup of warm wine, drank it all in one gulp, and asked Shi Xinghao, "Wudang school martial arts are so wonderful, can I learn them?" He pointed to the leopard cage: "Don't underestimate my skills. I have also captured such a ferocious leopard alone."
Shi Xinghao arched his fist: "Your Majesty is full of vigor and energy. If you devote yourself to learning, what art can't be achieved? But to practice martial arts, you must concentrate on it before you can enter a great realm. The emperor has his own way, just like teaching martial arts. Learning will inevitably distract the mind of striving for governance, and I am afraid it is not the luck of the world."
The emperor was quite disappointed. "Then, how about you keep a few Wudang disciples here to accompany me for a long time?"
Shi Xinghao still shook his head. "Your Majesty has seen with your own eyes just now the gap between Lord Du and our sect's disciples, but this is really not Lord Du's fault. Imagine that once a warrior enters an official position and has many important tasks, how can he have the time and energy to pursue the ultimate in martial arts?"
He pointed to the huge leopard cage.
"What a ferocious mountain leopard, once it lives in a cage, it's just a pet."
When Shi Xinghao spoke, his eyes looked at Qian Ning and Jiang Bin intentionally or unintentionally.The cracked mouth smiled strangely.
Jiang Bin's face was solemn, and the scars were flushed and shiny.The general's straightforward temper can't help but flare up.
"If I have a chance, I'd like to see how fierce the deputy head of the division is when he faces thousands of Tartar cavalry and archers outside the pass."
Shi Xinghao cupped his hands towards Jiang Bin.Hearing this, he respected the Yingwei military officer a little more, but he didn't look at Qian Ning any more.
Qian Ning was even angrier than Jiang Bin - he had just taken over Jinyiwei not long ago, and wanted to use this contest to make meritorious service in front of the emperor; but these wild people from Wudang Mountain made him look bad again and again.However, hindered by the presence of the emperor, he had no choice but to sit on the chair and bear it.
The brave Jiang Bin was able to get close to the emperor a year ago. It was Qian Ning who introduced him. Now that Jiang Bin has turned into a rival for his favor, Qian Ning is already very worried; A hundred times, the emperor obviously liked it very much, and Qian Ning was even more worried.But hearing that Shi Xinghao did not buy the emperor's account again and again, he was more relieved.
The emperor was rejected again, quite disappointed.Although Emperor Zhengde was playful and playful all his life, he was not a shallow monarch - he played chess with Jiang Bin on weekdays, and when Jiang Bin occasionally made a foul, he was directly reprimanded by Jiang Bin, and he would not get angry.For the moment he just sighed and shook his head.
"What you said is also reasonable. Then you and your disciples will stay here for a while, so that I can appreciate a few more Wudang stunts, can this be done?"
Shi Xinghao stood up and saluted: "I would like to obey His Majesty's order."
The emperor then ordered his attendants and eunuchs to draw up an edict that the "Yuzhen Palace" in Wudang Mountain should be formally managed by the Wudang faction, and rewarded with gold, silver and cloth.Shi Xinghao knelt down to thank him, and then retreated under the guidance of the eunuch.
Shi Xinghao walked between the maze-like corridors of the "Leopard Room".The emperor built this other palace with a lot of thought. The halls are lined up in rows, and many secret rooms are built inside for sexual pleasure. There is also a Fanjiao Buddhist temple. The architecture is very strange. Unless someone guides it, it is easy to get lost.
At this time, a voice came from behind: "Go slowly."
It was Qian Ning, the minister of power, who followed, with two Jin Yiwei Qianhu behind him.
Jinyiwei, a secret service agency, has a great power to investigate and interrogate. Facing the supreme leader of Jinyiwei, Hao only saluted proudly.
"I'll just treat you like a villager from the mountains. You don't know etiquette." Qian Ning didn't say any polite words. "But don't think that the court doesn't know about your Wudang faction's activities in Wulin."
Shi Xinghao was not surprised.Jinyiwei has eyes and ears all over the provinces, especially after the dismantling of the East and West Second Factory, its power is even more dominant; Know?
"This is a matter between us and other martial arts sects, and has nothing to do with the imperial court." Shi Xinghao replied.
"Of course I know this. Otherwise, why do you think the court didn't interfere?" Qian Ning sneered. "But don't think this means acquiescing. It's just tolerance. You'd better not cross the boundaries of the martial arts. If you go too far, the wind will turn, and there will be no place for your Wudang sect in the world."
He left after speaking.Before leaving, he shook his head and sighed, and added: "Alas... what's 'Invincible'? These warriors, I really don't understand what's going on in your heads..."
Shi Xinghao just stood silently, watching the official leave.
——You, of course don't understand.
"Taijiquan" is the highest martial art of the Wudang School, created by the ancestor Zhang Sanfeng himself.According to legend, Zhang Zhenren watched the fierce snake and the white crane fight on Wudang Mountain one day. From the dynamics of the snake body and the crane's wings, he comprehended the principle of "extremely soft, then extremely firm", and then combined Taoist yin and yang to create restraint. The natural theory created the most basic "Tai Chi Thirteen Poses": "Four Positives, Four Corners and Eight Methods" representing the gossip, including push, stroke, squeeze, press (four positive), pick, push, elbow, lean (four corners); And the "five steps" representing the five elements; advance, retreat, look, hope, and settle.These thirteen postures were later perfected by the successors of the Wudang School through the verification of martial arts fighting, and then became the later "Tai Chi Method", and the boxing theory was applied to weapons, and successively derived "Tai Chi Sword" and "Tai Chi Sword". Wait for martial arts.
General fighting martial arts, most of them pay attention to overcoming the enemy first, and attacking the enemy with swift speed and strength. "Taijiquan" takes a different approach, advocating "sacrificing oneself and obeying others": focusing on perfect defense, at the moment of touching and sticking the opponent's fists, feet or weapons, using the most soft skills, guiding and borrowing the strength of the opponent, and unloading into nothingness This is the method of "introduction to failure" and "four or two strokes of a thousand catties" in boxing formulas.
When the enemy is in an extremely unfavorable posture that cannot be controlled by himself, "Tai Chi" boxers will change from soft to rigid, and burst out with speed and strength, attacking the most vulnerable and irresistible places, or breaking tendons and cutting bones by falling and capturing.Therefore, Wulin described "Tai Chi" as "needles hidden in the cotton", with gentle movements on the surface, but can be extremely savage and injurious when used in actual combat.
To achieve "introduction to failure", warriors need to have an extremely keen sense of the strength of the enemy.This kind of induction is called "listening strength" - the word "listening" certainly does not refer to using the ears, but it is a metaphor that one can accurately detect the strength and movement of the opponent's attack simply by the feeling of physical contact without using the eyes. direction.There is a saying in Quan Jue "A feather cannot be added, and a fly cannot fall", which is the criterion to describe this kind of induction, and the requirements are so small.In the early stage of practicing "Tai Chi", you must first practice slowly. It is precisely to make the muscles and bones of the whole body master such subtle movements.
The next level of "listening strength" is "understanding strength", that is, while sensing the strength of the opponent, one can make corresponding moves, guide, borrow, and dissolve his strength, so as to achieve the effect of controlling the opponent's body and create opportunities to attack vigorously .
"Taijiquan" basically has the practice of "pushing hands". Two people put their hands together to sense and dissolve each other's strength. It is possible to display it freely in the actual combat of flash and fire.
The "Tai Chi" created by the founder of Sanfeng was originally a Taoist martial art that puts equal emphasis on health preservation and energy refining as well as fighting skills.However, after Gongsun Qing reformed the Wudang School, all the "Tai Chi" health-preserving exercises were eliminated, and the study and training of moves were emphasized. In just over twenty years, "Tai Chi" has evolved into a more pungent and terrifying form. martial arts.
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