Chapter 2 Seven years in a hurry for the second time

Time flies, and it has been many years. People have gradually forgotten what happened a few years ago. The mysterious masked man who looked sideways in the past and made the martial arts world uneasy, now his bones are cold, and few people mention him anymore. Even the famous Zhongzhou Yijian in the past no longer exists in people's hearts. There are only eight palms in the form of a dragon, but his status in the martial arts has changed with time, and his status has risen day by day. Since the Escort, there has never been any Escort that has enjoyed such a great reputation. Dragon-shaped eight-handed Tan Ming seldom goes out for darts anymore, because he is no longer needed to go out in person, so he has nothing to do all day long, so he can enjoy happiness at home leisurely.

The descendants of those escorts who were killed by the masked men back then are all grown up now, the youngest is thirteen years old, and they are taught martial arts when they are in the shape of a dragon and eight palms. Longxing Bazhang's only daughter is fifteen years old at this time, Longxing Bazhang is already middle-aged, and seems to be not very interested in the activities in the world, but if there is something in the martial arts that can't be resolved Even though he had a dispute, he still traveled thousands of miles to ask him for help. In the second generation of martial arts, there are also many masters, but no matter the martial arts or prestige, none of them can compare with the dragon-shaped eight-palm sandalwood.The descendants of those escorts, I don't know if their talents are too poor, and they haven't even learned one of the dragon's eight palms and ten kung fu.

It's spring again, this is the sixth spring since Zhongzhou Yijian's death. As soon as the dawn dawned, someone was already practicing boxing in the martial arts arena of the Flying Dragon Escort. He was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and bright eyes. Although his body was not tall, he was very well-proportioned. , can be called "beautiful man". The boy sat on the horse with his waist down, stretched his fists and kicked his legs, he used his strength just right, and his boxing skills were not chaotic at all. Unfortunately, this set of boxing skills is only the "Da Hong Boxing", which is very common in martial arts.

This "Da Hong Fist" move is rigid, it can only strengthen the body, but it can't defend itself, let alone attack, but this young man is concentrating on it, practicing it meticulously, and his forehead is slightly sweaty after one punch , it is obvious that there is no foundation for internal strength. He took a few deep breaths, and walked slowly along the wall, although his face was full of intelligence, but his expression was very melancholy. This young man is Pei Jue, the only son of Pei Yang, the only son of Pei Yang who was hit by the hook and sickle in the "Swords and Swords". In the past few years, he has worked hard and practiced martial arts diligently, but after practicing for so long, he still has no progress. He couldn't beat even one ordinary hand, and he couldn't help but feel very discouraged, secretly hating himself for being so stupid. Whenever the Dragon Shaped Eight Palms taught martial arts in person, he paid more attention to learning, but after learning, he was still the same. For several sets of kung fu, Tan Ming often said that they were too stupid to practice like this for a lifetime.

So he began to suspect that Long Xing Ba Zhang refused to teach them real kung fu, but Long Xing Ba Zhang was not bad to them, and he didn't dare to have any doubts about his great benefactor. But the strange thing is that when other bodyguards are practicing martial arts, they are not allowed to look at the dragon shape and eight palms, saying that they are afraid of disturbing their minds. Pei Jue has a very strong personality, and he will never do what others don't want him to do. However, the temptation of martial arts to him is great, so he is depressed all day long, which has exhausted his original intelligence and liveliness.

Every morning before dawn, he would quietly get up to practice boxing. There were nine people who were with him, all descendants of escorts, but the dragon-shaped eight palms separated them. They were sent to Henan, and some were sent to Jiangnan, saying that they were allowed to go out to practice, leaving only Pei Jue and another youngest girl in the escort agency in Beijing. That little girl is Yuan Luzhen, a descendant of Yuan Yiliang, the soul-destroying bodyguard. Although she is young, she is very smart. Her two big eyes turn around, as if she can see what is on your mind. Pei Jue liked her very much, and often took her hand to go for a walk outside the escort agency. When he was in a bad mood, he would often drag her to chat with her. In fact, they were both young, and it was too early for melancholy.

Pei Yang's wife died after giving birth to Pei Jue. Pei Jue's parents died when he was young, and now he lives in another family. He is arrogant and always wants to find his own way out. But he doesn't have any skills, and he doesn't know how to make a living. Besides, the dragon-shaped eight palms often comfort him and tell him to stay at home. Another point is the secret in his heart, which is related to Tan Wenqi, the only daughter of Dragon Shaped Eight Palms, but he buries this secret deeply in his heart, and often suppresses himself not to think about it, but human psychology is so different. Strangely, the more you suppress things, the more likely they are to explode.

He turned around the corner of the wall, and it was already daylight. He stopped and looked at the dawn in the east. He was stunned for a long time, wondering what was he thinking? Suddenly, a stone flew towards him and hit him on the head. He was startled and turned around, only to see a girl in a purple satin jacket leaning on the weapon shelf and smiling silly at him. Although the force of the stone flying out was not heavy, it still hit him with a faint pain in the head. He touched his head subconsciously, and the girl said with a charming smile: "No wonder my father said you are stupid, look at you, after practicing for so long, you don't even know that someone is plotting against you from behind, luckily it's a stone, otherwise , it’s no wonder your brain isn’t blooming.”

This young girl is the jewel in the palm of the dragon-shaped eight-palm sandalwood. She smiles like a flower and speaks like a pearl. When she smiles, two deep dimples appear on both cheeks, which makes people feel like a lily has just bloomed. Pei Jue smiled, he had heard this kind of talk a lot during the day, and he gradually got used to it. Everyone in the Flying Dragon Escort said he was stupid, and he himself began to feel that he was stupid, so he tried to talk as little as possible on weekdays. Because he knows that if he talks too much, he will be even more stupid. Tan Wenqi came over slowly, blinking her big eyes, and said, "Have you finished boxing training?"

Pei Jue nodded. Tan Wenqi stomped her feet and said coquettishly, "You! It's really annoying. When people talk to you, you always look dumb." Pei Jue remained silent, Tan Wenqi was so angry that she pursed her mouth and said, "I know, we are not worthy to talk to you, only your sister Yuan is worthy to talk to you, right? Good!" She stomped her foot again and turned around. Turning around, he said, "Don't talk to me from now on." Pei Jue had a strange look on his face, as if he was trying to control his emotions. Tan Wenqi took two steps, turned around and looked at him quietly, his heart moved, and he said: "Sister Qi—" But he didn't say the following words I can't come out, I just feel sweet in my heart.

Tan Wenqi stopped in her tracks with a smile, and said with a coquettish smile, "It's really annoying, who taught you how to deal with me?" Looking back, even her big eyes were full of smiles. Pei Jue sighed secretly, and thought to himself: "How should I live?" He was still young, and he only had a vague idea of ​​the relationship between men and women, but he didn't know clearly.When he couldn't see Tan Wenqi, he wanted to see her all the time, but if he really saw her, he wanted to leave immediately, because he seemed to feel that he was not worthy of her. Tan Wenqi didn't know the contradictions in his heart. She was used to being arrogant and stupid. Although she scolded him for being stupid, she didn't have such thoughts in her heart. She just felt that being with him was very happy, but his temper seemed a little bit She was feeling weird, and she didn't know why. When she saw him talking and laughing with Yuan Luzhen, she got angry in her heart, and the next time she saw him, she deliberately made him angry, but if he was really angry, she regretted it in her heart. Pei Jue stood quietly, motionless, the sun rose, making his face flushed. Tan Wenqi was walking back and forth in front of him, when suddenly she took out something from her bosom and tossed it up and down. The sun shone on the thing and it shone brightly. It turned out to be a shuttlecock made of chicken feathers. Pei Jue's eyes followed the shuttlecock up and down, crying in his heart: "Here we come again." Tan Wenqi looked at him sideways and smiled coquettishly, and said, "Who wants to play shuttlecock with me?" Pei Jue didn't dare to answer, so Tan Wenqi pouted, ran over with the shuttlecock in her hand, stood in front of her, and said coquettishly, "Are you going to kick the shuttlecock with me?" A pretty face almost touched Pei Jue's face. Pei Jue's nose was filled with the fragrance of a girl, and he took a step back slightly, and said repeatedly: "Kick! Kick!" Tan Wenqi patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "That's good." Pei Jue's heart beat even harder, and he was stunned when he looked at her dimples. Tan Wenqi picked up the shuttlecock and threw it upwards, and the shuttlecock fell down quickly. When she lifted her foot, the shuttlecock landed on her feet smoothly. She smiled proudly at Pei Jue again, raised her foot again, and the shuttlecock flew up. As soon as the shuttlecock went up and down, she kicked more than a dozen of them, then she turned slightly sideways, jumped up, put her right foot through behind her left foot, kicked the shuttlecock, and said, "Hey, why don't you count for me?" ?” The graceful and petite body is like a butterfly wearing flowers. Pei Jue counted: "Ten, eleven—" his eyes followed her. The more Tan Wenqi kicked, the happier she became. For a moment, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Pei Jue staring at her blankly. The corner of her mouth twitched and she couldn't help laughing. Unexpectedly, when she was distracted, the shuttlecock was kicked far away, she twisted her body, like a flying swallow, and followed, with a lightness and beauty that is indescribable. Pei Jue felt sad in his heart, and thought: "How good would it be if I had a movement like her? It's a pity, alas! Am I really that stupid?" Tan Wenqi's hair was fluttering, and her clothes were slightly raised, looking like a fairy Lingbo, she turned around suddenly and lightly, kicked out her legs in a row, kicked the shuttlecock high, raised her hand, and caught it in her hand. These few movements of hers were done in one go, without the slightest force or affectation, and she stopped her figure gracefully. She panted slightly, but that added to her charm. "After the two hundred kicks, it's your turn!" She walked to Pei Jue's side, handed him the shuttlecock, and said, "If you can't kick two hundred, I will spare you today." A strange smile suddenly appeared on Pei Jue's face, and he said, "What if I hit it?" Tan Wenqi smiled "puchi", the clumsy way he kicked the shuttlecock last time appeared in his mind, and he didn't even get ten kicks. So she smiled and said, "Hey, if you dare, you can still kick two hundred!" With her hands on her hips and her face flushed, she said again: "Okay, you can do whatever you want if you can kick two hundred." "Anything is fine?" Pei Jue asked casually. Tan Wenqi blushed, and scolded coquettishly, "You're dead!" But there was an indescribable, indescribable feeling in her heart. Pei Jue immediately understood why she was scolding him, blushed even more than Tan Wenqi, lowered his head, took the shuttlecock, and kicked it on the ground. Tan Wenqi counted cheerfully: "One, two, three—" But her counting voice became smaller and smaller, and at the end, it seemed that she didn't even have the strength to count. It turned out that although Pei Jue's movement was not as light as hers, and her posture was not as graceful as hers, the shuttlecock seemed to have eyes, straight up and down, and would never run anywhere else. Therefore, as long as Pei Jue raised his foot, the shuttlecock landed on his foot and flew up again. In the blink of an eye, Pei Jue had kicked more than a hundred times. Tan Wenqi was both surprised and anxious, why did he suddenly play so well?What is anxious is that he has kicked two hundred, and he is about to lose. How did she know that Pei Jue was stubborn by nature, the last time she kicked the shuttlecock, she was laughed at by Tan Wenqi, and she felt uncomfortable, so she secretly made a shuttlecock, didn't even sleep every night, went to the yard to kick the shuttlecock, and vowed to Plays better than her. Practice makes perfect, and there is no skill at all in kicking the shuttlecock, not to mention that he is very smart, but he was suppressed since he was a child, and he has a sense of inferiority in his heart. After practicing for a short time, he was able to kick the shuttlecock with ease. He didn't say anything, but just kept silent in his heart, thinking to himself: "When you ask me to kick the shuttlecock, I will give you a good surprise." Now she was really surprised, and shouted from the side: "Okay, you are so bad, did you learn it secretly? Don't tell me, let me be fooled." Pei Jue ignored her, but he couldn't help but smiled smugly, and shouted loudly: "One nine three, one nine four—" Tan Wenqi jumped over suddenly, snatched the shuttlecock, and said softly, "You are bad, you are bad!" Pei Jue laughed loudly and said, "It's okay if you lose." He had never been in such a good mood in the past few years. He was the most competitive, but he was suppressed everywhere, so he was naturally depressed on weekdays. Tan Wenqi leaned her body almost into his arms, and said with a coquettish smile, "Okay, I lost, what do you want?" Pei Jue's heart fluttered. At this moment, the sun is just rising, which is the time when young people's love is at its peak. The rising sun illuminates the hair on Tan Wenqi's face, turning it into a dreamy golden color. She panted softly, but vomited on Pei Jue's face. Pei Jue's heart beat faster, no matter how difficult it was to control, he couldn't help but lowered his head and kissed her gently on the cheek. The moment his lips touched Tan Wenqi's cheek, both of them felt like an electric shock, and their whole bodies were numb. At this moment, even though the sky was falling apart, they didn't care at all. They both felt that everything in the world was just for them. This kiss was born. Suddenly, someone coughed heavily—— The two of them were shocked and separated immediately. When they saw it, they were even more frightened out of their wits. It turned out that standing beside them was the ice-like dragon with eight palms. Even though Tan Wenqi was usually coquettish and unrestrained, at this moment her heart was pounding, her face turned red and then pale with fright, and she never dared to lift her lowered head. Pei Jue was even more at a loss, his face was as red as a tomato, and he wriggled his hands uneasily, as if he didn't know how to put them. The dragon-shaped eight palms stared at their faces like ice, suddenly turned his head, and said sharply: "Qi'er, go back to the room!" He strode away. Tan Wenqi followed behind him aggrievedly, took two steps, and couldn't help turning her head to look at Pei Jue. At this moment, her girlish heart had unconsciously placed on him. Pei Jue stood there stunned, and Tan Wenqi's look back was something he would never forget, especially the tears in her eyes, which made him even more unbearable, like a knife piercing his heart. He thought to himself: "It's all my fault, which caused her to suffer." Then he thought again: "Uncle Tan must think that I am too stupid to be worthy of his daughter, so he is angry, alas! Who told me that I am so incompetent, if Wouldn't it be great if I could be smarter?" He was stunned for a long time, and lowered his head to stare at the ground, only to see an ant clumsily carrying a corpse of an insect that was bigger than it, crawling hard and staggeringly. He stared at the ant, and a thought he had never had before spontaneously came to his mind: "Although I am stupid, I should have my own future. I am still a man who is trapped in other people's homes all day long. How can I be worthy of my dead parents if this continues? Living with sister Qi, how can I live up to myself?" He clenched his fists, suddenly angry, and thought to himself: "I want to go out and try my luck. If I succeed, I can come back here gloriously. At that time, Uncle Tan will never come back again." If you think I'm worthless, maybe you're willing to let sister Qi be with me." As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt lively and full of life, as if he couldn't stay here for a moment. As for what kind of pain he was going to suffer when he was alone and unaccompanied, it was not this young and energetic Pei Jue. It's what I wanted at this time. "But my little sister will die of sadness knowing that I'm gone." He thought of Yuan Luzhen again, but he thought about it immediately: "But she will be ten times happier when I come back in glory." He has an extremely stubborn personality, and never changes what he decides in his heart. He stopped thinking about everything, and he didn't take any failures or setbacks to heart in the future. Because a stronger hope was filling his heart at this moment, he didn't want his plan to be hindered in any way, so he raised his head slightly and looked at the wall. He knew that the outside of the wall did not belong to the Dragon Escort. So he ran to the wall and tried his best to jump up, trying to jump out from the top of the wall. But he was not strong enough, and his lightness kung fu had no foundation at all, how could he jump up to this Zhang Xu high wall, and with a bang, he fell heavily on the ground, causing a dull pain in his buttocks. He stood up undaunted, without even patting the dust off his body, and jumped up again. This time, his hands had climbed onto the top of the wall, so he clung to it tightly, exerted all his strength, and tried hard to climb up the wall. There was a small alley outside the wall. At this time, there was a vegetable vendor who came from below with a load. He raised his head and looked at him in surprise, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He gritted his teeth, although there was still a lot of distance between the top of the wall and the ground, but he didn't care, bent his legs, and jumped to the ground.