The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 43

Several people drove the cattle to a low-lying place to graze. After Duan Wuji and Tie Niu arranged the cattle, they immediately started practicing martial arts.

The two first practiced boxing and kicking for a while, and then began to practice weapons, Duan Wuji practiced swords, and Tieniu practiced stick techniques. The moves of the two first went from slow to fast, and finally all of them were covered by the whistling weapons. .

The three newcomers stared blankly at the side, and just kept looking at them stupidly, not knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.

After practicing the weapons, the two of them sat cross-legged under the willow tree and meditated to practice the new method of inner strength. It was not until almost noon that the two men received their strength one after another.

Duan Wuji took out dry food and called everyone to come and eat, and several people gathered around and immediately started grabbing dry food.

After lunch, Duan Changqing looked at Tieniu and said: "Brother, your kung fu practice is really good, we have seen it straight, can you teach us too? The three of us are willing to learn from you."

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this.

"Three brothers, I learned this skill from our brothers, let me teach you again?
Are you kidding me?What kind of disciples do you think a master who is half full of vinegar can teach?

Pull it down, pull it down.I am now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and I cannot protect myself.

You beg me now?You have found the wrong person. "

The three had no choice but to beg Duan Wuji again.

"Brother, look at Brother Tieniu who refuses to teach us, so teach us, we will definitely learn from you well, and we will never embarrass you."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Well, three brothers, you all sit down, now I will explain to you the basic requirements for learning martial arts.

The Tao first is: to practice martial arts, don't be afraid of hardships, and don't practice martial arts if you are afraid of hardships.To persevere, in order to learn.

The most taboo of practicing martial arts is to expose to the cold, to fish for three days, and to dry the net for two days.That is impossible to learn.

Another point is that you must not be greedy when practicing martial arts. It is a good thing to have more moves, but everyone remembers that it is better to learn one move well than to learn all the moves.

In addition, those who practice martial arts must talk about martial ethics. What is martial ethics?That is, martial arts practitioners should not use martial arts to deceive others, otherwise they will lose their martial virtues.

Those who practice martial arts should use martial arts to benefit the village, and must not bully their neighbors with martial arts.Do you remember all these clearly? "

The three listened and nodded.

"Brother Wuji, we heard everything clearly, we can do what you said, besides, when did our Duan family bully others?

Isn't it always pity the poor and help the weak, and benefit the village?Then when will you teach us? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Didn't you watch our martial arts practice in the morning? After watching it for a few days, you will gradually understand it.

This is how your Tieniu brother learned from me, and I believe you will learn it too.

This is called nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there is a heart. "

The three listened and nodded.

"Brother, we know what to do, you'd better do your work."

Duan Wuji stood up and said to Tieniu: "Brother, let's continue practicing."

The two of them fought each other and practiced their fists and kicks. The moves of the two were very slow at the beginning, which was also intentional to let the three new little brothers see more clearly.

Gradually, the two people's moves gradually accelerated, and each move was practiced like flowing water, which was natural and smooth.

After practicing boxing and kicking, the two began to practice weapons again. At first, both of them practiced the stick technique.
The two of them sat cross-legged under the willow tree again and practiced the new method of internal strength.

It wasn't until the sun went down that people drove the cattle home.

Autumn gradually passed, and the borrowed cattle were slowly returned, and the cattle herd grew a lot at once.

On this day, Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "Brother, you see, we have been in Duanjiaji for so long, and I am a little homesick. I plan to talk to Grandpa Sanzu this evening, and drive the cattle home to live here." For a while."

Tie Niu laughed and said: "Okay! This is a good thing! To be honest, the food in your family is much higher than that of the third grandfather's. It is really delicious because it is made by the aunt. I think about it for a while."

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Since that's the case, let's go there tomorrow."

Tieniu smiled at Duan Wuji: "Brother, you see we haven't shot wild geese for so long, and we've already become vegetarian, why don't we shoot some more wild geese this afternoon?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Okay. Then let's shoot a few more toothaches."

Duan Changqing listened and said: "You drove the cattle back to Duan Zhuang'er, what shall we do?"

Tieniu frowned.

"What should I do? Aren't you going to follow? Let me tell you, the Wuji's food is not a bit higher than yours. If you go there, you don't want to come back."

"Really? Then I'll go there."

Duan Changhong laughed and said, "Who wouldn't you go in the past? Brother Wuji, anyway, from now on, we two brothers will hang out with you. Wherever you go, our brothers will follow you wherever you go."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Hurry up and drive the cattle to the mountain pass, follow me to pick up wild geese."

"Hi!"

As they spoke, several people came straight to the mountain pass with the herd of cattle.

When they arrived at the mountain pass, Duan Wuji saw that it was still early, and several people drove the cattle to the place where the grass was the most luxuriant.

Duan Wuji said to the three people: "You have been learning and practicing martial arts with us for such a long time, and it is said that you have learned a lot of moves. You should practice in this place."

After hearing this, the three of them practiced each other in front of the hillside. Duan Wuji and Niu Tie guided them one by one if there was anything that was not in place.

After rehearsing once, Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Practice slowly. Remember, don't be afraid of suffering.

Brother Tieniu, let's wait on the hillside to shoot the geese. "

The two climbed to a high place, chatting gossip while checking the bow and arrow.

At this moment, Tieniu said excitedly: "Brother, listen, the wild geese are flying over."

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Brother, I still shoot the first goose, you shoot the second one. Let's see if your goose shooting skills have improved."

Before long, the flock of geese flew over, quacking, led by the head goose.

Duan Wuji aimed at the head goose and swished an arrow, and the head goose immediately fell down.

When Tieniu saw it, he also shot the arrow. "Pa" an arrow with carved feathers flew straight into the air, and another goose fell to the ground in response.

The two quickly pulled out their arrows and shot upwards, the wild geese in the air fell down one after another, the geese flew forward desperately when they saw it, and when Duan Wuji shot the eighth arrow, the geese flew in panic. across the valley.

When Duan Changqing, Duan Changhao, and Duan Changhong saw the geese falling from the sky, they rushed to pick them up.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu came to the three of them and asked with a smile: "How many geese did you shoot today?"

Duan Changqing rushed to answer: "I counted just now, there are fourteen in total, five more than last time, now there is more goose meat to eat."

Several people pulled out the arrow from the goose and handed it to two people.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "It's not early yet, let's go back early, otherwise we won't be able to eat wild goose meat at night. You three should go first with the wild goose, and then we will arrive."

The three of them carried the geese and ran home excitedly, and Duan Wuji and Tie Niu then drove the cattle to Duanjiaji.

When Duan Wuji and Tie Niu drove the cattle into the stable, they saw the third grandfather standing in the yard leaning on a cane.

When Duan Wuji saw him, he hurried forward to say hello.

"Grandpa Sanzu, why did your old man come out?"

The third grandfather said with a smile: "Just now the third boy brought back wild geese, I looked at them, um, there are quite a few of them!

Hey, Wuji, aren't you going to drive the cattle back to Duan's village for a while?Well, blast the cows over tomorrow.

Didn't this catch more than a dozen geese?It's just right, let's divide them among the three families.

I'm free now, and it's just a matter of time for people to have a tooth-beating ceremony.Niu Tie, you can take a few home too, and come back tomorrow. "

After hearing this, Tieniu immediately mentioned the four wild geese and said to Duan Wuji: "Brother, don't come here tomorrow, why don't we drive the cattle over there?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "That's good, let's make a deal like this."

Tie Niu got on his horse and said to the third grandfather and Tie Niu: "The third grandfather, Wuji, then I will go first.

Otherwise, I really won't be able to catch up with the wild goose meat at night. "

After speaking, he patted the horse's butt lightly, and the horse walked out immediately.

Duan Wuji picked up the three wild geese from the ground, and said to the third grandfather, "Grandfather, you should rest, then I will go back to Duan's Village."

Seeing Duan Wuji mentioning three geese, the third patriarch hurriedly said, "Wuji! Bring another one. Your two families each have four geese. My family needs six?"

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"Grandpa Sanzu, my family has a small population. It's not like your old man doesn't know that there are only four people in my family. Three wild geese are enough. How many people do you think your old family has? How many geese are enough?"

The third grandpa laughed and said, "Wuji, you're more thoughtful, that's fine. The third grandpa will take advantage of you."

Duan Wuji got on his horse and said to the third grandfather: "Grandfather, then I will go back, you old man, go back to the house and rest."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji immediately ran out from the third grandfather's house as soon as he picked up his horse.

When Duan Wuji returned home, he tied up the horses first, and then walked straight to the house with the geese.

Seeing Duan Wuji walking in with the wild goose, Liu Caihua immediately said with a smile: "Damn, did you shoot the goose again? Well, let's stew the goose meat tonight. You wait, mother will make it for you."

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Mother, I went back to the courtyard of the bullpen to practice martial arts, you should be busy."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji immediately walked out of the house.

Back in the yard of the cowshed, Duan Wuji immediately started to practice martial arts. He practiced a few fists and kicks first, and then began to practice the big stick.

Duan Wuji sat under the tree and practiced the new method of internal strength until he was so tired that his whole body was sweating.

Duan Wuji didn't accept the exercises until his elder brother asked him to eat.

(End of this chapter)