Water Margin set the country

Chapter 3 Apprenticeship to Master Lin Chong
In August in Liangshan, cicadas sing endlessly.The scorching sun is as vicious as the cruel official's heart.Fortunately, Liangshan has lush vegetation, towering old trees, and the breeze blowing from the lake around, so it doesn't seem so hot.

At this time, on the Martial Arts Arena in Houshan, a man in his 30s, with a leopard head, ring eyes, and a swallow jaw and a tiger beard, was using a flower gun to make the tiger roar like a tiger. Drinking, the gun in his hand flew away, straightly inserted into the trunk of a towering ancient tree, and pierced through the heart, startling the birds in the forest to fly in disorder.

"Good! The Lin family's marksmanship really deserves its reputation!"

Chao Gai was walking with Chao Qing, the two watched for a while, Chao Gai couldn't help applauding.

Lin Chong heard this, put away his posture, and greeted the two of them: "So it's Brother Tianwang and the young leader."

Chao Gai continued to praise: "A marksmanship like Master Lin's, I'm afraid I can't resist it. It's very powerful."

Lin Chong explained: "People in the world say that I am using the Lin family's spear technique. But in fact, my spear technique was passed down from Zhao Zilong's Seven Detective Pan Snake Spear in the Three Kingdoms. It has been continuously refined and optimized by countless famous masters throughout the ages. When it was passed down to this dynasty, Among the several marksmanship in the Forbidden Army, it is the best, and other marksmanship cannot beat it, and it is often used to win on the battlefield, so it was renamed the "Swinging Shooting Shooting Method", which means to kill the enemy ten times before the battle."

It turned out that this was the case, Chao Qing thought it was Lin Chong's family inheritance, but it turned out to be a martial art in the imperial army.

Chao Gai said: "Everyone says that in the Imperial Army, Wang Jin and Lin Jiaotou are the two with the highest martial arts skills. Wang Jin was framed by Gao Qi and has disappeared from the world for many years. I have no chance to see him. Fortunately, Lin Jiaotou came Come to Liangshan, strengthen my Liangshan prestige."

Lin Chong sighed, with a sense of loss of interest, probably because he recalled the past that he didn't want to recall.

"I, Lin Chong, called myself a hero in vain, but my family was ruined by that villain Gao Qi. Now that I can spend the rest of my life in Liangshan, I don't have any other ideas."

Chao Qing felt a little sad. It seemed that Lin Chong hadn't completely recovered from his grief.That's right, it's not so easy for anyone to look away.

Originally, I was a high-ranking government official, accompanied by my lovely wife, how comfortable my little life was.But it seems that overnight, he has been reduced to a grassroots bandit, unable to return to normal society.It's like a candidate who can be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University is replaced by an impostor. He loses the qualification for the college entrance examination and can only move bricks on the construction site for the rest of his life. Who can accept this.

"Teacher Lin, don't worry, as long as I, Chao Qing, am here, I will definitely avenge this revenge for you." Chao Qing said firmly.

Lin Chong looked at Chao Qing, and saw that he didn't seem to be saying casual comforting words, but there was something firm in his eyes, as if a fire was burning inside.Lin Chong's heart also warmed a little.

"Thank you, Young Leader." Chao Qing has only been in Liangshan for a short time, and the two haven't had much contact with each other yet, so Lin Chong is still a little unfamiliar with him.

"Professor Lin, in fact, I, Chao Gai, have an unfeeling request, and Coach Wanwang can accept it."

"Heavenly King is being polite, just ask if you have anything to do!"

"It's because of the dog. This son, like me, has been obsessed with martial arts since he was a child. I also taught him martial arts since he was a child. Later, he went to the rivers and lakes alone, but his progress in martial arts was slow. You are proficient in all eight martial arts, so I entrusted you with intercession, and I want to worship Instructor Lin as your teacher and learn martial arts from you. I wonder what Instructor Lin wants?"

Chao Qing approached Chao Gai the first night, hoping that Chao Gai would come forward to ask Lin Chong to learn martial arts from Lin Chong on the grounds that he wanted to improve his martial arts.Chao Gai loved his adopted son very much and treated him as his own, besides, it was for improving martial arts, which was a good thing, so he immediately agreed to intercede for Chao Qing.

Lin Chong was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that the other party would propose apprenticeship, so he couldn't help looking at Chao Qing, only to see his sincere and expectant expression.After thinking for a moment, Lin Chong sighed and said:
"I, Lin Chong, call myself a hero. I was dedicated to serving the country, but ever since I was framed by the old high-ball thief, my heart has also turned cold. I have been wandering for most of my life and have achieved nothing. All that is left is my martial arts and false fame. I planned to stay here in Liangshan This is the rest of my life. Since the young leader wants to learn, I will pass on all the skills of this body to you, so that there will be someone to pass on these martial arts."

Chao Qing was overjoyed and wanted to kowtow to his teacher.

But I heard Lin Chong continue to say: "But I have to see how qualified the young leader is, and then decide whether to teach it. Let me see if you play a few tricks."

Chao Qing is not in a hurry, this is not a problem for me!

Before he crossed over, he was the champion of the Provincial Wushu Sanda Championship, and after crossing over, he inherited the kung fu of the original host.So with Chao Qing's current strength, he may not be able to win against a master like Lin Chong, but it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people.

Chao Qing took off his clothes, revealing his strong tendons, walked to the weapon stand, picked up an eyebrow-level stick, then stretched his posture, and made a whistling sound of the stick on the martial arts arena.

At this time, several other leaders had already passed by, so they leaned over to watch.The leader was Hua Rong, who praised Chao Gai, "It's unexpected that the young leader is so skilled in martial arts."

It was the first time for these new leaders to see Chao Qing show his skills, and he was extraordinary when he made a move, so he left a deep impression on everyone.

Chao Gai also stroked his beard, with a look of relief on his face, and sighed in his heart, my son is promising, and his skills have improved in the past few years.Chao Gai was as happy as any parent when his child was praised by others.

Of course they didn't know that Chao Qing was a Sanda champion at this time.Otherwise, relying on Yuan Chao Qing's three-legged cat kung fu, it might make masters like Hua Rong laugh their ass off.

Lin Chong's eyes lit up after watching a few moves.

After a while, Chao Qing finished using a set of stick techniques, his face was not red and he was not out of breath, only sweat oozed from his forehead.

Lin Chong said happily: "The foundation of the young leader is very solid, and he is very talented. If he is cultivated well, his future achievements will be limitless. I accept this apprentice." He has also accepted some apprentices over the years. Sword Ghost Cao Zheng and others, but none of them have Chao Qing's talent.This is a rare seedling!

Lin Chong can be said to be one of the top masters in the world, and his words are naturally authoritative.Everyone was happy for Chao Qing.

Chao Qing was also happy.

I am happy not only to have a closer relationship with Lin Chong through apprenticeship, but also to learn real skills from Lin Chong.After all, although Jianghu is also moral, it is also very important to have a hard fist.If the fist is not hard, you can say three points if you are wrong, but if your fist is hard, you can say three points if you are unreasonable.

Although Chao Qing hated the law of the jungle from the bottom of his heart, it was never wrong to make himself stronger.

In the afternoon, the Juyi Hall was decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of joy, and the apprentice ceremony went smoothly under the auspices of Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng.

Chao Qing said to Lin Chong: "Master, the old Gaoqiu thief ruined your family. Your revenge is the disciple's revenge. One day, the disciple will capture Gao Qiu alive and offer it to Master. Master, wait patiently."

Lin Chong nodded in relief.This son is not only highly talented in martial arts, but also rare to respect his teacher with courtesy and kindness.

On that day, all the heroes had another drink and returned drunk.From then on, as long as Chao Qing was on the mountain, he would spare time to practice martial arts with Lin Chong every day.He has a solid foundation, is smart and eager to learn, and soon made rapid progress in martial arts.

Of course, in the past few days, Song Jiang also talked to Chao Qing several times. He put on the airs of an elder, and earnestly persuaded Chao Qing to be loyal to the emperor, patriotism, and heart to the court, and talked a lot about how to be loyal to the emperor.Naturally, it is all the feudal ethics and moral concepts.

From Chao Qing's point of view, these ideas are simply stinky, more disgusting than excrement in the toilet.As a new human being in the 21st century, how could he accept these decadent ideas from centuries ago.

But he didn't want to have a deadlock with Song Jiang so early, so he still gave Song Jiang enough respect on the surface, but Song Jiang's teachings under the banner of "I'm for your own good" were automatically blocked by him.So several conversations were fruitless.

Song Jiang felt regretful in his heart, a good child, how could he go astray in his thinking!

Chao Qing also had a look of regret in his heart, he is such a gangster, why must he be the dog of the court?
Chao Qing's apprenticeship with Lin Chong, and the conversation with Song Jiang are just a small episode on Liangshan.The story line in the original book has not changed because of this.So after a few days, Song Jiang took his leave and went down the mountain to pick up his old father.Gongsun Sheng also went down the mountain under the pretext of visiting his mother.And Li Kui also went down the mountain to pick up his wife.

Only Li Kui was on the way, and Chao Qing insisted that Chao Gai send Zhu Gui to bring a few fine companions to accompany Li Kui.

"Brother Li killed so many people in Jiangzhou, the government is chasing him closely, and he has a rude and reckless temper. If he goes down the mountain alone, he may cause trouble. Brother Zhu Gui is meticulous and stable. I think he is brother Zhu Gui Be safe with him."

Under Chao Qing's repeated insistence, Chao Gai agreed to send Zhu Gui and Li Kui to accompany him.

Of course, Chao Qing didn't do this to curry favor with Li Kui.On the contrary, he didn't have the slightest affection for this murderous black whirlwind.

Li Kui is like a child who has no concept of right and wrong, good and evil, but he is a child with great lethality and full of abnormal hobbies for killing.If he had been properly guided from the beginning, he might have been able to bring him back to the world of normal humans, but unfortunately he is now Song Jiang's fanboy and thug, and with the return of the Heavenly Killing Star, it is impossible for him to fight against him again. What effect does he have.

The reason why Chao Qing asked Zhu Gui to accompany him was purely because he didn't want to see that poor old mother being eaten by a tiger, and hoped that the tragedy would never happen again.

Well, now that Song Jiang is not on the mountain, such a good time is just right for Chao Qing to start the plan in his heart.

(End of this chapter)