Ronin: Start with the cotton

Chapter 53 Origin and Purpose

Ape strike?
Yuenu swordsmanship?

Qiao Shan realized something in his heart,
It turned out that Shen Xipo's stalking of himself and He An last night was related to the ape strike technique?
But where did the telltale leak?
……

Qiao Shan thought for a while, and felt that Shen Xipo was probably testing him. He pretended not to know, looked at Shen Xipo indifferently, and signaled him to continue telling the story.

Shen Xipo smiled, didn't care, and continued:
"The Yue girl helped the king of Yue train three thousand Yuejia soldiers and defeated Wu. But in fact, there is still a period of history that has not been recorded in the history books. When the Yue girl taught the soldiers, she secretly trained an assassin successor, and passed down a book " The sword manual of Ape Strike. The rule of this assassin is to accept three apprentices in each generation and continue to teach the art of assassination. And these three apprentices will finally pass the life-and-death competition, and the one who survives in the end will become the next generation of assassins. "

Qiao Shan turned his head, looked at the strange figure standing like a log at the door, and said, "You mean...he is this generation of assassins?"

Isn't the ape strike technique from the Peng family?
wrong!

Qiao Shan's heart skipped a beat!
Master Peng's Kung Fu was taught by strange people!
He thought of a possibility, the strange person who taught Peng Zushi "Ape Strike" and Taijiquan at the beginning may be a certain generation of assassins that Shen Xipo talked about!
Could it be that Patriarch Peng is the descendant of a certain generation of assassins?

Who is this mysterious person at the door?

……

"Yes and no."

Shen Xipo glanced at the person holding an umbrella at the door, shook his head, and said:
"In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols entered the Central Plains and massacred the Han people. At that time, the Assassin inheritance was disbanded. The three Assassin apprentices did not compete for life and death, but scattered and disappeared in Suzhou. Among the three, one of them was The secular world left behind the sword manual of "Ape Strike", and then it was hidden in the secular world."

"The early assassination techniques of the League were based on this book."

Shen Xipo sighed: "From the Tongmenghui to the current political party, many people have left, and many things are different from the beginning. But in the political party's Central Unification Secret Service, there are still one or two old assassins from the Tongmenghui... ..."

Qiao Shan said, "For example...you?"

Shen Xipo nodded, and said: "That's right, I am a member of the Tongmenghui. I am currently a spy of the Central Union, Colonel Shen."

Colonel?spy?
Qiao Shan frowned and asked:
"Could it be that the other two assassin apprentices also left inheritance?"

……

Shen Xipo glanced at him approvingly, and said, "You're really smart!"

"At that time, the collectors from Zhejiang Province contributed to us the book "Ape Strike", which was bought by his ancestors by chance. It has been 17 years...I always think that we taught ourselves from books, Then, maybe somewhere in this world, is there anyone else who learned from Master. The assassination technique passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors, will it not be completely cut off?"

"I never thought that we would find other inheritances later!" Shen Xipo looked at the mysterious man standing at the door of the medical hall, half of his linen trousers legs were already wet by the rain, and said lightly:
"They are the famous Yagyu family in Japan."

"In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, one of the three descendants of Assassins left China and went to Japan by boat along with the fleeing crowd."

"The 200-year peace of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate allowed their secret service agencies to develop very maturely, secretly spreading to all walks of life. And the main person behind this is an assassin, known as Yagyu Tan Mamoru!"

……

Speaking of this, Shen Xipo's eyes were a bit complicated: "This assassin preserved the way of passing on the sect and established the Yagyu family in Japan. For hundreds of years now, the people of the Yagyu clan who have been in politics and business are called Ming Liusheng, that is, The Japanese you shot last night. In the dark, the person who has truly inherited the art of assassination is called An Yagyu, and they still follow the rule of competition between the three and one being the master."

"...He is one of the three dark willow students of the present age."

Shen Xipo pointed to the mysterious person at the door.

Qiao Shan squinted his eyes, his face could not see any joy or anger, and said calmly, "What are they doing in China?"

Although they are descendants of Chinese assassins from the Yuan Dynasty,

But looking at the performance of the Japanese man in kimono yesterday, and the mysterious man at the door, they obviously regarded themselves as Japanese!

Not my race!

Its heart must be different!

Qiao Shan looked directly at Shen Xipo, Shen Xipo wrinkled his nose, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, but he quickly restrained himself, and said slowly in that elegant and easy-going voice:

"This An Liusheng came across the sea... to investigate the inheritance of the Chinese ape strike technique."

"Investigation?"

Qiao Shan suddenly laughed!

……

How ironic!
The Japanese came to China to investigate inheritance?

Who would believe such words?

……

Qiao Shan's eyes were playful.

Shen Xipo rubbed his nose, and said calmly: "Although it is a little embarrassing to say it, the Tongmenghui was actually established in Japan. At that time, we were also funded by the Yagyu family. The current spy system of the Zhongtong is the Japanese spy system we learned from. Except for a very small number of people, almost all of the assassination methods in the central government have been trained by the Yagyu family. After all, we only have one "Ape Strike" sword manual, and the Yagyu family not only has a complete inheritance, but also developed a Many new methods of assassination."

"The whereabouts of the three assassins who were scattered back then are known. Only the last one is left. It is said that he went up to the mountain to become a Taoist priest. In recent years, the Liusheng family has found "Ape Strike" in the Peng Family Tai Chi Museum. However, the ancestor of the Peng family did not pass the "Ape Strike Technique" to his son Peng Qianwu, but to an apprentice named Zhou Xiyu..."

"Zhou Xiyu, do you know?" Shen Xipo stared at Qiao Shan, and said slowly, "That's why we're looking for you. He appeared recently. I need to know where Zhou Xiyu is?"

Qiao Shan froze for a moment, then shook his head blankly: "I don't know."

……

Shen Xipo's smile disappeared, and the next moment, Qiao Shan only felt that he was targeted by a strong killing intent!
Instant goosebumps all over his body!
Before Qiao Shan could react,
A flower in front of my eyes!
A dazzling light suddenly slid across the eyes!

He subconsciously closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, a few strands of hair suddenly fell in front of his eyes.

"I don't like liars." Shen Xipo's voice cooled down, and he didn't know when a transparent silk thread was wrapped in his hand, and he was fiddled with it leisurely.

"Senior brother be careful!"

At the same time, He An yelled loudly and stood in front of Qiao Shan!

Qiao Shan pulled He An back, looked at the silk thread in Shen Xipo's hand in amazement, and enviously said:
"It's really amazing work!"

Not just kung fu, but skill!
For such an invisible skill that kills people like this, top-notch skills and skills are indispensable!

……

"But I really don't know Zhou Xiyu... I recently met a man named Zhao Xinchuan, who is a physical education teacher in Hangcheng Elementary School. He is also the descendant of the Peng family's Taiji school. I paid money to learn Taiji from him recently. The kung fu of punching. Could it be him that you are looking for?"

Qiao Shan spread his hands and said helplessly:

"But now I can't find him anymore. We met in the bamboo forest. After seeing his powerful kung fu, I took the initiative to teach him for three months, which was a full 30 yuan! He agreed to teach me Tai Chi kung fu. As a result, he only taught me Taijiquan for half a month, and then suddenly disappeared!"

"I haven't seen him for days!"

"I went to school to look for him, but he was not at school. It turns out he is really a liar! He didn't even tell me his real name!"

Shen Xipo: "..."

Guess I believe it or not?

……

(End of this chapter)