Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 150 The Grandmaster

Lin Hai only stayed in Sijiao Mountain for one night and set out to return early the next morning.

Since the return trip was close to the wind, it took Lin Hai's bird boat more than 30 hours to arrive at Cengang. By the time he changed to a carriage and returned to Qianhu Yamen, it was already dusk on the third day.

While having dinner, a servant suddenly came to report that Wu Guoyi was outside asking for a meeting. Lin Hai was surprised and said, "Did you tell me what it was?"

The servant said no, and Zhu Niang said from the side: "Business matters, I will wait for you to come back before eating."

Lin Hai then came to the signing room in the front yard. When he saw Wu Guoyi, he first poured him a cup of tea, and then asked: "Sit down, Guoyi, what do you want from me?"

Wu Guoyi took the tea bowl and replied before he had time to drink: "Sir, Shan Sinan has come to Zhoushan. I need help from you."

"Shan Sinan? Which Shan Sinan?" Lin Hai heard that the name sounded familiar, but he didn't realize who it was for the moment.

He thought something had happened in the Zhoushan camp, so he hurried to the custody room in the middle of the meal. Unexpectedly, Wu Guoyi came to him to ask for help for someone else.

This has never happened before. Since following Lin Hai, Wu Guoyi has been focused on official business. In the past five months, he has not even taken time to go back to his hometown in Yiwu to see his mother, wife and children. Even during the New Year, he was in the military.

"It's the senior Qi Jiajun whom my subordinate once recommended to you, my father's colleague in North Korea."

"Oh, is that the internal boxing master?" After hearing this, Lin Hai finally remembered who Shan Sinan was.

"Yes, Uncle Shan is not only superb in boxing, but his archery skills are also rare in the army. He served as a sentry officer when he was young, and he is also familiar with Grandpa Qi's art of war..." Wu Guoyi knew that Lin Hai was not very interested in boxing, so he emphasized it again. He took a look at Shan Sinan’s archery and military skills.

"Isn't he unwilling to do things for me?" Lin Hai replied lightly. He really didn't like Shan Sinan very much.

After drinking with Wu Guoyi all night in the pavilion in the middle of the lake that day, the latter recommended several veterans of the Qi family army to him. However, Lin Hai was more cautious about the army's employment and was not too willing to let the early senior officers who already had deep knowledge personal friendship.

Because he started from the sea, Lin Hai will not be able to focus on the most critical army in recent years.As the top leader, his biggest task is to expand the company that is about to be established, which is to solve the money problem. This means that the Army must have someone who can keep an eye on it for him.

This has to be said to be a major hidden danger. Although Wu Guoyi is bent on revenge at the moment, if all the early backbones of the army were introduced by him, there may be big problems in the future.

Not to mention the differences between people's hearts, even the same person may become a completely different person after a few years.Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp him. As a leader, he had to guard against this.

But it was difficult for Lin Hai to say these words. In the end, he went to meet Shan Sinan before taking Wu Guoyi to Zhoushan.

The reason why I chose to meet this person was that, firstly, Shan Sinan lived in Yin County, where Haiphong Road is located in Zhejiang, which is close to Zhoushan, and secondly, Lin Hai had heard of Shan Sinan's name before crossing over.In Liang Yusheng's martial arts novel "Seven Swords Down the Mountain", this person is Fu Qingzhu's senior brother and the adoptive father and master of Liu Yufang, the chief helmsman of the Tiandihui.

Wu Guoyi told Lin Hai at that time that Shan Sinan was Zhang Songxi's second disciple and the authentic successor of Neijiaquan. Even Marshal Qi at that time highly praised Zhang Songxi's boxing method.

Based on Wu Guoyi's statement, Lin Hai believes that Shan Sinan in Liang Yusheng's works should be based on this person, just like Zhang Songxi in Jin Yong's works.In other words, Shan Sinan is a famous figure in history, but he is not as knowledgeable as Mr. Liang, so he has only been seen in martial arts novels.

After thinking about this, Lin Hai wanted to meet Shan Sinan even more. After all, since this person's reputation can be spread to more than 300 years later, he probably has some real abilities.

However, after arriving in Yinxian County and meeting Shan Sinan, although the latter was living in poverty, he rejected Lin Hai's offer and his attitude towards him was somewhat neither salty nor cool, but he didn't know that this played into Lin Hai's wishes.

"Uncle Shan is not willing to work for the government anymore because he is dissatisfied with the imperial court." Wu Guoyi explained again. In fact, he had told Lin Hai five months ago that Shan Sinan was because of the injustice suffered by the Southern soldiers in the imperial war. treatment, so he was dissatisfied with the court.

"Then why has he changed his mind again and rushed to Zhoushan to find me? What happened?" In fact, Lin Hai didn't have any objections to Shan Sinan. If it weren't for him being so familiar with Wu Guoyi, Lin Hai would have been If he wants to take it for his own use, his dissatisfaction with the imperial court will only add points to Lin Hai, not take away from them.

"It's like this. Uncle Shan was poor all his life. He didn't marry a wife until he was 30 years old. He gave birth to two daughters before he embraced his son. Therefore, he doted on his only son. Not long ago, his only son was framed and took his life. A lawsuit , is now waiting in the jail of Yinxian county government to be executed in the future. Uncle Shan has no choice but to come to beg you. He said that as long as you can get his son out, his life will be sold to you from now on. "

"So that's it..." Lin Hai responded without comment. Hong Chengchou was still serving in Zhejiang Haidao, so it was still very possible to lure people from the Yin County prison.Moreover, he was preparing to go to Yin County in the next few days. Before Hong Chengchou left office, he wanted to ask him for help with something.

"Sir, Uncle Shan has never told lies in his life. This subordinate dares to guarantee his life. Since he said that he would sell his life to you, no matter what he is asked to do in the future, he must be unambiguous..." Wu Guoyi saw that Lin Hai was a little moved. He continued to speak from the side.He talked about this, and it was the first time in five months that he asked for personal matters. Lin Hai stared at him for a while, and then slowly asked: "What on earth did his son commit? Is there anyone right?" you said before?"

Wu Guoyi then explained the causes and consequences of Shan Sinan's son's lawsuit. It turned out that this boy was over-spoiled, and his father did not learn much of the martial arts. The introverted personality of the Neijiaquan masters in the past generations was not suitable for him. He relies on his skills to fight with others, and he uses his energy to control his nature.

After he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he didn't learn well. He went to work in the gangs at a young age and refused to listen to his father no matter how much he beat or scolded him.His father couldn't be cruel to his son. In the end, he had no choice but to go to a fighting studio and beat up a bunch of young men inside. He had only one request, and that was that his son should not be allowed to work here.

As a result, after this incident, this kid simply ignored his father and followed a bunch of idle boys around all day, eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Shan Sinan had nothing to do about it.

Not long ago, this group of people were jealous of another gang of street gangsters in a brothel. One of them accidentally beat someone to death. However, because the perpetrator of the crime was quite wealthy, his family gave money to the Yamen. As a result, the murder case ended up being carried on his back. On the head of Shan Sinan's son.

After listening to Wu Guoyi's words, Lin Hai stared at him and smiled: "Shan Sinan loved his son so much that he naturally said that his son was framed. How do you know that it was not his son who killed him?"

"This...Uncle Shan never lies, so he probably won't deceive me..." Wu Guoyi felt guilty, and after a while he said, "Your Excellency, it is clear to me that this subordinate is really ignorant of this matter."

"I know that you value love and justice, but don't be used as a weapon." Lin Hai stared at Wu Guoyi's eyebrows and was silent for a moment before continuing, "Besides, don't say this in front of this Qianhu in the future. You have to know that all the words that come out of your mouth are always taken seriously by this Qianhu."

In fact, Lin Haicai didn't care who killed the person. It was just a gang of street gangsters fighting. His words were just to give Wu Guoyi a slight blow.In this day and age, there are so many cases where Gourd Monk randomly judges gourd cases, how can he have the time to care about such trivial matters.

"Yes! I obey." Wu Guoyi was shocked when he heard this. Although he had told Lin Hai not to treat him as a friend from the beginning, this was the first time that Lin Hai had called himself Ben Qianhu in front of him in private.

"Let me ask you again, you said that Shan Sinan's arrow method is rare in the army, are you bragging?"

"No, when I was young in the mountains of Yiwu, our ancestors asked Uncle Shan to come and teach my grandchildren how to shoot archery. At that time, my ancestors personally told my subordinates that among the Southern troops who were aiding Korea, the most important thing was archery. In terms of law, it is recognized that the first one is Qian Shizhen under the Song Dynasty, and the second one is Uncle Shan."

Wu Guoyi's grandfather was Wu Weizhong, a famous general who aided Korea. These words were undoubtedly quite weighty, and Lin Hai also knew the Qian Shizhen he was talking about. Highly respected.

"Can Shan Sinan know how to ride and shoot?" Lin Hai then asked.

"Uncle Shan has only been in the army for a short time and his riding skills are very average, so he is not very good at riding and shooting." Wu Guoyi answered truthfully.

Lin Hai nodded. Wu Weizhong's troops were mainly infantry, and Shan Sinan was from the south. It was normal that his riding skills were average.

He thought for a while and then said: "Last time you said that Shan Sinan's boxing skills include a special way of hitting human acupoints, such as weak points, dizzy points, mute points, etc. Are they really that amazing?"

"This is all passed down by people who practice Neijiaquan, and it should be true. My subordinates also asked Uncle Shan personally, but he just smiled and said nothing. However, my father once told his subordinates that when the Northern Army was One sentry officer insulted our Confederate army so much that after a fight with Uncle Shan, he couldn't urinate for three days. Finally, he had to come to apologize and Uncle Shan had his acupoints removed. This happened to my father, so it should be true. .”

Lin Hai nodded when he heard the words. Many people said that the inner family's fist and acupuncture skills were conclusive, but he didn't believe it.

However, he did not doubt that there were many destructive tricks in traditional martial arts. After all, the ancient martial arts masters could beat people and then die after a year and a half. This was the same as Shan Sinan beating others until they urinated. Difficulties are quite similar.

In addition, it is said that Fang Saiyu, a famous martial arts master in modern times, died of anal extrusion in the end. The person who used such insidious tricks on him was the founder of Wing Chun, the five masters of Putian Southern Shaolin.

"Go and ask Shan Sinan to come over, and then you go back to the military camp." Lin Hai finally said to Wu Guoyi, "As for whether I am willing to help him, whether I will use him in the future, and what I will use him for, you don't have to worry about these. , and don’t ask him.”

"Yes, I obey!" Wu Guoyi responded and then retreated.

　1. "Although Lu Hong's eight strokes are strong, they are not as strong as the continuous short strokes" - from Qi Jiguang's "The Essential Chapter of the Boxing Classic". "Mian Zhang" refers to Zhang Songxi, the founder of Neijiaquan. This person helped Qi Jiguang fight against the Japanese, and once defeated the Shaolin monks who came to eastern Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese in a martial arts competition. The so-called Neijiaquan is the same as Shaolin Waijia Kung Fu is different, it emphasizes attacking later and stopping with stillness.

　　2. "Sinan conquered Guanbai" - from Huang Zongxi's "Epitaph of Wang Zhengnan".Shan Sinan's disciple Wang Zhengnan served as Linguan Commander in the late Ming Dynasty. He was very good at archery and boxing. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he was determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He was a good friend of Huang Zongxi, and he accepted Huang Zongxi's son Huang Baijia as the successor of the inner family boxing. .Regarding the Neijia Quan acupuncture technique, the earliest document recorded is this epitaph. In addition, Huang Baijia's "The Biography of Mr. Wang Zhengnan" has a summary explanation of the Neijia Quan technique in the Ming Dynasty.

　　
　
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