Tianguanzhi

Chapter 14 Mother, Juliet, Six Days of Friendship

Gu Jianqiu's family moved from Chongdao to Jiangning twenty-one years ago during the all-out war between the Jili people and the Haitang mainland. At that time, Gu Jianqiu had just been born. The mother in my memory is young and energetic. She has short hair and shows white teeth when she smiles.

Later, one time, his wife Yang Yinghuang asked Gu Jianqiu when he fell in love with her. Gu Jianqiu said in a puzzled way: "Once the team organized a shooting competition, and when you won the prize, you smiled like my mother. .”

Unfortunately, after giving birth to Tianyu, Gu's mother's body collapsed quickly. Her heart and lung function failed rapidly and she could hardly get out of bed. The cause of the disease is unknown. Jiangning is a heavy industrial city, and all kinds of pollution are very serious. What's more, the migration of heavenly beings has brought a lot of cosmic spirituality, and it has also had various unknown effects on the human body.

Although she was weak, Gu Mu looked good on the bed, thanks to Gu Zhaoxue's meticulous care.

"Jianqiu, why don't you move back to Tianyu's room to sleep. I see that you have been very busy these days and your eyes are bloodshot."

The Gu family rents a two-story attic, where their mother and Gu Zhaoxue live upstairs, and the conditions are relatively better. However, the bedroom space on the first floor is small. When I was young, the three brothers were squeezed into a three-story plywood bed. The top floor was very small. When you lay on it, your nose was only 20 centimeters from the ceiling, which made sleeping very depressing.

Before Gu Xilou's death, he always slept on the sofa in the living room. Later, Gu Jianqiu also moved out to sleep, and the top plywood was slowly piled up with various debris.

"Oh, no, I sleep alone on the sofa and it's spacious,"

Gu Jianqiu peeled an apple for his mother and cut it into several pieces. Hearing what his mother said, he wanted to refuse, but he looked haggard. It was because of the book "Nvqing·Ghost Law", and it had nothing to do with not getting enough rest. But after a second thought, I simply said.

"That's right, Mom, I discussed with my sister before about moving to a larger house, but she didn't agree. But I think it's still necessary and it's better for your health. Besides, Tianyu and I will have rooms to live in. I've found If you work, you will have enough money.”

Gu Mu thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, I'll talk to your eldest sister."

When Gu Jianqiu heard his mother's agreement, he also smiled: "Then I'll go to work. Mom, you can rest."

Gu Mu smiled and nodded.

Before going out, Gu Jianqiu dug out from under his bed the pair of power gauntlets left behind by his brother Gu Xilou, threaded two nylon ropes together and carried them on his back. He suddenly thought of something and turned around.

"Sister, I occasionally get some receipts from the store in my clothes. It will be very troublesome if they get ruined. Please don't move. I will wash my clothes myself from now on."

Gu Jianqiu sewed the Sanhexin note on the inner pocket of his coat, and it is still on him now. He was afraid that while he was sleeping, Gu Zhaoxue took his clothes to be washed without asking.

Gu Zhaoxue glanced at him: "Of course I check my pockets every time I do laundry. I understand, if you don't let me move, you can just wash it yourself from now on."

"And Tianyu, please don't read my books randomly in the future. Some contents are not suitable for you to read."

Gu Tianyu, who was drinking soy milk, raised his head: "I know, second brother."

Gu Jianqiu opened the door, and there was a woman standing at the door, it was Juliet.

Gu Jianqiu frowned subconsciously. He didn't expect that she would dare to come here.

"Ah, Jianqiu."

Juliet greeted her warmly, seeming to have completely forgotten the fright in the alley that night. She lifted up the weightless little fruit basket in her hand as if nothing had happened: "I came to see my aunt. I'm really sorry about what happened last time." As he pushed in, Gu Jianqiu could only step aside.

"Tianyu, sister brought you candy."

Juliet approached Gu Tianyu enthusiastically, leaned down and gently touched his soft hair, then took out two pieces of toffee packaged in Citigroup and stuffed them into his hand.

Gu Tianyu glanced at the eldest sister next to him, who was holding a frying spoon and hugging his shoulders, with an unkind expression, and could only thank him in a low voice: "Thank you, Sister Hua Ting."

The name of Juliet's crabapple is Xie Huating, but not many people know it.

"Why are you here again?"

Gu Zhaoxue was a little helpless, and she lowered her voice: "Let me tell you clearly, I disagree with you and Xilou from the beginning to the end. Jianqiu helped you pay back the money last time, so don't come to us again."

"Sister, don't worry, I will definitely return the money to you."

Juliet didn't show any concern at all. She filled herself a bowl of soy milk, blew it carefully, and blinked a little aggrievedly.

"Is it Hua Ting here?"

Gu Mu heard the noise downstairs and asked. None of the Gu family brothers and sisters said much to Juliet. Before Gu Xilou's death, Juliet often came to Gu's house for dinner. Juliet often brought gifts when she came to the house, and her mouth was very sweet. Gu's mother had a good impression of him.

"Aunt, let me see you."

Juliet shouted upstairs despite Gu Zhaoxue's murderous gaze.

"Sister, I'm at work."

"Well, let's go."

"Sister, I've gone to school too. See you, sister Hua Ting." Gu Tianyu drank the soy milk in two gulps and grabbed his backpack.

"Goodbye Tianyu."

Juliet smiled sweetly.
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  Gu Jianqiu took the tram all the way to the Wuguan Street area in Jiangning. There are more than a dozen martial arts schools on this street, large and small, and all kinds of martial arts from the north and the south gather together. You can even see Jinjuren’s swordsmanship dojo. Master Hu, who was shown on the poster on Hotel Street fighting with Murderous Bit, had previously opened a martial arts gym here, but now Master Hu's martial arts gym has closed.

Martial arts is a traditional way for Haitang people to develop their electrocardiogram, and Jiangning’s martial arts culture is also very developed. Many local magistrates and imperial soldiers came from local martial arts schools. Therefore, the owners of martial arts halls are often famous all over the world, and the Haitang Martial Arts Association is one of the four major associations with the most influence and the largest number of members in Haitang.

In fact, today is the end of the month, Tom Chen has to go to the port to purchase goods, and Gu Jianqiu rarely has a holiday. He is not going out to work, but for other reasons.

Gu Jianqiu followed the information in the newspaper and knocked on the red-painted door of a martial arts gym. A young man wearing shorts and black trousers came over on the playground and said with a smile: "Do you want to learn boxing?"

"Hello, my name is Gu Jianqiu. I would like to discuss with the owner of your hall."

Gu Jianqiu got straight to the point and stunned the young man opposite him.

"Which martial arts school are you from?"

"I have never practiced martial arts in a martial arts gym."

The young man frowned and looked at each other. When he saw Gu Jianqiu carrying a pair of gauntlets, he couldn't help but sneered: "I know there are many gangsters in Jiangning. They usually work in the mines and they often get together to fight. With a pair of mining arms, Kai oppresses the people, let me tell you, Hong Sheng learned from the saints of the old religion and has hundreds of martial arts schools in sixteen states in the south. They are not wild fox Zen like Hu Dingshan. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude."

Gu Jianqiu also frowned: "I have nothing to do with the Longpi Society. Haitang's martial arts gym has always had a tradition of closed-door competition. Is it possible that the Hongsheng Martial Arts Gym doesn't understand etiquette like this?"

"That's for us martial arts people, you guys..."

"Ah Fu." A man in his forties with rolled-up sleeves and a cheerful face and deep nasolabial folds came over.

"master."

The man waved his hand and looked at Gu Jianqiu for a while. Seeing that his face was haggard and his eyes were bloodshot, he said: "Young man, are you encountering any difficulties? Hong Sheng can still afford to entertain him with three meals and two nights. If he doesn't come back, I’ll pay for the travel expenses home.”

"Thank you for your kindness, master. I am a local and just want to learn the master's skills. Let's stop here."

When the man saw what Gu Jianqiu said, he stopped being polite: "I, Liu Tong of Hongsheng Martial Arts School, since my little brother wants to give me advice, of course I will accompany you. But the ugly words come from the front, fists and feet have no eyes, and even if we fight behind closed doors, we have to sign a life and death certificate. I will take action There will be no mercy! If you are disabled or even lose your life, Hong Sheng Martial Arts School will not be responsible."

Gu Jianqiu thought for a while, nodded and said, "No problem."

"Okay, please."

The movement here has attracted the attention of many martial arts disciples. Since the sparring was behind closed doors, Liu Tong did not let his disciples watch from the sidelines. He just walked into the martial arts training ground side by side with Gu Jianqiu.

Turning on the incandescent light, Liu Tong picked out his usual power sledgehammer from the weapon rack. After thinking about it, he put the sledgehammer down again and replaced it with two basic chain saw knives. The other blade pointed directly at Gu Jianqiu's face.

Gu Jianqiu put on his brother Gu Xilou's mining gauntlet without haste.

There was no one around at this moment. Liu Tong couldn't hold himself back and said: "Young man, I see that your breathing is flat, your eyes are dull, and the fluctuations in your heart rate between skeletal movements are also normal. I assert that your heart rate will not exceed eight." Yes. The gauntlet on your back is just an ordinary engineering type. It can be used to hit rocks. Do you really want to use this gauntlet to compete with Hong Sheng’s martial arts masters? "

Gu Jianqiu smiled. This master was a bit verbose, but he could be said to be kind-hearted and quite moral, which he admired very much.

"Master Liu, please give me some advice."

"Okay, please."

After Liu Tong said this, he immediately got closer and slashed forward. The two swords connected rapidly back and forth. Gu Jianqiu couldn't dodge in time. He could only raise his right arm armor to protect his chest and leaned back. Unexpectedly, Liu Tong twisted his waist and brought his swords together to slash horizontally with his backhand. , a cross-river flying speed flew directly towards Gu Jianqiu's left shoulder. There was no way to avoid this blow, but Liu Tong still held back his hand. If he had murderous intentions, the sword should have been directed towards Gu Jianqiu's face.

Even if you are a sparring martial artist at the Hong Sheng Martial Arts School, you need ten ECGs to start. Liu Tong was able to open the gym and teach apprentices. His ECGs were as high as nineteen points, more than three times that of Gu Jianqiu. It was because he knew Gu Jianqiu's true nature that Liu Tong showed mercy. .

But what Liu Tong didn't expect was that the seemingly weak young man in front of him actually rose into the air and hit his wrist hard with his high foot.

As a result, the accuracy of the two power knives was completely lost. The opponent took advantage of the force and flew back, falling to the ground in an unsightly posture. Then he turned over with a kite, widening the distance between the two.

Liu Tong was a little surprised, and his face became serious. He moved his sore wrists, crossed his swords, and assumed a swordsmanship posture like an Arhat crouching against a tiger. He did not launch another attack easily.

If it weren't for the young man's lack of strength, the kick just now would have made him lose both swords. If there are disciples watching, who don't know the pros and cons, they will only see themselves being kicked away by someone in one round, and the reputation of Hong Sheng Martial Arts Gym will be lost.

At this thought, Liu Tong couldn't help but feel lucky that he had driven away all his disciples and strictly abided by the rules of closed-door competition.

But what puzzled Liu Tong was that Gu Jianqiu's moves were too dangerous. Although the angle of the kick just now was tricky, if it was just a little crooked, the young man's right leg would be cut off by the chain saw knife!

You know, even if you take a knife from yourself, the best you can do with the protection of the arm armor is to break your right arm. It would not lead to lifelong disability. No matter which sect or sect, there would be no such dangerous tricks. This is more like this young man's on-the-spot reaction.

But how is this possible...

How can a young man who looks to be in his early twenties have such an adaptability?
  When Gu Jianqiu saw that Liu Tong did not come forward, he protected his head and face with both hands and slid on the ground with the soles of his feet. It was not like Haitang's boxing skills, but more like using Western boxing fighting footwork, slowly approaching his opponent.

Liu Tong's pressure suddenly increased. Seeing Gu Jianqiu getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth and advanced with a flat slash to strike first. Gu Jianqiu's reaction was not unpleasant, and he pounced out almost at the same time. The arm armor rubbed against the rolling blade of the chain saw, causing large sparks to fly. Liu Tong no longer had any scruples, and used his other hand to cover the Tianling Gai that was directly slashing at Gu Jianqiu. His eyes widened, and he was already attacking with all his strength.

Gu Jianqiu did not dodge. He raised his palm to face the blade of the chain saw. In an instant, fire light flew out. The teeth of the chain saw blade rotated rapidly under the stimulation of his heart, and made a harsh buzzing sound when they rubbed against the steel arm armor. The disciples outside the door looked at each other. Don't know what happened.

His hands are useless!
  Liu Tong was in a mixed mood. The gauntlet made of engineering materials could not block the cutting of the martial arts chain saw blade. In his excitement, he might have cut off the young man's hands.

Suddenly a huge force came from the knife, Liu Tong was shocked, and subconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife. Unexpectedly, the opponent grabbed the blade of the knife, pinned his hands with an overlord binding beads, and then used a beam kick, and actually directly kicked the knife. Liu Tong fell to the ground!
  Gu Jianqiu did not pursue anymore, but raised his hands to retreat. Liu Tong stood up one after another, and rushed towards Gu Jianqiu with some embarrassment. When he saw the opponent raising his hands and clasping fists towards him, he stopped suddenly, his face turned blue and white. , took a long time to exhale: "I lost."

"Assignment."

Looking at the brief confrontation just now, Gu Jianqiu used an eclectic range of moves, with both Chinese and Western moves at his fingertips. Although they were not very sophisticated, they were more practical, more prominent, and more discerning and decisive. Although Liu Tong was not convinced by his defeat, he also knew that if the opponent had just taken advantage of his fall to pounce on him with two punches, the engineering gauntlet could only be used to hit rocks, but his head was not as hard as the rocks in Fengtang Mountain... …

Liu Tong set up his two knives and discovered that the teeth of the chain saw blade had all been worn away, leaving only bare sections in many places, some of which had been worn down to smoothness.

He separated his swords and looked at Gu Jianqiu's arm armor, only to find that the opponent's seemingly inconspicuous arm armor was intact, and even the bearings between the joints showed no signs of wear.

"..."

The two of them walked out of the martial arts training ground. Liu Tong stood with his hands behind his back. Gu Jianqiu, still wearing his gauntlet, cupped his fists and said, "Master Liu's sword skills are unpredictable. I'm willing to show my displeasure."

"You're already here, why don't you stay and have breakfast."

Liu Tong looked calm.

"Ashamed."

Gu Jianqiu shook his head, walked to Liu Tong and whispered: "I hope Master Liu can keep today's matter a secret for me."

"Easy to say."

Liu Tong coughed: "There are many powerful masters on this street, especially Master Zhang from Da Hongsheng across the street. If you want to learn from each other, you might as well go and have a look. He has always been fond of martial arts and will definitely not refuse."

"Thank you, Master Liu, for the tip."

Gu Jianqiu lowered his head and left Hongsheng Martial Arts Hall under the arrogant eyes of many disciples. He walked to the street before stretching.

He activated his gauntlet, and blue electricity flew between his fingers.

My guess was indeed correct.

It has been almost 20 days since Dagu Jianqiu wrote "Nvqing·Ghost Rhythm". He has tried various methods, but in addition to his body getting worse and worse, his heart rate has not improved much, and he even often has nightmares at night. Gu Jianqiu knew that the electrocardiogram in the psychic antique had caught up with him, but the problem was that he had not yet figured out how to use this electrocardiogram for his own use.

Until just now, when he had a head-on confrontation with Liu Tong's heart-containing weapon, Gu Jianqiu felt a heat surge in his chest, and his heartbeat fluctuations immediately soared.

In this moment, Gu Jianqiu's heart rate has reached nine points, which is a result of many years of hard work for many people.

It is useless to just contact "Nvqing·Ghost Law". What is important is to contact the heart electricity of people in the old religion, which is the so-called six-day old energy.

(End of this chapter)