This is Jianghu

Chapter 123
The Shaolin Dharma Hall eminent monk competed with an unknown master in martial arts. None of the three eminent monks, including the head of the Dharma Hall, Ming Kong, could win against the master. The news spread to the world the next day. And it spread instantly in the rivers and lakes.

Three days after Zhang Liheng and Liu Wuxin left Shaoshi Mountain, a Taoist with a big iron sword on his back came to Shaolin Temple.

As soon as the monk at the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple, who was in charge of guarding weapons, saw the Taoist, he respectfully welcomed him into the temple, but no one dared to ask the Taoist to unload his weapon.

Once the Taoist entered the temple, he walked straight to the Bodhidharma hall without using the monks in the temple to lead the way.As soon as the Taoist arrived at Motang, he was about to ask someone to find Master Mingxu, but he met the abbot Minghui first.

As soon as the Taoist saw Minghui, he stopped and said, "Master Minghui, I haven't seen you for a long time. The abbot, Master Buddha, illuminates people, and it is better than before!" The Taoist priest must have gone to our temple again to look for Senior Brother Ming Xu."

It turned out that this person was the head of the Ziyang Palace, an iron swordsman who "holds an iron sword handle and gives way to evil spirits for a hundred miles" in the world.Iron swordsman is a first-class sword master in the Jianghu. He has a personal relationship with Master Mingxu of Shaolin Dharma Hall. He often goes to Shaolin Temple to exchange sword skills with Master Mingxu. That's why Minghui asked this question.

Taoist Iron Sword said with a smile: "Exactly, I ask Master Minghui not to be blamed for the impoliteness of Pindao every time he goes to Shaolin."

Minghui said: "Prince Daoist, you're being polite, but it's not the right time for you to come here, Senior Brother Ming Xu started to retreat and practice swordsmanship a few days ago, I'm afraid I don't have time to compete with you, Priest Daoist today."

Taoist Iron Sword let out an "oh" and said with a little regret: "It's such an unfortunate coincidence that the poor Taoist can't disturb Master Mingxu's retreat cultivation." On the way to Shaolin, some people said that several eminent monks in the Bodhidharma Hall were defeated by a master, and I don’t know who is talking about these things in the Jianghu.”

Taoist Iron Sword looked at Minghui as soon as he finished speaking, and Minghui's smile remained unchanged, and said: "The news heard by the Taoist priest is also groundless. The brothers of the Bodhidharma Hall in our temple are indeed fighting with a martial arts master. I lost two martial arts competitions, but Senior Brother Ming Kong was tied with that master, so he was not defeated."

When Taoist Tie Jian heard this, his eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief: "Master Minghui, what kind of senior master is this? Even Master Mingkong can't win!"

Minghui replied: "About that master, because of his special status, it is inconvenient for the poor monk to disclose it to the Taoist priest!"

Taoist Tie Jian only thought that Ming Hui said this in order to save Shaolin's face, so he said: "It's a poor way to be reckless! Then there are rumors in the world that Ming Xu and Ming Yin lost to that master. Is it true?"

Minghui knew that Daoist Tie Jian had misunderstood him, but he didn't care, and replied: "That's true, senior brother Mingxu and senior brother Mingyin lost to that master in terms of swordsmanship and capture technique respectively."

Daoist Iron Sword exclaimed: "Unexpectedly, there are such masters in Jianghu, who can surpass Master Mingxu in swordsmanship, and at the same time surpass Master Mingyin's Shaolin capture master!" Suddenly realized that he was still in the Shaolin Temple, and suddenly felt inappropriate.He hastily bowed to Minghui, and said goodbye: "Since Master Mingxu is in retreat, Pindao can visit another day, Master Minghui, Pindao bid farewell!" Then he left in a hurry.

In the next few days, people from all walks of life came to the Shaolin Temple to inquire about Zhang Liheng's defeat of the eminent monk of the Dharma Hall. The identity of descendants.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world. After some good-natured people in the rivers and lakes inquired, I learned from Shaolin disciples that the master is a 20-year-old boy named Zhang Liheng.As soon as this news came out, the whole Jianghu was shocked. A 20-year-old boy had such martial arts.Defeated the two eminent monks of the Shaolin Dharma Hall, and tied with the head of the Dharma Hall, but this record is enough to be proud of the world.All of a sudden, people in the rivers and lakes inquired about the identity behind this young man named Zhang Liheng, to see who he was.

Just when the name Zhang Liheng was spreading in the rivers and lakes, Zhang Liheng and Liu Wuxin were on their way back to Jiangnan.

When hearing these rumors about Zhang Liheng on the road between Zhang Liheng and Zhang Liheng, Liu Wuxin jokingly said to Zhang Liheng: "Brother Liheng, it seems that your visit to Shaolin not only rescued me, but also made you famous in the world."

With more and more contact with Liu Wuxin, Zhang Liheng knew that Liu Wuxin's character was somewhat similar to his aunt Liu Dan who liked to play tricks, and there was a sense of playing with the world in his bones.Moreover, Liu Wuxin was only two years older than Zhang Liheng. The two had similar interests, and soon became confidants, talking about everything along the way.So Zhang Liheng was used to the jokes that Liu Wuxin made.

Apart from exercising lightness kung fu and rushing along the mountain forest road, the two of them walked slowly at other times. After a few days, the two of them just bypassed Bianjing and arrived at a place called Shuipo Town.

After arriving in the town and finding a place to stay, Zhang Liheng and Liu Wuxin were not in a hurry, and started wandering around the town before the market was over.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This is not true at all. Every place where there are many people, there are people from the rivers and lakes.In the market in the town, there are fortune-tellers and medicine sellers, martial arts performers, and of course there are beggars who beg on the street. People from all walks of life can be seen everywhere in this market.

Not far away, Liu Wuxin saw a Jianghu entertainer who was performing a boulder-breaking chest, and asked Zhang Liheng: "Brother Liheng, do you think the weight of the stone slab that is on that man's chest?"

Zhang Liheng took a look, and then replied: "I think the stone slab weighs at least five hundred catties!" Liu Wuxin said again: "Well, the weight of five hundred catties is good for a person with a certain internal or external skills. For an outstanding Jianghu player, it may not be noticed. But such a Jianghu entertainer can stand up to it with his chest and have the strength to withstand a thousand catties of crushed stones, it is really rare!"

Zhang Liheng and Liu Wuxin watched the process of the big man crushing rocks, but at the end Liu Wuxin shook his head secretly and said: "That uncle didn't practice hard qigong, he just held on with brute strength, even though he fell The hammer was clever, but it still caused a lot of damage to the uncle's body. Although it is not obvious now, but as time goes by, the hidden dangers accumulated over time make him have to lie on the bed for the rest of his life!"

With the improvement of martial arts, Zhang Liheng's knowledge has also deepened, and he also understands the truth of Liu Wuxin's words.He has a kind heart, and he couldn't bear to see the busker in the rivers and lakes, so he took out a silver coin and put it on the busker's reward plate.

Zhang Liheng's large ingot of silver is particularly conspicuous among the sparse copper coins. As soon as the burly middle-aged man who performed the boulder breaking on his chest saw it, he immediately came over and thanked Zhang Liheng: "Thank you, young hero, for your reward, and thank you, young hero, for your reward." Appreciation!" The middle-aged people also have a certain vision when walking in the rivers and lakes, and when they see Zhang Liheng's clothes, they know that they are also in the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Liheng hurriedly replied: "Uncle, you are more polite, you take this money well, and you will save yourself from doing such hurtful work in the future!"

When the middle-aged man was about to take the silver from the appreciation basin, a hand like a monkey's paw stretched out first, and grabbed the ingot of silver.The middle-aged man was taken aback, and immediately looked in the direction of the monkey's paw, and saw a thin monkey-like man laughing while holding silver.

The middle-aged man immediately said to the skinny monkey man: "That little brother, that's the reward from this young hero and I hope you will return it!" Zhang Liheng also frowned when he saw it.

Seeing that the skinny monkey's face changed, he said loudly to the middle-aged man: "Do you understand the rules? Don't you know that you have to pay protection fees for performing arts in my brother Shitou's territory? This is the protection fee you have to pay today." !"

The face of the middle-aged man suddenly sank. He knew that what he saw must be the local snake in this area. He and a few fellow performers couldn't fight, but he couldn't just let the thin monkey take away the money for nothing, so he said with restraint : "Little brother, even if it is to pay the protection fee, it won't cost so much. We will pay as much as you say!"

The thin monkey said impatiently: "I said that your protection fee is this ingot of silver, don't babble with me here, don't you owe a lesson to talk so much nonsense!" Then he put the silver in his arms and turned around I'm leaving.

At this time, Zhang Liheng couldn't help watching Shouhou's behavior. When he was about to stop Shouhou, his shoulder was held down by someone. Zhang Liheng turned around and saw that it was Liu Wuxin.Liu Wuxin said to Zhang Liheng in a low voice: "Don't rush to do it yet, look!"

Zhang Liheng followed his eyes and saw that the thin monkey had just taken two steps when he was hit by a swift figure. The thin monkey jumped up from the ground and cursed: "His grandma, who doesn't have eyes?" The guy hit me!"

The person who knocked down the thin monkey also stood up, a little beggar covered in patches, who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old.As soon as the little beggar stood up, he would immediately scold: "That bastard scolded me for not having eyes!"

When the thin monkey saw that it was a little beggar who knocked him down, and was able to scold him, he watched the little beggar stroke his sleeves, revealing his monkey's paw-like arms, and shouted arrogantly: "Hey, in this water There are still people in Po Town who dare to call me Shitou 'bastard', are you tired of living!"

When the little beggar saw the appearance of the thin monkey clearly, his complexion changed drastically, and he immediately changed into a flattering smile, and said: "It turns out to be Brother Shitou, the little one really has eyes that don't know Mount Tai, offended, offended, the little one!" Dongjiao is with Boss Mi, you have a lot of adults, let the villains go with your hands!"

The thin monkey didn't know whether it was because of the "Mi Boss" in the little beggar's mouth or because he had received the protection fee for that ingot of silver today, so he didn't pursue the little beggar anymore, waved his hand and left.

Seeing the thin monkey walking away, Zhang Liheng looked at Liu Wuxin puzzled, and asked, "Brother Wuxin, what is this...?" Liu Wuxin smiled and said, "That little beggar is agile, and his lightness kung fu is definitely not low!"

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(End of this chapter)