Aspirations

Chapter 6
Xiao Wu and Xia Xiang are almost the same height, slightly shorter than half a point. At this time, he has removed his disguise, but he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, which is quite powerful.There is also a three-point heroism between the eyebrows, and there is a simple and honest meaning in the eyes.

Xia Xiang has a little more affection for Xiao Wu in his heart. Xiao Wu's nature is not bad. He came to rob the Dao for the sake of his livelihood. , from Lingshou Zhongshan Village. Passing by this place is to go to Beijing to take the exam.”

When Xiao Wu saw Xia Xiang in ragged clothes before, he didn't look like he was. He thought he was a nearby villager.

Since the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, Taizu ordered not to kill scholars and officials, and there was an atmosphere of emphasizing literature over martial arts, and the status of literati was detached from everyone.After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, he even established the rule that non-jinshi could not enter the cabinet as ministers. For a time, Zhu Zigui of the Manchu dynasty was all a scholar.And because the salaries of officials in this dynasty are very generous, so if you want to be rich, you must study.The poem of persuasion to study by the third emperor of Daxia, Zhenzong - the book has its own golden house, the book has its own Yan Ruyu, a man wants to fulfill his life ambition, and reads the five classics diligently to the window... It is still second only to the people in the minds of the people. The teachings of the sages in the words of the sages.

Xia Xiang returned a salute: "Don't blame anyone who doesn't know, and you didn't hurt me. But you can't be a robber in the future. After all, it's not the right way."

Xiao Wu nodded and said yes: "Listen to Mr.'s words, no more robbery. I have the strength to go to the county town to work as a coolie, which can be regarded as a legitimate livelihood."

"That's right, that's right." Xia Xiang secretly rejoiced in his heart and thought for a while, "It just so happens that you and I are going to go to the county town together. How about taking care of you along the way?"

Xiao Wu was moved, Xia Xiang not only did not blame him for his offense, but also accompanied him as a scholar, which was a great honor for him.

The two went down the mountain together.

"Sir, there's one thing I've been unable to figure out, please help me to answer it. A man is born between heaven and earth, helping the world and the people, and being loyal to the monarch and serving the country. "

"Serving the country is not the only way to study. You can also join the army or do business. The atmosphere of the summer is clear and bright, and doing business is not a cheap business."

"I don't know how to do business, and I'm afraid I won't be able to join the army..."

"Why not?"

"I can't remember the password, I'm afraid I'll make a big mistake."

"..." Xia Xiang was speechless, "The Hutuo River has a wharf in the county seat, and there are many ships going and transporting, and it needs to be transported manually."

"There's nothing wrong with being a coolie. I'm afraid I'll accidentally fall into the river and drown. I can't swim."

Xia Xiang almost rolled his eyes: "This is not good, that is not good, is it possible that you still want to be a robber?"

"I would like to follow Mr.'s left and right, and do the work of dogs and horses." Xiao Wu stopped and gave a long salute, "May Mr. take in Xiao, and Xiao will follow him to the death."

Xia Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled casually: "Not to mention that you know nothing, even if I want to take you in, there is nothing I can do, do you look like a rich man? I can't even support myself. , I can't even support you."

Xiao Wu bent down and picked up a stone the size of an egg: "Don't hide it, sir, I don't know anything, I can shoot birds..."

At dawn, the east was white, Xia Xiang and Xiao Wu had already arrived at the bank of the Hutuo River.The river was rushing, and the sun fell on it, shining a layer of golden yellow.The distant mountains are also gradually waking up, and the birds in the forest are also constantly rising and falling.

Xiao Wuwei bent over, his wrists were hard, the stones in his hand flew away, and instantly submerged into the dense leaves. Not a single feather.

Xiao Wu scratched his head awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I missed it, come again."

"Slow." Xia Xiang smiled, the smile on his face solidified, his eyes looked behind Xiao Wu in horror, his voice trembled slightly, "Xiao Wu, don't act rashly, squat down slowly, yes, hold a stone in your left and right hands. , the bigger the better. Don't look back, stand up slowly, and do as I say..."

Xiao Wu was still a little panicked at first, not knowing what happened, but then calmed down again, what Xia Xiang said, what he did, and stood up slowly, he and Xia Xiang stood opposite to each other, and he could see from Xia Xiang's eyes. panic.

Xia Xiang's gaze crossed Xiao Wu and landed at a distance of three feet behind Xiao Wu. He took a step back, thought about it, and suddenly made up his mind: "The stone in the left hand is thrown to the right, the stone in the right hand is thrown to the left, and the arms are stretched, just Such as... yes, the white crane has bright wings."

The words "left-handed stone throws right-handed stone throws left-handed" confused Xiao Wu. He didn't know what it meant. Just as he was about to ask a question, when "White Crane and Bright Wings" came out, his eyes lit up, as if a sleeping leopard woke up instantly. , stimulated the primitive wildness, his arms joined together in front of his chest, and his hands came out together. With a "hey" sound, the two stones in his hands flew behind him like arrows.

When he turned around, Xiao Wu could see clearly. Three feet away, there was a gray wolf with green eyes.The gray wolf is about half-human height, with shiny fur, fierce eyes and fangs.

Seeing that the two stones were about to hit the gray wolf one by one, the gray wolf let out a long cry and leaped into the air, barely dodging the attack of the two stones and rushing towards Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu had no stones in his hands—he only knew how to shoot birds. Without stones in his hands was like a soldier without a weapon—he was flustered for a moment, backed up again and again, not paying attention to a protruding stone under his feet, and was tripped and fell to the ground.

On the river beach, there were pebbles of different sizes everywhere. After Xiao Wu fell down, he frantically grabbed a stone with both hands, and threw it with his hands.However, due to being too nervous, Gray Wolf was in the air again, and his aim was not accurate enough, so he missed.

Fortunately, in order to avoid the stone, the gray wolf twisted its body in the air, resulting in a deviation in the direction of the landing, so it did not directly pounce on Xiao Wu.As soon as the gray wolf landed, he let out a low roar, jumped up again, opened his mouth wide, and took a bite at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu panicked, rolled on the spot, and shouted for help: "Sir, save me."

Xia Xiang could not laugh or cry, Xiao Wu wanted to follow him around to protect his comprehensiveness, but now he can't even handle a wolf, how can he handle a strong martial arts master?It's simply a joke of the world.If you don't have the power to protect yourself, how can you protect others?

It's just that this is not the time to blame Xiao Wu. Xia Xiang is willing to help, but he is helpless. Although he is not a weak scholar who is powerless, he is not a scholar who can get on the horse and get off the horse to write.He picked up a stone and threw it with his hand, but he was too accurate and threw it directly into the river.

In desperation, when he saw that the gray wolf was about to pounce on Xiao Wu, Xia Xiang's mind flashed, and he remembered that there were many martial arts secrets in some of the miscellaneous books that Li Dingshan asked him to read.At that time, he was just looking at it for free, and he didn't have the heart to learn martial arts, but his memory was superior and he remembered many moves.

Remember to remember, but Xia Xiang can't use it, he can only talk on paper, not practical.

At this very moment, a move flashed in Xia Xiang's mind, and he immediately shouted: "The carp is standing up."

Carp straightening is a very common trick. When a person lies flat on the ground, he jumps up from the ground with the support of his hands and the strength of his waist, just like a carp rolling, so it is called carp straightening.

But things are easier said than done, and many people can't make the carp stand upright.

Xiao Wu was already tired of escaping for his life. Hearing Xia Xiang's words, he was stunned for a moment, then he lay down on the ground, his legs bent forward, and then suddenly stretched his legs and kicked... He jumped into the air and rushed towards Xiao Wu. The gray wolf was in the air, and was secretly proud of himself and was about to pounce when he saw Xiao Wu's legs kicking in the face.

The gray wolf screamed and was kicked out more than ten feet away. It fell to the ground and rolled. Unwilling to fail, it rushed forward again.

Xia Xiang was stunned.

Is that all right?He just yelled out a move, but Xiao Wu performed it in a decent manner. Recalling that he said "White Crane Spreading Wings" just now, Xiao Wu also immediately swung it. Could it be that he said that Xiao Wu can do it. do what?
Thinking of this, Xia Xiang didn't hesitate. Seeing the gray wolf rushing over again without fear of death, he thought that the weakest part of the wolf's body was the wolf's legs, and said loudly, "Sweep the army!"

Sweeping a thousand troops sounds extraordinary, but in fact, it is a swept leg when it falls on a martial arts move. Xia Xiang regretted it as soon as he said it. He should directly say how good it is to sweep the leg. If Xiao Wu didn't understand, wouldn't it be a big deal?But going back on it was useless, Gray Wolf was already one step away from Xiao Wu.

The gray wolf received a blow, learned to be smart, no longer jumped into the air, but slowly approached Xiao Wu.Xiao Wuyin was no longer as flustered as before because he succeeded in the blow just now, but he still looked back at Xia Xiang and saw that Xia Xiang was standing behind him.

As soon as Xia Xiang's "Sweep the Thousand Army" exited, Xiao Wu seemed to wake up from his sleeping memory. He bent over, using his left leg as a fulcrum, swept his right leg, and came out with one leg, in the middle of the gray wolf's front leg.

Not only did Xiao Wu move quickly and in place, but he also used his strength very accurately. The Gray Wolf was caught off guard, his front legs were swept away, and he fell to the ground, screaming constantly.

Losing the support of his front legs, the gray wolf was no longer able to hurt people. He wanted to struggle, but he couldn't, his eyes showed unwillingness, and he glared at Xiao Wu fiercely.

Xiao Wu was still afraid of the gray wolf who had lost its fighting power, so he didn't need Xia Xiang to order him. He picked up a stone, stepped back on purpose, and after a distance of several feet, raised his hand and threw the stone. The stone hit the gray wolf's head.Gray Wolf let out a muffled grunt, bleeding to death from its seven orifices.

"Sir..." Xiao Wuqing knew that his performance just now was unsatisfactory, and apologized to Xia Xiang with a face of shame, "I'm useless, I can't even protect myself, let alone protect Mr. Take your leave, sir."

Xia Xiang nodded mutely without speaking, and watched Xiao Wu turn and leave.

One zhang, two zhang, [-] zhang, when Xiao Wu still didn't look back when he walked out [-] zhang away, Xia Xiang smiled comfortably, he wanted to test Xiao Wu's determination.Just now, he pointed out that Dong Xiao Wu would never fight against the West, which made him realize that his cooperation with Xiao Wu might have unexpected results.

But if you really want to keep Xiao Wu by his side, first, he needs to be absolutely loyal, and second, he needs to be completely obedient. Pearls, flowers and trees, stars and stars..."

As Xia Xiang said every move, Xiao Wu moved with it. Every move he made was exactly the same as the description in the martial arts secret books that Xia Xiang had seen, just like comparing martial arts secret books. The general drill made Xia Xiang both pleasantly surprised and magical.

"The first style is high and guilty, like a rabbit, hovering uncertainly. The second style, the rain beats the wind, the spirit is like catching a mouse, and it is ready to go. The third style, the frost stops snowing, the air is like a flywheel, and the cycle is endless. The fourth style, pressing the dew and crying..." Xia Xiang said in one breath for more than half an hour, Xiao Wu kept his hands and feet, as long as Xia Xiang said the moves, he could do it, just like Xia Xiang's arms No two.

Xia Xiang deliberately misrepresented a few moves. It was because there were no moves he made up in the martial arts secrets. Sure enough, Xiao Wu couldn't, and he vaguely guessed something in his heart.

Along the Hutuo River all the way east, you can reach Lingshou County in two hours.Parallel to the river is an official road. The official road has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is also because there are not many vehicles passing by.In addition to the uneven, there are overgrown weeds.But after all, it's an avenue, which is much better than a mountain path.

Xia Xiang and Xiao Wuyi were one after the other, Anbu driving.

Green mountains and green waters, deep forests and secluded mountains, and there was no one in sight for a long time.

Xia Xiang turned around and glanced at Xiao Wu lightly: "Xiao Wu, did you grow up beside your brother and sister-in-law when you were a child?"

Xiao Wu bent down respectfully and replied: "Mr. Hui, the younger one has only been by my brother-in-law's side since he was 15 years old."

If it is said that before the Gray Wolf War, Xiao Wu's respect for Xia Xiang was the habit of respecting scholars under the social atmosphere, then after the Gray Wolf War, his respect for Xia Xiang was sincerely convinced.Although he also wondered why Xia Xiang could use the moves when he just said them, and he couldn't figure out the reason, so he didn't think about it anymore, but he remembered one thing deeply - without Xia Xiang, he would have been buried in the belly of a wolf !
Xia Xiang is his life-saving benefactor, the life-saving grace, and the re-creation of kindness. Since then, he has regarded Xia Xiang as the master throughout his life.

"Before the age of 15?" Xia Xiang felt that there was something wrong with Xiao Wu's life experience.

"Before the age of 15... I can't remember clearly, it seems that I was running around with my father." Xiao Wu held his head in his hands, his eyebrows twisted, and his expression was painful, "As long as I think of things before the age of 15, I will have a headache, sir, don't ask me again Okay? My brother said, when I was 15 years old, I had a serious illness. After recovering from the illness, I became a lot more stupid than before.”

Xia Xiang is not reluctant, but he has more cares in his heart: "Follow me in the future, one, you have to learn to read. Two, you have to practice martial arts. Three, I haven't made up my mind yet, anyway, just be obedient."

"Yes, sir." Xiao Wu couldn't help but be overjoyed, as long as he could follow Xia Xiang and let him go through fire and water, he would not hesitate.

(End of this chapter)