Chapter 057: Sword Saint Prince
"In the beginning, there was nothing. Everything was mixed together. There was no light or darkness. It was like a void. There was no shape or name, but it had a unified and unchanging thing that could adapt to various needs. Birds could fly with it, fish could swim with it, all things could have life with it, and whatever they did could succeed with it."
"People all use it, but they don't know its name. They can't see its shape. This is the Tao. All things come to use it, but it doesn't decrease. And it returns to it, but it doesn't increase. Whoever understands this Tao can make the world obey and make the world orderly!"
"That's very well said! It's so true!"
Liu Chang couldn't help but praise and wanted to jump up and applaud the teacher.
Looking at his fawning face, several princes were a little confused. Why was this guy so respectful to Lord Gai today?
Liu Chang was acting out of character. He stopped sleeping and daydreaming. He listened to the teacher's lectures attentively and even answered questions several times on his own initiative. The last time he was like this, he snatched away Ruyi's horse.
Because of this, the brothers were all on high alert and absolutely could not be deceived by this guy. Who knew what evil things this kid was planning?
Sure enough, as soon as the get out of class was over, Liu Chang sat next to Ruyi with a well-behaved look on his face.
"Brother~~"
"No."
"I'm not asking you to lend me anything... I'm in trouble, please help me."
"No help."
"My king, as a vassal, how can you be so ruthless?"
"It's so ruthless."
Unable to persuade Liu Ruyi, Liu Chang looked at Liu Heng and Liu Hui, thought for a moment, shook his head, and said nothing.
Seeing this, Liu Ruyi was furious. "It's okay, my king. Ruyi, why don't you go and trick the other brothers once? Why are you staring at me?"
Gai Gong had to read in the morning and only taught sword skills in the evening. The rest of the time, Liu Chang was bored and he really needed someone to practice sword with him. He originally wanted to ask Ruyi to practice with him, but he was unwilling. As for the fourth brother and Liu Hui, forget it. They were very nice to him. What if he hurt them?
Liu Chang frowned and began to wonder, what other annoying people would be willing to practice sword with him?
Ruyi, Madam Qi, Fan Qing, Father, Madam Cao, Fan Kang, Fanshiren, Zhou Shengzhi, Zhou Yafu, Zhou Jian... um, Ruyi... Ruyi...
Suddenly, Liu Chang slapped his thigh fiercely. Yes, how could he forget about him? ?
"Sir."
Luan Bu stood respectfully in front of Liu Chang. This was the first time Liu Chang called him into the palace. After all, Empress Lu was watching over him in the palace, so there was no need for him, a servant, to look after him.
Liu Chang held a wooden stick in his hand and returned the greeting respectfully. "It is like this. I came here today to learn swordsmanship according to my father's order...but I have no one to practice with me."
Luan Bu nodded and said, "Swordsmanship is an art for gentlemen, and it is something that must be learned."
"I am willing to practice sword skills with you, sir!"
Liu Chang found an empty space and the two men confronted each other. Liu Chang only attacked and Luan Bu only defended.
"kill!"
Liu Chang roared, jumped forward a few steps, and imitated Gai Gong's way. He quickly drew his sword and stabbed towards Luan Bu's abdomen. Luan Bu dodged with a side step, holding the wooden sword with both hands, and swung it directly at Liu Chang's neck. The wooden sword stopped at Liu Chang's neck.
Liu Chang looked at him with some dissatisfaction, "Didn't we agree to only defend and not attack?"
"Well, please forgive me, sir. It's just that your posture just now is too suitable for chopping... I can't help it..."
"Well...never practice with me using a real sword again..."
Liu Chang thought he could pick on the weakling, but he didn't expect that this seemingly weak Luan Bu was not a weakling. His swordsmanship was completely different from that of Gai Gong, with big openings and closings. Gai Gong's swordsmanship was stabbing, directly stabbing the center of the eyebrows, chest, and eyes, while Luan Bu's sword always cut the neck... Are you a servant or an executioner? ?
Liu Chang finally discovered that the so-called literati of this era were a bunch of rough men who would either poke your eyes out or chop your head off. In other words, there were no literati at all in this era. People could reason with books or with books put down. Although the methods were different, the purpose was to reason.
Liu Chang had a very difficult time practicing, he was no match for Luan Bu at all. No matter how despicable means he used, he could not defeat him once.
However, Luan Bu was not at ease either. He frowned and fought off Liu Chang's attacks several times. When Liu Chang was catching his breath and resting, he finally spoke.
"Where did you learn swordsmanship, sir?"
"I learned this from a master. He is much better than you!"
"Sir, the sword technique you learned is too cruel... It strikes quickly, and each time you strike directly at the vital point, you want to take someone's life, leaving no trace, and attack with all your strength. This is the sword of a street knight, not the sword of a gentleman like me..."
"You are not ashamed to say that this sword technique is cruel? You chop off people's heads and use the sword of a gentleman, right?"
"Swordsmanship is swordsmanship. No matter how vicious or not, it doesn't matter!"
Liu Chang retorted loudly.
Luan Bu was speechless for a moment. The young master seemed frivolous, but every time he spoke, he could say something very reasonable that made people unable to refute. He was indeed smart.
When Liu Chang was training with Gai Gong in the evening, Gai Gong just took a look and asked, "Did you compete with others in swordsmanship?"
“You can see this too?”
"You always inadvertently tilt your body to avoid the chopping, but I have never used the chopping method... Your opponent seems to like chopping very much?"
Liu Chang said immediately: "Yes! Master ! I found someone to practice with me, and that person looked down on my swordsmanship, saying that my swordsmanship was learned by an incompetent knight-errant and was completely useless. He also said that his sword was a gentleman's sword, and that my sword was immoral, unrighteous, and extremely despicable..."
Gai Gong's face darkened, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes, "Gentleman's Sword, right? Well, come here, I'll teach you a couple of moves, and you can go find him to spar tomorrow..."
"Hehehe, okay."
…
Liu Chang stared at Luan Bu in front of him, took a big step, and stabbed his abdomen with the long sword in his hand. Luan Bu dodged again and swung the wooden sword towards Liu Chang's neck. When the attack missed, Liu Chang knelt down and pushed the wooden sword towards Luan Bu! Luan Bu's sword hit nothing, and Liu Chang's wooden sword flew out and hit Luan Bu's crotch directly.
Luan Bu groaned, dropped the wooden sword, covered his hips with both hands, his face changed from gloomy to bright, his whole body trembled slightly, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
"Sir... what kind of swordsmanship is this?"
"Master said that this is the sword of a villain, used to deal with gentlemen."
"Sir... your old... teacher... he is not kind."
Liu Chang practiced swordsmanship every day, and his life was fulfilling. Unfortunately, his clothes were torn again, and he was beaten. However, Empress Lü did not object to his swordsmanship. When she learned that he was officially practicing swordsmanship with Gai Gong, Empress Lü personally sent someone to send dried meat to Gai Gong as a gift of apprenticeship, and repeatedly told him: "This boy is naughty. If he is rude, please be careful."
The other princes also knew about Liu Chang's sword practice. However, when they learned that Liu Chang was practicing sword with Gai Gong, they just felt incredible. What kind of swordsmanship could Gai Gong know? Why didn't he practice with someone who really knew swordsmanship?
Ruyi said to Liu Chang with great pride: "If you really can't find someone to practice sword with you, you can learn from me. Why bother someone like Gai Gong?"
Liu Chang sneered, "How about you practice with Gai Gong?"
"Gai Gong is my teacher, how can I point a sword at him?"
"Then let's practice?"
"You are my brother, how can I point a sword at you?"
"Ah!"
After training with Gai Gong for more than half a month, Liu Chang finally decided to go out and fight those brats. He was well prepared. He had a big meal first, then took his wooden sword and followed the Shangfang people out in the name of seeing new farm tools. After seeing Luan Bu off halfway, Liu Chang finally found those guys outside the palace gate.
At this moment, their numbers have become even greater.
These people also brought wooden sticks, probably because they suffered a loss with nothing last time. This time, although there was only Liu Chang in front of them, they were still very cautious. They looked around from time to time, fearing that a group of people would suddenly appear and beat them up.
"Don't look at it, it's just me."
"You dare to come and die alone?"
"To die?"
Liu Chang sneered, slowly took down the stick, and said seriously: "I am different from you. I have traveled all over the country since I was young and have studied with many people. In Qi State, I followed a hermit master to practice swordsmanship for six or seven years. I encountered bandits outside the city. In that battle, I killed more than 30 bandits... There was a traitor who instigated Huaiyin Hou to rebel. I and three hundred soldiers took the other party's head... I didn't want to embarrass you, but today, you bullied me too much, so I won't be polite..."
Liu Chang pointed the wooden sword at them, his expression even more solemn.
"You don't even have a real sword, how dare you brag like this?"
"The first year I learned swordsmanship, I used a sharp sword, the next year, a soft sword, and the next year, anything could be used as a sword... This is the true meaning of swordsmanship."
"Are you coming one by one, or all together?"
Everyone looked at Liu Chang's serious expression and looked at each other in confusion. Zhou Shengzhi had cold sweat on his forehead. He looked at the people around him, but found that they all had a look of panic on their faces and kept retreating.
"Since you are unwilling to come, then I will go ahead and kill you!!! "
Liu Chang roared and rushed forward.
"Mother! Help!"
"Wow!!!"
Everyone burst into tears, dropped their weapons and started running madly, without looking back, and fled in all directions.
"Hey! Don't run! I haven't fought you yet! Hey!!"
