The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 40: The Name of Master and Disciple
Yan Qingzhi asked Li Diudiu, "I saw you wrote with your left hand during the monthly exam. The handwriting is something I have never seen before. What kind of handwriting is this? Who taught it to you and when?"
Li Diudiu said, "I can't really explain it... I just thought that since I was writing with a different hand, why not write something different? So I wrote casually. My left hand holds the pen more lightly, so I lengthened the characters a bit, and the hook and fold strokes were raised faster. It looks a bit interesting. It looks like a sword hook."
"A self-created font?"
Yan Qingzhi glanced at Li Diudiu. He didn't quite believe it, but with all his knowledge, he had seen all kinds of fonts. He also loved calligraphy and liked to copy. This was indeed the first time he had seen such a way of using the brush.
Yan Qingzhi said: "Write it again and let me see it."
Li Diudiu hummed, spread out the paper, pondered for a moment, and wrote two lines on the paper.
The sea is boundless and the sky is the shore; I am the peak when I reach the top of the mountain.
These two sentences coupled with his golden-like handwriting made Yan Qingzhi a little dazed for a moment.
He asked Li Diudiu: "Li Chi, why did you think of these two sentences?"
Li Diudiu said: "Sir, there is no reason. It's just that you asked me to write a few words, and these two sentences came to my mind at the moment, so I wrote them."
Yan Qingzhi let out a long breath, looked into Li Diudiu's eyes and said seriously, "Are you really a person who comes from a poor family and worries about food and clothing?"
Li Diudiu shook his head and said, "I am cold and hungry, but I don't feel any pain."
Yan Qingzhi nodded and repeated the two sentences as if talking to himself... The sea is boundless and the sky is the shore; I am the peak when I reach the top of the mountain.
After repeating this, I felt more and more emotional. I picked up Li Diudiu's pen and wanted to add two sentences below. My heart was filled with lofty sentiments and thousands of words in my mind. I felt that there should be two more sentences after this. They were clearly about to come out, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't write them down. I felt that anything I wrote would be redundant and inappropriate.
This feeling made him feel uncomfortable. He was proud of his talent and for the first time he felt that these two sentences were enough, and anything else would be superfluous and excessive.
So he put down his pen and let out a long breath again, but the passion burning in his chest could not be vented.
Unable to hold it in any longer, he turned around and left the house, took off his gown, and started practicing boxing in the yard. His boxing skills looked fierce and powerful, not like a scholar at all. He looked more like a general holding a long spear and charging into the ranks of thousands of soldiers.
Li Diudiu stood at the door and watched Mr. Yan finish this set of boxing. His eyes lit up.
This boxing style is really domineering.
So Li Diudiu couldn't help but ask: "Sir, does this boxing style have a name?"
After Yan Qing finished his round of punches, he finally let out a lot of the breath that had been pent up in his chest. He nodded and said, "This is one of the unique sword and fist techniques created by the great general Xu Qulu. The great general once created the formation-breaking sword and formation-breaking fist, which no one could defeat."
Li Diudiu seemed to have heard of it, it seemed like his master said it, or it seemed like he heard it from a martial artist at some point. The original words seemed to be "The sharpest sword technique in the world is the formation-breaking sword, and the strongest boxing technique in the world is the formation-breaking fist."
Never turn back, always move forward.
Li Diudiu asked: "Sir, General Xu Qulu has great merits. Why are his sword and fist skills not widely known now? This set of boxing that you performed is the first time I have seen it."
Yan Qingzhi replied with a somewhat sad face: "No one is practicing now because there are not many people who know how to do it, and even if they know how to do it, they don't dare to practice it in front of others... If you want to learn this boxing, I can teach you, but remember, you are not allowed to show it to anyone."
After he sat down, he pointed to the bench opposite him and said, "Sit down and listen to me."
Li Diudiu sat down obediently like a ten-year-old child...Huh?
Yan Qingzhi looked at Li Diudiu and said, "Do you know that General Xu Qulu once saved the day?"
Li Diudiu nodded and said, "Everyone in our Great Chu knows this."
Yan Qingzhi said: "But do you know what happened to Xu Qulu later?"
Li Diudiu said, "Didn't he die of illness? It is said that he contracted a serious disease after returning from the expedition to the grasslands. At that time, the emperor sought out famous doctors but none of them could cure him. After Xu Qulu passed away, the emperor held the coffin and cried bitterly."
"fart!"
Yan Qingzhi cursed softly, and a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes.
He was silent for a while and then said, "At that time, the Great Chu was already under attack from both inside and outside. The general single-handedly recovered the country, went on an expedition to the Western Regions, and pacified the grasslands. But soon after he returned, some officials in the court said that he was trying to rebel with his own troops."
"At that time, the emperor was also worried that Xu Qulu would have some rebellious intentions. The army's support was all on Xu Qulu. Even if Xu Qulu said he wanted to resign his military power after returning, the emperor was still worried."
"So they devised a scheme and poisoned Xu Qulu's wine at the imperial banquet. Xu Qulu loved drinking and could drink ten kilograms of wine without getting drunk. He knew the wine was poisoned after taking the first sip, but he didn't get angry or resist because he knew the emperor was determined to kill him. If he didn't drink the poisoned wine today, he would die tomorrow."
"So Xu Qulu stood up, holding up the wine glass, and said to the emperor... Your Majesty, I have never had the intention of being disloyal. I only want the Great Chu to last for thousands of years, and I only want the Great Chu to be peaceful and prosperous."
"After saying this, Xu Qulu drank the wine in the cup, then left with a big laugh..."
Yan Qing said: "No one will tell the people about these things. Not long after the general returned, he vomited blood and died. The court told the people that he drank dirty water from the river on the grassland and got the disease. The people all felt that it was unfair and that God was jealous of his talent!"
Yan Qingzhi snorted and his face turned a little pale.
After a long time, he looked at Li Diudiu and said, "Remember not to spread what I said to you. If you spread it, you will be beheaded."
He knocked on Li Diudiu's head and said, "Neither your head nor my head can be saved."
Li Diudiu nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, sir. I won't tell even Master."
Yan Qingzhi hummed, then said with a smile: "I will tell you this only because I trust you."
Li Diudiu asked curiously, "How did you know these things, sir?"
Yan Qingzhi fell silent.
After a long time, Yan Qingzhi let out a long breath.
"My ancestor was a lieutenant of the general's personal guard. He followed him through life and death. He fought alongside the general for hundreds of battles throughout his life. The general regarded my ancestor as a brother... Before he died, the general entrusted his family to my ancestor's care, but how could the people of the court let them go..."
Yan Qing said: "When our ancestors escorted the general's family back to their hometown to settle down, they encountered thousands of bandits on the way. At that time, the general had already conquered the world, so how could there be so many bandits suddenly appearing? Moreover, the general was famous and generous, so even the people in the martial arts world did not dare to embarrass the general's family."
"My ancestor fought hard and was seriously injured, but he was unable to protect the general's family. He thought he would die too, but he was not destined to die. After a heavy rain, he woke up and found himself in a mass grave. Perhaps the body collectors had just dumped him there."
Yan Qing said: "After waking up, the ancestor realized that even the generals could not save the world, so he quietly returned to his hometown, which is here... Jizhou."
Li Diudiu felt suffocated when he heard this. He felt like there was a fire burning in his chest and he wanted to shout loudly.
Yan Qingzhi continued, "My ancestors once learned the Breaking Formation Sword and Breaking Formation Fist from the general. Later, I learned that the general's personal soldiers all died sooner or later in various strange ways...so the Breaking Formation Sword and Breaking Formation Fist may be the only ones passed down by my ancestors."
Li Diudiu shook his head and sighed, "Why does the court have to do this?"
Yan Qing said: "That's why the Great Chu is so dilapidated now, and there won't be another Xu Qulu."
Li Diudiu nodded. He knew that what the teacher said was right. Even if there were still people with the talent of Xu Qulu, no one had the ambition to do the same.
Yan Qingzhi said: "It's a pity that your right arm is injured, otherwise, during this month's farm leave, I could teach you the formation-breaking sword."
Li Diudiu raised his left hand and shook it, saying, "Teacher, I have a very strong left hand. It's a very strong left hand. My left hand is very good. A man who can only use one hand must have something missing."
Yan Qingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt that Li Diudiu was talking about something shameful. Then he realized that Li Diudiu was not yet at that age.
So I felt a little ashamed.
"It's difficult to practice swordplay with the left hand. The formation-breaking sword is a right-handed sword technique, and the angle is wrong when used with the left hand..."
When Yan Qingzhi said this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You use the sword technique of breaking the formation with your left hand, so others can't see it, and it may have miraculous effects. I will pass this sword technique to you, and this sword technique will never be broken..."
Li Diudiu said, "Sir, why would you have such an idea? When you get married and have children, your sword skills will naturally be passed down."
Yan Qingzhi shook his head and said, "I have no intention of getting married."
Li Diudiu asked curiously, "Sir, why is this happening?"
After he asked, he even thought, why not let Gao Xining talk more with her husband? She is professional.
Yan Qingzhi shook his head. There were some things he couldn't say even to Li Diudiu. He had a feeling that the Chu Empire would not be able to hold out for many more years. Jizhou seemed impregnable, but if the world situation reached a point where mountains collapsed and the earth broke, what could Jizhou do?
His fear that he would not be able to protect his family only added to their sorrow.
Furthermore, to this day, no girl has attracted his heart.
If the words that the Chu Empire is already shaky were to be spread out, not only would he kill all nine generations of the clan, but even the Four Pages Academy might not be able to be saved. Even if the Jiedushi respected President Gao, it would be of no avail.
So this cannot be said.
"You just need to learn."
Yan Qingzhi stood up and said, "I will demonstrate the Breaking Formation Sword to you first, and see how much you can remember after watching it once. In fact, whether it is learning literature or martial arts, it all depends on diligence. If you don't study hard, there is no point in learning anything."
Li Diudiu nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely study hard."
Yan Qingzhi hummed, looked around the yard and saw that the only thing that was easy to use was the shoulder pole for carrying water, so he grabbed the shoulder pole, turned around and said to Li Diudiu: "Li Chi, today I will teach you the formation-breaking sword, and we will have the title of true master and disciple. I want you to remember a few things."
Li Diudiu stood up and straightened his clothes, then lifted the hem of his hospital uniform, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times earnestly.
Yan Qingzhi smiled and said, "First, you are not allowed to use my sword skills to kill innocent people."
"yes!"
"Second, you are not allowed to use my sword skills to commit crimes."
"yes!"
"Third, you are not allowed to change the name of my sword without permission. The Formation Breaking Sword will always be Xu Qulu's Formation Breaking Sword."
"yes!"
Yan Qingzhi took a deep breath and then raised his sword.
“Watch this!”
"yes!"
