Chapter 1: Traveling through the Legend of the Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, flying knife skills,

Chapter 1: Traveling through the Legend of the Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, flying knife skills,

Chapter 1: Traveling through the Legend of the Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, flying knife skills, liver!
"Sir, don't worry. My husband and I will send the tax as soon as we get paid at the end of this month. We will definitely not miss the deadline!"

"Hmph! Let me be frank with you. If you can't pay the tax on time, your man will be sent to the army, and you will be even worse off!"

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Qin Shuang regained consciousness and heard the voices of a man and a woman talking not far away.

The man's tone was very domineering.

The woman spoke respectfully and carefully, fearing to offend the man.

"Where am I?"

Qin Shuang opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself lying on a wooden bed supported by several bricks and stones. The straw lining could be seen through the holes in the sheets. The room was not big, with a bed and a small table, and two pairs of worn cloth shoes on the floor against the wall. The window frames were rotten and gray, and the walls were leaking air. Dust floated in the light that shone through the cracks in the bricks.

Suddenly, a stream of information entered Qin Shuang's mind.

"I actually traveled through time!"

After a while, Qin Shuang integrated the memories.

He was a graduate of Shandong University and was working as a delivery boy. He saw a tram catching fire on the road. He went forward to break the window to save people, but the car exploded and he traveled through time.

The original body was also called Qin Shuang. His family used to run a restaurant and were quite wealthy. Because the original body's father cooperated with the deputy leader of the Yangzhou Bamboo Flower Gang to open a branch, on the first day of opening, the building collapsed and killed seventeen or eighteen people, including a deputy leader of the Dajiang Society. They lost everything. His father got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. His body could not be found, so he could only be buried in a cenotaph.

He left behind his original body and a child bride, Luo Yun'er. His family originally had a large courtyard, but it was also taken away by the Zhuhua Gang on the grounds that the son had to pay off his father's debt.

The original body had no choice but to move to the south of the city with Luo Yun'er and live in an abandoned house behind the street.

In order to support the family, Qin Shuang and Luo Yun'er worked at Feng's Steamed Bun Shop in the south of the city, helping with washing, kneading dough, and chopping meat and vegetable stuffings to earn a meager income to survive. Today, Qin Shuang caught a cold, so Luo Yun'er went to Feng's Steamed Bun Shop alone.

"I actually traveled to the world of The Legend of the Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty!"

From the fused memories of the original body, Qin Shuang learned that the location was Yangzhou, and the world's most talented woman, Shang Xiufang, had performed here. The Sui Emperor Yang Guang now used Jiangdu as his temporary palace and opened the Grand Canal. The names of the righteous armies such as Zhishilang Wang Bo, Du Fuwei, and Fu Gongyou were spread throughout Yangzhou, and the Dajiang Society, Bamboo Flower Gang, Haisha Gang, Jukun Gang, and Water Dragon Gang were well-known.

There is also Lao Feng from the steamed bun shop on Nanmen Street, Zhen Sao who sells steamed buns, and the Shilong martial arts field that was destroyed by Yu Wenzhi some time ago.

[Skills: Flying Knife Technique (Not yet started)]

【Progress: 0/100】

[Effect: None]

At this moment, a three-foot-long panel with white text on a dark blue background floated in front of him.

"My cheat?"

Qin Shuang looked at the illusory deep blue 'proficiency' panel in front of him, his eyes widened and his heart began to beat wildly!
He had read quite a few novels in his previous life.

Of course I know that this proficiency panel can become stronger as long as you work hard!
Besides delivering takeouts in a yellow jacket, he also used to fantasize that if he could travel through time and space and obtain a golden finger, he would definitely wear a real royal robe, dominate the world, rule the world with his fists and swords, and collect all the beauties in the world!

But I didn't expect it.

Now dreams come true!

Your good days are coming!
"hiss!"

Qin Shuang suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He pulled open his clothes and saw a light black palm print with five fingers spread out. This was the source of the pain!

However, this palm print is slowly dissipating.

"This"

Qin Shuang looked at the black palm print on his chest, which was probably the cause of his original body's death.

The strange thing is, no one has ever been hit in the chest as far as I can remember.

After more than ten breaths, the palm print dissipated and the stinging pain subsided. Qin Shuang felt extremely thirsty, so he immediately got up from the bed and went to the kitchen. He found a broken water jar with a chip by the window. There was half a jar of water in it, with a gourd ladle floating in it. He picked up the gourd ladle and scooped up a ladle of water and drank it down.

Through the reflection in the water tank, Qin Shuang saw the face of a boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, quite handsome.

"A Shuang, are you awake?"

At this moment, the rotten wooden door creaked open, and a thin, 17 or 18-year-old girl in linen clothes walked in. She reached out her hand to touch Qin Shuang's head, her expression relieved, and said, "No fever, how do you feel?"

"Yun'er, I feel much better after a good night's sleep."

Qin Shuang looked at the girl and continued, "By the way, does Lao Feng know you're back? If he sees you, he'll deduct your money again."

This girl was none other than his child bride, Luo Yuner, who was eighteen years old. Although thin, she was a small branch that bore great fruit.

"Business is not so good today. Old Feng and the evil wife went to visit their father-in-law. Sister Zhen asked me to bring this to you. Eat it quickly! You need to eat more when you are sick!"

As Luo Yun'er spoke, she took out a paper bag from her bosom and handed it to Qin Shuang. Qin Shuang opened it and saw four big meat buns, which were still hot.

Qin Shuang didn't hesitate, he took a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, then handed another one to Luo Yun'er, saying, "You eat too."

"I've eaten. The buns weren't sold out today, so Sister Zhen gave me three. I'm so full!"

Luo Yuner looked at Qin Shuang with concern and said, "After you finish eating, take a nap. I will go back to help Sister Zhen clean up the shop."

After saying that, he ran away like a gust of wind.

"Sister Zhen."

Qin Shuang looked at Luo Yun'er's back, with a thoughtful look on his face.

In the original drama, Lao Feng was summoned to the palace to be a cook because of his famous buns. He died miserably in the end, and Sister Zhen did not have a good ending either.

After a while, Qin Shuang finished eating four buns, but still felt only half full.

"Now that we are here, we should make the best use of the proficiency panel to improve our skills and enhance our strength."

Qin Shuang knew it clearly.

In troubled times, only powerful strength is the key to survival!

Now that you’ve demonstrated your flying knife skills, let’s start with flying knives!
The flying knife technique was taught by a security guard hired by the original body's father. Since the original body was not very good at it and still hadn't mastered it, Qin Shuang estimated that the flying knife technique might be displayed on the panel after the memory was integrated.

in memory.

There are six small throwing knives under the bed, which were used by the original body to practice the throwing knife technique. They can be used to improve the proficiency of the throwing knife technique.

Qin Shuang dragged out a torn sack from under the bed and was about to open it when there was a knock on the door.

He stuffed the sack back under the bed, turned around and went to the main room to open the door, where he found a thin young man about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a scoundrel-like demeanor. From what he remembered, this man was from the Bamboo Flower Gang, named Wu Zhiheng, who was in charge of collecting protection fees in this area.

Seeing Qin Shuang open the door, Wu Zhiheng raised his hand to knock on the door in the air and looked at Qin Shuang in astonishment. He was stunned for a while, then reacted and said quickly. "Qin Shuang, I'm here to collect the monthly salary."

"It's the middle of the month now, can you give me a few days' grace? I'll give you my wages after I get paid by Lao Feng at the end of the month."

Qin Shuang thought for a moment and said.

The monthly salary is paid at the end of the month, but this bastard comes to urge for payment in the middle of the month without giving me any time to breathe.

He and Luo Yun'er lived in an abandoned, shabby house and could barely survive. In addition to the protection fee collected monthly by the Bamboo Flower Gang, they also had to pay a head tax. It was truly a fucked-up world where the strong preyed on the weak.

"Qin Shuang, if you agree to Boss Mu's protection, you will have a good life and the protection fee will not be a problem!"

Wu Zhiheng stretched his head to look at the dilapidated walls and the dilapidated house and tried to persuade him.

"I've thought it through, so I don't need it."

Qin Shuang waved his hand.

Boss Mu is called Mu Yunfeng. He is the leader of the Bamboo Flower Gang who is in charge of the Nanmen Street area. He is proficient in Eagle Claw Kung Fu and has twenty younger brothers under him. Mu Yunfeng fell in love with Luo Yuner and wanted to take her as a concubine for five taels of silver, but was rejected by her original body.

If it weren't for the reputation of the Bamboo Flower Gang, they would have robbed it openly long ago.

"you sure?"

Wu Zhiheng's face suddenly turned gloomy.

"determine."

Qin Shuang's tone was firm.

"Okay, then I'll tell Boss Mu what you meant!"

Wu Zhiheng left in disappointment.

Qin Shuang turned back to the house, locked the door, pulled out a sack from under the bed, and found six throwing knives in it. The throwing knives were gray-black, willow-leaf-shaped, about three inches long, sharp on the blade, as thin as paper, with a small ring on the back, and a little rust on it.

Qin Shuang found a piece of wood and hung it on the wall two meters away.

in memory.

The guard taught the 'straight flying' method of swinging arms, which involved relatively large movements and a natural knife-holding posture.

Qin Shuang held the flying knife with the 'natural grip', looked at the wooden board two meters away, and threw it out!
Snapped!
The flying knife hit the wooden board and bounced to the ground.

"Come again!"

Qin Shuang threw the flying knife again, but this time, it missed the target completely and didn't even hit the wooden board. He threw it three more times and missed once.

"Huyuan Wang said that practicing flying knives requires full concentration and single-mindedness to achieve success!"

Qin Shuang saw that the proficiency on the panel remained unchanged, and remembering what Wang Huyuan had said in his memory, he did not get discouraged. He picked up the flying knife, and according to what Wang Huyuan had said in his memory, he focused on the wooden board two meters away and threw the flying knife with all his strength!

"peck!"

With a dull sound, the flying knife pierced the wooden board diagonally, going half an inch into the wood!
【Progress: 1/100】

at the same time.

A panel appeared in my mind, showing that the progress of the flying knife technique had increased a little!
"You need to concentrate on practicing flying knives to increase your progress!"

Qin Shuang looked at the changes on the panel and felt delighted.

The purpose of this panel is to keep working hard!
As long as you do one thing carefully and repeatedly, you will be able to make progress. If you make satisfactory progress, you will definitely make a breakthrough!

"With this panel, as long as I keep practicing throwing knives, will I be able to become like Li Xunhuan, the 'Little Li Flying Dagger', who never misses his target? Kill someone with one blow?" Qin Shuang thought of this and suddenly felt extremely hopeful. He picked up the throwing knives again according to what the guard Wang had taught him in his memory.

Next.

Qin Shuang kept throwing and picking up the flying knives.

He discovered the pattern of improved progress.

As long as you shoot the knife with all your heart, regardless of whether it hits the target or not, your proficiency will increase by 1 point.

If you are not wholeheartedly committed and just throw it away, you won’t make any progress.

and.

Qin Shuang discovered that after hitting the wooden board for the first time, it was like opening up a life channel. Everything went much more smoothly afterwards, and almost every time he threw the flying knife three times, he could increase his progress by 1 point.

Moreover, the hit rate has also increased. Out of ten throws, three to four can hit the target!

[Skills: Flying Knife Technique (Not yet started)]

【Progress: 97/100】

[Effect: None]

Half an hour later, Qin Shuang's hands were sore from constantly swinging the knife, but looking at the progress on the panel, he was very satisfied.

He decided to endure the pain and keep practicing sword skills, hoping to learn how to do it today.

"A Shuang, I'm back."

at this time.

Luo Yuner's voice was heard at the door.

Qin Shuang put the flying knife into his arms and opened the door. He saw Luo Yuner walk in with a small gray linen bag on her back and put the bag on the bed.

"By the way, is the tax collector coming today? How much does he want?"

Qin Shuang asked.

"Two taels and four denarii."

Luo Yuner was worried and said angrily. "The clerk said that Dad also had to pay taxes. I said that Dad had passed away. He said that unless Dad's body was found and his household registration was cancelled, he would not be considered dead and he had to pay taxes according to the rules. He also had to pay labor service tax. If he didn't pay, he would be sent to the army."

"These pieces of shit!"

“There’s no way for people to survive!”

Qin Shuang cursed inwardly.

The dead are only considered dead if they can be proven to be dead. If they have fallen into the river, where can we find them?

This tax cannot be reduced by a single cent. If it is not paid, the men will be forced to do labor service and the women will be forced to sell themselves in brothels and live a life worse than death.

and.

Not only do we have to pay taxes to the government, but we also have to pay protection fees to the Bamboo Flower Gang on a monthly basis. This world is really a harsh place to live!
"Originally, with the money we earned from work this month, it was barely enough to pay the taxes, but..."

As Luo Yun'er spoke, she suddenly lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.

"Yun'er, what happened?"

Qin Shuang had already noticed that something was wrong with Luo Yun'er's return, so he immediately supported her shoulders and asked.

"Lao Feng fired us. He said those buns were our wages. Woohoo"

Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Luo Yun'er immediately lowered her head and told everything.

Her pretty face was full of helplessness and despair.

It turned out that Lao Feng found that the income of the bun shop had decreased in the past few months, and suspected that Zhen Sao was hoarding the money. He used the excuse of going to his father-in-law's house, but was actually hiding not far away. He happened to find Zhen Sao returning the buns she had sent to Luo Yun'er, so he immediately beat and scolded Zhen Sao, drove Luo Yun'er back, and fired her.

"This Feng Baopi! How dare he deduct wages so much?!"

"I'll go find him to settle the score!"

Qin Shuang was filled with anger.

Two people worked in the bun shop for half a month, and it’s only worth a few buns?

As expected, it’s Feng Baopi!

"A Shuang, forget it."

Luo Yun'er quickly hugged Qin Shuang, her beautiful eyes showing determination, and said, "I plan to sell the jade flute for money. After paying taxes, there will be some left. We can do some small business then!"

"How can that be done!"

Qin Shuang shook his head repeatedly.

Luo Yun'er was picked up by her original father in Luoshui, and her background is unknown. The jade flute is a keepsake given to Luo Yun'er when she was born, and it looks extraordinary. If it is sold, her relatives will never be found again.

"The world is in chaos, profiteers are exploiting us, the government is oppressing us, and it's hard to survive. If you can't pay your taxes, you will be exiled, and I will be sold to a brothel. If we can't survive, why would we care about our background?"

Luo Yuner spoke in a deep voice.

The two of them worked for Lao Feng, and with the reserved tax silver, they could barely collect the government tax silver and the protection fee for the Bamboo Flower Gang by the end of the month. But today, Lao Feng deducted half a month's wages from the two of them on the grounds of stealing buns. Without this wages, they cannot get the tax silver by the end of the month, and the consequences will be very serious.

"Yun'er, let's do this. There's still half a month left until the end of the month. I'll think of a solution. If it doesn't work out by the end of the month, we can sell the jade flute. What do you think?"

Qin Shuang looked at Luo Yun'er and thought for a moment.

He now has a proficiency panel. In half a month, he will see how far his flying knife skills can be improved.

As long as our strength increases, the issue of taxes and silver will probably no longer be a problem.

"Ah."

"You just got better from the cold. Take a rest. I'll go make dinner."

After hearing what Qin Shuang said, Luo Yun'er nodded helplessly, and then walked towards the kitchen.

"No, I'm going to walk around to stretch my muscles and bones. It will help me recover from the cold."

Qin Shuang was thinking about the basics of flying knife technique. He was still 3 points away from proficiency. He planned to take this time to acquire 3 points of proficiency in flying knife technique.

(End of this chapter)