Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

As the night was far away, Zhang Xing came to the water street restaurant, and adjusted the true energy that he had just obtained today.

Different from the obvious ice and fire attributes in the body before, this burst of true energy is obviously refreshing, and the breath can't help but take a long time, and after pressing the hand full of true energy on the wall of the square, there is indeed a A strong sense of attachment.

In this regard, Zhang Xing has no doubts, he can easily climb up the wall by relying on the characteristics of this true energy like the person who died during the day.

However, after exerting his true energy for a while, he never climbed up the wall of the workshop and entered the restaurant. On the contrary, after hesitating for a while, this Jing Jiehu, who had just joined the job for half a month, still chose to put away his true energy, turned around and left without saying a word , After returning to Xiuyefang, he climbed the ladder and turned into his own courtyard, and fell asleep directly, as if nothing had happened.

Early the next morning, I even went to Xiao Zhao's house in the practice workshop to express my condolences as usual, and then went to the water street wine shop to listen to orders as usual.

One day without incident, come back in the afternoon, go to the wine shop the next day, and then transfer to Xiao Zhao's house, still without incident.

Not only nothing happened, but also useless, because there were too many people, and there were guards during the day and night, so he really couldn't open the coffin for an autopsy.However, he didn't gain anything at all, because this time when he returned to Xiuyefang in the afternoon, he found someone.

"Xiao Zhang, that friend of yours patrolling in brocade clothes came to see you with a box of books." As soon as he came back, Brother Liu greeted him with a smile. "I'll let him sit in the wing and wait for you."

Zhang Xing nodded, accelerated his feet, passed by the wing room and raised his hand towards Qin Bao who got up after hearing the sound, then directly opened the courtyard door of his side courtyard, and entered first.

The two were admitted to the hospital and sat down. Qin Bao first handed over an exquisite wooden book box: "Brother Zhang asked for a masterpiece...According to Bai Xunjian, this book is known as both literature and history...I probably know which set of books it is. , but you don’t need to talk too much, just take your time and see for yourself.”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing, who had always been interested in books, just nodded, before putting the wooden box aside, he spoke first: "I want to ask you a few things."

"Brother Zhang, please tell me." Qin Bao naturally had nothing wrong with it.

"A few days ago, Mr. Feng brought us Jingjie Tigers to flatten the Herring Gang...do you and Bai Xunjian know?" Zhang Xing asked seriously. "It's a big deal, it's about my life, don't lie."

"I know." Qin Bao obviously hesitated before, but when he heard the latter sentence, he was straightforward.

"Qin Erlang, I only know you and Bai Xunjian in Dongdu, so I just said it straight." Zhang Xing continued to stare at the other party and asked. "If I encounter something like Yuanda again, assuming you are by the side and see me in distress, will you help me?"

"Naturally." Qin Bao didn't think twice.

"Then do you think Bai Xingjian knows, and will protect me in a reasonable way like last time?" Zhang Xing asked with a frown.

"It must be so." Qin Bao still didn't think about it, but asked in a hurry. "What happened?"

"Not in a hurry." Zhang Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but still kept asking. "A few more questions about practice... When I went to siege the Herring Gang the day before yesterday, I saw a thug whose hands and feet turned green after using his true energy, and he could stick to the wall and climb... What is that?"

"That's the right path of three brilliance and four imperial powers, the true energy of longevity marked by the Eastern Qing Emperor." Qin Bao blurted out. "It's also the most common true energy in the world, none of it."

"Because of longevity?" Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to his senses.

"Not bad." Qin Bao rarely laughed. "However, to be honest, Emperor Qing's Longevity True Qi really nourishes the health, and you can feel it when it rushes to the twelve main channels... It is said that when you grow flowers and plants in Da Nei, you have to put some Longevity True Qi to ripen them...for this reason , the fathers-in-law of the Beiya, all those who have achieved success in cultivation will follow this path."

At this point, Qin Bao paused slightly, but still lowered his voice and laughed: "Some jokes I heard at the Jinyi Patrollers said that one of the world's great masters, the Beiya Niu Dugong, even relied on Changsheng’s true qi has recovered.”

"Fuyang..." Zhang Xing was stunned for a long time before he realized it, and then continued to ask. "Which one of Sanhui Siyu's true qi is it that turns the arm into a khaki color when the true qi is used?"

"Neither." Qin Bao raised his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head immediately. "The earthy yellow color is not golden or bright yellow. Either it is the Cracking Earth True Qi inherited from Fen Tiger, or the Flying Sand True Qi passed down from the western border, or it may be the Muddy Water True Qi that is popular in Jingxiang."

"Fen Tiger also has true qi inheritance?" Zhang Xing keenly noticed a new knowledge point... Obviously, he has been in Dongdu for half a month, and he still read too few books.

"Many true dragons have the type of true qi passed down to the human world, or it is said that they are passed down from the real dragon, or even the true dragon's transmitted qi occupies seven or eight of the world's true qi schools." At this point, Qin Bao obviously hesitated. "For example, the cold ice true energy you practice is said to be the inheritance of Lord Tunfeng of the Northern Wilderness, and the Fengfeng Sect under the Lord Tunfeng of the Northern Wilderness itself is a big local power..."

Of course Zhang Xing knew what the other party was hesitating about, but as the saying goes, if I don't feel embarrassed, it's fine, so he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately asked back: "Then what kind of true energy are you practicing? What inheritance?"

"I practice Ding Lei True Qi." Qin Bao replied properly. "It is said that it was also inherited from a real dragon god, but it came from the master of the Eastern Qing Emperor. After the Qing Emperor became the supreme, this real dragon was called Dongting Zhenjun. It is said that he can also take human form. In the Qingdi Temple Standing behind Emperor Qing all the year round... However, no one can say for sure about the gods, and I don't know whether it was made up by later generations or which emperor granted it, anyway, I guess the real emperor doesn't care."

"Let's not talk about real kings and real dragons, can you induce lightning to discharge?" Zhang Xing read a few history books, and naturally knew that Qin Bao was right, but this didn't stop him from asking curiously. "Can I have one?"

"No." Qin Bao shook his head. "This kind of zhenqi is a bit weird. It has both advantages and disadvantages. In the stage of pulsing the pulse, the advantage is that the process of pulsing the pulse can often be completed overnight. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to draw the zhenqi out of the body for reference; even when it reaches the condensed core state, there are advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is the power of the moves. Great, the downside is that it is difficult to manipulate the true qi like other true qi..."

Zhang Xing nodded, speechless in his heart... It would be weird if the Thunderbolt could be easily controlled... But it didn't stop him from continuing to ask: "What about the Bai patrol inspector? What kind of true energy is she?"

"She is the orthodox method of the Trinity Orthodox Church, so she is naturally the radiant true energy of the three radiances and the four imperial powers." Qin Bao continued to popularize science helplessly. "This is the most orthodox, and it is also the common true qi that has been second only to longevity true qi for nearly two thousand years. It is said that it can integrate all kinds of true qi in the world at its root."

Zhang Xing was stunned, nodded, and suddenly asked again: "Just talk about the earth-yellow true energy from before...does it have any magical effect?"

"Let's not mention the high level of cultivation, the level of Tongmai is mainly for defense." Qin Bao continued to serve as the humanoid database. "It is said that after cultivating the eight extraordinary meridians, as long as the second Rendu meridian is opened, the whole body can be attached with true energy, just like the whole body is attached to armor. If the true energy is not exhausted for a while, it will be invulnerable for a while."

"Iron cloth shirt covered with a gold bell?" Zhang Xing was thoughtful. "Then suppose, a person with a high level of cultivation, who is good at defense, but later becomes lax and lazy, will be killed by ordinary people with one blow?"

Qin Bao looked at Zhang Xing, hesitated again, but still nodded affirmatively: "I don't know about those with higher cultivation, but the situation you mentioned is actually very common at the Tongmai level... Ten You and I both understand the Erzheng Meridian, so of course there is no need to say...the eight meridians of the Extraordinary Meridian, in fact, the situation is even worse, and it is not worse than what you said."

"how to say?"

"Because as far as I know, [-]% of the masters at the stage of extraordinary meridians and eight meridians died unexpectedly... Many of them were killed by ordinary people's surprise attack."

"I don't quite understand." Zhang Xing shook his head. "Why this?"

"Because it is too hard to open the twelve main meridians, and once one or two of the eight extraordinary meridians are opened, there will be various subtle applications of true qi methods. Although they are still mortal, it is difficult for ordinary people to The opponent is gone, and armor and crossbows are not impossible to deal with." Qin Bao stared at the person in front of him, and explained earnestly. "Therefore, the royal court, sects, gangs, and local tycoons all scramble to be the first to invite them. Fame, wealth, beauty, power and position are all at their fingertips. All kinds of things will come out of your heart!"

Zhang Xing knew in his heart that there are many people who degenerate after entering university, and there are many cases of male and female behavior problems as soon as they are promoted, such as true energy cultivation, literature and martial arts, power and official positions, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, two generations. The Three Realms, as long as they were born out of the mortal world, how could they escape the human heart and humanity?
"Jing'an Taichung Town Fusi mainly deals with these people." Qin Bao continued to add earnestly. "I listened to those old scouts talking about the case, how many heroes and young talents easily died of wealth, sex and fame... I deliberately ridiculed them. I'm also planning to join the army in order to get ahead, and now that I've come to Jing'an Terrace, it's not easy to ridicule...Brother Zhang, do you have any questions?"

"It's gone." Zhang Xing stood up and made a gesture to see off the guests. "In the next three to five days, at the third watch every night, if you want to, go outside Chengfumen, on the west side of the old middle bridge, and hang around for a while."

The location Zhang Xing mentioned was in Luoyang County, north of Luoshui, across the river from Jingshanfang.

"Brother Zhang, what are you going to do?" Qin Bao got up nervously. "I just said it for a long time, didn't I just want to remind you that the road to practice is so difficult, unless it is a last resort, there is no need to be brave and ruthless? The gangster in the prostitute shop was hacked, so why not provoke more powerful people? ?”

"It's not that I'm aggressive, and it's not that I'm going to provoke, but that someone wants to kill me first." Zhang Xing stood up, speaking with certainty. "Although I didn't kill him, and I almost kept it from the past, but now that I know it, if I can't kill it, what's the matter?"

Qin Bao was stunned for a moment, but in the end it was a good foundation, and he suddenly realized: "There is another story about the herring gang before?"

Zhang Xing nodded.

"Is there any evidence?" Qin Bao lowered his voice to answer.

"If there is evidence, I would have been in front of the Marquis of Ji'an's mansion and waited for the Qingtian elders to complain about their grievances. Why did I find you?" Zhang Xing kept shaking his head. "If you insist on meddling, you can ask Bai Xunjian to ask Deputy Gang Leader Shen or a lieutenant surnamed Wang among my colleagues... But I don't recommend this, because it's going to scare the snake for me and put me in danger... When something really happens and you can't hide it anymore, you can tell me again."

"Do you have to go?" Qin Bao sighed, his voice lowered.

"Qin Erlang, you and I can only be regarded as the friendship of colleagues, not the friendship of life and death." Zhang Xing looked at each other seriously. "It's normal that you don't want to come, I won't blame you... But then again, all my brothers who can support life and death are dead, so who can I rely on if I don't rely on you? Actually, I don't need your help, as long as you Let's do a rescue across the river, if it doesn't work, how about you can save me?"

Qin Bao sighed: "Speaking of which, can I still not answer? It's just that Brother Zhang Wanwang takes care and must act carefully."

"Understood." Zhang Xing nodded and said no more.

Qin Bao also cupped his hands and got up, but when he walked to the door, he turned around and cupped his hands again: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, since you have entrusted me, I, Qin Er, will never let you down."

Zhang Xing could only bow his hands and thank him.

There was nothing to say that night, Zhang Xing didn't open the box of books, he just practiced martial arts daily, and then he meditated on his pulse. Although he was a bit stuck in the tempering before the battle, after he killed the man that day, he was full of true energy, and he vaguely had the impact of completing the fourth righteous pulse. fact.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Xing went to Shuijie again to listen to the order. In the afternoon, he returned to his residence to put the saber back, and then transferred to Xiao Zhao's house. However, he was a gentleman on Liangshang, and sent Vice-Clan Leader Shen back Xiao Zhao Saber was found secretly, and he put it on his waist and brought it out in a fair manner.

Another day, I still went to the water street restaurant to listen to orders.

But this time, he met Xiaoyu.

Unexpectedly, although Xiaoyu's smile faded slightly, she was not sad, and walked among the captains and wrestlers as usual, pouring wine and tea.Not only that, as the weather got hotter, her breasts were obviously more exposed, and she had to walk in front of everyone, carefully accompanying her, as if she was preparing to find a new shelter after Xiao Zhao's death.

Seeing this scene, some people sneered, some lamented, some looked obscenely, and some simply started.

"Xiaoyu, right?"

Zhang Xing saw this woman walking around almost every table, but she was so slow to come to his table. When the other party passed by his side, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the other party's wrist, and then teased her . "Xiao Zhao is gone now, aren't you afraid that one day your sister-in-law will point out you as someone who kills pigs or burns bricks, and spends the rest of your life hanging out in those pickled square cities in the southeast?"

The structure of Shendu City, Ziwei Palace is located in the northwest, and there are some specific squares and cities in the southeast, which are destined to be so-called 'slums'.

Xiaoyu forced a smile, but struggled to break free at the same time: "Lieutenant Zhang hurt me."

Zhang Xing still held on to the other party, and then teased with a tone that he felt greasy: "It was because I was not careful that I hurt you, but it was because I was strong... Do you know? The time when the herring gang was the best in martial arts Alright, with a crossbow, I can shoot through a master who has almost reached the level of the eight meridians... From this point of view, I can be regarded as avenging Xiao Zhao for you."

Up front, Xiaoyu was still smiling, but in the end, she was stunned for a moment, tears almost came down, but she quickly held back, and then she just kept silent and tried her best to shake her hands.As the other captains watched, especially Lao Wang stood up directly, Zhang Xing finally laughed and let go.

But the matter was not over yet, since Zhang Xing laughed and got up, he followed the escaped Xiaoyu to the counter, and shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law! The herring gang gave everyone a big profit, so it was originally agreed." I don’t want the balance of twenty guan, I still have some money now... Can you also exchange it for Xiaoyu’s deed of sale at Xiao Zhao’s price?”

Mrs. Feng, who had noticed the situation here when Zhang Xing and Xiaoyu were arguing, stood up from behind the counter, and her eyes rolled on the spot: "That's not okay, Xiao Zhao is Xiao Zhao, you are you... In the end, Xiao Zhang, where are you?" Is there someone who talked about this before Xiao Zhao's first seven?"

"I also saw that Xiaoyu came to the wine shop to wait on Xiao Zhao before he even passed the first seven, so I dared to say this." Zhang Xing turned back unceremoniously. "I thought my sister-in-law didn't pay much attention here!"

The wrestlers and captains sitting outside had different expressions, only then did they realize that this kid surnamed Zhang was not frivolous, but was mocking the banner owner's wife.Among them, quite a few stood up, ready to reprimand this person, but they seemed to be afraid of Zhang Xing's display of courage these days, and as Zhang Xing turned around with his sword, they all hesitated.

On this side, when Mrs. Feng saw this scene, she was embarrassed for a while, and her pair of strange-colored eyes couldn't help but turned to the counter in front of her, avoiding Zhang Xing's gaze: "I don't want Xiaoyu to come so early, but she and Xiao Zhao have nothing to say. Leaving her behind is afraid that she will think about it alone, so today she begged me to come to the front to breathe, so I allowed her..."

"I also guessed so." Zhang Xing nodded, lying on the counter and getting serious. "So, even though I was joking just now, I was actually kind of sincere...Sister-in-law, give Xiaoyu the truth to me!"

"How to say?" Mrs. Feng was slightly taken aback.

"Xiao Zhao's death, after all, will be blamed on Sun Wogua. It is reasonable to say that it has nothing to do with me, but after all, there was a reason for the incident that day, and the person who went there was Shangshanfang. I feel somewhat ashamed."

Zhang Xing leaned on the counter with his head tilted, his eyes only looked at Xiaoyu who was hiding behind Mrs. Feng, who looked a little suspicious, and his tone was calm.

"Now that he's dead, his revenge has been avenged, and things are going well after him, all I can do is worry about his family a little bit... But his brother and sister-in-law are just fake and true, and they have always been at odds with him. I went to his house for a few days, but I thought it was boring. After thinking about it, Xiaoyu was the only one who was really worried about him... But now, regardless of Xiaoyu's appearance, young and smart, it has really been a few years , Whether it's the promotion of the flag leader, the increase in the number of people around you, sister-in-law, or her own old age, isn't it the result of marrying to Nanfangfang City as a concubine? How about I, I can still think about Xiao Zhao. For once, treat her sincerely."

What Zhang Xing said seemed very reasonable, not only everyone behind him sat back early, even Mrs. Feng didn't know how to refute for a while.

After waiting for a while, the wife of Zongqi smiled and said: "Xiao Zhang is right, but this matter is not up to me. Your elder brother and Han Xiaoqi went to the opposite side of Luoshui to deal with the leaders of the Herring Gang... how about Tomorrow, you will come to talk to your elder brother face to face?"

Zhang Xing nodded.

In this way, in the afternoon, instead of going to Xiao Zhao's place, he returned to his old habits and returned to the small courtyard he rented early.

This day seems to be about to pass.

However, in the evening, when he came back from Liufang Zhujing Street, he began to greet and remind him outside the Fangmen. Walking through the gate, he transported the freshly familiar longevity zhenqi from the place where he usually climbed over the wall, climbed up the wall calmly, and prepared to turn over and leave without disturbing anyone.

But the accident still happened.

Zhang Xing jumped onto the wall, and when he turned around, he found that Brother Liu's youngest daughter was standing on the threshold of his inner courtyard holding a pickle jar, looking at him in astonishment.Seeing this situation, Zhang Xing was completely helpless. He could only laugh dryly on the wall, and then made a silent gesture. When the other party nodded in a daze, he jumped down and left the Xiuye ​​workshop while the workshop door was closed and noisy. .

Besides, the squares and cities are all square, like small towns, and most of them are similar in size. At least the four squares of Xiuye, Xiuwen, Shangshan, and Jingshan are four squares of exactly the same size.

In other words, the north gate of Xiuyefang where Zhang Xing lived was actually facing the south gate of Jingshanfang.

Therefore, Zhang Xing took advantage of the hustle and bustle in front of the entrance of the workshop, and the crowd rushed to grab the opportunity to enter the workshop, and jumped off one side of the wall. Although he alarmed a few men and women who were nearby, he didn't care at all, and just ran towards the opposite side with a dull head After a while, he squeezed into the crowd in front of Jingshanfang and disappeared.

As the sun set, Zhang Xing, holding his saber, had already entered Jingshanfang, and then followed the flow of people to the city in the twilight.

Speaking of which, it was the first time for him to go to the water street wine shop to play tricks from the direction of the workshop.

(End of this chapter)