Chapter 36 Participating in Business
Chapter 36 Participating in Business
Xu Qing was immersed in the practice of Bagua body skills, and time passed quickly. In this process, his understanding of the Book of Changes reached a new level.
In fact, understanding the Book of Changes is also helpful for writing eight-legged essays.
Because the Book of Changes emphasizes the unity of opposites and mutual transformation between yin and yang and all things. When discussing issues, eight-part essays often use dialectical methods to analyze the positive and negative aspects of things, which is consistent with the philosophical concept of the Book of Changes.
At the same time, the language of the Book of Changes is concise and philosophical, and it is good at using symbols and metaphors to express profound thoughts. Eight-part essays also focus on the refinement of language and the profundity of expression, and in terms of style, they are in the same vein as the Book of Changes.
In the process of comprehending the Book of Changes, Xu Qing felt that the restrictive effect of the eight-legged essay on thought had been artificially exaggerated.
In essence, eight-legged essay is just a writing style derived from ancient classics.
For example, in the past, the late Ming Dynasty was actually a period when various thoughts collided and erupted.
The closed environment, the shrinking channels for upward mobility, the numbness of being willing to be a slave...all these factors combined will lead to the imprisonment of people's thoughts.
That is also temporary.
Do not erupt in silence, but perish in silence.
As I said, you can control what a person does, but you can't control what he thinks.
Emphasizing the harm of a single thing is always one-sided.
The development of all things needs to be measured from the perspective of connections in all aspects.
For example, Xu Qing's physical skills improved very quickly. In addition to the good foundation laid by the Crane Shape Technique, the training of the spine by the Crane Li contributed greatly, as well as his absolute concentration and the help of the old Wutong tree beside him.
Through the wonderful theory of Bagua Yin and Yang, Xu Qing practiced Bagua body skills at night, and inadvertently produced a subtle reaction between his own Qi and blood and the moonlight absorbed by the old Wutong tree.
He could clearly feel that his soul benefited from it.
Of course, at present, this kind of benefit is not as significant as the improvement of physical skills.
The autumn wind blows off the paulownia leaves, and the stars are like water.
On this autumn night less than three days before the college entrance examination, Xu Qing observed the bronze mirror.
"Bagua Body Technique (Great Accomplishment)."
In order to practice the Bagua body skills to this level, Xu Qing maintained absolute concentration for two hours.
But now his heart was full of joy and not much tired.
It’s fun to practice.
When you can see the rewards of practicing, the joy will be doubled!
At the same time, when Xu Qing focused his attention on the evaluation of the Bagua body technique, a sudden enlightenment came into his mind.
Over the past few days, his understanding of the Book of Changes has been completely integrated into the Bagua body technique.
The comments on the Eight Trigrams Body Technique disappeared quickly in the bronze mirror, and were replaced by a new paragraph of text:
Bagua Youshen Palm (incomplete).
Just like when Crane Form began.
"It turns out that the body movements she taught me are just the basics of this Bagua Youshen Palm."
The Crane Form Art is essentially no different from the Five Animals Exercises, and is a method of physical exercise and health preservation. Its physical fitness effect is naturally excellent, but if it is used to hit someone, it still depends entirely on Xu Qing's own instincts.
Of course, force can defeat skill.
When encountering an opponent whose strength, speed and reaction are far inferior to his own, Xu Qing simply uses Ming Jin to push the opponent forward.
But when you meet a martial arts master who is truly proficient in fighting.
That's still very dangerous.
Bagua Youshen Palm is a fighting style used for self-defense and killing the enemy.
The role of body skills is reflected in both offense and defense. On defense, the flexibility of body skills can avoid attacks from the enemy. At the same time, relying on body skills, you can also get close to the enemy and deal fatal damage to it.
The Bagua Youshen Palm that Xu Qing has currently comprehended through the bronze mirror is incomplete.
In fact, there is only one move, and that is "stabbing".
This has something to do with his usual dagger practice.
For example, in a street fight, ordinary injuries are usually caused by slashing, but if someone is killed, it is most likely caused by stabbing.
The stab was accurate and hard, and the enemy died instantly.
It can be said that Xu Qing's practice with the dagger was completely integrated into the Bagua Youshen Palm.
In fact, his original intention of practicing with a dagger was to kill people.
With a sharp weapon in the body, the murderous heart starts from the beginning.
It has come to the point where a dagger has to be used, which means the situation is extremely dangerous and we must not hold back.
"Although this Bagua Youshen Palm is incomplete, it actually retains the most lethal move." Xu Qing knew very well that he had an extra extremely lethal trump card.
Once you encounter a strong opponent, running away is not the only option.
With his absolute concentration, the heightened sharpness of his five senses and the flexibility of his body, he can easily find opportunities to kill the enemy at close range.
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Once you encounter such a situation, you must act decisively. Even a saint like the Master has the decisiveness to execute Shao Zhengmao."
Before the college entrance examination, Xu Qing was of course delighted when his body movement skills advanced to the Bagua Youshen Palm.
However, ever since the girl taught him the skills that night, Xu Qing never saw her again.
The chance of seeing you again is slim.
Because Feng Xifeng was going to take part in the provincial examination in August, he had already gone to Yingtianfu, the capital of Nanzhili Province, in advance.
Yingtian Prefecture was also one of the two capitals of the Great Yu Dynasty, with a complete set of six ministries. Many high-ranking officials who failed in their struggles would often come to Yingtian Prefecture to serve as ministers or assistant ministers of the six ministries to retire, or wait for the opportunity to be reinstated and return to the court.
Jiangning Prefecture was originally part of Yingtian Prefecture, but was later split out.
Therefore, Yingtian Prefecture is not far from Jiangning Prefecture. It is actually only more than a hundred miles from Xu Qing to Yingtian City.
But the problem is that once Feng Xifeng passes the imperial examination, he will definitely go directly to the capital.
Because the imperial examination will be held in the spring of next year, if we do not set out before the canal freezes, but wait until winter comes, the hardships along the way will be beyond words.
Therefore, before winter comes, candidates from all over the country will set off to Beijing. If Feng Xifeng passes the imperial examination again, Xu Qing may not have the chance to meet the girl in this life.
The girl said that day that she wanted Xu Qing to always owe her something, and this was actually the reason.
It's really hard to repay this friendship.
Why are the farewell poems of the ancients so sad? It is probably because once separated, they may never meet again in their lifetime.
“If we never meet in life, we will be as far apart as the sun and the moon.” Xu Qing didn’t understand this poem deeply enough before, but now he finally understands it.
Probably because, apart from his uncle, the girl was the second person who was truly kind to him.
As for aunt, she is actually half.
But in Xu Qing's heart, he was very grateful to Zhou.
Therefore, Xu Qing gave all the proceeds from selling salt at the fish market to Zhou for safekeeping.
Zhou was rich and confident now, and had been promising Lao Li a lot recently, saying that she would buy him a beautiful concubine when she saved enough money.
As a man, once he has status and position, even if he doesn't cheat on his wife, there will always be other women who will come to him.
Since we can’t stop it, we might as well take control of the source ourselves.
Xu Qing actually thought this was a good thing.
Because many people who do great things often fall because of women.
It is not just a saying that lust can blind one's mind.
Xu Qing believed in his uncle's character, but not his uncle's younger brother.
He himself doesn't trust his own determination.
Even saints say that "food and sex are part of human nature".
One is survival, the other is reproduction, both are instinctive and cannot be controlled.
Just be on guard!
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Yingtian City, a small alley.
Feng Wu was dressed in men's clothing, holding a newly bought powder box in her arms. Three men wearing white scarves blocked her way.
"Ms. Feng, please come with us."
I saw them holding their left hands in front and their right hands behind, with their left palms bent and tightly clasped around their right fists, and their thumbs together and facing forward.
This kind of fist-holding posture is called "Ji Bai", which symbolizes auspiciousness, friendship and respect.
Obviously they kept a very low profile.
Feng Wu ignored their friendliness and said calmly: "I am not interested in your business, get out of the way."
"The incense master has ordered that you must go. This also involves the affairs of your master, the Blue Eyed Fox, after his death."
"When a person dies, he is dead. There is no such thing as afterlife. Besides, my master has long since left you, and I don't want to have anything to do with your Holy Church anymore."
"Ms. Feng, if this is the case, you shouldn't ask Yin Sanniang for help."
"Governor He is my great uncle, so what if I ask his aunt for help?"
"Yin Sanniang is also a member of our Holy Church."
“In my opinion, these are two different things.”
"Miss Feng, I'm sorry."
The cultist who was speaking suddenly pounced on Feng Wu like a wolf and slashed at Feng Wu's neck, which is a vital part of the human body.
If you control the strength well, you can easily knock someone out.
Feng Wu tilted his head slightly and shrank his shoulders, like a swimming dragon, dodged the cultist's knife hand in front of him, and stretched out his palm, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, stabbing at the cultist's carotid artery.
Like a silver bottle suddenly cracking and water bursting out.
I saw blood spurting onto the faces of the two believers who were rushing towards me.
Feng Wu followed suit.
Both of them died on the spot with blood gushing out of their carotid arteries.
From beginning to end, Feng Wu was never stained with blood.
She jumped lightly and climbed onto the wall next to her. She thought to herself, "Fortunately, my father and I have moved into my uncle's house in Yingtian Prefecture, otherwise we would have had a hard time getting some peace before the provincial examination."
Her uncle was Zhou Tixue. As the provincial education commissioner, he had an official residence in Yingtian Prefecture, which was heavily guarded, so naturally nothing would happen.
During the academy examination, the governor had to travel to various prefectures to preside over the examination, which was very tiring. Now that the academy examination in Yingtian Prefecture had ended, Governor Zhou had gone to the neighboring Jiangning Prefecture to prepare to preside over the academy examination in Jiangning Prefecture.
The purpose of presiding over the academy examinations in various prefectures was also to inspect the academic atmosphere in each prefecture.
The Inspector of Education was also considered an imperial envoy, sent by the emperor to the local area and like a sword hanging over the heads of scholars.
Feng Wu didn’t know what the other party was planning, but it would definitely involve her background connections.
The purpose of causing a death is to put an end to the other party's delusions.
Xu Qing taught her a lesson that day. People outside are very vicious and will be as ruthless as possible when they take action.
"Give him this letter after the provincial examination is over." Feng Wu touched the box in his arms. There was a letter hidden at the bottom, which was the follow-up to the content of the Bagua Body Technique.
If Xu Qing goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination in the future, it will be a long journey of thousands of miles without any fighting skills. If something unexpected happens, it will be very dangerous.
Hope to see you again.
(End of this chapter)