Golden Greenery

Yang Yi didn't expect that not long after he said goodbye to Yuan Tiangang, he would meet what he called the "first master of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty." Yang Yi originally thought that he had no fate with such a mysterious person.

It has been almost twenty years since he followed Yuan Tiangang out of Zhongnan Mountain. Yang Yi sometimes forgets what he wants to do when he walks out of the mountain. He also thinks that he is a Chang'an native, just like everyone else.

In the past twenty years, he followed Yuan Tiangang for the first two years, and then switched to following Cheng Zhijie. Yuan Tiangang went to Shu County. However, he has returned to Chang'an to see Yang Yi several times over the years. Yang Yi is very satisfied with this. He feels that Lao Yuan has not forgotten him.

The Tang Dynasty favored martial arts, and the world was not yet very peaceful. Everyone knew that it was necessary to know some martial arts for self-defense, but you had to be taught by someone who knew how to do this.

Martial arts are divided into horse riding and horse riding. It is best to learn both, but Yang Yi is poor in literature and martial arts. He is a poor man. There is no need for him to learn horse riding. He only buys a horse pole with a eucalyptus pole without eating or drinking for ten years. I can't afford it, and Ma Shan is a battlefield martial artist. Yang Yi doesn't want to go to the battlefield because he is afraid of death.

Yang Yi wanted to learn to play swordsmanship, so he learned how to play swordsmanship from Yuan Tiangang. He learned how to play swordsmanship for self-defense.

Immediately he becomes the king, and immediately wields a sword. Yang Yi knew that Cheng Zhijie was a master of horse riding when he was young, as well as Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, both of whom were masters of martial arts on horseback.

But Yuan Tiangang told Yang Yi that they were all very powerful, but when it came to dancing on horseback, Li Jing was number one in the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Yi asked: "Don't they all say that Yuwen Chengdu is the most powerful?"

Yuan Tiangang was angry: "The Tang Dynasty! Let's focus on the Tang Dynasty! Yuwen Chengdu was from the Sui Dynasty."

"Everyone knows that I am a fool who cannot understand history. Why are you so anxious, Lao Yuan!"

Yuan Tiangang: "..."

Yuan Tiangang knows martial arts, and he is not an ordinary person. He is a master of swordsmanship. During the two years that he followed him around Chang'an City, Yang Yi saw Yuan Tiangang compete with many martial arts masters with his own eyes. As a result, Lao Yuan was victorious and defeated them all.

So, Yang Yi followed Yuan Tiangang to learn martial arts and practice swordsmanship. However, Yang Yi was not a fool, but a fool. He couldn't learn it no matter how hard he taught him.

Yuan Tiangang collapsed on the spot and almost ruined his career.

Hanging the sword from the front is the most basic move in the introductory chapter of elementary swordsmanship. It is similar to the Zama step. Generally, a six-year-old boy from a farmer's family can learn it in half a cup of tea with a piece of bamboo.

Yuan Tiangang said angrily: "Yang Yi,

From now on, you can eat whatever you want, play whatever you want, and just don't practice swordplay. "

"Lao Yuan, I feel that you dislike me, but I have no proof."

Yuan Tiangang is a good man, and he does not dislike Yang Yi. Lao Yuan said to Yang Yi: "From now on, I will teach you one move every five days, and then you don't practice in front of me. Remember, you must avoid me when practicing. Remember, one move every five days, it all depends on you." good fortune."

So he left him with Cheng Zhijie more than ten years ago, and Yuan Tiangang went to Shu County by himself. Yang Yi always suspected that he eventually disliked him.

Yang Yi is stupid, but his memory is not bad. He memorized 70% to 80% of the sword moves taught by Yuan Tiangang, but maybe only 30% to 40%. Yang Yi doesn't know how to settle accounts.

Yang Yi has actually been very happy following Cheng Zhijie these years. He was very satisfied with having a small contribution to Lao Cheng's invention of football.

This kind of happiness made him almost forget why he came to Chang'an City, making him think that he was Yang Yi.

Lao Cheng also told Yang Yi about his wife. Yang Yi was an honest man. He didn't think that Luo Ji had insulted him because he was a barbarian dancer. If he had been living in the mountains, let alone a dancer and singer, he would have burned an ugly widow who had killed three men as his wife. Very fragrant.

So Yang Yi was very grateful to Lao Cheng, but it was Luo Ji's death that made Yang Yi remember what he wanted to do again.

Luo Ji died of illness, and half a bowl of ginseng medicine soup every day didn't bring her back. Yang Yi put Luo Ji's ashes into a jar and buried them under the plum tree in the mountain.

The thatched houses in the mountains have collapsed, but the plum trees are still there. Sitting under the plum tree, Yang Yi felt a bit like Luo Ji.

Luo Ji can't remember her original name, and the same goes for Yang Yi. He was not sure that his name must be Yang Yi. The name first came from a book in the thatched house, with the word "Yang Yi" written on the cover. He thought that this was his name, because the book was at home, so it should be own book.

Later, the book was stolen by Wu Gen from the old Sun family. Yang Yi ran to ask for it. Wu Gen said that he used it to draw firewood when cooking. Yang Yi asked him to pay, but he was beaten with five sticks. Yang Yi said forget it, no need to pay compensation, and then gave him another five-gun beating.

But before she died, Luo Ji could not forget Luo Mankeshi Mountain, which was her hometown. Yang Yi envied her very much, because Luo Ji knew where she came from, but Yang Yi didn't.

Luo Ji's death made Yang Yi want to search again, but he still didn't know how to find it.

A few months ago, Yuan Tiangang came to Chang'an again. Yang Yi asked him. Old Yuan also had no choice.

Yuan Tiangang was obviously hesitant, but he still asked Yang Yi: "How is your sword practice going?"

Yang Yi had stopped practicing swordplay for eight lifetimes. After the thin-backed dagger given to him by Yuan Tiangang became rusty, it was picked up by the gardener of Cheng Mansion and used as a weeding shovel.

Yang Yi was an honest man who couldn't lie, so he blushed and said, "I'm too stupid to embarrass you, a master."

Yuan Tiangang was a very smart man. He rolled his eyes at Yang Yi and didn't argue with him.

"Master? I don't dare to be one."

"Lao Yuan, do you dislike me?"

"No, Yang Yi, let's figure it out." Yuan Tiangang said, "How old are you this year?"

"Nine out of twenty."

Yuan Tiangang was angry: "When I met you in the mountains twenty years ago, you said you were nine in twenty. Almost twenty years have passed, and you are still nine in twenty. Was your arithmetic taught by Cheng Zhijie? ?”

"Lao Yuan, why are you so anxious again..." Yang Yi quickly plucked his fingers, nineteen...twenty-nine...thirty-nine...

"Yang Yi, you have been out of the mountains for twenty years. Who knows how many twenty years you have been in the mountains. I am sixty-one this year..."

"What? Lao Yuan, are you that old?"

Yuan Tiangang became angry again: "Listen to what I have to say!"

"I'm sixty-one this year, but I'm not sure I'm older than you..."

"Lao Yuan, are you kidding me? How could I..."

"Shut up!" Yuan Tiangang continued: "What if you are an old goblin who is one or two hundred years old? It is obviously inappropriate for me to be your master again."

Yang Yi scratched his head. He felt that what Yuan Tiangang said made sense. "Lao Yuan, what do you mean... I will be your master?"

"Why?" Yuan Tiangang almost got angry again: "What can you teach me?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Yuan Tiangang said sternly: "Let's see, we call each other brothers. I look older, I am the senior brother and you are the junior brother."

"Old Yuan...Senior brother, you have a good idea, I never thought of it." Yang Yi truly admired him: "Hey, by the way, who is our master?"

Yuan Tiangang: "..."

Yang Yi is very happy. Having a martial arts master like Yuan Tiangang as his senior brother means that no one will easily bully him in the future.

"Senior brother, I heard from Cheng Zhijie that you are the best swordsman in the Tang Dynasty. Is it true?"

"It's hard to say." Lao Yuan's answer was beyond Yang Yi's expectation. "There's someone who's probably better than me."

"Ah? Who? Li Xuanba?"

Yuan Tiangang resisted the urge to beat the idiot junior brother: "...No, his name is Zhang Zhongjian."

After talking about Zhang Zhongjian, Yuan Tiangang set off back to Shu County. Before leaving, he made an appointment with Yang Yi to visit him again in three years.

Yang Yi did not expect that not long after Senior Brother Yuan left, he would meet Zhang Zhongjian unexpectedly, and this person would also discover his secret.