Chapter 003: One Old and One Young
() Located at the north foot of the Xialing Ridge in the north of the West Lake North Mountain, deep in the dense forest and bamboo, there is the Yellow Dragon Cave that hides the Huanglong Cave that has the weather of the Taoist Cave Heaven and Earth, this mountain gate is heavy and the eaves are warped, the shape is simple, the pillars on both sides are hung with blue background gold couplets, saying: "Huang Ze is inexhaustible; Lao Tzu is still the same. This couplet is one of the masterpieces among the many couplets in the West Lake. The first reading of the joint text seems to be incomplete, and its meaning is difficult to understand, but in fact, it uses an omitted rhetorical technique to cleverly purify the word "Huang", and the name is "Lao Tzu Qi Yu Longye? (Confucius praises Laozi). This couplet says that since the Yellow Emperor, the Tao is like the water of a deep pool that will not dry up, and Lao Tzu is a great man like a dragon and has become an immortal. The rhetorical device of Tibetan characters is also reminiscent of the saying "The dragon sees the head but does not see the tail". Between the mountain gate of Huanglongdong and the second gate, there is a long and winding walking trail, if you look down from the air, it is like a swimming dragon. Along the road, the ancient trees are repaired, the flowers and plants are clear, the low wall is leaking and the window is leaking, and there are many things to enjoy. It is called "Guide" in the composition of the temple view garden, just like a prelude, it plays the role of entering the Qing Dynasty from the vulgar to the visitor, adjusting the heart, gradually entering the good scene, since the Southern Song Dynasty, here as one of the five major dragon worship points on the lake and enjoys a good reputation.
Three miles away from the cave, there is a bamboo forest, the bamboo forest is dense, there are many bamboos, and there are also many bamboo shoots. Every year before and after the Qingming Festival, the light rain is at the beginning of the day, the warm breeze blows, the wall, the roadside, the foot of the mountain, the back of the court, there are spring bamboo shoots everywhere to break the ground, some overturn the stones, unstoppable; Some are clustered in twos and threes, and the competition is fierce. The quiet Huanglong Cave Garden is full of vitality.
In the bamboo forest, there are two thatched houses, and in a bamboo forest in front of the house, two figures are holding wooden knives and are competing.
"To! Torr! Torr! “
The figures of the two quickly changed, and the two of them had already exchanged three moves between the calcium carbide firelight, and each move was to do their best, and they each retreated at this time.
On the left is an old man, biting a dry tobacco pipe hanging by ordinary people in the countryside of Hangzhou, holding a single knife in his hand, just now they each tried their best to resist three knives, the old man is old after all, his wrist is a little trembling, he squinted at the young man opposite, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth: "Good boy, have you become so powerful?" ”
The light of the morning sun shines through the green leaves of the dense forest, shining on his full head of white hair, wrinkled on the corners of his eyes, the old man is only about fifty years old, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, if people who don't know look at it, they think it is the monk of Lingyin Temple, but only the young man opposite knows that this old man is not a kind old man, from the three knives just now, it is enough to see how ruthless he is!
The old man swallowed a few puffs of smoke, and casually threw away the wooden knife in his hand, and with a fierce wind, the wooden knife fell to the ground and reached the wooden handle. "Good boy, it's only been a few months, and he has achieved such an achievement, not bad, not bad"
"This is a good teaching from the master, and the apprentice has this level?" The young man on the opposite side smiled and patted his ass. This young man was in his twenties, clear and handsome, with sword eyebrows and a pair of big black eyes dripping around, with a little cunning, and the smile at the corners of his mouth from time to time, with his slightly dark skin, it was also a little charming. After a fight, sweat was seen on his forehead and cheeks, and two pieces of sweat flowed from his sideburns on his cheeks, all the way down his cheeks to his neck, he stretched out his left sleeve and wiped it, and a white trace was suddenly revealed on his slightly dark face.
The old man snorted, and said in a slightly angry tone: "Stinky boy, don't pat Lao Tzu on the back?" Do you have the ability to come again? “
The young man didn't care at all, and said loudly: "Come on, come, who is afraid of whom?" “
As soon as the words fell, the single knife in the young man's right hand flipped over, although it was a wooden knife, but between the young man's flip, it was murderous, and people didn't dare to underestimate it.
The old man on the opposite side spat out a puff of smoke, nodded, and said, "This trick is still a bit imposing!" “
The young man smiled and said, "Uncle Sai not only has momentum, but also strength!" "The voice fell, and the backhand brushed brush! The three swords slashed out, endlessly, and actually slashed to the left side of the old man, and he got up with his body. The old man smiled and said, "So fast, you want to defeat Lao Tzu, it's too early?" ”
The young man said: "Is it early, only know when you hit?" ”
The old man spat out the smoke and laughed, "Okay, ambitious!" On the side of the body, he avoided the young man's killing move, followed by a backward flip, landed on the ground with both hands, grabbed the handle of the knife that had not entered the ground, heard the sound of "bang", the single knife in the hand, leaned forward, and took advantage of the situation to slash a knife, this knife is not powerful, the young man took two steps back, and the wooden knife almost came out.
The old man didn't take advantage of the situation to attack again, but spat out a mouthful of smoke, smiled, showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said, "Boy, how about this knife?" ”
The young man said: "The sword is not old, but is it, it's just Er'er?" As soon as the words fell, he took advantage of the old man's laughter and shouted: "Look at the knife!" "The knife slashed obliquely, into a big open and closed, shouting, three slashes in a row, one knife is faster than the other.
The old man's eyes narrowed, his left hand pinched the cigarette pouch in his mouth, and waited for the young man's knife to split to the front, slightly on his side, taking advantage of the young man's astonishment, his right hand rolled, the wooden knife tossed and turned in his hand a few times, and shouted violently, and also split out three knives, the knife whirred, cutting through the morning light, in the red morning light, the wooden knife that was split out was like a shock, cutting through the clouds, and directly chopping the young man.
The young man's face changed, and he hurriedly waved the knife, but it was too late, the knife light fell, gritted his teeth and stabbed hard, but he couldn't resist it anymore, he took a few steps back, sat on the ground with his buttocks, kicked heavily, and looked at the old man who was smiling opposite him in surprise.
"How's it going, boy?" The old man asked with a smile.
The young man gasped, gave the old man a fierce look, and said unconvinced: "Not good? “
The old man laughed and said, "Oh, how about it, okay, okay, come again?" “
The young man's face looked a little ugly, the beads of sweat on his forehead and cheeks were like rain, he gasped a few times, stared at the old man and rolled his eyes, and said, "Hmph, stinky old Sai, count you as powerful, it's a big deal for you to hack me to death!" ”
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Woo, brothers, I have to collect books when I read them, and I can only write strongly. Now the collection is too small, I need to collect. Favorite, hehe.