Guo Song was a little stunned, the second senior brother is the famous general Li Sheng?

Isn't Gan Yun's surname Lei? His brother is Lei Lingzi! For a while, Guo Song was a little confused.

"Master, I always thought that the second senior brother's surname was Lei."

"You must think that Lei Lingzi's surname is Lei, he is actually surnamed Li, called Li Xuanlei, and your third senior brother is called Zhang Lei, so the relationship between the two Leis has always been very bad."

Speaking of the third senior brother, Guo Song felt the need to report to the master.

"Master, Senior Brother and Li Wenyu eloped, on the night of Master's departure."

"I know, your senior brother told me, and I agreed, since your senior brother takes love so seriously, why should I be a villain?"

At this time, the chief sent someone to invite Mu Zhenren, Mu Zhenren urged the horse to go, Guo Song looked at the little eagle in the sky, his whole mind was thinking about the second senior brother was actually Li Sheng.

It was too much of a surprise to him.

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Along the way, Guo Song practiced his horseback riding skills hard, and ten days later, the team arrived at Xiutu Lake, and Guo Song was already able to gallop on horseback.

Hutu Lake is actually two large lakes, one is called Hutu Lake, and the other is called Baitinghai, which is a lake formed by the Macheng River branching into two tributaries, each flowing into two huge depressions.

The two lakes were first connected as one, and then they became separate, but together they are only slightly smaller than Qinghai Lake.

The lake is a paradise for birds, with its vast sparkling waves, reeds, and wild birds.

There is a Tang army garrison city south of Baiting Sea, with a garrison of 500 people, and there are three tribes, and the Black Mountain Department is one of them.

Montenegro is actually a very small Qiang tribe, with a population of only more than 100 households, more than 700 people, all surnamed Pu, raising more than 200,000 sheep and thousands of horses.

The traditional pastures of the Montenegro region are just south of Hutu Lake, and not far from there is a low mountain called Montenegro, from which the Montenegro region is named.

Guo Song did not live with his master, who lived in a large tent in the chief's house, while Guo Song lived in the Ying family, and he learned the Qiang language and the common language of the grassland from Ying's father, Pu Muhe, along the way.

"Guo Song, your master told you to go to his big tent!" Hei Yan shouted from afar, he had just returned from the chieftain, and by the way, he had brought a message to Guo Song.

"I see, thank you, Brother Heiyan!"

Guo Song rode his horse and galloped towards the chief's house, and the Montenegrin tribe lived too scattered, and it was even five or six miles apart.

Not long after, Guo Song arrived at the master's tent, turned over and dismounted and walked into the big tent.

Inside the big tent, Master Mu Zhenren was fiddling with a bow stand with three bows on it, and there was also a bow on the table, which was a little different from the bow on the bow stand.

"You're finally here, today we're going to start our official riding and archery training, and now I'm going to give you the first lesson, you bring the bow on the table."

Guo Song picked up the big bow on the table and walked towards the bow frame, and Mu Zhenren pointed to the bow; "Did you find that this bow is much bigger than the bow on the bow stand."

Guo Song nodded, "The disciple has noticed, this should be a foot bow, and those three are all riding bows!" ”

Although Guo Song has not touched the real thing, he has read a lot of books in his previous life, and he still has this knowledge.

"That's right, the foot bow is narrow and long, the riding bow is short and round, riding the bow is mainly convenient for shooting arrows on horses, the general bow is to learn the bow first and then ride the bow, step by step, but unfortunately I don't have so much time to accompany you, from today onwards, you will go directly to the bow riding! Go back and practice the bow again. ”

"Disciple obeys!"

Mu Zhenren walked to the bow stand and said with a smile: "There are three riding bows here, eight bucket bows, one stone bow and one stone five bucket bows, generally eight bucket bows and below belong to light bows, eight bucket bows and one stone bow are called hard bows, one stone and five buckets are called strong bows, you have drunk medicine for five years, and practiced cliff jumping and one-handed sword raising for six years, I think you can completely open a stone bow, you try it yourself." ”

Mu Zhenren handed him the bow in the middle, "This is a stone bow, and it takes a hundred and twenty catties of strength in both arms to pull it apart." ”

Guo Song took the bow, and Mu Zhenren took another iron wrench and put it on him, and made two demonstration movements.

Guo Song took a deep breath and pulled his bow suddenly, he felt relaxed.

"Looks like you can use a five-tonite bow, let's go! Let's go outside. ”

Mu Zhenren took a pot of arrows casually, the inner shell of the quiver is wooden, and the outer layer of leather is wrapped, which looks relatively simple, and there are more than 20 arrows in the pot, and the arrow feathers are made of goose feathers, and they are cut very neatly.

Mu Zhenren helped him carry the quiver behind his back, and the spout of the kettle was tilted to the right, so that he could draw the arrow backwards with his right hand.

Guo Song easily turned on his horse, holding a riding bow with five stones in his hand, waiting for the master's next instructions.

"Once you start archery, you have to rely on your legs to control the horse, so it's important to practice using your legs to control the horse, so you can shoot a few arrows now and feel it with your heart."

Fifty steps away is a straw man target, Guo Song opened his bow and set up an arrow, and was just about to aim, but Mu Zhenren shook his head and said: "Wrong, you must pull the bow quickly to ride the bow, release the arrow tightly, and do it in one go, there is no time to aim slowly for you, aiming is what the bow does." ”

Guo Song was stunned, "But Master, how can you shoot accurately if you don't aim?" ”

"Then you shoot this arrow first, and I'll teach you!"

Guo Song opened his bow and shot an arrow, this arrow actually grazed the straw man, this was the first time he shot an arrow, and he almost hit it, which made Guo Song a little proud in his heart.

Mu Zhenren shook his head, "You have learned flying knives from the third child, so the quasi-head is a little better than ordinary people, if you continue to practice like this, after three years, you will be able to hit every shot, but that is a mediocre arrow, without a little spirituality, Sha Tuo can do it with any cavalry, you can only compete with them, is it interesting?" ”

Guo Song thought of the dozen or so black-clothed people, his face flushed, he lowered his head in shame and said, "The disciple knows his mistake!" ”

Mu Zhenren nodded, "You come with me!" ”

The master and apprentice rode to a big willow tree by the lake, and Mu Zhenren said: "Shatuo boys learned archery at the age of eight, began to practice riding and archery at the age of fourteen, and only achieved success at the age of eighteen.

And you are different from them, you are a gifted, spiritual person, you need to practice not aiming with your eyes, but with your heart, and that target is already in your heart, so no matter how he dodges, you can shoot it with an arrow. ”

It sounds very mysterious, very in line with Taoist thoughts, but Guo Song is still confused, he can understand, but how can he do it?

Mu Zhenren pointed to the big tree and said, "What do you see?" ”

"A very lush tree is a big poplar tree." After a pause, Guo Song added.

"Then you close your eyes and look at it with your heart, what do you see?"

Guo Song closed his eyes, "Master, all I saw was pitch black. ”

Mu Zhenren was angry and funny, and when he struck him on the back of the head, a chirp was immediately heard in the sky.

"You flat-haired brute, I beat your uncle, what's wrong?" Mu Zhenren raised his head to the sky and scolded with a smile.

"Calm down, look at it, I know you can do it." Mu Zhenren will not say anything, he must be understood by Guo Song himself.

Guo Song slowly calmed himself down, in fact, he could understand the meaning of the master, to look at things from another perspective, in later generations it is called the microcosm, in Taoism it is called nature, this is what he realized a long time ago when he was practicing swordsmanship.

"Master, I saw a green tree, saw its bark trembling gently, enjoyed the breeze from the lake, saw the sap flowing under the bark, sent the water of life to the whole body, saw the pores of the leaves opening slightly, exuding fragrance, and saw ants hurrying on the trunk of the tree, and saw bees, butterflies, spiders and all living insects under the big tree, busy with their lives, this is a complete green world, exactly the same as the world we live in."

After Guo Song finished speaking, he turned around and suddenly found that the master was sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and facing the big tree, his face full of vicissitudes of life was full of old tears, and his excitement was overflowing.

Mu Zhenren had an epiphany, he originally just hoped that Guo Song could see the color of each piece of bark, the shape of each leaf, and the lines of the trunk and branches, but he didn't expect that what Guo Song saw was life and nature.

He never understood what the Taoist priests of the Lingshan Cave had seen sitting in the dark cave for decades. What did you realize?

Now that Mu Zhenren knows, what they see is life, what they see is nature, and there will be a complete world in every place, and the mystery that has been puzzled for twenty years suddenly broke through at this moment, and at this moment he suddenly had an epiphany.

Guo Song did not disturb his master's practice, but stood quietly aside.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Zhenren slowly opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face, he actually knelt down and bowed deeply to Guo Song.

Guo Song was startled and hurriedly knelt down, "Master, the apprentice can't afford your big gift." ”

"This is not a great gift, this is gratitude, thank you for leading Master into the real Daomen, so that Master can get a glimpse of the world, Master is going back to Kongtong Mountain today, I will leave you a booklet for practicing archery, you have to comprehend it yourself, practice it yourself, don't ask anyone, they are different from you."

"Remember!"

"Remember, you will train hard here for three years, and after three years, you will go to Jingle Palace, and I will leave you information there."

Guo Song nodded silently.

In the afternoon of the same day, Muzhen said goodbye to the Black Mountain Department and drifted away.