21.Chapter 21: An Invitation
I don't know how many years have passed in the mountains, but three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and after the autumn harvest, the weather is getting colder and colder.
During the three months, Chen Xu and Dian Wei practiced martial arts every day, plus they ate meat at once, Chen Xu felt that his strength had increased very quickly, although he was not as good as Dian Wei, but it was not like before, he could not shake Dian Wei at all.
When he was bored, Chen Xu would tell some stories of later generations to Dian Wei, and he would also tell some of the martial arts moves he saw from them.
Facts have proved that many of the above things are false, and Chen Xu has been taught a few times by Dian Wei for this.
Dian Wei told him that the so-called martial arts training should start from the basic skills, and those strange and obscene skills are just some fancy fists and embroidered legs.
Martial arts training is nothing more than exercising one's speed, strength, endurance, resistance to blows, and some skills.
Martial arts, the first four represent martial arts, and the latter one represents martial arts, which is popular, martial arts are equivalent to the internal strength in martial arts, and techniques are equivalent to various moves.
The first four abilities, in addition to talent, can be slowly enhanced through hard training, and skills need to be explored by oneself, but also taught by famous teachers.
Dian Wei and Chen Xu were all born in poverty, and they had no property to ask a martial artist to teach, although the two of them had good talents, they still needed to be strengthened in terms of moves. But in comparison, Dian Wei is older, has a wide range of knowledge, and is much stronger than Chen Xu in terms of skills.
After three months of training, the martial arts of the two of them have been enhanced to varying degrees, and Chen Xu thought that in history, Dian Wei only used a pair of short halberds.
He knew that the troubled times were coming, and the short halberd was only suitable for foot combat, and if he didn't know how to use a long weapon, Dian Wei could only become a bodyguard like in history.
If you want to become a general and gallop on the battlefield, long weapons are indispensable, so Chen Xu made a wooden halberd for Dian Wei, in order to increase the weight, the halberd is five meters long and has the thickness of an adult's arm.
At first, Dian Wei was very unaccustomed to using long weapons, but after a long time, a five-meter-long halberd was also danced by him.
Chen Xu heard some people say in later generations that Zhang Fei's martial arts were practiced by beating pigs with wooden sticks, although this matter was not true, but Chen Xu still often caught some small animals to practice marksmanship.
He used the captured spear, and there were many plants and trees in the mountains, which were difficult to use, so he began to let small animals escape often.
Later, his marksmanship became sharper and sharper, and basically every small animal was stabbed to death by a shot after he was exhausted from playing.
Dian Wei was disdainful at first, but later saw that Chen Xu was making rapid progress, and he also caught some animals to practice the halberd method, and now he often takes the wooden halberd to find trouble with the tiger.
The big insect was so annoyed that he wanted to leave this mountain forest several times, but he was driven back by Dian Wei.
In his spare time, Chen Xu always likes to climb to the top of the mountain and experience the feeling of 'seeing the mountains at a glance'.
Sitting on top of the soft fallen leaves, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds, the wind blows and the fresh air blows in your face.
Chen Xu sometimes feels that it would be good if he could live like this forever.
However, nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, thinking of the upcoming troubled times, and those simple clansmen in Chenjia Village, Chen Xu will always feel uneasy.
Whether it was just starting to convene the village teenagers for training, or later killing people for fame, Chen Xu was planning for the future, in fact, sometimes, ignorance is really a kind of happiness.
Lying on the ground, Chen Xu muttered in a low voice: "I don't know how the village is now, is the harvest of the clansmen's fields good?" ”
Three months is longer than all the time he has spent in Chenjia Village since Chen Xu was reborn, but Chen Xu can't forget that village full of human feelings.
"Big brother, I've come to see you."
Chen Xu closed his eyes and was greedily breathing in the fresh air that had not been polluted, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and he immediately stood up.
"Ah Jing."
Rubbing his eyes, Chen Xu felt a little incredible, since Chen Hu left, he had cut off contact with Chenjiacun, but he didn't want Chen Jing to come to see him today.
"Big brother, it's me."
Chen Jing's eyes are also slightly red, they have grown up together since childhood, they are not brothers, they are better than brothers, and they have never been separated from each other for such a long time.
Leaving home and knowing homesickness, although Chen Xu is very happy with Dian Wei, he also misses his relatives at home, how can he not be happy when he sees Chen Jing now?
The two walked into the house hand in hand and told them about what happened after parting.
"Ah Jing, you have turned black."
Chen Jing's face was originally very white, and she didn't want to see her for a few months, so her face was much darker.
"Although the eldest brother is not here, the food in the village is piled up, and the brothers in the clan are all proud of the eldest brother, and in the few months since you left, the martial arts have not fallen."
Between Chen Jing's words, there was an unconcealed excitement, I don't know if it was because of the achievements of the teenagers in the clan, or because I saw Chen Xu.
After being happy, Chen Xu remembered that there was a tiger in the mountain, and couldn't help reproaching Chen Jing: "What if you go up the mountain alone and encounter a tiger?" ”
Seeing that his brother cared about him, Chen Jing's heart warmed, and he laughed loudly: "Although my martial arts are not as good as my eldest brother, my ability to climb trees is no worse than yours. ”
Chen Xu only remembered at this time that Chen Jing had been very naughty since she was a child and liked to climb trees and dig birds' nests.
Sometimes when he had a conflict with Chen Hu, he kicked Chen Hu hard from behind, and then climbed to the tree, making Chen Hu so angry that he cried every time.
"Haha."
Turning over the memories in his mind and remembering the interesting stories of the three of them from their childhood, Chen Xu couldn't help laughing.
Dian Wei came back from the mountain, heard Chen Xu's laughter, and asked out loud: "Why is Da Lang smiling so happily?" ”
He walked into the house and was a little surprised to see Chen Jing, and when he saw the intimate appearance of the person who came and Chen Xu, he knew that it was his own family, and immediately asked, "I don't know your Excellency's name?" ”
Chen Xu got up, pulled Chen Jing to Dian Wei's side, and said, "Brother, don't blame, this person is my brother Chen Jing, who came to see me today." ”
Chen Jing heard the name of Dian Wei for a long time, and hurriedly made a salute: "The name of Dian Jun is like thunder, and when I see it today, it is really worthy of its name." ”
Dian Wei grabbed Chen Jing's hand and said with a straight face: "You are Brother Da Lang, that is, my Brother Dian Wei, why are you so born?" ”
Chen Xu knew Dian Wei's temper, and said to Chen Jing: "Yes, my brother is very bold, I don't like those false courtesies, Ah Jing can call my brother directly." ”
When Chen Jing heard this, she was not hypocritical, she gave a new salute and said, "Ah Jing has seen my brother. ”
Dian Wei turned his anger into joy at this time, took Chen Jing's hand and said: "I have heard the name of 'Chen's Three Heroes', Da Lang and Ah Hu are familiar with me, and they are really heroes for a while. ”
The three of them gathered in the room and talked, and Chen Xu suddenly said to Chen Jing: "Ah Jing is here, but is there something?" ”
Chen Xu knew that Chen Jing was a person, and knew that he was cautious, and he would never venture to look for him unless something happened.
Chen Jing glanced at Dian Wei, didn't hide it, and said, "Big brother, do you remember Qiao Yu, the son of Dongjun Taishou?" ”
"Of course I remember, when I was selling tigers in Puyang, I made an appointment with him to talk another day, and later killed people, and when the county soldiers came, he also created chaos and helped block the county soldiers."
Frowning, Chen Xu said: "Because of the no-show, I also explained to you before I went to Puyang, and asked you to apologize to him on my behalf." ”
Chen Jing told him what happened in Puyang and Chenjia Village during this time.
After listening to Chen Jing's words, Chen Xu knew why he came this time.
It turned out that a few days after Chen Xu killed and fled, Chen Jing found Qiaoyu.
First, Chen Xu's apology was conveyed to him; Second, Chen Jing also heard that Qiao Yu had helped Chen Xu stop the county soldiers, and specially thanked him.
Qiao Yu did not blame, but asked Chen Xu about his whereabouts.
He also said that if Chen Xu had no place to hide, he could come to Qiaofu, so he would be foolproof.
Although Chen Jing was moved, but the wind in the city was tense at that time, so he excused himself and said that he didn't know where Chen Xu was hiding, and Qiao Yu didn't ask, but only expressed regret.
Dian Wei sat aside, and said in an urn voice: "That guy wants to find out Da Lang's whereabouts?" ”
"Although I didn't think he would be like this, I was also vigilant at first, but I didn't want him to come to the village often in the future to show favors and favors to his people." Chen Jing continued.
Qiao Yu didn't inquire about Chen Xu's whereabouts, and he didn't go to Chenjia Village for a few days.
After a while, many officials in Puyang County either hung up their seals and left, or found out that there was a problem, and were put in prison by Qiao Mao, and many people in the entire East County were implicated.
Since then, Qiao Yu has brought people to Chenjia Village, saying that the killing was committed by Chen Xu alone and has nothing to do with Chenjia Village.
However, the Zhang family sent people to burn down the fields in Chenjia Village twice, and although they died, they left their family property, and the government seized some to compensate for the losses of Chenjia Village.
After a few more days, some people came to Luoyang, saying that they would urge Qiao Mao to arrest the murderer, and after receiving the property left by Zhang Qi's family, they tossed in Puyang for half a month, and saw that there was no progress in the case, so they left.
After those people left, although Dongjun still posted documents to arrest Chen Xu, no one went to investigate, and Qiao Yu ran to Chenjia Village several times after that, repeatedly saying that there was no malicious intent, just to make friends with Chen Xu.
"Eldest brother, I look at this person, it is not a lie, he greatly admires the eldest brother in his words, and I heard that the bridge father also praised the eldest brother for 'knowing reason, knowing righteousness, and being a pillar of the country'."
"I know that my eldest brother wants to be able to study, and now that the murder turmoil has subsided, if you can hide in Qiaofu, why can't you learn to read and write?"
Chen Jing talked for a long time, her mouth was a little dry, she drank a little water, and looked at Chen Xu intently.
Dian Wei is just a martial artist, how can he know what is going on, hearing these many words, he shook his head, and asked worriedly: "Since Qiao Gong is the Taishou of Dongjun, how can he hide fugitives?" ”
Chen Jing smiled slightly, explained in detail the contradictions between the Qiao clan and the ten permanent servants, and listed many reasons why they would not harm Chen Xu.
"All in all, the Qiao clan is a member of the party, and the eunuch party does not share the sky, the eldest brother gets rid of the eunuch minions, and praises the scholars, if the Qiao clan dares to harm the eldest brother, it will inevitably ruin its reputation, so, although the world is big, there is no place for the Qiao clan."
Chen Xu did not suspect that Qiao Yu would harm him, he knew that in this era, it was very common to hide famous fugitives.
Among them, the three famous brothers Liu Bei were whipped and supervised by the post, and they were hidden at home by Liu Hui.
Chen Xu often talked about his ambitions with Dian Wei, and repeatedly revealed his intention to study, but now that he has this opportunity, Dian Wei opened his mouth to persuade Chen Xu.
"If that's the case, it's okay for Da Lang to hide in the Qiao family, we are all from poor backgrounds, although some have some courage, after all, they are just a reckless man, if Da Lang can learn literature in the Qiao family, wouldn't it be better to hide in the mountains and forests?"
Chen Xu was silent for a long time, and then said categorically: "Since my brother is here, how can I leave alone?" This matter should not be brought up again. ”
When Dian Wei heard this, he was moved.