Chapter 45: The Martial Arts Pavilion
Just when Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong were about to leave this shop, they only heard someone say: "Yinghong, it turns out that you are here." ”
Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong turned their heads to look for sound, only to see that across more than ten shops, surrounded by four or five young people, there was a young girl in red dress, greeting Li Yinghong.
She is roughly the same age as Li Yinghong, with a beautiful face and a British and Chinese style, compared with Li Yinghong, she has its own merits and merits, and she is equal. And she also had a sword hanging from her waist. The young people beside her were also wearing scarves and arrows, wearing swords, and they were obviously all martial arts practitioners.
Zhao Guo was originally martial, and he fought every year, and practiced martial arts was popular, even if it was a Confucian scribe, he would also learn some self-defense swordsmanship, and wear a sword to decorate, and there were many martial arts guilds, so people dressed as warriors were also very common.
And when Li Yinghong saw the girl in red, she immediately smiled, took a few steps to greet her, and said, "Hong Aya, why are you here." ”
Several other people also greeted Li Yinghong one after another, shouting, "Miss Li." Or "Miss Li".
After the two girls met, they immediately grabbed each other's hands, and the girl in red said: "You have already returned to Handan, why didn't you come to me in the martial arts hall, is it possible that you don't dare to compare with me?" ”
Li Yinghong said with a smile: "I was just careless last time, and I lost your move, how can I be afraid of you, I have just returned to Handan for two days, and I originally planned to go to you tomorrow, this time I will definitely be able to win it back." I've made a lot of progress in the past few months. ”
The girl in red said: "You are improving, I am not idle, anyway, I have already met today, it is better to come to the martial arts hall now, we will compete again, I can't wait, see how much progress you have made in the past few months." ”
Li Yinghong smiled: "Just go, I'm afraid you won't make it." ”
Several other young people also laughed and said, "There is another good show to watch." "Miss Li and Hong Aya must be very good-looking." "After the last game, I've been waiting for this one?"
At this time, Li Yinghong turned to Gao Yuan and said, "Let's go, you go and give us a witness." ”
Only then did the girl in red notice Gao Yuan and said, "Yinghong, this gentleman is ......"
Li Yinghong said: "His name is Gao Yuan, you should have heard of it, he has just been named a doctor." ”
The girl in red and several other people also screamed, so the matter of Gao Yuan competing in the banquet the day before yesterday and beheading Shi Kui and the pedestrian nine had already turned away in Handan City, so the girl in red hurriedly bowed down and said, "Wu Hongyan see Doctor Gao." Several other young men also knelt on the ground.
Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "No need to be polite. ”
Li Yinghong pulled Wu Hongyan up and said, "What's polite, this guy is the most casual, don't be polite in front of him." Arise all of yourselves. ”
When Wu Hongya heard this, she stood up, and her attitude was obviously much more restrained, not as casual as Li Yinghong, and said, "Do you want to come to my family's martial arts hall with Yinghong?" ”
Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "I have never been to the martial arts hall, so I want to open my eyes, I don't know if it bothers you?" ”
Wu Hong said slowly: "There, the doctor can come to the martial arts hall, it is the glory of our martial arts hall, my father will be very happy." So saying, he called a young man and told him to hurry back and deliver the letter. And only then lead the way in front.
On the way there, Gao Yuan asked Li Yinghong to know that Wu Hongling's father was called Wu Lie, who was born in the military, and he was originally working under Lian Po, and was very much used by Lian Po, and once became a general, equivalent to the level of a doctor. Later, Lian Po was squeezed out by Guo Kai and fled abroad, while Wu Lie also retired from the military and opened a martial arts hall in Handan.
Because Wu Lie once served in the Zhao army, he has a deep relationship with the military, and he also has some friendship with Li Mu, and Wu Lie does have real learning, and has experienced real battlefields, not only teaching martial arts, but also teaching the art of war, so his martial arts hall attracted a large number of young people to join as soon as it opened, hoping to learn some real talents from him, and make contributions and get ahead in the future.
In addition, Wu Lie is bold and righteous, and he has dealings with the three religions and nine streams of Zhao State, black and white, and there are some things that the court is not good to come forward for, and Wu Lie will come forward to do it, plus in the past 20 years, Wu Lie's martial arts hall has also sent a lot of talents to the Zhao military. Therefore, he also has some reputation in Handan City, and now there are more than thousands of disciples in the martial arts hall.
In fact, this situation is also normal, the general martial arts hall must have some ways on both the official and private sides, but Wu Lie has obviously done a lot in this regard, not to mention that ordinary officials dare not provoke him, even Zhao Wangqian and Guo Kai have to sell him a little face. Zhao Wangqian also gave him the gift of a doctor.
Wu Lie has a son and a daughter, his son is called Wu Zhanpeng, and his daughter is Wu Hongling, one year older than Li Yinghong, and he has also been martial arts since elementary school, these two girls have known each other since they were teenagers, but no one is convinced, they compete with each other, and they have their own wins and losses every few months, until now. And among the four beauties of Handan mentioned by Du Yi, the fourth is this Wu Hongling.
Before Li Yinghong went to battle with Li Mu this time, he had another competition with Wu Hongling, but Li Yinghong lost this time, and now that Li Yinghong is back, of course he has to compete with Wu Hongling again.
After Li Yinghong finished speaking, the group also came to the martial arts hall, only to see that the door of the martial arts hall opened at this time, hundreds of younger brothers and children lined up on both sides, and a red-faced man about fifty years old in the middle strode forward, and Wu Hongling hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Dad, this is Doctor Gao." ”
Wu Lie immediately bowed his hand and said, "Wu Lie has seen Doctor Gao. Because he has the courtesy of a doctor, he is considered a half-official and half-private status, and he can be on an equal footing with Gao Yuan, and hundreds of disciples also knelt down together to bow to Gao Yuan.
Gao Yuan hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The hall owner doesn't have to be polite. Then Gao Yuan stretched out his hand again and said, "Everyone has also gotten up, and today I am here in private clothes, so everyone does not need to be formal." ”
All the disciples got up one after another, and they were neat, which also showed the results of Wu Lieping's training of his disciples, so Gao Yuan also said: "The hall master is really good at training his disciples. ”
Wu Lie was also quite proud, and then saluted Li Yinghong, but Li Yinghong didn't dare to be casual in front of Wu Lie, so he also returned the salute, and called Wu Lie: Uncle Wu.
After seeing the salute, Wu Lie said: "My lord, Yinghong, there is no place to talk here, please go to the martial arts hall to speak." ”
The martial arts hall covers an extremely wide area, there are three large martial arts training grounds alone, the largest martial arts training ground in the middle is slightly larger than a football field, mainly for practicing riding and archery, and the other two small martial arts training grounds are specially designed for training samurai, at this time on the two venues, there are more than 100 disciples each, each holding a weapon, is practicing hard, in the periphery of the martial arts training ground, is the courtyard house of the martial arts hall.
Wu Lie led Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong indoors, and Gao Yuan found that there was a small patio-like martial arts training ground indoors, about twenty-five meters long and wide, on one side was a platform about two meters high, with tables and chairs on it, and on the other three sides was a corridor, where several weapon racks were placed.
Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong were led by Wu Lie to sit on the high platform, accompanied by Wu Hongling, and in the corridor on three sides of the stage, there were more than a dozen younger brothers and daughters standing on each side, all of them were full of chests and stomachs, so that they looked very energetic.
At this time, the wine was brought from the person, and Wu Lie said: "The day before yesterday, the Lord killed Shi Kui and the nine pedestrians at the night banquet in the palace, and also gave a bad breath to our martial arts hall, so everyone in our martial arts hall is very grateful to the adults. As he spoke, he picked up the wine bowl and said, "Master Gao, I salute you with a bowl." ”
Gao Yuan also picked up the wine bowl, and the two of them drank it all, and Gao Yuan said: "Do Shi Kui, pedestrian Jiu and the hall owner have any grudges?" How can I say that I have a bad breath for the martial arts hall? ”
Wu Lie said: "I'm ashamed, two months ago, Shi Kui, Xingren Jiu, and Ji Qizi once came to our martial arts hall to challenge, and as a result, they defeated more than ten masters in our martial arts hall, and even the dogs and children were injured by them. Therefore, the fact that the adults were able to kill Shi Kui and Xingren Nine the day before yesterday was, of course, a bad breath for our martial arts hall. I have a lot of admiration for adults. ”
Gao Yuan then understood what was going on, and said: "The owner of the pavilion is too polite, in fact, the banquet competition the day before yesterday, I just won by luck, if I compete on another occasion, maybe I will not be their opponent." ”
In fact, Gao Yuan told the truth, but Wu Lie thought he was modest, so his good impression of Gao Yuan rose sharply, and he smiled: "My lord is too modest." He turned to Wu Hongling and said, "Hongling, go and call your brother and Xiaoqi, both of them were defeated under Shi Kui's sword, and it was Lord Gao who breathed a sigh of relief for them, so you must give Lord Gao a bowl of wine." ”
Wu Hongling agreed and left the table immediately.
And Wu Lie also got up and raised his voice: "Today, our martial arts hall can invite Doctor Gao and Miss Li to come, it is really a difficult opportunity, you all work hard to show Xiàn, let Doctor Gao give you some advice." ”
As he spoke, he sat down and said to Gao Yuan, "Please give me advice." ”
Li Yinghong smiled on the side: "Uncle Wu, I remember that every time I come with my father, you are the same, can't you change it?" ”
Wu Lie was also a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Yinghong, I'm just a martial artist, not a scribe, so I can say those literary crepe words, which makes Master Gao laugh." ”
And Gao Yuan felt that Wu Lie was indeed straightforward, and he had a better appetite for himself, so he said: "Actually, I don't like Wen Xuan's words, but the hall owner speaks cheerfully." ”
Wu Lie smiled, at this time, there were three pairs of young people in the audience, each holding guns, swords, shields and other weapons, standing against each other, of course, they all used wooden weapons, and they were also wearing protective equipment. Wu Lie shouted, "Begin." ”
These three pairs of young people immediately began to fight each other, and Gao Yuan also watched carefully, these three groups of young people are very serious, a sword and a gun, are meticulous, and the tricks are skilled, agile, obviously after hard practice, for a while the personnel shouted and shouted, the wooden weapons hit each other, and the fight was "crackling", very intense. And the people around them also cheered for them, and the atmosphere was quite warm.