Martial Arts Song

Chapter 1 Chen Qing
It was summer, the sky was just getting light, and there was only a little bit of fish belly white in the east. People in Qianyang City were already getting up one after another and gathering in the streets.

Chen Qing was also dressed neatly and walked out the door with a shoe box slung over his shoulder with a dull expression.

In the room behind him, his parents in this life were already washing themselves and getting ready to go to work under the hazy morning light.

Not only their family, but the neighbors on the same floor also got up early and were preparing to start today's work on the balcony.

Among these people, there are porters wearing coarse cloth shorts with cut sleeves, exposing their streamlined muscles; there are rickshaw drivers wearing mandarins and fisherman hats; there are also vendors hanging boxes around their necks containing cigarettes, matches, melon seeds and osmanthus sugar etc.

Chen Qing, who lived on the second floor, walked through the corridor and headed for the stairs. People he met along the way greeted him one after another.

"It's so early, Qingzi.", "It's early, Aqing.", "Is Aqing back from work?"

Chen Qing forced a smile on his face, and after responding to the greetings of these neighbors one by one, when he came to the stairs, his face returned to the dull expression before.

It's not that he doesn't like to laugh, it's just that as a modern man, he still has difficulty adapting to the beatings of this world.

The bottom of the city who bullies the weak and fears the strong; the patrolman with two faces; the law that only restrains the weak, etc.

These are not the most important.

The most terrible thing is the "job" where a day's hard work can barely provide enough food and clothing, and there is no way out at all, and there is no extra time and energy to do other things.

All this made Chen Qing feel "in the dark" and exhausted physically and mentally.

If I had been more careful at the time, wouldn't I have traveled here?

He thought about this problem more than once.

It’s funny to say that in his previous life, he was a health expert and had planned diet and exercise plans for many industry leaders, but he died suddenly at home.

He could already imagine how the unscrupulous media in his previous life would cover him for fun, and how the netizens in the comment section would ridicule him.

But the fact is that he was born with heart problems, which is why he embarked on the path of health preservation.

Likewise, this was also the cause of his sudden death - he suddenly became ill while washing his hands, his hands shook so much that he spilled all the special medicine into the sink.

If he had just traveled through that period of time, he would still be struggling with this for a long time.

But now, having been here for more than three months, he could only sigh.

"Ugh……"

It's no longer helpful to struggle. It's come and gone, and the days will go on.

After sighing, Chen Qing stepped downstairs.

Just after he started walking again, three strings of numbers slowly started beating in his eyes:
【Fine: 0.872346256】

【Qi: 0.343257233】

【God: 0.954860745】

These three strings of numbers were "awakened" with Chen Qing's time travel.

At first he thought it was some Trisolaran trick, but later when he discovered that these numbers would beat with his every move, he thought it was his plug-in. He was so excited about this that he longed for what he would see after time travel. Life.

It was only after three months of exploration and research that he realized that these three strings of numbers actually represented his physical, mental, and spiritual conditions.

[Jing] represents all aspects of his body.

When healthy, injured or sick, this string of values ​​​​fluctuates greatly. In addition, when exercising and not exercising, this string of values ​​​​will also have corresponding jump changes.

[Qi] represents the energy supply state of his body.

The values ​​​​in the hungry state and the full state are completely different. In the two states of exercise and non-exercise, the beating speed of this series of values ​​​​is different.

But overall, it is still decreasing, because the human body is consuming energy every moment.

[God] represents his mental state.

This item is very affected by the first two. Health, injury, illness, hunger and fullness, as well as exercise or not, will all affect the numerical changes of [God].

Apart from that, there are no other special miracles.

There are no points added and no other functions. It simply embodies Chen Qing's physical and mental state.

In the past three months of research, Chen Qing has also understood that "1" represents the normal value for a healthy adult.

After time traveling, he is now a boy under the age of sixteen. His body is still developing and has not yet reached the normal value of a healthy adult. Speaking of which, this life is not completely bad. At least, he has Get a healthy body.

But what puzzled him was why the numerical values ​​in his eyes were reflected to nine decimal places.

No matter how many digits there are, what does it mean if the first digit is 0?

Unfortunately, no one answered this question for him, and he didn't have time to dwell on it.

As the last two digits of the three strings of values ​​​​under his eyes were increasing or decreasing, Chen Qing also finished walking down the stairs and came to the street.

Turning around and looking behind him, Chen Qing walked towards the center of Qianyang City in the hazy morning light at the three-story dilapidated cement building that his family rented with many neighbors. The place where he lived was on the edge of Qianyang City. In this area, all the poor workers live here, but no one spends money to shine or repair shoes.

……

"Dang Dang Dang~"

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding~"

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, today's headline is..."

"Sir, would you like a cigarette?"

"Let's take a car. Where are you going, madam? Do you want to take a car?"

"Sir, madam, do you want your shoes shined?"

The tram full of passengers moved slowly, with the bell ringing from the front end constantly;
On the edge of the street, men and women wearing suits or dresses, riding or pushing bicycles, rang their bicycle bells from time to time to remind people in front of them to give way;

Children wearing burlap jackets with many patches on their backs were carrying canvas bags with newspapers on their shoulders. They were pressing the canvas bags with one hand and holding a newspaper in the other hand while running and shouting loudly;

There are also children with boxes hanging around their necks, selling cigarettes and matches; rickshaws that come and go pulling people everywhere; people squatting at theaters or cinemas, or on the roadside or under the wall not far from the dance hall, constantly soliciting business Shoe shiners.

In addition, there are cement buildings around it that are four or five stories high at most, as well as various shops on the first floor of the building, the occasional classic car passing by, etc...

All these are intertwined into the Grand Cross Street in the center of Qianyang.

In the early morning, the warm sunshine had just begun to shine on the earth, and the Grand Cross Street area was already bustling with people.

Chen Qing, dressed in a linen short coat, trousers, and cloth shoes, sat silently not far from the entrance of the "Star Brilliance" dance hall, munching on the pancakes he brought with him while soliciting business from the office workers who came and went. .

He walked for more than an hour to reach Grand Cross Street in the city center. When he arrived here, the sun had already risen for a while.

At this time, all walks of life were starting to work. When office workers were commuting, there were few people polishing and repairing shoes, so he took advantage of this gap to eat some pancakes he had brought with him for breakfast, and at the same time, it was also a supplement after a night of consumption. Add the [Qi] value consumed by walking here in the morning.

As the pancakes were eaten, the last few digits of his [Qi] value, which was only a few 0.3, began to rapidly increase.

Chen Qing, who had become accustomed to this, had no emotion on his face and looked around unconsciously while eating.

Suddenly, there was a scene at the end of North Street on Grand Cross Street that attracted Chen Qing's attention.

It was a woman walking on the road, wearing a floral cheongsam, her hair tied up, and carrying a bamboo woven suitcase. She read the note in her hand as she walked, as if she was looking for a certain place.

From Chen Qing's perspective, he could only see the back of the cheongsam woman, but her back alone was already very graceful.

However, what really attracted Chen Qing's attention were the two figures behind the woman. The two figures are both men, both in their twenties. One is tall and the other is short. The taller one is 1.75 meters and the short one is less than 1.7 meters tall. Both figures are thin. They are both wearing rough linen shorts and trousers. ,cloth shoes.

At this time, the two of them had their hands in their coat pockets, and seemed to be holding something in their hands. They followed closely behind the cheongsam woman, and quickened their pace, quickly closing the distance between them.

Chen Qing knew these two people.

The taller one was called Sun Bing and the shorter one was called Luo Gang. They were gangsters in this area who liked to extort young shoemakers and newspaper sellers like him from out of town.

It was also because of these two people that Chen Qing came to this world - he was blackmailed and beaten by the two men many times. In the end, he tried to resist during one beating, but was hit on the head with a hammer from the shoe box and died.

After traveling through time, Chen Qing also saw the "darkness" of the world through these two people.

Chen Qing, who had just traveled through time, still thinks like a modern person. When encountering this kind of thing, the first thing he thinks of is to find the police station.

However, when he actually went there, the people in the patrol room ignored him at all and even kicked him out.

The most ridiculous thing is that when he was attacking him, a middle-aged wealthy businessman wearing a satin gown and mandarin jacket happened to walk into the patrol room. The patrolman who attacked him immediately nodded and bowed, and flatteringly called him "Master".

Later, Chen Qing wanted to go to the law firm to seek help, but was stopped by the doorman downstairs of the law firm and could not even get in.

Finally, he waited at the door for the lawyers from the law firm to come out. Those lawyers, who were dressed in stiff suits and looked like dogs, directly said that ten yuan for a question made him speechless.

You know, he only pays 20 cents for cleaning people's shoes, and he may not make 2 yuan at the end of the day.

In this way, after a beating, Chen Qing gradually became numb. He tried his best to set up shoe shine stalls as close to the doors of theaters, cinemas, and dance halls. Although there was a risk of being driven away, the two gangsters did not dare to do so in these places. Come here to make trouble.

In addition, he would often observe his surroundings and grab the suitcase and run away when the two gangsters, Sun Bing and Luo Gang, were not paying attention.

In short, just hide if you can.

There are many teenagers similar to him in this area, and there are many blackmail targets for the gangsters in the two places, but so far they have not been blocked.

But now, looking at the two local gangsters Sun Bing and Luo Gang at the end of North Street, who seemed to be targeting the out-of-town cheongsam woman, Chen Qing couldn't help but frown.

However, he didn't make any move.

"Most likely, they are preparing to steal money."

Chen Qing made a guess in his mind.

Although Sun Bing and Luo Gang, the two local gangsters, were the nightmare of newspaper sellers and shoemakers nearby, looking at the entire Qianyang City, they were nothing.

The two of them had to step aside when they bumped into nearby gang members, let alone causing trouble for the patrol house.

Chen Qing estimated that the two of them probably saw that the cheongsam woman was from out of town, and then they got the wrong idea and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other person was unfamiliar with her place of origin and get some money to spend.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing slowly looked back.

He wasn't going to do anything.

After more than three months of severe beatings, he has come to understand the world - of course, the main reason is also because he cannot protect himself. Not only did he not have enough time to stop him in the past, but even if he had time, he would still be beating a dog with a piece of meat. Not only could he not stop the foreign woman, If you were robbed, your own money would probably have to go into it, and you might even get a beating.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Chen Qing chose to ignore it.

Just when Chen Qing slowly turned his gaze back, the cheongsam woman at the end of North Street also turned into a nearby alley.

Sun Bing and Luo Gang, who were following closely behind, saw this and immediately quickened their pace and turned into the alley together.

Chen Qing caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, and he could already imagine in his mind that Sun Bing and Luo Gang ran out quickly after grabbing the money, and there was a scene in the alley of a woman screaming for help in terror.

However, things did not develop as he imagined.

After the three figures turned into the alley one after another, more than ten seconds passed. Sun Bing and Luo Gang still did not run out, and no woman's frightened voice calling for help came from the alley.

This made Chen Qing, who had planned to ignore it, frown again.

"Could it be..."

Sun Bing and Luo Gang were utter scum, so Chen Qing would naturally think that they had evil thoughts after they followed the cheongsam woman into the alley.

The security in this world is not very good. As long as no one is dead or a powerful person is involved, the patrol office is not that concerned about security incidents among civilians.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing's face couldn't help but darken.

If he just grabbed some money and ran away without harming her for life, he would still choose to ignore it after weighing the pros and cons.

But even though he had received modern education, he still couldn't sit idly by and ignore this situation that was going to harm her for the rest of her life.

Immediately, Chen Qing stood up and left the shoe stall, running straight towards the alley the three of them turned into.

However, he did not blindly rush over to stop him, because his sixteen-year-old physical fitness could not defeat the two ruffians Sun Bing and Luo Gang, and he did not want to be beaten.

As he ran, he reached into his inner pocket and took out a whistle.

In the patrol room of Qianyang City, each patrol officer is equipped with a whistle. When someone encounters someone breaking the law and committing a crime, he will blow the whistle to signal the arrival of the patrol officer and scare away the criminals.

Some people say that this is a dereliction of duty on the part of the patrol. Blowing the whistle in advance notifies criminals to escape, so they do not need to arrest people, which saves effort and avoids personal risk. Others say that this is to interrupt criminals' criminal behavior and make criminals stop when they hear the whistle. The original intention of committing a crime is to protect the victim.

No matter what the reason was, after Chen Qing learned this, he quietly made a whistle and put it on him.

When people do bad things, they will feel guilty to some extent. At this time, when they suddenly hear the patrol, the timid will be frightened, while the bold will be afraid of being caught by the patrol and choose to run away.

Both will most likely stop the ongoing crime.

Chen Qing originally planned to use it to scare people by surprise and buy himself life or time when he was in danger.

After all, this thing is always just a whistle. It is only useful if it makes the other party think that the patrol is coming. If he is seen blowing the whistle, it will be completely useless.

Moreover, after being scared once, this thing is basically useless, because the person who was scared will gradually become alert and come to his senses without seeing the patrolman.

But now, with no other effective way, Chen Qing can only use this strange trick to win the game.

He took out his whistle and ran for a while. After approaching the alley, Chen Qing put the whistle in his mouth and blew it hard:
"Beep——"

A powerful and long whistle suddenly resounded through the early morning streets.

The people walking nearby couldn't help but stagnate, and then their eyes subconsciously looked in the direction where the whistle came from.

Seeing this, Chen Qing blew harder and harder, and continued running towards the alley while blowing, trying to create the illusion that the patrolman was running quickly towards the alley through the gradually getting closer of the whistle.

For a while, I could only hear the constant "beep beep beep" whistle on the street.

However, things once again exceeded Chen Qing's expectations!
When Chen Qing was blowing the whistle and running quickly towards the alley, a figure suddenly emerged from the alley.

However, these figures are not Sun Bing and Luo Gang, but the cheongsam woman who turned in at the beginning!
She is still wearing the same floral cheongsam, carrying a woven bamboo suitcase, and has a graceful and graceful figure. But the difference is that before, Chen Qing could only see her back from a distance, but this time she was face to face with him only three or four meters away. He saw the other party's appearance clearly.

Willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge and a red lip combine to form a beautiful face.

However, what impressed Chen Qing the most was the indifferent look in the other person's eyes!

Looking into such a pair of eyes, Chen Qing couldn't help but froze on the spot for a short time.

The cheongsam woman's indifferent eyes quickly looked at Chen Qing's whole body, and finally stopped at the whistle in Chen Qing's hand.

After a little thought, the cheongsam woman seemed to have figured out what was going on. She chuckled and said, "When did the police in Qianyang become so righteous? It turns out I was overthinking it."

After saying that, she looked at Chen Qing with eyes that changed from indifference to indifference, and asked, "What's your name?"

(End of this chapter)