The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 24
Zhou Tong nodded with understanding, and said, "It seems that he has already made preparations. You are not allowed to call him master, so it is considered that he has not recruited the wrong disciple. It is not in vain for me to teach him marksmanship. Since you know Chong'er, He was the one who asked you to come, why didn't he say anything when he saw the old man?"

Zhao Gougong said: "The boy wants to use his own strength to make the old man accept me as a disciple. Coach Lin is your disciple. Even if you mention him, you may not change your mind. The teacher is the father for life! I don't want to embarrass Coach Lin, and I don't want you to have any misunderstandings."

Zhou Tong nodded and said, "He asked you to come, so he must have written a letter. Where is this letter?"

"It's in my bag, boy, get it here!" Zhao Gou quickly returned to the firewood room, took out an unopened letter from the bag, and then quickly came to Zhou Tong, saying respectfully : "Mr. Zhou, this is written by Teacher Lin himself before the boy left. He said he saw you and asked me to pass it on."

Zhou Tong looked down to see that the envelope hadn't been opened, nodded appreciatively, and said softly, "It's a bit chilly outside, why don't we go into the room."

Zhao Gou was stunned and said nothing, before he had time to react, Zhou Tong had already returned to the house first, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others were ecstatic when they saw that Zhou Tong agreed with Zhao Gou to go.The four of them came to Zhao Gou one after another, very happy.Zhao Gou has lived here for a month, and he has already become acquainted with Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others. As long as Zhou Tong is not around, the five of them will practice martial arts in private, and they gradually become familiar with each other.

Moreover, Zhao Gou is the youngest among the crowd, but his skill is considered to be the best among the five, and his moves are endlessly varied. The only shortcoming is that his strength is not as big as them, especially Yue Fei, who is born with supernatural power , which is a thousand miles away.

From the beginning, Zhao Gou's arm strength, wrist strength, and foot strength were the worst among the five, but gradually Zhao Gou caught up with them, and even Zhao Gou's strength began to be comparable to Yue Fei.Everyone was also very curious about how Zhao Gou practiced. Zhao Gou was in a state of suffering, and he also wanted to tell others about the inner strength and mind method that Chen Tuan had passed on to him, but it was useless to tell them, except that all the air pockets in his body were opened. , it is simply difficult for others to practice.

At the beginning, Zhao Gou also mentioned that even Yue Fei and others couldn't practice with just a few words, as if Zhao Gou's way of martial arts was different from everyone else's.Zhao Gou's moves seem chic and elegant, but they are actually full of strength; Yue Fei and others' moves are open and closed, extremely domineering.

Yue Fei and others started from the shallow to the deep, from the outside to the inside, from rough to fine, and from shape to spirit. They have profound martial arts skills, and then practice moves, from cumbersome moves to essence, and then from similar moves. From the inside to the outside, Zhao Gou pays attention to the practice of internal strength, every move and style is similar, specious, just like the ever-changing moves, he can do whatever he wants.

Therefore, Yue Fei and others also learned from Zhao Gou that the moves cannot be static; Zhao Gou also learned the importance of martial arts foundation from Yue Fei and others.If it wasn't for Chen Tuan's patriarch to teach him the formula for practicing internal strength, perhaps he would not be a match for any of them at all.

Yue Fei and others made friends with Zhao Gou secretly, and explored each other's martial arts, learning from each other and making continuous progress. Zhou Tong also turned a blind eye.Most of the martial arts shown by Zhao Gou, Yue Fei and others, Zhou Tong can recognize, but he is a little surprised why Zhao Gou has so many martial arts, none of which he is good at. But he could feel Zhao Gou's aura, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

So, Zhou Tong began to pay attention to Zhao Gou, and every day he saw Zhao Gou meditating and practicing internal strength before going to sleep, so he knew that Zhao Gou had unlimited potential.At the beginning, when Zhou Tong came to Tangyin County, he was hired to teach martial arts to Yue Fei and others. Seeing Yue Fei's qualifications and roots, he felt that Yue Fei would definitely become a general of a party. Handed down.

As for Wang Gui, Tang Huai, and Zhang Xian, they are far behind Yue Fei.However, the four of them were all his disciples, and Zhou Tong taught them all without being stingy or secretive.Now that Zhou Tong is old, he wants to impart all his martial arts to Yue Fei and others.Moreover, Wang Gui and the others also knew that their understanding was not as strong as Yue Fei's. Seeing that Zhou Tong loved Yue Fei very much, they were also happy for him.

After Zhao Gou got acquainted with everyone, he knew that Yue Fei's family was in decline, his father died young, and only his mother was alive, who had never studied, and was brought up by his mother alone.Wang Gui, Tang Huai, and Zhang Xian grew up with Yue Fei. Since childhood, Yue Fei was born with supernatural powers. Every time he fights, he wins. The relationship between the four is very good.

At first, Zhao Gou thought that Yue Fei's father was alive, but he never thought that his father died early, leaving only his mother alive.As for Wang Gui and the others, the fathers of the three of them are all outsiders with a good family background, and this place also belongs to Wang Gui's family.It's not the field of Yue Fei's family that the waiter said.

Therefore, the better Zhou Tong treats Yue Fei, the happier the three of them will be.After all, the three of them practice martial arts in order to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country with Yue Fei, but their talents are not as high as Yue Fei's, so they can only learn as much as they can.Zhou Tong didn't have too many demands on the three of them, only Yue Fei had very strict demands.

Zhou Tong managed to find a disciple who could inherit the mantle and teach him with all his money. He wished that Yue Fei and others could become teachers as soon as possible.Moreover, when Yue Fei met Zhou Tong, he had already adopted him as a adopted son.However, when practicing martial arts, Zhou Tong did not allow Yue Fei to call him foster father, only master.

After Zhao Gou figured everything out, he understood why Zhou Tong was so kind to Yue Fei, and he had to admire Wang Gui and others.If it is in later generations, Zhao Gou is not sure if there will be jealousy.However, Zhao Gou didn't see any unhappiness, everything was happy and harmonious, which made him fascinated.

Zhou Tong observed Zhao Gou's movements and martial arts moves. Two lights came out of his cloudy eyes, and he thought to himself, "I didn't expect this kid to be so talented? If he is also my disciple, with the strength of the two of them , will definitely carry forward what I have learned, but..."

Zhou Tong, who was secretly observing everything, already had the intention of accepting disciples, but after seeing the figures of Zhang San and Li Si, he gave up this idea.A month passed in a flash, and after Zhang San and Li Si's mouths, Zhou Tong let go of his guard, and thought that Zhao Gou was a promising talent, so he planned to take him as his apprentice.

It happened that Zhao Gou thought he was a thief, so he performed the martial arts taught to him by Lin Chong by mistake, so that Zhou Tong could see the relationship between Zhao Gou and Lin Chong at a glance.Therefore, it was logical to ask Zhao Gou to make his guess come true.Zhao Gou, Yue Fei and the others looked at each other and smiled. Zhou Tong had already returned to the house, opened the letter, and saw that it clearly wrote: "My teacher Zhou Gong Guangzu personally wrote!"

"Mr. Zhou's respect: Greetings for a long time, please forgive me! Chong is unable to come to pay respects to the master due to official business. Chong has a disciple with mediocre qualifications and good perseverance. He is eager to learn martial arts and neglects the foundation of martial arts. There are many moves, and every time they fight, they seem to be weak, so I asked him to find a teacher to solve the fundamental method for him."

"This son has practiced martial arts with Chong for three years, gradually improving every day. He is a rare talent in martial arts. He learned that his master has accepted a closed-door disciple. Chong, please ask your master to accept him as an apprentice, and tell you all about it, so Chong asked him to change his name, and no longer respect him as a teacher, but he still hopes that the master will agree? Chong has already found out the criteria for the master's acceptance of disciples, and this son must obey the 'Ten Commandments', so let me tell you!"

Zhou Tong looked at the letter written by Lin Chong, frowned unceasingly, and said in a low voice, "This Lin Chong is really a martial artist. After ten years of separation, the handwriting is still so sloppy and the words don't express the meaning. If there is a chance, you should really take care of it." I told him to let him study Chinese well and not to practice martial arts all day long."

He knew what Lin Chong meant, and looked at the time when the signature was signed. It happened to be forty days apart. Zhou Tong couldn't help frowning when he recalled the moves Zhao Gou fought with Yue Fei and the others, as well as the fight against him in a hurry.Zhou Tong knew that what Lin Chong said was true, even if Zhao Gou practiced his internal skills, it still couldn't change his weak foundation.

"His courage is really great. He actually taught apprentices on behalf of the master. The most important thing in teaching martial arts is to lay a solid foundation, from the simple to the deep, and step by step to become a generation of martial arts masters. At the beginning, he clearly warned Lin Chong, how can he forget?" Teaching, is there any other reason?"

"If not, with Lin Chong's temperament, it is impossible to casually teach him martial arts moves, even his family's martial arts. In this way, he also has a way of using weapons, but he has never used them. This Lin Chong is also true, I didn't teach it well, left a mess, and then threw it to me..."

"That's all! That's all!..." Zhou Tong lowered his head in thought, smiled again, and said, "After a month of observation, he can be regarded as a person with potential. He is still young, and his foundation has been re-established. Although it is a bit painful, For him who is eager to learn, there shouldn't be much problem, why don't you accept him as a disciple, and observe carefully in the future."

"Although Pengju is born with supernatural powers, and his riding and archery skills are truly passed on, some martial arts still need more practice. His riding and archery skills are still not enough in the army, and he must practice more. Since that kid is here, then There are only five of them to learn individually, let's see if Pengju is better than that kid, and then focus on training them so that they can each learn the martial arts they want, so that even if they go to the battlefield in the future, they will not be afraid of others, galloping on the battlefield, Expansion of territory."

After more than a month of waiting, Zhao Gou was finally able to watch the clouds and see the moonlight. Zhou Tong made up his mind to accept him as an apprentice, and taught all five of them what he had learned throughout his life, and then focused on training according to the situation.Now, he is over seventy, and he just wants to pass on what he has learned all his life, nothing else.

(End of this chapter)