After returning to the right path and studying hard, time passed quickly. Liu Qiao advanced in both civil and martial arts. He learned more calligraphy, recognized more martial arts books, and improved his skills a lot.
Suddenly, the spring and autumn season has passed, and a few snowflakes are falling from the sky, but half a year has passed.
As soon as winter came, the master and apprentice became even more lazy at work. They didn't bother to open the door for ten and a half days, because they were afraid of the cold.
Although Jiang Shang has Taoism, he has not yet cultivated an immortal body. The eight human sufferings such as hunger, cold, disease, epidemic, money, life, and power are still unavoidable, let alone Liu Qiao, who is a mortal.
There was no coal in ancient times, and charcoal was only used by the nobles. If they burned charcoal for heating, they would not make enough charcoal money to open the business for one day, so they were too lazy to open the business.
However, early that morning, after Liu Qiao finished a few sets of martial arts, he heard Jiang Shang and his wife next door quarreling again. After a while, the old couple started fighting again.
So he quickly ran over to start a fight, separated the two of them and asked, it turned out that Mrs. Ma was complaining about Jiang Shang again, doing nothing at home all day long and not going out to make money, so he was a living person.
It was normal for the two of them to fight. After living here for half a year, the old couple quarreled basically every day and fought every few days. It was only in the cold winter that they calmed down a bit.
Without exception, the quarrels between the old couple mainly revolved around making money, working, and eating.
Liu Qiao also basically summed up his experience. If it was just a quarrel, Jiang Shang would basically not move.
However, if there was a fight and Lao Jiang felt depressed, he would probably drag him to work.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before Jiang Shang packed up his things, called Liu Qiao, left Songjiazhuang, and headed all the way to Chaoge.
Snowflakes were still floating in the winter moon sky. Jiang Shang walked in front with his robe on his arm, while Liu Qiao walked behind holding an umbrella for him.
There was a vast expanse of white everywhere, and in the rainy and snowy weather, the villagers rarely went out. It was as if they were all alone in the world, only the master and the apprentice were left hobbling around.
Perhaps because the surroundings were quiet and quiet, and there was no noise from Ma's ears, Jiang Shang's mood improved for the most part.
Touching the scars on his face, he chatted with Liu Qiao: "Since last month, you have learned all the writing and I have ignored you. You have been practicing martial arts on your own. How are you doing?"
"I am proficient in sticks and sticks, hooks and crosses to enter the house, swords, guns, swords and halberds are good enough for beginners. I don't know anything about axes and axes. I can do some tricks in fists and kicks, but I am not very proficient in them..." Liu Qiao did not hide anything, and practiced every skill.
Those who haven’t practiced yet should report truthfully.
"There are not enough weapons in Zhuangzi. I don't blame you if you don't know some weapons. But why are you so far behind in terms of boxing and kicking skills?"
Liu Qiao answered truthfully: "My disciples believe that martial arts is a technique for killing people, not a technique for stopping fighting. If you don't want to fight, you won't fight. If you want to fight, you have to kill with a dead hand. So what if you have practiced fists and kicks for ten years and a hundred years?"
Jiang Shang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't agree with it, but he didn't object. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm going to buy some horses and some bows and arrows today."
Liu Qiao didn't ask why, he just nodded in agreement. As for money, Song Yiren had plenty, and his master and apprentice were not short of money.
Jiang Shang really likes his character of doing things without asking too much. He stroked his beard and replied with a smile: "In the future, you will rarely conquer the battlefield. If you don't know how to use bow and horse, how can you do it? From now on, you will have to master the bow and horse, and you will have your own driving skills in the future."
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Both of them walked quickly, walking for dozens of miles while talking and laughing. After entering Chaoge, they calmly opened the store door.
In the middle of winter, there are still snowflakes flying outside, and there are many fewer pedestrians on the street.
There were very few customers entering the store, so Jiang Shang had some free time. When Liu Qiao saw that there were few people, he spontaneously went out to attract customers.
As soon as I went out, I saw a woman standing in front of the store.
Liu Qiao had been following Jiang Shang for half a year. He had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running around. Although he was still not familiar with numerology and fortune-telling, he had also developed his eyesight.
As soon as he took a look at the woman, he fixed his eyes and said secretly: "This woman has beautiful eyes and dark purple lips. Judging from her appearance, she may not be ordinary. Also, judging from her light steps when she came, she may have practiced martial arts."
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But this woman was dressed in ordinary clothes, carrying a vegetable basket, and her skin was very rough. Although she was dressed like a peasant woman, her eyes were blue and very extraordinary.
After thinking about Jiang Shang's identity again, Liu Qiao guessed that this woman was probably a passing deity who met Jiang Shang, transformed into a human being, and came to say hello.
He smiled secretly and said: "This woman is either a fairy or a ghost. I'm afraid she is Master's old mistress from Kunlun..."
Immediately he strode forward and asked: "Sister, I saw that you had been looking inside for a long time, but you were troubled, so you came in to tell your fortune..."
This question is also very particular. It does not ask whether you are here to tell fortunes, but directly uses affirmative words. If you come to tell fortunes, there is no "mo", "m" or "ba" at the end, which are also affirmative words.
This was also the method used by Liu Qiao in his previous life when he was at the bottom, running business and selling products, directly blocking the way for people to reply.
The seemingly clumsy village woman smiled generously and walked inside.
The woman walked and said: "It's not that I'm worried, it's because I saw this couplet, [An iron mouth, good at talking about the ups and downs of the world. Two strange eyes, able to see through the demons and charms in the heart] Haha, what a loud tone."
However, as soon as the woman entered the house, before she could say anything, Jiang Shang, who was sitting wiping the divination chips, suddenly stood up, startling Liu Qiao outside.
The old man Jiang jumped over the table, reached out and grabbed the woman's hands behind her back, making her unable to move. If he didn't give up, he grabbed the woman and dragged her to the street.
The woman was shocked and shouted: "Old sir, what are you doing? The slave family is a generation of women, men and women are not close to each other, please let go..."
After saying this, he tried hard to twist, but he felt that Jiang Shang's hands were like iron hoops, unable to move left, right, or front. Seeing more and more people surrounding him, he simply started crying.
The people were already surrounded all around, and they could see Jiang Shang acting so recklessly in broad daylight, so they all stepped forward to rescue the woman and beat the old gangster to death.
Seeing that the people around him were about to come forward, Liu Qiao hurriedly pulled up the flagpole in front of the stall to wave flags.
Throw down the flags, the thick mouth of the bowl, and the length of the flag pole are horizontal and cover, and the tiger and tiger make the wind.
He shouted violently: "Stand back... If you dare to step forward even half a step, I will tell you that your brains will burst and turn into minced meat..."
Seeing Liu Qiao's fierceness, the common people did not dare to come forward, but they all said:
"Jiang Ziya, how could you, the oldest in your class, do such a thing..."
"Old ghost, are you coveting this girl's beauty and want to do something evil?"
"It's so outrageous. It's broad daylight at the feet of the King of Shangdu. How dare you do this..."
Seeing that Lao Jiang was just staring at the woman, tense and silent, and noisy everywhere, Liu Qiao hurriedly explained:
"My friends don't know, but my master is a divine man. He studied Taoism in Kunlun in the past years. This woman is his mistress and the immortal of Kunlun. They were originally in love..."
So a new story was released that added the love triangle, father-daughter love, illicit love, and other bloody incidents that Liu Qiao had seen in the TV series.
It includes stories such as childhood sweethearts, but being separated, falling in love, only to find out they are brother and sister, and a third party interfering, but it is Lao Jiang who is decades older than him.
After going through many ups and downs, intrigues, and bloody fights, they finally came together, but were forcibly separated by the Iron-faced Master because of the sect rules (in the Yuxu Precepts).
There was silence all around, and the people on three levels outside and on three levels gathered around, listening with great interest. Some spectators even set up a bench for Liu Qiao and brought tea to moisten his mouth, even ignoring the crying woman.
Jiang Shang's face turned pale when he heard this, and he couldn't help shouting: "You evildoer, shut up..."
"Humph, Master still won't let me say it. You don't know that my Master is suffering as an old man. The beautiful woman is there, and he misses her day and night, but he can't get it..."
Liu Qiao also wanted to make fun of Lao Jiang, and secondly, he talked nonsense to draw the people's attention, pretending to be grievances for Jiang Shangming, and pouring out the bitterness of the people around him.
In fact, he wanted to excuse Master's reputation as an obscene person.
No matter if the woman is a fairy or a demon, first divert the attention of the people.
"Tell me quickly, tell me quickly, what happened to the girl after she was knocked off the cliff by her lover's master?" Mr. Hua Gui said eagerly.
The old man in silk clothes said: "Huh, I'm not here. What else can I do? But the Iron-faced God, who is not a son of a man, is so unkind..."
"It's true, it's true. Dunlun's etiquette and the love between men and women are inherited from Yan and Huang. They were customized by the Five Emperors. They don't allow people to get married. It's simply against human ethics..." A young master in Jinyi said angrily.
In this era, there were no entertainment programs, storytellers or operas. This was the first time for the common people to hear such stories. Therefore, everyone listened attentively, which was called concentration.
Here Jiang Ziya thought to himself: "We can't let that villain talk any more. This woman is clearly a monster, and these people are also stupid. Seeing me like this, they don't know how to report it to the official. Instead, they continue to listen to these nonsense."
"If you let go, you are afraid that the monster will change and escape, so you will just stop doing it and make things worse. Someone with sense will always come to this workshop..."
After making up his mind, Jiang Shang looked hard. Seeing that there was no one around him, he pulled out an inkstone from the account table next to him and hit the woman with her head against the door.
He was beaten until peach blossoms bloomed, his brains burst, and plum blossoms splashed all over Liu Qiao, the storyteller next to him.
"Be good, Master, you were too cruel. You opened her head directly. It's better now, but things are going to be big." Liu Qiao smiled bitterly at Jiang Shang.
Everyone around was also startled, and they all shouted, "Jiang Ziya, if you cause trouble, you should pay for it..."
The sensible people also shouted: "Don't let this evil master and apprentice leave, please report to the official immediately..."