Xigu, Tianjin, is also a place where gangsters live.
In an open space behind the Zheng family building, there was a man playing with a nine-ring sword. The blade was one meter and three meters long and weighed twenty kilograms, but he was dancing like a tiger, and the iron rings clanked against the back of the sword.
If you are close enough, you can even feel the energy flowing.
Suddenly, the man put away his sword and stood up, slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air.
"Good sword skills!"
"Brother Zheng, here comes one more."
"I want to watch Tai Chi!"
"..."
The idle men and gangsters who were watching were shouting and cheering, but the man smiled and said: "It's all gone, it's all gone. Those who want to see Tai Chi will come back another day."
The sword-dancing man's name is Zheng Rupei, a member of the Zheng clan in Xikou.
The Zheng family was a prominent family in Xugu during the Qianlong period, mainly engaged in the timber business, and a large area of land nearby was owned by the Zheng family. However, during the Republic of China, the Zheng family gradually declined, and all the family property was transferred to others, leaving only the Zheng family building.
Still standing as before.
Instead it was the church and the Yang family.
The Yang family were Christians in their early years and relied on the support of foreigners to dominate and prosper. Later, they joined the Qinggang and opened an incense hall, gradually dominating Xugu for generations.
Zheng Rupei is 26 years old this year. He belongs to the direct lineage of the Zheng family and lives in a private house behind the Zheng family building. He learned martial arts from his grandfather and uncle when he was young. Later, he studied martial arts under Xu Yusheng at the Peking Guoshu Hall and learned Tai Chi, Zha Quan and other kung fu.
Zheng Rupei's motivation for learning martial arts was very simple, which was to protect himself. Without his support, the last bit of Zheng's family property would have been taken away by the Qing Gang.
"Second brother, newspaper, the newspaper is here!" Brother Zheng Rutong ran over happily, waving a newspaper in his hand.
Zheng Rupei threw the nine-ring sword away and asked impatiently: "Is there a sequel to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"?"
"Yes, it's called The Legend of the Condor Heroes," Zheng Rutong said happily. "I read it on the way, and it mentioned a woman named Li Mochou. She was amazing. Every time she killed someone, she would kill someone else in advance.
Bloody fingerprints on the wall or door."
Zheng Rupei laughed and scolded: "You kid, you dare to eat alone. We agreed to watch it together."
Zheng Rutong scratched his head and said, "Didn't I hold back?"
Zheng Rupei grabbed the supplement of "Popular", found the page of the serial novel, and sat on the floor to read it.
Due to limited space, the first chapter of "The Loveless Wind" was not even finished serializing, and it ended abruptly when Li Mochou appeared. Zheng Rupei was so itchy that if it had been a few decades later, he would have definitely cursed: "Chapter-breaking dog!"
"It's really boring. There are only so many words and it's not fun to read." Zheng Rupei told his younger brother, "Remember to buy me a newspaper on time tomorrow."
Zheng Rutong said: "Second brother, "Popular" is published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can read it today and see it the day after tomorrow."
Zheng Rupei said depressedly: "Then we still have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse are gone?"
Zheng Rutong said: "Just take your time and read The Legend of the Condor Heroes again."
"Oh, let's not mention this anymore," Zheng Rupei changed the subject, "Why did you stop studying after you graduated from elementary school? You won't do anything if you don't study. You can take the middle school entrance examination for me next year."
Zheng Rutong smiled bitterly and said: "Second brother, I'm really not good at studying. I'm pretty good at learning crafts."
Zheng Rupei picked up the big knife and went home. He looked at the simple house and pointed at the Zheng family building in front of him and said, "Fifth brother, only by studying can you be successful. Our Zheng family used to live in that high-rise building, but now we can only live in a small house.
We must find a way to move back."
Zheng Rutong muttered: "I would like to move back. Who wouldn't like living in a big house?"
"Oh, let's not talk about it." Zheng Rupei said helplessly. The Zheng family was also unlucky. They encountered the Boxers, foreigners and gangsters successively. The huge century-old family declined rapidly. Now the gangsters not only joined the Qinggang, but also gained connections with Chu Yupu. They were not at all
The Zheng family can handle it.
Zheng Rutong was not so troubled and asked curiously: "Second brother, do you think that Jin Yong who wrote "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a peerless master? Maybe he can also master the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon. If one day
If I meet him, I will definitely worship him as my teacher."
Zheng Rupei smiled and said: "Jin Yong is in Tianjin. If you want to become a disciple, just go to him."
Zheng Rutong said: "I heard that Jin Yong is working for Marshal Chu, but I don't dare come to ask for a beating."
"That's all from the old calendar. Jin Yong is Zhou Hexuan who runs Hope Primary School. He is from Marshal Zhang." Zheng Rupei said.
Zheng Rutong was shocked: "Second brother, how do you know?"
"I heard it from an old friend in Peiping," Zheng Rupei said.
In his early years, he went to the Peking Chinese Martial Arts Hall and met many martial arts masters. The Peking Chinese Martial Arts Hall published a newspaper last year, saying that martial arts can strengthen the country and strengthen the population. Now the Chinese are called the sick men of East Asia. Hereby, we would like to inform citizens and students that we hope everyone can learn Chinese martial arts to serve the country.
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This announcement had a great impact. More than 40 universities and middle schools in Peiping sent invitations to the Peiping Guoshu Hall, hoping that they could send instructors to teach martial arts in schools. This move even received financial support from the Ministry of Education.
Based on the connections between the Peking Chinese Martial Arts Museum and major schools, it is quite normal for someone to know that Zhou Hexuan is Jin Yong.
Zheng Rutong was very excited after hearing this, and encouraged: "Second brother, your skills are so powerful, why don't you go and compete with Mr. Zhou?"
Zheng Rupei said: "I heard that Mr. Zhou doesn't seem to know martial arts."
"How is that possible? The martial arts novels he wrote are amazing. If you don't know martial arts, you will never be able to write them!" Zheng Rutong said.
"That's right." Zheng Rupei was quite moved.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly!" Zheng Rutong said.
Zheng Rupei asked: "Where to go?"
"Let's discuss martial arts with Mr. Zhou," Zheng Rutong said.
As soon as the two brothers said that, they went out and walked from the north of the city to the concession in the southeast of the city. It was almost noon when they arrived at the newspaper office.
Zheng Rupei, wearing a short coat, walked in and asked, "Is Mr. Zhou Hexuan here?"
"Who are you? What do you want from Mr. Zhou?" the newspaper employee asked.
Zheng Rupei said: "I am Zheng Rupei of Xugu, and I came here to learn martial arts from Mr. Zhou!"
The employee almost burst out laughing, pointing to the editor-in-chief's office and saying, "Mr. Zhou is inside, go in by yourself."
Zheng Rupei came to the editor-in-chief's office. He didn't knock on the door, but shouted: "Zheng Rupei of Xigou, I came here to pay a visit to Mr. Zhou and ask to see him!"
Zhou Hexuan stood up and opened the door, looking at the visitor with a confused expression: "Hello, are you okay?"
Zheng Rupei cupped his fists and said, "I've heard about Mr. Zheng for a long time. I know Mr. Zheng is proficient in martial arts. I would like to ask you for advice today!"
Nima, what the hell?
Three black lines appeared on Zhou Hexuan's forehead.
However, what Zhou Hexuan didn't know was that the person standing in front of him at this moment was Zheng Zhengyin, one of the "Five Great Northern Schools" of martial arts novels in the Republic of China. The other four were: Li Shoumin, Wang Dulu, Gong Baiyu and Zhu Zhenmu.
Zheng Rupei's path to martial arts creation was quite bizarre. Gong Baiyu wrote martial arts novels to make a living, but he didn't know the moves, so he asked Zheng Rupei to be his martial arts instructor. Zheng Rupei drew the fighting moves on paper, and he then looked at the pictures and wrote them in words.
Later, Gong Baiyu fell ill while writing "The Magnificent Wind of the Makino", and Zheng Rupei was the ghostwriter for a time. It wasn't until Gong Baiyu and Zheng Rupei had a falling out that Zheng Rupei began to write his own martial arts novels, taking the pen name "Zheng Yin".
As for Zhu Zhenmu, it’s even funnier. He and Li Shoumin were colleagues at the telephone office. Seeing that Li Shoumin could make money writing novels, he started writing his own novels. The harem routines of "one bed is good for many" and "all the women chasing the male protagonist" in later generations are all Zhu Zhenmu.
Creative.
These were things in the 1930s and have not happened yet.
Zhou Hexuan didn't know Zheng Rupei's background, so he could only explain with a wry smile that he didn't know martial arts, and called the Sun brothers to play with this man slowly.
