Liang Xuemei opened the safe hidden in the bookshelf and took out a dark brown sandalwood box.
She solemnly handed the wooden box to Zuo Yi and said, "This is what your master asked me to give to you before he died."
Zuo Yi took it with both hands.
Liang Xuemei said: "Open it and take a look."
Zuo Yi nodded, sat in front of the desk and opened the sandalwood box.
Inside the box was an indigo thread-bound book, with the four vigorous calligraphy characters "Shang Sword Manual" written on the blank part of the cover, and the signature was stamped with Shang He's seal.
Zuo Yi carefully took out the sword manual and opened the pages in his hands.
I saw a four-line poem written on the title page: Huo Ruyi shoots at the nine sunsets, like a group of emperors flying into the sky. It comes like thunder and withdraws its wrath, and ends like the clear light of the river and sea.
Zuo Yi recognized that this was Shang He's handwriting.
These four lines are taken from the famous poem "Watching Gongsun's Disciples Dance with Swords" by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. They are obviously placed here to explain the essence of the swordsmanship passed down from family to merchant.
Shang He is very accomplished in swordsmanship. His family's swordsmanship can be traced back to the time when the previous dynasty was first established. It has a history of hundreds of years and has always been regarded as a secret by Shanghe.
None of Shang He's closest disciples received the Shang Sword True Inheritance. This was not because he was stingy but because he believed that the talents of his disciples were not high enough.
Among them is Shang Yulin!
When Zuo Yi was studying at Tianhong Martial Arts School, Shang He used this set of swordsmanship to "tempt" Zuo Yi, hoping that Zuo Yi could inherit his mantle and carry forward the Shang Sword.
But he was rejected by Zuo Yi.
Seeing things and thinking about people, now seeing this sword manual, Zuo Yi couldn't help but recall Shang He's disappointed eyes when he refused.
Now this man has passed away.
He turned over the title page, and a detailed picture of sword moves immediately came into view, with annotations arranged in densely packed small letters next to it.
Today is already the Internet age, and martial arts has been included in the category of sports science. Boxing, moves, swords, guns, swords and halberds, and the secret martial arts skills left by the ancestors in the past have basically been systematized and standardized.
On the official website of the Daxia Martial Arts League, various boxing and sword manuals can be downloaded for a fee. There are very few antique books like "Shang Sword Manual".
"Eh!"
Zuo Yi took a look and was suddenly a little surprised.
He quickly turned to the next page, and after flipping through four or five pages in a row, he was finally sure that he had actually learned the merchant sword!
This was something Zuo Yi didn't expect at all.
When Zuo Yi rejected Shang He, how could he have thought that Shang He would teach him the secret skills that he regarded as treasures?
Later, Zuo Yi continued to learn swordsmanship from Shang He, but Zuo Yi always thought it was another swordsmanship.
No wonder Shang He gave him individual instruction in the sword room at that time and did not let him practice in front of others.
Now that the truth was revealed, Zuo Yi never had the chance to thank Shang He in person for his good intentions.
He did not continue to read, but put the sword manual back into the sandalwood box.
Zuo Yi said: "Master, thank you."
"You don't need to be so polite to me."
Liang Xuemei said: "Yu Lin's father was..."
Liang Xuemei didn't say anything else, but Zuo Yi knew what she wanted to say.
At that time, Shang He not only regarded Zuo Yi as his true disciple, but also hoped that he could be with Shang Yulin.
Unfortunately, Zuo Yi and Shang Yulin didn't call each other, and he liked freedom and travel at that time, and he also had someone he was pursuing, so he had no choice but to live up to Shang He's good intentions.
Despite this, Shang He and Liang Xuemei still regarded him as half a son and treated him very kindly.
Even Shang Yulin was jealous of him.
Zuo Yi smiled bitterly.
Liang Xuemei changed the topic: "By the way, next time you bring Bao'er's mother over and let me take a look."
She wanted to see who was better than her daughter.
But this left Zuo Yi scratching his head and he could only tell the truth: "Master's wife, I can't bring Bao'er's mother here."
Liang Xuemei was surprised: "Huh?"
Zuo Yi had no choice but to tell the whole story in detail.
After listening to this, Liang Xuemei frowned and asked, "Then you should find a way to find Bao'er's biological mother, and at least ask for the truth. Besides, Bao'er also needs his mother's care."
Zuo Yi nodded: "I will find a way."
Liang Xuemei took a long breath and said: "If you encounter any inconvenience in the future, then you can bring her to me. Anyway, I am fine at home, so I can take care of her."
Zuo Yi said: "Thank you, Master."
Liang Xuemei waved her hand and said: "Bao'er is already four years old. She should also go to kindergarten in the second half of the year. Finding a good kindergarten to study will be beneficial to her growth."
Zuo Yi nodded: "Yeah!"
Although he has been in the world of Sadeya for thirty years and has been fighting in the plane for more than a hundred years, standing in front of Liang Xuemei at this moment is still the junior who needs to listen to teachings.
I've been away for half my life, and I'm still a young man when I come back.
Liang Xuemei smiled and said: "Don't think it's annoying to me."
Zuo Yi said quickly: "No."
Liang Xuemei said: "It's getting late. You can take Bao'er back and remember to come back when you have time."
So Zuo Yi took Bao'er and the sword manual left to him by Shang He, said goodbye to Liang Xuemei and Shang Yulin, and returned to Linjiang's old house.
When we arrived at home, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
Zuo Yi asked Bao'er to take a bath and go to bed. The little girl went to bed with a fragrant bath, and fell into a deep sleep after her head touched the pillow.
She was also very sleepy.
Zuo Yi lowered the brightness of the desk lamp for her as usual, and then quietly left her bedroom.
Jingle bell~
As a result, as soon as he reached the door of the study room, his cell phone rang suddenly.
Zuo Yi quickly took out his cell phone. He was afraid of waking up the little girl, so he didn't bother to look at the caller ID and answered the call directly: "Hello?"
"Are you Zuo Yi?"
What came out of the phone receiver was a woman's voice, with a hint of hesitation and hesitation.
The voice sounded strange to Zuo Yi: "I am Zuo Yi, who are you?"
The woman replied: "Zuo Yi, my name is Su Wanqing."
Su Wanqing!
Zuo Yi was stunned for a moment.
The other party's voice is unfamiliar, but her name is not unfamiliar at all!
Su Wanqing is the "Aunt Qing" that Bao'er never forgets. She is the one who fostered Bao'er in the Angel Baby Day Care Center. She is also the one who wrote his name and mobile phone number in the emergency contact column of the day care contract.
people!
"Is it you?"
Zuo Yi never expected that Su Wanqing would take the initiative to call him!
"It's me!"
Su Wanqing's voice was a little more impatient: "I have contacted the daycare center and I know that you have come back to pick up Bao'er, so please take good care of Bao'er!"
Without waiting for Zuo Yi's answer, she couldn't wait to continue: "I know you must have many questions, and you must want to know who Bao'er's biological mother is, but please believe me, it is far better for you not to know the truth than to know the truth.
Be good to Baoer."
"So don't try to trace the identity of Bao'er's mother. Maybe one day in the future, when the time is right, Bao'er's mother will take the initiative to come to you. Don't try to find me either. I am currently abroad and will not be here for a long time.
I will not return to my country.”
Zuo Yi said: "Baoer misses you very much."
Su Wanqing fell silent.
The sound of her rapid breathing came from the phone, and after a moment she said: "I miss her too. She is a good child, smart and sensible. Although she is not my biological daughter, there is no difference."
"Please take good care of her, goodbye!"
After saying that, Su Wanqing hung up the phone, and she didn't even talk to Zuo Yi for a minute.
Damn it!
Zuo Yi rarely wanted to curse, so he immediately found the phone number and dialed back.
As a result, a busy signal came from the receiver, and the call continued: "Sorry, the number you dialed cannot be connected at the moment!"
Zuo Yi gave up calling again because the other party most likely pulled out the phone card.
The caller number was not the one she left at the daycare center.
Zuo Yi didn't know what happened to Su Wanqing, and why he kept it so secretive for Bao'er's mother. He didn't have the divination ability of the legendary wizard, so it might be difficult to find out the truth in a short time.
According to the incoming calls on her mobile phone, Su Wanqing was indeed abroad, and the number displayed was an American number.
After thinking about it, Zuo Yi decided to put this matter aside for the time being.
But Su Wanqing must have said two things wrong - no matter whether he knew the truth or not, there would be nothing wrong with it.
It won't be bad for Bao'er!
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The second update is here. My old waist is really failing. It seems I have to go to the hospital for a checkup. Finally, I sincerely tell you that you should pay more attention to exercise. If you don't exercise when you are young, you will shed tears in old age!