The four of them walked along the path for a quarter of an hour, and finally came to an old house.【】
There are no plaques inside or outside the house, and there are weeds growing everywhere. You can tell at a glance that it has been abandoned for a long time.
The pilgrims who came earlier than Chai Yan had already begun to turn back along the original route.
One of them was still complaining when he passed by Chai Yan and the others: "It's boring, it's just a broken stone, nothing else."
Chai Yan didn't answer after hearing this, thinking that this was nothing like the tourist attractions of later generations. As long as there was a story and a reason, he could put up a sign and write a few lines of introduction, and then compile a tourist attraction for you.
Looking at the pilgrims leaving, Jimo Qiao suddenly felt a little disappointed: "Brother-in-law, this place is too run-down."
Chai Yan kept walking and walked towards the house, saying, "Didn't you see what they were saying just now? A martial arts master lived here a long time ago. Looking at it like this, it's probably not a hundred but fifty years old."
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"I wouldn't have come if I had known it, and I've been gone for so long." Jimo Qiao said disgustedly.
"You're here, let's take a look." Chai Yan said, already approaching the house.
Jimo Qiao looked at the old house and shook his head and sighed, then followed him.
Chai Yan and the four of them walked around in front of the house, and finally gathered in front of a large stone with many holes.
Chai Yan took a closer look and found that the holes in the stone were all about the same size, and their diameters were very close to those of the middle and index fingers, as if they were really marks left by iron finger skills.
Jimo Qiao put his finger into a hole and said in surprise: "If this is really left by the Iron Finger Kung Fu, then how powerful this person is!"
Cheng Jiu nodded and said: "Yes, he was able to poke such a deep hole in the stone, almost half of his finger. This master's martial arts is really terrifying!"
Yu Tie also nodded and tried to poke the stone with his finger.
Chai Yan looked at the hole again, and then said: "Actually, this stone is not used by experts to practice martial arts..."
"Isn't it?" Jimo Qiao said: "There is such a hole in it, how could it be there without practicing martial arts?"
Chai Yan shook his head and said, "You just don't observe carefully. What are the patterns in these holes?"
Jimo Qiao frowned and immediately started to check. Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie also looked closer.
After a while, Jimo Qiao shook his head and asked, "What's the rule?"
"Did you see it?" Chai Yan asked Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie.
Cheng Jiu said: "Sir, the holes on the far right are the shallowest, and then gradually become deeper as you go to the left. The row on the far left is the deepest, and it is almost no more than half a finger."
Upon hearing this, Jimo Qiao immediately looked closer and said, "It's true, it's really like this!"
"But sir, what can this pattern explain?" Cheng Jiu discovered the pattern but couldn't quite figure it out.
Yu Tie seemed to have thought of something, but no one could understand his words of "uh uh ah ah".
"Yu Tie, please stop talking and listen to my brother-in-law." After hearing what Jimo Qiao said, Yu Tie had no choice but to shut up.
Chai Yan first came to the conclusion: "This stone should be the test stone used by this expert to test his iron finger strength!"
"Look, the holes on it are arranged in an orderly manner. It's obvious that he didn't just practice Kung Fu casually. This expert should be practicing Kung Fu somewhere else, using something else..."
"Look at the hole on the far right. It's very shallow, right? This means that at this time, the master's Iron Finger Skill is not strong enough, so the power can only reach this level."
As he spoke, Chai Yan pointed to the holes in the back rows.
Chai Yan continued: "The latter ones are obviously deeper than the previous ones, and each row is increasing. This shows that this expert's finger strength is getting better and better day by day."
Jimo Qiao nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes, yes, this expert must use this stone to test his skills every time he practices Iron Finger Kung Fu for a period of time."
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie were also very convinced of Chai Yan's conclusion.
Chai Yan turned around and pointed around and asked: "And have you noticed that this stone is completely different from the surrounding stones? I think this expert must have specially brought it here, because this stone is very rare, so this stone is very rare."
Experts will use it sparingly, arrange the holes neatly, and try not to waste every inch of space."
"Yes!" Jimo Qiao said in admiration: "Brother-in-law, you are observing too carefully!"
Chai Yan smiled and said: "What do I do? Isn't careful observation the most basic thing in everything?"
Jimo Qiao nodded and giggled.
Cheng Jiu glanced at the old house: "I don't know if this master is still alive in this world."
"Who knows." Chai Yan shrugged.
"Brother-in-law, we've finished reading this. Let's go." Jimo Qiao felt that there was nothing to see around him, so he decided to leave.
Chai Yan nodded, then turned around and walked back on the road he came from.
After walking a few steps, Chai Yan suddenly said to Jimo Qiao: "Seeing this stone, I suddenly remembered a story. Do you want to hear it?"
Jimo Qiao was startled, and immediately nodded like pecking at rice: "I want to hear it, I want to hear it!"
Jimo Qiao often pestered Chai Yan to tell her stories, but Chai Yan made excuses eight times out of ten. Now that he actually wanted to tell her a story, Jimo Qiao naturally wouldn't let him go.
"Ahem..."
Chai Yan cleared his throat and said, "The story is like this. Once upon a time, there was a sergeant named Zhang Dali. Why was he called Dali? Because he was extremely strong, brave and good at fighting, and he was also quite chivalrous. One day it rained heavily, and Zhang Dali and
A villager driving a donkey carrying goods met on a narrow road. Because the road was narrow, neither of them could pass for a while..."
Jimo Qiao immediately said: "Isn't this Zhang Dali quite chivalrous? Why didn't he let others pass first?"
"Don't interrupt and just listen to what I have to say, okay?" Chai Yan said displeased.
Jimo Qiao stuck out his tongue and shut up.
Chai Yan continued: "Zhang Dali was agitated for a moment. He suddenly shouted loudly, raised the donkey and the goods over his head, then turned around and put them behind him. Everyone present was shocked. From then on, Zhang Dali's
The reputation spread nearby."
"Later one time, Zhang Dali happened to hear about a new daughter-in-law who was unfilial and unvirtuous in an inn. She not only had a bad temper, but also punched and kicked her mother-in-law and her husband whenever they disagreed. Her behavior was extremely bad. When Zhang Dali heard this
He flew into a rage and immediately acted bravely, saying in a high-profile manner that he wanted to teach this prodigal woman a lesson." Chai Yan said.
Jimo Qiao suddenly covered her mouth and laughed when she heard this, but she didn't say anything. She just thought to herself how could there be such a fierce mother-in-law? The husband and the mother-in-law were beaten together!
Chai Yan said: "Not long after, Zhang Dali actually went to the village where the new daughter-in-law was. When Zhang Dali arrived outside the village, he sat on a big bluestone by the roadside and asked someone to call the young lady out. I thought that
The little lady didn’t dare to come, but I didn’t expect that she wasn’t afraid at all, and came here so carefree...”
"When the young lady arrived and heard Zhang Dali's intention, she began to tell one by one what happened at home after the wedding. Not only did she say it, but she also asked Zhang Dali loudly for comment. But look at Zhang Dali again,
By this time his face had turned pale..."
"Why?" Jimo Qiao was puzzled.
Chai Yan smiled: "Oh, why? Because every time the little lady finished saying something, she would poke the big bluestone with her finger. Every time she poked the big bluestone, there would be an inch-deep hole.
Come on, do you think Zhang Dali’s face can’t be white?”
"When Zhang Dali saw this scene, he immediately lost his composure, so he immediately used a long-lost secret technique called "Urine Escape", and escaped in the blink of an eye. From then on, Zhang Dali disappeared, and there was no Zhang Dali in the world anymore.
Brother’s legend.” Chai Yan said with a smile.
"Hahaha..." Jimo Qiao laughed and said, "Zhang Dali is too cowardly. He disappeared after being frightened like this. It's really useless."
Cheng Jiu also laughed after hearing this and asked: "Sir, is this little lady you are talking about practicing this Iron Finger Kung Fu?"