Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is also a big day for the Tang family. There are seven sons in the Tang family. Tang Guan is the youngest and is still at home. The other six sons are all working as officials in various places. Only during the Chinese New Year,
Just came back to visit relatives.
Some of them have met the Sun family and know that Tang Jian remarried a wife, but there are also some who have never met the Sun family. Moreover, there are many people during the Chinese New Year, and relatives who are out of reach will also visit. Li Mu
He was worried that Mr. Sun would be looked down upon, so he came here again just to put on a show for Mr. Sun. After all, he was now a figure in the court, and even if someone was secretly complaining, they would never dare to express it in front of him. He
The story of breaking through the wall of Dali Temple and killing someone in anger for the Sun family is still being circulated among the people. Who dares to offend him at the risk of his life?
Fortunately, there were no such ignorant people in the Tang family. Li Mu accompanied him to the meal with an expressionless face, and most of them supported him. He did not hear any harsh words, and few people talked to him during the dinner, probably because
There is such a big difference in status that I don’t know what to say.
Li Mu was also happy and relaxed. Seeing Sun's face glowing, he was also happy for her.
This is actually a woman with a rough fate. Her family members have all died tragically due to years of fighting on the border. She married a soldier and also died in the war. Her only son was picked up and left helpless.
Don't dare to confess.
Now that she is married to Tang Jian, fortunately, this old guy is considered a gentleman, and Li Mu is now in the ascendant, so he has hope. After more than thirty years of hard work, he can finally live a good life.
Since he learned that Sun was not his "biological mother", Li Mu's feelings for Sun have gone through very complicated changes. Many of the reasons were not because of Sun, but from his own pessimism. He was very eager to
He has a complete family, but he has not been able to achieve this small wish in two lifetimes, so he values his family very much now, and he does not want his children to make the same mistake again.
After leaving the Duke of Ju's mansion, Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien saw that Li Mu's face was not very good, and they were afraid to speak. Li Mu leaned into Bai Qiaoqiao's arms, hugged her tightly, and said nothing, just like that
All the way back home.
When he got off the carriage, he returned to his usual high-spirited self, and called Wang Ou over to eat hot pot together. But Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien knew that their husband was suffering in his heart, but he just didn't want to talk about it.
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During the Chinese New Year, Li Mu gave himself three days off. From the first to the third day of the junior high school, he was not idle. He had been dealing with the polo match and the arena. He was also at the Salesian Bureau in the junior high school.
Er sent a New Year's gift package, food and supplies, and prepared a portion for each child. But he did not show up, and just asked Er Gou to go there, because he did not want to be like the kind-hearted people he met in his previous life.
Same thing, give a schoolbag and take 30 photos, get in the car and leave after taking the photos. Although this is also charity, it is not a good experience for the children.
The Cheng family already has some experience in running the racecourse. The polo game was developed on the basis of the racecourse, and the rules have been set. There are no major mistakes in other aspects of management. All Li Mu can do is to remind you of the details.
In fact, it doesn't have much effect.
On the other hand, in the arena competition, Li Mu discovered many problems after watching one game.
In Dugujiu's head, the biggest role of the arena match is to find him an opponent. The second role is to recruit people for Jinyiwei. He will not think about whether there will be anyone to watch the arena match, as long as he can decide one
If the winner competes with him, he will be very happy. But Li Mu has developed a habitual thinking. If he does something and no one pays attention to it, he will feel uncomfortable. If it does not make money, he will feel uncomfortable.
It is even more uncomfortable, so the situation must be changed.
So early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li Mu brought Tang Guan to the ring. He first asked about the family backgrounds of the martial arts people participating this time, and learned something that surprised him. After Li Mu asked about their origins and sects,
At that time, many people were confused, and Li Mu was also confused. After careful questioning, he found out that in this era, there was no such thing as a sect. This is different from his participation in "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty"
At that time, the data collected varied greatly.
This aroused great interest in Li Mu, and after asking Dugujiu to do some research, he finally understood the matter completely.
It turns out that in the early Tang Dynasty, people who practiced martial arts were divided not so much by sects as by "ideas." This is directly related to the birth of martial arts. The essence of martial arts is the development of one's own potential.
. And people’s understanding of themselves is ignorant. This development process requires a certain amount of imagination. Just like the operation of internal energy, no one knows which acupuncture point to start and where to learn to end, which is the best way to maximize benefits.
You can try it, but how you try it is determined by your thoughts.
The historical evolution of China, the period when ideas burst out, is the era of "a hundred flowers contending". The "schools" of this period, such as Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, military strategists, etc., all have their own warriors, and their kung fu is all
It was tested based on the thoughts that I firmly believe in. This is also the prototype of the earliest sect.
After hundreds of schools were deposed and Confucianism was the sole focus, each school declined. Such sects also disappeared in the long river of history. With the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism was introduced to China. On the land of China, a "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism" basically formed.
"The three are sect distinctions based on ideas.
But this distinction is only in thought. The general idea is that your kung fu is based on which thought you imagined.
For example, Sun Simiao gave Li Mu the "Tai Xuan Jing", which is a typical Taoist martial arts.
The Shaolin Temple, which originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty and flourished in the late Sui Dynasty, is the treasure of the temple. The "Marrow Cleansing Sutra" and "Yi Jin Jing" left by Patriarch Bodhidharma are typical martial arts founded on Buddhist ideas.
Although these kung fu have different ideas when they were founded, at their root, they are all methods of developing the human body's potential. They have the same goal through different paths, and they all have the same effect.
During this period, there were few founders of martial arts teachings. Most of them were passed down from father to son, or they found a predestined person like Sun Simiao who gave Li Mu the "Tai Xuan Jing". The reason why this was done was because, first of all, it was because we cherished it.
Secondly, it is also because these martial arts are all thought up by the founder. They may be suitable for him, but they may not be widely applicable, and he cannot teach them to others. Therefore, the masters in the world today basically learn from the same martial arts.
Still less.
The name of Shaolin Temple is not great now, because Shaolin’s martial arts are more comprehensive, but because they are too broad, their power is very average. After practicing, they are not much better than the captain in the army. The real high-end martial arts of Shaolin can only be mastered.
In the hands of the "Thirty-six Shaolin Rooms", each of these thirty-six rooms has its own unique skill, which will not be taught easily. There are constant disputes between the rooms, and in the TV series Li Mu watched with later generations,
There is a big difference between the Shaolin Temple and the Shaolin Temple.
Therefore, there are very few sects in the world, and everyone is a wild person, so when Li Mu asked him which sect he was from, everyone was a little confused.
This won’t work!
Li Mu figured out the problem and was a little worried. He still remembered that when he was addicted to martial arts novels as a teenager, one of the most attractive points for him was that two masters had to report to each other before fighting each other.
"I am Ximen Chuixue, the sword is three feet and three inches long" sounds so handsome.
Something has to change.
On the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year, after the day's competition ended, Li Mu called Dugujiu, Tang Guan, and the masters who were competing the next day aside.
"What's your name and where is your hometown?"
"I live in Yueping, my ancestral home is Shuzhou."
"Are there any famous mountains or rivers nearby?"
"Yes, there is a Qingcheng Mountain."
"Very good. Remember, you are from the Qingcheng faction. When you play tomorrow, don't forget to tell yourself your family name."
Yue Ping was stunned and said: "Master Hou, there is nothing on Qingcheng Mountain except collecting firewood. Isn't this a lie?"
"This is for publicity. You don't understand even if you say it, so just say it. In addition, have you done anything worthy of praise since you started practicing martial arts?"
Yue Ping thought for a while and said: "In order to grab water sources, I once had a fight with a neighboring village. I learned kung fu for several years and defeated them with one against six."
Li Mu nodded and said to Tang Guan next to him: "Write, Yue Ping of the Qingcheng sect, because the evil bandits occupied the water source and fought against his neighbors, he broke into the bandit stronghold alone with one man and one sword. He fought against the bandits for more than thirty years and returned with a great victory.
"
Tang Guan scribbled on the paper, making Yue Ping flush with shame, and kept saying: "Master Hou, you must not do it. I don't have that kind of skill. I can fight one against six because I have soldiers in my hand."
Blade, the opponent does not have the advantage of a weapon. If we fight alone, we can defeat two people. It is really not possible to break into the bandit stronghold alone, and it is impossible to do it!"
"Do you need to do it? I'm just here to sell tickets! Don't talk nonsense, learn it by heart, and don't expose the secret if anyone asks, you'll be next!"
"Why don't you have hair?"
"To tell you the truth, I haven't had long hair since I was a child."
"You don't have long hair...Okay, you are from Shaolin. Remember that you are a lay disciple of Shaolin. Your master once helped the Tang rebels defeat Wang Shichong."
"But I don't know who Wang Shichong is?"
"You don't need to know me!"
Li Mu taught Tang Guan the routine step by step. Tang Guan was indeed Li Mu's most popular person. It didn't take him long to master the trick.
There were those who had studied for a few days and were named Life-Destroying Scholars. There were those who wielded swords and were named Invincible Divine Swordsmen. Just by listening to their names, the masters here are all worth one to a hundred. I don’t know if they are powerful or not.
The gimmick is enough.
Li Mu saw Dugujiu silent at the side, thinking that he was unhappy, so he came over and asked, "Why, are you not satisfied with the arrangement of eldest brother?"
Dugujiu shook his head and said: "Brother, I'm wondering which sect I should be considered a member of. I have many teachers, and I don't know which sect I should be considered a member of."
Li Mu said with a smile: "This is just to find a gimmick and buy tickets. There is no sect or sect. If you like it, how about you build your own sect and call it Dugu Nine Swords?"