Treading Blood to Sky’s End Chapter 6: Boxing gym

In the dark alley under the bright moon, whines and groans from the left and right rushed into Tang Jingcheng's ears from time to time. He looked around, not knowing where to go for a while.

Zhang Tianliu is behind him. The two of them are currently dressed in rough cloth and have buns on their heads. They are no different from the people of the pilgrimage country.

The bun is fake. There are many exotic animals in this world. It is easy to get a piece of animal skin with long black hair to make a wig.

"Stay." Zhang Tianliu said.

"What is your purpose?" As soon as Zhang Tianliu opened his mouth, Tang Jingcheng felt like there was some conspiracy.

Many times, he couldn't guess Zhang Tianliu's heart at all, and could only judge and figure it out through some actions.

Zhang Tianliu smiled and said, "I'll make up for my mistakes."

"It's a credit to you for not causing trouble for me."

Zhang Tianliu was happy and said in a low voice: "Although the world has changed, you have not changed. You have always cared about the Zhao family. It is not the Zhao family that is responsible for solving the bandits, but them. Am I right? ?"

"It's not as great as you think. I'm not a hero." Tang Jingcheng shook his head.

"Mr. Zhao calls you a chivalrous man. You will never let it go. I will help you punish **** and eliminate evil, and you will reduce my sentence. It's a win-win situation."

Tang Jingcheng remained silent. He did not deny that he wanted to intervene.

This alley, no, the hundreds of homes in this area have become the darkness beneath the bright surface of Lianshan City.

Compared with the prosperity near the main road, this place is as barren as withered grass under blooming peonies. The area near the alley where they are now is full of shabby houses with broken eaves and tiles, and there are many skeletal old people living in them with no one to take care of them.

Tang Jingcheng inquired and found out that the backbone of these families had been killed by bandits, leaving their wives, children, and children without anyone to take care of them. The only way out was for the widows to enter the brothels, the children to be sold into slavery, and the elderly to fend for themselves!

The real scene was unacceptable to Tang Jingcheng. He wanted to do something, but what could he do?

"Our abilities are limited, but others are different. According to intelligence, the family emblem is the symbol of the nobility of this continent. The Lu family is a wealthy family in Luxi. It is a local snake with roots and a dragon in the water. The local aristocratic family is much stronger than the local government. , relying on the local government to deal with bandits is a fool's errand, but the local gangsters are different, as long as we find out whether they have any conflicts of interest."

After listening to Zhang Tianliu's words, Tang Jingcheng felt a little uncomfortable and said: "What on earth are you going to do?"

"Why are you always doing it? I'm helping you. If you say no, I won't care. Let's go out of the city tomorrow and find a place where you can lock me up for twenty years. How about you?"

Tang Jingcheng was silent for a while and said: "But to solve the problem, the power of the government is indispensable, otherwise it will just be another person's exploitation."

Zhang Tianliu chuckled a few times and said: "You know very well, but I didn't say not to use them. Sorry, old problem! When it comes to borrowing their power, it's just not that step yet. The chess must be played step by step. You can't just take the first step. If you don't have the ability, you have to abide by the rules. We are weak, so you have to find a way to practice your true energy, or sneak into the yamen and resume your old career. That's where your heart is, but It’s of little use! For the sake of the common people, just climb up step by step until you meet the sage, and tell the king the true face of this world. If he doesn’t care, you will.”

"You think too simply." Tang Jingcheng is a down-to-earth person who never has unrealistic illusions.

Facing the Saint is easy to say, but how many people in the world can do it?

"I never do simple things." Zhang Tianliu smiled proudly and continued: "I asked around. There is a boxing gym on Zhengbei Road not far away. The annual tuition is only a mere ten taels of silver. Zhao Yongdang I gave you ten taels of gold, enough for you to study for several years."

Tang Jingcheng was unmoved and said: "You don't need to arrange it, I make my own decision."

"Well, it smells so good."

The next day, the door of Jianquan Hall had just opened, and a child with wild hair was about to leave with a broom. Suddenly, his vision went dark. When he came back to his senses, he found a tall man standing like a door god. In front of the door, he was so frightened that he threw away the broom, fell to the ground, and exclaimed: "Ah!"

"Sorry." The big man's voice was low. He walked into the hall, bent down and stretched out his hand to pull the child up.

Before the child woke up, a young man walked out from behind the big man and smiled kindly at him: "Don't be afraid, we are here to learn boxing."

"Learn boxing...oh, let's learn boxing!" The child breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that he was here to kick the gym!

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll go ask the master right now." The child got up and ran to the back hall.

"It's so cold, there aren't even any disciples doing morning exercises." As the young man spoke, he had already sat on the chair, crossed his legs and looked around.

"Get up, there is no rule or distance." The man shouted.

The young man smiled bitterly and stood up weakly.

This person is none other than Zhang Tianliu, and who else could the man be if he wasn't Tang Jingcheng.

Not long after waiting, a middle-aged man wearing a long gown walked out quickly. When he arrived in the hall, he felt that his clothes were disheveled. He hurriedly walked down slowly, tidied himself up for a moment, and then appeared in front of Zhang and Tang with a slight cough. After seeing their ages, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Haha, I am Hou Xiangshan, the master of this Jianquan Hall. May I ask the two brothers their names and why they come to our Jianquan Hall? ?"

"I'm Tang Jingcheng, you don't need to pay attention to Zhang Tianliu, the master of the gym. I'm the only one here to learn boxing." Tang Jingcheng said.

"You really learned boxing?" Hou Xiangshan couldn't believe it.

"Is there any problem?" Tang Jingcheng asked.

Hou Xiangshan was stunned for a moment, then laughed and shook his head and said: "No, no, no, it's no problem to learn boxing. Hou Mou wants it, but..."

Seeing that he was hesitant, Zhang Tianliu smiled and said, "Money is not an issue."

"No, no, no." Hou Xiangshan shook his head, and then sighed: "Let's make it clear, for boxing training, you have to work on your muscles and bones since childhood, practice form at the age of three, muscles at the age of five, and Qi at the age of eight. You still need various auxiliary medicines to maintain your health before you can "open up" at the age of ten. No matter how late it is, you are only sixteen. You are both very young, especially this eldest brother, who is almost thirty at this time! Practicing boxing is inevitable..."

Zhang Tianliu narrowed his eyes, looked for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com and asked: "You are too old to practice?"

Hou Xiangshan nodded: "It's hard to achieve anything."

Zhang Tianliu understands. No wonder there are few people here and the conditions are too harsh. Poor children cannot afford to learn, while rich children disdain to learn.

Tang Jingcheng insisted: "Master, don't worry, I will never complain about how well you learn."

"Of course that's good." Hou Xiangshan was really hoping that Tang Jingcheng would be willing to learn. If he didn't recruit a few students, he would be unable to open the pot!

After signing the contract and paying the money, Hou Xiangshan glanced at Zhang Tianliu and said to Tang Jingcheng: "This little brother really doesn't want to learn?"

Hou Xiangshan felt that Zhang Tianliu should be the one to learn from him. After all, Zhang Tianliu looked fifteen or sixteen years old. Although he was still too old for martial arts training, he was still better than Tang Jingcheng, who was around thirty!

How could he know that Tang Jingcheng’s concerns were imitated by Zhang Tianliu, and he was afraid that no one would be able to cure him!

So he said: "Don't worry, owner, I know the rules. Room and board count as two people."

Hou Xiangshan naturally has no objection. The income from the boxing gym is only small, and the miscellaneous expenses are the bulk.

Food, housing, training clothes, medicine, boxing stakes, etc., throughout the year can range from seventeen or eighty taels to ten or even a hundred gold. It mainly depends on whether the student is willing to spend it. The ten-year-old he calls " "Opening Sleep" is the highest configuration. You can't even dream of it if you don't have 300 gold a year, and it also requires high qualifications. Ordinary qualifications are probably two or three years behind.

After collecting another ten taels of silver for miscellaneous expenses, Hou Xiangshan happily led the two of them to stay.

The front hall of the boxing gym is not big, but the backyard is not small. However, there are only eight students practicing boxing. They are all listless and weak, which is not surprising. They are all children who are tired of studying. The oldest is only ten years old. One year old, judging from the title, he is still Hou Xiangshan's eldest son. There is another boy and a girl who are also his children. After all, there are only five children who actually paid money to learn boxing.