Chapter 120 Five Kings Chaos the Country
After a few bottles of wine, the three of them returned happily.
Song Changming took a break today and went straight back to Song's house on Houli Street.
Since the security situation in the city has declined, he has moved back to the Song residence.
It is convenient to be able to take care of the two elders, so as not to cause trouble someday.
Today, before I even entered the door, I heard Father Song's chattering voice coming from the courtyard, and he seemed quite angry.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Song Changming opened the door and walked in, asking.
"Peace, you say." Father Song took a sip of tea and felt better.
Song Pingan on the side spoke to Song Changming.
It turned out that today, he and Song's father went to the market to sell this month's share of green water silkworms.
Unexpectedly, I met a group of people from the Jianghu. When I saw their green water silkworms, I wanted to buy and sell them by force, and even wanted to do something.
Fortunately, Song Ping'an moved Song Changming out in time.
The Chief's status as the chief of patrol and the reputation of the 'Dragon Sword' widely rumored in the world played a role in scaring away those people in the world.
"Well done." After hearing this, Song Changming patted Song Ping'an on the shoulder and praised.
If this kid hadn't been clever, Song's father and he would not only have had their green water silkworms snatched away at the market today, but they would also most likely have received a severe beating.
"Dad, don't be angry. I'll have people go check tomorrow and arrest those people." Song Changming said with relief.
"Forget it, forget it, the war is going on outside right now. One more thing is worse than one less thing. They didn't do anything to me, so I'm not angry." Song's father waved his hand.
Song Changming smiled and said nothing more.
But he had already made up his mind, that group of charlatan bullies should not even think about running away, they should stay in jail if they offended him.
In this regard, he has never been a generous person.
Anyone who offends him or someone he cares about will always pay a price.
"Dad, if you want to sell green water silkworms in the future, let me know so that I can send a patrol over to help." Song Changming said.
There are patrols, and the general patrol guards are protecting them all the way. I believe that most people will not dare to think wrong.
After comforting Song's father, Song Changming looked at Song Pingan aside.
Now Song Pingan is almost sixteen years old. Due to years of self-training, his body is already extremely strong, his energy and blood are very full, and he is only half a head shorter than Song Changming.
Compared with how thin he was when he first entered Song's house, he seemed like a completely different person.
"Have you improved recently in the sword skills I taught you?" Song Changming asked.
He started teaching Song Ping'an to practice swordsmanship as early as last year, and it has been more than a year now.
During these days, he basically gave some advice whenever he had free time when he returned to the Song residence, and his teaching was quite attentive.
Song Ping'an also practiced hard, and there was no need for Song Changming to supervise him. Apart from eating, resting and working every day, the only thing left was martial arts training.
This level of hard work even surpassed Song Changming's own daily practice, so much so that he had nothing to say in this aspect.
"I have made some progress, but I still haven't mastered the sword power you mentioned, Brother Song. It's because I'm too stupid," Song Ping'an said in distress.
What he practiced was the low-level version of the Soul-Severing Sword that Song Changming originally practiced. It was easier for people who were new to martial arts to get started.
Now, Song Ping'an has mastered this low-level soul-severing sword to the level of mastery and is heading towards the Xiaocheng level.
In Song Changming's opinion, this improvement was quite satisfactory, not amazing.
After all, this was the result of repeated guidance from him, a master of the Soul-Destroying Sword. Without his step-by-step guidance, Song Pingan's sword-training performance would have been even worse.
Through this period of observation, Song Changming can basically conclude that Song Ping'an's martial arts aptitude can only be regarded as relatively good among ordinary people. His appearance is above average and far from the level of a genius.
This is somewhat regrettable, but it is also normal when you think about it.
Martial arts geniuses are so rare that Song Changming can't catch them all accurately.
Song Changming himself did not have high hopes for Song Ping'an and asked him to practice martial arts. He only hoped that he would have a certain degree of fighting ability and that he could guard against unsightly thieves at home, solve some minor troubles, and protect the two elders.
"It's okay, practice slowly and keep a calm mind. The more impatient you are, the harder it will be to catch the flash of inspiration." Song Changming said with a smile.
His education style is relatively easy-going and encouraging, and he is not a strict teacher.
The main reason is Song Ping'an's character, and there is no need for him to deliberately beat it.
Just practice slowly.
"Okay, Brother Song!" Song Ping'an glanced secretly and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't disappoint Song Changming.
"We must work harder in the future! Live up to Brother Song!" In his sleeves, Song Ping'an clenched his fists and encouraged himself secretly.
The next day, Song Changming returned to the headquarters as an errand.
Zhuang Ren looked at Song Changming with a bad expression. "The message from above is conveyed. If the righteous warriors who come to seek refuge disrupt the order of the city, let us focus on mediation. Unless there is a murder, we cannot arrest them."
When Song Changming heard this, his brows immediately wrinkled.
"Is this what the fifth prince meant?"
"Absolutely. It may be the idea of the counselors and civil servants under his command. In short, the matter has been decided, let the people below take it easy." Zhuang Ren waved his hand.
He was obviously very dissatisfied with this arrangement from above.
When will these people from the world be able to have such privileges in the city?
Don't be too outrageous.
If things go on like this, where is the majesty of their patrol department? People still don't step on their heads and dominate them.
Song Changming shook his head, turned and left.
I think this is not only the case in their county, but also in the seven counties controlled by the fifth prince.
Anyone who comes to seek refuge with him, no matter whether he is good or bad, will accept them all.
It is not difficult to understand the thoughts of the fifth prince and the group officials behind him as superiors.
After all, these people who came to seek refuge with them were an important source of strength for them to fight against the imperial court, and they were part of the new force that they could drive onto the battlefield to fight.
In order to take the overall situation into consideration and not to let the people who come to seek refuge feel cold, it is nothing to indulge these people in some small things.
But even though Song Changming knew that the decisions made by these superiors had their considerations and reasons.
But so what, this is still not the reason for allowing evil people to run amok in the city.
There can clearly be a better solution, but the decision-makers don't care about these trivial things and don't want to think too much about it.
Willow House.
After listening to what Song Changming said, Liu Dingsheng said with a smile as he made his move: "So what's so good about being a military attache? There are restrictions at every level. When an order is given from above, no matter how reluctant you are, you have to do it.
What you, the chief of patrol of the General Division, do is not as comfortable as a commoner like me. "
"Senior, what you said makes sense." Song Changming nodded without any explanation.
If it were the peaceful and prosperous times before, and the official position was backed by a powerful government and court, everyone would naturally be in awe of him and his status would be extremely high.
But now in troubled times, even the government and the court behind you may not be reliable, and being an official is indeed not as good as before.
Liu Dingsheng took another look at Song Changming and said with a smile: "It seems that you already have your own plans, so why are you here to find me today?"
"Senior, I have perfected both sword skills. If I want to continue improving, what should I do next?" Song Changming asked directly.
Liu Dingsheng raised his hand to make a chess piece, and after taking the next step, he said: "I have said before that your sword skills have reached their peak. What is lacking is the physical training to match your perfect sword skills.
You started practicing physical training too late, and now you are only at the sixth level, which is far behind. "
Song Changming nodded, he knew this too.
It's just that body refining is a long process, and he can't get up quickly even if he wants to. Seeing that Liu Dingsheng still seemed to have something to say, he didn't say much and continued to listen.
"Generally speaking, martial arts scores range from low to high, inferior martial arts, superior martial arts, and top martial arts. You have already perfected the top sword skills. If you want to take a further step in your sword skills, you can no longer limit yourself to the framework of martial arts. Liu Dingsheng said slowly.
Song Changming listened thoughtfully and said a little uncertainly: "Senior, what you mean is that I don't have to look for sword skills anymore, and that I can jump out of the category of martial arts. Do you mean martial arts?"
Liu Dingsheng nodded, picked up the small jade cup filled with tea and continued.
"If you want to find a martial art that is deeper and more powerful than the top martial arts, you can only use martial arts. However, the practice of martial arts has hard conditions in terms of martial arts cultivation. You must at least become an extreme warrior before you can have initial contact. Qualifications for martial arts."
When Song Changming heard this, he was immediately discouraged.
All said and done, there is still only one way to become stronger by improving one's physical training.
"It seems that from now on, most of the energy and time will be devoted to body training." Song Changming said rather helplessly.
In fact, he had already shifted the focus of his daily practice to physical training a long time ago.
Now that his sword skills are perfect and cannot be improved, his daily training time can be arranged to be more extreme.
"That's right. The main reason is that situations like yours are really rare. The martial arts masters I have met usually reach the ninth level of physical training first, and then they can perfect the superior or top martial arts.
Compared with physical training, the improvement of martial arts requires more understanding. This is especially true for top martial arts, which are often more difficult to achieve perfection. "Liu Dingsheng explained.
In other words, Song Changming completed the most difficult part first, but the step-by-step progress of body training was still far from perfection.
"Right now, you don't have to think too much, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, accumulate more of your sword skills, and at the same time step up your practice of physical training." After the game of chess, Liu Dingsheng reminded at the end.
"Okay, I would like to thank you senior for today." Song Changming cupped his hands and thanked him.
During this period, as he became more familiar with this old man, whenever he had any confusion or difficulty, he would consult him while playing chess.
Liu Dingsheng was also very patient with his questions. He would answer basically everything he could and provided him with a lot of help.
(End of chapter)