Chapter 231 Apprentice

I didn't go far. Suddenly, I saw the teenager running to catch up. He looked at Xiao Ran carefully and said, "Master, I finally found you!"

Xiao Ran was stunned. When did she accept an apprentice? She smiled and said, "Xiao has never received an apprentice. You have recognized the wrong person."

The teenager suddenly cried and said, "Master, don't you remember me? I'm Zhang Xuan! In the flood of the Yellow River, Uncle Wang and I fled to Yong'an Town, or did you take us in to work in Renjitang.

After such a reminder, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered that there was such a thing. It's just that when did I take him as an apprentice, let alone call him martial arts. There were many people on the street. Xiao Ran helped him up and said, "This is not a place to talk. Come with me."

Temporarily found an inn to stay, Xiao Ran doubted, "How did you recognize me? I was practicing medicine with a mask in Renji Hall at the beginning."

Zhang Xuan said, "I didn't know, but after the Longteng event, it was rumored that the master opened a pharmacy in Yong'an Town, so I guessed it. In addition, there is a portrait of the master when entering the city, so the disciples will recognize it.

Xiao Ran was taught by him one by one, and he frowned and said, "Then I'll ask you. I have never taught martial arts. Why do you call me a master?

The teenager laughed and took out a red cloth wrapped thing in his arms. After unfolding layer by layer, there was a book in it. The five words on it made Xiao Ran's pupils suddenly open: "Puppet traction!" Xiao Ran couldn't laugh or cry. He thought he had lost it. Anyway, the content was also remembered in his mind, so he didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of this teenager. No wonder who can do strange kung fu.

"Master, isn't this you left it for me?"

Looking at these clear eyes, Xiao Ran couldn't bear to refuse. Is this fate? Xiao Ran sighed and said, "Even if I leave this thing for you, what's the matter with me?"

Zhang Xuan's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears couldn't stop Lucio's love. Plop and knelt down and said, "Please avenge Uncle Wang!"

Xiao Ran frowned and said, "What the hell is going on? Get up and speak slowly."

"If the master doesn't agree, the disciple can't afford to kneel." Zhang Xuan is surprisingly stubborn. This old man and young man's temper knows more or less, and he is by no means the type who will take the initiative to provoke people. The two depend on each other for their lives, and I'm afraid they will treat each other as father and son. There is nothing unreasonable about revenge.

Looking at this stubborn teenager, he remembered himself on the street and said, "Well, as long as you take care of yourself, I will stand up for you."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly kowtowed a few times and got up and said, "Master Xie!"

From Zhang Xuan's intermittent words, Xiao Ran learned that the two were robbed by robbers who occupied the mountain as the king on their way home. They were beaten and caused Second Uncle Wang to relapse for a long time and died in the ruined temple. After burying his only lover, Zhang Xuan was helpless. If he wanted to revenge, he practiced his skills and found a master to avenge himself. Xiao Ran asked everything: "This matter will come to collect debts in the future. Although I can avenge you, I can't get rid of the anger in your heart. How can you fake your own hatred? You can learn puppet traction without a teacher, which shows that you are very talented. Since you and I are predestined, then accept you as an apprentice. Let's take revenge on your own when you are successful in learning.

Xiao Ran had no intention of receiving an apprentice, but suddenly decided to accept Zhang Xuan as an apprentice. People's feelings are always complicated. What's the point if life always fails according to the established plan? Of course, Xiao Ran's apprenticeship also has a chill, and whether he is competent still needs to be tested. Zhang Xuan was also clever. Hearing Xiao Ran willing to accept him as an apprentice, he immediately picked up the teacup on the table and knelt down and said, "Master, please use tea."

Xiao Ran nodded and smiled, took a sip of the teacup. After worshipping a teacher, it is even to establish a master-apprentice relationship. Xiao Ran naturally wants to explain some rules clearly: "Treachery, **, capt, plunder, these four are taboos, in violation of any one to be expelled from the teacher... In addition, the master and apprentice only need to be privately commensurate. For some special reasons, your roots cannot be revealed, and you will have life worries. Just call him Mr. Xiao when we meet on weekdays. Remember?

"This..." Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment and nodded. He also knew that Xiao Ran's identity was special and too extensive. Now it is very satisfying to have a reliance.

Xiao Ran remembered the embarrassment when he saw him and couldn't help laughing. If Yaner knew, how to cancel himself if he didn't take it off, he took out an ingot and five taels of silver and said, "Take this money to buy decent clothes on the fuselage, put away your pile of rags and iron, and the master will accompany you to recast a few new puppets in a few days.

I don't know why, it's still a little uncomfortable to talk about the word master. The age difference between the two is only six or seven, and Xiao Ran can't adapt for a while. The world is so big that the two of them can meet by chance, which has to make Xiao Ran sigh. Xiao Ran's own martial arts are really inconvenient for outsiders. After thinking about it, he didn't expect that he could give him any martial arts skills.

"Zhang Xuan, how long have you been practicing martial arts?"

Zhang Xuan said with his fingers, "Five months, what's wrong, master? Is the disciple too stupid and slow to progress?

Xiao Ran was stunned and then looked happy. There is no one among ordinary people who can learn the inner qi, and even they themselves learn the inner qi by many coincidences. While taking a large number of natural treasures, they have reached the realm of acquired success in front of them. Zhang Xuan practiced his true spirit without a teacher. Although he still can't control it freely, he is definitely a rare genius. The subtlety and complexity of controlling the puppet is absolutely unimaginable.

"Since you have begun to practice the internal skills of traction, you don't need to practice other internal skills. Although the master has not learned this internal skills, he also has some experience, which can help you take fewer detours. You can't be greedy to practice martial arts. You have to start from the foundation to take a mount..." Although Xiao Ran is not a martial arts master, his own experience is more than enough to teach Zhang Xuan.

Speaking of this "puppet traction technique", Xiao Ran was "taken" from Chu Ke's hand, because he thought it was too troublesome to be practiced by this puppet prop all the time, but it can be seen from Zhang Xuan's rivals that it is indeed powerful. Because martial arts are special, as long as Xiao Ran can provide good puppet props, it is not impossible to leap the level.

An hour later, Zhang Xuan recovered from the masterpiece and suddenly became refreshed and said happily, "Master, this time the effect is indeed much better than before."

Xiao Ran nodded and took out a few red medicine pills from the porcelain bottle and said, "Take this elixir for five days, which is good for your practice."

Zhang Xuan took the pill, immediately frowned and lowered his head and said, "I thought it smelled good and should be sweet. It's so bitter."

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "After paying for a month's house, you can live here and practice the homework arranged by the master. The master still has something important to do, and he will take you with you. Every few days, I will come to check if you are lazy.' Zhang Xuan nodded and sent Xiao Ran away. It was noon when he returned to Xiafu. Xiao Ran was so sleepy that he fell asleep without even eating lunch. I don't know what I dreamed of, and a faint smile appeared on my face.

Half a month later, Xia Shuangtian returned home from the capital. Xiao Ran was also secretly ready to make a marriage proposal, but he didn't expect Xia Shuangtian to invite him to talk first. Xiao Ran can't ask for it. Glad to go. Lost in the study, Xiao Ran saw the close bodyguard Uncle De again. The other party nodded and smiled at him: "Mr. Xiao, wait for a moment, and the general will be there."

Xiao Ran also replied, "General is busy, so it's okay to wait more."

After half a cup of tea, the stone gate turned over and walked in outside Xia Shuangtian. Xiao Ran got up to greet each other. Xia Shuangtian waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, sit down."

"My uncle is busy with official business, and I don't know when to invite him." According to reason, even if he was discussing marriage, he didn't need to go to the secret room to talk. For a while, he was a little uncertain about the other party's intention.

"It has been half a month since the school inspection of the imperial city, and both my husband and the emperor are very satisfied with your performance. Since you intend to make friends with Yan'er, I won't hide these things from you. Do you know why I stayed in the capital for so long?

Xiao Ran frowned and disappeared. It seemed that the marriage was far more troublesome than the medicine he thought. Shaking his head, "My uncle made it clear."

Xia Shuangtian said: "Tubo soldiers have caused trouble on the border many times recently. If it hadn't been for the mountains that blocked the situation, I'm afraid it would be more serious. The Turks in the north seem to have reached some kind of secret agreement with the Tubo Kingdom, and it will not be calm for long. The emperor's visit to the school inspection this time is to select generals to prepare for the war. Do you understand what I mean?