Chapter 12: Taizu Changquan Kung Fu

There is really nothing to say about Cao Zheng's way of dealing with people.

He is passionate, generous, and has a bottom line in life. More importantly, he has a flexible mind and is not a reckless person.

The book describes that after Yang Zhi lost the birthday gift in Huangnigang, his wallet was cleaner than his face, and he was not at all shy when ordering food, wanting everything, including wine and meat.

After finishing his meal, he wiped his mouth and walked out the door in the same swagger as Jiao Ting.

When it came to paying the bill, he would make the excuse, "I'll pay you back when I come back, or you can give me a credit," so Manager Cao personally took the waiter to fight him.

After all, Cao Zheng was Lin Chong's apprentice, so it was reasonable for him to fight. He was able to fight with Yang Zhishi for twenty or thirty rounds, which was not an insult to Master Lin.

Heroes in the martial arts world usually get to know each other only through fighting.

The two became friends after this battle. After chatting again, they discovered that they also knew each other, Coach Lin.

At this time, Yang Zhi had lost the birthday gift and was desperate. He was unwilling to return to Liangshanpo and had no idea when his days of exile would end.

The best case scenario for this wanted criminal is to become a bandit.

Cao Zheng once did business in Qingzhou and told him that there was a boss named Deng in Qingzhou who monopolized the real estate in the golden bandit zone, Erlongshan and Baozhu Temple.

If you want to settle down, you have to choose a good location. The principle is similar to buying a house.

Yang Zhi agreed.

On the way to Erlong Mountain, Yang Zhi met Lu Zhishen, who was also a wanderer. At this time, Master Lu had hit his head and was bleeding on Erlong Mountain.

So there was the story of Cao Zheng's clever capture of Erlong Mountain.

Cao Zheng told them that as long as the gate of Erlong Mountain was closed, even if there were thousands of troops outside, they would not be able to get in, because there was only one way up the mountain.

So we have to infiltrate the enemy.

So he asked Yang Zhi to dress up as a farmhand, and together with everyone else pretended to capture the freeloader Lu Zhishen and present him to Boss Deng.

With this trick, Erlong Mountain immediately changed its owner.

It was such a small person who, by chance, planned the transformation of two important characters in "Water Margin" into bandits, ending the days of Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi on the run.

He is brave, resourceful and loyal.

His only shortcoming is that he is not very ambitious. He only does the job of slaughtering animals in Liangshan and does not have any big aspirations.

On a spring night in the countryside, there are flowers, moon, wine and meat.

Everyone was filled with ecstasy.

Even Jiao Ting, for Cao Jie's sake, shared the wine and meat and sat aside to eat, but no one drank with him, so he felt all alone.

He has always been looked down upon, but he doesn't take it to heart.

"belch!"

Jiao Ting burped, took off his shirt and tied it around his waist with his big belly from ten months of pregnancy, then spread his feet and stomped his feet left and right, making heavy noises.

"Brother Cao, don't you want to learn wrestling? Come on, come on, I'm not bragging, in the Song Dynasty, I admit I'm second, no one admits I'm first."

"Then let's meet you again, the number one in Song Dynasty."

Ruan Xiaowu sneered and looked over with murderous eyes.

Jiao Ting's fat body was covered with hair, and he quickly waved his hands to beg for mercy: "No, no... Fifth Brother, you were killing people, not wrestling. Two of us are not enough for you to kill. But my sumo skills are inherited from my great master, and I have integrated long fist into wrestling. It is truly a rare and unique skill in the world."

"Taizu Changquan? I've practiced it before. On the first day Master Lin taught me martial arts, I was practicing the stance of Taizu Changquan."

Cao Zheng stood up and put on a long fist stance, and said with high spirits:

"Emperor Taizu fought all over the four northern military states with a Panlong stick, and he was a master of martial arts. Later, he learned the Qi training method from the Taoist priest Chen Tuan of Mount Hua, and combined the unique skills of many military masters at that time to create Taizu Changquan."

"Master Lin learned the most authentic long fist technique."

"Taizu Changquan starts with external boxing techniques. First, you train your muscles and bones, then train your meridians, and pay equal attention to refining your essence and nourishing your qi. There are 32 postures in Changquan, but Master Lin only taught me 22. This is lazy tying clothes..."

Then he spread his hands out, like the head of a huge beast!
At the same time, the ten fingers were stretched out side by side, slightly hooked inward, and arranged together, like fangs in the mouth of a wild beast!
"Taizu Longquan Beast Head Style!"

"This is the Seven Star Force!"

"Ambush force... Qiu Liu force..."

After finishing a round of long fist, Cao Zheng put away his fist and stood up, his blood boiling and his breath as fast as an arrow.

"Great Kung Fu, you are worthy of being Master Lin's disciple."

Cao Jie started to praise first.

As for the three Ruan brothers, they were not interested and looked down upon this Taizu Changquan. In their eyes, these twenty-two moves were too sparse and ordinary.

"Brother Cao, if you want to learn Kung Fu, I will teach you everything that Master Lin taught me. Why do you want to learn this wrestling technique from a coward?"

In fact, Cao Zheng and Master Lin do not have a master-disciple relationship. Master Kaishou was a paid enlightenment teacher, and there was only a financial relationship between them.

Naturally, they will not teach you the real unique skills.

There are many inheritances of Taizu Changquan. The most basic twenty-two postures are not considered to be unique skills, but just basic kung fu.

What Cao Jie lacks now is the foundation.

He had an idea and thought that learning Taizu Changquan would be a good idea.

After all, he is not San Ruan. He has his own innate skills that are 100% in line with his soul.

Taizu Changquan has been around for more than a hundred years and has trained countless brave generals for the Song Dynasty, making it the most suitable for laying the foundation.

Now practice Taizu Changquan, and when Lin Chong arrives in Liangshan, let him teach the true skills. Wouldn't that be a perfect connection?

"Okay, thank you Brother Cao Zheng for your help."

Upon hearing this, Jiao Ting was unwilling to do it. He had finally found someone to provide meals. Was it easy for him?

"Second Brother Cao, I promised to be your master. If you don't keep your word, you are not a good man..."

All we can say is that he is called "shameless" because of his mouth.

He can't say a single nice word, but his skill in insulting others is maxed out.

"What kind of master are you? Our Ruan Xiaoqi is Erlang's master. Go away. If you say anything more, I'll beat you up."

Jiao Ting pouted and hid aside. He turned his grief and anger into strength and stuffed meat into his stomach, while watching Cao Jie standing and practicing boxing.

The twenty-two postures of Taizu Changquan were not complicated in reality. It took Cao Jie more than half an hour to master them.

Kung Fu is easy to practice, but boxing is difficult to perform.

In a fight between life and death, there is no way I can give you a routine.

But Cao Jie has the talent of [Red Stick] and his own fighting instinct. He has practiced the routines well, and in actual combat he is like cheating.

Although the level is still low now and it is just a small cheat, when the level is raised in the future, the bonus power will be greater.

For example, at the Heroes Banquet at Juxianzhuang, Qiao Feng was able to suppress the crowd with just his Taizu Changquan.

The strength of martial arts depends on who is using it.

Cao Zheng got to know his master, but he also felt a little sad.

"It's a pity that I have poor talent. Coach Lin didn't teach me the long fist killer move, so there is nothing else to teach Erlang."

"Brother Cao Zheng, I am already satisfied with what you have taught me." Cao Jie said solemnly.

"These are just the superficial knowledge. The real teachings in the imperial palace are the essence of Taizu Changquan. Do you know that there is a move called "Sitting on the Golden Throne" in Changquan, which is an extremely advanced eyewitness skill. Instructor Lin said that ordinary people would immediately lose their minds and die of fear when they were looked at by Taizu's eyes."

"Even a martial artist with strong will and high martial arts skills would inevitably feel shaken and uncomfortable and at a loss when meeting his gaze."

“And once this happens, the mind loses its balance, and in the midst of fighting, Taizu can knock the opponent down with one move.”

Others were surprised to hear this, but Ruan Xiaowu muttered to himself: I do have a legacy of eyewitnesses, it seems my skills are not worse than Emperor Taizu's.

"However, even Master Lin did not pass on the Golden Throne. He said that only Emperor Zhao could practice it."

"Master Lin is so famous, how powerful is he?" Jiao Ting interrupted and asked.

"How great, I don't know."

"Back then, I saw him practicing a simple beast head posture. His waist thrust forward, his spine rising, his hands grabbing, seizing, digging and swallowing. It was like a beast head with ferocious fangs, aiming at the moon, ready to swallow it in one bite..."

"There is also the Seven Stars Force, which can create thunder and lightning with one step. When you move around, the wind will blow in a radius of ten feet. The airflow around your body can be caused to spin and explode rapidly, as if it is filled with thunder and lightning..."

Cao Zheng praised Instructor Lin to the sky, but no one thought he was bragging because Lin Chong was indeed very famous.

The instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards, Leopard Head Lin Chong, is a well-known figure in the martial arts world.

Unknowingly, the night was already deep.

Everyone lay down with their clothes on and fell into a deep sleep.

Poor Master Lin as they call him, he tossed and turned tonight and couldn't fall asleep.

The flirtatious Gao Yanei is only beginning to flirt with Lady Lin. Lin Chong's hard days are already here...

(End of this chapter)