Chapter 561 This name is not serious

Su Mingzhe took Xiaoye and his four daughters on a merchant ship and went upstream.

For the southeast wind was blowing ashore, and the river was turbulent.

The merchant ships set sail, their speed no less than that of the fast horses on the embankment.

In just three days, the five people had rushed from Suzhou to the banks of the Liujing River.

It was already late when the merchant ship docked at the pier.

Many pleasure boats have already started operating on the Liujing River.

The young ladies on the painted boats ignored the cold night wind. Each of them wore silk skirts as thin as a cicada's wing, stretched out their green jade fingers, and waved to the passing boats to attract customers or smiled softly with their hands covering their lips.

The beauty of the picture made Su Mingzhe deeply moved when he saw it.

At some point, Xiao Ye came to Su Mingzhe and said in a somewhat instigating tone:
"Sir, do you want to stop a boat and take a look?"

Since Xiao Ye only had some of Ye Qingmei's memories, he could barely be considered a 'time traveler'. When he saw such a beautiful scenery, he was purely playful and did not have any 'dirty thoughts' in his mind.

"Forget it."

Su Mingzhe thought about it and shook his head slightly.

Seeing Xiao Ye's puzzled look, he pointed to the river and asked with a smile:

"Do you know what this river is called?"

Xiao Ye said depressedly: "I have never been to Kyoto, how would I know what this river is called?"

"Sir, I know the name of this river."

The grass next to him heard it and quickly raised his hand and replied:

"Sister Xiaoye, this river is called Liujing River. There is a poem that goes: Ten miles of light smoke and stars fill the sky, the boat is moored at Liujing and there is no sleep at night. No autumn or winter, spring is always here, and in the dream I am still drunk as a stranger."

"'I don't see autumn and winter, but spring is always here. I am still drunk in my dreams as a stranger.' This poem really fits the mood and the scene."

After hearing this poem, Su Mingzhe looked at the young ladies in cool clothes on the pleasure boat and nodded: It is indeed spring here all year round.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but want to find a pleasure boat and go for a ride.

but……

Su Mingzhe sighed lightly and said helplessly:
"It's just that the name 'Liu Jinghe' is a bit unorthodox."

"Isn't the name proper?"

The four maids all looked surprised.

Liujing River, what a nice name!
What's wrong with that?

Xiaoye is a straight science and engineering girl who doesn’t understand puns.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Cao were both born as palace maids, serving in the Northern Qi and Southern Qing palaces respectively, and they knew even less about this knowledge.

Only Xiaoxue was the daughter of a convicted official. She had learned the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood and later ended up in the Jiaofangsi. Although she was unwilling to receive customers and was tortured to death, she still had some understanding of some matters between men and women.

After thinking for a moment, Xiaoxue blushed, lowered her head, and spat softly:
"Sir, why are you so obscene?"

"Where am I obscene?"

Su Mingzhe shrugged innocently and said:

"The name of this river is ambiguous in itself. Can you blame me for misinterpreting it?"

Xiaoye, Xiaojin and Xiaocao still don't understand what's wrong with "Liujing River".

The three girls kept asking Xiaoxue questions.

As a woman, Xiaoxue was unwilling to explain the homophonic pun of "Liujing River". When asked anxiously, she simply stomped her feet and went back to the cabin to rest.

This night was speechless.

The next day, the merchant ship went through the formalities at the government office.

Su Mingzhe and his four maids also went through the "entry procedures", took out their travel permits, and had them stamped by the Kyoto government office, only then were they allowed to enter the city.

It has to be said that the strictness of identity and household registration checks in ancient times far exceeded the imagination of later generations.

The five people entered the city gate and walked forward not far before they were stopped by a man wearing a conical hat and covered in a black cloak.

"Ada?"

Xiao Cao, who was walking in front, was the first to recognize the man. He was A Da, the temple messenger sent by Su Mingzhe to Nanqing to collect rent.

"Owner."

Ah Da ignored Xiao Cao's greeting and came directly to Su Mingzhe, stood still and bowed:
"Your accommodation in Kyoto City has been arranged."

"Lead the way."

Su Mingzhe is a person who can save trouble and never cause trouble.

A Da, A Er and A San are all in Kyoto City. If Su Mingzhe needs anything, he will send a message in advance so that they can get it done earlier.

Soon, they arrived at a large courtyard with a tall gate. There was a stone tablet at the door with the words "Su's House" written on it.

On the plaque at the door, there are three big characters "Sanshengju" written on it.

Sanxingju are the three words written by Su Mingzhe in the bedroom of the museum.

I didn't expect that Ada would use it here.

Several people came to the door, and Ah Er and Ah San received the message and opened the door to welcome them.

Su Mingzhe asked Xiao Ye, the "housekeeper", to take over the command of A Da, A Er and A San and arrange accommodation for them. After taking a casual look, he went out again to the City Guard Office to handle the registration procedures for the military examination.

There are three requirements for obtaining the entrance certificate for the martial arts examination:

First, the age must be under 25 years old.

Second, the martial arts skills must be above the fifth level.

Third, there are letters of recommendation written by local wealthy and prominent families.

Su Mingzhe naturally meets all these three conditions.

When I registered the information earlier, everything was fine.

Although the other party was a little surprised when Su Mingzhe said that his martial arts cultivation was at the ninth rank, he still registered seriously. According to the rules, martial arts cultivation at the seventh rank and below was given to the deputy commanders of the city guards who were at the eighth rank to test.

As for the eighth and ninth grade martial arts skills, they need to be tested by Ye Wan, the commander of the city guards.

Ye Wan, the eldest son of Ye Zhong, the commander-in-chief of the City Defense Army, and the great-nephew of Ye Liuyun, one of the four great masters, has been obsessed with martial arts since childhood. Before he was thirty years old, he had already reached the ninth rank, and was known as one of the ninth rank masters in Nanqing who had the greatest hope of breaking through to the grandmaster level.

When Su Mingzhe was standing in the martial arts training ground, waiting for Ye Wan to come and test his martial arts skills, a young lady in a red robe jumped out from the hall:
"Boy, you are so young, what are you bragging about? How can you possibly have the strength of the ninth rank?"

Su Mingzhe was slightly startled, and recognized the girl. She was Ye Ling'er, the best friend of Lin Wan'er, the heroine of the TV series "Celebrating More Than Years". He couldn't help but smile and said:

"Miss, whether I am above the ninth rank or not, won't you know after Commander Ye comes to test me?"

"Bah, I think you're just here to gain fame!"

Although Ye Ling'er is a girl, she has a reckless personality.

The martial arts examination is approaching, and many candidates who come to register, in order to expand their fame, report their martial arts level higher when registering, in order to get a chance to fight against the leader of the city guards.

Because the military examination was to gather talents for the country, although Ye Wan had a bad temper, he could not harm these candidates.

After many days, when Ye Wan returned home, he often complained to his family that he, the commander of the city guards, was becoming a "score-boosting machine".

Like Ye Wan, Ye Ling'er is also a martial arts fanatic. Upon hearing her brother's complaints, she immediately became interested and wanted to test the scholar's strength on behalf of her brother.

As soon as Ye Ling'er arrived today, she heard Su Mingzhe claiming that his martial arts skills had reached the ninth level, so she naturally became interested.

She raised her palm and struck Su Mingzhe in the face.

"Is this Liuyun Sanshou?"

Su Mingzhe looked at the palm wind that had arrived even though the person had not yet arrived, and nodded involuntarily.

This Liuyun Sanshou is somewhat similar to Pifeng Zhang, both of which are top-grade skills that release true energy and are both hard and soft.

Unfortunately, Ye Ling'er's strength was average, barely at the sixth or seventh level. The palm wind she created couldn't even lift the corner of Su Mingzhe's clothes.

Therefore, facing Ye Ling'er's palm, Su Mingzhe didn't even think about dodging, he just smiled and said:

"Little girl, let Commander Ye come out for a moment."

Ye Ling'er didn't expect that the palm strike she made with 50% of her true energy was completely ignored. She was immediately furious and took the Yu Step, changing her palm and continuing to attack.

This time, Ye Ling'er no longer used the 'Liuyun Sanshou' that she had just learned, but instead used the 'Coffin-Splitting Palm' that she had already mastered.

Compared with the Liuyun Sanshou technique, which combines both hardness and softness, the Piguan Palm technique is wide-open and close, fierce and ferocious.

With Ye Ling'er's current strength, even a three-inch thick stone tablet could be struck with a single strike, leaving several cracks.

Now, Ye Ling'er attacked with all her might, and in almost an instant, her palm slapped Su Mingzhe's chest:
"Look at the palm!"

"Be merciful!"

A thirty-year-old military general walked out of the hall. Seeing Ye Ling'er's palm hitting Su Mingzhe's chest, he was terrified and screamed in surprise.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"

Su Mingzhe laughed at the general, but he still had no defense at all against Ye Ling'er's palm.

Ye Ling'er also discovered that the Coffin-Splitting Palm she had used with all her strength was like hitting cotton, soft and without any sense of force.

At this time, Ye Ling'er also realized that there was a huge gap between herself and Su Mingzhe.

However, when she wanted to retreat at this time, it was too late.

Su Mingzhe's chest suddenly felt a suction force, sucking Ye Ling'er's small hand, making it impossible for her to pull her hand back.

Fortunately, this suction is only temporary.

Ye Ling'er was startled for a moment, then she pulled her hand back with a strong tug.

"Thank you, Brother Su, for your kindness!"

Ye Wan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that his little sister was fine.

If my younger sister got beaten up here, not only would I feel guilty, but my mother at home would definitely nag me endlessly.

"It doesn't matter. If you can't even control your true energy, you can't be called a ninth-grade person."

When Su Mingzhe saw the real owner appear, he bowed and said with a smile:
"Commander Ye, please teach me!"

"Brother Su, please!"

Seeing Su Mingzhe act so decisively, Ye Wan, who was also a martial arts fanatic, was delighted to see his prey, so he immediately attacked and slapped Su Mingzhe on the head.

"What a great Flowing Clouds Scattering Hand!"

Su Mingzhe couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Ye Wan's move.

Unexpectedly, Ye Wan is a bit petty.

Just now Ye Ling'er used the Flowing Clouds move and I didn't even try to dodge.

Maybe this guy Ye Wan was angry.

Now, Ye Wan's move was exactly the same as Ye Ling'er's. It was obvious that he was standing up for Ye Ling'er and defending the justice of his own martial art, Liuyun Sanshou.

Su Mingzhe originally wanted to continue not dodging and make Ye Wan angry to death.

However, I also thought that I had just arrived, and if I didn't want to get into trouble, it would be better to keep a low profile.

After making up his mind, Su Mingzhe waited for the palm wind to reach him, then he gently turned his palm and directly used the "Fighting Stars Shift" move, returning the Flowing Clouds San Shou attack that Ye Wan had launched.

"What kind of martial arts is this?"

Ye Wan was also frightened by the palm wind that Su Mingzhe sent back and quickly stopped attacking.

He had heard from his great uncle before that there was a martial arts truth of "using a little force to move a great object" and "using the opponent's force to counter attack".

However, this martial arts truth was something he had only heard of, and he had never seen it before.

Today, Su Mingzhe showed off his skills a little bit, which made Ye Wan stare in amazement.

Su Mingzhe also saw the gleam in Ye Wan's eyes, but he just smiled lightly:
"My Kung Fu is just a trick of using the opponent's force to counter attack. It's not worth mentioning."

Ye Wan, like Ye Ling'er, is a martial arts fanatic. When they see new and strange martial arts, they immediately become fascinated:
"Since Brother Su is unwilling to talk, let's compete again!"

(End of this chapter)