Loan Wusheng

Chapter 40 Hard Qigong

"Zheng Bantou!"

"Why have you come to this unlucky place? Are you here to interrogate a prisoner? You can just send someone to pass on the message. Why come here in person?"

"..."

In the dim and gloomy prison cell, the two jailers in charge of guarding the prison saw Zheng Jun coming and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Zheng Jun stood in the cell with a knife in hand, and could faintly smell a strong stench of decay.

Behind each iron fence, the shadows of prisoners were huddled together, and from time to time they would let out a groaning sound.

"I'm not here to make any arrangements, I just came to take a look. I have something to ask Tian Zhenyuan."

Zheng Jun shook his head and said to the two jailers, "Where is Tian Zhenyuan imprisoned?"

"County Magistrate?"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, the two policemen did not dare to neglect him and said hurriedly, "Captain, Tian Zhenyuan is the number one traitor in Heishan County. He is imprisoned in the innermost prison. These people outside are just ordinary prisoners!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jun nodded and asked a police officer to lead the way and take him to see Tian Zhenyuan.

Upon hearing this, the police officer immediately led Zheng Jun towards the depths of the prison.

The prison never sees sunlight all year round, the environment is dark and gloomy, and it is difficult to distinguish between day and night.

Although this prison is called a big prison, it is actually not very big. Zheng Jun had been walking for less than a minute when he arrived in front of Tian Zhenyuan's cell.

From a distance, Zheng Jun saw Tian Zhenyuan hanging on the beam, his feet tied with iron chains, his shoulder blade pierced directly by a thick iron needle, his face covered in blood, and his lips were pale.

"Wake up, wake up!"

When the jailer saw Tian Zhenyuan like this, he snorted coldly, opened the prison door, swung the whip tied around his waist, and whipped Tian Zhenyuan hard.

"Clap clap clap!"

The whip hit Tian Zhenyuan hard, but there was no blood on his body, not even a red mark, only a series of faint white marks.

Rather than being a whip, the whip was more like an alarm clock, waking Tian Zhenyuan up.

"Ok?"

Tian Zhenyuan raised his head slightly and saw Zheng Jun standing in front of him with a tall figure and a knife on his waist. He immediately pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "What are you doing here? Qingshui Gang... is gone?"

Tian Zhenyuan was captured just this morning.

It was only afternoon, and after meeting Zheng Jun, Tian Zhenyuan immediately asked with concern.

"Mu Feng was shot dead at the Qingshui Gang's entrance. Zhang Qingyu was surrounded and killed. Ke Zhijian disguised himself as an ordinary gang member and tried to escape, but was discovered by the cavalry leader Du Du and trampled to death by his horse."

Zheng Jun answered Tian Zhenyuan's question very calmly: "In just one morning, the Qingshui Gang was gone... Today, the leader of the Qingshui Gang was arrested and thrown into prison. How could you not know?"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Tian Zhenyuan was completely desperate.

He looked at Zheng Jun and gritted his teeth and said, "Then what are you doing here today? Are you deliberately humiliating me?!"

"I'm not interested in that sort of thing."

Zheng Jun said calmly, "County Magistrate Tian has gone from being a hunter in the mountains to a martial artist who can accumulate energy. He must have learned a lot of martial arts. I have only been exposed to martial arts for a short time. County Magistrate Tian might as well teach me his martial arts so that they will not be buried."

"Is it passed on to you?"

Tian Zhenyuan almost laughed out loud when he heard this, but the thick iron needle on his shoulder blade made Tian Zhenyuan feel a piercing pain as soon as he made a violent movement: "Little bastard, unless you can let me out, forget it!"

"It is impossible to let the county magistrate go. He is one of the masterminds of the Qingshui Gang's treason case. He will be taken to Pingzhang City for execution soon."

Zheng Jun said: "If we release the county magistrate, he will not be able to escape from this 800-li Black Mountain County. When the time comes, I will have one more head before the guillotine."

"Then get out of here!"

Tian Zhenyuan lowered his voice and roared, "You came here to make fun of me? Boy, don't think that you are a big shot just because you punched me this morning!"

After being imprisoned, Tian Zhenyuan obviously lost the demeanor he had as an official in the past, and instead had more of a gangster temperament.

"Although I cannot let the county magistrate leave, I can make sure that he suffers less in the days ahead. He won't have to be tortured every day, and the food will be more delicious."

Zheng Jun continued, "Otherwise, even if the county magistrate has mastered martial arts, he would not be able to endure the whipping and branding day and night, right? Besides, the county magistrate is used to eating delicious food, and I'm afraid he would not be able to eat the bran food in the prison, right?"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Tian Zhenyuan was quite silent.

After about three or five breaths, Tian Zhenyuan seemed to have lost all his soul. He said dejectedly, "How can I know any good martial arts? I only practiced the imperial court's eagle-falcon force, and the hard qigong and continuous kicks passed down by my master. When I was in the county city, I also learned a 'Liang Yi Sword'." "What do you want to learn?"

Tian Zhenyuan had nothing to hide.

What he learned were not some precious and unique skills. The Eagle Force was given by the imperial court, while the Hard Qigong and Continuous Kicks could be learned from his own junior brother for eight taels of silver.

As for the 'Liang Yi Sword', it was also a very common item, which I learned at a martial arts school in the county town.

If it was some unique skill, Tian Zhenyuan would grit his teeth and hold on to it, and would never reveal it casually.

But it's not worth it to spend eight taels of silver to learn something that only takes a month.

After hearing what Tian Zhenyuan said, Zheng Jun couldn't help but feel happy.

Oh, there's an unexpected gain?
But just by looking at the names, you can tell that they are all rubbish. However, taking the best of all schools, Zheng Jun immediately said, "I will learn them all, starting with hard qigong."

"I only have three or four days, and you can't learn any of them in this time."

Tian Zhenyuan sneered, then sighed and said, "Just listen carefully."

"Strength overcomes strength with softness, Qi becomes real through movement, strength comes from Qi, Qi is hidden and strength is revealed..."

Tian Zhenyuan's voice reached Zheng Jun's ears. Upon hearing it, Zheng Jun immediately listened attentively and took notes seriously.

Tian Zhenyuan explained everything clearly, from the mnemonics to the points of force and how to practice daily.

According to Tian Zhenyuan, this hard qigong is a kind of horizontal kung fu, which is very simple to get started. After mastering the formula, one can master it by simply being whipped with sticks day and night.

After all, it is a horizontal kung fu. Unless you are born with thick skin and flesh, no matter who you are, you have to work hard to practice it.

Because hard qigong was quite simple, a line of small ink characters soon appeared in front of Zheng Jun's eyes.

【New martial arts that can be prepaid: Hard Qigong.】

[Do you want to advance the "Hard Qigong (Great Achievement)"? Because it is borrowed from the future fruit, after performing martial arts, it can only be returned to one's body after being hit a hundred times. 】

Seeing this line of small ink characters, Zheng Jun couldn't help but feel happy.

Being beaten can pay off the debt. Is this a good thing?
'Advance!'

So, Zheng Jun whispered in his heart.

[Advance payment completed, current repayment progress: 0/2500. ]

Soon, the small ink characters in front of Zheng Jun turned, and the next second, Zheng Jun felt his body sink.

Zheng Jun immediately felt a sensation all over his body as if he was being bitten by ants, which made him feel a little uneasy.

How come it is completely different from the practice of standing meditation and martial arts advance? !
Fortunately, the feeling of being bitten by ants only lasted for less than ten breaths. After the feeling subsided, cold sweat broke out on Zheng Jun's forehead.

He wiped the cold sweat off his face and felt refreshed.

My body feels stiff.

Zheng Jun was about to start his pace and perform some hard qigong to see how hard it was, but when he thought of Tian Zhenyuan right in front of him, he gave up. However, he was still quite excited and said to Tian Zhenyuan, "Thank you, County Magistrate Tian. I will come again tomorrow."

After saying that, Zheng Jun looked at the police officer standing beside him and said, "He Er, did you hear what I just said?"

"I heard it, I heard it."

He Er heard this and immediately smiled and said, "Please rest assured, County Magistrate Tian will definitely be fed during these days, and we will never neglect him!"

"Ah."

Zheng Jun nodded, rummaged through his pocket, took out two taels of silver and gave it to He Er, then quickly walked out the door, not wanting to stay in this prison any longer.

As he looked at Zheng Jun's leaving back, Tian Zhenyuan's lips trembled.

He felt that something was different when Zheng Junhe came.

But I can’t tell what’s different.

But soon, he smiled at himself.

He's about to die, why are you so sensitive?
It can't be possible that this kid named Zheng suddenly realized it overnight and understood it instantly, right?

How is it possible? There is no way such a monstrous person can exist in this world!
(End of this chapter)