Qi Zuoguo turned around and said: "Father." Qi Jiguang said slowly: "Guo'er, you go first." Qi Zuoguo glanced at Xiao Yunfan with hesitation and said, "Father, this man is not trustworthy." Qi Jiguang said: "Father.

You have your own opinion, please step back." He said and walked into the room.

The lights in the room dimmed and the two sat down. Xiao Yunfan hesitated and said, "Uncle Shi, my nephew is really here to discuss important matters." Qi Jiguang's eyes flashed and he said, "Why does Qi trust you?"

Xiao Yunfan smiled and said: "That being the case, I think you must have seen the young nephew playing with his own Blue Sea and Blue Sky Sword." As he said that, Xiao Yunfan picked up the black scabbard and started to dance.

Qi Jiguang watched Xiao Yunfan's sword skills open and close, and swayed. He recalled the past and was filled with emotions. When Xiao Yunfan finished dancing, he was still not free from the memories. Xiao Yunfan held the sword at his side and said:

"Uncle Shi, do you trust me now?"

Qi Jiguang nodded and said: "Yes, I know Brother Xie's swordsmanship, and you are indeed his descendant. My child, why are you looking for me?"

Xiao Yunfan then told the whole story about the Ghost Prime Minister and the two forces in the imperial court coming to seize the military books. Qi Jiguang pondered for a long time after listening to this. He looked out the window and sighed: "The eighteen volumes of "New Book of Ji Xiao" written by Qi, and the nine volumes of "Records of Military Training" were written by Qi.

The scroll has been handed over to the imperial court a long time ago. If anyone else wants it, they can just go to the Ministry of War to get it."

Xiao Yunfan said: "Uncle Shi acted openly and aboveboard, so Yunfan can be trusted. But..." Qi Jiguang said: "You want to say that the people in the imperial court don't believe it, and the people in the ghost minister's sect don't believe it either, so you think I have hidden one secretly?"

Xiao Yunfan nodded and said: "Exactly." Qi Jiguang thought for a long time and said slowly: "Actually, they guessed it right. I do have another one in my hand, but I plan to take this one into the coffin."

Xiao Yunfan was puzzled when he heard this: "Since it is a labor of love, why should it be brought into the coffin?"

Qi Jiguang said: "Soldiers are fierce. Military affairs are also the most dangerous things in the world. There is no reason why people will not die in bloody battles. The military books written by Qi are the same as the secret books of martial arts. They are all killing techniques.

It will bring endless disasters to the future generations. I have killed countless people in my life, and this last military book still talks about the method of killing. Isn't it a good thing that I bring such an ominous thing into the coffin?"

Xiao Yunfan pondered for a moment and said: "Whether it is a military book or a martial arts, there is no distinction between good and evil. What is good and evil is human beings. My nephew is not talented, so I speculate that Uncle Shi's purpose in writing the book is to stop the war, not to stop the war.

Pursuing killing.”

Qi Jiguang was quite appreciative of his words. He stroked his beard and said: "What you said is very popular with me. It seems that I have found a successor for this military book." Xiao Yunfan cupped his fists and said: "Uncle Shi, my nephew.

I am not here to covet your old military strategy. I just want to protect you."

Qi Jiguang stood up, leaning on his cane and said: "Okay, Fan'er, you come with me." As he said that, he walked directly outside the house. Xiao Yunfan followed him to a woodshed. Qi Jiguang pointed to a pile of piles in front of him.

Firewood said: "You move that pile of firewood away."

Xiao Yunfan did as he was told and moved away the pile of firewood. A five-foot-square iron plate was exposed on the ground. There was a fist-sized ring in the middle of the iron plate. He reached out and grabbed the ring on the iron plate and lifted it up. The iron plate lifted

It opened, revealing a dark round hole in the ground.

The two held oil lamps and walked along the steps from the entrance of the tunnel. Soon they came to a stone room. On the east wall of the stone room was a broken "Map of the Sea Territories of the Ming Dynasty", and on the west wall was a

A long knife.

Qi Jiguang sat on a chair, looked at the map on the wall, with a lonely look on his face, and said slowly: "Fan'er, I am old now and can no longer protect the Ming Dynasty. I hope you can protect it for me.

Go down."

Xiao Yunfan said: "This...Uncle Shi, my nephew heard about your experiences in the past two years, and I feel sad for you. This is how the Ming Dynasty treated you, do you still want me to protect the Ming Dynasty?"

Qi Jiguang raised his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty can be sorry for me, Qi Jiguang, but I can't be sorry for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty I want to protect is the great Ming Dynasty in my heart."

Ming, without Ming there would be no me, Qi Jiguang, so I want you to continue to protect me. Are you willing?"

His eyes were so warm and full of warmth. It was as if he was the last flame, and Xiao Yunfan was the firewood waiting to be burned. Only by passing on this fire could his life have meaning.

Xiao Yunfan knelt down and said: "Yunfan is willing to listen to Uncle Shi's teachings and protect the Ming Dynasty." With tears in his eyes, Qi Jiguang reached out to help him and said excitedly: "Okay, okay, okay. Qi finally found a successor."

Xiao Yunfan agreed, but thought in his heart: "Now that I have a hard time taking care of myself, why do I make this promise again?" Suddenly, he thought again, "If a man dies, he will die, so why bother dragging his feet."

He stood up and said: "Uncle Shi, why didn't you pass this art of war to the Qi family instead of me, an outsider?" Qi Jiguang said: "Although Qi has four sons now, none of them can accept this art of war."

Otherwise, their qualifications are dull and not talented.

Secondly, if the Qi family keeps this art of war, it would be disloyal to the imperial court. I have long been interested in looking for a successor, but there are not many such people in the world.

I originally wanted to let my descendants burn this art of war in front of my tomb after my death and follow me away. Your arrival made me change this original intention. Although you did not lead the troops to fight, you can tell the true meaning of using troops.

In my opinion, this is God's mercy on Qi. I am so lucky to have a successor in my lifetime." He said with a smile on his face.

Xiao Yunfan looked at Qi Jiguang's old face, thought of his master, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and said to himself: "The unique knowledge in this world needs someone to inherit it. Since I promised Uncle Shi, I can't act as arbitrarily as before. Thanks to his love, I will teach him

The Art of War. I should do my best to protect the Ming Dynasty and protect the people I love. This is what I, Xiao Yunfan, should do in the future."

Qi Jiguang opened a wooden box, picked up a blue-covered book, and said: "Fan'er, this book "The Dragon's Teng Zhi" is divided into twelve volumes, which includes all the hard work of my life. Today I will pass on all of this book.

Here you go. In the past, I followed Hu Butang (Hu Zongxian) to fight against Japanese pirates along the coast, and conducted numerous surveys on the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty.

The Master of the Department once commissioned me and Tan Lun to compile the book "Zhao Hai Tu Bian", and my set of military art was born out of this. The essence of ancient military art is good at explaining the general outline, and neglecting the details. My book "The Dragon Soaring in the Sea"

"Zhi" focuses on the details and neglects the general strategy. The military affairs described in ancient military books cover two types of warfare: land and water warfare. Land warfare has been described and prepared by predecessors, so this book omits it. However, water warfare has its own shortcomings.

Our Ming Dynasty set up nine towns on the land (Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan, Yansui, Ningxia, Guyuan, Gansu) as a defense with the Great Wall to resist the enemy in the north. However, the southeast coast stretches for thousands of miles, but it is sparse.

Coastal defense.

If foreigners come from the sea in the future, what barrier will our Ming have? In my opinion, Kyushu is the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the southeastern sea is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Only by controlling the land and sea can the Ming Dynasty be stable. During the Yongle period, Zheng He once formed a fleet

When sailing to the Western Ocean, the Ming Dynasty Navy could still compete with foreign enemies. But now the Navy is not as good as before, and this is what worries me."

The two chatted for a long time. Qi Jiguang reached out and took off the Qi family sword on the wall. He rubbed the blade and murmured: "This saber has been with me for decades in the north and south. Today I will give it to you as a gift."

I hope you can live up to your trust."

Xiao Yunfan took the Qi family sword. Although he felt heavy in his heart, he felt a sense of pride. He took the sword out of its sheath and looked at it carefully. The blade of this sword was straight and the blade was long and narrow. It was much longer than an ordinary sword.

, the blade is dazzling and the cold air is overwhelming. The four small characters "Dengzhou Qi Shi" are engraved under the guard.

He had lived in this fishing village for more than half a month, and he had a basic understanding of the art of war taught by Qi Jiguang, as well as the Qi family's boxing and sword skills. He estimated that people from the imperial court would arrive in the next few days, and he would wait.

In the meantime, I plan to go to Huashan to visit the three elders.

One day, Qi and Xiao were sitting in the courtyard chatting and talking about firearms. Xiao Yunfan talked about being plotted by Su Changmao and showed his scars to Qi Jiguang. After seeing this, Qi Jiguang said: "This fire

The weapon is extremely powerful. If it is modified a little in the future, it can be used to block hundreds of enemies. It can be called the most powerful weapon in the world." The two began to talk.

A woman dressed in black walked in from the door. The woman was slender and carried a long cloth bag on her back. She wore a black veil on her face, showing her age, and her eyes revealed a frightening murderous aura.

The woman looked at Xiao Qi and Qi, then her eyes fell on Qi Jiguang's face. She said lightly: "Qi Jiguang, you are still alive at last." Her tone of voice was quite strange, like a child who had just learned to speak.

Xiao Yunfan listened to her clear voice when she spoke, guessing that she was probably a young girl, but seeing that she spoke quite rudely, he felt very angry and said in his heart: "Where are you from, girl? You are yelling here, Uncle Qi."

Is it also your name?"

The woman snorted coldly and said: "He is named by others. If I don't call him Qi Jiguang, what would he call him?" Xiao Yunfan said: "You are a junior, you should at least call him uncle."

The woman sneered again and said disdainfully: "It's my business to cry out. I'm afraid no one else can care about it." Xiao Yunfan was about to have a seizure when Qi Jiguang leaned on his crutch and said: "I am Qi Jiguang. I don't know what advice the girl wants from me.

?”

The woman looked at him with cold eyes and said, "You were the one who killed my father. Naturally, I am looking for you to avenge him." Qi Jiguang's face changed slightly and he said, "I have killed countless people in my life, but I don't know your father's name.

"

The woman said word by word: "My father's name is Fujita Taro. He died in your hands." Qi Jiguang was slightly shocked and said: "You are from Fuso, how dare you come to my country?"

Xiao Yunfan was also quite surprised when he heard this, and said to himself: "This woman is from Fusang, and her father is probably a Japanese pirate."

The woman said: "I have traveled thousands of miles to come to China to avenge him, and to get back our Yinliu sword manual." As she said that, she untied the cross buckle on her chest and took off the long strip on her back.

He untied the cloth bag and took out a Japanese sword about three feet long with a slightly curved scabbard.

Qi Jiguang closed his eyes and thought. He did kill a Japanese pirate on the battlefield and got a sword manual from the Japanese pirate. The so-called Qi family's sword technique was created after he studied the "General Guide to Hidden Style Sword Techniques"

out.

Unexpectedly, the descendant of this Japanese pirate actually came to the door. He opened his eyes and said solemnly: "If your father doesn't invade our Ming territory and kill our people, why would Qi kill him?"

The woman said coldly: "No matter what, it was you who made me lose my father. It is my daughter's duty to avenge him today.

Qi Jiguang, go get your knife. I, Fujita Sakurako, want you to pay with your blood. Only with your blood can I comfort the soul of my father." Qi Jiguang's eyes flashed and he said loudly: "Okay, since you avenge your father, Qi Jiguang

I accept your challenge." Xiao Yunfan dissuaded him: "Uncle Qi, no, your body is much different now than before, so why not let Fan'er accept this girl's challenge on your behalf."

Qi Jiguang waved his hand and said: "Fan'er, go get my Qi family sword. I also want to learn the sword skills of the descendants of the Japanese pirates."

At this time, Qi Zuoguo walked in from outside the door, and he heard Fujita Sakurako's words clearly.

Qi Zuoguo put down the pole in his hand, piled the firewood outside the door, strode into the courtyard and said: "Since you want to learn the sword skills of my Qi family, I am here to fight. My father is old and frail, and if you want to collect debts, come to me."

The son is here to ask for it."

Qi Jiguang said: "Guo'er, my father knows your filial piety. Since I promised to fight this little girl, how can I shrink from the battle?" Qi Zuoguo felt embarrassed, but he did not dare to disobey his father's words, so he turned around and walked into the house to get the knife.

Xiao Yunfan thought in his mind: "How could Fujita Sakurako, a Fuso man, sneak into our Ming Dynasty? Someone must be an internal agent. Who could be the internal agent for her? She challenged Uncle Qi Shi by name, and she was obviously well prepared.
Chapter completed!