Chapter 16 Change I

"Not bad, fortunately this time targeted to nourish Yin, this second layer is the highest realm of Jade Crane Kung Fu, ordinary people take five years, I immediately shorten the five years to such a short time, naturally is much heavier burden than the previous introduction."

　　He carefully felt the state of his body in his mind.

　　Although weak, it was much better than before.

　　It seemed that his conditioning during this period of time was indeed effective.

　　Hoo ....

　　Exhaled a long breath.

　　Lu Sheng felt that the circle of internal Qi between his chest and abdomen had changed from a single airflow of chopstick thickness to a full nine.

　　The nine air currents together are much thicker than the front.

　　The second level of the Jade Crane Technique is obviously different from the previous one.

　　Lu Sheng felt full of energy between one exhale and one inhale, and his reaction was much faster than usual.

　　"According to the records of the second layer of Jade Crane Kung Fu, it should have the effect of prolonging life and getting a quick stop to bleeding."

　　"Let's try the internal energy effect tomorrow. Contact Duanmu Wan and see if we can still get the new internal energy from her."

　　Since Jade Crane Kung Fu was real, the rest of the several internal arts might also be real. He wanted to see how several internal arts would react when they were cultivated together.

　　It was reasonable to say that internal arts could be fused as long as they were not of conflicting nature types.

　　Thinking of this, Lu Sheng lay down again to rest.

　　Just lying down, he heard the sound of footsteps faintly coming from outside the courtyard, like someone is moving away.

　　Listen to the rhythm, and the sound of Lu gently walking is very similar.

　　Lu Sheng shook his head, did not bother, this period of time, Lu gently almost every other night to go out in the middle of the night sneak.

　　It is not known what clues were found.

　　At first he also carefully followed all the way, but found that his footwork is far less than Lu gently, a few times to follow lost, and then no longer waste energy.

　　Early the next morning, Lu Sheng took the prepared silver tickets and went straight to the Wanfu Inn where Duan Mu Wan was staying.

　　"What? Checked out?"

　　Lu Sheng stared at the innkeeper and frowned.

　　"When did it happen?"

　　"About half a month ago, Miss Duanmu was invited by a few gentry to go out of town to visit the Red Lotus Temple, after which she sent someone back to say that she had checked out of the room."

　　The shopkeeper was also very attentive to Duanmu Wan.

　　After all, this one is already beautiful, plus the number of gentry who came to pursue her, she also spends a lot of money herself, giving him a deep impression naturally.

　　"Red Lotus Temple ...."

　　Lu Sheng frowned.

　　He intuitively felt that Duanmu Wan should not be in the Red Lotus Temple.

　　Suddenly checking out of the room was just an excuse.

　　"Forget it then."

　　He shook his folding fan and walked out of the inn, and two guards were waiting outside the door.

　　"My lord, how is it? Did you find Miss Duanmu?" Guard Xiao Song usually close to Lu Sheng, he is also to Lu Sheng practice martial arts when all kinds of people cleaning the field, and occasionally also on the field sparring. Martial arts is not bad.

　　"No, she's gone." Lu Sheng shook his head.

　　"So where are we going now?"

　　"Go where? Back to the house."

　　Lu Sheng secret book can not be found, the mood is a little upset.

　　The three of them got on the carriage and rushed all the way back to the Lu Mansion, waiting until the front of the residence, but saw that there was already a yellow carriage parked at the gate.

　　The side of the carriage was greatly engraved with a Zhang character.

　　"Zhang family?"

　　Lu Sheng looked moved, the Zhang family has been killed for so long, finally looking for the door.

　　He was not afraid, let Xiao Song a few people leave, himself single into the gate.

　　Looking in through the gate, he could just see on the lobby, Lu Quanan was accompanied by a martial artist, greeting the man from the Zhang family.

　　One person came from the Zhang family.

　　With thick eyebrows and thin eyes, he was a man around thirty years old.

　　"... How could my son do such a thing, the Zhang family must have misread it!" Lu Quan'an sat on the main seat with a calm face.

　　"There were quite a few people who saw it with their own eyes! How can this still be false?!"

　　That man was so angry that his chest burned.

　　"I don't care how powerful your Zhang family is in Zihua City, this is Jiu Lian City, not your Zihua!

　　Your Zhang family is powerful, but my Lu family is not a vegetarian either! If you planted evidence against my son again, don't blame me, Lu Quan'an, for not being polite!"

　　Lu Quan'an shouted coldly.

　　The man was so angry that his body trembled.

　　Hand pointing at Lu Quanan can no longer say words.

　　"Good, good! Master of the Lu family is so bold. I will definitely relay the original words to the Song Xi family master! Farewell!!!"

　　He turned around and strode towards the gate.

　　Lu Sheng met him halfway, and this man did not know Lu Sheng either, still walking towards the outside in a furious manner.

　　Lu Sheng is not surprised, now the Great Song is weak, all over the division, not to mention that this is far away in the north, the city lord and local forces are the king of the land.

　　It is the Central Plains, such as the Lu family, most of the people are also Yang submissive, but also made a lot of things.

　　This Zhang family still thinks they are in Zihua City, actually looking for the door to ask for a crime.

　　The man brushed past Lu Sheng and left in a huff on the carriage.

　　Lu Sheng walked into the lobby and saw his father, Lu Quanan, sitting on a chair with a bewildered face.

　　"Father, are things done?"

　　He said softly, gesturing for the surrounding guards to go away on their own, while he and his old dad talked alone.

　　Lu Quan'an sighed, and when he saw that it was Lu Sheng, he couldn't help but have an extra smile on his face.

　　"Little Sheng, your sister's side, you have to take more care, don't let her keep wandering around the city."

　　"I can't control her." Lu Sheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Father, the thing that the top wants us to find, have you found it? Is it looking for something or someone?"

　　"It may be something, or it may be a person. It's not clear!"

　　Lu Quanan shook his head and lowered his voice.

　　"Now the governor's headache is the case of the Xu family, and the case of throwing wells outside the city Wang Family Village. Especially the well throwing case, so many constables are unable to find clues, your sister alone can do what? Let her stay at home honestly."

　　"She went to investigate the Wang Family Village case?" Lu Sheng froze.

　　"You don't know? The constable of the government office also saw that girl gently in Wang Jia Zhuang. She would catch two wanted criminals or suspects every three days and send them to the Yamen. The people in the government office are getting to know her."

　　Lu Quan'an said helplessly.

　　"So ah ...." Lu Sheng frowned. "I've been busy collecting martial arts recently, and I didn't have time to care about her."

　　"Collecting martial arts... Your expenses are already close to five thousand taels, how are the results?" Lu Quanan asked in passing.

　　"Already collected several doors, I will organize all the booklets I get and make a collection of scriptures at home, so that it is convenient for our Lu family to train good hands in the future."

　　Lu Sheng said seriously.

　　"Your idea, I can probably guess some, now is in the chaotic times, we just rely on the dozens of people at home, not enough. We need to cultivate more experts belonging to our Lu family. This is also the reason why I spared no effort to support you after I heard that you collected martial arts."

　　Lu Quan'an said seriously.

　　"The family has a total of eighty-six guards and family members who can be mobilized at any time, but because they have to guard the mansion, there are only about forty people who can really be transferred out."

　　Lu Sheng accounted for it.

　　"These forty people, to be responsible for the security of our Lu family's thirteen manor houses outside, sixteen stores, simply not enough."

　　"My father naturally knows that, just .... This trusted manpower, hard to find ah ....." Lu Quanan sighed.

　　"What about adopting orphans? There are many stray children outside and inside the city, right?" Lu Sheng proposed.

　　"This .... Ultimately, we have to consider the thoughts of several other families ...."

　　Lu Quanan hesitantly said.

　　"Our manpower is already insufficient, why do we need to worry about several other families? Can't we develop in the dark?" Lu Sheng distinguished.

　　"This is a sensitive topic, involving a hair and move the whole body, in case the other few families found out, will certainly rebuke our Lu family has ambition, too much eye-catching."

　　Lu Quan'an shook his head slightly.

　　Lu Sheng persuaded two more sentences, but still could not.

　　He knew that Lu Quanan no longer had the impetus of his youth, when he had nothing, no worries, so he acted decisively and took charge, creating a large family business of the Lu family.

　　And now .... The first thing you need to do is to look ahead and hesitate.

　　Lu Sheng can see that Lu Quanan support him to collect martial arts, is to have the heart to want to expand.

　　But to really start doing it, he hesitated and could not make up his mind.

　　After saying a few words, he stopped persuading and only mentioned something about the health and well-being of his family.

　　After that, he said goodbye.

　　Lu Quan'an stood alone in the lobby, his brows locked, still hesitating.

　　But Lu Sheng no longer want to rely on this old dad.

　　This chaotic world, if their own power is not enough, sooner or later will become a piece of fat in the eyes of others.

　　He left the lobby, then continued to go to the schoolyard to practice martial arts.

　　After reaching the top of the second layer of Jade Crane Kung Fu, he was full of energy throughout the day, even if he was busy from morning to night, he did not feel too tired.

　　When he was a little sleepy, he sat down and rested for a moment, and then he was alive and active for a few hours.

　　In the schoolyard, he practiced swords until late in the evening.

　　Only then, drenched in sweat, took a shower and rushed to eat dinner.

　　At the dinner table, Lu Quanan, Erniang, Lu Sheng three people a table, the rest of the relatives each sitting on another large table.

　　This is the rule.

　　Lu Quan'an is the head of the family, Lu Sheng is the future head of the family, Erniang is the past within Lu Quan'an and Lu Sheng are extremely close to her. She also manages the women's maids in the backyard during the week.

　　These three, is the entire Lu family status of the three highest.

　　After that is the three niang four niang five niang, Lu gently, Lu Ying Ying, Lu dust heart and other family members.

　　Although the Lu family belongs to the first generation of the burgeoning family, but there are still many places to learn the same rules as the big families.

　　Like eating without saying anything, is one of them.

　　Two large tables of people eating, only the occasional clash of bowls and chopsticks, the rest really no sound at all.

　　"Xiao Sheng."

　　Lu Quanan, who rarely spoke at the dinner table, suddenly spoke.

　　As soon as he opened his mouth, the whole family slowly stopped to listen to him. This was also a courtesy. After all, unless it was particularly important, usually she would not talk at the dinner table again.

　　"Father, what's wrong?"

　　Lu Sheng put down his chopsticks and looked at Lu Quanan.

　　"You said that Jiulian City can't collect martial arts anymore, do you want to make a trip to Yanshan City?"

　　Lu Quan'an said seriously.

　　"Along the mountain city?"

　　Lu Sheng was stunned, he didn't expect that his old dad was actually asking him to leave Jiu Lian City.

　　"Yes." Lu Quan'an nodded his head. "There is an old friend of mine there, he mentioned in his letter a few days ago that there are famous Chinese masters in Yanshan City who open their doors to teach their skills, if you are willing, you can go over there, maybe you can bring back one or two sets of really powerful martial arts from the Central Plains."