On the seat of "Changqing Xuan", Qiu Hengbo was the first to speak: "Since some people don't measure their own strength, Qiu doesn't object!"

Master Yuanguang, who was sitting at the table in front of the east head, recited a Buddha horn and said: "Amitabha Buddha, Fan Tanyue wants to fight four enemies with one, it is inevitable that he is a little too conceited, unwise, in the opinion of a poor monk, why don't Tan Yue think about it before making a decision?"

Master Yuanguang is worthy of being a Buddhist monk, and he did not agree because he took advantage of it, but made a statement to make the other party think about it.

Fan Dongli only snorted coldly, and said: "The old man never changes what he says, and he doesn't have anything to think about, the old monk doesn't need to say much, if he doesn't dare to fight, just admit defeat!"

Master Yuanguang said: "Good, even if Fan Tanyue insisted, the poor monk had no reason to retreat, so he had to fight with all his might." ”

Three of the top four sects have agreed, and everyone's eyes in the hall are on the "Wanli Hall".

Dou Ruyuan, the door master on the stone platform, hesitated and did not speak.

Dou Fei looked at Hua Bushi and asked, "Young Master Hua thinks that this sect should fight?"

The strongest martial arts in "Wanli Tang", although he can barely be called a master, but if he is compared with Qiu Hengbo and Yuanguang, it is still too far behind, and if he is really a hindrance in the battle, he will not be on the table at all. For today's plan, it is more realistic to hope for the "evil dog gate", Dou Fei understands this reason, so he asks this question.

Hua Bushi's eyes turned around in the hall, and said with a slight smile: "If I say that I can't fight, presumably all the people here will not agree, and I won't be able to mix in the capital in the future! ”

Dou Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him again and again. After all, in his opinion now, the masters of the four sects are not able to catch a Fan Donglian, and as long as they win, "Wanli Tang" can also sit firmly in the third position of the "Yanjing Eight Gates".

But at this time, I could only hear Fan Dongli who was standing in the arena speak: "You guys are really quite happy, but there is still one condition for this martial arts competition." ”

Tang Lian's face sank, and she said, "What other conditions are there, aren't you afraid of regretting it again?"

Fan Dongli smiled "hehe" and said: "The old man will not regret it, but you will regret it after you lose, but you have to guard against it! On the condition of the old man, this contest will be held in public on Tianqiao Street at noon today, so that all the people in Beijing can see it." ”

Although this Lingxiao Pavilion is also very spacious, suitable for martial arts, but here are all the people of the "Yanjing Eight Gates", the stakes of winning or losing this competition are so big, if the four factions really lose, it is indeed possible to turn their faces and deny it, and everyone will rush together to do the two people of the "Xiandu faction", as long as they keep their mouths shut about the outside, they can also save their reputation.

And noon is the time when there are the most people on Tianqiao Street, competing in front of everyone, if you still do this kind of thing that disregards faith, but you can't cover it up, not only the "Yanjing Eight Gates", but also the "Shaolin", "Wudang", "Tangmen" and other famous factions will all be discredited. The news that Fan Dongli alone defeated the masters of the four factions spread, and he is bound to be able to become famous immediately, and the "Xiandu faction" can also shock the Beijing division.

Tang Lianhua said: "You have a good calculation, aren't you afraid of losing in public and losing your old face?"

Fan Dongli snorted and said, "Don't talk nonsense, just say whether you dare to agree!"

Tang Lianhua was still hesitating, but Qiu Hengbo, who was on the seat of "Evergreen Xuan", said: "No matter where you want to compete, you can accompany you, anyway, after this battle, your 'Xiandu faction' will be removed from the rivers and lakes!"

Fan Dongli sneered: "Is it my 'Xiandu faction' who will be removed from the list, or whether your 'Yanjing Eight Gates' will withdraw from the capital from now on, we will have to wait until after the fight." Okay, at noon we are zaijian on Tianqiao Street, the old man takes the first step, Pei Niang, let's go!"

The old man in charge of the "Xiandu faction" flicked his robe sleeves, took the ugly woman Pei Niang down the stairs, and swaggered away, although there were many people in the various factions in the hall who gritted their teeth at them, they did not stop them.

Seeing the two of them walking away, Tang Lianhua spoke: "This Fan Dongli has made an appointment on Tianqiao Street to compete in the competition, do you think he will have any conspiracy?"

Qiu Hengbo smiled coldly and kept silent. Qi Luanwu, the female head of "Changqingxuan", said: "As long as the city of Beijing is full of the territory of our parties, the 'Xiandu faction' is just a small sect from Tongzhou, and it shouldn't be able to play any tricks." ”

"What Mrs. Qi said is very true!" Jin Dafu, the head of the "Jinyang Gate", said, "We only need to be on guard, forgive him for the 'Xiandu faction' and he will not be able to turn the sky! Doesn't the person surnamed Fan want to be public, let's set up a ring at the north end of Tianqiao Street, and arrange some more people around at the interval, and we will definitely be foolproof." ”

Today is the Duanyang Festival, and the competition of the Lion King Conference also starts at noon, but it is held in the southern section of Tianqiao Street, so Jin Dafu thought of setting up a martial arts competition ring at the north end of the street.

Although the people in the various sects in the hall may not be harmonious on weekdays, they are now working together, and they are also temporarily putting aside their previous suspicions, and you and I are discussing how to arrange manpower, arrange the ring, and so on.

However, what everyone discussed was to prevent the "Xiandu faction" from having other tricks, and no one mentioned the question of victory or defeat in the competition. In their opinion, the masters of the four factions teamed up to deal with a Fan Dongli, and among them, there were top figures such as Qiu Hengbo and Master Yuanguang, so there was no need to worry at all.

Although Hua Bushi did not participate in the discussion of everyone, he also heard their various arrangements, and the eldest young master lowered his head and pondered, as if he had thought of something.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ there were less than two hours from Ling Xiao to noon punctuality, but this little time was more than enough for the "Yanjing Eight Gates", a local snake in Beijing for a long time, to build a ring and lay out various matters.

The ring is set up on the northernmost empty field of Tianqiao Street, which is full of zhang Xu Lailai, seven or eight zhang wide, the base is a row of thick wooden piles, and the platform is paved with wooden planks more than an inch thick, which is quite solid. The four corners of the ring are fluttering, there are wooden steps in front of the stage, on the two big pillars, there are big red satin brocade couplets, and the book "Yanjing Eight Gates, Yaowu Yangwei" eight big characters.

On all sides of the ring, there are strong men in strong suits with swords and swords on their backs, standing side by side, who are the disciples of various sects in Beijing. In fact, the defense of the ring is not only these dozens of gangs, according to the previous discussion, the surrounding streets and alleys, and the courtyards of the houses have the manpower arranged by the "Yanjing Eight Gates".

On the ground in this area of the overpass, there are people in the rivers and lakes who fight boxing and wrestling, and practice their tricks, but it is rare to see such a big pomp in the ring. When the ring was set up, hundreds of people had gathered, and the disciples guarding the stage did not drive away, but did not let them get close to the ring.

Noon is approaching, the leaders of all the sects have arrived one after another, Qiu Hengbo, Master Yuanguang, Tang Lianhua and Sima Rulan, the four masters who are about to play have already stepped into the ring, but the opponent "Xiandu faction" Fan Dongli has not yet arrived.

Tianqiao Street is five miles from south to north, although the ring in front of the north head has attracted many people to stop, but the southern section is crowded with people, and it is more lively than here.

The competition in the ring is certainly new, but most of the people who come to Tianqiao Street today are here to watch the competition of the Lion King Conference.

The eight log poles standing in the center of the street, each of which has the thickness of a person hugging each other, are more than two zhang high, and the one in the middle is three zhang high. Each wooden pole is wrapped in satin, and there are more than 10 horizontal logs tied to facilitate the lion dance to climb, and the red hanging colors are floating on it. There are watermelon-sized colored balls hanging from the top of the club, and the colored balls on each rod are of different colors, and the highest one in the middle is the largest, and it is golden yellow, which is the lion king's prize.

At this time, the championship has not yet begun, and the gongs and drums are already noisy on the venue, and the lion dance teams have danced one after another, including various acrobatic performances such as stilt walking and running dry boats, which are very lively.

Li Hu was in the middle of the team, no longer in the costume of the palace guards, but wearing a coarse cloth shirt and a felt hat on his head, looking like an inconspicuous little guy.

He followed the crowd unhurriedly, with a lazy relaxed expression on his face, no different from the ordinary people who came to the flyover street to watch the excitement, but in fact, his heart was not relaxed at all.

Within five zhang of Li Hu, there were three killers dressed in the same costume as him, and the other nine "Heavenly Punishment" killers were also distributed on this street, and Ge Li was not far away. This makes him have to be careful not to show a flaw.

In the past, the assassination operations of "Heavenly Punishment" often had to be prepared for several days in advance, but this time it was different.

In the middle of last night, Li Hu was woken up in bed and went to a small room in the side courtyard of the post house. After entering the house, he found that the Heavenly Punishment Killers who were also dressed as guards of the Fuwang Mansion had come to the house, and Shi Qingzhu appeared in front of them.

This priest of the "Heavenly Punishment" organization had not shown up for many days, but he came suddenly, but he didn't say much, and immediately began to arrange the assassination operation.

The location of this operation is on Tianqiao Street, and the target killed will appear there tomorrow, and Jihua, Shi Qingzhu, who carried out the assassination, has already been formulated.

The target is three carriages, and the purpose of this operation is to kill all the people in the three carriages that will pass by Tianqiao Street tomorrow at noon, as for the names and identities of the people sitting in the cars, Shi Qingzhu did not explain. According to the information she gave, there was only one person in each carriage, and he was not skilled in martial arts, but there would be thirty escorts beside the carriage, of which at least eight were capable of reaching the second rank, and the rest were no less than the fifth rank.