Chapter 549: Lottery Ceremony
In the east of Guandu Town, a wooden structure and a tall viewing platform stand on the south bank of the Yellow River, just like the rostrum next to the sports field in later generations.
In front of the viewing stage, there is a martial arts arena the size of a football field.
At this moment, on the martial arts field, the top 16 players of the world's first martial arts conference are riding horses and standing mightily.
Due to a series of unknown reasons and the retirement of the generals of Soochow, this time the top 16 players were carefully selected.
The top 16 are: Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Wei Yan under Qin Feng.
Liu Bei's brothers: Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The princes Lu Bu himself.
Ma Teng's son Ma Chao, and his general Pang De.
The four generals of the Cao family, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong.
There are also substitutes for Sun Ce, Yu Ban, Ji Ling.
Finally, it was the governor of Changsha County who came alone: Huang Zhong, who had a hundred steps through Yang.
At this moment, the martial arts arena was surrounded by people watching the excitement and families watching the doorway.
The staff of the imperial court brought by Qin Feng were nervously arranging the venue for the lottery. Wooden chests for the draw, battle maps, etc., need to be placed in advance.
I saw three staff members holding a brocade cloth, a table on his shoulder, and a wooden box on his back. After arriving at the predetermined location at the front of the viewing platform, one person lowers the table and the other person covers the table with brocade cloth to make the drawing table look as gorgeous as possible. After tidying up, the last person placed the wooden box on the table.
Inadvertently, the three of them made some movements with their hands and feet, and then looked at each other. With a laugh in his eyes, he walked quickly off the viewing platform.
Then. Under the drawing stage, there were two people whispering in hiding on the pedestal at the bottom of the rostrum.
One of them was lithe. I saw him take down a piece of the floor of the viewing platform with his hands, and when he climbed up, he was right under the table covered by brocade cloth. I saw that he reached out again to open the bottom of the table with the mechanism and the wooden box where the sticks were placed, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lao Zhao, it's ready, you hurry up and check the sticks again, don't make a mistake with the person's name!" ”
Lao Zhao said: "Xiao Song, you can rest assured." I'll hand it to you in a moment, and you'll put it in the wooden box where the lot was drawn. Remember not to make a sound, but all the princes are seated nearby...... ”
"Don't worry!" Xiao Song said.
The base of the viewing platform is made of sealed wooden planks and nails. In addition, the table was covered with a brocade cloth, so no one knew that there were people hiding inside.
After a while, the princes, under the leadership of Qin Feng, ascended to the viewing platform in turn. The people around them immediately cheered.
The princes took their seats on the viewing platform in turn, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu were next to each other, and Qin Feng and Ma Teng were together.
As for Lu Bu, because he is a player, he is in the martial arts arena. This meeting of the world's number one military generals took advantage of his heart. He couldn't help but ride a red rabbit horse in a circle in the martial arts arena, wielding Fang Tian's painting halberd to show off his martial arts. And he does have the wind of a god of war, every time he wields Fang Tian's halberd, it will attract the voices of the people.
Lu Bu was very proud of this. And Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were very dissatisfied. These two brothers are thousands of enemies, and they care very much about the title of the world's number one general. However, who doesn't care about the top 16 players? It's just that the title of the number one in the world is too tempting. And there is also the court position of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.
In public and private, they have to fight to the death.
After you are in your seat. Qin Feng smiled faintly and said, "Everyone." Today's Knockout Draw! I don't have much to say about this part, let's get started! ”
Because of Sun Jian's matter, everyone was not very happy, so they were too lazy to be vain.
The princes knew the rules, and in their opinion, it was fair to draw lots for each An's destiny, and they couldn't even think of killing them, Qin Feng had already prepared other means. So, all the princes said together, "Then let's get started." ”
Qin Feng sneered in his heart when he heard this, and said, "Let's start." ”
At this time, Jia Xu took out sixteen bamboo sticks with the names of the contestants and examined them for the princes in turn. After getting the approval of Liu Bei and other princes, he put it in front of him in an empty wooden box. He took out the roster and sang: "Take the stage in turn to draw lots, please Lord Cao Cao, draw the first contestant!" ”
The bottom of the viewing platform. As soon as Xiao Song opened the bottom of the wooden box, sixteen bamboo sticks fell to the ground. "The first one is General Zhao Yun, hurry up, bring General Zhao Yun's sign!" Xiao Song whispered.
"...... for you!" So, his companion Lao Zhao handed over a handful of sticks full of Zhao Yun's name.
On the viewing platform, Cao Cao got up, strode up, and calmly put his hand into the box, took out a bamboo stick at random, and handed it to Jia Xu.
After Jia Xu saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that the subordinates below were doing things well. He immediately showed the people the bamboo sticks and said, "The first contestant is General Zhao Yun!" ”
When Zhao Yun heard this, he raised the gentian bright silver spear on the jade lion in the night, and rode his horse around the martial arts arena.
"General Zhao Yun, the first one is General Zilong!"
"Wow, General Zilong is really the dragon and phoenix among people!" The crowd cheered.
"General Zhao Yun! Look here, look here! The girls in the crowd screamed.
On the viewing platform, Jia Xu sang again: "Then, please Lord Liu Bei and draw out General Zhao Yun's opponent." ”
Liu Bei got up and walked over.
At the bottom of the viewing platform, Xiao Song had already emptied all of Zhao Yun's bamboo sticks, and said in a low voice at this moment: "Quick, bring Pang De's bamboo sticks!" ”
"I'll give you ......." Lao Song at the bottom immediately handed over a handful of signatures full of Pound.
Liu Bei did not doubt him, he thought that such a lottery method was fair, and after he reached out and stirred it up in the box, he found a lot.
Jia Xu sang: "General Zhao Yun's opponent is General Pang De from Xiliang!" ”
So, the draw went on in turn, and Yuan Shu drew his own general, Ji Ling. So when Ma Teng went up to draw lots, Yuan Shu was silently praying, "Cao Ren, Cao Hong or Yu Ban, Amitabha, Wei Yan are also okay!" ”
It turned out that Yuan Shu also knew that his Ji Ling was a little worse than Zhao Yun and the others. However, who doesn't want to make a name for themselves, who doesn't want to show off their strength to the world and show off that they have unparalleled fierce generals under them. So. Although Yuan Shu knew that Ji Ling couldn't win the championship, the ranking was also very important.
And the Cao family san he said will be recognized as a fish bag. As for Wei Yan, because he just debuted. Yuan Shu was not optimistic about him.
Ma Teng walked up, and soon, he pulled out Xiahoudun's bamboo stick.
Yuan Shu scolded secretly when he saw it: "What a stinky hand, that one-eyed dragon is very powerful, it's over, Ji Ling can't enter the top 8!" ”
Seeing his strange expression, Cao Cao laughed on the side and said, "Brother Highway Virtuous, I'm sorry." I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it up this time! ”
Yuan Shu's face was immediately embarrassed, however, when Lu Bu went up and pulled out Cao Ren's sign, Yuan Shu secretly stretched out his hand to draw a circle and muttered: "Abominable Cao Cao, draw a circle and curse you!" ”
Seeing this, Ma Teng was surprised and said, "Lord Yuan Shu, what are you daring to do?" ”
Yuan Shu rolled his eyes and said, "This is a gesture in the sect from Tianzhu Kingdom, and it means prayer. ”
"Oh!" Ma Teng is 108,000 miles away from Tianzhu. I don't care anymore.
And after Qin Feng saw it on the side, he almost burst out laughing, and said in his heart that this Yuan Shu is really talented.
At this time, Jia Xu bowed and said, "Lord." Please draw out General Cho Ren's opponent. ”
Qin Feng got up and couldn't help but say to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, look at the appearance of General Cao Ren to draw a signature!" ”
Cao Cao heard this. Forced to smile.
I saw Qin Feng walk over and reach out to touch it. So he took out a bamboo stick.
After Jia Xu took it, he was very happy. Read: "General Cao Ren's opponent is General Guan Yu from Xuzhou!" ”
"Amitabha!" Yuan Shu was really happy.
Cao Cao was very dark-faced, and said in his heart that you garbage Qin Zijin was in, and said that there was no worse sign than this.
After everyone, a new round began, Cao Cao drew out Yu Ban, and Liu Bei drew out the tiger idiot Xu Chu. This made Cao Cao secretly keep greeting Liu Bei's mother.
After that, Ma Teng pulled out Huang Zhong, and Yuan Shu pulled out Xiahou Yuan. Lu Bu was very dissatisfied when he saw that he hadn't pulled himself out yet, but he didn't care who his opponent was.
After that, Lu Bu pulled out Cao Hong, which made Cao Cao nervous again.
Qin Feng stood up again at this time and said, "Brother Meng De, don't worry, this prime minister will definitely draw a sign for General Cao Hong." ”
Cao Cao squinted his eyes when he heard this, and said reluctantly: "Then, let's borrow the auspicious words of the virtuous brother." ”
So, Qin Feng stepped forward and took out a bamboo stick.
After Jia Xu took it, he said very happily: "General Cao Hong's opponent is General Zhang Fei from Xuzhou!" ”
Qin Feng walked back and said innocently: "Every qiē is the will of heaven, Brother Meng De doesn't have to care so much. ”
Cao Cao grinned secretly, and said in his heart that this Zhang Fei seemed to be more powerful than Guan Yu, and there was no worse sign. He couldn't help it, and said, "Brother Zijin, you are really a crow's mouth!" ”
"Crow's mouth?" When Qin Feng heard this, he remembered a certain ball king in the later generations, and said with a smile: "Actually, the true appearance was said on purpose!" ”
"Hmm...... You....... Cao Cao didn't expect Qin Feng to be so outspoken, and he was not angry.
And Liu Bei on the side was happy, because Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's opponents were recognized as fish bags, so it was not a problem to enter the quarterfinals. This is the world's first martial arts competition, and he has two generals who can rank in the top ten in the world, which can let the world know the force in his hands.
Liu Bei's happiness attracted Cao Cao's extreme dissatisfaction. The atmosphere between the two is getting worse and worse, and in the eyes of each other, it seems that two football hooligans with hostile positions are sitting together, and maybe at some point, the war will break out outside the field!
Half an hour later.
At the bottom of the viewing platform, "It's done, a qiēshun lì, Lao Zhao, it's gone!" ”
"I'll give you ......."
Xiao Song suddenly looked embarrassed and said, "It's over, you don't have to give it!" ”
"Oh oh, let's go!" Lao Zhao, who was used to it, reacted, hurriedly picked up a bag of bamboo skewers, and left with Xiao Song.
And the princes on the viewing platform did not notice anything abnormal, they each calculated the winning side, and looked at each other's opponents.
In this regard, the round of 16 matchup map is out of the way and hangs high so that everyone can see it clearly.
Lu Bu VS Ma Chao
Guan Yu VS Cao Ren
Zhang Fei VS Cao Hong
Xiahoudun VS Ji Ling
Huang Zhong VS Xiahou Yuan.
Xu Chu VS Yu Ban.
Dian Wei VS Wei Yan.
Zhao Yun VS Pound.
Next, the big war is on the verge of breaking out. (To be continued......)