Honorific Message (I)

A few days passed, and the martial arts examination at the Confucius Temple continued. m.

At this time, there are only four of the eight little gentlemen left, Chai Xintong, Kong Dewei and Jiang Jingyan are naturally listed, but the last one is really beyond everyone's expectations He Chen.

He Chen, who was seriously injured, was originally the weakest of the six, and even his place in the top six was given by Sima Yanqing, but in the end he stumbled into the top four, which was really surprising.

He Chen and Wang Sihe belong to the loser's group, and there will be a contest between the two.

When the two little gentlemen stood opposite each other, Wang Sihe took out the transverse flute and put it to his lips, the onlookers had already prepared, and heard that there was Wang Sihe's competition that day, so they brought their own cotton, and when the transverse flute was close to their lips, they hurriedly plugged their ears with cotton.

Chai Xintong didn't have any preparations, and Xu Changan didn't have anything to do with the long sword wrapped in linen.

The old man Hong beside Kong Dewei handed the cotton to him, Kong Dewei looked at Xu Changan and Chai Xintong, gritted his teeth, and did not take the light and fluttering cotton that weighed as much as a thousand catties for him.

After all, since he was a child, his family has always told him that talent can be bad, because it is an innate thing, but willpower cannot be strong, because it is his own choice.

Although he didn't show anything to Chai Xintong and Xu Changan, the young man is a young man after all, and he has his own arrogance.

He doesn't believe that what others can resist, he can't. It's not about talent, it's about will.

Jiang Jingyan glanced at Kong Dewei, who refused cotton, and faintly spit out two words in the air: "Idiot!"

Unfortunately, Condevi couldn't hear this.

The flute sounded, He Chen stood in place, clenching his teeth tightly, although it was the second time he perceived it, but the feeling in the audience and in front of Wang Sihe could be described as a world away.

He Chen's heart admired Chai Xintong even more.

But at this time, he obviously didn't have more energy to think more, he gritted his teeth tightly, lowered his head, and clenched his fists tightly, and the audience who plugged their ears with cotton looked at He Chen's hideous face as if he had endured great pain, and couldn't help but admire.

Xu Changan held the sword and didn't feel anything.

And Chai Xintong also smiled faintly, treating the flute sound as nothing.

He turned his head to look, only to see that Kong Dewei also had his eyes closed, biting his lower lip tightly, and even blood was oozing from his lips.

What a brainless reader!

Chai Xintong cursed secretly, looked at Xu Changan, who was a little bored, and said, "Your sword is good, do you want to borrow it from him?"

As he spoke, he pouted at Condevinu.

Xu Changan laughed dryly and said: "I just lent him the sword, and he won't ask for it, you scholars, all of you are stubborn." ”

Looking at Kong Dewei, whose face was flushed, Chai Xintong scratched his head.

"It's really troublesome, it's just to take a test, but I didn't expect to be a teacher. He muttered, and a sound slashed through the flute's ears like a sharp blade.

"It's useless to hold on to your heart, you have gone through the beauty, how dare you say that you let go of the beauty; if you haven't experienced the red dust, how can you talk about seeing through the red dust? Although these old bald donkeys are indeed quite nonsense sometimes, the truth is such a truth. ”

Kong Dewei, who had his eyes closed, frowned, and finally decided to give it a try, his expression suddenly relaxed, his upper teeth also released his lower lip, his fist slowly released, and his expression changed from painful struggle to enjoyment.

Watching the battle without hearing the flute is really boring.

I saw He Chen closing his eyes, clenching his fists, leaning forward slightly, his face full of determination.

And Wang Sihe just played the flute indifferently.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Wang Sihe sighed softly, put down the horizontal flute on the side of his mouth, covered his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"You won!" he said lightly, hearing Wang Sihe's words, He Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and fell to the ground like a puddle of mud.

At the same time, Kong Dewei also opened his eyes, and his face was full of lightness.

He glanced at Chai Xintong gratefully, and bowed his head slightly to express his gratitude.

Looking at the little gentleman who fell to the ground, the audience took off the earplugs, and then burst into applause.

After all, they could see that this teenager was forced to carry it down.

This is different from Chai Xintong, they will feel excited when they see He Chen, the excitement and joy of success after a long struggle, which makes them feel that as long as they persevere, nothing is impossible.

But when Chai Xintong fought against Wang Sihe, they all looked light-hearted, and they were only shocked, and looked up at the immortals with awe.

Compared with the two, they naturally recognized He Chen more.

In fact, even Chai Xintong himself admires this person a little, with willpower alone, he is stronger than himself.

Although he is a little stupid, this little master's vision is not bad.

After the applause, a difficult problem appeared in front of the three worshippers.

According to the rules, He Chen should challenge one of the four in the winner's group, and if he wins, he will take his place, and if he loses, he will have no chance.

But now although He Chen won, he is lying on the ground.

And the Holy Emperor didn't know why this time, he changed his previous habit of only watching the finals, and two days later he would have to play the semifinals in front of the Qianlong Palace.

When the three worshippers had a headache, Wang Sihe thought about it and said.

"Defeated by He Chen, if Mr. He doesn't mind, I will challenge Mr. Hu, the winner of Group C, on your behalf, can I?"

He Chen wanted to stand up, but before he got up, he fell heavily on the ground again.

The audience burst into exclamations.

He Chen knew that he had no chance, so he closed his eyes in resignation and nodded towards Wang Sihe.

Seeing this, Wang Sihe hugged his fist towards the three worshippers and said: "I was defeated by Mr. He, but Mr. He was seriously injured before, with his consent, I am willing to fight for this place on his behalf, and I hope that the three gentlemen will agree!"

Wu Dao was stunned for a moment, looked at his brother, and finally nodded.

The audience suddenly erupted in cheers, and those in the military department who had drawn a tick under He Chen's name frowned.

"Challenge the winner of Group C, Mr. Hu!"

As soon as the words fell, a man in a Confucian robe with a long beard walked down, his face was very ugly.

Seeing his expression, Wang Sihe could only say apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Hu, I can't see any hope for the winner of the three groups A, B and C, so I can only pick Mr." ”

Mr. Hu took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I don't have a chance if either of you are assigned to Group C, luck has made me here, and I am already very satisfied." ”

Then he said firmly: "However, since there is such an opportunity, I have to fight for it, and I also want to feel Mr. Wang's music face-to-face." As he spoke, he bowed slightly towards Wang Sihe, after all, he wanted to treat people as tempering stones, and he felt a little guilty in his heart.

Wang Sihe returned the salute, and Mr. Hu took a horse step, although it was a little ugly, but no one laughed. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists tightly, as if he were facing some giant beast.

Seeing this, Wang Sihe reappeared in the flute.

Sure enough, in just a dozen breaths, Mr. Hu collapsed to the ground.

He struggled to glance at He Chen, and there was no unwillingness in his heart at all, after all, others could hold on for so long, and he was only a dozen breaths.

"This position, he deserves it! It's just that the road ahead is long!" As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Jingyan and Chai Xintong, after all, He Chen was defeated by Jiang Jingyan before, and Chai Xintong easily dealt with Wang Sihe's transverse flute artistic conception, these two people, no matter how you look at it, are insurmountable mountains.

Wang Sihe glanced at He Chen, who was healing from a distance, and said meaningfully: "Forget it, do your best, and listen to the destiny of heaven!"

At this point, the top four of the martial arts examination have appeared.

Chai Xintong, Jiang Jingyan, Kong Dewei and He Chen!

They will compete for the top two two in two days, under the watchful eye of the Qianlong Palace, the Holy Emperor!

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The semi-finals came out, and the odds of each hospital in Pingkangfang changed again.

Under Chen Tianhua's leadership, the major Qinglou launched a new round of betting.

Xu Changan, Chai Xintong and Kong Dewei sat upstairs, looking at their odds while drinking tea.

"By the way, you two help me analyze and analyze, who will I press to earn a little more than two silver?"

In the following odds, He Chen is the highest, Chai Xintong and Kong Dewei are about the same, and Jiang Jingyan is second.

However, although He Chen has the highest odds, few people buy him, but more people press Chai Xintong and Kong Dewei.

When Kong Dewei and Chai Xintong heard Xu Changan's question, the two looked at each other and smiled, looking mysterious.

Like an upstart, Xu Changan took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and threw them on the table.

"What are you laughing at? Hurry up and tell me which of you two is strong, and I will suppress whoever you say is strong!"

Chai Xintong was about to speak, but saw that the odds below changed again, and Jiang Jingyan's odds instantly became the lowest.

This odds are real-time odds, calculated according to the two of the bets, and the payout is based on the odds of the time I press.

Whenever someone changes the odds and presses a lot of silver, the bustards will shout out loudly and give out some small gifts, which is an honor for the people who are called!

"I don't know if that gentleman threw a lot of silver on that green fox eye?" Xu Changan said lightly, this Jiang Jingyan was born with a pair of fox-like eyes, if these eyes grow on a woman's face, I don't know how many people will be confused!

Xu Changan looked at the odds and was a little displeased, but the two around him didn't react, and it was inconvenient for him to intervene in the odds.

Chai Xintong and Kong Dewei were full of care.

"Okay, the big man is here. ”

As soon as the odds changed, many people pressed Jiang Jingyan.

After all, those who dare to press a large sum of money must have some inside information.

When Jiang Jingyan's odds were pressed to one to one, these "gamblers" stopped.

Press one or two silver, Jiang Jingyan will only lose one or two silver if he wins, what's the point?

The ultra-low odds finally sobered them up.

At this time, Chen Tianhua asked the old bustards to shout loudly: "Jiang Jingyan Gongzi pressed 200,000 taels, pressed Jiang Jingyan to win the championship! Let's cheer for Jiang Gongzi! All the wine money is free tonight!"

Originally, at this time, it should be everyone's carnival, but at this time, Huanxilou suddenly quieted down.

Even the three people who were upstairs looking down through the window were stunned.

Those who had just suppressed Jiang Jingyan immediately regretted it, but those who were ready to suppress it were secretly glad.

They originally thought that someone knew the inside information, but they didn't expect that they would personally press it, so this reference value disappeared. A lot of people feel as if they've eaten a dead fly.

At this time, Jiang Jingyan, who had a pair of fox-eyed eyes, walked to the hall with his little scholar.

"Everyone, don't worry, you can press me to save my capital, but I will not return to others!"

"Today, I promise you that my surname Jiang will overturn Chai Xintong and defeat Kong Dewei!"

He patted his chest and said loudly, vibrating words!

After finishing speaking, he took the little scholar and walked away proudly, leaving behind the sluggish crowd!

Many people who were originally a little hesitant saw Jiang Jingyan's confident appearance, gritted their teeth, and threw it away.

No matter how low the odds are, they can't be lower than one to one, if they are low, the loss of silver will have to be lost by the dealer, that is, several major brothels gathered by Chen Tianhua!

Chen Tianhua's face immediately fell, and after thinking about it, he could only hurriedly go upstairs.

His steps were a little heavy, although he would not say anything if he lost Xu Changan, but after all, this was someone else's money.

He knocked lightly on the door, lowered his head and walked to Xu Changan's side, looking like he wanted to say something.

Seeing this, Chai Xintong smiled and said, "Haha", "Are you afraid of compensation?"

Chen Tianhua didn't dare to speak, no matter how he said it, he offended people, saying that he was afraid of compensation, there were two top four sitting here, if he was not afraid, but it was real money!

"It's okay, you can't lose it, don't worry, Xiao Chang'an has a way to earn it back. ”

Hearing Chai Xintong say this, Chen Tianhua's eyes lit up, knowing that the three of them must have inside information, he immediately said a blessing and respectfully withdrew.

Xu Changan looked at Chai Xintong with a sad face.

"You say, whatever the solution, you have said it, if I lose the money, I will look for you!" Xu Changan looked like "I have lied to you".

Kong Dewei also smiled faintly, and both of them put on an unfathomable look.

Chai Xintong glanced at the odds below, and saw that the odds of him and Kong Dewei had reached one to five or six, and He Chen was even more exaggerated, one to fifty!

Chai Xintong looked at the pile of silver tickets that Xu Changan threw on the table with a notoriety-rich appearance, he picked it up, twisted it, and threw it in front of Xu Changan and said: "Your silver ticket is about four or five thousand taels, if you press it, then Jiang Jingyan's 200,000 taels should be gone." ”

Xu Changan had a bitter face, looking like a bitter master.

He looked at the odds and immediately shouted, "Don't you take four thousand taels as silver?"

Chai Xintong shook his head, and then Xu Changan looked at Kong Dewei.

"And can he beat you?"

Kong Dewei also shook his head.

"Then you're here to trap me?" Xu Changan said suspiciously.

Chai Xintong looked at Kong Dewei, Kong Dewei sighed and said: "But he will win! You believe me......" He thought about it, then changed his words: "Trust us." ”

"Then don't you want to be the little master's apprentice?"

Kong Dewei scratched his head and said, "No, according to the seniority, he has to call me junior brother, I'm afraid he won't be his apprentice." ”

Xu Changan sighed, feeling that this eldest son of Kong is not here to rob the little master's apprentice.

He looked at Chai Xintong and asked, "What about you? There is no old monster in your family, only a female ghost in red!"

Chai Xintong smiled faintly, pretended not to hear, and looked downstairs.

Xu Changan was a little helpless, so he could only forcibly break Chai Xintong's head back, grabbed the clothes on his chest and said viciously: "The surname is Chai, you remember it for me, if you let me pay it, I want you to pay back the money as a rabbit in my Huanxi Building!"

Kong Dewei was a little curious, so he timidly asked, "What is a rabbit husband?"

Chai Xintong wanted to change his elegant statement, but he didn't expect Xu Changan to blurt out: "It's the man who sleeps with men!"

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Two days passed in a flash.

Very early, a little eunuch led them and three others into the palace, and Xu Changan naturally followed him in.

There is no arrangement on the square in front of the Qianlong Palace, only the stone dragon is still standing in place for the two days, with angry eyes, sharp dragon claws, and dragon scales are also distinct, with a posture of wanting to pounce on the sky.

Tables and chairs are placed in front of the square, and a bright yellow canopy stands next to it, and tables and chairs are placed on both sides.

And in the center of these tables and chairs, there is a light blue aperture, which can be seen at a glance that this is the handiwork of the formation master, in order to avoid the aftermath of the battle from spreading.

When the group arrived, the Holy Emperor was already sitting under the bright yellow canopy.

On his left and right, there is a little master and King Jin, and on the other side of King Jin, there is an old man in white, this person Xu Changan has seen, and he is Chai Xintong's "future father-in-law".

The Holy Emperor looked at the little gentleman in the green shirt with strips of cloth, and his eyes narrowed.

Coming today, Chai Xintong brought a strip of cloth, and he didn't know what was inside, Xu Changan asked several times, but Chai Xintong diverted the topic.

The Holy Emperor turned his head to the little master and said, "Don't draw lots today, this emperor will stipulate it!"

The little master bowed slightly and said, "Listen to the holy oracle!"

The Holy Emperor said a few words to Li Zhongxian beside him, and the little eunuch pulled his neck and shouted: "Today, the semi-finals of the Confucius Temple martial arts examination. In the first game, Chai Xintong played against Jiang Jingyan!"

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