Cangzhou City has been really busy recently.
There were rumors just yesterday that the Dugu father and son from Dongxidu and Jianwangfu went to the temple to hold a large water and land ceremony for some reason. Today, we heard again about the "hundred-year-old man" in the south of the city. Gao Shengyue, the master of "Zhuan Qian Dao Sect", suddenly wants to hold a martial arts contest to recruit a bride... It's true that strange things happen every year, especially this year.
As for the martial arts competition to recruit a bride, I think all the judges are familiar with it.
There are very few records related to this in official history, and generally it is not in the form of "open arena", but in a limited number of people, through archery, pairing, etc. without hurting the harmony. The form of competition unfolds.
But in folklore, miscellaneous talks and storytelling, especially martial arts... as long as "competition to recruit a bride" is mentioned, it must be a scene of public display with great fanfare.
However, if we think about it for a moment, we will find that the rules of this kind of competition mentioned in most stories are not very reasonable.
What do you think... In a ring, anyone can enter, and there is no time limit, and the fight lasts until a certain person stands there and no one else dares to go up and fight him?
Then there is too much unfairness and room for maneuver.
Even if no one has any evil intentions and everyone just goes up and beats them, the one who goes first will suffer a lot more than the one who goes last.
And if there is someone who "knows how to play tactics", let alone...
You can fight, right? It's useless to hit him! I hire dozens of thugs and let them come up one by one to fight with you. They are the best at winning. If you can't win, then give up the winning style and switch to attrition style... This one will hurt your arm, that one will hurt your body. Legs, if it doesn't work, it would be better to use up more of your strength. Then sooner or later you will have to lie down. Then I will go up to pick peaches. What can you do?
In addition, there is an extreme situation. If you happen to meet a strong martial arts thief passing by and he defeats the ring, what will you do?
So, in our book...or to be more specific, there are certain thresholds and rules set for the competition held by the boss today to recruit a bride.
For example: The first rule is that only people with a clean background or a decent family can take the stage. Those with unknown origins or pretending to be others cannot participate.
Another example: Those who already have a wife at home will not be accepted.
Others include "Those who have been on stage before cannot compete a second time" and "If the same person plays three games without losing, he can ask for a period of rest and let the other two play first. "Hit" and the like are out of the question.
Some people may say after seeing this, this daughter of the old Gao family... is already twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, and is known to be a fierce woman with strong martial arts skills. Ordinarily, at that time, such conditions were probably Even the matchmaker gave up, but Lao Gao still set up so many clauses, wouldn't it mean that no one would come?
Hum, isn’t this just because you don’t want others to come?
To put it bluntly, all these thresholds and rules were set up for Dugu Yong alone. If it weren’t for the fear that the restrictions would be too strict and the trap would be too obvious, Lao Gao and Dugu Sheng would probably not even know their age, height, weight, etc. It must be limited to Duguyong’s standards.
As for this, will this result in no one taking the stage except Dugu Yong, and it will be very fake?
Then don’t worry, as we said before, the two old men did this with the energy of "launching a martial arts conspiracy" and prepared meticulously.
Lao Gao also has some connections in the world, not to mention Dugu Sheng’s face this time. The two of them have already arranged a number of skilled "actors" among the crowd watching, so there is no need for them. I’m worried that no one will come on stage, and I’m not afraid that someone else will disrupt the situation.
If anyone other than Duguyong really dares to come up today, then I will give you a word - "You can do nothing! I have hired dozens of actors, and organized The party and the referee are all mine. When the time comes..." That's pretty much it. Anyway, everyone just needs to understand.
In the morning of this day, just after Mao hour, a notice for a martial arts competition was hung in front of the Hundred Turns Thousand Knife Gate. The rules were all written in black and white. Lei, and welcome all fellow villagers and elders to come and bear witness.
Okay, once this news comes out, can the people still sit still?
Cangzhou is a place with many sects and martial arts. If they want to fight, how many people will come to watch the excitement?
In less than an hour, this matter was almost spread throughout the city, and the threshold of the Hundred Turns Thousand Swords Gate was almost broken.
Let me mention a little here. In Cangzhou, basically all sects and martial arts schools have open spaces for disciples to practice martial arts. The only difference is the size. Lao Gao this time As for the arena, the arena is set up on the martial arts field within his sect.
Some people may ask after seeing this, why doesn’t he put it on the street? Wasn't the "hundred-day beating" that the bully Song Xiang put up in Runan City in the previous article just placed on the street? It's been there for more than three months.
Then we can only say... one party has its own rules. So the Song family can be the king and hegemon in Runan, but you want them to come to Cangzhou and try this? Let alone setting up a stall, you have to first visit the pier to set up a stall, otherwise you won't be able to set up a stall for a whole day.
In this regard, Gao Shengyue, as the local leader here, must have a clear background, so he will not make that kind of mistake when handling this matter.
At Chenshi, the competition for marriage officially began.
In and outside the martial arts performance hall of Bai Zhuan Qian Dao Gate, from the ground to the walls, it can be said that there are people riding all over the place. However, 99% of these people are here to watch the fun, and the other 1% are I had a holiday with Lao Gao, so I wanted to watch a joke or take the opportunity to cause trouble.
There are really no people, at least among the locals, who really want to compete in this arena.
Because most people in the city have heard about Lao Gao’s daughter...
This woman's surname is Gao Yadian. The word "dian" in her name is not pronounced "sweet" but "electricity"... When the name was chosen, the fortune teller hired by Lao Gao said, "You... If your name is "Yue", it belongs to the earth, so your next generation's name must have "gold" in it. Metal is born in the earth; and you are already "sheng" here, or are you rising high? The extremes of things must be reversed, so the next generation must do the opposite and suppress it. ...So, the father's name was Gao Shengyue, and the daughter's name was Gao Gaotian.
Since the ancients did not have the concept of "high-voltage electricity", they did not think there was any homophonic problem. Of course, the name was not very nice, so the elders did not call her Quan. Her name is "Tian'er", and the other disciples and servants naturally call her senior sister or miss.
Let’s talk about this high-voltage young lady. She is really talented in martial arts. She learned all his father’s “Thousand-turn and Thousand-turn Sword Techniques” before she was twenty-five years old. There is a huge gap between her and his father’s martial arts skills. Only internal strength and actual combat experience are left.
As for appearance, to be honest, she is not bad; although she is not the kind of person who can be called beautiful at first glance, she is very attractive. Besides, she practices martial arts all year round and doesn’t dress up much. , I really need to tidy it up, and it will look even better.
What a pity, as the saying goes - no one is perfect.
Generally speaking, if a person is excellent in one or two aspects, he is bound to be deficient or even have big problems in other aspects.
For example, if you are a born academic, you don’t know how painful learning is for ordinary people. You may not have the resistance that ordinary people have when you encounter difficulties similar but different from learning in the future. pressure ability.
Another example is that you are born extremely good-looking, but before the age of thirty-five, you have no chance to experience the various social activities that most ordinary-looking people face in job hunting, making friends, falling in love, etc. Cold eyes and difficulties will actually subtly limit or bias your understanding of the world, thus affecting your character and judgment.
This is almost the case with High-voltage Mother. When she was a teenager, people came to her door to propose marriage, but she really looked down on these people. After all, she did have that arrogance. , the capital to be picky, so the family members also let her have her own way.
As a result, five or ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and she was basically offended by all the people in the city who were similar in age to Miss Gao and proposed marriage.
And as Gao Gaodian herself gets older year by year, the conditions of the people who come to propose marriage are getting worse every year, and one by one... At this time, she is even less likely to agree. I didn't agree to someone who came here with better conditions before. It would be unfair to agree to someone who has poor conditions now.
Therefore, with today's high-pressure marriage, coupled with the series of competitions and thresholds set by Lao Haoding, there are really no locals who meet the conditions and are willing to compete in this arena.
But fortunately, there are a lot of outsiders in the city recently, and "the actors are already in place", so there is no need to worry about no one coming.
No,There was a young man from another country, in his twenties, with a dumbfounded head. He was deceived by a few enthusiastic citizens nearby who wanted to watch the excitement... He said that although this Miss Gao was in her twenties this year, You're even prettier than that eighteen-year-old, and your martial arts skills are even higher. If you can really win in this arena, you won't be at a loss if you become your wife.
Then on impulse, the young man ran to sign up with several Bai Zhuan Qian Dao Sect disciples sitting by the stage, and then entered the ring.
"I'm not talented, so I'm willing to come here to win the jackpot. I hope you heroes will show mercy." When he got on stage, the young man also cupped his fists and handed over his hands, and said a few words.
Although this person is not very capable and does not come from a high-ranking school, he is indeed upright in the world and has a good appearance. As the first one to take the stage, it can be regarded as a good start for this contest to recruit a bride. Good boss.
Lao Gao was not in a hurry. He waited for a moment to see if there were any real passers-by who were willing to come on stage. If not, he would send an actor up to keep the scene from getting cold.
The result is true...
That's how it is. When no one is on, no one wants to be the first, but as long as one person is on, there will be a group of people. People want to fight.
For a while, several people ran to the stage to sign up, and then started to say "please", "please", "brother, please first" in the audience... everyone wanted to Serve later.
Obviously - "The game starts before the game starts."
In this way, this competition to recruit a bride was not done, but it was in full swing. At the beginning of the stage, it was "novices pecking each other", but after a few rounds of people changed, the level really improved. The melon-eating people in the audience were also in a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere.
Lao Gao was also very happy when he saw it, and said to himself that if he had known this, I would not have colluded with Brother Dugu. I would have just held a real competition to recruit a bride, and I would probably be able to find a satisfactory son-in-law.
Of course, his idea overlooked one issue: Cangzhou does not have as many martial arts people from other places walking around every day as it has recently.
If Lao Gao really wants to get rid of Dugu Sheng and go it alone, the most reasonable way is actually to take advantage of the Young Heroes Association to hold a competition to recruit a bride. That way the chance of recruiting a good son-in-law will indeed be greater.
But Lao Gao just thought about it casually. Since he agreed to Dugu Sheng, he will not regret it. Moreover... he can marry the Jinling Sword Prince's Mansion, and become in-laws with his friends. It's definitely better than hiring a random son-in-law.
Unknowingly, the arena went from Chenshi to Sishi.
The two people fighting on the stage now are already at the second-rate level. There are many martial arts practitioners from other sects who are watching the fun. Their state has also changed from just watching the show and cheering. They watched and applauded attentively.
It was at this time that Dugu Sheng and Dugu Yong walked into the courtyard...
Some people said why did they come now?
In fact, this is the right time to come. This is where Dugu Sheng and Gao Shengyue are so cunning.
At their age, they have seen a lot of competitions to recruit brides, and they both know that it is useless to come early, as the previous ones are just "bricks"; not to mention that this time it is him who competes to recruit brides. The two planned it themselves, and there were "actors" arranged by them in the crowd to ensure that they knew how long it would take for Duguyong to appear.
Taking a step back, when the fight started in Chenshi, you, Dugu Shengchen, dragged your son to the spot on time, and directly encouraged your son to come on stage as soon as the fight started. What should Duguyong do if he notices something is wrong?
Therefore, when Dugu Sheng first heard someone gossiping about this in the teahouse, he just pretended to be relaxed and surprised in front of his son, and said something half-jokingly... ...The owner of the "Hundred Turns and Thousand Swordsmen" who organizes martial arts competitions to recruit brides, Lao Gao, is an old friend of mine. He even hugged you when you were a child. Dad has been here for two days and hasn't had time to visit him yet. I didn't expect to be here today. I heard there was such a lively scene at their house.
Using this kind of uninformed and casual conversation, I first chatted with Duguyong for a few words, but he didn’t talk much, and he didn’t take the initiative to go.
After a while, after drinking tea and snacks in a leisurely manner, he slowly walked out of the teahouse. When talking about where to go next, Duguyong asked himself: "Should we go there?" Want to see the excitement too?"
In this case, the two of them just happened to arrive at the scene at the beginning of Sishi.
I didn’t expect that...
“Hey! Brother Yong! Uncle Sheng, you are here too! Come on, come on, we have a place here!”
As soon as Dugu and his son entered the courtyard, they heard a distinctive voice calling them amidst the noise.
The two of them looked at the sound and saw that if it wasn’t Sun Yixie who called them, who could it be?
At this moment, I saw Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, the abbot, Niu Youjin, Niu Youyin, a total of five people, all sitting in the first row under the ring; not only did they occupy one In a large area, there were wine bottles, melon seeds, snacks and other odds and ends on hand. The crumbs they had eaten and the drinks they had dripped had already been scattered all over the floor.
Obviously, these people are the kind of people who are so idle that when they heard there was something going on, they would already come here to grab a seat before Chen Shi arrived.
Then Dugu Sheng took a look and thought to himself: Hey, I bumped into these two boys again, they are really destined...Eh? No, isn’t that the abbot sitting next to them?
He was a little confused now, because he knew that the abbot had a weird temperament, and it was hard to say what he would do. If this guy went on stage to compete on a whim, Dugu Yong would be in trouble. , even Dugu Sheng himself was not completely sure that he would win against the abbot.
After thinking about it, he had better answer the call with his son first.
The courtyard is now crowded and very noisy. Everyone is also paying attention to the stage, so few people notice that the two "big shots" have arrived., and no one gave way to them.
Dugu and his son could only squeeze through the crowd, "borrow" and say hello repeatedly before reaching the front.
I won’t go into detail here about how the two parties exchanged greetings. Anyway, the abbot’s attitude toward Dugu Sheng was relatively normal, similar to when he met Murong Shu.
From this point of view, as long as the other party does not clearly want to ask him to do something, or is really familiar with him, or has offended him... the abbot can actually speak politely most of the time.
The greetings between several people were finished, and the scene on stage was also just finished.
The winner was high-spirited and a little carried away. After sending his opponent off the stage, he came to the edge of the stage without waiting for the organizer to say anything, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Heroes, Is there anyone else willing to come up and give me some advice?"
This is not a big deal, but the tone is slightly provocative.
It was also a coincidence that at this moment, there was another person coming in from the door of the courtyard. When he heard this, he looked towards the stage again. At that time, he used Qinggong, stepped on the wall and walked sideways. After swimming a few feet, he exerted force with his feet again, bounced off the wall, and entered the ring.
As soon as he stood firm, he burst out laughing: "Hahahaha... Who is it? Isn't this Brother Lou?" The title seemed quite polite, but his tone was full of contempt, "Why? , you can actually stand on this stage in just these two moments?"
Who is this person on stage? Everyone must have guessed that it is Shao Shanhu, the son of Shao Dejin, the head of the Xingyi Clan in Cangzhou.
He and the "Brother Lou" who was standing on the stage at the moment were old acquaintances. Originally, the two of them were like-minded, fair-weather friends, but later they got into disputes over some trivial matters related to drinking and sex, and both felt that The other party didn't give him face, and things started to go wrong from then on.
When it comes to martial arts, Shao Shanhu is better than Brother Lou, otherwise he wouldn't immediately come on stage to ridicule him as soon as he sees him showing off.
"Nephew Shao Shi, there are rules in my arena. If you want to go on stage, you have to sign up first. It's not appropriate for you to rush in like this." At this time, Gao Shengyue couldn't stand it anymore and stood by the stage. He stood up and spoke as the organizer, wanting Shao Shanhu to go down.
However, he didn’t dare to say too harshly. After all, Xingyi Sect was quite powerful in the local area. It was at least stronger than his Hundred Turns and Thousand Swords Sect. He still had to give the other party some face. of.
"Heh... Master Gao, you are polite." Shao Shanhu also knew that the other party did not dare to offend him casually, so he responded confidently, "I saw your registration rules outside the door. , forgive me... Isn't this a bit funny? At your age, you still ask the person who is fighting to have no wife, isn't it a bit too much?"
What about this guy? It's also the case that a dog can't spit out ivory. The locals know what he said, but they won't say such ugly words clearly. What's more, in the case of Miss Gao's family, those who signed up to be on stage also We all know that, to say the least, this is a fight or a fight.
"In my opinion, why don't you give me this and let me show off my skills? If in the end I, Shao Shanhu, am lucky enough to outsmart the others and win... I will suffer a little loss and marry It’s okay to have a concubine who is one year older than me. It’s better than marrying your daughter to some unknown person..."
As Shao Shanhu said this, he used his words to squint. Go take a look at his brother Lou.
Actually, in Shao Shanhu's view, his words were directed at the person named Lou... and he did not mean to target the Gao family, because in his understanding, he said There was no problem at all. He felt that he was really at a disadvantage by marrying a high-voltage mother-in-law as his concubine.
So if this person is used to being a jerk, sometimes he doesn’t even know which words he says or which things he does will offend people... In his logic, he has no malicious intentions. He may also feel that it is their fault for others to resent him.
At this moment, not to mention that the old man with high blood pressure was about to explode, Dugu Yong in the audience could not sit still.
First of all, before Duguyong came here, he had just heard from his father that Lao Gao was an old friend of their family. He had hugged him when he was a child, so he already had a good impression of Lao Gao.
Secondly, Dugu had just heard about what Shao Shanhu had done before, and was already very unhappy. When he saw this guy's face today, he realized that the description of the three ghosts of the Peng family seemed to be an understatement.
Thirdly, even if you put aside your favorable impressions and prejudices, Shao Shanhu, you are a man who makes irresponsible remarks to a woman on stage. What kind of hero do you think you are?
"Shut up!" Duguyong jumped up at that time and went on stage before he finished speaking.
"Shut up!" Unexpectedly, almost at the same second, the high-pressure girl also rushed out of a room next to the courtyard and jumped onto the stage.
The two shouted at Shao Shanhu in unison, and then they both looked at each other, stunned by each other's actions.
At this time, look at Lao Gao and Dugu Sheng beside the stage. Both Lao Deng are crazy with joy.
Lao Gao just wanted to go up and scold someone, but now he stopped talking. Dugu Sheng, on the other hand, could hardly hold back his smile and said to himself: Come on, there is no need for me to trick my son into going up. , let him perform on his own, thank you nephew Shao Xian.
Looking at the stage again, it was Dugu Yong who took the lead in taking the words: "Shao, you are a grown man. If you want to scold anyone, just scold them. On this stage, you can praise and criticize a woman." How can you be a good man when you are young enough to scold another person? With your virtue, you dare to say that it is your fault for marrying you as a concubine. How shameless!”
“Well?” Shao Shanhu didn't know Dugu Yong. When he saw someone shouting and swearing, he sneered and asked a question that he would immediately regret asking, "Huh... who are you, Shao Dare to talk to you?" What do you say? "The transcoding has been serious recently, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hand to exit the reading mode. Thank you