Chapter 8: The Mystery (4)
I was alone looking in the direction the old man had left, when a crisp gong pulled me back into reality, and the cheering onlookers all fell silent. Just as I wondered what had happened, one of the servants shouted, "The messenger has arrived—" and everyone knelt down with a "swish" when they heard the shout, leaving me alone.
Fortunately, his reflexes were good, and he quickly knelt down with the crowd. After a while, I heard the sound of "oh oh", as if someone had stepped into the ring. Unable to suppress my curiosity, I quietly raised my head and glanced at the stage, and saw a man dressed as a eunuch standing on the stage, holding a yellow strip of cloth in his hand. And beside him kneeling were Yuan Zhao, Hong Zhenyun and others.
The Qincha cleared his throat, opened the yellow cloth in his hand, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I am glad to hear that this year's posterity conference will be held as scheduled, I am very pleased, and I will give a famous waist plate to the first reward." May all the sages be loyal to the country and protect the people, and admire this!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" At this moment, a small guy holding a wooden box in his hand ran into the ring quickly, and Qin Cha said to Yuan Zhao, who was still prostrate on the ground: "The first name is Qin Yuanzhao, receive the reward!" Yuan Zhao raised his hands and respectfully accepted the wooden box and the holy decree.
After the ceremony of awarding the reward, Qin Cha left first, and the scene ushered in a relaxed atmosphere, and everyone shouted Yuan Zhao's name one after another. Yuan Zhao carefully opened the wooden box, held a bright gold waist card in his hand, and raised it to the people around him with a smile, which caused a burst of cheers from everyone.
"All the Jiangling fathers and elders," Hong Zhenyun, who was standing on the side, shouted: "Thank you for your support at this year's posterity conference, I Jiangling Hongmen have also received a lot of help from you in the past, and I specially spent a little money today to express my gratitude!"
"Senior brother!" Yuan Zhao shouted at me on the stage, and then used his light skills to pass the crowd in the audience competing for red envelopes and came to me. "Senior brother, you are amazing!" I went up to give Yuan Zhao a bear hug. After a day of martial arts, Yuan Zhao was also very tired, but his eyes still lit up excitedly. "How about it?" I said, right?
I snatched it up, only to see that the dragon carved on it was exquisite. "Do you like it?" said Yuan Zhao very generously. "Forget it," I gave him back the waist card: "What age is this, I still wear gold and silver, how vulgar!" Actually, I do like this waist card very much, and I also understand that if I want it, Yuan Zhao will definitely give it to me, but this thing is too conspicuous, everyone knows at a glance that the emperor rewarded the first name of the posterity conference, if I take it to wear, others will definitely say that I love vanity, so I made up a reason to decline Yuan Zhao's good intentions.
"Brother Qin is really proud!" A yin owl voice suddenly came from behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out that Chu Tiange didn't know when he appeared behind us. "Senior Brother Chu, I offended a lot just now, and my junior brother is here to apologize to you. Yuan Zhao said and made a gesture at him. "Less garlic here!" Chu Tiange didn't receive Yuan Zhao's affection, and asked sharply: "During the competition, you deliberately pretended to be provoked by me, right?"
"Well, it does. Yuan Zhao straightened up, and Mance said in an orderly manner: "If I hadn't done my previous play really enough, Senior Brother Chu wouldn't have lost his guard against me in the end, right?" Yuan Zhao's answer greatly surprised Chu Tiange's expectations, and he said slowly after a long time: "It turns out that this was all designed by you a long time ago, and you deliberately asked me to use the tactics that defeated Lian Qingyan last year?!" Yuan Zhao smiled: "Exactly, Senior Brother Chu is an extremely smart person, and my intention to kowtow Senior Brother Chu really guessed it." ”
I stood aside and looked at Yuan Zhao who was talking eloquently beside me, is this the Qin Yuanzhao I am familiar with? At this moment, the contrast between Yuan Zhao and the previous Qin Yuanzhao who advised me to be patient in everything and never fight with others is too great.
After understanding the truth of the matter, Chu Tiange was not angry but happy, looked up to the sky and smiled, and said as if he was self-deprecating: "It's a pity, I was smart but was mistaken by being smart, I guessed your mind, but I fell into your trap and suffered myself!" Chu Tiange laughed dryly, and then said: "Brother Qin, our accounts are slowly settled, today you win me, tomorrow it will be difficult to say, hum." Then he turned and walked away.
"Congratulations to Senior Brother for advice!" Yuan Zhao bowed down again at his departing back, and winked at me mischievously. "Alright, don't be poor!" I shoved him.
"Virtuous nephew, please get on the horse!" Yuan Zhao and I were arguing, Hong Zhenyun came to our side, and a small servant behind him led a tall horse. It turned out that the first place in the posthumous conference could enjoy the privilege of cruising around the city for a week. In this way, Yuan Zhao mounted his horse and, surrounded by everyone, slowly marched towards Gangneung City.
Seeing Yuan Zhao sitting on the horse become famous, my mood is very complicated, and happiness is naturally essential, but I didn't see that Yuan Zhao is also a scheming person before, and I still claim to know Yuan Zhao, and my mood is inevitably a little lost. Thinking of the last words of the perverse Chu Tiange, I always had some worries and doubts in my heart.