Chapter 39: The Murong Family
There is a tall gatehouse in front of the Murong family, and the four big characters of 'Murong Family' are written vigorously and powerfully; the pillar on the left reads 'Writing on the World'; on the right pillar is 'Fight the sword to walk the rivers and lakes'.
Qingxue looked at this sentence and couldn't help laughing, "This Murong family is still all civil and military all-rounders." Leng Lone Xing nodded slightly, although he didn't say anything, he could still see the disapproval in his eyes, and now Qingxue wouldn't pay attention to the expression on his face, because there would be no expression on his face. She had learned to read his eyes, and any emotions he had would reflect in them, and although Qingxue didn't know what caused him to be the way he was, she still learned to adapt.
Behind is the main gate of Murong's house, the vermilion gate is almost two people high, and the wall is also very high, and the overall feeling is like a small fortress. On both sides of the gate are two side doors. Qingxue learned when she was in Peach Blossom Village that the door of this kind of big family is not easy to open, and she usually walks through the two side doors on the left and right, and the side doors on both sides are also particular. However, now the two gates of the Murong family are wide open, after all, there are so many people to enter, and they also have to put on a posture of seeking talent, they must not let the sage go astray.
The main gate faces the hall, and there is a large courtyard in the middle. The space of the courtyard is very large, it seems that it can accommodate at least one or two hundred people, this courtyard is very square, Qingxue feels that if there are weapons shelves on both sides, it will be a martial arts arena.
The hall is also very majestic, it is also red doors and windows pillars, and the glazed tiles on the roof are in the sun, which makes people feel the splendor of this hall even more. Glazed tile? This Murong family uses glazed tiles? Qingxue looked at the glazed tiles on the room and was a little stunned, and then thought about it, hey, this is far away in the rivers and lakes, and the Murong family is a famous family in the rivers and lakes, as long as there is money, even if the palace comes out, it is estimated that no one will dare to say anything.
The hall was lined with two small doors leading to the backyard, and the small doors were closed, and no one would try them out of curiosity. The door of the hall was also open, and there were already many people gathered inside, who should have been friends with the Murong family and came in advance. Before he walked in, he could feel the jewels and brilliance inside, which were the two most profound words left by the Murong family in Qingxue's first impression.
Even if the hall can accommodate a lot of people, it is limited. Many people were waiting in the courtyard, and some who couldn't even enter the courtyard were waiting outside the gate.
Qingxue and Leng Lone Star were waiting outside the gate of the courtyard, in a relatively high place, because eight high platforms had been set up outside the gate according to the direction of the gossip. This goes without saying, it's today's ring, since it's on the outside, it's the same whether you get in or not. They just walked around the yard and came out here to wait.
At three o'clock, the people in the courtyard began to pour out, and Qingxue knew that this was the head of the Murong family. They have been standing here for a while, but they didn't see Lou Hongyue, and Qingxue didn't deliberately look for her, anyway, when it was time to come, she would naturally appear. The two of them are concerned about the eight platforms, why do they use the gossip direction to build the platform?
The crowd had almost retreated to the open space in front of the gate, and a group of house-looking people came out of it, and began to maintain order, isolating the steps of the gate. Sure enough, after a while, a group of people came out of the gate, about twenty or thirty people, judging from their polite actions, these people were not all members of the Murong family, there should be outsiders.
The first was a middle-aged man of about fifty or sixty years old, very dignified in appearance, with a steady gait, a man dressed in a gorgeous costume, and a noble air in his gestures.
When the man and his party came to the gate, they stood on the steps, looked at the dense crowd under the stage, smiled slightly, hugged their fists and said, "Thank you heroes for giving me face to the Murong family, come to support this scene, I am Murong Ke, the current head of the Murong family."
As we all know, we set up this ring in order to recruit talents, so that we can eradicate the Demon Sect one day and return my martial arts to a peaceful day. As long as there is indeed talent, our Murong family is eager to seek talent. Anyone who comes to participate in this ring, those who perform well can join our Murong family, of course, this is not mandatory, of course we welcome those who are willing to join, and those who do not want to join my Murong family will never be forced to stay.
Murong Ke promised this time that no matter whether he joins the Murong family or not, as long as he passes the retest, he will be given a small gift. The last winner, in addition to getting three thousand taels of silver, can also choose a handful of weapons from the Murong family's arsenal, enter my Murong family's library to read books for a day, and choose any martial arts secret book to take away" After Murong Ke finished speaking, he smiled and observed the reactions of the people below.
When Murong Ke first said three thousand taels of silver, not everyone was moved, at least Qingxue didn't care much, and Leng Lone Star couldn't care much, although they didn't have much money on them.
But after Murong Ke finished saying the rest of the words, especially at the end, he also said a book of martial arts cheats, and the discussion at the bottom exploded with a bang. Everyone's faces were excited, and the chatter came and went.
It was Murong Ke who raised his hand to signal that he suppressed the many discussions, and when the voice calmed down, Murong Ke continued, "Okay, the old man will stop being verbose, let's let Manager Liu introduce the rules of the game."
Although Qingxue was not interested in the prizes, she still had to participate in the ring, so she listened to the manager Liu talking about the rules of the competition.
Those who want to participate in the competition must register first, and there are already several tables lined up next to the door, and several gentlemen-looking people are also sitting there, waiting for Manager Liu to announce the rules of the ring, and everyone comes to sign up.
After registration, the ring is randomly drawn from the box next to it, and after getting the list from each ring, the lottery is drawn to determine the people who fight in pairs, and the loser is out within a stick of incense, which is just an initial screening. The estimated time is three days and may change depending on the number of applicants. Those who have passed the screening will come here to listen to the rules of the preliminary examination. In the game, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and everyone lives and dies, and they have to sign a life and death certificate at the same time.
In fact, it was just a matter of a few words, the old housekeeper surnamed Liu actually chattered for a long time, and everyone began to get impatient, and kept urging there, so Steward Liu waved his hand and went over there to sign up.
Since it is three days, there is no deadline for registration, which means that within three days, you can register at any time, and Qingxue will not follow those crazy crowds to squeeze, but still stand quietly with Leng Lone Star and watch. When he inadvertently turned his head, he saw Murong Ke talking to a young man, and his expression was very polite, which was nothing. It's just that the man was dressed as a Taoist and talked to the head of the Murong family, and there was no timidity on his face, and he was talking there with a calm expression.
Qingxue looked at him, and suddenly thought of Shen Daochang, and she didn't know if Shen Daochang had returned to the mountain, and when she was free, she must go to see him. The five senses of people who practice martial arts are very keen, and when Qingxue looked at the young Dao leader, the person also seemed to have some feelings, and saw that it was a woman in white with a veil, the person frowned, and turned back. Qingxue also came back to her senses, and when she saw that people were turning around, she quickly put aside her gaze and turned her head to look away.
The first to sign up over there had already drawn their respective rings and headed towards their respective rings, and there were also those who were the same as Qingxue, standing on the side and watching the rings from afar. The people who had been standing at the door with Murong Ke also walked towards the ring with their own purposes, it seems that this is an invigilator? The family brought tables and chairs to the side of each ring, and there were three people in each ring, and when they sat down, the family also served tea and snacks, which was really a world of difference compared to the people who didn't even stand nearby.
The people near Murong Ke all dispersed to the ring, and Qingxue noticed a person who had been mixing in the crowd, and it was also a man, don't ask why Qingxue noticed all the men, just because this person was both strange and familiar to Qingxue.
said that it was strange because Qingxue was really not too familiar with him; I said that I was familiar because the person lived downstairs from her, and I went to the supermarket with him two days ago!
That's right, the person who surprised Qingxue was Ling Ye. How did he end up here? On the way to the supermarket two days ago, he seemed to know a lot about the Murong family, could it be that he was from the Murong family? Will Lou Hongyue's task conflict with him this time, and will Lou Hongyue want to borrow from him?
Anyway, Qingxue didn't mean to go up to say hello, after all, the two were not too familiar in reality, the young Taoist priest was turning his head to say something to him, and he didn't notice Qingxue looking at him. Besides, Qingxue is wearing a veil, and it is estimated that he will not recognize it. It was the Taoist priest who turned his head to look again, and Qingxue couldn't figure out what he meant, so he turned his head and didn't look over there again.
There are already people in the ring who are making moves, like now, the good and the bad are mixed, the time for the tricks is not too long, and most of the time for a stick of incense is not used, so they are knocked out of the ring.
Murong Ke glanced at it from a distance, then said a few words to the people around him, and turned around and went back to the house. The rest gathered at the door, some of them also went back to their homes, and some of them scattered in the crowd to watch. Qingxue saw that the gate was discovered twice, and she felt awkward, so she didn't pay attention to the situation over there. It wasn't until the Taoist leader walked in front of her that Qingxue realized that there was no one at the gate for a long time.
Qingxue frowned, this person stood in front of him and didn't speak, what is this for? I let go of the side, only to find that the cold lone star behind me was gone, and I didn't even find it? looked at the crowd, there were too many people, and I didn't know if Leng Lone Star was inside, so it was said that he would not take the initiative to go to a crowded place.
The Taoist priest didn't rush to speak, just stood there, stared at Qingxue for a while, and then turned around and left. This move made Qingxue even more inexplicable, until the family had already entered the red gate of Murong's house, and Qingxue was still looking at his back in a daze.
"What are you looking at?" As soon as Leng Lone Star came back, he saw Mo Qingxue looking at the empty gate over there, so he asked out loud.
Qingxue was startled by Leng Lone Star's cold voice, and then realized that it was Leng Lone Star who came back, "It's nothing, where did you go just now?" ”
"I went to see the tables over there."
"What did you find?" Qingxue is also very concerned about those platforms, and I don't know if it will affect the competition.
"Well, there are formations around each platform, it should be a phantom formation, but it is not harmful, the people who go into the ring can't see us, they don't know what they can see, we have to try it ourselves to know" Leng Lone Star deliberately lowered his voice and explained to Qingxue, Qingxue looked at the people around her, and didn't say much, just nodded her head at him, indicating that she knew.
They didn't know that there was someone behind them who had good ears, and they also heard Leng Lone Xing's words, and recorded them and reported them to Murong Ke. Murong Ke let some people mix in the crowd, just to see if there are any special capable people and righteous people in it, record it, and pay special attention to it.