In the capital in April, it is early spring, and the spring is cold, but the small shoots on the treetops can no longer bear the loneliness, and secretly reveal a little green.

In this spring season, Su Yongchong and Lu Tianyu came to the capital, China's most famous historical and cultural capital and political center.

Lu Tianyu came to the capital for the first time, he was full of curiosity about this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, he wanted to see everywhere, he wanted to see everywhere, and he wanted to take some photos of each scenic spot as a souvenir, but Su Yongchong's face sank, and he refused his requests, and only said one sentence, "If you want to play, you can pass the test!" ”

On the afternoon of the day he arrived in the capital, Su Yongchong took Lu Tianyu straight to the outside of the North Fifth Ring Road and came to a courtyard that had been around for quite a few years.

This courtyard sits in the north and faces south, is divided into two entrances before and after, blue bricks and green tiles, cornices and carved windows, covers an area of really not small, at least four or five hundred square meters. There are also two ginkgo trees planted in the courtyard, with thick trunks and dense branches and leaves, which take the entire courtyard under their own shade.

Standing in front of the gate, looking at the courtyard in front of him, Lu Tianyu couldn't help but gasp, "My mother, such a magnificent big courtyard, how much does it cost?" "You must know that the housing prices in the capital are so expensive that they are world-famous, even outside the Fifth Ring Road, the ordinary housing prices have exceeded 30,000 yuan per square meter, and the total price of such a large courtyard house is more than 20 million yuan.

Just when Lu Tianyu was looking around, the owner of the courtyard came out. This is a middle-aged man about forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a very ordinary black tunic. In his right hand, he crossed two walnuts. At first glance, it is the posture of typical Beijing people.

After the middle-aged man saw Su Yongchong. first bowed deeply, and then said, "Master, you are old." ”

"Yes! Xiaowei, how's the situation over there? ”

"On the surface, it looks quite calm, but secretly it is gathering people, which seems a little unusual." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Okay, let's go inside." The old man frowned and said.

At night. In the most famous Xilaishun hot pot in the capital, the middle-aged Ma Xiaowei was the east, and invited Su Yongchong and Lu Tianyu to the banquet, and there were three or four other people, the younger ones were in their twenties and the older ones were in their forties.

After a long conversation with the old man and Ma Xiaowei in the afternoon, Lu Tianyu finally had a clear understanding of the purpose of his trip to the capital.

Like many martial arts sects, although the Tianji Sect seems to be a whole on the surface, it is indeed a surging tide in secret.

The first ancestor of Tianjimen was named Zhu Chengxi, and he was a prince of the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Manchu court. He fled to the Southern Barbarian Land with dozens of his men, where he established the Tianji Gate and gradually expanded his sphere of influence.

The original purpose of Tianjimen was to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and in the hands of the previous heads, this purpose has not changed, but by the time of the eighth generation of leaders, the situation has changed.

At that time, the head of the sect still adhered to the rules of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, but the chief elder did not agree, thinking that so long had passed, and it was too unrealistic to stick to this rule, and for the long-term development of Tianjimen, it was necessary to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty government, and only in this way could the power of the sect be further enhanced.

In this way, due to the different concepts of the head and the chief elder, and they did not give in to each other, gradually, two voices appeared within the Tianji Gate, one voice believed that the purpose of the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty could not be changed, and the other voice believed that with the changes of the times, it could not stick to the rules, and it was necessary to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty government, otherwise, it would be a dead end.

With the change of the years, the trend of the opposition between these two voices has become more and more obvious, and quietly, the Tianji Gate has been divided into two branches, one is called the Fengyin Branch, which advocates escaping the world and cultivating oneself, and rarely participates in world affairs; The other branch is called Thang Long Branch, which is actively involved in politics and has a close relationship with the government. Whether in terms of the number of disciples or the strength of the disciples, the Shenglong branch has a faint upper hand.

According to the consensus reached privately between the two sides, in order to prevent the Tianji Gate from being divided, the position of the head of the Tianji Gate was controlled by the Fengyin Branch, and the position of the chief elder was held by a member of the Shenglong Tribe, a practice that lasted for more than two hundred years.

Thirty years ago, the situation changed again. At that time, the chief elder of Tianji Gate was named Ye Tan, less than thirty years old, he was a martial arts wizard, and he was also an ambitious guy, he was unwilling to be only a second-in-command, so he jumped out openly and shouted, the position of the head of the sect cannot always be held by someone from the Fengyin Branch, and it must be fair competition.

At that time, Lin Chong, the head of Tianjimen, was over seventy years old, and in the face of the aggressive Ye Tan, under pressure from all parties, he had to agree to have a competition with the other party, and the winner could take the position of head.

That time the competition was quite sensational, under the witness of many martial arts masters, the two fought for nearly 100 moves, and in the end, Lin Chong's skills were superior, and he narrowly defeated Ye Tan in one move.

After losing the game, Ye Tan was very unwilling, and even put forward a bold proposal: from now on, the existing head system of Tianjimen must be reformed, and the head must be produced through competition, and the head of the battle will be held every five years, and whoever wins will be qualified to serve as the head of the house for five years.

Because the strength of the Shenglong Branch at that time far exceeded that of the Fengyin Branch, and Ye Tan secretly said that he had moved several respected martial arts seniors, Lin Chong could only reluctantly agree. In this way, the head of Tianjimen needs to be selected through competition, once every five years, which has become the only one in the Shenzhou martial arts.

Five years later, the second battle for the leadership began. At this time, Lin Chong was seriously ill and hospitalized, and in place of him was his fourth apprentice, Su Yongchong, who was only twenty-five years old at the time.

At that time, Su Yongchong was just a nobody, and no matter his status or status, he could not be compared with Ye Tan. Facing such a "weak" opponent, Ye Tan thought that he could win steadily, but he underestimated his opponent.

In the first meeting between Ye and Su, after only 30 moves, Su Yongchong made a fatal move, defeated Ye Tan, and began his 25-year career as the head of the house.

Since then, the battle for the head of Tianjimen has been held four times, and the third, fourth, and fifth battles are all played by Su Yongchong and Ye Tan, and the results of the competition are also one-sided, and the final winner is Su Yongchong. However, it is becoming more and more difficult for the old man to win, in the battle ten years ago, the two fought hundreds of moves, and Su Yongchong narrowly defeated Ye Tan.

During the sixth competition, Ye Tan did not play, and he was replaced by Su Yongchong's junior brother, Gu Quanan. (To be continued.) )

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