Chapter 108: Recruiting Relatives in a Contest (II)
In front of the same gambling house billboard, a well-dressed woman, attracted by a name on the billboard, sped up to the venue where the contest was held. And just behind her, several plainly dressed maids and guards quickly followed her footsteps.
Just as the woman arrived at the venue surrounded by the crowd, she happened to see that among the two people who were fighting in the ring at the moment, there was indeed the figure that had always haunted her.
However, although Xu Yanyan had already fallen in love with Ling Rui before, when Ling Rui successfully defeated her opponent and won the victory, Xu Yanyan did not boldly step forward to reveal her heart to him. Because just as she was about to walk in front of Ling Rui, she suddenly found that a young man with the same face like a crown of jade was one step ahead of her and talked to Ling Rui, and Ling Rui was instantly surprised when he saw him.
Afterwards, Ling Rui and the man left together, leaving Xu Yanyan, who didn't know the situation, staring blankly at the direction they were leaving.
At this time, Pei Sheng passed by with a group of subordinates, and he happened to notice Xu Yanyan, whose face looked slightly anxious. However, no matter how he asked, Xu Yanyan did not reveal his heart to him, but Pei Sheng gradually realized the reason why Xu Yanyan felt so troubled by observing words and feelings...
"Miss Xu, don't worry, this young man named Ling Rui, I will definitely not let him marry Ouyang He as he wishes. After all, being able to receive Miss Xu's affection should be a blessing that he should cherish in every way! Pei Sheng assured Xu Yanyan with a righteous and awe-inspiring attitude.
"Okay, I hope you do what you say, otherwise, you don't want my father to recognize your marriage to that eunuch's adopted daughter." Xu Yanyan put down the cruel words to Pei Sheng with a very unhappy mood, and then quickly turned around and left.
Pei Sheng then bowed down respectfully on the surface to send Xu Yanyan away, but in fact, he had already begun to plan in his heart how to oust the ambitious Xu clan's henchmen from the power center of the Wu State.
"Master Hou, are you okay?" Seeing that Pei Sheng didn't get up for a long time after bending down, one of his subordinates asked Pei Sheng worriedly.
"Hehe, Master Hou, I'm too good to be better. Tomorrow, I'm going to put an end to it all! Pei Sheng slowly raised up with a somewhat penetrating smile and said.
With the passage of time, dusk came, the sun gradually set on the horizon, and the entire lively and prosperous Jingzhou City was suddenly clothed in a layer of golden clothing.
"I've already heard about it, don't worry, I will never let you marry that kind of person!" In the hall of the inn where Ling Rui lived, Ling Rui quickly added a bowl of rice to Ouyang He and solemnly promised him.
"Well, I believe you!" Ouyang He took the rice bowl from Ling Rui's hand a little shyly, and at the same time responded softly to Ling Rui with a slightly flushed cheek.
"Hey, the list of the last four finalists is out, go and see if it's right!" Just as Ling Rui and Ouyang He were about to leave after eating, someone suddenly ran to the adjacent table and said loudly to the guests at that table.
Ling Rui and Ouyang He immediately followed the flow of people to inspect the list of duels, and unexpectedly found that Ling Rui's next opponent turned out to be Meng Yan.
"Hmph, is it still him?" In the face of this expected duel, a slightly helpless wry smile crossed Ling Rui's face.
"Ling Gongzi ......" Since when she was in Cuiyun Village before, Ling Rui had already told Ouyang He what Meng Yan had done before, so she could more or less understand Ling Rui's somewhat complicated state of mind at the moment.
At the same time, Ouyang He also noticed that on the other side of the announcement, Pei Sheng also entered the final victory of the four people, and it seems that the current situation is still not optimistic.
This night, Ling Rui and Ouyang He sat on the roof together and had a long talk, telling each other about their respective mental journeys over the past few days.
Against the combined backdrop of the bright moonlight and the faint candlelight, the smile on Ouyang He's face could still make Ling Rui feel excited.
"Hehe, what's wrong? Did I have something glued to my face? Ling Rui couldn't help but be fascinated as he looked at Ouyang He's smiling face, and Ouyang He suddenly became a little shy after noticing Ling Rui's eyes.
"Ah...... Oooh...... No, it's just that seeing He'er sitting next to me now safe and sound, I feel like I'm intoxicated by all this like a dream. Ling Rui hurriedly turned his head a little overwhelmed, and then he whispered in a soothing tone.
"Hehe, if all this is really just a dream, I won't regret it, I met Sister Chu, Gao Gongzi, Sister Lingxuan, and ...... here Ling Gongzi, you! Ouyang He raised her head to look at the quiet night sky, and finally her gaze gradually stayed between Ling Rui's eyebrows.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and then smiled "poof", and the heroism of the wine to the moon and the gentleness of drinking with the gentleman were thus integrated into this fluorescent night.
At the same time, in another inn less than ten zhang away from the two of them, Meng Yan, who was originally lying on the bed tossing and turning, was woken up by a man in black who suddenly jumped into his room.
"If you want to win the game, eat this!" The man in black said viciously to Meng Yan after putting down a small porcelain bottle containing medicine on the table, and then he walked away with a swift movement.
"Ling Rui's martial arts are already higher than mine, plus I can only use six or seven percent of my strength due to injuries now, if I don't take a risk again, I'm afraid I will regret it too late!" Although Meng Yan was still reluctant to stay away from this bottle of medicine from unknown sources at the beginning, when he thought that Ling Rui's chances of winning were far greater than his own, and Ouyang He might soon marry someone else's wife, an inexplicable impulse forcibly pushed him to temporarily put this bottle of medicine in his sleeve.
Time soon came to the next day, and the fierce battle between Ling Rui and Meng Yan was more than half a pillar of incense, and during this time, Ling Rui unsurprisingly always firmly occupied the initiative on the field, so that Meng Yan could only be tired of defending against the fierce offensive he showed.
After being knocked down in the corner of the ring by Ling Rui with several consecutive kicks, Meng Yan had basically lost confidence in defeating Ling Rui with his own strength alone. He slowly stood up again with his hands supporting his overwhelmed body, and the eyes of the people around him appeared with contempt or pity.
"No matter what, I must win, I won't lose to Ling Rui!" Meng Yan gritted his teeth, silently took out the bottle of medicine of unknown origin from his body, and drank it all in full view of everyone at the scene.
After a while, a mysterious heat gradually lingered in all corners of Meng Yan's body, and he felt as if the internal force of his whole body was constantly surging up to his dantian, and the strength of his hands and feet also increased several times in an instant.
"Drink! Ouyang He is mine, no one can snatch her away! No one! Meng Yan, who had gradually lost his mind after taking the medicine, started a big battle with Ling Rui again, and the powerful power contained in each of his moves and styles made Ling Rui suddenly become difficult to resist.
"This force, what the hell is this?" Ling Rui was caught off guard by Meng Yan's sudden changes, and as the battle between the two continued to deepen, Meng Yan's strength seemed to be increasing endlessly.
"Meng Yan's current appearance, I seem to have seen it somewhere...... Ah, is it...... Day by day! Ouyang He, who was watching all this from the audience, immediately thought of the previous master of the Tianji Gate who had also taken the Rising Sun Pill to save himself on Broken Blade Island.
As a result, with the blessing of the Chasing Sun Dan, Meng Yan began to have the upper hand in the competition with Ling Rui. After dozens of rounds of fighting, Meng Yan grasped a weakness in Ling Rui's moves and knocked him out of the ring in one go.
"Young Master Ling!" Ouyang He, who had changed into a bright red wedding dress at this moment, hurriedly ran to Ling Rui's side and tried to help him up.
"Meng Yan, my skills are inferior today, but I want to remind you that taking such a strong pill may cause irreparable damage to you!" Ling Rui slowly stood up with the sword as a support.
"Damage? Hehe, as long as I can win the end today, even if I pay a life, what is there to fear! Meng Yan said loudly to everyone at the scene.
"That'...... I'll take your life now." Just as Meng Yan was still rushing towards Ling Rui to show off his martial arts, Pei Sheng, who had also defeated his opponent before, suddenly rushed into the ring with an arrow and rushed towards Meng Yan.
After a short fight, the two were evenly matched, and Meng Yan had consumed a lot after the battle with Ling Rui, even if he still had the effective blessing of the Rising Sun Pill now, it was difficult for the meridians in his body to maintain the strong pressure exerted on him by the strengthened internal force.
"Meng Yan, I know you, but you are just the son of a down-and-out rebel in Xishu, and later even entered the palace as a lowly eunuch. You are a bastard, why should you fight with me, and what qualifications do you have to fight with me! In the handover, Pei Sheng chattered endlessly about the painful memories that Meng Yan desperately wanted to forget, so that the surrounding audience also began to judge Meng Yan after hearing Pei Sheng's story.
"I'm not a eunuch...... I'm not...... I'm not! After Pei Sheng's stimulation, Meng Yan's movements gradually became chaotic, and his consciousness gradually began to become disordered.
"Hehe, you've already lost!" Seeing that Meng Yan seemed to be becoming more and more obsessed, Pei Sheng took the opportunity to use the acupoint technique to slow down Meng Yan's movement rate after shouting, and cut off the protruding meridians on his body one after another with a sword, until Meng Yan lost all his ability to act.
So, in this final battle about Ouyang He's belonging, Pei Sheng used his ubiquitous psychological oppression to break through Meng Yan's defense line, and pushed Meng Yan, who had become weak and powerless at the moment, out of the ring.
In the end, Pei Sheng still relied on his scheming and scheming to become the winner of this martial arts competition. According to the previous agreement, even if Ouyang He was reluctant, she would wear a wedding dress and personally go on stage to announce her husband's name to everyone.
"He'er, don't ......" Ling Rui tried to stop Ouyang He from accepting this ridiculous marriage.
"Yufeng Villa, never lose your trust to others!" Ouyang He gently pushed away Ling Rui's hand that was holding her, and prepared to step into the ring with slightly trembling steps.
And just as everything was about to settle, the scene suddenly became a violent wind, and a person wrapped in a black robe suddenly fell from the sky rapidly, and with only a terrifying punch in an instant, the entire wooden structure of the jousting ring was completely destroyed.
Seeing that this person actually walked straight to Ouyang He, Pei Sheng immediately pulled out his sword and tried to step forward to stop this person from making trouble at the venue, but who knew that this person locked Pei Sheng's throat and pinched it hard, and Pei Sheng was instantly killed on the spot.
After that, the black-robed man rose into the air and began to exert his power, and all the air currents around him seemed to be rapidly converging towards his location.
"Burning Sky Sword Qi, this is Burning Sky Sword Qi! Fast! Everyone, get out! An elderly man suddenly let out a heart-rending roar at everyone, and then, the venue of the martial arts competition, which had been clear in the sky, fell into darkness in an instant.
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