The wounds on your hands have been bandaged for you, don't move around, and some foods should be avoided, such as ...... Keep the wound clean, change the gold sore medicine every three days, if you want to take a bath, don't let the dirty water touch, it is very troublesome, and you may die...... Having said that, don't touch the wound......"

The afternoon sun is still a little dazzling, and hundreds of people are gathering here to watch the first round of selection of the "World's First Martial Arts Competition" in the annex venue of the unfinished Da Yan Wu Stadium in the north of Chengdu.

Throughout the ages, the economic base has determined the superstructure and also the social outlook. Although it is said that the Chinese civilization has a long history and there are many major events and grand events that people talk about, the essence of the elite system has not changed since thousands of years ago as for the Wu Dynasty.

The past of the Wu Dynasty was heavy on literature and light on martial arts, although the three religions and nine streams, and the pawns of the green forest have always existed, but if you really want to talk about the concretization of their existence, many reasons still have to be attributed to the Zhuji storytellers over the years - although they can't actually cover the whole world, the stories they tell are classic, and other storytellers have imitated them.

After more than ten years of process, there is a concept of rivers and lakes and green forests, which has been relatively specifically established in the hearts of some people, and even many original martial arts practitioners, their own consciousness, is just to practice a self-defense "style" with others, and only after listening to the storytelling, can they probably understand that there is a "green forest" and a "rivers and lakes" in the world.

Such a title makes them feel that they have an identity.

In the past twenty years ago, the so-called Zhou Dong of the Royal Boxing Gym was just a boxer who played well in the eyes of ordinary people, and many rural martial artists would not hear his name.

It was Zhu Ji that made Zhou Dong known to everyone, and it was Ning Yi who unified the various bandits who came to commit suicide into a "green forest" through Zhu Ji. In the past, the green forest contest was at most a dozen or dozens of witnesses, people competed, killed, and communicated in a small area, and more often gathered just to kill and rob and "do business", and these competitions would not fall into the mouth of the storyteller and be circulated in various ways.

For martial arts practitioners, the biggest officially recognized event in the past was martial arts, which was held once every few years, and the public did not actually care about it, and most of the historical materials that have been handed down to later generations will not record the name of the champion of martial arts. Compared with people's pursuit of Wen Zhuangyuan, Wu Zhuangyuan basically has no fame and status.

Chengdu's "world's first martial arts competition" is now an unprecedented "green forest" event, and on the basis of Zhuji storytelling, many people also have various associations with it - in the past, the Chinese army held such a conference internally, which was a military competition, and this time it was finally open to the whole world. During this period of time, some of the propagandists of Zhuji have also sorted out the stories and nicknames of some of the famous people in the martial arts in the world in a decent manner, and the atmosphere in Chengdu is like a dragon and a tiger.

The defeat of the Western Route Army by the Huaxia Army was at the end of April, considering that it was far away from all parties in the world, it would take time for the news to be transmitted and people to come over, and it was just a hype of thunder and rain in the early stage. The first round of selection began in June, that is, let the first-come, first-signed martial artists conduct the first round of competition to accumulate victories, let the referees verify their quality, and the Zhuji storytellers make up more stories, and wait until the people are almost the same in July, and then close the registration to enter the next round.

At that time, everyone in the world gathered in the capital, and the cultural elite could go to the newspaper to quarrel, the cheesy ones could watch martial arts competitions, roar and carnival at the sports meeting, and also visit the Jurchen prisoners of war through the parade and demonstrate the strength of the Chinese army. In this atmosphere, the establishment of the National People's Congress and the formal establishment of the People's Government of Huaxia witnessed by everyone, legal and effective, and celebrated by the whole world - this is the basic logic of the whole situation.

Of course, because there are not many people coming, the knockout match at the beginning of this time, after the popularity of the previous few days, is not very large. However, now it is posted in the long shed outside the venue, with names, nicknames, and achievements of various master portraits, which attract a large number of people's attention every day, and the people gathered in the nearby restaurants and tea shops often talk about the rumors of a certain master:

"This XXX nickname XXX, do you know how you got it......"

"This XX and XXX had a competition with XX three years ago, and only XX was present as a witness at that time......"

Or:

"Do you know Lu Tuo?"

"This list, Huaxia Jun deliberately, to say that it is the first in the world today, there are about five people who can participate in the competition, and the most powerful one may be the most powerful, do you know where Mr. Naning's reputation for bloody slaughter came from......"

"But it is said that Lin Zongwu here in the Huaxia Army called him 'wearing Lin Bei's legs', why? This man is tall and thin, and his legs are ......."

All kinds of news and discussions converged into a warm atmosphere, enriching people's amateur cultural life. In the venue, the 14-year-old boy doctor just routinely stopped bleeding, treated injuries and told them to pay attention to hygiene every day.

Frankly speaking, if you really want to talk about martial arts, there is really nothing to see, he was engrossed and interested in watching those fights a few days ago, and when he got to the closest, he completely turned into a routine and lazy pie face.

The real martial arts masters have their own strengths, and the martial arts are low-handed, and most of them are a mess. For Ning Ji, who has seen a lot of red grapes, watermelons, and Du Kill at this level, and has been sharpening on the battle array for a year or two, he has seen a lot of martial arts in the ring in front of him, which is really a little awkward and uncomfortable.

Unable to make a standard move, he had to review standard medical knowledge to balance this uncomfortable, and when he saw that the strong man covered in stinky sweat was about to reach out and move the bandage, he reached out and patted it.

“…… Anyway, don't touch the wound, you're sweating a lot, try not to exercise for the next few days......"

"Hey!" The strong man was not very happy, "You little doll just talks a lot, people who practice martial arts in my generation will of course sweat, of course they will be injured in one way or another!" A few stab wounds are nothing, look at this scar, and this ...... Just bandage it, it's good not to be yourself. Look at you, this little doctor, has fine skin and tender meat, and has never suffered hardship! Tell you, what does it matter if a real man exercises more, eats more, and gets a little injured, and he still talks about life or death...... Those of us who practice martial arts, rest assured, endure the exercises! ”

Ning Ji glanced at his scar expressionlessly: "Your scar just didn't take care of it to become like this...... It's also that you were lucky before, there were no accidents, around us, there are all kinds of small bacteria that you can't see anytime, the dirtier the place, the more this bacteria is, it enters your wound, you may get sick, the wound becomes bad. You have boiled these bandages...... If you are given this little bandage, you don't open it, but open it again when you change the dressing! ”

"Fine, fine?"

"Bacteria." Ning Ji was bored anyway, and looked at the cleaning of the ring venue above, so he accompanied the strong man to say a few more words, "It's a live little animal, but it's so small that we can't see it, and when you enter the wound, you start to eat your flesh and blood, that is, the invasion of foreign evils." You just blocked the knife with your hand, and the knife on the other side is not very clean. If something happens in the future, you may have a fever, or you may die of a fever. ”

"It's small, it's small, so how do you see that? You said you couldn't see it...... Forget it, don't fight with your little doll, you're pretty good...... Speaking of blocking knives with your hands, the beauty of my trick just now, do you understand the little doll? The strong man changed the topic, and his eyes began to glow, "Forget it, you must not be able to see it, let me tell you, he came with this knife, I can dodge, but I exchanged injuries with him, he was immediately afraid, I exchanged this knife for him, so I won, this is called the narrow road meeting The brave wins." And little doll I tell you, the ring competition, he split over and I split the past is that moment, there is no time to think, at this moment, I decided to exchange injuries with him, this kind of response, that requires great courage, I am today, I said I must win......"

“…… It really takes a lot of courage...... Congratulations. ”

Ning Ji repeated it expressionlessly, walked to the other side of the ring with the medicine box, and found a place to sit down. I saw that the bandaged strong man also patted the bandage on his arm and got up. He first looked around and seemed to be looking for someone for a while, then wandered around the venue boredly, and then walked to Ning Ji's side.

"Hey, I said you little doll, you became a doctor at such a young age?"

Ning Ji looked ahead: "The older ones go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and the younger ones become doctors, shouldn't they?" ”

"That's right, you are also a Black Flag person, the Black Flag Army is a real hero, I said Meng Lang." The strong man looked rude, but occasionally there were words in his words, and at this time he bowed to Ning Ji, and then sat down next to him, "The soldiers of the Black Flag Army are real heroes, but ah, you people above, there is a problem, sooner or later something will happen......"

Ning Ji's gaze moved to the corner of his eye, glanced at him, and then returned to his original position. The strong man didn't seem to think that he should say this, sat there bored for a while, and then looked at Ning Ji's ordinary doctor's dress: "I see that you are going to come out to do things at a young age, and it is probably not a good family, I also respect that you Black Flag soldiers are indeed a man, let's talk about it here, my master is rich and rich, and he said everything, he is not talking nonsense, he has said it in private, I am afraid that you Black Flag, a prosperity has become an empty ......"

"Who is the master of your house?"

"Don't be angry, you doll, what I said is from the bottom of my heart...... My master is also for your good, I didn't say anything bad about you, I think he is right, if you can last for a long time, the princes of the Wu Dynasty, why don't many ordinary characters like you be like you? It is said that the method on your side can only last for thirty or fifty years, and it will be chaotic, and the Wu Dynasty uses Confucianism to talk about what ...... in China, China, and China."

“…… Mean? ”

"Yes, you little doll has read books, and it can only take two or three hundred years...... You see, that makes sense. Jin Guoqiang has been strong for thirty or fifty years, and he was defeated by the black flag, and you have been defeated again for thirty or fifty years...... Is there anything that is difficult to talk about for thirty or fifty years, the main thing is to say it, whether it makes sense, you just remember...... I think it makes sense. Hey, little doll, have you ever seen the ones you can really fight in the Black Flag Army? What are the heroes, let's hear about them, I heard they won't be in action until next month...... I'm not asking for myself, the head of my family, martial arts are much more powerful than me, this time I'm going to win a ranking, he said he can't get the first recognition, at least take the first few places...... I don't know what will happen to him fighting with the heroes of your Black Flag Army, but in fact, the method on the battlefield is not necessarily powerful one-on-one...... Hey, have you ever been on the battlefield, you little doll shouldn't have it, but ......"

The two sat there looking at the ring, Ning Ji's shoulders had already collapsed in the voice, he was bored for a while and said a few more words, but he didn't expect this person to be more boring than him. Recently, the Huaxia Army has opened its doors to outsiders, and the newspapers have allowed arguments, so there have been repeated orders internally, and military personnel are not allowed to beat people because of the slightest words of the other party.

At the moment, he could only carry the medicine box and change the place, the strong man also knew that the child was angry, and sat there and did not chase after him, and after a while, it seemed that someone appeared from outside the field and waved at the strong man, and the strong man waited for his companions to go out of the field. Ning Ji glanced at it, and the person who came to him walked calmly, probably with some internal skills, but he had lost half of his hair, this was the accumulation of dark injuries in the meridians, which was not superior. I don't know if it's the other party's boss who is ready to win the rankings.

The stupid ring on the stage decided the winner after the defeat, and there were shouts from the seats of the onlookers outside, and occasionally some small injuries appeared, rather than running over to deal with them, and the rest of the time just sitting loosely, imagining that he had knocked down a person in the first few moves. As the day approached dusk, the ring ended, and the elder brother sat in a shabby-looking carriage, waiting for him outside, probably something.

"I found a roast duck restaurant, the dough is very good, and the sauce is good, I will take you to explore today and eat something delicious."

Ning Xi recently found Ning Ji, eight times out of ten to find delicious food, people who don't know still think that he is looking for food in Chengdu all day long. In fact, Ning Ji knows that this brother is busy, although he is only eighteen years old, but there are many things on his shoulders, he just likes to ask people about food, inquires about the existence in his heart, and only goes to explore it when he gathers with his family, if it is really delicious, he is often full of praise, and if it is not delicious, he will silently fill his stomach.

The two chatted in the car, and Ning Xi asked Ning Ji what he had seen and heard in the martial arts arena, whether there were any famous masters who appeared, and what level they were, and asked him if he was tired in the venue recently. Ning Ji was a little more lively in front of his brother, and he spit all the way to the groove that he wanted to vomit for a few days with a broken face.

When they arrived at the roast duck restaurant, the brothers ordered a private room upstairs, facing the street, with a view of the road, pedestrians, sunlight, trees, and the sparkling rivers and lakes in the golden sunset in the distance. Before the duck came up, Ning Xi took out a stack of dossiers from the bag he was carrying, as well as ink and brushes.

"There are ten copies here, and you sign and sign them at the back."

"What?"

"You don't have to worry about it, just sign and draw it."

"I'll look at ......"

Ning Xi pursed his lips, Ning Ji glanced at it a few times, the files were almost the same, they were all Zheng Qiming and a group of people who told Ning Ji's battlefield performance, and everyone in the back had already signed it: "This is ......"

"Of course it's useful, it has something to do with my current affairs, you don't have to worry about it, sign and draw, it means it's right...... I didn't want to look for you, but there had to be a step. You sign first, and the ducks have to come up. ”

"What's the matter?" Ning Ji frowned.

"Can I tell you, then? Military secrets. ”

"Is it my third-class merit?"

Ning Ji looked at Ning Xi, Ning Xi held his forehead: "......"

“…… Brother, I heard that my father refused to give me that third-class merit, and he also wanted to protect me, so if you don't give it to me, forget it, I don't want it. ”

“…… You sign first, they are not lying. It's not a lie, this merit should be given, you will fight hard. Ning Xi said this, seeing that Ning Ji was still hesitating, and said, "And it was my father who asked me to help you appeal, which means that he is also willing to give you this credit, I know that you regard your fame as dung, but this is related to my face, the face of both of us, I have to appeal successfully...... I've been killed in the past few days, and it's not these confessions that can be done, but you don't have to worry about it, I'll do the rest. ”

Ning Ji sighed, and drew one by one: "I really don't want this third-class merit, and besides, if I appeal like this, I won't send it to my father in the end, and he will call it back, brother, you will be busy in vain, I think it's better not to waste time......"

"You don't understand, after going through the procedure, Dad will recognize it, he attaches great importance to this step." Ning Xi said, "Although you have been working as a doctor recently, do you know what the main thing to do in Chengdu?" ”

"Establish a congress and announce it to the world?"

Ning Ji replied like this, and before Ning Xi was about to speak, Xiao Er outside sent the roast duck in, so he stopped temporarily. Ning Ji finished drawing over there and handed it back to his brother.

Ning Xi put away the file and waited for the door of the room to close before he spoke: "The opening of the congress is a purpose, and in addition, it is necessary to reorganize the Zhuji and Su clans, and knead everything together in the brand of the Huaxia People's Government." In fact, the big leaders in all aspects already know about this matter, how to change, how to knead, how to transfer personnel, all the plans are actually already being made. But when the congress is convened, it will adopt the congress to propose a reorganization, and then adopt the proposal, and then form a government, as if the idea was conceived by the congress, and all the people are doing it under the direction of the congress. ”

The roast duck in the store had already been sliced before it was delivered, and Ning Xi took care of it for his younger brother: "The congress puts forward opinions, experts make solutions, and the people's government is responsible for implementation, this is something that my father has always emphasized, and he hopes that most of the things in the future will follow this step, so that it can become a regular practice in the future." So the same is true for appeals, it's troublesome to appeal, but as long as the steps are reached, Dad will be willing to let it pass...... Well, delicious...... You don't have to worry about it anyway...... This sauce tastes really good......"

Ning Xi began to talk about food, and the food was delicious, and the evening wind blew in through the window, bringing the aroma of food on the street.

Ning Xi asked from time to time: "Xiao Ji, don't you really participate in this martial arts competition?" ”

Ning Ji said: "It's nothing powerful. If I had participated in the youth field, I would have no fight. ”

Ning Xi didn't ask anymore. In fact, the family has always had some doubts about Ning Ji's decision not to participate in this competition, and many people are worried that Ning Ji's emotions have not eased since he and his mother visited the widows of those comrades-in-arms, so they are not interested in Biwu, but in fact, Ning Ji has a more open plan in this regard.

He had already made a decision, and when the time was right, he would grow up and be stronger, and he would be able to leave Chengdu, wander away from the world, and see the martial arts masters of the whole world, so before that, he was not willing to expose his identity in a scene like the Chengdu martial arts competition.

And if he goes to other places in the future, Ning Ji's identity will eventually bring him more danger than ordinary people. Although he is still young, he has seen many lives and deaths on the battlefield, so he will not be blindly arrogant. Compared with the identity of a martial artist or a well-dressed son, a doctor who has traveled the world can go further and safer - after all, no one will kill a doctor casually - which is also the reason why he has been practicing medical skills and treating people's injuries recently.

Of course, these thoughts in his heart will not be mentioned to his brother for the time being—and no one in the family will be revealed, otherwise there will be no possibility of leaving in the future.

Thinking of this, he diverted the topic and said, "Brother, have any strange people approached you recently?" ”

"What?" Ning Xi thought for a while, "What kind of person is weird?" ”

"Well, for example...... What a beautiful girl. You are the boss of our family, sometimes you have to show your face, maybe there will be such and such girls to seduce you, I heard what Grandpa Chen said, beauty tricks...... Don't let down the first sister of the junior high school. ”

He is a young man who is only fourteen years old, and when it comes to such things as beauty schemes, he is really a little forced and mature, Ning Xi heard the end, and a slap was on his head, Ning Ji shook his head, and this slap swept over his head: "Oops, my hair is messy." ”

He straightened his hair, Ning Xi couldn't cry or laugh: "What a beauty is ......" and then alerted, "You confess, you have seen and heard something recently." ”

"It's nothing, I'm just guessing if there is. And last time my father and Aunt Gua went to my side, they brought it up during dinner, saying that it was time to get married to you and the first sister recently, so that you could have children, so as not to have such and such bad women approaching you. Dad also said to Aunt Gua, I'm afraid that you and the first sister of the junior high school will be pregnant with a child before they get married......"

Ning Ji originally spoke casually and spoke naturally, but at this moment, he suddenly realized something, and was slightly stunned, a trace of red flashed on Ning Xi's face on the opposite side, and he slapped him again, and this time it hit Ning Ji's head firmly. Ning Ji held his head, his eyes slowly turned, and then looked at Ning Xi: "Brother, you and the first sister of the junior high school will not really ......"

Ning Xi kicked over, Ning Ji flicked his legs, and even the chair slid out two meters away, directly to the corner of the wall, and said with a red face: "Brother, I won't say it......"

"You, you, you, what do you know, you just talk nonsense, me and your first sister...... You come over to me, forget it, I won't hit you...... We're innocent, I'm telling you......"

"I'm studying medicine, and I've known what I should have known for a long time." Ning Ji raised his red face with his neck raised, he was skilled in adult topics, and wanted to ask a few more questions, but he finally didn't dare, so he moved a chair and leaned over, "Forget it, I won't say it." Don't hit me when I'm eating. ”

"Eat ducks." Ning Xi also changed the topic open-mindedly.

The brothers then talked about trivial things, and after eating a whole roast duck and various side dishes—they had practiced internal family skills since they were children, and they consumed a lot of food—Ning Ji occasionally glanced at his brother, but he became curious about a certain taboo thing, and decided to secretly check her pulse when he met with the first sister of the junior high school next time. It's a pity that he only served as a bag assistant when he followed him to the countryside in the past, and later treated trauma in the army for a long time. If the number comes out, you have to warn them to get married quickly......

But how to say it? If she said it in front of the first sister of the junior high school, she would inevitably be beaten again, especially if she had a baby, she wouldn't be able to fight back......

The brothers had their own ghosts at this time, and they simply parted ways after the dinner. Ning Ji carried the medicine box on his back and returned to the courtyard where he still lived alone.

At this time, the sunset had sunk to the west city wall, and the lights in Chengdu City were lit up, Ning Ji changed his clothes in the room, took a small waterproof package and came out of the room, and then climbed over the courtyard wall on the side, stretching his body in the dark while walking towards the nearby river.

There are many rivers in Chengdu, and he has not inquired about the name of the river not far from the courtyard where he lives. When he got to the river, he put on a waterproof water backing, wrapped his hair again, turned black and walked directly into the river.

In the distance, there were lighted flower boats cruising in the water, and Ning Ji rowed his dog planer through the water smoothly, and after a while, he became a lying corpse, and after a while, he came ashore on the edge of a relatively remote riverbed.

Taking off the water, he let go of his hair, shook off the water on his body, he was dressed in thin black clothes, masked, and leaned towards a courtyard not far away.

Skillfully climbing over the wall, Ning Ji walked in the shadows of the backyard, and after a while, he followed the wall and climbed up to the roof, and made a round round. This is a rich man's mansion with three entrances, it seems that there are not many people living here, the courtyard at the back is an embroidery building, there are maids and subordinates who carry hot water up to the room on the second floor, and Ning Ji looks at it on the roof for a while.

"Take a shower so early......"

He muttered to himself, and then remembered what he had told his brother about having a baby today, so he climbed down from the roof of the building, found a place to stay on the outer wall of the second floor, and looked into the window.

It's a good place to look, not only from the window, but also from the front of the yard.

The hot water for bathing in the room has been put away - Ning Ji is very strange that women need hot water for bathing in summer, but remembering that the woman in this embroidery building always looks depressed, her health must be very poor, and it can be explained medically.

Not long after, a girl with skin like snow and eyebrows like far away came to this room, her age was about two years older than Ning Ji, although she looked beautiful, but there was always a melancholy temperament in her eyes. It's no wonder that bad guys will always die when they come to Chengdu, and she probably knows that she will inevitably die here, so she is afraid all day long.

Since he had long regarded this woman as a dead person, he was curious, so he secretly looked out the window for a while......

Then, in the courtyard in front, several people came together in the midst of laughter.

(End of chapter)