At about twelve o'clock at noon, seven candidates walked up to Yangwutai, and three invigilators sat next to them to supervise the battle, because it was a provincial examination, the Governor's Office of the Territory specially sent a steward to invigilate the examination, and after the candidates saw everyone, the referee began to announce the examination rules.

In order to prevent people from having byes again, the semi-finals adopt the method of battle promotion, where the first place in the play-in tournament competes with the candidates who had byes before, and after the two fight, the winner directly advances to the finals, and the loser is left to compete in groups with the remaining five players.

In this way, the surroundings of Yangwutai suddenly boiled, because this game was a competition between Nangong Ling, who ranked first in the play-in round, and Ling Xia, who had a bye, and in the screams of the onlookers, Ling Xia and Nangong Cheng walked onto Yangwutai.

Nangong Cheng was a forty-year-old man, burly, wearing a cyan suit, his weapon was a golden silk nine-ring knife, after coming to the stage, he stared at Ling Xia opposite, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

It turned out that before taking the stage, Nangong Cheng's behind-the-scenes group helped him conduct data analysis, according to his strength and ranking, the safest way is to preserve his strength and play steadily, given that Ling Xia has not made a move before, so no one knows his strength.

However, any candidate who can pass the county exam and the government exam must have strength, and it is impossible to pass the test by luck all the time, so in the face of Ling Xia, a mysterious opponent, the team hopes that Nangong Qian will avoid Ling Xia.

According to their calculations, if Ling Xia was a top master, then he would definitely defeat Nangong Ling, and at the very least, it would be a lose-lose result, so that he would be cheaper than those players behind.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, the team advised Nangong Cheng to give up this game, because this was the battle game to enter the finals, although Nangong Cheng was not sure to defeat Ling Xia, but he was full of confidence to defeat the rest of the players.

As long as this game avoids Ling Xia and does not end up with both defeats, with Nangong Cheng's strength, he will definitely be able to sweep away those players behind him, after listening to the results analyzed by the team, so as soon as the two of them came to the stage, Nangong Cheng raised his hand to admit defeat.

Ling Xu wanted to say hello after coming on stage, and then raised his hand to surrender, but he didn't expect that as soon as the referee finished reading his name, Nangong Cheng on the opposite side rushed to surrender in front of him. ”

After the results were announced, the onlookers who ate melons were shocked one by one, Ling Xu, who had won, drooped his head, Nangong who had conceded defeat was arrogant, everyone looked at the emotions of the two people on the stage, and they all showed puzzlement and doubts, thinking to themselves what these two people were doing?

"I really don't want to win, really." After seeing his list of finalists, Ling Xia felt a grievance in his heart, he had already made up his mind, learned from his previous experience, and waited until the finals later, he would surrender after he went up, and never give the other party a chance to admit defeat first.

An hour later, the semi-final competition finally ended, and the remaining three groups of candidates also divided the winners and losers, Nangong Qian unsurprisingly advanced to the finals, in addition to him, there were two candidates who entered the finals, they were Lu Xirong and Tong Anyi.

According to the rules, after everyone rests for half an hour, the finals will be held, and the four Ling Xia will compete for two places to enter the finals.

Ling Xia's opponent this time is Lu Xirong, a thirty-year-old middle-aged aunt, this person's cultivation of external skills, a horizontal practice of kung fu has reached the peak, however, although her martial arts are strong, but after a series of matches today, she has been scarred and can't even stand steadily.

Ling Xia is ready, as soon as he comes to power, the first thing he says is to admit defeat. But he didn't calculate a little, Lu Xirong was overused in the last game, although he barely defeated the opponent, but he was seriously injured and difficult to recover.

When she came to the stage of Yangwu, Lu Xirong could no longer hold her body, and sat on the ground with a pop, at this moment, she didn't even have the strength to get on the ring, because she didn't have the strength to compete on the stage, so Lu Xirong gave up her martial arts from the stage and admitted defeat, just like that, Ling Xia won again without a fight.

Hearing that he had won again, Ling Xia couldn't stand it, he walked to the camp of Lu Xirong on the opposite side and persuaded her not to give up, Ling Xia sincerely encouraged her, as long as there is one percent hope, give one hundred percent effort, no one knows which cloud has rain, what if she wins?

For Ling Xia's encouragement and support, Lu Xirong sat up from the stretcher with difficulty, looked at her injury, and glared at Ling Xia in a sad tone: "I'm injured like this, you actually instigated me to compete on stage, get out of ------- and go to the ends of the earth." ”

After being kicked out, Ling Xia was a little sad, the conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn't mean anything else, seeing that he advanced to the finals without even moving a finger, he couldn't help but sigh in frustration: "Alas----- why is it so difficult to lose a game these years?" ”

Advancing to the finals in a daze, Ling Xia was depressed and helpless, walked around Yang Wutai, looked at the odds of winning or losing, Ling Xia took out ten silver coins very ostentatiously and bet himself to win,

This scene was seen by everyone, and they all talked loudly, everyone saw that Ling Xia actually bet on himself to win in public, thinking that he must be full of confidence, otherwise, he could not bet on himself, for this consideration, everyone followed the trend and bet, because there were too many bets, Ling Xia's odds were raised to one to three.

Just when everyone was betting on Ling Xia to win, Ling Xia squeezed out of the crowd, covered his face with a cloth, ran to the biggest winner and loser opposite Yangwutai, and took advantage of the unpreparedness to quietly bet Nangong Qian ten gold coins and thirty silver coins, and he used the money to buy himself to lose.

At the end of the bet, Ling Xia found a stool to sit down, there was no intention of going on stage to compete, about half a cup of tea, Nangong Cheng followed the referee to Yang Wutai, seeing that Ling Xia did not play, the referee shouted Ling Xia and asked him to go on stage for the finals.

Ling Xia originally wanted to give up the stage competition, as long as he gave up the game, it would be tantamount to admitting defeat, and when the time came, he would just take the gold coins he won and leave quietly, but he underestimated the persistence of the on-site referee, seeing that Ling Xia always refused to go on stage, the referee actually announced that Ling Xia would not take the stage and the game would not start.

After hearing the referee's shout, Ling Xia made himself a cup of tea with a depressed face, looking at Nangong Cheng who was sweating profusely on the stage, Ling Xia was worried that he would faint from the sun, and if he won again, he would be in trouble, thinking of this, he had to get up and go to Yangwutai to face Nangong Cheng.

"The rules of the finals are as follows, first, you can't admit defeat in a timid fight. Second, you can't quit halfway, third, at least three moves against each other, and fourth, no one is allowed to stop the game if I don't shout to stop. ”

After the referee read out the rules, he quietly winked at Ling Xia, and seeing Ling Xia looking confused, the referee secretly told Ling Xia: "I just bet all my net worth on you, don't worry, I will definitely let you win." ”

"Shady, proctor, I'm going to report it." After listening to the referee's words, Ling Xia was suddenly happy in his heart, he quickly ran to the invigilator seat next to him, said what the referee had just said as it was, and then reported the referee to the three invigilators.

As a result, after Ling Xia finished speaking, the three referees chatted and chatted with each other, as if they hadn't heard Ling Xia's words, they didn't even look at Ling Xia, Ling Xia reported a few more times, but there was still no response, seeing this, Ling Xia was stunned, and said tentatively: "You ----- you three----- shouldn't you also bet on me to win?" ”

Seeing the three of them nodding imperceptibly, Ling Xia suddenly felt his head buzzing, and returned to Yang Wutai with a depressed face, looking at Nangong Qian on the other side, Ling Xia proposed that the two sides fight, that is, you beat me three times, and then I beat you three times, to see who can't bear it first.

"Who is fighting with you, eat my punch." Ling Xia was talking about it, when he suddenly saw Nangong Cheng swinging his fist and attacking, looking at Nangong Cheng's menacing appearance, Ling Xia stopped what he said and quickly ran away.

"There's a kind of you don't run."

"There's a kind of you don't chase."

"If you don't run, I won't chase."

"If you don't chase me, you won't run."

As the two chased each other, the most bizarre finals competition in history appeared on Yangwutai, watching the two people running around Yang Wutai in circles, I didn't know that the two thought they were racing.

The two were chasing frantically on the stage, and the people who bet on the two to win or lose shouted in the audience, and the people who won the Nangong shouted loudly: "Chase, chase quickly, catch up and beat him." ”

And those who bet on Ling Xia to win thought that this was Ling Xia's strategy, so they all cheered up from the audience: "Run, run hard, exhaust that grandson." ”

Seeing that he was about to be caught, Ling Xia simply jumped out of the ring, admitting defeat while running, but he didn't expect Nangong Cheng to chase out the anger, ignoring Ling Xia's admission of defeat at all, and jumping off the ring after Ling Xia, seeing Nangong Cheng's menacing appearance, Ling Xia secretly complained: "My mother, he is still chasing." ”

In this way, the two ran from the stage to the stage, and then ran from the stage to the invigilator seat, seeing that Ling Xia was about to rush to the governor's yamen, at this time, Nangong Cheng didn't chase after him, he was tired: "Don't ---- don't run, let's still fight." ”

Hearing that Nangong Cheng agreed to Wen Dou, Ling Xia also breathed a sigh of relief, he returned to Nangong Cheng's side, pulled him up and helped him to Yangwutai, and then, Ling Xia also climbed into the ring, and after returning to Yangwutai, Ling Xia found that the referee was gone.

It turned out that when Ling Xia and the two staged a chase battle before, the referee also ran a few laps with him, but the referee's physical strength was not good, and when he ran to the eighth lap, the referee was tired and the corners of his mouth were bald and foaming, and he couldn't get up from lying on the ground.

Returning to the ring again, Ling Xia's mood changed, he didn't want to dodge anymore, he wanted to use his strength to have a good fight with Nangong Cheng, which was not only responsible for himself, but also respect for Nangong Cheng.

Feeling that Ling Xia's momentum had changed dramatically, Nangong Qian gradually became dignified, the two of them looked at each other, the fierce eyes of both sides stared at the opponent, and sparks seemed to burst out between their eyes.

"Since you have chosen Wendou, you can't go back, Nangong Yan, are you ready to fight with me?" Ling Xia asked domineeringly.

"How can a mere Wendou scare me, I've been eager to try it for a long time, come on, let's compete with our real strength." Nangong Cheng did not show weakness.

As soon as the two of them spoke, they stretched out their hands respectively, their feet slightly retracted, and put on a gossip posture, holding their breath and concentrating, after the other party was ready, Ling Xia and the two suddenly stretched out their right hands at the same time, and shouted loudly together: "Hammer, scissors, paper."

The two stood on the stage, less than ten centimeters apart, at this time they were concentrating on fighting, after a fierce competition, in the end, Nangong Cheng won two wins in three games, and won the first place in the finals with a slight result.

After the game, Nangong Cheng was led into the governor's yamen to meet the governor, seven days later, he will represent Zhongmiao Province to the Governor's Mansion to participate in the selection, at that time, Nangong Cheng will be with the customs clearance of other provinces, the final competition, and strive to get the qualification to represent Linlangjiang's palace examination.

When Nangong Cheng was led into the governor's yamen by the invigilator to meet the governor, Ling Xia received his own gold coins from the dealer, in addition to the ten gold coins and thirty silver coins he bet, he won thirty gold coins and ninety silver coins, this game, he made a lot of money.

As soon as he walked out of the dealer's side, a big man in a military uniform came to him: "You are Ling Xia?" Let's go, follow me to the boot camp to register. ”