Chapter 100: Deserted Garden Scuffle
(Thanks to the reader "Captain Flying Dutchman" for the tip.) )
The princes and princes are not much different from ordinary people in fighting, make an appointment with the time and place, and after meeting, they first provoke each other, expose the old bottom, measure the strength of the other party, and feel that their own chances of winning are big, that is a scuffle, one side is timid, and what is triggered is a chase war, if there is a big man in the middle to persuade, there is also the possibility of shaking hands and making peace.
There are no persuaders in this battle between Chai Yun and Cui Teng, one is the favorite grandson of the lord of Hengyang, and the other is the son of Cui Taifu, no one dares to wade into troubled waters.
The time is in the afternoon, and at noon I am full of drinks, just to vent my excess energy.
The location is a deserted garden in the northwest city, which once belonged to a certain prince, and has been uninhabited for many years, only an old servant has been left behind, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he hid in the house and fell asleep.
The garden was overgrown with weeds and hidden paths, all leading to a clearing, next to a half-ruined pavilion, surrounded by three or five tall trees, and a few wild dogs jumped to and fro, and when they saw someone coming, they fled in panic.
Cui Teng's gang arrived first and occupied half of the pavilion, seventy or eighty people, most of them were noble sons, and most of the rest were slaves, and there were only five real martial artists, standing at the forefront, holding their heads high and holding eyebrow sticks.
Chai Yun's team came a little later, but the number was larger, nearly a hundred people, and more than half of the members were Xungui's children, and even fewer martial artists, only three, Du Chuanyun was not counted, he wore a servant's costume and followed the tired marquis, his task was to take advantage of the chaos to live Cui Teng.
Zhang Youcai also wanted to come, but was rejected by Han Ruzi.
Han Ruzi thought that this appointment would also be chosen at night, but Chai Yun wanted to go back at night to greet his grandmother, so he hoped to end the battle before dark.
After seeing the half-human-tall grass in the garden. Han Ruzi was relieved. Here, Meng E can completely hide and protect him.
Frankly. He liked the feeling of the day.
Soon after the sun rose, they gathered together to eat and drink, many of them had met before, this time even if they were "old friends", the awe and vigilance of the abolished emperor gradually disappeared, a few glasses of wine, they also dared to come over to greet the tired marquis, several of them were the same as Zhang Yanghao. I worked as a guard in the palace, and I sighed in the face of the deposed emperor - more like schadenfreude, but it was better than turning a blind eye.
When Chai Yun personally came forward to introduce Tihou to everyone again, everyone's enthusiasm reached its peak, and Han Ruzi found that if he didn't take it too seriously or think too much, he could accept these enthusiasms, and he could even be moved a little.
This illusion was unintentionally broken by Zhang Yanghao, and everyone was about to set off at that time. In the confusion, he walked over. He had already drunk too much, put his arm around the shoulders of the tired marquis, and said with a big tongue: "This is ...... How good, I used to see that you weren't...... When the emperor's material, you lack that...... That bearing, you are not confident at first glance, and now you are much better...... Much better, haha. ”
Zhang Yanghao was probably kind, but Han Ruzi listened to it in his ears, and a smile appeared on his face, "You are not bad, you are more comfortable than in the palace." ”
Zhang Yanghao pointed at the tired Hou and kept shaking his fingers, as if he wanted to say a few words from the bottom of his heart, and was dragged away by his friends and joined the team going out.
Du Chuanyun followed closely and asked in a low voice: "Look at the timing, don't wait for me to be cut and can't move, then remember to give me the sword." ”
"Don't worry." Han Ruzi patted the short sword hanging down from his legs, he was not the only one who secretly carried weapons, everyone thought the same, in case the other party had weapons, he couldn't suffer, but the three martial artists only carried sticks.
Han Ruzi secretly admired the sword immortal Du Touching the sky, he was a real old Jianghu, and he didn't let Du Chuanyun bring a sword.
The two groups met in the deserted garden, and the first to quarrel was not the leaders Chai Yun and Cui Teng, but their respective companions.
"Zhang San, you dare to come! I still haven't paid back the money I owe, so let's make a break today. ”
"Li Si, I wasn't beaten enough last time, I have to fight again today!"
"Second brother, why are you over there? There are no traitors in our family. ”
……
These noble sons know each other, there are a lot of grievances, at the beginning they mainly recognized people, the quarrel was not too intense, slowly the anger rose, and someone began to move, you punched me, I kicked you, and was pulled away by friends and servants, today's protagonists are not them after all.
Chai Yun stepped out of the crowd, raised his right arm, and both sides fell silent.
"Cui Teng, don't hide behind, come out and talk."
Cui Teng walked out from behind the five martial artists, stood on the pedestal, condescending, "Okay, Xiao Chaizi, I found a lot of people, didn't you call your nurse?" Don't you like to eat her milk when you're scared? ”
Chai Yun laughed a few times, "Cui Teng, you just chatted with your old gentleman when you went out, and your mouth is as stinky." ”
"Less nonsense, let's compare heads, and then start fighting." Cui Teng is obviously not the first time to make an appointment, and he is quite disciplined.
"Wait." Chai Yun raised his arms high, attracting everyone's attention, and then said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's fight must be clear, this Cui Teng Cui Gongzi, everyone knows, is the son of Cui Hong, the prince of the dynasty and the great Sima of the Southern Army, relying on the power of the family, forcibly courting the daughter of the Marquis of Guiyi. The Guiyi Hou family yearns for the country of dress and etiquette, and they come thousands of miles to surrender, and the Son of Heaven welcomes the ...... outside the city in person."
"What are you talking about?" Cui Teng interrupted Chai Yun, his face was inexplicable, this was not the little Chai Zi in his memory.
Chai Yun ignored him and continued: "Guiyihou's family is law-abiding and honest, and they have never caused trouble for many years, but this Cui Gongzi, relying on his father's power, forcibly proposed marriage, and Guiyihou disagreed......"
Cui Teng blushed and said angrily: "Who said that Guiyi Hou disagreed? He said that his daughter was still young and would have to wait two years...... Besides, it's your business? Aren't you just coveting Huyu's beauty......"
"Everyone has a love for beauty, but I came to see you today to uphold justice, and not let you ruin the reputation of Da Chu, so that the righteous Huns think that Da Chu is a shameless person like you."
Cui Teng's temper was already short-tempered, and he was indignant by Chai Yun's words, stretched out his arm, and shook for a while before spitting out a few words: "Beat, break his cheap bones for me!" ”
The servants rushed forward first, and they all carried sticks of different lengths in their hands, regardless of three, seven, twenty-one, and one before and after, and screamed in their mouths, and they couldn't beat it for a long time.
The martial artists on both sides were more particular, pushing away the slaves, clasping each other's fists and saluting, saying a few words, catching and fighting, Cui Teng's side had two more martial artists, standing on the side and sweeping the formation, and did not join the battle group to have more enemies and fewer enemies.
The sons of the nobles then joined the battle, and the open space was too small, so they rushed into the nearby weeds to fight, and they were very careful not to take out their hidden weapons.
Chai Yun and Cui Teng yelled, scolding each other in the air, and commanding others for a while, and they were very busy.
There are also some people who refuse to participate in the war because of their status, retreating to both sides, and only cheering on their lips. Han Ruzi was among these retreaters, Du Chuanyun was gone, and he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to capture Cui Teng alive, but he didn't know where to hide at this time.
The battlefield is expanding more and more, and more and more people are joining, but there are not many pairs of real fights, except for those few martial artists, everyone else wants to bully the few, and the less side usually turns around and runs, and after meeting with a large number of companions, reflexively chase.
Slowly, Han Ruzi got farther and farther away from the clearing.
This was not quite the same as the fight he imagined, he thought that the martial artists would compete one after another, and the others would just applaud, but it turned out to be a real scuffle, so chaotic that it was impossible to tell who was in the same group.
A young man was holding a stick, shouting and pounced, Han Ruzi felt as if he had seen this person in Chai Mansion, and was trying to identify it carefully, the stick had already smashed over, he didn't want to fight, turned around and ran.
They didn't run far in the grass, and the pursuers were gone.
Han Ruzi felt disappointed, and a little ridiculous, it turned out that this was really a scuffle between the sons and daughters of the nobles, there was no rules, no conspiracy, and even the only plausible excuse was all he came up with.
Knowing this, he really shouldn't have accepted Chai Yun's invitation.
But the matter has come to this, he can't just walk away, he still has Du Chuanyun's short sword on his body, so Han Ruzi turned around and walked back, but he lost his path, there were voices everywhere, and he couldn't tell the direction.
"Hey, you're here too." A nearby voice said.
Han Ruzi turned around and saw the King of the East China Sea.
"I didn't see you just now." Han Ruzi immediately became vigilant and looked around.
The king of the East China Sea came out of the grass, alone, not even a servant, "I'm sitting in the pavilion, it's really terrible, I originally said that it was better to be a knight, but I didn't expect to fight it." Hehe, I guessed that Chai Yun would definitely win you over. ”
The King of the East China Sea looked much more normal than in the palace, not so arrogant and domineering, and he seemed to be quite kind when he saw Han Ruzi.
"I guessed you'd come, too." Han Ruzi looked at the King of the East China Sea, it stands to reason that they are on one side, and they should fight, although his internal strength has not improved, he has followed the Du family grandson to squat for a few months, practiced a set of boxing techniques, and is not afraid of the defenseless King of the East China Sea.
"You don't really want to fight, do you?" The King of the East China Sea stopped and said with a smile, looked left and right, saw that there were no outsiders, and continued: "The fight for the throne should be fought to the death, for these two guys, is it worth it?" ”
Han Ruzi also smiled, and immediately sank his face again, "Lin Kunshan and the crazy monk of Bao'en Temple were instructed by you, right?" ”
The East Sea King shrugged, "That's right, it's me, why don't you honestly go to the Dark Fragrance Garden of Xiaonan Mountain?" Let me waste all my time. ”
didn't expect the other party to admit it so happily, Han Ruzi couldn't help but be stunned.
"If I want to hurt you, I don't need such a complicated plan, in fact, I want to talk to you."
"What are you talking about?"
There was a shout nearby, and it seemed that a group of people rushed over, and the king of the East China Sea said: "Tonight, in the back alley of the Qi Palace, if you have the courage, you can come to see me, I am alone, you can bring a few, let's talk about the emperor's affairs, and Yang Feng." Let's go, go back and persuade, Chai Yun and Cui Teng are both crazy, don't let them really cause trouble. ”
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