Hotel at the foot of Yangsan Mountain.

Cao Zheng and Zhu Wu arrived at the hotel, looked at the three Fang La envoys in front of them, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The person in front of him was a monk, plus a man and a woman.

The monk was dressed in shabby monk's robes with a string of sandalwood beads hanging from his neck. His eyes were slightly shining, but he was unusually clear, although his face was kind, but he was carrying a mixed iron Zen staff in his right hand, and his whole body suddenly had a majestic aura faintly emanating out.

To his left was a middle-aged man, of medium stature, with an unusually wide forehead, and two eyes set in them like jewels, like a goshawk searching for some prey.

The woman on the left side of this person is dressed as a chivalrous woman, with a phoenix jade hairpin on her hair bun, and on her frosty face, there is some cold air in her phoenix eyes. Holding the long knife at his waist in his right hand, he saw Cao Zheng and Zhu Wu and others entering the door, and then eased up a little.

Cao Zheng looked at the three people in front of him, glanced at Zhu Wu, and then said with a faint fist: "Cao Zheng, the leader of Liangshan in Xiashui, this is Zhu Wu, the deputy military division of my Shuibo Liangshan, the god machine military master, and I don't know how to make a big name?" ”

Hearing this, the great monk on the far right suddenly smiled slightly, saluted Cao Zheng and Zhu Wu in front of him, and then clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "I don't want to be the god machine master Zhu Wu and the sword ghost Cao Zheng came to greet me in person, fortunately, fortunately!" “

"Poor monk Deng Yuanjue, this time I came with General Pang Wanchun's brothers and sisters, but I was ordered by my brother Fang La, to come to visit!"

"It turned out to be the brother and sister of Master Deng and General Xiaoyang Yujipang!" , Zhu Wu was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "My brother learned that the three of them were coming, and he sent the two of us to welcome the three of them up the mountain to meet each other!" ”

"That's right! We have heard the name of Chao Tianwang for a long time, but today we have the fate to meet! Deng Yuanjue said with a smile.

Seeing this, Cao Zheng immediately waved his right hand to the right and made a departure posture towards the three of them: "Everyone, please!" ”

"Please!"

The three of Deng Yuanjue immediately got up, went out with Cao Zheng and Zhu Wu, and headed towards Liangshan Cottage.

"This is the Juyi Hall", several people came to the door of the Juyi Hall, Zhu Wu smiled faintly: "Everyone, Brother Tianwang is already waiting here!" ”

Hearing this, Deng Yuanjue and the three of them looked at each other slightly, and then followed Zhu Wucao and the two into the house.

As soon as they entered the room, Deng Yuanjue and the three of them saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were projected at the three of them, and the first thing that came into their eyes was that there was a man sitting in the innermost part of the righteous hall, who was seven feet tall and had a lofty weapon.

Deng Yuanjue and the three of them looked over, only to see that person, the heavenly court was full, the earth pavilion was round, his eyes were like bright stars, his lips were like purple electricity, and there was a mysterious and unpredictable momentum in his sharp and deep eyes. The whole person sat there, feeling like a peerless beast that had completely restrained its momentum, and the momentum on his body was like a prison and an abyss, but it was faintly chilling.

There is no doubt that this is the lord of Liangshan - Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai.

Deng Yuanjue's heart sank, and then he looked at Pang Wanchun and Pang Qiuxia beside him, only to see that the two of them were also very solemn, and then secretly admired in his heart: This Tuota Heavenly King Chao Gai is really not a mortal. This person's momentum is only much stronger than that of his own master Fang La.

"Deng Yuanjue, Pang Wanchun, and Pang Qiuxia, who are under the Holy Duke of Fang La, have seen the Heavenly King of Liangshan Bochao and all the heroes!" , Deng Yuanjue and the three of them immediately hugged their fists and saluted Chao Gai and the others.

"Who am I" Chao Gai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "It turned out that it was the famous Baoguang Rulai Deng Yuanjue and Xiaoyang from the brothers of General Ji Pang Wanchun. ”

"Chao Tianwang is serious!"

Deng Yuanjue smiled, and then clenched his fists slightly and said: "Recently, on the rivers and lakes, I have heard the deeds of heroes from all walks of life in Shuibo Liangshan, and the poor monks have long admired the names of King Chao and the heroes. “

"I heard that the king of Chao Heaven was righteous and thin, and he was arrogant and dry, and when I saw it today, it was indeed a dragon among people. King Chao created such a foundation on Liangshan, which is really admirable, and worthy of the praise of the rivers and lakes! No wonder my holy prince has repeatedly praised Chao Tianwang as a first-class hero! ”

After hearing this, Chao Gai couldn't help waving his hand and laughing: "I, Chao Gai, am just making a small fuss in Liangshan, how can I afford such praise from Master Deng and the leader of Fang La, ashamed, ashamed!" ”

When Deng Yuanjue heard this, he was noncommittal, and then he directly locked his eyes on the flower monk Lu Zhishen not far below the cover, and couldn't help but laugh even more: "Amitabha, presumably this one, is the famous flower monk Lu Zhi Shenlu Master, Deng Yuanjue has long heard of Lu Ti's feat of uprooting the weeping willows, and is deeply admired. ”

Seeing this, Lu Zhishen also gestured slightly, but his tone was not very kind, he just said: "The Sprinkle family hasn't heard much of you!" ”

Hearing this, Pang Wanchun's face suddenly changed, and he was about to have a seizure, but he was stopped by Deng Yuanjue on the side.

"Hehe", Deng Yuanjue didn't care when he heard this, but just smiled and said: "My lord is active in the south, and has little contact with the north and the Central Plains. You don't know, it's normal! ”

"Yes", Chao Gai also said at this time: "Your master is in Jiangnan, and my Liangshan is in Shandong." You and I are so far apart, and I have never had any contact with Fang La, but I don't know how to explain this martial arts conference? ”

"Chao Tianwang Rongyu", Deng Yuanjue's expression softened slightly when he heard this, and then said: "On the rivers and lakes today, each family develops independently, although it is heard of each other, but it does not intersect. “

"We are all people in the rivers and lakes, and we are all thorns in the eyes and flesh of the court, and the court is eager to dispose of us quickly. Even, as far as I know, the imperial court has already sent troops to conquer Liangshan twice. ”

"At the moment, we are working in silos, just like scattered sand. Moreover, on the rivers and lakes, each family walks the rivers and lakes, and it is inevitable that there will be grievances and grievances. The meaning of my holy father, the rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes of heroes, and the world is the world of the people. We might as well take advantage of this Jianghu martial arts conference to gather together, contact each other, eliminate misunderstandings, and if you wait for any critical moments in the future, you can also take care of each other."

Hearing this, Chao Gai immediately glanced at Deng Yuanjue with interest. Deng Yuanjue's words show that they sound reasonable.

After all, no matter who it is, whether it is Chao Gai, Fang La, or even Wang Qing and Tian Hu, they are all thorns in the side of the imperial court, if they are not united, it is very easy to be broken by the imperial court.

Moreover, in the past, they really developed on their own and did not have any friendship.

However, Chao Gai didn't believe that Fang La's initiative to hold this martial arts conference would have no selfish intentions. After all, that Fang La is an ambitious person.

"I don't know Master Deng, what forces are participating in this martial arts conference? When and where is it scheduled to be held? Zhiduoxing Wu Yong looked at Deng Yuanjue and gently shook the goose feather fan in his hand and asked.

"This is the first time for this conference. For the sake of convenience, my Holy Father is in Hangzhou, south of the Yangtze River, and as for the time, it is set at the beginning of September on the Ninth Double Ninth Festival. “

Deng Yuanjue continued: "It's not a secret, I and the others have already gone to the place where the leader of the King of Huaixi and the leader of Hebei Tian have gone to the place, and they all said that they will go to the appointment on time to participate!" In addition, there are some other mountain forces above the rivers and lakes".

"Oh?"

When Lin Chong heard this, he couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Since Leader Fang is the organizer of this martial arts conference, I don't know what the agenda of this conference is?" ”

Seeing Lin Chong ask like this, it was Pang Wanchun who spoke, and then said with a chuckle: "I am the people of the rivers and lakes, and naturally the rivers and lakes are the most straightforward. People from all parties participated in the ring competition, in line with the purpose of meeting friends with martial arts, and the one who won the most games was the winner! Of course, when the time comes, the final victor will receive 100,000 pieces of silver as a commendation! “

Then Deng Yuanjue clenched his fists again and said to Chao Gai: "This time it is my family's holy father's sincere invitation, and I hope that all the heroes of Liangshan will not refuse." After all, if Liang Shanbo is missing in this martial arts conference, it will inevitably be a little unworthy of the name, which is a pity! ”

Hearing this, Chao Gai immediately smiled, looked at the three people in front of him and said, "The three of them came from afar, and they must have been tired and tired all the way. You might as well live in the cottage for two days first, and then reply to the three of you after Chao Gai discusses this matter with the brothers."

"It's okay", Deng Yuanjue was not surprised when he heard this, but he just looked at Chao Gai and said: "Since this is the case, then the three of us will thank Chao Tianwang for his kindness and disturbed in the cottage." It just so happened that the three poor monks had never come to Liangshanbo, and they happened to appreciate the rumored Shuibo Liangshan! “

Immediately, Chao Gai taught Zhu Wu and Sun Erniang to leave the Juyi Hall with Deng Yuanjue and the others.

"This martial arts conference, I don't know what your brothers think?"

Seeing that Deng Yuanjue and the three of them were leaving temporarily, Chao Gai immediately looked at the people in front of him and asked.

"Hmph, 100,000 yuan of silver, this Fang Lap is generous!"

At this time, it was the Tao scholar Lu Jiang who stood up first, looked at Chao Gai and said, "Brother Tianwang, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run. Fang La is a person who is greedy for money and profit, and he is always ambitious. This time, I can come up with a fortune of 100,000 yuan as a bargaining chip, I am afraid that there is definitely an ulterior plan! ”

"Not bad!"

Ruan Xiaoer nodded immediately and said, "I also think, how can this Fang La be so kind." That 100,000 guan, I guess J is a bait, that Fang La doesn't think that others can take it at all, anyway, when the time comes, it's on his territory, who can take him?"

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