Lan Ran, Ji Ji Qiu and Yan Ni Shang walked out of the Guanlan Pavilion side by side, and the two maids followed.

Walking on the Jiuqu long bridge, the breeze blows, blowing the catkins on the shore, the flying flakes are blowing on the face, there is an itchy touch, the reeds support the wind, the water under the bridge flashes, and the long sky is blue and blue.

At this time, it is the beginning of June, the weather is not very hot, the lake is green, the velvet flowers of catkins fall on the surface of the lake, all float in the ripples, look at the lake to see the white boundless piece, the lake is lined with willow trees, the catkins are like ice flowers and snow stamens, the willow branches reflect in the water, more green. A few people walked on the bridge, and occasionally there was a flickering sound, and among the reeds, three or two small blue-gray water ducks flew up.

When he turned around a bend in the long bridge, he inadvertently turned around, but saw Lan Lan wearing a light gauze bamboo hat standing at the door of the Guanlan Pavilion, watching them leave, and couldn't help but think: "This senior is really a hospitable person, and I have never known each other in my life, but I have never met me well, if there is a chance in the future, it is good to come and visit this senior again." ”

With Lan Ran, they quickly walked across the Jiuqu Bridge, went up to the shore, and walked along the bluestone road in the willow forest. All the way through the flower garden, through the corridor, through the shade, around the pavilion, walked a long way, but saw the luxurious atmosphere in the garden, only to see the eyes are dazzled. While talking, I met more and more benevolent and righteous people along the way, all of whom rushed to the shore of Lanyuan Willow Lake from all directions to go to the Jinding Conference.

After the restoration of the ancient city of Pingliang, Lanfu began to prepare for the Jinding Conference. The name of the conference is an anonymous invitation, and the invitation does not sign the name of the invited guest. The Lan Mansion mobilized a large number of personnel this time, and sent servants to post everywhere every day, and the invitations have also spread far and wide, so the prestige people in all directions and six places have received the invitations, and many have already arrived in advance, and the people within a radius of thousands and hundreds of miles, as well as well-known people from the north and south, have received the information, and all of them have come to the meeting, and the number of people is quite a lot.

Before the invasion of the Beigong servant army, the Lan family was wealthy, had a wide range of contacts, and was also quite a spiritual immortal, and its name was really loud in the northwest, especially the patriarch Lan Gonglan Zhonghe was also highly respected, and was admired by many heroes and heroes, and everyone was looking forward to making friends with him within a radius of thousands of miles. Therefore, Lan Mansion invited guests, and when he received the post, he felt that his face was bright. Everyone thinks, Fang is in chaos today, the day is not safe, and today he has made friends, what will happen to him in the future, only ask for him, he can't stand idly by, and in the troubled times, who can guarantee that there is no one who is short and three long?

Yu Muzheng, the lord of Kongtong Mountain, took ten female disciples and ten male disciples, Cheng Ankui, the owner of Longye Dazhai Village, with his entourage, and Zhu Jinbao, the owner of Longnan Gao Lao Zhuang, with his personal entourage.

Lan Ran was in front, and a few hatreds and flames walked side by side. Continuing west along the forest path, the branches and foliage of the forest obscured the sky and the sun, quietly, except for the chaotic footsteps of the participants, and the sound of birds in the treetops was also unpleasant. Lan Ran led the two of them through the trees on the left, crossed a full moon-shaped garden gate, and entered the garden, and stepped on a large and flat meadow, the edge of which was surrounded by a circle of dense willow trees. Under the willow tree, every ten paces, there is a strong man with a spear, standing solemnly.

At this time in the garden, the sound of trumpets whined. There were twelve people standing in columns, bowing down to greet each other, and when they saw a few enemies and others coming in, they said in unison: "Shouyang Mountain, a few enemies of the immortals, and the fairy of the flame neon dress have arrived!

A few feuds and flames followed behind Lan Ran, and walked towards the middle of the grass.

In the center of the meadow, there is a round stone platform that is three zhang square, about three feet high, and there are eight big pine trees growing next to the stone platform according to the direction of the eight trigrams, and the branches are on the plate, but I am afraid that it is an old tree that has been thousands of years old

。 It is very abrupt on the grass, pine and grass, and it is very quiet. I saw a green grassland, there were thousands of Eight Immortal Tables in a circle around the round stone platform, except for the first five seats in the east, there were already people sitting at each table, and some friends who had not seen each other for a long time were chatting about the ups and downs since the invasion of Beigong, and they were very worried!

On the table, all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, tea and wine are complete, and they are very thoughtful.

On the edge of the round stone platform, one person from each side held a large flag with a blue background and waved it. There is a golden tripod embroidered on the big flag, which is very solemn. In the middle of the round platform stood a middle-aged man, about fifty years old, wearing an ochre-yellow brocade robe, with a majestic instrument and a red face.

In the middle of the line, he suddenly heard a crisp voice shouting at him from afar: "Brother Brother, Brother Brother!"

He was stunned for a few moments, turned around, and saw a young girl standing against a willow tree at the edge of the grass in front of the left, wearing a light green shirt, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, waving to him. Ji Qiu felt strange slightly, but he didn't care, nodded to the girl's polite smile, and under the leadership of Lan Ran, he and Yan Nishang went straight to sit on the first vacant chief in the east head. There were only five chairs next to this table, and he was the most honorable chief of the thousand-table tables. After Lan Ran settled the feud and Yan Nishang, he went to the gate of the garden, carried a sick young man and walked over slowly, sat on the seat next to the first place, and then sat next to Yan Nishang to accompany him.

When Ji Ji Qiu sat down according to Lan Ran's guidance, he turned around and saw that there were several tables of people behind him who were quite indignant at him, and looked intently, among which sat Gao Laozhuang's pig Laosan, and next to the two tables sat ten white-clothed people with long swords hanging from their waists, among which were ten men and ten women. He has always been uninhibited, and he never took this false courtesy to heart, and the main family arranged to sit wherever he wanted, so he didn't pay attention to the unkind expression in the back. The third pig had a holiday with him, these ten men in white are all rising stars of Kongtong Mountain, refining spiritual arts, kung fu is quite good, seeing that he is so young, but he was personally guided by Lan Ran to sit in the first chief, respectful and polite, in contrast, it seems that his status is low, so he is unhappy.

After a while, in addition to the first chief of the east head, the remaining four seats were filled with guests one after another. The guests at these four tables also looked at the two of them from time to time, and they were not surprised in their hearts.

At this time, the robed man on the round platform cleared his throat, waved to the audience, and said loudly: "Friends from the rivers and lakes, all the immortals in the sea, work tirelessly, come to my Lan Garden, I am deeply honored to be the gentleman of Xuande, Lan Zhonghe. Here, today's feast for guests from all walks of life and immortals at home and abroad to express their gratitude!"

The noise of the audience fell silent.

When Lan Zhonghe said this, he paused, looked around, and a light in his eyes flashed brightly, from left to right, from front to back, scanning the audience.

He is tall and burly, his voice is loud, his eyes are sparkling and powerful, there is a terrifying domineering, and he said: "I invite all the heroes of the world to meet in Lan Yuan, not for anything else, Fang Jin because of the Beigong servant army since the army, plundering my resources, slaughtering my compatriots, the world is in chaos, on the occasion of the autumn of the troubled times, I sincerely invite everyone to form an alliance of heaven and earth, drive out the northern captives, and exterminate the Tiankou." I am afraid that the heroes of the world and all the immortals do not know the sincerity of our actions, so I sincerely invite all friends to come and build a platform and burn the Ding in my Lan Garden, and swear to defend the dignity of the survival of all kinds of people in my country. As he spoke, he waved to the eight flag bearers on the stage.

The flag-bearers immediately waved the big flag in their hands, the flag rolled up, quite majestic, and there were ten strong men in Lanfu under the stage who were naked, he When everyone saw it, they stared at them carrying the big copper tripod, shouting loudly, one step at a time

Step up to the round platform and place it in the center of the round platform.

There are about 1,000 catties of copper tripods, which have been placed with combustibles.

"Fetch the fire!"

"Yes!"

A strong man in the audience came up with a lit torch in both hands, and handed it to Lan Zhonghe with a solemn expression.

Lan Zhonghe held a torch in his hand, looked at everyone in the audience, and said loudly: "Friends, all immortals, today we will burn the Ding and make an oath here!"

Say, raise your eyes to look at the crowd, raise the fire over the top, the situation is very respectful, such as saluting the Buddha in the sky, and then, throw the torch in the hand high, throw it into the Dingzhong, only listen to the loud sound of "boom", the Ding is free up a raging fire, and the flame rushes up a foot high. If you are closer to the stage, you can feel the heat of the fire when you board.

Everyone in the audience "coaxed" and applauded in unison.

Lan Zhonghe waited for everyone's voices to calm down, shook his head, and said loudly: "Since we are here to raise an uprising and fight against the North Palace, we must raise military funds, so I dare to ask everyone here, if you have money to contribute, you have the strength to contribute, I don't know if you have any different opinions." ”

Everyone in the audience turned their heads to each other, and there was a buzz in the field, and after a while, the sound returned to calm, but no one stood up. When everyone received the invitation, they didn't know the specific matters, they came to make friends with some big people with heads and faces, so that when their families were in danger, they had a place to rely on for preservation, and suddenly they heard that they needed to come here to participate in the meeting, or to contribute money or efforts, and some people stopped talking and waited to see how things developed.

Lan Zhonghe saw that there was little reaction from the audience, looked around, his eyes flashed, and he continued: "Since everyone has no different opinions, we will first elect the position of leader, and the person with both ability and political integrity will take the position, what is everyone's opinion. ”

Among the white-clothed young men sitting behind Ji Jiqiu, one of them stood up and said loudly: "My master, the master of Kongtong Mountain, has both ability and political integrity, and can take on this responsibility. ”

"It's not bad that the lord of Kongtong Mountain is right, but my old owner is better and can take on this responsibility. ”

"I, the village chief of Da Niu Bay, is no worse than any of you, and our village chief can serve as the leader. ”

Just when there was a commotion in the field and a lot of contention, suddenly, everyone heard a commotion outside the field, and then a few screams, followed by a strong man rushed in, shouting: "Kill someone, kill someone!" Everyone looked, only to see that the man held his left shoulder with both hands, blood oozed from his fingers, and the left shoulder and upper arm were open flesh, and the bones were visible, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the soft hung down on his side, and his shirt was torn, and he shouted loudly, "There are thieves, there are thieves!" Without saying a few words, he finally couldn't support it, leaned over and fell, fainting in pain.

Lan Zhonghe met him on the stage and said to the strong man in the audience: "Who is so bold and dares to break into my Lan Garden, let me take a look." ”

There were several strong men in the audience with spears in their hands, and they were about to run out.

Suddenly, a strong wind came in the sky, and there were dark and heavy clouds like mountains, which weighed heavily on the heavens and the earth, and the earth seemed to be about to crush the dark clouds into a piece of thin paper. The weather in June changed as soon as it was said, and the sky flashed with lightning, illuminating the earth for a moment, and then a scorching thunderbolt and a thunderbolt smashing on the ground shook the sky, as if it was a cymbal in everyone's ears.

The crowd was amazed, when they heard a loud laugh under the willow tree at the moon gate, and said, "Are you people here to die?"

Suddenly, in the middle of the day, there was another thunder and lightning explosion, and at the moment of lightning, more than a hundred and dozens of sergeants jumped out of the air, all wearing blue robes and black armor, holding swords, lined up in front of the door. Those armor soldiers looked at the people on the field, their eyes were indifferent, and they didn't say a word.

When everyone heard this, they were taken aback, and they all looked at the moon gate, only to see a person slowly walking out from under the willow tree behind the door.