The sunrise in the east is gorgeous. In the sound of the salute, dozens of big horns sounded on the big platform in front of Qingyun Hall, and tens of thousands of people cheered!

The much-anticipated Qingyunbao Dragon Boat Festival has finally begun.

The first to come to the stage was Bai Xu. He personally wrote an article of beauty and used it as the opening of today's conference, starting from Qu Yuan of Chu and talking about today's anti-gold and national salvation. Thousands of words were sprinkled with eloquence, and the rhetoric was gorgeous, impassioned but not vulgar, and won a large number of applause.

There were two rows of seats on both sides of the platform, and Chu Tianya sat on the first seat on his right, next to Ma Kuo. The first two seats on the opposite side were vacant, and Xue Yu sat in the third chair. Of the two vacant seats, one of them belonged to Bai Xu, and the other was arranged for Jiao Wentong.

Meng De's eyes stared at the empty space from time to time, and the look on his face was a little annoyed and impatient. When Bai Xu sang Fuwen halfway, he couldn't help it, and said to Chu Tianya: "Brother, Jiao Wentong is not like words!" ”

Chu Tianya raised his hand lightly to signal him not to be angry, and said with a slight smile: "That's it, everyone has their own ambitions." ”

"Humph! ......" Meng De snorted in annoyance, looked at Xue Yu and Xiao Linglong who were sitting opposite, and saw that their faces were also embarrassed and melancholy, so he sighed again and said, "Brother, you will get married to Lord Xiao in a few days!" I see that she has been a lot haggard recently, and it was also Jiao Wentong's victim. At this time, you marry her, and there is no harm in it. ”

"I'll think about it." Chu Tianya nodded lightly and turned to look at Xiao Linglong. Xiao Linglong lowered her head thoughtfully, not noticing Chu Tianya's attention.

At this moment, Bai Xu on the stage said loudly: "The dragons must not be without a leader!" Xiao Shengjian yì is today, and all our brothers have elected a big leader who can lead the group and be my lord!! ”

Bai Xu put the word "lord" very seriously, obviously emphasizing the particularity of this title.

Immediately, Meng De, Ma Kuo and the others, as well as the leaders and minions who had already had a tacit understanding in their hearts, shook their fists and shouted-"Lord, lord!" ”

Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, and others, who were sitting on both sides of the ceremony, smiled meaningfully and did not say anything.

"Next, starting with the leaders here, I will recommend the best candidates for the lord one by one. Limited to one per person! After Bai Xu finished speaking, he took a few steps back and arched his hand to the seats on both sides, "Leaders, please!" ”

Meng De stood up and walked to the stage, and hugged his fists around everyone, "Meng De will come first-a certain person will be promoted to Taiyuan Chu Tianya, to be the leader of Xishan, and to be our lord!" ”

The audience immediately cheered, chanting Chu Tianya's name!

Immediately, Ma Kuo, Xue Yu, Wang Xun and others, plus the leaders of all sizes and the officers of the Shengjie Army, including the representatives of the people who took refuge in Qingyun Castle, a total of more than 100 people, all stood on the stage to support Chu Tianya and support the election of him as the big leader.

Even Zhang Xiaochun and others, who knew the inside story, thought that the overall situation had been decided, and they all got up to express their "congratulations" to Chu Tianya.

Chu Tianya sat still and looked at the other side with a smile.

There, there was still a row of people, Bai Xu, Xue Yu, Xiao Linglong and Tang An, the four who bore the brunt, followed by a group of leaders from various villages in Taihang, such as Liang Xing, Fu Xuan, Liu Ze and others, and there were also more than 20 people.

A strange scene appeared, Meng De and the others were cheering loudly, and Bai Xu's gang was surprisingly silent.

Meng De also noticed, glanced at Bai Xu in surprise and waved his hand, "Brothers, be quiet!" ――Mr. Bai seems to have something to say? ”

"That's right." Under the gaze of everyone, Bai Xu got up and walked to the stage, bowed to everyone, and said, "Xiaosheng has another candidate to promote." ”

"Who?" Like Mengde, everyone expressed surprise. Because everyone knows that Bai Xu is one of Chu Tianya's staunchest supporters. Could it be that at this juncture, Bai Xu wants to turn against the water?

Bai Xu glanced around at everyone with a sinking face, and said calmly: "Xiaosheng represents these people behind me, and I will nominate them together...... Taihang Divine Arrow Jiao Wentong, be the leader of the West Mountain! ”

"Wow-"

The scene suddenly burst into an uproar!

Meng De was stunned for a moment, and looked at Bai Xu with wide eyes, as if he had never known him, "You...... What did you say?! ”

Bai Xu took a deep breath and said loudly: "Xiaosheng represents the leaders of the villages in the nine mountains of Taihang, and also promotes Jiao Wentong, the arrow of Taihang, to be the leader of the West Mountain!" ”

Everyone was shocked!

The audience immediately talked and quarreled. The scene almost got out of hand.

Meng De was a little anxious, and took a few steps forward and shouted, "Mr. Bai, are you crazy?!" ”

"Xiaosheng is not crazy." Bai Xu was still calm, and even stared at Chu Tianya a few times, and said, "Xiao Sheng will say it again-we want to promote Jiao Wentong to be our lord!" ”

At this moment, Meng De was completely stunned, and even Zhang Xiaochun and the others stood on the spot, but Chu Tianya was still sitting on the chair as he did at the beginning, with a soft smile on his face, and his eyes even contained a trace of gratitude to Bai Xu.

Meng De was already confused, looked at Chu Tianya, and then at Bai Xu, completely unaware of what dumb riddles these two were playing!

At this time, Xue Yu, Xiao Linglong and others also stood up and walked to Bai Xu's side, and said, "That's right, we want to elect Jiao Wentong!" ”

After some arguments, the scene suddenly fell from noise to eerie silence. Everyone stared at Chu Tianya, who was still sitting upright.

Chu Tianya naturally got up and walked to the stage, bowed to everyone, and said: "The brothers of the family love Chu so wrongly, Chu is sincerely afraid and grateful. Chu himself is also one of the leaders here, so I also have to elect someone. ”

"Which one are you going to pick?"

Chu Tianya met everyone's various eyes, and said with a slight smile: "I elect - Chu Tianya!" ”

"Uh...... What the? Including Meng De, everyone was stunned again.

"You heard me right, I'm the one I elected." Chu Tianya smiled and said, "If someone wants to ask me for a reason, I will sue him - because I have full confidence and can be qualified for the position of the great leader!" I am sure to lead my brothers to do a vigorous and good cause! ”

The words are sonorous and loud!

Self-"testimonials" like this have never appeared under the sky of the Great Song Dynasty. With this era, Cheng Zhu Lixue and a number of feudal dogmas were cultivated, and moderation, prevarication, humility and comity were the mainstream ideas.

Therefore, Chu Tianya's words were too "non-mainstream" and too surprising to everyone.

However, almost everyone present felt a stream of blood boiling in their chests!

Although he only has a few words, Chu Tianya expresses his strong self-confidence and straightforward temperament. Fight for what you want, and don't let go of what you like -- isn't this the rule that the heroes of the green forest who drink wine in big bowls and eat meat in large chunks are used to respecting!

"Good—" Mende let out a hysterical cheer.

Immediately, the crowd responded!

The conference of Qingyun Castle reached a climax in a strange and unexpected form.

Bai Xu, Xiao Linglong and others were silent and speechless, in stark contrast to the jubilant crowd.

Chu Tianya was smiling at Bai Xu, Xiao Linglong and the others, and his smile was full of gratitude and relief.

Perhaps, only those in the game can understand the subtlety here.

Chu Tianya walked in front of Bai Xu and the others, "Jingqian, what about Second Brother Jiao?" ”

Bai Xu smiled slightly, "It's coming soon." With Uncle Ho. ”

"Thank you ......"

Bai Xu smiled again, "Thank you Uncle He." ”

If you don't say it, you can't say it thoroughly, and you can't find fault with it. Officially "pushing Jiao Wentong to power" and then "losing the election" is the best way to stabilize Chu Tianya's position and dispel the doubts in the hearts of the copycats.

How can others figure it out? Including Zhang Xiaochun, who is proficient in the art of power.

And this method is likely to be instructed by Jiao Wentong himself. Otherwise, how could Bai Xu, Xue Yu and Xiao Linglong stand together so tacitly?

Sure enough, just as the conference was at its climax, a shout came from the stage, "Taihang Divine Arrow, Jiao Wentong has arrived!" ”

Everyone let out a shock, and turned their necks to look at the audience.

Sure enough, at the end of the two rows of seats, a tall, black-clad man with flying beard, wearing Guan Shan's blood-colored red robe, walked in a tiger's stride.

Bai Xu, Xue Yu and the others suddenly lit up their eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, "Second brother! ”

"Please forgive the brothers, Jiao is late for some reason!" Jiao Wentong's eyes lit up and he was full of energy, strode to the front of the stage, and looked up at Chu Tianya.

Chu Tianya smiled and clenched his fists, "It's been a long time, Second Brother Jiao!" ”

"Jiao is rude!" After Jiao Wentong returned the salute with a fist and looked at Chu Tianya deeply, he walked to the stage and hugged his fists to everyone, "At today's meeting, all the brothers elected the big leader together. Jiao had to choose his name, and he felt both ashamed and ashamed. Ask yourself, Jiao really has no talent to serve as the big leader of Xishan. Otherwise, the original Qixingzhai would not have fallen to Si! ”

As soon as he said that, the audience fell silent.

Jiao Wentong's words, word by word, went to the point, piercing the layers of window paper.

Bai Xu and the others all walked to Jiao Wentong's side and surrounded him. Like a flock of lambs surrounding the ewes.

Jiao Wentong looked around at them, with a loving smile on his face, and said: "Although the eldest brother has left us, he had a will before his death, let us respect Chu Tianya as the leader, and from then on follow him, go to heaven and earth, and do not give up!" ”

Chu Tianya was slightly stunned, and everyone looked at him again.

Jiao Wentong also took a few steps forward and walked in front of Chu Tianya, hugged his fist very solemnly, and said loudly word by word: "The lord is above, please accept Jiao Wentong's worship!" ”

It's really like pushing a mountain of gold and pouring a jade pillar, Jiao Wentong shook the big red robe behind him, and bowed to Chu Tianya in public!

The audience was in an uproar again!

Bai Xu's reaction was the most astute, and he immediately took a few steps forward and fell down in Jiao Wentong, "Bai Xu, meet the lord!" ”

The others suddenly came to their senses, and they all fell down one after another, shouting together - "Meet the lord"!!

……

Under the eaves of Qingyuntang in the distance, Uncle He saw this scene from a distance with a chair on the pillar, smiled hehe, and beckoned, "Xiaofei, you go and get a few good fruits and two pots of Jiannan Burnt Spring." The old man is going to get drunk today! ”

"Old man, I'm afraid two pots are not enough, right?" Xiao Fei smiled and said, "Your old man's favorite apprentice shook hands with the Chu officials and cooperated sincerely, plus the Chu officials became the big leaders, this is a double happiness!" ”

"What a big official, you have to call the lord!"

"Yes, yes, my lord, hehe-he-the boy will go right away, and bring a whole jar of good Jiannan Burning Spring over! Accompany the old man today and get drunk! ”

……

In Qingyun Fort, the cannons and colorful flags are flying, cheering like a tsunami, and the earthquake shakes the mountain.

Chu Tianya, the one who everyone expects to return has become the great leader of Qingyun Castle, the lord of the 100,000 righteous army in Hedong!

Originally, the other big leaders of the Taihang villages who had waited and waited before, saw that the overall situation of Xishan was no longer worried about infighting, so they immediately seized the opportunity to announce that they would join Qingyun Castle and be willing to be "a general under the command of the lord". The eight cottages, although not as strong as the Qixingzhai in the past, also suffered huge losses in the battle of Taiyuan, and some of the leaders almost became the "light rod commander", but after all, they are all influential figures on the green forest road in Hedong, and the eight villages add up to five or six thousand people.

These five or six thousand people, plus Liang Xing, Fu Xuan, Liu Ze and more than a dozen leaders with their own skills, joined Qingyun Castle together. On the first day of Chu Tianya's "appointment", he received such a valuable gift!

At the same time, Zhang Xiaochun, who came to watch the ceremony today, did not come to join in the fun, he took out a holy decree that had been discussed and drafted with Chu Tianya a long time ago, and "bestowed" the leaders of Xishan.

Although he is only a fictitious sanitation officer, this honor is beyond the reach of the bandits. The vast majority of the leaders and villagers who did not know the internal secrets and secrets were shocked!

Because this time, the title given by the imperial court to Xishan is too "loud".

The big leader Chu Tianya was named "General Zuo Xiaowei", although he did not have half of the real power, but he was already the highest level of the "capital school" in terms of rank, and only the meritorious generals of the royal clan or the meritorious rank of the official would be awarded. In addition, there are seven "general" sanitation officers, who were awarded Jiao Wentong, Meng De, Bai Xu, Xue Yu, Ma Kuo, Wang Xun and Tang An. And for Xiao Linglong, the court was also ingenious, and deliberately named her the "Flying Fox County Lord" of the Great Song Dynasty, and gave her the surname "Zhao".

The implication is that you Xiao Linglong will be my people of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and you will still be an "honorary royal family".

Of course, Xiao Linglong didn't care about this inexplicable gift, but the political motives of the Great Song Dynasty made her feel a little embarrassed and annoyed - this stroke was clearly like making the wife of an important general a "second lady".

Everyone snickered tacitly, and deliberately congratulated Xiao Linglong non-stop, which made her embarrassed and angry, and she couldn't wait to kick Zhang Xiaochun to the ground and beat her on the spot before she could relieve her hatred.

Although there were twists and turns, the Dragon Boat Festival finally ended successfully. Most people get drunk and go home.

The gilded word "Chu" on Qingyuntang was also officially unveiled.

On the same day, at the Qingyun Hall, more than 170 leaders of all sizes in the cottage held a semi-public meeting to arrange the ministries and seats of all the leaders. There are a total of twelve core leaders, and Chu Tianya is naturally the leader; Jiao Wentong is second; Bai Xu ranked third because he was in charge of the military aircraft, and Meng De was fourth. These four people will also form the Xishan Military Aircraft Department, jointly counsellor and decide on various important tasks and major military aircraft affairs.

Below these four people, in order are Ma Kuo, Xue Yu, Xiao Linglong, Wang Xun and Tang An;

Then there are the newly joined Liang Xing, Fu Xuan, and Liu Ze, the three of them represent the other rebels of Taihang Bazhai, although the strength is far less than the original Qixingzhai, but their influence in the Hedong area cannot be underestimated. These three people are the more prestigious leaders in Bazhai, and they were originally also the leaders and faces of each party. As soon as they joined Xishan, they were absorbed as one of the "Twelve Leaders", and they were naturally overjoyed in their hearts, and immediately expressed their willingness to obey any orders of Chu Tianya, including abandoning the old village and joining forces. After discussing with the leaders, Chu Tianya weighed the pros and cons, let them unite the eight villages, and temporarily rest in the Qixing Village, like the monk cave, as the "branch hall" of Qingyun Fort in Taihang, with Liang Xing as the head of the branch, and Fu Xuan and Liu Ze assisted left and right.

In addition, a draft was negotiated on the same day for the major chiefs to assign troops and horses to govern and seal the tiger symbol, including the formulation of various decrees and military regulations, and other matters, and awaited the implementation of them one by one in the future.

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After the Qingyunbao meeting that day, Zhang Xiaochun said with emotion: "The 100,000 people of the Hedong Righteous Army gathered from a plate of scattered sand overnight. This official seems to have foreseen that a towering cloud building is about to rise up in the Hedong territory! - Chu Tianya is indeed not an ordinary person! ”