Chapter Eighty-Three: A Fair Duel
Zhong Wuregret said to them, "I think the best way for you to solve this problem is to duel!" ”
"Duel?" Cheng Jia and Pan Chong's son was dumbfounded when he heard this.
Zhong Wuregret asked the two of them, "Do you like this Yingying girl?" ”
"I like it!" Cheng Jia said with Pan Chong's son.
"Since I like her, I will duel, draw my sword and be angry and blush." Zhong Wuregret said it categorically. When his words later spread throughout the royal city, I don't know how many girls won the hearts of girls, even if they were prostitutes, but this pride and infatuation for the sake of their beloved was enough to make those powerful princes who regarded women as playthings ashamed.
"Huh!?" However, Cheng Jia and Pan Chong's son looked at each other as soon as they heard the duel, is it worth this for a woman?
"But," Zhong Wuregret continued: "The lives of the two sons are precious, how valuable are you, duel for a beautiful woman, either you die or I am injured, it's too worthless, right?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes." The two of them hurriedly answered.
"Then you can find someone else to replace the duel." Zhong Wuregret said.
"Find someone to replace the duel?"
"Yes, there are three swordsmen or swordsmen on each side, and they will fight, best-of-three sets, three duels, and whichever side wins two victories, this Yingying girl will belong to whomever it is.
The two sons have made such a big fuss that everyone in the city knows about it, and for the sake of fairness, and to tell everyone a happy ending, I think that a duel will be fought here, and the winner will take Miss Yingying on the spot. What do the two sons think? Zhong Wuregret asked.
"Good!" Cheng Jia and Pan Chong's sons applauded in unison, they are now on the same footing, and they can't wait to chop each other into meat puree to relieve their hatred, and when they think that they don't need to come forward, how can they disagree. So, they made an agreement on the spot to duel here in three days, and then rushed back with their families, busy asking their father to find someone to prepare for the duel in three days.
Miss Yingying glanced at Zhong Wuregret with resentment, and also got up and left.
The beauty guard secretly sent off the queen of Chu. Zhong Wuregret hurriedly called the old bustard and asked her to remove the things in the middle of the hall, leaving an empty field, and then enclosing a square field with hemp rope, just like a modern boxing ring, with cushions placed on the south, east, and west sides as audience seats.
He strictly ordered the old bustard to tell the shopkeeper of the Qinglou that all things related to the duel must be arranged by Zhong Wuregret, so that no matter what problems arise, Zhong Wuregret will bear it, otherwise, the shopkeeper will be responsible for everything.
In Wangcheng, Ling Yin's son and Taishi's son duel for a woman, this is an unheard of event, if there is a trace of sloppiness, the lightest is also a matter of losing the head, how can a small Qinglou in Cuixiangyuan take on such a heavy responsibility, since Zhong Wuregret spoke, there are still people in Cuixiangyuan who do not obey?
Zhong Wuregret expressly ordered that no one was allowed to enter the venue without his special credentials. Zhong Wuregret set up a ticket office in Cuixiang Garden.
The first five rows of the dueling arena are seated with fifty taels of silver, and the rest of the seats are seated with twenty taels of silver. Where there is no seat in the back row, there is a standing ticket for every five taels of silver.
Later, when he learned that each of the seats in the front row was fried for one hundred taels of silver, Zhong Wuregret was so angry that he stomped his feet, and the fare should have been set high, and the silver saved leaked into other people's pockets.
The admission ticket is a silk silk with a number written on it and stamped with Zhong Wuregret's seal. At the scene of the duel, the lottery will be carried out according to the number on the silk, and the dueling field will be divided into first, second and third prizes.
The first prize is a bottle of Zhong Wuregret's perfume, the second prize is a bronze lamp from Zhong's workshop, and the third prize is a silk painting painted by Miss Yingying.
Plus, there's more surprises on the scene.
If nothing else, the duel between Yin's son and Taishi's son is enough to cause a sensation in the city. In less than an hour the next day, all tickets to the dueling arena were sold out.
Although it was a son's fight, it was actually their father's business, who told them to shout "My father is the minister of state!" "My dad is a national teacher!" This!
Face must not be lost, Pan Chong quickly found three swordsmen with the highest martial arts skills among the guards, and asked them to help their sons duel, Pan Chong immediately gave each of these three swordsmen a hundred taels of silver, asking them to go all out to win.
After Cheng Jia knew about this duel, he immediately selected two masters with knives from the guards, these swordsmen have been fighting with Cheng Jia in the north and south for many years, charging and slashing in the enemy formation, iron will plus actual combat experience, Cheng Jia estimates that they have no problem winning, about the third candidate, Cheng Jia found someone to call Zhong Wuregret.
As soon as they met, Cheng Jia said, "You made a lot of money this time, right?" ”
Zhong Wuregret hurriedly said: "Except for various expenses, I don't earn too much, but if the adults are not satisfied with my money, we can divide it fifty-fifty." ”
"Money is a trivial matter, you did this time, but you pushed me and Taishi Pan directly to the dueling arena, do you know?" Cheng Jia said sternly.
"Not really, right?" Zhong Wuregret pretended to be very innocent: "I want to go to Cuixiangyuan to play, I happened to meet two sons preparing to play a big hand for a girl, and the bustard wants me to resolve the dispute, think about it, your son is arrogant, why should he let the beautiful woman he likes to Pan Chong's son?"
It's a small thing to give a beautiful woman, but it's a big thing to lose the face of an adult. The noble prince didn't want to lose to the other party, so as not to spread rumors that Yin was afraid of the Taishi, so he wanted to meet Pan Chong's son with the sword. For the sake of the safety of your son, I had to make a temporary idea to ask them to send someone to duel, and if they won, the adults have face, and if they lose, they will blame their subordinates for not being able to do anything, and it is better to give up than to do nothing. ”
As soon as he heard what Zhong Wuregret said the same as what his son said, Cheng Jia's face softened a little: "In this duel, do you want me to win, or do you want me to lose?" ”
"Of course, I hope that the adults will win, the current fame of the adults is like the sky, the people admire, the people love, and the beauties admire ......" was when Zhong Wuregret was touting like a spring, Cheng Jia's words made him shut down.
"Since you want me to win so much, there is still one person left of the three dueling people, so you will be on top of this person! You know better what it means to me to win, and you must not let me down. Cheng Jia said.
Zhong Wuregret was dumbfounded, he participated in the duel, and neither won nor lost. If he wins, he completely offends Pan Chong, which means that he has stood in Cheng Jia's camp. If he is defeated, he may even stay on the scene with his life, and if he uses his true martial arts, it is strange that the treacherous and cunning Cheng Jia and Pan Chong are not suspicious of him.
Those who have intentions will deliberately forbear, in this way, the king of Chu's strategy to confuse the enemy will be fully exposed, he and the king of Chu have not yet plumped their wings, in front of these two powerful ministers, there is only the life of slaughter.
"Your Excellency!"
Without waiting for Zhong Wuregret to continue speaking, Cheng Jia raised his hand to stop him, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Lord Zhong doesn't have to refuse. After that, he said meaningfully, "I know you have what it takes to win, right?" ”
"The small one can only do it reluctantly, the sword has no eyes, in case you lose, please don't blame the adult." Zhong Wuregret said with a sad face.
The fact that Zhong Wuregret participated in the duel as a player on Cheng Jia's son's side quickly spread throughout the city, and suddenly, the price of the admission ticket rose sharply, which was a result that Zhong Wuregret never expected.
After hearing the news, Pan Chong came to Guixiang Garden, where Lingbo girl Guixiang Lou lived.
After seeing Miss Lingbo, Pan Chong said hatefully: "I didn't expect Ziyi and Gongzi Xie to die, that little lewd thief would throw himself into Cheng Jia so quickly, and this time he openly stood up for Cheng Jia's child, this time I have to teach him a good lesson." I also asked the girl to send the master of the Jin Kingdom to participate in the finals, and kill this lewd thief to relieve the hatred in my heart. ”
Miss Ling Bo said: "There are many masters under the Taishi, why bother with my people? ”
Pan Chong sighed and said: "Girl, you don't know, this thief can't do martial arts, but he is the first to escape, how many times he has not died, relying on escape, even this time Ziyi sent him to kill Cheng Jia, none of the assassins lived, but he escaped." ”
"Is it really that powerful?" Miss Limbo was interested.
"I also find it strange, but this thief is so slippery that I don't know if he used any trick." Pan Chong said.
Miss Ling Bo smiled slightly and said, "Listening to what the Taishi said, I think that participating in the finals this time to go against the Taishi may be Cheng Jia's strategy, he wants to force Zhong Wuregret to go against the Taishi, and the Taishi must not be fooled." ”
"How?" Listening to Miss Lingbo's words, Pan Chong quickly calmed down, but he still wanted to hear Miss Lingbo's analysis.
"I heard that Zhong Wuregret came up with a duel at the right time, and in order to relieve the siege of Cuixiangyuan, he came up with a duel. I've seen a lot of this in Guixiang Building, and if it weren't for Lord Zhong to come forward, this thing would be really difficult to do. Now he has turned this into a fair competition, which has indeed solved the problem for Cuixiangyuan and saved the face of both sides of the fight.
If you are at the scene, you have to fight to the death, maybe, the problem of Taishi is even greater, if Cheng Jia's son kills your precious son, what can you do with him? If your son kills Cheng Jia's son, he will go to prison. The prison is all under the control of Cheng Jia, maybe find someone to assassinate your son in prison, and then publicize that your son commits suicide in fear of crime, and then the Taishi will have a hard time!
I am not in the Qinglou, I can't feel the difficulties of the Qinglou, I have a deep understanding. Lord Zhong's move not only solved the problem faced by Cuixiangyuan at that time, but also avoided direct conflict between the two sides, it can be said that Lord Zhong's move is a rare trick, Taishi can think about it, when encountering this problem, how many of your strategists can immediately come up with a countermeasure?
However, Lord Zhong is also quick-witted, and immediately came up with the idea of using this opportunity to make money. I heard that now each admission ticket has been sold for more than 80 taels of silver, that is to say, if you buy the admission ticket early, you will earn more than 30 taels of silver when you change hands, and I have never heard of such a fast money. This Lord Zhong is also really. At this, Miss Limbo smiled unconsciously.
"Master Tai thinks about it, what Lord Zhong wants is to make money. And this duel is actually a contest between Taishi and Ling Yin Chengjia, doesn't Lord Zhong know the risks of this duel? Even the Taishi thinks that such a slippery guy will be willing to die, and he will be willing to be the enemy of the Taishi in public? So I think that Cheng Jia now hopes that Taishi will think so, so that he can kill Master Zhong, so that Lord Zhong will have no chance to follow Master Zhong if he wants to.
If Taishi's subordinates kill Lord Zhong, the King of Chu will definitely hold a grudge against Taishi and support Cheng Jia instead. Therefore, Lord Zhong can't be killed, and having him help a mediocre King of Chu is really the best thing for us.
In the future, if the Taishi can sit on the throne, Chu and Jin will join forces, and they will definitely be invincible in the world! All the other nations are in our pocket. Miss Limbo ended her thorough analysis.
"So, what does the girl think she should do?" Pan Chong really calmed down.
"Put Master Zhong on the dueling arena and let him remember the great grace of the Grand Master!" Miss Limbo said.
"However, in a life-and-death duel, once lost, there will be many problems." Pan Chong said implicitly.
"Taishi is right, so we have to find another way!" Miss Limbo said meaningfully.
Three days later, the duel will take place as scheduled.