Chapter 24: The Tournament
Suddenly two uninvited guests appeared, Chen Zikun immediately became alert, first stood in the corner of the wall, to make sure that he was safe behind him, and then asked: "It's here, what advice do you two have for me?" ”
The two men had a plate belt around their waists tightly, bubble pants, leg belts, and fish scale shoes, and at first glance they were people who practiced martial arts, and they spoke politely: "Our master heard that he was famous and wanted to meet you." ”
Saying a post with both hands, Chen Zikun took it, unfolded it, and saw that the few words on it were very scribbled, and the grammar was not neat, but the meaning came, it was nothing more than a long-term famous name, and wanted to meet friends with martial arts in the rivers and lakes, the location was located in Taoran Pavilion on the west side of the overpass, and the time was at noon tomorrow, signed by Yu Zhankui of Qi Tianwu Museum.
Chen Zikun hadn't heard of the name of Tai Zhankui at all, but he could figure it out with a little brain, this guy must have been invited by the Ma family to find the field, he arched his hand and said, "I will definitely arrive." ”
The two men hugged their fists and went, their steps were vigorous, and they were clearly walking the jumping steps of checking the boxing door, but Chen Zikun had never practiced martial arts with a formal apprentice, so he could only see that these two people were practitioners, and their work was not weak.
Back in the courtyard, Chen Zikun showed the post to Zhao Dahai, and Zhao Dahai was immediately shocked: "You agreed?" ”
Chen Zikun wondered: "Of course I agreed, isn't it just a fight." ”
Zhao Dahai said: "This is not an ordinary fight, Yu Zhankui is clearly invited by Ma Shihai to deal with you, tomorrow he will definitely take advantage of the opportunity of the competition to take your life, the Ma family does not dare to deal with you in private because of the face of the foreign doctor, so he came up with this trick, it is really vicious." ”
Chen Zikun said: "Is that Yu Zhankui very powerful? ”
Zhao Dahai said: "Not only is it very powerful, he is a native of Cangzhou, he has been good at martial arts since he was a child, he has countless apprentices, and he is proficient in all kinds of boxing techniques. ”
Chen Zikun sneered: "I really want to meet him in this way." ”
Zhao Dahai couldn't persuade him, so he had to say: "Since this is the case, I can't hide, I will go to the master early tomorrow morning and ask him to go out of the old man's house, and if there is a mistake at that time, someone will take care of it." ”
As he was talking, there was a knock on the door outside, and Xing'er came in with food, a bowl of millet porridge, thick enough to fit into chopsticks, two big nests, a green onion, a plate of miso, and two boiled eggs, all of which were hot.
"Yo, why did you leave me food?" Chen Zikun was already hungry, and beckoned Xing'er and said, "Let's eat together." ”
"No, I've eaten it." Xing'er's face suddenly turned red, and her voice was as low as a mosquito, "Eat slowly, and I'll clean up the dishes and chopsticks tomorrow." ”
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Ma family, there is a guest sitting on the Taishi chair in the living room, with a shiny head, not only no hair, but even the eyebrows and mustache are shaved cleanly, the bridge of the nose is collapsed, the eye sockets are deep, a pair of eyes are extremely gloomy, and the body is wearing an elegant black satin horse coat.
"Brother Zhan Kui is so handsome." Ma Shihai praised.
"Don't dare to be!" The bald guest clenched his fists, and his voice was cold and hard, as if squeezed out of a tin cylinder.
Ma Shihai said: "Yesterday's incident, I must have heard about it, I am almost seventy years old, I am so humiliated, it is really better to die than to die, if Brother Zhan Kui can take this evil breath for me...... A small meaning is not a respect. ”
The servant came with a square wooden tray, on which was a silver ocean sealed with red paper, and fifty pieces were wrapped into a cylindrical shape, which was as many as five hundred.
Yu Zhankui just glanced at it, and didn't pick up the stubble, and disdainfully dusted off the dust that didn't exist on the horse coat.
Ma Shihai is such an old and sophisticated person, and suddenly smiled: "This is a small amount of money for the brothers to drink tea, and after the matter is completed, there will be another thanks." ”
The flesh on Yu Zhankui's face twitched, revealing a hint of a smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "Actually, I don't need Boss Ma to give money, I also want to meet this disciple of the Kanto hero." ”
Ma Shihai said: "This person is not very old, his kung fu is not weak, and he has foreigners as backers, it is clear that he is bullying me and there is no one in China, and no one in the Beijing national art world. ”
Yu Zhankui sneered: "That's natural, don't say it's a traitor scum, it's a foreigner, and I will teach the same lesson." ”
Another tall man walked into the living room and reported to Yu Zhankui, "Master, the post has been given to him. We followed him all the way, he went to the Gu Mansion in Chunshu Hutong first, and then to the Mansion of Professor Liu of Peking University, I don't know what he did. ”
Yu Zhankui was suddenly surprised, if this person was visiting the martial arts master in the capital, he would not be surprised, but the people who came and went were all celebrities in the cultural world, which was really strange.
However, the more this is the case, the more it can arouse Yu Zhankui's interest, and he turned his head to Ma Shihai and said, "Tomorrow's arrangement depends on Boss Ma's worries." ”
Ma Shihai said: "It's all on the old brother, Guan Bao invited all the friends in the Beijing martial arts to be a witness." ”
Yu Zhankui got up to say goodbye, Ma Shihai picked up the tea bowl, the housekeeper shouted to send off the guests, and the Ma family sent the guests to the gate respectfully.
"Stay." Yu Zhankui clenched his fists.
"I'm not far away." The young and old of the Ma family also bowed their hands with pride, and watched Yu Zhankui and his two apprentices go away.
"Dad, can Yu Zhankui deal with that kid?" Ma Laosi asked.
"Okay or not, does it have anything to do with our family?" Ma Shihai smiled compassionately, showing a cunning smile.
Last night's incident, he was not the only one who was ashamed, Ma Shihai, this evil breath Li Gongzheng couldn't swallow it anyway, he found his old friend, a small official who had been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than ten years, to inquire about the details of Dr. Stanley of the Citi Clinic in Xuanwumen, but the result surprised him.
The background of this foreigner old man is not simple, during the Gengzi Rebellion, he fought street battles with the Boxers in Dongjiaomin Lane, and those foreigners in the embassy area knew his name, it was said that he was still a colonel in the United States Army, that was a great official, and even the minister had to be polite when he saw it.
In this case, even if the way to solve the problem is blocked, no one will dare to accept this trick, even if it is the face of Li Jingzheng.
Find someone to shade that kid in private, this is a way, but the rivers and lakes are so big, the incident happened, everyone knows that the old Ma family did it, that kid is helping the beard, it doesn't matter if he dies, it will be troublesome to cause disaster to the Ma family, although the Ma family is a local tyrant, but there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, so that the bandits are worried about it, and no one can stand it.
So, Ma Shihai thought of the trick of borrowing a knife to kill people, Yu Zhankui is arrogant and greedy for money, and his martial arts are strong, so he asked him to go out to find Chen Zikun to compete in the name of martial arts.
"The third and fourth, call all the friends on the road tomorrow and let everyone watch the fun." Ma Shihai flicked his sleeves and stepped into the door.
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On the morning of the next day, a large number of martial arts people in the capital gathered at Taoran Pavilion, which was originally a place for literati to gather, and suddenly a large number of martial artists who tied up the board belt and wore bubble pants came, so that several literati and ink writers who were originally enjoying the snow and drinking in the pavilion were quite interested, and they also watched.
The night before yesterday, the Ma family made a fuss, it had already spread all over the city, and the teahouse and restaurant talked about this matter, and there were no less than 100 guests in the Ma family that day, and everyone was trying their best to spread various versions of the story, what robbed the rich and helped the poor, the hatred of taking wives, holding police officers hostage, and hurting people with darts, the men in the capital were born with the potential to tell stories.
Last night, there was news that Yu Zhankui, who was invincible all over the capital, made a big fuss in Mafu, and the gentlemen in the capital liked to join in the fun.
The small stall vendors on the flyover smell the wind and move, carrying baskets and shuttling here, the cries of peanuts, melon seeds, cigarettes, tea leaves and eggs come and go, and the Taoran Pavilion is usually deserted and deserted, and it is lively like a temple fair.
The spectators greeted each other warmly, talking about the weather and the current situation, the weather was good, the sun was hanging high, the Taoran Pavilion was facing the lake on three sides, the lake was frozen as smooth as a mirror, and the willow trees on the shore were only bare branches.
The main master finally arrived, and the owner of the Monkey King Martial Arts Pavilion came to Tao Ran Pavilion surrounded by apprentices, and the spectators shouted one after another: "Master Kui has arrived!" ”
Yu Zhankui hugged his fists in all directions, greeted people he knew, and came to the pavilion, someone had already put up a chair, sat down with a golden knife, made a pot of tea first, and waited slowly.
That little white dragon of Raushzi hadn't arrived yet, Yu Zhankui felt a little uncomfortable, and had the heart to turn around and teach him a hard lesson.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the north, it turned out that the opponent had arrived, and Chen Zikun also came to Taoran Pavilion accompanied by a group of people from the courtyard.
The two sides met in the pavilion, and after greeting each other with fists, Chen Zikun said: "I am deeply honored that the owner of the pavilion can afford to learn martial arts with me, but according to the rules of our Kanto, the party who accepts the challenge has the right to choose the way of competition." ”
Yu Zhankui's eyebrows furrowed, and then he unfolded again, what does he rely on to dominate Beijing's martial arts, that is, he is omniscient, omnipotent, check boxing, elastic legs, Bajiquan, Bagua palm, iron sand palm, eagle claw, sword, sword, halberd, axe, hook and fork, Zhuzi meteor, soft whip and hard mace, regardless of whether it is on the hands and feet, or on the equipment, all of them can be handled.
"Okay, you can compare it to anything." Yu Zhankui said.
"Than marksmanship." Chan said.
Yu Zhankui was taken aback, the moon stick knife has been a gun for a lifetime, this young man is not simple.
"I don't know if the owner of the pavilion is good at pistols or spears? Box cannon or water beads? Chen Zikun's next sentence almost didn't make Yu Zhankui's mouth crooked.