"Ah Ping, this Hu man is so bold and arrogant, not just a rich businessman from somewhere!" Xue Liangyu on the side said enviously.

"Rich businessman?" Zhou Ping sneered: "I'm afraid it's not a rich businessman!" Look at the four or five people up and down that small building, all dressed as forbidden soldiers, I'm afraid that where did the noble chief come from, or the envoy! ”

"Hey, Ah Ping, how do you know that guy is not a rich merchant but an envoy and a noble chief?" Xue Liangyu asked curiously.

Zhou Ping lazily pointed to a few men guarding the building and said: "What's so difficult about this, look at the few people downstairs, they are wearing thin-soled official boots on their feet, and the kind of saber commonly used in the army is hung on their waists, they must be forbidden army sergeants, if they are ordinary Hu merchants, where can these people show them classes?" ”

Xue Liangyu took a closer look, and sure enough, as Zhou Ping said, the few guarding the staircase were all dressed as soldiers, but they were wearing a wide robe outside, he couldn't help but admire Zhou Ping's meticulous observation, and raised his thumb and praised: "Ah Ping, you are so powerful, nothing can escape your eyes!" ”

Zhou Ping smiled and didn't speak, in fact, it wasn't that he observed so carefully, but he already suspected that the two Hu people were envoys of the Jin people, so he would naturally pay a little more attention to that small building.

At this time, two more gongs sounded in the field, and the noise of the onlookers immediately stopped, and people's attention suddenly focused on the second battle that was about to begin. A middle-aged man said a few words in the middle of the field, announcing the two sides of the next match, and the crowd immediately burst into a louder cheer, which was three or four times louder than the cheers of the first battle.

Xue Liangyu, who was taken aback, patted his ears and said to himself: "I scared a certain family, are these people crazy?" Why didn't you see them so loud just now! “

A middle-aged man next to him turned his head and asked with a smile: "If a certain family is not mistaken, this little brother is not a local, right?" ”

"Yes, the kid is from Anyang, Xiangzhou, and he has only been in Tokyo for less than a month!" Xue Liangyu sang a fat song to the other party and asked, "But how did you guess it!" ”

"It turned out to be a native of Xiangzhou!" The middle-aged man smiled: "Unlike the last one, the opponents on both sides of this game are all local people in Tokyo, and there are many fans on both sides, so naturally the voice will be louder." These two heroes are quite famous in Tokyo, and if the little brother is a local, he will naturally know each other and will not say such things! ”

"I see, the kid just came to Tokyo, and he also knows 'Xiao Guan Suo' Li Bao alone!" At this time, Li Bao's opponent had already walked into the middle of the field, bowing to the audience, and the cheers were suddenly a few points higher, especially the female audience among them, who were all screaming and shouting, as if they were crazy, and scared Xue Liangyu again, he asked the middle-aged man just now: "Look at this momentum, I'm afraid that this guy's ability is three points more powerful than that 'Xiao Guan Suo', and it will definitely be a good fight!" ”

"This-" The middle-aged man showed a strange smile on his face, and pointed to the fluttering hand in the open space and said: "This 'little white wolf' is also a good player, but he can also rank about ten in Tokyo, but I am afraid that he is not Li Bao's opponent, and he will only support three or four rounds at most!" ”

Xue Liangyu looked at the man in the field, and saw a white wolf tattooed on his back, looking up to the sky and roaring, presumably this is the origin of his nickname, and asked, "Why is that?" ”

"Huh! This guy is handsome and graceful, and he is quite loved by the little ladies in Tokyo, so he naturally gets more cheers! ”

At this time, the little white wolf turned around, and sure enough, he saw his eyebrows into the sideburns, his nose was like a hanging gall, his eyes were like a star, and a plum was inserted next to his sideburns.

At this time, Li Bao also got off the field, and with the sound of a gong, the little white wolf threw the plum next to his sideburns into the crowd, which attracted a burst of women's competition. The two bowed to each other, and then put on a posture, only to see Li Bao as if he was a genius, still braking quietly; And the little white wolf circled around Li Bao, making an offensive posture from time to time, and Li Bao made a slight move, but he retreated. Zhou Ping looked at it for a while and saw that he was famous, this little white wolf was also a stranger, nearly a head taller than Li Bao, but his figure was not as strong as the other party, his hands and feet were slender, and his movements were light. If he gets close to Li Bao, his strength is not as good as the other party, and he will naturally suffer; But if you stretch the distance like this and stretch your feet to hook, you have already occupied an invincible position, which is also a good way. It's just that if it goes on like this, Li Bao brakes quietly, and his physical exertion is relatively small, but the little white wolf is six or seven years younger than Li Bao, and the result is uncertain.

However, in such a fight, the audience next to them did not agree, except for a few women, the rest of the men complained and scolded, demanding that the two sides really fight, instead of fighting and running like now, and the little white wolf just didn't hear it. And Zhou Ping nodded secretly, this little white wolf is not an embroidered pillow, he will use his brain in case of trouble, and he is not affected by others, he can stick to his own practices, he is a character, if he has the opportunity, he will get acquainted with him.

There was another gong in the field, which means that most of the time of this game has passed, if it goes on like this, it can only be regarded as a draw, and the surrounding audience saw this, and the scolding was even more ugly. At this time, he heard an angry shout, Li Bao pounced forward, opened his arms, and stopped the little white wolf, stretched out his right arm, and was about to take the opponent's left shoulder.

The little white wolf saw Li Bao pounce on him, and with a force under his feet, the whole person was like being on the ice, his waist did not move, his shoulders did not shake, and he stepped back three feet, just avoiding Li Bao's grasp, Li Bao snorted coldly, and he crossed the past with an arrow step, three points faster than the other party, and stretched out his hand like the other party's chest to take it. Seeing that the little white wolf was unavoidable, he suddenly leaned back, Li Bao took a vacancy, and couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly his hands tightened and his feet hurt, and the whole person pounced on the ground. It turned out that the little white wolf grabbed Li Bao's outstretched right hand, looked up to the sky and fell, and at the same time stretched out his right leg and hooked the opponent's left leg. Although Li Bao's feet were steady, he couldn't help the other party's weight and his own strength, and couldn't help but be thrown to the ground, and the little white wolf didn't wait for the other party to get up, so he wanted to grab the elbow joint of Li Bao's right arm, trying to twist it and force the opponent to admit defeat. But he didn't want the other party to twist his backarm, so he broke free from his hands, but grabbed his elbow joint, and then a strong force came, and he was thrown to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Good!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but high-five and cheered, the little white wolf's few movements were vaguely the "occasional falls" in Aikido seen in later generations, not relying on their own strength, but taking advantage of the opponent's momentum and the change of their own center of gravity to fall down the opponent. That's fine, but Li Bao was able to break free from the opponent's grasp when he had already lost a game, and instead knocked the opponent down, and the instantaneous reaction and small kung fu were also first-class.

In the middle of the field, Li Bao stood up and bowed to the crowd around to thank him. The little white wolf also got up, and there was no frustration on his face, and he made a gesture to the surroundings generously, which also attracted the shouts of a group of women, and the copper coins fell like raindrops. Zhou Ping took more than ten cents from his arms and threw it into the field, he thought that tonight's good show would end here, and was about to turn around and leave. But suddenly I heard someone outside shouting in a very blunt official dialect: "Wu Na man, I want to fight you for a game!" ”

Zhou Ping looked at the place where the voice came from in amazement, and saw a Hu man line up and walked into the venue, vaguely one of them who had just watched the corner in a nearby small building, and said to Li Bao: "How about you and I fall in a game?" If you're tired, I'll give you a break! ”

The audience thought that this was the program arranged that night, and they applauded one after another. Li Bao looked at the Hu man with a somewhat stunned gaze, only to see that the other party was bareheaded, with a short and thick neck, a stocky and powerful figure, and the whole person was like a square, knowing that he was a strong opponent, so he replied in a deep voice: "If you want to compete, and report your name and origin, a certain family will not compete with an opponent who has no background." ”

The Hu man laughed: "It's okay, my name is Xiao Sanduo, but I am an envoy sent by the Dajin Kingdom, are you willing to fight with me?" ”

"Come on, go down and stop it!" After returning from Liaodong, he moved to the third level in one go, and the ensuing job was to accompany several Jurchen envoys to see the prosperity of the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time ensure their safety, in the words of Emperor Zidaojun today: "Master Ziyun: If people from afar are not satisfied, then they will cultivate Wende." Now that the people from afar have come, they will show the abundance, Heng, Yu and Da of our dynasty, so that they can surrender the soldiers without a fight, so that they can return to their hearts and be used by the Celestial Empire! However, as a soldier who grew up in the Western Army, Ma Kuo was quite unimpressed by this approach of the Son of Heaven. In his opinion, to treat these rough and fierce barbarians, we should deliberately take tortuous detours as we did with Khitan envoys in the past, so as not to familiarize the other party with the roads in the Great Song Dynasty; Take only ordinary and crude utensils for their use, so as not to provoke the greed of the other party. But his deep-seated loyalty to the Son of Heaven prevented Ma Kuo from expressing his dissatisfaction, and he could only minimize the Jin envoy's knowledge of Tokyo, even if it was to participate in a wrestling match.

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