The four referees who had gone up the hill were placed in the guest rooms of the outer courtyard with their entourage. Xiao Jiading is still the only one who lives in the backyard of several teachers, which was arranged by Zhixiu and Zhijue, and Zhijue did not make adjustments.

In the evening, Mrs. Zhijue arranged a table of vegetarian banquets to entertain several VIPs, including Xiao Jiading and a few of them. An exception was made for a few jars of wine, but no meat dishes were served. Being able to drink in the Emei Mountain Nunnery is already a rare treatment, so everyone let go of their stomachs to eat and drink.

Xiao Jiading toasted one by one with his wine glasses, first to the two judges of the academy, and then to Lu Zhaolin. That Tang Xuanzang's disciple Shi Xuanji was also drinking. At the beginning of this person's practice, the desire of the world has not been broken, and the travel is accompanied by three cars, the front car is sutra, the middle car is self-riding, and the rear car is a prostitute, maid, and food, so he has the nickname of "three-car mage". Alcohol is also not abstained, and the amount of alcohol is very good. and Xiao Jiading actually toasted three bowls in a row.

Because they had to prepare for the next day's competition, they made a slight gesture and went back to the cave where they practiced to retreat and cultivate.

Xiao Jiading and the four referees continued to drink, and when the wine was full, he held the wine bottle and squinted his drunken eyes to the two court judges: "We can eat such a good vegetarian banquet, it is the result of the hard work of the chefs in the kitchen, I want to toast them with a glass of wine!" Are you going or not? ”

The Tang Dynasty was strictly hierarchical, and these were Confucians, famous men and monks, how could they be willing to hand over the knots to toast the cook? shook his head with the intention of wine and refused directly, so Xiao Jiading took the wine bottle, staggered up and came to the kitchen.

A few cooks are busy, and the Emei faction is a nunnery. All the people in it, including those who do the menial work, are women, and this kitchen is no exception. All women, tall, short, fat and thin. When he saw Xiao Jiading coming in, he hurried over to greet him. Xiao Jiading toasted one by one, and when he toasted Heigu, Xiao Jiading quipped: "Your strength is really great!" I heard that your martial arts are also good! ”

Hei Gu's face was expressionless: "Coarse and shallow fur, just to strengthen the body." ”。

"You are very modest...... said, Xiao Jiading staggered and was a little unsteady, made a loud wine burp, and fanned it with his hand. Squinting drunken eyes. Suddenly bent down, leaned into Heigu's ear and whispered: "Your Emei faction's martial arts are extremely powerful, and I have a deep understanding of this." By chance, I learned your Emei faction's unique trick of transmitting sound into secrets. This thing is good. Only one person can hear me. I'm a person who can write poetry in seven steps, and if I help someone else compose poetry or something, it's easy to ......."

Just said that. He seemed to sense that something was wrong, and immediately burped again, and said, "I'm kidding, there's no such thing...... how can I learn the martial arts of your Emei faction?" I'm not a woman...... Hey! Come on, come on! Drink! ”

Hei Gu drank the wine without saying a word.

After Xiao Jiading toasted, he returned to the wine table. Everyone drank very happily, and the two Hongru did not drink well and soon got drunk. Mo Feipeng was very restrained and barely drank much. The two heads of the catchers, as well as Master Shi Xuanji and the great poet Lu Zhaolin, fought with Xiao Jiading for wine, and they were all drunk at the end, and with the support of the servants and nuns, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Xiao Jiading returned to the meditation room, did not take off his clothes, and fell asleep.

After a while, a dark shadow appeared at the door of his meditation room, took a knife, gently opened the latch, carefully pushed open the door and entered, came to the meditation bed, looked down at the sleeping Xiao Jiading, showed a hideous smile, pounced on it all at once, and pressed his knee against Xiao Jiading's chest, at the same time, grabbed his head and twisted it hard, and heard a click, the head fell off in response! The black shadow grabbed the human head and saw that it was a wooden bodhisattva head!

The black shadow was taken aback and was about to turn around, but was hit in the back of the head by a powerful slash and fell to the ground.

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The next morning, the election for the head of the Emei faction officially began.

In the square in front of the Daxiong Hall of the Emei faction, there are five referees sitting on several couches, and behind them are the guests of the various sects of the rivers and lakes who were invited to watch the ceremony. Xiao Jiading and the other four are now among them.

Behind the guests were the monks and lay disciples of the Emei faction. On both sides of the square, sat the candidates for the general election, Zhijue Shitai and Zhishui Shitai, and behind them, stood their respective disciples. On the other side, there is Huiyi, the representative of the younger generation, and behind her are the senior sisters and sisters.

Around the main hall, there are two rows of guards holding ringing sticks and knives.

The presiding officer of the head election competition, for the sake of fairness, specially invited the head of the Hengshan faction, Dexin Zen Master, to serve.

Zen Master Dexin's eyebrows are already gray, but he is full of energy, and he is immortal. Coming to the field, he said: "In today's Emei faction head election, there were originally a total of five candidates running, but unfortunately two of them were unfortunately killed, and the other Zhixiu Shitai traveled to let his disciple Huiyi participate. So there are only three candidates left. According to the will of none of the previous heads, the new head was elected through a general election. There are three tests in total, which are Zen theory, martial arts and poetry. Each match is decided by the five judges present. The first place gets three points, the second place gets two points, the third place gets one point, and after three games, the person with the highest number of points is elected! If the points are tied, an extra game will be played to determine the winner. In the extra event, both sides choose two contents, and the two people choose one of the same, that is, the event of the competition, if they choose both items are the same, they will be determined by drawing lots. All three rounds are carried out in wheel battles, and those who defeat the other two contestants in a row are the first, and the remaining two will face off again to determine the second and third places. - Did the three contestants hear clearly? ”

This rule was modified because of the murder of Zhixu Shitai, and the three of them already knew the Tao in advance. They all nodded.

Zen Master Dexin didn't talk nonsense, and said loudly: "Okay, now, the competition begins!" The first competition is Zen theory! The method of the contest is dialectic! The elders will guard first, and the younger ones will fight. Each side has a question, and the poor one loses. Whoever loses two games in a row is a loser! ”

At that moment, the wise master stepped into the field, and with a flick of the sleeves of his robe, he made a move. Standing there, looking at Shita Zhishui.

Zhishui Shitai stepped out, and the two of them saluted with one palm, and then began.

The debate was very intense, but unfortunately Xiao Jiading did not understand Buddhism, and listened to it in the clouds, during which there were several controversies, and the referee Shi Pei Ji and Wuliang Zen Master and others were invited to adjudicate. The two continued to debate the scriptures, but this time they were still too poor in wisdom and were finally sentenced to lose.

So, the youngest Huiyi came to power. Huiyi looks gentle and elegant on the outside, but her meditation practice is good, and the two sides have gone through seven rounds of competition, and Huiyi was judged to lose by the referee after the worst. So in the first round of Zen theory, Zhishui Shitai won the first place in a row.

Xiao Jiading carefully looked at Zhishui's expression after the victory, it was a kind of satisfaction in her chest, it was obvious that she was very confident in her Zen principles, and took it for granted that she won the championship.

Then, the Wisdom Master Tai and Hui Yi conducted a Zen debate. This is the competition that will determine the rankings, and both of them have solemn faces. However, although Huiyi is young and junior, Zen theory is not ambiguous at all, and Zhizhuo Master spends too much time on martial arts, and Zen theory is not as pure as Huiyi. As a result, after three rounds of fierce battles, the referee ruled that Huiyi won.

In this way, after the first round of the Zen Theory Competition, Zhishui Master Tai scored three points, Huiyi scored two points, and Zhijue Master Tai scored one point.

Next, there will be a martial arts competition.

This is the most eye-catching. Everyone was excited, especially those lay disciples of the Emei faction, who joined the Emei faction, and the most important thing was to take a fancy to the martial arts of the Emei faction. So one by one they stretched their necks.

It was Zhijue Shitai who defended, and the first one to attack was Zhishui Shitai.

Originally, Zhijue Shitai's martial arts were the highest among the three, but she wanted to yin Zhixiu Shitai, but she was calculated by Zhixiu Shitai, and was slapped by Zhixiu Shitai and was seriously injured, because the time was too short, there was no time to recover, and she was forcibly supported in the ring. In the previous Zen competition, she was at the bottom and only scored one point. This one can't be lost no matter what, and her poetry is not sure to win, so this one is the key to whether she can win the position of the leader! She can't afford to lose.

Zhijue Shitai took a deep breath, looked at Zhishui Shitai who came over slowly, smiled coldly, and said, "Third Senior Sister, please!" ”

"Offended!" Zhishui Shitai struck out with one palm, and it turned out to be aimed at Zhijue Shitai's already injured left chest!

This is the idea of attacking its weakness. Zhijue Shitai's face changed slightly, he snorted coldly, and dodged sideways, and the two sides fought fiercely. Everyone present can see that Zhishui Shitai knows that Zhishui Master is too injured and does not dare to use force, so he wants to aggravate the opponent's internal injuries by hitting hard, so as to win. For a while, the disciples of the Wisdom Master were all clamoring.

However, the rules of the game do not prohibit attacking the opponent's weakness, on the contrary, making full use of the opponent's weaknesses and attacking the enemy's weaknesses with their own strengths is the only way to defeat the enemy, so although it looks a little immoral, it is also in line with the basic idea of the competition.

Zhishui Shitai ignored the clamor of those disciples at all, and started more ruthlessly, and it was completely a rampage, which provoked the anger of the already arrogant Zhijue Shitai, she originally saw the intention of Zhishui Shitai, so she tried to use the method of swimming, but she was forced to be very embarrassed by Zhishui, and she didn't want to fight anymore, so she shouted violently, and finally came out with both palms, and fought hard with Zhishui Shitai!

Rumble!

Both of them took a few steps backwards, Zhishui Shi Tai stood firmly, but Zhijie Shitai opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood! The body is shaky and unsteady on its feet.

Zhishui Shi Taifei flew out, and slashed at Zhijue with one palm. Zhishui Shitai did not recover at all, and reluctantly raised her palm to meet the enemy, but everyone knew that she would suffer a big loss this time. In the field, the host of the scene, Zen Master Dexin, opened the Zhijue Master lightly, and said to the Zhishui Master: "The victory and defeat have been divided, no need to fight anymore." ”

Only then did Mrs. Zhishui withdraw her hand, put her palm together and said: "Accept, thank you sister!" ”

The panel of judges unanimously ruled that Zhishui was too victorious. (To be continued......)