Chapter 18: Challenges

The situation of the election of the leader of the alliance is not the same in various places, and many places are selected without any suspense because of the great power of the faction, such as Wudang Mountain in Hubei and Shaolin Temple in Henan, which are all jointly elected by local heroes, and they can be elected just by virtue of their time-honored brands and old signboards, so there is no controversy to become the leader of the alliance in this region.

Zhang Qingze was very satisfied, he thought that he must be busy this time, and he gave Shaolin a boost in vain, which belonged to stealing chickens and rice, but he never expected that he would benefit from it and mix up an alliance leader. Zhang Qingze is not a pure-hearted monk, the official addiction is very heavy, although Wudang belongs to half of the official Taoist, not only Zhang Qingze has the imperial court, even Wudang Mountain has troops stationed, but the glorious heyday is also a matter of the early Ming Dynasty, and now it is somewhat lonely.

How can Zhang Qingze and other official fans be lonely, the previous few things that made a name for themselves were gone to the last time, and most of them lost their wives and soldiers, and their prestige was not erected, so that they fell into a lot of laughing stocks on the rivers and lakes. However, after all, Wudang's reputation is outside, and his roots are deep, and Zhang Qingze's own martial arts cultivation is not low, so his popularity in this election is still quite high, and he became the leader of the alliance very smoothly.

Of course, there are also differences, most of the places are easy to say, and the disputes are only because there are many sects, but there is no disparity in strength. This seems to be a convention, and when people who practice martial arts encounter disputes, in addition to the major issues of right and wrong, most of them are happy who wins and who is right.

Now this is exactly the case, whoever wins is the leader of the alliance. The martial arts are competitive and competitive in life, no matter how many people have the city government in their hearts now, they will inevitably be itchy when they encounter such things. Treating others, even the most powerful people in the rivers and lakes, are not very convinced, so the proposal to decide the leader of the alliance in the competition has been recognized by most people.

Of course, there are also places that are more difficult to do, such as Shuntianfu and Shandong, which are very different, which involves forces other than martial arts. Under normal circumstances, such a situation is not considered by people in the martial arts. However, there are exceptions to everything, special circumstances and special analysis, when a potential force is enough to affect the whole game. I have to think about it.

Let's talk about the situation of Shuntianfu first, there are many monks in Shuntianfu, and there are royal temples everywhere, each of which has an unclear relationship with the imperial court. The two groups of people in the Buddha and the Tao alone are chaotic enough. In addition, there are many famous families. belongs to the children of the family, so in addition to being a martial arts person, he also has a hereditary official position, which can be regarded as a figure in half of the officialdom, and there are even prominent families who have a gold medal and iron coupon book in their hands.

After talking about Shuntianfu, let's talk about Shandong, most of the people in Shandong are upright. Since ancient times, there is no first martial arts, no second, so the family. The big faction of the gate and the green forest ringing horses, they all wanted to be the leader of this alliance, and they didn't care about the smoothness of being a person, and they all blushed their necks for a while.

Shandong Xiangma is huge, but people swept the crowd for five or six circles and did not find any trace of Cai Longyu, and even Lu Bing, the behind-the-scenes boss, did not know whether Cai Longyu would come or not. Cai Longyu is the chief scoop of Shandong Xiangma, and his subordinates are even stronger, not to mention that others are only their own strength is Shandong's unique big locks.

Shandong Xiangma's chief scoop handle is generally recommended on the green forest road, not that whoever is strong and strong can be the leader, but people like Cai Longyu who are outstanding in both prestige and military strength are naturally the best candidates for the chief scoop handle. The green forest is the rivers and lakes, this is not what the ancestors said, so Cai Longyu is also eligible to run. If it is said that the chief scoop is competing for the leader of this alliance, those families are still sects, and they will not be competitive if they think about it. No matter how high your martial arts are, you can't match the thousands of troops and horses of the chief scoop.

It's just that Cai Longyu didn't come this time, although Lu Bing's martial arts are high, but he is not a native of Shandong, strictly speaking, Lu Bing is not a person on the martial arts road, and the martial arts that belong to the family are not running the rivers and lakes at all, the most important thing is that Lu Bing seems to have no intention of running for the election, so the position of the leader of the alliance has become a suspense again.

I only heard Wu Su say: "The poor monk still has something to say, please calm down." Everyone stopped the noise again and looked at Wu Su, who said: "Although Cai Longyu, the head of Shandong Xiangma, has not arrived, everyone in Shandong knows that Cai Longyu and Lu Bingnai are friends, so I think that Lord Lu Binglu can also represent Shandong Xiangma, not to mention that the Lu family industry in Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong is famous all over the world." And Lu Shaoxia has rescued the predecessors of the rivers and lakes many times, and he has an inseparable relationship with our martial arts people, so the little monk proposed that the alliance leader of Shandong also let Lu Shaoxia participate in the competition, what do you think of the candidates in Shandong? ”

"This" Immediately, several children of the family looked embarrassed, but soon they calmed down again. Because the Nanwu faction is also on the boundary of Shandong, Ji Lianhong just now, despite the obstruction of his master Liu Zhidong, also wants to represent the Nanwu faction to compete for the seat of the leader of Shandong.

Seeing Ji Lianhong's ability before, several children of the family naturally knew that they were by no means the opponent of Ji Lianhong's perfect pure yang skills, and if they forcibly fought with each other, it would be nothing more than self-inflicted humiliation. Now that Lu Binglai is pulling a handful of Nan Wu's spirit, Ji Lianhong's performance just now is a little arrogant, which can't help but annoy people.

And Lu Bing is so powerful, it's too late to stammer on weekdays, how can he offend this powerful person for the position of the alliance leader who can't fall on his head? What's more, with the addition of the killing god Lu Bing, you can watch another wonderful competition. In case the two of them lose and lose regardless of you and me, then it is good, and the rest of the people have a chance to compete again. As a result, everyone agreed to Gosu's proposal.

Ji Lianhong glanced at Lu Bing with slanted eyes, and said coldly: "This martial arts alliance leader is not bigger than whom, who has more money, and who has more subordinates. If this is the case, then let's not compare, there are all commanders or governors in each place, they have the most soldiers in their hands, and they will be the widest. The words are not rough, and the people who said it were speechless, and the young people who had good deeds were still hiding in the crowd to applaud, although they did not dare to show their faces for fear of causing trouble, but they were afraid that the matter would not be big enough. can't afford to fight, just because he sees that the funeral is not afraid of the funeral.

"It is said that I have to compete in kung fu." Ji Lianhong raised his arms and enjoyed the support of the do-gooders. Then he pressed his hands down and said confidently.

There are those who have a good relationship with Liu Zhidong, and they are also vassal at this moment, and Ji Lianhong is right. Lu Bing smiled and shook his head, he didn't want to compete for the chairmanship of the alliance, and the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Wu Su, was too weird, Lu Bing felt that he didn't have any good intentions when he pulled himself into the water at this time, there must be a conspiracy in it. Face these things yourself. You should avoid it, how can you fight with others, so you stand up and want to resign.

He hasn't spoken yet. But I heard Guo Feng say: "Let go of your mother's dog stinky fart, and people didn't say that they wouldn't compete with you in martial arts, Ji Lianhong, are you kid afraid, first deduct so many hats for others." Stunned everyone. What are you doing with all this nonsense. Lu Bing is a character who can fight against my Guo Feng, and you are an arrogant stinky boy, you are not qualified to judge him. Anyway, Guo Feng didn't look at Ji Lianhong, who was gritting his teeth with red ears and red ears, and turned his head to Lu Bing and said: "Compared with him, if you don't beat him out of green, he doesn't count him as having eaten leeks, is it a joke for us to kill thirteen knives, and the knife is bloody and kills." him. ”

Lu Bing was suddenly held by Guo Feng, and Guo Feng stood up for Lu Bing. It's not going to be easy. Lu Bing could excuse himself as much as he wanted, even if Ji Lianhong said that he was as timid as a mouse, he didn't care, how could Lu Bing's current identity be desperate because of a few words from others. What's more, although he is not afraid, Ji Lianhong's martial arts are indeed not low, and he has to compete in martial arts for the sake of an alliance leader, and Lu Bing does not have the leisure time.

But if he refuses to compete now, it will be tantamount to Guo Feng not being able to come to the stage. In that way, it was inevitable that it would be a little too unrighteous, Lu Bing was in a dilemma, and after a while, he raised his voice and said: "Then Lu is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

"Okay, it's late today, I'm tired of making noise all day, you and I will fight it out tomorrow, and there will be a period later!" Ji Lianhong brushed his sleeves away, and Liu Zhidong didn't know what to say, so he could only hug his fists in embarrassment, and followed his apprentice outside. Ji Lianhong walked to the door, pointed at Guo Feng with his hand and said, "I'll go to you after I finish packing this and call Lu Bing, you wait for Bendao!" ”

Guo Feng scolded from behind: "Ya is scared, scared, tomorrow, there is a kind of comparison today, you have to do me, come to me!" Looking at Guo Feng's crazy and resting appearance, and his constantly shaking head and messy hair, fellow martial artists either shook their heads and sighed, or secretly snickered.

After Lu Bing waited for Ji Lianhong to leave, he looked at Guo Feng's appearance and laughed, and hurriedly pulled Guo Feng to calm his anger. Duan Qingfeng said suspiciously: "You didn't want to participate, why are you involved now, why are you still laughing when you get into such trouble, and do senseless fights?" ”

"That's it, are you laughing at the old man's madness?" Guo Feng looked at Lu Bing and said.

"No, no, I'm laughing at this Ji Lianhong's brain-dead, it's not good to provoke anyone, I don't have time to pay attention to him if I provoke me, you don't want to deal with him if you provoke you, he has to provoke the sword demon Guo Feng. If Guo Feng is energetic, he will have a good time without Pike, and he will inevitably be harassed like Qingyuan Cave. Lu Bing said.

Duan Qingfeng glanced at his slanted eyes, he was really angry when he scolded just now, and Guo Feng, who was out of breath at this time, also laughed.

The clothed wolf sneered to himself: "Laugh, laugh, I see how long you can laugh, don't forget that the Ten Pure Yang Skills are not so easy to dismiss." ”

Everyone calmed down, and the sky was indeed a little late, and after all, many alliance leaders were elected today, Wu Su said: "Since the way of the agreed competition determines the choice of the alliance leader, and Ji Shaoxia and Lu Shaoxia also agreed to compete tomorrow." In my opinion, our contest will be held tomorrow. It's late today, and you're tired from the journey, the monks of Hongluo Temple ordered you to go to the Ganjian Valley on the west side of Hongluo Temple to rest for a while, do you heroes see it? ”

"Very good, very good." The crowd was full of voices of approval, and the fatigue of the journey was one of them, but where are the people who practice martial arts so fragile, and they can generally recover their physical strength after a little rest, just to find a reason, to take advantage of this night's free time to think about the countermeasures for tomorrow's martial arts competition, and to study the opponent is the real purpose.

Everyone followed the little monk of Hongluo Temple, and Lu Bing said to Duan Qingfeng: "Let's go, this is also near the capital, let's not stay overnight and go home and live, and come back tomorrow morning." I was on duty in the palace the other day, and I haven't been home for a few days. ”

"Okay." Duan Qingfeng and Lu Bing left Hongluo Temple together.

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Back home, Yang Feiyan naturally asked Lu Bing where he had been all day, it turned out that he had heard that Lu Bing had left the palace today, so Yang Feiyan ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and waited with his father-in-law Lu Song, ready to celebrate together, congratulating Lu Song on his promotion and getting the great joy of assistant Jinyiwei. As a result, Lu Bing disappeared for a day, Yang Feiyan was very anxious, found Wei He and asked him to investigate, and only later did he learn that Lu Bing had gone to Hongluo Temple.

Lu Bing and Duan Qingfeng returned to the mansion together, guarding Duan Qingfeng, Yang Feiyan naturally didn't know what to say, and Lu Bing didn't know the news of Lu Song's promotion when he was in the palace, and he didn't know that he was busy all the way. At this time, after hearing this, he was naturally surprised at first and then elated, so he hurriedly congratulated his father Lu Song, and a few people were so unhappy to eat and drink.

When Lu Bing returned to the room, he couldn't help but feel a little sore in his body, he hadn't rested well in the past few days, and he didn't prepare today, so he suddenly started with Guo Feng, and his body was a little sore, thinking of tomorrow's competition, Lu Bing hurriedly called Yang Feiyan to massage himself.

Yang Feiyan said with a cold face: "You really called me as a person, just find a maid to do this kind of thing." ”

"That's not good, skin-to-skin blind date, I didn't hold it anymore, don't you say you have another sister, I'm a lover, I can't do the things of a girl, how can I take a concubine, this is against the instructions of your two sisters in Dengzhou." Lu Bing said with a wicked smile.

"Begging for a beating!" Yang Feiyan slapped Lu Bing lightly and pretended to be angry. (To be continued......)