8. Guests come like clouds
Three days later, early in the morning.
At the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, the crowd is bustling and lively, and when the sky is bright, there are people who come here and wait under the stone steps at the bottom of the mountain.
By the time came, the number of people gathered at the foot of the mountain had reached hundreds.
However, there are fewer people in the rivers and lakes, and there are more people from all kinds of markets, including beggars wearing hundreds of clothes, and teenagers dressed in ordinary clothes and carrying burdens.
There are also children who come with their parents.
There are plainly dressed peasants, there are rich people dressed in silk and satin, and there is a unique combination of parents dressed as Jianghu people and children also wearing small power suits.
There are even women.
Of course, there are fewer of them.
Most of these people are locals near Jinling, and some come from other places in the south of the Yangtze River.
A few months ago, when Shen Qiu made trouble in Wulong Villa, Qin Xuming, the acting owner of the village, said that although the head of Ren Haomeng died, Wulong Villa still wanted to be a sect of rivers and lakes.
Some time ago, news was released that today is the day when Wulong Villa opened a sect and recruited disciples.
There are so many people in Jinling City, in fact, not all of them rushed to join in the excitement of the evil meeting, and there are also some young people who rushed to Wulong Villa to learn art.
And there are quite a few of them.
However, this time, Wulong Villa accepted disciples and released the rules in advance.
Only those under the age of 16 are accepted, regardless of origin, whether male or female, as long as they have the qualifications to practice martial arts, as long as they are not traitors and evildoers, they can get started.
In addition to these people who came to apprentice, there were also some people from the rivers and lakes who came to join in the fun.
They also wanted to see if the people of the Five Dragons Villa could hold up the platoon after the death of the leader of the Ren Hao Alliance.
Since it's a fun, there must be a truth. The people who eat melons, and some troublemakers who are not suspicious.
However, there are very few troublemakers who came today, and they have already released words before, and those guys who want to "replace" the leader of the Hao Alliance and try to pass on the succession have not been able to come over.
The reason is simple.
A few days ago, there was such a big event in the Jinling City Evil Punishment Conference, and many good people who let out words have now become wasters, not to mention making trouble, it is difficult to even walk over.
As the world ferments, there is still some gossip coming out.
Saying that Shen Qiu is a demon who is doing evil in Jinling City is a warning to those who try to make trouble.
The relationship between Shen Qiu and Wulong Villa is known to many people in the rivers and lakes.
Therefore, this gossip is also believed by many people.
And those people who originally planned to take the opportunity to "make a name for themselves" gave up the plan to make trouble very rationally after spending some time and carefully comparing who was the bigger fist between themselves and Shen Qiu Demon Man.
Although the demon is unlikely to be upright, he appeared at the opening ceremony of Wulong Villa.
But what if he does show up?
It's like no one would have expected that Shen Qiu would appear at the scene of the Evil Punishment Conference.
But aren't they still coming?
After that person made a move to abolish a group of Jiangnan masters, he walked away generously, and the Jiangnan martial arts circle shook, and everyone was indignant.
But let them go out to hunt down Shen Qiu demons, but no one was willing to stand up.
The guy who doesn't go off the beaten path is the most annoying.
They always make trouble with everyone who walks according to the rules, which is very embarrassing.
"The auspicious time has come! The sect is opened. ”
"Everyone waited, lined up to go up the hill. Don't talk too much, don't make trouble. ”
"Those who observe the ceremony go first, those who worship the teacher go later, and in front of the villa, there are disciples to receive them."
At the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, a disciple of Wulong Villa, wearing a black boxing suit and a solemn face, turned sideways to get out of the way up the mountain.
There were shouts from the crowd, and with the disciples leading the way, the huge crowd went up the mountain.
Wulong Villa was originally the private property of the Ren family, and the leader of the alliance has lived here for many years, and has also built various new buildings, covering a large area, which is twice as large as Yaoqin's Suzhou Luoyue Qintai.
Such a place is definitely more than enough to be used as a sect.
And the people of Wulong Villa, who practiced martial arts in the villa in the past, also received visitors with the alliance leader, they have all seen the world, and it is needless to say that they treat people and things.
When the crowd reached the entrance of the villa, there were disciples who diverted the crowd.
The apprentices all went to the front hall square of the villa, where the place was large, and there were also doormen who had prepared in advance, sheds for those parents to rest, and doormen who specially sent hot tea.
Set up a few tables, snacks are served.
In the front hall, there are male and female doctors, who examine the bodies of the boys and girls who are apprentices, and there are also people who are good at martial arts, touching their bones and checking their root bone talents.
This matter of martial arts training is no better than cultivating immortals and asking.
As long as the body is not seriously disabled, there are no symptoms, as long as the innate Qi is not dispersed, you can learn martial arts, as for whether you can practice a doorway, it depends on your personal talent, as well as your heart.
The selection of disciples in Wulong Villa is also in accordance with the rules of the Jianghu inheritance, accepting many disciples at a time, and then slowly selecting and cultivating them.
The disciples are all under the age of 16, and if they have not made progress after practicing for five or six years, they will naturally be persuaded by the master to let them go down the mountain and go home, find a job to make a living, and not delay the major events in life.
Even if you have been stumbling for many years, you can't practice good martial arts, so you have the right to strengthen your body.
Just as Shen Qiu saw and heard when he went to Xiaoxiang Sword Gate, Wulong Villa sits on the land of Zhongshan and has some industries.
If the disciple is unwilling to leave, he will arrange to be a small steward in his own industry, or he and his brothers will form a small dart bureau in Jinling and open a teahouse hotel, which can be regarded as a livelihood.
Besides, the Ren family in Nantong is also in business.
Even if Ren Hao has passed away, but the incense between the two sides is still there, Qin Xuming's father is the manager of the Ren family, as long as the disciple is willing, arranging to work in the Ren family's shop, it is nothing more than a letter.
So in this era, at a young age, finding a good sect to learn art is actually a career plan in life.
Almost half of these apprentices who came today came with this future in mind.
The remaining half.
is really like the bald boy Li Yijian back then, who admires martial arts and wants to learn martial arts to become a hero.
Martial arts have been inherited for hundreds of years, and in this world, walking the rivers and lakes is also a decent job.
This side of the front hall is very lively, in addition to the apprentices, there are also disciples preparing for the opening ceremony, and after a while, after the apprentices are all closed, the opening ceremony will begin.
Just let this group of disciples, at the opening ceremony, line up in a phalanx of honor guards, uniformly worship the master, serve tea to the masters, and have a good time.
And those who came to watch the ceremony of the rivers and lakes sat in the direction arranged in the front hall square early, and some sects sent people to watch the ceremony, so they planted a flag on the side of the high platform.
As soon as the wind blows, there are flags waving, but there is also a sense of grandeur.
It's written on the flag, they are all second- and third-rate sects, and if you look at the number of people, the quality is much worse.
Some guests sit at the table of the Eight Immortals, drinking tea and chatting.
Some guests are in the front hall, watching people select disciples, occasionally going to join in the fun, and others, at the end of the inventory, sent into the gift room, come to watch the ceremony, how can they come empty-handed?
These people are carrying gifts.
The more ordinary ones are some eight-color water ceremonies, and the more exquisite ones bring some silk cloth utensils, and only the disciples in the account room register and make a book, which are all human favors and should be recorded well.
When something happens to the other party's sect, these favors will be returned.
"This Wulong Villa, in the end, is in decline."
Among the people chatting, some people looked around, munching melon seeds and eating snacks, while saying:
"Although he acted like a person, he had a lot of demeanor, and hundreds of people came together, and there was no chaos at all, but if you look at us who are watchers, it is very different from when the alliance leader was there.
Not to mention the four major factions, even the local sects have few coming. ”
"You don't know, it's not that the local sect doesn't want to come, it's that they can't come."
Immediately someone answered:
"Haven't you heard about Jinling a few days ago?"
"Huh?"
The man was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"I just arrived yesterday, from Jiangxi, on behalf of my Shixiangmen came to watch the ceremony, and asked my brother to tell me what happened to Jinling?"
"What else can you do?"
This topic attracted other people, and there was the fastest one at the moment, and the things in Jinling City were vividly said.
After finishing speaking, the man said in a sighing tone:
"As soon as Shen Qiu's demon made a move, he beat the Jiangnan martial arts heroes who gathered in Jinling into disgrace, except for a few who didn't go to join in the fun, the local sect was a pot.
They didn't even have time to treat the wounded, so they didn't have time to come to Zhongshan to watch the ceremony.
In the past three or two days, the famous doctors in Jinling City have been busy with their feet not touching the ground.
Even the monk temple in the city is full of incense. ”
"Huh?"
The representative of the Shixiangmen was stunned, which made the man with the knife ask:
"It's common to ask a doctor if you're injured, why do you still have anything to do with the monk temple? Could it be that he has fallen into evil? ”
"Hehe, that's what you and other outsiders don't know."
The fastest person before mysteriously lowered his voice and explained:
"It's not evil, but it's pretty much the same.
The cousin of my brother's brother's daughter-in-law is the head of the outer gate of the Taihu Lake Dock, and I heard my senior brother say that the fellow Jianghu who was defeated by the Shen Qiu demon that day was used to drain his soul by the evil method! ”
"I don't believe it!"
The man of the lion gate looked disdainful, he patted the table and said:
"You said that Shen Qiu's martial arts were strong and he beat people to serious injuries, but this soul-draining thing is like a story, I don't believe it."
"Hey, believe it or not."
The fast-talking person was retorted, and felt that his face was dull, and his tone was cold, and he didn't say more.
But he was not the only one who said this.
The incident in Jinling City, it happened just three days ago, and the heat has not passed, so it will be idle, and the people of the rivers and lakes who are waiting for the opening ceremony, you say a word to me, and almost everything you say is this.
"Alas, that, look at that, how does it look like the flag of the Huashan faction? Hasn't that sect been wiped out? ”
After a while, there were sharp-eyed people in the crowd, and when they saw a newcomer coming, they talked about it.
Under their gaze, a young man with a hat and three half-grown children in black sword clothes also entered the viewing hall.
He was led by the people of Wulong Villa and walked into the viewing seat, and the seat was quite forward.
After a few breaths, there was a flag, which was planted under the high platform, waving in the wind, and the two big characters of "Huashan" were written on it.
"The Huashan faction has resurged?"
There was a whisper in the crowd for a while.
A few good things, who were picked up by the crowd, went to visit the man, greeted him, said a few words, and brought back the latest news.
"That's Che Hua! Do you remember? It was the one in Luoyang City, the last disciple of the Huashan faction. ”
"Oh, it's him! I remember that I was very miserable when I saw him, but now, seeing him so beautiful, this is a successful martial arts and rebuilding the sect? ”
"Yes, it was rebuilt just a month ago, and no one else was notified. He is now the head of the entire sect, and the three children around him are his new disciples. ”
"Is it so shabby?"
As soon as he finished saying this, another flag was planted next to the flag of the Huashan faction.
The word on it is "Tiance".
Tiance Army!
The strongest army in the world is naturally not a force in the rivers and lakes, it is the relationship between the officials, which naturally attracts a lot of people in the rivers and lakes to whisper.
"Che Daxia, let's meet again."
The second son of General Li Shouguo, Li Weiguo, who came to watch the ceremony on behalf of the Tiance Army, was a lieutenant who fought several battles with the thieves of the Western Regions in that place in northern Shaanxi.
But it's still the same scholarly look.
He didn't wear armor today, but wore a blue robe, which was really angry.
He sat next to Che Hua and chatted with Che Hua for a few words.
After the reconstruction of the Huashan faction, Che Hua also went to Chang'an and visited General Li Shouguo, and the two also met at that time.
"Hello Uncle Weiguo."
Che Hua's three disciples politely got up to say hello, causing Li Weiguo to chuckle a few times, and he asked:
"Che Daxia, you don't run the sect well in Huashan, what are you doing all the way to Jinling?"
"Captain Li doesn't know."
Che Hua waved his hand and said:
"I have some friendship with the head of Wulong Villa, He Lichuan Daxia, and I admire Ren Hao's alliance as a person, and now that Wulong Villa has opened a sect, I naturally want to congratulate him.
This Jinling matter is over, Che Mou has to go to Xiaoxiang again, Dongting Lake, there is also the change of the head of Xiaoxiang Sword Gate, and he will also go to catch up with the field.
From there, he will return to Guanzhong, and in the next few years, he will have to take care of the affairs of the sect with his heart.
Isn't Captain Li with me, did you join in the fun in Xiaoxiang in the past? ”
"I won't go, my Tiance Army and Xiaoxiang Jianmen don't have much friendship."
Li Weiguo took a candy from the table next to him and handed it to the thin and weak little girl wearing a black sword coat beside Che Hua, he said:
"After this visit, I want to go to Lin'an and deal with some affairs of the Tiance Army and the imperial court."
"Then we're all busy people."
Che Hua laughed, and was about to say a few more words when he heard a commotion in the crowd behind.
When he and Li Weiguo looked back, they saw a few people named Huazi, surrounded by a man with a big waist and a round waist, walking this way.
"Zhang Tugou's big dragon head?"
Che Hua exclaimed:
"He actually came from Luoyang in person?"
"It's not just him."
Li Weiguo also got up and looked at it, pointed to a few people behind Zhang Tugou, and said:
"Isn't that Okiwa Michicho? And who is the old Taoist priest in the back? I haven't seen it. ”
"That's Wuyang Zhenren, the head of the True Martial Pure Yang Sect."
Che Hua rubbed his forehead and said softly:
"He also came in person."
"No, is this event so grand today?"
Li Weiguo is not a Jianghu person.
But he also knew how lofty the status of these people was, and when he saw those who were bragging and chatting at the viewing table, they got up to greet them.
He looked at Che Hua who got up beside him, and said in a puzzled tone:
"The new head of Wulong Villa, the row is so big? Didn't you say that Wulong Villa didn't send posts to Jianghumen? When I came to watch the ceremony, I was specially instructed by my father-in-law.
It is said that the leader of the Ren Hao Alliance and my Tiance Army have an old relationship, and I am afraid that the scene will be cold when the sect opens today, so I specially asked me to support the scene of Wulong Villa.
But in this situation, the top of you Jianghu people have appeared, why do you still use me to support the scene? ”
"I don't know."
Che Hua pulled Li Weiguo to stand up and walked towards several seniors.
He also had doubts in his heart.
Could it be that these predecessors in the rivers and lakes also have some friendship with He Lichuan heroes?
Also, it's weird.
Why did they appear today are all those bigwigs who have appeared in Taihang Mountain?