Chapter 19 Recruiting Relatives by Competition

First press Murong Yanyun and don't show it for the time being, and then talk about Chai Rong, the great Zhou Tianzi in Kaifeng City.

In the past few days, Chai Rong has always been sullen, and no one knows what he is worried about. On this day, he retired from the court, and announced that Zhao Kuangyin entered the palace alone.

The two sat down in the hall of the Imperial Garden, and the little eunuch presented two bowls of tea. Chai Rong took the tea, took a sip, and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Zhao Aiqing, I've been a little troubled these days, I think you've noticed it, right?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Weichen has indeed noticed that His Majesty has a sad face these days, but the dragon's body is not good?" ”

"Zhao Aiqing, you have always understood me, do you really not know what is going on with my sorrows?" Chai Rong asked.

"What's the matter? I'm afraid you're worried that I'm powerful and hard to control! Zhao Kuangyin didn't understand anything in his heart, but his face didn't leak at all, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know." ”

"The widow knows that Zhao Aiqing's daughter Zhao Chanxue is back, and I think I will be engaged to Murong Aiqing after a while, right?" Chai Rong asked.

"Chanxue, this child is spoiled by the ministers, and this family affair depends on whether she agrees in the end. However, even if he is not married to Hualong, he will definitely find a good family to marry within a year and a half. Zhao Kuangyin said.

"That's what makes me sad!" Chai Rong sighed, "My adopted daughter, whose nickname is Lu'er, should also get married." ”

"This is a good thing, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile.

Chai Rong took another sip of tea and sighed: "Although it is a good thing, where can this proud son-in-law go to find it?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, most of the sons of this dynasty of Chinese martial arts are of the age of marriage, and Liu Baoen, the rising stars of the dynasty, are also excellent candidates!" ”

Chai Rong shook his head, "Although my daughter has been adopted by me in the palace since she was a child, her temperament is stronger than that of a man. Not only does she not work as a female worker every day, but she also prefers to practice martial arts with the masters in this palace, and often says that if her martial arts are not as good as her, she will never marry. I'm afraid there is only one person who is better than her in martial arts! ”

"I wonder who this person is?" Zhao Kuangyin asked with some curiosity.

Chai Rong smiled, "It's Zhao Aiqing, you!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin heard Chai Rong say this, and thought, "Your Majesty, in the name of marrying your daughter, wants to send someone to monitor me by my side!" I won't be fooled. ”

"What's wrong, Zhao Aiqing?" Chai Rong saw that Zhao Kuangyin didn't speak, so he said: "Zhao Aiqing, since you have no objection, that's great, just do it, I will make an order!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Zhao Kuangyin knelt down for Chai Rong as he spoke.

"Zhao Aiqing, what are you doing, hurry up!" Chai Rong wanted to pull Zhao Kuangyin up.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Your Majesty is wrong to love, and the princess is promised, but the minister is old and a rough person, where is he worthy of the young and beautiful Princess Lu, the minister really doesn't dare to take the order." ”

"I don't have to let you marry Lu'er, why should Aiqing be like this, get up and talk quickly." Chai Rong picked up Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin stood up and said respectfully to Chai Rong: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even if Princess Lu wants to be a master, it is okay, and there are indeed some young talents in the rivers and lakes today. Your Majesty might as well build a ring ten miles outside the city, and after a month, there will be a competition to recruit relatives, so that everyone in the rivers and lakes and the court can participate, and then Your Majesty will be able to choose a satisfactory son-in-law. ”

Chai Rong had no choice but to say: "Zhao Aiqing's words are reasonable, just do as you say." But he was a little angry in his heart, and said secretly, "Okay, you Zhao Kuangyin, I have seen through this trick by you, it is really self-defeating!" ”

A month later, the ring was built, and the people in the rivers and lakes had already heard the wind, some wanted to marry the princess as a wife, and some wanted to meet friends with martial arts.

On this day, it was the day of the martial arts competition, and before dawn, the ring was surrounded by people. After daylight, Zhao Kuangyin was the main witness, and Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Pu, Liu Baoen, several important ministers of the central government, Jia Annan and other cronies sat down in the tent by the ring. Chai Rong put on makeup and dressed up as a swordsman, and came to the stage with a few henchmen.

Zhao Kuangyin saw that the people were almost coming, so he jumped into the ring. Just this hand, it attracted praise from everyone in the audience. Zhao Kuangyin was a little proud, and only waved his hand for a while to quiet down the people below.

"With the trust of His Majesty, I am entrusted with Zhao Kuangyin as a witness for today's martial arts competition. I know that there must be a lot of heroes from all walks of life coming to this stage, although I, Zhao Kuangyin, am from the DPRK, but I am also from the rivers and lakes. Today, because of the competition to recruit relatives, I am fortunate to be here for a moment to be a hero of the world. Everyone in the ring today doesn't have to worry about their identity, they can show their skills. If you can become a colt, you will have a bright future in the future and become the pillar of my Great Zhou, I congratulate you in advance. As long as those who are unfortunate enough to lose are willing to serve the imperial court, I believe that sooner or later they will have a chance. Okay, I won't say more, it's up to you below! After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, he hugged his fist to the audience, and then jumped off the stage and returned to the shed.

Everyone in the audience listened to Zhao Kuangyin's words, and they were even more eager to try, and a fat man saw Zhao Kuangyin leaving, laughed, and walked on stage. As soon as he came to the stage, he said to the people below: "Hey, I'm Xue Shuang, the son of the Xue Bo family, a first-class member of the court, which of you has the courage to fight with Young Master Ben?" If there is no one, the princess is mine! "Don't look at this person who is dressed in literary clothes, but he is open-chested and open-minded, and his demeanor is extremely frivolous, just like a scoundrel in the market.

The people below were angry when they saw this fat man, but because of the power of his father Xue Bo, no one came to the stage for a while.

This fat man saw that no one came to the stage, but everyone was afraid of him, and he was even more arrogant, laughing and saying, "Haha, what master am I under the stage, it seems that it is just a waste of fame, if someone can win me, I will reward him with ten thousand taels of gold, which of you dares to come up?" ”

Mo said that everyone in the audience, even Zhao Kuangyin was also angry with him, and said to Zhao Pu: "Zeping, you said that Master Xue Bo is also gentle and elegant, how can he teach his son so unbearable?" ”

"Hmph, Brother Yuen Long, I think this kid will suffer a little today." Zhao Pu sneered.

Sure enough, I saw a burly man in the audience roaring, "That boy, don't be rampant here, I, Shiliangmen Wang Hu, will be the hero of the world today, and teach you a lesson to this oppressive madman!" Saying that, he stepped into the ring, and with every step he took, the earth seemed to tremble, obviously full of energy, and the foreign family must have some heat.

Xue Shuang was a little panicked when he saw someone coming up, and pointed at Wang Hu and said, "You...... Do you dare to do it with my son, are you impatient? Look at my Divine Fist! As he spoke, he saw his fists and kicks, and he was busy with his work, but he was just dancing on the spot five or six feet away from Wang Hu, and he didn't touch Wang Hu at all.

Wang Hu originally made the gesture of Shiliangmen, and waited for Xue Shuang to make a move. Unexpectedly, Xue Shuang hit it himself, and ignored him completely, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. So he took the move, hugged his shoulders and looked at Xue Shuang like a bear.

I saw Xue Shuang shouting, "Look at my gods' feet!" He kicked out, Wang Hu hurriedly got on guard, but saw Xue Shuang finish shouting, and before he reached the height of his lower abdomen, he stumbled and fell to the ground, and shouted in his mouth: "Okay, it's against you, you dare to fall this son, hey......"

Wang Hu looked helpless, he had fought countless times in his life, but it was the first time he saw someone who could fall down by himself, and he couldn't help laughing: "Xue Dagongzi is really a god, he doesn't hurt the enemy, he only hurts himself, I'm afraid that no one in the world can reach this kind of realm!" Under admiration admiration. ”

Everyone in the audience followed suit, "Master Xue's miraculous skills are world-famous, and we all admire them so much!" ”

As soon as Xue Shuang heard everyone say this, not only was he not shy, but happily patted the dust on his body and hugged his fists, "Haha, if you have the opportunity to come to this son's mansion, I will definitely teach you." I showed my hand today, and I'll see you another day. ”

When Wang Hu saw Xue Shuang stepping down, his expression became serious, "There are all the heroes in the audience, I don't know who is willing to come to the stage to teach?" ”

But Wang Hu shouted for a long time, and the people who came up from the audience were all scoundrels and gentlemen, and there was no master, Wang Hu couldn't help sighing, "Haven't the heroes of the world come, how can they be all rice buckets?" ”

At this time, the voice in the audience said coldly: "This king originally wanted to wait a little longer, but since no one came to the stage, there is no need to wait any longer, the princess is mine!" ”

The people looked towards the sound, but they saw no one, only a dark shadow. This black shadow was originally three or four feet away from the ring, but it arrived in the ring in an instant, and stabbed Wang Hu with a sword faster than the figure, a sword to the throat, a deadly sword!

Wang Hu knew that the master had finally come, and hurriedly flashed to the side, trying to dodge the sword. But the sword was as fast as lightning, and although the throat was dodged, it still made an extremely long cut between the necks, and the blood suddenly flowed down.

"Who are you, so strong in martial arts?" Wang Hu was a little stunned, he knew that there were only a handful of masters in the world who could have such skills.

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that none of the people I have fought in the past ten years have survived, and I think you are no exception!" The black shadow stood in front of Wang Hu and said proudly.

Only then did Wang Hu see that the person who injured himself was dressed in black, wearing a copper grimace mask, with a thin figure, holding a thin sword in his hand, and the blood on the sword fell on the ring drop by drop.

"I, Wang Hu, admit defeat." Wang Hu knew that he had just been able to win consecutive battles because he had not met a master, but at this time, he was a top master in front of him, and he was not a character he could provoke at all.

"Throw in the towel? What is losing, only death is losing. Since you admit defeat, are you asking me to kill you? The ghost-faced man said coldly.

"Don't push people too hard!" Wang Hu said angrily: "Although my Shiliangmen is not a first-class faction, there are many masters, if you kill me today, my master will definitely not spare you!" ”

"Hahaha, your master? Is it the old cow's nose of the real waterfall? Just because he still wants to win me, joke! The ghost-faced man sneered, and stabbed Wang Hu with a sword.

His sword was extremely weird, it seemed to be a sword stabbing out, but when Wang Hu dodged to the side, the thin sword seemed to be divided into two, and the other sword was faster and more ruthless. Where could Wang Hu have expected that the ghost-faced man's martial arts would be unbelievable to such an extent, and then he wanted to use the hard qigong to protect the body, but it was too late, and the sword had already pierced in.

Liu Baoen saw that there was a death in the ring, so he was about to shoot.

Zhao Kuangyin stopped him and said: "Scholar Liu, this person is strong in martial arts, wouldn't you be sent to death as a literati?" Besides, you were sent by the DPRK to witness it, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to come to power, right? ”

"This ......" Liu Baoen remembered his identity, was helpless for a while, sighed, and silently recited the mantra in his heart, surpassing Wang Hu's soul.

At this time, the ghost-faced man on the stage saw that Wang Hu was dead, so he pulled out the thin sword from Wang Hu's heart, and he watched Wang Hu's blood drip down on the sword, as if looking at the most beautiful scenery in the world, and let out a burst of laughter like a night owl.

Everyone in the audience was in an uproar, talking about this ghost-faced man.

"Thief, take your life!" I saw an old man with a gray beard who made a knife go into the ring. Some people who often walk the rivers and lakes saw this old man and exclaimed: "The old man of Weizhen Saibei Xiao has come to power!" Some other people who didn't know Wei Zhen Saibei also gasped when they heard his old man's name at this time.

Old Man Xiao got into the ring and pointed at the ghost-faced man: "Thief, you are the King of Chujiang in the Nine Ghost Realm!" ”

"Hehe, the old immortal has some insight, but you are already a dead man!" The ghost-faced man who was originally facing away from Old Man Xiao turned around at this time, and with a sneer, the sword had pierced into his throat.

"What!" Old Man Xiao looked at the thin sword that pierced his throat in disbelief, and then slowly fell to the ground, desperate and dead.

Old Man Xiao has been famous for more than 30 years, and in the past 30 years, he has cut off the enemy's head with a knife, and today he was killed without even pulling out the knife, not to mention that everyone in the audience, even Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but be surprised.

Immediately afterwards, three or four long-famous masters died on the stage, and the ghost-faced people didn't seem to take these people in their eyes at all, and pointed at the audience with a sword and said contemptuously: "In the past 20 years that my ghost realm has been hidden in the rivers and lakes, isn't the world often regarded Shaolin, Zhengyi, the beggar gang, and the four factions of Shenlong as the righteous Taishan Beidou?" Shaolin, is full of bald donkeys, bull nose will not come to join in the excitement of this martial arts competition. The beggars gang those stinky flowers, but if they are a little self-aware, they will not humiliate themselves. But why hasn't anyone come up for a long time from the Shenlong Sect, could it be that they are all shrunken turtles who have lost their reputations? His voice came out with internal force, and he could hear it clearly even from a distance.

"Helmsman! He's bullied our Divine Dragon Sect, so I'd better kill this ghost realm thief! Jia Anan saw that the ghost-faced man named and said that the Pollution Shenlong Sect couldn't stand it anymore, stood up, and asked Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head, "We have many disciples of the Divine Dragon Sect, so I don't need Elder Jia to come out in person." ”

Zhao Pu also smiled, "What Brother Yuen Long said is good, why should Elder Jia be anxious? ”

"Hey......" Jia Annan sighed and sat down.

The ghost-faced man was shouting, and suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded from a distance, and it must have been a horse galloping, who was the man on this horse?

Everyone present noticed that the horse was galloping, but the people who came could not see clearly, and could only vaguely see that it was a young man in blue with a sword on his back. Before the young man could get closer, he leaped into the crowd. He didn't wait for everyone to dodge, he stepped on everyone's shoulders and leaped to the ring, he advanced as if walking on the ground, only to see a blue shadow, and the person was already standing on the stage.

The man stood still, the long sword in his hand was already unsheathed, and the sun shone on him, making his handsome face even more extraordinary, like a god.

"Ghost realm thief, you dare to speak disrespectfully and insult my Divine Dragon Sect, how can the little master tolerate you!" The young man in blue was Murong Pingzhou, who shot down Murong Bang's long sword with one move.

Although Zhao Kuangyin expected that there would be a disciple of the Shenlong Sect coming, he didn't expect it to be Murong Pingzhou. This Murong Pingzhou has not appeared again since he destroyed Jinling Murong three years ago, Zhao Kuangyin inquired many times, only to know that Murong Pingzhou returned to his hometown Liaodong, one to keep filial piety for his father Murong Guo, and the other to retreat and practice martial arts. I didn't expect the ghost-faced man to be arrogant here today, and he actually appeared.

"Murong Pingzhou? I haven't heard of you, I think it's not my opponent, it's better to call Zhao Kuangyin up, or Li Minghe! "The ghost-faced man is extremely arrogant, and he doesn't take Murong Pingzhou in his eyes at all.

"With your crooked ways, you are also worthy of seeing Lord Zhao Helm and the head? Suffer death! Murong Pingzhou didn't want to say anything more to the ghost-faced man, and a sword had already been stabbed.

The ghost-faced man saw that Murong Pingzhou's sword was faster than his own, and it contained thousands of changes, which was difficult to figure out, so he knew that he had underestimated the enemy, and hurriedly flashed to the side.

The master's move is often in this instant, and the ghost-faced man flashes and loses the opportunity. Murong Pingzhou's Canglong sword technique in his hand is extremely skillful, like flowing water, the sword is as powerful as a divine dragon and full of spirituality.

Although the ghost-faced man's martial arts are high, he is only on par with Murong Pingzhou, at this time, he has lost the opportunity, and his sword moves can only defend more and attack less, and he is passive everywhere.

Murong Pingzhou saw that the ghost-faced man was suppressed by himself, and he was happy in his heart, the sword in his hand was a little faster, no one could see how his hand was waved, nor could he see how the sword body changed, all he could see was the white light, and all he could feel was the constantly spreading sword qi. His swordsmanship may not be the strongest, but his speed is enough to make up for the deficiencies and flaws in his sword moves.

Two people, one like a god and the other like a ghost, the two swords make the tricks different, but they are the same sharp, the same swift, and they can kill each other at any time. Perhaps, although the tricks of martial arts are different, they are all the same way, and they are all murders. The swordsmanship that can kill people is the real good swordsmanship!

No one could see how many moves the two had made, but they felt that the heavens and the earth were filled with sword energy. Everyone was infected, and all thoughts seemed to be lost in their hearts, and there was only one word - kill!

After a long time, everyone was awakened by Murong Pingzhou's broken drink, only to see that Murong Pingzhou's sword had pressed against the neck of the man in black, "Thief, do you still dare to be arrogant here?" ”

"How is that possible? Am I going to lose? The ghost-faced man couldn't believe it, but the facts didn't allow him not to believe it, he knew that if he didn't admit defeat, he would die under Murong Pingzhou's sword, so he had to tremble and say three words, "I lost!" ”

"Aren't you going to get out of here if you admit it?" Murong Pingzhou put down his sword, he didn't kill him.

"Okay, I'll get out!" The ghost-faced man made a few unwilling leaps and disappeared from the audience. Where are there still people in the audience who are not convinced, and they all said: "Murong Shaoxia's martial arts are world-famous, and we are happy and convinced to marry the princess!" ”

"Good, good!" Chai Rong was overjoyed when he saw Murong Pingzhou's amazing martial arts and a long talent, and walked onto the stage with a smile.

Zhao Kuangyin saw Chai Rong coming to power, knowing that he wanted Murong Pingzhou to be a concubine, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly took a few people to the stage.

Murong Pingzhou and everyone in the audience didn't know Chai Rong, and it could be seen that Zhao Kuangyin and several people knelt down for him, saying long live, and then they knew that this person was the emperor of the Great Zhou, and they were busy kneeling down and buckling their heads.

"Murong Shaoxia, please get up quickly." Chai Rong picked up Murong Pingzhou with his own hands and said with a smile: "Murong Shaoxia, what more can a widow ask for if he has such a husband!" ”