The early morning sun shone into the window lattice, and the birds stood on the balcony, looking over the room.

A sparkling cigarette stand burns slowly on the ashtray.

Xia Yi stood in the bathroom, tightened the bandage on his right rib, looked at the blood stains that were leaking out, and then put on a gray long-sleeved coat to cover up the injury.

Fight Tournament ......

Enemy out of nowhere.......

Get your first money.......

After being released from prison, every road is difficult to walk, and there are some things that may not be possible at all, but now there is at least one thing that has been taken, and after all, it is the only thing that can be done.

He took a deep breath and wiped off the water stains on his face, and in the mirror was a smooth and fair face, revealing an angular cold hand, and occasionally the corners of his mouth were hooked, and it was a sunny and gentle smile.

"That's it. ”

Turned around, walked out of the bathroom, folded the application form and put it in his pocket, reached for the cigarette on the ashtray, held it to the corner of his lips, opened the door and walked out.

Downstairs, Zhao Dezhu washed the three wheels he used to collect waste products, and several pieces of rust were re-polished, and when he saw Xia Yi walking downstairs, he patted a bamboo chair specially placed in the car body.

"Come on, the presidential seat for my brother. ”

Xia Yi jumped up, and when he sat down, the chairs creaked, "This chair is so familiar......

"It doesn't matter if he looks familiar or not, sit down, the old driver will show you what the city center looks like now. ”

The fat man pedaled on three wheels and yelled excitedly: "-Let's go!"

The pedals were round, the rust-colored iron chains drove the winch, and the tricycle squeaked and rubbed across the gong street, and with a quick turn, it drove onto the road with traffic, towards the center of the city.

On the side of the street, an old man stood under the eaves with a cane, looking at the place where the bamboo chairs were usually placed, empty, and screaming loudly with his toothless mouth.

"Which one lacks virtue...... Even a chair was stolen. ”

The April sunshine is golden and warm.

Jiaohe County is located in the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, close to the river.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to draft the water, since the reform and opening up, built a cross-river bridge linking the north and south of the river, greatly reduced the cost of trade transportation, so that the economic recovery of Dejiaohe County is very fast, at the same time, there is the Jiangkou wharf, become the core of the east-west transport, after the large and small trading companies have gained a foothold here, the small county town in the seventies and eighties has gradually expanded, and the population has also become dense.

Especially in the past two years, driven by the prosperity of the country's business atmosphere, the original county town has demolished the low-rise buildings and some unnecessary monuments, and a large number of high-rise buildings have risen from the ground, connecting entertainment and residences, which is very modern and urban.

During this time, the news that the county was rumored to be upgraded to a city was also spread in the city, and the fighting events held were even more popular, and both the government and the people were very willing to promote it.

After all, it's a good thing from top to bottom.

In order to avoid the traffic police, most of the routes selected by the tricycle loaded with bamboo chairs are the sections of municipal construction, Xia Yi sits on the chair and can be described as a panoramic skylight, on the side of the road intertwined with rivers, pedestrians come and go in a hurry, most of them are fashionably dressed, there are suits and leather shoes with briefcases to talk and laugh with people; there are young and beautiful girls with long legs exposed, blowing bubble gum, listening to the music in their ears waiting for the bus on the side of the road, and occasionally with the mother next to him casually respond to a couple of sentences.

All around, there are towering buildings, layers of inlaid glass reflect the sunlight, reflecting a dazzling light, Xia Yi and the fat man passed under these straight and tall buildings, he only felt a kind of oppressive suffocation, intertwined with the surging crowds, the constant coming and going of vehicles, the pop music playing on the street, the bizarre film and television clips, made him feel that the years in prison were derailed from the world.

That's why he rarely goes to the city.

The tricycle turned into an alley and stopped in the sight of the watchful eyes.

"It's in front, there are traffic police to maintain traffic, let's walk over. The fat man came down and locked the car with a chain along with a water pipe, "Lao Yi..... said that your wound is fine, right?"

Xia Yi shook his head and got out of the car: "Sign up first, come to this point, and you have to hold on." ”

The two walked across the street, the direction of the past was the gymnasium, at a glance, there were only banners hanging fighting events, more than a dozen cars parked in the surrounding parking spaces, and there were no imaginary crowds, after all, it was only a small local audition, and when it came to the municipal competition, or the provincial or national level, that kind of event, I am afraid it was really a grand occasion.

Xia Yi and the fat man walked into the hall, not many people cared, from time to time people in various costumes passed by, stepping on the stone steps, on both sides of the two glass doors that were pushed and pulled, there were black-clothed staff guards.

"It's a bit of a spirit....." Zhao Dezhu pulled the corner of Xia Yi's clothes, looked left and right a little nervously, and after stepping into the hall, a woman politely led them to the place where they registered.

"Then I'll wander around and see if there's any cardboard or cans...... You can't go back empty-handed. Zhao Dezhu whispered, then left from this side and ran to the other side.

As soon as the fat man left, a few more people came in, lined up behind Xia Yi, all of them were disciples of other martial arts halls in the city, and the seats for rest around were also full, most of them were other disciples in the martial arts hall cheering for the players participating in the competition, however, he didn't see the figure of the people who revitalized the martial arts hall, and presumably the other party would not come.

It didn't take long for Xia Yi to walk to the counter and hand over the ID card and the recommendation form for the revitalization of the martial arts hall, and the people who signed up were all young and beautiful young women, after taking the form, they couldn't help but glance at Xia Yi on the other side, and then smiled and prepared to enter it on the computer.

"Hello, sir. Please stand on this side and stay in front of the camera. The woman gestured to a camera standing on the counter.

After taking the picture, the contest entry clerk asked about something else.

"The weapon that Mr. signed up for, what weapon are you good at?"

"All Weapons ....."

The woman who was typing looked stunned, brushed her hair, and kept smiling: "Sir, this is not the time to joke. ”

"I'm not kidding, just type it in. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter behind him, and the rest of the disciples of the martial arts hall teasingly pointed at Xia Yi in front of him and laughed.

"Did you hear that, there was even a ...... who knew all the weapons?"

"I will too, I can take all the weapons, does this count? Hahaha-"

Xia Yi took the competition voucher handed by the woman, turned around to look at the people, and the man closest to him crossed his arms, leaned towards the cockscomb, and glared at him with a sneer, "Look at what, don't let me see you in the ring." ”

He dangled an iron nunchucks around his waist, which seemed to be also a weapon competition.

"......." Xia Yi nodded with a smile, turned around and left to find the fat man, but before he could find the other party, Zhao Dezhu tied a few pieces of cardboard and came over first, and when he was about to leave the hall, he saw a movable ring pushed to the middle by more than a dozen staff, and several teenagers in martial arts uniforms went up and punched.

"There won't be any more performances, if only another striptease would be cool. The fat man smiled, "Do you want to stop watching for a while?"

Xia Yi is clearer about the next procedure than Zhao Dezhu, and the opening ceremony should be next, after all, it is just a small event, it will not drag on too long, and it will be so grand.

During this period, two more songs and dances and magic were performed, and after that, a host walked up to the center of the ring to report the curtain, waved his hand, pointed to the figure of the three bows not far away, and yelled into the microphone: "Now, the opening of the sub-arena——"

The moment the loud voice fell.

The three people who held the bow and arrows pulled the bowstring forward, the left and right arrows were shot at the red target, and the third arrow flew directly to the rear, shooting under the guardrail on the second floor of the venue.

After a moment, the voice of the host on the stage rang out again.

"Welcome to the lottery, we will draw the first game of the opening ceremony-"

The monitor hanging above the hall suddenly changed numbers, kept tumbling, and slowly stopped under the eyes of many people, showing a set of numbers: sixteen.

Xia Yi looked down at his voucher, which was exactly this set of numbers.

On the other side, with nunchucks tied around his waist, the man with the head of the cockscomb waved his arms at the people watching the battle around him, then turned into the ring and took out his weapon, "Who is the sixteenth, come up!