The Story of the Third World (32)

Only then did I learn the preface of the book

The five-year school celebration was supposed to be once a year, since fifty-eight years ago, there were talented people who learned the book order to Blackwater City as a guest, and saw that there was a rare person here who was outstanding Dolando, that is, every five years, ten places were allocated to Blackwater City, and since then, the school celebration of learning the book order is also once every five years. In order to balance the forces of all parties, the Caixue Book Preface will have five places to own the family of Blackwater City, and five places will be reserved for the academy to fight. However, the five places that are only available every year to learn the preface of the book are not only fought for by children from poor families like Su Hang, but also by children of families who are not afraid of death, but they are also helpless, after all, children of families can also be students of the academy.

There are only one or two places that can be fought for by the children of the poor family every year, after all, the resources of the family are probably something that the children of the poor family dare not even think about. However, this year's avalanche and the Mengdo liver and gallbladder brought back by Suzhou and Hangzhou, the ownership of the quota has become confusing.

Today, it is possible to directly announce the ownership of the five places outside the family, and the people in the same group as Su and Hangzhou are all holding their heads high, because if Ruo and Guess use the places of the family will not fight for the places in the academy, Su Hang and are not afraid of death to remove two, then at least one of the remaining three places should be allocated to them, one in seven probability, only to learn the book order, has never been so close.

Everyone looked at the speech of the leader of the academy with great expectations, and the matter was still inconclusive, so the variables were purely there, and there would be opportunities. So others will be depressed, but hope will not be extinguished. stared intently at the mouth shape of the leader on the rostrum, looking forward to the direction he wanted.

"The avenue of heaven and earth, the virtuous live. And the preface of the book will be another point of embracing the avenue, so we have trials every year, we look forward to this fairness, look forward to more opportunities for the most promising people to reach the top, and hope that such people can bring glory to Blackwater City while pursuing the avenue! ”

High-sounding words, too formal and rigid, always make people feel that there is a conspiracy behind it. And it's a little strange that the usual school celebrations are made by the old dean, who is funny and humorous, and rarely has such an official speech. However, the leader who spoke today was Murong Hai from the Murong family, who was in charge of punishment. And the old dean stood aside, without the usual smile on his face, his face was a little gloomy, and Murong Hai still continued to speak.

"Due to avalanche and other factors, this trial does not have reference value, so we cancel the ranking criteria for teams this time, and set up a ring based on individual competition! The final ranking will determine the ownership of the five places! Of course, in this trial, Su Hang, who is not afraid of death, has performed outstandingly."

At this moment, Murong Hai stopped, and a pair of long, dark eyes crossed the crowd and landed on Su Hang's body. Although there will be nearly 300 people in this school celebration, Su Hang is very sure that he is watching himself! Because he saw the mockery that was well concealed, and then glanced at the old dean on the side to continue his speech.

"There is an element of luck, but luck is also a part of strength. Therefore, in this ring competition, Suzhou and Hangzhou do not need to participate in the initial competition, and directly enter the top ten, and only use the last final to get a place! Moreover, the competition for places this time is not limited to the ninety-nine people who participated in the trial, but a total of two hundred and ninety-eight people in the whole academy, all of whom can be grabbed. ”

After Murong Hai finished saying this, he turned around and left, and when he turned around, he glanced at Su Hang, all ruthless. Su Hang was digesting the news just now, but he didn't see it, but Ruoruo next to him noticed it and wanted to remind him, but he didn't know how to say it.

The envious gaze beside Su Hang turned into mockery.

"A person who was raised by a widowed mother's hard work also expects to become a dragon! A fish is always a fish, not to mention just a salted fish! ”

"The Mendo liver and gallbladder that he brought back with his life is just making wedding dresses for others, which is ridiculous!"

"I don't know what kind of nepotism I relied on to get into the preface of the book, thinking that God can also rely on nepotism to go! It's naΓ―ve."

The surrounding voices became more and more presumptuous, maybe in order to vent the previous jealousy at this time, Su Hang was silent, watching the group of people on the rostrum leave, and he couldn't see the loss or anything else. If you can't bear it, you want to go forward and reason with those people, but you don't have time, because someone has already spoken.

"You bunch of shit! Thousands of miles of snowfields in Suzhou and Hangzhou, he traveled hundreds of miles alone, and killed a man who was besieged by eleven people and still got out of trouble after injuring three people in a row, are you okay? I guess I've been scared to pee my pants! The dragon in your mouth or something, you are also trembling and exiting the snowfield! ”

The squeamish and domineering waist, jumping on a high place, stretching forward with his right hand, and actually looked at the world. With a beautiful and clean face, the voice of the audience is quiet, only most people were jealous before, but it is not easy to think about it at this time, there is sympathy in the crowd, the grotesqueness of human nature, it is really incomprehensible.

Seeing that the criticism decreased, the crowd began to disperse, and the squeamish also felt bored, and wanted to go to see Suzhou and Hangzhou. At this time, he was being dragged by Ruo Ruo towards the outside of the academy, so he hurriedly chased after him.

Blackwater City, Lost Street in the east of the city, I don't know why, it took such a strange name. It's just that it was taken by the eighth generation of the head of the Tong family, and I think there are some secret things that are not known to outsiders. This street is different from the bustling and lively surrounding streets, the grass and trees of the lost street are prosperous, they are all isolated by walls, only one door is open in this direction, it is a restaurant, the door is carved and painted, a pair of stone lions are standing at the door, there is such a courtyard in the quiet place, it is also a unique charm, the restaurant is called asking the goose, it is the industry of the Tong family.

There are a total of three private rooms on the third floor of the restaurant, and if you occupy one place today and serve a few dishes, you will be instructed not to let anyone disturb you. There are a total of three people in the room, except for Ruoruo, who are squeamish and Su Hang. If you want to help Su Hang comfort, or come up with an idea to deal with this incident.

"Don't be too discouraged, you don't know who your opponent is yet, I don't think your strength is just what you show, right? How else to slaughter Mendo? ”

"I don't know, I'll know when the rules are announced!"

"Who?"

"Don't be afraid of death!"

If it was half a month ago, no one would have believed these words, but the loss of control of the snow field before really made people have a lot of doubts about not being afraid of death. But the gaffe was just that once, the time was extremely short, I don't know if it was because his cultivation kung fu arrived at home, or because he was too heavy on gains and losses, he lost his sense of proportion.

"I always think you're thinking too much, I think it should be that cub of the Murong family, because I saw the way the old man of their family looked at you!"

Ruoruo, who happened to see Murong Hai leaving, still chose to believe that he was not afraid of death, and he had never seen the gaffe of not being afraid of death. But the ordinary gentleman Ruyu really saw it, and his strength ranked among the top three in Blackwater City, but he was not arrogant or impatient in dealing with people, and he did not have the arrogance of Zhou Xiong, who was firmly in the first place, nor the cold arrogance of Murong Yundi. If a teenager has such scheming, is it too appalling? Therefore, if you choose to believe that you are not afraid of death, it is just a temporary emotional out-of-control.

"I saw with my own eyes the shameless behavior of not being afraid of death, poor guess that my sister's love is deep-rooted, and I can restore the sight of the lost, but I can't polish my eyes!"

"When I took out Mendo's liver and gallbladder, I naturally didn't want to show off, just to prove a conjecture that I was not afraid of death, but unfortunately I lost and I didn't expect the four great families to be shameless!"

"Our Tong family has not made an obvious position on this matter, don't be wronged!"

"Ruoruo, this kind of thing is not something that your eldest son can decide, so there is no need to bear it. If it weren't for the pressure from the four great families, how could the old headmaster be silent? ”

"I'll go first, there are still things to deal with, don't worry, I won't commit suicide, and I won't give up!"

Su Hang turned to leave, and when his figure disappeared at the entrance of the building, Ruoruo still did not retract his gaze. I still remember what my father said in my ear two days ago, that is, he is a life-saving benefactor, and he should be repaid with Akagi. The words are still in my ears, but the fact is that if Ruoruo said, to change the old dean's mind, he can only bear the pressure of the whole city.

If he was a little melancholy, he and Su Hang should have been just general friends, but after the trip to the snow field, he was willing to have a heart-to-heart with him, and a person who could sacrifice his life to save a person who did not have too much friendship in a crisis would not be a treacherous person.

"Young master, the head of the family asked you to go back!"

"Good!"

Ruoruo glanced at the squeamish apologetically, turned around and left, he also wanted to ask his father, who was the head of the Tong family. Why is this, why is there no faith, my father, who is full of words in my heart!

"What a man I fancie! Even if it looks mediocre, how can it really be mundane, I will wait for you when I go to God! ”

The Yan Yan Tower has been lost, but after half an hour, it has not been found in Blackwater City. Blackwater City went in the direction of Shendu, and rode away on a white horse, a clean girl on the back of the horse smiled at the corner of her mouth, I don't know if she remembered the corner of heaven that she stole last night. She and the young man sat on Shendu Mountain, looking at the picturesque scenery.

A heroic woman stood at the door of the preface of the book of talents, with a beautiful face and a surging sword aura around her. The clothes are fluttering, and pedestrians get close to them and bypass them on their own, and I don't know why.

A young man with a long sword on his back, his face like a crown of jade, his eyebrows open and confident, flew straight into his temples. At this time, he also came straight to the woman like his own eyebrows, trying to step into the woman's five feet, and it happened that the woman's eyes looked untouched. The boy's right leg hung in the air, facing each other. Eventually, he withdrew his foot and sighed.

"Sister Chun, the three major families are under pressure together, even my father is powerless, let alone me?"

"I have my own judgment on this matter, I am here to find my brother, and it has nothing to do with you!"

The young man was about to say something more, but when he saw another young man with an ordinary face but a frosty face next to the woman, he didn't say anything, just looked at the woman quietly, there was no sadness or joy in his eyes, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart hidden under the calm appearance.

The young man with the negative sword is Zhou Xiong, the number one master under the age of eighteen in this Blackwater City! And Su Hang, who has just come over to be the peak of public opinion in Blackwater City in the past two days, is naturally his sister who is a heroic woman. In the past, when talking about Suzhou and Hangzhou, more titles were the younger brother of Duocai.

Duocai can only be said to be a genius who was born at the wrong time, the Ye family is already poor, without the supply of resources and the support of background, and there is still no one among his peers. Strong is strong enough, but after all, it stops at peers, five years ago was too young, and now it is overage! Otherwise, why is he still in Blackwater City now?

"Yang Tiancai is here to watch the jokes of my sister and brother?"

"I didn't keep the quota of Su Hang's little brother, my father and I are ashamed, this family heirloom sword will be given to Su Hang's little brother, I hope you will take the place with it!"

Although he was talking about topics related to Su and Hangzhou, he never took his eyes off Duo Cai's body except for the first glance, and the long sword he was carrying also stretched straight in front of Duo Cai.

The corners of Duocai's mouth were full of mockery, and he took the long sword and glanced at Su Hang but left directly, and he didn't know how the two sisters and brothers communicated. Su Hang glanced at the embarrassed Zhou Xiong, smiled, and crossed shoulders with Zhou Xiong. The pride of the sky in Blackwater City was the only one left at the door of the preface of the book of learning, and his face was cloudy.

Only to learn the preface of the book, the school field of martial arts in the past

Today is the preliminary round of the ring competition. The rules are simple and crude, one-on-one, and there are no restrictions except for intentional homicide.

The scene is not as hot as imagined, it can even be said to be a little cold, the usual strength is too obvious, except for a few games with close strength that are slightly exciting, the others are too bland. Compared with the hypocritical politeness and boring competition on the stage, people are more willing to look for Su Hang, who has been sympathized and ridiculed by countless people. There is no reason why he should not come, although his strength is not weak, but it is definitely not strong, then the ring is the starting point for him to know himself and his opponent.

In the library of the college, everyone thought that it should be hidden in a corner of the school yard, peeping at Su Hang, standing in the corner of a place, with a copy of "Nine Palace Formations" in his left hand and an ancient book in his right hand that seemed to have undergone countless historical erosions. However, his gaze did not fall on any book, for in front of him stood an old man with a white beard and an unusually penetrating eye. looked at Su Hang like this, as if he wanted to see through him, from the inside out.

"Taoguang is obscure, it's better for young people to be sharp!" The old man said with some praise.

"It's just a rootless ping, and now it's just a little edge to cause a lot of turmoil, if it's too present, I'm afraid it's already a handful of loess now!" Even if it was a respected old dean in front of him, Su Hang also said his thoughts directly, thinking that the recent events had been a little too depressed.

"It makes sense, but this time you can give it your all. This time, you brought back the heart and gallbladder of Mendo really touched the interests of too many people, and the effort was only for you to fight for only one battle. But after going to the Shendu, it is a matter of ability, although the four great families have pioneers, but decades have not allowed them to call the wind and rain in a place like Shendu. And the care you left in Blackwater City, the old man will bear it with this old and weak body. ”

"Why not!"

On the day of the school anniversary, the old dean didn't say a word, and he should have had a lot of criticism, but now he thinks about it, he takes it for granted. The resources possessed by the four great families can almost be said to represent the entire Blackwater City, and what is the reason for opposing the entire Blackwater City?

"The old man's time is running out, and he is alone, the world behind me can only be seen by you for me, it just so happens that you are a person that my old friend likes very much!" The old man's eyes grew with relief, and he said.

"Old friends? I don't know which senior? ”

"Hahaha, the old man has seen the confidence of young people!" The old man glanced at Su Hang's right hand and left with a long smile.

As the old man walked away, the corner that should have been dark brightened a little, and Su Hang looked at the ancient books in his hand with some distraction. After returning from this trial, it is true that he has not seen the harvester of the library again, although he is usually elusive, but he can often see it, but now that he thinks about it, he has never heard a cough.

"I don't know the seniors" Su Hang vaguely knew the result, but he still had hope and needed to confirm it.

"The people of my generation are lonely and widowed, and they come and go without worry, and others don't need to worry!"

After all, the figure of the old man left the library building, left the darkness, and appeared in the sun. The figure was a little rickety, and in the sun, the wrinkles on the old man's face became more and more dazzling, and he was full of age.

In just one day, the nine people who were going to play the finals were decided, and the process was not shocking. People can't even remember all nine names, because everyone thinks it's good to remember five names, and their places should be in no suspense! Zhou Xiong of the Zhou family, Murong Yundi of the Murong family, Wu family is not afraid of death, amateur Zhang Mang, Tong Ji of the Tong family, the strength of the five people is outstanding, even if the final decisive battle has not yet begun, but everyone is already talking about whether they will shine a brilliant light when they go to God. And Tong Ji, who is a woman, is even more talked-about, with a beautiful face, but she is seventeen years old and has a charming figure. But he is used to using a spear, wearing a black shirt, and he is unspeakably unusual.

The amateur Zhang Mang is the only one who is not from a family, and there is no conclusion about his strength. Although the number of shots is not much, but never defeated, it is rumored that he once confronted Zhou Xiong, and the two fought dozens of moves, and then they each stopped, and never continued. Although this battle could not be promoted to the same height as Zhou Xiong, it also affirmed his skills, and because of the unknown, he left unlimited room for imagination.

Everyone is looking forward to the final, looking forward to the final in three days. For Blackwater City, the quota to go to the Divine Capital has always been sacred and distant, but this year's changes have made the seizure of the quota more open, although it is not transparent, but everyone can see it, since it is the quota of the whole city, then next time it may be difficult for the four major families to take half of it alone, and they will fight for the other half. No matter how strong it is, it is difficult to be the enemy of the real city.

Although three days is not a short time, in the expectation of the whole city, it is only fleeting. Three days is enough time to attract people from the surrounding towns of Blackwater City, and the streets of Blackwater City today are almost impassable, and the closer you get to the preface of the book, the more difficult it is to move an inch. There are quite a few people who are responsible for cultivating and even climb up to the roof and leap away. But not everyone is good at lightening the body, so some people stepped on the tiles, causing the women in the house to shout and scold.

Perhaps in order to reduce the trampling caused by the liveliness of the civilians, today I learned the preface of the book and laid out the supreme formation in the academy, attracting the spirit of heaven and earth and creating a floating ring. There is also a mentor who built a projection formation, and the situation in the suspended ring was filmed in the major squares in the city, although the sound could not be heard, but it was good to learn the book to be trampled near the preface.

Today's competition is presided over by the old dean himself, and for so many years, people have been calling him the old dean, but no one has ever cared about his name. Today, the dean wore a nine-star robe, and his head was pulled away, and a wind that did not know the majesty blew, stirring the old man's gray hair, and the indescribable fluttering dust seemed to be riding the wind.

"Shendu quota competition for the finals! It's officially started! The old man glanced at the people in the audience, there was no extra encouragement and sensationalism, just an ordinary sentence. After just a few words, the old man went to a temporary stand with an excellent position, and some people from the four great families had already stood on the platform.

After the old man went to the stands, someone naturally took over the presiding officer of the next grand event. Someone called Zhou Xiong and other ten people to the stage and lined up, what a group of young people! There seems to be infinite vitality and possibility in them. Today, all ten of them have changed into white clothes, and most of these young people are people with outstanding appearances, which makes people feel that they are the protagonists of the times.

Before people could finish admiring the group of young people, they began to get caught up in the chatter of official speeches and the publication of the rules. There is no nourishment in speaking, but it makes those who can hear the voice drowsy, and makes the person who cannot hear angry.

Ten people play, all of them only need to play one game, so the fairness of the draw is intriguing. The simplest way to learn the preface of the book is to set up a lottery box, ten signatures in the box, five numbers, each number is repeated, and the same number is drawn in a group. No matter how you listen to it, it's a fair way to do it, without favoritism.

The host even said that for the sake of the reputation of the college, to prevent gossip, let Su and Hangzhou draw the first lot.

Su Hang's eyes flashed with several emotions, and he secretly said that he was not afraid of death because he had misunderstood, and he wanted to be ridiculed by Ruo Ruo again after going back. Su Hang came out of the crowd and walked towards the signing box. It was not a long road for many people who came for him to see the true face of Lushan, not tall, with a fairly delicate face and a bookish atmosphere. He walked steadily every step, but he came to the lottery box in about twenty steps, reached in, and tried to find a random lot, but even if he failed, it was just bad luck. However, looking for the box is just a lot, Su Hang already had a rehearsal of this situation in his heart, no surprise, no anger, as if he was randomly drawn one of the ten lots.

Hold the drawn lot high above your head, the five, the last game, and the next person to draw the five, then they are opponents. Su Hangliang's behavior was a little abrupt, and he should have handed the sign to the host next to him and asked him to sing. But what he did was stopped, and there were a few restless figures in the stands of the family. It also made the onlookers feel very comfortable, but no one stood up and said anything.