Chapter 7 Like a mayfly can't help itself
The blue sky is clear, the golden rays will reflect the sparkling waves of the blue sea, the ship sails, come and go freely, at a glance it seems that there is no end in sight, and the world is infinitely vast, and the more you realize that you are a mayfly between the vast sea of stars, how small, how vulnerable.
Ge Fengque is still wearing the moon-white light shirt, standing in a corner of the seaside pier with a sword, looking at the tide surging under his feet, swallowing the long wind, such a boundless vast sea, even if he throws a stone down, he can't splash any wind and waves, only the slightest ripple is a little fleeting.
He seemed even more insignificant in front of the sea. It's just that once upon a time, he also thought that he would go to the rivers and lakes in the future, drink horses with long swords, and have great ambitions to become the best in this martial arts and become famous all over the world. But with the death of his father, his former wish has long become unattainable, and he is gradually distancing himself from it.
He knew that today was the time when the half-moon period was coming as scheduled, and the people of the five great families should be rushing to the bamboo forest in the southeast of Lingyin Villa, where there was a martial arts platform, which was specially used by the various families and sects to compete in martial arts.
He himself took advantage of the gap before the people arrived, and came to the sea at the end of the villa, and looked at the sea in silence, because the competition was so overwhelming that he could not breathe. It's not that he's afraid of fighting people, if he talks about martial arts, he is far above many people of his age, but this matter is related to his marriage to Situ Wan, and he doesn't know what kind of mood he should use to face it.
Although he was forced to accept Ge Zhihan's proposal in the hall, even he didn't know if he wanted to win everyone in his heart. After all, he was young and easy for Situ to get acquainted, and it was not surprising that he felt that she was bright and beautiful, and that her love was just beginning. If you lose, you will naturally cancel the marriage contract with her, and I don't know if you will regret it; If she wins, she will marry her, but she will never be willing in her heart, but will spit on and hate herself even more.
Thinking like this, Ge Fengque frowned, and there was an indissoluble chagrin in his eyes. He lost his parents when he was young, and he was not loved and valued by his uncle, and the disciples in Zhuangzhong were even more excluded from him, so he saw all of these thoroughly, so he matured earlier than others, and naturally thought more than others.
Just when he was so engrossed, the waves under his feet suddenly gave him a heavy blow to the wind, "Bang! The ground slapped against his body, and the water splashed and soaked his shoes, socks, and clothes.
Ge Fengque suddenly withdrew his thoughts, but seeing that his clothes were soaked, but it was approaching the time of the competition, he couldn't help but feel bored, stunned for a long time, but laughed at himself, thinking that he was used to being ridiculed on weekdays, even if he was laughed at by those people in this soaked shirt, he didn't care.
He simply didn't care about his wet clothes, picked up his sword and walked straight in the direction of Shangwutai.
When he was halfway there, he suddenly saw the only disciple in Yizhuang who was not close to him on weekdays running towards him in a hurry, "Feng Que is you here, so I can find it." I think he was in a bit of a hurry all the way, and he was still out of breath when he stopped to rest for a while.
"Qingyang, you are in such a hurry, but what happened?" Ge Fengque asked.
"If you don't go, something really will happen, the people from the five major families participating in the competition have already arrived, and those masters are also seated." The man who was called Qingyang changed his breath and looked up at him, "I'm waiting for you." ”
Ge Fengque knew the seriousness of this when he heard this, and he didn't say much, but said, "Let's go." "Anyway, move forward.
"You wait for me." Qingyang caught up with him in three or two steps, "I see that there are many masters in this competition, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with." ”
"That's just going to have to bite the bullet, what else?" Ge Feng couldn't hear half of his emotions when he said this.
"Also, tell me about you, why do you have to agree to the door master's proposal?" Qingyang was already good friends with him, and when he saw him being bullied like this, he was naturally indignant, but his status was low, and even Ge Fengque, the eldest son of the Ge clan, had no room to speak, let alone him, a foreign disciple.
"Qingyang, you and I grew up together, don't you understand the reason?" As soon as Ge Feng said this, he only heard Qingyang sigh and stopped answering.
They walked very fast, and in a moment they had reached the bamboo forest in Shangwutai, when Ge Fengque suddenly stopped at the entrance of the bamboo forest and stood outside, motionless.
"Feng Que?" Qingyang walked and saw that he didn't follow, and when he looked back, he found that he was standing in front of the bamboo forest and was stunned, so he turned back and raised his hand to shake it in front of his eyes.
"I'm fine." Ge Fengque slapped his hand, took a deep breath, and slowly released the hand that had just been clenched into a fist, as if he had made some decision, and stepped into the bamboo forest.
This bamboo forest is quiet, shade and sun, there is a trickle of water beside the bluestone road, even if you go inward in the middle of summer, you will feel the coolness all around, it is a holy place for Lingyin Villa to escape the summer, but this generation of masters is a good place for practicing martial arts on the grounds that this place is secluded and is a good place to practice martial arts, and the practice and competition of disciples on weekdays are set here.
The deeper you go, the wider your vision becomes, and when you reach the end, you can see many rocks of different heights, just jump up from the bottom to the rocks, and then walk forward to reach Sangwu Terrace.
Ge Fengque jumped onto the rock, and saw that Shangwutai was surrounded by disciples from various families, and his uncle and several sect masters were also seated on it.
He hurried forward side by side with Qingyang, he walked in front of Ge Zhihan and then stopped, and arched his hand: "Uncle, all the masters, Feng is late, please forgive me." He saluted them one by one.
Ge Zhi glanced at him coldly, and was about to open his mouth to reproach, but he didn't want to be preempted by Situ Gu, who was sitting on the side, only to hear Situ Gu say in a weird manner: "What am I talking about, this kid is not only disrespectful, but also unruly, on such an occasion, so many of us are waiting for you here, what kind of system?" Could it be that if you really feel that you are the eldest son of this Ge clan, no one can help you? ”
Situ Gu's voice was loud, or perhaps he deliberately said it loudly, which attracted the disciples of all the families surrounding Shangwutai to look sideways, and looked at Ge Fengque, and for a while, the sound of ridicule and discussion came and went.
Ge Fengque naturally knew what they were talking about, but he was just drenched and looked ridiculous, but he didn't have the heart to care about their thoughts at the moment, and he wanted to think carefully about how to respond to Situ Gu's difficulties so that the Ge family would not be misunderstood and laughed at by various families because of him.
"Feng Que, you are so embarrassed, what's the matter?" Ge Zhihan took over the conversation, a little angry, "You knew that today was the day of the martial arts competition, how could you be late?" Could it be that something is delaying? Speak up and let the masters hear. ”
Ge Fengque knew that even if his uncle hated him, he would always take care of and maintain the reputation of the Ge family, "Back to the uncle, Feng Que heard that a batch of pearls came from the Hades Sea today, so he wanted to go to the overseer to unload the goods while the hour was still early. He paused, "Who knew that after waiting for a long time, he didn't come, Feng Que forgot the time, so it was delayed." ”
He lowered his head and eyes, and did not look at the people in the seat, but only looked more and more respectful and polite.
"Master Songmen, since Feng Que has already explained, don't punish him anymore." When Ye Yuanxi's voice sounded, Ge Fengque quietly raised his eyes to look at the place where he was sitting, but saw that he was the only one, thinking that Ye Tingxue did not come this time.
"Yes, let's start the martial arts competition quickly, this is the top priority today, don't let these disciples wait for a long time." Xiao Rinzhan also helped to break the siege and spoke.
"Besides, Feng Que, this kid has been sensible and reasonable since he was a child, and he will never deliberately be lazy, and he doesn't have the disrespect for his elders and doesn't understand the rules as Brother Situ said." Ye Yuanxi continued.
"Humph!" Situ Gu snorted coldly, and when he saw his brother Situ Che beside him handing him a color without a trace, he was no longer quick to speak.
"In this case, the masters of the door don't care much, so I won't punish you this time." Ge Zhihan waved his hand, "Feng Que, this is a defensive battle, you can only have the possibility of fulfilling the marriage contract with Miss Situ if you win all the disciples who compete with you today, do you understand?" ”
"Feng Que understands." When the words fell, Ge Fengque had already jumped into the ring and stood still, and he gestured to the disciples standing around him with his fists, and only then did he see Situ Wan among the many disciples.
I saw that her crimson clothes today made her particularly dazzling, but when her eyes met Ge Fengque, she was still so proud, full of disdain and disgust for Ge Fengque.
Ge Fengque looked away, "Feng Que is polite here, dare to ask who is willing to go on stage first and compete with him?" "This competition is unfair, but in this injustice, in order to reflect the fairness of the slightest bit of fairness, all the disciples who can participate in the competition must be the same age as Ge Fengque, and the oldest must not be more than five years old.
"Why don't you let me do it!" Before you see him, you hear his voice first.
Ge Fengque felt that the voice was very familiar, looking for the human voice to look over, only to see a figure flying towards him, Ge Fengque took a closer look, and as he expected, it was his cousin Ge Siwu.
"Cousin, please be merciful." What he said was really humble, in fact, his martial arts were not under Ge Si Forget, and his attainments in martial arts were much better than Ge Si Forget.
"Cousin, this is a real sword, if you accidentally injure your cousin, I hope you don't have to worry about me as an elder brother." When Ge Si forgot to speak, he had already pulled out the sword in his hand, wanting to catch Ge Fengque off guard.
Ge Si forgot that this sword was forged after him, the sword body was larger, and the moment he stabbed towards Ge Fengqian with the sword, he was about to reach the door with a gust of wind.
Ge Feng drew his sword with his right hand, dodged, sideways to avoid, the sword had not moved, he had already felt the fierceness of the wind, his eyebrows were sharp, and he turned from defense to attack: "Cousin, take it!" ”