Chapter 8 – Opening of the Competition (1)
The sky is shrouded in clouds and mist, and what seems to loom in the clouds is a gorgeous restaurant that towers into the clouds. At the main entrance of this restaurant, there is a gold plaque hanging, on which the book "Yunsheng Juxian Building" five gold border regular script fonts. The Yunsheng Gathering Immortal Tower was high into the clouds, surrounded by a thin veil-like mist. In the mist, the carvings and wood around this restaurant are unremarkable. However, you can hear the faint sound of gongs and drums coming from the height of this restaurant, and the noisy sound of gongs and drums resounded throughout this restaurant. Even the people who are working in the farmland near the Yunsheng Juxian Tower have realized one thing, the largest annual event in the south of the Yangtze River held in this Yunsheng Juxian Tower: the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference is about to open after several days of intense preparations!
Because Yunsheng Juxian Tower is located in a relatively remote area, it is not in Ruocheng, the nearest city in the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, it was built on the outskirts of Ruocheng against the side of a hill. It is precisely because Yunsheng Juxian Tower is not built in the city that it is guaranteed to attract all kinds of guests from all over the world. There will not be a lot of unnecessary problems because of being in Ruocheng.
Now the time is in the middle of October, Yunsheng Juxian Lou ushered in the biggest event of the year - the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference. Now the gongs and drums are noisy, and it is a grand ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Jiangnan martial arts competition.
The venue of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference happened to be on the top floor of the Yunsheng Juxian Tower, but it was not the place where the emperor's envoy Liu Xun lived. The top floor of Yunsheng Juxian Tower happens to be a place without a ceiling, and this top floor is also the highest place except for the attic where Liu Xun lives, and the small attic with octagonal hanging eaves is located right on the edge of this top floor, connecting the ring on the top floor through a small door. Here, in the middle of the mist, a very large ring was set up in the open space. The red ring cloth was spread around the ring, and on the edge of the ring stood a team of elite guards brought by the messenger Liu Xun, fully armed and holding spears on both sides to protect the personal safety of the ring and the contestants.
Liu Xun sat on the top of the highest attic with a smile on his face, condescendingly looking at the Jiangnan martial arts competition that was being prepared under the attic. Looking at the elite soldiers coming and going around and some high-end subordinates in the Yunsheng Juxian Tower, they were nervously arranging this place. Although Liu Xun was smiling, he pointed there from time to time. Pretend to be very serious and engaged in expressions and movements. But in fact, Liu Xun was already tired of such a boring process. Now his appearance is just a little to tell the logisticians who are busy arranging the martial arts competition, and tell them that Lord Liu Xun is also very concerned about them. It's just that Liu Xun handed over all the specific arrangements and specific matters to his subordinates. He is singing and dancing, indulging in bliss.
According to the regulations, as the minister of His Majesty the Emperor, he is not allowed to enjoy himself without reason, not to mention that such behavior as Liu Xun is to be convicted of "improper management and dereliction of duty". Fortunately, Liu Xun was very generous to these inner guards last time, including several famous dancing girls in Yunsheng Juju's Immortal Tower, and Liu Xun also took advantage of his happiness to reward these inner guards. Most of these guards were soldiers in their thirties in the prime of life, and when they saw a woman who was as beautiful as a flower and as thin as a boneless, they naturally had a spring in their hearts. Even if it's autumn.
Liu Xun's move was very successful in buying this team of internal guards, and these internal guards worked hard one by one. Two days before the start of the Jiangnan martial arts competition, everything was prepared in advance. I am waiting for the Jiangnan martial arts tournament that will open on October 20 two days later.
Liu Xun looked at the surrounding competition venue and the security personnel of the game who had been prepared early in the morning, and all the security personnel were already in place. Liu Xun was also happy to end early, so he turned his head back to the screen after a few impatient words of advice, and disappeared from everyone's sight.
Two days later, the sheng song dispersed and the tourists were drunk, and the colorful flags were displayed to welcome the conference. On the top floor of the Yunsheng Juxian Building, four colorful flags of five colors were hung. Facing the wind, he greeted all those who came to participate in this grand event. On the edge of the ring with a red background stood a team of Ouchi guards in white armor and armed with spears on both sides, with no expression on their faces, as if to warn all the contestants not to do anything against the rules.
The activities on the top floor of Yunsheng Juxian Building have already been informed to the various contestants living on the lower floor. From the third floor to the twenty-fifth floor of Yunsheng Juxian Tower, there are martial arts heroes with different strengths and reputations. And at this moment, these martial arts heroes all got the news of the opening of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Competition, and they all came to the top floor of Yunsheng Juxian Tower through the stairs early. also met the emperor's minister for the first time, Liu Xun.
He was dressed in a bright red robe, and a red blooming lotus flower was embroidered at the central button of the red robe. Liu Xun, wearing a black black gauze soft hat, was standing on top of the highest attic. Smile and wave to every participating Jiangnan heroes one by one. And to the dozen or so people who came up first, they cast encouraging glances.
Liu Xun's actions moved these heroes from all over the south of the Yangtze River. They usually live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and now they are here to participate in such a martial arts competition in Jiangnan. Not to mention eating well, even the ministers of His Majesty the Emperor did not put up any fights, but encouraged them to compete hard. This made all the heroes feel the warmth of people from different classes for the first time.
"We will show full demeanor and not let you and His Majesty the Emperor down!" In the midst of a commotion in the crowd, I don't know who took the lead in shouting in the direction of Sixty. The momentum and confidence he shouted inspired the Jiangnan heroes around him. Although they may soon become enemies, Liu Xun's encouragement makes their blood boil. For a while, more than a dozen Jiangnan heroes who were the first to come here to find out what was going on clenched their fists and shouted loudly to the small attic where Liu Xun was.
When he saw the heroes below shouting loudly not to disappoint him and the emperor. The corners of Liu Xun's mouth pursed indifferently, and a wisp of comfort was raised. In this way, Liu Xun can be sure that no matter who it is, he will do his best to fight, even if the opponent is very strong. In this way, Liu Xun can guarantee that the few people he has received benefits will give them a better chance to defeat those who they may not have been able to defeat.
Liu Xun himself has carefully counted that there are a total of 367 Jiangnan heroes and heroes from all over the world who came to participate in the Jiangnan martial arts competition. Liu Xun actually didn't care about these people at all. What he has been thinking about is how to complete the task in front of the emperor, and how he can still make a profit.
To this end, Liu Xun also specially formulated a set of so-called competition lists, to put it bluntly, he also formulated a list of various confrontation schedules for each player. And Liu Xun deliberately arranged the four participating players and arranged the four of them to the final competition process. It can be seen that Liu Xun has really carefully arranged for a long time, and he wants those four people to win the top four in a competition, as for whether he can get the top three, Liu Xun is too lazy to care about these.
"The head of the family, Li Huaien, Zhang Xu, Yuan Jian'an and Lu Xing's four players ask to see you! I don't know if you will see you?" Just as Liu Xun made up his mind and prepared to let these four people get the top four. From under the small attic came a voice familiar to him. The voice came from one of his henchmen who was guarding the attic door.
Liu Xun showed a disdainful smile on his face, "I knew that it was impossible for these four people not to come." It's just that now is a good opportunity" Liu Xun stroked his mustache and waved his hand with a smile. Motioned to the five stunning dancers in front of them to hide behind the screen first. Looking at the slender backs of these five stunning dancers, the corners of Liu Xun's mouth couldn't help but reveal a wicked smile.
"Let them come up!" Looking at the backs of the dancers leaving, Liu Xun finally suppressed the evil ** in his heart. shouted towards the door of the attic, and at the same time, Liu Xun held a cup of hot tea that had been prepared long ago, and looked at the four chairs specially reserved in front of him. A confident smile slowly floated up his face.
After a while, four familiar characters appeared in front of Liu Xun. The four men stood in a row in front of him. The four of them all looked at Liu Xun with a leisurely and complacent look, and asked softly, "I don't know what the adults said to help us accomplish, don't you know that it's done?" The four people standing in front of Liu Xun smiled flatteringly, and their voices were impatient.
Liu Xun sneered again and again in his heart, although he really wanted to drive the four of them out directly. But he still pretended to be solemn and smiled and said to them, "Don't worry, I will take care of these things." As for you to compete for the top four yourself," Liu Xun naturally threw such a sentence to the four people in front of him. They all fell into a brief contemplation.
As soon as these words came out, Li Huaien, Zhang Xu, Yuan Jian'an and Lu Xing looked at each other. Each of the four has a ghost. Li Huaien had a long straight blade in his hand, and he was wearing a close-fitting golden armor, which looked particularly dazzling in the sun; Zhang Xu was still holding double thorns in both hands, and the expression on his face was a little unfathomable, although he was also worried about whether he could compete for the top three, but he did not show it in his expression; Yuan Jian'an was a young man who was still immature, and he even stood in front of Liu Xun directly in a cloth scholar's robe, compared to the other three, he did not still show outstanding martial arts. However, he has a strength that no one else has, his father is an old friend of Liu Xun, and this time he wants to get a chance to get a job through the Jiangnan Martial Arts Conference. It was with his father's face that Lu Xing was still dressed in a golden satin robe and wore a golden crown of hair. Although he also wanted to use such an opportunity to obtain a proper official position, he did not hesitate to bribe the chief examiner Liu Xun at the risk of being discovered. However, after being shocked by Xia Qing last time, his current state of mind has changed.
Suddenly, the gongs and drums on the Yunsheng Juxian Tower were noisy, and the five-colored flags were unfurled. Liu Xun stood alone at the window of the small attic, shouting loudly to the ring outside: "Jiangnan Martial Arts Competition!