3. Stalemate
Li Hao thought secretly: "I will really climb up the pole." Said: "If there is anything I need to do, as long as it is within my ability, I will never shirk it." ”
Aidan turned and closed the door. Li Hao was a little confused when he saw her move, it seems that this matter is a bit troublesome, and it still needs to be kept secret, so no one can know about it.
Aidan walked beside Li Hao and said, "Tomorrow is the day of the martial arts competition, you should know." Li Hao nodded. Aidan then said, "I don't want to marry anyone tomorrow, so I want your help. ”
Li Hao was shocked: "Is this possible? Miss, how could I do this as a subordinate. After saying that, he stared at Aidan with a very scoundrel gaze.
At this time, Aidan said, "Then I ask you, where did your kung fu come from?" ”
"Of course it was taught by the master." Li Hao replied.
Aidan asked again, "Who is your master?" ”
Li Hao said: "My master is called Ou Lao. ”
"Ou Lao?" Aidan muttered. Then he said, "Then do you know the origin of your kung fu?" ”
Li Hao didn't know what to say now, and thought: "What is this eldest lady doing today, she came to me, first asked me to help with an impossible thing, and then asked some strange questions, is there any purpose." ”
Li Hao thought about it for a while, but still said: "It's not very clear. ”
Seeing that he had only opened his mouth to answer for a long time, Aidan said in a stiff tone, "Really? ”
Li Hao replied resolutely: "Yes." ”
Aidan didn't ask any questions this time, but stood still thinking. Li Hao didn't move when he saw her there, and he didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to do next, so he had to accompany her and stand there.
After a while. Aidan seemed to have figured out something, raised his head and said to Li Hao, "Tomorrow I want you to pretend to be a descendant of the Jones family to compete in martial arts." ”
"What?" Li Hao was shocked.
Aidan ignored his reaction and continued, "I don't know if you're pretending or what. Don't say that the exercises you practice are not called "Mixed Yuan". This is the heirloom of the Jones family, if you can cultivate, it means that you have more or less contact with the Jones family, I don't care about this, I only ask you to announce to the people present tomorrow in the name of the Jones family, I am the daughter-in-law of the Jones family, and no one is allowed to play it up. That's it. ”
Li Hao was very surprised at this time, and thought: "How does he know the exercise of "Mixed Yuan", and that Jones family, right." "Something suddenly came to mind" The Jones family seems to be the family of Jones's predecessor for a day, well, it must be, it seems that the status of the Jones family is very high! ”
After Aidan finished speaking, he looked at Li Hao, she was actually very scared in her heart now, because. Her grandfather didn't want her to talk about the Jones family, but she said now that it was more important. Will Li Hao agree to help him? Since she and Li Hao didn't have much communication in the past, the only few times they were either fighting or making trouble.
The room became so quiet that even the other party's heartbeat could be heard. At this time, Li Hao spoke, and he said, "Then what good do I have?" Li Hao didn't refuse, he thought about it, since she thought she had something to do with the Jones family. Let her think so, it doesn't hurt. At least it can make her have some scruples about herself.
When Aidan heard that he wanted a favor, my mood improved a lot. If he doesn't refuse, it means that he may agree, and now it depends on how much he can pay.
Aidan said, "Then what do you want, as long as you can help, I will promise you anything." ”
After Li Hao heard this, he smiled and said, "The price I want you to pay, it's not very difficult, I heard that you are the apprentice of the dean of the Imperial Royal Academy?" ”
Aidan didn't know what he was asking for, but because he asked him, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Li Hao said again: "I want to study in the academy, can you do this?" ”…
After hearing this, Aidan took a breath and said, "No problem. But in his heart, he was thinking: "It's okay, he didn't ask me to do anything to be sorry for the master, if it's true, I won't go to kill me." ”
"Let's talk about it first, when I compete tomorrow, just say that you are the daughter-in-law of the Jones family, and whether they believe it or not is not something I can control." Li Hao added.
Aidan thought for a moment and said, "Yes." ”
Li Hao and Aidan reached an agreement in this way, and after discussing how to act tomorrow in the house, they went back to sleep.
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Clearly, a ray of sunlight shone on the square outside the gate of Stephen's house, and although it was very early now, there was already a sea of people outside the gate of Stephen's house.
Li Hao also got up very early today, because he was still the guard of the Stephen family, and he was responsible for the continuation of today's competition. He stood outside the gate, blocking the crowd of spectators from crowding into the square. In the middle of the square, there is a temporary competition platform made of stones, which is square and about one meter high. Probably because of the temporary construction, the platform is slightly rough, and there are still many traces on it.
At this time, there was a noisy sound from outside the crowd, Li Hao looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a large group of people surrounding a richly dressed boy and brother, coming towards the field. Due to the large number of onlookers, the guards around Brother Gongzi shouted as they walked, and sometimes they moved a little roughly.
When Brother Gongzi came over, two people also walked out of the gate of Sima Mansion, these two people were Bill and Tiffany. One of them was Aidan's father and the other was her mother. Today is a big day for their daughter's martial arts competition, so the clothes they both wear today are gorgeous, after all, they are also the protagonists today.
Just as the Bill couple walked out the door, the boy also walked through the crowd and walked in front of the two couples. When Bill saw this son, he greeted him with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince came down really early, it seems that he is determined to win today's competition." ”
Only then did Li Hao know that this prince was the second prince of the empire, no wonder he was so arrogant.
The second prince laughed and said, "Marquis, of course, in a few hours, I will change my name to your father-in-law." After saying that, the two laughed.
"It seems that this Bill is supporting the second prince." Li Hao said secretly.
After a while, there was another commotion outside the crowd, and this time the commotion was even bigger than the commotion that the second prince had just come. Everyone looked in the direction of the commotion, and saw a young relative riding a white tiger, rushing towards this side. When the second prince saw this person, his face changed suddenly, and he said in a stiff voice: "The third kid is really here." He also borrowed all his teacher's summoned beasts, so it seems that today is a bit of trouble. ”
After listening to the words of the second prince, Bill said with a smile: "Second prince." Don't be upset, I'll arrange for you to be the first to play. Only the second prince was the first to defeat the little girl, and the third prince had no choice. ”
The second prince listened to Bill's words and laughed: "It's still a marquis, oh no, it should be called father-in-law instead, or father-in-law has a way!" ”
Bill seemed to be very excited about the second prince's change of name to his father-in-law, and he laughed a few times and said, "Where, where, this is not for Aidan to be happy in the future!" ”
Li Hao listened to the conversation between the two people all the time. I feel sick to my stomach. I said in my heart: "If I have the strength, I must beat these two people into pigs' heads." ”
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince has arrived, Bill has not been able to meet him from afar, please forgive me." Seeing that the third prince had come over, Bill said very complimentally. The third prince got down from the white tiger, and said with a smile: "There, today is the day of Miss Aidan's martial arts competition, how dare you let the Marquis greet you." The tone of the third prince did not seem to be very polite.
Li Hao observed the tone of the three people and judged that the third prince should be at odds with Bill. And the second prince and Bill are all the way. …
Just as Bill and the Third Prince were perfunctory to each other, Bill's wife, Tiffany, came over with a smile and said, "Bill." Since the second prince and the third prince are here, let Aidan come out to compete. ”
Bill listened to his wife's words, nodded, and said, "Then please take the two princes first, and I will go and call Aidan out." After speaking, he walked towards Sima's mansion.
Li Hao saw Bill walk into the mansion, and he hurriedly ran to Ellen Ru's side. Ellen Ru was maintaining order outside the square at this time. When he saw Li Hao hurriedly running over, he thought something was wrong, so he stepped forward and said, "Did something happen?" Li Hao shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”
"Then what are you doing here?" Ellen Ru was a little angry after listening to Li Hao's words.
Li Hao put on a very anxious look and said, "I want to ask for a leave of absence, it's convenient to go." ”
Bill saw Li Hao like this. It's hard to refuse, and he said, "The competition is about to start." Go and come back quickly, or I want you to have no good fruit to eat. ”
Li Hao ran to the house.
After Li Hao ran into the house. So he went back to his house, and when he entered the house, he saw that the woman Aidan was already in the house. stepped forward and said, "Miss, have you been waiting for a long time?" Aidan seemed to be very angry at this time, she ruthlessly Li Hao said, "I thought you would regret not coming." ”
Li Hao smiled: "Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely do it." He stopped, and then said, "I want what you have prepared, are you ready?" ”
"It's a big deal for me, do you think I'm ready or not." As he spoke, he took out a burden from behind and threw it at Li Hao.
After Li Hao took the burden with one hand, he said: "You can go back, the second prince and the third prince have already arrived, and your father has already gone to the courtyard where you live to find you, if you don't leave, you will be in trouble." ”
After listening to Li Hao's words, Ai Dan didn't say anything, and hurriedly left Li Hao's residence.
After Li Hao saw Aidan leave, he closed the door. He opened the baggage, and inside it was actually a suit, white. This costume can wrap a person from head to toe, and people who are not very familiar with each other generally cannot recognize each other. After Li Hao changed into this set of clothes, he took the black long sword left by Jones's predecessor one day, jumped out of the window, and rushed to the playground outside the gate. Since the guards in the mansion are basically outside the gate now, and there are few people in the mansion, Li Hao, who was dressed in white, easily returned to the edge of the square. After returning to the square, he did not go in, wearing this clothes, he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so he kept hiding in a big tree outside the crowd to observe.
Sitting on the tree, looking inside, I saw that there was a middle-aged man on the test table, this middle-aged man was wearing a set of yellow clothes, the clothes had many shining gold threads, very gorgeous, and there were a few wrinkles on the face, but it was not obvious. This person should have been after he left, and this person's status was not low, and he actually sat between the second prince and the third prince, and the two princes did not express any dissatisfaction with this.
Li Hao said secretly: "If you can make the prince like this, could it be that this middle-aged man is the emperor of the Mick Empire?" ”
At this moment, Bill trotted out of the house, and when he saw the middle-aged man on the competition table, his face changed greatly, and he quickly ran to the middle-aged man, saluted, and said, "Bill has seen His Majesty the Emperor." ”
Although Li Hao is far away. But I can still hear it faintly. I thought to myself: "Sure enough, it's the emperor, it seems that this Aidan's reputation is really big, so recruit a kiss by yourself." Even the emperor came to rush to the scene. ”
The Emperor looked at Bill and laughed "haha". He said, "Marquis, don't be polite, today is your big day, and you see that my two sons are attracted to your daughter, and they have run to you early in the morning." Bill smiled and said, "This is still the two princes who are willing to appreciate their faces." ”…
While the Emperor was talking to Bill, Aidan walked out of the mansion, and her appearance immediately caused a commotion in the crowd outside. Those people all rushed to see what today's real protagonist looked like, and even the two princes tore their faces for her.
Li Hao looked at the commotion of the crowd, and then looked at the people who were being put by the guards to maintain law and order, and said, "Wait a minute, I have to ask this eldest lady to help, otherwise after the end, Eren Ru will definitely not let me go." ”
Aidan slowly walked to the middle of the field and performed a noble etiquette to the emperor: "Aidan has seen His Majesty the Emperor. ”
When the emperor saw Aidan, he smiled at Bill and said, "Bill, you have a good daughter." Needless to say, the magic qualifications are also superior, no wonder my two sons. will fight for her. ”
After listening to the emperor's words, Bill did not show a happy expression, but a lot of sweat appeared on his face. He took a handkerchief from inside his clothes and wiped it.
Looking at Bill's appearance of wiping his sweat, Li Hao thought, "Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, this is not false at all." ”
"Bill, I also invited a master to come over in today's competition and recommend him to be the referee of this competition, what do you think?" The Emperor said suddenly.
"Your Majesty is wise, I'm worried that I can't find the right person to be the referee." How dare Bill disobey. A smile on his face.
"It's not about waiting for a fair match." The emperor was satisfied.
Bill then asked, "I wonder who His Majesty recommends?" ”
"Luke." After the emperor finished speaking, Bill and the others gasped. Everybody knows this man. And it's not strange. Because it is rumored that Luke's strength was already at the peak of the Dou Sheng a few years ago, and one foot has already stepped into the realm of the capital emperor. But a few years ago. Luke disappeared, no one knew where he went, and the world was speculating about where he was hiding to attack the Dou Emperor. Today, when everyone heard this name again from the emperor's mouth, they were all surprised.
At this time, the second prince couldn't hold his breath at first, and he asked, "Father, what you said is true, it is the Luke who is about to become a legend." ”
The Emperor smiled at his second son, then stood up and took a few steps forward. The second prince and the third prince and others, seeing the emperor walking outside, also followed behind.
The Emperor walked to the edge of the test table, looked at the crowd below, and said loudly: "Today, I, the current emperor of the Mick Empire, have a big event to announce here. Suddenly, the audience fell silent.
Li Hao sat on the tree, looked at the emperor's move, and said secretly: "Maybe things have changed." ”
Clearing his throat, the Emperor continued: "This important matter is that I am going to appoint one person today as the Protector Master of our Mick Empire, and he is Luke. As soon as the emperor's words came out, the audience immediately became hotly discussed.
The heated discussion of the audience did not interrupt the emperor's words, and he continued: "And I have to announce a bigger thing, that is, Luke, the protector of the country, is now the emperor of the Dou Emperor." ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience became even more lively. At this time, the second prince also ran to his father excitedly and said, "Father, really, Luke is the emperor first." ”
The emperor patted the second prince on the shoulder and said, "Do you think I will joke about that?" ”
"Don't dare." The second prince pursed his lips.
After the emperor finished announcing this, he sat back in his seat, and he was very proud to see that the people in the audience were talking about Luke and Doudi.
While everyone was still discussing, a man in a black cloak made his way through the crowd and walked up the jousting platform. Li Hao, who was on the tree, quickly noticed this person, because this person was not far from him, and he walked through the crowd without hindrance, if ordinary people could not walk through such a crowd at all.
The man made his way through the crowd and walked to the edge of the test table. Ellen Ru, who was on the edge of the test table, found this person, and quickly moved over to stop this person, he said with a vicious face: "Who is here, leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being unreasonable." ”…
The man in the black cloak didn't seem to hear and continued to walk his way, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Bill was in a hurry at this time, seeing that this person was about to step into the competition table, he hurriedly made a move, luckily with the fighting spirit in his body. A slap was struck at the man. Bill's own strength is a fourth-order fighting spirit, and the strength he uses to fight is still very powerful in the eyes of ordinary people.
I saw that the energy rushed straight at the man, and at this time. The man in the cloak just waved his hand, and Bill's strength felt like he had entered the sea. Looked at. He took a deep breath, "This man is more than a rank or two above me. I thought to myself.
The rest of the guardhouse was furious when they saw their Bill deflated as soon as they fought each other. Collectively, they raised their weapons and rushed towards the man.
Just as the two sides were about to fight, the emperor suddenly spoke, and he shouted with the majesty of an emperor: "Stop." ”
The emperor shouted to stop, and the people in the guard room dared not obey after hearing this, and put down the weapons in their hands one after another.
At this time, the man in the black cloak walked up to the emperor, bowed deeply, and said, "Luke." Met His Majesty the Emperor. ”
Only then did everyone know that the person wearing the black cloak was Luke, the strong man of the Dou Emperor. The Emperor walked up to Luke with a smile and said, "Luke is the protector of my Mick Empire from now on, and I hope to make more contributions to the Mike Empire in the future." ”
Luke replied simply, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he took off the cloak that was on his head. Now, everyone present saw Luke for what he was.
Luke looked very old, his face was wrinkled, his silver-white hair was more than half of his hair, and his expression was a little dazed, if no one else said it. You really can't treat him as a strong man.
Just after Luke finished answering the emperor's words, the third prince walked up to the emperor and suddenly said, "Father, emperor." Erchen has a request, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”
"Say." The emperor said to the three princes.
The third prince said: "Erchen wants to worship the master of the protector as a teacher. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the three princes. Especially the second prince standing behind, after he heard this, the junior's heart suddenly cooled by half. It is no secret that the second prince and the third prince have always been at odds. Seeing that the third prince wants to worship Luke as a teacher, how can the second prince not be in a hurry. He didn't think about it, and quickly walked to the front, and hurriedly said, "Father." Erchen also wanted to worship Master Luke as a teacher. ”
Faced with the fact that his two sons wanted to worship Luke as a teacher, the emperor was not in a hurry. He turned around slowly and said to Luke, "Master Protector." You see that my two sons want to worship you as a teacher, I don't know what you think? ”
Luke said: "The old man is old, and he has no strength to accept any more apprentices, so I ask the two princes to understand." "Very tactfully refused.
Seeing Luke say this, it is not good for the second prince and the third prince to continue talking, after all, the strength of the other party is there, and talking too much will inevitably disgust the other party, which is not conducive to future development.
After the second prince and the third prince stepped back, Luke spoke: "Today is the little girl of the Stephen family's martial arts competition, I am here to be the referee, can you start." ”
It dawned on Bill that Luke's appearance had made him almost forget about it. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes, I am ready to start immediately, first ask Your Majesty and the master to come forward and sit down." ”
After the Emperor and Luke and the others sat on the throne, Bill returned to the middle of the competition table and said loudly to the people present: "Today is the day of the little girl's martial arts competition, and I am honored to invite Luke Protector Master to be the referee, and to have His Majesty the Emperor of our Mick Empire to be a witness in his busy schedule, I Bill feels very honored." ”
Li Hao, who was still in the tree, fainted: "Really, no matter where you are, the opening remarks always have to be patted first, boring." ”
Bill talked there for a while, and finally the tournament officially began. Originally, this contest was to let the challengers fight Aidan one by one, and whoever defeated her first would be the final winner of the contest, but Luke disagreed, he thought it was unfair, and proposed to let the challengers fight each other, and the last one would challenge Aidan again.
Because of Luke's identity, Bill could only tear up an apologetic look at the second prince and agreed.
The next thing is for the challenger to compete, and the second and third princes are the first to walk into the competition table.
After seeing the second prince and the third prince walk into the test table, the crowd of onlookers broke out into warm applause. However, after that, no one on the competition platform went up except for the two princes. The reason is very simple, whoever dares to rob a woman for the prince is looking for death.
After a while, seeing that no one came up, Bill was worried, and thought to himself: "How can I let the two princes fight each other, if the prince is injured in it, I can't afford to pay this responsibility." ”
Bill stood there and didn't dare to announce the start of the fight, and no one in the audience wanted to come up, so it was deadlocked. (To be continued)