Chapter 2: Winning the Prize
"Do you still have the courage to come out? It's good to come, since you want to find death, I think Zheng Kong is also willing to establish his prestige in the clan. The person who spoke was named Zheng Zheng, although he was only in his twenties, but his bronzed skin and strong body looked very mature and steady, but his voice was full of sharpness, which was very incompatible with this body.
"I'll stop here, as for Zheng Kong, whether he dares to fight, that's his own business. If I don't dare, according to the rules of the clan, no punishment will come to me. Zheng Feng puffed up his chest, he could look at Zheng Zheng at eye level, and after meeting his eyes, Zheng Zheng snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Zheng Zheng plays the role of giving the patriarch a message and running errands to give awards and punishments in the clan, and he has no other rights, and he himself has to tell the patriarch about Zheng Flai's idea of death, and let the patriarch make a decision.
"Flails, you are confused!" Zheng Jiliao was woken up by the noise outside in the room, and his wife Yu Xiyue explained the reason to him on the way here, and he only felt that he was going to cause some trouble again.
"Dad, don't worry, the child won't do anything that is uncertain, I want to let those people who are sorry for our family taste what it is like to fail!" Zheng Yu said with a firm look.
Zheng Jiliao, as a former strong man, can see from his son's eyes that it is the self-confidence of a strong man, such as Mai Mang, such as Mai Mang.
The family simply drank a bowl of gruel in the house, Zheng Zheng came back again, the door was not knocked, no one shouted, so he went straight to the small courtyard and shouted loudly: "I, Zheng Zheng, a member of the Zheng clan, am specially ordered by the patriarch to call Zheng Fang, a foreign disciple of the Zheng clan, to fight to the death in the clan and fight to the death in the inner disciple Zheng Kong.
After hearing this, the three members of Zheng's family packed their bags and rushed to the clan.
On the way, Zheng recalled the incident six days ago on the spot.
Six days ago was Zheng Fang's sixteenth birthday, and his mother gave Zheng Fang a tael of silver to go to the market to buy ingredients for his birthday.
Zheng Kong was five years older than Zheng Flai, and his cultivation time was naturally a few years longer than Zheng Flai. The two of them quarreled constantly, and finally fought, but what they didn't expect was that Zheng Kong also took four inner disciples, and the five of them joined forces to beat Zheng Flails and one person, and the final result was that Zheng Kong ended up with a small bruise, and Zheng Flails were seriously injured all over his body, and his life was almost hanging by a thread.
Zheng Fang is a smart person, and from what Zheng Zheng said, his words about injuring Zheng Kong are enough to know that he will exaggerate and add fuel to the patriarch or elder after returning to the clan.
Zheng Kong has been a domineering person since he was a child, full of ambition and ruthless methods, this set of rhetoric must be to establish enough prestige in the clan, and getting rid of Zheng Fang is just a small step in the plan.
But that's good, it's not you Zheng Kong who is smart, since you want to use the clan rules to establish your prestige, then I will also use the clan rules to prove to the clan that I, Zheng Flail, am by no means a petty person who allows mermaids to eat!
After half an hour's effort, a family of three came to the gate of the Zheng family. It's still the same as before, not as glamorous, but certainly not as good as a bureaucratic mansion. Above the gate hangs the "Zheng family" four big gold characters, look in from the family gate, you can see the flower beds on both sides and the attic in the middle, the attic is a door in the middle again, and then inside is the courtyard of the quadrangle.
In Zheng Fang's memory, the tallest building in the clan was the Fangxin Tower, which was divided into eighteen floors, each with different contents. With the Fangxin Pagoda as the center, the four sides are the residences of the patriarch and the three elders, and the second circle is the building of the Zheng family's heroes. To the north of Fangxin Tower is the battle zone, and the battle is divided into life and death and sparring, and this life and death fight is also Zheng Fang's destination this time.
The Zheng clan is still thriving as usual, and Zheng Jiliao and Yu Xiyue can only stop outside the clan without the permission of the patriarch.
Zheng Yu motioned to the second elder not to worry, and he went deep into the clan without looking back, leaving the two of them to wait uneasily outside.
"Look, this is our son, once we have decided something, we will not look back! In time, the flail will definitely get ahead!" Zheng Jiliao looked at the back of his son's disappearance, his face was full of relief, this time he didn't bring wine, and his mind remained clear all the time.
Zheng Flails walked in the Zheng family, as if returning to a most familiar unfamiliar environment, why is it a familiar unfamiliar environment? I think that at the beginning, when my father was still a leader of the Zheng family, the family suffered from praise and envy, but now when I came, I was subjected to inexplicable cold eyes and ridicule.
A little girl who was no more than ten years old pointed to Zheng Flail and asked the adult, "Dad, where did this beggar come from? ”
The adult squatted down, straightened the little girl's body, and replied: "This kind of person is the lowest level of society, the scum of the family! Ke'er, you have to remember, it is a great honor for us to be born in the Zheng family, as long as you have the strength, you will get what you want, but if you don't have the strength, you will also be kicked out of the family like this beggar, remember?"
The little girl stared at Zheng Fang, who was about to disappear, and nodded vigorously.
Zheng Fang heard it clearly. Children can be children's words, but adults use him as a negative teaching material to educate their children, which really makes him feel unhappy, out of the courtyard, Zheng Fang came to the Fangxin Tower, looked up at the spire, and there was a strange smile in his heart.
"There, isn't that the height I will reach?" Thinking back to the conversation between the father and daughter, Zheng Fang was already relieved.
Leaving Fangxin Tower, Zheng Fang walked through three corridors, and there were fourteen people of all ages in the three corridors, some chatting about their parents' shortcomings, some playing chess, and some playing with their grandchildren.
But when Zheng Flail passed through the corridor, several old men patted the air around him, which seemed to dispel the bad luck brought by Zheng Flai, and even lost the chess, and the responsibility was entirely on Zheng Flai......
"Hmph. Zheng snorted a hot breath through his nose and didn't take these people to heart. The purpose of his coming this time was to defeat Zheng Kong in the battle of life and death, not to come here specifically to be angry.
Crossing the corridor to the north, it took more than ten breaths to reach the battle zone, and if his guess was right, Zheng Kong's current state must be waiting for him in the ring with a bandage.
This time is very easy for Zheng Flai, but for parents outside the clan, time seems to stand still and makes no progress.
I saw that in the ring, there were four old men sitting in the referee area, lined up, and on the far right was the patriarch Zheng Yingming, with gray hair and black beard, and no wrinkles could be found on his white and thin face.
Zheng Flail came to the ring of life and death, first bowed to the patriarch and the three elders, and after seeing the four of them nodding expressionlessly, he motioned for him to go to the ring.
When Zheng Flail came to the ring, sure enough, Zheng Kong was already waiting for him on the stage, but Zheng Kong's appearance was even more exaggerated than Zheng Flails thought before - I saw Zheng Kong's left hand and right foot being put in a plaster, and the corners of his mouth and eyes were covered with a circle of black blue.
"If you want to act, I'll make you a real cripple!" Zheng Yu said coldly in his heart, and then looked at the four old men on the stage.
Zheng Zheng walked up to the referee area, cleared his throat, and the sharp voice immediately spread throughout the entire battle area.
"Fellow clansmen, please stay fifty meters away from the life and death ring, otherwise you will be injured and dealt with by yourself!" After saying this, the people who surrounded him retreated one after another, giving a clear perspective to the four old men in the referee area.
"Since six days ago, the foreign disciple Zheng Flail beat the inner disciple Zheng Kong into multiple fractures, and now Zheng Flail asks to avoid the punishment of the clan rules in the form of life and death, but Zheng Kong accepted the challenge from Zheng Flail when he was seriously injured, and after the patriarch's consideration, the ring must not end with Zheng Kong's death. Life and death, now, battle!" After speaking, Zheng Zheng retreated behind the four old men and gave them the sight to watch the battle.
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Fang frowned, this sentence is to say, life and death are life and death, and you are fighting in life and death. Could it be that the patriarch, who has always been known for his "absolute fairness", will favor Zheng Kong?
With the sound of the war drums, Zheng Kong limped towards Zheng Flai, of course, this limp was pretended, in order to hide people's eyes, but just when the arm with plaster was waving, its speed suddenly became much faster, Zheng Flail could of course dodge, but what he didn't notice was that his clothes that were already full of patches were cut by something.
The two of them advanced and retreated, attacking and dodging, and the war drums outside the ring became more and more intense, hitting the people watching the battle in the area, and Zheng Kong's offensive became more and more fierce.
After dodging for more than thirty rounds, Zheng realized that most of his clothes had been torn off.
"What? Could it be that plaster has a mechanism?" Zheng Flails thought about how Zheng Kong could play tricks, even if the plaster could be used as a blunt weapon, it would be impossible to tear the clothes one by one.
After a few dodges, Zheng Fang discovered that the end of the plaster, that is, Zheng Kong's hand, had a long and narrow groove on it, and the groove seemed to reveal a transparent short sword.
"Good guy, see if I don't take off your disguise mask today!" Zheng Yu made up his mind in his heart, he must break these two plasters, so that everyone can see what kind of indiscriminate things are inside.
I saw Zheng Flail jump, one foot on Zheng Kong's heavenly spirit cover, and the other foot slapped down on the back of his head.
Zheng Kong was put in a plaster cast with one hand and one foot, how could his movements be so flexible, his brain was slapped by others with the soles of his feet, and he immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Gracefully landed on the table, Zheng Jia immediately turned around and faced Zheng Kong, who was facing the sky with his back at this time.
Just when Zheng Feng immediately flew up to remove the plaster, he saw Zheng Kong turn over, and then the carp stiffened, and with the momentum, the plaster on his hand smashed down on his head and face.
Zheng Jia, who has been a man in two lives, where can Zheng Kong's combat experience be compared?
Sure enough, Zheng Kong's plaster hand kept holding it for some reason, as if it was grasping something.
Zheng Kong shouted in his heart that it was not good, and he couldn't think so much at the moment, urging the vitality of his body, and the short sword in his hand stabbed towards Zheng Feng with a sharp sword qi. I saw Zheng Flail gather his vitality in both hands, grab Zheng Kong's hand holding the short knife with one hand, and make a knife with the other hand and slash towards his neck.
Zheng Kong's status in the inner clan is relatively high, in addition to his life experience, he still relies more on his own brain, in order to prevent accidents, even the right leg with a plaster cast is also installed.
When Zheng Kong's hand was about to slash over, Zheng Kong kicked sideways.
At the same time that Zheng Flails slashed Zheng Kong's neck, Zheng Kong's leg with a plaster cast also hit Zheng Kong's right temple, and at the moment of kicking, a faint green gas was spewed out from the surface of the plaster......
In the end, Zheng Kong fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and after Zheng Yu smelled a strange smell, he felt in a trance for a while, his legs were a little unsteady, and even the things he saw in front of him were shaking, and the last one stumbled and fell to his knees......
After shaking his head vigorously a few times, Zheng Fang sat down, swallowing the essence of heaven and earth several times, and after calming down, he only felt that his brain was blank, as if some dirty qi was expelled from his nasal cavity......
Everyone was stunned, Zheng Kong had been stuck in the first mountain force level for a while, and no matter how he said it, it was longer than Zheng Fang, a half-grown son who had just passed adulthood, had been cultivating for a longer time!
After the whole battle, except for tearing some clothes, Zheng Flail didn't even suffer any damage. On the other hand, Zheng Kong, who was lying on the ground foaming at the mouth and suffering a blow to his neck, was most likely going to die all over.
"This kid has something, he deserves to be the son of Zheng Jiliao, it's a pity, it's a pity that he has a generation of leaders, alas, ......" The patriarch praised Zheng Yi, and at the same time felt sorry for Zheng Jiliao, who was once a genius.
Others may not be able to see the catty on the field, but how can the patriarch and the three elders not see it? After each praised Zheng Fang, before Zheng Zheng announced the results of the life and death battle, the patriarch spoke first:
"Flail, how is your father doing?"
Zheng Fang woke up from his meditative state, first bowed to the patriarch, and then replied, "Father has been fine recently, thank you for your concern." ”
"Well, over the years, the family has treated your family badly. From now on, your Zheng Flails family will move to live in the inner clan, and you will be willing to serve the power of life and death in the clan in the future?"
Zheng Flails was born in the Zheng family, this is the root, and death is also the ghost of the Zheng family, how can you say it?"
After a few hearty laughs, the patriarch Zheng Yingming flashed in front of Zheng Flai, straightened his body, and kneaded Zheng Flai's hand with an old hand, and said: "Okay, that's good! My clan has another material that can be made! God really favors my Zheng family!"