Chapter Thirty-Six: Recruiting Relatives by Competition
Two days later, the two of them came to a place called Red Rock City. This place is located at the junction of the Stone Country and the Lingzhu Country, and it is the main road for the Lingzhu Country to enter and exit the Stone Country, but the Lingzhu and the Stone Country belong to the subordinate relationship, and there are not many defenders in the city, and there is no tense atmosphere that the border between the two countries should have.
It's no wonder that no one would think that the land of the Lingzhu would use troops against the Shi Kingdom, and the Shi Kingdom would also isolate some countries in Dongzhou through the Lingzhu.
As soon as he entered the city, Gu Qiuyu felt the difference between Shiguo and Lingzhu, there were many warriors on the street, everyone carried weapons with them, and even the shops on the side of the street had many shops selling weapons.
Shiguo is still martial, there are countless large and small sects in the country, and the martial arts taught are also varied, which is different from most sects in Dongzhou. The state also supports some sects, which will be used as surprise soldiers in the event of a war between the two countries in the future.
After Gu Qiuyu and the others entered the city, they did not rush to leave, but turned around in the city, there was not much food on the two of them, and they had to replenish it, otherwise they didn't know how long it would take to walk to the next city, and the two of them needed to buy two good horses to travel.
Hanzhou is vast and sparsely populated, the location of the two cities is far apart, and there are no villages to be seen along the way, if there are no horses, even a person with strong martial arts can not afford to travel for a long time.
"Strange, although this stone country is still martial, there are too many martial artists here today, could it be that something is happening?" Walking to a square in the city, Gu Qiuyu looked at the many martial artists here with a puzzled expression.
Lu Shu didn't speak, but just motioned to Gu Qiuyu to look near a high platform in the center of the square, and at this time the field also became noisy, only to see an old man walking up above the high platform, that person was wearing a golden silk brocade robe, wearing a jade crown, and his face was ruddy.
The old man looked around the stage, and found that many warriors in the city had gathered here, and nodded with satisfaction, and then a young man who was not very old came up, standing respectfully behind the old man.
Seeing this posture, Gu Qiuyu said in his heart, "Seeing that most of the martial artists around him are not very old and are gorgeously dressed, it must be that the family above is going to do something to recruit relatives." ”
Then he shook his head, he has always been suspicious of this kind of martial arts competition, and it was not uncommon to see this kind of competition in the ring before, but after the novelty twice, Gu Qiuyu was not interested.
This kind of ring is nothing more than eye-catching and amusing. The family that can compete and recruit relatives, which one is not strong, especially the right family, who will really marry their daughters to these reckless warriors, and the elders of those big sects will not allow their disciples to participate in this kind of thing. In the end, the family that organized it invited a top master to sit and knock down all the people who came to power.
Look at the old man's majestic spirit, the clothes on his body are even more valuable, and his status must be very noble, how can such a person marry his daughter in this way?
Seeing this, Gu Qiuyu was tasteless, and said to Lu Shi, "Let's go, this is nothing better than recruiting relatives with martial arts, it's better to hurry." ”
But Lu Shi still looked at the stage with great interest, and said to him, "It's hard to see such a lively thing, how can you not observe it?" If you are interested, you can also go up and give it a try, maybe you will finally get a beauty?"
Gu Qiuyu said a little teasingly, "Mr. Yi's martial arts will definitely win the beauty." Boy, my martial arts are mediocre, where do I dare to go up. ”
"I'm a family man, so let's give this opportunity to your juniors. Lu Shu smiled slightly, and forcibly pulled Gu Qiuyu to the front of the stage.
Gu Qiuyu walked in the crowd with Lu Shi with a reluctant face, and there were people in the audience, there were warriors, and more of them were the people of Hongyan City.
At this time, the old man on the stage saw that the people had almost arrived, and waved his hand to the young man behind him.
The young man came to the edge of the stage and shouted loudly below, "Thank you for coming all the way to Red Rock City, and I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone in the audience on behalf of my master." ”
The young man's expression was arrogant, very different from the appearance of groveling just now, and after saying a while, he looked down with satisfaction and continued, "Today, my young lady is holding a martial arts competition here to recruit relatives, and I hope that everyone under the stage will actively participate, even if you are defeated, my master will give you ten taels of silver!"
"This week's family is really bold, there must be three hundred warriors here today. ”
"Yes, such a big deal, only Zhou Changhong can do it. ”
"I heard that this time Miss Zhou really intends to compete in martial arts to recruit relatives, which is different from those families who can only put on a show!"
After hearing the young man's words, the people in the audience discussed for a while, and those warriors were all gearing up and eager to try.
They have long heard of this competition to recruit relatives, although Zhou Changhong said that there are a group of wives and concubines, a bunch of sons, there is only this one daughter, regarded as the pearl of the palm, very spoiled.
But this woman is a little different, that is, she doesn't love piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she doesn't know how to embroider, but she only likes to dance with knives and sticks.
A few years ago, he told his father that his future husband must be a martial artist, otherwise he would not marry for life, which made Zhou Changhong sad, and he had to obey after several attempts to persuade him to no avail. After that, he sent out invitations widely, inviting all the large and small sects in Shiguo.
Of course, Gu Qiuyu didn't know about these things, but he just thought that this time, as before, was just a show, but now he really wanted to inquire about something in Lu Shi, so he had to stand honestly in the audience.
The young man on the stage waited for a while, and then said, "The rules of this competition are very simple, everyone in the audience only needs to defeat the five worshippers of my family, of course, one by one." ”
"I heard that these five worshippers of the Zhou family have extremely high martial arts, can these warriors in the audience be their opponents?"
"As long as the two major sects of Beidou and Piaoxue don't send people over, I don't think anyone is the opponent of those five people. ”
"Of course, what kind of sect are Beidou and Piaoxue, how could they send their disciples to this remote place to participate in some kind of martial arts competition. ”
There was a burst of discussion in the audience, even the ordinary people were not very optimistic about these warriors who came today, and the warriors who were eager to try just now were also a little gloomy at this time, they had heard of the reputation of the five elders of the Zhou family, and they were very strong people in martial arts.
"Zhou Changhong, a giant businessman in Hongyan City, started by selling medicinal materials and reselling slaves, and there are countless capable people under him, and even Panshi City, the capital of the Stone Kingdom, has many relationships. Lu Shi, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly spoke up and looked at the stage with a relaxed expression.
Gu Qiuyu was taken aback, this Lu Shi surprised him too much along the way, this person seemed to know everything, and often talked to him about things in the Shiguo martial arts along the way, and now even this little gentleman can tell the background, which is really terrifying, and at the same time, he is becoming more and more curious about Lu Shi's identity.
"Alright, please prepare a little, and the competition will begin in half an hour!" At this time, the young man on your stage turned around and left.
Gu Qiu said to Lu Shi, who was still there, "Sir, this hasn't started yet, why are you so happy, I think let's go, time is running out." ”
Lu Shu pointed to Gu Qiuyu at the ** warriors around him, and said happily, "Look at these young people, all of them are strong and vigorous, and they are really lucky to be born in this era with them." ”
Gu Qiuyu knew that Lu Shi had his views on the world, he could understand everyone, and he couldn't see malice towards people, but he had too many opinions about the emperors of the world. I can only make two noises.
Seeing that Lu Shu was not leaving, he was very helpless in his heart, and prepared to go to buy a horse by himself.
The surrounding warriors seized the time of repairing to report to each other's homes and greet each other, Gu Qiuyu just took two steps, and saw two groups of people in front of him saluting each other, one of them was a middle-aged man in yellow clothes who took two steps forward, and said respectfully, "Fortunately, I don't know where Your Excellency is from, what sect is your disciple?"
Gu Qiuyu said in his heart, "It's another group of martial artists who are climbing and befriending each other and getting to know each other, it's really boring." ”
The person who was asked also replied respectfully, "Disciple in the Lower White Stone Valley, I don't know if Your Excellency is ......" Before the words fell, I saw that the man in yellow who was still smiling just now suddenly burst out and slapped the person in front of him.
The man also reacted quickly, seeing the man in yellow suddenly make a move, he hurriedly rolled back, narrowly dodging, looked at the man in yellow with a gloomy face, and said faintly, "The people of Qinghe?!
Gu Qiuyu was a little blindsided, the two of them who were still with Yan Yuese just now fought no matter what they said, and they were ruthless, and they couldn't wait to break each other's corpses into thousands of pieces!
The surrounding crowd also noticed the fight here, and consciously gave up their positions, and watched the battle with great interest on the sidelines, and there were cheers from time to time.
Lu Shu also walked over at this time, stood beside Gu Qiuyu, and looked at the people who were fighting, and said gloomily, "The two factions of Baishi Valley and Qinghe are feuding, and they are the kind that never stops dying, over the years, the two factions have killed and injured hundreds of people, it's really sad." ”
At this time, the red eyes of the two groups of people did not care at all that a girl had entered the crowd.
The woman was dressed in a green bodysuit, with pale yellow hair in two buns, deep eyes and a high nose, and snow-white skin.
Everyone ignored them, still facing each other with swords, and the woman came to the man in yellow and grabbed his hand with one hand.
The man was frightened, suspecting that the other party had come to help, so he raised his left hand and hit her without saying a word, and at this time, he and the man in Baishi Valley noticed that the man in yellow was being restrained, and picked up the sword in his hand and slashed at the two.
"Be careful!" Gu Qiuyu was still far away from the middle of the field, and when he saw the two of them attacking the girl at the same time, he had to scream.
The girl saw that she was being hit back and forth, and she didn't mess up at all, and she pushed the man in yellow to the ground with the force of her hand, and then turned around and kicked the hilt of the knife behind her, and the man was kicked to the ground.
"Good!"
The people around saw that Lu Shu instantly repelled the two, and applauded again and again, the tragic fight in the field just now was just a drama in their eyes, and they were happy.
When the two sides saw someone interrupting, they stopped, but their mouths were not idle, and they cursed each other.
"Who is Your Excellency, and why do you want to disturb my Qinghe affairs? ”
"This is a matter between our two factions, I hope Your Excellency will not interfere, today I Baishi Valley and this Qinghe dog will definitely live and die!"
"What are you talking about? Who are you Qinghe dogs? Have you done less dirty things in Baishi Valley? Who in the entire Stone Country is not full of disdain when they see you?"
"Hugh is going to spew blood there! Look at grandpa, I won't cut off your head today!"
The girl looked at the two sides who were still there and abused, sighed lightly, and said slowly, "The little woman is the young lady's maid auspicious, today Miss Dai came to see the heroes, you will disperse first, don't delay the good things of the Zhou family." ”
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