Birds chirp in mountain streams, and the wind rises in beautiful forests.

When the morning light rose slightly, on the round platform of Laojun Peak, there was once again the sound of drums that resounded through the main peak.

Except for Xiang Fei, who was unlucky and lost to Zhang Jingmo, the rest of the people were able to advance and participate in the second round of the ring competition, so everyone got up early to prepare.

Because of the big quarrel between Wu Kang and Zhang Danshen last night, the two were a little embarrassed by each other when they had breakfast, but they didn't speak first. When everything is ready, everyone will set off together and go to the round platform to participate in the competition.

Before everyone left, Zhang Danshen stopped Xiang Fei, handed over a small porcelain bottle containing the Relaxation and Blood Activating Pill to him, and instructed Xiang Fei to take one if someone was injured.

Xiang Fei looked at the small porcelain vase in his hand, and asked with some surprise: "Danshen, aren't you going?" ”

Zhang Danshen shook his head and said, "Xiaoyan and I still have some things to do, so I will ask you to keep this medicine bottle today." ”

Xiang Fei didn't know what was going on, but he didn't want to ask, so he nodded and put the medicine bottle in his pocket, and followed the pace of everyone and went to the ring.

After everyone left, Zhang Danshen asked Xiao Yan to prepare a little and went out with "Treatise on Typhoid Fever". Just when Xiao Yan was packing up his belongings, Zhang Danshen suddenly found that there was a note pressed on the tea table, Zhang Danshen picked it up, and after checking it carefully, a smile appeared on his face.

But see the note that reads: Salvia, no matter what you choose, I am your brother!

"Salvia, it's all ready, let's go!"

"Good!"

After Xiao Yan finished collecting his things, Zhang Danshen put the note in his pocket, and the two went out to find Zhang Junren.

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Although the sun has just risen, the red glow is far away in the sky, reflecting the whole land. On the Laojun Peak, layers of mist have risen, and with the rising sun on the horizon, it is simply a natural and charming picture!

On the round platform, there is already a sea of people at this moment, after screening, in addition to the twenty people who are lucky like Wu Kang and directly promoted, there are also 140 people who have advanced in the previous two ring competitions, a total of 160 people at this time.

This competition, unlike the previous one, where eighty rings were used together, only forty rings were opened. The remaining 40 rings are sold as stands.

Forty rings, this competition to screen out the top 20. If you are in the top 20, you will receive 20 taels of gold and 100 taels of silver. And these twenty people will be given the title of "Green Forest Captain" by the imperial court, and after the end of the alliance, they can directly enter the army and serve as the captain!

In other words, there will be four people in each ring to compete, and if you want to advance, you must eliminate the remaining three!

When everyone heard this, they were all under pressure. After all, after yesterday's screening, the remaining one hundred and sixty people are all considered to be the most famous people in the middle of the rivers and lakes, and the martial arts will naturally not be bad, and there are many people with profound strength!

After drawing lots again, everyone cheered each other on, and then according to the number on the lot, they boarded the ring where they were.

As one after another heroes entered the arena, everyone watching the competition began to shout loudly, and the scene was noisy and noisy. The old Junfeng, which was extremely quiet in the past, is even more lively than the downtown of Luoyang at this time!

Where is the most lively place on the square platform? There is nothing more than the "winning and losing booth" set up under each ring! To put it bluntly, it is a stall where four people on the betting table win or lose! These stalls are set up by the imperial court, and each stall has a four-person number on the field, and before the competition begins, anyone can bet as long as they have money, and guess the outcome of the competition on the stage. But once the competition starts, it will be sealed immediately until it is over, and then settled according to the situation!

"Hurry, hurry! Buy and leave, buy and leave! As soon as the gong sounds, seal the plate immediately! ”

The stalls in front of the stall shouted loudly, attracting batches of "gamblers!" "In just a moment, mountains of gold and silver were piled up on the stalls, which were not big or small! The person who bought the lottery held the ticket, excited and nervous in the audience, staring at the person he bet on, desperately hoping that the person who bet on him could win the game and make a lot of money!

"Hurry up and let go, let go!"

At this moment, the exquisite, delicate and lovely girl pulled a cold and gorgeous woman, shouting and squeezing in front of the "winning and losing booth" under Wu Kang's ring. Everyone in front of the stall couldn't help but be attracted by the appearance of the two, and some people were stunned for a while.

Who are these two national beauty and beauty? It is the "two sisters of the Wei family"!

When the stall owner saw the two, his face was full of smiles, and he pointed to the number in front of the stall and said, "Two young ladies, but you want to place a bet?" Look at the number and decide which one to follow! ”

Wei Xue looked at the stage, if he remembered correctly, Wu Kang should be "three", but at this time, the number three on the stage was only a few taels of broken silver on the top, and the other three numbers were about to pile up! Especially the silver two in front of the No. 1, they are almost catching up with the girl's size!

"Boss, why are there so many people betting on other numbers, but no one cares about No. 3?"

Wei Xue's clear eyes widened, and she looked at the stall owner and asked.

The stall owner smiled and said: "No. 3 was lucky yesterday, he didn't participate in the competition, he was directly promoted, no one understands his strength, and naturally there are fewer people who buy it!" If the two young ladies want to make money, I recommend the two young ladies to buy No. 1! ”

"Why?"

"These two young ladies don't know, do they? This number is the great righteous son of Nangong Guoshi - Nangong Tao! The four sons of the National Teacher's Mansion are all strong in martial arts, so if you buy Nangong Gongzi, you will not lose money! ”

When the girl heard this, she took out all the silver on her body, but it was only thirty or forty taels, and then she turned her head and asked the woman for some, and made up fifty taels of silver.

The girl handed the fifty taels of silver to the stall owner. Seeing that the two of them were so rich, the stall owner was able to take out fifty taels of silver in a moment, and his face was happy, and he took the silver handed by the girl with a smile and said, "Two young ladies, who do you want to bet on?" ”

The girl did not hesitate at all, pointed to the number three and said, "All in on the number three!" ”

"What? What?! Number Three?! Miss think twice! This No. 3 nobody is buying one and losing ten, Miss has so much money, it is better to buy No. 1 Nangong Gongzi! Nangong Gongzi earns ...... steadily"

The stall owner was taken aback, his eyes were stared at in shock, and he thought that the girl had heard it wrong, so he spoke again to persuade the girl, but before the words fell, he was interrupted by the girl: "The stall owner, just bet on the three!" ”

"Miss...... This ......"

"Stop talking nonsense! It's number three! ”

"Alright then!"

The stall owner wanted to open his mouth and persuade again, but seeing that the girl was so persistent, he couldn't say more, and after accepting the fifty taels of silver, he gave the girl a bill.

The girl carefully put the bill in her pocket, thanked the stall owner, and pulled the woman to jump away.

The stall owner looked at the departing girl, sighed and shook his head, and said to himself: "Hey, such a good-looking girl, it's a pity that there is something wrong with her head......"

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On the square platform, Sima Shu looked at the audience, surrounded by people's "winning and losing stalls", and a wave of anger arose, and he couldn't help clenching his fists. But given that Nangong Yaoyang and Jia Nanfeng were still sitting beside them, it was not easy to attack for a while.

Sima Shu and Zhao Jun were instructed to find out, who was so bold and dared to open a "gambling stall" so blatantly in broad daylight! Soon, Zhao Jun hurried to the stage.

"How's it going? Who did it?! ”

Zhao Jun saw Sima Shu asking, his face was a little ugly, and he stepped forward and attached it to his ear, saying the mastermind behind the scenes.

"What do you say?! Is the message exact? ”

After hearing this, Sima Shu's anger became even worse, and he turned his head to look at Jia Nanfeng, who was concentrating, staring at Jia Nanfeng below.

"Your Highness, look ......."

Sima Shu retracted his gaze, waved his hand with a long sigh of relief, and said, "That's it, you should retreat first!" ”

Zhao Jun immediately retreated, while Sima Shu clenched his fists and slammed them on the sandalwood armrest. Nangong Yaoyang, who was on the side, took in Sima Shu's reaction, a contemptuous smile appeared on his face, and then set his eyes on the ring below.

Soon, as the deafening drumming stopped, after the announcement of the decree, the golden gong sounded, and the ring competition officially began!

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The clouds and mist are like a fairyland. The top of Laojun Peak is towering into the sky, and the scenery is infinitely reverie. Looking from afar, the whole Laojun Peak is smeared by the rising sun, clouds, and morning mist, like a legendary, smoky, mysterious fairy mountain, which does not need any beautiful decoration, and it itself is one of the most perfect miracles of nature.

On the top of the peak, there is a small pavilion, which is shaded by leaves, and a little light shines in, which makes people feel cool and comfortable with the refreshing spring breeze.

Several small Taoist priests were on duty outside the pavilion, and their eyes were cast towards the round platform at the foot of the mountain, and through the mist, they could vaguely see the bustle on the wide round platform on the mountainside. In the pavilion, there are two white-haired veterans who are already in the last years of the wind and candles, but they are immortal. The two are facing each other at this time, playing chess!

The deafening sound of drums kept coming from the bottom of the mountain, and one of the old men listened to the sound and looked at the chess game in front of him, his brows became more and more furrowed, and troubles arose from his heart, and the hand holding the chess could not fall for a long time. After a long time, like a defeated rooster, he threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, blew his beard and glared: "Don't play, don't play!" This makes me so annoyed! Senior brother, I admit defeat in this game! ”

Seeing this, the old man on the opposite side smiled slightly, leaned over and took a chess piece from his chess box, and put it on the chessboard. Seeing this, Lao Dao, who had just been angry, immediately stopped his anger, his eyes widened, and then he stretched out a thumbs up to Lao Dao: "Senior brother, you are still a step ahead!" ”

"Hahaha! Brother! This guest was invited by you, the host, why did you, the host, get angry first? It's really not that the senior brother is superior today, but the senior brother is angry! ”

Lao Dao laughed a few times, got up to pack up the chess pieces, and said as he cleaned up.

The old man, who was angry before, was also a little embarrassed when he heard the words at this time: "Senior brother, having said that, have you ever seen this guest come and make such a fool of himself?" I see, they are doing this, intriguing with each other! There is no chivalry at all! Sooner or later, one day, I will collapse my old gentleman's view! ”

"Guangqing! You've been in a temper for twenty or thirty years, and you still can't change it, I really don't know what to say about you! ”

"Alas, there's no way, it's born with this temper, and it's impossible to change it."

"You! It's really like what Master said back then, it's a stubborn donkey! ”

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

In the face of the laughter and scolding of the senior brother, Lao Dao shook his head with a thick old face, and was so angry that Lao Dao scolded himself for being a "stubborn donkey", and after scolding, the senior brother and sister glanced at each other and laughed at each other.