People are constantly pouring into the square, filling every corner and corner. The person who came late shrank his head and squeezed it in, and the person in front of him held his crotch to hold on to prevent the person behind from squeezing. Some people's hats fell to the ground, and they couldn't bend down to pick them up; Someone's shoes were stepped on, and they couldn't lower their heads to look for them.

In this crowded scene, "Dangdang" is another gong sound. After the gong sounded, a few people came out from behind the stage, looking at the dress quite exquisitely, it should be a local gentry. Several people's necks are even more outstanding, competing for fingers. One of them cleared his throat and began to speak: "All the fathers and villagers are quiet, I will say a few words before the formal evaluation, the first point is ......"

Half an hour passed, and the people on the stage began to talk about the second point. Sun Li was bored, looked around, and he saw a stone statue not far away. It looked like a foreigner with curly hair, a high nose and a long neck, but it was strange to see that he was holding something the size of half an insole in his hand, and two threads were connected to his ears from the "insole".

Duan Bozhi said from the side: "That stone statue is used to commemorate the immortals, and what he is holding in his hand is the magic weapon, every time he looks at the magic weapon, he will tell people the weather conditions of the next day, and the weather will be said by him nine times out of ten." ”

"Oh. It turns out that there are cultivators outside the territory, but he can only predict the weather, which is far less than my Shenzhou Fangshi, who can move mountains and seas, and call for wind and rain. Sun Li felt a sense of pride in his chest.

Suddenly, the crowd became active, and the people on the stage shouted loudly, "Folks, ......", which everyone knew meant that the speech was about to end, and the next step was to prepare to applaud together. Sure enough, the people on the stage announced that the competition was about to officially begin.

After the judges were in place, the winners of the previous year's Long Neck performed an 8-minute opening performance, and they performed the dance "Higher World", several dancers stepped on the drum to relax their sleeves, comic exhibition neck trimming, Aya Luo slowly winding, wearing rings in unison. Sometimes they talk to each other, and sometimes they look left and right. This eye is above the top, and it is necessary to stand on tiptoe; That Gu Pansheng posture, cocked his head and desperately raised half a half. The performance on stage was fully engaged, and the audience was fascinated. As soon as the performance ended, the audience really applauded like thunder, and the applause lasted for a long time.

The gong begins. The noisy square fell silent for a while, and everyone looked forward. There are also children who are good at climbing, hugging their parents' necks to increase their foresight.

After advocating the sound of Qiming, the No. 1 contestant took the stage, and as soon as he appeared on stage, everyone was amazed, and people discussed: "Oh, this long neck, it's really good!" ”

As a result, as soon as the No. 2 player appeared, he knew that there were people outside the world, and there was a sky outside the sky, and the previous praise for No. 1 seemed to be premature. The next No. 3 and No. 4 are all superior, and the few people who appeared in front of them are really indistinguishable and comparable. But the appearance of No. 5 killed the game at once, and that advantage was basically a crushing existence.

I saw No. 5 straighten up and report to his home: "I am Wang Xiaojia, from this town, 28 years old." I have a neck of three feet, known as the 'king of long necks', I say that I am the second, no one dares to be the first. In order to practice a peerless long neck, I hung myself on the beam of the house with a rope for 10 hours every day, and hung heavy objects on my ankles. In the past 20 years, I have not skipped a day, cold and summer, and I have broken 7 beams in my house. After speaking, he stomped on the stage, and suddenly the dust rose.

Before Wang Xiaojia finished speaking, the crowd erupted in warm applause. The judges nodded their heads to each other. Parents with children turned sideways to their children and said: "Look, I said it a long time ago, God rewards hard work, as long as you are willing to work hard, your neck can be lengthened, don't be greedy for fun in the future." ”

There are Wang Xiaojia's neighbors and relatives in the audience, and they are honored at this moment, and they began to break the news, this said: "I have long said that Xiaojia is promising, I watched him grow up since he was a child, is that still wrong?" That said: "I changed the roof beams of Xiaojia's house, and it is indeed 7, so diligence can make up for it." People couldn't stop nodding their heads.

The representatives of the judges stepped forward to identify, and the four representatives were responsible for "looking, hearing, inquiring, and cutting" and performing their duties. Needless to say, "look" is not to say, first to see whether it is fair, then to see whether it is symmetrical, and finally to measure the length with the ruler borrowed from the tailor, and then to distinguish the circumference of the same length, after all, the thinner the more prosperous. "Smell" is to listen to the neck when there is a sound, when there is no sound when the rotation is not into the stream, the third-class neck "cluck" such as heavy snow crushing the bamboo branches, the second-class neck "Kaka" like a cart overturned, the first-class neck "boom" if the wall collapses and the house collapses. "Ask" is to ask how the neck is for a short time? How does it get longer? What about when it's long? "Cut" is to cut the pulse, to test whether the breath is normal. In any case, the first condition for selection is still long.

Several judges worked on the stage for a long time, exchanged words and ears, and finally summarized the results. The host Boss Qian got up and said: "Everyone be quiet, I believe everyone has seen and heard, Wang Xiaojia's head is hanging from the beam and the spirit of the pendant has made him today's three-foot long neck, the old man has lived for half a life, he has never seen such a long neck, and the champion of this competition seems to have lost suspense." I declare that after careful identification by the judges......"

"Wait! It's too much of a shame for me to call yourself the 'King of Long Necks' before I appeared. An old man in a gray cloth robe slowly stood up from the crowd, he was wearing a hat, and the black veil hanging around the hat covered half of his body, and his neck was not very long. For a while, all eyes of the audience focused on him.

Wang Xiaojia said loudly: "Who is it?" If you are not convinced, you will go on stage to compare, what is my Wang to fear? Don't be yin and yang down there. ”

The gray-robed guest said contemptuously as he walked to the stage: "There is no need to compare, that will only make you lose face." ”

The people around avoided it one after another, and they just made way for him, but the crowd couldn't stop whispering - "Cut, bragging, how can it be longer than Wang Xiaojia", "Tut, this person must be here to make trouble", "It's a mule or a horse coming out to slip around", "I want to see what real skills there are".

The chief judge, Mayor Zhao, knocked on the table with a cigarette pouch and pot and said: "Everyone be quiet, this gentleman must have something extraordinary, otherwise he would not say such things." ”

"Hahaha, let me show you what a long neck is now!" The gray-robed guest walked to the stage and stood still, and suddenly took off the hat, it turned out that his neck was stacked together like a spring, so it was not very conspicuous when it was covered by the black veil, but at this moment it slowly stretched, and it was raised higher and higher, and finally it was a zhang long.

"Ahh "Oh my God!" "Oh my God!" People rubbed their eyes vigorously and screamed in amazement, and some people stood up to see what was going on, causing people behind them to stand up one after another. However, they are not to blame at all, because the sight is really too terrifying - although Changjing Town is famous for its long neck, it has not heard of anyone whose neck can be as long as a foot since the establishment of the town.

"In order to lengthen my neck, I also practiced hard in the cold and summer." The gray-robed guest said slowly, "But then I found that my own strength is limited after all, and I must rely on external forces. So I visited the ancient temple Xiandao in the four seas and five lakes, and finally found the secret technique in the Alpine Power Country outside the East - cutting the skin and flesh of the neck, stretching the cervical vertebrae and filling the corn cob. To tell you the truth, I have learned about the implantation technology, and I filled the dozen or so corn cobs myself, which is why it is what it is today. Dare to ask everyone, who is the 'first neck king in the world' to give me away? Hahaha......" He laughed maniacally, making people worry that his slender neck would not be supported.

At this moment, the crowd in the audience slowly came back to their senses, some people whispered: "Is this considered cheating", and some people asked in a low voice: "Is it a boat or a horse to go to the country of Alpine Power?" Is there anyone traveling in a group? ”

Sun Li and the others were dumbfounded, thinking that it was really the most amazing thing in the world.

The judges whispered for a while, and after a long time, the host Boss Qian expressed his opinion on behalf of everyone: "The long-necked evaluation, of course, the elder with the neck wins, I believe everyone has seen it, this gray-robed old man has obvious advantages, and our judges don't have to 'look and hear'...... The old man has lived for half his life, and it is the first time he has seen such a long neck, and I declare that this ......"

"Wait! Who do I think is so self-conscious that he dares to call himself 'the world's first neck king' in front of me? "A low, clear voice came out, so low that it seemed to come from the ground; It was so clear that it could reach everyone's ears in the room.

Everyone looked around, because there was a gray-robed guest in front of them, and everyone really didn't know what incredible things would happen next. However, no one came forward after the voice.

"Who is pretending to be a ghost, have the ability to stand up and compete with me, don't hide in the dark!" The gray-robed man said loudly.

"Hehehe...... Comparing myself to you will only disgrace me. The low voice rose again, making people shudder when they heard it, "You two stupid pigs on the stage stand farther away for me, and Lao Tzu will come out immediately." ”

As soon as the words fell, the stage sounded the sound of "bang bang bang", the dust on the ground was shaken, and the sun shone brightly, and the tiny particles suspended were actually glowing with crystalline light. People didn't dare to breathe, just stared straight at the wooden platform, and the people who were far away couldn't see and hear what was happening in front of them, so they grabbed the shoulders of the people in front of them and asked, "What's going on?" The person in front replied blankly: "Don't squeak, I don't know." ”

Finally, with a "click", the wooden board of the stage was broken, revealing a black hole, a blue light shot out, flashed away, and then revealed bursts of cold air, and the gray-robed guest and Wang Xiaojia were so frightened that they hurriedly flashed aside.

The whole venue was silent, and people stretched their already long necks longer. I don't know how long later, a bare white head poked out of the hole.

"I'm sorry everyone, because I got the news relatively late, the time was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to prepare, so I had to meet you in this way." The weirdo stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips, "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Jiji." ”

Xiao Linglong, who had not spoken, suddenly said, "This is not a person." ”

"Nonsense, as long as you are not blind, you can see it." Zhao Qiandao.

"Hmph, shaving your head and hiding under the stage is purely eye-catching, we are longer than whose necks are compared, not who will do tricks, hehehe." The gray-robed guest scoffed.

"Just now, you are the rat who called yourself the 'No. 1 neck king in the world', Lao Tzu will let you see what a long neck is today." He raised his head as he spoke.

"I'll be back right after I leave." Xiao Linglong said.

Sun Li and Zhao Qian were fascinated and ignored Xiao Linglong's words.

I saw that his head was rising higher and higher, and soon exceeded the roof of the stage, but there was still no sign of stopping.

Boss Qian asked: "Master, how long is your neck?" ”

He replied, "I have never measured it, and one hundred and eighty zhang should be fine, and I heard my mother say that when I was three years old, they used my neck to tie the dog; used to fetch water at the age of five; At the age of seven, he often used it to fly kites. ”

Boss Qian shouted: "Heh! Master, and take the supernatural powers, we are convinced. ”

"What do you say? I can't hear clearly" His neck was still sticking upward, and people couldn't see his head.

Suddenly, a man screamed, and the cigarette in his hand burned his fingers. Another woman screamed, and the steel needle in her hand poked into the palm of her hand. People were so shocked by what they saw that they forgot about their original work for a while. There are even more timid parents who are afraid that their children will be scared, so they reach out to cover their children's eyes.

At this time, Xiao Linglong came back, and she pinched a mouse and threw it on the stage: "Look, there are mice." ”

When it was too late, he stabbed down like lightning in the head, and with one blow, he bit the rat and swallowed it three times and five by two.

Xiao Linglong whispered to Sun Li and Zhao Qian: "That's right, it's a snake spirit, but it hasn't been successfully cultivated, so it has a long neck and can't hide it." ”

At the same time, the judges were also shocked by the scene in front of them, Mo said that there was no relevant record in the local county records, and even the cloth bag of the storytelling could not turn such a chapter.

Several judges negotiated nervously, and finally Boss Qian announced to the stunned crowd: "I believe everyone has seen it, this old man has a very long neck, and it is impossible for the old man to live for half a lifetime, and it is impossible to see such a long neck, I ...... on behalf of the judges of this competition."

"Da da da, ding ding ding" Suddenly a sound of horses' hooves mixed with the sound of bells interrupted the host's words, and people turned their heads to follow the voice.