Chapter 44: The Beginning
In the central square of Tianlang City, there are people everywhere. Today, the tests between the major families will be conducted directly here. Ordinary people who are in the mood to watch a play, or warriors who want to learn from experience, have already picked a good place near the square.
The city lord sent dozens of black-clothed guards to the square, guarding the edge of the square, isolating the major families who were about to conduct the test from the crowd who were just watching, so that the order in the field was stabilized.
The patriarchs of the sixteen families who attacked gathered at the square very early under the summons of the city lord. Most of the sixteen heads of the family did not bring their guards, and came to the square alone.
The sixteen chiefs of the clan were divided into three groups. The patriarchs of the three large families stood in the center, the five medium families stood on the periphery, and the heads of the remaining eight weak families stood sparsely on the periphery.
At this moment, Qin Feng, the head of the Qin family, Lin Zhanbei, the head of the Lin family, and Lan Yi, the head of the Lan family, all of whom occupied a position in Tianlang City, "greeted each other". Lin Zhanbei and Lan Yi have a good relationship, so their standing positions are relatively close, and they are oppressive to Qin Feng. And the rest of the patriarchs of small and medium-sized families, according to their intimacy with each family, either form a group or oppose each other. Before the competition began, the oppressive atmosphere had already spread.
In addition to the sixteen heads of households, almost all the owners of large and small markets, shops, restaurants, and jewelry pavilions in the city gathered in the square, ready to watch the results of this competition.
"Qin Feng, I'm afraid I still have to ask for your forgiveness this year. Lin Zhanbei said with a smile.
Lan Yi said with a smile: "Brother Qin, I mean the same, my group of cubs of the Lan family will spare no effort, and if they hurt the children of the Qin family later, they still need Brother Qin's forbearance." ”
"It's your ability to hurt you. Qin Feng's face did not change at all, and he said indifferently: "Of course, I think it is difficult to get hurt." ”
"Brother Qin is calm. Lin Zhanbei flicked the corner of his clothes rather disappreciatively, and said quite proudly: "But Qin Feng, sometimes no matter how calm and calm he is, he can't change the ending. Every time I see you in the past few years, you have this expression, and I don't know if the result will be the same as in previous years. ”
Lin Zhanbei spoke with great confidence, with a sense of pride in his tone, and the people of the Lin family, who had won the first place in the competition for three years, gave him the qualification to say this.
Qin Feng sharpened his axe and chisel, and a rare smile appeared on his resolute face, and he laughed loudly: "I don't know what the result will be later." But I also have to ask the two family heads to forgive me, Qin Hao, this kid doesn't know the severity of the attack, if he accidentally injures the two sons like the previous paragraph, he still needs to ask the two family heads to forgive. ”
"Qin Feng, what if Qin Hao is powerful alone, have you forgotten the format of this competition? Your Qin family still can't win. Lan Yi frowned, and asked with an unkind face.
"We'll soon find out what the outcome will be. It is useless to say more. Qin Feng interrupted, and his face changed to an indifferent look.
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhanbei was not angered by Qin Feng, but looked confident: "Very good, do you really think that a mere condensing boy can run rampant?
The conversation between the three of them stopped. No one said a few more words, their eyes swept around the field, looking around at the situation.
At this moment, a column of people slowly walked from the sidelines. Everyone wore pale yellow robes, and their black hair was tied with pale yellow ribbons. At the corner of the clothes of the visitor, the word "wood" embroidered with a light cyan small seal is a member of the Tianlang Mu family.
After the people of the Mu family entered, a column of men in white military uniforms came over. The word "white" embroidered on the chest of the military uniform let people know that they are children from the Bai family.
Columns of teenagers dressed in the same style and stepping on the same kind of boots walked into the square. After these teenagers entered the venue, they all stood behind the heads of each family, stood with their hands down, and remained silent.
When eleven young men dressed in blue costumes, with blue forgings on their heads and jade pendants on their belts, walked in gracefully, the hustle and bustle in the field finally slowed down, until finally only a small voice echoed in the field. And Qin Feng's face couldn't help but be a little dignified.
Seeing this scene, Lan Yi's face couldn't help but show a little smugness. This is the son of his Lan family, in this Tianlang City, anyone who sees it has to be three points weaker in terms of momentum.
Everywhere the eleven people passed, they all gave way very naturally, and almost all eyes were focused on them, admiration, disdain, fear, awe, all kinds of eyes. The eleven people didn't care about it, and stood directly behind Lan Yi, holding their chests and hands down, and not squinting.
And when the children of the Lin family who followed behind the eleven people also entered, the voices in the field finally calmed down completely. The children of the Lin family have occupied the first position in the competition for three consecutive years, and it seems that this first position is as stable as Mount Tai and difficult to shake. Even though their actions are a little rampant, but simply as a martial artist, their performance is still commendable.
When the children of the Lin family walked in with vigor and confidence, the heads of some small families couldn't help but exchange glances, and the owners of those shops, treasure pavilions, and fang markets also came alive with all kinds of thoughts.
It is true that the strongest in Tianlang City is the Qin family, and the strength of the masters in the older generation of the Qin family is also stronger than the other two, but the children of the Qin family are really not very good.
Whether a family can continue and prosper depends on whether the family has vitality, whether the younger generation can become the fresh blood of the family and maintain its normal operation. It is true that the Qin family is strong now, but one day after Qin Feng and the group of old guys of the Qin family leave, whether the remaining Qin family children can really continue the glory of the Qin family are all questions that some large and small forces in the city are thinking about overnight.
If it weren't for the fact that the city lord and the Qin family were closer, perhaps most of the forces would have already fallen to the Lin Lan family.
Many people in the audience were thinking about their future position choices, and after Qin Feng quietly looked at the expressions of several family heads, his expression became more and more solemn.
It's just that this solemnity was quickly broken, because this time Lin Bi, who was strangely standing in the middle of the eleven people, was spotted by the sharp-eyed people.
"Isn't that the master of the Chrysanthemum Sect? The muffled voice came from nowhere.
"Who is this?" someone asked seriously.
"You don't know?"
"Nonsense, I know I can still ask you ......"
"Do you know what happened in the square some time ago? ”
"Hehe, that thing is really interesting, but what is the chrysanthemum gate?"
"I'll say, I'll say, Cai Jumen is a character in the latest story, what? You ask where the latest story came from? Isn't there a storyteller in our city named 'Bu Street', and this Bu Street makes up a tossing and turning, lingering and touching love story based on this incident......
"What kind of thing is this? ”
The voice of the discussion began to be very small, and only a few people could hear it. It's just that it soon snowballed, with more and more people discussing and louder and louder voices, and in the end, it was almost a full crowd of onlookers whose faces rose like pig's liver-colored Limby. Even many of the children of the family who were standing with serious expressions couldn't help but laugh secretly.
"Ahem! I'm not late. ”
Suddenly, the old man's voice came, and then, a square chair wooden wheeled cart slowly moved in under the impetus of Ji Fan. On the square chair and wooden wheeled cart, an old man was sitting upright. The old man was gray-haired, very old, and the corners of his eyes were full of wrinkles, and his eyes looked cloudy. His feet were shriveled and thin, and he didn't even look able to stand up on his own.
The old man's voice was quiet, but when it appeared, all eyes turned to the way in, and then the whole square was silent, and there was not even the slightest time for the transition.
The old man sat quietly and let Ji Fan push him in. His eyes were closed, but at this moment, those family owners and owners were all awe-inspiring.
To be honest, there were indeed people in the field who hated this old man to the core. Especially Lin Zhanbei and Lan Yi, if it weren't for the appearance of this Chen Lao, the Qin family would have been completely defeated, and the large and small forces of the entire Tianlang City would have been integrated by them long ago. All this was completely ruined by this old man. And those forces that are attached to Lin Zhanbei and Lan Yi are not much less hated for Chen Lao.
But at this moment, no one dares to think about it anymore.
That's right, maybe these people are like wolves, witty, fierce and daring, and can show their fangs and completely tear apart all the enemies in front of them. However, when they faced the emaciated old man in a wheelchair, no one had such self-confidence.
The old man looked decrepit and frail, and he was no threat. But everyone remembers how he completely erased the Feng family in a few words, and also remembers the fate that those foreign powerhouses finally suffered after showing off their power in Tianlang City. After years of accumulation, he has already been shrouded in layers of fog.
is like a male lion standing at the pinnacle and looking down on the world, no one knows where his minions will stretch out: in front of this male lion, no matter how fierce you are like a wolf, the ending is no different from that of a local chicken and a dog.
The male lion Chen Lao slowly reached the center and moved to the front of the three masters.
"Elder Chen. The three masters bowed at the same time. Even Lin Zhanbei and Lan Du didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect on their faces.
The old man nodded, his eyes turned around the field, and he asked nonchalantly, "Qin Feng, why haven't you come from the Qin family yet?" ”
Qin Feng hurriedly replied, "Qin Hao will bring someone here soon." It's just that although he said this, he was a little puzzled in his heart, he had ordered Qin Hao to set off in time, but he didn't expect that he hadn't come at this moment.
"Sorry, slower. However, it seems that it has caught up in time. ”
Another big grinning voice rushed directly into everyone's ears, and then, in the surprised eyes of countless people, Qin Hao finally took the ten people of the Qin family and walked in. "It's going to take time. Chen Lao's voice did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he couldn't hear the meaning.
Qin Feng hurriedly glanced at Qin Hao and motioned for him to speak carefully.
"Anyway, it's not too late, Chen Lao shouldn't pay attention to this little thing. Qin Hao didn't seem to see Qin Feng's expression, and continued to say heartlessly.
Someone gloated in their hearts, how could they be so disrespectful in dealing with this city lord?
Qin Feng's expression was also a little helpless, and he just wanted to help Qin Hao remedy it, but was stopped by Chen Laoyi with a wave of his hand: "It's okay, this is really nothing." ”
The group of people who had gloated earlier were suddenly stupid. When did this old man become so easy to deal with?
Chen Lao nodded to Ji Fan, and when Ji Fan saw it, he stood in the center of the square, and his high-pitched voice spread throughout the audience.
"The competition of all families begins at this moment. ”