How can things that can only be said to one's own people are not important?

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, even Miss Bu, who always had to deal with Meng Li, reined in and looked at Meng Li seriously.

At the same time that Bu Yu looked at Meng Li, Meng Li was also looking at her, and said solemnly: "Do you remember what I told you when I came out of the underground palace?"

Bu Yu nodded and said, "At that time, I thought there was something wrong with you, and it seems that my intuition was really right." ”

Meng Li smiled bitterly: "The reason why I was like that at that time was because I found a very important problem. ”

"What's the problem?" Miss Bu's curiosity was aroused.

Meng Li said in a deep voice: "Do you still remember that white wolf?"

"You said that guy who called himself the White-eyed Ancestor!"

"Actually, I was introduced into the valley by the handiwork of that guy......"

Then, Meng Li told everything that happened in the valley. Including the people of the Hundred Channels and his mantle inheritance.

When Miss Bu heard this version, which was different from the previous version, she was surprised and said, "In other words, not only were you sent into the valley by that white wolf, but you also met an old man from there who had to pass on what he had learned to you?"

Bu Yu's eyes showed a hint of suspicion, judging from Meng Li's description just now, the old-timer named Baidao had a meaning that he didn't pass on, why did she not believe it so much?

Meng Li was a little shy and said, "So to speak!"

This matter is said by himself, and it does have a bit of Lao Wang's meaning of selling melons, which makes him a little embarrassed.

Meng Li took out the secret book handed over to him by the people of Baidao, and said with a smile: "This is the secret book given to me by the old-timers, why don't we learn together and make progress together!"

Miss Bu glanced at it without a trace, and after discovering that the two secret books were talisman and spirit food, she immediately lost interest.

Cheats that have nothing to do with martial arts, she is not interested.

Wang Ergou has limited talent, and he won't touch something like this that takes a lot of time, so he waved his hand and said: "The key to the problem now is not these two cheats, but the key you said." I can hear that you seem to be determined to get the unfortified iron box hidden in the castle guard's mansion. ”

"Alas!" Meng Li sighed: "So far, I won't hide it from you, the things in the Wujian iron box are very important to me, and even related to life, whether I can continue to live depends on it." ”

Meng Li left a heart, there was a matter of the Ten Martial Arts hidden in the Wujian Iron Box, and he didn't say it, not because he believed Bu Yu and Wang Ergou, but because he was afraid that they would know too much and be implicated.

"So serious?" Wang Ergou's expression sank, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little heavy, Meng Li laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not yet to the point of 100,000 urgency, and I won't be able to die for a while." ”

"Hmph, hard mouthed!" Miss Bu snorted heavily, expressing her concern for Meng Li in her unique way.

Meng Li scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "So, no matter what, I have to get the traceless iron box!"

Originally, he was not in a hurry, but when he learned that Xiao Zicong also had a key in his hand, this idea changed.

Bu Yu said: "Tell me what you think." ”

"I asked Du Mu before, the black stone that Xiao Zicong snatched today is exactly the same as the key I got. First of all, I need to know where that black stone came from. Speaking of this, Meng Li suddenly looked at Wang Ergou and said solemnly: "From today onwards, I need you to conduct comprehensive monitoring of Xiao Zicong, can you do it?"

Wang Ergou said heavily: "We have just arrived in Jieshui City, and many of the ways have not yet been figured out, but I will collect information about Xiao Zicong without alarming anyone." ”

Meng Li nodded and said, "This matter can be done slowly, there is no need to rush,

I have a gut feeling that we're likely to dig up something terrible from this person. ”

Bu Yu smiled and said, "Isn't this Xiao Zicong very fond of you? You can also get closer to him and take the opportunity to investigate." ”

This proposal made Meng Li's eyes light up.

"You're right, maybe, tomorrow is an opportunity!"

In the fourteenth year of Chongwu, the second day of the fifth month.

For the warriors of Jieshui City, today will be a grand event.

The Jieshui Martial Arts Field, as a special martial arts field for the martial arts assessment stage, was crowded with people early in the morning.

When Meng Li and Bu Yu came to the martial arts field, there was still half an hour left before the start of the martial arts competition, but the fang market where the martial arts field was located had been blocked. Fortunately, the twice-yearly military assessment has allowed the experienced government to have a way to deal with it.

Since yesterday, the Jianjing Mansion, which is in charge of the assessment work, has been sending additional manpower to arrange the martial arts field, and at the same time, a special passage has been added for the assessment and its related personnel to enter.

Meng Bu and the others followed the signs planted on the street, found a special passage, reported their names, and entered the martial arts.

Walking through the crowded streets and coming to the martial arts field, there is a sense of sudden enlightenment.

The open martial arts field covers an extremely wide area, and a circle of stands is built on the periphery, which can accommodate hundreds of people.

At this time, the stands were empty, only a group of people stood in the center of the martial arts field.

Meng Li found Du Mu and the others in the crowd and walked up.

"Brother Meng, you're late!" Seeing Meng Li coming, Du Mu said expressionlessly.

Meng Li smiled bitterly, came to Du Mu's side, and wondered: "Why did Brother Du say this, isn't it still half an hour before the martial arts competition?"

"See for yourself?" Du Mu pointed around.

Meng Li looked around, and among those familiar and unfamiliar faces, he found a problem.

"What are they nervous about?"

The dignified atmosphere infected Meng Li.

Bu Yu and Meng Li were different, but stretched out their fingers, counted the number of people one by one, and counted thirty-eight people in a row.

"The two of us were the last to arrive. Bu Yu, who got the answer, looked weird.

These people are a little too positive!

Could it be that you are really late?

"Let me explain!" Ming Xuan laughed and said: "Brother Meng first came to Jieshui, I don't know a lot of things, the martial arts competition in the martial arts assessment can be regarded as one of the grand events, many big people will come to visit, and even the imperial court will send military attachés, everyone is waiting for it, in fact, it is also to leave a good impression." ”

In ancient times, there were poet collectors who went to various places to collect poems and collect local customs. Now there are military attachés who understand the martial arts of various places and complete the arsenal for the imperial court.

The military attache is directly sent by the imperial court, which is equivalent to a special envoy and has great power.

Every year, there is no shortage of martial artists in the Southern Tang Dynasty who are valued by military officials, and after being promoted, they enter the military affairs institutions of the imperial court, and they have ascended to the sky since then.

The twice-year-old martial arts assessment is an opportunity for the martial artists of Jieshui City, and even Du Mu and the others, who are from the Seven Sects, dare not ignore it.

It must be known that the Seven Sects of Jieshui are just second-rate sects, and no matter how they are compared, they are far from the behemoth of the imperial court.

"I see!"

Ming Xuan said with a smile: "Looking at Brother Meng's appearance, it seems that he doesn't care about the opportunity to ascend to the sky in this step. ”

Meng Li smiled when he heard this, and said, "Brother Ming is right. From a reckless person to an official of the imperial court, such a gap is indeed a step to the sky. But if it is a move to ascend to the sky, it will be difficult to ascend to the sky, and this probability of being hit by a pie in the sky, Meng Mou does not dare to hope for it. ”

Ming Xuan admired: "Brother Meng is open-minded!"

Zhou Wei slapped his hands and smiled: "Don't be open-minded, if you want me to see that among our forty mouths, there is only one person who understands Brother Meng." There are no less than 100 martial arts assessments held in our Southern Tang Dynasty a year, and there are no less than hundreds of thousands of people who participate in the assessment, but only a few people can be selected.

Du Mu reminded: "Don't forget, there is also Boss Qi." ”

Hearing Du Mu's reminder, the corners of Zhou Wei's eyes twitched, and he said, "How did I forget this pervert." ”

In fact, Qi Heng really has the possibility of being chosen.

In Jieshui City, Qi Heng is a well-deserved first person, who has been stabilizing Zhuang Yu all the year round, and now he has obtained the sword intent inheritance of the Qingming Ancestor, which is not much better than the geniuses of the major main cities.

While everyone was chatting, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The crowd noticed the anomaly and looked towards the entrance.

I saw that in the crowd, four figures were striding forward.

Seeing the four people, everyone's expressions changed, and then they focused on the first person.

The first person is a middle-aged man, holding a pen in his right hand and a book in his left hand, dressed in a white robe, dressed as a weak scholar.

Behind the man dressed as a scholar, Bai Ye, who was dressed in a white official uniform, followed suit with an extremely respectful attitude, and the two people who walked forward with Bai Ye, one was wearing a black official uniform with the same style as Bai Ye, and the other was dressed as a military general, both of whom had the same characteristics, that is, they had a cold face and a gloomy face.

Compared with the three Bai Ye, who are either in official uniforms or armed, the scholar man looks more ordinary, but judging from the attitude of the three towards him, his identity is not simple.

Ming Xuan raised his sleeves, covered the lower half of his face and said: "In this competition, there are four referees, and the first one is the martial arts official sent by the imperial court. ”

Meng Li didn't have the idea of leaving Jieshui City, so he was naturally not interested in that step to ascend to the sky, and said in a low voice: "Compared to this imperial court official, I am more curious about the two people behind. ”

Ming Xuan said with a smile: "The two people in the back, their identities are not simple, the one in the black official uniform is Feng Yu, the town tower envoy of Jianjing Mansion, and the one dressed as a military general is Xue Bawu, the commander of our Boundary Water City." ”

They are all big people who can make Jieshui City tremble by stomping their feet!

Meng Li's mouth opened slightly, a little surprised.

Bu Yu looked at Feng Yu, then at Xue Bawu, and said, "What's the situation with these two adults, with gloomy faces, as if someone owes them money?"

"Is this the focus we should be concerned about?" Meng Li looked at Miss Bu and laughed.

Bu Yu snorted coldly and didn't explain.

Her father once told her that when you become an official in the court, especially if you are a politician, your style of handling politics will be affected by your personality.

These two people look rigid and serious, and I don't know if it will affect the standard of judgment?

Du Mu said: "My uncle once told me that he and Feng Yu were the second envoys of Jianjing, and they should have cooperated with each other, but this Feng Yu wanted to suppress him everywhere. Feng Yu is gloomy, unsmiling, and known as a poisonous snake in private, and my uncle once told me a thousand times, telling me not to provoke this person easily. ”

Poisonous snakes are dangerous, and if you are bitten, you will have to worry about your life.

"As for Xue Bawu......" Du Mu glanced at Ming Xuan, who understood and said: "Xue Bawu is a person who is as his name suggests, he is stubborn, extremely domineering, he does things with a single eye, and he can't rub the slightest sand in his eyes, and he is a well-known iron-faced captain in Jieshui City. ”

"Captain Iron-Mask?"

Ming Xuan nodded and said, "That's right." Xue Bawu has two sons, the eldest son enlisted in the army and served as a soldier under him, but later violated military discipline and was driven to the border by Xue Lao in anger. Because of this matter, Mrs. Xue was so angry that she returned to her parents' house, and even his youngest son had to cut off relations with him. ”

Miss Bu's eyes blinked and said, "Why do I think this iron-masked captain is a little miserable?"

His wife is separated, and he has no one to rely on, can he not be miserable!

Du Mu said: "No matter how miserable it is, it is to blame, there are many rumors about this iron-masked captain in Jieshui City, and the opinion of him is also more derogatory than praised, saying that he is overbearing and self-serving." ”

"I have a somewhat different opinion about this Commander Xue. Zhou Wei raised his hand and said: "Our disciples of Shengangu go back to the city defense army every year to train, and I have seen this Commander Xue a few times. He is just a bit more stereotypical, not only demanding of himself, but also harsh on his family, and is a very principled person. ”

There is one to say one, there is two to say two, and that's a good thing. But sometimes, being too rigid can be a disservice.

On the judging stage, four people were seated, followed by the audience.

In the crowd, there was an extremely beautiful woman dressed in white, and after seeing Du Mu, she waved her hand desperately and said, "Hey! Du Mu, here, look here!"

Du Mu turned his head away, pretending not to hear.

Meng Li looked at the two people with diametrically opposed attitudes, and wondered, "Brother Du, who is that person?"

"It's my mother!" Du Mu replied lightly, but there were green tendons beating on his face, and his face was not going to change for anything, but it was rare to have a trace of change.

It seems that the relationship between Du Mu and his mother seems to be a bit extraordinary!

Meng Li, who was aware of Du Mu's abnormality, didn't know that Ming Xuan's expression had also undergone some changes.

For this uncle's jealousy, he is only higher than Du Mu.

The crowd entered the arena in an orderly manner, and soon the martial arts field was crowded, and among the many audiences, Meng Li also saw many familiar faces, not only the daughter of the Li family who was masked in white veil, but also the father and son of the Liu family who sat on the side with Hu Bugui.

On the judge's seat, Bai also looked at the woman in white dancing and shouting in the crowd, and she had nothing to love.

Sitting next to Bai Ye, a martial arts official dressed as a scholar, put down the book and pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that the heroine of the Bai family, who was famous in the epicenter of the state in the past, is still such a straightforward character after becoming a wife. ”

Bai Ye smiled bitterly: "Let Brother Luo laugh." ”

Luo Jing shook his head and said: "Your Bai family is a first-class family in Zhongzhou, Sister Ling was deeply favored when she was young, although her temperament is a little perverse, but it is a true temperament, and it is too late to be envied." Don't hide it from Brother Bai, I think I also admired the White Woman very much back then. ”

Bai also smiled and did not follow the other party's words.

I know my own affairs, in Zhongzhou City, although Baishuang had the name of a heroine, but this reputation was scolded by her with that unforgiving three-inch tongue, and those sons of the family couldn't hide, so how could they talk about admiration?

If it weren't for that, my father wouldn't have gone to great lengths to marry her to Jieshui City.

Feng Zhenta, who was dressed in a black official uniform and sat on the side with half-squinted eyes, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard their conversation.

"I heard that Brother Luo seems to have a quota before he came here, I wonder who is so lucky?"

Luo Jing said: "It's not an internal decision, but there is a goal, and whether it succeeds or not depends on his next performance."

Bai also said: "In this way, I am also a little curious. ”

The martial arts of Jieshui City are weak, and no one in the city has been selected for several years, and now that Luo Jing is prepared, how can he not be curious?

Luo Jing laughed and said, "When I came, I suddenly received an order to pay extra attention to a young man named Qi Heng. This person seems to have a lot of origin, and even I can't reach the source of the order. ”

Bai Ye said: "Could it be Daqingshan's means?"

Luo Jing frowned and pondered, then shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be!"

On the side of Qingshan's main vein, he is also a little connected, but he didn't notice any clues before, if it was really Daqingshan's handiwork, it shouldn't be like this.

Bai Ye took a roster of contestants, put it in front of Luo Jing, and said seriously: "Actually, except for Qi Heng here, the other seedlings are also good, Brother Luo can pay attention to it." As he spoke, he reached out and tapped lightly on the roster.

"Bai Ye, Bai Ye! It turns out that this is your purpose, and since you have spoken, then I will pay more attention. ”

Luo Jing flipped through the roster, but he couldn't see the expression on his face, this roster, as he imagined, was bland. Especially when he turned the page of Meng Li and Bu Yu, he laughed dumbly.

"Body refining five forgings, Brother Bai, aren't you kidding me, can you get this far at this level?"

The level of assessment in Jieshui City this time is far higher than in the past few years, not to mention those seven-forging sect elites, even those six-forging martial artists, there are as many as hundreds. So much so that those five forging martial artists were all blocked out of the Aoba Secret Realm.

Meng Li and Bu Yu, as two five-forging martial artists, can be among them, and it is inevitable that people will not associate them with the words "opportunistic".

Bai Ye and Luo Jing are also old acquaintances, they have both conspired at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they know each other's thoughts very well. Hearing the latter's question, how could he not understand what he meant.

"Brother Luo thinks their cultivation is too low?"

"Don't Brother Bai think so?"

Feng Yu's eyes flashed and said, "I heard that these two people have a lot to do with Du Mu. ”

Du Mu is Bai Ye's nephew, and in the eyes of outsiders, Bai Ye must have given a lot of convenience in order to take care of Du Mu, maybe these two people benefited from it.

Bai Ye's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a cold voice: "What does Lord Feng mean, is he suspecting me of favoritism?"

Not to be outdone, Feng Yu said, "Otherwise, how did these two Five Forging Martial Artists get in?"

Bai Ye snorted coldly: "Who said that if the realm is low, it must be weak? Lord Feng is also an old martial artist, how can he still be the same as those young martial artists who have no knowledge, only judging the level by the realm!"

Feng Yu, who was already gloomy, was even more gloomy, and sneered: "Lord Bai means that their strength exceeds their own realm? In this case, Brother Luo should be more careful and not waste such good seedlings." ”

"Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel. What is the level of these two people, we will see. Luo Jing put his hand on his forehead, looking desperate. These two people, when they first served in Zhongzhou, were-for-tat, why did they still look like this when they arrived in Jieshui City?

This time I went to Jieshui City to collect martial arts, and I originally wanted to renew my old friendship with them, but now it seems that I should forget it!

"Okay, then let the facts speak!"

Bai also looked downward, and after seeing the word "Meng Li" on the roster, he was full of confidence.

Among Meng Li and Bu Yu, if you want to say that the one that gives him the most confidence, it is still Meng Li. Judging from the situation when he fought against Du Mu at the beginning, it shouldn't be a big problem to deal with a six-forging martial artist.

"In that case, let's start the lot!"

If you want to really understand a place, you must not only start with politics and culture, but also understand the local customs.

If Meng Li wants to gain a firm foothold in Jieshui City, he must understand the city, but this is all for the future. The most important thing for him now is the draw.

Everyone lined up and stepped forward one by one, drawing a number from the wooden box.

Forty contestants, forty numbers, from number one to forty, are divided into ten groups to play against each other.

However, those who really know the inside story know that this link is just a show, and the real grouping situation has been decided long before the assessment begins.

The assessment of martial arts is very important, and the selected martial artists are the strongest in each session, and the way of mixing luck like the lottery competition is inevitably a little not rigorous.

Take this assessment as an example, the seven factions of Jieshui are full of talents, if they are allowed to kill each other, wouldn't it be a waste of this great place?

Therefore, before the start of the game, the four judges had agreed to divide the elites of the seven factions into each group and let them exist in the form of a guard to avoid unnecessary losses.

Reaching into the wooden box, before he could grab it, a note flew into his hand.

Finding this situation, Meng Li raised his head suddenly, and after seeing Bai Ye's encouraging eyes, he suddenly realized.

"Is this opening the back door for us again?"

Meng Li, who thought that he had received special treatment, smiled slightly, and gave Bai Ye a knowing look, which made Bai Ye look inexplicable.

Everyone received the number, and then Bai also explained the rules of the competition.

The rules are simple, nothing more than four words: the winner advances.

The order of the battle of numbers is particularly important, four numbers are in a group, and only one place is taken for each group.

Meng Li's number is six, and he is in the second group, while his opponent is a player holding the number five.

Player Five?

Meng Li looked around, full of curiosity about this unknown opponent.

Du Mu went out for a spin and came back with confidence.

"This contest is complete!"

The crowd looked at him, not knowing why.

Du Mu said: "Among us, Zhou Wei is the number one, Meng Li is the number five, Bu Yu is the number nine, my cousin is the number ten, and I myself is the number thirty-three." Except for Bu Yu and his cousin who were in a group, the rest were all in a group of one person, and I just saw that except for Meng Li's group, there were no seven forging martial artists in the other groups. ”

Meng Li asked, "Who are the people in my group?"

Du Mu said: "Cao Jing of the Lotus Picking Sword Sect, No. 5, is your opponent in the first game!"

Meng Li smiled bitterly: "In the first game, I faced the heirs of the seven factions, it seems that my luck is not very good!"

"You also got this news through the back door?" Zhou Wei cried and laughed: "Do you know other people's numbers?"

Du Mu Rushu said: "Qi Laoda No. 15, Zhuang Yu No. 18, Han Fei No. 28, Qi Mingyu No. 20, Liang Jingcheng No. 38, Zhu Qian No. 22, Snake Zhengning No. 25, Xiao Zicong No. 31. ”

Mingxuan waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Zhuang Yu and Qi Mingyu are in a group, Han Fei and Snake Gongzi are in a group, except for the four of them, the other seven martial artists are all divided into various groups, no wonder when the lot was drawn just now, before he could stretch out his hand, the note had already flown over, it turned out to be this purpose." ”

Then he looked at Bu Yu and said with a slight smile: "It seems that Miss Bu's biggest opponent is down." ”

Bu Yu raised his pink fist and demonstrated: "Then you have to be careful, Miss Ben will not show mercy." ”